The Red House starts from Liaodong

Chapter 220
Tang Qing'an's goal this time is Gaizhou.

The first goal is to understand the current strength of the Jin Jiang army, whether it can fight the barbarians in the field, and win the victory with the advantage.

This point has been proved in Luangu Pass.

Then the second goal is to recover Fuzhou and Gaizhou, and win the rich plain areas from the barbarians, without having to work hard in the bitter places.

The army stopped at Xiongyue Station, which is more than a hundred miles away from Gaizhouwei.

Tang Qing'an was not in a hurry.

The army is trimmed.

Wait for the rear supplies to run.

There are more firearms, and more supplies are needed.

There are also many horses and mules in the army, and they need the same amount of grain, grass and beans.

With an army of more than [-], Tang Qing'an didn't dare to play tricks, and fought steadily, which surpassed the hard power of both sides.

The army was being repaired, and the officials in the rear followed.

Looking at the booklet submitted by the officials, Tang Qing'an was extremely satisfied.

"After recovering Gaizhou, next year I will control an additional 200 million mu of land."

Seeing everyone's expressions in his eyes, Tang Qing'an didn't express any extra expressions, because he didn't open his mouth like a lion.

Haizhou, Gaizhou, and Jinzhou all belong to the warm temperate monsoon climate zone. There is no severe cold in winter and no hot summer in summer, and the four seasons are distinct.

There are many plains, many rivers, and many areas suitable for developing fields.

Military action is for politics.

As for Tang Qing'an, the biggest politics at present is the matter of people's livelihood.

Da Zhou place is really outrageous.

Because Jinzhou is close to Denglai, there are a lot of official ships coming and going, so the number of frontal fields is the most reported in various places, with 60 mu of frontal fields.

Fuzhou is far away from Denglai, and the amount of land that provides grain is only reported for more than [-] mu.

Obviously, the geographical location is not worse than Jinzhou, but it is still on the plains. Why?Of course because of the large number of hidden fields.

For example, Yongning Jiancheng belonged to Fuzhouwei.

The amount of land in Yongning Jiancheng has more than 52 mu.

Why is the forehead of Yongning Jiancheng so high?It is taller than Fuzhouwei, and even overtakes the entire Jinzhouwei.

The entire Jinzhouwei, including Lushun and other places, only has 60 mu of land.

Because Yongning Jiancheng does not have to pay taxes.

The military households in Yongning Jiancheng are responsible for raising horses for the government, so they are exempted from the quota.

In order to repay their merits, the officials of the guards truthfully reported the acres of land in Yongning Jiancheng, and they didn't have to pay taxes anyway.

The big households don’t have to pay taxes for generations, and they can still obtain the survey and cooperation of the fields. Of course, they have no scruples and are willing to cooperate with the officials of Yongning City Supervision, so that they can get merit.

According to the official book, Fuzhou Wei plus Yongning Jiancheng, the frontal fields are as high as nearly 90 mu, and the number of hidden fields is not known.

Thanks to the barbarians.

The barbarians moved all the big households from various places to Shenliao, and then sent barbarians to manage the Liao people in various places, and the Liao people became slaves.

Tang Qingan was in Jinzhou, and Qingtian in Zhenjiang did not have the slightest resistance.

Now that Fuzhou has been recovered, the army is in the front and the officials are clearing the fields in the rear. There is also no resistance at all.

In Tang Qing'an's plan, to recover Fuzhou and Gaizhou, no matter what, he could get 200 million mu of land.

Even if it is not enough, given the favorable conditions of the two places, it will be enough to reclaim 200 million mu of new fields before planting next year.

With this 200 million mu of land, no matter whether it is the newly accepted Liao people or the former Liao people, his Jinjiang town will no longer have to worry about food.

"Has the number of people in various places been counted?"

Hearing the Jiedushi's question, Feng Shengzhi, the leader, was all smiles.

Before the army was dispatched, he was still full of sorrow, but now the army is going smoothly and has won countless territories.

He is responsible for people's livelihood and also solved his problems.

There are enough acres.

"As the Changbai Mountains cleared out the remnants of the barbarians, including Xiuyan and Fengcheng, there are more than [-] people in various places.

