Water Margin people

Sun Lei led the army along the waterway and soon arrived at the Yangtze River. After crossing the river, he returned to the military camp outside Yangzhou City.

"elder brother!"

Xiao Jiasui, who stayed behind in the camp, clasped his fists and said.

"Master, what news do you have?"

Sun Lei looked at Xiao Jiasui and asked, since he crossed the river, he has not paid attention to the situation in the north for a long time.

"Brother, not long ago the Jurchens captured the capital of Liaozhong and issued an edict."

Xiao Jiasui saluted and handed over a piece of paper.

"The Liao government is out of line, and both humans and gods have abandoned it. Now that we want to unify China and foreign countries, I order you to lead a large army to carry out a crusade!"

Sun Lei looked at the brief edict in his hand.

"The tone is not small! You started to think about the unification of China and foreign countries after you took the Zhongjing Road?"

Sun Lei laughed and said, the Jurchens are so crazy that they have already begun to think about the unification of China and foreign countries after defeating the capital of Liao Kingdom.

"Brother, Emperor Tianzuo of the Liao Kingdom fled from Zhongjing to Xijing, and now the Jurchens have also mobilized an army to attack Xijing!"

Xiao Jiasui spoke again.

"Well, the army has set off and returned to Liangshan to rest and recuperate. There will be another big battle soon!"

Sun Lei nodded, and the matter in Jiangnan was considered over, so he moved north.

It is already spring in the north in April, and the weather is getting hotter.

Spring plowing has ended long ago, and the crops are growing vigorously in the fields. There are no various taxes and exploitation from the court, and everything is going smoothly.

Sun Lei seldom participates in farming, and he has never actually planted land in his two lifetimes. Even if he had a rural household registration in his previous life, he has never been a serious farmer. It is hard to say what can grow in the land if he is asked to farm. .

But Sun Lei is very clear about one thing, that is, professionals do professional things, plowing land and farming, sowing and harvesting, weeding and watering, no one knows better than generations of hard-working farmers, as long as they don't make blind orders and toss, everything will go smoothly.

“The crops are growing well this year!”

Sun Lei looked at the wheat in the fields by the roadside. The wheat in the north was planted early, and some of it has already headed. It looks like it will be ready for harvest in two months at most.

"Brother, there will be a bumper harvest of grain this year. Now we have a mountain of grain in Liangshan, which is a problem."

Xiao Jiasui said.

"Well, isn't it brewing?"

Sun Lei asked suspiciously.

"Brother, the wine consumption is also limited. We have had a good harvest in Liangshan for several years, and now we control the land of twenty states. Shandong and Huaibei have been grain-producing places since ancient times. I am afraid that the grain granaries will not be able to pile up this year!"

"As for brewing, this thing doesn't actually consume that much food, and there are too many fermented wines, so storage and sales are also problems."

Xiao Jiasui said, this problem is also a headache for him, there has never been enough food in the world, and there is no such thing as Liangshan worrying about too much food in ancient and modern times.

"Can we still have more food than we can finish?"

Yue Fei also became interested. When his family was in trouble, they would always be hungry and full. There was no time when there was too much food.

"Why is there not enough food to eat?"

Sun Lei asked with a smile.

"This...is not enough to eat!"

Yue Fei couldn't turn his head around, his common sense was: when is there enough food?

"There are only more than 1 million people in the world, and the number of arable land in the imperial court is 7.2 million mu. If you don't count it, the cultivated land has been cultivated privately in recent years, and the arable land is close to 10 billion mu. The rice production in the south is high, and one mu can be three to four hundred catties. The yield of wheat in the north is low, but more than 200 catties can be guaranteed."

"The south can grow two to three crops, and the north can also grow two crops. The fruits and vegetables are not counted. If you calculate carefully, you will have more than enough to eat!"

Sun Lei said with a smile, in such a huge country, why can't Da Song with [-] million people have enough to eat?

Why was Xicheng established?Isn't it because they have taken a fancy to the land that the common people have cultivated over the years?

In recent years, the taxation of official land is too heavy, and the people can only support themselves with private land.

"This……"

Not only Yue Fei, but the rest of the people also looked at each other in blank dismay. They really haven't calculated these things carefully. If they look at it this way, there is really no reason to be hungry.

"It's nothing more than excessive exploitation. A poor farmer grows ten acres of land a year and receives five thousand catties of grain. Four thousand five hundred catties are taken away by extortionate miscellaneous taxes. Can you not go hungry?"

"Now our Liangshan tax burden is light, and every family has divided the land. The average family has [-] to [-] acres of land. They can produce tens of thousands of catties of grain a year, and they will leave a lot of grain. The grain is far more than a family. If the stored grain is not properly disposed of, it will lead to private sale!"

Xiao Jiasui added that ordinary farmers would keep enough rations and seeds for the family after harvesting, and sell the excess to avoid attracting snakes, insects, rats and ants, and also exchange some money for spending.

But if every household has a surplus of grain, the price will be severely suppressed. At this time, it will lead to private sales. For example, selling grain to the Liao Kingdom, which is short of food, is equivalent to subsidizing the enemy in disguise.

"Since the wine can't be consumed, we encourage breeding. Chickens, ducks, geese, cattle, sheep, pigs, and horses are all fine!"

Sun Lei thought for a while and said, food is not suitable for long-term storage, no matter how big a cellar is dug, it can be stored for a few years, but the field grows every year, so it is better to consume it locally and eat it If you can't finish it, then feed it to the livestock, and it's the same when you eat meat.

"Yes, brother!"

Xiao Jiasui clasped his fists and said, he actually had this idea too, but he dared not say that agricultural food is a big deal, it was consumed this year, if the war goes wrong next year, if the year is not good, there will be big problems, this decision must be Sun Lei will do it.

Back to Liangshan.

Everything remains the same, Liangshan Town is always so crowded.

The army directly entered the camp outside Shuibo, and the army only had one month to rest and reorganize. After one month, nearly half of the army would enter Cangzhou. In the future, the fighting would mainly be concentrated in the north.

"Brother, there is no news from the Mingjiao people yet."

Li Zhu looked at Sun Lei and said.

"Give them some time. After all, the officers and soldiers are still in the south of the Yangtze River. It is not easy for them to bring so many old and weak women and children."

Sun Lei shook his head and said, it would not be easy for Lou Minzhong and others to get away with the women and children this time.

"Let's talk about things in the north. The Liao Kingdom has sent another letter, and they still want to unite us to deal with the Jurchens. What conditions do you think I can offer to deceive them?"

Sun Lei looked at the crowd and asked, although the Liao Kingdom is declining, there are still many elites in the land of Yanyun.

"Brother, since they want to unite with us? Then of course they must give me the way to Liaodong. The coastal states to the east of Nanjing Road are good!"

Wu Song said.

"Wu Erlang is right. If we pretend to attack Guo, we must first borrow the Tao!"

Pang Wanchun laughed out loud. Liang Shan never wanted to cooperate with Fanzi, he just wanted to use them.

"Now the Liao Kingdom has lost the Tokyo Road, the Shangjing Road, the Zhongjing Road, and the Xijing Road are in danger. The only safe road is the Nanjing Road. If we open a few states, the Liao people will not be willing."

Lin Chong shook his head and said, the Liao Kingdom has lost more than half of its land, and it values ​​the remaining land very much.

"Then let's talk to them first. Five states. After bargaining, two or three states will still be given!"

Sun Lei thought for a while and said, the most important thing is Pingzhou, which is the only way to Liaodong. (end of this chapter)