Late summer and mid-autumn, that is, when the rice harvest is abundant.

In the past, people in the south often chose to plant a few acres of beans after the rice harvest, or went into the mountains to pick fruits and vegetables, or went into the water to cast nets and fish to ensure their winter rations.

However, after the autumn harvest this year, or under the influence of Liu Bei's edict last year, every household has one more choice, that is, to choose to plant wheat and use wheat to pay rent in the field next year.

Wuling, Lingyang.

Zhang Yi, the mayor of Lingyang, led the county officials to inspect the township pavilion and inspect the planting of wheat.

Looking at the people working on the banks of the Lingshui River, Zhang Yi asked, "How many people in the pavilion receive wheat seeds for farming?" ”

Ran Xing bowed his waist slightly, and said: "Qiyu County Jun, there are 423 households in the pavilion, and there are more than 340 households who show their household registration to the pavilion to receive wheat seeds. The rest of the people either did not want to plant wheat, or lived deep in the mountains, believing that it was inconvenient to communicate. ”

Zhang Yi has been governing Lingyang for more than a year, and because of his strict law enforcement, he directly reported to the county guard because of the false verification of his household registration, and executed a pavilion chief to deter everyone. The officials under the rule of Imaji were afraid of many people, and they did not dare to slack off on what they commanded.

Seeing Zhang Yi's cold expression, Ran Xing was frightened, and said: "The county gentleman, since the beginning of this year, has been running around to persuade the people to plant wheat. For the remaining 80 households, the province should try its best to persuade them to plant wheat. ”

Considering that the people lacked winter wheat seeds in their hands, Zhuge Liang discussed with everyone and ordered the government to lend wheat seeds without interest in order to benefit the people.

However, in order to prevent the scholars and Haoqiang from taking advantage of the opportunity, when it was implemented, each household was limited to one stone of wheat planting by virtue of the household registration certificate, which was used for planting wheat.

"No need!"

Zhang Yi's face relaxed slightly, and said: "The Zero Water Pavilion has eighty percent, and Ran Jun's merits are remarkable. Today, the remaining farmers do not want to plant, so there is no need to be demanding. If it is forced to cultivate, it should be regarded as a bad government, which is contrary to the original intention of the king. ”

At the beginning of this year, Zhuge Liang set a target of 100,000 households to plant wheat this year, and when assigning indicators to various counties, considering that there were only more than 20,000 households in Wuling County, Jiang Wan was given a planting target of 5,000 households.

In order to complete the planting task, Jiang Wan asked his subordinate counties for more than 30% of the planting target, and if he could reach more than 50% of the planting target, he could be credited once.

There are 4,300 households in the Lingyang County case managed by Zhang Yi, while there are 423 households in the Lingshui Pavilion managed by Ran Province. It stands to reason that Zhang Yi can meet the target by completing 1,300 households. Zhang Yi only met the qualified line, and he asked the township pavilions for 50% of the guaranteed planting targets.

Today, 80% of the Lingshui Pavilion has reached the standard, and most of the people who are unwilling to cultivate the wheat are diehards, so naturally there is no need to force them.

Seeing Zhang Yi so relieved, Ran Xingxing breathed a sigh of relief and said: "This is a matter for the benefit of the people, and the province should do its best." ”

At present, Ran Province can't help but be grateful to himself last year, when he planted two acres of wheat to his subordinates, produced more than three stones in the spring, and paid ten acres of field rent, so that the villagers in the pavilion knew everything and were envious.

In addition, this year, under the persecution of Zhang Yi, he often went out to popularize the policy to the people, and under the guidance of policies and interests, there were more than 80% of the indicators.

Zhang Yi walked down the road and into the field. I saw the county gentleman enter the field, and the officials followed. Ran Xing was worried, for fear of being found out by the harsh Zhang Yi.

Zhang Yi inspected the fields and acres, chatting with the people from time to time, asking about the problems that occurred in the planting of wheat, and briefly explaining the key points of planting wheat.

