"Yes! This is also where subordinates and others find it difficult, that is, they can't affect the place too much, and they can't ignore their feelings! Fang Xuanling nodded with a wry smile.

Zou Yu calculated for a while, and now his subordinates actually rule the Turkic, Xue Yantuo and other steppe tribes with a population of 400,000; The Khitan, the Xi people, the Xia people, and the Ya tribe are 200,000, which is indeed a lot. The latter is okay, they have been fighting non-stop for many years, and they have lost most of it! It seems that the former will have to use the same method, with a high reward, to stimulate them to follow them everywhere.

Xi people and Xi people, let them go back to guard Liaodong! First, it is their hometown, and secondly, the remaining veterans of a hundred battles, it must be a waste to be idle, to defend Liaodong, and count them in one fell swoop.

The Tatar tribe promised to let them recuperate, and let them guard the mining areas, the Turks who built roads, and built reservoirs!

Xue Yantuo has been quite obedient in the past two years, 10,000 people are in Luoyang, and letting Yi Nan organize another 10,000 people to fight should not cause him to have extra thoughts.

The Khitans are a problem, they have just been subdued, and they have to let them taste the sweetness before they desperately want to go out to fight. Now they can be sweet, first of all, the key to a stable residence, as well as the hope of life.

This can be done only by building a masonry house for them to live in and a pasture, and all that is required is labor and materials, and the materials are only fired.

As for pasture farming, of course, cattle and sheep! They have it themselves, and if they don't have enough cattle and sheep, they spend more time growing food, and it will be better off than they live on the grassland anyway.

When they live for a year and their lives are stable, they will naturally not miss the past, and as for the restless part of the people who are unwilling to stay in peace, they just want to go out to fight! And the rewards they get from fighting will make them even more red-eyed and want to fight more, after all, many things in Jinyang will only be rewarded to those who have merit.

"Just let them be in Honghua, just arrange a few more generals to go, and let them help take Liang Shidu next year!" Zou Yu didn't have a good way, and in the end he chose a plan with the least disadvantages.

"How should the three counties of Honghua, Diaoyin, and Yan'an be governed? Is it to wait for the unified development after taking the Liang Shidu, or to temporarily relocate the people? Fang Xuanling continued to ask.

Whether it is Fang Xuanling, or other officials or generals, in the choice of many things, obeying Zou Yu is not simply because of his identity, but also because facts have proved that his choice has always been wrong.

Yan'an, Diaoyin, Honghua three counties, because the first emperor wanted to send people to defend the Xiongnu, so the Chi Road was built, and later hundreds of thousands of troops guarded the border pass, so this area was well developed. It's just that in recent years, due to the war, the population has also decreased a lot.

Now development is being carried out everywhere, although the people are concentrated, but the difficulty of management is not small, after all, there are too many nomads, which requires more energy and personnel to manage.

For herders, more brainwashing education must be carried out and their customs must be changed, so that they can truly become their own people and truly integrate them.

Although Fang Xuanling very much agrees with this method, but there is a need for manpower everywhere, which makes him a headache, many times, Zou Yu just makes requests, and the specific arrangements are handled by him, so there are too many people he needs to worry about.

"The population of the three counties is not large, so let's gather together first and make preliminary preparations! As for not having so many officials, they still use the previous method to select non-commissioned soldiers and carry out military management!

Liang Luoren and the others took the soldiers who surrendered and told him to select strictly, keep 30,000 people, plus the people he brought over, and leave 20,000! In this way, 50,000 people will be enough to defend! Zou Yu thought and said.

"Whoa!" Fang Xuanling and Li Jing responded at the same time.

"Newcomers, step up the training for them, so that you can also relax in the future." Zou Yu also knew that they were working hard, and said with some embarrassment.

Fang Xuanling and the others nodded at the same time, what they hoped most was that there would be new people to come, so that there would be more people available, just like playing cards, they all hoped that they would have enough good cards in their hands! Able to cope with any situation.

"The prince just said that he will take Liang Shidu after the year! Don't know if there's an arrangement? Li Jing asked.

"Li Shangshu, what do you think about this?" Zou Yu asked.

"The opinion of the subordinates is to attack in two directions! All the way from Dingxiang, Xiawuyuan, Yulin two counties! All the way from Honghua, Lingwu, Yanchuan two counties! Finally, the Liang division is encircled. Taking out the map, Li Jing introduced.

"Lingwu! The two counties of Yanchuan, I'm afraid they have to guard against Xue Ju! Zou Yu frowned.

