"The county here is really big, we have been walking for almost fifty miles since yesterday? It hasn't even gone from the south of the county to the north of the county. ”

"In Guanzhong, it's enough to go to three counties."

"That's it."

The pigs from Guanzhong kept moving forward under their feet, but they didn't stop, and the fifth lun had long given up the plan of serious discipline to let the soldiers march without talking.

Indeed, as the soldiers said, Tewu County is really too big, two hundred miles from north to south, just a few townships in the south of the county, the area can top several counties in the middle of the pass, and the population is much inferior.

The fifth Lun is the transfer of Cao Peng, who is most familiar with the household registration data, and knows that they have Changling County, with a population of 180,000.

There is also Maoling County next door, with 280,000 mouths!

What is this concept? Chang'an has a permanent population of 250,000.

On the other hand, this Weirong County (Northland) is said to be in its early twenties, and even the most densely populated special military is as vast and sparsely populated.

Fifth Lun Xin said: "Therefore, in terms of wealth, food, and people, it is far inferior to a county in Guanzhong, and it is difficult to concentrate. ”

At noon the next day, a river appeared in front of it, and the beach was full of vigorous hairy horns, and water birds were walking along the river. A soldier who had a dry mouth immediately went over, frightened away a group of gulls and herons, beat a little water with the wooden scoop hanging on his body, shook off the turbidity and drank it, and then coughed and vomited.

"It's dead, it's bitter water!"

"That's why it's called the Kushui River."

And the stone by the river was also sun-dried white grains of salt, and after a little hesitation, everyone hurriedly scraped the salt flowers on the stone: "In this way, you don't have to worry about eating salt in the future!" ”

When they were in Guanzhong, the price of salt was very high, but when they arrived here, they almost didn't need money, and they were all happy, as if the river was full of money.

Fifth Lun also dipped his finger in a little salt and tasted it, so bitter that he stuck out his tongue, it seemed that there were a lot of impurities in it.

He also heard that the locals also eat the inferior salt from the Kushui River, and only the wealthy family in the county, the third in the county's Haoqiang, eats the good salt that was transported from Huamachi to the Gobi and over the mountains 600 miles away from the east.

Fifth Lun knew in his heart that since it was a feudal army, it was necessary to have the consciousness of the feudal army, in addition to being ordered to search for grain in the fields? Is there such a thing as the army doing business? It's totally possible.

The Kushui River is the boundary between the north and south of Tewu County, after crossing the river? They arrived in the countryside soon? Fifth Lun met with the local Qifu, Sanlao and others as usual, and saw that they were full of nervousness and vigilance? took the lead in saying that Wang Shi didn't enter the township? Only to the old camp by the Yellow River to station.

Since the bitter water river is not drinkable? Drilling wells is a drop in the bucket, and the station must be next to the water source. Fortunately, in the past, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty conquered the Xiongnu and built a camp in this Tuntian, and after arriving in Xuanyuan, the Xiongnu surrendered to the Han? Part of the border army was successively dismantled? The old camp by the river is still there, and the earthen walls and earthen houses are ready-made, enough for 800 people to settle in, which saves a lot of effort.

And early the next morning, Zang Fu, who had been a field slave for twenty years, took people to step around? Put the clod of soil directly into your mouth and taste it, and you will know whether it is fat or not.

"Is the land worse than the south of the county? There is also some saline, and the grain is not easy to grow. ”

Another famous crop handle? Even the fifth Pingdan, who had been promoted to "Dangbai", squatted on the ground, looking at the grassland full of flowers and sighing: "Such a big piece of land? Next to the water? If it is opened up? It's enough for more than 800 of us, and each of them has 100 acres of land, which is a pity. ”

The pigs are all hard-working people, as long as they are given a plow, a hoe, and even a cow, they can be self-reliant.

In fact, in the view of the fifth Lun, the innate conditions in the north of the county are no worse than those in the south of the county, and the difference is only artificial transformation: do you think the Qin Canal and Han Canal in the south of Tewu County are God's miraculous work? However, it took ten generations of Qin and Han dynasties to settle and open up, the Yellow River flows very much, but the water potential is gentle, winding and smooth, as long as you find a way to divert it slightly, you can divide several ditches and irrigate the acres.

The clear water of the Yellow River improves the saline-alkali land and provides a steady stream of water for the farmland, so that the grazing can be turned into farming, and the wealth can be greatly plugged.

