The first time Li Ling and Heifu met, they were on the edge of the large corn fields in Fuping County, and he was surprised to find that this little official, who was more than 2,000 stones, was dressed to the extreme, wearing only the most ordinary linen robe, with straw sandals on his feet, and loess everywhere on his body.

What surprised Li Ling the most was that he was not like the Shu County Guard and Lieutenant, who casually touched the plow to make a look like when he persuaded the farmers in the spring, but really worked with the soldiers and the people: standing firmly in the field with his legs, the sickle in his hand cut the millet quickly, his movements were professional, and he was very devoted.

"It turned out to be the newly arrived captain of Shanghe Nongdu, disrespectful."

Heifu handed the sickle to the people on the side, went up to the ridge, said a faux pas to Li Ling, washed his feet with the water in the ditch, washed his hands, and asked Gong Ao for a linen towel to wipe the sweat on his face, before he gestured to Li Ling and asked him to sit in the pergola at the edge of the field......

A small shed made of thatch, a simple wooden case, a straw mat for sitting, and a cool and white drink, this is the standard for small landlords to rest after their work, but Li Ling not only did not feel that Heifu was rude, but admired it very much.

His "Shanghe Nongdu Lieutenant" is a newly set up Tuntian official by the imperial court, who is responsible for the excavation of river canals and Tuntian affairs, with a rank of 600 stones, because Helan is a border military tun, so it is under the jurisdiction of the county lieutenant.

After Heifu finished three bowls of cold and white in one gulp, and exhaled happily, Li Ling considered his words and began to contact his boss.

"Although the subordinate lives in Shuzhong, he has heard the name of the county lieutenant for a long time, especially before he came, he heard Cheng Jun, the ink master of Xianyang, talk about the deeds of the county lieutenant in detail. He said that the county lieutenant was in the border area, dressed in sheep brown and straw sandals, day and night, working hard with the army and the people. ”

"Oh?"

Hefuqi said: "Captain Nongdu still has contact with the ink master? ”

Li Ling took the opportunity to report to his home: "The eldest father of the subordinate is Shu Shoubing ...... when King Zhao was king"

Heifu immediately raised his head: "Could it be Xiudu Jiangyan...... Well, the Lee county guard of 湔堋 (jiānpéng)? ”

"It's the father!"

Heifu had been to Dujiangyan in his previous life and watched the Dragon Boat Festival, and Li Bing was one of the Qin people he didn't know much. And Dujiangyan is a miracle that can still be used by future generations for two thousand years, and its vitality, not to mention Xianyang Palace, even the Great Wall and Chidao, have all been compared. I heard that the new subordinate was Li Bing's grandson, and I couldn't help but sigh for a while.

Li Lingdao: "Everyone in the world knows that the eldest father repaired the canal weir, but I don't know that the eldest father was a Qin Mo in his early years!" Even in my generation, although I have not entered the ink gate, I still have contacts with the ink people. ”

This is the first time Heifu has heard of it, this Li Ling looks thin-haired, not young, and has a wooden demeanor, but he is quite good at talking: by introducing his family background, he let Heifu know that he has a family history in cultivating canals, and through the association with the ink man, the relationship between the two has been brought closer.

He even slapped Heifu's ass quietly.

"When the eldest father was repairing the ditch weir, he often went into the water to measure the height himself, and when the people worked, they also worked with him with food and clothing. Others persuaded him that it was inappropriate to guard the county with 2,000 stones. The eldest father said that in the past, Dayu controlled the water, but also did it himself, soaked in the water for many years, philipated without grate (bá), shin without hair, bathed in the rain, and ctenophori (zhì) wind. Dayu is still like this, not to mention the county guard? ”

"Seeing the county lieutenant personally harvesting millet in the field, the subordinates couldn't help but feel a lot of emotion, they have been officials for 20 years, and finally they have seen the Qin officials who can work hard with the army and the people like the eldest father!"

This sound pleasing to the ear, and Gong Ao, who was pouring water for Heifu on the side, said with a smile: "The captain of Shanghe Nong didn't see it, and when he was collecting wheat a few months ago, the county lieutenant worked more energetically. One day, when he suddenly arrived at the place where the wheat was harvested, he took up two hundred pounds of wheat and left, and when he arrived at the threshing workshop and laid it down, the people found that it was him, and they were so frightened that they went down to the ......."

Heifu coughed, stopped the two of them from boasting, and said with a smile: "I am also from a farmer's family, and I know the hard work of the people. And "The Way of Officials" has a saying, judge the people's ability, be good at the people's power, and work at the rate. I just did what Qin officials were supposed to do! ”

Li Ling sighed and said: "If every official can be like a county lieutenant, why worry about the world? ”

Heifu was silent, Li Ling said that although Heifu has been in the border in recent years, he has also heard that domineering and arrogant are the characteristics of Qin officials sent to Kanto to be officials, in order to complete the indicators of the imperial court and capture the people, there have been many complaints.

These people have a bad attitude towards the Qianshou, but they are very tolerant of the original powerful families of the Six Kingdoms, because they need to rely on them to govern the place. In the past few years, the germ of corruption has grown in the ranks of Qin officials. From thrift to luxury, from luxury to thrift, Qin's officials are no longer the Qin officials who "are solemn, respectful, respectful, faithful and not ashamed" before the unification of the Six Kingdoms!

