The Red House starts from Liaodong

Chapter 243 Soldiers from all Battalions Shout Together

Compared with the vigorous military training carried out by the various armies, Tang Qing'an paid more attention to the farming affairs of the local government.

Although most of the chief generals of the various armies are absent, the grassroots organizations are well established.

With an order from the Jiedu Mansion, and dispatched by the military office, all the armies were deployed in an orderly manner without any difficulties.

While inspecting the various armies, he also inspected various places.

The affairs in the army were arranged in advance by Xie Youcheng and the officers of the military department. He only needed to show his head, meet him and praise him.

The countless captains and sentry officers in the army were very excited, and the morale of the sergeants was even higher.

Regarding matters in the army, Tang Qing'an was extremely relieved.

Military simple.

One is one, two is two, not as complicated as people's livelihood.

Instead, officials from all over the country have complained for help.

It is easy to shout slogans, but although the policy is set, things need to be done one by one, which is difficult and bitter.

Xie Youcheng helped with military affairs, while Feng Shengzhi and Gu Yingshi helped with civil affairs.

Dai Guowei, the new official of Fuzhou.

He led the officials to welcome the general and his party.

People inspected the place.

Countless people were organized to dig canals, reclaim land, cut down old forests, and burn wasteland...

The folks carried the poles, and carried out the earth and stone basket by basket.

In a ditch where you can't see the end at a glance.

The densely packed peasants worked together to compact the land with stone piers.

Sheds everywhere.

In addition to serving rice on time, tea is also provided.

Officials organized in the field.

According to the sign, let a team of peasants take turns to take a rest, or replenish water, or solve the three emergencies, or lie on the ground and close your eyes to rest.

It looks easy, but keeping things organized requires a high level of organization.

Jinjiang Town's army is improving, and the level of officials is also improving.

Before and after the establishment of Jinjiang Town.

Gathering and organizing the Liao people has always been the main task, and has trained a group of experienced and capable officials.

The credit of these people is not small compared to military merit.

"Among the Liao people who defected, most of those who have food are now willing to borrow food, and are generally willing to deduct the number of years of service in order to obtain the qualifications for allotment of land."

Seeing the general happy, Feng Shengzhi said immediately.

Tang Qing'an sighed inwardly.

Knowing that Feng Shengzhi was going to say something unpleasant next.

"However, the gap is huge. It turns out that the acres of land in various places, together with the catch, can barely guarantee that the original 170 million Liao people will not starve to death.

Not to mention last year's harvest, it can only be used in the mouths of the original people. Now, although the new Liao people have borrowed grain, 80 Liao people still have no food to eat.

The remaining 40 shi of the food that the general extorted from the imperial court and North Korea, plus the 30 shi that North Korea will deliver, totaled 70 shi.

In addition, Jinling's monthly trade in Lushun is only enough for 40 people, and there is still a gap of more than [-].

If there is no new support, it is impossible to persist until the autumn harvest in September. If there is no new supply, people will starve to death in June, July and August. "

Feng Shengzhi said solemnly.

Tang Qing'an listened to Feng Shengzhi's words, and shook his head involuntarily.

May.

Open sea trade.

But how much grain can a ship use to ballast with grain?It's nothing more than a hundred stones for a ship.

According to overseas businessmen.

Most of their sea ships carry between a thousand stones and more than two thousand stones. The sea ships of foreigners carry more weight than theirs, but they have fewer ships.

Even if a hundred ships come, the food used for ballasting will only be more than ten thousand shi, even if it is doubled or even thirty thousand shi, it can only be used for seven or eight days for this foodless person.

And at the beginning of the mutual market, how could there be a hundred sea-going ships.

Tang Qing'an had no plan to use the food from Haimao to feed the Liao people. Compared with the size of the Liao people, it was a drop in the bucket.

The biggest use of Haimao's grain is to supplement military rations.

farming nation.

