Peek at my diary, Cao Cao dominates the Three Kingdoms

The first thing Lu Yan did to expand the army was to recruit tall and burly men from all the troops under Cao Cao's rule to enrich Dian Wei's command, and finally added 1000 men to him, under the banner of "Iron Buddha Tu".

But Dianwei's Iron Buddha is not heavy armored cavalry, but heavy armored infantry.

It's not that Lu Yan doesn't want to get heavy armored cavalry, it's mainly because there are no suitable war horses...

Because the Beiwei army holds a knife in one hand and a shield in the other, it feels a little out of reach when dealing with cavalry.

Tiefutu gave up the defense in his hands and held a long knife, which could pose a good threat to the cavalry, and his ability to break the formation was even stronger than that of the Beiwei army.

Special arms often require the combination of additional arms to highlight their power.

Therefore, Tiefutu, Beiwei Army, and the light cavalry led by Zhao Yun and Xia Houlan often performed joint military exercises together.

In the Three Kingdoms, there are many generals who are good at training elite soldiers, that is, special arms.

Like Gao Shun's camp, Cao Chun's tiger and leopard cavalry, Gongsun Zan's white horse righteous follower, Qu Yi's first ascended dead soldier, Zhang He's euphorbia soldier, Chen Dao's white carpenter soldier, etc., there are countless, but generals who are good at large-scale training But there are only a handful of them.

Cao Cao's subordinates are best at large-scale military training, and none is better than Yu Jin.

But now he is already a general in charge, and he can no longer be transferred at will like before.

Those familiar generals have now become independent figures, Lu Yan has no choice but to ask Huang Zhong to train the recruits first.

The recruit camp is not far from the military training camp.

But the scale is larger than all military camps or training camps, because there are a total of 3 recruits inside!

Chapter 178 Potato Harvest

In September of the first year of Jian'an, Lu Yan suddenly sent a slightly strange invitation to Cao Cao and others.

The strange thing about the invitation lies in its content. There is only one inexplicable sentence in it, "The time to witness the miracle has arrived."

The potatoes planted in early May are already ready for harvest.

After digging a small plot of land with three old farmers, Lu Yan roughly estimated the potato yield of the entire acre of field.

The land is fertile, and the yield of potatoes under careful care has reached [-] catties per mu, which has greatly exceeded the original estimate of [-] catties per mu.

And when they first started planting potatoes, the old farmers deliberately planted some extra seeds in the nearby Susukida.No matter what, when it came time to harvest, it still reached half the yield of potatoes in a well-tended field.

The yield per mu is extremely high, and it is very easy to feed. Except for the consumption of fertility, there are almost no disadvantages!

The day before the harvest, old farmer A, B, and C knelt by the field and wept.

They have lived to this age and have seen too many life and death. Many of them were starved to death because they had no food to eat.

The potatoes that Lu Yan handed over to them are not only easy to feed and have high yields, they can also be used as a staple food to fill the stomach and provide enough nutrition.If potatoes had been around a few years earlier, they probably wouldn't have had to leave their homes, and many wouldn't have lost their homes...

If Lu Yan didn't often brag about the mountains with them, they would even suspect that Lu Yan was the god in the sky who didn't see the suffering in the world and came down to the mortal world to teach the gods.

Good things should naturally be shared with everyone, not to mention that this will be food for the benefit of all the people of Dahan.

Tudou, Lu Yan never told anyone, including Boss Cao, and close friends like Zhao Yun and Guo Jia.

Lu Yan has a lot of mysterious things in the workshop, so other people never paid attention to Lu Yan's actions at all.

Today I suddenly received an invitation from Lu Yan, saying that they were invited to the workshop to witness a miracle, but it aroused the strong curiosity of Guo Jia, Cao Cao and others.

The time has just arrived,

Outside the workshop, there were already many people standing on the side of the two field ridges where potatoes were planted surrounded by high wooden walls.

Old peasants A, B and C were standing in the field, feeling their thighs trembling, and they wanted to shrink to the ground.

Look at the field ridge, Prime Minister Cao Cao, Hussar General Lu Yan, Tai Chang Yang Biao...all of them are big bosses!

Cao Cao looked at the crop seedlings that had never been seen before in the field, and asked suspiciously: "Mr. Lu, you called us here just to see this?"

"Exactly!" Lu Yan nodded slightly, with a contented expression.

Yang Biao was also very puzzled, and then felt a little dissatisfied, saying: "I still have a lot of work to do, and I have two very important classes in the afternoon... If you can't give me a satisfactory answer, old man Later, I will arrange two classes for you in Confucianism and Classics!"

"Ah!" Lu Yan finally failed, and said with a bitter face, "You know that Confucianism is the worst thing I'm good at, so you should let me go!"

