Overlord!

Chapter 213 Horse Trafficking in Youzhou
Only by replacing millet with rice can people in Jiangdong become richer.

Not to mention other things, at least let the people realize the freedom of white rice, right?
Now "The Book of Pansheng" already contains various guidance on early rice, late rice and rice field temperature adjustment methods.

It is obvious that rice production in Jiangdong can far exceed that of millet, but people still grow millet, but it is just a matter of custom.

Gu Yong spoke at this time and said: "Shennong's teachings, although there are stone cities and soup ponds, and millions of armors, but no millet, it is impossible to maintain it. The husband's grain and silk are the destiny of the world."

"Therefore, Pan Sheng said that the foundation of all farming lies in the right time, harmonizing the soil, working on the dung, and hoeing early to harvest. If the time is harmonious and the land is suitable, even if the field is thin and bad, the harvest can be as much as ten stones per mu."

"The weather in Jiangdong is hot and rainy, so it is the first choice for paddy fields. If rice can be widely planted and the harvest can reach ten stones per acre, there will be no hunger in the world."

Pan win!This is the most authoritative agriculturist in Han Dynasty.His status in the Han Dynasty was comparable to that of Yuan Tianshi in the Celestial Dynasty.

His greatest achievement was to supervise Sanfu in Guanzhong to change millet to wheat, thus making Guanzhong prosperous.

"With the harmony of time and the right land, even though the fields are thin and poor, we can harvest ten stones per acre." Sun Ce praised: "If you can summarize this statement, you can see that Pan Gong is indeed a master of agriculture. Guanzhong is suitable for planting wheat, so the governor The people in Guanzhong have all changed to millet and wheat. We in Jiangdong should also supervise the people in Jiangdong to change to millet and rice according to the suitability of the land."

Zheng Li was surprised for a moment and immediately said: "General, the people in the east of the Yangtze River have inherited the style of the Spring and Autumn Period, Wu and Yue. They fight fiercely and fiercely, and disrespect the king's order. If they are forced to switch to millet and rice, it may cause resentment among the people, and some cunning people will take the opportunity to plot chaos. .”

Sun Ce calmly waved his hand and said: "With Gu here and Gu with [-] troops, this generation is not worthy of being a Taoist. Gu's authority and reputation are like this. If we don't change it, how can we expect future generations to be born in the palace and be better than women's hands?" Do you want to change it? Moreover, there are always thousands or even tens of thousands of people rebelling, and the remaining people change to millet and rice, and the output is several times that of before."

Fan Shengzhi's words, "Although the field is thin and evil, it can be harvested with ten stones per acre", it really touched Sun Ce!

Which prince can withstand this temptation?

Moreover, Sun Ce knew very well that the land of Sanwu in the east of the Yangtze River was a real land of fish and rice. As long as millet was replaced by rice, the yield of ten stones per mu might be just ordinary.

It is not impossible to achieve the feat of "harvesting more than ten stones from white fields and dozens of stones from paddy fields" like Cao Wei's farming.

Even if Danyang County alone cultivates one million acres of paddy fields, it will be enough to harvest tens of millions of tons of rice, enough to support millions of people for several years.

As for one million acres of fertile land, if one man and five people manage [-] acres, only [-] households would be able to cultivate it.

Even including intensive farming and shifting cultivation, only [-] or [-] households are enough.

Sun Ce's attitude was firm and he said: "To change millet to rice, we must go to Jiangdong. Let's start from the Jiankang and Moling areas."

Zheng Li suggested: "General, there is no need to force the people throughout the territory to switch to millet and rice cultivation. Water conservancy has been built in the south of Moling. From Shicheng and Danyang counties to Moling and Wuhu, the water conservancy is connected. There is a supervisor of the Agricultural School here. In the field. With tens of thousands of soldiers stationed in the field, it is no problem to open up 50 million acres of paddy fields. We can first promote the benefits of growing rice from the soldiers in the field, and then build warehouses to store rice. The people will be happy to plant rice instead of millet if they build warehouses full of rice. "

Supervise the Agricultural School Lieutenant Department?
Sun Ce was surprised and looked at Gu Yong: "Is there still someone who left the garrison here?"

