Technology is productivity.

The birth of a new type of waterwheel saves people's manpower to take water for irrigation.

The birth of the curved plough saved the strength of cattle and people to plough the fields.

All of them have saved a lot of labor from the people. For example, if it is boiling today, the war has been raging for many years, the bones are spread in the wilderness, the graves are like barren grass, there is less population, and more is the ownerless field.

In such a situation, the birth of the labor-saving waterwheel and the quyuan plough meant that more fields could be cultivated and more food could be obtained with fewer people.

As for the art of war, the three armies did not move the grain and grass first.

So Ma Liang immediately realized this problem and told Guan Ping seriously that these two things were more beneficial to Cao Cao. And now, Guan Ping can't take care of much.

After laying down the Fangling, the waterwheel and the Quyuan plow were used in the Fangling. The bet is the time difference, the remoteness of the tomb, and the bet that Cao Cao will not be able to discover the wonderful use of the waterwheel and the plough in three or five years.

Three or five years later, Cao Cao will not face the current Guan Ping, but the strengthened Guan Ping. At that time, the two sides pulled their troops and horses to fight, and it was not yet known who would kill the deer.

It's the waterwheel, the plow, or more specifically, the technology that plays a vital role in the growth of a hegemon.

For the people, for the peasants at the bottom, the production of these two things is tantamount to the gospel.

After Guan Ping entered Fangling, he killed the Shen brothers, but the people and horses did not hurt the people in autumn, and integrated the three counties to govern the officials, so that the officials ruled Qingming, and requisitioned and issued conscription to repair the road.

This can actually be regarded as a power of the government.

Paying wages to conscripts is benevolent government.

As for the use of waterwheels and ploughs, they are tantamount to gods and men.

Therefore, not only the Zhang family, but also the entire Fangling area, even in the remote mountainous areas, as long as the officials of the government knew about it and arrived at the place where the waterwheels and plows were sold, their gratitude to Guan Ping never stopped.

The people are bitter when they are prosperous, and the people who are dying are bitter.

The people have always suffered. With the plough and the new waterwheel, for the people, it is tantamount to the dawn in the darkness, illuminating the world and warming the hearts of the people.

It can be said that the sun and the moon are within the reach of the government, and they are all the prestige of the government, Guan Ping and Rende.

Maleonn is a long history.

The so-called long history is actually the county Cheng, which set up the county in the Central Plains, was in charge of soldiers and horses, and was responsible for arresting thieves. Therefore, people like Sun Jian have served as county officials in many counties.

Changshi is a position set up in remote areas, and he is also in charge of soldiers and horses, but his status is a little higher and his power is more grand.

And now because of the wars in various places, it is common to set up a long history. Sun Ce started a business, so he appointed Jiangdong Zhang Zhao as the long history to coordinate civil and military affairs.

Guan Ping appointed himself as the county guard of Fangling, and appointed Ma Liang as the long history. Ma Liang felt a heavy responsibility, so he asked Guan Ping to inspect the generals of the battalions.

At present, there are eight armies in Fangling, with more than 2,000 troops led by Sima of various departments, and more than 4,000 troops led by Yang Wuzhonglang's general Guan Ping.

Liao Hua and Ding Feng were the sailors and were responsible for encamping on the south bank of the Han River. The rest of the armies, except for the more than 4,000 people led by Guan Ping, who were stationed in Fangling, were responsible for camping in key county towns or dangerous places.

After the training of these 18,000 men and horses, they can be used, and they are deployed in the water area layer by layer, and in critical places, even if Liu Biao leads 50,000 troops to attack, he will not be able to take Fangling.

Ma Liang inspected the camp of the Quartet and came to Qu County.

Qu County is located in the west of Fangling County, and to the west is the Daba Mountain Range. Theoretically, if you go over the mountains and mountains, you can enter the Bashu area.

It's just a theoretical possibility.

Not to mention the main road that can march, there is not even a small road, lofty mountains, primeval forests, it is really difficult to go to the blue sky.

All in all, this place is not a military stronghold. However, Guan Ping specially dispatched his general Zhang Bao to guard this place.

For there was a gang of bandits entrenched in the west, and there were thousands of men and women.

Ninety percent of the men and horses under Zhang Bao's command are newly recruited soldiers, and they are currently unable to crusade against the bandits, so they are stationed in the county seat, mainly to defend the city.

Don't look at Zhang Bao as an alcoholic, but he is very safe. The soldiers under his command have been cautious in their duties, and since they came to this Qu County to be stationed, there have been no mistakes.

This morning, Zhang Bao smelled that Chang Smaryan's frame was coming. He led his battalion Sima to meet Ma Liang outside the east gate of the city.

Ma Liang sat in a chariot with no more than thirty followers. Zhang Bao led the men and horses to the frame, turned over and dismounted, and saluted: "Horse Changshi." ”

"Sima Zhang is polite." Ma Liang hurriedly got out of the car, helped Zhang Bao up and said.

When Guan Ping served as the captain of the Diannong School, Ma Liang was the battalion Sima, and Zhang Bao was a military candidate, and the two sides had colleagues for a long time and had a good personal relationship with each other.

Zhang Bao is a straightforward person, and he is not hypocritical when he hears the words, and he smiled and invited Ma Liang into the city to eat and drink. After Zhang Bao led the army into the city, the county also vacated a mansion for Zhang Bao, but Zhang Bao lived in the barracks.

According to Zhang Bao's words, I don't have a wife's room, what's the use of wanting a mansion. In the event of war, you have to get from the mansion to the barracks, which is troublesome.

So Zhang Bao took Ma Liang to the city gate tower to eat and drink. Zhang Bao, just in case, ordered the camp Sima to go down. In this way, if he is drunk, there is also a battalion Sima who can coordinate the situation.

