Johime Three Kingdoms

Chapter 36 Qu A
After Bai Tu and his party arrived at the south bank, they said goodbye to the Chen family's fleet, and then rushed to Qu'a County, not far away.

The handover was very smooth. Although Qu Aling was a little confused about Bai Tu's age at first, after checking the official seal documents, he quickly "handed over, declined, and said goodbye" three times in a row.

Don't give Bai Tu a chance to stay...

Obviously, Qu Aling just wanted to finish his job and go back to his hometown to avoid the chaos, and did not want to get involved in other disputes.

In three days, Bai Tu successfully took over Qu'a, Piling, and Yangxian, three counties in the northern part of Wu County. As for the other ten counties in Wu County, most of them were controlled by Yan Baihu and Zuo Rong. The prefect Xu Gong They also acquiesced and even condoned this, and the envoys they sent came back after being teased and ridiculed...

Bai Tu didn't have time to talk to him for the time being. After all, he had to be wary of Yuan Shu causing trouble first.

Historically, after Liu Yao came to Qu'a, he had constant disagreements with Yuan Shu, but Bai Tu believed that compared to Liu Yao, Yuan Shu would target him more!
Bai Tu was already in Qu Aji's Chengji Mansion. Qu Aji looked about the same age as little Peiji. Like little Peiji at the beginning, she was also wearing a sarong. However, compared to little Peiji, Qu Aji was Her skirt only reached below her knees, revealing her two white legs.

When he saw Bai Tu, he also looked at him curiously. He sat on the operating table every now and then. He was not as shy as little Peiji...

"Are you the Yangzhou Mu? Ah... I never thought I would be a Zhou Ji one day! Hahaha, Shouchun Ji must be so angry!" Qu Aji said, laughing so hard that she slapped her thighs.

"It's just temporary..." Bai Tu now has the appointment of a state pastor from the imperial court, so he can transfer the seat of governance.

And Bai Tu knew that if it were in history, this transfer would have ushered in the era of North and South Yangzhou for decades.

Shouchun, as the real administrative seat of Yangzhou, has been under the control of the northern regime during the Three Kingdoms period. The north and the south each established a Yangzhou. It was not until "the power of the King of Jinling faded away" that the Yangzhou administrative seat became one again.

As for whether history can be changed now, Bai Tu doesn't know.

"For now, I got it!" Qu Aji urged, pressing Bai Tu's hand and placing the official seal in the designated position.

"Huh? You're pretty good at it?" This sentence was obviously said by Qu Aji.

Bai Tu’s official seal took another long time to read because there were too many technology trees.

Then the first thing Baitu did was to use the authority of Yangzhou Mu to set Qu Aji as Yangzhou's Zhou Ji and Qu'a as Yangzhou's temporary government!

Bai Tu and Yuan Shu, both famous and practical, can exercise the full power of Yangzhou Mu, and the function of Shouchun's Zhouji office will not disappear.

"Then help me spread the word to all counties across the state, report the household registration and financial situation, and allocate manpower and tax revenue to me in the winter." Bai Tu said.

Although people may not take care of you, the white pictures that should be circulated must still be circulated!

After Qu Aji heard this, her eyes sparkled, and she seemed very happy to have this opportunity to pass the message to Shouchunji.

The notification from the State Shepherd did not arrive within seconds. After that, he was waiting for the replies from the counties. At this time, Bai Tu also clicked on the technology column.

Only then did Qu Aji understand that Bai Tu's "materials" were not ordinary!
There are many good things in Baitu, such as the improved craftsmanship of Shu brocade promised to Gan Ning, as well as high-quality ceramics, distilled wine, and glass firing... It's a pity that now is not the time to engage in these things.

The first thing Bai Tu needs to do is to create something that can protect himself.

Jiangdong suffered little damage in the Yellow Turban Rebellion. The Jingyang Yellow Turbans instigated by Ma Yuanyi mainly caused rebellion in Jingbei and Huainan, and they never targeted Jiangdong.

