Zhang not only combined the specific situation, but also invited the Quan Wuxian Qiang who lived in Shangjun to communicate with him. After combining the intelligence of various parties and analyzing the counties, it is possible to combine agriculture and animal husbandry, raising sheep and horses, and planting millet and fruit trees.

Tong Yuan's eyes lit up when he heard this, this arrangement happened to be the same as the mountainous counties of Hedong County on the other side of the Yellow River, which had its own characteristics, and the entire grain production was mainly self-sufficient, but it could provide livestock and mountain troops.

Zhang Ji said: "Over the years, he thinks that a strong laborer, no matter how capable he is, can only take care of 60 acres of millet fields, but he can grow wheat and can manage 100 acres. ”

Tong Yuan, a southerner in later generations, had never seen millet seeding, so he asked, "Isn't it that wheat needs more water to consume, and the preparation in front requires more effort?" ”

Zhang Ji replied: "In the previous preparation and sowing time, it is indeed easier for millet than wheat. But in the back of the seedlings and hoeing, millet is much more troublesome. When summing up the planting of millet, it is necessary to hoe the ground without getting tired of counting, and repeating the cycle, which means that it is necessary to hoe the ground frequently, and when hoeing, the weather is hot and very laborious. And planting wheat can be hoeed only once, which is much easier. ”

"However, it is not possible to simply grow wheat on a large scale in the state. Although wheat is more hardy than millet, it is more powerful to eat, and the yield is slightly higher, but it has higher requirements for terrain and water. If the upper county is restored, the land is vast and sparsely populated, and the combination of agriculture and animal husbandry is carried out, it is necessary to choose to plant millet and wheat according to local conditions. ”

Tong Yuan sighed in his heart, this Zhang may not be able to get together with those famous scholars, but his carefulness in civil affairs is enough to surpass them by many, many times.

The leader of the small tribe, who had no seeds, said, "The hills of this county are the most suitable for raising sheep, but not for raising cattle and horses. Cattle eat too much, and water is limited, making it difficult to feed cattle in a limited area. Although there are breeds of horses suitable for mountains and hills, they are not as practical as those in the plains. ”

These words opened Tong Yuan's eyes, but after thinking about it, he understood. On the grassland, horses can grow stronger and better at running, and if they win the river loop in the future, they will naturally have better horse breeds.

Now that the land to be restored has been preliminarily planned, the next step is to prepare materials. In autumn, it is estimated that the three counties can produce more than 500,000 stones, which is enough for more than half a year according to the high level of distribution of one stone per month on average among the residents.

The supply of refugees is only half of that of the cantonments, but it is also higher than the level of less than 200 catties a month in other places. But counting them, the autumn production will not be enough for the entire population to eat for half a year.

Fortunately, there is still half of the spring harvest left, and with grain in hand, there is a lot of room for operation.

Chang'an and the rest of Sanfu were suffering from a terrible famine, and those who were strong or skilled had long since become vassals of warlords, scholars, and heroes. The rest of those who could flee have already fled to Hanzhong, Nanyang, Xiayang, Hedong, Jingzhou, and even Bashu, Yongliang and other places.

However, few people go to Kanto, because Cao Cao and Lu Bu fought there to shake the earth, not to mention the sale of grain in the areas where the two sides are fighting, even passers-by will be caught, the strong ones will be used as cannon fodder, and the weak ones will be directly made into dried meat......

The rest of the population will have to wait for the dismal production in the fall. Some people even couldn't stand it anymore, so they had to harvest the unripe grain in advance, and eat the immature crops with a yield of less than 50 catties per mu.

Tong Yuan is not a virgin, and he will definitely not distribute the hundreds of thousands of stones stored in the three counties for free.

He sold 30,000 stone of grain at half the selling price of the warlords and nobles. Even so, they were exchanged for 5,000 farm tools of all kinds, 600 vehicles of all kinds, tens of thousands of autumn and winter clothes, and all the money of these people.

These people really have nothing but themselves, their relatives and their land. With a little brain, they ate the unripe crops, and then abandoned their homeland to join the army that participated in the restoration and annexation of the state.

There are still 100,000 suffering people who are really unwilling to give up their family property, and even if they try their best, it is estimated that it will be difficult to see next spring.

Of course, Tong Yuan was moved, but he had already given them a way to survive, and he would rather die than give up the land and go to the state to open up new farmland, then he had nothing to do.

He gritted his teeth, no matter what difficulties there were in the outside world, he would speed up the pace of recovery and consolidation.

After the meeting, Tong Yuan had a drink with the Qiang tribe and completely incorporated it into his command.

After the end, Tong Yuan and Zhang Ji discussed the development of animal husbandry without any Qiang and the integration into the county and Tuntian. Everything went smoothly, but Zhang Ji was a little strange, why did he send 100,000 stone of grain to that place.

He thought about it for a moment, and felt that that person was not of good character, and even if he was capable, he was not worthy of so much reward. But the lord must have more considerations, so he followed the order and delivered grain and grass on time.

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Sometimes disasters come and they don't happen alone.

Due to the gradual discord between the old court of the Southern Xiongnu and Tong Yuan, they also instigated some other tribes of the Hu people around them to raid the farming area.

At the end of July, the Qiangqiang tribe in Beidi County let their old and weak drive their herds to the north in search of high-quality pastures and water sources, and then nearly 10,000 Qingqiang plundered and plundered, directly attacking the border area of Youfufeng and Zuofengyi.

There were already some Qiang people settled in Sanfu, and they were either accepted as subordinates and family members by the scholars, or they were conscripted into the army to serve as cannon fodder. At this time, the Qiang invaded, and they were already unbearable for exploitation and tyranny, and rebelled one after another.

This Qiang rebellion was larger than in history due to the intervention of the old Xiongnu royal court. Within half a year, after two major wars in a row, the once prosperous land has turned into a purgatory, making it impossible for people to survive.

The area invaded by the Han Qiang was adjacent to Yunyang and other counties, and Tong Yuan was highly nervous about it. He mobilized Hu Lang'er's Third Cavalry Brigade to eliminate the small group of scattered and plundering Qiang, and armed part of the Tuntian army in preparation for a possible major battle.

After seeing the situation, Han Chongqiang maintained their habit of bullying the weak and fearing the hard, focusing on plundering, and quickly changed the course to the south, and went straight to the manors of those scholars along the Wei River.

Since the time of the invasion of the Hu people coincided with the autumn after the horses were strong and the peasants harvested, these scholars, tribesmen, and families were busy with the affairs of their respective families, and they had no precautions at all.

Coupled with the fact that the strongest of them were in rebellion, the Shi clan was powerless to suppress it. After a few skirmishes, the rest were huddled in the dock fort and stayed at home.

Seeing the heavy loss of their property, these warriors hurriedly contacted Li Dao and others, hoping that they would send troops to exterminate these robbers who had hit the door.

However, Li Dao, who had just contributed his troops a few months ago, did not want to waste his troops, and refused to send troops on the grounds that the enemy was too strong and would retreat on his own.

In a hurry, it is worth turning their attention to Guo Yan, Fan Chou and others, who are very disgusted in their hearts.