Chapter 540: Spring Ploughing

As the victor of the Hanzhong War, Mu Jing naturally had the fruits of victory, and the granaries in Nanzheng City fell into his hands, and the grain that Zhang Lu scavenged was his, which allowed him to supply the army under his command.

Otherwise, he would probably have to bow his head directly to the scholars and squires in Hanzhong.

After all, he has tens of thousands of troops in his hands, the Yellow Turban Army, the Jingping First Army, the Jingping Second Army, the Baibo Army, people eat horses, and the daily consumption is an astronomical amount, and there is no tax coming up now.

Without the support of Nan Zheng's granary, he would not have been able to hold on at all.

However, if the Nanzheng granary is mobilized, I am afraid that the military rations will not be able to hold up.

But there is no grain seed, and it is so difficult to complete the spring ploughing in Hanzhong.

"Junhou, this matter is actually not impossible!"

Tang Ming stepped forward and bowed.

"Meng Dao, do you have a way?" Mu Jing squinted, and his eyes flashed with a gleam.

Tang Ming, the word Meng Dao, as the son of the Tang family, knows more about this than the rest, so he dares to speak.

He arched his hand and said, "The prince can borrow grain!" ”

"Borrowed food?"

Mu Jing looked at Tang Ming and asked: "The Tang family is a scholar clan, but as far as I know, the granary of the Tang family is also empty, if the Tang family has no grain, will those families have grain?" ”

Hanzhong is poor, this is true, the rebellion of last year has affected many families in Hanzhong.

According to what he pointed out, even the Tang family did not have much food.

"The prince underestimates these families too much!"

Tang Ming shook his head and said in a deep voice: "Just what I am referring to, don't talk about the scholar family, even if it is an ordinary squire and wealthy family, how can there be no few hidden granaries at home, I once heard the head of the family say that if the Tang family opens a warehouse to release grain, the people of Hanzhong will not have to worry about eating for a year!" ”

"Zhumen's wine and meat stink, and there are frozen bones on the road!"

Hearing this, Mu Jing sighed.

He didn't feel anything when he read this poem before, but now he has to admit that this poem is really ironic enough.

Go to the Hanzhong War.

There were many chaotic armies, so many people starved to death and froze to death under the cold winter and moon.

But in these families, the food is always hidden.

"Meng Dao, you are also a child of the Tang family, don't you know that if you say this, it will bring disaster to the Tang family?" Mu Jing looked at Tang Ming with interest.

"Junhou, although I am a son of the Tang family, I read the book of sages, understand the truth, understand the people's livelihood, and be the master of the people!"

Tang Ming knew very well that if his words were spread, the family would not let him go.

But he is a concubine, no matter how good he is, the family will not take a few more looks, the prince and the general, rather have a kind, he is obviously stronger than the waste of the Tang family, but he has never been able to come out, he is unwilling.

Ever since he knew that Mu Jing had recruited him, he felt that the opportunity had come.

So he's betting.

Bet that Mu Jing will protect himself, as long as Mu Jing protects himself, he will win this game.

"Good!"

Mu Jing laughed: "What I need is you officials who can make decisions for the people!" ”

He thought for a while and said, "I'll give you a task, instead of me, to borrow grain from various families, to be able to grow grain for grain, how much you can borrow, no matter what means you use, as long as you can borrow it!" ”

"Any means?" Tang Ming is not afraid, some people, give him a chance, he can fly, Tang Ming has been waiting for more than ten years since his career, but whenever he has the opportunity, he will never give up, even if he offends people.

"Yes!"

Ranch head.

"The subordinates are afraid of death, if the prince sends troops to shelter, the subordinates dare to borrow food!" Tang Ming put forward the conditions.

"How many soldiers and horses do you want?"

"Not much!" Tang Ming said: "Three thousand soldiers! ”

"With my warrant, you can go to the Yellow Turban Army outside the city to transfer a battalion of soldiers!" Mu Jing issued a warrant to him, which was a military order for Huang Shao.

"Thank you to the prince, your subordinates will live up to the expectations of the prince!"

Tang Ming took the order and left.

After he left, Mu Jing spoke: "Fengren, this person can be trusted? ”

"Junhou, Tang Mengdao shows loyalty to Junhou today, and it will be difficult to tolerate the family, so he will complete the task given to him by Junhou at any cost, and he will borrow food, but his methods may worsen the relationship between Junhou and some people in Hanzhong!" Liu Ling was very familiar with Tang Ming, and he said in a deep voice.

"It's okay!"

The corners of Mu Jing's mouth raised: "This is a good thing!" ”

He still has a breath to go, he is just dealing with the matter of spring ploughing, but he didn't expect to unearth Tang Ming's vicious dog, and the injury can't hurt the scholars in Hanzhong, but it's okay to disgust them.

"Junhou, although farming tools and seeds can be solved, but if you want to complete spring ploughing, you still need to mobilize the people!" Ye Zhi said.

This is an old fritter official, who is usually taciturn, but he can do things tactfully and well-mannered, and he is thorough.

"Mobilize the people?"

Mu Jing thought for a while and said: "Starting tomorrow, in the name of my farmer Cao Yamen, I will start pasting announcements, Ben Hou will personally preside over spring ploughing, and the yamen will fully cooperate with the people everywhere, and the people everywhere will need to borrow farm tools and seeds, and they can report to the local area!" ”

"I'll arrange it!"

Ye Zhi arched his hand and said.

……

In the following days, Mu Jing ignored the things outside the window, and devoted himself to the spring ploughing event.

Hanzhong is not a good place, but there are Han rivers alternately, water resources are also abundant, the land is not fertile, but growing food, is definitely much better than the frontier land.

Moreover, there are basically three kinds of grain grown in Hanzhong: rice, wheat, and millet.

In order to make the spring ploughing go more smoothly, Mu Jing also went to the field to inspect it himself, but after walking around, he realized that some things were behind him as he imagined.

Once upon a time, he was also worried about eating and drinking, but he never thought about the difficulty of farming.

"Huang Shao!"

"Lord!"

"Send all the soldiers of the Yellow Turban Army to reclaim fertile land, I want all the fields around Nanzheng, not allowed to be barren, I don't want to see the autumn harvest of Nanzheng, it is a bare piece!" Mu Jing stood on the hill outside the city, looked at a barren fertile field, and said in a deep voice.

The people are very enthusiastic, they are absolutely enthusiastic about planting after they get the farm tools and seeds from Mujing, but their enthusiasm is not enough to make the grain grown on the land of Nanzheng.

One thing that is very bad about fighting a war is that it consumes the population, and if a group of young and strong people are killed or wounded on the battlefield, it is equivalent to a weakened cultivated population, and when it is time to cultivate, naturally no one will come to cultivate, and the fields will be barren.

"Lord, it's no problem for the Yellow Turban Army to dispatch, but Nanzheng is okay, but there are nine counties in Hanzhong, we fought from Fangling, whether it is Shangyong Xicheng, we have suffered a lot of wars!"

"Then a certain family will mobilize the Jingping army!" Mu Jing said.

"Lord, Jingping Army can't move!"

"What can you do?"

"If the lord has faith, he can use them!"

"Who?"

"Prisoner of Hanzhong!"

"Prisoners of Hanzhong?" Mu Jing's eyes lit up, this is a good way, there are a lot of prisoners in Hanzhong, it is impossible to kill them all, they are all Han people, it is difficult to kill a thorough.