Chapter 118: Silver and Autumn Grain

The hot summer is over quickly, and autumn is just around the corner.

Seeing that the wheat in Longxi, Lanzhou and other places was ripening day by day, Oh He Yaoge's face was full of joy.

As the leader of the Qiang tribe today, the pavilion marquis of the Han Dynasty, he is thinking about the ears of wheat in the field, because he has really tried the taste of hunger, why did the Qiang people make the rebellion of the Great Wei, isn't it because the exploitation is too heavy, resulting in frequent hunger?

Recently, I can always hear Ma Dai say that the wheat fields in his hometown of Wuwei are very vast, and the bread made is particularly sweet.

Under Yang Yi's care, Yinchuan's land division and reclamation work were arranged in an orderly manner, not only the original ditches were dredged, but the acres of land were gradually reclaimed and crops such as greens and edamame were planted.

Yang Yi also had the ambition to build more water conservancy facilities and irrigate more fields to make Yinchuan the largest granary in northern Dahan, and Jiang Wei also gave strong support.

He knew that it was basically impossible to ask for money in Chengdu, so in addition to giving Yang Yi more than half of the seized money, he also invested the money earned by the Immortal Residence into Yang Yi's water conservancy facilities.

But Jiang Wei will never make a loss-making transaction, and in the future, the government will use these water conservancy facilities, and he will have to take a cut of it.

After the affairs of Yinchuan were arranged, Jiang Wei left Yang Yi to continue Tuntian in Yinchuan, and transferred Pan Ping from Lanzhou to assist Yang Yi.

He led Ma Dai, Oh He Yaoge, Liu Bao and other troops into Lanzhou, preparing to launch an offensive against Wuwei.

Jiang Wei asked Pan Ping to bring 3,000 soldiers and horses from his headquarters into Yinchuan, and also gave Pan Ping 5,000 Hun cavalry from the original Liu Bao Division.

Jiang Wei was not worried that Yang Yi and Pan Ping would not be able to hold Yinchuan, because at this time, the threat from the north of Yinchuan could only come from the Qubei Ministry, but the Qubei Ministry had already been crippled by himself, and now he must still be curled up in Jiuyuan City licking his wounds.

The threat from the south is none other than Cao Wei, but Cao Wei is determined not to bypass Lanzhou and attack Yinchuan, unless someone dares to make up his mind to lead the army across the vast Gobi Desert and attack Yinchuan in the north.

On the east and west sides of Yinchuan, there are Helan Mountains and the Gobi Desert as natural barriers, so Jiang Wei does not have to leave too many soldiers and horses for Yang Yi and Pan Ping.

The Yinchuan Plain is an excellent treasure land of Tuntian.

Before leaving, Jiang Wei also drew a circle for Yang Yi in a large mountainous area in the northwest of Lanzhou and southwest of Yinchuan on the map, and said to Yang Yi:

"Yang Changshi, this general has seen some records from an ancient book, saying that there is a huge silver mine in this area, if you can free your hands, you might as well send a team to explore, if it is really as the ancient book says, you can find this silver mine, and mine it, then the national strength of my Han will be prosperous."

When Yang Yi heard Jiang Wei say this, her eyes suddenly lit up, and she hurriedly asked:

"General, can you lend me that ancient book?"

Jiang Wei was speechless, where are there any ancient books, it is just a memory in his head, so he said:

"It's a pity that this ancient book has been lost! However, this ancient book is very magical, and it is with this ancient book that Panzhihua Iron Mine can be discovered by me! ”

Yang Yi heard that the discovery of the Panzhihua Iron Mine was based on the records of this ancient book, and immediately felt even more regretful.

"It's a pity to lose such a treasure book!"

Jiang Wei also shook his head and sighed, "Fortunately, General Ben remembered the approximate scope of the silver mine, so he only had to bother Yang Changshi to hire miners and explore and search by himself, if Yang Changshi really found this silver mine, General Ben will definitely ask for credit for Lord Changshi and ask for a big reward for you." ”

Jiang Wei drew a big cake for Yang Yi, which greatly encouraged Yang Yi's enthusiasm and made Yang Yi feel that both eyes were shining.

Time flies, in a blink of an eye it is about to be in mid-August, the wheat in Yongzhou is ripe before the wheat in Liangzhou, and it has entered the harvest season, Jiang Wei easily did not dare to lead the army to harvest the wheat in Tianshui, Nan'an and other places, but he must also prevent Wei from sending troops to steal the wheat in Longxi.