Gu Yong nodded and said: "Refugees from the Central Plains have been taking refuge in Jiangdong all year round. Soldiers captured by Shanyue bandits also clogged the roads. After the city was built, Chang Shi temporarily transferred those who had no way to make a living to the governor of the agricultural school. Zheng Hun supervised it and set up farming here."

Zheng Hun!

Sun Ce remembered this famous person. His brother Zheng Tai was the famous person in the world who conspired with He Yong and Xun You to kill Dong Zhuo.

The matter was not kept secret, so both Zheng Tai and Zheng Hun took refuge in Huainan.

However, Zheng Hun also heard that Sun Ce was recruiting handsome talents in Jiangdong and hired celebrities, so he left Yuan Shu early and joined Sun Ce.

Sun Ce asked: "How is Colonel Zheng's political performance?"

Mentioning Zheng Hun, Gu Yong immediately smiled and said: "Zheng Xiaowei is really the pillar of the country and a model for the world!"

This word!Sun Ce took a deep breath. If he remembered correctly, the idiom "there will be models in the world for future generations" came from Zheng Hun.

Unexpectedly, when he arrived in Jiangdong, he still achieved such extraordinary achievements.It is indeed gold and will shine wherever it goes.

Sun Ce couldn't help but asked out of curiosity: "What did Captain Zheng do? To deserve such praise from the world."

Gu Yong immediately said in detail: "When Lieutenant Zheng first arrived in Jiangdong, the world was uncertain, the people were all frivolous, and did not want to reproduce. It was difficult for him to raise his children, and he did not raise them."

"So Lieutenant Zheng took away the fishing and hunting equipment of the people in the five counties under his supervision, and assigned them to cultivate mulberry trees and open rice fields. He also severely punished the crime of abandoning babies. Anyone who failed to give birth to a child would have to serve in the corvee for three years and serve as a government official. Promote water conservancy and build buildings."

"In the early days of the Republic of China, people were afraid of crime. Later, when they became richer and wiser, they all offered support. Most of the men and women they raised were named Zheng."

This is a good law!Sun Ce's eyes lit up.

Sun Ce never thought that harsh punishment was necessarily an evil thing.Some things should be punished by harsh laws, such as human trafficking, childbirth, and infant drowning.

Now that a child is born, it is his duty as a father and a mother to throw the child to the ground or drown him in the water. This kind of behavior should be prohibited by harsh laws.

This is not only good law but also good governance!

However, Zheng Hun's extensive use of rice fields surprised Sun Ce.Then he asked, "Does Captain Zheng also know the benefits of rice fields?"

Gu Yong nodded and said with a smile: "After all, Lieutenant Zheng is well-read and has the talent to manage the country. The terrain in Danyang is undulating, the county boundaries are wet, and the people are hungry. Lieutenant Zheng personally visited each county and inspected the terrain. It is said that the terrain is gentle and suitable for irrigation, and eventually there will be long-term benefits of fish and rice, which is the foundation of a prosperous people."

"Then he led the officials and people in Wuhu, Danyang, and Shicheng to build pond weirs, open up rice fields, and build water conservancy projects. They were all completed in one winter. The harvest was great year after year, and the number of acres increased year by year. The income per acres was ten stones, and the rent was twice as much as usual. , the people relied on its benefits, carved stones to praise it, and named it Zheng Pi."

Sun Ce laughed happily. There are so many capable ministers and officials in Jiangdong. How can Jiangdong not be stable and prosperous?

Zheng Li changed customs, and Zheng Qing recruited people to fish and hunt, teach them to farm and cultivate mulberry trees, build water conservancy projects, and open up rice fields, all of which were good governance that benefited the country and the people.

The work of these two people alone helped Sun Ce settle down tens of thousands of families, open up hundreds of thousands of acres of rice fields, and earn millions of pounds of rice income.

How can Liu Bei compare with this kind of internal affairs and people's livelihood?
The only one who can compete with Sun Ce in the world is Cao Cao, who has the help of Yingchuan scholars and pays attention to farming!
Sun Ce's confidence greatly increased and he said to Gu Yong: "With Zheng Hun's talent, tens of thousands of people can switch to millet and rice cultivation, and the people will rely on its benefits and people will be grateful. Your talent is a hundred times that of Zheng Hun. The choice of temple corridors can help govern the country. If you manage Danyang County with your talents, you will be able to make the people respect you and your family and country will benefit."

