Unconsciously, Wang Shen has occupied the greater Wuhan area of the later generations, which is the anointed land of Hubei, a mountain of gold and silver!

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It turns out that this is indeed a mountain of gold!

Lu Can: "Military envoy, Zhang Yong is a talent, not like other big men who go to eat one place and eat another, he really had the intention of staying in Jianghan before he came." Since entering and occupying Jingchu, this person has received all the current household registration documents of each state to An Lu, and his subordinates will first talk about the financial revenue of each state capital every year. According to the past accounts, Jingchu alone, Xiangzhou's annual taxes add up to 55,000; Huangzhou 25,000, of course, Huangzhou after the war this income is negligible; 14,000 Hanyang troops; Gangneung Province, 36,000 kan; Anju 33,000; Ezhou 12,000. ”

"So much?" Wang Shen took a breath of cold air, the so-called fiscal revenue, in addition to the summer and autumn grain, there are other items, simply put, the GDP of these states and counties. Unexpectedly, Jiang Han's financial income was so high. You must know that during the Xuanhe period, the tax revenue of Suzhou Prefecture was only 51,000, which was already ranked tenth in the whole world.

He asked, "What about the population?" "Talent is the foundation of everything, and what Jianghan has at this moment is fertile land that needs to be cultivated and cultivated. In the future, whether it is conscription or food conscription, a lot of manpower will be required. All material bases are built on the population base.

Lu Can replied: "Envoy of the army, Anlu City has a population of 40,000, plus the several states and counties recovered by our army, there are about 100,000. ”

"That's it?" Wang Shen was greatly disappointed.

Lu Can: "Don't worry, military envoy, I'm talking about city residents." As far as Anlu County is concerned, it is true that there are only 40,000 residents in the city, but the local non-urban population is in the early 400,000s, and there should be more than 500,000 displaced people who came here some time ago to seek survival. ”

"What!" Wang Shen was so shocked that the piece of donkey hoof tendon that was clamped on the chopsticks fell onto the table: "So many? ”

"Yes, that's it." Lu Can had a clear water face, did not smile, and spoke word by word: "Generally speaking, the non-urban population is more than ten times that of urban permanent residents, and even more than ten times. According to the household registration information in my possession, plus the estimation of the displaced people, the population of the military envoy's jurisdiction should be between 1.4 million and 1.6 million. This is still the beginning, if the entire Jianghan is taken, it is estimated that it will be more than three million. ”

"Poof!" Hu Yantong was also shocked, squirted out a mouthful of rice wine, and then couldn't stop coughing.

Everyone was awe-inspired, and they knew what it meant to have a population of three million. With a population of 3 million, 20 people are a household, and each household draws one ding, which is more than 100,000 human resources!

Wang Shen also suddenly realized that yes, in an agrarian society with an underdeveloped commodity economy, cities simply cannot support so many people. As far as the wealthy Great Song Dynasty is concerned, the whole country supports the central government, and the residents of Kaifeng City are only one million. Hangzhou, the capital of the Southern Song Dynasty, the second largest city, with 320,000 people; Chengdu, the third largest city, has 200,000 people, and many more people are tied to the land.

He had long known that Jing Chu was rich, but he didn't want to be so rich. In the future, the entire Jianghan region will be won, not to mention more than 100,000 human resources. The summer and autumn taxes paid by peasant households every year alone are enough for 100,000 troops to eat.

It is no wonder that the Yuejia army in real history was able to form an army of 100,000 horses to fight the Northern Expedition without taking a penny or a piece of cloth from the imperial court. It can be seen that I, Wang Shen, chose to come to Ezhou and re-follow the path of Grandpa Yue.

I sighed in my heart: On a hot day, mobilizing all the forces at hand to go westward, and the available military rations at hand were only about ten days, no matter how you look at it, it was a dangerous military adventure. Now it seems that I won this bet.

Wang Shen laughed: "Ziyu, you are patronizing and talking about local government affairs, why don't you say that our army was beheaded and captured in the battle yesterday?" ”

Lu Can: "Military envoy, I've always reported worries and not good news, let's talk about the losses of our army first!" In yesterday's battle, our army lost 632 casualties. 1,433 were wounded, of whom 226 were seriously wounded and unable to serve. Among them, the heaviest casualties were the Shengjie army, with 2,000 men and horses under General Wu Xianxian, and 5044 casualties, which can be described as a broken muscle. In addition, the loss of war horses of each army was one hundred and one horse. ”

Wang Shen nodded: "Wu Xianxian's contribution is very great, and the sacrifice is also great, so it has to be supplemented first." Well, you tell the good news! ”

At this time, Lu Can finally showed a smile on his face: "In the first battle yesterday, more than 2,700 people were beheaded and 12,300 were captured. Zhang Yongzhong's army collapsed instantly after the military envoy personally led the white charge, and only escaped with more than 1,000 cronies, and the rest were scattered everywhere. No matter how you look at it, after this battle, Zhang Yong can be regarded as the entire army. ”

"More than 10,000 captives, you come down to screen, if there are honest and healthy people, they can be trained and assigned to serve in the army. The rest of the people were resettled on the spot to replenish their household registration. Wang Shen: "How much has been seized?" ”

