The Red House starts from Liaodong

Chapter 92
At the beginning of the seventeenth century, the world's population was 7000 million, and the population of Dazhou was about [-] million. With the surrounding vassal states, it was indeed worthy of the title of Shangguo.

As the political center of the Great Zhou, the capital affects the lives of hundreds of millions of people in all aspects.

Dai Quan, the great eunuch, went to Jia's mansion to ask for fresh fish. Leaving Jia Zheng aside, Jia Amnesty was in a hurry, and countless people were wondering about the meaning behind it.

Tang Qing'an claimed to be a chess player, and in the eyes of all parties in the capital, he was still a chess piece, a chess piece that fell into sight.

Tang Qing'an received the letter from the capital, and with a cold snort, he ignored the contents of the letter.

Why not learn from Qi Jiguang and learn from Mao Wenlong is to consider these messy dross things.

Although Lonely Overseas lacks supplies, it also has its benefits.

That is to stay away from these intrigues and power struggles. Although he can still be involved, it is not like in the interior, where there is not much room for maneuver.

The entire Golden State began to heat up.

Tang Qing'an led the officials to find a hillside. Looking from the hill, all he could see were farmland.

On the ridges of the fields, the common people are carrying loads and watering the fields.

It is far away from water sources, and the nearest small river is more than ten miles away. If water conservancy ditches are built, water can be diverted for irrigation.

It's just that the days of Jinzhou's recovery are short, and the previous acres have not been reclaimed so much, unlike now that even sandy land is being used.

The Han people have experienced two large-scale migrations.

The first time was during the period of the Five Husbands, when more than 200 million people migrated and thoroughly developed Jiangnan, which not only gave Jiangnan a rich foundation, but also preserved the fire of the Han people.

The second time was when the Northern Song Dynasty fell. This time, a larger-scale population migration increased the number of acres in the south.

Since the Southern Song Dynasty, there have been proverbs such as "Suhu is cooked, the world is enough", "Su Changshu, the world is enough", "Huguang is cooked, the world is enough" and so on.

The land of production in Guanzhong since the Han Dynasty is now the turn of the richer Jianghuai.

Compared with these, the migration of Liaozuo population to the south, so that the population of Jinzhou exceeded 20, cannot be compared with it in terms of scale.

No matter which migration it is, it is suffering for the common people.

Same goes for Golden State.

If you want to build a good water conservancy here and turn it into a land of mature fields, it will not be accomplished in a day.

We can only use human shoulders to feed the earth like the ancestors in history, and tamp it down step by step.

Not only adults carry the burden, but also those children.

"Wow."

One child couldn't move anymore, so he put down his pole and cried.

The adult behind him steadily carried the burden on his shoulders, and even kicked the child, which was not light.

The child didn't have time to wipe away his tears, so he carried the pole on his young shoulders again.

While crying, he followed behind the adult, and fell behind after a few steps.

"Ugh."

Tang Qing'an sighed, with an indescribable feeling in his heart.

Although sorghum is drought-resistant, it needs far less water than wheat, rice and other products, even less than corn.

But compared to the current Golden State, it is not an easy task.

This is fighting with God.

Leading the officials to inspect the field, Li Chengxian, who was in the crowd, left suddenly and went down to the field to grope for a while.

The guard who is in charge of this place, seeing Li Chengxian's actions, has a disturbed expression on his face, and his heart is aroused.

Tang Qing'an had never planted land, even if he traveled to the Red Mansion, he had been an apprentice in Xue's family since he was a child. Although he has been studying hard these days, it is only superficial.

Leading people to patrol the fields countless times is to show the emphasis on farming, and people should not be underestimated.

Li Chengxian pulled up a seedling and touched the ridge of the field with a cold face.

"What's the matter with these two seedlings?"

Seeing this, Wei Qian hesitated in fright, and argued, "Maybe there is an omission."

Li Chengxian dragged the man to the field ridge, and pointed at several places, all of them were like this.

"Are these all omissions?"

The man couldn't argue.

The people beside him explained like Tang Qing'an.

"Before setting the seedlings, we must keep strong seedlings, not double seedlings, double-planted seedlings, etc., because the yields of the latter stages are not abundant, and they are easy to carry diseases. If the infection spreads, it will be a catastrophe."

After listening to it, Tang Qing'an suddenly realized, and his face was also difficult to look.

Jinzhou has completely cleared the land, and all of them have been converted into military land. All the land has to be handed over to the public, and only rations are left with the people to ensure that no one will starve to death.

In this way, of course there are lazy people, or those who are not convinced are opportunistic, and they don't think about it just to be lazy.

This mechanism is definitely not good, but there is no way around it.

From the seven or eight mu of land per capita when Jinzhou was recovered, it has dropped to three mu per capita, and the influx of people is still increasing.

Tang Qing'an is very clear that in the future there will not be an acre per capita.

It is even possible for both of them to share one field.

The solution is nothing more than increasing revenue and reducing expenditure.

To increase income is to obtain more land, and to reduce expenditure is to make every mu of land more productive.

Increase income depends on sergeants, and cut expenditure depends on officials.

"Forget his official status, demote him to a commoner, and send the following to all parts of Jinzhou to make an example."

Hearing Tang Qing'an's words, Wei Qian saw that it was useless to beg for mercy, so he immediately changed his face.

"I am an official appointed by the imperial court. The general has no right to dismiss me. If you want to dispose of me, please provide the official document of the imperial court."

Tang Qing'an laughed when he heard the words, and smiled at the people behind him.

"Fill out a blank letter for him."

The man changed his face again, begging bitterly.

"Since the general doesn't want to keep me to serve, why don't you let me go back to Shandong?"

Tang Qing'an ignored him.

