[Three Kingdoms] After crossing, I opened the sick and weak main road line

Yanzhou is barren, and what Cao Cao lacks most now is food and people. If there are no people on the land under his control, then everything is meaningless.

The Black Bandits had just retreated, and he didn't know what was going on in other counties. He only had time to look at the general situation of Dong County. Before the Black Bandits came in, the number of households in Dong County was less than [-].

His soldiers and horses could not stop the menacing thieves, and many people suffered because of it. It was not until the reinforcements from Zhongshan arrived that the situation improved. At present, he does not dare to say whether there are five thousand households in Dongjun. Sure.

I blushed a bit when I said it, but this time I came to Zhongshan in person, not only to thank you, but also to borrow some more food.

The black mountain bandits came at the wrong time, and all the spring planting and summer harvest were delayed. The people of Yanzhou were already living a tight life, and they were delayed for two seasons. They couldn't even produce the next season's seeds, and they couldn't sustain the autumn harvest at all.

The people have no food, and there is no food in the government office either. When he was resisting the Black Bandits, he would almost be out of food and grass. He can survive until now thanks to the support of Zhongshan. If there is no brother Yuan, Yanzhou has become another stronghold of the Black Bandits. .

He can say that he has nothing now. His elder brother sent Lu Bu to Dongjun with grain and grass, and persuaded Wu Chenghou to lead troops to support them. These are already very rare. He has sent a lot of grain before. Doesn’t it seem that he is asking for grain again? Insatiable?

When Cao Cao came here, he was still struggling with how to say this. After thinking about it, he felt that he was shameless. He was a villain who put his nose on his face because of his brother's kindness, but he couldn't ignore the people in Yanzhou. He still needs to borrow food.

The elder brother must have seen his difficulties and didn't want him to lose face in front of others, so he took the initiative to ask him if he wanted to take away the food and recruit refugees to resume production in Yanzhou.

He is willing, of course he is willing. In his dreams, he wants to get through this bleak life in peace, and then let Yanzhou get out of the war and regain its vitality.

Tears welled up in Cao Cao's eyes. If it weren't for the crowd, he might have already burst into tears.

Not for himself, but for those Yanzhou people who can survive until the autumn harvest.

The brother's benevolence and righteousness are not like Yuan Benchu's hypocrisy. If he had known this before, he should have contacted his brother when he was in Hanoi. If his brother had helped him at the beginning, the casualties in Yanzhou might not be as great as they are now.

It's all his fault, it's because he thought that the matter had nothing to do with him so as not to get angry, knowing that it was his elder brother, he still pretended not to know anything.

Fortunately, the elder brother has the world in his heart, and he didn't make it difficult for him when he asked for help because of his previous mistakes. Instead of Yuan Benchu, let alone borrowing soldiers and food, sending him away without sneering is just for the sake of playing together when he was a child.

Meng De has nothing to repay the great kindness of the elder brother. After returning to Yanzhou, every grain of rice must be used on the people, and he will never let his painstaking efforts go to waste.

Brother woo woo woo~

Yuan Huan: ...

The smile on Yuan Huan's face was a little stiff, but he was very pleased with Cao Cao's reaction. Boss Cao didn't want to fight everywhere, but he was able to concentrate on production in Yanzhou, which was really great for him.

It's this tearful appearance, which is really hot on the eyes.

After Dong Zhuo entered Beijing, Luoyang and its surrounding areas suffered the most damage. Later, the Kwantung Alliance fought against Dong, and the princes from all walks of life conquered each other, and Yanzhou and Yuzhou suffered accordingly.

The rich families in Luoyang were either killed by Dong Zhuo to seize their family property, or they got the news early and dragged their families to move elsewhere. The rich families in Yanzhou and Yuzhou were not much different from them. Few stayed where they were.

As long as the food, grass, soldiers and horses in Cao Cao's hands can support him through the next few months, he can use Yanzhou as his base, make good friends with the local aristocratic families, recruit talents for his own use, and embark on the same roost as Yuan Shao and Yuan Shu The road to domination.

Liu Dai died in battle, and Yanzhou is currently without a leader. Cao Cao took over Dongjun as the prefect of Dongjun during the chaos.

Yanzhou Mu is now a hot potato. Liu Dai's military capabilities are limited and he can't resist foreign invaders. Cao Cao has proved with his strength that he can keep Yanzhou peaceful. Poor and desolate, they want the blessing of the strong lord, but the strong lord with strong soldiers and horses is not necessarily willing to want them.

Finally, there is Cao Mengde who can fight, and no matter what he says, he can't make people run away.

Before the Kwantung Alliance, Cao Cao was the first to advocate volunteer soldiers. He almost died in the Battle of Bianshui, and then persevered in recruiting troops to Hanoi to continue chasing Dong Zhuo. More towards him.

