Chapter 2559 250 million mu of arable land, heavy rain blocked Wei Huo


    Chapter 2556: 250 million mu of arable land, heavy rain blocked Wei Huo


    Lu Bu was originally in Luoyang, but while practicing qigong, he either drank the youngest son or taught his daughter. He was directed to Sun Ce, the incompetent apprentice, but he was suddenly transferred to Bingzhou due to the civil war in Yuanqing.


    Lu Bu did not participate in the Second Guanzhong War, and this time he fought against Yuan Meng. As a native of Bingzhou, he really had no reason to refuse.


    The generals who were not in the Bingzhou military system but were transferred to Bingzhou were naturally not only Lu Bu, but also Gao Shun and Zhang He.


    After Zhang He went north from Jingzhou and arrived in Luoyang, Bingzhou, which he went to with Lu Bu and Gaoshun, had not yet reacted. The cavalry and cavalry stationed in various battalions of Bingzhou were transferred to Yanmen Pass by the resolute Zhang Liao.


    The generals who went out of the Bingzhou Army this time, except for Zhang He, were basically all from Bingzhou, and they basically knew each other, so they soon became old friends and chatted so enthusiastically.


    Only Zhang He looked at the strange generals with a confused look on his face. Although he wanted to make friends with him, he couldn''t even get into it, and he didn''t know what to talk to these people.


    At this time, Zhang He was confused. He really couldn''t understand why he, who was still fighting in Shangyong not long ago, was suddenly transferred by His Majesty to Bingzhou to participate in the war without any signs?


    Could it be that my performance in the Battle of Shangyong attracted His Majesty’s attention and he specially transferred himself to Bingzhou to give him the opportunity to make achievements?


    But this shouldn''t be true.


    Although his performance in Shangyong''s Battle was not bad, he was just a matter of moderation, far less dazzling than Deputy Governor Han Xin''s performance. How did Your Majesty notice him?


    Ying Hao would suddenly transfer Zhang He to Zhang Liao''s command, naturally to inspire the five good generals to combine the skills of "five sons to be united", but no one except him knew about this.


    Therefore, it is not a big deal for Zhang He to think randomly. After all, Ying Hao''s behavior of suddenly transferring generals from other state systems to Bingzhou is indeed a bit unpredictable.


    Not only Zhang He himself was confused, but even Han Xin, the deputy governor of Jingzhou, did not understand, and Ying Hao had no intention of explanation, so they dared not ask, so they could only obey orders.


    Zhang Liao didn''t quite understand why His Majesty transferred Zhang He, the old opponent, to his command.


    In the Hebei War, Zhang Liao was the vanguard of the Qin army. After leading the army to attack Jizhou, he fought with Zhang He''s halberd soldiers many times.


    Although Zhang Liao won in the end, it was not easy to win, so he also admired Zhang He, his old opponent, very much, so he took the initiative to come forward and talk to him.


    Zhang He was a little flattered when he saw this. Although he is also a senior general of the Qin Dynasty, he is obviously not at the same level as Zhang Liao, the governor of Bingzhou, in terms of his identity and status, so he is naturally a little restrained.


    Seeing this, Zhang Liao did not force himself. After encouraging Zhang He, he went to chat with Lu Bu, Gao Shun and others.


    A few days later, Xiao He had solved the morale problem of the army, but he still did not receive Bai Qi''s order to send troops. All the generals in the army began to get a little anxious.


    "Brother Gongming, what do you think of this general? Sixty thousand iron cavalry gathered at the border, but they just stayed there and didn''t go out to fight. This man was full of money when eating horses." Yang Yanding asked in confusion.


    "This... I don''t know. Maybe the general has other considerations." Xu Huang said with some uncertainty.


    At this moment, Zhang Dingbian broke into the tent and said excitedly to Zhang Liao: "Grandmaster, the general''s order to go to war has come down."


    "good."


    Zhang Liao stood up and ordered in a deep voice: "Tell the entire army to go to war immediately and the troops will be launched on the grassland."


    "No."


    The generals responded in unison.


    With Zhang Liao''s order, the 20,000 Bingzhou wolf cavalry, who were ready to go, were soon ready to go to the expedition and would attack the grassland from Yanmen Pass north.


    At Yanmen Pass, Xiao He, the governor of Yanmen County, looked at the cavalry leaving in an orderly manner, and couldn''t help but sigh: "A general succeeded and thousands of bones were undone, and I don''t know if any soldiers would return safely."