Tang Qing'an returned to Jinzhou City after half a decade of touring around Jinzhou.

An old acquaintance, former Liaodong Metropolitan Engineering Officer Cai Wen, who was in charge of Donghaibao Gunpowder Workshop, came ashore from Pinghu Island.

While reporting about the ordnance station, someone came in to report urgently that the Xiaoheishan barracks did not obey the military order.

The Xiaoheishan area is the front line of Fuzhou and Jinzhou. Both sides have sent heavy troops to guard it. The general in charge of this place is Qian Zong Li Bosheng.

Li Bosheng is a general of Jinzhou, a general who takes the initiative to fight anyway, he is loyal to the court, and he can fight.

Before Tang Qing'an sent someone to investigate, Li Bosheng rushed back to Jinzhou City and reported to the general.

Thousands of soldiers were newly recruited in the army, most of them were people from Liaozuo. They had a blood feud with the barbarians and hoped for revenge in the morning.

The cause of the matter is also very simple. According to the general's military order, the ministries are not allowed to go out to fight, but strictly guard the garrison and supervise the barbarians.

Li Bosheng retreated a group of people and recruited them to come in. One of the people from the fort, a team of more than thirty people, went out of the fort against the order.

The barbarian soldiers who ambushed and looted in a village, attacked and killed three barbarian cavalry, but ran away with two, and soon came back with someone to kill.

In this way, more than half of them were killed or injured, and only a dozen people escaped back.

After Li Bosheng explained, he said that after he went back, he would severely punish these people.

Tang Qing'an understood.

Everything has advantages and disadvantages. Although these new recruits dared to fight the barbarians, they dared to act against military orders because of their strong desire for revenge.

This is a good thing or a bad thing, depending on how you deal with it.

"After I came back, the backlog of documents in the public house, there are three copies of yours, all of which are the same, why didn't you ignore it before? Must wait for me to come back?"

Li Bosheng explained.

"Two hundred new recruits have been transferred from the army, and they all have a strong desire for revenge. It is indeed difficult to manage. The subordinates have already issued strict orders several times, but some people still dare to disobey them.

In fact, there are some people who have committed death and ignored the military order, and some people took the lead in disobeying, there is a man named Wan San, who started the attack, and his prestige is quite high. I only hit twenty army sticks. I can eliminate one or two, but I don't want to be like this, and I will definitely be punished heavily after I go back. "

Tang Qing'an laughed.

"It seems that your surname is Wan, Li Ziying."

puff.

Li Bosheng knelt down immediately, his expression changed drastically.

"Subordinates...subordinates promise that this will never happen in the future."

He pondered for a while.

This kind of morale needs to be used well, not just suppressed blindly.

Originally, it was because of the opponent's willingness to fight, and if the suppression was too much, wouldn't it be useless, but it was impossible to ignore the military order.

After all, it's just that the general's ability is not good enough, and it's not just Li Bosheng's subordinates who have these people, but the troubles are the most in other places.

"Let that Wansan come to see me."

I want to meet this kind of people after all, although I have recruited so many people, I have not really walked into the hearts of these people.

Since this Wansan is famous, it can be seen that he still has some skills. Tang Qing'an wants to chat with this person to see if it is possible to find a suitable way to deal with it and guide him better.

Li Bosheng left the General Military Mansion, rubbed his brow with sweat, gritted his teeth, and rode back with his soldiers.

"Wan San, you fucking come out with me."

In the military tent.

The rest of the people didn't believe how the barbarian soldier who was lying on the bed and was bragging about killing himself begged for mercy.

"Although the barbarians are hateful, they are not as cowardly as you said. How could they beg for mercy?"

"Hmph, but you are wrong. How can you not be afraid of death if you are all human? When I recover from my injuries, I will kill a few more for you to see."

"Farewell, if you violate this military order again, be careful of your head."

"Yes, yes, Mr. Qian is still good to us, after all, he also has the heart to protect us. Like other places, there are those who dare to violate military orders. It's not like you hit some military sticks to make things happen."

Everyone didn't know each other at first, and they were originally military households from various places in Liaozuo.

As mentioned earlier, military households in Liaodong have a hard life, even worse than tenant households in the interior, and military households are not soldiers.

These people were ruined, fled all the way to Jinzhou, entered the camp again, got together, and had a common topic.

They all have a heart for revenge.

But no one dared to violate the order.

Military households are stronger than civilian households, and that's it.

Although life is not as good as that of civilian households, but I have always been in contact with the military system, and I know that military orders are strict and cannot be violated lightly.

Everyone was chatting and laughing, suddenly Mr. Qian's scolding came from outside the tent, everyone looked at each other and knew that some people in the camp were careless, and there were many casualties.

Mr. Qian came back from Jinzhou this time, and his tone must have been punished.

"Take care of yourself."

Mr. Qian is really quite interesting, and they don't want Mr. Qian to be embarrassed, so they can only say this to Wansan.

Enduring the scar on his buttocks, Wan San was helped out, and sure enough, he saw Mr. Qian with an angry look on his face.

"It's just his mother's twenty military sticks, what kind of grandson are you pretending to be?"

Wan San heard the words, pushed away the others, and stood alone waiting for Mr. Qian's disposal.

He thought about the mothers and children in his heart, and after he figured out the heads, he actually showed a smile.

"You're fucking still laughing."

Li Bosheng whipped down, Wan San let out a cry of pain, covering his face and complaining.

"Head, you don't hate me for killing me, don't you know that I'm afraid of pain, why bother to let me suffer like this."

Li Bosheng couldn't swing his whip anymore, he threw it on the ground and said bitterly.

"Take your sharp tongue and tell the general."

(End of this chapter)