Chapter 689: Sizhou Internal Affairs
"Especially the population of Luoyang and Hongnong. Before the Dong rebels moved the capital, the total population of Henan Province was 1.01 million. However, when the general took over as the governor of Luoyang, there were only a few cities in Guandong with a population of less than 400,000. But today, Luoyang City alone has a population of less than 400,000. The population has reached half a million, which is still compared to when Luoyang was most prosperous. "
Tian Feng's words shocked everyone present. Even Huangfu Chaobo did not expect that the total population of Henan County today would be more than half of what Dong Zhuo was when he was in Luoyang. You must know that when Dong Zhuo entered Luoyang, The total population of Luoyang City is just over one million, but that is due to the accumulation of capital in the Eastern Han Dynasty for two hundred years. Now when I took over Luoyang, it was still blank, but now it has reached 500,000, which can be said to be no small miracle.
After everyone had digested his words, Tian Feng continued: "There is also Hongnong County. When I took over the Pingdong General Mansion, the entire county was forcibly relocated twice by the Xiliang Army. Only There are less than 30,000 people left. Now, the total population of the 8 cities under Hongnong has reached 200,000, which is equivalent to the original number. "
Then, Tian Feng informed everyone one by one of the number of acres cultivated in the entire territory and the grain income each season. After that comes the income from commercial trade.
When this long list of numbers came out of Tian Feng's mouth, everyone was shocked to realize that their lord's power was so huge. How long did it take, within a few years, to go from being a magistrate of a large county to what he is now? A prince who rules over more than two million people.
Thinking of this, everyone in the venue looked at the young man above the main seat with awe. As time goes by, the power of being at the top seems to be increasing day by day, and now it has reached the point where people look up to it.
At this time, Huangfu Chaobo was lost in thought, unaware of the changes in the people under his command. After Tian Feng finished introducing the internal affairs situation, he woke up with a start, and then turned to look at Xu Shu, the military officer.
Because they had already greeted everyone in advance, both Tian Feng, who was in charge of civil affairs, and Xu Shu, who was in charge of military affairs, were already prepared.
Seeing Huangfu Chaobo's gaze, Xu Shu stood up, bowed to Huangfu Chaobo, and then bowed to everyone at the meeting and said, "My lord, gentlemen, after listening to Tian Biejia's words just now, believe me." They are all like a certain person, they must be very excited and unable to control themselves.”
After hearing this, everyone present nodded in agreement.
Seeing this situation, Xu Shu smiled at everyone and said, "That person will come to cool down the princes." Tian Biejia once said that the number of people under my rule in Pingdong General Mansion has reached more than 2.2 million. It has even exceeded the population of these three counties before Dong's rebellion."
"But do you know how many soldiers and horses I have, General Pingdong?"
Everyone was stunned after hearing this, and then shook their heads.
Later, Xu Shu said word for word: "There are 315,000 soldiers and horses."
When everyone heard this, they were all in an uproar. With a population of 2.2 million, the number of troops is as high as 320,000, such a high ratio.
After letting everyone discuss it, Xu Shu continued: "This is just the number of soldiers. Among them, there are 100,000 fighting soldiers, 200,000 garrison troops, and 15,000 naval troops. This does not include the water troops." Among the more than 300,000 soldiers and horses, there are 45,000 cavalrymen and 150,000 horses."
If the number of soldiers and horses in the front surprised everyone, then the number Xu Shu said in the back shocked everyone. Such a large number of horses consume as much food and fodder as soldiers. In other words, it is equivalent to the consumption of nearly 600,000 soldiers and horses under General Pingdong's rule.
"Fortunately, the general has always attached great importance to business. In addition, our company has achieved great victories in successive battles in Sizhou, so he has accumulated some wealth. Otherwise, Tian Biejia would not be able to speak to you here so easily. It’s Sizhou’s business.” As he said that, Xu Shu made a joke to Tian Feng.
Tian Feng also showed a rare smile. Although it was only fleeting, it could be seen that he was still in a good mood.
Everyone else also smiled knowingly after hearing Xu Shu's words.
After everyone had laughed, Xu Shu continued: "However, these things are temporary. Now I am still facing many difficulties in Pingdong General's Mansion."
"Luoyang was the land of the Fourth World War, and there was not much land that could be used for farming. Now it has become saturated, and Hongnong is even more so. The population of 200,000 has basically reached saturation. Although Hanoi has half a county under its control In the hands of the General's Mansion, it is not invulnerable, but the other half of the county is still controlled by the aristocratic family. "
"The only solution now is to control the east of Hedong as soon as possible. Hedong has always been a wealthy land for our Han Dynasty and is known as the 'mountain and river outside and inside'. Although it has been disturbed by the Southern Huns and Baibo bandits in recent years, the Southern Huns are now under the control of knights. Conquer, General Yang and General Han among the Baibo thieves have abandoned their secrets and turned to the bright side. I believe that with the help of these two generals, they can easily conquer the Baibo army," Xu Shu finally said;
Huangfu Chaobo was noncommittal about Xu Shu's idea. For Hedong, it would be best not to send troops, but looking at the current situation, it is estimated that the possibility is unlikely.
After nodding, Huangfu Chaobo turned his attention to Shi A. As the general in charge of intelligence under his command, Shi A had slowly entered the role of the intelligence leader. Seeing Huangfu Chaobo's eyes directed towards him, Shi A quickly stood up and saluted, then saluted everyone in the hall, and then walked to the map in the hall.
"My Lord, my Lords, I will introduce the situation of Sizhou and the surrounding forces to you." As he spoke, Shi A picked up a wooden stick and pointed at the map one by one.
There is no need to say much about the situation in Luoyang. In the words of the people of the time, it is a harmonious government. Next is Hongnong. Since the removal of the two unruly counties last year, the situation in Hongnong has been slowly improving. It can be said that these two counties are the two counties most tightly controlled by Sizhou.
The only drawback is that the development potential of the two counties is really limited. Luoyang is better. There are still a lot of grain income in the dozen counties in Guandong, but there is basically not much in Hongnong.
The situation in Hanoi is still relatively stable at present. The several counties east of Huai County have always been under the control of the prefectural government, so after more than a year of stable transition, they have been basically under control. Of course, it can only be said that they are basically under control, which is far from Luoyang and Hongnong. As for the several cities west of Huai County, they are basically under the control of the aristocratic families. Although he did not explicitly surrender, he did not break off relations either. Every now and then, he still handed over some money and grain to the prefectural government.