After half a ring, Zhang Yi returned to the village road and said: "Although there are many cultivators in the Lingshui Pavilion, there are really not many acres of cultivated fields, so it should be strengthened. And most of the people do not know the method of wheat farming, only know the simple details of wheat planting in dry fields, weeding and watering. With such farming, the yield of wheat per mu in the next year will inevitably not be much. ”

Ran Sheng secretly scolded Zhang Yi for being troublesome, but he didn't dare to refute it, and replied: "The county gentleman is Mingjian, what he said is to the point. The people grew up in Chu, and they didn't know how to stay in wheat, and they were not as good as the northerners who knew how to farm. In the future, the servants should improve themselves, and then give it to the people in the pavilion. ”

"I don't have to do it this year!"

Zhang Yi put his hands behind his waist and said: "Let the people plant it first this year, and the people will taste the benefits next year, and they will plant it widely." As for teaching the people to cultivate and stay wheat, there will be officials who will go to the countryside to persuade farmers after the New Year, and you can preside over and cooperate. ”

The promotion of the planting of wheat is not an overnight thing, and the speed of promotion is often calculated on an annual basis, rather than a monthly basis.

This year, Zhuge Liang set a planting target of 100,000 households, but it is useless to pursue the number of households next year. In Zhuge Liang's plan, most of the wheat cultivation plans for next year will be implemented on the number of acres of fields, step by step, and it is the right way.

Ran Xing was glad that next year's task was reduced, and asked with a lot of mouths: "Dare to ask the county gentleman, but I don't know who went to the countryside pavilion to teach the people?" ”

Zhang Yi smiled and said, "Last year, the king ordered Xuzhou not to drive Sima Zhi as a messenger to persuade farmers. In the spring of this year, Sima Jun gathered hundreds of officials from various counties and counties to teach the method of planting wheat in the field. After the spring of the next year, the officials went to the countryside to teach the method of planting wheat. ”

Sima Zhi served as the envoy of persuading farmers, but he had no soldiers and no power in his hands, so how could he persuade farmers with only one person?

In order to spread the technology of planting winter wheat as soon as possible, Sima Zhi, with the help of Zhuge Liang, asked local county officials to go to Wuhan for further study, which was taught by Sima Zhi himself.

After completing their studies, the officials will return to the county to teach the skills of planting winter wheat, and the promotion of so many people is far faster than Sima Zhi's persuasion of farmers.

Hearing this, Ran Xing was both surprised and admired, and said: "Dawangguo is wise, and the people of this year have no farming experience, and it is useless to persuade farmers to cultivate." The people of tomorrow are a little smaller, so let the officials go to the countryside to teach skills. In the following year, the yield per mu of wheat should be increased! ”

"Ran Jun has a lot of hard work this year, and it may be easier next year!" Zhang Yi said: "When Zhengdan reports, there must be your name in the list." ”

"Thank you for your support!"

Ran Province smiled and said gratefully: "It's not early today, the province has food in the pavilion, and the county gentleman can go to the pavilion to rest." ”

"No need!"

Zhang Yi pointed to the people in the fields and said: "Today, from a certain to Lingshui Pavilion, one is to inspect the promotion of Sumai, and the other is to have a government decree and a king. ”

Hearing that it was a decree, Ran Xing bowed his waist and waited, and said, "Please give orders from the county monarch!" ”

Zhang Yi took out the official document from his arms and said, "Jiang Fujun ordered that all counties under Wuling County send soldiers and civilians to serve. I sent 400 soldiers and civilians to Lingyang County, and in a certain view of Lingyang County, only Ran Jun has many experience in conscription and warfare. These 400 people were temporarily led by Ran Jun and went to recover five days later. ”

In the troubled times, the soldiers and the people are united, Ran Province is not only the pavilion chief, but when the superiors are recruited, he is also an officer and needs to send troops to fight. However, non-commissioned officers of military households, or non-commissioned officers of the Chinese army, are not strong in combat effectiveness and find it difficult to undertake important combat missions.

"No!" Ran Province responded.

Zhang Yi and Ran Province obeyed the county order and led the soldiers and people to Linyuan, which was only a microcosm of the counties in Jing and Yang.

Today, Zhuge Liang led the Chinese army of 10,000 people to Linyuan, requisitioned 20,000 armed men from Jingzhou County, a total of 30,000 people, and decided to encircle and suppress Wuxi Barbarians first.

