Wu Jin got the advice of the little sister here, and after dinner, he went to Lu Ming and Sun Dabeard to discuss, and discussed several ways before he left that night. I confirmed it with Situ Yan again, and the most feasible method was decided.

The next day in the school field, I directly suppressed those who provoked trouble and followed the trend. Naturally, the punishment and reward were rewarded. It's just that this reward is naturally paid by Situ Yan out of her own pocket, but it is not silver, but cloth, and there are more than a dozen burlap in her ring alone, and she is worried that there is no place to use it.

Wu Jin didn't doubt the reward, after all, a few days ago, Situ Yan took the opportunity to redeem himself for the bolt and went to the border city, so these things naturally have a provenance. What's more, since Wu Jin became the team leader, he lacked skills and had no housekeeper's thoughts. This is exactly what Situ Yan wants, and there is no need to think about the origin of things everywhere.

In March, there were several light rains in a row, and the frozen soil was civilized, and the fields could finally be cultivated. Because this year is the first time that Wu Jin has taken the lead in the team, and most of these people are disaster victims, they can't afford to buy grain at all, and the grain distributed in the barracks is not the drought-resistant bud grain, barley, and Shu millet, but some millet, wheat, and the like.

Situ Yan asked Wu Jin and learned that this was a regulation of the imperial court, which must be cultivated, with 100 acres of tuntian land per household, 50 acres of millet and 50 acres of wheat.

However, the output of these things is very low, and each military household has to pay a tax of 100 stones, and those who cannot pay it must be paid with silver money or disposed of according to military law. It was too late for the military households to know this, after all, when they were first recruited into the army, Duanmu Xuan didn't tell them about this. But now it is impossible for them to regret it.

Situ Yan looked at the fields assigned to Wu Jin's team, almost half of them were low-grade fields, and half were medium-sized fields. With the situation of these fields, there is no tax to be paid at the time of the autumn harvest, and even if they do, there is not much left, and what can they do to support their families. And let these people gather to use money to offset taxes, I am afraid that these people can only complain, and finally end up being dealt with by military law.

In fact, it is not to blame Duanmu Xuan for not giving Wu Jin good land, but the tuntian of this northwest border pass, and the high-grade land is only 100 acres. There are not even 1,000 acres of medium-sized fields, and the rest are all low-grade fields, and Duanmu Xuan has tried his best, and finally did not let Wu Jin go to open up the wasteland. It's already very much taken care of. As for what he concealed, it was only a means that could not be used. So Situ Yan didn't blame Duanmu Xuan's head.

Since things can't be changed, Situ Yan also has to find a way to increase the income of this field, so after the first month, she began to prepare for seedling soaking. By the time the ground can be ploughed, the sprouts have grown an inch.

Even Situ Yan soaked a lot of drought-tolerant bract seeds, barley seeds, and millet seeds. And provided these military households under Wu Jin free of charge, let each family go to the wasteland, and taught them how to make grass fertilizer, and promised to buy it by the team at eighty percent of the purchase price during the autumn harvest. This price is more than 20% more than what was given when the army was recruited, and the military families are naturally very hard-working, except for the soldiers in the main camp who need to feed the horses in a proper manner, the rest of the family members all go to reclaim the wasteland. In a month, almost every family has opened up nearly 100 acres of wasteland. Even Situ Yan herself has opened ten acres of wasteland in her backyard, and their family has horse manure to make manure. The land is better than other people's homes.

Originally, Situ Yan still had to teach the military households to rotate, but there are priorities, so let's take our time! This year, it is just right to open up the wasteland first, raise it for two years, and then rotate crops.

But the good times did not last long, the land had only been ploughed, and before there was time to plant seedlings, this morning, Situ Yan was busy with the horses in the backyard, and was just about to move out the seedlings raised in the warehouse, when he heard a muffled thunder roaring from far and near in the distance. Looking up, the sky was still shining brightly, but at this moment, the sky had changed greatly, gray and gloomy, Situ Yan's first feeling was that the climate had changed suddenly. A natural disaster is coming, and the only natural disaster she can think of in the spring of this northwest is a sandstorm.

"Bolt, go and tell my brother that there is a sandstorm, remember to shout loudly all the way, and tell everyone to go home and hide. Take care of your horses and don't go out. Fast! ”

The bolt didn't even have time to reply, he ran away, Situ Yan led the horses in the backyard into the guest room of the east chamber, and before Wu Jin and the bolt came back, he saw a trembling yellow line appear in the sky, slowly moving forward, getting wider and wider, and even smelling the pungent smell of sand.

