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With a population of five million, when did Liu Yi think that he would have the opportunity to govern so many people? After listening to Xun Yu's report, Liu Yi also had a sense of accomplishment in his heart.

Well, this is really a sense of accomplishment.

Don't underestimate these millions of people. Recently, Liu Yi occasionally saw some population information about the Three Kingdoms era in the solar mobile phone encyclopedia, and after reading it, Liu Yi was extremely surprised and felt a little incredible.

There are many things that you may not know if you don't study them in depth, but when you really come into contact with some numbers, it will be shocking and unbelievable.

In ancient times, the Han people were not overcrowded like later generations, and even wanted to engage in family planning, Liu Yi traveled to the time of the Three Kingdoms era, and the country's population reached more than one billion. But during the Han Dynasty and Emperor Hengling, the population of the Han people in the country was actually only 50 or 60 million.

After the natural disasters before and after the Yellow Turban Uprising, the turmoil in those years caused the population of the Han Dynasty to drop sharply, and now, the population of the whole country can be 40 or 50 million, which is quite good. The actual number is very high, and it may only be 30 million or even less.

When the Three Kingdoms were at their peak, the population of Shu was less than one million, and the combined population of Wu and Wei was only six or seven million, and the total population of China was no more than 10 million. It was not until the Jin Dynasty that the population recovered, but it was only 20 million. But the following Wuhu Chaohua, the Hu people burned, killed and looted the Han people, almost wiped out the Han people, and the Han population was only about four million left after the Hu people.

These numbers are contrasted. Lewi's sense of accomplishment came spontaneously.

Of course, the number of jù is the number of jù after all. Liu Yi also knew that the population statistics in ancient times may not be true, and most of these numbers should be counted in some towns, and the people living in some mountains and villages may not be able to count all of them. But no matter what, if Liu Yi can govern these millions of Han people well, and let the people multiply and grow rapidly. This is also a credit for a thousand years.

Having said that, it is not too surprising that Liu Yi now has a population of almost 50,000 in just a small Luoyang area and a sparsely populated state. Because Luoyang was the most prosperous area of the Han Dynasty in the Han Dynasty, the capital of a country, it originally had a population of several million, plus. During the turmoil, many people migrated to Luoyang, causing the population of the Luoyang area to surge, so that there were so many people.

In fact, Liu Yi took Luoyang from Dong Zhuo's hands. The preservation of this eternal dìdū, especially the prevention of Dong Zhuo's migration of the people, is a great merit in itself.

The sharp decline of the Han population is directly related to Dong Zhuo's migration of millions of people to Chang'an. Because of those millions of people, they were forced by Dong Zhuo to move to Chang'an. Almost one in ten survived, and most of them died in Dong Zhuo's enslavement. Even if there are people who do not die. survived, they did not reproduce in Chang'an, especially after Dong Zhuo's death, there was another war, and most of the people died in the war. Even if a small part of the people gained a foothold in Chang'an, they were brutally killed by the Huns who later occupied the Hetao. By the time of the Jin Dynasty, the land of Hetao was the paradise of the Huns.

Fortunately, everything has changed now, and with Liu Yi here, there will definitely be no more grief for those sad things to happen to the Han people.

It's just that it's not easy to govern these millions of people, don't look at Liu Yi's current situation, he has launched many projects that are conducive to the survival of the people, but if you really want to revitalize the Han Dynasty, it is really not something that can be done in a moment. There are many things that are still difficult to do.

The Han Dynasty is a relatively developed dynasty of the Han people, but the population has never been able to rise, and this is not without reason. In the final analysis, it is a problem of poor living conditions. Even in times of peace, the population may not be able to be greatly improved in a short period of time, so the population in ancient times was much smaller than in postmodern times, and it was not all a problem of war and disaster.

In order to solve these problems, we must start with agriculture, first of all, let the people have food and drink, and improve the living environment of the people, which is the most fundamental thing.

