Wu and Jin quickly approached because of the strength of Shu Han, and Guan Yi could also hear some rumors in Chang'an. But for such a situation, he can't do anything: in order to prevent Wu Jin from forming an alliance, he can't weaken himself and cut three inches of himself, right?

Having said that, even if these two countries form an alliance, they will have a big mess of their own domestic affairs to solve in the short term of two or three years. For the time being, it is impossible to send troops to the country at the same time.

So, this is another race against the three kingdoms and time. Whoever wins this round will be in control of the life and death of the remaining two countries.

For Shu Han, no, it is no longer appropriate to call Shu Han now. For Ji Han, how to effectively maintain and further develop the Guanzhong Plain is the key point to rapidly improve the country's strength.

The time has come to October of 268 AD, and there are several problems in the current Guanzhong that need to be solved urgently.

The first is the locust plague on the Guanzhong Plain, although it has subsided due to the drop in temperature. But there are countless locust eggs in the ground. If it is not handled well, there will be another locust plague in the coming year, and there will be no harvest.

Secondly, according to the memory of the traverser, there will be another major drought in Guanzhong next year.

The third is that there are tens of thousands of deserters and hundreds of thousands of people waiting to be fed on the Guanzhong Plain. Some time ago, when this territory still belonged to the Jin Kingdom, Luoyang injected millions of stone grains here. At this point, the victims still have more or less surplus food in their hands. But it's winter soon, and as ectothermic animals, humans need more food to maintain their functions. The demand for food will become even greater. If these people can't be pacified as soon as possible, Guanzhong will soon fall into turmoil.

The fourth is a large number of surrendered and wounded soldiers, the bereavement of the fallen soldiers of their own side, and the placement of ordinary wounded soldiers and disabled soldiers. A person who has taken a knife and has some experience of organizing life is more dangerous than an ordinary peasant. If this part is not properly placed, there will be chaos in the entire Guanzhong and even Yongliang. If one is not handled well, Ji Han has to spit out all the things he eats.

"How much grain is there in Chang'an's treasury now?"

"Returning to Da Sima, after organizing a large number of people in the rear to transport them uninterruptedly, at present, in the Chang'an treasury, in addition to the 1.8 million stone grain distributed to various tribes, there are still 2 million stone grain in stock."

Before the start of the Northern Expedition last year, Guan Yi's budget was 10 million stone of grain and 3 billion yuan. After ten months of war, people ate horses and chewed horses, and the wear and tear on the road, 5 million stone of grain was gone. A small part of the remaining five million stone grain was sent to the five counties of Longxi and Liangzhou to be distributed by Chen Can over there. Most of the rest was concentrated in Chang'an: a full 3.8 million stone grain.

"You mean to say that the 10 million stone grain we originally stored in Hanzhong has been emptied?"

"Yes, Da Sima."

"Well, how much grain is in the treasury of Hanzhong now? Oh, Ben was in too much of a hurry. One question at a time, first, the autumn harvest in Yizhou is over at this time, right? How much grain is in Yizhou this year? ”

The answer to Guan Yi's question was Pei Yue, the captain of the Diannong School under the command of Shi Shi, the governor of the Great Sima Mansion. As a super family, Wen Xi Pei's family will not easily give color to the left children of a certain branch. Therefore, the previous Pei Yue had no connection with Wenxi Pei's family at all. But now it's different, as Yongliang once again erected the banner of the Han Dynasty, Wenxi Pei's family has never seen it before, and sent several groups of old and young people to visit Pei Yue. made Pei Yue almost get on Si Wencao's blacklist because of the excessive number of receptions of these people.

As a capable official, Pei Yue knew very well where the root of his elevation in the Wenxi Pei clan came from. Therefore, the more people Pei visited, the more correct and serious his attitude towards his own work became - after all, one day, Lao Tzu would come to Pei's ancestral hall as a conqueror and victor, and at that time, Pei's great sect was my branch!

"Back to Da Sima, in the sixth year of Yanxing, there were 460,000 registered households and 1.51 million people in the entire 22 counties of Yizhou. There are 59 million acres of registered fields. This year's tax is 2.8 billion yuan in money and 14.5 million stone in grain. The export subsidy of Shu brocade is one billion yuan, and the grain is two million stones. The tax revenue of salt mines, the income from mines such as iron ore and copper mines, and the income from money and interest are 1.9 billion yuan. After spending various expenses such as officials' salaries, royal support, military salaries, maintenance of war horses, construction of war ships, and workers' salaries, and setting aside pension money and food for this year's war. The real revenue of the state treasury this year is 1.5 billion and 7 million. Nine million stone of grain. ”

This income, compared with the three years of Yanxing, has increased the area of cultivated land and the population. But the balance is less.