Although he couldn't experience it in person, Wu Lun felt that in the era of Emperor Qin and Han Wu, there should be a kind of pride that changed the world.

But now it's not done, there are only 800 people in the fifth lun, and it takes the head to do what 80,000 people can do.

Although there are some troubles in the north of the county, and the spring ploughing has long passed, Zang Nu and Wu Pingdan, two people who are afraid of farming and farming, are still discussing what to plant on the abandoned acres near Yingpan: the flower planter has not seen the land empty since ancient times.

But it's the middle of April, what else can I plant?

Fifth Lun proposed, "Let's plant a weed." “

Grass is alfalfa (mù xu).

This thing is an alien species, in the Han Dynasty, Zhang Qian from Dawan to get the heavenly horse, as the favorite feed of the heavenly horse, alfalfa was also introduced, first in the Leyouyuan trial planting, slowly spread, gradually from the rare and rare to become an ordinary thing, the people of Zhuling called it "even branch grass", and stabilize the realm of the north, there are often alfalfa people.

It was still the fifth Lun who had already prepared, and before coming, he calculated the time of arriving at Biansai, and asked the fourth to prepare two large carts of alfalfa seeds for himself in advance.

"Alfalfa is good."

Zang Nu and Pingdan both thought that this idea was good, and you discussed it with me: "Guanzhong has to be planted in March, the weather here is a little colder, and it doesn't hurt to plant in April." ”

"Of course, alfalfa can survive in the sandy soil, and it is not afraid of alkali."

"It can be harvested three or four times a year, in addition to being used as fodder to feed livestock, people can also eat it. In the famine year, the water was directly cut and kneaded into a green ball, which was enough to satisfy hunger. “

They were very active, they did what they said, ploughed the fields, sowed the seeds, and soon scattered the seeds brought by the fifth lun all over the land.

After finishing the work, Pingdan also said happily: "Alfalfa has been planted for some time, and it can also warm the land in turn, even if you don't want to plant it in the future, after three or four years, plow its roots and plant grains and vegetables instead, you can get a bumper harvest." ”

This plan was too long, and Wu Lun asked people to grow alfalfa, but he did it easily, and he said in his heart: "We won't stay long in the north of the county." ”

At this time, the Fifth Blessing and several cronies who had disappeared for several days also returned, with a happy face.

"Found it?"

"See!" The Fifth Blessing had met those two people in the Xiliu Pavilion at the beginning, and briefly recounted what he had seen and heard.

"The upper reaches of this bitter water river are sweet water, and the second monarch took more than 100 families who could not bear the cruelty of the king's master and the government to live in the mountains, planting a little poor land in the river valley, raising hundreds of sheep, setting up a camp, dozens of board houses, and more than 100 strong men, all with horses, coming and going like the wind."

The more Fifth Lun listened, the more strange he became, Ma Yuan did have the ability, and he had only been here alone for a year and a half, and he pulled up a team.

He smiled and said, "Wen Yuan and Jun You can promise to come and meet me?" ”

"Wan Jun heard that the sect master had come to Tewu County, and he was very happy and wanted to come with me, but Ma Jun stopped him and asked the sect master to meet on the tidal flats in the middle reaches of the Kushui River!"

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That night, the lights were lit in the earthen hut of the Fifth Lun for a long time, and it was not extinguished until the soldiers were asleep, and the Fifth Blessing and a few cronies left the camp and rode along the Kushui River River south.

Fortunately, the moon is bright tonight, and the grassland is not dark, there are fireflies dancing in the distance, and there are even green eyes when wild wolves are infested!

As long as the speed of the horse slows down, the only thing to watch out for is the hole made by the pika, and most of the men galloping on the grassland are overshadowed by them, and the horse throws the rider out of the front hoof, and loses his life.

After walking for about half an hour, I was far away from the agricultural area, looking at the edge of a crooked poplar forest on the Kushui River beach, and there were indeed three bonfires lit as promised.

The other side also shook, this is the signal agreed with them after the Fifth Lun Ling Fifth Fu ran again, and it was very decent, and it really had the flavor of a secret meeting between the traitors and the bandits.

When he got closer, in the moonlight and firelight, Fifth Lun saw at a glance that the person who greeted him excitedly was Wan Xuan!

