In two and a half months, what Yang Meng had to wait for was not the New Eight Banners and Mongolian soldiers to form an army, but food. No matter how beautiful it was, Yang Meng wanted to look at the harvest of autumn harvest.

The three routes of conquering Russia looked at the atmosphere, but the hidden dangers were also great. The first is food. The northwest side is the Western Siberian Plain. This land is also the land that Yang Mengzhi must obtain. The land that the Mongolian soldiers and the Northwest Army jointly wanted to seize. However, this is not the main grain-producing area of ​​Tsarist Russia. Moreover, as the pace of advance north and westward, the pressure from the central area of ​​Tsarist Russia will become increasingly greater.

Although Yang Meng issued a military order to loot on the spot, there was no grain production in the local area, so what could he rob? The same is true for the Mongolian soldiers. Facing the vast wasteland with sparsely populated areas, there was no place to rob food and other things!

The same is true for the legions of the three northeastern provinces. The plunder can only solve the problem of a small part of the grain. Most of the three major legions, nearly two million people, need domestic support.

The troops and horses were moving forward before they moved their food and grass. Like the clothes from the Winter War, food was also a necessary item for the conquest of Russia this time. There were signs of civil war in Militaria and domestic disputes continued. Although the information obtained by the shadow was not very specific, Yang Meng was extremely confident.

Without Miligan's food, it was also extremely unfavorable for the Qing Dynasty. In recent years, the food from Miligan every year was enough to meet the food needs of the two provinces. Once Miligan fell into a civil war, the import of food would be greatly reduced.

The food in other countries was not enough to meet the Qing market. Self-sufficiency in food was the guarantee that the war in Russia could continue.

Judging from the grain output of the Qing Dynasty in the past twenty years, self-sufficiency is just a luxury. But in terms of the amount of land, the grain output of the Qing Dynasty should be surplus. Now the land of the Qing Dynasty is only much higher than that of later generations. Although the yield per mu of grain is not high, the population of the Qing Dynasty is really not large!

In the entire Qing Dynasty, most of the demand for food was spent on filling the stomach, and there was no excessive food being wasted. According to the amount of land, there was a certain surplus in grain production, which should be possible.

But the truth is that the entire Qing Dynasty, except for the three northeastern provinces, was short of food, and the flood and drought disasters were the culprits that affected grain production. It took a year to build a simple canal. Now half of the land in the Qing Dynasty used the method of Yang Meng to build canals, and this year's grain output is very important. If the grain output is the same as in the previous few years, the war in the north must end within one or two years, otherwise the entire Qing Dynasty would be dragged down by grain.

"San Ye, Zhili, Shandong has a bumper harvest of food, which is as much as five times that of last year. This is the grain book!"

The Qing Dynasty's grain output was insufficient, one was a natural disaster and the other was a **. The officialdom that deceived the superiors and subordinates did not know how much grain output should be hidden in a year, in order to avoid taxes. Xu Ziwei's five times of the theory, how much gold is, compared with the real grain output last year, is the most accurate data.

"What are these things? They are all full of words. The Arabic numerals used in the West are good. Whether it is accounting or mathematical deduction, Arabic numerals are much better than square characters. After this time, I will promote them! It is not difficult to learn these addition, subtraction, multiplication and division!

In the past, the Qin Emperor used the same car and the same writing method, and the Qing Dynasty also had to do this. The units of measurement such as buckets, stools, stones, and hu were very inaccurate. They also had to learn from the Western countries such as pounds and pounds. What I want is not specious, but accurate numbers.

The weight of this bucket of millet and a bucket of corn is definitely different. Don’t use these things to keep your accounts next year. Let Minghu do your best to do this!

Let Shandong and Zhili integrate the grain output last year. The Ministry of Revenue cannot count the grain books, so I want real data!”

A grain book is a square foot and a palm is thick, with densely packed with square characters. The grain production of a county has dozens of characters, and the quantity is extremely inaccurate. Putting the grain book in front of him aside, Yang Meng put forward the rectification suggestions.

"San Ye, if we follow Shandong and Zhili's local output, this year's grain output is more than three times that of last year!

Third Master, do you have to wait for this unified government decree with the same weights and measures, the same tracks and the same texts? After all…”

What Xu Ziwei wants to talk about is a country's political achievements. After all, sometimes it is necessary to replace it with favorable policies. There is no reason. Why should the people support you? What the people want is necessary for the new dynasty!

Minghu also has the Yang family's staff and administrative group. During this period, many favorable policies that can be used in the new dynasty in the future have been gathered. Arabic numerals and new units of measurement are also under the planning of Xu Ziwei and others. Many experiences from the Western world have also made the Yang family's administration more and more mature.

