In the summer of May, the weather in Huaishang gradually became hotter, and the completion of the first migration and the increasingly stable confrontation between the Chu and Qin armies made the Chu people almost forget about the war. Only the rising price of millet in the counties and the fishing boats that are gradually forming on the banks of the rivers make people feel a little uneasy and nervous.

The Qin people, who had been defeated in the Battle of Shashui, were preparing for the next battle. The summer water is getting more and more prosperous, and the Chu army, which could not take advantage of the victory to enter the Shahai camp in March, can only look at the wider Daze and sigh across the water. No one knew when the Qin army would cross Daze and launch its next offensive. What can be done is probably to build a long bridge of more than 20 miles to rescue the Zhao army and the Wei army in Daliang City and join the final battle.

In this context, in April, May, and June, Xiong Jing did not go to Kaifeng but stayed in Yingdu to recuperate. A few days ago, news came from Xinying that Ying Nan, Fu Kejia, Ji Yu and the other six concubines were pregnant, although they did not know how to give birth to a boy or a girl, but at least the heirs were already safe. In addition, Mi Xuan is also pregnant.

This news made Xiong Jing suffer for several days. Knowing this, why should he spoil other women? The young priest commanded to give him a son, that is, to give a son to him; If the young priest does not give him a son, that is, he does not give him a son, and if he asks for it, he will produce evil consequences. Of course, due to various reasons, these women had married into the Chu Palace the year before last. Although they are unmarried, in people's hearts, they are still his wives and concubines, and he can't watch other men spoil them, right?

In addition to the pain, there is another bad thing, Xiong Qiang, who was supposed to avoid Xinying with his mother, is gone. Because the person wearing his clothes was not in the same boat as Concubine Zhao and Concubine Li, he didn't find out that it was fake until Xinying got off the boat. After torture, I learned that the bear cub did not get on the boat at all and stayed in the Chu State, but I don't know where he hid, or hid in that division and brigade. But it's not a big deal, no matter where Xiong Fierce is, he is not in danger, as long as the confidant Si finds him before the battle.

In June, on a cool summer morning, Xiong Jing, who had retreated to bed, had not yet sat down, and I chased after him. There is no politeness, don't let me come in and say: "Recently, the Qin people and Shaofu have stopped building boats. ”

"No more boats?" Xiong Jing was a little strange, "Why don't you build boats anymore?" ”

"I don't know." Don't worry, I'm only responsible for probing intelligence, and interpreting intelligence is not his business, it's the business of the Operations Division.

"If our army doesn't fight with the Qin people in Shuize, the Qin people won't need to make boats." Li said. "And the Qin people's war boat is twice as long as mine, what good is it to rebuild? For today's plan, the minister thought that the person he was worried about was the Qin people's wanton fabrication. ”

"Armor?" From boat-building to armor-building, Xiong Jing instantly understood what he meant. "But what can I do with Qin artificial armor?"

"Not really." He sighed.

There is no way to stop the Qin people and the Shaofu of Chu from building. Whether it is the Chu army in Kaifeng or the Chu army in Qiangdi, it is impossible to attack Xianyang Shaofu again. The former wanted to protect the Chu State, and the latter lacked food and clothing in the Qiang land, forcing Dou Yu Pheasant to order reclamation. The reclamation can not be harvested until autumn, and at the turn of spring and summer, you can only rely on hunting and gathering to fill your stomach, and the birds and beasts around the Qiang land are suddenly empty.

Plundering Qin land is also a way, but the Qin State has been hungry for many years, and the Qin people themselves are eating bran and taro. The Qin people were taken captive, and the food they looted was not enough for the soldiers to return home. The only things that can really be grabbed are people, farm tools and livestock. It was by relying on the stolen people, farm tools, and livestock that tens of thousands of Qiang people expanded their fields and learned to farm and cultivate the fields with the Qin people.

"When will the Qin people attack me?" Xiong Jing didn't continue to talk about the problem of making nails, but asked about it.

"In the battle of Shashui, the Qin people lost all the armor they had obtained before, and the iron armor made by Shaofu also lost a lot, if you want to fight again, you should prepare all the armor." Li and analyzed. "It is difficult to smelt iron and make armor by the method of 100 refining, and it must be next year. Astronomy knows that this autumn and winter may be cold and snowy, which is not conducive to war. The Qin people will attack me after the spring of next year. ”

"Sudden cold snowfall?" The astronomical advisors of the Great Sima Mansion are similar to witches, but like the scientific theories of the two thousand generations, witches also have a systematic and logical explanation of the world. Xiong Jing doesn't know much about the climate, and he doesn't see this year as any different from previous years.

