The sixth month of the first year of Emperor Xiaoling's reign was a peaceful and fruitful month.
This year's summer harvest was a gratifying one. The income of our army's prefectures and military camps is not bad, especially the military camps. Most of them have reached the standard of more than two stones per mu. Once the summer harvest is completed, our army's income from the fields plus taxes will be more than eight million stones. Including Pingyuan Prefecture, our army will have a total income of more than ten million stones of grain. From the current consumption of our army, it has completely alleviated the predicament of our army's food shortage. Seeing how effective the military camp was, and considering that every soldier was already self-sufficient in food this year, and considering the extreme need for food in future wars and the natural disaster that was not far away, I had to hoard even more food. Thus, I ordered to cancel the military rations for the soldiers and give them 20 mu of fertile land instead. I also promised that after serving in the military camp for five years, the soldiers could freely choose whether to become free citizens. The land they were farming now would also be permanently rented to them by the government. 20% of the annual rent.
Once this order was issued, it shocked all the soldiers stationed in the fields. In ancient times, the soldiers stationed in the fields were like slaves to the army, and their status was quite low. Now, I gave them a chance to escape from the sea of suffering. The small price of reducing their annual rations by 12 dan was already insignificant in front of this opportunity. After that, I issued a request regarding the construction of irrigation and water conservancy projects during the slack season, and all of the troops had fulfilled the requirements. Those lands would be theirs in the future. Every time they thought of this, the hundreds of thousands of soldiers would be filled with tears and enthusiasm. What I didn't expect was that after the refugees from the nearby areas heard about this, they all came to request to join our army. This caused Yanzhou to absorb close to 300,000 refugees in the next half a year, while Qingzhou absorbed close to 500,000 refugees. This caused a large migration of refugees from the nearby areas, causing my newly relaxed food supply to become a problem at the end of the year.
In terms of talent, Xun You of Pingyuan recruited a general, Hejian Zhang He. Although there was a big gap between him and Gao Lan and Ju Yi of the Four Generals of Hejian, he was more than enough to become a lieutenant. Under the leadership of Gao Qi and Zhang He, the Pingyuan military was on the right track. They recruited eight battalions of city defense soldiers from refugees, deserters, mountain bandits, and other sources according to the standards of our army. In addition to the two battalions they brought, there were currently 10 battalions of 25,000 city defense soldiers on the Pingyuan. At the same time, they recruited nearly 30,000 refugees who were not up to standard, forming 10 battalions of land reclamation troops. At this time, Yuan and Liu fought for Jizhou, so they should not be able to touch other places for the time being. There were 25,000 soldiers on the plains, which should be enough to protect themselves.
Zhuge Liang and his family finally followed my grain purchasing team to the North Sea. Zhuge Liang (Born in 181 AD), Zhuge Jin (Born in 174 AD), Zhuge Jun (Born between 181-192 A.D., details unknown. According to the year 207 A.D., when Liu Bei came of age, it should be between 187-189 A.D., this book takes A.D. 187), Zhuge Dan (The date of birth is unknown. As Zhuge Liang's cousin, it should be after 181, before Zhuge Jun. This book takes the year 183 AD), Zhuge Gui, Zhuge Xuan, and the others were all brought back by the emissaries I sent. Perhaps the Zhuge family was not very willing at the beginning, so the emissaries used some underhanded methods. However, during the long journey, Zhuge Liang, Zhuge Jun, Zhuge Dan, and the others, who were still young, had already heard all kinds of legends and stories about me, the Beihai Army, and the Beihai generals from different people. My plan to spread the news was obviously successful. These discerning eyes and heroic legends had clearly moved the young Zhuge brothers. Only Zhuge Jin, his father Zhuge Gui, and his uncle Zhuge Xuan, who were already twenty years old, were slightly worried. Although the messenger said that he was here to invite them to become officials in the North Sea, it was obvious that the short period of bad experience after they hesitated and expressed their refusal meant that this official position was not so easy.
Although the Zhuge family was a relatively famous family in Langye, they were not as famous as Qingzhou. However, from the moment they saw me, the three adult Zhuge family members knew that there was no need to worry about their lives. The enthusiasm in my eyes and the welcome from the bottom of my heart made the Zhuge family feel relieved. However, they were even more confused as to why this General of the Right whom they had never met before (when the emissary invited them, he said that he was the prefect of Beihai, but after a few months, I had already become the General of the Right) treated their family so well.
