Johime Three Kingdoms

Chapter 317 Willful

"With food, can we be so willful? With food, can we be lawless?" Liu Pan lost his temper in Linxiang City.

I originally thought that as long as they retreated a little, stretched out the battle line, and dragged this lone army in Jingzhou, with the food road that the General Mansion had to pass through the Five Ridges, it would be a matter of time before they collapsed or withdrew...

After all, before leaving, Liu Pan snatched away all the young crops in Guiyang, and overdrafted manpower five times in each county. In a short period of time, unless the other party carried out more destructive overdrafts, they would never be able to replenish manpower and resources in Guiyang. supply!
Liu Pan even dreamed that he saw through the opponent's plan to reduce troops and increase the number of troops when the opponent withdrew, and pursued the victory all the way.

However... just as Liu Pan was staring at when the opponent would withdraw, the General's Mansion proved with facts - I am just so "fat"!
He actually continued to increase his troops in Jingnan, and while raising this lone army and supplying the Wuxi people, he showed no intention of being unable to withstand it, as if it would rain food in Yangzhou...

If the Ministry of Industry and the Ministry of Civil Affairs of the General Mansion knew what Liu Pan was thinking, they would definitely slap him in the face.

The food in Yangzhou does not fall from the sky, but is the result of our efforts to increase the production bit by bit!
If Bai Tu knew what Liu Pan was thinking, he would regretfully tell him that our output is still very low and there is still room for improvement.

This year, the Ministry of Civil Affairs began to vigorously promote Shennong Essence and Tuichong Powder, and guided two-season farming and reasonable intensive farming. It is expected that the yield per mu can be increased by another [-]% based on the current basis - that is, the yield per mu is no less than that of the Qing Dynasty.

In a few years, after rational two-season farming is fully promoted and adapted, it will increase by another [-]%. That is, it will not be a problem to more than double the output compared to before the Jian'an Year.

After all, in the Qing Dynasty, it was only because the per capita land area continued to decrease and more intensive farming rules were summarized. Shennong's essence was not used, and there was definitely room for improvement.

Later, with the improvement of Shennong Essence, the yield per mu entered a stage of steady improvement. As for a substantial increase in the future... we can only place our hope on the crop improvement results of the Ministry of Industry, or the exotic high-yielding crops in the Golden State.

The yield of corn is half a ton per mu, and the yield of sweet potatoes and potatoes is two to three tons. Even if these are not suitable for daily staple food, the third-generation hybrid rice of later generations can also yield one ton per mu, which is almost four times that of planting with chemical fertilizers!
But that’s another story.

Even now, the General's Mansion is not short of food, so Bai Tu and Chen Gong can be willful and open a food road in the Five Ridges...

As long as there are no major natural disasters within five years, Yangzhou's agricultural population will naturally be greatly reduced. At that time, only Guantun - that is, Jiangjun's Mansion in Poyang Plain, Zhenze Plain and Huainan Plain, these large farms suitable for group farming, will It is enough to fill official needs, and the price of food will be reduced to [-] to [-]%, or even half, of the factory hiring price.

The General's Mansion's plan was also in the 12th year of Jian'an to achieve currency recovery and realize commodity transactions no longer dependent on food.

The commodity economy of the Eastern Han Dynasty was already very weak, much smaller than that of the Western Han Dynasty. Especially after the Yellow Turban Rebellion, how could copper coins be used to eat food?
Even the General's Mansion did not care about currency matters in order to prevent food from flowing out.

Although this hinders the development of the commodity economy, it is... the lesser of two evils.

Therefore, when other princes envied the General's Mansion for its ability to implement the "grain standard" and obtain grain from all over the world, the General's Mansion's efforts were already aimed at ending the "grain standard" as soon as possible.

As long as the output continues to increase, especially when the official villages become more convenient and the cost becomes lower and lower, when the official grain consumption can be met by relying only on the official villages, and even by taking advantage of the cost advantage, additional grain can be sold to fill other supplies. Naturally, there is no need to be "grain-based" anymore.

Even now, Liu Pan was surprised that the General Mansion actually dared to pull the supply line through the Five Ridges.

