"My lord, although this wall is not high, it is not easy to repair it. Meng Dan has been in Macheng for the longest time, and he is no stranger to many things, and he is worried.

"Oh, how is it not easy?" Jiang Miao turned his head to look at Meng Dan and wondered.

"If the city wall is only built with rammed earth, it is not difficult, but the soil around this Macheng is soft, not suitable for tamping, even if it is barely built, it is easy to collapse, but if you want to use masonry, not only to burn masonry, but also to cultivate the mason to prepare mud, even if the Macheng city is not big, I am afraid that it will not be completed this year, and the cost is not expensive. ”

Meng Dan smiled bitterly, when Aguli wanted to demolish the city wall, he was unwilling, but unfortunately Aguli was powerful at that time, and Dong Ping didn't ask about it, so it was difficult for him to reverse the situation alone, so he could only compromise.

"No matter how difficult it is, it has to be built, this is the level where the barbarians go south, as for the rest, start doing it first, and then find a way, you go and recruit some laborers, I brought a lot of masons, first burn the bricks and stones needed to build the city, as for the rest, then find a way." ”

Jiang Qiao shook his head, in addition to the troops, a Xiongguan is also one of the indispensable deterrent conditions, he brought so many craftsmen, just to strengthen the defense, now it seems that the reinforcement is not needed, it has to be redone directly.

"Jereuca. ”

"The subordinates are here. Yelucai hurriedly took two steps forward.

"Gather all the carpenters, masons, and blacksmiths I have brought with you, and make a few things, which may speed up the construction of the city. Jiang Wan thought about it, he did have some ideas, but unfortunately now it is different from the previous life, there are not so many high-tech talents, but he can design some simple cranes, but I don't know if these carpenters can make them.

"Oh!" Ye Lucai has basically become an errand figure beside Jiang Weak now, his own family knows his own family affairs, brave and leading soldiers is not as good as Yeluqi and Wang Hai, and even not as good as Meng Dan who dares to fight, Dou Da does not know a basket of words, and the copywriter naturally does not need him, staying by Jiang Weak's side to run errands, although his status is not high, but he is also a cronie after all.

"Lord, that Aguli has just been defeated by the lord, and the barbarian tribe is afraid that they will not dare to make any changes in a short period of time, why are they in such a hurry?" Yeluqi on the side said puzzled.

"That digging bald is not a kind person, not to mention that there is more than one tribe on this grassland, to gain a firm foothold in this horse city, we must have the strength in our hands to make these people dare not attack, otherwise, we can win today, but we may not be able to win tomorrow, by the way, Wang Hai." Jiang Wan suddenly remembered something and turned his head to look at Wang Haidao.

"Yes. Wang Haihai took two steps forward and followed Jiang Qiao's side.

"Those 400 brave men have been on the battlefield before, and now we are short of soldiers, so we just brought in for training, and the basic training is trained by you, do you know how to train?" Jiang Qiao asked.

"Yes. As soon as he heard about the training, Wang Hai's mind couldn't help but sweat, although Jiang Qiao's training method was effective, the process was really unbearable.

"The horse meat I just got is used as military food, I will find some more food, during the training, the meat supply cannot be stopped, and only if you can eat meat can you kill people!" Jiang Qiao said with a smile.

"Wow!" Wang Hai nodded fiercely, this is also the only hope for being trained by Jiang Weak, although the training every day is terrifying, but basically every day can be fed, and there is meat, this is the only hope of everyone in the training process.

Macheng, among the county offices, for three consecutive days, the Taishou Mansion was calm, which also made Jiang Qiao slightly relieved.

"Are there any homeless people coming over these days?"

What he was most worried about was whether there would be displaced people willing to come to this village, even if it was a low tax, but after all, it was close to the border and could face foreign invasions at any time.

However, Jiang Wan obviously underestimated the people's desire for low taxes nowadays, Dong Ping bowed down and said: "Back to the lord, within three days, about 100 families have moved into my Macheng, and according to the lord's orders, Qingzhuang has been organized to start cultivating fields in the south of Macheng. ”

"Why is it only in the south of the city? Wouldn't it be better in the north of the city?" said Jiang Qiaoqi.

There are three rivers converging in the north of Macheng, and the water and soil are abundant, which is suitable for cultivating fertile land, and he does not need such a good place, but goes to the south of the city to reclaim, which makes him puzzled.

