When the Wei army conquered Nanzheng City, Dazhong thousands of miles away was still peaceful.

Dazhong belongs to the part extending eastward of the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau. It has a higher sea level and a steep terrain. Although it belongs to the southern foot of the Qinling Mountains as Hanzhong, there is already a spring and a bright scene.

However, there is still ice and snow in Dazhong. The spring is chilly and you can't feel the warmth of spring at all.

One of the two major military farming bases of the Shu army in Dazhong is one in Hanzhong and the other is Dazhong.

The military farming base in Hanzhong was established in the era of Zhuge Liang. The Shu Road was difficult and the food and grass transportation was difficult. In order to minimize the intermediate transportation links, Zhuge Liang launched a large-scale military farming in Hanzhong. On the one hand, it solved the needs of the large army stationed in Hanzhong all year round, and on the other hand, it could also make up for the use of the expedition. This was a plan to kill two birds with one stone.

Although Zhuge Liang had passed away for many years, the military farming in Hanzhong continued until Jiang Wei's plan to gather troops and gather valleys was implemented. In order to cooperate with Hanzhong's policy of strengthening the walls and clearing the fields, the military farming was officially abolished.

Because Jiang Wei wanted to concentrate all the troops and population in Hanzhong into the three major fortresses, there were almost no soldiers on the periphery and the Hanzhong plain. If we continued to carry out military farming in Hanzhong, then when the Wei army raided Hanzhong, these military farming crops might not have time to harvest. Once they fell into the hands of the Wei army, it would be equivalent to destroying Jiang Wei's plan.

Therefore, the military farming in Hanzhong has been abandoned in recent years, but the military farming in Dazhong has been preserved until last fall, and there was still harvest.

The military farming in Dazhong was created by Jiang Wei. Zhuge Liang's Northern Expedition was basically based on Hanzhong, so it is naturally the most convenient to engage in military farming in Hanzhong.

Jiang Wei's Northern Expedition was even more remote, and he went to Lintao several times. If Jiang Wei used Hanzhong as his advance base, it would be obviously unrealistic. That's why he built a advance base in Dazhong, Yinping County, and imitated Zhuge Liang, farmed farms in Dazhong, hoarded food and grass for the purpose of garrison and going to the expedition.

Compared with Hanzhong, Dazhong is more remote and far away, and it is more difficult to transport food and grass from Shu to Dazhong.

The population of Yinping is even smaller than that of Hanzhong, and is not enough to support Jiang Wei's expropriation, so military farming has become the most critical factor for Jiang Wei to solve the problem of food and grass.

Later, Sima Lun surrendered to Shu and entered Dazhong with 50,000 troops, which undoubtedly increased the food and grass burden of Shu Kingdom. With the national strength of Shu Kingdom, it was simply difficult to digest.

But Simalun's men could not be hungry. Although they carried a lot of food and supplies when they retreated from Longxi, 50,000 people were more than 50,000. Even if they were in the mountains of grain, they could still eat up all the food and food as long as they were time.

Therefore, if we want to effectively solve Sima Jun’s food and grass supply problem, the only way is to increase the efforts to farmland.

Fortunately, this place in Dazhong is vast and sparsely populated, and the land is fertile. As long as someone comes to open up land, there is no need to worry about not having land to plant.

Jiang Wei arranged for Sima Lun's army to take over Dazhong's defense and also took over Dazhong's military farming.

However, after just after settling down, Jiang Wei and Sima Lun were ordered to return to the capital, and all the defense and military farming affairs in Dazhong were handed over to Zhong Hui.

Dazhong is relatively remote and desolate, with almost no people living here, so it is impossible to rely on local taxes to meet the food and grass needs of Sima's army for 50,000 people. If you transport food and grass from Shu, not only will the food and grass be consumed in the transportation route be consumed, but also with the weak national strength of Shu, it is obviously not enough to bear the military expenditure of 50%.

The landlord's family has no surplus food either!

Originally, Sima Lun surrendered to Shu Kingdom, which made Shu Kingdom more excited. At the beginning, Sima Lun had more than 50,000 troops, but a total of 100,000 troops, which was equal to the overall strength of Shu Kingdom.

The increase in the number of troops and horses between the two sides undoubtedly greatly increased the strength of Shu Kingdom. At that time, Sima Lun brought not only troops, but also the territory of the five counties in Longxi.

This land was a place that Shu Kingdom had been thinking about taking over for many years. Suddenly, the troops were owned by Shu Kingdom without bloodshed. It was like a pancake falling from the sky. I guess the king and ministers of Shu Kingdom could wake up laughing when they dreamed.

However, the development of the situation in Longxi was far beyond the expectations of the Shu Kingdom. Sima Lun could offer the five counties of Longxi and surrender to Shu, but he had to ask whether the new emperor of Wei, Cao Liang, agreed.

Obviously, Cao Liang could not watch the five counties in Longxi change their ownership. For the Wei State, Longxi is a military important place and has an extremely important strategic position. If Longxi is not protected, Guanzhong will be difficult to protect. If Guanzhong is not protected, the world will be difficult to protect.

So, Sima Lun brought Longxi to surrender to Shu, and Cao Liang was the first to refuse. Before the Shu army could gain a foothold in Longxi, the Wei army had already reached Chen Cang. The Shu army rushed to fight and eventually returned with a crushing defeat.

However, this battle was not completely rewarding. At least Sima Lun's 50,000 troops followed Jiang Wei to retreat to Shu. This was at least more confident when defending against strong enemies in the north.

But with more soldiers, the consumption of food and money will naturally increase accordingly. For Shu, which is originally a small country and poor country, this is also a happy worry.

Jiang Wei still has experience in dealing with this issue. He talked with Sima Lun openly. It was a happy thing for Sima Lun to surrender to Shu, but to be honest, the Shu Kingdom could not afford it, and at most it could only bear about half of the food and wages. The remaining one was the Sima Army self-sufficient.

Jiang Wei also has a way to maintain self-sufficientness, that is, to cultivate land and enclose land on the existing military farm area in Dazhong to expand the scale of military farming. Only in this way can Sima Jun’s food and grass supply problem be solved.

Since this is the case, Sima Lun will certainly not reject Jiang Wei's proposal. After all, he also knew the difficulties faced by Shu. It was not easy to support so many troops. It seemed that he had to do it himself and have enough food and clothing.

Although Sima Jun had quite a complaint, it was natural to eat food and serve as a soldier, but now that he has become a country where he can farm and support himself, he is also depressed enough to be a soldier.

However, Sima Lun was pressing on it, and the clock was unconditionally executed in the middle, and the various troops of the Sima Army could only follow the order.

Alas, under the short eaves of a man, how can you not bow your head?
Chapter completed!