The most important thing is that Cao Cao's hometown is in Chenliu. He has considerable influence in Yanzhou himself. Jinbei Prime Minister Bao Xin is his staunch supporter. With so many advantages, it is strange that he cannot be the shepherd of Yanzhou.

However, the Yanzhou Mu who was won by himself is naturally different from the Yanzhou Mu who was obtained with the help of others.

Yuan Huan took out a bamboo slip from the hidden compartment under the book case, and signaled Cao Cao to read the content on the bamboo slip first. He sorted out the policies related to farming these days. If this person is willing, the production in Yanzhou will resume soon. on many.

He remembered clearly that there were not only wars at the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, but also natural and man-made disasters. Wars, droughts, locust plagues, floods, plagues... all kinds of disasters came one after another, resulting in a sharp drop in the population of the Han Dynasty in just a hundred years.

During the heyday of the Eastern Han Dynasty, the population was 6000 million. By the time of the Three Kingdoms, the total registered population of Wei, Shu and Wu was less than 700 million.

Of course, there are reasons why the people fled everywhere during the war and avoided military service to hide their names, but even so, we can see the tragic situation in this period of history.

The wars continued year after year, the land was barren, the population dropped sharply, food was in short supply, bones filled the wild, and there was no human habitation.

Food can survive, and the princes from all walks of life are vying for territory. To feed those soldiers and horses, food supplies are even more important.

There have been burials in various dynasties in history, the typical ones are the garrison of Cao Wei and the garrison of Ming Hongwu.

During the Jian'an period, Cao Cao adopted Zaozhi and Han Hao's suggestions and started farming near Xudu.

There are two types of garrison: army tun and civilian tun. Military tuns use soldiers to garrison fields, guarding while garrisoning fields; civilian tuns who use official oxen harvest six officials and four people, and those who use private oxen are divided equally between the government and the common people, and the farmers in the garrison are not allowed to leave In the place where the farm is located, the constraints on the soldiers and the people can be called strict.

——Prefectures and counties set up land officials, where they accumulated valleys, conquered the four directions, and had no work to transport grain, so they merged the bandits and conquered the world.

Cao Wei’s garrison was very useful for restoring the production at that time, but the disadvantages were also obvious. The land in the garrison was unowned and barren land. The labor force, cattle, and agricultural tools were captured during the suppression of the Yellow Turban Uprising, and some of the labor force was even called recruiting. , but in fact it was forced to come.

Using garrison as an emergency measure is indeed very effective. It can not only resettle refugees, but also reclaim wasteland to resume production. However, for the soldiers and common people who garrison the fields, life is really difficult.

The people are willing to farm when they can’t survive, and the world is in chaos. As long as they have food to eat, they are willing to do anything. It is obviously impossible for them to accept a year of busy work but have to hand in most of the food.

Cao Wei's farmland was like this, and the farmland during the Hongwu period of the Ming Dynasty was improved, but the essence was the same.

Relying on the Weisuo to garrison the fields, the army not only resumed production in the north, but also took advantage of the benefits of garrisoning the fields to further penetrate the sphere of influence into the Liaodong, Hexi, and Yunnan-Guizhou areas.

The sergeant was divided into three parts for guarding the city and seven parts for farming. The situation in different places was different, and there were examples of two-eight, forty-six, one-nine, middle-half, etc., which could not only solve military supplies, but even have a surplus after payment of salaries.

This made Zhu Yuanzhang extremely proud, and the "rhetoric" policy of "my capital raises millions of soldiers, so that the people don't cost a single grain of rice" also didn't last long, and it went downhill as soon as the war ended.

The so-called heavy codes are used in troubled times, and heavy medicines are used for heavy illnesses. Farming can only be implemented in times of great chaos as a last resort. When the world is peaceful, the people will naturally want to restore the traditional farming model. And militarized management is not suitable.

Their current situation is suitable for using this special method to resume production. As long as the people can be released in time when the world is stable, there is even a high possibility that there will be no rebound.

The wars of all parties can almost spread to Yanzhou and Yuzhou. Not to mention the ability to "raise millions of soldiers without costing the people a grain of rice", at least they must be able to support the soldiers stationed there.

Cao Cao read the content on the bamboo slips at a glance, closed his eyes to calm down, and spoke again with a trembling voice after a long time, "Brother, Yanzhou has a lot of wasteland, and recruiting refugees to help the people consumes a lot of food and grass. Are you really willing to give away so much food?" Come to help Yanzhou?"

Yuan Huan nodded with a smile, "I will let Wen Ruo explain the specific arrangements later, you have come from a long way, go and freshen up first, the house has prepared a banquet, just in time to clean up the dust for you."