Now, the development of Liu Yi can actually be said to have reached a bottleneck...... Lack of food!

When Liu Yi was a little happy when he heard that there were so many people under his rule, Xun Yu had a bitter face.

Xun Yu said with a bitter face: "Lord, our current situation is not good." ”

"Huh? How bad it is, say it and let all the adults discuss it together, there is no pit in this world that cannot be passed. "Liu Yi has not yet realized the strictness of the facts, and he is very relaxed.

"Lord, you also know, in recent years, we have consumed too much grain, all our grain has been consumed at once, our treasury has not been stocked with grain, plus last year, Liu Biao carried out an economic blockade of our Dongting Lake Xinzhou, so that we have not been able to buy grain from other places at all, and now, we have to rely on the grain we produce to maintain. It's almost at the end of the mountain. More than 5 million people, how much food will be consumed? Xun Yu's tone seemed to be a little crying.

"Oh? How long can it last now? Liu Yi looked at Xun Yu's appearance and felt that things might really be a little strict.

In the Dazepo base, the Dongting Lake Xinzhou base, and the Luoyang area, almost all the grain produced by the people was handed over to the imperial court. If the base and the court run out of food, it means that the people have no food, and this is really a big problem.

"After we recovered Luoyang, we immediately started agricultural work, and we harvested grain in the summer, so we shouldn't run out of food, right?"

Some court officials asked, "Why is it depleted so quickly?" ”

Xi Zhicai came out and said: "This is not strange, I also know some things, the most important thing is that our army has expanded too quickly all of a sudden, and it turns out that there are only a few troops?" How many troops are there now? Moreover, the army we formed was put into battle as soon as it was formed, and it has not stopped fighting for almost a year, of course. We also had no choice but to attack Dong Zhuo and later defeat the Huns. We can say that we have mobilized the whole country to support these campaigns. ”

Xun Yu continued: "It turned out that we sent troops from Dongting Lake Xinzhou to Luoyang to attack Dong Zhuo, but it was only tens of thousands of horses, with our food situation at that time, of course there would be no shortage of food, but now, hundreds of thousands of horses and horses, all of a sudden more than ten times more consumption, it turned out to be enough for us to consume ten years of food." Now it's all over in a year. You say, why is it consuming so fast? Also, it turned out that there were only a few hundred thousand people under our rule, how many are there now? That's five million. ”

Jia Xu also answered worriedly: "The lord should also know very well that in recent years, especially in the years before the Yellow Turban Riots, there have been major disasters across the country. The people of the entire Han Dynasty were almost in a period when they could not produce, and even if there was a lot of food before, they had long since been consumed, and the people had not been able to effectively resume production. Although we have begun to resume the production of the people, this food does not mean that it can fall from the sky. It has to be planted in the ground. Not much to say about the situation with the two bases, for now. Among the millions of people in Luoyang and Bingzhou, only the people around Luoyang have resumed production, and even if they start production now, they haven't had time to grow food. ”

"I see." Lewi now has no excitement and sense of accomplishment for the five million people under his rule, and how to feed these millions of people is a headache for him.

Naturally, if there is no shortage of grain now and steady development is maintained, these problems may be solved in another half a year or a year, but at present, we are facing a problem of food shortage, and if we can't survive this winter, then these millions of people will be a heavy burden that Liu Yi can't get rid of.

Before, Liu Yi was a little too optimistic, and he didn't think of this very strict question for a while.

How much food do five million people have to consume in a day?

Liu Yi quieted down and said with a calm face: "It's almost autumn harvest now, right?" Can you estimate how much food you will be able to harvest by then? ”

"My lord, because of the problem that we have been fighting, and the problem of conscripting the young and strong, after the summer harvest, our cultivated area has shrunk compared with the spring ploughing, but the autumn harvest may be more abundant than the summer harvest, and the grain harvested may be the same as the summer harvest. However, it is only enough for millions of people for two months at most. Xun Yu said.

