Chapter 57: Expansion of Armaments
Liu He put down the wine bottle: "Train the army to boost the prestige of the army, the army is the foundation of our life, this is the top priority, repair internal affairs to help the people's livelihood, this is the foundation of our survival, simply put, this winter we have to do two things, the first is to strengthen the army, the second is to develop civil affairs." ”
There were only more than 1,000 people in the begging camp when they entered Baitan, and according to the Han military system, a standard lieutenant battalion was 5,000 people.
The expansion of the army has become a top priority.
"What Childe said is that without soldiers and horses in hand, we are just fish and meat on someone else's board." "Now that winter has arrived, it is a good time for us to train our troops, I believe that with Gongzi's training ability, after this winter, we will have the strength to fight in the camp." ”
Liu He nodded proudly, no one had no weapons before, but now there is no shortage of people, and a lot of weapons have been captured from the Golden Eagle Tribe.
"The five divisions of the left, center, and right of the camp will be expanded to full strength this time, and the left army Sima - Guan Yu!" Liu He looked at Guan Yu.
Guan Yu stood up and clenched his fists: "Thank you for your promotion!" ”
"The right army Sima - Huang Zhong! Your department is a cavalry department, and this time you have captured enough war horses, you can give priority to the soldiers who can fight on horseback, and each department is not allowed to push the defense! ”
Huang Zhong was overjoyed when he heard it, and his wish for many days was fulfilled once it was granted, how could he not be overjoyed: "Thank you, lord!" ”
"Central Army Sima - Xu Rong!"
Xu Ronghuo stood up: "Take the order." ”
"The front army Sima - Zou Jing, deputy general Zhang Fei. Zhang Fei is the vanguard of our army! Liu He looked at Zou Jing and Zhang Fei.
"Honorable General's Order!" Zou Jing and Zhang Fei took the order.
"Han Meng!" Hearing his name, Han Meng stood up and said loudly: "Han Meng obeys orders!" ”
The sound was so loud that he himself was a little surprised.
Liu He smiled slightly, "This time we attacked the Golden Eagle Tribe, you should be the first to take the lead, I said before that I would give you the military wait, and now I order you to form a scout song, establish three hundred people, and match horses." Directly accountable to me. ”
"Liu Xiu, you are the chief of Tuntun for me; Pan Feng, Deputy Tun, the two of you selected loyal people who dared to fight in the whole army, and formed my personal guard Tun, with a number of 200 people. ”
The reason why Liu Xiu was made the tun chief was because he was more calm than Pan Feng.
All the generals bowed down together to receive the order.
"Mr. Gong and Mister!" Liu He smiled and turned to frustration.
Fu Zhu smiled and clenched his fists: "But according to the son's orders." ”
"How about Mr. Grievance serving as my military advisor, assisting me in handling military affairs, and counselloring military aircraft?"
He smiled and said, "Childe's order, dare not obey!" ”
"Starting tomorrow, the expansion of the army will officially begin," Liu He Zhengse said: "After talking about the military, we will talk about civil affairs, which is the foundation of our future survival, and we cannot ignore it, and you all know that not every time you can grab something, and not every time the state capital supports us." ”
"So, we're on our own! What is eaten, clothed, and used must be self-reliant, so that it will not be made by others. ”
"Today, I have a population of more than 60,000 people, right? Xuande. Liu He looked at Liu Bei.
Liu Bei nodded and said: "Yes, there are more than 40,000 displaced people and more than 10,000 remnants. The lord brought back more than 10,000 in this battle, totaling more than 68,000. ”
"Then how much land do I have now?"
Liu Bei is very familiar with these people's livelihoods after this period of experience, "Baitan is close to Yanshan and the remaining veins are mountainous, there is not much land available for farming, there are more than one million acres of fertile land in total, distributed in the vicinity of the county seat, Tang Township, Pingxiang and other townships, a few years ago, it was looted, and the casualties were very heavy. ”
Liu He said with a smile: "Very good, we will not move the fields where the master is still there, and still return them to them, and all the rest will not be used as public land." These public fields were granted to tenants who had no land before, and they were given 10 acres of land for each ding. Next, those near the Baicao Valley will be used as military tuns. ”
Wen Han was shocked when he heard this: "Lord, there are many fields in which some indigenous wealthy families belong to them, and these people will definitely come back after the war disaster, and at that time, the lord gave their fields to others, isn't there any trouble?" ”
Liu He sneered: "Come back? It's good to come back, anyway, the population is small now, if they want land, I'll give them some more. ”
Wen Han heard a taste of unkindness in his tone, and he didn't say anything more at the moment.
