Sima Zhi not only presented Huo Jun with the method of rice and wheat rotation, but also reported the household registration situation of Poyang County.

Poyang County spans the north and south of the Yangtze River, and is inserted in the middle of Yuzhang and Danyang counties in a 'T' shape, and the county's jurisdiction starts from Weixukou in the east to Xunyang in the west. There are seven counties in the north of the Yangtze River, including Wancheng, Juchao, Xunyang, Songzi, Shuxian, Linhu and Xiang'an, and five counties in the south of the Yangtze River, including Pengze, Poyang, Yuhan, Wuyang and Guangchang.

As far as the truth is concerned, there are not many people in Shuxian, Linhu and Xiang'an counties in Jiangbei, leaving only empty cities. Therefore, in fact, only nine counties in Poyang County have a population, that is, five counties in the south of the Yangtze River and four counties in the north of the Yangtze River.

Under the verification of Sima Zhi and the county magistrates, the population data of the nine counties of Poyang County have been counted. After deducting 10,000 military households, there are 16,351 households in the nine counties, with a population of about 76,832 households, and an average of more than 1,800 households in the county. If there are more than 4,000 households obtained from Qingxu, the population can be about 100,000.

Generally speaking, Huo Jun's Poyang County seems to be large, but because Jiangbei is a sparsely populated place, if there is no Huo Jun's rectification, it is estimated that the population will be less, far inferior to Liu Bei's Danyang County.

Under the operation of Zhuge Liang's internal Fu Danyang Shanyue and Zongshuai, about 100,000 people were brought to Danyang County, and the households in Danyang County reached 94,991 households, with jurisdiction over 20 counties, and a population of 476,356 people. Not including the 30,000 military households, if you add 30,000 military households, the population is about 600,000.

And according to Huo Jun learned from Wang Cang and Pan Jun, it took them a year or two to count the population of Jiangdong, plus the two counties of Poyang and Danyang, there are more than 310,000 households in the seven counties of Jiangdong, with 1.38 million households, plus more than 50,000 military households, and then only about 1.6 million people.

Compared with the population of the five counties of Jiangzuo in the fifth year of Yonghe, which was 3.9 million, the current 1.6 million people counted in the 12th year of Jian'an, a decrease of 2.3 million.

There are many cases of war and civil reduction, except for the people who died during the war, or became nobles and powerful hermits; being trafficked into slavery; The clan entered the mountains and became thieves; Or due to natural and man-made disasters, the people died of illness and starvation.

And Yangzhou and Jingzhou are so good, such as Yanzhou, which was in turmoil for a long time at the end of the Han Dynasty, and more than 800,000 households in the fifth year of Yonghe. By the early years of Taikang in the Western Jin Dynasty, decades had passed, and there were only more than 80,000 households in Yanzhou, which could be described as one household in ten rooms.

Huo Jun returned to Wancheng for a few days, communicated through letters, and also had a good idea of the household registration situation in Jiangdong. After finishing his political affairs, Huo Jun went out of the city to inspect the horse farm, and by the way went to the countryside to see the Qingxu people who had been relocated to more than 4,000 households in Anhui City.

There are two rivers in Anhui City, namely Anhui Water and Diving, and they correspond to different water conservancy projects, namely Anhui Water is Wushi Weir and Diving is Diving Weir. Among the two weirs, the Wushiyan was repaired and irrigated thousands of hectares for military households and displaced people to reclaim abandoned farmland.

In the spring of this year, Sima Zhi received a message from Zhuge Liang suggesting that the diving weir be repaired, and it seems that a large number of people moved to Anhui. So Sima Zhi mobilized the soldiers and civilians to repair the diving weir and divert the river water into the canal so that the people could farm.

Unfortunately, this group of people arrived late, and it was already summer when they arrived, and although they missed the spring rice planting, they were able to catch up with the winter wheat planting in the autumn and winter. Under the organization of Sima Zhi, these people who migrated to Anhui City have been building houses in recent days; According to the acres allocated by the government, the acres of fields were pounded for planting winter wheat in the autumn.

On the way to the racecourse, Huo Jun passed by the pavilion where these people gathered. Looking from afar, I saw people helping each other and building houses with wood; The women were making straw and preparing it for the roofing, and it was very lively, and each had its own division of labor.

Huo Jun did not enter the pavilion, but watched from a distance in the carriage and asked, "Where did the people's rations come from?" ”

"The military advisor is really a great talent!"

