~.<  >-~    Anqing in May is calm and quiet. In the entire Anqing area, large areas of mature fields have been covered with green seedlings about one foot high. The crops in these fields are growing very well, which makes Yun Zhao and others smile happily. If it goes well, in autumn, they will have a good harvest.

Anqing was poisoned by the Mongolians last year, and a large number of local natives were killed and looted, with sorrow all over the world. After several fierce battles, the Anqing border army headed by Yun Zhao finally drove the Mongolian army headed by Guo Luo's troops out of Anqing, which allowed the survivors who fled into the mountains to return to their homes. With the help of the Anqing border army, they seized the critical moment of spring sowing and sowed seeds.

Almost all the territory controlled by the Mongolian army around Anqing, but only Anqing is still flying with the flag of Dayue. This flag constantly attracts the surrounding people to flee. The arrival of these people has caused the land abandoned due to massacre to be reused. The Anqing border army rented these already unowned land to refugees in the form of renting seeds and animal power, and at the same time agreed to divide it into 50% after the autumn harvest. The original indigenous residence name still maintained the previous 28 tax rate, that is, 20% of the harvest that year will be handed over to the Anqing border army as tax.

As the influx of refugees became more and more, the mature land was gone, so they had to re-open the land. Since the newly reclaimed land was born, the harvest was definitely not good at that time. However, it was better to have it than not. Yun Zhao still ordered various conveniences for these refugees. At the same time, it was stipulated that these newly reclaimed land would be exempted from any taxes in the first year.

After two or three years of maturity, these fields will become fat fields. That is the harvest season. Yun Zhao is not so anxious about obtaining food immediately. He values ​​the influx of people. These are the most important places. First of all, there must be people. Only with people can there be vitality, taxes, and continuous creation of wealth. Only with a large number of young men can be charged into the army.

The Chengdu Pharmaceutical Floor in Hulu Valley is not currently large. In addition to supplying medicines to the Anqing Bianjun, the rest were sold to the Meng people in Tanzhou. In exchange for batches of grain, the well salt produced in Bayankala Mountains was also pouring into Tanzhou, Luzhou, and even the desert areas in large quantities, and what was exchanged for was still trucks of grain.

Anqing now has only more than 100,000 people in the army and the people. The food required by these people is only a very small amount for the current Mongolian Yuan court. In their opinion, He Jiao can only maintain that Anqing will not starve to death.

Another way of food is Yizhou. After briefly explaining it, I don’t know what I said to Pan Haoran. In short, although the amount of food, grass, and weapons in Yizhou is not large, it is still transporting towards Anqing.

"After this autumn harvest, we can get rid of our dependence on food from the Mongolian Yuan!" Looking at the crops growing well, Yun Zhao happily said to Jiang Feng: "At that time, we began to gradually reduce the sales of the Mongolian Yuan medicines and herbs. We only sold salt to them."

Yan Xiaoyi said: "If we don't rely on their food, we can also be self-sufficient. Why not stop the salt and sell things to the enemy, and always feel strange."

Yun Zhao laughed, "Business is done, people are fighting, and they are not wrong. Even if we are self-sufficient in food, we still need to store a large amount of grain in order to prepare for the outbreak of bad luck or the war breaks out again. These days, gold and silver storage are not as good as grain storage. Our production of medicines themselves is not large, while salt is different. First, the output is large, and we can't digest it in Anqing. If the salt produced by the salt workers cannot be sold, they will have no income. They also have to eat and dress. Secondly, we have more salt. Even if we don't sell it to them, the merchants in Dayue will still transport salt in a steady stream through various channels. All we have is just a price advantage. With these endless salts we need, we will make a lot of money."

Jiang Feng nodded, "General is right. To be honest, we are still too weak now. Taking advantage of this opportunity, we have to seize the time to strengthen ourselves. When the mistress turns around, we must at least have the ability to protect ourselves."

Yun Zhao sighed, "I am really very conflicted now. I hope that the Meng people will suffer a few big defeats in Taizhou and other places, and it is best to drive them back to the desert, and I also hope that they will stalemate with Feng Congyi and buy more time for our growth."

This is a relatively sensitive topic, and Jiang Feng and Yan Xiaoyi were both silent. Several people walked slowly along the ridges of the fields, and the scenery in front of them was constantly changing. The fields under their feet were completely different from those they had walked before, and the crops were growing sparsely.

Yun Zhao squatted down, reached out to grab a handful of soil, and rubbed the petals in his hand, "Are these just-opened wild fields?" he asked Jiang Feng.

