"Your Uncle Li is just to the south." Wang Sanyi pointed to a guide's side, about a few miles away, over large fields and several ditches, as well as those sparse woodlands and shrubs, and some people could be seen walking on the side of the canal, from time to time digging with shovels, releasing water to rush the fields.

"Uncle Li is very anxious." Wang Mingyuan also smiled and said: "There are 20,000 or 30,000 acres of land in that area, most of which have become wasteland because the salinity is too heavy. ”

"A hundred thousand stones?" Wang Sanyi shook his head and smiled, and said: "It's Lord Min who said it, to be honest, I don't believe it, the land with too much salt and alkali is good, it would be good to be able to collect five or six buckets, and not a single stone." If you want to collect two or three stones and an acre, even if Yuan Qi is wise and wise, this kind of land is not as simple as you think. ”

"I feel that what Master Min said makes sense, and Uncle Li is also doing it according to his arrangement." Wang Mingyuan said with a smile: "Irrigation first and then drainage, irrigation and drainage processes should be done, and then deep ploughing, turning the soil, covering the guest soil, covering the grass, turning the silt, covering the sand, fertilizing, and then planting alfalfa, after harvesting, do not move, burn the stump, the second spring is not only not a saline-alkali field, but also a good fertilizer field." Well, I was wrong to say that Uncle Li wanted to harvest more than 100,000 stones this autumn, before the winter of this autumn, it should be to harvest a lot of pasture, and then plant wheat for the winter, and at the beginning of summer next year, it will be the time of great harvest. This time, I didn't dare to delay at all, and if I delayed for ten days and half a month, I might miss half a year's agricultural time. ”

"It's no wonder, Dad didn't pay much attention to it before, and now it seems to make perfect sense to hear you say this." Wang Sanyi frowned and thought for a while, feeling that what Wang Mingyuan said was indeed quite reasonable, and it had become a complete system.

In fact, as far as Min Yuanqi is concerned, the place where he grew up and the place where he studied has great attention to soil improvement and environmental protection, and Min Yuanqi's own major is related to agronomy.

As a result, there is no use before the Ming Dynasty, and the current improvement is just a small test, there are many ways to increase production and income, and the method of selection and cultivation has not been used.

If you can get your hands on the more than 100,000 mu of land in the Yunti Pass area, it will not be difficult to feed all the military households and the people in the vicinity of Yunti Pass, and then raise an army of 20,000 or 30,000 people.

Guan Lei said with emotion on the side: "My generation of scholars always boast very highly, thinking that if they seek the road of learning in the scriptures and righteousness, they will be able to benefit one party as an official in the future." Now I know that I was too arrogant before. With everything in front of him, from the salt pond to the training of soldiers and thieves, to the improvement of farmland, Lord Min has done these things in a down-to-earth manner, all of which are beneficial to the country and the people, at least for the benefit of all the soldiers and civilians in Yuntiguan...... It's a shame to think about the past. This is also the reason why I am determined to stay and never go to Haizhou with Brother Ding. Following Lord Min, even if he really dies in this battle, he will live up to his life. ”

"What is dead or alive?" Wang Sanyi scolded with a smile and said: "In this area, there is a long trench and an arrow tower, plus a temporary collection of military households and garrison guards, pick some people who can barely shoot arrows with a long bow on the big arrow tower, and the rest of the people patrol and guard on the side of the long trench on the east, south, and north sides. The enemy wants to pounce, to cross several long trenches and face the archers to shoot condescendingly, those Shandong guest soldiers, bullying the good is the master, looting and burning is an expert figure, to ask them to climb the long trench against the rain of arrows and rush through the sharp wood, don't say that Yuan Qi They think it is impossible, even if I have never fought in my life, I will never believe that there will be such a thing. ”

Guan Lei nodded, and his face also showed approval.

In the past few days, there have been fewer and fewer people fleeing with their families, and people have seen the long trenches and sharp wooden arrow towers being excavated and built one after another.

A large number of households were conscripted as strong men, and military households were conscripted as guards and issued with knives, guns, bows and arrows.

There are not many archers in the entire Yunti Pass, but some of the hunters and military households in the people can barely shoot arrows, and they can make up a few hundred.

In fact, these archers are unqualified in the army, and they only barely use bows and archery, accurate heads, endurance, explosiveness, and bow power, and they can hardly find a few qualified.

It's just a bluff.

But for many people, seeing the arrow towers being built one after another, and a large number of archers have been trained in the arrow towers every day, it still gives people a strong sense of security and psychological hints.

These people were all placed on the top of the Tucheng and the Great Arrow Tower, and the left and right wings were guarded by the Long Trench Great Arrow Tower and the Tucheng as the core, and the Long Trench Sharp Wood was the auxiliary.

In this way, the entire passage for the guests to come is the official road along the south bank of the Huai River along the river to Guanyun and Guannan.

The battlefield area was limited to a narrow strip less than three miles wide, and the guest soldiers were easily attacked from several sides by the Thousand Households Castle and the Bei Wa Tu Castle and the Long Trench Arrow Tower.

