Three Kingdoms: I, Ma Su, just want to die

Chapter 647 Farming in Huainan

As someone who has lived at the grassroots level in Huainan for many years, Deng Ai naturally knows what policies Cao Wei implements here. Under Deng Ai's explanation, the group basically understood what was going on.

Specifically, Cao Wei's initial definition of Huainan was a line of defense against Jiangdong. The main function here is not to produce grain and tax, but to fend off enemies in the south at a low cost.

Based on this concept, Cao Wei began to organize large-scale demolitions along the Huai River. From the south of Shouchun, a large number of towns were demolished and a large number of people were forcibly relocated to Huaibei.

Even though the land here is fertile and the water is sufficient, it still cannot change Cao Wei's attitude. Over the years, the entire Huainan has been basically demolished, with nine out of ten households being demolished, creating an artificial isolation zone.

In fact, after the Shu Han's first Northern Expedition in history, Cao Wei also wanted to implement this policy in Guanxi. It's just that Cao Dan died early, and his successor Sima Yi chose construction, which prevented Kansai from becoming a no man's land.

Facts have proved that this policy is very effective. Soochow has been stuck here in Hefei for so many years, and this policy has made the greatest contribution.

However, to Ji Han and his group, this sounds like a completely violent creature!

"The land of Huainan has thousands of miles of fertile fields, dense water networks, and convenient transportation. If the late emperor had started here, I'm afraid the middle road would not have collapsed..." Zhuge Liang looked at this desolate land and couldn't help feeling a little distressed.

He has been the backbone of Ji Han's government affairs over the years, and he knows the value of thousands of miles of fertile land. When he was in Yizhou, he even built more than 70 canals in Hanzhong in one go, just to increase the field output.

The most important thing is that Ji Han's next strategy is to march south. The original plan was for the Han army to march from Shouchun and Jiangling and attack Soochow together.

As a result, Huainan became a no-man's land, and the impact on the Han army would be no less than that of Soochow.

"You Chang, I'll leave the affairs of Huainan to you." After Zhuge Liang pondered for a while, he turned to look at Ma Su and ordered.

"Although the three states of the Central Plains are now being swallowed up, the imperial court does not have time to attack Wu in a short period of time. However, preparations must be made in advance. We cannot allow our Han soldiers to march south without logistical support."

"So you should be responsible for Huainan's affairs and repair the broken Huainan and Huaibei as soon as possible."

Regarding Huainan, Zhuge Liang wanted to be personally responsible. At his level, production in Huainan can be initially resumed within two years.

But now besides Huainan, Zhuge Liang still has three states to take care of. Such a large territory has long been beyond the capabilities of the General's Mansion.

Therefore, Zhuge Liang finally handed over the task to Ma Di.

Anyway, there are only a few wealthy families left in Huainan. No matter how hard Ma Di tries, things won't get serious, and Zhuge Liang can rest assured... maybe.

"Wei!" Ma Su also nodded and immediately accepted the task.

Obviously, Ma Su felt disgusted when Huainan, a large and fertile area, was thrown into a quarantine area. In addition, the ultimate purpose of all this is for the subsequent defeat of Wu...

Ma Di had long wanted to seduce Sun Quan, and letting Sun Quan be the fake emperor in Jianye for one more day seemed to Ma Di uncomfortable. If the national strength did not allow it, Ma Su would have planned to march south now.

After Zhuge Liang finished arranging the work, he patrolled the town from Jiujiang to Guangling. After basically visiting all of Guandong and suppressing the turmoil in the Central Plains, we set off back to Luoyang. After Zhuge Liang left, Ma Su was temporarily free and took over the defense of Huainan. However, when Ma Su was thinking about how to start farming in Huainan, Deng Ai took the initiative to come to the door.

"Your Majesty, I have been working as a farm official in Huainan for ten years. I know the mountains and landforms here very well. Can you let Ai Ye participate in the project?"

Ma Su immediately agreed to Deng Ai's request. After all, in history, it was Deng Ai who gave Sima Yi advice and started farming in Huainan.

Although this guy wanted to make progress so much that he had a bad reputation at the grassroots level. However, it must be admitted that Deng Ai still has a certain understanding of terrain and farming.

The only thing that gave Ma Su a headache was that Deng Ai also served as the defender of the six towns. If he is allowed to be stationed in Huainan for a long time, then there may be no one in charge of the second town of Shuofang County controlled by Deng Ai.

However, Deng Ai was already prepared for this and immediately suggested that Zhang Yi should take over the six towns in his place.

In the end, Ma Su met the governor of Huainan with Deng Ai, and he and Ma Su were jointly responsible for the military garrison work in Huainan.

Ma Di's mobility was obviously very high. After taking office for half a month, he immediately took people to inspect the terrain as soon as he understood Huainan. In the next month, Ma Su basically only took Deng Ai and Ma Zhong with him every day, and then visited Huainan.

During this period, Deng Ai's ability to draw pictures also made Ma Su very satisfied. Whenever they visited a place, Deng Ai would draw a map that night.

The mountains, rivers, and rivers are all clearly drawn. With the help of Deng Ai's map, Ma Su generally had a preliminary understanding of Huainan's potential.

"Hiss...it was that bastard who proposed to dismantle Huainan like this! I have to kill his whole family!" He didn't know it, but he was shocked at first sight. After roughly understanding the potential of Huainan, Ma Su couldn't help but tremble. Take a breath of air.

The fertile land of the Huaihe River is far beyond what Guanzhong can match. Moreover, the climate here is mild, and the food output is more than three times that of the northwest.

According to Deng Ai's preliminary exploration, the Lianghuai River can now support at least 50,000 troops.

The Huaibei military camp has 20,000 troops and the Huainan military camp has 30,000 troops. They can take turns off at a ratio of one-fifth. According to this ratio, it can be guaranteed that there will be about 40,000 troops stationed every year.

This number of tribesmen is enough to resist the Wu army during the war, and they can also participate in digging canals and building roads during the off-season. In this way, Huainan's productivity will recover like a snowball.

As long as the military settlement can take root and gradually expand the scope of the settlement, the population of the settlement can be increased by 100,000 in three years.

In just six years, Shouchun could accumulate 30 million hu of grain. These grain reserves can feed 100,000 soldiers and civilians for five years and complete the further promotion of the front.

With this material base, the Han army can accumulate more than 100,000 troops in Lianghuai in up to seven years. Even if the imperial court does not send troops by then, the Huainan Army alone will be enough to suppress the entire Soochow.

This data is so exaggerated that Ma Su can hardly believe it. If it hadn't been for him, he wouldn't have been able to imagine that Huainan would be so wealthy.

Of course, there may be a certain gap between the actual operation and the data, but even if it is cut in half, it is extremely impressive.

(End of this chapter)