This Liu Yi can understand that the Luoyang area is limited, and the original three or two million people in the Luoyang area are farming, but now there are one or two hundred more people, that is to say, the grain obtained by the people from their labor is enough to eat for a few months, but now it has to shrink by half.

"Two months?" Liu Yi listened and frowned.

The grain after the autumn harvest is enough for two months, that is, just enough for this year's consumption, but what about next year? Starting in January and not until April or May of the following year, the spring harvest of the following year is at least, and there is still a four-month food ration for five million people.

"My lord, that's pretty much it, you see, how are we doing now?" Xun Yu really has no choice now, so he will bring this matter to the court. The lack of food should not have been said so openly, because once it spreads, it will affect the hearts of the people, and the people will be terrified.

"It's not an option to take money to buy it." Jia Xu said: "Now all parts of the world are divided by various princes, and they have been desperately recruiting troops and horses recently, and they are also worried about food. Besides, their governance of the jurisdiction is not as good as ours, and the people are afraid that the day will be precarious. ”

"It's too late to produce, and there's nowhere to buy it, which is really a big problem." Liu Yi patted his forehead and said, "But people are alive, and we can't let this problem be stumped." Let me think about it......"

"The lord ......" Xi Zhicai said at this time: "Didn't we borrow some grain for Gongsun Zhan and Yuan Shao?" You can hit their minds. ”

"At that time, in order to defeat Zhang Yan of Montenegro, we sold it to them at a low price, borrowed some of it, but it was not much, you think about it, their two armies, the sum is one or two hundred thousand horses, we only supply for a period of time, about a month, even if we can get back all the food at the beginning, it is only enough for the consumption of millions of soldiers and civilians in our New Han Dynasty for a few days." Leo Yi blinked and said, "But, too." No matter how small the mosquito is, it is still meat, although Gongsun Zan and Yuan Shao have always been opposed, but there are so many in these two states, especially Yuan Shao, there are still many talented officials under him, after more than half a year of rule. The people of Jizhou should be able to resume production, and it is not surprising that there is some surplus grain. Yes. I sent people to negotiate with Gongsun Zan and Yuan Shao, and in any case, we must get enough food from them for a month's food consumption. ”

"Yes, you can get as much as you can, but who is the lord going to send? You can't go on a trip by yourself, can you? Now they are not as good as they were at the beginning, and the lord is afraid that they will be unfavorable to you. Xi Zhicai said.

"This ......," Leo's thoughts turned. I had an idea in my heart, and said, "Zilong, Gongsun Zhan, you go." ”

"Yes!" When Zhao Yun heard Liu Yi say this, he immediately stepped out and said, "Zilong must live up to the expectations of the lord." ”

Zhao Yun also knows the importance of food, if the problem of food is not solved, Luoyang and Bingzhou, which have just been obtained. I'm afraid I'm going to fall into another mess soon.

After he finished speaking, he asked with a little hesitation: "Then, what about the unification and reorganization of our New Han Army?" ”

"You are in charge of cavalry affairs, but there are priorities, and the matter of unified reorganization can be done by ordinary people, as long as there is a problem of training. In this case, you can first draw up a list of some generals in two or three days, and let them do it. Lewis said.

"Okay." Zhao Yun had no objections.

"Yes, there is. I have to send an embassy to establish diplomatic relations with Gongsun Chan casually. Some specific grain transactions can be handed over to the people of the mission, and if you go, you just need to ask Gongsun Chan to agree to return the grain and buy grain for us. Liu Yi said, and said to Xun Yu: "Wen Ruo, you are responsible for picking out some court officials to go with Zilong." ”

"Okay." Xun Yu nodded in response.

"Then who should you send to Yuan Shao?" Xi Zhicai asked again.

