Three Kingdoms

  Chapter 2810 There are restrictions on the upper limit of expansion, and there are bottlenecks in expanding the territory

  Fei Potential often acts like a mascot, and doesn't seem to do any specific work. Because most of the specific matters are completed by Fei Qian's subordinates, whether it is agriculture or industry, military or scriptures, more often Fei Qian is only used as a guiding suggestion, and it seems to be simply moving Literal, so some people think that Fei Qian is useless, or without Fei Qian, wouldn't the world turn around?

  Indeed, without Fei Qian, the world is still going around.

  In other words, even without all human beings, this world is still wandering around.

  If the existing lifespan of the earth is condensed into one hour, then human beings are creatures that only appeared at the last minute and last second. Such a biological category that exists for only "one second", claiming to be the master of the earth is nothing more than human beings trying to figure out the elephant for the blind.

  The biggest role of Feiqian is to know in advance what an elephant might look like when many people in Dahan are still blind and touching elephants...

  Perhaps only those social animals who have stepped into the society and worked in certain companies in later generations can truly appreciate how rare it is to have a leader with clear goals, focus on facts, and who does not shrug off the blame or shrink back.

   Like the present moment.

   There are also disputes in the Agricultural Society. Of course, this dispute is not a dispute over the distribution of benefits, but an academic disagreement.

   Not far from the experimental field is a breeding farm. The Agricultural Society not only has the cultivation and research of Zhuanghe, but also the technical development of livestock. In the breeding farm, it is naturally the venue for selecting livestock and poultry varieties, which is the same project as Zhuanghe selection. And now in the farm, there are around a dozen agronomists, watching and listening to the two people in the middle arguing.

  The party in the dispute is Cui Cheng.

  Cui Cheng is a descendant of Cui Shi.

  Cui Shi wrote a book called "Monthly Order of the Four Peoples". However, after Cui Shi died of illness, the family was left standing on all fours, and there was no funeral expenses. Guanglu Xun Yang Ci, his servant Yuan Feng, and Shaofu Duan Jiong prepared a coffin for him, and Yuan Kai erected a monument to praise his virtue.

So it is obvious that there is no future for writing books, and the more you write, the poorer you become... Ahem, it is obvious that Cui Shi did not leave much family property to his descendants, and after Cui Shi's death, the army was in turmoil immediately, and Cui Cheng was in exile. , until he arrived in Chang'an, relying on his knowledge of agriculture and livestock, and of course the "Four People's Monthly Order", he became a Chang'an agricultural bachelor, and quickly found his own research project. .

  The other party is Wang Yun.

  Wang Yun is from Taiyuan. Because he is familiar with the cattle and horses of the Hu people, he is responsible for the breeding of war horses in the farm.

  However, just like forum buildings often crooked, from the original question of war horses, it gradually became a question of whether the Western Regions should be conquered or not.

  The agronomists standing around the two people had their own opinions, either they supported this, or they felt that that was right, so they also discussed with each other, making waves of voices rage.

  Many people who were attracted by the quarrel looked around from the outside, and then asked and discussed with each other.

  Many people already know about the fact that most of the Western Regions protected Lu Bu and sent troops. Some even linked Lu Bu's second conquest of Chigu with Li Guangli's conquest of Dawan back then.

That's right, Lu Bu captured Chigu the first time, but this doesn't mean anything, because during Lu Bu's first battle, he didn't really hit Dawan, but only reached half of the distance, and now Lu Bu not only It is because they want to attack Chigu again and march into Dawan...

Li Guangli's conquest of Dawan was indeed successful, but the consequences were too tragic. Only three or four of the soldiers returned to Yumen. , At that time, it was finally passed on to the local counties and counties. In order to flatter their superiors, the officials of the local counties and counties extorted violently, which led to the rise of bandits and robbers in the last years of Emperor Xiaowu, and the world was in chaos.

  Many people are worried that Lu Bu's conquest this time is not optimistic. War is the root cause of chaos, and now it has affected Guanzhong, and may even affect the wider world.

Cui Cheng said that Lu Bu, the guardian of the Western Regions, does not need to attack Dawan at all, and Dawan's war horses may not be so good. Now the big Han needs to improve the poor horses, especially to improve the tolerance and strength of the weak horses, and carry out key cultivation and filter.