Wei Yan, on the other hand, looked sarcastic from the side, as if I am unhappy and I will make you angry to death, and if you hit me with a military stick, I will also splatter your blood.

After being discovered by Liu Pan, he scolded: "Wei Yan! You were the one who delayed the opportunity before. I haven't said anything to you...you...what crime should you do?"

"Prefect Liu, when will your humble position ruin the opportunity for war?" Wei Yan argued unconvinced.

"You still dare to quibble? Let me ask you... How much more difficult is it for the General's Mansion to transport grain from the rear through the Five Ridges than for you? How much grain did you transport and how much grain did the General's Mansion transport?" Liu Pan forced the accusation.

Wei Yan: ...

Since you are short of food, are you asking me to run out of food?
"You have nothing to say? Come here, give him fifty military sticks!" Liu Pan said with a wave of his hand.

Huang Zhong sighed inwardly at this moment, but he stood up and said: "Prefect, Chief Wen is indeed wrong, but now that the military situation is urgent, why don't you allow him to take the blame and make meritorious service?"

"I didn't..." Wei Yan was about to refute, but Huang Zhong turned his head and stared back.

Huang Zhong was good at shooting, and when his eyes were fixed, his brilliance was particularly stunning.

"Hmph... Then write down the fifty military sticks this time. If anything goes wrong in the future, deal with them together!" Liu Pan said accordingly.

Liu Pan also knew that he was unreasonable and it was okay to get angry.

However, Wei Yan also had the same hot temper. He was soft-spoken but not stubborn. It can be said that he was at odds with Liu Pan.

Huang Zhong later also brought Wei Yan together to the Rongling garrison—Rongling is the front defense line in the south of Changsha, next to Zhang Liao's garrison.

However, in the past two months, Zhang Liao has not been in a hurry to attack, but has assisted the people of Guiyang to resume production. With the climate in Jingnan, it is still possible to catch up with summer planting, and at least one crop of grain can be harvested this year.

We don't expect it to subsidize the military, but if we take a crop, the people at least won't need relief.

Although officials from the Ministry of Civil Affairs cannot follow up immediately and cannot provide much guidance, and Shennong Essence and Tuichong Powder are not used, from the perspective of grain transportation and consumption, Guiyang produces one stone of grain, which is equivalent to the value of Jiangdong. Three and a half stones...

Bai Tu plans to gradually add 70 troops to Jingnan. By then, including the hired Wuxi people, it will consume about 250 shi of food and grass a year. And including transportation consumption, it will expand to 200 million shi, which is [-] million acres, Han Dynasty. The yield per mu is [-] hectares.

It sounds like a lot, but in the plan of the General Mansion, 150 million hectares of official villages can be reclaimed in the two plains of Poyang, Zhenze, and Jiangdong. Although water conservancy has not yet been fully rolled out and wasteland has not been fully reclaimed, The replacement of some main fields has not been completed, and the official villages in Huainan are still in the preparation stage...

But... there are still 50 hectares of official villages. Excluding corvee labor, the cost of oxen, wear and tear of farm tools, and the cost of grain transportation and storage, Jingnan's grain consumption accounts for one-eighth of the official villages' storage.

As for the grain tax, it has been reduced to five taxes and one tax. There are still some areas in the recovery period that are exempt from tax. With millions of households under the rule of the General's Mansion, the grain tax revenue is about the same as that of the official villages, and the consumption of grain tax collection is higher than that of the official villages. Much larger, only [-]-[-]% was finally put into storage.

Counting the grain and grass "sucked" by salt and other materials to Yangzhou, the grain received by the official villages accounted for exactly half of the grain and grass stored in the general's mansion. In other words, the deployment of troops in Jingnan used up 7% of the total grain received.

Five taxes: one, partial tax exemption, 7%...

If Liu Pan knew this number, he would probably knock Wei Yan's [-] army stick on his head first and ask him why Jingnan's grain couldn't be shipped more and more (Wei Yan:???).

However, the maximum cannot exceed [-]%. Baitu is now a third-line soldier, and there are also expenses such as training new soldiers, recruiting Shanyue, etc. Once the people in Jingnan also need relief, the consumption of three and a half times is no joke!
(End of this chapter)