The second hall of the general military mansion of the dangerous mountain town.

Ye Fu was in a handsome position, holding his chin with his hand, facing the sand table placed in the middle of the room.

On each side of the east and west sides, there are eight chairs, and the main officials of the dangerous mountain are sitting.

Directly facing the south of Ye Fu's position, the middle and low-ranking officers stood there neatly, divided into several rows.

The guards around were Ye Fu's personal soldiers in the first place of the military room, either with swords on their waists or with muskets in their hands, neatly stationed inside and outside the house.

"Three-way arrangement."

Ye Fu slowly muttered four words, and then yawned.

To be honest, in my current position, many things are no longer the same as when I was a graduate student in the history department. As the saying goes, 'if you are not in your position, you will not seek your own government', and in your position, you will naturally consider what you think about from your own starting point. In terms of the situation he is in now, he is a little uninterested in the tripartite arrangement proposed by Xiong Tingbi.

Indeed, Xiong Tingbi thought well, but in Ye Fu's opinion, in fact, it was still too much to take it for granted.

Wang Zhi, who was sitting in the first position on Ye Fu's right hand side, saw Ye Fu's reaction, hesitated for a moment, but still stood up and said to Ye Fu: "My lord, the lower officials think that Xiong Jingluo's tripartite arrangement is really far-sighted. By land, the infantry was gathered in Quang Ninh Tun, and the walls were set up, and the city was defended by virtue of the mountain-shaped terrain. The enemy is good at field warfare, and if he wants to make a difference, he will inevitably fight hard to attack the city. In this way, it will be possible to contain most of the enemy's forces. On land and water, a naval division was set up on the first line of Tianjin and Denglai, first, to help our dangerous mountain town, and secondly, it could also be used as a containment to attack the hinterland of eastern Liaoning. In addition, our dangerous mountain town is behind enemy lines to contain and harass the attack, so that the Tartars cannot advance westward with peace of mind. With this combination of land and water, the three-way arrangement. Xia Guan thought that once it was implemented, it would be extremely effective! ”

Wang Zhi was the one who admired Xiong Tingbi the most in Xianshan Town, and when Xiong Tingbi was taken down by the imperial court, he also complained.

Obviously, at this time, the imperial court intended to reactivate Xiong Tingbi, and his already somewhat depressed mind began to be active again. He looked excited, but he felt that the people around him seemed to be a little out of place with him, so he temporarily suppressed the joy in his heart.

But seeing that Ye Fu seemed to have some opinions on the arrangement of the three parties, he immediately couldn't bear it anymore and hurriedly said something to Ye Fu.

Nominally, it seems to be from Ye Fu's point of view, analyzing the pros and cons with Ye Fu.

In fact, he was secretly accusing Ye Fu of not questioning the decision-making of the imperial court.

As a restraining factor in the tripartite arrangement, if Ye Fu does not cooperate, this arrangement is very prone to problems.

Ye Fu was used to being confronted by him, and he also knew that he had the same heart as the court and could not be fully entrusted. Even in terms of titles, they stubbornly use 'adult', not 'handsome' that everyone has already changed. Long ago, he had already found Zhang Hongchuan as his replacement, but Ye Fu was unwilling to give up Wang Zhi like this, and wanted to use him, so he endured him until now.

What's more, he said that it was a constraint, but in fact, as long as the reason is reasonable, he is still willing to do practical things. If you change someone, you may not be as willing to study and work hard.

He sighed secretly in his heart, lamenting the lack of manpower in his hands. Waving his hand, he motioned for Wang Zhi to sit back first.

"What Lord Wang said is certainly reasonable, but since ancient times, there has been an old saying that it is better to ask for others than for yourself." Ye Fu leaned back, looked around, and fell on Zhang Hongchuan, "Hongchuan, I greeted you before. On the North Korean side, have you sent anyone to contact you? How's the contact? ”

Zhang Hongchuan got up and said, "Return to the handsome!" Since the marshal mentioned it to the lowly post, the lowly post sent a commissioner to North Korea to learn about the local topography. The detailed analysis is here, please take a look at it. ”

Ye Fu nodded.

Ma Denglong quickly stepped down the stairs, took the report from Zhang Hongchuan's hand, and turned around to serve it in front of Ye Fu.

Ye Fu flipped a few pages, only to feel that the number was too large and too complex, and he already felt a headache before he read it.

He closed the booklet and said casually, "Tell me about it!" ”

Zhang Hongchuan agreed, explaining: "The results obtained by sending commissioners to the DPRK to inspect the DPRK are indeed not optimistic. Although the land area is relatively large, it seems to be relatively suitable for farming, but in fact, the proportion of mountainous land is relatively high, and the land suitable for cultivation is very small. In addition, the climate has been relatively poor in recent years, and the production of grain is extremely limited. It can be said that it is not enough to simply feed the people of the DPRK alone, and there is really not much spare power that can be used to supplement the military needs of our dangerous mountains. ”

"Oh, that's it." Ye Fu came from later generations, and he was also accustomed to the rumors that North Korea was suffering because of food, so he was not too surprised to hear him say this. However, the angle from which he considers the problem is still very different from Zhang Hongchuan.

After sighing with emotion, he raised his head and closed his eyes to think, and after thinking for a long time, he suddenly opened his eyes and said to Zhang Hongchuan: "If it is said that it is because of the lack of arable land and the bad climate, it has caused insufficient food. Is it possible to consider planting crops that are more suitable for the climate over there? At this time, don't think about what to eat white rice or steamed buns, in short, what can be planted to fill your stomach, then plant! ”

Zhang Hongchuan was puzzled: "But even so, it still can't solve many urgent needs." After all, there is too little arable land to grow crops. ”

Ye Fu couldn't blame Zhang Hongchuan for anything.

The level of mechanization in future generations will not be able to change the problem of food shortage in North Korea, and in this era, there is no way to think about it.

But he finally took Li Liang's kid in his hands, if he didn't take this opportunity to do something, Ye Fu felt that this bamboo pole was really knocked in vain.

He pondered in his head, trying to find a new breakthrough.

The eyes of everyone in the room were fixed on him alone, and for a while, the room was silent, and it seemed that everyone's breathing could be heard.

I don't know how long it took, Ye Fu raised his head again.

"Since it is said that there is not enough arable land and the people cannot eat enough, does that mean that there is a lot of wasted manpower that is not used? Well? Hongchuan, tell me about it. ”

Zhang Hongchuan didn't quite understand what he meant, but he also followed his train of thought and said: "There is indeed a lot of manpower that causes waste!" A conclusion can be drawn from the summary of the information found by the lowly faction. The people of North Korea are generally not as good as the displaced people of our Ming Dynasty, and of course, this is also the reason why the people have been displaced due to the change of regime. ”

"Well, since that's the case, that's easy to do." Ye Fu nodded and said.

Zhang Hongchuan was puzzled, but saw that Ye Fu had already waved his hand and motioned for him to sit back.

He bowed and saluted, sat back in his place, and after sitting down for a long time, he heard Ye Fu say: "I've been talking about the lack of manpower!" The most unsightly thing is the waste of manpower! I've told you many times that people and lands are saved, and people and lands are saved; If the land is lost, the people and the land are lost. At this time, the most feared thing is not that the enemy has taken away our land, livestock, wealth! But they took the people! Won hearts and minds! If the people don't exist, and the hearts of the people are lost, what's the use of asking for so much land? Do you want to keep the graves for all of us here after the Tartars have taken the dangerous mountain? It's ridiculous! ”