On the other hand, Wang Yun said that there was nothing wrong with Lu Bu's attack on Dawan. It was not only a question of good breeds of war horses, but also that a certain amount of strength must be displayed in the Western Regions. It's the Western Regions. When the time comes, the war will not be fought in the Western Regions. It may be fought in Longyou, or even Chang'an. If you want to fight, you must have better war horses to provide what you need for the war. If you end the battle as soon as possible, the loss will naturally be smaller. Therefore, there is no condition for Cui Cheng to cultivate a naive horse, and he must concentrate on cultivating war horses.

Cui Cheng thinks this is unreasonable, without considering the long-term issue, everyone knows that thousands of miles to attack a country, the soldiers have not fought and more than half of the property is lost, and finally get dozens of so-called fine-bred war horses, and what is the use of the illusory surrender of the people of the Western Regions? ? On the other hand, poor horses are suitable for agricultural production and suitable for transportation, which is an important means of consolidating the foundation and cultivating talents.

  But after the building is crooked, it will become more and more crooked...

  『A certain thought that Marquis Wen was not suitable for the Western Expedition! Someone shouted loudly, "Wen Hou was guilty of the crime, but the hussars pardoned him and ordered him to make up for his mistakes. Now that there is another incident, he may be suspected of raising bandits!" 』

Some people began to say that Lu Bu can correct his mistakes, and there is no need to grasp the previous mistakes. Some people also said that Lu Bu was not a small mistake, but a crime of infidelity and deception. Let him redeem his merits, and even think about expanding the war, and the second conquest of Dawan is obviously uneasy and well-intentioned.

   Then there was another discussion. Some people said that Lu Bu was loyal, while others said that Lu Bu was a traitor...

  『Wen Hou used to fight against Chigu, but he beheaded the heads of Guishuang soldiers by 2,000 ranks! The rest of the states in the Western Regions also have more than a thousand heads! If this is the case, Marquis Wen is enough to make a contribution, and he can be exempted from his crime! 』

  『The leaders of Guishuang and the states of the Western Regions, it is said that when Sima, the military exploiter of Longxi, went to examine them, most of them were rotted beyond count. Who knows if they are soldiers? What's more, it's not like I haven't seen such a pretentious thing...』

  『A certain hussar should send an envoy to thoroughly investigate this matter! If Marquis Wen lied about the number of beheadings, he should follow the example of Emperor Xiaowen and be severely punished! 』

  『Ridiculous! Today, what old things about filial piety are still used? ! 』

  『Bold! Emperor Xiaowen was also an orthodox Han, so why not? 』

  『Zizi…』

  『Dog thief...』

  Seeing that the debate was about to turn into a full-scale martial arts exercise, I suddenly heard someone shouting loudly: "The Great Han Hussar General is here!" quiet! 』

  The people who were arguing so fiercely were taken aback for a moment, and then hurriedly adjusted their crowns and robes, and then saluted Fei Qian and Zaozhi who were coming.

  Zaozhi's complexion is not very good-looking.

   This is like when the leaders of the Education Bureau inspected the school, a group of students happened to be arguing in the back playground, and then almost fought...

   Fei Qian smiled slightly, and didn't seem to be angry because of these people's arguments, and even slightly patted Zaozhi's arm, which was about to step forward to scold him, to signal that Zaozhi didn't need to get angry.

  In the Agricultural Society, most of them are Bachelors of Agriculture, or Doctors of Agriculture who impart knowledge related to Bachelors of Agriculture. Although it is to study and research related content of agronomy, it does not mean that these people are not allowed to discuss political affairs.

   What's more, these agricultural scholars may be promoted to become local officials in the future, assisting or taking charge of the government. It is not necessarily a good thing that they only have agricultural knowledge in a blink of an eye without any political ability.

  So after a little understanding, Fei Qian was not angry because of their quarrel, but felt that they should not put their main energy on the argument...