Xue Ju originally served as the captain of Jincheng Mansion, raised troops against Sui, proclaimed himself the overlord of Western Qin, the founding name was Qin Xing, Xue Rengao was named the crown prince, and the youngest son Xue Renyue was the king of Jin. Elsewhere, the thief Kou Zong Luo Hu led his people to join and was named the Duke of Yixing County, with more than 100,000 soldiers.

In the past two years, some Qiang people have been subdued and occupied Longxi! After destroying Li Hongzhi, there were more than 200,000 soldiers and horses, which had to attract Zou Yu's attention.

"The prince said very well, according to Liang Luoren, Xue Ju and Liang Shi have long colluded and have been buying war horses from him! Last time we fought suddenly, so Xue Ju didn't make any moves, if he took Lingwu, it would be difficult for Yanchuan to say, after all, he was already bordering him. Li Jing nodded in agreement.

"Xue Ju is a member of the Xue family in Hedong? Have you ever asked, how is this person? Zou Yu asked.

"My subordinates have already inquired about this! Xue Ju's family is indeed the Xue family in Hedong, but they have already moved out in Xue Ju's father's generation; Moreover, Xue Ju this person, at the beginning, also opened a warehouse to release grain to win the hearts of the people, who knew that this person was murderous. Therefore, the subordinates thought that even if there were acquaintances, there was no need to talk to him. Li Jing explained.

Li Jing has understood, Zou Yu does not feel strange, after all, knowing himself and knowing that he will win all battles, as a military master, of course, he will know in advance the opponents he will encounter in the future.

"That's good! The military department made a plan, if Xue Ju intervened, even he would fight together! Just open the way to the Western Regions! Selling goods to the Western Regions is really making money! Zou Yu nodded and said.

"Whoa!" Li Jing replied with a smile, for a person who loves military affairs, there is nothing more enjoyable than having a war.

"Jieli Khan has run away, the grassland is much vacant, and his subordinates suggest opening a horse farm!" Yin Shi Shi said.

"That's a good idea! They can't let other tribes take over the grasslands, because that would make them cheaper. Fang Xuanling nodded in agreement.

"Then build a horse farm in the clouds and Dingxiang! Dispatch part of Xue Yantuo, and the people of the Yan Dynasty will go to guard! Zou Yu agreed.

"Because of the war, this year's wool purchase has been greatly affected, and even the Murowei side has been much less!" Fang Xuanling asked a question again.

"We must have a lot of sheep raised by ourselves, right?" Zou Yu rubbed his forehead and asked.

Thinking about it, in the war with the Turks, their wool naturally cannot be harvested, and the same is true for Murwei, they themselves will consume a lot of sheep in the war, and there will naturally be less to sell, and the herdsmen in Liaodong are all dependent on the internal migration, and there are almost no targets that can be purchased from the outside.

"Because there is a lot of meat in demand, a lot of it is slaughtered." Fang Xuanling shook his head and replied.

What he meant was that because of the production of military rations, a large number of sheep were purchased from pastures, so there was no increase, but for the army food, it must not be reduced.

"How much cotton has been planted this year? The harvest should start this season, right? Zou Yu thought for a moment and asked.

"This year's cotton planting, because there are not many seeds, only a thousand acres of land." Ma Zhou replied.

"One thousand acres, that is, only about 100,000 catties of harvest. This year, ordinary woolen clothes were given priority to the people of the newly occupied areas and the Turks; Make cotton into cloth, join the down supply army, and deal with it for a year! It would be good to have cotton production next year! Zou Yu said with a headache.

Zou Yu had no choice, and so did others, Ma Zhou took out a piece of paper and handed it to Zou Yu and introduced: "Because Murowei has provided a lot of piglets, the number of pigs raised by the imperial court this year has reached 10,000, and now the number has increased by about 500 every month." ”

"Finally, there is good news, gradually providing piglets for the people to breed! Only the people can quickly expand the scale, and the meat in the future will depend on it. Zou Yu nodded and said.

In the past, because of the grain, the people rarely breeded, even if they were breeding, they were also free-range, whether it was pigs or sheep, they were all put outside to find their own food, so not only the quantity was very small, but also the taste was not good, and the growth was slow.

Nowadays, castrated pigs grow much faster, and they are first raised by the imperial court, because the imperial court has a lot of miscellaneous grains! For example, sorghum distiller's grains after soy sauce wine, wheat bran from wheat! Bran of rice! In the past, these were eaten as coarse grain people. In recent years, grain production has increased and meat has increased, so these things are naturally used to feed livestock.