The entire thirteen counties of Wu County have a total population of more than 60. The three counties of Qu'a, Yangxian, and Piling that Bai Tu can control have a total population of more than 15, which means that it can provide 15 manpower a year, divided into four quarters. collection.

There are more manpower that can be collected in winter, but now Bai Tu, the Yangzhou herdsman, can only use less than 5 manpower.

What is the concept of 5 manpower?
Training the most ordinary soldiers requires 50 manpower, and 10 manpower is needed to maintain it every year thereafter. Moreover, the training efficiency is low in winter and the consumption of food and grass is high. All of them are used to train soldiers. At most, one thousand recruits can be obtained in the spring...

As for the original Han troops in the three counties, there were less than two thousand in total, and their equipment, morale, and eliteness were all incomparable.

Moreover, repairing bridges, repairing roads, dredging silt and building embankments, which one does not require manpower?Continental militarism will lay hidden dangers for development!

For a moment, Bai Tu was even a little concerned about Gan Ning's stolen goods - if he had money, these corvees could be directly hired by ordinary people. Manpower was extremely cheap these days during the slack period.

It's just that after recruiting the manpower, it will cost money to mobilize the people. Otherwise, it is no different from directly overdrawing the manpower, and it is an act that defeats the people's hearts.

Bai Tu really sympathized with Liu Yao in history. In comparison, he still had Lu Bujun's thousand elite wolf cavalry, so he felt a little confident.

But with this little manpower... Bai Tu thinks it's more reliable to look at technology. In Bai Tu's technology tree, there is city defense machinery!
His eyes turned away from the Mongolian Heavy Cavalry, Tiefu Tu, Guanning Iron Cavalry, Xuanjia Army, Mo Dao Team... these arms - regardless of manpower, material resources, or armaments and craftsmanship, these are things that Bai Tu cannot raise now.

Now the city defense machinery is still reliable!

And it shouldn’t be too complex or too expensive, and it must be quickly formed... Baitu’s difficulty in choosing is about to break out.

Fortunately, Bai Tu didn't have a headache for too long. Three days later, after Bai Tu realized the cruel reality, good news came back one after another.

All counties have already responded to Bai Tu, and Jiujiang County responded the fastest. Yuan Shu wrote in person, saying that he invited Bai Tu to take office in Shouchun, and that he had prepared a banquet...

Believe in you!

Bai Tu ignored Jiujiang and later found two replies from Lujiang, both from Lujiang's prefect - one from Lu Kang, who was granted by the imperial court, and the other from Liu Xun, who was granted by Yuan Shu.

Last year, Lu Kang denounced Yuan Shu as a traitor and refused to allocate grain and grass. As a result, Yuan Shu sent his subordinate Sun Ce to attack Lujiang.

Originally, Lu Kang couldn't stop him at all, so he could only stick to Lujiang City - Shucheng, the seat of Lujiang County.

Lu Kang won the hearts of the people in Lujiang. Although he was being beaten all the time, the morale of the army was firm and the morale was not low. On the other hand, Sun Ce almost conquered the entire Lujiang area. When only Shucheng was left, Yuan Shu turned his hand and made the Lujiang prefect who agreed to Sun Ce. Gave it to Liu Xun and transferred Sun Ce back.

Not only did Sun Ce feel angry, but also Liu Xun's skills were much worse than Sun Ce's. After fighting for more than a year, Shucheng was still strong, so Liu Xun had to temporarily move the government office to Wancheng.

Liu Xun's reply to Bai Tu seemed polite, but it was provocative, while Lu Kang told the new Yangzhou shepherd not to be impulsive, and stated that he would persist until the end...

Bai Tu had no impression of Lu Kang, but he did know that he had a grandnephew named Lu Xun.

It's just that it's hard for Bai Tu to talk to Lu Kang about his grandnephew now. Knowing that Lu Kang is still strong, Bai Tu feels relieved. Historically, Lu Kang defended for two years before he was defeated. Now... Bai Tu hopes that he will persist for more. , maybe he can catch up with himself and rescue him.

In addition, the good news that is really useful to Bai Tu comes from Danyang and Yuzhang...

(End of this chapter)