Chapter 230: Immigration
Less than a month after Tai Xiaodan left, the third batch of grain and population compensated by the Yan State to Daijun was also transported to Daijun, this time with 300,000 stone grain and about 140,000 people, and Sima Shang also withdrew from Juyongsai as promised and returned to Shanggu to station.
The last time they arrived in Dai County, they had all been moved to Yunzhong County, and at this time they had also settled in Yunzhong County, and their main work was to dig canals. Because it is too late to reclaim farmland at this time, we can only do some preparatory work to lay a solid foundation for planting grain after the spring of next year, and opening canals and diverting water is the most important thing to do to reclaim farmland.
Since the Daijun government still uses the method of remuneration for work, and the fields to be cultivated next year are also owned by these people, and the canals are now being dug in preparation for the next year's reclamation of fields, the Yanmin who migrated to Yunzhong County quickly settled down, working hard every day and working hard for their future.
However, after statistics, there were a total of 456,727 people who migrated from Yan Kingdom, of which more than 100,000 were young and middle-aged men, and if we add young and middle-aged women, the labor force can reach more than 200,000, and if we add the old people and teenagers who can participate in a certain amount of labor, the total working population is almost close to 400,000, which can be said to have brought a large number of labor force to Daijun. However, on the way, due to various reasons, 351 people died, mainly old people or young children, in this era, large-scale population migration, there will inevitably be some casualties, this time the loss is minimal.
However, after statistics, it was found that there were 30,000 or 40,000 people who were not captured by the Wu'an army, but it turned out that the Yan court added the families of a group of dead soldiers to the relocated people in order to collect more land, and was sent to Dai County.
When Gao Yuan saw it, he couldn't cry or laugh a little, it seems that if Yan Guo doesn't carry out law reform and innovation, there will really be no fun. However, this group of people has already been sent, and of course it is not easy for Gao Yuan to send them back. Moreover, there are not many men in this group, but there are many women, and the reason for this is that there are more than 20,000 young women, and more than 10,000 are young children, and the number of men and women is roughly the same. Therefore, this group of people are basically orphans and widows.
Because at the beginning, Gao Yuan brought more than 100,000 troops into Daijun, and nearly half of them were half-sticks, which also caused the impermanent situation that the population of Daijun was more male and less female, so this group of orphans and widows was just needed.
So Gao Yuan also ordered that among the new batch of Yan people, the intact family should be sent to Yunzhong County to live in peace immediately. The single daughters and children all stayed in Daijun and married the single soldiers and formed a family. As a result, in the following months, almost every village in the Daijun area was holding happy events, and the sound of joy and blowing almost never stopped. Moreover, Gao Yuan also made a decision to give 500 yuan to each newly formed family as a gift, so it also made these married soldiers, as well as the women from Yan Kingdom, grateful to Gao Yuan.
The total population of the county at this time has also been counted, and there are 386,283 households and 1,927,485 people. Among them, there are about 650,000 young men between the ages of 16 and 45.
According to this ratio, under the most basic social production conditions in the Daijun area, a maximum of about 300,000 troops can be recruited. However, this is a situation in which the logistical requirements are not high, and if you want to fight far from the mainland for a long time, the number of people will be reduced by at least half, and only 100 to 150,000 troops can be dispatched. But that's not a small amount, after all, how big is the plateau now? Moreover, in the next few years, it is unlikely that the plateau will launch a large-scale foreign war.
It is now the end of August, and there is only a little more than this month before the autumn harvest of each year, and this time of year is also the busiest time of the year, not only to water and fertilize the ears in the field, but also to prevent birds and finches from pecking, insect diseases, and some people stealing and cutting, and even the infestation of wild beasts.
So Gao Yuan also ordered all the peasant households to stop training at once, so that they could devote themselves to the final field work, and ordered the soldiers of the Wu'an Army to be stationed separately to help the farmers in each village protect the crops in the fields.
At this time, there was basically nothing else to do, so Gao Yuan also decided to personally escort the immigrants of Yan Country to Yunzhong County, and also to inspect Yanmen and Yunzhong County. Inspecting the place, personally observing the people's conditions, understanding the topography and shape, comforting the officials of the border counties, and Anguo people, these are all the rules of ancient Chinese kings, and the plateau has been stationed in Daijun for almost a year, because it has been to Shanggu County when facing the Yan army, and it is completely necessary to go to Yanmen and Yunzhong counties to see, so the officials of Daijun have no objection to this.