The most regrettable thing this time is that although the Franc cannon arrived, there was no formed artillery group, so it could only be placed and sent a few people to fire one or two guns to frighten the enemy formation, and the effect was like this.

Even if Shen Liang is pulled out and the cannonballs are really released, a cannon can kill a few people, if there is a ready-made artillery group now, thirty Franc machines can be used, not to mention that 10,000 Shandong soldiers come, it will be doubled by 20,000 people, and before such a defense system, it is also the result of how many heads are sent.

Wang Sanyi didn't know much about the specific details of military affairs, but it didn't prevent him from deducing simple conclusions from all kinds of details.

It can even be said that everyone will give themselves strong psychological hints to make themselves do the things at hand and make them stay with peace of mind.

If it weren't for these defenses, without the hope and trust that Min Yuanqi brought to people with all kinds of miracles, not to mention the arrival of 10,000 guest soldiers, even if Liu Zeqing only sent a thousand people over, Yunti Pass would have run away a long time ago.

"Everyone's busy, every man's go." Wang Sanyi waved his hand and motioned for everyone to disperse and stop saying these meaningless words in one place.

Not far in front of him, a group of strong men had approached, all of them bareheaded, with their hair tied in a bun on the top of their heads, to prevent their hats from getting in the way.

A few people wore small coats, and most of them were shirtless.

The barefooted men carried a sharpened stake, shouted a trumpet and approached, and then walked down the trench that had been dug, and at the sound of the trumpet, the stakes were inserted diagonally into the dirt slope, and they were arranged in a staggered manner.

"Second sister doesn't talk much today?"

Wang Sanyi strode away and left, Guan Lei also said goodbye and left, Wang Mingyuan looked at his sister-in-law, but felt strange.

At that moment, Wang Mingyuan said with a smile: "How about mentioning Lord Min on weekdays, Brother Yuan Qi, whether it is Ding Ruqi or who accuses Lord Min in the past two days, you have not said a word, what's wrong?" ”

The second sister glanced at her brother and sneered: "These people who know that Brother Yuan Qi will lead his troops to resist the guest army and fight to the death for the big guy, at this time, not only run away at home, but also spread words that are unfavorable to Yunti Pass, do you think that's it?" These scum, it's easy to go, it's hard to come back. ”

Wang Mingyuan glanced at his little sister, since Wang Sanyi was arrested last time, the little sister and Master Min are acquaintances.

Recently, the little sister has been working as a steward in the quilt weaving workshop, partnering with the lady of the Shen Yong family, managing more than 100 women who are proficient in weaving quilts.

Regardless of business or privacy, Xiaomei and Master Min also meet often, and there have been a lot of rumors recently.

Fortunately, Xiaomei almost never met Min Yuanqi alone, otherwise she couldn't tell how many mouths she had.

Seeing that there was no one around, Wang Mingyuan whispered: "Sister, you and your brother are honest, does Yuan Qi have any intention of proposing marriage to our family?" ”

The little sister blushed, but with the character of the second sister, she would not avoid it, and only said at the moment: "Where have you been caring lately?" ”

The meaning of the words made Wang Mingyuan ecstatic.

At that moment, Wang Mingyuan said quite smugly: "Yuan Qi can be regarded as picking up treasures, my father and son both work for him, and my sister is also a powerful person." It's a world friend again, and his family background is also worthy of him, sister, you show off your wisdom again, in terms of appearance, talent, and ability, you are much stronger than ordinary women. However, I have also heard people say that the uncle of the Min family wants to find a big family woman in Huai'an or Yangzhou for Yuan Qi to marry, but because these big families are above the top, now the world can't let go of his body, and he dislikes the Min family as a kind of family, and Yuan Qi just mentioned the guerrilla, the foundation is too weak, and it is not good to choose it in the first place. Well, it's still a good girl, and her family background can match everything, and Yuan Qi is really lucky...... It seems that the girl is confident, it must be Yuan Qi who said something to you? ”

Wang Mingyuan is indeed quite happy, unlike those official gentry and wealthy business families who are above the top, the family background of the Min family here in Yuntiguan was originally first-class, and Min Yuanqi himself has a bright future, and his prestige in Yuntiguan is extremely high. Coupled with the young descendants, the power of the family is also the first class, the Wang family was originally an ally, and now they are willing to be subordinates, this family has climbed, it is a happy thing for the Wang family, if Wang Sanyi knows, I am afraid that he will be drunk.

"What is the matter of no shadow, what nonsense, how can he tell me any confidential and important things?" This time, even the second sister couldn't stand it anymore, and her face turned red and glared at her brother fiercely.

"Okay, don't say it." In this era, the defense of men and women is still important, that is, the military households are still open, and the atmosphere is much more open than that of the people and those big families.

Wang Mingyuan smiled and said, "Since the sister didn't hear anything, why is she so sure?" ”

He wanted to laugh a few more words, but he also knew that his sister's face was thin, and besides, his mother's family made fun of such things, even if he was willing to make fun of this marriage, it would be extremely inappropriate, so he could only force this happy mood down.