If you want to feed a huge population, you can only count on the fields. If you want to solve the problem through trade, at least in this era, it is impossible.

Talk and go.

Every time the population of the Liao people increases, it will lead to a situation where there is no shortage of people. This is the biggest trouble.

The general reason is that Jinjiang Town gathers Liao people every year, resulting in no savings every year.

It's hard for a clever daughter-in-law to cook without rice.

Officials have promised to increase the field by one million acres each year starting this year. Whether it can be achieved or not, at least they are striving towards this goal.

Tang Qing'an promised to solve the food shortage and use it to tide over the difficulties of the past two years.

As long as they survive these two years, the situation in Jinjiang Town will change completely.

There are no outsiders present.

"Although North Korea promised to provide 30 shi of grain this year, it told us that it would have to wait until after the autumn harvest.

The Liao people in Jinjiang Town can't wait, and I can't wait, so I will urge the North Korean king to supply Jinjiang Town in batches before the autumn harvest.

The 30 shi of grain can be used by 17 Liao people.

Then, I will write a memorial to the imperial court, praying for the supply of some food in Jinjiang Town. As for the difficulties, I will ask Chen Deyan and the Jia Mansion to help.

Also with the goal of 30 shi, another 17 Liao people, the total is 34.

For the remaining 6 people, everyone will live frugally and allocate part of the army rations to work together to overcome this year's difficulties. "

Tang Qing'an said slowly.

Although he said it easily, it was actually extremely stressful.

Whether it is North Korea or domestic, it is not easy to solve.

This is why he sent Liu Xingzuo into North Korea.

Because he doesn't know if other people have the ability to deal with the situation in North Korea, and Liu Xingzuo's historical success gives him some confidence.

The leader of North Korea, Lee Ji, informed North Korea of ​​difficulties in a personal letter, which was the first time in several years.

With the tacit understanding of the two.

Tang Qing'an knew that the grain of 30 shi was really unable to pay for the lord of North Korea, Li Zhen.

So what are the consequences of coercing North Korea to take out the 30 shi of grain?

Starve to death the Korean people and save the Liao people in Liaodong.

This is Tang Qing'an's choice.

Very cruel.

pick one of two.

Tang Qing'an chose the latter.

Feng Shengzhi and Gu Yingshi were in charge of the overall situation of Jinjiang Town. Of course they knew about the North Korean affairs, and they couldn't help frowning when they heard the general's plan.

"I'm afraid that the North Korean side will not be able to deal with it."

Gu Yingshi was originally in charge of Zhenjiang and had dealings with North Korea, so he felt uneasy.

After all, North Korea is an old hen that lays eggs.

If it really becomes a chicken-and-egg fight, then the gain outweighs the loss.

Moreover, although Jinjiang Town has an army of [-], there is no guarantee of food for the army to go to North Korea to quell the chaos.

Tang Qing'an understood Gu Yingshi's worries.

He also had some concerns in his heart.

North Korea is weak and its army is poor.

But it is also a country that has existed for hundreds of years. It is easy to conquer North Korea, but it is difficult to conquer North Korea. At least several years of supplies must be accumulated.

After Jin completely occupied Liaodong, they could only intimidate North Korea. Even if they knew that North Korea and Daming were eyeing each other, they chose to ignore it because they had no energy to conquer North Korea.

In history, the Japanese pirates invaded North Korea because of insufficient military resources. They scattered large troops in North Korea to plunder, which caused a lot of losses.

All countries are like this.

Tang Qing'an had barbarian enemies on his side, and as a general of the Great Zhou Dynasty, if he really upset North Korea, he would be really difficult to deal with.

In terms of military strength, he can crush North Korea, but the matter of war is not so simple.

External factors must also be considered.

If we only talk about military strength, Japan would have occupied North Korea long ago.

If he dared to invade North Korea, the barbarians would not let him go, and the Great Zhou court would not let him go.

It would have been nice to have an extra year.