"Fifth Gentleman!" Wan Xuan bowed down on the cobblestones of the river beach: "I never thought we would meet again today!" ”

"Don't come unharmed." Fifth Lun laughed and helped Wan Xuan up, he heard Fifth Blessing say that among the "robbers" living in the upper reaches, Wan Xuan is the second master.

The two of them didn't have time to say hello, so they walked to the poplar forest, where a tall man was drying his hands, and the firelight reflected his black beard and picturesque eyebrows, as before, it was Ma Yuan!

"Wenyuan ......"

Fifth Lun smiled and wanted to step forward to have a bear hug with Ma Yuan, but Ma Wenyuan did not fake his color and stretched out his hand to stop Fifth Lun.

"Don't be in a hurry to catch up, there is one thing, you and I will make it clear first!"

Fifth Lun chuckled in his heart, could it be that his idea of beating someone's daughter had been known to Ma Yuan?

Wan Yu saw that the atmosphere was a little wrong, and persuaded: "Wen Yuan didn't often sigh in the past, saying that if Boyu also came with him, it would be good to gallop together, why did he see it today, but he behaved like this?" ”

However, Ma Yuan looked solemn: "Jun You, this is a big right and wrong, you must ask clearly." ”

He stared at the weak-hearted Fifth Lun and said: "Dare to ask Boyu, you and other armies came from Weirong County, named Wang Shi, but they burned and looted along the way, and there were many killings, and even some people fled here from Anding to join me, as a member of the army, can you participate in these things?" ”

Fifth Lun suddenly, it turned out to be for this matter, indeed, although Ma Yuan is the second generation of officials, he is also a husband with justice in his heart, otherwise he would not have fought hard to be an official, and insisted on letting go of Wan Yu and dying with him.

And what General Tunhu's troops did in the two months along the way was indeed angry and resentful.

Fifth Lun smiled: "I participated. ”

Wan Yu was shocked: "Boyu Hugh has to talk nonsense." ”

Ma Yuan shook his head and said, "Is that really the case? Boyu has changed. ”

He held the knife at his waist in his hand, and he probably hesitated whether to use the sword on the spot.

"I did get involved." Fifth Lun said loudly: "When the army was leaving, in order to avoid the exhaustion and death of the pigs under my command, I shirked the opportunity to accompany the Suixing army, and only followed the rear as a heel army. “

"So along the way, I saw that Sima Dongzhong and Ruchen of the Xingjun connived at the soldiers and brutalized the people, they were even more fierce than the Huns, they were really like combs, soldiers were like grates, and the king was as straight as a shaved mustache!"

"I witnessed the tragic situation along the way, but I didn't have time to stop it, if I had taken over the responsibility of accompanying the Xing Army, I might have been able to fight for my life and stop Dong Zhong and Ru Chen."

His voice was low: "So, I'm also a murderer!" ”

The fifth blessing was not angry, and shouted on the side: "When our heel army was on the road, there were three orders from the sect master, not to mention killing and looting, not even a single hair of the people was violated, and even stepping on the green seedlings in the field, the sect master had to cut his hair to apologize to the local people, and if you didn't believe it, he sent someone to any county and township on the road to ask!" ”

Ma Yuan and Wan Yu looked at each other, Ma Wenyuan put away the knife, and walked over to the fifth Lun Chang: "Ma Yuan actually misunderstood Boyu, I know that Boyu will never kill innocents indiscriminately." ”

"Don't rush to say that."

Fifth Lun still said: "I also have an unshirkable responsibility for this tragic incident on the road.

He began to tell about the atrocities he had witnessed against Dong Zhong and Ruchen's troops in the Xingjun, which were much more cruel than the hearsay of Ma Yuan, and the people were filled with righteous indignation, and even Wu Lun himself became angry and punched the poplar tree.

"Ruchen committed such a heinous crime, but was entrusted with the important task by General Tunhu, stationed in the south of the county to search for grain, tens of thousands of people were already worried about seven deaths, and now they are afraid that they will be poisoned by him again. This matter must not be left like this! ”

Wan Yu didn't understand yet, but Ma Yuan smiled: "What does Boyu want to do?" ”

"I want ......"

The fifth Lun finger is in the dark night, and only the bright moon is like the eyes of the emperor and God scanning the world.

He shouted: "Do the right thing for heaven!" ”

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PS: Chapter 2 at 13:00, ask for recommendation votes.