Three Kingdoms

While Zhuge Liang and Pang Tong were discussing, the hussar general Fei Qian was thinking about the issue of the school officer.

Nowadays, there are many first-class generals under Fei Qian's command, but there is an obvious problem, that is, under these first-class generals, there are fewer people in the second echelon, or the lower third echelon.

Now we can still let these first-echelon generals charge into battle, but in a few years, we can't still let these generals charge at the front line, right? You must know that the greatest value of these generals is not to die on the battlefield, but to pass on their war experience over the years.

Strictly speaking, Liao Hua is considered to be a relatively outstanding second-tier team member, as are Gan Feng, Zhang Xiu, etc. Zhu Ling is a bit older, just barely, but their problems are also more obvious. If they can be as good as the first team It may take some time for the echelon to stand alone like this.

After thinking about it for a long time, Fei Qian really had a headache, mainly because he had no clue.

After all, in my impression, the most dazzling ones are those guys who were unparalleled in the early days of the Three Kingdoms. What if there are still those outstanding generals left after Guan Laoer's death?

Jiang Wei?

I'm afraid it hasn't been born yet? I don’t know if I should transfer Jiang Juan back first, otherwise it’s a matter of two questions whether Jiang Wei can be born, maybe he will become Jiang Wei...

These problems cannot be discussed, Fei Qian can only worry about himself. Fei Qian thought about it for a long time, and he could only have a rough idea, and he could only plan the specific things slowly.

It is said that a heroic father will not give birth to a bear son, but this is obviously not the case in the Three Kingdoms. Even though the father was a military genius who roamed the battlefield or was a famous battlefield general with high martial arts skills, none of their sons seemed to be able to inherit their father's talent, and only a few of them still vaguely carried their father's heroic appearance.

What impressed Fei Qian the most was naturally the descendants of Guan Yu. Guan Ping and Guan Xing were both very strong. According to official historical records, both of Guan Yu's sons had participated in the battlefield. From this point of view, they were not cowards. Guan Ping died in battle with his father, and Guan Xing did not disgrace his father. He was quite heroic on the battlefield. Unfortunately, he died young and failed to leave any more heroic deeds.

Zhang Fei's son... Well, how should I put it, it seems to be worse than Guan Ping and Guan Xing...

Is Liu Bei Liu Big Er's son? Forget it...

Zhao Yun, the official positions of his two sons were not high in history. However, Zhao Yun's youngest son Zhao Guang was very brave. He died on the battlefield to protect Jiang Wei, which can be said to have not embarrassed Zhao Yun.

Zhang Liao's son seemed to have limited talents, and eventually he reached the position of partial general. He was not famous, and Fei Qian couldn't even remember his name.

As for Xu Huang?

Tai Shi Ci?

Who the hell remembers the name of Xu Huang’s son? What about Tai Shici’s child? As for Wei Yan's family, they were even more aggrieved. They were taken away in one fell swoop without any chance.

Fei Qian pinched the beard on his chin. Should he prepare a training class for the second generation now so as not to interrupt the inheritance? As an excellent capitalist...well, as an excellent successor, naturally you can't just cut the leeks of one generation, but you have to cut them year after year and from generation to generation.

This is a very interesting thing...

Fei Qian was thinking about it when suddenly a gust of wind came, as if even the tiles on the roof were about to be blown away. There was a random sound, which interrupted Fei Qian's thoughts.

"Report!" Pang Lingjun and Zhuge asked to see you! ” The guard on duty outside reported.

Fei Qian was stunned for a moment, put down his pen, and then while asking people to come in, he collected the books that recorded these relatively hidden matters and put them on the bookshelf aside.

Not long after, Pang Tong and Zhuge Liang arrived.

"I have met my lord..."

Pang Tong and Zhuge Liang saluted.

After a brief exchange of pleasantries, we got down to business.

After listening to what Pang Tong and Zhuge said, Fei Qian frowned slightly.

If you want to use coercion, of course it is very convenient.

Fei Qian doesn't even need to come forward, Pang Tong can do it. It is even necessary to detain a few of the big families who usually don't listen to greetings to Chang'an, and hold a "mobilization meeting" the next day, and each family will have to obediently do everything they need to do.