The few people ran for a long time in the hot weather, except for the hottest period at noon, the rest of the time was on their way. They were indeed hungry now. After hearing this, they happily followed the maid who led the way down to get acquainted.

Yuan Huan covered his lips and coughed a few times, stood up with the maid's hand and went outside, and warmed up after a while in the sun.

In order to take care of the angry military general and normal Xun's nephew and nephew, a lot of ice basins were placed in the guest room. He deliberately wore two extra clothes when he came, but he still couldn't stand the cold air in the room.

Xun Yu looked worriedly at the frail young man whose face was much paler than before, and stepped forward to help him and led him to the porch. The sun was scorching in the courtyard, and his body couldn't hold on after staying for a long time, "My lord, really want to Support Cao Mengde to become Yanzhou Shepherd?"

Zhou Mu controls the military and political power of a state. Although Yanzhou is a place of war, it is not without some merits. Cao Mengde is reliable at this time. When Yanzhou gains a firm foothold in the future, it is difficult to guarantee that he will not have other thoughts.

Even if the lord himself has not won Jizhou, if a Yanzhou shepherd is supported at this time, he is afraid that all the food and grass will be lost, and he will attract powerful enemies for himself.

Xun You followed from the house, walked up to him, and said in a low voice, "Cao Mengde is not to be underestimated."

Yuan Huan gathered his coat, just smiled and didn't speak.

As expected of Xun Wenruo and Xun Gongda, Cao Mengde is certainly not to be underestimated, otherwise you would not have advised him for decades, "Mengde has a heart of loving the people now, and it happens that we have food and grass. No matter what happens in the future, we can at least keep the territory of Yanzhou this year. the remaining people."

——If a country has no savings for nine years, it is said to be insufficient; if it has no savings for six years, it is said to be urgent;

The problem is that they have too much food, and new food is produced every year. Even if they don't give it out, the food that has been released for three to five years may not be edible.

Old grains stored for too long may be poisoned for brewing wine, so they can only be used to feed livestock. Instead of being piled up in the granary until they cannot be eaten, it is better to sell favors.

He went out to see it a few days ago. There were only three granaries in the mansion that could store grain for a long time. The new granaries led by Zhang Liao were too simple. Put lime and charcoal on it, then lay wooden boards, and then put the grain in hastily, so that it can only be stored for two or three years at most, otherwise the grain will be spoiled.

The grain in the small warehouse is still being replaced with new grain, and the large warehouse is not as well built as the small one. He is really not sure how long the grain can be stored.

Although Cao Cao was a ruthless and ruthless hero in history, now he is still a violent and angry youth who will yell at people who are not pleasing to the eye. It is better to let him be the shepherd of Yanzhou than a person who does not know the details.

The three of them stood on the porch and talked for a while. Tao Ji came over with a thick dress. Yuan Huan sighed and put it on. Seeing Cao Cao and the others come back, he went back to the guest room.

Xun You asked people to remove the ice basin from the room, leaving only two basins at the door. It doesn't matter if they endure the heat, they can't let the lord freeze.

Several generals returned to the positions just now and sat down, and cleaned their hands under the service of the maid. The food table in front of them was full of food, and the tip of their noses was also filled with a tempting aroma.

The rice bowl in front of Lu Bu was a circle larger than the others, and he looked at the dishes he had never seen before without blinking his eyes. When their master raised his chopsticks to indicate that he could start eating, he swallowed and immediately started.

He has only been away for two months, what exactly did he miss?

Sun Jian's reaction was not much better than Lu Bu's. He had lived for so many years and had never eaten such delicious food. He had indeed tasted many dishes that he had never seen before beside Yuan Shu. He thought it was the biggest ostentation of the family. Thinking that there is no ostentation here, just a few simple dishes, but it is many times more delicious than Yuan Shu's food.

Is this the real family boutique?

That is to say, the children of the aristocratic family brought up by the aristocratic family will not be so small-minded. The real aristocratic family should be as gentle and calm as the one in the family, and it is not like Yuan Gonglu who is so lofty and arrogant, wishing to be bigger than the emperor.

Damn, he was cheated.

With fierce eyes, Wu Chenghou swept away the rice in the bowl, raised his head to ask the maid to fill it up for him, and then continued to chop the rice fiercely. Soon, all the dishes on the food table were empty.

Not only him, but the others were even faster than him.

Okay, there are a lot of them, all of them are foodies.

Holding up his chopsticks, Yuan Huan silently put into his mouth the bean sprouts that had been tampered with to improve his life two days ago.

A good canteen can greatly enhance the sense of belonging and happiness of employees, and make them think about what to do next.

Others retain subordinates based on strength, but he can open up a new way to retain people based on food!