Regarding the aforementioned issue of "the Xu family's men, women, and children, young and strong servants totaled more than 4,000 people, and tens of thousands of acres of fertile land", the concepts in it, such as how much land a person can cultivate, and how much grain can be produced by one acre of land, are explained here. At the same time, it is also a setting of this article about agriculture.

Xun Yue in "The Second Year of Emperor Wen of the Former Han Dynasty" contains the words of Chao Cuofu: "Today, the farmer is a family of five, and there are only two authors in his service, and his cultivator is only 100 acres. The harvest of 100 acres is only 300 stones. "One hundred acres produce 300 stones of millet, and 3 stones of millet per mu. The small mu of the Han Dynasty is slightly smaller than the Zhou mu of the Warring States Period, which is 0.228 mu of the present city, which is equivalent to 281 city jin per mu, which is higher than the 247 city jin in the late Warring States period. A household of five people, with two male laborers, to cultivate 100 acres of land, can get 300 stones, in the late Eastern Han Dynasty more than 300 years later.

In view of the above, in the Western Han Dynasty, two adult laborers could cultivate 100 acres of land, which is less than 23 acres of land now. More than 300 years later, at the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, productivity improved, so the efficiency of farming would also increase slightly. In the later narrative, the author assumes that an adult labor force can cultivate 15 acres of land, with a yield of 5 stones per mu, 60 catties per stone, and a yield of 300 catties per mu, and 4,500 catties of grain can be harvested. Both the previous and subsequent articles will use the modern mu as a unit.

That is to say, the Xu family has 100,000 acres of land, more than 4,000 people, all of which are more than 60,000 to 70,000 acres of land planted with grain, and some are used to breed livestock and grow vegetables and vegetables.

At the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, there were often those who had land and could not find the race, and those who did not have land wanted to farm and did not have land to plant (of course, there would be a similar situation in the Celestial Empire society. For example, a house, people with a house have no one to live in the house, and people who don't have a house can't live if they want to, hehe).

More than 60,000 acres of land can collect 300,000 stone a year, in addition to more than 4,000 people consumed every year (assuming that each person eats two catties of grain a day, a month is one stone, a year is 12 stones, and 4,000 people will consume nearly 50,000 stone of grain a year), as well as various taxes and expenses such as field rent (land tax), calculation and oral tax (poll tax), forced labor (force tax), etc. (not explained here, if you are interested, you can go to Baidu), the Xu family can also have about 60,000 to 70,000 stones of surplus grain every year, The 300,000 stone of grain copied from the Xu family can also be said to be the accumulation of the Xu family for many years.

Everything is arranged, and we will set off early tomorrow morning.

When the generals dispersed, Dong Shouye sent his intention of soliciting himself to Zhang Ji and said, "Brother Derong, I know that you are talented and full of wealth, so I want to keep you by my side, and I will ask for benefits sooner or later." I wonder if you'd like to? ”

Zhang Ji thought that he basically had no place to stand in Pusaka County, and the rest of the family did not dare to find trouble with Dong Shouye, and would definitely dare to find his own trouble, if he stayed in Pusaka County, he was afraid that he would die in the future without a place to be buried, and seeing that Dong Bai himself was quite good, it could be regarded as a heart-to-heart, not to mention that the chaos in the world has appeared, and there will be continuous wars in the future, where is his place in the world, it is better to choose a Ming master to vote for it, and show his own retribution.

Although the son in front of him is young, he has the demeanor of everyone in his demeanor, leading the troops vertically and horizontally, and commanding steadily. In addition, the military discipline is good, and he has no offense against the people, and he cherishes the people, but he is afraid that his achievements in the future will be limitless.

Thinking of this, he made up his mind, knelt down and saluted: "The lord is above, Zhang is willing to serve the work of dogs and horses." The lord is not from a humble background, and he is grateful. From now on, I will be loyal to my duties, and there will be no two hearts! ”

Dong Shouye was overjoyed in his heart, and hurriedly stepped forward to help him up, and said: "De Rong is talented, I have already understood, I have De Rong, and I am better than thousands of troops." ”

Zhang Ji didn't even dare to say in his mouth, and Dong Shouye said to Zhang Ji: "I don't know where the Derong family is, whether it needs to be resettled, and whether it is willing to go with the army now." ”

Zhang Ji replied: "When the lord returned to the white wave thieves some time ago, his humble family had already sent his family back to his hometown Gaoling County, Fengyi County, so there was no need to worry about family problems. You can set off with the army at any time. ”

After listening to this, Dong Shouye said: "Then De Jong will prepare tonight and set off with the army tomorrow, but this Puban County Order, I don't know if De Jong can have a successor?" ”

Zhang Ji replied: "The merit of this county, Zhou Sheng, a native of Dunhuang, is far better than me, and can take on a great responsibility. Enough to take my place. ”

Dong Shouye was not impressed at all when he heard this Zhou Shenglie in his mind, and it was estimated that he was an average talent, so he didn't appreciate it, and according to Zhang Ji's intentions, let this Zhou Shenglie serve as the commander of this Puban County. The master and the slave exchanged pleasantries for a while, and then dispersed.

Dong Shouye was ecstatic in his heart, he finally received his first little brother, and he was also the famous Zhang Ji Zhang Derong during the Three Kingdoms period. Governing the government and the army are all rare talents. He was an important figure in the northwest frontier of Cao Wei's stability.

Now Zhang is about 30 years old, has been the commander of Pusaka County for several years, and has considerable experience in local governance. It will play an important role in the development of Dong Shouye in the future. In the future, it is indispensable to let him be in charge of the party and settle down.