Each family has its own sutras, and most of them are not easy to read. Even if someone is born into the second generation of wealth, his starting point is different from others, but who knows whether there will be a son who cheats his father, or a father who cheats his son. If it is a simple cheating, it is fine. If love is a light, That's just panicking...

"Kong Ming's strategy..." Fei Qian said slowly, "Although it is a good strategy and feasible, it is just..." Fei Qian glanced at Zhuge Liang and did not say the rest of the sentence.

Although it was not stated explicitly, it also indicated that Fei Qian did not agree with the strategy proposed by Zhuge Liang.

Zhuge Liang frowned slightly, then looked at Fei Qian.

Pang Tong rolled his eyes and seemed to have thought of something.

In fact, Zhuge Liang was able to come up with the strategy of "balancing him with moral principles and luring him with benefits". First, he used Fei Qian to persuade the farmers, or to have an interview. In any case, he was setting an example, confirming the status of Nong Sang, setting a tone, and then taking advantage of it. These large noble families valued various interests, so they used interests as a handle to increase the proportion of taxation on grain and set clear standards for rewards and punishments. On the other hand, they increased the purchase price of grain, so as to encourage the enthusiasm of the nobles to cultivate crops. Overall, it is a very good method.

Naturally, Fei Qian needs to set the standard for this tone, otherwise others will not agree.

Fei Qian looked at Zhuge Liang. From this strategy, we can also see part of Zhuge Liang's governing thoughts. Historically, Zhuge Liang seemed to have followed this pattern in Sichuan and Shu, but unfortunately, Zhuge Liang has not yet jumped higher and escaped from the original historical confinement.

It can be said that if Zhuge Liang's suggestion is followed, the effect will definitely be there, and it will even be good. But, Fei Qian was thinking of something more.

This cannot be blamed on Zhuge Liang. After all, the Zhuge Liang in front of him is still a youthful version of the carrot head, tender and tender...

As for Pang Tong, Fei Qian glanced at Pang Tong. Although Pang Tong should have noticed this earlier, it was not too late now, so Fei Qian had no intention of blaming Pang Tong.

Pang Tong also has a lot of things to deal with every day. Not to mention other things, just the temporary deployment of supplies and civilian workers in the past few days to protect the farms in various places involves so many things. It is normal that he was not able to think everything through for a while. , after all, Pang Tong needs to think twice before giving an order, which is extremely energy-consuming in itself, and he cannot be like a trainee troll, saying and doing things without being responsible.

Of course, Zhuge Liang in history was able to do everything in detail, and everything was transparent, but when he did it at the expense of Zhuge Liang's life, it would put Zhuge Liang in modern times. This is a disease! Zhuge Liang was a workaholic with a perverted desire for power, and he eventually met the fate of death from overwork.

Pang Tong is obviously not such a person, and Fei Qian does not want to see a Pang Tong who dies of overwork, because that would show that everyone above and below is incompetent...

To be honest, when it comes to food reserves, no amount of food is enough. It would be nice if there was more time. Sometimes such thoughts would come to Fei Qian's mind. With more time and more preparation, even cotton can be grown for several seasons.

"Shi Yuan, Kong Ming..." Fei Qian said slowly, "Everything has pros and cons... There may be disadvantages here, but there are also advantages..."

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“Everything has pros and cons? Pang Tong and Zhuge Liang couldn't help but look at each other, feeling vaguely that the Cavalry General was about to cause trouble again.

Everything is like this, but some people can only see one aspect and ignore the other aspect, just like the strength of the Fei Submarine Cavalry. This is an indisputable fact.

But it's expensive.

It is an indisputable fact that Fei Qian has elite troops.

But it's expensive.

Simply calculate the food for the cavalry. The big animals look cute, can be kneaded and ridden, but they also eat a lot. Basically, one horse can support five people. Plus the cavalry itself, one cavalry person It is basically equivalent to the amount of rations for six ordinary soldiers...

Of course, this is the time of fighting, and the consumption will be much lower when not fighting.

