Time flies, and it is half a month, and the winter snow is coming

Fu Ping's problem was solved unexpectedly, and there was no need to kill people in the end, Fang Xin's body just told Xiao Hongqin about it, and the commercial host was replaced, as a fifth-order, Xiao Hongqin was more aware of the influence of plane repulsion.

And the 100,000 stones that should be there this year have been sent to Sandongguan one after another through various methods, one stone and 100,000 catties, 100,000 stones is 10 million catties, and if it is used for 50,000 people, it is exactly half a year's ration.

In fact, in the past ten years, the Li family's land production has increased day by day, especially the pharmaceutical pharmacy, although it has small profits and quick turnover, it can also make a profit of 20,000 taels of silver a year - although the world is gradually chaotic now, but one or two silver can buy two and a half stones of grain.

However, this money naturally cannot be invested in politics and the military, and private households make up for public affairs, which is suspected of rebellion.

A group of 300 rode in the snow.

At this time, the heavy snow stopped, and as far as the eye could see, the snow was reckless, and sometimes there was snow on some trees, and when I looked over, there was no human population at all, and it was lonely, and occasionally there was a wolf howl, which made people feel creepy.

Walking on the road, only the snow under the horse's hooves rustled, and when he arrived at a place, he saw a half-collapsed post station, Fang Xin reined in the horses and walked slowly.

"My lord, this is the situation of Jiancheng County, there is really no one for a hundred miles!" Among the three hundred cavalry, Yue Mingshi and other generals followed, and for more than a year, under Fang Xin's management, the soldiers' supplementary salaries basically reached eight points, which was already very remarkable, and the generals' feelings about him changed.

Jiancheng County, Guming County is among them, this is the territory of the year, and now it must be in ruins! Fang Xin smiled and was silent. It is possible to replenish food and clothing, but why bother?

Just like he is now, basically maintaining 40,000 people, the supply of each town and each guard is also maintained under a certain limit.

What is the imperial court's means of controlling border towns? It is nothing more than the supply of grain, grass and materials. Only a fool will use all kinds of means to make himself well-fed.

Unless self-reliant. Or to be self-reliant right away. Otherwise. Maintain the requirements for the imperial court. Crying, crying, crying, crying, hungry. Not only is this not a bad thing. And in the minds of the imperial court. It's a great thing.

Suppose Fang Xin solved the grain, grass and weapons at once. Clothed. Autarky. There is no need to rely on the imperial court at all. That's not going to work anymore - the court will definitely not allow it. This is equivalent to an independent feudal town.

At most, they can only be half self-sufficient. This is a credible estimate. It is also likely to be the bottom line of the imperial court.

Speak like this. 300,000 homeless people. It can be about 50,000 households. It's pretty much the location. 300,000 people talk. In fact, two counties can be resettled.

Although here due to the two-sided war. It became the middle line of the war. Within 100 miles. The people are long gone. But advance a hundred miles. Occupy two or three counties. It's still safe to do it – and it's fertile ground too. Although the barbarians became the masters of most of the provinces. But actually. Due to the influence of the barbarian tribe system. In addition, the Han barbarian confrontation is serious. Most importantly, it is. The area is vast and nearly a million kilometers. The population is now only about one million. Therefore, the barbarians were far from establishing a solid rule.

The land is vast and sparsely populated, and soldiers are used everywhere, and the barbarian division failed to collect 50,000 troops to attack the city last time, losing 5,000 people, and has already injured his vitality and withdrew from 100 miles. This piece of land is Fang Xin.

Come to think of it. Fang Xin asked, "This is Sandaozi County?" ”

Jiang Qingbai, who accompanied him, said in a clear voice: "Exactly, Sandaozi County." Originally, there were 8,000 households, but now there are ten rooms and nine empty, if it is Tuntian, it can be 20,000 households! ”

The area of the frontier is very large, with a province of one million kilometers, a county of tens of thousands of kilometers, and a county of several thousand square kilometers, which is already the area of two or even three counties in the interior.

The cantonment system used soldiers and peasants to cultivate wasteland in order to obtain military supplies and tax rations.

"Tell me carefully."

"Yes, my lord, according to what my lord said, Tuntian is equivalent to the army, it is five households and one army, ten households and one fire, five fires and one team, five teams and one battalion, one battalion has one fort, two hundred and fifty households, each household has ten acres of land, and one fort is three thousand acres of land."

"Each fort, build its fort." Fang Xin added.