"Among the displaced people this time, only forty percent of the young and strong, the elderly and weak women and children are the majority, and this time we rescued the slaves from the Golden Eagle tribe, most of them are women. Well! Tell all the soldiers that if they can find a daughter-in-law, they will also give them fields. Liu He said.
"Lord, if the sergeants all go to find their daughters-in-law, this combat power...? And also! Will they still train with their hearts? Jian Yong was a little surprised.
Liu He waved his hand: "Xianhe doesn't have to worry!" These sergeants will have to take on the task of fighting in the future, and their fields will be twice as large as those of ordinary people, that is, twenty acres per mouth, and in addition, these sergeants' fields will not have to pay taxes in the future. Well, all the taxes that we will collect in the future, as long as there are soldiers in the family, they will all be exempted. ”
Wen Han heard this, if this is the case, wouldn't everyone be going to earn to be a soldier?
Frustrated and smiled: "Childe's trick is very good, the sergeants have a permanent property here, but they don't have to pay taxes, whoever wants to touch their property in the future, these sergeants will inevitably rise up to resist, dozens of acres of land, but Childe will be exchanged for the loyalty of thousands of soldiers." It's a good deal! ”
Liu He laughed: "Mr. knows my heart very well!" I expected that after this policy was announced, there would be more people who would sign up to join the army, but now our army cannot afford the extra soldiers and horses, and it is enough to recruit three or four thousand first. So you can be stricter when recruiting! ”
"In addition, all the young and strong must carry out military training during the slack time, and the captivity battalion will send special officers to be responsible for this matter, and the village elders and pavilion chiefs are responsible for organizing, and I want the young and strong of Bai Tan to be able to pull out at any time to become an army."
"Xuande, you make the county order! Sui'an returned to the military. Zibo, appoint you as the county chief bookkeeper; The county lieutenant is still Yun Chang. The civil administration is left to the three. Liu He said.
"Don't you do your best!" Liu Bei and Wen Han hugged their fists.
"Kenwa!" Liu He turned to Jian Yong again.
"My lord?" Jian Yongdao.
"Xian and you are the county magistrate, assist Xuande in managing the affairs of the people's livelihood, and coordinate the relationship between the Baitan place and the camp, and some of the things that deal with the outside camp will be handed over to Xianhe, I wonder if Xianhe thinks the affairs are too complicated?"
Jian Yong smiled: "There is no problem, I will definitely live up to the trust of the lord." ”
Liu He said with a smile: "That's good, since everyone already knows their respective responsibilities, then tomorrow we will know what to do, and we will meet once every three days to coordinate and discuss things and solve problems." Do people have doubts? ”
Everyone responded with a bang, and Liu Hexi said: "Okay! After getting down to business, let's continue to drink, but today we have to get drunk. ”
As expected, when the next day the policy of granting land was announced, it immediately set off waves in Baitan, and the people who originally had land saw that their interests would not be harmed, of course, there was no meaning, when they saw that as long as there were soldiers in the family, they could be exempt from taxes, but their hearts were quite moved, and those tenants and long-term workers who were originally poor saw that they actually had land to share, and they were really happy to distinguish between the north and the south. Of course, it's a joy to support.
The sergeant can divide the land when he gets married, and more than 1,000 veterans in the camp have also blown up the nest, what is the white sandalwood now? There are many women! If it weren't for the officer's desperate bullet pressure, these sergeants would have run out of the camp to find their mother-in-law.
Very few of the women rescued from the Golden Eagle tribe left, these people either because their families were ruined and they had nowhere to go, or they were taken captive and lost their innocence, even if they returned home, they were afraid that there would be no end, and they saw that there was something to do here, and there was food to eat, so they were also relieved to get down.
When they saw the announcement, they were also moved, for these women who have suffered greatly, as long as they can find an honest and capable husband who really cares for them, it is enough, not to mention that there is still land to share? These women had been walking with the soldiers of the begging camp for more than ten days, and many of them were acquainted, and when these sergeants came to inquire, these women did not have the words to agree.
Bai Tan began a marriage frenzy.
"Those who have constant birth have perseverance!" Liu He said proudly to Fu Zhu afterwards: "These women can't do much work, it takes a lot of food to feed them, marry them, they should be raised by their husbands, and men with women should also be more peaceful, don't be afraid that the army with a home will have no combat power, on the contrary, the army with a home will be more combative, because it is their responsibility to make their wives and children live better, not to mention that this is our base camp, you think about it, if someone wants to come to our nest in the future, these people will not come forward, Do you want to protect your homeland? ”
Even if he was frustrated with Xu Caigao, Liu He's move was still unexpected by him, and the argument that the army's combat power was higher was even more unheard of.