    On the one hand, the sixth son Yang Yanzhao laughed and said, "Don''t worry, sir, our army joined forces to fight against Kublai Khan in this battle. The two families are still above the Yuan Meng, and they will definitely return easily."


    “That’s right.”


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    Hezhou, Yinshan County, Zhenbeiguan.


    After receiving Bai Qi''s order, Huo Qubing was responsible for dispatching troops, while the governor Wen Tianxiang was responsible for raising food and supplies.


    The Hezhou established in Hetao, based on the original six counties, also included the Shuofang County of Bingzhou and the northern counties and northern counties of Liangzhou under the jurisdiction of Hezhou.


    Therefore, today, Hezhou has the qualifications of a state-level administrative unit in terms of area, population, and economy.


    The Hetao Plain was originally the granary of the Qin Dynasty. After years of reclaiming by the Qin Dynasty, it now has 40 million mu of arable land in its territory. It is also the state with the largest arable land and the largest grain production in Daqin.


    Although Emperor Huan of Han was not a wise ruler, during his reign, the total amount of arable land in the Han Dynasty reached its peak, with about 800 million mu of arable land, a population of about 48 million, and an average of about 15 mu of arable land per capita.


    Nowadays, the per capita arable land in Hezhou has reached 20 acres of land per capita, surpassing the reign of Emperor Huan.


    There is no land annexation, but a real per capita.


    In addition to Hezhou, Sili Prefecture, which has the largest amount of arable land in Daqin, has only exceeded 34 million mu of arable land.


    The reason why the gap is so big is because the two states have different positionings.


    In addition to developing agriculture, industries such as industry, commerce, breeding, and mining are also developing. About 60% of the population of Sili is engaged in agriculture, and the other 40% are engaged in other industries.


    Hezhou is completely different. Ninety percent of the population is only engaged in agricultural labor, and the remaining 100 percent develops nostalgia, so the agricultural development speed is naturally faster than other states.


    For example, if agriculture, industry and commerce are compared to the spots of morality, intelligence, physical fitness, aesthetics and labor, then Sili is the comprehensive development of morality, intelligence, physical fitness, aesthetics and labor, while Hezhou is completely a partial student. Except for the excellent discipline of agriculture, the rest of the disciplines are just barely passing.


    However, as a newly established state, Hezhou has been established for a short time after all. It is already very rare to have a subject that can surpass the whole country. What other bicycles do you need? As for other states, Bingzhou is subject to the terrain, the three states of Jing, Qing and Liang have not yet been completely unified, and the development time of Youji and the two states of You and Ji are still short, so agriculture is not as good as Hezhou and Sili.


    But even so, the per capita arable land in these states is more than 15 acres.


    Today, the reunification of Daqin has not yet been completed. There are about 250 million mu of arable land in the country, barely reaching one-third of the time of Emperor Huan. However, due to the promotion of various high-yield grain varieties, the total grain production of Daqin is 1.3 times that of Emperor Huan.


    In other words, even if Daqin does not continue to reclaim land, agriculture has always remained at the current standards, and the annual grain production can feed 60 million people, while Daqin''s total population is only nearly 40 million.


    The 40 million people in the Qin Dynasty enjoy the food of 60 million people?


    This is enough to show that the Qin Dynasty has eliminated hunger and has made everyone have food to eat and have enough food.


    It only took two years before Ying Hao became emperor to achieve this goal.


    At present, Hezhou is still the number one granary of the Qin Dynasty, but its status is not consolidated.


    The eight major granaries in the world: Sichuan, Shu, Jiangdong, Jingxiang, Jianghuai, Hetao, Shandong, Heluo, and Liaodong.


    The Qin Dynasty monopolizes the three major granaries of Hetao, Heluo and Liaodong, as well as half of Shandong granaries and half of Jingxiang granaries.


    After completing the unification, Sili, who owns the Heluo Granary, obtained the Guanzhong Plain, and the total acres of arable land increased significantly.


    Youzhou, which owns the Liaodong granary and Jizhou, which owns most of the Shandong granary, has developed rapidly under the governance of Wei Yang and Zhuge Liang, and can open millions of arable land every year.


    If Hezhou agriculture stagnates, it may be surpassed in a few years.


    In this regard, Hezhou Governor Wen Tianxiang also felt the pressure.


