NovelBonte Chapter 306 Where did the refugees come from?Look for bandits on Mount Tai!
Chapter 306 Where did the refugees come from?Look for bandits on Mount Tai!
Chapter 306 Where did the refugees come from?Look for bandits on Mount Tai!
The field has been abandoned for two years. It is impossible to estimate this figure so accurately. How is this actually calculated?
They just go to the fields specifically and ask the old farmers to check out the wasteland. There are fewer weeds in those areas, the soil fertility is still there, and it is easier to dig ditches again.
Such a rough estimate gives a rough standard, and then draws a big circle.
Well, this is the field that has been abandoned for two years.
For a field like this, not to mention how much manpower is needed to cultivate it, the seeds can be planted before and after Qingming.
Adding up the two seasons a year, it would be nice to have a harvest of one stone of grain!
Fifty thousand hectares of land, a total of 250 million acres of fields, the combined yield is only 250 million shi.
It sounds like this number is not enough, so I won’t talk about it. Co-authoring a business that hasn’t been sold once makes a lot of money.
Moreover, how big is the gap for refugees to cultivate such a field?
For a family of three refugees, it is not bad if they can reclaim ten acres of land a year.
And Yuan Tan made it clear that he wanted to reclaim all the 25 hectares of land this year, which meant recruiting another [-] households of refugees!
Where did Zhuge Jin go to find so many refugees?
However, Yuan Tan looked indifferent.
A pair of confident appearance.
With the composting method, the fertility of the field is not a big problem!
Today's farming in the Han Dynasty is far from the pinnacle of intensive farming. With the help of compost, it can at least double the yield of the fields.
In other words, the annual output of this 500 hectares of land is at least [-] million shi rice!
According to the division of eight publics and two peoples, at least 450 million shimi can be handed over to the Qihou Mansion!
Even if these brown rice can be used as military rations after shelling and processing, there are at least 300 million shi!
In addition to the existing 1 hectares of land that will be reclaimed, the calculation is also based on doubling the yield per mu.
Deducting the consumption of husking, by the beginning of next spring, Yuan Tan dare not expect to store 2000 million shi of corn.
But it reached half of it, 1000 million stone grain and fodder, enough to support the army's grain and grass reserves for half a year.
But it is more than enough!
As for the refugees, Yuan Tan has already thought up a plan!
"Is there a big gap in the number of refugees? I remember Ziyu, didn't you mention before that the bandits on Mount Tai are a good target to recruit?"
Thieves, there are two types of thieves these days.
One type is after the failure of the Yellow Turban Uprising by the great sage and mentor Zhang Jiao.
Under the brutal suppression by the army of the Han Dynasty, especially the three heroes of the late Han Dynasty, Huangfusong, Zhu Jun, and Lu Zhi.
Even the yellow turban thieves who surrendered could not escape the end of the murder.
Surrender is death, and continuing to be trapped in the city is also death.
So everyone made up their minds, and simply got into the swamp in the mountains and never returned, which became one of the stubborn diseases of the big man.
The indestructible bandits.
Among this type of rogues, the most well-known ones are the two groups, and the other is Zhang Yan's Black Mountain Army, the so-called Black Mountain Yellow Turban Black Mountain Bandits.
The other way is the Qingzhou Yellow Turban who has been making trouble in Qingzhou for several years, so powerful that he even dared to besiege Beihai and almost killed a county prefect and a party of princes.
It's just that the end of the two roads is not very good.
Although the former was recruited by the Han Dynasty and even had a general title on his head, his reputation was not justified.
And Zhang Yan himself has no interest in being an official, and is still doing his old job of starting a family, robbing houses and houses in Montenegro.
In the end, it was used by Yuan Shao's eldest son, Yuan Tan at the beginning of time travel, as the first battle to truly establish his reputation.
The fate of the other road is even more widely known. The Qingzhou Yellow Turban was directly used by Cao Cao as the foundation of his fortune, and he first broke up and killed a group.
Then he was taken by Yu Jin to train soldiers, and after training, he was taken away by Cao Cao and placed under Xiahou Dun's command. He is still defending the current Wei Gong Cao Cao on the front line of Xuchang.
It is one of the two elite units under Cao Cao, the strong infantry alongside the Tiger and Leopard Cavalry, the Qingzhou Army.
As for the other type of bandits, they fit Yuan Tan's imagination of "mountain bandits".
The big man fights every year and people die everywhere, and the common people can't survive, they either flee famine or become bandits, when groups of bandits gather in one place.
A bandit group that could shake the foundation of a state was thus established.
Taishan thief is one of them.
Compared with other bandits, Taishan bandits are more powerful, to what extent?
In official history, Taishan thief Zang Ba maintained his position as an independent army from beginning to end.
First, after Liu Bei took over Xuzhou, he had a good relationship with Liu Bei. Originally, he wanted to imitate Mi Zhu and follow Liu Bei to travel north and south.
As a result, I was stumped for two reasons.
One is Liu Pi, the Yellow Turban Gongdu of Runan, who has taken refuge under Liu Bei. He has a good banner and admires Liu Shijun's benevolence and righteousness.
Liu Bei readily accepted this, and was beheaded by Cao Cao's pursuers.
Under the grief of the rabbit and the fox, Zang Ba couldn't help but compared the power of Liu Bei and Cao Cao, and then compared the power of himself and Cao Cao.
Finally, he estimated what would happen if he was replaced by Liu Pi and Gong Du.
Zang Ba, who felt a chill on his neck, instantly extinguished half of his enthusiasm for following Liu Bei.
As for the remaining half, it comes from the inherent disadvantages, or advantages, of Taishan bandits.
That is, Taishan bandits, Heishan bandits, and Qingzhou Yellow Turbans are all in a similar situation. In addition to the strong men, there are also old and weak women and children who have to take care of them.
This is different from Mi Zhu. Mi Zhu directly sold the Mi family's property, patted his ass and led his family to keep up with Liu Bei's large army.
But what about Zang Ba?
He was able to gather so many refugees, and the Taishan bandits were no less powerful than Zhang Yan's Black Mountain Army in the past when it was at its peak.
And with the war in Xuzhou, a large number of refugees fled to Hebei, and more refugees dragged their families to Mount Tai.
Zang Ba's loyalty and emphasis on fellowship made him unable to make the choice to abandon his women and children and follow Liu Bei.
It can only be said that Zang Ba's choice contributed to his subsequent achievements to some extent.
In the official history, Zang Ba's Black Mountain Army rotated from Liu Bei, Lu Bu, and Cao Cao, and maintained a relatively independent position from beginning to end.
Until the end of his life, no one dared to touch him.
Even the Taishan Bandits, no, at that time the power known as the Taishan Army had grown to the point where they were stationed in Xuzhou, making Sun Quan uneasy day and night.
Cao Pi didn't dare to say that he would hold a Hongmen Banquet to kill the core of the Taishan Army so as to seize military power.
the reason is simple.
At that time, the Taishan Army had grown to a deformed monster with one hundred thousand soldiers and a family of hundreds of thousands.
Anyone who dares to attack the Taishan Army will have to face the fate of Xuzhou and even several military states near Xuzhou being instantly hijacked by rebels, mobs, and bandits.
And this ending, whether it is Cao Cao or Cao Pi, is unbearable.
(End of this chapter)