After Tong Yuan returned to Haoyang, there were three main things to be implemented quickly.

The first is farming, which cannot be delayed. The second is the army's ideology and discipline, which will be carried out little by little throughout the autumn and winter. Finally, there are things like strategy, talent, and technology.

Zhang Ji's action is very efficient, and he has already summoned farmers with wheat planting experience through the tun chief and team leader. However, the planting opinions collected are a bit disappointing.

Because Guanzhong cultivates millet all year round, there is general resistance to growing wheat. It was not until Shengzhi of the Western Han Dynasty served as a light car envoy and promoted wheat cultivation in Guanzhong that Qin began to gradually promote wheat cultivation. However, the scale has not been comparable to that of Kanto.

These experienced local farmers believe that the land will be prepared in July and August, and the seeds will be planted in September, and a good harvest will be achieved by May next year. It can be planted separately from millet, and the time is just right.

But there weren't enough seeds!

At present, these peasant families who follow Tong Yuan are very poor, and it is difficult to get wheat seeds, especially the seeds of Sumai, to meet the needs of more than 50,000 people in two or three counties.

Zhang Ji has a way, he knows many scholars, Hanmen, and Haoqiang business travelers in Hedong County and Liangzhou next to him. Although the cultivation of wheat in these places is not as widespread as in the Kanto region, seeds from the two prefectures can certainly be bought. It just needs Dong Bai or Tong Yuan to contribute here.

If the problem is only about money, then what are you afraid of, the Dong family has such family resources, there is no need to wait for it at this time?

The matter of purchasing wheat seeds was handed over to Zhang Ji for execution.

Next, Tong Yuan hurriedly rectified the organization and discipline of the army.

He came from later generations, so he naturally understood the importance of this aspect, especially knowing why he was fighting a war, and what help and significance being a soldier had for individuals, families, collectives, and countries, all of which played a vital role in the strength of the army's will, internal relations, and execution.

Tong Yuan did not have enough political workers around him to be incorporated into the army, so he could only be discovered from the army. Fortunately, before the counterattack on Chang'an, he had already identified dozens of people, and Tong Yuan summoned them from the new army and the military camp for a meeting.

According to the name and affiliation, the eighteen people who are still alive were finally found. These military officials and soldiers are all from border people, and they have a deep understanding of the decline of the Han Dynasty.

In the case of land concentration, official exploitation, and killing of various ethnic groups, the border is very dependent on the powerful and the residents to form villages to protect themselves. Some of them were breached by the rebels, captured as slaves, and later rescued by Dong Zhuojun. Some family members were forcibly conscripted into the army and used as cannon fodder to fill ditches and block arrows. Someone else ......

They deeply understand a truth, that is, whether men, women, young or old, if you are not united, if you do not organize, you are stupid, and in troubled times, it is man-made and I am fish.

This is very much in line with Tong Yuan's thinking, he knows very well that an army needs a high degree of cohesion and tacit understanding to exert its strength. He hopes that his army will not only rely on brave generals to charge forward, but also look forward to unity and unity.

He firmly believes that this is the only way to maintain the combat effectiveness of the army and to cope with the changes in a hundred years.

After looking around at these eighteen people, he said: "You are all the backbone of our army, and the purpose of today's gathering is to brainstorm and let everyone think about how to make more soldiers understand the importance of uniting as one and calming the border troubles?"

The eighteen people were silent after hearing this, if they were very good at telling their own stories, but if they wanted to think of a way, it would be a little difficult.

Tong Yuan was slightly embarrassed when he saw the scene, "This idea is not to say any strategy or strategy, but to ask everyone that you are familiar with your comrades, how can they easily accept your views?" ”

One of them was seventeen or eighteen years old, and the team leader from Tianshui said: "A certain father and mother were killed by corrupt officials, and a certain person voted for the Xiliang Army to kill the corrupt official and confiscate his property into the army. In the army, regardless of place or official position, I always treated my elders, uncles and uncles as relatives, and they became acquainted with me. ”

"They always ask, 'How did you become a team leader at such a young age?' So-and-so told their own story, and they told their story, and in the end everyone was kind. ”

Tong Yuan nodded and said, "Brother Xiao treats everyone as family and is willing to share your story with them, this is a good way." What else can you do? ”

"Let's talk about it." Said a man with a weather-beaten face who looked to be almost fifty.

"A certain once followed the famous general Huangfu to fight in Xiliang, and his army paid attention to the combination of orders and prohibitions and light-heartedness. When fighting, everyone obeys orders and cannot be negligent. When he is resting, he often engages in competitions and teamwork in the army, just like the general did a few days ago. ”

Tong Yuan said: "Huangfu Gui is worthy of being one of the 'Liangzhou Sanming', he arranges it in this way in wartime and is lively in peacetime, so that the soldiers will not be tense and consume mental and physical strength at all times, and can also enhance the cohesion of everyone." It's so worth learning. ”

"Can so-and-so say?" A soldier with yellow hair and eagle eyebrows who was not very confident asked.

"Of course you can, Mu Du'er, your experience is amazing, quickly tell everyone about your method."

"Okay, a certain father is a stable Han person, and my mother is a Qiang person. I was only 15 years old at the time of the chaos 10 years ago, but I also participated in the self-preservation. At that time, the rebels were very fierce, and they would definitely not be able to defend one village at a time. ”

"The heroes in the township are afraid of consuming food, so they only take in the young and strong, and the other people don't want it. Later, the people of the village gathered in a dangerous deserted dock fort, and the traitors fought for five or six days and retreated. In the township, there were very few wounded and killed in battle, but many were wounded. ”

"My father and mother had no medicine because of their injuries, and they left after a few years of poor health. And because that Haoqiang was too rich, where would the rebels let go, they besieged it for more than 20 days, and finally the internal rebellion was taken down, and no one was left alive. ”

At this time, the soldier known as Mu Du'er paused slightly, and his thoughts returned to that time. Tong Yuan knew that this situation had been playing out on the border of the Han Dynasty, and he was powerless to stop it if he didn't organize these people.

Mu Du'er continued: "I feel that Haoqiang takes his own family as a unit and is picky about outsiders, but they are far from enough in this troubled world. Unite everyone, and not abandon the old and weak, and gather the strength of everyone to overcome difficulties. ”

Tong Yuan was proud of his soldiers, who knew this era better than those families in the court who only knew power and scriptures. What you have to do is not to point fingers, but to give them the soil to survive and shine.

He said: "What the three of them said just now is very good, whether it is the new army or the Tuntian soldiers, I need the collective kinship you said is like a family, strict discipline but also a certain degree of equality and ease, and there is the strength that can be united regardless of strength and weakness."

"You can tell your story and your approach along this line, and it's also an attempt to get a promotion next year without compromising your training. As for the slogans and discipline in the future, I will find someone to arrange it later. ”

"We are at the command of the general."