"Lord, the north of the city is already the junction of the barbarian emperors, although they have now made contact with many tribes in the grassland, but these barbarians are full of wolf nature, and they may turn their faces and kill people at any time, so it is safer to be in the south of the city. Dong Ping smiled bitterly.

"It doesn't matter, the north of the city should also be cultivated, what is the reason for not having to put a lot of good land? As for those barbarians, don't pay attention to them, wolf nature? Even if they are really wolves, in the territory of my horse city, they have to put away their minions for me!" Jiang Qiao snorted coldly, for the strategy of the barbarians, Jiang weak already has some drafts, not to mention it in the future, within three years, he will not only make this horse city prosperous, but also fight his prestige.

"My subordinates know what to do. Dong Ping nodded and said, "The subordinates retired." ”

"Go ahead. Jiang Wan nodded: "Go and recruit all the masons and carpenters in the city." ”

"Wow!" Dong Ping agreed, bowed and retired.

Jiang Wan still underestimated the attractiveness of low taxes to the people, even in Jiang Weak's view, forty percent of the tax is still a heavy tax, but for the imperial kingdom that generally pays six or seven percent or even eighty percent of the tax, forty percent of the tax is already extremely low, in less than half a month, because the county guard did not stop it, the population of Macheng has expanded to as many as a thousand households, as long as Jiang Wan is willing, now he can be promoted to the county order.

However, for Jiang Weak, the current situation is only an increase in population, and these populations have not really fully integrated into Macheng, settling down is not just to live here, but also to have a living livelihood, and as the lord of this Macheng County, Jiang Weak wants to let these people completely belong to Macheng, so he must find a livelihood for them, so that they have the ability to live.

Reclamation is undoubtedly a good way to get a lot of labor into it, but it won't work until at least after the harvest this autumn to actually settle these people.

Jiang Qiao stood on the city wall, the craftsmen had already begun to direct the craftsmen to renovate the city wall, and the entire horse city inside and outside was immersed in a hot and busy situation.

Jiang Qiao doesn't like to kneel and sit, and when there are no outsiders, he mostly sits on a barbarian bed, listening to Dong Ping's report, and silently thinking about the next development.

Originally, the three giants of Macheng, two have been under their command, and the barbarians have also lost their temper after the battle of Jishui, and now he has just sat down as the county magistrate, but it does not mean that he can enjoy peace, he wants to make drastic changes to Macheng.

Even if according to Dong Ping's words, 2,000 households can be recruited, the total population of Macheng is only 5,000 households, about 20,000 people.

Jiang Qiao found that it was not as easy as he imagined to develop and grow Macheng, among them, the money and food that needed to be invested, not to mention the Jiang family, even if it was the Tian family, if it was just a blind expenditure, the Tian family could be emptied.

"So......" Dong Ping glanced at Jiang Wan cautiously: "My subordinates suggest that we stop recruiting homeless people from outside." ”

"No!" Almost subconsciously, Jiang Wan shook his head, how could there be any reason to push the population out.

"It's just that the current situation in Emasa City can't support more people. Dong Ping smiled bitterly, he didn't want Macheng to be more prosperous, just 5,000 households, which is the limit of Macheng.

"The lord doesn't know. Meng Dan on the side bowed down and said: "The land around this horse city is thin, almost all of them are thin fields, and a piece of land must be vacant every year to fallow the land, otherwise, the annual harvest will only decline year by year, and many places are not suitable for farming at all, if the population is more ......"

Glancing at Dong Ping, Meng Dan bowed down and said, "I'm afraid that Macheng can't afford to support these people." ”

Jiang Qiao closed his eyes, the yield per mu of thin fields is about 100 catties to more than 150 catties, and in a dry year, the yield per mu is even less than 100 catties, even if the Macheng tax is less, a family of five has to support themselves, and even produce more surplus grain, fifteen mu is the least.

Jiang Qiao wants to vigorously develop agriculture, but it is not possible to drastically change the current agricultural system, so he can only make some changes within his power in the planning of the imperial law, such as throwing away some unnecessary taxes to stimulate the enthusiasm of farmers, and the other is grazing.

Moreover, the advantage of grazing is not only that it can provide a large amount of meat and domesticate cattle, but also that the manure of animals contains a certain amount of fertility, which can promote the recovery of fertility.

In fact, Jiang Qiao wants to make a chemical fertilizer, if the chemical fertilizer can be successfully studied, then the problem of limiting the productivity of this era can be solved, and a large number of labor can be released to engage in other industries.