"Hmph! I don't know how to do it!" Yang Biao's words somewhat resented iron's inability to make steel.

Who would have thought that a person who is called the pinnacle of civil and military skills by the world would know nothing about Confucianism?Absurd, absurd!

It's not that Confucianism is not worth learning, it's just that as a time traveler, Lu Yan learns most of the practical subjects.Although Chinese will be involved, but the overall proportion is not a lot.

Not many people came, except Cao Cao, Yang Biao, Xun Yu, Cheng Yu, Mao Jie, Yi Ji, and Han Hao who specially sent invitations to Lu Yan; only Guo Jia, Xi Zhicai, Zhao Yun, Xia Houlan, Tai Shici, Huang Zhong, and Dian Wei, who had the best relationship with Lu Yan, came over.

"Changsheng, what are you growing in this field? Why have I never seen it before?"

Mao Jie always regarded Lu Yan as his son and nephew, but since Lu Yan became a Hussar General, he never called Lu Yan "boy" again.

"Xiao Xiangong, let me be a fool first!" However, Lu Yan's title has not changed, and he really misses the happy and harmonious atmosphere when Cao Cao first started his army.But he understands that things are different now.

Cao Cao couldn't hold back his curiosity and asked, "When will it start?"

Lu Yan looked behind him and saw that everyone had arrived, so he said, "You can start now!"

After speaking, Lu Yan jumped off the ridge without hesitation and walked towards the field.

It wasn't until then that everyone noticed that Lu Yan was wearing coarse linen clothes today, which was not too different from the clothes of the three old farmers who had been waiting in the field.

Zhao Yun, Xia Houlan, Tai Shici, Huang Zhong, and Dian Wei also wore the same clothes. Seeing that Lu Yan was going down to the field, they also jumped down.

Looking at the battle of Lu Yan and others, Yi Ji couldn't help but said to himself: "Just these little seedlings, do we need a group of peerless generals to harvest them?"

"That's right! This group of people dispatched together, even if Yuan Shao saw it, he would probably take a deep breath..." Han Hao echoed from the side.

Spread out the small folding stool they brought and sat beside the field ridge, Guo Jia and Xi Zhicai ate peanuts and sipped health-preserving wine while watching Lu Yan and others working in the field.Cao Cao glanced at the exquisite life of Guo Jia and Xi Zhicai, and a hint of envy flashed in his eyes...

Fortunately, Lu Yan and others didn't make Cao Cao wait too long.

"Aha!" Lu Yan threw a bunch of potatoes from the field familiarly, and laughed loudly: "My little cuties are finally released!"

Under the guidance of the old farmer, Zhao Yun and others also successfully dug out the potatoes from the soil.

However, Zhao Yun was holding a bunch of heavy potatoes in his hand, and while he was looking at Xia Houlan, Huang Zhong, and Tai Shici, his eyes were full of bewilderment.

Dian Wei put the potatoes in front of his eyes and asked, "What is this? It looks delicious!"

"The foodie's sense of smell is really sharp!" Lu Yan thought, his eyes twitching when he heard this.

Cao Cao and the others watched Lu Yan and the others throw the things out of the soil and put them into the baskets they had already prepared.

The objects thrown into the soil were as big as fists and as small as soybeans; they were reluctant to miss a single bit, pulled out all the potatoes, and turned the field twice until they confirmed that nothing was missed, and then they stopped. .

Looking at the potatoes in front of him, Cao Cao asked in a daze, "Mr. Lu, what is this thing?"

Seeing everyone looking at him eagerly, Lu Yan felt that his vanity was greatly satisfied, "It's called potatoes, it's a crop, it's food!"

"Potatoes? Never heard of them!"

"food?"

"Lu Huanqi, you said this is grain? Then how many stones does it have?!" It was Han Hao who asked the point.

Lu Yan replied flatly: "About 20 catties, that's just over [-] stones."

"Mother! The yield per mu is more than 20 stones, that's all???" Dian Wei felt as if he had become stupid.

No, not only Dian Wei, but also Cao Cao, Xun Yu, Mao Jie and others were all stupid, their mouths grew wide, and they didn't know what to say.

Holding a fist-sized potato in their hands, Zhao Yun and Xia Houlan were staring blankly at Lu Yan's profile, as if they had returned to the night when they swore allegiance to Lu Yan under the moon.

"Sir, you are a god walking in the world..." Xia Houlan murmured to herself.

Zhao Yun nodded slightly, and echoed: "Yes, if it weren't for the gods, how could they bring such a god?"

Chapter 179 The World Trend of Accelerated Development

Although several months have passed since Dong Cheng's assassination of the emperor and the prime minister, the public opinion under Cao Cao's rule is still quite enthusiastic.

