The reason for building another military stronghold was that Julu City was overwhelmed.

Julu City is already quite large, and it is sufficient as the capital of a county. But in the long run, within a few years, the rebels will annex the surrounding counties, and Julu will become the capital of several counties. When the power expands to several counties,

The standing troops and horses in the Julu Center will also expand accordingly. By then, there will be at least 30,000 to 50,000 standing troops. It will be difficult for Julu City to permanently station such a large number of troops.

The village is divided into mainland (Lu) Ze, and the usable area is endless, without the limitations of the city.

Based on the expected hoarding of 50,000 troops, with 50,000 troops and 12 people living in one room, 4,616 military quarters will be built. Based on a hundred-man team, for every 100 soldiers, one well will be needed for daily use.

The munitions wells are 500, so even if we cut them in half, we still need 250 wells. Fortunately, we are camping on the shore and the water is shallow, so it is not difficult to dig wells.

In addition, there are cafeterias, hospitals, libraries, teachers and soldiers who need to read and write, classrooms, and training grounds. Even the simplest training ground can accommodate a thousand people to practice formations and formations on the ground.

The field must be at least as big as a football field. If it is a training ground for bows and arrows, the area required is several times that. If it is a cavalry training ground, the area required is twenty times that.

If it is a training ground for infantry, archers and cavalry to train together, even a training ground as big as Julu City cannot be used.

Not to mention, how big a training ground would be for a 50,000-strong army to practice together.

In addition, for different terrains, different terrains such as flat land, ravines, cities, waters, jungles, etc. need to be set up. Generally speaking, the total area of ​​military camps that can accommodate 50,000 soldiers and horses for long-term garrison is equivalent to twenty giant camps.

Lucheng is big.

After calculating these, and then counting the manpower available on hand, Julu City currently has more than 50,000 free manpower, but more than half of these people are women, children, old and weak, and the remaining half consists of 10,000 soldiers, various craftsmen and

The civilian laborers who worked took up some of the work, and the remaining available manpower was actually not much.

After thinking about it, if you want to build a military camp, manpower can only be used by recruiting soldiers. In terms of material resources, the walls of the adobe house only need soil and wheat straw, which costs almost nothing.

, roofing costs a lot of money.

The current situation in the army is that there is even a shortage of wheat straw. From last year to now, the army has not received any wheat straw. To put it bluntly, if it were not for the major breakthrough in papermaking and the large amount of waste paper, there would be no material to start a fire.

Fortunately, it is already May, and the summer harvest will soon begin. Although more than half of Julu's fields are abandoned, it is expected that there is still a lot of wheat to be ripe. Once there is enough wheat straw after the summer harvest, there will be enough materials for the scaffolding roof.

Li Mengxi and Jian Yong stood in the empty camp and discussed. He planned to build up the walls of the barracks first, and the roof could be built with wheat straw at the back. Jian Yong put forward another idea.

"Isn't wheat straw good? Thatch is better. If you have reeds, reeds are great."

"What is reed? Reed?"

"Yes, it's the reed."

When he mentioned reeds, Li Mengxi remembered that reeds are an excellent material. It is said that in the ancient country of Loulan, reeds are everywhere, and the people of Loulan would use reeds to build houses and make various daily necessities.

It occurred to me that in addition to the land being productive, the water can also be productive. Not only can fish be raised in the water, but reeds, lotus root, ducks, etc. can also be grown in the water.

Li Mengxi's mind suddenly opened up. He turned around and looked at the vast lake. The surface of the lake was wide and there were no reeds.

"Why are there no reeds growing?" Li Mengxi muttered. He raised his head and asked Jian Yong, "Xianhe, do we have reeds growing in the north?"

"It's long, why isn't it long?"

Since reeds can grow in the north but not in mainland China, it means they can be planted artificially.

Li Mengxi asked Jian Yong again how to plant reeds.

"This..." Jian Yong was stopped by the question. Jian Yong hesitated, "Don't you need to plant it?"

As for reeds, you don't need to worry about the places where there are many reeds. They grow in large areas every year and you can't cut them all.

Afterwards, Li Mengxi asked about planting lotus plants. There was no doubt that he wanted to plant lotus plants in Daluze, but Jian Yong said no, the water was too deep to dig.

Just think about it, lotus picking must be done manually, and lotus can only be grown in shallow ponds.

Also, regarding raising ducks, the military camp is located by a lake, which is convenient for raising ducks. It is estimated that one hundred thousand ducks can be raised in such a large lake. Teal ducks feed on water, which reduces feed consumption by half. Teal ducks can produce

Meat, eggs, and feathers.