    As the first granary of the Qin Dynasty, Hetao has a huge amount of grain storage. Not to mention providing grain to a mere 20,000 cavalry, even 200,000 can be fully affordable.


    Therefore, there is no need to worry about the food and grass used by the Hezhou army to go out of the frontier. What we really need to worry about is military supplies.


    As mentioned above, compared with other states, Hezhou is a serious proficient degree. Except for excellent agriculture, other industries can only pass the qualifications, while the three subjects of steelmaking, forging and metallurgy failed.


    The weapons and materials accumulated in Hezhou can only be barely enough for 70,000 Hezhou troops to use.


    Although the army out of the frontier was only 20,000, the consumption of materials was huge. The number of crossbows alone cost 20,000 armours, and the number of crossbow arrows was as many as one million.


    This batch of supplies is not impossible to take out, but if Wen Tianxiang gave all the troops to the Fortress Army, there would be a serious gap in the local garrison''s ordnance.


    Wen Tianxiang thought about it over and over again, feeling that he could not resist this matter by himself, and he had to learn from Qin Ji, cry to the court, and ask the brothers from the surrounding states to support him. Qin Ji did the same when he was rescuing disasters in Liangzhou.


    After the Luoyang court received Wen Tianxiang''s letter, Ying Hao also felt that what Wen Tianxiang said was reasonable. After all, he could not emptie the Hezhou family in order to go out of the frontier. So he asked Wen Tianxiang to first allocate supplies to the frontier army, and then ordered the transportation of supplies from Yongliang and Hetao.


    After Ying Hao''s imperial edict was sent back to Hezhou, Wen Tianxiang had prepared everything, and he knew that the court must have agreed.


    The governors of the two states of Yongliang could not help but curse Wen Tianxiang in his heart after learning that the court wanted them to bear the military supplies used to go to the Hezhou border.


    You went out of Hezhou and actually asked me to send supplies to Yongliang. Is this the reason?


    No matter how much you complain, you still have to pay the supplies. After all, going out to the frontier is not a matter of Hezhou, but a matter of the entire Qin Dynasty.


    Wen Tianxiang collected all the weapons and food for Huo Qubing, but Bai Qi''s order to go to war was delayed, which made Huo Qubing a little anxious.


    "Sir, I have recently observed the climate and celestial phenomena. If I don''t go to war, it may rain heavily." Huo Qubing said anxiously.


    Wen Tianxiang knew that Huo Qubing did not tell lies. After all, he worked in Hetao for many years and built the Hetao Plain with nothing to the first granary of the Qin Dynasty with a population of more than 4 million in eight counties. He naturally knew the climate of Hezhou well.


    Wen Tianxiang also knew that if he didn''t set out, heavy rain would probably fall in Yinshan area, and the army out of the Frontier would not be able to join the war in the heavy rain, right?


    But Bai Qi''s order to go to war has not yet been released. If he set out without authorization, it would be a trivial matter to violate the order. Wen Tianxiang would ruin Bai Qi''s plan.


    "No, I can''t set out now, I have to wait for the general''s order." Wen Tianxiang said.


    Seeing this, Huo Qubing couldn''t help but sigh. Although he was willing to lead the army to attack in advance without authorization, he also knew that the general had been slow to give orders and must have other plans, so he could only endure it and not issue it.


    A few days later, Bai Qi''s order to go out had not yet arrived, but heavy rains broke out in the northern part of Yinshan County, covering Huo Qubing''s route to the frontier.


    The next day, Bai Qi''s order finally came, but Huo Qubing could no longer leave.


    In this regard, Huo Qubing was in tears. Now there are only two choices in front of him, one is waiting and the other is detour.


    The heavy rain in Hetao is sometimes common even for the next month, but if you wait for a month, you may even be cold.


    Therefore, Huo Qubing chose to take a detour and bypass the heavy rain area, which would have taken many unintentional detours.


    Before leaving, Wen Tianxiang advised Huo Qubing: "Governor Huo, are you really not waiting? Maybe this rain finger will only be next week?"


    Huo Qubing pointed to the still thick dark clouds in the distance and said with a depressed look on his face: "It''s been three days, and there''s no change at all. How come it looks like it''s only going to be the next week?


    If you keep waiting, there will probably be no result, and this governor will not be a person who will leave his fate. ”


    (This chapter ends)