Technology dominates the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 254 [Premonition of War]

Chapter 260 Five [Omen of War]

In the six counties of Jiaozhou, Lu Bu divided [-] elite soldiers and [-] recruits into three military regions, namely: Nanpu (Nanhai County, Hepu County) Military Region, Canglin Military Region (Cangwu County, Yulin County), Jiaojiu Military Region (Jiaozhi County, Jiuzhen County).

1. Nanpu (Nanhai County, Hepu County) Military Region: Zhang Liao, Xi Zhicai, Xu Huang, Cao Xing.

Elite soldiers: [-]; recruits: [-].

(1) Nanpu Military Region - Nanhai County Division: Zhang Liao, Xi Zhicai, Xu Huang (currently mainly training recruits).

Elite soldiers: [-]; recruits: [-].

(2) Nanpu Military Region - Hepu County Division: Cao Xing.

Elite soldiers: five thousand.

2. Canglin Military Region (Cangwu County, Yulin County): Hao Meng, Guo Jia, Zhang Yang, Wei Xu, Song Xian.

Elite soldiers: [-]; recruits: [-].

(1) Canglin Military Region - Cangwu County Division: Hao Meng, Guo Jia.

Elite soldiers: [-].

(2) Canglin Military Region - Yulin County Division: Zhang Yang, Wei Xu.

Elite soldiers: [-]; recruits: [-].

3. Jiaojiu Military Region (Jiaozhi County, Jiuzhen County): Yang Feng, Xu Rong.

Elite soldiers: [-]; recruits: [-].

(1) Jiaojiu Military Region - Jiaozhi County Division: Yang Feng.

(2) Jiaojiu Military Region - Jiuzhen County Division: Xu Rong.

There are a total of 13 troops, but now nearly 10 people are participating in reclaiming new farmland, building dams, and digging ditches.

Canglin Military Region - Cangwu County Division, [-] elite soldiers, mainly elite cavalry, led by Hao Meng and Guo Jia.

The [-] elite soldiers are mainly stationed in Lipu and Xie Mu, especially Xie Mu.

Hao Meng and Guo Jia were in Xie Mu's barracks. The army was stationed in the north of Xie Mu County, directly facing the border of Lingling County.

Today, Jia Xu personally led people to escort the soldiers with food and grass, and at the same time brought a lot of medicine and sweet potatoes.

Of course, the medicine was given to Zhang Zhongjing and other doctors in Xie Muguan who were treating diseases and saving lives. Now the refugees and typhoid fever outside the pass have been initially controlled.

Jia Xu asked people to send the medicine to Xie Muguan, and followed the escorts to the barracks.

Coincidentally, he ran into Hao Meng, Guo Jia and several generals were roasting sweet potatoes to eat.

"Jia Shangshu, did you bring some good wine this time?"

Holding a baked sweet potato in her hand, Hao Meng asked while peeling the skin.

Several generals nearby left wisely, only Hao Meng, Guo Jia, and Jia Xu were in front of them.

"General Hao, drinking alcohol is not allowed in the army. This is an order issued by the general. Are you going to disobey it?"

Jia Xu said intentionally or unintentionally, and sat on a wooden bench next to Hao Meng and Guo Jia at the same time, looked at the shelf of roasted sweet potatoes, and said: "It seems that this roasted sweet potato is very popular, the taste is really unique, sweet and delicious .”

Hao Meng frowned, and didn't answer Jia Xu's words. He was not sure about this black-bellied Jia Xu.

He handed half of the roasted sweet potatoes to Jia Xu and said, "Sweet potatoes are indeed a good thing. They can save more people from starving to death. However, I am a soldier and I eat enough all day long. I don't fight wars. My heart is really suffocating."

"Mr. Jia should have brought good wine and a lot of sweet potatoes when he came this time, right? The people in Jiaozhou are busy harvesting sweet potatoes now, and those who grow sweet potatoes at home are all grateful to the general."

The sweet potato in Guo Jia's hand was almost finished, and he couldn't understand Jia Xu, but he felt that it was not easy, so he wanted to get closer and get to know him better.

"Thank you, General Hao." Jia Xu took half of Hao Meng's roasted sweet potato and took a bite, "Mm, not bad."

