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If these 3 million acres of land can be effectively cultivated, with the superior climate and irrigation conditions of the Ningxia Plain, the yield of 2 stones per mu of land will definitely not be less. Individual fields can even reach a yield of 3 stones per mu. According to the calculation of two years and three crops, the annual grain output is at least 9 million stones.

9,000,000 stones, that's a pretty big number. According to the calculation that 1 stone is equal to 188.8 catties, that is close to 1.7 billion catties of grain. 1.7 billion catties! Not 170,000 catties! It must be known that during the Jiajing period, the money and grain that the imperial court supplied to Ningxia Town a year was only 400,000 stones. In the early Wanli period, Zhang Juzheng was in power, and this number once rose to 900,000 stones. By the late Wanli period, there were not even 400,000 stones.

Under normal circumstances, an adult consumes a year of food, at most, 3 stones (about 566 catties). In other words, this field can feed at least 3 million people. And now Ningxia Town, at most, is about 1 million people. What does this mean? This means that Ningxia town can absorb more people and recruit more labor.

The more people there are, the more troops there are, and the more output there is. Maybe other people don't have any ideas, anyway, Xu Xingxia feels that if the fields in Ningxia Town are fully utilized, they can make a big fuss when there is a big drought in Shaanxi in the future. Why are there so many displaced people in Shaanxi, isn't it because there is no way to live? If they were all attracted to Ningxia to cultivate the land, they would certainly not participate in the rebellion.

According to later research, during the entire Xiaoice period, due to the special geographical environment, the climate of the Ningxia Plain did not change much, and the fields were harvested almost every year. Plugging the south of the Yangtze River is not in vain. No matter how dry the north is, the water flow of the Yellow River is enough to attract irrigation, and it is absolutely impossible to dry up.

At that time, Li Zicheng lacked strategic vision, did not calm down, and developed the Ningxia Plain in a down-to-earth manner. Otherwise, based on the Ningxia Plain, it can also be supported for a period of time. The Manchu people were very shrewd, and after they occupied Shanxi, they immediately sent troops to Ningxia to take control of this treasure land.

In fact, this only refers to the plains, not the pastures of Helan Mountain. The best pastures in Helan Mountain are in the northern section. Raising tens of thousands of horses, cows, and sheep is no problem at all. The beach sheep produced in Helan Mountain are famous throughout the country. The gold fur made of the wool of the beach sheep is a must-have for famous ladies and is worth a thousand gold.

If you want to calculate the grassland area of the entire town of Ningxia, it is incredible. In later generations, the Ningxia ** Autonomous Region had about 40 million acres of grassland, of which more than seventy percent were high-quality grasslands. This was in the case of severe damage to the environment in later generations. During the Wanli period of the Ming Dynasty, the environment had not been destroyed, and the area of the grassland would only be larger.

With 40 million acres of grassland, how many livestock can be grazing, Xu Xingxia doesn't know, but it will definitely not be less. There are many people who depend on grazing for their livelihood in Weizhenbao and Pingyu City, and they have never heard of a lack of pasture. Their only fear was that they would be looted by the Tatar cavalry in the process of grazing.

This is only the case of a Ningxia town, not including the middle and back sets. If both the middle and back sets are used, the development of animal husbandry will reach a certain extent, and even Xu Xingxia himself cannot accurately estimate it. However, it is certain that whoever occupies these places will definitely not lack war horses. In other words, there will be no shortage of cavalry. There are people, there are war horses, and naturally there are cavalry.

couldn't help but think of Li Rusong's words, Xu Xingxia couldn't help but feel a little longing. If one day, he has the opportunity to become the chief officer of Ningxia Town, he will definitely strive to build an elite cavalry, change the current situation of being passively beaten, launch an active attack, and drive all the nomads to the north of the desert, so that they will never dare to go south.

Well, fantasized......

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Soon, the horn pier was in sight.

Niujiao pier is a beacon pier with a height of more than ten meters, boxy, and the length of each side is about five zhang. The surface of the beacon pier is made of red bricks, and the middle of the red bricks is rammed loess. Because part of the red bricks have fallen off, the yellow mud inside has also poured out and piled up at the root of the pier wall. If you don't look at it from a distance, if you look closely, you will find that the horn pier is still very fragile.

Of course, this vulnerability is relative to the ability of the Central Plains army to attack fortifications. For the Tatar cavalry, who had no siege weapons, even a mere rammed loess wall was difficult for them to overcome. To say that the arrows of the Tartars, when shot on the human body, are very vicious and deadly, but if they are used to shoot loess, it is a pure waste. What's more, outside the loess, there is also a layer of red bricks.

