Zhu Cijiong sat in Yuzhou City with a piece of paper in front of him:

The national arable land area is 485.22 million mu, the national population is 76.55 million, and the enclosed land is 19 million mu...

Nanyang has a cultivated land area of ​​6.31 million mu, Nanyang has a population of 3.27 million, 38,400 mu of enclosed land, and 18,700 mu of tribute land...

(The information comes from Mr. Wang Yumin's "History of China's Population", Beijing Court Network "Enterprise Order of the Qing Dynasty", Nanyang County Chronicles.)

He frowned, and the people occupied by the bannermen were all places of cream - because according to the provisions of Article 2 of the Land Enclosure Order, the bannermen occupied alkaline and salty land and would change the land, which was called "full replacement".

In this era, the average yield per mu was not even 100 kilograms, so the average national population's annual rations were only 600 kilograms.

In this way, we have to face the situation where there are many paddy fields in the south of the Yangtze River, three ripening in a year, and there are many dry land in the north of the Yangtze River, three ripening in a year, and few grains in a year.

Especially in the large plains like Nanyang, which does not produce rice and is densely populated, the per capita grain is as low as 200 kilograms throughout the year...

Shortage of food has become the biggest problem facing Zhu Cijiong!

Although it is foreseeable that with the high yield of sweet potatoes, sweet potatoes will be planted on a large scale in Nanyang next year, thus making up for the problem of food shortage.

However, from now on, there will be eleven months left until the sweet potatoes are received next year.

...

"I'm still too soft!"

Zhu Cijiong sighed.

The solution is not impossible to find in history - the vivid example from more than ten years ago is still in front of him and remains in his memory.

The north has had a severe drought for more than ten years, and people have no food to eat - just kill them.

After slaughtering thousands of miles away, the city and wolves traveled, the remaining people had food to eat, so the world would naturally be stable...

Zhu Cijiong shook his head.

How could he do this?

A mad dog can bite people - can people still be on all sides, teach themselves about mad dogs, and bite them back?

——What do you do if you have your hands and feet?

Have a meal?

For him, the best way to deal with a mad dog is to slaughter and eat meat!

...

Zhu Cijiong was flying in his mind, and Li Henggong rushed in happily: "Your Highness, you are so happy! We successfully took Wuyang County and closed the east gate of Nanyang Prefecture!"

"really?"

Zhu Cijiong suddenly stood up and his eyes suddenly lit up.

"Your Highness, look, this is a good news. Yang Qilong's regiment was taking advantage of the news that we had captured Yuzhou. Before it reached Wuyang County, he led 500 cavalrymen to move forward. He changed the clothes of the Qing army and successfully captured Wuyang County in the dark of the night!"

Li Henggong handed the victory to Zhu Cijiong to see.

"Only half done!"

Zhu Cijiong looked carefully and sat down slowly: "If you want to guard the east gate of Nanyang, relying solely on the danger of Yuzhou alone is not enough. You need to take down Ye County and Wuyang!"

Ye County and Wuyang are located in mountainous areas and have a dangerous terrain.

In order to prevent local chaos, later generations cut off such narrowly victorious places and transferred them to Pingdingshan City next door.

It became a routine in later generations to divide the important places into the next door.

Of course, such methods are everywhere in history.

For example, Hanzhong belongs to Shaanxi, not Sichuan.

For example, Nanyang and Xiangyang, which are on the same plain, are divided into two provinces...

Zhu Cijiong narrowed his eyes and had an idea. The east of Nanyang Prefecture is Ruzhou, which was later called Pingdingshan City, and almost the entire area is mountainous.

If a small army was sent to fight guerrilla here, it would definitely be able to restrain the Qing army.

...

All of this depends on Ye County’s ownership!

...

Li Henggong smiled and said, "Don't worry, General Yang is quick, so the good news will come first, and General Huang Ji walks, so this good news will naturally be slower."

"Your Highness just need to be at ease. I expect the good news from Ye County, which will be heard soon!"

Zhu Cijiong nodded: "I hope so!"

He suppressed his thoughts and said, "It has been a whole day since our army entered Yuzhou. Has the public security in this city been stable?"

When they entered Yuzhou, the green camp was dispersed, so there were remnants of the Qing army everywhere, causing disaster.

Even some local mutants joined in.

They burned, killed, looted, and even had loyalists in the Qing court who ordered houses everywhere, causing smoke to roll in Yuzhou City.

"Don't worry, your highness, as you are told, as long as there are people who rob with fire, whether they are green camps, bannermen in the city, or local rangers, we will rectify the Dharma on the spot."

"Since last night to now, we have cut off a total of 128 heads. These heads have been hung at each intersection according to His Highness's instructions."

"At the same time, according to Your Highness's order, as long as you are an voluntary surrender, whether it is a green camp or a flag captain, you will only be detained and not killed."

Li Henggong admired Zhu Cijiong's approach: "It is precisely because of Your Highness's plan that the remaining Qing army in the city surrendered from time to time, which made the city soon settle down."

“The city alone is not enough!”

Zhu Cijiong waved his hand, although Li Henggong's flattery made him very helpful...

He asked with a stern face: "Have the villagers and the chiefs of the local area been here?"

Controlling the city is not enough. If you want to control a place, you must control it to the village.

Only by using our party’s methods can the entire country be like a finger!

Only by doing this can you make a big difference with a small amount!

"We cannot count accurately for each security chief. There have been 1,847 people, 16 townships, and 45 townships from 15 townships, and only three townships from Erlang Temple have not yet arrived."

Li Henggong spoke.

"Have our people been informed?"

Zhu Cijiong frowned slightly. The Erlang Temple was among the mountains and the road was a bit difficult to walk.

However, the people they sent to each township were all cavalry, but only a few dozen miles of roads, so naturally there was no reason why they could not get there for a day.

"The messenger has not yet returned..."

Li Henggong's heart skipped a beat. His Highness didn't ask, but he ignored this when he was constantly circulating all day.

"Let Zhang Ruotai come here!"

Zhu Cijiong frowned. The geographical location of Yuzhou is really important and cannot tolerate any mistakes!

"Yes, I'll go and spread it now!"

Young Master Li turned around and was about to leave.

"By the way, I'll tell the whole city that from tomorrow, the city gate will not be charged taxes for entry. All taxes will be changed to stall tax and store tax."

Li Henggong nodded and wrote it down carefully.

Zhu Cijiong had just walked around the city and found that the braids were cut and the braids were among half.

He can't do such a beastly edict as having a braid or a head, after all, it's a lunatic beast, but this starts from another aspect-
Chapter completed!