However, Li Yinghong learned that Gao Yuan was going to inspect the two counties of Yanmen and Yunzhong, and he immediately wanted to go with Gao Yuan, and Gao Yuan thought about it, now there is nothing else to do anyway, and the powerful forces have been almost suppressed, and Qin State will not come to attack Dai County in a short time, so even if Li Yinghong is not in charge of Dai County, there will be no problem, so Gao Yuan also decided that this time not only Li Yinghong, but also Yun Yao and Geng Yanyu will go with him, so he should take them on a tour together.
Although the plateau has not yet been crowned king, but in fact it is also a party of the candidates, so the patrol can not be simple, the plateau decided to draw 4,000 people from the Wu'an Legion, 4,000 people from the Xiaowei Army, and 200 people from the special combat team, as well as the general Du Yi and the deputy general Ji Hua; Zhao Jiang, the deputy general of the Beiwei Army, Huang Lei, Jiang Huanwu, Ling Feng and other generals of the special combat team, and Geng Zhong went out on patrol with the plateau. and left Ning Qi, Shen Shen, Zhao Xuan, Ji Fengsun and others to stay in Daijun.
In addition, the plateau is also fully prepared in Dai County, from Dai County to Yanmen County, Yunzhong County two counties along the road to build beacon towers, once there is something, raise fire and smoke as a signal, the plateau can also immediately return to the army.
It is also very necessary to use the beacon tower to transmit information in the area under his rule, because the number of professional troops on the plateau is not large now, and Xuan Ran has already compiled the household registration of the people according to Wushi, so if you want to gather a large army, it will take a certain amount of time, and if you can use the beacon to transmit information, you can also collect the army a lot of time in advance. This time, I can also take advantage of the opportunity of my own patrol to start building this system.
At the same time, the plateau has also formulated four kinds of fire signals, to represent a variety of different emergency levels, the signal of the whole body is: within an hour, one burn and one breath, indicating that the enemy's strength is not strong, the border defense army is enough to deal with it, and there is no need to send troops to support, only to prepare; The second burn and the second breath indicate that the enemy's strength is greater than that of the border defense army and needs support, but the border defense army can hold out for a period of time and can wait for the arrival of the border defense document before deciding to act; Three burns and three breaths, indicating that the enemy's strength is strong, and the border defense army is in urgent need of support, so it should immediately recruit troops, and as soon as the border defense official document arrives, they will immediately set out for reinforcements; Chang Ran means that the border defense is urgent, and there is no need to wait for the official document of the border defense to arrive, as long as the army is gathered, it will set off immediately. With these four signals to raise fire, Gao Yuan can also decide his own actions according to different signal levels in the future.
However, these are only plans for now, and it is impossible to establish a beacon alarm system in the Daigun area without several months, so Takahara just confirmed the plan, and then set off on his own patrol trip.
Because there is nothing big about it now, the mood is relaxed, and everyone also walks slowly with the mentality of enjoying the mountains and rivers. And with more than 100,000 people, they can't go fast if they want to.
In this year's time, more than 500,000 acres of new fields have been newly cultivated in Dai County, so in the area of dozens of miles around Dai County, there are endless fields, which are connected by each other, and at this time it is close to the autumn season, and the whole field is also showing a golden color. Moreover, in the Longjian field, there are all hard-working farmers, some are chasing birds and birds, and some are grabbing ripe ears of grain, and there is a busy scene everywhere.
Gao Yuan also ordered that all the members of the team should only walk on the field roads, and that they should take care of the cattle and horses accompanying them, and that they should never trample on the fields or feed the horses and livestock with the crops in the fields. And every day they stayed in the villages, and the army and the people all set up camp to rest, bury pots and cook food, and were not allowed to enter the homes of the villagers.
The whole procession was also very long, but there was no offense to the villagers and farmland, and the people who were working in the fields saw it, and they all saluted the plateau on both sides of the road to express their gratitude to the plateau. And everywhere on the plateau, they also used good words to appease the people and let them cultivate with peace of mind. In addition, when camping every day, Gao Yuan would also go to the village to visit the elderly, comfort the families of the soldiers, and also arrange banquets, invite local representatives of the people to have a banquet together, and so on, showing a style of being close to the people.
After all, the plateau is a person from the modern society, who has never eaten pork and has seen a pig run, this set of people-friendly performances has long been familiar, even if it is not as experienced as the politicians of later generations, without showing traces, but in this era, it has been regarded as a very easy and people-friendly move, and the current plateau is actually the candidate of this side. In addition, the new decree issued by the plateau has indeed benefited the interests of many people, so everywhere the plateau goes, it has also attracted praise from the people of Daijun, which is also very popular. When the plateau left, many people lit incense, and the plateau and his party thanked him and saw him off.