"The Hero Palace?!" Where was the easiest place to get information? Naturally, it was Lü Bu. Lü Bu really took good care of his cheap son-in-law. Although Lü Bu did not deliberately monitor Liu Mang's every move, he was very concerned about it. When Liu Mang attacked Shouchun, Lü Bu wanted to take his Bingzhou Wolf Cavalry or let Gao Shun take the Formation Breaker to help. However, he did not expect that this guy would decide to attack Shouchun in one day, so Lü Bu gave up the idea. Now, some of the orders issued by Liu Mang really gave Lü Bu a headache.
For example, the Hero Palace issued by Liu Mang. He built a Hero Palace above the main hall of the Shouchun Imperial Palace and engraved the names of the City Guard and the Black Flag Army soldiers who died in battle. Even Wei Xu and Song Xian had names. What would Lü Bu's soldiers think about it? They were both Lvbu's Army! Although Liu Mang was semi-independent, he was still part of the Lvbu's Army! They were both part of the Lvbu's Army. Why could they enter the Hero Palace to enjoy the worship when they died in battle, but they could not? Lü Bu's Bingzhou Wolf Cavalry and the Formation Breaker also suffered a lot of casualties. Did they have to engrave their names one by one?! This was a lot of work. After all, they could arrange for people to go down. The key was Liu Mang's reward for the soldiers who died in Shouchun. This was what really gave Lü Bu a headache. Everyone who died in battle was rewarded with 50 mu of good farmland and one gold. Lü Bu did not know how many people died in battle from Bingzhou Jiu Yuan until now. If they were all rewarded like this, Lü Bu would have gone bankrupt long ago.
Now that Liu Mang was playing like this, as his father-in-law, he had to play along! Therefore, Lü Bu had a headache. Although he killed all the soldiers in Lujiang, the good farmland also had owners, so there were many rewards.
"My Lord! About the Hero Palace! " Chen Gong went straight into the meeting hall. He had also received the news. This was the first time in history that the Hero Palace had done something like this. People were either worshipping gods or their ancestors. There had never been a precedent of soldiers or generals being worshipped. In particular, the Hero Palace even set a low position for the civil officials. As long as the civil officials worked hard, they could enter the palace. Even Chen Gong could not resist such a temptation.
"You know it too!" Lü Bu rubbed his temples. Lü Bu was no longer the headstrong and self-opinionated person he used to be. He no longer relied too much on his own strength. No matter how strong a person was, he was still a person. Only a strong comprehensive strength was truly strong. "Gongtai, what do you think I should do with the rewards?" Lü Bu had a headache about this.
"Oh, my Lord, you worry too much!" Chen Gong said to Lü Bu with a smile. He came here not only to learn more about the Hero Palace, but also to help Lü Bu solve the problem of the rewards.
"Worry too much?" Lü Bu was a little confused. "Gongtai, you should know that there are hundreds of thousands of soldiers who have followed Lü Bu over the years!"
"Yes, there are hundreds of thousands!" Chen Gong also sighed. Chen Gong had followed Lü Bu from Yanzhou. Even so, there were no less than 100,000 soldiers under Chen Gong's command. He lost 70,000 soldiers in Xuzhou alone. As for the rest, he fought with Liu Bei, Yuan Shu, and Cao Cao. Which one of them was not a big battle? If he counted them one by one, it would be really difficult.
"But my Lord, the families of those who followed my Lord and died in battle are also gone!" Chen Gong said to Lü Bu. The soldiers that Lü Bu brought from Bingzhou did not have families, so they did not need to be compensated for their deaths. Then there were the soldiers from Xuzhou. Most of them died in Xuzhou. Even if they had families, they were in Xuzhou. The rewards could not be given to Xuzhou! Xuzhou was Lao Cao's territory. Behind him was Chen Deng's Army in Guangling. There were many casualties, but the soldiers that Chen Deng brought out were mostly unattached. Therefore, there were not many who needed to be compensated. Only the Bingzhou Wolf Cavalry and the Formation Breaker needed to be compensated! There were also some soldiers who were recruited from Lujiang. The families of these soldiers needed to be compensated. The rest of the soldiers needed to be recognized so that they could enter the Hero Palace.
"In that case, I will leave these to you, Gongtai!" Lü Bu was basically a hands-off boss now. Other than the training of the soldiers, Chen Gong was in charge of all the other small matters.
"Yes!" Chen Gong smiled bitterly. He was so busy that he almost fainted. The post-war reconstruction of Lujiang, the allocation of the new recruits, the summer harvest, and the summer planting were all for Chen Gong. Now, he had to do another task.
