Peach Fortune Ring

Therefore, we must find a way to generate income as soon as possible, otherwise, the soldiers will be hungry, and before the soldiers from other countries come to attack, the soldiers under the flag will rebel themselves.

After thinking for a while, Song Yan thought of two ways to increase income.

First, develop business.

Second, war.

The development of commerce is not something that can be done in a short period of time. Besides, it is difficult for the common people to fill their stomachs in this era. Where can they find spare money to buy so-called commodities? Therefore, to develop commerce, the common people must be fed , can earn money.

As for the second way, a lot of materials can be plundered through the war, but this is only a temporary solution, not the root cause. With the expansion of the territory, the consumption will be even greater.

Thinking of this, Song Yan's heart moved. It's better to do this. This is to siege the city to grab supplies and not occupy the territory.

With a plan in mind, Song Yan recruited Song Xiu.

"How are papermaking and movable type printing going?" Song Yan asked.

"Back to General, according to the papermaking process you provided, it should be ready in three to five days, but the movable type printing has already been done." Song Xiu replied truthfully.

"Very good, report to me as soon as the paper is made." Song Yan nodded. He wrote papermaking and movable type printing in great detail, and anyone could make it step by step.

The raw materials for papermaking are very simple. Since it only takes a few days to make paper, it is better to prepare the raw materials as soon as possible.

After Song Xiu retreated, Song Yan called Shen Du again.

"How is the census and cultivated land survey going?" Song Yan asked directly.

Shen Du said: "Back to the Great General, currently I have a total of 32 households in Linshui County, with more than [-] people."

"So few?" Song Yan frowned. A majestic county has only about 30 people. It seems that in the real world, an ordinary county has a larger population than this.

However, considering that in this era of backward technology, backward sanitation, and frequent wars, it is not bad to have more than 30 people in a county.

"How many acres of arable land? How about the yield?" Song Yan continued to ask.

"Master General Hui, Linshui County has a total of 220 mu of arable land. The crops grown by commoners are mainly corn, wheat, and soybeans. The yield of corn is about [-] liters per mu, and the yield of wheat is about [-] liters. Eighty liters."

One liter is equal to 1.25 catties. In conversion, the yield per mu of these three crops is very low. Compared with the yield of thousands of catties per mu in the real world, it is simply weak.

The agricultural tax revenue is [-]%.

Moreover, the [-]% can only be collected when the weather is good. Once there is a natural disaster, it will not be collected at all.

Then calculate the consumption of soldiers.

A soldier eats one catty of corn every day, which is 360 catties a month, 360 catties a year, [-] catties for a hundred soldiers, and [-] million catties of corn for [-] soldiers.

The 250 mu of arable land in Linshui County produces only 125 million catties of corn, and the official harvest is half, that is, 138.5 million catties, plus 50 million catties of wheat and 300 catties of soybeans, and the total is less than [-] million catties.

In other words, the annual grain tax in Linshui County cannot even support [-] soldiers.

But now there are [-] mouths, and he wants to eat with Song Yan. After such a careful calculation, he realized the seriousness of the problem. It seems that after Gu Min's [-] army is subdued this time, the plundering battle will have to start , otherwise the soldiers will starve.

"By the way, how much food is there in the county?" Song Yan asked again.

"The total amount is less than a million liters." Shen Du said solemnly.

"So little?" Song Yan frowned even tighter. For 100 soldiers and horses, [-] million liters of grain can last up to a month.

After letting Shen Du go down to do things, Song Yan called Zhao Yan and asked him how much food was left in the army.

The answer he got made Song Yan more urgent, and the surplus food in the army was only enough to last seven days.

In other words, he only has 37 days, beyond this time, the army will have no food to eat.

With a thought in mind, Song Yan took out the map of mainland China that he drew himself.

Linshui County is also a frontier city. It is bordered by the desert in the north and Heiyan County in the south. Heiyan County is the territory of Chu State. The county seat of Zhao State.

"Do you know the deployment of soldiers and horses in Yi'an County and Fan County?"

Hearing Song Yan's inquiry, Zhao Yan thought for a while: "There are about [-] people in Yi'an County, and about [-] people in Fan County."

"If I give you 1 horses, how long will it take you to conquer Yi'an County or Fan County?" Song Yan looked at Zhao Yan and said.

Zhao Yan pondered and said: "The city of Yi'an County is three feet high, and the moat is five feet deep. If you want to attack, it will be difficult to break through in less than a month. Fan County is built in a valley basin. It only needs 1000 troops to guard the passage, and 1 horses cannot break through. !"

"Well, first, you sneak into Yi'an and Fan Jun to find out how much food they have in their treasury! Let's move on to the next step!"

"Yes!"

When Zhao Yan retreated, Song Yan went to the courtyard where he lived, and at the same time rubbed his head. There are so many troubles in managing a county. If you want to manage a country, you don’t know how tired you are. No wonder Those so-called Mingjun don't live long, and they really have too many things to worry about.

As soon as he entered the courtyard, Song Yan found that the prince Jiang Dan was squatting under the supervision of Chunhe and Qiuxiang's two maids, and both of them were holding a whip in their hands. If his movements were not standard, he would be whipped.

At first, Chunhe Qiuxiang didn't dare to do anything because Jiang Dan was the prince, but after being reprimanded several times by Song Yan, she could only ruthlessly twitch.

And after pumping Jiang Dan, they found that they all had an inexplicable pleasure in their hearts. Just ask, how many people in the world dare to whip the prince.

As for Jiang Dan who was whipped, he didn't hate Chunhe Qiuxiang, but hated Song Yan to death.

"I have seen the General!"

As soon as she saw Song Yan, Chunhe Qiuxiang abandoned Jiang Dan and came up to her.

Compared to a few days ago, Chunhe Qiuxiang's complexion was much better, mainly because they ate meat for every meal, and Song Yan also washed their hair and taught them a set of exercises.

After a few days, both women have cultivated their inner strength, and Qiuxiang's aptitude is relatively higher.

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2 Chapter Eighty

Seeing that Chunhe Qiuxiang had all gone to Song Yan, Jiang Dan subconsciously wanted to be lazy, but before he could straighten his body, a sharp look came over, and Song Yan's cold voice followed in his ears: " Don't try to be lazy, if I find out, I will punish you to stand for half an hour longer."

"Yes!" Jiang Dan replied, but he kept cursing the Great Demon King in his heart.

Song Yan didn't treat Jiang Dan like he did to Chunhe Qiuxiang, but let him stride and run every day.

One is to strengthen his physique, and the other is to hone his character.

"General, the Prime Minister ordered someone to bring two bunches of grapes from the Western Regions just now, and this servant will bring them for you." While speaking, Chun He ran into the room, and after a while, she was carrying two plates of full-grained grapes. Grapes came out.

And Qiuxiang brought him a recliner and put it in front of him.

This reclining chair was specially ordered by Song Yan to be made by craftsmen.

"Please, General." Qiu Xiang said with a smile every day.