Two days later.
"prick!"
"ha!"
"pick!"
"ha!"
"hack!"
"ha!"
Early in the morning, the Liaodong Army had already begun morning exercises.
Twenty thousand Liaodong sergeants were divided into three regiments and practiced at three different time periods.
Zhang Qi moved along with the movements of the sergeants on the general ordering platform, and by the way, he also inspected the training of the sergeants.
The Liaodong Army is different from Huben, Yingsheng, and Youyi. They are pure infantry. Although they can also ride horses, they are still unable to compete with the grassland people without the equipment of high bridge saddles and double stirrups.
However, Zhang Qi needs infantry. In the cold weapon era, any arms are just embellishments. What can really serve as the cornerstone is still the large-scale infantry formation.
Especially when facing farming civilization, the importance of infantry is unparalleled.
Looking at the energetic soldiers below, Zhang Qi nodded with satisfaction. The 20,000 Liaodong Army had become professional soldiers. Apart from fighting, they no longer needed to do anything else.
Take a bath once every seven days and three times a month.
During the six days of training, four days were spent on combat training, one day for short soldiers, one day for long soldiers, one day for shields and swords, and one day for bows and crossbows.
Then for the next two days, one day was for horsemanship and chariot training.
One day to carry out ideological and cultural construction.
In addition to the above skill training, the army also selects one week every month for eating, drinking and diarrhea training.
Don't underestimate eating, drinking, and eating. If you want to compare with those weapon skills training, this is the most rare thing.
Eating is okay, this nutritional supplement meal formulated by Zhang Qi himself allows all soldiers to maintain good physical fitness.
But drinking, defecating, and peeing, these three things can cause large-scale attrition of soldiers if they are rarely ignored.
Medical technology in ancient times was not developed. Although Zhang Qi focused on training technical talents, the medical team mostly dealt with surgical injuries.
Infectious diseases caused by substandard hygiene are more deadly than trauma.
That's why Zhang Qicai took seven precious days out of the already packed monthly military skills training to train on these.
Not only did the Liaodong Army need to train in this, but the people of Wuhuan Xianbei also needed to train. However, compared to ordinary people, Zhang Qi only needed to issue government orders and then ask the Justice Department to send out government officials to supervise.
The morning training ended at one hour in the morning, and Zhang Qi was also sweating all over.
The order was given to disband and the various ministries were brought back. Zhang Qi ordered the general to come down from the stage.
Later it was breakfast. Except for Zhang Qi eating with the sergeants for the first few months, the rest of the time was given to Wang Li and other generals.
Bai Xing appeared at the corner of the school ground and handed Zhang Qi a piece of cloth. Zhang Qi took it and wiped his body before heading to his residence.
"Your Majesty, news came from Wuhuan Xianbei this morning. This year's census has been completed. Compared with last year, the population this year has increased by 1.27 million, and the total population is 1.84 million.
Among them, the original population was 125,000, the grassland absorbed 76,000, Fuyu Sushen absorbed 60,000, the two Han areas absorbed 1.45 million, 140,000 were born, and 17,000 died in infancy. There are 1,682 people, with a total population of 1.84 million.
Among them, the two cities of Wuhuan and Xianbei have a population of 480,000 and 200,000 respectively. New villages have been established around the two cities, with more than a thousand towns and accommodating 1.16 million people. "
Zhang Qi wiped his sweat while listening to Bai Xing's report. When he heard that 110,000 newborns had died in infancy, he was stunned for a moment, and then he suddenly realized that this was ancient times, where the infant mortality rate could be as high as 60%.
It is not easy for Wuhuan Xianbei to reduce the mortality rate so much in just two or three years due to the popularization of obstetrics and gynecology technology.
However, the probability of premature death is still high, and the construction of the obstetrics and gynecology department will continue.
After handing the towel to Bai Xing, Zhang Qi said: "Send a message to Hu Twenty, telling her that the obstetrics and gynecology department will be expanded, and priority will be given to recruiting people from the medical team who have experienced childbirth. In addition, inform Na Qi that the medical force will be increased by 2,000 people. , complete it as soon as possible.
