Johime Three Kingdoms

Chapter 451 Land Reclamation Legion

Recently, because Lu Ji stood out in the first imperial examination and became the youngest person to top the list in Chu State, Lu Kang was in a good mood and was obviously much happier than before.

If it weren't for the fact that the medical school had conducted regular physical examinations for these veterans, Bai Tu would have been worried that he was having a comeback...

"I have also considered this matter. Firstly, it is necessary for all the famous families to carry forward their spirits. Secondly... I want to form a special land reclamation army in Chu State, and select soldiers from the second-line army;
The war will be mainly voluntary, and the soldiers will focus on training in farming and other skills. The families of the generals can move with the army, and sufficient compensation and rewards will be given. When a development mission occurs, the pioneering corps will be given priority to serve as a stabilizing force and pioneering pioneer after immigration. "

Bai Tu proposed the establishment of a special legion for "opening up wasteland" after expansion...

In addition, we must actively publicize it among the people. Bai Tu planned to discuss carefully with Xia Houjuan in the evening about encouraging the development of opera repertoire.

However, it is true that the current population is not overloaded, and with productivity increasing significantly, the desire of civilians to immigrate must be a shortcoming of Chu's propaganda and enlightenment.

"Absolutely! The soldiers of the Chu Kingdom are enough to carry their glory." Lu Bu had not intervened before, but when Bai Tu mentioned the new legion, the Privy Council was naturally the first to take a stand.

From the period of Yangzhou Mansion and General Mansion, the Chu army, who had a sense of honor and mission, made Lu Bu very confident in their ideological literacy. From the king of Chu to the people of Chu, they were also very "confident" to them.

Ordinary people may not be aware enough, but the Chu army cannot be aware enough.

From "killing a person is like killing my father" to the "Gumin Temple" outside Jinling City, the relationship between the military and the people of Chu has surpassed the times.

Really compared with other princes, the gap is even greater than the gap in military equipment!

Of course, compensation and rewards will definitely follow, and Bai Tu also emphasized that issues such as support for the elderly must also be considered, and warriors with low migration costs and willing to join will be given priority.

In addition, in the world of Cheng Ji, the "land pioneering army" is actually a clever way to use the rules of Cheng Ji...

Because ordinary Ji Zao soldiers, although they have problems with their sense of belonging, military discipline, and morale after leaving the source area, they can fully make up for it through sufficient training.

It is much easier to mobilize Ji Zao soldiers than to mobilize real generals to migrate voluntarily. In other words, as long as there are enough generals willing to migrate!
At the same time, although Ji Zao soldiers need to replenish manpower every year, they can also use the manpower of branches of aristocratic families who have migrated there, as well as naturalized local indigenous people - it's just that because of the mixed sources of soldiers, the level of training will continue to decline.

However, it is mainly focused on land reclamation, and the impact is completely acceptable.

But in this case, the degree of exemption from corvee for the pioneers needs to be considered...

Huang Chengyan also said at this time: "If it is the land reclamation army, I think there should be many people in the original Jingzhou army who are qualified and willing to try."

But not everyone’s army is so valuable!

In the Central Plains and northern places where wars have been fought for a long time, many generals are forcibly recruited and even used as consumables. Even in Yizhou and the previous Jingzhou, the treatment of grassroots generals is not good.

Although most of the original Jingzhou Army has become a second-line army, they have been flattered by the actual treatment and the military service and retirement system that encourages starting a family.

More importantly, the generals of the Jingzhou Army have not been allocated enough land in Jingzhou, and many of them have not started families. This is especially serious among the grassroots generals. This is caused by the historical problems in Jingzhou, which makes their love for Jingzhou inconsistent. Not strong!
Huang Chengyan also understood that the Jingzhou gentry would not be able to suppress the Yangzhou gentry in the political situation of Chu State in the short term. It would be good if they could not be suppressed too miserably by the opponent.

For things like dividing the cake, if the Jingzhou nobles want to have the same share, they must put in more effort - after all, Yangzhou, especially Jiangdong, also contributed the most to the establishment of Chu State.

"Cultivate a dedicated wasteland reclamation corps... The veteran seconded the suggestion." Lu Kang also agreed.

Will the land reclamation corps seize the shares of the wealthy families?
There is indeed this tendency, but as mentioned before, under the combination of fists, the aristocratic families of Chu State were restrained from developing into powerful families, and instead chose to develop together with Chu State in another form.

As human beings, the desire for fame and fortune will not disappear, but the form of competition can be controlled - provided it develops quickly enough.

Moreover, you must know that the noble clan and the "land reclamation legion" are not mutually exclusive. You can completely encourage the children of the clan to actively participate in the land reclamation legion, indirectly increasing their influence on the land reclamation legion.

Of course, since the wasteland is opened up in the form of a legion, the influence of the background on the general will be much weaker-if you don't even know that you are "a general of the Chu army first, and then a noble family background", then the awareness of Chu studies is obviously not enough. In place!
And the land reclamation army must also focus on catching Chu Xue's awakening...

"The navy may discover more unopened land in the future, and we should prepare early. The land reclamation corps is not only for Danzhou, but also exists as a long-term national policy." Bai Tu emphasized.

When Yizhou was first developed, there were still many refugees and disaster victims available. Now that Danzhou is being developed, the problem is still not acute.

But in the future, when Gan Ning really sets foot in the "Golden State", there will be a real shortage of people - Baitu will not just plunder and leave, let alone capture Kunlun slaves as labor force.

Fortunately, Chu State still has time to prepare...

In Bai Tu's heart, Danzhou was far incomparable to the "legendary" fertile Golden State.

But if you want to go to the Golden State, you have to at least wait until the large-scale Zhenqi machine technology matures, that is, after the "Pan Zhenqi Project" has achieved initial results, and then go directly to the armored ship to explore...

Although Columbus's Santa Maria was only a wooden sailboat in history, and its technology was no better than that of Chu, the Chu navy's ship had a fatal weakness - a serious lack of oil immersion time.

If you have to sail on the sea for a long time, a boat made of new wood will easily rot. Soaking it in tung oil for a few years can extend the life of the boat.

The Chu State's oil-pressing technology was quite advanced, but how many years had it only been since they started building ships?
The time for soaking in tung oil is seriously insufficient. The first batch of sea-going ships have basically been decommissioned. Now Gan Ning's fleet has three generations of sea-going ships, but the oil-soaking time is only two years. For safety reasons, the remaining service life will not exceed five years.

It's just that Baitu was eager to develop, so he luxuriously built short-term ships as consumables.

Even if the first batch of wood begins to be soaked in oil, now that we are starting to build ships, the time for soaking in oil is not very sufficient...

Therefore, the current navigation technology may be sufficient to try to sail around the world, but there is a risk of breaking the ship halfway!

Moreover, the first batch of wood that Gan Ning started soaking in oil has almost been used. The second batch of wood is more abundant, but it only lasts for two years...

Bai Tu has basically placed his hopes for a long voyage on the ironclad ship. At least the ironclad ship must be used as the flagship to feel safe!

Including the "land reclamation legion" matters, a consensus was easily reached during the palace discussion. As for the next specific development plan, we still need to wait for the results of the geological survey.

As for the candidates for governor, the academicians of the palace have also nominated many, but who to choose, Bai Tu still has to make a decision at the court meeting of the six ministries and one academy...

(End of this chapter)