Dong Shouye still ordered Zhang Ji to lead the Xu family's troops, as the logistics and auxiliary of the army, mainly responsible for grain and grass logistics and other affairs. And let him think more about the battalion lieutenant colonel to ask for advice on the experience of military management and training, and try his best to integrate the troops.

As the saying goes, before the soldiers and horses move, the grain and grass go first. Grain and grass are very important in the war, Zhang Ji saw that he had just put into service, Dong Shouye handed over such an important task to himself, and let himself lead a school of people, so he trusted himself so much. Suddenly, there was the idea of dying as a confidant, and suddenly his loyalty increased a lot.

In fact, Dong Shouye wanted Zhang Jixian to stay by his side and be a similar staff officer, but at present, there is not even a decent literati in the army, and no one can be very responsible for food and grass. The Xiliang Army had a lot of logistical problems, and there were no reliable and capable personnel to take charge of it, which was also one of the main reasons for the excessive looting and looting.

At present, there is no one in his own army who can govern the army and govern the government on the horse, and since he has it, of course he cannot let it go. He must be placed in the most suitable and needed position, and let him shine. And looking at this appearance, Zhang Ji is also good at this kind of work, after all, he is a person who has been a county magistrate, and he has some experience, not to mention that Zhang Ji is a talent who is good at governing places. Moreover, such an arrangement as a civilian official is easier to get his approval, if he comes up and lets him fight, it is estimated that he will not be able to stand it, and he will immediately deviate from morality.

Early the next morning, the army set out for Anyi.

Along the way, everyone's morale was high! Can the morale be high, everyone has made a lot of money, all of them are like chicken blood, holding their heads high, and they can't live forever! In these years, there are orders and prohibitions, plus rich rewards, so why don't such troops win battles?

Originally, there were about 3,000 Xiliang cavalry in this 10,000-strong army, and the remaining 7,000 were infantry, and when they attacked Xujia, they killed forty or fifty people and injured more than 200 people, all of whom were taken away by Li Ying and Li Huan, and the two of them always led a thousand people, including wounded soldiers, in fact, Dong Shouye's current men and horses are less than 9,000 people. Coupled with the school led by Zhang Ji, there are more than 12,000 people in total, which is also a great increase in confidence. The Xiliang cavalry is mainly light cavalry, wearing light armor and leather armor, since the Xu family got more than 200 sets of heavy armor, they were selected from the army, and the elite put on heavy armor and became heavy armored cavalry. He also picked out 500 sets of crossbows and 2,000 sets of strong bows to form a bow and crossbow army, which was led by Zhang Liao. Zhang Ji's troops were also equipped with sufficient weapons and bows. The remaining equipment was enough to equip more than 3,000 people, so it was transported to Luoyang by the Li brothers and handed over to Dong Zhuo.

As the troops advanced, they sent Meteor Riders to report to Niu Fu, and reinforcements would arrive soon. It was also agreed to flank the White Polish army.

Li Le, Hu Cai and others on the side of the Baibo army set up an ambush near Mengjin Ferry and Shouyang Mountain, and a few days ago, you can also see that there are boats on the opposite bank to gather, and there is the intention of crossing the river. Later, there was no movement, and the ships gradually decreased. Li Le, Hu Cai and others thought that the enemy was paralyzing themselves, and they didn't pay too much attention to it, after all, this kind of thing is false and real, and it is impossible to develop according to their own ideas.

This Li Le couldn't hold back one day, so he discussed with Hu Cai, Han Xian and others. This Li Le said to the two: "Two brothers, we have been here for several days, and the other side of the river was still fanfare at first as if they were going to cross the river immediately, why is there no movement now!?"

This Han Xian also said: "Yes, isn't there enough ships in this official army, I don't see many ships on the other side, are they still building ships?" ”

Hu Cai said: "It shouldn't be shipbuilding, the water surface of the Yellow River in Fenglingdu is stable, the river is wide, even if you can cross a few rafts, if it's not enough, you can tie more rafts and follow the big boat, not to mention that it's not all over at once, you must divide several groups of people to cross the river." ”

This Li Le said: "What Brother Hu said is reasonable, it seems that it is not because of the boat, then again, this Fenglingdu is the most suitable ferry for crossing the river on this section of the Yellow River, does the enemy have other routes to choose?" Could it be that this enemy army colluded with Hanoi Taishou Wang Kuang again and reconciled as before? Or is the news that came before false, didn't this Hanoi Taishou Wang Kuang have a bad relationship with Dong Zhuo's evil thieves? ”

At this time, Han Xian said again: "Could it be that the enemy army has other options, such as landing at Pubanjin in Puban County, or landing at the Hejin Ferry in Bingzhou?" ”

As soon as Li Le heard Han Xian's words, he immediately retorted: "Now the territory of Hexi is full of Huns and Qiang, these foreign races are greedy and unreasonable, and they will kill people when they see them, if Niu Fu's reinforcements go from the Yellow River near Hexi, it is very likely to encounter the interception of the Southern Xiongnu." And the river is relatively fast, so I don't think it's very likely. ”

Han Xian said again: "Why don't we wait for a few more days, if there is still no movement, we will immediately send henchmen to inform the big leader Guo Tai, and then divide a part of the men and horses to Dongyuan County and near Wangwu Mountain to prevent Niu Fu's reinforcements from supporting from Hanoi." ”

Everyone nodded in agreement.

After waiting for a few more days, he still didn't wait, so he quickly reported to Mrs. Guo and the others, and asked Mrs. Guo to be prepared to prevent Niu Fu's reinforcements from crossing the river from Hanoi County to rescue Anyi.

Li Le, Hu Cai and others led the army to Dongyuan County and near Wangwu Mountain to see if they could snipe Niu Fu's reinforcements.