Sima Zhi drove in the same car and praised: "Zhi and the counties want to provide rations, and let the migrants be self-reliant, go into the water to hunt fish and shrimp, and go into the mountains to find forest goods, so as to meet the rations." However, the military advisor said that the summer solstice and autumn are several months long, and although the people can live, the burden on the county is not small. ”

Therefore, the military adviser thought that it was feasible to use the method of work for relief, and work for three days and rest for one day, so as to facilitate the people to take care of household chores. The government pays for grain, grass, and farm tools so that the people can live and live. What exactly was the work, the military adviser thought that it could be used to build water conservancy, or to cut wood for the shipyard, or to mine in the mountains, or something like that. ”

Huo Jun nodded and said with a smile: "Kong Ming has the talent to help the country, but for him, this strategy is just at his fingertips, not surprising. ”

The war gradually ended, and Zhuge Liang's extraordinary ability to govern was revealed, not only to keep Danyang County in order, but also to take the initiative to take responsibility, liaise with the surrounding counties in major matters, and give them advice.

For example, tens of thousands of people in Changfeng seem to have been thrown directly by them to Jiangbei and left no one to take care of. As everyone knows, Zhuge Liang has already arranged for them, and after Huo Jun went north, Zhuge Liang took precautions and rushed to Jiangbei to choose a suitable place for those people to guard.

After Zhuge Liang's investigation, it was decided to let Changfeng Tun settle in Jiangdu (now Yangzhou), the terrain in Jiangdu is flat, rivers and lakes are intertwined, the water and soil are fertile, and it is close to the ditch, which is convenient for hunting fish and shrimp. After learning that Chang Feng had been rescued, Zhuge Liang was conscripted to repair water conservancy and divide acres of land for the first batch of people who arrived.

Before the official start of spring ploughing of rice, Zhuge Liang only told these people that these acres would be given to these people, but did not let these people know that those acres belonged to them. After the land was cleared, in the spring, these people were given acres of land and could be planted in the field.

The latter batch came directly to receive acres of land, and borrowed the sown grain from Danyang County...... According to the people who arrived in Jiangdu in different batches, Zhuge Liang formulated different plans to maximize the use of these manpower as much as possible.

Since spring and summer, in those months, Zhuge Liang took Danyang County officials to settle in Jiangdu and manage all this for Changfeng. It wasn't until the summer harvest was approaching that Zhuge Liang finished his mission and returned to Jingkou, coinciding with a meeting with Huo Jun.

As far as Huo Jun knew, not long after Liu Bei left Jingkou, Zhuge Liang was busy with military equipment. As for the more than 10,000 immigrants assigned to Danyang County, Zhuge Liang had already planned to let Xu Shu take charge, and he was there to supervise the progress.

What is strong governance ability, that is, his strong overall planning and coordination ability, he can reasonably and appropriately arrange different task processes according to time and different events in limited resources, that is, to achieve Pareto optimal solution.

Coordination skills are also common in daily life, such as arranging meetings with thousands of people, or planning group travel routes. This ability is both born and exercised. And Zhuge Liang has no doubt that his talent in this area is almost full, and even overflowing.

Huo Jun watched for a while, motioned for the driver to drive away, and said: "Zihua, you can let these people enter the shipyard and the iron mill more, I am afraid that there will be a war next year, so we should strictly reserve military supplies." ”

"There will be a war next year?" Sima Zhi asked in surprise.

Huo Jun was vague and vague, and said: "General Che Cai is seriously ill, and there may be turmoil in Jingzhou next year. Therefore do not let go, and henceforth you should be interested in stockpiling military quarters in the county. I have ordered Zhou Yu and Liu Zhong to speed up the construction of warships and soldiers, and if they have needs, you will cooperate more. ”

"No!" Sima Zhi said in a deep voice.

Huo Jun looked at the scenery on the outskirts and sighed.

The tranquility of Jiangzuo now is probably the tranquility before the storm. Since Liu Qi was intercepted by the Jingzhou Naval Division, Jiangdong has entered a fast pace, and the seven counties have consciously tilted more resources to the army, building armor weapons and building naval ships.

After driving west for a long time, when they reached Songzi County, the carriage and horses headed north and finally arrived at the location of the racecourse. This horse farm is located in the southern section of the mountain range of Qianshan, there are a lot of natural grass mountains, the grass mountains up and down, stretching for dozens of miles. Not only the horses of Liaodong graze here, but also the 600 war horses of the army also live here.

Between the galloping horses, the grass is broken and flying, the sun is shining, which is refreshing and pleasant, both the vast and majestic grassland of the northern country, and the magic of the Jianghuai region.

Dabie Mountain, the climate of the mountains is different, and the scenery is also different. The Dabie Mountains not only have trees and forests, but also grassy mountains.

Huo Jun looked at the broad, vast grassy mountains, and the herds of horses, and his heart was a little smoother.

"Fujun!"

Gao Xin, Shiren, and Zhang Cheng led more than a dozen people, including important officials of the racecourse, to visit Huo Jun.

"What is the situation of the Liaodong horses that arrived today?" Huo Jun asked.

