Fang Ling. The front yard of the county guard's house, in the Gongcao room.

Sun Gan and his subordinate officials dealt with all kinds of things in the county here, and they were very busy, and their busy feet did not touch the ground.

Of course, it is impossible for ordinary counties to be so busy, and officials like Gong Cao are relatively idle. But the key is that Fangling is a place that is too good at making trouble.

Factories were organized, bazaars were built, warships were built.

To recruit soldiers and horses, it is necessary to calculate money and food every month, and financial expenditure is required.

To attract mountain people down the mountain, it is necessary to supply the barren fields.

Build waterwheels, plows.

Sun Qian led a group of Cao officials, busy with their feet not touching the ground, and there were no more leisurely days in Xinye.

You must know that when he was in Xinye, Liu Bei had many officials under his command and ruled a large county seat. Sun Gan, Jian Yong even had time to teach civil and military children like Guan Ping, and later Sun Qian also became Guan Ping's chief manager.

But it's better to have something to do than nothing to do.

Although Sun Qian is not as young and energetic as Ma Liang, he is also full of energy. However, continuous such high-intensity work really made Sun Qian unable to persevere.

"Ziyun, you look at the dots. I had some pain in my knee and went out for a walk. After Sun Qian sat for a long time, his knees ached a little, so he knocked on his knees, stood up and shouted the words of a small official.

"No." The little officer promised. Sun Qian walked out, and his knee ached faintly when he walked, so Sun Qian asked people to bring a stool and sit down, and smiled bitterly.

"I'm old."

At this moment, the urging ghost Guan Ping came. I saw Guan Taishou running on his legs, as if he had installed Hot Wheels, and the speed was extremely fast.

The scarves on his head floated up.

Guan Ping has already paid homage to the county guard, and the princes of one side. I have long untied the horns on my head and tied my hair.

simply Guan Ping's long and fast, he looks like a young man, and he will not be despised by people.

Guan Taishou held a silk in his hand, and his face was happy. "Mr. Gongsuke, Mr. Gongyu. A good thing, a good thing. Ma Jichang did a great thing in Qu County, took Zhang Bao and horses into Tieqi Mountain, stabbed to death Bawang Hu Shu, and recruited two or three thousand men and women. He received information that there were nearly 100,000 men and women in the western mountainous areas. At present, he is sitting in the Iron Pestle Mountain, recruiting these mountain people. Ask me to measure the land, make waterwheels, and zigzag plows for the mountain people. ”

"If this mountain people go down the mountain, I will have food for the autumn harvest next year. Then you can draw the strong and increase the number of soldiers and horses. ”

"Is that really the case?" Sun Qian stood up in surprise when he heard this, pounced on it, snatched the silk in Guan Ping's hand, watched it carefully, and a smile appeared on his face.

"Ma Jichang, a really brave person." Sun Qian scratched his beard with a look of appreciation.

It is not the terrain that restricts the development of Fangling, but the population, population, population.

With population, there is everything.

Therefore, when Ma Liang heard that there were nearly 100,000 mountain people in the western mountainous area, his eyes turned red. At this moment, Guan Ping, Sun Gan's eyes are also red, red and red.

But after a while, Sun Qian smiled bitterly and said to Guan Ping, "Lord Taishou." At present, there are too many things in the county, and the officials of Zhu Cao have already worked hard. If the population suddenly increases by tens of thousands, I am afraid that there will be a shortage of manpower, and it will be difficult to move materials. I also asked Lord Taishou to send a letter to Shinno, and allocate more manpower and supplies. ”

"I'll do it right away. Three days later, I took Zhou Xiong and Li Fei to lead 4,000 elite soldiers and many small officials to Quxian County to help. These tens of thousands of people are not small, if there is a mess, it will be too late to regret it. ”

Guan Ping immediately nodded and said.

"Okay." Sun Qian nodded in agreement. Immediately, Guan Ping separated from the two ends of the business, on the one hand, he wrote to Xinye, and on the other hand, he prepared supplies, soldiers, horses, and officials, and killed Xiangqu County.

This time, Ma Liang really did a big thing, which is gratifying.

Guan Taishou and Sun Gongcao in the rear were very excited, but Ma Liang, the iron pestle in front, was still very calm.

On the Iron Pestle Mountain, the sun is shining.

At this moment, half a month has passed since Ma Liang sent people to the Seven Divisions to invite the leaders of the Seven Mountain People to come down the mountain.

It takes a long time to go south in the middle of this lofty mountain road. At this moment, there are already two groups of people coming, and they are currently being arranged by Ma Liang to rest on the Iron Pestle Mountain.

Today, Ma Liang personally went to greet the third wave of people, a group of mountain people mainly Han Chinese.

At the gate of the Iron Pestle Mountain Military Village, Ma Liang and Zhang Bao stood for a while, and then saw a group of mountain people coming. The first one is very stout and powerful, but he is short.

He has a dark complexion and an ordinary appearance.

This group of mountain people walked the mountain road quickly, and in the blink of an eye, they came to the front of the military village.

"But Chen Shuai? Under is Ma Liang, the long history of Fang Ling. This is Zhang Bao, Sima of the other department. Ma Liang took Zhang Bao forward to salute and said very politely.

Chen Shuai is an honorific title. In the midst of these lofty mountains, those who can gather many mountain people into a group will call themselves Qu Shuai, or kings.

This person's name is Chen Zhou, and he is an authentic Han mountain person. But since he entered the mountains, he also followed the customs of the villagers and became a canal commander.

"Ma Changshi is polite, just call me Chen Zhou. The so-called Qu Shuai is just a nickname for living in this mountain. This Chen Zhou was refreshed, and he hugged his fists and returned the courtesy.