The reason for this is that, on the one hand, the number of Ji Han's army has increased a lot, and the military salaries in peacetime, the breeding of war horses, and the recruitment of people have eaten up a large amount of surplus. On the other hand, due to the long duration of the Guanzhong War, the high wine business that used to be able to obtain millions of stone grains per year in Shu Han was greatly affected.

"Well, this official remembers that when Yanxing was three years old, Yizhou's grain tax was 9.6 million stones, right? Nearly 5 million more stones this year? ”

"Da Sima Rongyu, because my Han is now implementing a very low tax rate of thirty taxes and one. Therefore, although Yizhou has added a lot of arable land in recent years, it has actually increased grain income by collecting land taxes. With this extra 5 million stones, the real increase in rice is extremely limited, only 1.5 million stones. The remaining 3.5 million stones, mainly from potatoes. Of course, the actual output of potatoes is far more than that, mainly according to the rules that Da Sima used to set in Fuling County, the same weight of potato flour should be halved......"

"Good work. The planting area of potatoes is not too much this year, right? ”

"Well, it's very limited, indeed. The main reason is that it has never been planted on a large scale, and most households are suspicious of it. However, after this year's bumper harvest, farmers from all over the country have been extremely enthusiastic. It is believed that in the next year's planting, its area can be expanded by three to five times! ”

"Good, all the methods of improving the bean seeds and preventing the degradation of the bean seeds have been passed down, right?"

"The agricultural officials of each county summoned the county magistrates to teach, and the county magistrates personally went to each pavilion to teach. This work has been completed in Yizhou. The reports of the local governors on this also fully confirmed that the local officials did indeed go down to the fields. ”

"Great goodness!" Speaking of which, Guan Yi was grateful from the bottom of his heart to Zhuge Liang, Jiang Wan, Fei Yi and others. If it weren't for the fact that they had left themselves a capable and efficient civil servant, no matter how good the policies were, no matter how good the golden fingers were, they would lack effective implementation. The same is to be caught blind.

"So, the new rice over there in Kong Shuo?"

"Great Sima, all the officials. This is what the subordinate wants to report in detail. Wang Dudu's new rice was planted in March this year. The adjacent land is also planted with one acre of Chengdu rice and one acre of Nanzhong rice. The same fertilization, the same bird-driving ....... harvest this August. Chengdu rice yields six stones per mu, Nanzhong rice yields four stones and five buckets per mu, and new rice yields nine stones and three buckets per mu! ”

"Good! Great goodness! Hearing the news, Guan Yi couldn't hold back the joy in his heart anymore. Not only him, but also many Ji Han officials present, all of them were overflowing with joy.

That's a full 50% increase in production! Although this is the yield of the experimental field, the yield per mu will definitely decline after the real promotion. But in any case, as a country that has long taken rice and wheat as its staple food, the improvement of rice seeds, even if it is only a little bit, is a major event worthy of universal celebration!

"Excellent! Kong Shuo has worked hard! This official wants to ask for credit to His Majesty! Such a credit is more than enough for the marquis! Well, Lingxu, how is the promotion of this new rice seed doing? ”

"Back to Da Sima, after the results of this year's autumn harvest came out, the local people of all ethnic groups in Nanzhong were crazy and happy when they learned the news. Wang Dudu was almost stripped naked by everyone at that time....... oh, the lower official is off topic. In short, the yield per mu of this new rice is here, and its promotion is no problem in Nanzhong. The Lieutenant of the Dasima Mansion Agricultural School also transferred a bucket of new rice back to Chengdu to prepare to plant new rice near Chengdu next year. ”

"Good! With a demonstration in front of you, the people will naturally follow. Hey, in the past half a year that this official has been absent from Chengdu, you have done a good job and worked hard! ”

"Don't dare, it's all the Great Sima and the Great General and the generals who blocked and defeated the enemy for us in the front. The subordinates can work safely in the rear. ”

"I won't say these words, Ling Xu, after listening to your introduction, the official has a bottom in his heart. Someone, herald! Ordered Yizhou to move another 5 million stone grain to Guanzhong in the last two months of this year! ”