Tang Qing'an sighed.

But he also thought that if Fuzhou and Gaizhou could not be recovered, a large number of acres would not be able to be increased, and if he chose to recover Fuzhou and Gaizhou, an immeasurable number of Liao people would inevitably flow in.

"I will tell the North Korean king that if he agrees to my request this year, he will be exempted from half of the annual quota for next year, in exchange for him.

It can be regarded as a good reason, which can be explained to North Korea. "

Hearing what the general said, Gu Yingshi did not relax.

How things are so easy.

Everyone was speechless.

Seeing this, Tang Qing'an smiled and encouraged everyone not to lose heart.

In fact, he now really understands Mao Wenlong in history.

Why did Houjin look covetously and still indulge the soldiers and civilians of Dongjiang Town to make trouble in North Korea, which caused discord between the two.

The problem of food is here, and it cannot be changed out of thin air, so we can only choose the worst policy.

Either indulge the Liao people to beg for food in North Korea, or control the Liao people to starve to death on the island.

"I'm going to worry about these things. I made a promise at the beginning, you just take care of the people's livelihood, and you must add enough acres this year.

Taking advantage of the war last year, I used various means to save 50 shi of grain from North Korea and China.

There will be no more than 50 shi next year, so it is your responsibility to ensure that the more than three million Liao people will not starve to death next year. "

Seeing this, Feng Shengzhi, Gu Yingshi and other officials also promised the general again that they would exceed the task before planting this year.

After getting the promise from the civil officials, Tang Qing'an felt a little happier.

Yongning Supervisor City.

Chen Hong, the battalion commander, began to call for a total of [-] soldiers from each small battalion, and received a report that the general was about to arrive at Yongning Jiancheng.

The soldiers of each battalion lined up in the school grounds, waiting for the general's inspection.

Everyone knew the general's temperament, and he would inspect the army immediately before doing other things.

When Tang Qing'an's team arrived at Yongning Jiancheng.

Chen Hong led the military officers, who had already left the city for several miles to meet and wait.

Because many middle and high-level military generals went to Jinzhou, there were only two people present except Chen Hong, and most of them were sentry officers.

This was also the purpose of Tang Qing'an's sudden organization of military training.

When the head of the army is absent, does the army still have organizational strength and can it form combat effectiveness?

With an order from the Jiedu Mansion, the military commander dispatched all the troops.

Can you act quickly.

At present, there are still some.

When Tang Qing'an entered the camp on a tall white horse.

Countless eyes fell on Tang Qing'an.

There are many emotions in these gazes.

Tang Qing'an was the same.

He trusted his soldiers very much.

Throwing away the surrounding and protection of his personal guards, he rode his horse and walked slowly in front of each camp.

Let everyone see him clearly.

"The general is mighty!"

"The general is mighty!"

The soldiers of each battalion, under the leadership of Shi Zhang, Wu Zhang, and even the sentry officer, shouted with all their strength, and not many people were lazy.

"The Jinjiang army is mighty!"

Tang Qing'an shouted in high spirits.

There seemed to be a slight pause.

Immediately.

"The general is mighty!"

There were even louder shouts.

Feng Shengzhi, Gu Yingshi and other civil officials watched the interaction between the general and the sergeants on the high platform of the school grounds, and everyone was deeply moved.

General's prestige.

Who can.

Even if the generals are not there.

As long as the general gives an order, the army is still in command.

There are many young corporal leaders, even captains, and even captains in the team.

It was obvious at a glance that he was from a military school.

These young people.

Shouting is full of sweat.

Ma Dafang and Gao Changfang are two brothers.

It turned out that the veteran Marin became a fisherman, and his descendants, the former veteran Gao Zhen, became a military craftsman, his descendants.

There are many like them.

The eyes of these young generals showed fanaticism.

Even if their throats started to become hoarse and tingling, these young people were unwilling to be left behind.

(End of this chapter)