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In the next half a month, Ma Han transferred the population, money, grain, materials, and livestock of the three cities in western Liaoning, especially the White Wolf City, to Liaodong to restore the military fort nature of the three cities, and at the same time took stock of the foundation of Liaodong, that is, the legacy left by Gongsun Du.

It should be said that the legacy left by Gongsun Du is really rich, and the foundation of Liaodong is a hundred times that of White Wolf City. If Ma Han is not a surprise attack acceleration battle, but a head-to-head duel with Gongsun Du and a regular battle, the outcome is unpredictable, if it drags on a little longer, with such a strong foundation in Liaodong, White Wolf City really can't play.

First of all, the population that Ma Han was most concerned about, Liaodong County, Zhixiangping (now Liaoyang, Liaoning), led eleven counties: Xiangping, Liaohu, Xinchang, Anshi, Wenxian, Pingguo, Yushi, Xi'anping, Fanhan, Wangping, and Wuxi. The population of the county was 60,000 at the end of the Han Dynasty.

Its surrounding counties include:

Liaodong vassal state, Zhichangli (now Yixian County, Liaoning). Lingwu counties: Changli, Fuli, Bintu, Tuhe, Fangxian, and Xiandu, with a population of 20,000.

Liaoxi County, leading five counties: Yangle, Linyu, Feiru, Haiyang, Lingzhi. Among them, only Yangle is in the sphere of influence in Liaodong, and the other four counties are all controlled by Gongsun Zan of Youzhou. It has a population of less than 20,000.

Xuansu County, governed Goguryeo (now east of Shenyang, Liaoning, not Goguryeo). Five counties: Goguryeo, Houcheng, Xigaima, Liaoyang, Gaoxian. It has a population of 43,000.

Lelang County, ruled Korea (now south of Pyongyang, North Korea). Led 18 counties: North Korea, Zhan Chan, Suicheng, Ranghan, Hunmi, Zengdi, Liwang, Fangfang, Ledu, Bashui, Tunyou, Hanzi, Tixi, Daifang, Haiming, Zhaoming, Liekou, Changcen. It has a population of 250,000.

Donglai County, Qingzhou, Zhihuang County. Twelve counties: Huangxian, Rongguo, Qucheng, Yeguo, Dangli, Luxiang, Muping, Dongmu, Changyang, Changguang, Buqi, Qianqian. Except for the fact that it was not incorporated into the Liaodong forces, the remaining 11 counties had a total population of 420,000, which exceeded the sum of all the above counties -- the Central Plains is the Central Plains, and it is really not comparable to the border counties.

Zhongliao County is divided from Liaodong by Gongsun Du, so it is counted in Liaodong County.

Other words. By the end of the Han Dynasty, the total population of Liaodong and its surrounding counties was 400,000, which was less than that of Donglai County in Qingzhou. Of course, this is the statistics of the late Han Dynasty, and when the troubled times of the Three Kingdoms came, this figure was reversed.

When the world was in turmoil, and natural and man-made disasters in the Central Plains were frequent, among the counties of Liaodong, except for Liaoxi and Liaodong vassal states, they were destroyed one after another during the Erzhang rebellion. Except for the large population loss, the rest of the counties not only did not lose money, but increased slightly. On the other hand, Qingzhou, the place where the Yellow Turban is the most troubled, has suffered the most population losses. By the time Gongsun Du sent Liu Yi and Gongsun Mo to cross Hainan to take Donglai, Donglai County, which had a population of more than 400,000 in the past, was less than 150,000 left......

The loss of population in Donglai does not mean that all of these Dingkou died in the war. In fact, only one-third of those who died in the war were convicted of thieves. The other third crossed the sea into Liaodong. This is the largest source of population in eastern Liaodong -- the displaced people.

Since Ma Han took over Liaodong, there have been as many as 350,000 displaced people who have been registered, half of whom came from Qingzhou. In addition to the population of 450,000 people in Liaodong Counties, as well as the nearly 50,000 displaced people he has worked hard to introduce from the Central Plains to Liaoxi in the past two years, and some black households who are not registered, the population of Jiadonglai County in Liaodong Counties. That's about a million in total. Among them, two counties directly under his rule: Liaodong County has a population of 300,000 and Donglai County has a population of 150,000, accounting for about half of the total population.