Inform Hu Ling to recruit doctors and medical craftsmen from the Han people and be on standby. I will send someone back to take charge in a few days. "
"promise!"
White Star surrendered.
When they returned to their residence, hot water had been prepared. Bai Xing stepped forward to help Zhang Qi take off his armor, and then retreated to write a letter.
Lying comfortably in the barrel, Zhang Qi smiled slightly.
"The current medical system is still imperfect. It seems it is time to train a leader to establish a complete medical system."
Gurgling.
Zhang Qi slid into the wooden barrel, and bubbles appeared in the barrel. Zhang Qi liked to hold his breath while taking a bath. He felt that doing so would make his mind work faster when thinking about problems.
Uh-huh.
After a few minutes, Zhang Qi emerged from the water, gasping for air.
After taking a bath, Zhang Qi felt comfortable all over. Bai Xing walked in and informed Zhang Qi that the letter was sent. Then he walked behind Zhang Qi and wiped his wet long hair.
The main hall of the Duwei Mansion.
Zhang Qi, whose skin was rosy after taking a bath, sat on it, holding a scroll of bamboo slips in his hand and reading.
The young spy from before was half-kneeling in the hall.
"Your Majesty, Ze is ready."
Zhang Qi didn't take his eyes off the bamboo slips and asked lightly: "Go ahead after you think about it clearly. I'm waiting for your good news."
The young spy had no name and was often called Ergou. However, after being implanted with a spiritual point, Zhang Qi gave him a name as usual, calling him Wang Ze.
In the past two days, Zhang Qi told him his plan and asked him to make his own decision. It was up to him to decide whether to go or not. However, under the influence of the spiritual point, Wang Ze naturally acted in Zhang Qi's interests. After thinking about what to say after returning for two days, I came to say goodbye today.
"For your Majesty! A worthy death!"
Wang Ze stood up and held his hands, then strode away.
It wasn't until Wang Ze left that Zhang Qicai raised his eyes and looked at the door of the main hall. After the countermeasures were taken, the rest was up to Wang Ze's free play.
He won't let anyone help Wang Ze in this matter. The more help he has, the greater the possibility of being exposed.
The Han Dynasty needed a pair of eyes to see the Liao land, and now Zhang Qi had given the eyes away to see if Liu Che could pick out the mess he wanted.
In July, the sun is scorching, and the engineering team works under the scorching sun every day, accelerating the construction of Shanhaiguan. The number of workers has skyrocketed from 50,000 to 60,000 in early April to 170,000 today, and they are constructing multiple sections of Shanhaiguan simultaneously.
And Xianbei also ushered in another bumper harvest.
There are nearly 500,000 acres of official farmland, of which 300,000 acres are planted with selectively bred sorghum. Thanks to the use of farmyard manure and garlic to kill insects, one acre of Xianbei land now produces nearly 470 kilograms of sorghum. It is much better than the initial land reclamation. Later, the yield of about 100 kilograms per mu obtained by planting soybeans, sorghum directly quadrupled this value to nearly five times.
The 300,000 acres of sorghum land brought Zhang Qi a total of 141 million catties of grain income.
There are countless green reserves.
And pumpkins are even more terrifying. They are completely cutting-edge crop seeds in the world. One acre of pumpkin fields can be cultivated well, farmyard manure is used, and weeding and pest control are successful. Its yield per acre is an astonishing 1,200 catty.
However, because pumpkins are difficult to store, Xianbei’s pumpkin fields are only one-third of the sorghum fields, 100,000 acres.
But just one hundred thousand acres of pumpkin fields brought Xianbei a harvest of 120 million kilograms, which is comparable to three hundred thousand acres of sorghum.
The remaining 100,000 acres of soybeans, millet, radishes, peppers, and garlic are also very productive.
Although the yield per mu of the new fields reclaimed by each village is low, they are still profitable. Although the new fields that belong to Zhang Qi but belong to farmers do not need to pay taxes.
But it also relieved Zhang Qi's huge food pressure.
This year is already a year of great prosperity as Zhang Qi said last year.
Everything is developing rapidly as Zhang Qi expected.
(End of chapter)