If Fei Qian had only a few hundred or thousands of cavalry under his command, then a larger number would probably not matter. But now that Fei Qian's cavalry number is close to 30,000, the amount of food and grass consumed by the cavalry is naturally considerable. The consumption of food and grass alone is almost equivalent to the number of hundreds of thousands of ordinary infantry. If Fei Qian had not promoted domestic pig breeding, it replaced and reduced the proportion of carbohydrates originally consumed by ordinary soldiers, leaving more wheat bran and beans. It is simply wishful thinking to feed so many war horses for high-intensity combat.

So now Feiqian has to support a small-scale regional operation, which is not a big problem, but if it wants to mobilize large-scale operations across the entire range, it will be a bit stretched.

Boss Cao has seen it more comprehensively, so he has some confidence to fight with Fei Qian. If Fei Qian is really so strong that he has no friends, then even if Boss Cao grits his teeth and insists, other noble surnames will not be willing to follow Cao The boss has his own way, right?

So the question raised by Fei Qian is very interesting.

Even if Fei Qian has various preferential treatment policies for the people, and even provides free benefits, will the happiness index of the people in Guanzhong be equal to that of future generations? Obviously impossible, after all, this is still in the feudal era, a time of privileged rule. The gentry still had relatively great authority in the countryside, but where did this authority come from?

It is the higher-level agencies that have given these local agencies various law enforcement powers...

So as a court, do you want to see the local government torture the people and impose excessive taxes? Obviously not. So as a court, is it that all dynasties have not known that such behavior exists in the place, and then turned a blind eye from beginning to end? Apparently not.

So since there is a problem, why not correct it?

Because it can't be changed.

The root is the four words "small farmer economy".

Just like Fei Qian's present, farming, mulberry and crops are very important, but in addition to "taxes", there are also "mouth, class, sex, tribute, needs, corvee, labor" and so on. Regardless of the amount, each number may be It's not very big, but it has a lot of variety, not just in autumn, but in all seasons.

Such as isinglass. Before there was chemical glue, this was something that was needed in many places. Where do these fish maws come from? Of course it is collected, just like collecting taxes, each farmer pays a small amount.

But are there plenty of fish to catch all year round?

So for this bit of isinglass, is it cost-effective for the central court to send people to collect it? At the same time, not all of these fish maws have been handed over to the court. Do local counties need to repair their military equipment? Do you want to leave some as well? Is it possible to collect them all and distribute them again?

So it’s not that people in the central government don’t know, but it’s very troublesome to change. The most critical problem is that these court bosses don’t know how to change, so they can only maintain the status quo...

This maintenance lasted for thousands of years!

"If someone is a farmer and a mulberry farmer, then should I pay more attention to kudzu and hemp?" ” Fei Qian looked at Pang Tong and Zhuge and asked, “It’s cold today, and if it continues to be cold this year, there will be a lot of winter clothes missing... What if there is a shortage? 』

This is the problem with Zhuge Liang's strategy.

It cannot be said that it only focuses on agriculture and mulberry trees, and other things become a foil. Just like Zhuge Liang did make great contributions in Sichuan and Shu, but during Zhuge Liang's rule, besides Shu Brocade, what other trade goods could be obtained in Sichuan and Shu?

Even if you can't sell copper, iron and other pipe products, there are a lot of bamboos in Sichuan and Sichuan, and there are also rattan soldiers, so you can sell rattan. Anyway, isn't the weakness very clear? Or simply let Meng Huo go south and bring over some agates and jade from later Burma, wouldn’t it be the same? Is it really not possible to sell a few elephants? Doesn’t Cao Chong like to weigh them?

It’s not bad to focus on agriculture and mulberry trees, but there are problems if we only focus on agriculture and mulberry trees.

Just like Fei Qian said, the soldiers' clothes are not a small quantity. If they are not prepared, it will be very troublesome when the time comes.

Before the Han Dynasty, especially during the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, the climate was very warm, and some clues can be gleaned from the murals of later generations. Before the Warring States Period, all clothing was wide robes and long sleeves. It was not until Zhao State modified that some clothing suitable for combat was formed. Why the broad robe and big sleeves? One factor may be that the cutting is simple and the craftsmanship is insufficient. Another reason may be that the weather is too hot, such as the middle-eastern tycoons who wear robes all year round in later generations.

