The last three kingdoms

Chapter 824 Hope in Spring
Soldiers standing guard can receive [-]% more food. A Jian goes out for reconnaissance, so he naturally enjoys the treatment of a sentinel, but he is not willing to eat the extra dry food. Of course, A Jian will not be hungry. He can often pretend to be As a Hun, he went to the fortress to scout the enemy, and at the same time he could eat and drink. His life was much more nourishing than that of Fu Zhuo.

Fu Zhu glared at him, and said, "Who said I don't want it anymore, what do I want to eat?" He reached out to grab the bread in A Jian's hand.

"Don't worry!" A Jian stretched out his hand to stop him, broke the noodles into pieces, put them into the broth, and said with a smile: "Guanzhong cuisine, mutton steamed buns, although this is not close, but it is definitely delicious, how about it, Try it?"

Fu Zhu frowned and said, "You know I don't eat this!"

A Jian smiled calmly and said: "Major General, I know you have a hurdle in your heart, but you have to understand that in order to survive, sometimes we have to make a little trade-off. In the final analysis, it is our mouth A dish in the restaurant... Wait, listen to me first... Maybe what I said is inappropriate. After all, war horses cannot be compared with cattle and sheep, but now we have no choice. In order to keep everyone alive, the young lord You have to issue such an order, and as his brother-in-law, you should support him even more. It’s nothing to lose a few horses, the Huns have a lot of them, and we’ll just grab them back when we fight next time.”

Fu Zhu was silent, after a while, he picked up the big bowl, swallowed the soup and meat in one gulp.

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Spring has come.

The mountains and waters of Shangdang are green.

Last year's fire, not only did not destroy the vegetation of Shangdang, but it became more and more green. It was because the wild fire was inexhaustible, and the spring breeze blew again, and the whole mountain was covered by green plants.

All kinds of fresh and tender grass have attracted countless gazelle, red deer, hares, wild boars and other herbivores, and the appearance of herbivores has also attracted carnivores such as wolves, tigers and leopards. Wild animals can be seen again in the mountainous area.A large number of fish can also be seen in the stream that has just been unsealed.

In short, the arrival of spring means vitality and turning point. The Shu army finally no longer needs to slaughter horses for food. The wild vegetables and prey all over the mountains and the fish and shrimp in the river can provide new food sources for the Shu army and the people in the mountains. Although it may not be so sufficient, compared with the winter of hunger and cold, those who survived are happier.

Spring is also a season for sowing. Liu Yin took out the seeds that he had accumulated all winter and was reluctant to use them without any rations. The soldiers and civilians worked together to sow the seeds in the fields.

Since he wanted to take root in Shangdang, he had to do it himself, so that he could truly have enough food and clothing. After learning the lessons of the Huns' encirclement and destruction last year, Liu Yin had a lot of choices in farming the land.

First of all, crops cannot be planted on the outskirts of the base area. Once the enemy attacks, people can withdraw, but these crops have suffered. Therefore, all grain and wheat must be planted inside the base area, and there are dangerous passes that can provide protection so that they will not be destroyed. destroyed by the enemy.

Second, the Shangdang mountain area is vast and sparsely populated. Although most of the land is mountainous, there is a lot of land that can be cultivated, but most of it is barren land that depends on the weather. If the weather is good this year, there will be a good harvest. Harvest, but if this year catches up with natural disasters, then the production of these grains will have to be reduced or even no grains will be harvested.

Compared with man-made disasters, natural disasters need to be considered even more, so although there are many places in Shangdang, there are very few that Liu Yin actually selects for farming.

Compared with later generations, farmers in the Han and Jin dynasties planted extensively and harvested little, not only wasting seeds, but also wasting farm energy. Compared with later generations who often produced thousands of catties per mu, the grain output of this era is rare. It is common to harvest a few dendrobium per mu of land. It is no wonder that such inefficient agricultural production is difficult to feed an excessive population.

Although Liu Yin never planted land in his previous life, he still understands many common sense things. There are many factors that restrict the yield of crops, such as the quality of seeds, the combination of fertilizers, but more importantly, the farming methods.Farmers in this era adopt a relatively extensive planting model, basically relying on the sky to eat. If the gods favor you, you will have enough food this year. If the gods don’t reward you, you will only be hungry this year.

Most of the land in the mountainous area is terraced fields, but the streams are criss-crossing, but they go around the fields. He watched the water flow by but could not use it. Using the river water, the ten thousand hectares of terraced dry land has been transformed into irrigated land, completely changing the pattern of relying on the sky for food.

At the same time, Liu Yin went to the fields in person to teach farmers how to fertilize and how to cultivate intensively. Although improving the efficiency of agricultural production does not happen overnight, and the "myth" of yielding a thousand catties per mu cannot be realized in a single era, Liu Yin hopes that through him Our efforts will definitely help farmers increase their harvest and strive for a bumper harvest.As long as the grain output can be doubled on the existing basis, then solving the grain shortage problem will be a piece of cake.

Of course, Liu Yuan did not rest. When spring came, the Huns launched a new offensive in spring encirclement and suppression, in order to destroy the spring plowing and spring planting in the base area.

The Sanguang tactics implemented during the siege last year must have dealt a heavy blow to the Shu army, but the failure at the last moment allowed the Shu army to survive this winter.Hearing the news that the Shu army was safe and sound, Liu Yuan was really unwilling, so he launched a new round of offensive when spring came.

However, compared with the encirclement and suppression campaign last autumn, the scale of this spring offensive is much smaller, with only 3 or [-] troops dispatched, which is obviously not enough to encircle an iron wall, so Liu Yuan They didn't expect them to be able to wipe out the Shu army. As long as they can continue to implement the Sanguang tactics and destroy the spring plowing and planting of the Shu army, their mission will be considered complete.

Liu Yin didn't want the Huns' plan to succeed, so he continued to use the method of fortifying the key points inside and turning around the outside. The spring campaign plan suffered a fiasco.

However, Liu Yuan was not in a hurry. Apart from strengthening the defenses of the pass fortresses, he was actively preparing for the autumn raids. Liu Yuan decided that this autumn's encirclement and suppression would be more rewarding than last year.

(End of this chapter)