"The sooner millet is grown to rice, the sooner people will be rich. The country will be able to recuperate one year earlier. The treasury will be richer one year earlier, and post roads will be built."

Gu Yong immediately raised his hands solemnly and said: "I will live up to the general's trust. Good morning to the county, so that the food produced in one county in Danyang can be used by several counties in the east of the Yangtze River."

Sun Ce nodded and then said: "The first post station in the east of the Yangtze River will be built from Jiankang, and go south through Moling and Danyang to the headquarters of the Governor of the Agricultural School."

After this official road was built, the grain transported from the Governor's Agricultural School Weibu would be enough to meet the needs along the route.

After all, Sun Ce has not forgotten that the most important thing in the Jiankang and Moling areas is to open up the mulberry fields so that the mulberry gardens are dotted all over the place, and the sound of mulberry trees can be heard everywhere in the alleys.

Sun Ce originally planned to continue going south and even go to Poyang to inspect the site where Jingdezhen was built, and try to move the white porcelain from Kuaiji to the Yangtze River.White porcelain is the most high-end porcelain in this era. It was not until the Tang Sancai appeared in the Tang Dynasty that higher craftsmanship could surpass white porcelain.

Therefore, at present, Bai Ci can not only harvest huge amounts of wealth outside the territory, but even in the Central Plains, he can also continuously harvest various wealth from the princes of the four directions.

Porcelain and silk have been the two most profitable industries in China since ancient times.

But a piece of news from Jiankang immediately interrupted Sun Ce's trip and had to return to Jiankang.

Because Jiankang's transaction is ten times more valuable and important than porcelain and brocade!
What items in this era are more valuable than porcelain and brocade?And it's huge.

Needless to say, there is only one thing, and that is the war horse!
When Sun Ce received the news, he quickly returned to Jiankang City with his guards and horses.

Returning to the Chui Gong Hall, Sun Ce asked Zhang Zhao, the chief historian who had been waiting here for a long time: "Where is the envoy from Youzhou now?"

Zhang Zhao immediately raised his hand and said, "I have arrived in Danyang for two days, and I can come to see you today."

"Good! Good!" Sun Ce was overjoyed and said: "Let Zilong send the embroidered guards to greet him in person. The great affairs of the country depend on the Rong, and the great affairs of the Rong depend on the horses. Every time the horse is sold, it will help our Northern Expedition. Tian. Yu Guo has lived up to Gu Gu's trust, and the matter has already made progress in less than two years since he left."

There are now more than [-] horses in Jiangdong. Even if the black armor cavalry only has one horse per person, they can only form [-] black armor cavalry.After all, more than a thousand horses must be kept in reserve to supplement the losses of cavalry operations.There is also a Suzaku Sudden Rider that requires one person and two horses for transfer.

The scale of five thousand cavalry is really not large.The scale of cavalry, which often numbered tens of thousands or hundreds of thousands in battles with the dynasty, was simply incomparable.

Even compared to the troubled princes like Cao Cao and Yuan Shao, they are incomparable.Cao Cao's elite tiger and leopard cavalry were filled with hundreds of men, totaling more than 5000.

Even Zhang He, a partial general, probably commanded more than [-] cavalry in the battle of Jieting.

Sun Ce wanted to make an expedition from the south to the north. If he did not want to be extremely passive on the battlefield, he had to form a larger cavalry force.

Otherwise, once the troops are divided and marched, the cavalry scale will be insufficient, which will easily lead to the partial division being taken advantage of by the enemy's cavalry.

Of course, in addition to military campaigns, Jiangdong also needed a large number of pack horses.

Whether it is for logistical supplies, station needs, or even improving people's livelihood, a large number of horses need to be purchased from the market.

Therefore, Sun Ce attached great importance to Tian Yu's envoy from Youzhou who was liaising with Jiangdong.

He personally waited in the Chui Gong Hall for the envoy to arrive under the escort of Xiu Yiwei.