This. It is he who strives for survival and then competes for the capital of the world.

Of course, whether it is to survive or to fight for the world, the population alone is far from enough. Liu Biao's Jingzhou, the population is not small, the late Han Dynasty statistics Jingzhou population of 6.2 million, plus more than 100,000 displaced people who crossed south in the war, to the Battle of Chibi, the total population of Jingzhou has exceeded 8 million, hundreds of thousands of people with armor, and finally not under the Cao Wei soldiers, falling apart.

Therefore, after reading the census book, Ma Han has a rough idea in his heart, and then focuses on the army.

The Liaodong Army, which was directly under the command of Gongsun Du, was distributed in two counties, namely Liaodong County (including Zhongliao) and Donglai County. Liaodong County has a total of 34,000 officers and soldiers (including the Shushi Navy), and Donglai County has 6,000 soldiers, totaling 40,000 soldiers and horses. Because more than 4,000 people were wiped out by the White Wolf Army of Ma Han, there were less than 30,000 soldiers and horses in this county of Liaodong.

30,000 soldiers and horses, this number does not seem to be too much or too little, but when it is distributed to the eleven counties in eastern Liaodong, it is really too little. Is it because there is a shortage of people and food in Liaodong? Yes and no. The population of Liaodong is 300,000, the reserve army is 40,000, and the ratio of population to army is 9 to 1, that is, nine Liaodong people support one soldier, which is a critical point for the stability of the regime.

Gongsun Du was born as a small official, and he worked step by step to become a high-ranking official who was too shou and assassinated history, and he was still very talented in politics. Even if Ma Han took over at this time, he also did not dare to rashly increase his troops, and it was most appropriate to maintain this ratio.

In the army, Ma Han discussed with Zhao Yun, Tai Shici, Le Jin and other backbone of the army, and reached an agreement: 3,000 elites from the Liaodong Army were drawn and supplemented into the White Wolf Army, so that the total strength of the White Wolf Army reached 12,000. In the future, the military policy is to use the Liaodong Army to defend the cities, and the White Wolf Army as a mobile combat force, one defense and one attack, one shield and one spear, both offensive and defensive, and shield and spear attack.

In the area of military resources, because there are few wars in Liaodong. The strictest zhòng time, that is, in the sixth year of Zhongping, Zhang Chun and Zhang Ju united Karasuma Qiu Liju to rebel, and the war burned to the subject state of Liaodong. The predecessor of Liaodong Taishouyang finally died because of this, but fortunately, Gongsun Zhan, who was the governor of Liaodong at the time, led 3,000 cavalry to defeat the rebels. Except for this medium-intensity war, after Gongsun Du came to power, he only launched two large-scale wars. One is to capture Donglai, and the other is to attack White Wolf City.

The two wars, one won and one lost, but one thing is very similar: that is, victory is a quick victory, and defeat is a quick defeat. The short cycle of war means that there is not much loss of military funds. Fighting a war is not afraid of a large scale, and a large scale means that the capture after victory is also extremely rich, which is completely enough to make up for the losses. What we are really afraid of in a war is a tug-of-war and a protracted war, and the military money, money, and food are simply like flowing water.

In the past hundred years, there has never been a large-scale and protracted war in Liaodong, and the military weapons in the staff storehouse. Every year, we see an increase, but not a decrease. Before Gongsun Du stepped down, the stock of swords, spears, halberds, shields, bows, crossbows and arrows, light armor, and saddle bridle leather tools was enough to equip an army of more than 100,000. And this qiē is all cheap.

Reading this, Ma Han couldn't help but shake his head, Gongsun Du can be said to be sitting on Baoshan and has great potential, but he is confined to a corner of Haidong and does not want to forge ahead. So that the death of the third generation is enough to be a precept. As a force in troubled times, it is really like a boat sailing a dangerous waterfall, if you don't advance, you will retreat, and if you retreat, you will be in the abyss!

In troubled times, we only look at three things: population, army, and food.