As for Shanyue's side, Huang Quan led 5,000 soldiers from the Shence battalion to encircle and suppress, and Danyang Taishou Deng Fang led the county soldiers to cooperate with Huang Quan. Zhuge Liang wanted to wait until he finished solving Wuximan, and then went to Jiangzuo to solve Shanyue.

Linyuan, the Southern Han Dynasty military camp.

In the camp, Zhuge Liang was discussing with everyone the strategy of pacifying the Wuxi barbarians.

Zhuge Liang pointed to the map and said: "Gentlemen, Wuxi is mostly in Wuling County, located in the upper reaches of Yuanshui, entrenched among the mountains. The tribesmen live separately in the five streams such as Xiong, Man, You, Wu, and Chen, and mostly cultivate in Lizhong, Lizhong, and Chongzhong, and also raise livestock and hunt. ”

After a pause, Zhuge Liang said: "During this period, the mountains and rivers are steep, the mountains are deep and the water is fast, and the boats are not allowed to get on it. In the past, the soldiers of the Later Han Dynasty recruited Wuxi Man, and their people were cunning, deceived the enemy with little food, and did not know the way, so they gathered to defend the danger to break the soldiers of the Later Han Dynasty. ”

"If you want to surrender Wuxi Barbarians today, you should send troops quickly, and you can't hold on to the enemy for a long time, lest the enemy stop the danger and force our army to retreat. I wonder if you have a plan? ”

Wuxi Man is named Wuxi Man because he lives around Wuxi. However, because he lives in Wuling, he can also be called Wulingman.

Wuxi Man has rebelled many times and launched a war with the Eastern Han Dynasty, but the reason for the outbreak of war is that the Eastern Han Dynasty tried to increase its rent and levy labor, among which Ma Yuan died because of the conquest of Wuximan.

Previously, Liu Bei ruled Jingzhou, in order not to conflict with Wuximan, and did not collect taxes from Wuximan, so there was no dispute between the two sides. Now that Liu Bei has ruled Jingzhou, he naturally does not allow Wuxi to exist, but to surrender it, so as to enhance his strength.

Huang Zhong stroked his beard and said: "Military advisor, Wuxi Barbarians are intertwined and live in farming, and now they can be taken by surprise, and the troops are divided into multiple routes, attacking Lizhong, Lizhong, and Chongzhong, and killing their people, and Wuxi Barbarians can be peaceful!" ”

Zhuge Liang stroked the feather fan and asked, "Can you have an opinion?" ”

Ma Jian pondered for a while and said, "Military advisor, Wuxi is far away from it, and it is not obedient to the king. If it is broken today, if it cannot win its people, it is that the previous achievements are wasted, and the military division leads the army to conquer, and wants to reduce its people, get its people, and enrich the household registration. ”

"Therefore, in the view of it, we should attack the heart as the top, attack the city as the bottom, the heart war as the top, and the military war as the bottom, this is the way to use the army!"

Ma Tan was appointed by Liu Bei to serve as the Taishou of Yuewang County last year, but Ma Tan was afraid of King Gaoding and did not dare to take office, so he stayed in the border county for several months without making any progress.

Seeing that Ma Tan didn't dare to take office in Yuewang County, Mi Fang also had nothing to say. However, Mi Fang was afraid of the identity of his brother Ma Liang, and the county of Jiayue was indeed deserted for a long time, and Gao Ding was murderous and evil.

Mi Fang weighed the pros and cons, and finally presented it to Liu Bei, telling Liu Bei that Ma Jian had difficulties in taking office, and said that Yuewang County could not take office for the time being, and Ma Jian could be transferred back to the center.

Liu Bei saw that Ma Jian returned in vain, and he also had a little understanding of Ma Tan's skills. This time he sent troops to conscript, Liu Bei ordered Ma Jian to join the army, hoping to let Zhuge Liang see Ma Yan's quality.

"What you say is quite reasonable!"

Zhuge Liang bowed slightly, and said with a smile: "Attacking the heart is the first, and you need to have the heart of the barbarian." But if you want to gain the heart of a barbarian, you must not kill too much. Now if you want to surrender to Wuximan, when Enwei is used together, the army can march in two ways, seize its cultivated land, appease the people, and conquer the traitors. ”

(End of chapter)