However, even if you know the material of this thing, if you want to study it, it is not possible to study the best ratio in a short time, for crops, if the fertilizer is applied, it is no different from poison, and it can burn the dealer alive, and it is for this reason that Jiang Qiao does not dare to be too aggressive.

Dong Ping was a little puzzled, is this to build his own horse farm?

However, since Jiang Wan has already decided, he can't say it anymore, so he can only follow Jiang Wan's instructions, from several familiar tribes, exchange salt for some calves, horses, and lambs for people to raise in captivity, and order people to get some chickens, after all, the breeding period and growth period of chickens are faster, and recruit people to raise chickens first.

According to Jiang Qiao's new decree, although the tax was 40 percent, in order to encourage farming, the grain tax for the first year was reduced to 20 percent, and the surplus was used to settle down.

Although he now lives in a wooden shed temporarily built by the county government, which can barely shelter from the wind and rain, after all, there is a hope, and in the next time, Dong Ping was surprised to find that the labor force that broke out of these yellow-faced and thin-skinned homeless people was quite terrifying.

Because according to Jiang Qiao's regulations, who reclaimed the land, it will belong to whom, the ancients' dedication to the field made Jiang weak a little surprised, just two months, tens of thousands of acres of thin fields were reclaimed around Macheng, in April, standing on the city wall and looking around, in addition to the field roads, there is a group of green grains, and the population of Macheng has skyrocketed to as many as 6,000 households, more than double the previous one.

However, for Macheng, 6,000 households, more than 27,000 people, is basically the limit, at least for now, to maintain the grain until the autumn harvest, it can only feed so many people, and the most important thing is that Jiang Weak has wantonly collected the displaced people this time, and basically the displaced people who can come from the Daijun area have basically been accepted.

After all, it is not a period of war, and no one wants to leave their homeland unless they are forced to do so, but even so, as long as the doubling of the population is reported, plus the previous exploits of the barbarian clan, it is enough for Jiang Qiao to be officially promoted to the county order with a rank ratio of 800 stones.

Looking at those figures working in the fields, whether Jiang Liang or Dong Ping is a civil and military officer, they all have a sense of satisfaction, after all, this is what they pulled up from scratch.

"Lord, don't you really need to clean up these things?" North of Macheng, around a chicken farm, hens with a group of chicks are swaying in the surrounding fields, catching insects from the crops from time to time to eat, not only raising chickens, but also helping the crops to get rid of insects, just looking at the manure left by those chickens, Yeluqi and the others always feel a little disgusted.

"No, have you noticed that in these places with a lot of manure, the crops are growing quite well?" Jiang Qiao waved his hand, turned his head to look at the respectful farmer beside him, and said with a smile.

"What the Lord said is true, and I didn't realize it before, until the Lord mentioned it and asked me to pay close attention to it, and I found that the crops in this field where the chickens are active do grow better than other places. An old farmer who followed behind Jiang Qiao said with a smile.

"This kind of land is also a science, you have to look at the weather, know the atmosphere, and now I'm afraid there will be one more. Jiang Qiao is quite satisfied with this, and every family in this farm can not only improve their lives, but also remove insects, add some fertilizer to the fields, and promote the growth of crops.

"Lord, something happened!" Just as the group was walking in the field, Dong Ping hurriedly walked over with a few guards, and said with a serious face.

"What's the matter? Don't panic. Jiang Qiao waved his hand and motioned for the farmers to leave before turning his head to look at Dong Ping.

"Digging the bald sent people to report that recently, the Fanjia tribe under the command of the barbarian Qiu Liju is gathering in the Jishui area, suspected of plotting against my horse city. Dong Pingping said solemnly.

"Fanjia tribe?" Jiang Qiao frowned when he heard this: "I heard that it is a big tribe in the area of the Barbarian Mountain, how could it come here?"

The barbarians are all nomadic people, and generally have no fixed borders, but it is not true that there are no rules at all, and generally unless they encounter natural disasters, otherwise, there are still some default areas of activity between these tribes, and they rarely cross the border.

"I'm afraid that someone is secretly communicating with the Van Jia tribe and wants to seize my horse city. Dong Ping thought for a while.

"Joke, what do they want the city to do?" Jiang Wan shook his head, even if it was the dug bald or the previous Aguli, they only stationed some people in Macheng to be responsible for the transaction, they all said that they were nomads, and naturally the most important thing was to be nomadic and occupy the city, for them, it was equivalent to digging their own graves.