"Yes, build its fortress, two hundred and fifty households, just the place where the sun rises and rests, and the sun sets and enters the fort."

The barbarian division gave up a hundred miles of land, and it was not a good intention, the news that Fang Xin wanted to Juntun was not concealed, and their thinking was that - you are now hiding in the high three-hole pass, there is nothing to do, there is no way to rob it, but you Juntun, you must go out of the pass, that is, let the fish and meat go.

However, Fang Xin naturally understood that he was very simple, and did not build a rural farmhouse at all - directly built a castle.

The principle of the fortress is the diamond-shaped edges and corners, so that the city gates, city walls, and passages have been perfectly covered, crossfire, mutual cover, completely eliminate the dead ends, and greatly expand the defensive line.

In the history of the earth, when both the Ming army and the Qing army faced this kind of thing, even if they carried artillery, their choice was to besiege for a long time, and finally forced the defenders to surrender by hunger and disease, and before the appearance of long-range siege heavy artillery, this kind of fortress was considered "almost impossible to conquer"!

A basic bastion, which can accommodate a thousand people, and is guarded by hundreds of people, can make it impossible for thousands of people to conquer.

The point is that the cost of building this kind of fortress is not high, and it also saves the time of building houses and building village walls, which is still cost-effective in comparison.

Most importantly, Fang Xin adopted the economic and political model of the ancient Chinese Wubao, or Western lord fort.

In Chinese history, at the end of the Western Han Dynasty, the powerful clan began to build dock forts, and during the Northern and Southern Dynasties, dock fort barriers were all over the northern region.

Its political and economic characteristics are that the people do not have a normal independent model of each household, all live in the dock fort, there is a lot of community color, the scope of cultivation is around the dock fort, the sun rises and ploughs, the sunset and rest, once in danger, can all retreat into the dock fort.

In the five Hu Chaohua. When the Hu people were raging, it was difficult to easily eliminate Wubao, and the vitality of the Han nationality was retained.

Jiang Qingbai continued to say: "One battalion and one fort are set up to set up 100 battalions and forts, and those who use official cattle are divided equally between the officials and the people. ”

on Earth. The Manchu Qing Dynasty once had the Eight Banners system, in fact, in Fang Xin's view, it was exactly the same as the establishment of the military tun, but the so-called Manchu Qing Dynasty's tuntian, and now the barbarian king adopted a similar system, so both sides adopted the same policy.

But. Behind Fang Xin is the entire empire, there are 60 million people, compared to it, the barbarians are only 600,000, if they want to really pose a threat to the empire, they must wait for two generations later, at least to multiply to about 1.5 million.

This is the number of qi, so Da Chu will die after fifty years, and the southwest dragon qi will have a chance to become a dragon after fifty years.

"Well, that's how it was decided. The lack of land is not a problem. Fang Xin listened to it and said lightly: "There will be more land to be recovered in the future." You can move the people there, and let it be for now. ”

Jiang Qingbai raised his eyebrows and said: "My lord said that there are more than 100,000 homeless people, and 100 battalions and forts can be set up, and 25,000 troops can be dispatched. Just to supplement the towns and guards, I don't know when the imperial court will be allowed, now the displaced people have no land and no land, hunger and cold, Yi Shengshi! ”

"I don't think the court will not allow it, and the court also knows that there are 100,000 displaced people, do you dare to be cautious?" Fang Xin said with a smile, he has the establishment of three towns and five guards. Eighty thousand foot soldiers. Now there are 40,000 soldiers, even if the army is 300,000. It's just enough to get together these 80,000 people, and almost half of the food and salary will be solved, so as not to exceed the bottom line of the imperial court.

Yue Mingshi sat upright on the horse, and listened to Fang Xin and his staff with an impassive expression, the affairs of civil officials, the military generals had no room for interjection, and when he finished speaking, he said: "Although the garrison soldiers are not as good as the regular battalion soldiers, but in the end, they can also solve some grain and grass, and the towns and guards can also supplement the soldiers, so that by now, half of them are insufficient." ”

Three towns and five guards, now the establishment is only half, Yue Mingshi has only added seventy percent, and eliminated many old and weak, these generals are naturally dissatisfied, hearing him say this, Fang Xin just smiled and said: "The soldiers should be fine and not indiscriminate, what do the soldiers who can't fight want it to do?" It's better to stay in the back and plough the fields. ”

Although Yue Mingshi was a little unimpressed, he didn't say much, but just responded: "Yes!" ”

Fang Xin has presided over for more than a year, generally fair, and there is no violation, although when promoted, there is a slight difference according to the relatives, but this is a **** ******, not to mention in the Sandong Pass, that is, when it comes to the court, there is no problem.