Lu Can: "There are countless armor staff weapons captured in this battle, and it is difficult to count them for a while. ”

Wang Shen was displeased: "How difficult is it to count, isn't this a disappointment/"

Lu Can glared at him: "What are you anxious about, let me finish speaking." You will be happy to hear the good news, in this battle, our army copied the old camp of Sanlonghe with Zhang, and obtained a total of 300 cattle, 600 buffaloes, 4,000 sheep, 200 donkeys, and 320 mules. ”

"With so many livestock, did he open a ranch?" Immediately, Wang Shen understood again. Soldiers marching and fighting, physical consumption is high, and high-protein food supplements are needed. Especially in the Song Dynasty, the army almost had an iron armor of about 20 catties, and it was especially hard to fight after battle. If the nutrition can't keep up, it won't be long before the soldiers are gone. And supplementing nutrition is not enough to give a few bowls of rice to eat, but also to make them sticky and fishy.

Therefore, the army of this era marched long distances, not only brought grain and grass, but also had to catch up with large herds of livestock, grazing while marching, and then beheading and rewarding soldiers, which was indeed no different from opening a pasture. Otherwise, in the era when there is no refrigerator to keep it fresh, the meat will not be able to last for a few days before it is conceived. As for salted bacon, it can only be dealt with in an emergency.

Wang Shen laughed: "Okay, good, good, cattle are good things, it's a pity to kill and eat, and they can be lent by the government to farmers for breeding and use." We keep sheep, donkeys, and mules, so we can be regarded as a reliable source of meat. It's a pity, it's a pity, it's just that there are no war horses. By the way, let's talk about food. ”

"The grain in the camp of the Sanlong River and the grain stored in the warehouses in various places in Anlu are piled up and difficult to calculate."

"You're here again......" Wang Shen was speechless for a while

Lu Can: "My subordinates roughly estimated that it was enough for fifty or sixty thousand people to eat for a year." ”

Wang Shen's wine finally woke up, he slapped the case, and let out a long howl: "The sky does not live up to me, the sky does not live up to me!" ”

The land of abundance, the paradise of the world, probably refers to the Jianghan Plain!

All night, Wang Shen was immersed in the excitement of biting this piece of fat meat, and he actually lost sleep.

Although he didn't sleep well all night and got up early in the morning, he still felt that he had endless strength, and his whole body was full of energy. The physical and mental devastation of war on him, the leading commander, has become a thing of the past, and at this moment, there is nothing but joy in his heart.

How can we taste the sweetness of victory without experiencing hardship, worry, depression, anger, disappointment, and pain?

Early in the morning, Wang Shen rode out of the city, followed by Qin Sizhao and twenty cavalry guards.

Different from the Chidi Qianli in Qi and Huangzhou, Anlu is a thriving scene. The dense paddy fields are spread straight out of the horizon in front of the eyes, and the fields are full of water, reflecting the blue sky and white clouds. The seedlings have been born to three feet high, and in half a month, they will raise flowers and tassel, and in more than a month, it will be a bumper harvest.

In the field, the farmer was already plowing, some carrying a bucket of manure and pouring a scoop of fertilizer into the field, while others leaned down to weed.

In the distance, there are populated villages, and windmills spin gently along the river.

Stopped, dismounted, and stood on the ridge, with only the faint sound of the breeze passing in his ears, and the sound of grasshoppers fluttering. Everything is so quiet and peaceful.

"Si Zhao, Feng Changqing has already gone to pick up your mother, in ten days, she should be back, are you happy?"

Qin Sizhao said: "If my mother wants to come, my son is naturally happy." Since his son set out on the expedition, he has been missing his mother every day. ”

Wang Shen stretched out his hand to touch the child's head, but saw that he was wearing a felt hat with red tassels on his head, which looked majestic, and then he remembered that he was already an adult. He patted his hand on the shoulder and asked, "Si Zhao, what are you all doing?" ”

Qin Sizhao: "There are too many things, screening and reorganizing prisoners, appeasing the people, calculating captures, rewarding meritorious deeds, resting the barracks, sending troops to fight in various strategic places, there are too many affairs, and I can't be idle for ten days and a half months." ”

"Fighting a war is the business of other armies, and a lot of the big things in the battle are from your rear army, if you don't go to the army, what are you doing here?"

Qin Sizhao: "I heard that my father had little food and trouble a while ago, and his body was not safe, and his son couldn't rest assured, so he came to wait." Daddy, take care of yourself, your body is not only yours, but also your mother and children, and more than 10,000 soldiers. If you have a good one, what will you do? Speaking of concerns, the eldest child's eyes were wet.

Wang Shen exhaled: "It's all over, I can eat and sleep now, don't worry...... It's all gone...... You also have a good rest, in addition to practicing martial arts, you have to continue to study. When I come down, I'll give you another teacher, and you can't leave the books behind. ”

Anlu is in hand, the weather is hot, there will be no major battles in a short time, and you can finally get two or three months of rest.

But what about two or three months later?

Wang Shen couldn't help but look up and look northwest.

Qin Sizhao was a clever ghost, and couldn't help asking, "Daddy is thinking about taking Xiangyang?" ”