I am not an ant thief in the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 96, the ideal of [-] acres per capita
After the land reclamation is completed, it is time to sow seeds, which is indispensable for the sowing artifact. Although it is not like the book that can sow 600 mu a day, it is trivial to sow [-] mu a day.

Old man Wang even watched the woodwork factory in person, put aside other tasks to specialize in making columbine carts, and prepared thousands of columbine carts before spring plowing.

Xu Wei and the others had just reclaimed the good land, and the old man Wang ordered people to quickly sow the seeds behind. The 200 million mu of land had just been reclaimed, and the old man Wang led the columbine brigade to sow all the wheat seeds.

After a month of hard work, the task of spring plowing was finally completed.

The old man Wang looked at the field beyond sight and said happily: "After the autumn harvest, we finally don't have to worry about the food problem!"

Xu Wei also laughed and said: "This is the end! I didn't say that everyone should prepare 100 mu of land. Taking our 30 people in Mayi as an example, we need to reclaim 3000 million mu of land. Now this It's only one-tenth!"

The old man Wang also laughed and said: "I believe Shuai Qu can do it. Northern Xinjiang is so vast, not to mention 3000 million mu of land, even [-] million mu of land!"

Xu Wei said with a smile: "You want me to expand the territory. Half of our county's territory may not be able to reclaim 3000 million mu of land. If [-] million mu is to occupy all the four counties in northern Xinjiang! "

The current Shuofang County, Yunzhong County, and Wuyuan County were all abandoned by the big Han. These lands were either occupied by the Huns or by the Xianbei people, and half of Hexi County and Shang County were also occupied by the Xianbei people. It can be said that they are rich. The Hetao Plain has been completely occupied by the Hu people, but if these places are captured by Xu Wei, there should be 3 million mu of land.

Old man Wang said with a smile: "With Qu Shuai's ability, how can the mere Huns and Xianbei be opponents!"

After thinking for a while, he continued: "Now the land around Mayi has been reclaimed, and even Yinguan County has our reclaimed land. In the future, if we want to reclaim wasteland, we can only go to other counties. The tribes can't all be concentrated like they are now. In Mayi, other counties should be divided into groups, so as to maximize the use of the territory in our hands."

Xu Wei now occupies Dingxiang County and half of Yanmen County, and has more than a dozen counties in his hands. However, in order to speed up development and facilitate the surrounding enemies, Xu Wei concentrated all his troops in Mayi County. The county is basically ignored, until now there are only thousands of people, not even a district of Mayi, and Xu Wei's army only occupied a few important passes.

And because Mayi is becoming more and more prosperous, now not only the surrounding Hu people are approaching Mayi, but even the residents of the county towns around Mayi are constantly emerging in Mayi. Although Mayi is prosperous, it also makes the surrounding counties more prosperous. It has become more and more dilapidated, so that the troops stationed near these county towns now have to rely on Mayi to send supplies there.

Old man Wang found that such a model has begun to be unsuitable for the growing rattan army. A Mayi county can accommodate 30 people. Even the original Yecheng did not have such a large population. Some of the population needs to be diverted to other counties. .

Xu Wei thought for a while and said, "If there is a bumper harvest of grain this year, we will distribute some of the people to other county towns. It's just that the territory will become larger in this way, and our army will have to find a way to expand."

The only disadvantage of choosing this place is that there are powerful enemies everywhere, not to mention the army of the big man, the Huns in the west have 50 to 60 troops, and all young and strong can pull out a cavalry force of about 10.

Not to mention the Xianbei people in the north, the only faction in the world today that can muster more than 20 cavalry. Fortunately, they have split, otherwise Xu Wei would not have dared to come here.

But even so, several large tribes of the Xianbei can call tens of thousands of cavalry over, which is also a breeze.

This is also the reason why Xu Wei shrinks the statues of his tribe into a ball. Together with his tribe, he can summon an army of 10 at any time, and relying on the city, he can fight against both the Xianbei and the Huns.But if separated, relying on the mobility of the cavalry, the Hu people can defeat Xu Wei's troops one by one, and even if the Hu people don't invade on a large scale, Xu Wei can't bear to harass a small group. He didn't build the frontier for It is convenient for barbarians to come to Caogu.

Therefore, Xu Wei can only expand when his strength is further improved.

After the spring plowing was over, the farmers in Mayi put down their farm tools and picked up construction tools.Under the leadership of each team leader, the original elevated canals were continuously extended to new fields.

The field is not finished when it is sown, and there must be complete water conservancy facilities to obtain a bumper harvest.

The reason why the Zhengguo Canal can reach more than 4 stones per mu just after its establishment is because it is irrigated with water. Similarly, even if the newly reclaimed land is irrigated with water, it can more than double the yield of dry land.

So even though everyone is working very hard because of spring plowing, no one complains, because they all know that the yield of irrigated land is more than twice that of dry land. The current hard work is for the future without having to carry water, and for the sake of being able to see the water flow to their fields.You can see the harvest in your own fields, and you are not afraid no matter how hard or tired you are!
The amount of work on the elevated aqueduct far exceeds that of land reclamation, and everyone can only build it during the slack time. Xu Wei estimates that it will take five years to build an elevated aqueduct system covering the entire Mayi.

Moreover, it takes a lot of manpower to carefully maintain these water conservancy facilities, otherwise it will lose its function like the Zhengguo Canal, and even the elevated aqueduct is worse than the Zhengguo Canal in terms of durability. Abandoned, this is a water conservancy facility that tests the management system.

This is why since the Roman Empire, there has never been such a spectacle as a viaduct in Europe, because their civilization has declined, their land has been fragmented, and in the dark Middle Ages that lasted for thousands of years, the management system has also degenerated into a medieval knight system.The knight collars cannot afford to support such a spectacle as the elevated aqueduct.

After discussing with Xu Wei and Old Man Wang, they appointed Guo Daxian, who was born in the Yellow Turban Army, as the captain of Changshui, who is responsible for managing the elevated canal facilities in Mayi.

The reason why Xu Wei appointed Guo Daxian was firstly that Guo Daxian had command experience, and secondly that he was old after all, and he would not be as impatient with young generals like Wang Lei when doing some logistics management.The third is that at this stage, the only talents Xu Wei can find are the Yellow Turban Army commander Qu Shuai who has taken refuge in him. After all, they have the experience of commanding tens of thousands of people, and Xu Wei's confidant generals are reluctant to waste such a retirement post.

(End of this chapter)