Chapter 81: Be a cow and a horse
Shouchun City, which has regained some vitality due to the construction of the city, has finally swept away the decadence of the past year, and the teams of soldiers in bright armor and neat appearance who walk through the streets from time to time add a different atmosphere to this city.
Shouchun was originally three to five miles away from the outer city, and at this time the foundation was being dug several zhang deep, and countless people were sweating like rain in the warm spring of late February.
In this section of the northern city wall alone, there were no less than 50,000 people gathered! Among them are local men from Jiujiang, as well as men who have migrated from Ruyin County and Nanpei County. However, there are also quite a lot of people, but they are dragging their families from Xuzhou and Yuzhou in the north and west of Jiujiang County, and selling coolies for Zhang Xiu to cast a new longevity in order to feed the whole family. Although Cao Cao ensured that the military rations did not have to rely too much on the civilian levy of grain because of his effective measures to ensure that the military rations did not have to rely too much on civilian grain requisition, so that the common people under his rule still had a bite to eat, but there were still a small number of poor people, who could not make ends meet, and had to become a homeless person and wander to other places.
After Zhang Xiu returned to power, various measures, such as the resumption of large-scale reclamation and planting, and civil engineering required a large amount of labor. And each project is a deliberate decision made by the top management of Zhang Xiu Group, and each of these two cannot be canceled. Therefore, in order to cope with the problem of Huainan's long-term tyranny, harsh government, famine, and drought-stricken population, Zhang Xiu decided to take out all the grain and unswervingly carry out these two measures.
Now, on the construction site of Shouchun New Town, two people who look like people are talking to each other in a corner.
One of the men looked like a tiger's back, tall and sturdy, not at all like the long-term malnourished people around him, and he spoke even louder, with a hint of naivety: "Jia Fuzi, how long will we have to work here, although the food here is full, but there is no taste for wine and meat, when will I go back?" β
The body of the man known as Jia Fuzi is much thinner. Although he has a beard on his face, his beard is sparse and loose without a bit of hard stubble, and there are no calluses on his hands.
I saw that this young young thief surnamed Jia looked left and right for a while, and said in a silenced voice: "What are you yelling about, wait a few more days, let's leave!" β
The majestic man looked reluctant: "What is there to stay in this Huainan, although the rations back to Xuchang are not enough, but what are you afraid of with me, I am sure that you will not be hungry along the way." β
Jia Fuzi smiled helplessly, and explained to the man bitterly: "Xu Hu'er, under normal circumstances, I will definitely agree with your opinion, with your courage and the resourcefulness of this son, there is no problem in grabbing a cart of wine and meat back to Xu." But the key is now a similar situation, the entire grain, wine and meat in Huainan have been confiscated by Zhang Xiu's descendants. Everyone must weigh and calculate consumption before eating, and must count their expenses in detail every day. Moreover, ordinary soldiers are not allowed to bring any rations when patrolling outside, but Zhang Xiu is only allowed to do the matter of escorting grain and grass, and he does not even need a single citizen, so he has no chance to succeed. β
But there is not a hint of falsehood in this statement. Under normal circumstances, it is the people who are responsible for loading and unloading grain and grass and transporting it, and the army is only responsible for escorting. However, Zhang Xiu transferred all the grain transporters to the city construction project, and all the cattle and horses pulling carts were either used to pull soil and stones at the construction site, or used to reclaim cultivated land. And let the army temporarily change the content of physical training to grain loading and unloading, and in this "special training", the original power of cattle and horses was replaced by manpower!
Zhang Xiu's explanation for this is that this can effectively use the physical strength of the army, and it can also better exercise the army's march. This time, Zhang Xiu's subordinates really experienced making cattle and horses for Zhang Xiu.
And for ordinary people, Zhang Xiu is still implementing the Laoshzi supply system, and some of them eat at once, but they are also hungry, even if they want to rob them, they don't have to rob. If you endure it for another half a month, Zhang Xiu will distribute monthly rations, so that everyone like you can receive food, and we can leave directly. β
Hum! Hearing Jia Fuzi's words, the man known as Xu Hu let out a breath in his nostrils: "Zhang Xiu said that he would distribute monthly food, do you believe it?" I don't believe it, just this Beicheng construction site, you said that there are at least 50,000 people, plus Dongcheng and Nancheng, hundreds of thousands of people, if it is distributed according to the monthly grain share that Zhang Xiu said, he Zhang Xiu can only make up a month if he sells himself, but you also said that this project can't be completed in half a year, so in my opinion, Zhang Xiu's house is completely swollen and fat, in fact, it is just a pretext to recruit people to work for him. β
"Hmph, Jia Fuzi, don't fool me about this, I think that back then, in Runan, my brother and my family were also considered to be strong, and I still know these ways."
Jia Fuzi smiled helplessly: "It's better if it's like this under the guise of pretense." The reason why Zhang Xiu can still control the hearts of the people in Huainan now is because his series of sensational and dazzling measures have won the approval of the majority of the people in Huainan, but if he can't do something substantive and have realistic favors for these people, then everything he has is just a castle in the air. The next expedition to Huainan may only require 50,000 military horses, because Zhang Xiu himself can no longer gain a foothold in Huainan. β
"But the crux of the matter is here, if he can get through this hurdle, rely on large-scale encouragement of reclamation and planting to restore food and clothing in Huainan, and rely on the fortified fortress and complete armor to make Huainan stable, then he will become the real uncrowned king of Huainan!"
