This year's harvest is indeed good, and it can be regarded as a solution to the current predicament, but Mu Jing is still greedy and insufficient, and he regrets a little in his heart: "Even if it is such a high yield, it is already rare, but it is still impossible to solve the problem of food and clothing!" ”

In this era, even the so-called prosperous era cannot solve the problem of food and clothing.

There are several reasons why the problem of food and clothing cannot be solved.

First, the times are backward, cultivation is difficult, and the yield per mu is never higher.

Second, the situation of land annexation by the squire and wealthy families is very serious, even if the pastoral scene is suppressed again and again, it is impossible to change this phenomenon unless it is fundamentally changed.

"Why don't you find some high-yielding crops!"

Mu Jing thought about it again and again, wanting to split another way to see if he could solve this problem of eating.

Calling back and forth is actually a matter of eating.

The Yellow Turban Uprising was because there was not enough to eat.

The princes of all sides can divide the territory because the people can't eat enough, and since they can't eat enough with the court, then change the master.

To put it simply, it's a matter of eating.

If Hanzhong can solve this problem, it will be tantamount to being invincible, at least the people of Hanzhong will support Mujing and the herdsman army with all their hearts, and if necessary, all the people can be soldiers.

Why can those nomads be soldiers of the whole people, because only in this way can they defend food.

"If you want to say that the harvest is high, in fact, potatoes and sweet potatoes are considered artifacts, any one of them can completely solve the problem of food and clothing in this world, but at present, if you want to get those land sweet potatoes or something, it is simply impossible!"

Mujing is just thinking about it.

It's extravagant hope.

Because these things are not in the Central Plains at all, far away in South America, with the backward ocean-going technology of this era, it will not be possible to build a ship that can cross the sea in a hundred years.

So this idea was quickly abandoned by Mu Jing.

"In my memory, sorghum seems to be a high-yield crop, and it is easy to grow, so you can consider it!"

Mu Jing pondered for a long time, constantly recalling the somewhat hazy memories in his mind, history is really not his forte.

"When did sorghum appear?"

He couldn't really remember that.

But he vaguely remembered a little: "Sorghum seems to have a name in this era, what is it called...... Remember, Shu Xiao! ”

"That's right, that's the name!"

His memory became clearer and clearer: "The place of origin seems to be the land of Bashu, which can be considered!" ”

Mu Jing wants to come out as soon as he wants to come out.

He went directly to Nongcao Yamen.

Nongcao Yamen is a two-story wooden building in the northeast of the south study, the first floor is made of stone, and the second floor is a wooden building with red tiles.

At this time, he was still busy with the autumn harvest, and the farmers were very busy up and down.

Even when Mu Jing came in, few people noticed it, they looked down at the scroll one by one, some people came in and out without thinking about strangers walking in, in this Minghou Mansion, it was very safe, and there would never be danger, so their vigilance was very low.

In the end, it was still engaged in Ye Zhi to discover the pastoral scene.

"Subordinates meet the lord!"

After Ye Zhi saluted, everyone came back to their senses.

"Subordinates wait to meet the lord!"

Liu Ling hurriedly walked out of the main office and led everyone to salute.

"Don't be polite!"

Mu Jing waved his hand, sat down in the position, and said, "Today is here, it's just a whim, but I am very satisfied with Nong Cao Yamen's attitude towards things!" ”

"Thank you for the compliment!"

Liu Ling breathed a sigh of relief, since Tang Ming was transferred out of Nong Cao, Nong Cao is considered to be the only one in his family, but he is the only one who bears the blame, if there is anything to Nong Cao, he can only take the blame.

"I'm here this time, in fact, I have something to discuss with you!"

Mu Jing said: "Fengren, you have gathered all the people of Nongcao, I have something to ask!" ”

"No!"

Liu Ling hurriedly gathered the large and small officials of Nongcao, except for those who went out, they were basically gathered in the lobby of Nongcao's yamen.

In addition to the principals, engagements, scribes, etc., there are also farmers, and the farmer is actually a technical expert of Nongcao, and these people are gathered by Nongcao with a lot of effort.

"Actually, I just wanted to ask, have you ever seen this crop?" With his impression, Mu Jing painted the sorghum, which is somewhat abstract, but it also looks a little compatible, if someone has seen the real thing, it is easy to recognize.

"This seems to be Shu Xiao!"

A middle-aged man in a green robe stood up and spoke.

"You've seen it?" Mu Jing's eyes lit up and asked, "What's your name?" ”

The name is right, and it seems that my memory is not wrong.

"Subordinate Tong Yu!"

Middle-aged bowed.

"Lord, Tong Yu is the first farmer of our farmer, we encountered many problems in the realization of the master's seedling method, so we invited Tong Yu from the people, and he overcame the problem of seedling growth for us!"

Liu Ling said.

"Tong Yu, where have you seen this Shu millet?" Mu Jing asked.

"This thing is not uncommon in Bashu, it seems that there is a sword pavilion, but we have fewer in Hanzhong, in fact, there are also in Hanzhong, it is generally useless, in the year of the general disaster, there is really nothing to eat, and the people will satisfy their hunger with these things!"

"Are you sure Hanzhong!"

"Sure!"

"Good!"

Mu Jing was overjoyed: "Tong Yu, now I will give you a task, if you do a good job, it will change the food problem in our entire Hanzhong!" ”

"Please command, my lord!"

