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Volume 1, Chapter 320: Recruiting refugees, the more people there are, the better

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    "You guys acted fast enough. I originally thought that it would be great to have 50,000 dan, but unexpectedly, I have already stored 80,000 dan." Looking at it, it was three or four feet higher than the surroundings, with oilcloth, felt and  I nodded with satisfaction at the underground grain kiln covered with straw.  "However, this is not enough. I will try to buy more grain and grass from other places. I hope to save more than 10 million dan before the end of next year. Is it possible?" I turned around and looked towards Zheng Ye  asked quietly.  "I thought that with the current wars and wars, it would be impossible to buy as much grain as we did this year. What's more, the wars have spread to Hebei and Henan. In the past three months, we can  The grain and grass we have collected is less than one million dan, and we optimistically estimate that we will be able to save enough by the end of next autumn. In addition, according to your instructions, we purchased 7,000 acres of flat wasteland in Hancheng County" At this point.  , Zheng Ye looked at me hesitantly.  "Although these wastelands are flat enough, if we want to cultivate them, we don't have enough manpower." "It doesn't matter, we can collect as much as we can. As for the lack of labor for cultivation, this is not difficult, but I'm afraid we have to rely on it.  As for you, take advantage of this winter and early spring to try to find people. Of course, the best way is to recruit refugees. Anyway, we don't lack anything now. The only thing we lack is the number of refugees.  The more, the better, you know?" I patted Zheng Ye on the shoulder and said softly.  "Don't worry, young master, I know what to do." Zheng Ye nodded understandingly.  "In this way, with enough manpower, these seven thousand acres of wasteland can be turned into fertile farmland." I turned around and asked Li Yuanfang: "By the way, didn't we say that a Turkic caravan would arrive this year?  Do you know which route they are taking? " "Back to Young Master, they are taking Jinyang. It is estimated that they will reach Luoyang in more than half a month. I am afraid they should be near Jinyang now.  "Li Yuanfang was slightly stunned, and after thinking for a long time, he definitely said, "Okay, send the message to the old housekeeper immediately and send someone to pick it up. The horses no longer need to go to Luoyang, the eastern capital, and will be transported directly here. As for the wine, that's it.  They will go to Dongdu to find the old housekeeper." I gave the order solemnly after thinking about it.  "This time, all the horses brought by the Turkic caravan have been left behind. I will be of great use to you." Li Yuanfang nodded with understanding. After a short time, a soldier walked into the back room of the trading house. Two carrier pigeons came from the pigeon cage there.  He flew out and headed towards Luoyang, the eastern capital. ¡°Sir, what should we do next?  There are more than 30 craftsmen coming here now. We can't let them sit around doing nothing every day, right?  "Zheng Chen asked quietly from the side. "The first thing is to recruit people from the county town to build lime and cement kilns first. By the way, the brick and tile kilns also need to be built first.  When there are refugees, let them deal with these things first.  It doesn't matter if we don't have oxen. Let's talk to the old housekeeper and make me thirty pairs of heavy horse plows and send them directly to me.  "After thinking about it, I made a decision. "Ma Geng has been around since the Han Dynasty. Now that I am new here, I saw this thing in a book, so I was curious and asked the blacksmiths in the house to make it.  I came out to test it out, and I have to say that this thing is indeed very good. It is strange that no one uses Mao. After asking the old housekeeper, I found out that even in the Sui Dynasty, horses were still a scarce commodity. Horses were needed for war and transportation.  Horses, and the Central Plains lacked horse-producing land. Therefore, horse farming gradually disappeared after the Han Dynasty. Therefore, horse farming could not become popular. What's more, horse farming could only be used.  It is completely nonsense to use it in dry land in the north. It can only be used by cattle. But now, after my rigorous survey and scientific calculation, Hancheng County has seven mountains, one water and two fields.  These two fields are completely flat, and the population here is sparse, so horse plowing is of great use. And the land here is fertile enough. In fact, as long as it is deeply plowed and organic fertilizer is applied, let alone anything else, it is not possible in today's world.  Doubling the output is not a problem at all. The harvest of grain in this era depends entirely on Feng Shui. Well, no, it depends on whether the fertility of the land is sufficient. I have seen the farming methods of my tenants. Every time  After the autumn harvest, the straw would be burned to ashes and then spread on the fields, known as fertilizer. I remember that when I was in my early ten years, I could still see this kind of siu mai in the countryside.  The poles, sorghum poles, etc. were burned and then scattered in the fields as a fertilizing material. When I grew up, I learned that this is called organic fertilizer, but the fertility of this organic fertilizer is really too high.  Too low. But after I started working in the township, an organic fertilizer demonstration base was built there to reduce the use of chemical fertilizers and pesticides. Organic fertilizer cultivation achieved good results. Although it was better than chemical fertilizers, it was still better than unused fertilizers.  