"Oh right, Gongtai, send a letter to Hanyang. Tell him to add Chen Deng's father, Chen Gui, to the Hero Palace's Civil Palace!" Who said that Lü Bu did not know how to conduct himself and did not understand people's hearts? It was just that Lü Bu had overestimated his own strength. Now that Lü Bu was old, he naturally thought of other things.
Chen Gui. It could be said that Lü Bu lost most of Xuzhou because of this old man. However, Lü Bu wanted to let Chen Deng's son, Chen Deng, enter the Hero Palace. This way, Chen Deng would be even more grateful to Lü Bu!
"The Hero Palace?" Another person who was always paying attention to Liu Mang was Brother Zhu. He was currently in Jiangxia and Zhou Yu's Jiangdong Navy. But overall, Brother Zhu had the upper hand. After all, Jingzhou's foundation was stronger. Moreover, Brother Zhu was resourceful. With the help of Wen Pin, Li Yan, Huo Jun, and the others, he was fighting fiercely. Vaguely, Wen Pin had a feeling that Brother Pig was the leader.
Brother Zhu did not know how to evaluate Liu Mang's recent actions. Although Liu Mang had been making things difficult for Zhuge Liang in Nanyang, Zhuge Liang knew that Pang Tong was not a bad person. Moreover, Pang Tong was very smart. Smart people liked to associate with smart people. Therefore, Zhuge Liang and Pang Tong had a good relationship. They even used straw boats to borrow arrows. This was a strategy that Brother Zhu unintentionally revealed during their conversation. This strategy really took advantage of the time and place. If it was successful, it would definitely be a classic battle. Unexpectedly, Pang Tong used it in the Huaihe area. It really became a classic battle. The title of Huainan's number one dish, Braised Little Turkey, made the scholars of Jingzhou laugh until they were out of breath. At that time, Pang Degong's face was red.
After all, Pang Degong was the one who made Young Phoenix famous. Jingzhou had a Crouching Dragon and a Phoenix. Obtaining one would bring peace to the world. This was a complete self-promotion. The act of advertising was similar to people in modern times. However, Pang Tong and Crouching Dragon Zhuge Liang were truly talented.
Now, Pang Tong was called a Little Turkey. There was a Young Phoenix in Jingzhou? It was just a Little Turkey! Pang Degong's face was slapped so hard by Liu Mang that his face was ping-pong. In the end, Pang Degong even got a braised Little Turkey. What a disgrace!
Fortunately, Crouching Dragon Zhuge Liang also came out of retirement and helped Liu Biao stabilize the situation. He made the Jiangdong Navy move forward and dispelled the people's ridicule. Otherwise, Pang Degong's bragging title would have spread.
After Huainan's number one dish, this Ming Gong really did not stop. The information said that Liu Mang's rewards for the soldiers who died in battle were very high. Each person would receive 50 mu of land and a piece of gold. The tax he collected was only 30%. It was really generous to the extreme. It was almost as if he was giving it away for free. One must know what the normal tax was! It was a 70% to 80% tax rate. If someone got 50% tax rate, then they would be a good person and a good official. Now, Liu Mang only wanted 30%. Wasn't this giving it away for free? Currently, the number of casualties was very small. Once the territory expanded and there was a big battle, the number of casualties would not be just ten or twenty thousand. At that time, how would the rewards be distributed? For example, in the battle between Yuan Shao and Cao Cao in Guandu, when Yuan Shao and Cao Cao died, tens of thousands of soldiers and horses died. Yuan Shao had hundreds of thousands of casualties. According to Liu Mang's rewards, even if Yuan Shao sold himself, he would not be able to get enough rewards. Although this skill could win the hearts of the soldiers, it was not a long-term solution.
As for the Hero Palace, Zhuge Liang had the same reaction as Chen Gong. He was a little excited. He was also thinking that if his plan succeeded, would he also have a place in the Hero Palace?
"Hero Palace?" Different people had different views and attitudes towards things. Zhuge Liang and Chen Gong were excited, but to Sun Ce, it was a kind of disdain. "Playing to the gallery!" In Sun Ce's opinion, heroes were judged by future generations, not by himself. What was a hero? Are those who serve you, Lu Bu, heroes?! Then what was the rest of the world? Traitors? Renegades?
Different from Sun Ce's disdain, Zhou Yu was also a little excited. However, his excitement was not because he wanted to join Liu Mang's Hero Palace! After all, he and Liu Mang's Lvbu's Army were enemies. Zhou Yu's excitement and smile were because he had seen something. "Bofu, the Hero Palace is a strategy to win people's hearts. His Highness, the King Of Shu, is really good at using it! "Once the Hero Palace appears, Liu Mang's subordinates will be united. Everyone will risk their lives for the Lvbu's Army. If they are alive, they will work for the Lord. If they are dead, the Lord will take care of their families. Moreover, they will be able to enter the Hero Palace and leave their names there for future generations to admire. They will enjoy incense. Naturally, it would be easy for the subordinates to risk their lives.