"Find Shu millet and then cultivate it, large-scale cultivation!" Mu Jing said in a deep voice: "You want people, I will give you people, you want money, I will give you money, I only need a result, and Nanyang, the capital of Hanzhong, can be planted with Shu millet next year!" ”

"Think twice!"

Liu Ling didn't care about anything else, he hurriedly arched his hand and said: "As far as I know, this thing can't be used as food, we have spent so much time, isn't it a waste of Nongcao's strength!" ”

"Who said it couldn't!" Mu Jing said softly: "Fengren, as a farmer, you must have the thought of Shennong, there are a lot of things that can be eaten between heaven and earth, and we can't be limited to rice and wheat!" ”

"Shennong's thoughts?"

Nong Cao and everyone looked at each other.

"Shennong tastes a hundred herbs!"

Someone whispered.

This is the spirit of Shennong, only after trying it, can you know if you can eat it.

"Subordinates take orders!"

Tong Yu himself was also a little resistant, but when he heard Mu Jing's words, he was suddenly full of fighting spirit, yes, no one said that Shu millet can't be eaten, in the famine year, but many people ate that thing, and they didn't die.

After the task was explained, Mu Jing left in a hurry.

As a prince, he can't put his spirit in one place, the Minghou Mansion is like a ship that has just started, whether he can sail out and swim the sea, he has to be at the helm as the captain, he needs to be at the helm There are too many things he needs to ruin, and countless major military and political affairs are waiting for him to decide.

"How's the Ursa doing?"

A few days later, Hu Zhao sent a message, and Mu Jing directly summoned Xi Zhicai to discuss military affairs.

Since last year, disarmament, reorganization, rectification, training, under the command of the pastoral army, the Jingping First Army, the Jingping Second Army, and the Yellow Turban Army, have basically completed the rectification, and the strength of the first army has been reflected in the first battle of the wolf department.

What is the strength of the Second Army and the Yellow Turban Army, there is still some data to support it, Jingping Second Army participated in the Nanyang Battle with a water army, and the data has come back one after another to show that the combat effectiveness has improved, and the Yellow Turban Army has the strongest strength and strength, after all, the Yellow Turban has the most disarmament, and it is the elite of the White Wave Army that has been annexed, and it is absolutely no problem to defend the army.

It's the Violent Bears.

In the past, the war was too tragic, resulting in the loss of the main force of the violent bear, Mu Jing also took out the pioneer battalion, and went to part of the strength, whether it can be cheered up, it is really an unknown number.

"Zhou Cang still has some ability!" Xi Zhicai said: "The reorganization and training of the Violent Bear Army have been completed, but the actual combat effectiveness still needs to be tested on the battlefield!" ”

"Have Zhou Cang and Zhang Liao cooperated on the battlefield?"

"Nope!" Xi Zhicai shook his head: "Jingping's Second Army's attack on Nanyang has always been based on preserving the main force, if the Violent Bear Army is mixed in, it will not be a small trouble, it is estimated that it will trigger the main force of the Yuan Army!" ”

"If the Battle of Jingzhou breaks out, then let Zhou Cang be the vanguard!"

Mu Jing said: "I need to consider the strength of the Storm Bear Army!" ”

"Actually, your training methods are very regular, I was skeptical before, but now I think that regular soldiers, professional soldiers, are more useful than all soldiers on top of numbers!" Xi Zhicai said: "The battle of the wolf tribe has made me see one thing clearly, the battlefield is always not suitable for those young people who go to the battlefield with casual training, I even think that if the army is expanded under the same combat effectiveness, there are 100,000 troops, I dare to fight back to Guanzhong!" ”

"It's not that simple!"

Mu Jing smiled bitterly: "How much does it cost us to train soldiers, Hu Zhao and Liu Jin have a plate in their hearts, others can train 100,000 soldiers and horses, we can only train tens of thousands of soldiers and horses, this is still not a matter of armor, weapons are OK, but armor is always a big problem!" ”

The armor must be made into weapons more luxurious, and the fine and light iron armor in the army can only be equipped with officer-level people, ordinary soldiers, at most, grass armor and a heart guard on the chest.

"I'm just thinking about it!"

How could Xi Zhicai not know the cost of military training, he was in charge of the Beiwu Hall, and the training would be under the control of the Beiwu Hall, no one knew this matter better than him, if it weren't for the amazing combat effectiveness of the Jingping First Army on the battlefield of the Wolf Tribe, he might not agree with Mu Jing's extravagant training method.

Ordinary soldiers, most of them are half-peasants and half-soldiers, and doing more is to practice one or two when they are idle.

Even if it is an elite soldier, every ten days of practice, it is considered good.

But nowadays, the officers and men of the pastoral army, professional soldiers, all the soldiers who have been registered and recorded in the military register, must practice every day, and the amount of money and food consumed is so much that ordinary people will definitely not be able to bear it.

Xi Zhicai thought for a while, and suddenly said: "You are anxious to know the combat effectiveness of the Violent Bear Army, have you negotiated with Yizhou?" ”

"That's almost it!"

Mu Jing said: "Yizhou has begun to send troops, before the cold winter, there must be a battle, that is, Yizhou is a little stingy, the first batch of grain and grass provided, only 30,000 stones, Hu Zhao also plans to pull the skin, see if you can get more from Yizhou!" ”

"It's already good!"

Xi Zhicai said: "Liu Yan is atmospheric, which also shows that he is impatient and wants to fight, I am a little strange, it stands to reason that Liu Yan is not such an impatient person, why is there such a big concession and also attack Jingzhou!" ”

"I'm thinking about it too!"

Mu Jing squinted.