"The key to the implementation of all this lies in whether Zhang Xiu's grain and grass can support these two popular moves, although Huainan has no grain, and Yuan Shao's aid is only a drop in the bucket, but I feel that Zhang Xiu, Liu Bei and Yuan Shao will unite together. And from what I've gotten so far, it's a huge possibility. β
"Since Xun Chen can safely bring the Hebei fleet to Huainan for the first time, there will soon be a second, a third and even countless times. Gongsun Chan only has one place in Youzhou, but he can hoard three million grains, Yuan Shao sits on Jizhou, which is much richer than Youzhou, and also has Qingzhou and the state, and the grain storage will never be less than Gongsun Zhan. This seems to be a lot of 300,000 Hu for Zhang Xiu, but for Yuan Shao, it is not even a dime. β
"Hebei's power is strong and prosperous in its money and grain Ding household is prosperous, Cao Gong conquered the Central Plains, no matter how big or small, each battle is more or less facing the problem of food shortage. However, there have been dozens of battles in Hebei, but I have basically never heard of any problems in grain and grass logistics that affect the outcome of the war. This is where the Yuan family is strong, and why Cao Gong has been forbearing. β
"However, although the Yuan clan has the best money and food in the world, its military horses are less vicious and urgent, which can be described as broad and unfavorable; The Cao Gong's army and horses are all trained in the Central Plains and can be used to fighting, which can be described as thin and sharp; However, another military horse in the Central Plains today, Zhang Xiu's Yongliang army, is in some ways better than Cao Gong's army. Especially the 20,000 Xiliang veterans, all of them were killed by the Blood Sea Corpse Mountain. Cao Gong's soldiers and horses have not yet been cast, but those Western Liang troops have already fought against the Huren and Qiang tribes in Saiwai under Dong Zhuo's account, fought against Han Sui Bianzhang in Longxi, Liangzhou, fought against the Kwantung coalition army in Luoyang, and killed each other in Guanzhong. Although there is now a war in all directions, although there are only tens of thousands of remnants left in the 30,000 Western Liang army in Chinese New Year's Eve, in the hands of Zhang Xiu, he can still defeat Yuan Shu's 300,000 army with a small number of enemies, and can defeat my 150,000 main force in the Shouchun Alley Battle! β
"This is really the so-called small but tricky!"
"Imagine if Yuan Shao slashed the broadsword head-on, and Zhang Xiu stabbed the blade in the back, how could Cao Gong resist? Although the Central Plains is good, the conquest from all sides can rise to the princes in the troubled times at the fastest time, but the biggest crisis is also to be attacked from all sides. If Cao Gong can pacify Huainan this time, he can rely on the Yangtze River to temporarily settle the southeast. And it can also deter Liu Biao's stupid heart in Jingzhou in the southwest. Then with a quick battle and a decisive battle against Yuan Shao in one fell swoop, you can settle the north and lay at least half of the king's business! β
"It's a pity that although Cao Cao is the best traitor, he still can't surpass a higher level than the traitor. But what can be hoped for, the traitor is destined to have some desire restrictions, otherwise it can't be called a traitor. β
This last sentence didn't come out of Jia Fuzi's mouth, let alone Xu Hu'er, and it didn't look like a young man's voice.
Jia Fuzi's originally loose expression suddenly became extremely focused and surprised, and he immediately turned his head to see if there was anyone behind him. That Xu Hu'er almost broke out, and squatted down to prevent being sneak attacked.
However, there were no Tibetans behind them, but when they turned to face the direction they had turned to, an old man with a gray beard was already standing in the middle of them.
The old man looked smiling, and behind his hands, he looked like the kind old man next door, but Jia Fuzi, who had the ability to never forget, still instantly recognized this old man who didn't seem to pose any threat - the poisonous Jia Xu.
"Guo Fengxiao, why are you embarrassed to the point of being the bookkeeper of our army's liquidation of civil engineering?" Jia Xu asked with a smile.
"Xu Hu'er" naturally saw Jia Xu, but at the moment when Jia Xu appeared, he slowly put his hand into his arms.
Unexpectedly, Jia Xu suddenly spoke again: "The old man heard from the captain of Beicheng that there was a coolie in Beicheng who made rice every day and had infinite strength, and there was also a gentleman who had never made a mistake in settling accounts, so I came to see if I could recruit a capable person for Wenjin's Flying Bear Army and add a meritorious person to Yang Changshi." It's just that I never thought that there would be such a "coolie" and "gentleman" in this world, if our military and civilian husbands have the tiger power of tiger idiots, and "gentlemen" have Guo Fengxiao's calculations, it is enough to sweep the world with only a thousand people and three gentlemen! β
Hearing Jia Xu's words, a trace of chagrin flashed in the eyes of Guo Jia, the so-called Jia Fuzi who was alias Jia Guo, but for a moment he changed to a prodigal and lax look: "What do you want, old and immortal." β
"What can I do with such an old bone, but I heard that there is a handsome man who has not been born for a hundred years and is talking alone about a cow, and I feel that it is best not to be cold at this time, so I came to join in the fun." Jia Xu said.
"I don't know, Feng Xiao can allow me, an unarmed old bone, to stop?"
"Haha, two months ago, I didn't pay homage to you when you closed the door of the house, but today you want to see the so-called No. 1 strategist in Guanzhong! Hu'er, don't dig it out, your knife Ben Gongzi was afraid that you would kill the overseer on impulse, so he took it from your arms as early as he took a nap just now. β
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