Including the people who fled from the mountains, a total of more than [-] people were resettled in the plains of the Changbai Mountains. "

The people in Zhenjiang, the people in Jinzhou, and the people on the east coast are very clear about whether it is the acres or the population.

Therefore, Feng Shengzhi first reported the number of people in the guerrilla zone.

The Fuzhou area is close to the front line. Except for those who had already defected to Jinzhou, the rest of the people were moved to the rear by the barbarians.

Not only the acres of land here are deserted, but also hundreds of thousands of Liao people live in poverty. The barbarians don't care about the life and death of the relocated Liao people, let alone provide supplies.

Feng Shengzhi first explained, and finally reported that there were less than [-] Liao people in Fuzhou.

Tang Qing'an showed displeasure.

This was all caused by the barbarians, at least causing the death of more than [-] Liao people in Fuzhou. Even Fuzhou near Jinzhou was so miserable, not to mention other places.

"These more than 170 people, plus the original 220 million people, totaled more than 160 million people, the old and new fields totaled more than [-] million mu, and Fuzhou had more than [-] million mu."

Tang Qing'an was surprised to hear the number of acres of Fuzhou farmland reported by Feng Shengzhi.

"Isn't the land clearing in Fuzhou just started? How did you get [-] million mu?"

"There are 90 mu of frontal fields. Based on the number of hidden fields we obtained in Jinzhou Qingtian, we extrapolate the number obtained in Fuzhou."

Hearing this, Tang Qing'an smiled.

"Then with this calculation, wouldn't the fields in Gaizhou be able to calculate by one or two?"

Feng Shengzhi nodded.

"Gaizhou has at least 50 mu."

Although Tang Qing'an laughed again, he was not satisfied.

Based on his understanding of historical materials, he infers that the area of ​​land in Fuzhou and Gaizhou is at least 200 million mu.

Fuzhou and Gaizhou are both plains, and the size of the two places is not as good as the distance from Jinzhou to Zhenjiang in terms of length.

But the width is far greater than that of the east bank, and the combined area of ​​the two places is far larger than that under his current rule.

In Jinzhou, the long and narrow east coast, and the colder Zhenjiang, the area of ​​fields in the three places has reached 130 million mu.

The rich Fuzhou and Gaizhou have only 110 million mu of land.

"200 million acres."

Tang Qing'an said.

Feng Shengzhi and the officials all looked at the general.

"No matter what, it would be better if it is enough. If it is not enough, I will have more than 200 million acres of fields in the two fields before planting next year."

Everyone is a little embarrassed.

"Can it be done?"

Tang Qing'an did not force too much, but discussed with everyone in a gentle tone.

Feng Shengzhi smiled.

"It should be possible. I wanted to take it easy. Maybe next year we can exceed the plan, but the general has sharp eyes and won't give us more opportunities to make meritorious deeds."

"Haha."

Hearing Feng Shengzhi's words, Tang Qing'an laughed.

Pointing to everyone.

"You are all the leaders of the same place, and you still ask me for credit. How can I give you credit? Everyone should do something for the people of Liao."

The situation is very good, whether it is a military general or even a civil servant, he is in a happy mood.

Calculated on the basis of 300 million mu of land, even if the land is distributed in the future and only land tax is collected, more than [-] shi of grain can be collected a year.

There are also hundreds of thousands of shi of grain shipped by trade, nearly one million shi of grain a year, and millions of shi of fish catch, and millions of taels of silver in sea trade.

Not to mention the profits of the salt and iron monopoly, that is, the above, enough to feed more than [-] troops and the government, not to mention the various benefits of salt and iron.

Officials rejoice in the prospect of Jinjiang town's future.

Tang Qing'an was also happy.

What he is happy about is that even if there are great changes in the country in the future, he will not be able to supply him, and he can rest assured that he will not fall into the brink of bankruptcy.

Then.

Just defeat the old slave next.

In the five years of Pingliao, Tang Qing'an has confidence even if there is no Beizhen and only himself.

The music of generals, the music of civilian officials, and the music of soldiers.