Situ Yan couldn't take care of others at this time, so she brought the snow wolf and carrots into the main room, and then ran out of the yard to find Wu Jin. After running for more than 100 meters, I saw Wu Jin and the bolt running back from a distance, and they could vaguely hear them shouting loudly while beating the gong, "There is a sandstorm, everyone go home and take care of the horses!" "One person's voice is small, but the voice of two people is still very loud, and these people who have lived in the northwest for a long time are no strangers to this sandstorm, although they were a little unresponsive when they heard it at first, but they were reminded by someone and knew how to dodge.

"Yan'er, come inside!" Wu Jin saw the little sister running towards them from a distance, and hurriedly shouted for her to enter the house.

Situ Yan saw that Wu Jin and the bolt had time to run home, so she obediently went back to the house first.

The sound of thunder is getting louder and louder, and even sounds like a cow roaring, the sandstorm in the northwest is very different from the sandstorm in the modern city, the wind rolls the sand more and more, and then hits it head-on like a sand wall, sweeping thousands of troops, not as groggy as the modern dust and haze, but blowing through, pervasive, after the transit, the sun is shining, just like a sand storm, and the ferocious comes and goes quickly.

Wu Jin sat nervously on the kang in the hall and hugged Situ Yan's body, he was afraid that after all, he had only seen a sandstorm before, and the sandstorm was not as fierce as this time. But he was more worried that his little sister would be scared. The two of them listened quietly to the movement outside, the doors and windows were beaten by the sand, and even the roof was slammed, and it felt like the yellow sand in the sky was about to break the whole house.

The bolt was also a little afraid that he couldn't sit still, and he leaned against the door, for fear that a gust of wind would blow the door open.

"Yan'er, have you ever experienced a sandstorm before?" Wu Jin felt that the room was too quiet, so he was even more panicked, so it was better to find something to talk to his little sister.

"No, I just saw it in an essay." Of course, Situ Yan has experienced sandstorms, and it is still in the desert, which is much more dangerous than now, and one will be buried in the sand before long. But these are her experiences in her previous life, although she fled to the Northeast in this life, there are no sandstorms there, so she can't make it up.

"I see, no wonder you will know that when I was in the school field just now, it was Brother Lu who told me. This is the only way to place all the people properly! Wu Jin thought of the scene just now, and was still a little afraid, if it wasn't for Lu Ming's alertness, I was afraid that he would take office because of his team. will be convicted of dereliction of duty.

"When I asked Brother Ziheng to help make Brother Lu the head of the tun, it was precisely because I considered that he was a local and was more familiar with this place than us, and with his help, my brother could go further. Fortunately, the seedlings have not yet been planted in the ground. Otherwise, this loss will not be small! Situ Yan was actually not afraid, and she was glad that the seedlings had not gone to the ground, otherwise the hard work of the past few months would have been wasted.

"But I don't know if there will be this sandstorm in the future, and if there is, what if there is?" The more Wu Jin thought about it, the more scared he became, and the more worried he was about the days ahead.

Wu Jin's worry just reminded Tun Situ Yan that she wanted to discuss the matter of sand control with Wu Jin before, and the timing was just right, and after a while, she looked at Wu Jin, "Brother." The essay I read teaches how to control desertification, why don't we try to do it too, and if we succeed, it will be a military feat, and if we don't succeed, there will be no loss? ”

"This sand can also be cured?" Wu Jin was also a little tempted, but he had never heard that sandstorms could be controlled.

"I don't know if I can manage it, but how do I know if it's feasible if I don't try?" Of course, Situ Yan knew how to control desertification, and she once went to the border army to live in the unit to study, where there were special methods for desertification control, and she remembered it very well at that time. I am also confident that I can do well.

"That's right! Try it too! It's just Yan'er, you teach this matter to your brother, so don't run outside. There are more and more soldiers in the military camp, and it is inconvenient for one of your daughters to enter and exit the house? Wu Jinyi was afraid that his little sister would be tired. The second is in his heart, the little sister is still everyone's lady, and she should not go out of the door.

"Okay, as long as my brother isn't tired! I try to stay at home and cook something delicious for my brother! Someone is willing to do it, and she Situ Yan is so happy that she only moves her mouth. This kind of desertification control cannot be achieved in a day or two, and it is a long-term matter that requires a lot of investment. Situ Yan thought that if a desert grassland could be built, the credit would be not small, and it should be enough to change Wu Jin's clothes and return to his hometown, so he would naturally be more attentive.

After the sandstorm, Wu Jin went to the military tun to inspect and clean the courtyard, while Situ Yan wrote out the ideas in his heart first, and even secretly traveled to all the places around the whole team, so he drew up a draft plan, and even how to place the personnel, what kind of vegetation to plant, and how much input and output there were, all of them were listed one by one, and handed over to Wu Jin three days later.