So Jiang Wei gave Fu Yan an order, ordering him to hurry up and harvest the wheat in Longxi, prevent the Wei army from stealing it, and ensure the safety of military food in Longxi.

Now there seems to be a lot of grain in Liangzhou, but there are more and more soldiers and horses under his command, and the tuntian fields in Lanzhou and Yinchuan will not be effective until next year, and Jiang Wei also feels that food is always stretched.

After returning to Lanzhou, Jiang Wei convened the generals to discuss the capture of Wuwei.

Lanzhou, as Jiang Wei's base camp, gathered at this moment, Ma Dai, Zhuge Zhan, Liang Xu, Guan Yinping, Hua Fu, Oh He Yaoge, and Liu Bao gathered together.

Jiang Wei suddenly felt that the group of generals under his command felt a little different, and aside from his two wives, half of them were foreigners. And the army under his command is mostly Qiang and Xiongnu.

Fortunately, he organized and trained a Liangzhou iron cavalry with a scale of 10,000 people, plus the 10,000 Han troops brought from Chengdu, otherwise the army under his command would have become a complete Hu soldier alliance.

"We have to speed up national integration!" Jiang Wei thought in his heart that the best way to accelerate national integration is to enhance the sense of national identity through education, and when all ethnic groups in the same country are closely linked to their own interests, real national harmony can be achieved.

This matter is very long, the road is long, Jiang Wei has to go up and down to seek, but now Jiang Wei has to rely on the support of the Qiang and the Huns in order to gain a firm foothold in Liangzhou.

So Jiang Wei said to the generals: "Generals, now it's the autumn harvest season, especially the wheat in Yongzhou has matured, Longxi has begun to harvest wheat, the wheat in Liangzhou is ripening later, but it is about to ripen, the general listened to General Ma Dai said that there are a large number of wheat fields in Wuwei, and they are about to mature, so the general wants to send troops to Wuwei!" ”

When Ma Dai heard that Jiang Wei was finally going to send troops, he was a little excited in his heart, and he could finally go back to his hometown, which was what Ma Dai dreamed of. So Ma Dai said:

"The general can rest assured that Wuwei has a large number of wheat fields, with a planting area of more than 3,000 mu, and if the yield per mu is three stones, all harvested can obtain at least 9,000 stones of grain, which can greatly alleviate the dilemma of our army's shortage."

As soon as Jiang Wei heard that Wuwei alone could produce 9,000 stone grain, so Liangzhou is so big, wouldn't it be possible to harvest more, plus the harvest in Lanzhou, Longxi and other places, if he can accumulate 20,000 stone grain in the golden autumn, plus more than 10,000 stone of military grain captured before, as long as the military grain of Liangzhou Thorn Shifu exceeds 30,000 stone, he will no longer be afraid of Cao Wei.

The reason is very simple, the Shu road that has been restricting the Shu army is difficult, and the problem of insufficient supply of military food can be basically solved, so soon, a large-scale northern expedition can be carried out in the second half of this year.

The Northern Expedition, which was originally planned to take three years to be implemented, suddenly accelerated to one year, so Jiang Weiguang felt excited just thinking about it.

"It seems that Wuwei's wheat must be taken!" Jiang Wei Langsheng said:

"Zhuge Zhan, let you build a cart and prepare it for transporting grain! And three new granaries were built in Lanzhou, and if the attack on Wuwei went well, there would soon be a large amount of grain to be hoarded. ”

"Yes!" Xiao Zhuge happily accepted this order. Watching Lanzhou prosper day by day, he was extremely proud in his heart, if there was more military rations, the Shu army would be able to really gain a foothold in Liangzhou.

Jiang Wei ordered again: "Ma Dai, Oh He Yaoge, Liu Bao, order the three of you to lead 10,000 cavalry of the headquarters and go out with the army to fight Wuwei!" ”

The three of them took orders one after another.

Guan Yinping and Hua Fei had never been to the hinterland of Liangzhou, and they also wanted to take a look, so Jiang Wei readily agreed to their request, after all, it is better to travel thousands of miles than to read thousands of books, and it is always good to have a long insight.

Jiang Wei ordered Liang Xu and Zhuge Zhan to be responsible for defending Lanzhou, and also left the most elite Qilin army under his command in Lanzhou.

Jiang Wei said to Zhuge Zhan and Liang Xu: "Our army will definitely return in less than half a month on this trip, and you must guard Lanzhou City for me in this half month!" ”

Both of them said that they are in the city, and everything is assured!

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