With the breaking of Luangu Pass in one day, hundreds of miles came to watch the wind and surrender, and the morale of the sergeant reached its peak.

Even the domestic reinforcements dared to call for a fight.

And during this period of time, the North Korean reinforcements, who were full of food and drink, were no longer as before. The faces of the soldiers were numb, and their faces began to look human.

Not to mention the three Korean rebels who followed Zhu Xiu to attack Deliying City, their morale was no worse than that of the reinforcements in Shangguo.

In the previous battle against Liyingcheng, Zhu Xiu was not polite and ordered the three North Korean rebels, causing them to suffer a lot of casualties.

At first, I was still a little worried, but after the reunion with the army, the general directly selected stronger people from the North Korean army to fill their troops.

Not only supplemented their original number, but also strengthened.

The envoy of the commander-in-chief did not refuse, but cooperated with the general of Shangguo. Although the other generals of North Korea complained, they did not dare to object.

The commander of the [-] Korean troops stationed in Zhenjiang was Lin Zhiyuan, the nephew of the great Korean eunuch Lin Zhong.

He is very clear about his position, as Tao Jie told him, he is here to confuse his qualifications and reputation.

Tao Jie said it was rude, but he was not unhappy.

Although Tao Jie has never had a good face, he has advised him many times, which made him extremely admired.

Lin Zhiyuan didn't care about the [-] North Korean troops stationed in Zhenjiang.

Chen Kaiwu was not polite either.

Directly sent many generals of the Jinjiang Army to the North Korean army, commanding five thousand North Korean troops.

This did not arouse the resentment of the five thousand North Korean troops.

It has always been a tradition for Shangguo to send generals to command the Korean army. When fighting against Japanese pirates, even the training of North Korean recruits was undertaken by Shangguo generals.

The army has been repaired.

Day two.

There are [-] Jinjiang Army, [-] North Korean Three Rebel Army, [-] Korean Army stationed in Zhenjiang, and [-] domestic reinforcements.

The remaining [-] North Korean troops were reduced to miscellaneous soldiers, and the civilian husbands helped the Jin Jiang army deliver food, grass and various supplies.

12 soldiers, including [-] cavalry.

March forward to Gaizhou mightily.

First arrived at Yulinpu.

Seeing the cavalry of the Jinjiang Army in front of Yulinpu, they had already surrendered.

The army was stationed in Yulinpu.

It only takes half a day to travel from Yulin to Gaizhou.

The army did not fight.

The cavalry of the Jinjiang army and the barbarian cavalry had spread out for tens of miles, and they were all in one piece, and there were clashes between cavalry everywhere.

This is the plain area, which is the time for the cavalry to show their power.

Although the barbarians can also ride horses, most of them are hunters in the deep mountains and forests, and they are no worse than the Mongols when it comes to bows and arrows.

But when it comes to riding skills, they are far inferior to the Mongols on the whole.

The Mongols are skilled in riding.

But right-wing Mongolia is not the same as left-wing Mongolia.

Left-wing Mongolia has traded with Dazhou for a long time, and in the later period it generally lived in peace, so left-wing Mongolia is richer than right-wing Mongolia.

The right-wing Mongols and the Great Zhou have been in a state of war. Before the barbarians rose, their supplies were severely blocked.

From the Ming Dynasty to the Great Zhou Dynasty, in the two to three hundred years, only poor characters remained in right-wing Mongolia.

This is also one of the reasons why the barbarians have repeatedly defeated the right-wing Mongolia.

The right-wing Mongolian soldiers are incomplete, most of them only wear tattered robes, bows and arrows do not even have iron arrows, and some Mongolian cavalry are reduced to using bone arrows.

Among the riding skills, the Mongolian cavalry is the most powerful, but the armor and weapons are too poor to display any combat effectiveness.

Bingjia, barbarian cavalry and Jinjiang cavalry are comparable.

As for weapons, the barbarian cavalry used bows and arrows, most Jinjiang cavalry used three-eyed blunderbuss, and a few used bows and arrows. As for short weapons, they were similar.

When the Mongolian cavalry and the barbarian cavalry are combined, the Jinjiang cavalry loses more and wins less.

(End of this chapter)