However, all of this depended on money. According to the Lvbu's Army's current numbers, the Lvbu's Army has 5,000 Bingzhou Wolf Cavalry, 5,000 Formation Breaker, 5,000 Taishan Army, 5,000 Guangling Army, and 20,000 garrison troops. That was a total of 40,000 troops. In Liu Mang's Shouchun, there were 5,000 City Guard, 5,000 Black Flag Army, 12,000 Gan Ning's Navy, 8,000 garrison troops, and 30,000 troops here!
In total, that would be 70,000 men and horses. According to Liu Mang's reward for those who died in battle, each person would be 50 mu. How much would 70,000 men and horses be? Perhaps even the entire Lujiang and Shouchun would not have that many fields! When the time came, what would Lü Bu use to reward his subordinates?
If he didn't keep his word to his soldiers, it would be really difficult to command them. Moreover, he only collected 30% of the taxes. The Lvbu's Army should prepare to starve! In Jiangdong, Sun Ce had already collected 70% of the taxes. Even so, Sun Cejun's provisions were still a little tight.
Liu Mang's plan could only smash his own foot with a brick.
"Yangzhou's Lvbu's Army is no longer a concern!" Zhou Yu laughed very happily. There were really people who dug their own graves.
There were really many people in the world who thought this way. Liu Biao of Jingzhou was laughing. Cao Cao had just returned to camp and only 2,000 of his 30,000 soldiers were left. The others had all died in battle. Even so, Yuan Shao's 100,000 navy soldiers were dragged into hell. Liu Biao was very appreciative of Liu Mang's Hero Palace, but he also frowned at the compensation for the soldiers who died in battle. Originally, he planned to imitate the Hero Palace and build one in Xudu because those 30,000 soldiers really risked their lives to fight for his family. Cao Cao saw with his own eyes that a Cao Jun's soldier's chest was pierced by several sharp blades, but he still firmly grabbed an enemy and dragged him into the water. Even if his arms and legs were chopped off, he still used his teeth to bite the enemy. Wasn't such a soldier worthy of respect? Shouldn't they be worshipped by the people?
Therefore, Cao Cao also planned to build a Hero Palace in Xudu. Cao Cao had many generals who died in battle for him, such as Dian Wei, his eldest son Cao Ang, his younger brother Cao Chun, and Li Dian. Cao Cao wanted to set up memorial tablets for these people and worship them. However, the compensation from Liu Mang's Army really made Cao Cao's balls ache. If he did it according to Liu Mang's compensation, Cao Cao's entire fortune wouldn't be enough!
Lao Cao had fought many battles, starting with the Yellow Turban Army, then fighting Dong Zhuo, Zhang Miao, Tao Qian, Yuan Shu, Liu Bei, Lü Bu, and now Yuan Shao. The number of soldiers who died or were injured was almost in the hundreds of thousands. If he really calculated according to that, Lao Cao would really go bankrupt. Not to mention the fertile land that was rewarded, Cao Cao couldn't even afford the taxes. Therefore, Lao Cao didn't plan to add compensation. However, if he didn't add compensation, then what was the point of building a place of worship by imitating the Hero Palace?
It is nothing more than imitating Lu Bu's army and making a fool of themselves. When the time comes, the soldiers will definitely compare. You see, Lu Bu's army has a lot of compensation for each soldier killed in battle, but we don't have anything at all. In this world, we don't worry about scarcity, but we worry about inequality.
At the same time, Lao Cao was also prepared to see how the King Of Shu, Liu Mang, would make a fool of himself.
So many feudal lords were watching him make a fool of himself! As for the King Of Shu, Liu Mang, he threw another bomb. He issued an order that as long as the people came to Shouchun, they would be rewarded with one mu of fertile land for adults and half a mu of fertile land for children for free. The taxes would always be 40%. However, there was a prerequisite. You had to plant the seeds given by the King Of Shu, Liu Mang. You had to cultivate the seeds for five years before it was considered your land. These lands were not allowed to be bought or sold. If you were in a hurry and needed money, you could only sell it to the government, which was Liu Mang's Army. No one else was allowed to buy or sell the land.
What kind of rule was this? It really confused the people of the world. Land was originally free to be bought and sold. If land could not be bought and sold, where would the big landlords come from? Where would the annexation of land come from? One must know that this era was still dominated by agriculture! If a family had spare money, they would buy land. Only with land could they ensure that their descendants would not starve to death.
