This year, the climate in the south of the Yangtze River was smooth, and there were no rat plagues and locust plagues, so all the fields had a bumper harvest, and the common people and the soldiers in the tuntian fields were harvesting crops, and everyone was very busy.

Hua'an personally went to the land of Tuntian and commanded the soldiers of the Northern Expeditionary Army to harvest crops, and after many days of harvesting, the crops of 600 hectares of paddy fields and 800 hectares of dry fields were all harvested.

In the camp of the Northern Expeditionary Army, all the warehouses were full, and in order to accommodate the harvested grain, the soldiers temporarily set up a number of warehouses in the camp.

After a simple process, all the harvested crops were placed in warehouses, and the soldiers in charge of counting them were busy counting them.

Hua An paced back and forth between the various warehouses, looking at the piles full of grain, there was an indescribable excitement in his heart, and the soldiers in the camp were also smiling and elated.

"Big brother, the statistics are out, guess how many?" Wang San walked up to Hua An and said with a smile.

Hua An glared at Wang San, and said, "Don't sell Guanzi, say quickly, how many." ”

Wang Sanhan laughed twice, stretched out three fingers, put them in front of Hua An, and said excitedly: "300,000 deniers, a full 300,000 denier, 120,000 deniers of rice in paddy fields, 180,000 deniers of sorghum in dry fields, hahaha!" After saying that, he laughed excitedly.

"What, there are so many." Hua An was also very surprised, he originally estimated that it would be 250,000 deniers at most, but he didn't expect it to be as much as 300,000 deniers.

This is also thanks to the good year, Jiangnan has been in good weather, and has not encountered any disasters, Hua'an prayed silently in his heart.

"Big brother, this batch of grain is enough for three years' rations for 30,000 soldiers of my Northern Expeditionary Army, and I don't have to look at the black faces of the warehouse officials in the capital in the future." Wang San said happily.

"Yes! Half a year's harvest is enough for our army to eat for three years, so that the grain and grass in our army's tuntian are enough to feed the 180,000 army! Ha ha! Hua An said and looked forward to it, as if he saw the scene of himself commanding the 180,000 army of the Northern Expedition, which was like a bamboo.

Of course, Hua'an can only think about it, after all, the imperial court will not give him the right to recruit 180,000 troops, and the reason why he will harvest so much grain this season is related to the suitable climate in Jiangnan, if there is a drought and flood in the coming year, the harvest will not be so good.

"Hey, big brother, so much grain and grass has filled all the warehouses in the camp, and several temporary warehouses have been built, if we harvest so much grain next season, where will we put it!" Wang San suddenly thought of a realistic question.

After Wang San's reminder, Hua'an also felt that storing grain was a big problem, and this year the whole country had a bumper harvest, and there was no large-scale war, but I was afraid that the granaries in the capital were also full.

Hua An frowned and thought for a moment, and said: "Wang San, you are right, the hard-harvested grain must be stored safely, and there must be no loss, these temporary warehouses are not firm, if you encounter strong winds and rains, it will be troublesome, once the grain enters the water, it will become moldy, and the consequences are unimaginable, you immediately follow me to the outside of the camp to check, we will build a large granary next to the camp, and store a large amount of grain and grass there, and most of the soldiers and horses of the baggage battalion will be stationed there in the future." ”

"Well, that's a good idea! Eldest brother. Wang San fully agrees with Hua'an's construction.

The two rode their horses around the station, and after careful consideration, decided to build the granary in a stable position to the south of the camp, where the terrain is neither high nor low, so that there is no need to worry about being flooded or struck by lightning, and the position of the camp is close to the position of the camp, so that it can be well protected from wind and theft.

After the location was determined, Hua'an immediately took action, sent 3,000 soldiers to prepare various materials, and officially began to build, because the establishment of this warehouse is permanent, Hua'an's requirements are relatively high, therefore, the time required for preparation and construction is also relatively long, 3,000 soldiers were busy for more than a month to build this large-scale granary.

According to Hua'an's plan, this is only the first phase of this granary, and the space after completion can accommodate 300,000 denier military rations, which can fully meet the needs of this year's grain storage, but there will be more grain in the coming year, and it is still necessary to continue to expand.

At the same time, the Northern Expeditionary Army's planting of winter wheat in the land of Tuntian has also ended, the fish and turtles in various reservoirs have grown, and the water chestnut and lotus root have also matured.

The officers and men of the Northern Expeditionary Army used their free time to catch fish and turtles with fishing nets, harvest water chestnuts and lotus roots, and bring these back to the camp.

The deer, horses, cattle and sheep in the pasture have not yet produced, but almost all the female livestock have big bellies, and the next year will definitely add more cubs to the pasture, and the pasture will be a different scene.

After counting the harvest, he wrote to the imperial court and reported all the harvest to Emperor Sima Yan.

When the imperial court learned that the Northern Expeditionary Army had harvested 300,000 deniers of grain on a wasteland, they were all shocked, and everyone never expected this result.

After all, it used to be just a wasteland, and no one took that wasteland seriously.

Half a year ago, when Hua'an reported to the imperial court and harvested 60,000 denier of military rations, many ministers were already surprised, so only half a year apart, that inconspicuous wasteland actually produced 300,000 denier of grain, a full five times!

This bombshell news made some Shi clan officials who had the opportunity to get this wasteland regret it, and they began to regret that they did not attack earlier and annex the land there, but they ignored that the Northern Expeditionary Army had achieved such results through the hard work of governance, and the hardships paid were great.

Emperor Sima Yan was naturally very happy to learn the news, he summoned Hua'an to the court, and in front of the Manchu Dynasty's civil and military affairs, he repeatedly praised Hua'an for his ability and vision, not only to fight, but also to farm, and issued an edict to give Hua'an a lot of rewards in recognition of Hua'an's achievements.

Hua An thanked him again and again, and took the opportunity to ask for more soldiers and horses to be recruited as a precautionary measure, but finally gave up due to the opposition of the Manchu ministers.

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In the second year, the south of the Yangtze River was still in good weather, the grain harvested by the Northern Expeditionary Army in the land of Tuntian, a total of 500,000 deniers in two seasons, and the granary on the south side of the camp was also expanded a lot, after the completion of the second phase of the project, the granary was enough to store millions of denier military grain, and all the harvested grain was stored here.

At the same time, the pastures were bustling with young calves and lambs running back and forth all over the hills, and the doe gave birth to seven or eight little elk, and there were more than fifty foals.