Nowadays, Fei Qian distributes the standard Gebu and linen robes set in the early days to his soldiers. They are purely natural and do not contain any chemical fiber ingredients. These natural fabrics do not generate static electricity and are very breathable and perspiration-permeable. They are better than many materials in later generations. The only problem is that due to problems with the textile process, the weave is relatively sparse. If washed frequently, it will easily fall apart...

In the past, because the temperature was okay, we didn’t need a lot of winter clothing, but now, large-scale production and storage of thicker winter clothing must be put on the agenda immediately, and the Gebu linen produced in the fields has a strong resistance to the cold. If it is not enough, we should focus on developing other winter clothes.

I made a rough estimate and found that approximately 100,000 sets will be needed initially. If each set uses 12 feet of cloth, then approximately 25,000 to 30,000 pieces of fabric will be needed, and fillers will also be needed...

The soldiers in the southern Sichuan and Sichuan areas are not needed for the time being. The average temperature there is above 20 degrees. After all, it is blocked by the Qinling Mountains, so even the temperature drop will not be great. The more problems there are mainly precipitation and alternating droughts and floods. It is also unsuitable for crop growth.

What? cotton?

Yes, the cheapest one is of course the cotton coat.

But now cotton production cannot keep up, and it may be barely usable in a few years. But at this stage, if we insist on doing it, we can only use kapok. At the same time, large-scale kapok is not found everywhere, only in the Sichuan and Sichuan areas, and there should be some in Jiaozhi and South Vietnam, but there is basically no kapok in the north. For example, in Guanzhong, there are basically no large-scale kapok.

Fei Qian has asked Xu Shu to send people to search and collect kapok in the Sichuan and Sichuan areas, mainly to see if there is a large-scale kapok forest. Regular picking is the way to go.

The other thing is the sweater, it’s just a sweater, it’s just a thicker yarn.

This thing has good warmth retention properties, but it’s not wind resistant.

To resist the wind, you still need a down jacket, but the problem is the down jacket. There are quite a lot of them. After all, Fei Qian can provide some livestock under his command, so he doesn’t need to rely on Hu people for them all. But the problem is, don’t think that down jackets are just two pieces. A pile of velvet is wrapped in cloth, but its technical content is actually quite high.

Even in later generations, in the 1980s and 1990s, down jackets still had the phenomenon of "drilling". As of the Han Dynasty, no matter what kind of fabric it is, this problem cannot be avoided, and you can only make do with it.

The last one is Hu people’s felts, furs, etc., but those things also have defects. To put it simply, according to the current level of technology, when the weather is warm and humid, it is not too common for these furs to get moldy and wormy, let alone If you don't take care of it for a month, you will have big holes in it even for more than ten days. If the soldiers are in the middle of a battle, should they go to the battlefield to fight, or should they dry their furs first after a truce?

Whether it is sweaters or furs, it is obviously not something that Nongsang can handle. Now that Pang Tong and Zhuge Ranfei Qian have made a gesture, "Weigh them with Tao and induce them with benefits." Then when we need something to keep out the cold in the future, do we still need it? Do another pep rally about livestock? In the future, we may need to increase the collection of coal and oil. Do we need to make another statement on energy?

Moreover, this mobilization meeting is held every year. Even if the initial effect is good, over time, it may not be so easy to hold...

The noble surname is not a fool, Fei Qian should regard it as a normal push, just like now, it means that the Spring Cold is very serious, there is a problem with my Zhuanghe, I confiscated it, and in the end it is you who are unlucky! So you all need to provide manpower to help now!

These nobles would lament, what a damn misfortune, and then silently obey Pang Tong's arrangements, because these people knew that if there was really not enough Feiqian, the pressure of food and grass would fall on them sooner or later. So helping Feiqian is equivalent to helping themselves.

But once Fei Qian exerts too much force and focuses on promoting agriculture and mulberry...

Believe it or not, there may not even be much food on the market, but even less?

China has never lacked smart people, especially those with a little cleverness.

"Therefore..." Fei Qian smiled slightly and looked at Pang Tong and Zhuge Liang, "Blessings depend on disasters, and misfortunes depend on blessings!" This is also a good opportunity for governance..."

To govern what?

Governing the small-scale peasant economy that has hindered China for thousands of years!