Liu Mang's order was originally set to prevent the formation of big landlords. Once the land was free to be bought and sold, then the land he gave to the people would be swallowed up in no time. All the land would belong to Liu Mang's Army.
40% of taxes? No increase in taxes! This was the biggest joke of all. One mu of fertile land could produce 400 jin of grain. If 40% of it was handed over, it would be 160 jin, which was equivalent to 1 dan. There would still be 200 jin left. An adult man could only eat half a jin of grain a day. This was the rhythm of eating until one was full. 200 jin was enough to last one year.
As for the people of this era, when would they be able to eat until they were full? That was when the harvest was good. At other times, they would not be able to eat until they were full. They could only use wild vegetables and chaff to burn together with the grain to fill their stomachs. This was because the tax burden had already reached 80%!
As for Liu Mang's fourth layer, it would be a joke. Liu Mang was afraid that once these fields were activated, he would not even be able to pay the soldiers under his command. One mu of farmland was one shi of tax. In the whole of Shouchun, there was less than fifty thousand. The result would be that Shouchun would not be able to raise enough soldiers. And this was when the harvest was good. If the harvest was not good, then Liu Mang could go and cry!
Of course, our King Of Shu, Liu Mang would not cry. Who said that Liu Mang was going to plant rice? What he planted was not rice. The seeds he planted were brought back from the modern world and were placed in those books. To put it simply, they were sweet potatoes. Sweet potatoes were originally called sweet potatoes and were an annual herb. The leaves were generally oval-shaped and the corolla had many colors. The most common were pink, white, and purple. The parts buried underground were mostly oval-shaped root tubers.
To put it simply, sweet potatoes liked warmth and feared cold. Low temperatures were harmful to their growth. When the temperature dropped to 15 ° C, they would stop growing. Below 9 ° C, the tubers would gradually rot due to the cold. Within the range of 18-32 ° C, the higher the temperature, the faster the growth of sweet potatoes. Above 35 ° C, it would be detrimental to their growth. The suitable temperature for root tubers to form and expand was 20-30 ° C, with 22-24 ° C being the most suitable. In Huainan, the temperature was about this. Therefore, their growth was definitely very good. The water content was also very good. The yield of both underground and underground areas was very high. The stems and leaves were luxuriant, the root system developed, the growth speed was fast, and the transpiration was strong. The water content of sweet potatoes was relatively high. The relative water content of the soil should be maintained at 60-70% in the early and late stages of growth. The middle stage of growth was when the stems and leaves were at their peak and when the tubers were expanding. The relative water content of the soil should be maintained at 70-80%. In Huainan, there was nothing but water. There were four dams around Shouchun that were used for irrigation. Liu Mang was preparing to put them to use. Sweet potatoes liked light and warmth. They were a crop that could not tolerate shade. If there was insufficient light, the leaves would turn yellow and fall off severely. There would be no leaves. If the light was not good, the yield would be reduced by 20-30%. Sweet potatoes were a crop with short sunlight. Every day, the sunlight would be in the range of 8-10 hours to induce the sweet potatoes to flower and bear fruit. Huainan had plenty of sunlight. Otherwise, it would not have formed a cat forest.
The soil had strong adaptability to the soil. It had good acidity and alkali resistance. It could adapt to the pH of the soil from 4.2 to 8.3. It was distributed in China's Beijing, Shandong, Linyi, Henan, Tianjin, Hebei, Inner Mongolia, Yunnan, Sichuan, Hubei, Gansu, Anhui, Fujian, etc.
Huainan had not been planted since ancient times. However, that was because Huainan could plant other things. But now, it was different. Liu Mang needed a large amount of military rations. As long as they could fill their stomachs, they did not need to eat well! This was the unique characteristic of ancient warfare!
Sweet potatoes were divided into spring sweet potatoes and summer sweet potatoes. Generally, the yield per mu of spring sweet potatoes was 3,500 kilograms, while the yield per mu of summer sweet potatoes was 2,500 kilograms of red skin and white meat. The "Yu Potato King" had a high yield, stable yield, and wide adaptability. The yield per mu of spring sweet potatoes was as high as 5,000 kilograms. In the south, the yield per mu of spring sweet potatoes was more than 5,000 kilograms.
Huainan was the best place to plant all kinds of things. Otherwise, it would only be a land of fish and rice in the real world.
Liu Mang did not know how high it could be planted in the Eastern Han without fertilizers and pesticides. But it was still possible for it to be around 2,000 kg! Forty percent tax for two thousand catties, that was really high to a certain extent!
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