But when he saw the person coming, Sun Ce was really surprised for a moment. The envoy from Youzhou was very young, and his face should be slightly older than Tian Yu. He looked about 26 or seven years old, definitely less than [-] years old.

When the other party saw Sun Ce, he held his hands in great respect and said: "Xu Miao, a native of Guangyang and Jixian County of Yan State, pays homage to General Sun. Miao is engaged in the service of Yuyang Prefecture for our lord Youzhou. Xian Yugong, I would like to express my greetings to the general."

Xian Yufu?The most powerful prince in Youzhou at present!
Sun Ce immediately replied: "No need to be polite, please sit down for Xu Qing."

Xu Miao was very polite. He bowed his hands and said, "Thank you, General Sun." Then he took his seat.

Sun Ce and Zhang Zhao looked at each other. The Youzhou envoy's respectful attitude was unexpected.

After Xu Miao took his seat, Sun Ce took the initiative and asked, "How did you arrive at Jiangdong? Is the road smooth?"

Xu Miao immediately replied: "I came from Youzhou via Ji, Qing, Xu, and Huai. The general is so powerful in the Central Plains. Anyone who hears on the way that I am going to Jiangdong on official business, no one dares to stop me."

Sun Ce couldn't help but smile and asked, "Oh? Is my reputation also spread in Hebei?"

"Of course!" Xu Miao immediately said solemnly: "On the day I set off, the general will lead the king's army to destroy the two thieves Yuan and Lu in one battle, eliminate the rebellion, kill all the officials of the puppet court, and cut open the coffin of the general who overstepped Yuan Shu's position. Stab the corpse and spread it to the capital, and it is spreading to Hebei, shocking the world!"

"Anyone on both sides of the Yellow River who holds his own troops and does not respect the king's orders will be frightened and frightened. They will all respect the princes. Please respect the emperor!"

Sun Ce raised his eyebrows and asked, "How does Xian Yuzheng view this trend?"

Xu Miao answered solemnly: "Now all the heroes in the world have gathered together to compete in all directions. The heroes and heroes don't know where they are. My lord does not dare to make false claims about the general trend. He only leads his people to obey the king's orders."

Sun Ce smiled when he heard this.No prince dislikes this kind of person.

Obviously Xian Yufu has no ambition to dominate the world.What worries him now is that he doesn't know who to rely on.

After all, the general situation of the world is uncertain, and no one knows which prince will eventually dominate the world.

If the person you invest in is not a human being, nothing will happen in the end, and you will also suffer the consequences if the land collapses.

If we say that Sun Ce supported his troops in the south of the Yangtze River and looked north to the Central Plains, he wanted to provoke provocations and move north to conquer the world.

Xian Yufu was to support Youzhou and observe the situation in the south. When the situation was settled, he would surrender to the princes in exchange for peace.

Therefore, he said that just leading the crowd and obeying the king's orders was a pragmatic attitude, and no prince would be offended.

Sun Ce asked curiously: "Then why did Xu Qing come all the way to Jiangdong?"

Xu Miao explained: "This is because of Tian Guorang. Guorang has always been close to my lord, and he strongly urged my lord to get along well with General Sun and trade horses to alleviate the famine in Youzhou."

What Xu Miao said was still too subtle.

How can Tian Yu advocate that Youzhou and Jiangdong get along well?
In Youzhou, during a banquet, Tian Yu enthusiastically praised Sun Lang's talent.

As long as the princes of the world are discussed, Tian Yu will definitely say that the person who can finally determine the world must be the Sun family.It is advisable to return to your destiny quickly and avoid any trouble later.

His crazy propaganda led to Wuhuan's reputation, local power, and the governors of various counties and even Gongsun Zan hearing about Sun Ce's heroic spirit.

However, Sun Ce was also a heroic figure. Not long after Tian Yu spread his reputation, it was soon reported that he defeated Yuan Shu, one of the most powerful princes in the world, and Lu Bu, the most prestigious general in the world.

Destroy both thieves in one battle and kill both of them, thus shocking the world.

The reputation spread to Youzhou, which immediately made Youzhou fearful and the princes were frightened.

(End of this chapter)