"Yes!" Jiang Feng also squatted down and reached out to pull the green seedlings. Although he was an officer before, he later returned to his hometown and returned to his hometown. He was an expert in farming. He opened up some trash and looked at the roots of these green seedlings and said, "These resettled refugees have already put their hearts in mind, but the land is not strong enough and they cannot fill their stomachs this year."

Clapping his hands, Yun Zhao stood up and said to Jiang Feng: "Old Jiang, we have insufficient fertility. We can think of a solution. In most places, the rotten leaves and rotten wood are several feet deep. These things are all good fertilizer when transported out."

"Will these refugees have the power to get them out?" Jiang Feng smiled bitterly, "Just serving these lands will take most of their time."

"They have no strength. Let's do it and mobilize non-front troops to transport these fertilizers from Bayankala Mountain and provide them to farmers for free." Yun Zhao said.

"Ah?" Jiang Feng looked at Yun Zhao in surprise and mobilized the army to enter the mountain just to get some fertilizer for the farmers. He had never heard of it.

"Nothing is surprising!" Yun Zhao said: "First, this can bring us closer to these farmers and let them know that the government is very concerned about them. Second, during this process, we still exercise the physical strength of soldiers and the organizational ability of officers. Why not kill two birds with one stone?"

"General, you are so good!" Jiang Feng said with a smile.

Yun Zhao went around several circles in the same place and said, "Now we may not have any big troubles to fight in a short period of time. Soldiers can't just be locked in the camp to train. This will make them sick and have some troubles, so they just need to find something for them to do. The fertilizer is transported enough, so they organized soldiers to dig ditches and ponds. The ponds can store water, and the ditches can deliver water to the fields, providing convenience for farmers in various places!"

"General is also considering the development of water conservancy. After these things are done, the people of Anqing will benefit a lot!" Jiang Feng said.

"Their benefits are our benefits!" Yun Zhao said: "Our army of more than 10,000 people will rely on them after eating, drinking, defecating and urinating. Doing these things for them can also be regarded as serving ourselves."

"Since ancient times, only the people have served labor, but I heard that some officials do these things for the people for free." Jiang Feng sighed.

"When I was in Yunjia Village, I often hoped that there would be a clean official to do some good things for us ordinary people, such as building bridges and roads, building water conservancy, etc., but I didn't expect it. Now that I am an official myself, of course I have to do these things, and it would be a vain for me!" Yun Zhao laughed.

"If these ditches and ponds are dug up, it will be very helpful for our future battles!" Yan Xiaoyi suddenly said: "The Mongolian army is mainly cavalry. When we build these ditches, we might as well dig them wider and deeper. After cutting the flat land outside Anqing City into small pieces and small pieces, the Mongolian cavalry will not be able to exert their speed, which is also extremely beneficial to us."

Jiang Feng slapped his hands and exclaimed: "Well, this is a killing two birds with one stone. Why didn't I expect it?"

Yun Zhao looked at Yan Xiaoyi with appreciation, "In addition to the Bayankala Mountain behind Anqing, we expanded the plains. We were short of troops and mostly infantry. We were not able to garrison a strategic point, while the Mongolian army was different. They could intersperse into Anqing at will. A small-scale cavalry and dozens of cavalry troops came in to harass us. We were unable to defend ourselves. In the past few months, Tuotuo picked up such a strategy. Many crops in Anqing were destroyed by them, and many people were killed. Heren and others attacked several times, but they did not even touch the shadow of the enemy. Su Dingfang personally took the horse, but only set up an ambush in advance and used the method of waiting for the rabbit to catch such an army and slaughtered dozens of cavalry. Compared with the harvest, our efforts were greatly improved. This situation must be improved!"

"Tutuo suffered a lot of great losses, but this time he became smart!" Jiang Feng sighed: "We really don't have many ways to deal with his move!"

Yan Xiaoyi said angrily: "Tutuo has so many evil intentions. I bet that these terrible tricks must have been thought of by the stinky woman Yaldan."

Yun Zhao nodded and said, "Xiao Yi is right. Such a tactic must have been created by Yaerdan. The purpose is nothing more than to destroy the people's livelihood in Anqing. If this situation cannot be curbed in time, they will attack more and more, and the distance of attack will become deeper and deeper. Yaerdan thinks that we cannot get rid of our dependence on Mongolian food."

"General, in your opinion, how should we deal with this matter?" Jiang Feng asked.

Yun Zhao shook his head, "For a moment, I can't think of any good way. I can only form some cavalry patrols to try to annihilate some of these small armies. Xiao Yi, you and He Ren, each bring a hundred riders and take turns to attack!"

"Yes, general, but these Mongolian troops are very cunning now, so I'm afraid the effect will be very poor."

"Let's talk about it for a few days when you're cat and mouse first, there's always a way."

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