Chapter 104 The good days are coming to an end

"Sir, you have caught up with the good time. If it had been a few months earlier, I would have been helpless, but now even God is helping us." When Liu Feng was distressed by the problems faced by Tuntian, Liu Ba had obviously thought of a solution.

Liu Feng's spirit was refreshed and he hurriedly asked, "What's the good strategy, sir?"

"It's very simple, four words, check the household registration." Liu Ba answered happily.

"Check the household registration?"

Liu Feng was slightly surprised. He immediately thought that Liu Ba planned to investigate the population attached to the name of powerful landlords, which was equivalent to grabbing food from the mouths of these land snakes, which would inevitably cause a strong rebound. In such a special period, it obviously did more harm than good.

Liu Feng frowned slightly and was about to say his concerns, but Liu Ba's face showed a little pride. It seemed that he had already expected what Liu Feng was thinking.

Seeing Liu Ba's expression, Liu Feng knew that what he could think of, Liu Ba's smart head must also think that there must be another mystery in his mouth to "check the household registration".

Thinking of this, Liu Feng's eyebrows quickly spread out and said patiently, "How to check, sir, you might as well talk about it in detail."

"The prince once forgot that when Cao went south in the last year, many people in Jingbei fled to the four counties of Jingnan in order to escape the military disaster. According to my estimation, at least 50,000 to 60,000 people who took refuge in Changsha alone, which is a considerable wealth."

Liu Ba's words reminded Liu Feng, and his eyes suddenly flashed with excitement: "I forgot this group of people. Sir, go on."

Liu Ba continued: "Most of the 50,000 or 60,000 people who have taken refuge in Changsha are ordinary poor people. They have no land to support themselves, and they are not registered in the government. They can only rely on working as workers for the local tyrants. In this time, they will inevitably become dependents under the local tyrants. What we need to do now is Check the household registration as soon as possible, and turn these tens of thousands of people into registered household registrations in time before they are annexed by the heroes.

Liu Feng nodded in agreement: "Five or 60,000 people, even if half of them can be counted, it is a considerable number, but with the population, how to solve the land problem?"

Liu Ba's expression became more and more confident, and she smiled and said, "If there is a population, the land is not a problem. It should be known that there is a sufficient water system of Xiangshui in Changsha, and there is no lack of fertile land on both sides. Although the existing arable land is basically occupied, as long as there is enough labor, those original wasteland can soon become fertile land as long as it is reclaimed a little, so population is the real key.

In the era when Liu Feng was originally in, it was an era of large population, so in his initial concept, he did not attach too much importance to the important surname of population. But with the growth of knowledge, it was not until the conversation with Liu Ba that he really realized how important the population is. At some point, the number of people even directly determines the success or failure of one party's forces.

In terms of agricultural economy, Liu Feng is a veritable layman. He can only put forward the idea of Tuntian, but how to do it, he has to rely on an insider like Liu Ba.

After listening to Liu Ba's systematic explanation, Liu Feng said happily, "This is what you are good at. Let go of your hands and feet and do it boldly. I will definitely fully support you behind my back."

After a pause, Liu Feng added: "Regarding the implementation of the matter of Tuntian, we must get the permission of that person. In order to avoid life doubts, it is difficult for me to express my opinion on this matter. I'm afraid that my husband will come forward. I believe that person will allow it."

Liu Ba smiled and said, "Don't worry, I'll take care of this matter."

After the secret discussion between the two, Liu Ba repaired a letter and sent it to the Jiangling battlefield to tell Liu Bei that he would try to farm in Changsha to solve the problem of military grain and fodder.

As Liu Feng expected, Liu Ba's difficult bone is willing to be attached, which is already a great surprise for Liu Bei. Liu Ba, who has just taken office, also took the initiative to put forward Tuntian's advice for Liu Bei's consideration, and on the surface, it is indeed beneficial to Liu Bei, so he quickly The allowed reply was made, and it was ready to be tested in Changsha first. If the effect is good, it will be promoted in the rest of the counties as soon as possible.

Liu Bei once again was trapped by Liu Feng. After getting Liu Bei's approval, Liu Feng fully supported Liu Ba to check his household registration and start Tuntian. At the same time, in order to buy the local powerful people, Liu Feng also instructed Liu Bida to recruit influential scholars in the county as county officials, and used both soft and hard means to make the county magistrates order their children to send to Linxiang as hostages.

When Liu Feng was preparing for the break, he also cared about the situation in the world all the time.

As he expected in Bachu, not long after Pang Tong went to Chai Sang to meet Sun Quanbing, Wuhou Sun Quan led all his remaining family, about 30,000 soldiers and horses, to launch an attack on Hefei on the Western Front. At this time, Hefei was empty. Cao was shocked after hearing this, so he had to lead the main force to leave Nanyang County and go east to Huainan to relieve the siege of Hefei.

As soon as Cao Jian's army left, the morale of Cao's army in Jingzhou was suddenly hit, and Sun Liu's allied forces took advantage of the situation to launch a more fierce attack on the enemy of Jiangling.

After Zhou Yu personally led the defeat of Cao's army, he took advantage of the victory to move the camp from the south bank to the north bank, forcing Jinjiang Lingcheng to go down the fortress. Liu Bei's troops occupied the Linju and Jingyang counties west of the Han River between Xiangyang and Jiangling, while Guan Yu's troops went north along the Han River and occupied the counties east of the Han River, cutting off the north road connecting Xiangyang and Jiangling.

In order to understand the siege of Jiangling, Lejin stationed in Xiangyang, and Wenpin stationed in Anlu, they were ordered to attack in two ways and launched a fierce battle with Guan Yu and Liu Beijun. Although the two sides have won or lost each other, because Liu Jiajun took advantage of the water army to successfully drag the departments of Le and Wenshu to the front line of Hanshui, it was never able to provide effective direct assistance to Xiangyang.

Due to the departure of Cao Yan's main force, Cao's army in Jingzhou could no longer be replenished with troops. As time entered the second half of the year, Jiangling City gradually became a lonely city with outstanding reading ability. Cao Ren and Zhou Yu repeatedly fought unfavorably, suffered large casualties, and could not be replenished by troops. The situation has fallen into an increasingly unfavorable situation.

In order to gain more voice in the division of Jingzhou after the Battle of Jiangling, Liu Bei had to follow Zhou Yu to participate in the Battle of Jiangling. Under the condition that the four counties of Jingnan had successfully obtained their hands, he had no time to pay more attention to the four counties in the south. Liu Feng and Zhang Fei only divided the eastern and west counties of Xiangshui. Obviously, they planned to After the battle of Jiangling, new arrangements will be made.

The Battle of Jiangling dragged Liu Bei, which just gave Liu Feng enough time. In the 14th year of Jian'an, he ran the bases of his two counties almost unimpeded.

In the autumn of that year, Liu Ba's painstaking Tuntian business finally got the first wave of rewards. With the hard work of nearly 20,000 Tuntian people, the autumn grain was harvested. Although the five-five-part agreement between the government and the people made Liu Feng only get half of the grain, this precious surplus grain was enough to support his army for three months. Left and right.

At the end of autumn, Liu Feng's controllable army had reached 5,000, and after half a year of training, it had initially formed a certain combat effectiveness.

The situation seems to be getting better and better. At this time, Liu Feng can't wait for the battle of Jiangling to continue. It's better to fight until Zhou Yu and Liu Bei defeat Cao's army.

However, one morning in December, Liu Feng received the latest war report from the north.

Jiangling City is broken.