In March, when the grass grows and flies, the snow-covered earth has awakened and grown a light layer of green, and the thin velvet grass tenaciously burrows its weak body from the ground, happily stretching its body in the spring breeze, and breathing in the fresh air.

The sound of horses' hooves came from afar, Liu Feng took a group of people to inspect the field, for spring ploughing, he took great pains, transferred a whole battalion of troops, and all the staff were helping the people to spring ploughing, and even they rode horses, and also joined the sequence of farming.

Today, Liu Feng is the establishment of several large waterwheels to the lake, because the lake water is not flowing, so the waterwheel is driven by animal power, and the six large waterwheels that were made early were transported to the front of the lake, and the craftsmen were busy measuring in the dug ditch.

Liu Feng, who has invested in these key waterwheels, riveted with hardwood iron bars and copper, which looks extremely strong, and in a burst of "Hey! With that, the first large waterwheel was erected.

I saw a waterwheel as high as 20 meters, some of which stood majestically beside the Huangsha Lake, and with a squeaky sound, the waterwheel turned, and buckets of water flowed into the ditch that had been dug long ago, and flowed towards the fields in the distance.

For a while, the people at the lake were laughing and laughing, and the craftsmen were also happily observing the parts everywhere and testing what improvements were made.

After the first waterwheel was successfully opened, the other craftsmen became more and more skilled, and the surrounding people also came up to help. After a while, six waterwheels were fan-shaped around Huangsha Lake, saying that it was Huangsha Lake, but now it is better to say that it is a small reservoir, Liu Feng, at the suggestion of Pan Qingyun, diverted several mountain streams flowing down from Xianghe Mountain to Huangshahu, and pushed the lake bank forward by a few meters, causing the lake area to shrink, but the depth of the lake has increased.

Pan Qingyun and the old farmers estimated that even in the disaster year of the great drought, the lake water is enough to irrigate 100,000 acres of land, which makes Liu Feng feel at ease, and now Liujiabao has cultivated nearly 150,000 acres of new and old farmland, dug more than 1,000 irrigation wells, and nearly 1,000 waterwheels of all kinds.

In terms of farming, Liu Feng and Pan Qingyun actively absorbed the opinions of the old farmers in Fangyuan, and the main crops they planted were only wheat and beans. Liu Feng put forward the proposal of a large farm, reintegrating the villagers to establish a total of eight large farms, plus Qiangying and Panjiazhuang, Liu Jiabao completely summed up this scope into his own forces.

With the support of Liujiabao, the villagers are also willing to live in large farms, some of which are built in villages and towns with better geographical locations, and some are relocated to establish farms, and the bricks and tiles fired from Liujiabao are transported to various places in large quantities, and the Tiger Guards are stationed in each farm, so that the villagers are willing to live in the farms.

Liu Feng knew that the emergence of the big farm would promote the progress of productivity faster, which also meant that new production relations would inevitably appear, and the establishment of Liu Feng's big farm was just a push along the river.

In this era of serious land annexation, almost all the land is a family, so the villagers are also cultivating the land distributed to them by Liujiabao with another mentality, and now the seeds, farm tools, cattle, horses, and animal power are all provided by Liu Feng, these people only think that they have met a good owner, with the credibility of the old man Liu as a guarantee, Liu Jiabao did not explain more under Liu Feng's instructions, he believes that as long as the autumn harvest, the villagers will explain everything clearly when they get the grain in their hands.

In front of the busy scene, Liu Feng smiled to Pan Qingyun beside him and said, "Uncle Shi, Bunbao, this year is going to be a bumper harvest!" ”

Pan Qingyun said with some disappointment: "As long as we can survive the wolf ride after the autumn, everything is easy to say, otherwise everything we do is for those wolf cubs." ”

Glancing at Pan Qingyun, Liu Feng continued: "Uncle Shi doesn't have to be so pessimistic, in previous years, we either handed over some grain and porcelain, or hid in Xianghe Mountain. Although this year is different from previous years, we also have more than 4,000 soldiers in our hands, and if the Khitan wolf cub is not interested, we will teach him a good lesson with a three-edged spear. ”

In fact, Liu Feng himself has no bottom in his heart, but he has roughly made some arrangements, and now he can only cheer for them. Recalling these years, whenever the Khitan wolf rode in, they either guarded the fort gate and offered a large amount of food, gold and silver, or fled into the mountains to hide. And the villages that were hard to ride with the Khitan wolves were slaughtered, which was also what the people in the fort were worried about, and they were also afraid that tens of thousands of Khitan wolves would attack, so that they would not leave the slightest way for Liujiabao to live.

Qingyun was still immersed in the pain of the coming wolf ride, and Liu Feng continued to ask, "How is the spring sowing arrangement?" Don't miss the agricultural time! ”

Pan Qingyun said: "The villagers are very active, there are enough seeds, plus we have a battalion of soldiers helping with spring planting, and the cattle and horses we bought have also been distributed to various villages, and the animal power is enough, and now the spring sowing is almost over." ”

"Do the villagers still have doubts about the new tax?" Liu Fengyun replied a little evasively, and then asked,

"I have some doubts, but now that we are farming, everyone is busy with spring planting, so I will put these things on hold for the time being." Pan Qingyun replied, in fact, he didn't understand what Liu Feng's tax principle was? And now, in order to catch up with the farming, the seeds, farm tools, cattle and horses are distributed to each village, and some words are still not clear.

Liu Feng said with a smile: "I actually don't know much about taxation, and I have been thinking about a problem these days, distributing land to everyone's hands, but it can make everyone more united with Liujiabao, but the villagers generally do not have strong labor and animal power, and they don't even have seed farming tools, so how can they complete farming, how can they talk about a bumper harvest!"

That's why I put together the farmland in each farm for farming, and I also used the cattle, farm tools, etc. What the farm needs to do, everyone is unified together, and in this way, together can form a big village, which is conducive to our management and protection. ”

Liu Feng continued: "Before the autumn harvest, all the villagers will be given a monthly grain of one load of silver and five coins, and your agricultural camp can be adjusted up and down according to this standard, and divided into the distribution of third-class silver grain, but you must ensure that the amount is sufficient.

After the autumn harvest, the three farms with the highest yield per mu will be rewarded with a load of grain per person. These should be made into notices and posted in each farm, so that the farm steward can explain them to the villagers. But you must pay attention to the fact that when you enter the farm, you must do things with sincerity, and if there are those who are cheating and cheating, and those who are lazy, they will be whipped at the lightest, and they will be eliminated from the farm at the worst, and if there are rumors and troublemakers, they will use their heads to speak. ”