"I'm following the general's order. Of course I brought good wine and a lot of sweet potatoes. Although I don't know how the general discovered the sweet potatoes, no one dares to underestimate the impact of the sweet potatoes."

Then, Jia Xu looked up at the two of them, and continued: "Nanhai County, Cangwu County, and Hepu County in Jiaozhou, all three counties have grown a lot of sweet potatoes. According to statistics from the Department of Agriculture of the Ministry of Households, there are nearly 130 million sweet potatoes in total. acres of land for sweet potatoes."

Hao Meng thought about it. When Lu Burang was planting sweet potatoes, he was leading troops to attack Jiaozhi County.But when the class teacher came back, he saw sweet potato fields along the way.

"I didn't expect so many. I heard that the yield of one mu of sweet potatoes is several times that of one mu of rice fields. Based on this calculation, the amount of sweet potatoes this time may catch up with the grain harvested in Jiaozhou in one year." Guo Jia simply calculated in his heart. , very surprised.

"To be precise, according to the current harvest of sweet potatoes, one mu of sweet potatoes can harvest about 130 shi, which is about ten times that of rice fields. 4000 million mu of sweet potatoes should be able to harvest nearly [-] million shi this time.

Jiaozhou's grain output in the past year was only nearly 2000 million, and this 2000 million fed 200 million people.

Now sweet potatoes can almost be eaten as a meal, and 4000 million are enough to feed 400 million people.However, there are only about 110 million people in Jiaozhou now.”

Having said that, Jia Xu stopped and looked at Hao Meng and Guo Jia meaningfully.

"Why didn't you say it?" Hao Meng listened very enthusiastically, and looked at Jia Xu suspiciously, wondering why he stopped suddenly.

Guo Jia understood a little, and tried to ask: "Mr. Jia, what you mean is that the general is going to send troops to the Central Plains?"

When Hao Meng heard this, he regained his energy immediately, but he still asked in puzzlement, "Where did you start with this? Could it be that the general already intends to send troops?"

"General, maybe the general didn't say it clearly. But because of the appearance of sweet potatoes, this possibility was given. Otherwise, why did the general order the three counties to plant sweet potatoes at such a cost? The general must have seen that sweet potatoes can feed more people. That's what happens to people."

Guo Jia speculated that there were too many sweet potatoes to eat, so they had to sell them.But the Central Plains is chaotic, and transactions are not guaranteed.In order to take advantage of the advantages brought by sweet potatoes, they can only rely on wars to seize more land and population, thereby increasing their own strength.

At this time, Jia Xu looked at Guo Jia with a little appreciation, and he said:
"Not only that, but there is also a direct reason. You should have heard that Master Hua and Zhang Zhongjing, the healer of typhoid fever who came not long ago, and Zhang Bozu's master and apprentice have taken the lead in requesting the general to let them enter Jingzhou to treat typhoid patients. , Control typhoid fever and prevent it from spreading to the Central Plains.

The Great General attached great importance to Hua's miracle doctor, and built a large medical school for this purpose.Think about it, can the general easily let them into the Central Plains? "

At this point, Guo Jia understood, and said: "In this case, it is not easy for the general to refuse the request of Doctor Hua and other doctors, so we have to send troops to guard all the way to ensure their safety and let them come back safely."

Hao Meng suddenly realized, and excitedly said: "From the information we have so far, Jingzhou is still in chaos at least in Lingling County and Guiyang County. When escorting doctors, inevitable conflicts will inevitably occur."

The more he thought about it, Hao Meng felt his blood boil.

Jia Xu nodded, looked at Hao Meng, and said darkly: "General Hao, in order to save the common people, you should support the request of Doctor Hua and other doctors, and at the same time, you can write to the general and say that the soldiers are willing to protect Doctor Hua and others." human safety”

Now, Guo Jia and Hao Meng understand the significance of Jia Xu's coming here.

Guo Jia asked in a low voice: "Mr. Jia, is this what the general means?"

Jia Xu shook her head, and said heavily, "For the sake of the common people!"

Hao Meng and Guo Jia nodded, but looked at Jia Xu with doubts.Anyway, I just can't figure out what Jia Xu is really thinking.

(End of this chapter)