The great hero of the Silk Road, starting from a farm farmer

Chapter 177 The territory has grown so much, but the population has only increased by less than [-]?
Slow efficiency has the advantage of being slow. In addition to an official document, Da Zheng sent someone to deliver a set of military commander's court uniforms and the seal of General Lintao. This was better than the bird feathers brought by the Western Fan and the nothing Beixiang. Much stronger.

After traveling through time for such a long time, I can be considered as wearing a uniform that is quite eye-catching.Dazheng's official uniform is indeed beautiful. It is made of high-quality silk and brocade fabric. The material alone can be worth some money if sold.

Clothes aside, as far as documents are concerned, the ones in Dazheng are more formal than those in the other two countries.Strictly speaking, the seals given by Xifan and Beixiang did not count. They were all issued by the local military generals themselves, not by their courts.Dazheng was different. The seal of Dazheng had the seal of the emperor and the court, and it was a formal appointment letter.

Of course, no matter whether the document is formal or not, in Song Yingkui's eyes, this thing is not appropriate.No one should think about being their own boss. We have worked hard on our own from beginning to end.When I first started my business, I had no one to rely on. Now that I have some capital, I can't be anyone's little brother.

As for the relationship with these three families, the principle is that we don't take the initiative to provoke others, but no one wants to bully us. If we can cope with it, we will deal with it. If we can't cope with it, we will fight with each other.

"Third uncle, how is the work of recruiting regular soldiers going? I plan to send back all the men from the young men team and Chief Bai in the near future. The regular soldiers must be replaced as soon as possible, lest there will be no soldiers available after all the people are sent back." After more than a month of consolidation, the territory of Didao was basically stable. Song Yingkui quickly summoned Yang Shunan, Sanshu and others to discuss the next military arrangements.

"I have recently recruited about a thousand people here, enough to organize two or three battalions." Song Xueliang briefly reported on the progress of the recent recruitment work in Didao.

"Thousands of people are probably not enough. I thought about it. At least two new infantry battalions must be established, stationed in Guanying and Taoyang. A cavalry battalion will be stationed in Manwa to be responsible for the response. In addition, three garrisons must be formed. The brigade is stationed in Huichuan and Sanchakou. At the same time, another gun and artillery brigade must be built to station in the official camp. Later, one gun and artillery brigade will be stationed along Sichuan City and in the official camp. In this way, additional troops and horses will have to be One thousand sixty-seven. The fifth battalion and Yungu will replenish at most one to two hundred soldiers, and the rest will have to come from the new territory."

After careful calculation, if there are no more than [-] soldiers and horses, it will be difficult to face Xiang Jun's all-out attack in the future. Youdao means to be prepared, and you must hurry up and replenish all these soldiers now.

Song Xueliang opened his mouth when he heard the words, but no words came out.We only have such a large territory, and you have to raise three thousand soldiers and horses at once. Can you support it?We occupy the land of a county, not a prefecture.

Seeing that Song Xueliang was hesitant to speak, Yang Shunan next to him took over and said: "City Lord, we are afraid that we will not be able to recruit so many soldiers in our new territory? According to this levy method, we can almost finish the levy with young men."

"Ah? Don't we occupy an area larger than a county? How can we not recruit so many soldiers? You know, with the people from the Fifth Battalion and Yungu occupying such a small area, we have recruited nearly [-] soldiers. Soldiers." Song Yingkui was a little surprised by Yang Shunan's words. He didn't understand how the source of soldiers could not be ideal when the territory was so large.
Yang Shunan sighed and then said: "It was not caused by the feudal turmoil. Since the first year of the year, the turmoil in Didao has not subsided. A good rich county has been completely destroyed. The number of people is probably reduced by half. More than that. These days, Xiaohu and I have been searching in various villages. According to current rough estimates, including official camps, the population of Didao is less than 7, and the total number of men, women, old and children is probably less than [-]. In such a large territory, there are also It’s just the same as the number of households in Yungu, Wuying.” Once again, the population was misestimated. Last time, the population in the Yungu mountainous area was underestimated, but this time, the population in the Didao line was overestimated.In Song Yingkui's mind, there must be [-] to [-] people in one county no matter what, right?The result was less than [-].

The problem caused by unsatisfactory population growth is insufficient manpower.The recruitment intensity of Yungu and the Fifth Battalion is not light. If the recruitment is carried out according to the original plan, Didao's recruitment ratio will be higher than that of the Yungu Fifth Battalion. This is not conducive to appeasing the people of the newly surrendered area.

"Let's do this! We will recruit troops in Didao according to the organizational structure of two infantry battalions and one cavalry battalion. For the gunnery brigade, we will find a way from the fifth battalion and Yungu. As for the garrison brigade, we will not build it for the time being. We will use Yungu's The garrison brigade was transferred to Sanchakou for garrison, and the guards in other areas will be left to the patrol and punishment department to find a way to deal with it first." Song Yingkui made adjustments to the plan while secretly feeling worried in his heart.

Lack of personnel is a very troublesome matter, which not only affects the military, but also affects development.Originally, he was thinking about building another batch of factories to expand industrial production capacity, especially to expand steel production.Now there are no people, how can we develop?

In addition to the expansion of [-] soldiers, there must be at least [-] to [-] strong laborers who are not engaged in agricultural production!Only in this way can the current huge system be supported and the stability of the system maintained.

Unlike other forces, like Dazheng, the Yungu Army mainly relies on agricultural taxes to support its people.In Beixiang and Xifan, the army and civilians were integrated, and the proportion of retired soldiers and horses supported was not large.The path Song Yingkui chose was to rely on agriculture to meet basic needs and rely on industry and commerce to support a large proportion of retired soldiers, so as to gain a foothold in this troubled world.Considering the production conditions of this era, it is impossible to free up a large number of labor forces to engage in industry and commerce, so the basic population base must meet the standards.The current problem is that compared to the dangerous environment we face, the basic population cannot pass the test.

Gouri's feudal chaos and Dazheng's irresponsibility can really kill people.If it weren't for their scourge, would the situation be so bad?

The bad situation not only affects the present, but the impact of this thing is likely to last for more than ten years.Is it that the people under the current rule are working hard to have children, and it will take seven or eight years for a generation to grow up and be useful?The time we have to wait for people gradually grows up?

Besides counting on people to support themselves?Another way is to attract immigrants.However, the surrounding situation is similar to Didao!The people in the entire abandoned land of Xisu have all suffered in recent years. Some have fled to the hinterland of Dazheng, and some have become the victims of the Xifan people. It is an optimistic estimate that more than half of the population has been reduced.Some villages even disappeared entirely.

Thinking of this, Song Yingkui felt displeased with Bai Feiyan and others.The abandoned lands of Xisu, especially the Didao area, have become like this. The Sunan tribes cannot escape their involvement. They have killed many people in this area.Grandma's legs made Song Yingkui so angry that he wanted to go find these guys to settle the score immediately.What a bunch of idiots who fail to accomplish anything but fail more than they should!
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