With the victorious return of the Lancer Division, under the order of Wang Shengrong, the news that the People's Army had gone out to the steppe to suppress more than 10,000 Tatar cavalry, captured 3,000 prisoners, and captured more than 50,000 cattle, horses, and sheep quickly spread from the border pass to the south.

In fact, the military department that had moved to Wuchang City had already received the battle report of the spear division's victory on the grassland before the return of the lancer division, but the spear division had not yet returned, and the military department had not yet begun to publicize, and with the return of the lancer division, the victory over the Tatars could also be well publicized.

For the majority of the common people, the victorious return of the Lancer Division was only a victory for the People's Army, and it was over after a little rejoicing, only for a small number of people who hated the Tatars, who wished that all the Tatars would die.

But don't forget that the Lancer Division also captured a large number of cattle, horses and sheep and returned, and the importance of cattle has undoubtedly increased greatly for the common people who already have their own farmland.

The common people of Guangdong had their own farmland at least three years earlier than the common people in other regions, and now six or seven years have passed, and they only cultivate the farmland under their own name, and the common people of Guangdong live a good life, do not worry about food, and even wear new clothes every year.

Ordinary people make a living from farming, and they are figuring out how to farm better, so that the farmland can produce more harvests and be able to farm more easily.

Ploughing cattle can undoubtedly save the people's time to plant, for the time being, a farmer can not afford to buy a ploughing ox, but a number of farmers in a village can afford to buy a ploughing cow with money, one more ploughing ox, we can save a lot of effort during spring ploughing, and even consider cultivating more fields.

At least the area of land reclamation in Guangdong has not yet reached the limit, the key is that manpower is limited after all, the spring plowing time is also limited, and there is too much farmland to cultivate all the land.

Ploughing cattle can allow the common people to cultivate more fields, but the price of ploughing cattle has already skyrocketed, there is a shortage of ploughing cattle in the land of China, and now the People's Army has conquered the prairie to grab a lot of cattle, if more cattle can be snatched back, then there is no problem for all the farmers in a village to join forces to buy two or three cattle.

It is best to have a male and a female or a male and several females, the big cow gives birth to the calf, and the cow is "served" well, and there will be no shortage of ploughing cattle in the future.

Ordinary people care about cattle, and the gentry and businessmen care more about horses, and there is a shortage of cattle and horses in the land of China, especially in the case of the People's Army using coolies to build cement roads on a large scale, flat cement roads are conducive to commercial development.

Most of the former landlords were raided by the People's Army, but a small number of landlords survived and could no longer maintain their family business by farming, so they could only start doing business.

However, there is a lack of horses, and the opportunities that are thrown in front of me are just given up in vain.

The People's Army seized nearly 10,000 horses from the prairie, and perhaps none of these horses will be released, and the middle and upper class horses are either used as war horses or used to breed horses, and the middle and lower class horses are put into the People's Army Government or the People's Chamber of Commerce to pull carts.

Obviously, the People's Army will not only go to the steppe once, but in the future, when more horses are captured, there will definitely be horses that will be released for sale, and this is the opportunity for the merchants.

With the People's Army basically unifying the land of China, the merchants have a full understanding of the strength of the People's Army, even the Tatars will not be the opponent of the People's Army, after the People's Army overthrows the Ming Court, perhaps the next target is the Tatars, and the number of cattle, horses and sheep on the steppe is not ordinary.

As some people think, this time the cattle, horses and sheep captured by the lancer division on the prairie will all be distributed by the People's Army and will not be sold to the outside world, and most of the cattle and sheep will also be digested internally by the People's Army, and the remaining part will be sold to the outside world.

Sheep can be raised, mainly to eat mutton, the People's Army soldiers need to improve their diet, but not all of them, handed over to the People's Army Chamber of Commerce to set up pastures near the border to herd sheep, and the People's Army will have a steady stream of mutton to eat in the future.

You can also sell a part of the sheep to the common people, and it is no problem for a household to raise two or three, even if there are only one million households raising sheep, it is a huge number.

Maybe it's better to raise pigs than sheep.

As for cattle, the People's Army will not keep cattle inside, and will directly reward the cattle to the meritorious soldiers and send them home, and the common people are more suitable for raising cattle than sheep.

With the passage of time, the battle report of the Lancer Division's expedition to the prairie was finally delivered to Guangzhou City, and looking at the battle report, Fang Nan was very satisfied with the Lancer Division's first expedition to the prairie.

More than 10,000 enemies were killed, 3,000 prisoners were captured, and more than 50,000 cattle, horses and sheep were captured.

However, Fang Nan didn't care much about the number of enemies killed by the Lancer Division, it was the strength of the Lancer Division, which would destroy more Tatars in the future, and Fang Nan was more concerned about the number of Tatars captured and the number of cattle, horses and sheep captured.

The People's Army has basically occupied the entire land of China, and the People's Army has established governments in various places, but the number of people in the specific areas ruled by the People's Army has not yet been counted, and it is roughly estimated that even because of the war between the People's Army and the Ming Dynasty, the total population of the land of China is still more than 100 million.

Because of the restraint of the People's Army, the war did not cause too many people to die as a result of the war, and it was mainly a part of the combatants who died.

However, only a population of more than 100 million is still not satisfied with Fangnan, Fangnan needs more people, especially coolies who can work until they are exhausted, and the captured Tatar men are undoubtedly a very good candidate for coolies, the Tatars often invade the border passes, bringing suffering to the border people, and it is time for the Tatars to pay off their debts.

Fang Nan attaches great importance to cattle, horses and sheep, mainly because of the people's demand for cattle, horses and sheep under the rule of the People's Army and the People's Army, it is best to capture a larger number of horses, the first time the Lancer Division has conquered the prairie has shown the combat effectiveness of the Lancer Division, as long as the number of horses is larger, the People's Army can form a few more Lancer Divisions.

The Lancer Division entered the steppes together to fight the Tatars, and they were able to capture more cattle, horses, and sheep, and the People's Army lacked cattle, horses, and sheep, so they took them from the Tatars.

In fact, up to now, the propaganda of the People's Army has also begun to shift its target, in the past, it mainly propagated to overthrow the Ming Court and the evil gentry and businessmen, but now the People's Army has set its target on foreign races, and if foreign people dare to invade the land of China, we will take revenge.

Except in places where people of different races can be contacted, the propaganda effect of the People's Army is relatively small at present, and more ordinary people do not have contact with people of different races, do not understand what people of other races do, and do not have much sense of the People's Army's attack on people of other races.

Although the effect is small, the People's Army will increase propaganda in the future, so that the common people can understand that the purpose of the People's Army's attack on foreign races is ultimately for the people themselves, whether it is cattle, horses, sheep or land, they all hope that the people will live a better life.