Survival Three Kingdoms

Chapter 418 History and Arithmetic

After starting the horse-for-food program, Zhou Cang was very busy.It is not enough to send Yang Rui to preside over this big project with Xun Chen and Zhang Jiong, and sufficient material guarantee is also needed.

After two years of self-cultivation, Liaodong's production has just been able to guarantee self-sufficiency. The Anbei and Andong Dufu were established, and together they used troops to increase the burden on Liaodong. Mi Zhen's new grains in Liaodong are still in the process of trial planting, so The grain and grass in Liaodong still need to be supplemented by Xuzhou.The influx of refugees from Jizhou and Youzhou, and the horse-for-food plan will consume a lot of food, and even Xuzhou feels a bit difficult.

Wang Can was sent to Jiangdong by Zhou Cang when Xu Du returned from his envoy to discuss expanding trade with Sun Quan. In order to introduce food and strengthen Sun Quan's power, Zhou Cang also included ironware in the scope of trade. Sun Quan was worried about armor and arrows. Insufficient, the two sides hit it off, Sun Quan set up a port at Wusongkou, iron and furniture from Liaodong were transported by sea to Guangling, and then transported from Guangling and Jian'an paper to Wusongkou, replaced by grain, silk, etc., and then shipped to Huludao by sea.This move promoted the exchanges at sea, Jiangdong's shipbuilding, agriculture and manufacturing industry developed rapidly, the people gradually became rich, and Sun Quan's reputation grew day by day.

The iron mines and smelting in Liaodong were ramped up, and the construction of the three Jinzhou cities was completed. Wang Dachui was ordered by Zhou Cang to devote himself to industrial production.Liu Li's great mining career came to an end, and as an academician of Huaxia College, Zhang Xiong left Xuzhou to become Liu Li's personal disciple.

Although a lot of talents appeared in the five-year exam, Zhou Cang felt a little uneasy. Most of the people who made the top in the past five years were from aristocratic families, and very few were from poor families. The main reason was that these people started late and did not receive systematic education. However, Xuzhou has only had universal education for six or seven years, and children from poor families are either forced by life to drop out of school to make a living, or they are too weak and have not completed their studies.Zhou Cang was very worried that a large number of children of wealthy households and gentry entered the officialdom in Xuzhou, lest these people would return to the old way of gentry holding power.

Fortunately, the two principals, Guan Ning and Bing Yuan, are both children of poor people, and they will not discriminate against the poor.Zhou Cang secretly ordered Zhou Chong to take advantage of the opportunity of doing business with Jiangdong to visit Jiangdong's poor but smart and studious children and bring them back to Xuzhou.Zhou Chong asked Lu Ji through Ge Jun. Lu Ji said that Wei Jing, a native of Guangling, Xuzhou, fled to Jiangdong. I myself worked in the fields during the day, and read a hundred schools of thought together at night, read a lot of books, and learned a lot, but these two people had defected to Sun Quan in the fifth year of Jian'an.

It was too late to start, and Zhou Chong hated it, especially because there were Xuzhou natives among them.Zhou Chong mobilized his men to thoroughly screen the boundaries of Xuzhou.Lu Ji also mentioned a person who attracted Zhou Chong's attention: Kan Ze, a native of Shanyin in Kuaiji, had been farming for generations. Because his family was poor and had no money, he often hired people to copy books in exchange for pens and paper.After copying the book, he also recited the whole book.He listened to lectures everywhere, explored extensive books, was familiar with astronomical calculation and calendar, and once asked Lu Ji for advice.And Kan Ze had also studied the circumference, and Lu Ji was surprised that Zhou Cang and Kan Ze's calculations were very close.

Zhou Chong was overjoyed, got Lu Ji's letter, and immediately went to Jiangdong in person to bring Kan Ze back to Xuzhou before the big exam.As Lu Ji said, Kan Ze did have real talent and learning, and he came out on top in the big exam.

Lu Ji and Kan Ze made calendar and mathematics shine. Zhou Cang formally included calendar and calculation as a subject in the college curriculum, and basic mathematics as a compulsory course for all subjects.In addition to teaching the students, Zhou Cang gave them two tasks.One is to study the calendar and use it for farming time.The second is to apply arithmetic to production, especially smelting and weapon manufacturing, and to formulate and unify standards.

Wu Gang and Huang Xu's practice of the gossip formation has been completed. The independent battalion has its own evidence to advance and retreat in front of Zhou Cang.Wu Gang quietly said to Zhou Cang that this formation is not very useful for attacking, but it is used for defending against twice as many enemies, but this formation cannot be promoted.

Zhou Cang was very surprised, why can't it be promoted?Wu Gang took the camp as an example for comparison.The camp pays attention to fighting in teams of five or seven people, emphasizing individual combat and the captain's ability to grasp the situation of the battle. It can advance, attack, retreat and defend, but it has extremely high requirements for soldiers' ability and equipment.The Eight Diagrams Formation has relatively low requirements on the abilities and equipment of the soldiers, and pays attention to the overall organization and coordination. Therefore, it has extremely high requirements on the people who command the battle formation, and they need to be able to quickly control the battle situation and make timely adjustments.When Zhou Cang built the independent battalion, he emphasized the overall combat of the independent battalion. The soldiers of the independent battalion had long been accustomed to walking in unison, turning left, and turning right, but the other battalions could not.

Zhou Cang thinks about the same reasoning, the Eight Diagrams formation is one against five, one against ten, no matter how unreliable it sounds.The two armies are facing each other, the opponent has 5000 people, and I only have 1000 people. The opponent will not care which door you belong to, just surround yourself and have a painful meal. It is not so complicated.Perhaps the Eight Diagrams array is good for building a maze.

At this time, Huang Xu's body had recovered, and Wu Gang praised Huang Xu's leadership ability.Zhou Cang began to think that it was time for Huang Xu to be in charge of the battalion alone.In addition, Zhou Wen mentioned last time that the scattered battalions in various counties are not conducive to dispatching, and how to allocate them also needs to be reconsidered.

At the end of August, Zhou Cang received an urgent letter from Jinzhou from Yang Rui, saying that the Yuan Shang brothers wanted to surrender, and he negotiated with Xun Chen and Wu Anguo to accept them, and sent them to Xuzhou.

"Hehe, Yuanfang, come and take a look, Zixing has already won your essence." Zhou Cang smiled and handed the letter to Zhou Wen.

Zhou Wen nodded, "This move is very appropriate. It's just how the Lord plans to arrange these two people?"

"I can't see these two people, and I can't stay in Xuzhou. Let the emperor send them to Xudu." Zhou Cang wanted to throw these two hot potatoes to Liu Xie.

"Hey, I don't know how the emperor will deal with it. No matter what, it will only benefit the lord." Zhou Wen laughed, Zhou Cang was trying to stir up the conflict between the emperor and Cao Cao.

"Then let Zhongxuan go to Jiaodong again and send the two of them to Xudu!" Wang Can has never been idle since he came to Xuzhou.

"If Cao Cao learns that the lord has accepted Yuan Shangyu, he will definitely order the lord to go south to help attack Wuhuan. What should we do?"

"Hiss~" This is a troublesome matter, Zhou Cang thought for a while and said: "It is expected that Cao Cao will know the news after October, even if he wants to order me to send troops, it will not be in winter, at least until next spring, half a year Stabilize the situation in Liaodong first, then send troops at that time."

"The last time you told me about the allocation of each battalion, I think it is very reasonable. Now that the number of troops has increased, it is time to think about it. You go back and make a plan, and show it to me in a few days."

(End of this chapter)