It will not be that the main and deputy will get drunk together, and they will coincidentally encounter bandits attacking the city and ruin the situation.

In this regard, Zhang Bao is really cautious and capable.

Therefore, in the huge city gate tower, there were only Zhang Bao and Ma Liangren, Zhang Bao simply asked people to join the case, and the two sat opposite each other to eat and drink together.

"Why did Ma Changshi come to Qu County?" Zhang Bao poured another glass of wine for Ma Liang, and then asked curiously.

At this moment, Ma Liang had already drunk a glass of wine, and he was a little upset, so the glass of wine he had just poured was forgotten. picked up the chopsticks and ate a few bites of pickles, and then said: "I am the governor of the county, and I am here to inspect the barracks." ”

"I see." Zhang Bao suddenly realized, and then patted his strong chest with a smile and said: "Changshi, don't worry, my people are not badly trained, and at the end of the year, I can send troops to the mountains to exterminate the bandits on the mountain." ”

"Zhang Sima is really a strong man." Ma Liang praised first, and then said with a straight face: "I naturally believe in Zhang Sima's character, but since I am here, I want to see how the soldiers practice." After eating this meal, I also asked Zhang Sima to make a noise to order the soldiers to line up, so that I could watch one or two. ”

"Okay." Zhang Bao responded quickly.

The two of them had a drink for a while, and the order stopped. Then they walked out of the city gate tower together, and Zhang Bao ordered Sima to gather the soldiers noisily, and the soldiers from the city gate on all sides gathered outside the east gate of the city.

Zhang Bao ordered the soldiers to do simple actions such as phalanx, running, and standing upright. Of course, it is a rabble, miserable. But considering that Zhang Bao recruited soldiers not long ago, this group of soldiers can have the current atmosphere, which shows that Zhang Bao has worked hard every day and has not slackened.

Ma Liang appreciated it very much, and with a wave of his hand, he gave the soldiers in Zhang Bao's camp in the name of the county, and each of them was ten copper coins to reward the soldiers.

Of course, ten copper coins per person is too little, but don't be in vain. The morale of the rewarded soldiers has been visibly improved.

After that, Ma Liang and Zhang Bao turned back to the city gate tower and sat down.

"Sima Zhang, tell me about that gang of bandits." After sitting down, Ma Liang put his hands in front of him, his sleeves fell to the ground, and asked Zhengse.

Since Zhang Bao was ordered to be stationed in Qu County, he knew that he was going to fight with the other party, and he also investigated the details of the other party very clearly.

Therefore, Zhang Bao knew everything at this moment: "The leader of the bandits is named Hu Shu, who is a Ba person who has lived in Fangling for generations. Because of the government's exploitation, he was overwhelmed. So he teamed up with his henchmen, according to the mountain as the king, known as the king of Ba. There are two or three thousand people under his command. It sounds very majestic, but in fact, that's it, the king of grass. There are many such kings in the central region of Bashu Han. ”

Ma Liang nodded, Zhang Bao's words were definitely not contempt, but true. In the Bashu region, there are ancient Ba people and ancient Shu people.

To this day, there are still Ba people living in the deep mountains of Daba Mountain and Qinling Mountains. Fangling originally belonged to Hanzhong County, and in the mountains of the entire region, there lived more than a dozen surnamed Yi Wang, and those were all Yi Wangs with names and surnames. This is the real king of grass, and the people under his command are still mixed with Bahan.

After Ma Liang heard this, he was relieved. The other party's strength is so weak, with Zhang Bao's ability, it will not be difficult to destroy the soldiers and horses by the end of the year.

However, at this time, Zhang Bao said another sentence, which made Ma Liang a little unable to sit still.

"This person named Hu Shu is actually just a small part of the mountain people living in Daba Mountain. I've heard that in the west, hundreds of miles deep into Bashan, there are thousands of mountain families living there. Han people, Ba people live together. Zhang Bao said casually.

Of course, Ma Liang couldn't sit still, and hurriedly asked, "Is the news reliable?" How many households are there? ”

Zhang Bao glanced at Ma Liang strangely, and thought, it is rare for this Ma Changshi to be in such a hurry.

Zhang Bao didn't think much about it, and said bluntly: "The news is from many sources, of course it is reliable." As for the number of accounts, this is not known. But the total number should be no less than 7,000 households. ”

At this time, Ma Liang also calmed down. After all, his name is Ma Liang, and he is not such an easily excited person.

After Ma Liang calmed down, he lowered his head and pondered.

At present, what is lacking in Fangling County is the population, and the private labor force is not to mention for the time being. Guan Ping's plan is to expand the army to every leading general next year, with more than 4,000 soldiers and horses under his command.

That's thirty or forty thousand horses. At present, the population of Fangling is only 100,000.

Although during this time, Guan Ping used official means to attract the people of Heihu Mountain to go down to the mountain to become naturalized, and it only reached 200,000 when it reached the sky.

The size of the population constrained the development of the military power of Fangling County.

And with a population of 7,000 households, it is definitely a big treasure. Even if it is calculated at five people per household, there are 35,000 people, not to mention that there must be more than five people.

is like Zhang Bang's family in Zhang Bang's family, because Zhang Bang, the old man, is still alive, and the family has not been separated, so there are twenty or thirty adult men and women in the family.

Besides, Zhang Bao also said that the population of this western mountainous area is at least 7,000 households, what if it is more than 7,000 households?

Maybe there are 10,000 households, 60,000 or 70,000, or even 80,000 or 90,000 people?

If we can recruit these mountain people who live in Bahan to go down to the mountains to farm, it will naturally be gratifying.