Chapter 59: The Problem of Food
Zhang Xiu bowed to Sun Yang and said goodbye, and as soon as he walked to the door, he heard Sun Yang say: The more places like Guancang, the more rats. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info
Zhang Xiu's heart moved, so let's start with the official warehouse first.
"There is also this list, all the people above are monitored, I don't want these old officials of the Yuan clan to make trouble in the rear when I conquer Huainan." Sun Yang threw out a book.
"I'll arrange it right away." Zhang Xiu took the book and left.
Jia Xu didn't move, as if he had something to say.
Sun Yang smiled and said, "What else is going on with Mr. Wenhe?" β
Jia Xu arched his hand and said: "My lord, before I go on the expedition, I have to settle an account with my lord." β
Of course, Sun Yang would not think that it was the accounting, what Jia Xu said must be an economic account such as logistics.
Sure enough, after Sun Yang nodded, Jia Xu said: "The lord of Shicai said that he would send troops in three days, don't you know that it will take more than two days just to pull grain from nearby counties." β
It turned out to be this problem, Sun Yang explained: "Later, I will order the whole army to go directly to the county official warehouses to pull grain, now there are 1,600 mules and horses in the Western Army camp, and 2,500 mules and horses in the Xiliang Army camp, all of them are mobilized, and it only takes one day and one night to pull all the grain back." β
Jia Xu frowned and asked, "Also including the usual closing position?" β
"Nanyang still has a regular position?" Sun Yang asked rhetorically, Sun Yang thought that the world was in chaos to this point, and the institution that stabilized grain prices should have disappeared a long time ago.
Jia Xu's beard curled and said: "It was rebuilt after it arrived in Wancheng, and in less than half a year, the price of grain dropped by seventy percent." β
This can be said to be Jia Xu's proud work, due to the flood of five baht money, in the first year of Xingping (194), the price of grain rose to the point of 500,000 yuan, it was a year, cannibalism.
"Thank you, sir, for reminding me." Sun Yang thanked Jia Xu, this is the strategist, and the role of the strategist is to check and fill in the gaps.
Since the five-baht coin has been abolished, how can it be taxed.
Sun Yang asked, "When you collect taxes in Wancheng, do you still charge five baht?" β
Jia Xu shook his head and said: "I have not collected it for a long time, and it has been changed to four liters per mu of grain, two horses of silk, and two catties of cotton." β
During the Three Kingdoms period, due to the continuous wars, physical money arose, and the main types of physical currency as currency were grain (rice), silk (cotton, brocade), salt, etc.
Sun Yang looked at Jia Xu's unfinished appearance and asked, "What else is there to do with Mr. Wenhe?" β
Jia Xu hesitated and said. "The lord of this expedition, the most important thing is to fight quickly, once it is delayed for a long time, there is not enough food and grass, I am afraid that it will be in vain."
To tell the truth, Jia Xu is not optimistic about Sun Yang's dispatch of troops this time, it is too hasty, and the grain and grass are not sufficient, Huainan only needs to clear the wilderness, and when Sun Yang's army is exhausted, Sun Yang will inevitably be defeated.
Sun Yang nodded when he heard this, if he really couldn't do it, he would eat Huainan directly.
Sent Jia Xu away, Sun Yang went to the Western Army camp to inspect, as soon as he arrived at the Western Army camp, Sun Yang went straight to the back camp, he was most concerned about the diet and rest of the soldiers, only by eating and sleeping well, could he have the strength to fight in heavy armor.
Some people say that when marching, the armor of the soldiers can be placed on horses, or given to the auxiliaries and civilians to carry to maintain their physical strength as much as possible.
This practice is confined to safe areas and is open to engagement at any time once deep into the territory.
After all, scouts are not omnipotent, scouts can only be explored for a hundred miles at most, and many places can easily hide troops.
If you want to maintain enough physical strength, eating is the most important thing, and the military food of this era can be said to be very poor, all the corn, that is, we often say millet, the practice is also to cook porridge directly with pottery, add all kinds of wild vegetables and wild fruits to it, Sun Yang has eaten it several times, it is difficult to swallow.
Han system, engaged in heavy physical activities of the soldiers, a month two stones, nine buckets of three liters of millet, three liters of salt, the average daily ration is 12 catties of millet, the Han Dynasty catty is only 258 grams, converted, the average per day is six catties of millet.
Of course, these are official regulations, and in practice it is not uncommon to withhold rations.
The above are Sun Yang's impressions of the Han army in this era.
When Sun Yang came to the back camp, he was just in time for breakfast, and Sun Yang had a feeling that time and space were in chaos, because there were many tables here.
When everyone saw Sun Yang coming, they all stood up, knelt on the ground and said, "Meet the official." β
Sun Guanjia said with a smile: "Everyone continues to eat, I just came to see everyone's food, just don't see me." β
Sun Yang casually found a table and sat down, and the people nearby suddenly became gentle, Sun Yang found that the people who came here to eat were all low-level military attachΓ©s, and the generals with higher status could open a small stove, but they would not come here, and ordinary soldiers were a few people with a stove.
A chubby guy carried a bowl of soup and a few flatbreads in front of Sun Yang, a little apprehensive.
Sun Yang looked at him a little nervous, and asked with a smile, "Are there any green onions?" β
"Yes, yes." The man trotted back, and after a while brought two very clean green onions.
Sun Yang directly rolled the green onions with flatbread and ate it, and sighed with vegetable soup: Is this a qualified ration? The millet porridge of the Han Dynasty was too bad.
The Tang and Song dynasties fought against the northern and northwest nomads, and the role of flatbread can be said to be immeasurable, and every time the Song army went to war, they would directly carry the cake, miscellaneous cakes, wrinkled rice, hard pieces of salt and sauce, so as to greatly reduce the dependence on logistics.
After eating, Sun Yang raised his head and asked, "Who are you?" β
The man replied, "I am from Taiyuan." β
Sun Yang's heart tightened when he heard this, and asked, "Do you know what kind of place this is?" β
To be honest, after asking, Sun Yang was a little nervous, he had been worried that the summoned soldiers would suddenly have an autonomous consciousness one day.
"This is Wancheng" The guy looked at Sun Yang strangely, and the question asked by the official family was so strange.
Sun Yang continued to ask: "When you go out to buy rice, noodles and vegetables, do you feel that something is wrong when you see people outside?" β
Fortunately, when Sun Yang finished asking this question, the man replied: "It's normal, there's nothing wrong, the official family is worried that someone is spying on the military." β
The system immediately said loudly: "Don't ask, the summoning system will make the summoned soldiers default to you as the emperor of the original time and space, and any forces hostile to you will be directly regarded as rebellion." β
Sun Yang asked strangely, "Then what about ordinary people they meet?" β
The system replied: "Under normal circumstances, it will be the subjects under your rule by default, and bad information will be directly blocked." β
"That means they're not complete puppets." After Sun Yang finished speaking, he breathed a sigh of relief inexplicably.
The system replied, "Yes, they will be loyal to you in the same way that they are loyal to the Emperor in the original plane, but not absolutely. β
Buying people's hearts, Sun Yang is still very confident, but the problem of food makes people hurt, and it is not a way to go on like this, Sun Yang's eyebrows wrinkled.
The system said mysteriously: "There is a surprise in the summoning tonight." β
PS: I guess everyone is tired of hearing about food, and I'm tired of talking about it. Since it's a cool article, let's get out of the unpleasant setting.