Although Heifu often frowns at these things, he can only manage the three-third of an acre of land in Beidi County, not to mention, his main task this year is not to govern the officials, but to Tuntian......

So he said: "Nongdu Wei came just right, these days are the harvest of the counties, today and tomorrow, first in Fuping County to see, tomorrow with me along the river, all over Helan County Juntun, know the number of acres, know the military and civilian households, know the land is fertile, know the direction of mountains, rivers and rivers." How to organize the military and civilians to open canals to irrigate more land during the slack time after autumn, you also have a clear idea! ”

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Heifu was resolute in his work, Li Ling only took a breath in Xiaoyi on the first day, and early the next morning, a Marquis of Tuntian in Fuping County named Gan Chong came to call him and wanted to take Li Ling to visit the land of Fuping Yuanhe.

Li Ling knew that although a county had been set up at the eastern foot of Helan Mountain, there was no other population except for 10,000 garrisons and 5,000 left-behind people, and it was still under militarized management. In the entire Helan Mountain area, a "Helan Captain" was set up, which was served by Gongsun Bailu, who was recommended by Heifu, and there were three Tuntian marquis officials of Fuping, Lingwu and Lian County, plus two marquis officials of Hun Huai and Shenquan.

Now that the imperial court has assigned Li Ling to be the "Captain of Shanghe Nong", it is to separate the border defense and the tuntian, and to move immigrants into the country next year, and slowly change to the normal county and county system.

Gan Chong introduced to Li Ling: "The Huns in Helan have all run away, there is not a single felt tent, not a single cow or sheep left, this is to strengthen the wall and clear the wilderness, even if our army wins, it will not be able to stay." ”

"Sure enough, at the beginning of our army's entry into Helan, food and clothing became a big problem, although the county lieutenant asked His Majesty to propose that Longxi and Beidi should transport grain to Helan through Caoyun and salt carts, but the distant water could not quench the thirst of the near."

"Last winter, only a few thousand people were left to garrison, and the rest were all withdrawn to the Northland for the winter. When they came back after the snow had melted, they found that hundreds of the 7,000 people who had stayed behind in Helan Mountain had died of cold, starvation, and illness within three months. Helan is far away from the inner county, and it is inconvenient to travel back and forth, and at the beginning of spring, the food is still enough to satisfy the stomach, but everything else is lacking, there is no clothing, no food to eat, and the soldiers and civilians have no shoes and socks......"

Gan Chong counted the difficulties they encountered one by one.

"At that time, the county lieutenant asked the lieutenant and the marquis, as well as the leaders to go to Fuping to discuss matters, and the county lieutenant said that Helan Tuntian was created and the conditions were difficult, and he couldn't always rely on the inland to transport grain, since he didn't want to starve to death, and he didn't want to abandon Helan and evacuate, there was only one way left."

Gan Chong pointed to the sign standing on the edge of the corn field and said proudly: "Regardless of the soldiers and people, except for the soldiers who want to patrol and be on duty, the rest of the people will work together, and the food, clothing, and housing will be solved by themselves!" ”

"The county lieutenant is in charge of this matter, and it is called 'mass production'!"

"Mass production?" Li Ling bowed: "The county lieutenant wants the soldiers to solve their livelihood on the spot. ”

In these years, childbirth is not just about "having children", but about livelihood. Back then, Wei Xiang Baigui said: "I govern production, Yu Yiyin and Lu Shang's strategy, Sun Wu uses soldiers, and Shang Ying's practice is also ......."

Gan Chong said: "Otherwise, the county lieutenant gave this name to this act of clearing the wasteland, but it is not just a livelihood. ”

Gan Chong recalled the situation at that time, and his happiness blossomed.

"The county lieutenant said that since ancient times, women have given birth to babies, but this time is different, it is the turn of men, and it is the turn of the 15,000 soldiers and civilians stationed in Helan Mountain!"

"We want to produce not only corn and vegetables, but also gather the strength of everyone to produce a strong baby, the cry shakes the heavens and the earth, and makes the hulu thousands of miles away change color!"

"He has to learn to be self-sufficient, and finally grow up to the sky, cross the river with his feet, and take deep roots in the eastern foothills of Snow Mountain!"

"The county lieutenant said that this will be the first child born to Daqin in the deserted clothes outside the Saiwai! His name is Helan, and in the lower reaches of the great river, there is also a brother who stands side by side with him and supports each other, called Shuo Fang! ”

The county lieutenant said that from the beginning, in more distant places, wading through quicksand in the west, reaching the north in the south, the East China Sea in the east, and the Great Xia in the north. As long as there is a place where people go, Daqin, there will be countless new sons born one by one! ”

It was not the soft hands that delivered them, but the swords and ploughs forged by fire!

It is not the mother's ** that has watered it to grow up, but the colonization spirit of generations.

Li Ling was shocked by this bold remark from Heifu, and he couldn't help but think of the words that Qin Shi Huang said when he was in Shu County, when the Shu County Lieutenant and Ba Zhong pleaded to open the five-foot road and lead to the southwest.

"The sun and the moon shine, the wind and rain come, don't obey!"

"No wonder Your Majesty believes in General Chongwei so much, a monarch and a minister, what he thinks and thinks, how similar!"