"These are all minor things. Nowadays, conquering Russia is a major event. Some things in China need to make way for conquering Russia, and accumulating national strength is the top priority. Conquering Russia is the second priority and making a reputation.

But what you said is not completely unreasonable. Try it in the southwest and two lakes! In the name of the Yang family!

After the autumn harvest, it is time to collect taxes. You must grasp the taxation level. During the slack season, some projects in various places can also be started. Taxes, wages, and go out with your left hand. Don’t cause any incidents of starving people to death!

I urge the other provinces to compare the actual output last year with the output this year. The data must be sorted out half a month before sending troops, otherwise I will be unsure.

It seems that this canal construction is still beneficial. The key project during the slack season is to drill wells and repair canals, so that Guangzhou can see if there is a way to popularize steam water pumps, as long as it does not affect the production of ironclad ships and ordnances!

For the Academy of Sciences, you should also urge you. In the near future, it will still focus on coal, iron and fertilizers. Trains and railways must have mass-produced factories, and the same is true for fertilizers. The technology of steel bridges and iron chain bridges must continue to be studied. The rest of the matters should be delayed a little!

Are there any problems in the northwest, Mongolia and the three eastern provinces?”

Food maintains the survival of the army and the people, and taxes maintain the army's military pay and investment in various projects. Now the Qing Dynasty is slowly advancing in an orderly manner, but Yang Meng's purpose is to usurp the Qing Dynasty. The intensity of this tax will definitely not be too small. Let the people live, and it is Yang Meng's purpose in the past two years.

Although it is important to accumulate national strength, the industry still needs to move closer to war. If you want to win with less than more, you want to win with weak, and a huge industrial foundation is the backing.

The number of front-line firearms is enough, but if you want to occupy the northern territory of Tsarist Russia, transportation is also necessary. With the so-called 800-mile rush, the Qing Dynasty could not control even Mongolia and the northwest. Railways and telegraphs are all necessary now.

After roughly dividing the scope of future administration for Xu Ziwei and others, Yang Meng focused on the matter of expedition to Russia.

"San Ye, whether it is the northwest, Mongolia or the east, the road to entering Tsarist Russia is full of mountains and ridges. Now the pharmaceutical factories in the rear are already a little struggling."

"I said in the three northeastern provinces, have you put your mind on the arsenal's pharmaceutical factory?"

Although the power of local medicines is small, they are simple to make. The cost of foreign medicines is several times that of local medicines. It is too wasteful to use them to open the way. As long as the quantity is sufficient, the power of local medicines and foreign medicines is similar. Yang Meng has said these things before, and he still has an impression of them. When he heard Xu Ziwei's statement, Yang Meng's face also darkened.

"Uh...there is no return below!"

The plate is too big, and some things will inevitably make mistakes. Seeing that Xu Ziwei was a little embarrassed, Yang Meng did not investigate this matter in depth. Everything is right, that was just an idea.

"Okay, forget it this time. In the future, I'll use local medicines to open mountains and build roads! Recently, I'll discuss with Nobel to see if I can get new medicines. You still need to pay attention to food during this period. Report the data as soon as possible. Most of the weapons in Mongolia have arrived. It's urgent to start a war. This Winter War will probably catch Tsarist Russia off guard, right?"

If you talk about specialization, Yang Meng is a half-baked chemistry, and the half-baked craftsman from later generations is also an expert level when he comes here. Yang Meng can refine Yunyan. There are some things that Yang Meng still has a recipe for them, but he just doesn't want to make them out too early.

The Northwest Army was advancing step by step. Faced with the offensive of 600,000 troops, the Tsarist Russian side helped to give up the Kazakh territory. The Qing Dynasty's tactics were too cautious. It was obviously impossible to defeat hundreds of thousands of Qing troops in Kazakhstan. On the Tsarist Russian land, hundreds of thousands of troops had gathered. Although he was a little helpless in the face of the Qing army, the Tsarist Russians knew that the war would stagnate in a few months. One winter would be enough for Tsarist Russia to make effective deployments.

Yang Meng's grain production is frequent, three times the grain production last year. With this amount, the Qing Dynasty's grain was self-sufficiency. Next, it was time to convert these grains into actual benefits. The benefits that grain can bring now are millions of square kilometers, or tens of millions of square kilometers of land! This is definitely a huge profit-making deal.

"Okay! I will issue an order to the three provinces in the northwest, Mongolia and the east. After half a month, we will set sail at the same time and advance to fight against Tsarist Russia in three directions!

A front will be set up in the northwest, and the troops of Mongolia and the three eastern provinces will mainly occupy territory.

After the departure, no severe weather will be encountered. No army along the way shall stop the offensive at will. If there is any violation, kill it!

Those who have not listened to the withered will lose food!”
Chapter completed!