I think of last winter. Last winter, the army was short of clothes and bedding, and there was not enough firewood. They had no choice but to boil hot water and make ginger soup to keep people warm. It was already May, and half of the year had passed.

Production has not started to flourish yet. It is estimated that cold-weather clothing will still be a problem until this winter. If this problem is not solved, it will still be a problem the year after tomorrow, and the year after that.

Li Mengxi knew that down has a strong thermal insulation effect and can be collected repeatedly. If one hundred thousand ducks are raised, one hundred thousand ducks will have their down cut once every two months. If one duck can cut two taels of down per year, assuming that ten kilograms of down can be used.

If it is enough for one person to keep out the cold, then fifty ducks can produce enough down for one person a year, and one hundred thousand ducks can supply two thousand people a year.

After calculation, it is too few. One hundred thousand ducks are far from enough. In the absence of cotton, other cold-proof materials such as fur are too few, or they are like silk catkins, which have poor cold-proof effect. The cold-proof value of duck down is extremely

important.

So, with this in mind, raising ducks seems to be not only a food need, but a survival need.

One hundred thousand ducks are not enough, and we plan to raise millions of ducks. Even if there are millions of ducks, even though Dalu Ze is so big, there are not enough fish and shrimps in the water to support the needs of millions of teal, so we have to use food to feed the ducks.

They eat a lot of stuff. Feeding ducks in the countryside makes a big pot of bran live, and three to five ducks are eaten in one meal.

Food seems to be an unsolvable problem in expanding the scale of duck farming. If you raise a small amount of ducks, the fish and shrimp in the water are enough to meet the needs, and there is no need to consume additional food. However, at the same time, a small amount of teal cannot provide enough duck down. On the contrary, raising a large number of ducks can provide the necessary duck down.

, but it consumes food.

This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! Is it more important to keep out the cold or to have enough food? This is a dilemma.

When we really weigh it up, it seems that having enough food is the most important thing. When it's cold, you can warm yourself by the fire, stay indoors, drink hot water, or drink ginger water. There are so many other options to keep out the cold, but when you're hungry, there's no other way than eating food.

After weighing the pros and cons, Li Mengxi gave up on his plan to raise ducks on a large scale.

In the evening, Li Mengxi and Jian Yong returned from Daluze and returned to Julu City before dark.

The gates of Julu City are closed, the walls are lined with flags, and the guards are heavily guarded.

Li Mengxi went to the city and shouted.

Immediately, a junior high school officer on the city wall looked down and saw clearly that it was Li Mengxi. However, the junior high school commander said that General Liao Hua had told him not to open the door unless he came in person.

Li Mengxi immediately laughed, while Jian Yong on the side raised his head and stared at the tower, alert.

Soon, Liao Hua hurried to the city, took a closer look down at the city head, saw clearly that it was Li Mengxi, and ordered the door to be opened.

Liao Hua's approach was quite similar to that of Xiliuying, which won Li Mengxi's heart.

After entering the city, Li Mengxi ran straight to the wall and bumped into Liao Hua who was going down the stairs halfway.

In front of everyone, Li Mengxi praised Liao Hua's rigor without hesitation, which made Liao Hua's anxiety disappear.

Finally, Li Mengxi personally wrote a military ticket and handed it to Liao Hua, "Here, General Liao Hua, in view of your caution in defending the city, I will reward you with three kilograms of meat. Go and get it when you have time."

"Thank you, military advisor!" Liao Hua said with some excitement, cupping his fists and saluting.

Li Mengxi's approach has a shadow of Liu Bei's way of dealing with people. The reason why he came to the city specifically was to encourage Liao Hua and encourage him to keep up his efforts.

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Soon after, night fell.

During the meal, Jian Yong mentioned Liao Hua in a subtle way, and his words were full of worries about Liao Hua's identity.

"I know that Liao Hua was born in the Yellow Turbans, but I think that just because he was born in the Yellow Turbans, he is more reliable than others.

Think about it, if he waits for the Yellow Turban old man, except in our Julu, who is willing to tolerate him?

Others, even the brave old men from Zhuozhou Township, may hide evil intentions and collude with the enemy. However, the old people in the Yellow Turbans know that they are not tolerated by the world, so they have no other choice but the die-hard Julu."

Li Mengxi's judgment is this. It can be said that after the policy of equal land distribution was enforced in Julu, the most unstable and untrustworthy were the old landowners with lots of land. The most reliable among the people were the poor at the bottom, and the most reliable among the military.

Yes, they are the old people in the Yellow Turbans.
Chapter completed!