Outside the horn pier, there was a ditch without water, about five feet deep and about a foot wide. Between the trench and the pier gate, it was connected by a drawbridge. What is the purpose of a trench without water? Nobody knows. Anyway, since he succeeded his father as a member of Niujiaodun, the trench Xu Xingxia saw was like this. Perhaps, it was because the war horses of the Tatar cavalry could not get close to the pier wall so easily.

Usually, the pier doors of the horn piers are closed, and the suspension bridge is also pulled up. This was to prevent a sneak attack by the Tatar cavalry. In the past, in Ningxia Town, there was an accident in which the Han and the Tatar cavalry colluded to open the gate of the castle and lead the Tatar cavalry into the fort. Since then, all castles have been very strict with the guards of the fort gates. Only when you are sure of the identity of the person who came will you put the drawbridge down.

"I'm back!"

"Open the door!"

Standing in front of the suspension bridge, Xu Xingxia shouted loudly.

On the top of the pier wall, a dark red felt hat poked out, and under the felt hat, half of the head was exposed, looking cautious. Seeing that it was Xu Xingxia, the rest of the head was all exposed. He smiled and said, "Yo, our Miss Xu is back!" Ahem, Miss Xu, did you bring us anything delicious? ”

Because of the previous Xu Xingxia, the surname was cowardly, the combat skills were poor, and the weak couldn't help but be windy, as if he was the legendary lady. The people in the pier called him Miss Xu to his face. Perhaps, Xu Xingxia also resisted in the past and tried to remove this title, but failed. So, the name Miss Xu became his nickname.

Xu Xingxia glared coldly at the cold-talking guy on the pier wall and did not speak. The guy on the pier wall is called Huang Fei. In addition to seeing the wind and making the rudder, there is no other place to provoke Xu Xingxia. Of course, if there is a chance, Xu Xingxia doesn't mind, knocks out a few of his front teeth, and teaches him a slight lesson.

Huang Fei was glared at by Xu Xingxia like this, and he really immediately closed his mouth. Subconsciously, he felt that today's Xu Xingxia was a little different. The other party's eyes were not at all as helpless and innocent as before, on the contrary, they seemed to be a little sharp and a little gloomy. In line with the idea that more things are better than less, he retracted all the words that mocked Xu Xingxia later. At the same time, he quickly lowered the drawbridge.

"Yo! Our Miss Xu is back! ”

Suddenly, another high-pitched voice came from the pier wall.

With this high-pitched voice, a tall, thin soldier appeared on top of the pier wall. The mandarin duck jacket on his body seems to have been particularly cleaned, much neater than Huang Fei next to him. Even the hat on his head has been specially repaired. It's just that his face is a little pale and miserable, as if he is a little weak.

Xu Xingxia's fists immediately clenched subconsciously. This voice is none other than that of his enemy Liu Jinbiao. When he came back this time, the first thing he wanted to find was Liu Jinbiao's trouble. He took a quiet breath and slowly released his clenched fist. The opportunity for revenge is right in front of you, so why rush? There is time for a while.

Seeing Xu Xingxia's ridicule of himself without any reaction, Liu Jinbiao suddenly felt a little unhappy. Usually, he plays with Xu Xingxia as his hobby. The more fierce Xu Xingxia's resistance was, the stronger his pleasure became. If the object of the toy, there is no reaction at all, where does his fun come from?

"Squeak quack!"

With a shrill and piercing sound, the drawbridge was lowered.

Xu Xingxia steadily entered the Niujiaodun. Everything here is still so familiar. There are three floors in total, all of which are separated by wooden planks. Each floor is a corridor in the middle, separated on both sides, where people live or stack items. A wooden turnback staircase is at the end of the aisle. Due to the narrow space and lack of air circulation, as long as you enter the pier, the suffocating smell will come to your face.

To the east of the lowest level, there is a stable, in which there are three war horses. Niujiaodun is equipped with a total of three war horses, which belong to the general banner Chen Hai, the small flag Gao Meng, and the small flag Zhang Quanfu. To the west, there is a utility room, which is stacked with a lot of messy things, including various weapons and equipment that are not needed for the time being. Net barrels and the like, also in the west.

According to the rules, the net bucket of the horn pier is cleaned by each soldier in turn. However, after Xu Xingxia arrived, he was bullied by others, and all the work of cleaning the bucket was thrown to him. He had no way to resist, so he had to continue this work. It can be said that in the Niujiao Pier, he is most familiar with the west side of the lower layer.

Go through the corridor on the lower floor and up the wooden staircase to the second floor. The second floor is the Chase Shop, which is for the temporary use of the soldiers guarding the pier. The Chase bunk is made of wood, and the bed is closely connected to the bed. At full capacity, there are a total of 30 beds on the second floor. Since there are only nine soldiers in Niujiaodun now, which is far from being enough, each person can occupy two or even three beds, and the space is quite spacious.

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