Although they sometimes boasted that they were talented, they did not seem to have much contact with this General of the Right, whom they had never met before. However, no matter what, it seemed to be a good thing for now. Their hometown was becoming more and more chaotic. The Zhuge family had been declining due to the many wars in Langye. It was a good thing for the Zhuge family to have the opportunity to work in a prosperous state. Fortunately, they didn't see me looking at Zhuge Liang with shining eyes, or else I would be suspected of having ulterior motives.
Thinking of the Zhuge family's powerful lineup and Zhuge Liang's eternal wisdom idol, I couldn't express the joy in my heart. However, I am now in a high position and cannot appoint important positions based on my own preferences. Therefore, in order to give the Zhuge family a good opportunity to rise, I gathered all the important strategists and generals in the North Sea. Guo Jia, Zhao Yun, Taishi Ci, and I started a special meeting with the adults of the Zhuge family, Zhuge Gui, Zhuge Xuan, and Zhuge Jin. There was no doubt that the strength of each member of the Zhuge family was not just for show. In terms of governance, Zhuge Xuan and Zhuge Gui would have no problem taking up the post of a prefecture guard. Zhuge Jin, on the other hand, was even more surprising. He was so well-versed in military strategies at the age of twenty. It was obvious that in addition to his family's knowledge, his own talent far exceeded his predecessors. Even from the perspective of a genius like Guo Jia, Zhuge Jin's performance was not inferior to his when he was his age.
Naturally, Zhuge Gui was appointed as the person in charge of promotion in the Right General's Mansion, Zhuge Xuan was appointed as the prefect of Beihai by me, and Zhuge Jin became his assistant under Guo Jia's admiring gaze. He began to take up the position of Commanding Officer Xun Yu had once held. For a time, the Zhuge Clan had an important position in both the military and political circles. How could the Zhuge family not fall for such kindness? Besides, our military power is growing day by day. Being able to serve under such a lord, the Zhuge family has finally calmed down. Many outstanding talents of the Zhuge family have been used by me. Although some of them are still in the learning stage, people have to grow. This process of conquering the world may not be completed by my generation. Only by storing talents of all ages as soon as possible would there not be a predicament of no generals in Shu in the future.
With Zhuge Jin assisting Guo Jia in military affairs, I can finally relax for Guo Jia's health. At least I won't be overworked from supporting the overall situation alone in the future. As for whether Guo Jia's body has some kind of illness that I don't know about, I can't do anything about it now. After all, I know nothing about medicine. Maybe in the future, I will have the opportunity to find the most famous strange doctor of this era, Hua Tuo, or the medical saint, Zhang Zhongjing (Zhang Zhongjing, Ming Ji, born around 150 AD in Nanyang County, Eastern Han Dynasty).
My elder brother held an important position in the army and was accompanied by the legendary magical military counselor Guo Jia. This was undoubtedly a big attraction for the young brothers of the Zhuge family to frequently visit the military camp. I knew that it had changed the course of Zhuge Liang's study in Jingzhou. In order to let them perform equally well in this time and space, Guo Jia deliberately guided these young brothers to teach them by words and examples. The Zhuge family has always been smart and they quickly understood my intentions. Other than Zhuge Jun who was still very young, Zhuge Liang and Zhuge Dan began to learn military strategies from Guo Jia from time to time. At the same time, they learned the essence of various types of troops from Zhao Yun, Taishi Ci, and others. Guo Jia and Zhuge Liang were two great geniuses in the original space-time, but because of my relationship, they actually became master and disciple. Thinking of this, I couldn't help but feel a little dazed.
The two greatest strategists of this era, one of whom is working for me, and the other is learning the skills to work for me. How lucky! The Zhuge family finally believed that their strength had won my favor. They already knew that I was the most powerful duke in Shandong, and also the most likely to become the overlord of Shandong. For Zhuge Xuan and Zhuge Gui, this would bring them wealth, power, and stability. For the young Zhuge Jin and Zhuge Liang, I could give them an opportunity to realize their dream of galloping across the world.
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