  『Even if you don’t count the achievements of the leader, according to the law of the great Han, you can win the king of the chieftain of the enemy country. Fei Qian said with a slight smile, "Lu Fengxian has three enemy troops in the Western Regions, and two destroying the country." There is no doubt about the merits of the Western Regions. It is certainly a crime to lie about military merits, but is it not the same as knowing that you have meritorious service but not rewarding it? 』

  『However, the size of the merits and demerits, the amount of rewards and punishments, shouldn’t they be discussed in the courtroom? Fei Qian smiled and stretched out his hand to indicate the environment of the farm. 』

  Everyone was taken aback for a moment, and then laughed.

Lu Bu conquered the Western Regions before and regained the power of the Western Regions. This is a fact that no one can deny. Even if Lu Bu conquers Dawan again now, it does not mean that he will not accept his previous achievements, or simply slander his previous achievements. The first level is to pretend to be meritorious...

   After everyone calmed down, Fei Qian brought back the main topic again, saying: "As for the choice of war horses and poor horses...it's a good topic...what do you think?" 』

   Horse breeds need to be cultivated.

  After Feiqian Changan Sanfu lit up the research tree on the seeds of seedlings, other livestock, including pigs, cattle, sheep, chickens and ducks, have successively carried out research on varieties.

  Fei potential Northland, there is a whole area suitable for various research.

   That's right, it is the Hetao Plain.

  The Hetao Plain is located on the northern border, with the Yellow River running through it, and the water and grass are luxuriant, forming an environmental condition suitable for both farming and animal husbandry. On this piece of land, there are mountains, rivers and plains, grasslands and deserts, as well as the collision of farming and nomadism.

  Cui Cheng stepped forward first, bowed his hands in salute, and said in a deep voice, "The current situation in the Western Regions should follow the old example of Hetao!" The Han Dynasty defended against foreign enemies, built cities, flints, beacons, barriers, and pavilions. Although the barriers and pavilions are easy to arrange, they cannot resist the enemy's crowd! If you want to keep the enemy out, you must have the defense of the city! There may be more than a thousand in the city, or five hundred in flakes. In addition to eating outside the village, you also need vegetables, pickled beans, etc., as well as utensils, all of which need to be transported! Such things should be conveyed to the poor horse! No horse! Not a war horse! 』

  Wang Yun listened at the side, frowned and waved his hands and said, "No, no! The most important thing in the Western Regions is the war horse! The size of the Western Regions is far greater than that of Henan! The city's flint and beacon barriers are not enough to defend, so how can they be strengthened? Therefore, war horses should be used to ride on the imperial command. If there is any chaos, it will be over in a moment! The only use of a poor horse is farming and transportation, so how can it reach thousands of miles and rule all nations? ! Hussars benefit because of poor horses? 』

  『Wrong, wrong! Now the war horses are enough, and there is no benefit from increasing them, while the poor horses are not enough, and they can benefit thousands of households..."

  『No, no…』

   As the two talked, they started arguing with each other again. Obviously, no one could convince the other.

After Feiqian occupied Pingyang that year, he recultivated the barren land and repaired the water conservancy facilities. All these actions made Feiqian obtain a large amount of grain output in the early stage of Pingyang, and had corresponding savings for Feiqian to carry out subsequent military operations. action.

  However, with the continuous operation of Fei Qian Pingyang, a parabola above the agricultural output appeared. It seemed that there was an invisible ceiling pressing on the upper end of the agricultural output, making it very difficult to break through after the agricultural output per mu reached a certain value.

  This problem is not limited to Feiqian's Pingyang. From the point of view of the entire age and the entire dynasty, from the Western Han Dynasty to the Tang Dynasty, after the total population reached about 50 million, the total grain production hit the ceiling, which caused the total population to not increase, forming a double The bottleneck was not until the Southern Song Dynasty when the 50 million population bottleneck was broken through the large-scale development of Jiangnan.

  Before the fleet could not cross the Bering Strait to the American continent to obtain high-yield sweet potatoes, corn potatoes and other products, Feiqian could only think about how to expand agricultural harvest under limited conditions.

  The Hetao area was close to the border of the Han Dynasty, and there were constant conflicts with the Xiongnu. In the early Han Dynasty, a large number of troops were sent to garrison, so a huge amount of food and grass was needed to maintain the survival of the army and guarantee military operations.