"Could it be the digging of the bald?" Yeluqi frowned, after all, there is the lesson of Aguli in front of him, and Jiang Qiao also said that the digging of the bald is not a peaceful person, and the digging of the bald knows the meaning and power of the horse city better than other tribes on the grassland, and it is not impossible to occupy the horse city.

"Whether it is or not, inform Wang Hai and let him move the camp to the main road of Jishui, there are still many months before the autumn harvest, if there is a war here, the harvest in the north of the city this year will not be wanted. Jiang said in a deep voice.

"Wow!" Dong Ping hurriedly sent someone to Wang Hai's military camp to give an order.

"Lord, are you going to fight!?" said Yeluqi with some excitement.

"To fight a war is to kill people, and if you can't fight, you won't fight. Jiang Wan glared at Yeluqi angrily, not because he was instigated, but at present, Macheng is in the development period, and the people's hearts are gradually gathering, just waiting for the autumn harvest, the ecology of Macheng will be completely formed, if there is a war at this time, then all his previous operations will be wasted.

Turning his head to look at Dong Ping, Jiang Wan thought for a while and said, "Let the dwarf come over immediately, I want to know why this Fanjia tribe gathered in this Jishui this time?"

"Whoa!"

......

Since he became the leader of the tribe, he moved the tribe to the Jishui area, and it was precisely because of this that he could detect the movements of the Fanjia tribe for the first time.

"Excuse me. Above the county government hall, Jiang Miao left Yeluqi, Meng Dan, Dong Ping, and Yelucai, and all the other subordinates retreated, waving at the dug bald.

"Yes. Dong Ping stood up.

"Do you know how many people and horses the Fanjia tribe has gathered in this area of Jishui?" Jiang Qiao looked at Dong Pingdao.

"Back to the Lord, the Nafanga tribe has gathered two thousand people this time, all of them are elite warriors, and their subordinates feel that something is wrong, so they sent someone to report. "Dig bald and bowed.

Two thousand?

Jiang Wan frowned, don't look at the last time he won more with less, and defeated Aguli easily, that is because he has already figured out this person, and there are hidden dangers within the Aguli tribe itself, so he has a chance to take advantage of it, if it is really a confrontation between the two armies, even if the number of troops is doubled at that time under the three thousand iron hooves, unless there is a particularly good terrain advantage and enough sophisticated equipment, otherwise it will only be crushed.

Now he doesn't know anything about this Vanga tribe, it is not easy to deal with these two thousand cavalry who come and go like the wind, it also takes time to prepare for trapping horses, and his recruit training has not yet been completed, at this time, even if he can win, it will be quite unfavorable to himself.

The most important thing is that this time the Van Jia tribe is not nomadic here, they are all strong people, and it is so close to Macheng, Jiang Qiao doesn't think they are here to travel.

"Then the people of the Fanjia tribe, have you been in contact with you?" Jiang Qiao looked at the Digging Bald Dao.

"They have come a few times, saying that they want to move a group of herders here. The bald nodded.

"Dong Ping. Jiang Wan turned his head to look at Dong Pingdao.

"In. Dong Ping hurriedly stepped forward.

"Follow the dug and visit this new neighbor. Jiang Qiao thought for a while and said, "Yeluqi is with you." ”

"The lord means ......" Dong Ping raised his head and looked at Jiang Qiang.

"Let's see if there is a chance to cooperate with the Vanga tribe, if they really come to settle down, naturally it is best, if not, try to stabilize him, I will immediately leave for the bald tribe, you go there directly to find me." Jiang Wan stood up, turned his head to look at the dug bald and said, "How many warriors are there in the tribe now?"

"Back to the Lord. He smiled bitterly: "In the last battle, most of the warriors in the tribe were lost, and now there are only more than 500 people to fight. ”

"More than five hundred people...... Jiang Wan nodded and said: "It's enough, inform Wang Hai, and then lead five hundred people to the tribe that digs bald to join me, remember, go to the Fanjia tribe, don't conflict with them, if he is not willing to cooperate, come back directly." ”

"Wow!" Dong Ping nodded.

"When necessary, you can show weakness. Jiang Wan thought for a while and said, "Don't conflict with them, wait until you come back, Yeluqi." ”

"In. Jeruqi stepped forward and bowed.

"Remember, the purpose of your trip is to protect Dong Ping, no matter what happens, as long as you don't threaten Dong Ping'an, don't speak out. ”

"Wow. Yeluqi nodded.

"Go ahead. Jiang Wan waved his hand, motioned for everyone to leave, closed his eyes, and silently pondered this matter.