In the county government office of Chengyin County, the captains of the 16 cavalry battalions and 10 infantry battalions could not help but smile when they heard Liu Ji say that some cultivated land in Chengyin County and Longchang County could harvest a lot of grain this autumn. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

You must know that relying only on purchasing grain from abroad to feed hundreds of thousands of troops and hundreds of thousands of people is not a long-term solution after all, and only when you can produce grain on your own territory can we truly solve the problem of feeding the army and the people.

Liu Ji then smiled and said to the twenty-six lieutenants: "This year, because of the alliance of the sixteen tribes in the grassland, we don't have much land to cultivate in Chengyin County and Longchang County, but now the number of our auxiliaries has reached 110,000, and if there is no accident next year, we can use more than 3 million mu of cultivated land in the two counties, so after the autumn harvest next year, we don't even need to buy grain from outside." ”

If Liu Ji can really plant more than 3 million mu of cultivated land with grain, then even if the crops in the north are only ripe once a year, Liu Ji can harvest almost 6 million stone of grain a year.

Qu Tutong then suggested to Liu Ji: "My lord, the area of Chengyin County and Longchang County is not small, and most of the areas where they are located belong to the plain terrain, and because of the existence of many tributaries of the Anxing River, there is no shortage of water resources, we can completely reclaim more cultivated land, and our subordinates feel that with the conditions of Chengyin County and Longchang County, it is not a problem to reclaim another seven or eight million acres of cultivated land." ”

Liu Ji nodded and said: "General Ben also has this intention, after the end of the autumn harvest this year, General Ben is ready to organize auxiliary troops and people to open up wasteland in Chengyin County and Longchang County, we currently have tens of thousands of cattle in our hands, even if it is tens of millions of acres of arable land next year, we should be able to plant all crops." ”

After a pause, Liu Ji said: "General Ben called everyone over, is preparing to start rebuilding the fortress of Xishankou in the near future, so that a large amount of labor will need to be used, maybe when we cultivate next spring, we will not be able to reclaim too much new cultivated land, but if the current more than 3 million acres of cultivated land in Chengyin and Longchang counties are planted with crops, after the autumn harvest next year, we will be able to harvest at least six million stone of grain, enough for us to feed millions of people." ”

Hearing that Liu Ji was going to rebuild the Xishankou Fortress, many of the captains frowned, and the cavalry captain Zhou Kai said to Liu Ji: "My lord, the Anxing Mountains north of Qianzhou and Pizhou, the Yunwu Mountains north of Qinzhou and Xiangzhou, and the many gorge fortresses built at the beginning of the founding of the Great Jin Dynasty no longer exist at this time, so that even if we can rebuild the Xishankou Fortress, the Hulu of the grassland can still enter the territory of the Great Jin Dynasty from other gorges, and then make a detour into our Chengyin County. Does it still make sense for us to build the Xishankou Fortress at this time? ”

At this time, the infantry captain Huang Gai also said: "Yes, lord! Now that we occupy a large area of grassland north of Xishankou, isn't it superfluous to build Xishankou Fortress now? ”

Liu Ji had long known that the generals would raise objections when they heard that he was going to rebuild the Xishankou Fortress, but Liu Ji didn't care about this, he kept a smile and said: "Rebuild the Xishankou Fortress, this is what the general thinks, you see, this is Xishankou, and this grassland north of Xishankou is currently under the control of our cavalry troops, if we can build a new fortress here in Xishankou, once the grassland Hulu organizes an army to attack our troops and herdsmen north of Xishankou, our army will be difficult to resist, You can take the herdsmen to retreat into the Xishankou Fortress, and rely on the Xishankou Fortress to block the Hulu army, and with the Xishankou Fortress, it will not be like this time, so that the grassland Hulu's army will come directly to Chengyin City. ”

Su Lie listened to Liu Ji's words and nodded, "According to what the lord said, after rebuilding the Xishankou Fortress, it will be equivalent to giving us more space in depth, after all, we now have hundreds of thousands of troops and people, and we only have one city, Chengyin City, and we don't even have a second place to guard." ”

Many famous lieutenants also bowed their heads, thinking that what Liu Ji said was reasonable, if a fortress could really be built here in Xishankou, then the cavalry troops on the grassland north of Xishankou would have a relatively safe way to retreat, so that they would not have to flee to Chengyin City in one breath to become safe.

Liu Ji continued: "This time to rebuild the Xishankou Fortress, General Ben is not going to just build a fort in the gorge pass and finish the matter, General Ben is going to rely on the Xishankou this gorge to build a city directly south of Xishankou, and Chengyin City is a horn to each other, even if Hu Lu detours from other gorges in the Anxing Mountains into our Chengyin County, he will also face the attack of Xishankou Fortress and Chengyin City. ”

As soon as Liu Ji's voice fell, Yu Ban, the captain of the cavalry battalion, said: "The subordinates agree with the lord to build the Xishankou fortress, once the Xishankou fortress is completed, then the cavalry troops stationed in the grassland north of the Xishankou can be attacked, retreated and defended, whether in terms of strategy or tactics, the room for choice has increased a lot, and the subordinates suggested that the lord should best rebuild the destroyed Longchang City in Longchang County, so that we have three cities in hand, and the strategic space will be greater." ”

Hearing Yu Ban's suggestion to rebuild Longchang City, Liu Ji nodded and said: "Longchang City must also be rebuilt, but the food must be eaten one bite at a time, so it was decided, first build the Xishankou Fortress, as for the reconstruction of Longchang City, wait for the Xishankou Fortress to be built." ”

The twenty-six commanders under Liu Ji's command who controlled the military power, except for Zhou Kai and Wu Liang, were all summoned from the system, and they could be described as loyal to Liu Ji, even if Zhou Kai and Wu Liang were also sincerely loyal to Liu Ji, since Liu Ji had decided to rebuild the Xishankou Fortress, and Liu Ji still wanted to rebuild the Xishankou Fortress from a strategic consideration, no one raised any objections from the twenty-six captains.

Next, Liu Ji turned his head and said to Le Yi: "Now there are no trustworthy civilian officials under the command of this general, so this general is ready to trouble Le Yi to be responsible for the reconstruction of the Xishankou Fortress, as for the training of the soldiers of the battalion under your command, it will be handed over to the three captains for the time being, and the reconstruction of the Xishankou Fortress is currently the most important thing for us." ”

Le Yi hesitated for a moment and then nodded and said: "Since the lord can trust Le Yi, then Le Yi must build the Xishankou fortress for the lord as soon as possible, in fact, with the topography of Xishankou, it is not too difficult to build a towering city wall between the passages of Xishankou, but if you want to build a city based on Xishankou, the manpower and material resources required will be very huge." ”

Liu Ji said categorically to Le Yi: "Even if there are no 110,000 auxiliary soldiers for this autumn harvest, then all the 110,000 auxiliary soldiers will be handed over to you. ”

Le Yi immediately nodded and said: "Don't worry, as long as the manpower and material resources can keep up, within half a year, Le Yi will definitely build a fortress city for the lord!" ”

"There is no need to be in a hurry in time, as long as a strong wall is built between the passages of Xishankou, we can have a way out for our army and herdsmen north of Xishankou, and this city built on Xishankou is a larger one that General Ben is going to build."