"Lord Tian Feng, he and Yang Feng have been in Montenegro for so long, and their friendship with Fu Zhu should be good, as long as they persuade Fu Shu and others, they can get their help, with them talking in Yuan Shao's ear, with Yuan Shao's temperament, he should be able to please grain and buy a batch of grain."

"Lord Ketian Feng is still in Jinyang. Without him presiding over the affairs of Jinyang and the state, I'm afraid it's not very good."

"This ...... It is possible to change people to go to the state. Liu Yi said, looked up at the ministers in the hall, and didn't know who to send to exchange Tian Feng back for a while.

Governing a state is not something that anyone can do, of course the four major military divisions can, but Liu Yi doesn't want to send them out casually, and the New Han Dynasty still has many things for them to do.

"Lord, I recommend someone."

When Liu Yi saw it, it was Chen Qun.

"Oh? Who? Liu Yi looked at Chen Qun strangely, not knowing who he would recommend.

"Hehe, lord, how did you forget? Why don't you use the talents you poached from Xindu? Chen Qun smiled, and then pulled a person out.

"Simbi?" Levio looked at it and immediately recognized it.

"Haha, Lord Xin, I'm really sorry, since I came back from Jizhou, I have been busy with the war and neglected my lord."

"Hey, dissatisfied with the lord, when Xin arrived in Luoyang, Mr. Chen Qun pulled me into his department and let me make a long history, and I didn't snub Xin, but the lord has a lot of opportunities, and it is impossible to take care of everything. The lord doesn't have to take it to heart. "Simbi bowed generously.

"Ha, you didn't complain that I forgot about you." Liu Yi listened to it and said, "Lord Naxin, are you willing to go to Jinyang to govern and merge the state?" ”

"I will definitely serve the lord!"

"Okay, then you can go and exchange Lord Tian Feng for the sake of the history of the state."

"Yes!"

Simbi gladly accepted the order and retreated to the back.

"Then there is still at least three months of food shortage, what can the lord do?" Xun Yu asked again.

"There's no way around that, we can only grab it!" Liu Yi said heavily.

"Rob?"

"Yes, I can only go and rob it." Liu Yi said: "Whoever has food, we will rob whom." Jingzhou Liu Biao, Yangzhou Yuan Shu, they should all have grain, Jingzhou Liu Biao economic blockade of our Dongting Lake Xinzhou base, it's time to settle this account with him. ”

"W-Doesn't this mean that there will be another war?" Xi Zhicai was surprised.

"No, you don't need to go to war, scare Liu Biao, it is estimated that you can get a lot of food."

"What about Yuan Shu in Yangzhou?" Xi Zhicai asked tightly: "We scared Liu Biao and poured out the famous teacher, but Yuan Shu in Yangzhou is so far away from us, what name do we use to scare him or attack him?" ”

"There will always be a way, otherwise, what are we going to do with the formation of a water army?" Liu Yi didn't say this, but said: "However, this may not be able to completely solve our food shortage, the most important thing is that we still have to be self-reliant." After the autumn harvest, you can also plant wheat, which can be harvested before spring ploughing next year, although it will be very low-yielding, but it can also solve some food shortages. After our hundreds of thousands of troops are unified and reorganized, we will not be in a hurry to train them first, and we will drive them all to the prefecture to open up wasteland and cultivate land. We can't afford to raise hundreds of thousands of troops who have lost production for the time being. ”

"My lord is right, now this is the only way, hopefully, we can get through this difficulty."

"Hmm." Liu Yi faced the south and said eagerly: "This is only our temporary problem, rest assured, it won't be long before we can completely get rid of the problem of the food crisis." ”

Liu Yi was thinking of sweet potatoes at this moment.

Sweet potatoes are a specialty of the Americas, and it is unknown how they spread to the Philippines until the 16th century, when they reached China. I wonder if there are any sweet potatoes in the Philippines now? As long as we have something that is so easy to grow and has high yields, we will not have to worry about food problems in the future.