Once the son of heaven and a courtier, once a feudal official, this is the common sense, as long as there is no naked destruction of the court system, forming a party for personal gain, and excluding dissidents, it is already a public loyalty to the country.

Fang Xin's slightly unruly look when he saw Yue Ming, he didn't care in his heart, he didn't have to be a confidant, as long as they could basically listen to orders, even if they didn't listen to orders, they had to leave one or two typical examples - Da Chu Long's spirit is not declining, and those who dare to rush forward can only die.

This is why on Earth, the same Shanhaiguan, Yuan Chonghuan took office in April of the first year of Chongzhen, and was imprisoned in December of the second year of Chongzhen, but the term of office was one year plus eight months.

In August of the fourth year of Chongzhen, Wu Sangui was the chief military officer of Liaodong, guarding the Shanhaiguan until Chongzhen was crowned Xibo in the seventeenth year, and he guarded the border pass for fourteen years before and after, and there was no problem.

He Ye, it is nothing more than urgency, like Yuan Chonghuan, who buys the hearts of the army as soon as he takes office, so that the soldiers obey orders within a year, it is strange that they do not die.

Although there is no supervising army in this dynasty, it does not mean that there are no checks and balances, like the general of the town guard level, even if he is guilty, he must be reported to the imperial court before he can deal with it, although it is said that Shang Fang Tianzi's sword can kill the general, but if he really does this, he is almost looking for death - what will the imperial court think?

After a while, the county seat of Sandaozi County has already appeared in front of you, and the group has not entered this dilapidated county, who knows what is inside? It was not cost-effective to fall into the trap, Fang Xin just pointed to the dark and charming county town and said, "What is the situation in this city?" ”

"My lord, I have sent a scout to check, and there are now less than 200 households in this county."

Hearing this, Fang Xin nodded, and said to Yue Mingshi again: "General Yue, can this county seat accommodate your town?" ”

"Lord Governor, if it was originally a county seat, there were people here, and there was no room for 10,000 people, but now, it is just suitable, but the adults must send food and silver." Yue Mingshi watched carefully and replied.

Now in Sandongguan, his troops are the most sufficient, and if he wants to build an army, he naturally has to build a barrier, which is none other than him.

"Of course, not only food and clothing, but also bows, arrows, crossbows, and bows and the like are all transported to the city, and the displaced people can be mobilized to repair the city wall with work in lieu of pay, and strive to complete it before the next spring." Fang Xin said: "Benfu will play the court, and say that Sandaozi County has been recovered, which is not big or small, and it is also considered a merit, and the court will have a reward - Jiang Qingbai, you can be the acting county order, and you will also report it together in the song." ”

Although there is no order from the imperial court, it is not suitable to tuntian, but it is okay to prepare first, and it is also possible to rush to repair the city wall, and since the main army is in Sandaozi County, this county order is also the key.

After Fang Xin finished speaking, both of them understood in their hearts that they had a merit in resisting the thieves last time, and although there was no battle this time, it was also a credit to recover a county, and they immediately responded: "Yes!" ”

After a while, Jiang Qingbai saw that Fang Xin didn't speak, so he said: "My lord, it's afternoon, it's better to go back as soon as possible, if you haven't entered the customs at night, you'll be in trouble." ”

Fang Xin listened, took a deep breath, and said: "You are right, go back, General Yue, I will give you the general order when I go back, you can prepare to go out of the customs and be stationed in this county, this official will give you 10,000 stone grain first, is it enough?" ”

"Enough, my lord, within a month, the last general can repair the county seat, set up the military camp, if the lord sends the crossbow and ballista to defend the city, even if the barbarians send thirty or forty thousand troops, they can resist the first half of the year!" Yue Mingshi said loudly.

Fang Xin glanced at him and smiled: "Okay, it's all up to General Yue, but before the army is formed, if the enemy army is too strong, the general must not fight hard, but go back to the pass and defend it!" ”

This will be too prestigious, most of the town guards are headed by him, and they have to transfer him out, the first half of the year to the back county to recuperate, and now he can be transferred to the county seat in Guanqian County, but Fang Xin will not deliberately let him die, this kind of thing is not of any benefit.

If you play this kind of trick, the only way to go is to get narrower and narrower.