There are seven large groups of mountain people in this mountain, three of which are mainly Han people, and four are mainly Ba people and Yi people. Some of the Ba and Yi people can speak Chinese, and some can't.

There is always a gap with the Han government, and compared with Chen Zhou, who is also a Han person, he is much closer.

After Ma Liang and Chen Zhou had a polite exchange, Ma Liang invited Chen Zhou and his party to live in the military village, and the wine and food had already been placed in the village.

Ma Liang sat on the main seat, Zhang Bao was accompanied, and Chen Zhou was entertained.

Chen Zhou looked straight at a glance, and after three rounds of drinking, he asked: "Ma Changshi sent someone to tell me that he said that he wanted to discuss a major matter, but I don't know what a major matter is?" ”

"Don't be surprised by Chen Zhuangshi, it's not me who sells it. It's that this matter needs to be called together after the seven mountain people are gathered, so that they can talk about it together. He also asked Chen Zhuangshi to live patiently in the village for a few days. Ma Liang said.

In fact, the leaders of the mountain people in the first two rounds also had such questions, and Ma Liang answered them all like this.

"Okay." Chen Zhou had no opinion, and responded readily.

Two more days. After gathering the leaders of the seven mountain tribes, or the representatives of the chiefs, Ma Liang gathered these people and came to a mountain field near the military village.

There is a mountain stream on the edge of this mountain field, and the water is clear. In front of everyone, Ma Liang brought a waterwheel, Quyuan plowed, ordered the soldiers to step on the waterwheel to get out of the water, and also ordered the soldiers to help the plow to reclaim.

It looks like it's unremarkable, of course. Maleonn explained: "This is a new waterwheel, improved by skilled craftsmen. Growing rice on the flat land of Fangling County will make it much easier to divert water. This plough is a curved plow, which is lightweight, flexible, and also saves manpower and animal power. Before that, we Taishou-sama served as a captain of the agricultural school in Shinno, and was in charge of the tuntian. In the absence of cattle, relying on these two farm tools, each strong man can grow twelve acres of paddy fields. ”

Those who can understand Chinese immediately understand, and those who don't understand can understand the translation.

"In the absence of ploughing cattle, you can actually plant twelve acres of paddy fields?"

"How is this possible?"

The mountain people are hard, even if they are the leaders, they also need to farm, everyone is good at farming, and they are surprised when they hear the words, and some people show disbelief.

"If you don't believe me, you might as well try it yourself." Ma Liang smiled and said.

The mountain people were straightforward, so they immediately stepped forward to try it. Chen Zhou quickly supported the Quyuan plow, drove the oxen to plow, and immediately noticed the wonders of it, and said in surprise: "Ploughing the field is really much faster and lighter." ”

The rest of the mountain leaders couldn't wait, and hurriedly swarmed up, and when he came down, I went up, and tried the Quyuan plow one after another.

As for the waterwheel, there really isn't one in the mountains. Because the mountains are planted with dry fields, and a few paddy fields are also close to the water source, and they never use water wheels.

There is no suitable craftsman on the mountain who can build such an elaborate waterwheel.

However, some of these mountain people also ran away from Fangling and hid in the mountains because of the war, and some people used the waterwheel, and after using it, they were full of praise.

But the mountain waterwheel is really useless, because there is no canal to divert water.

The leaders of the mountain people are eyeing the Quyuan plow.

"Dare to ask Ma Changshi, the purpose of summoning us this time is for this plow? As long as the price is right, I am willing to buy seven hundred pieces of this plow. ”

Chen Zhou couldn't wait to say.

There were six or seven hundred families of the mountain people in his tribe, and they bought seven hundred plows, which was exactly one plow for each household.

"I'm willing to buy it too."

"I would too."

The leaders of the mountain people said one after another.

Ma Liang shook his head with a smile and said, "This time I summoned you, not only for this plow and waterwheel, but not. ”

Without waiting for the leaders of the mountain people to show their disappointment, Ma Liang said again: "Our Guan Taishou troops are in Fangling, and we need people's strength. And there are many barren acres on the flat land of Fangling. Whoever cultivates these acres of land belongs to him. The government only collects 30% of the tax. This waterwheel, plow, and government sell at a low price, without making a penny. If the leaders are willing to lead the mountain people down the mountain, Lord Taishou is willing to give the leaders ten beauties, one million dollars, 100 pieces of cloth, a mansion, and 500 acres of fertile land. What do you think? ”

Millions of money, 100 pieces of cloth, a mansion, and 500 acres of fertile land.

This is, of course, a heavy profit.

In the whole world, people who can have such property can be regarded as well-off.

This is for the benefit of these leaders, and the benefit for the people is not small. Whoever cultivates the field and who cultivates it belongs to him. Quyuan plow, a new type of waterwheel.

In addition, the government only collects a conscience field tax of 30% of the tax.

The mountain dwellers will definitely be red-eyed.

Most of the people who beg for a living in the mountains are bitter haha.

I plant a lot of dry fields, and I have a hard time every year, but because of the fertility of the fields, I can only barely feed every year. Many mountain people also need to go into the mountains to hunt to subsidize their families.

And hunting in the mountains can be easy?

How many mountain people died in the mountains.

The life of the mountain people is really a handful of snot and tears.

Ma Liang's lure not only lured the leaders of these mountain people, but also lured ordinary mountain people, which shows sincerity. Ma Liang has a great deal of confidence in attracting mountain people down the mountain.

The conditions given are too generous.

Normal people would choose to go down the mountain.

If it is not normal, such as Bawang Hu Shu, then there is no way.