In addition to the use of coal, a lot of firewood is saved, and the crop stalks that were originally dried for firewood are also used for breeding, which undoubtedly increases the feeding conditions again.

Thinking of this, Zou Yu suddenly remembered something, which he remembered when he was outside, but he had been fighting all the time, and he didn't have time to do it, so when he came back this time, he put it on the agenda.

When I was a child, Zou Yu's hometown, at that time, there were basically oil lamps and kerosene lamps, which were not only very dim, but also a little smelly.

However, when other people's homes were still using oil lamps, Zou Yu's family used electric lights! However, instead of using electricity, they use biogas.

Although there are no light bulbs now, it is still good to use biogas for firewood, especially in the farms and palaces, as well as offices and military camps. Not only is there enough material, but it can also be used for lighting.

Now with cement, it is also convenient to build a biogas digester, plus ceramic pipes, cement pipes, and some iron valves.

But without waiting for Zou Yu to find someone to make the biogas digester, Ma Zhou took out another piece of paper, handed it to Zou Yu and said, "Lord Wang, this matter is the most important, and you have to come up with an idea." ”

Looking at Ma Zhou's somewhat embarrassed expression, Zou Yu took it over suspiciously, and immediately understood, it turned out to be a bumper harvest of yam and konjac, they couldn't make up their minds, such a thing needed Zou Yu to decide in person, this was what made them embarrassed.

The paper records that the yam received 1.2 million catties, and the konjac received 480,000 catties, and now they are all stored in the cellar, and they don't know how to eat them, after all, these things are all fresh goods, unlike rice and wheat, which are dried and stored.

Last year, because there were too few seeds, all the plants were transplanted, so Zou Yu only mentioned how to plant and preserve! Fortunately, I told them that otherwise it would all be dried in the sun, which would make people depressed, and there would be a lot less practice.

Yam is very simple, boiled and eaten, steamed and eaten, fried and eaten, can also be made into cakes, can also be ground into powder, yam powder fried and brewed, cooking porridge can also be done!

As for konjac, it is more troublesome, you can remove the skin, wash it, cut it into pieces, grind it directly with a stone mill to make juice, and cook it in lime water to make a tofu style. Of course, you can also dry the konjac to make konjac powder, and when you want to eat it in the future, you can take it to make konjac tofu.

Yams and konjac, both rich in starch, like wheat, can actually be made into noodles. After listening to Zou Yu, everyone was immediately very happy, you must know that yam and konjac have much higher yields than wheat and rice.

You must know that yams and konjac can not only be dug up and eaten back then, but also used as perennial plants, planted by ditches, rivers, or in front of and behind houses. Yams still have to be weeded, as for konjac, as for konjac, it is a large flock when it grows, and it can completely bully the weeds to death, and it can be completely left unattended.

There are not many plants that are suitable for vegetables and grains, and these years, not to mention staple grains, families with enough coarse grains to eat are already well-off. Not to mention the early years, from ancient times to the present, the people did not feel that they had enough food, once they encountered drought and floods, they had to go hungry, eating wild vegetables is commonplace, and eating tree bark is also an inevitable thing in life.

It's good to have something to eat! The people will never dislike the quality of the grain, nor will they dislike the taste, after all, no matter how bad it is, it is better than wheat bran and rice bran.

And Zou Yu's goal is not big, to ensure that the people can eat three meals a day in the future, whether dry or thin, they can eat enough.

The promotion of konjac yam does not have to worry about it at all, after all, such a large yield, people who know it will be tempted, and now because they want to leave part as food, the reason why there are few seeds, the government grows it itself. When the people slowly accept it, it will be promoted.

Just said to leave, Yang Yu suddenly appeared, Zou Yu didn't know that he had returned, he couldn't help but be slightly stunned, without waiting for Zou Yu to give a salute, Yang Yu first saluted and said: "Yu has seen the teacher!" ”

"See Your Majesty!" Everyone hurriedly got up and saluted.

"Everyone, flat!" Yang Yu stepped forward and held Zou Yudao.

"When did Your Majesty come back? The minister doesn't know yet, but if he does, he will enter the palace to see His Majesty. Zou Yu looked at Yang Yu, who was a lot darker, and said gently.

Yang Yu, who is already fifteen years old, is a lot darker, and the fluff at the corners of his mouth still looks very immature, but his face has matured a lot.