The effect of treated farmyard manure is much better.and craftsmen have all settled down, and according to my master's instructions, ten pairs of heavy plow harnesses and corresponding tools for horse plowing arrived in Hancheng County with the ship five days later, and got this thing  , winter deep plowing operations can finally begin.  The 7,000 acres of wasteland purchased here were land that was cultivated by people in the past. However, with the frequent wars, the population of Hancheng County has decreased significantly, causing nearly half of the land here to be abandoned. The land purchased by my master  The money spent on these 7,000 acres of wasteland is not much, because it has been deserted for many years. According to the old farmers in Hancheng County, it has been deserted for at least nearly a hundred years.  However, if it falls into my hands, it will definitely be a treasure. Are you short of manpower?  It doesn't matter, I'll do it if I have more horses. I remember that the Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps had a vast land and sparsely populated areas, but lacked heavy agricultural machinery. What should I do?  Therefore, the four-horse horse-drawn plow can cultivate 80 acres a day. One acre in the Sui Dynasty was only equivalent to 0.7 acres in later generations. In other words, the four-horse horse-drawn plow can actually cultivate 100 acres a day.  There is still plenty of land, but I don¡¯t know how much faster it will be compared to oxen.  The heavy-drawn plow produced by my master is not an ancient one, but a combination of the horse-drawn heavy-drawn plows I have seen in later generations. The efficiency and depth of plowing can meet the needs of the planting industry.  Require.  Only five sets of these heavy-drawn horse-drawn plows are needed, and the seven thousand acres of land can be plowed in only twelve days. In addition, a three-legged columbine that can also sow seeds has also been developed.  .  ??According to historical records, a three-legged columbine requires the labor of one ox and two people, and it can sow an entire field, which is one hundred acres, in one day.  ??In other words, using a horse-drawn plow coupled with a three-legged columbine, the plowing and sowing can be completed in twelve days, which shows how awesome this is.  It is completely a semi-manual mechanized operation in the handicraft era.  "It's a pity that it's winter now, so the agricultural machinery that was transported, except for the horse-drawn heavy-drawn plows, can only be smeared with butter and thrown into the warehouse for storage.  However, taking advantage of this era, we should first open up these wasteland, turn up the soil and withstand the wind, frost, snow and rain, and wait until next spring before it can be cultivated.  It has to be said that admiring horse farming is a very pleasant thing. Watching guys like Li Yuanfang drive this thing to run wildly on the wasteland, the fertile and yellow-brown soil is turned up, and grass clippings are flying everywhere.  Seeing more and more plowed land, I feel more and more comfortable, and even the cold wind blowing against my face seems to have been dissipated by this lively scene.  "Sir, it's time to go back. This is the time for you to do things in the Yamen." Beside her, Miss Qingxia, wearing a fur coat, said softly.  I just remembered that it was almost office time, so I quickly said hello to Li Yuanfang.  After leaving the manpower behind, he took about twenty troops and hurried to the Hancheng County government office.  Back to the county government office, after saying hello to the county magistrate and county captain who were already squatting in the county government office, he squatted on the soft couch and asked these two if they had any official business to deal with.  Next, there were a lot of trivial things. The East family lost a chicken, the West family lost a dog, Wang Er Mazi and Zhao San got into a fight, and Liu Qi and Ba asked the government for a ruling because of a land dispute.  In addition, the old man in this county told the old man in the old man, hoping to let his son Zhao Tuofen inherit his family business.  I can see stars in my eyes. These all look like gossip in newspapers, but now they are all happening in front of my eyes.  The other thing is, how should the guards be dispatched first next year? Well, in this era, the guards are all taken by ordinary people in turns, so they are called both guards and guards. In the county government, whether they are janitors or clerks,  , or those who maintain law and order on the streets are all these people.  "In addition to these two, there are also miscellaneous things like chief clerks and assistants. I continue the day's numb work.  Fortunately, although everything is complicated, I am usually only in charge of the assignments. For example, I leave the fights to the county lieutenant and the land disputes to the county magistrate. There are not many things that really need me to deal with.  The main reason is that I am not the kind of person who seizes power. After finishing all the affairs, I looked at some official documents on my desk for a while, and after a long time, I finally got through it.  Touching my already empty belly, I raised my fingers at Sister Qingxia.  Sister Qingxia walked into the office with understanding.  In a short time, a bunch of delicacies appeared on the table, including not only the roast suckling pig and roast duck that I like to eat, but also several plates of seasonal vegetarian dishes, and the meals were well matched.
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