With the successful return of the Lancer Division, under the order of Wang Shengrong, the People's Army went to the grassland to suppress more than 10,000 Tatar cavalry, captured 3,000 prisoners, and seized more than 50,000 cattle, horses and sheep quickly spread from the border to the south.

In fact, the Ministry of War, which had moved to Wuchang City, had already received a report of the Lancer Division's victory on the grassland before the Lancer Division had returned. However, the Lancer Division had not returned yet and the Ministry of War had not started publicity yet. With the return of the Lancer Division, the victory against the Tatars can also be promoted carefully.

For most ordinary people, the victory of the Lancer Division was only one victory of the People's Army. If you are happy, you will be done. Only a small number of people who have hatred with the Tatars were happier. They wished that all the Tatars would die.

But don't forget that the Lancer Division also seized a large number of cattle, horses and sheep and returned. For ordinary people who already own their own farmland, the importance of cattle is undoubtedly greatly increased.

The people of Guangdong owned their own farmland at least three years earlier than the people in other regions. Now six or seven years have passed, and only cultivated the farmland under their own name. The people of Guangdong have a good life, no worries about food, and even wear new clothes every year.

The common people make a living by farming, and they usually think about how to farm better, so that they can produce more harvests in farmland and make farming easier.

Plowing ox can undoubtedly save the people's time to farm. For the time being, a farmer can't afford a plowing ox, but multiple farmers in a village can afford a plowing ox by paying together. There is an extra plowing ox. In spring plowing, everyone can save a lot of effort and even consider reclaiming land and cultivating more fields.

At least the area of ​​land reclamation in Guangdong has not reached its limit. The key is that manpower is limited after all, spring plowing time is limited, and there is no time to cultivate all the farmlands.

Plowing oxen can allow ordinary people to cultivate more fields, but the price of plowing oxen has been soaring. There are no plowing oxen on the land of China. Now the People's Army has fought against the grassland to grab a lot of cattle. If more cattle can be retrieved, all the farmers in the village will join forces to buy two or three cattle.

It is best to have one male and one female or several females. If the big cow gives birth to a calves and “serve” the ox, there will be no shortage of plowing ox in the future.

Ordinary people care about cows, while gentry and merchants care more about horses. There is a shortage of cows and horses in China, especially when the People's Army uses coolies to build cement roads on a large scale, flat cement roads are conducive to commercial development.

Most of the landlords were searched by the People's Army, but a small number of landlords survived and could no longer maintain their family business by farming. They could only start doing business. Small merchants who only do business in one place do not need horses. Other businesses that have larger businesses need horses, and expand their business also requires increasing the number of horses.

However, if there is no horse, the opportunity that is thrown in front of you is just for nothing.

The People's Army seized nearly 10,000 horses from the grassland, and perhaps none of these horses would be released. Medium and upper-class horses were used as war horses or used to breed horse herds, and medium and lower-class horses were placed in the People's Military Government or the People's Chamber of Commerce to pull carts.

Obviously, the People's Army will not only go to the prairie once. If more horses are seized, they will definitely release them for sale when they come back. This is the opportunity for merchants.

As the People's Army basically unified the land of China, merchants had a full understanding of the strength of the People's Army. Even the Tatars would not be opponents of the People's Army. After the People's Army destroyed the Ming court, perhaps its next target was the Tatars, and the number of cattle, horses and sheep on the prairie was extraordinary.

It is similar to what some people think. This time, the cattle, horses and sheep captured by the Lancer Division on the prairie this time were all distributed by the People's Army and will not be sold to the outside world. Most of the cattle and sheep are digested internally by the People's Army, and the remaining part will be sold to the outside world.

Sheep can be raised, mainly for eating mutton. The People's Army soldiers need to improve their food, but they cannot eat them all. They will leave it to the People's Army Chamber of Commerce to establish pastures and sheep in a nearby area near the border. In the future, the People's Army will have a steady stream of mutton to eat.

You can also sell some sheep to the common people, and one household raises two or three, and even if only one million households raise sheep, it is a huge number.

Perhaps raising pigs is better than raising sheep.

As for cattle, the People's Army will not leave cattle. They will directly reward the cattle to soldiers who have made meritorious service and send them home. Compared with sheep, the common people are more suitable for raising cattle.

As time passed, the battle report of the Lancer Division's battle against the prairie was finally delivered to Guangzhou City. Looking at the battle report, Fang Nan was very satisfied with the first trip to the prairie Division to the prairie Division.

He killed more than 10,000 enemies, captured three thousand prisoners, and seized more than 50,000 cattle, horses and sheep, and the results were very good.

However, Fang Nan didn't care much about the number of enemies killed by the Lancer Division. It was the strength of the Lancer Division and would eliminate more Tatars in the future. Fang Nan cared more about the number of captives and the number of cattle, horses and sheep seized.

The People's Army has basically occupied the entire land of China, and people's military governments have been established in various places, but the specific population in the People's Army-ruled areas has not been counted yet. It is roughly estimated that even due to the war between the People's Army and the Ming court, the total population on the land of China is still over 100 million.

Because of the restraint of the People's Army, the war did not cause too many people to die due to the war, and the deaths were mainly part of the participants.

However, Fangnan is still not satisfied with the population of only more than 100 million. Fangnan needs more people, especially coolies who can work until they are exhausted. The captured Tatar men are undoubtedly a very good candidate for coolies. The Tatars often invade the border and bring suffering to the people of the border. It is time for the Tatars to pay off their debts.

Fang Nan valued cattle, horses and sheep, mainly because of the people's demand for cattle, horses and sheep under the rule of the People's Army and the People's Army. It is best to seize more horses. The Lancer Division's first battle in the prairie field has shown the combat effectiveness of the Lancer Division. As long as the number of horses is larger, the People's Army can form several more Lancer Divisions.

When the Lancer Division entered the prairie together to fight against the Tatars, they could seize more cattle, horses and sheep. If the People's Army lacked cattle, horses and sheep, they would rob them from the Tatars.

In fact, now, the propaganda of the People's Army has begun to shift its target. In the past, it mainly promotes the overthrow of the Ming court and the overthrow of evil gentry and merchants. Now the People's Army has put its target on foreign races. If the aliens dare to invade the land of China, we will take revenge.

In addition to being able to contact foreigners, the People's Army's current propaganda effect is relatively small. More ordinary people cannot contact foreigners, do not understand what foreigners do, and do not have much feeling about the People's Army's attacks foreigners.

Although the effect is small, the People's Army will increase publicity in the future so that the people will understand that the purpose of the People's Army's attack on foreign races is ultimately for the people themselves. Whether it is cattle, horse, sheep, or land, they hope that the people will live a better life.
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