"However, what they said is so, and the minister does not know why." Li and Xiong Jing are very puzzled, I don't know how the astronomical strategists came to the conclusion that there will be sudden cold and snowfall this autumn and winter. "Even if it is not cold and snowy in autumn and winter this year, the Qin people will attack me after spring ploughing next year. All the counties of Qin State were short of food, and there were countless starvations, if it were not for the Qin people who won the grain of the Qi people in Shu last year, the Qin State would have collapsed early. ”

It's the food that's the most important thing compared to the weather. The Qin State was short of food, and the Chu State was also increasingly short of food. The number of craftsmen in the construction of the mansion is huge, accounting for almost one-sixth of the population of Dongdi. Counting the Chu army, as well as the Lifu and Zhouren who maintained the daily consumption of the Chu army, the hundreds of thousands of the most elite people in the country could not engage in production. The large-scale construction of fishing boats increased the food burden, and as in later generations, shipbuilding often involved various industries, and the result of large-scale shipbuilding was a re-concentration of the population towards industry, further reducing the agricultural population.

Copper coins don't have much value anymore, but they are worth food. Last year, about 60 million stone millet were collected, and about 50 or 60 million stone grains (equivalent to millet) were collected, totaling more than 110 million stones. During the war, these grains were barely enough to eat, and they had to transport grain to Penglai, which was about to be short of food.

If we fight again this year, the harvest will inevitably drop to 100 million koku or even below. There is certainly not enough food, and the 4.5 million common people who have a monthly eclipse of one and a half stones consume 81 million stone a year; The 800,000 soldiers, laborers, and craftsmen who have two to three stones in a lunar eclipse consume 24 million stones a year, and the consumption of people alone exceeds 100 million stones.

In addition, there are 300,000 war horses and military horses. Don't feed all the concentrate, and use it together to consume more than 16 million or even 20 million stones a year. To avoid Penglai, you also have to carry grain, and you can transport millions of stones at one time, and tens of millions of stones if you transport them twice. Resources are limited, last year's grain harvest was not enough, if this year's harvest is much lower than last year's, next summer Chu State will not be able to support it.

"Before next autumn, how many boats can be built?" Xiong Jing was silent for a while, then asked another question.

"Before the autumn of next year, another 200,000 tons of boats can be built." He explained: "Another 100,000 craftsmen will be sent this autumn, another 100,000 craftsmen will be shipped from autumn to spring, and another 100,000 ...... will be shipped next spring."

If you count a whole year, then the migration is actually three times. Once in spring, once in autumn, and then in the six months from autumn to spring of the next year, the sea boat can go to Penglai with the help of the Kuroshio, and return by the north wind after arrival, which can go back and forth once in about 30 days. It is estimated that the number of sea boats will reach 300 in winter, with a total tonnage of 120,000, and the five round-trips will be 600,000 tons.

There are 400,000 to 500,000 craftsmen and their families, and they want to transport them all. When the craftsmen were gone, the output of industrial products declined, and the output of boats naturally declined.

The tonnage of the boat is roughly clear, so how many people can be transported is also very clear. Including next spring, the tonnage of the four migrations will increase by about two million tons. Including the grain and materials it needs, two tons can transport one person and one million people.

In the population pyramid of the Chu State, boys and girls under the age of 17 accounted for 44 percent of the total population, and there were 1.32 million boys among the three million people in the eastern region. The younger the age, the greater the proportion, with 8 to 16 years of age accounting for 45 per cent of the total number of children. In other words, if all boys and girls between the ages of 8 and 16 were to move away, no more than 600,000 people would be at most.

Thinking of this, Xiong Jing was slightly relieved, he transported all the most important people away, and these 600,000 people would be the hope of the Chu State. When a smile appeared on Xiong Jing's face, Li He happened to finish talking about the migration plan, and neither he nor Bei Yi knew what Xiong Jing was laughing at.

"If the Qin people make armor, I can't do anything but let it be made." Xiong Jing concluded. "But the Qin people will attack me next year, and I have moved millions of people to Penglai, and I am already worry-free."

"Da Ao is wise, if it weren't for Da Ao knowing that the water of the big gully flows north, there will be fewer people who move." Li and praised it from the bottom of his heart.

"Don't flatter." Xiong Jing was not happy at all, and moved away one million people, leaving more than four million people, which is really not something to be happy about. "Now it's up to Wang Jian to attack me, if he loses again......"

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