Pastoral supervisor Zhang Cheng stepped out of the ranks, bowed his head and said: "Qiqi Mansion Jun, the horses of Liaodong came from the floating sea, and they are skinny and quite haggard. But there were fifty good horses that seemed to be unaccustomed to the soil and water, and were treated by the horse doctor. ”

Huo Jun frowned slightly and asked, "Where is the horse doctor?" Can there be a cure for soil and water inadoption? ”

"In!"

Horse doctor Xu Tian said in a Liaodong accent: "Qiqi Mansion Jun, I have been carefully investigating in recent days, and I think that this is not a disease but a weakness of the limbs, all because of the lack of salt in the food. ”

Xu Tian, whose name is Zhongxiong, knows horse nature and can know horse diseases. Yu Xiangping City is quite famous, and was coaxed to Jiangzuo by Mi Fang with a lot of money.

"Lack of salt?" Huo Jun asked.

Xu Tian stroked the war horse and said, "The prince of the palace not only needs salt for people, but also for horses. There seems to be salt in the grass and water in Liaodong, which is eaten by horses and is healthy. In the water towns south of the Yangtze River, it seems that the water and soil are less salty, or the weather is hot and dry, and the horses are sweating. ”

Saying that, Xu Tian squinted his eyes and looked around, and said, "Although it is already cool here, it is still hotter than Liaodong. Liaodong is cold, and the horses have a lot of hair. ”

Shiren pulled a mare sent from Liaodong, observed the mane of the dismount, which was already wet with sweat, and said, "Sure enough! ”

Huo Jun knew in his heart that it was probably because the weather was hot, and the war horses from Liaodong were not adapted to the weather, and they sweated too much, resulting in too much salt loss.

"But salt is enough?"

Xu Tian nodded and said, "You need salt, if you want the horse to be strong, you have to eat salt, you can't eat salt without salt, otherwise you will get sick." ”

"Haha!"

Huo Jun laughed a few times and said, "How much salt do you need, ask the county for it, and let the county give it to the horse farm." In the land of Jianghuai, there is a shortage of people and horses, but there is no shortage of salt. ”

In fact, what Huo Jun didn't know was that the Yuan Dynasty supervised the horse farm in Jianghuai, in addition to the climate problem of Dabie Mountain, one of the reasons was that it was close to the salt field, and the war horses raised in the Jianghuai area had to enter the salt every twelve days, otherwise they would be easy to get sick.

As for why horses in eastern Liaoning and Mongolia do not use salt, the core is that the water and soil of the inland grasslands have high salt content, and the climate is cold, so there is not much salt loss. The weather in the south is hot, it is easy to sweat a lot, and the salt consumed is several times more than when living in Liaodong and Mongolia.

Huo Jun looked at the herd of horses eating on the grassy mountain and asked, "When will the horse farm be able to produce horses?" ”

The pastoral supervisor Zhang Cheng pondered for a long time and said: "There are 400 horses in Liaodong, 350 are mares, and 50 are strong stallions. The mare is conceived in the spring and autumn, and the pregnancy is ten months, one year old and one child, one and a half years old is conceived, and it is difficult to conceive at the age of ten years. A mare can give birth to about eight to ten horses. ”

Zhang Cheng, the word Jiye. Liu Bei's old man, a native of Zhuo County, Youzhou, was handed over to him for the war horses in Liu Bei's army. Now Liu Bei knew that Huo Jun was building a horse farm, so he recommended him to be the pastor of Nanshan Horse Farm.

Huo Jun thought about it in his heart, and sighed, sure enough, the construction of the racecourse is a long-term project, and it is difficult to achieve results in a short period of time, but the sooner it is built, the sooner it will enjoy the results.

After a little muttering, Huo Jun commanded: "Junyi, all mares in the army who are under the age of eight are not allowed to ride, and all of them are sent to the horse farm for production." ”

"No!"

"Zihua wrote a letter for a certain person, asking Mi Zifang to buy a mare for production next time he goes north." Huo Jun said.

"No!"

The number of mares on a horse farm depends on the number of mares, and the more mares you can get, the more young you can produce.

Huo Jun didn't expect the Nanshan Horse Farm to produce tens of thousands of horses, but he hoped that the Nanshan Ranch could normally replenish the loss of war horses in the army.

After all, no matter whether you win or lose in every battle, there are actually war horses killed and wounded, and if you want to ensure that you keep a certain number of cavalry for a long time, you can't rely on capturing this unreliable behavior, and the number of war horses sent to the army by the horse farm every year is very important.

Huo Jun advised: "Jiye, you need to pay more attention to the affairs of the racecourse, and if there is any deficiency, you can report it to a certain person." ”

Zhang Cheng arched his hand and said: "Qiyu Mansion Jun, in addition to horses eating grass, there are also wheat beans, I don't know if the county can give it?" ”

"Just tell the long history how much you need."

"No!"

Sure enough, raising horses is an act of great investment, not only to eat salt, but also to feed wheat beans, just like people.

It's late

(End of chapter)