"Yan'er, these are all you see in your essays?" Wu Jin was shocked when he looked at such a draft, and even wanted to get acquainted with this talented person who wrote essays.

"Most of them are, and some of them are added by me, after all, you need to adapt to local conditions to get a glimpse of the miracle!" Situ Yan felt that he couldn't say everything as if it was written in an essay, otherwise Wu Jin would see a similar book one day and misunderstand.

Wu Jin thought about it for a while, although he felt that it was a pity, but his little sister could be so smart** He was both relieved and heartbroken, if it wasn't for him, the little sister is now in Beijing, with this intelligence and talent, there must be a family with a hundred women, where would it be like this.

Of course, Situ Yan saw Wu Jin's distress and unwillingness, "As long as our brothers and sisters work together, we will eventually be able to see the moon!" ”

"What Yan'er said is very true!" Looking at such a determined little sister, Wu Jin had to suppress the sorrow in his heart and discuss the details of sand control with Situ Yan.

In fact, the most important thing in this sand control is to plant vegetation to prevent sand and stabilize the soil, and if you want to turn the desert into a grassland, you must also consider its economic benefits, but Situ Yan can't explain it to Wu Jin. Let's try to give some examples to make him understand, for example, we should first plant alfalfa and cold artemisia in the part where the field and the sand meet, these are the most popular grasses for horses, these two grasses are only tolerant to mild drought, and then plant a piece of sand jujube and large-leaved fast-growing locust trees, which are not only windproof but also drought and cold resistant, and these two plants are not only resistant to poor soil, high-quality and fast-growing, but also the most favorite food for sheep and camels.

In the sandy and rocky places such as the alluvial and stony hills in front of the mountain, the plant prefers sandy and gravel soil, and although this plant is not suitable for feed, it can be used as medicine to treat chilblains and chronic rheumatic joint pain.

This is divided into three stages of governance, arranging manpower to take care of and take care of it, less than one year, more than three years to achieve results, after all, the ancient people did not over-cut and destroy the ecological environment, so this aspect of governance is easier than modern governance.

Situ Yan also specially selected a plot of land to plant ephedra grass and cistanche, both of which are medicines, and both are drought-tolerant and dry-loving plants. Ephedra grass can treat external cold, cold and fever, head and body pain, nasal congestion, no sweat, pulse tightness and other evidence. Cistanche, on the other hand, is white and turbid for kidney deficiency. Sweating and constipation. It's easy to go hungry. Tetanus works wonders.

With these two herbs, Wu Jin can also have more income, whether it is used for rewards, or gifts to Shangguan during the New Year, at least he will no longer have to be strapped for money. It's just that the cultivation of these two herbs has to be taken care of by Situ Yan herself, plus the ten acres of land in the backyard, she is really tired.

Although Wu Jin didn't understand these things, he also knew that these plants and trees were used for sand control, and they could not only control sand but also be used as fodder, so naturally the more he listened, the happier he became.

Everything is going on in an orderly manner on Juntun's side, and the border city where Duanmu Xuan is located has also experienced this sandstorm. But after all, it is in the city, and the doors and windows are closed, and the loss of each family is not large. Of course, after the sandstorm, he was given a reason to personally inspect the military tun, but Situ Yan was busy with sand control at this time, and the two didn't have a chance to meet.

Duanmu Xuan, who was a little disappointed, inspected the military camp accompanied by Wu Jin, "General, when the sandstorm came, his subordinates had already whined the gong to warn, so there were no casualties in the whole team, and the horses were intact!" ”

"Zhongxian is cautious, I have nothing to worry about, but you and I are both from the south, I just came to care about your safety!" Duanmu Xuan wanted to say that he came to see if Situ Yan was scared, but there were other people at the moment, and he couldn't say it too clearly.

Of course Wu Jin understood, but he didn't want his little sister and Duanmu Xuan to get close, so he naturally pretended to be stupid, but he didn't understand the other party's intentions, "Thank you for your concern!" ”

The two didn't have anything to talk about, Wu Jin still had military affairs to deal with, and since Duanmu Xuan was under the guise of inspection, it was not good to stay in Wu Jin's military camp for a long time, so after drinking a cup of tea, he beat the horse and left. When Duanmu Xuan left, Situ Yan came back with the snow wolf. Wu Jin didn't mention Duanmu Xuan's visit at all, anyway, Situ Yan didn't care at all. This thing is like a spring breeze, leaving no trace. (To be continued.) )