Although most people follow the mainstream, they are not condemning Yuan Shao and Dong Cheng.

But there are always some people who like to stand out and question that this may be a game secretly set up by Cao Cao and even the emperor.

But now, Cao Cao suddenly announced that Hussar General Lu Yan had discovered and planted an unprecedented new type of grain.

It is not only nutritious, but also has many ways to eat and has an excellent taste. It is a staple food, a vegetable, and can also be used to make wine.

Its name is potato.

The most important thing is that potatoes are very easy to feed and the yield is extremely high. Fertile fields can yield [-] shi per mu, and even barren mountainous land can produce several shi to tens of shi per mu!

As soon as the news of Tudou came out, there was an uproar again in the world of Dahan!Even more ferocious than the assassination of Liu Xie and Cao Cao.

After all, people depend on food, and potatoes are related to the livelihood of countless people, so it is a normal phenomenon that they will receive unparalleled attention.

The general supervisor (workshop) of Chenliu County has always produced new things, whether it is people's livelihood or military equipment, there are countless.

There have been many unheard of spices before, and now a high-yield staple food has been directly released, and the reputation can be called an instant explosion.

The reputation of Cao Cao and Lu Yan reached a new height with the advent of potatoes.

Even the Son of Heaven gave up his final resistance after hearing the news about Tudou, and accepted the concubine that Cao Cao gave him, that is, Cao Cao's own daughter, Cao Jie.

Liu Xie's last power has been uprooted by Cao Cao, coupled with the huge prestige that Tudou turned out to bring to Cao Cao, Liu Xie can be said to have completely laid down now.

After lying down, Liu Xie began to enjoy life seriously,

He even went to watch the potatoes in person with Empress Fu and Concubine Cao, and tasted the whole potato feast made by the supervisor.

......

Perhaps Dong Cheng is dead and the emperor is lying down. Cao Cao's restraint on the three brothers Liu Bei is not as strict as before.

The three of Liu Bei were even able to leave Xuchang and go to Chenliu County alone.But it was limited to going to Chenliu.

The prosperity of Chenliu County is even better than that of Yingchuan County.

After seeing the smiles on the faces of the people all the time, the three brothers Liu Bei couldn't calm down for a long time.

In front of you is Chen Liucheng.

Looking at the convoy waiting in line to enter the city from a distance, Zhang Fei said with emotion to Liu Bei: "Brother, Lu Yan is really good at managing the place!"

Liu Bei glanced at Zhang Fei with dissatisfaction, and said, "As soon as the potatoes come out, there will be countless people alive. Lu Hussar is destined to go down in history. Third brother, you must not be rude."

"Yes... I, Lao Zhang, will pay attention to it in the future." Zhang Fei didn't raise his argument this time, after all, Liu Bei's words were very reasonable.

Guan Yu remained silent all the way, as if he was thinking about some difficult problem in his heart.

The three of them led the horse and walked into Chen Liucheng.

After entering Chenliucheng, the three Liu Bei brothers felt as if they had come to a whole new world.

Alongside the main road, which is more than ten feet wide and paved with bluestone slabs, there are many buildings with four or five floors.

There is a constant flow of people and traffic on the street.

The surrounding shops are full of goods, but what is even more valuable is that many bookstores are overcrowded, that is, people are choosing books for themselves or for their descendants.

Guan Yu, who hadn't spoken for a long time, finally said, "This is what a peaceful and prosperous world should look like!"

Zhang Fei nodded and sighed: "The prosperity in our hearts has already been realized by Lu Huanqi..."

Yes, isn't this the world they are after?

So, is it still necessary to break this ideal peace and prosperity?

Liu Bei was keenly aware of the psychological changes of the two brothers, but he did not take any action.

At this moment, in Liu Bei's mind, the map of the world that has almost been deeply imprinted in his mind can't help appearing,

He murmured to himself: "I am a prosperous man, I should spread it all over the world..."

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According to statistics, during the Eastern Han Dynasty, there were 1000 million households and a population of more than 600 million.

Then consider the large number of disciples, clans, guests, tribes, servants, etc. who are occupied or sheltered by powerful landlords,

Coupled with the fact that most of the Xiongnu, Qiang, Di and Baiyue who moved to the Han area were not included in the household registration statistics, it is believed that the peak population of the Eastern Han Dynasty should have reached 6500 million.

However, after the outbreak of the Yellow Turban, frequent wars broke out in Guanzhong and Kanto, and the population dropped sharply.

On the contrary, the population of the southern states has increased to varying degrees.

For example, the population of Yangzhou has increased by nearly 20, the population of Jingzhou has increased from less than one million households to more than one million, and the population of Yizhou has soared from one million to 100 million.