Time travel rebellion, I'm serious

The Han army now covers two states, two counties and three counties, with a population of more than 600 million. Its potential has greatly increased compared to half a year ago.

"What's the condition of the land?"

Liu Wu asked what he was most concerned about, to which Lu Shu also gave his answer.

"It's not very good. The total cultivated land area is 120 million acres, and the per capita cultivated land area is [-] acres."

"Of the 120 million acres of farmland, less than 4000 million acres are of upper-class and middle-class fields, and the rest are lower-class fields."

Liu Wu frowned. This was a big problem. After all, as the territory expanded, while the population increased, the land per capita decreased.

"What's the problem?"

Lu Shu said: "Fuzhou, Fuzhou is mountainous and has very little land suitable for farming. There are only 400 acres of land, and the per capita land is [-] acres."

"So, the main cultivated land is in Leizhou?"

Liu Wu was thoughtful and received the same answer, "Yes, the rest is basically Leizhou's land. Although there is enough farmland in the two counties and three counties of Jiangzhou, most of it is in Leizhou."

"Leizhou has experienced too many wars, which has led to a decline in population, so that the per capita land has increased. After all, one state has less than [-] million people, which is really scary."

Liu Wu was silent at this time. Before the Han army came, Leizhou was the main battlefield between the White Lotus Sect and Dagan. The two sides fought for each other and suffered heavy population losses.

After the arrival of the Han army, there were many battles, fighting between each other, and the Dagan Bailian exploited the people at every level, which was another reason for the decline in population.

Books record that Leizhou had a population of 400 million when it had the largest number of people.

There are now less than 1000 million, so not all of them are certainly dead, and there may not be more people fleeing the famine.

Otherwise, Leizhou would have been covered by the epidemic long ago, and there would be no one for thousands of miles!

"The population is losing a lot. Is there anyone hiding? After all, there are many wars, and it is normal for people to live in hiding in the mountains and old forests."

"Also, how many people have fled their hometowns? There will be many who have died in wars over the years, but certainly not too many. So where should these people go to escape?"

"Pengzhou!" Lu Shu said decisively: "There are many people from Leizhou in Pengzhou. What I saw and heard along the way last year is that the total number of people is said to be no less than one million!"

"And these people are not fleeing from famine. Many of them were restrained and relocated by the White Lotus Sect."

"In addition, there are many people in Jiangzhou who are Leizhou people, and most of these people are refugees!"

Liu Wu sighed and said: "The fields we manage now are definitely more than this. Let's find a way to see if we can cultivate some more. In addition, encourage fertility. Population is always an important thing."

"Yes!" Lu Shu nodded in response, "This is what it should be."

"What about other aspects?"

Lu Shu replied: "The land policy is proceeding normally, craftsmen and other craft talents are also undergoing large-scale statistical reorganization, and issues of college construction and master issues are also being carried out with all efforts."

"At the same time, militia construction, village construction, administrative construction, etc. are all proceeding in an orderly manner!"

"Our staff have sufficient experience and the progress is extremely stable. Now the overall environment has stabilized."

"Well," Liu Wu nodded, "Spring has begun. We must ensure spring plowing and production. This is the lifeblood of the people's survival in the next six months or even a year. We must pay attention to it."

"I understand," Lu Shu responded and said, "Actually, I suggest setting up the position of agricultural officials so that they can go to villages and towns to guide people's production."

"After all, under the rule of our Han army, various tools have been improved, and there are better production technologies. Composting technology must be promoted."

Liu Wu thought for a moment and shook his head, "It's not that I don't want to, there are not enough manpower."

"In this way, each county will set up an agricultural village, and the promotion of production will be handed over to the agricultural village and the village chief Jijiu and other staff, so that the agricultural village can supervise production and promote technology."

"In the future, we will increase the cultivation of agricultural talents and strive to improve food production technology even higher!"

"Okay," Lu Shu responded, "I've written it down!"

"What are we going to do now about the problem of the army and the problem of the prisoners?"

This is one of the main problems of the Han army. Needless to say, the army must expand.

Prisoners are also a big problem, because the number of prisoners currently in hand is not less than 20 soldiers, plus other county soldiers, auxiliary soldiers, young men and the like, the number has exceeded [-].

However, among these people, except for the soldiers, most of the auxiliary soldiers and young adults were released after education, and the rest were captured by the soldiers.

Thirty thousand of these prisoners of war were Fuzhou citizens. After a period of education, these people went to Fuzhou with the army to suppress the bandits.

Therefore, what Lu Shu wanted to ask was what should be done with the [-] Fuzhou troops and what should be done with the remaining prisoners.

Liu Wu said without hesitation: "In the final decision, as long as they have undergone ideological education and are qualified, then ask their opinions."

"Those who want to join our Han army should stay temporarily and then be organized into a new military camp to train with the new recruits. If they want to leave, then give them two taels of silver as travel expenses to let them leave."

Of course, this is an imaginary number like the so-called two taels of silver. The actual situation is that travel expenses are paid according to the distance.

"As for those who are unrepentant, we will continue to incarcerate and educate them while letting them work and produce."

"The same goes for the Fuzhou Army. They were given a choice, whether to go home and farm in peace, or to continue to join the army and fight. It was explained clearly to them."

Lu Shu frowned, "In this case, most of the prisoners from Chuanzhou, Huzhou, and Jiangzhou will definitely choose to go back."

"This will cost us a lot of money."

"Similarly, if we pay travel expenses, then there probably won't be many of these prisoners left!"

"These people can be considered elite soldiers. We don't want them. If they fall into the hands of the White Lotus Sect, their strength will definitely increase greatly."

Obviously, Lu Shu thought a lot, but Liu Wu shook his head.

"Home is always a place that a person cannot avoid. These people forcefully stay here without any intention, and they may cause us trouble, which is not worth it."

"In addition, after they return, our military's policy of preferential treatment of prisoners will be more widely spread, which is a great thing for us in the future."

"Besides, if we can defeat the captives the first time, we can naturally defeat the captives the second time. In the future, if we fight more and capture them more, they will be convinced."

Lu Shu understood now and said quickly: "Okay, I'll make arrangements right away."

After that, the two discussed matters in the army, and they still promoted it according to the current model of the Han army.

That is, the number of militia members cannot be less than 300 million, and the number of combat troops should be increased by 21.

It is finally determined that the total number of combat troops is 33. During this autumn harvest, the total number of troops must be at least 22, and it will be until the spring of next year that the number of troops reaches the quota of 33!

"Alas, we are a little too aggressive after all!"

Lu Shu sighed, and so did Liu Wu, "This is labor pain. When we win in the future, we won't need to be like this!"