Although the population and army of Liaodong are not comparable to those of the Central Plains, their potential is huge, and as long as the Central Plains is in constant war, the population of Liaodong will be endless. If someone has an army, what about the food that is vital to sustain the population and the army?

Gongsun Du was once short of food, so he asked Zhongshan Zhen for a dowry of 200,000 stone grain. But this is not to say that Liaodong is short of food. In fact, Liaodong has abundant food -- the Central Plains is thousands of miles away, and when the war and disaster are linked, Liaodong is calm and peaceful. How can there be less of this food?

Gongsun Du was short of food because he fought against Haoqiang, so that many wealthy families of the noble clan who had mastered the means of production refused to provide money, food and materials. This caused Gongsun to be short of money and food. If it weren't for the support of Yang, Liu, Jia and other families, plus a large amount of rich "makeup" from Zhongshan Zhen's family, I am afraid that I would really not be able to survive this hurdle. This is also the reason why the princes of the world during the Three Kingdoms wanted to crack down on Haoqiang and grab more means of production in order to gain more right to speak, but few people dared to do it, or they did it in a small way (such as Liu Biao and Sun Ce), and there was no reason why Gongsun Du was so completely decisive.

Thanks to the special geographical location of Liaodong and the stable military environment, there were no strong neighbors peeping, there were no large groups of rebels and ants, and in the end there was no rebellion and turmoil, and Gongsun Du survived. Guarding the clouds and seeing the bright moon, Gongsun Du plundered more than 100 families of the Haoqiang clan in Liaodong, and the abundance of food obtained, even Ma Han was surprised to see the specific number, and then his mouth opened more and more, and he did not close it for half an hour.

Seeing the meat on the table at dinner, thinking that the food in his hand was enough to support his army from Haibei to Tiannan, Ma Han couldn't help but laugh and almost sprayed rice. It made Liji, Ganmei, Zhen Qin and the slave girls who served on the side surprised and looked at each other.

Money and food, food and food, food and money, money ...... Ma Han is the most lacking is this, before and after the two trips to the Central Plains, the biggest harvest is this. However, compared with Gongsun Du, who plundered hundreds of wealthy families, Ma Han's net worth is nothing but a big deal. However, now the big witch and the old witch belong to him, the little witch.

Compared with money and grain, Gongsun Du's biggest contribution is land and pasture. The land is the root of a qiē. Money, food, population, army, materials, all of them are rooted in the land. Without land, every qiē will be exhausted one day, and only land will make this qiē endless and endless.

After Gongsun Du swept away more than 100 heroes in Liaodong, he became the first big landlord in Liaodong of course, and now this title is transferred to Ma Han, and perhaps the first rich man.

But for Ma Han, Gongsun Du's most valuable legacy is an intangible asset.

Today, all the princes and warlords are controlled by local powerful families, even if a generation of heroes such as Yuan Shao, Cao Cao, Liu Bei, Lu Bu and other generations, they cannot get rid of the disadvantages of hundreds of years of accumulation. And Ma Han got Gongsun Du to leave the thorns for him, so that he ruled Liaodong almost without the elbows of the powerful family - this is the best inheritance.

At this time, Ma Han had a large amount of money, food, population, and land that should have belonged to more than 100 powerful families in Liaodong, and he seemed to have become the first powerful family in Liaodong.

This qiē is thanks to Gongsun Du's bloody suppression of the powerful family in Liaodong. Because of this, Gongsun Du bore the infamy that could not be washed away for life, and stood on the opposite side of the Haoqiang people, so that there were so many famous people in the Central Plains who crossed the sea into Liao, but almost no one responded. And now, the infamy belongs to Gongsun Du, and the benefits belong to Ma Han.

Ma Han, who is the first powerful man in Liaodong, the Taishou of Liaodong, and the commander of the White Wolf Army, although he is partial to a corner of Haidong, has quietly become the warlord who controls the means of production and the military power the most in this era. This means that Ma Han has become the most powerful prince of the Three Kingdoms - there is no one.

In troubled times, the male lord needs the hero, and the male lord produces power.

One qiē is given by Gongsun Du. Liaodong Hou, go all the way. (To be continued......)