   Calculated according to the usual ratio, if Fei potential deploys about 30,000 troops in the Hetao area, it will cost about 800,000 shi in a year, and about 50 million yuan will be used for military salaries and salaries.

  If it is said that Fei Qian is brain-dead for a while, listens to the bewitching of some single-celled animals, blindly expands the scope of the war, and increases the number of soldiers, then the financial and food pressure will be even greater. Even in terms of military pay and salary, you can deceive yourself a bit, showing that you have left pockets and right pockets tricks, but food and grass will be gone after eating, and Zhuang He will not be able to re-harvest until the next year. As long as there is a little problem at any point in time, it is possible that when the dominoes collapse, the things that fall will not be a little bit.

In the Western Han Dynasty, in order to maintain the huge frontier army’s demand for money and food, Chao Cuo’s advice was accepted, “let the world receive millet from the border, so that the prince can be exempted from crime”, that is, to raise grain from the inner county by paying millet to the prince. And transported to Bianjun. And this method is not only inefficient, but also produces various disadvantages, such as the phenomenon of fraud emerging in endlessly, and corrupt officials playing tricks during the transportation process.

Therefore, after realizing the disadvantages of this "transporting millet" plan, under Zhu Fuyan's suggestion, the Hetao area began to implement farming. The grain produced can solve the food problem for the border garrison on the spot, and also provide a relatively stable for the Western Han Dynasty to resist the Xiongnu. material security.

   This has become the most active, active and long-term frontier development model in Chinese history.

  It is the "Hetao old rule" that Cui Cheng just said.

Cuicheng means to ensure the long-term peace and stability of the Western Regions. Blindly strengthening military force will only lead to constant loss. It is necessary to strengthen the guidance of civil affairs, use small fortifications such as docks and beacons, and then add farming and transportation to build a The network system can guarantee the rule of the Western Regions.

  Wang Yun meant the traditional concept, strengthening the maneuverability of troops, that is, more and better horses, representing stronger military force, and naturally controlling the Western Regions.

As Fei Qian's world map hanging in the lobby of the Hussar's Mansion spread more and more widely, many people, on the one hand, had a little doubt, on the other hand, they were also considering more and farther things. The place is not blocked by mountains, forests, deserts and Gobi.

   This is indeed a problem.

   may also be a current bottleneck.

  The Han Dynasty was the first dynasty to use cavalry tactics alone on a large scale. In the Qin Dynasty, or during the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, there were also cavalry, but at that time the cavalry was basically used as a part of the army and used in conjunction with chariots and infantry. Most of the time it was only used as a side army, not the main combat unit. .

The subsequent feudal dynasties of China did not make great breakthroughs in the use of cavalry, and even shrank instead. Even the big braid dynasty, which claimed to be based on cavalry, did not make much breakthrough in cavalry tactics. In the case of Musketeers, he still insisted on his own bow and arrow tactics, and was finally beaten by the Eight-Power Allied Forces until the curtain fell off...

  The Han Dynasty had a wider territory than the Qin Dynasty. It is impossible for these border areas to be kept for use only as those ignorant Confucian scholars said, and the rest of the area was abandoned.

  If there is a frontier, there must be a long border line, and these border lines were defended by the Great Wall, beacon towers, and pavilion barriers in the Han Dynasty. But no matter what the fortification is, it is necessary to garrison soldiers, and these Great Walls, beacons, and pavilion barriers will not automatically produce food and vegetables for the garrisoned soldiers like in the game.

  To deploy soldiers for defense means to provide sufficient food, otherwise, not to mention defending against the enemy, famine can directly defeat any strong defender.

In order to solve the food problem, the Han Dynasty adopted the policy of relocating people to real borders and promoting farmland, but this was still not enough. Not all the Great Wall, beacon towers, and pavilion barriers could have the conditions for farmland, and not all regions could plant villages. Wo, which naturally requires various transshipments, and what is needed for the transshipment of grain and grass is horses and carts.

   Horses are needed for battle, and horses are needed for transportation.

  The question now is whether to start a special research on the poor horse, or just follow the old method, just study the war horse, and then use the retired war horse and the substandard horse as a bad horse?

  (end of this chapter)