Although he had only been away for half a year, the gap between the Boxing County in front of him and the Boxing County in Yeluqi's memory was too big, and if it weren't for the people of his tribe who could be seen along the way, he would almost think that he had come to the wrong place.

Although the original thatched huts are still there, no one lives in them, either as a shed for raising chickens and ducks, or as a place for the people to store forage.

Boxing County can not be grazed as before, most of the livestock are captive, naturally there is no problem of transfer, so it is necessary to store forage in advance and wait for winter. Now is the season when everything is luxuriant, and the grass is cut and grown, and it is a good time to stockpile. Looking at the stacks of hay, Yeluqi inexplicably felt a sense of relief.

Along the way, he saw more rammed earth houses, and the roofs were no longer covered with thatch, but the blue-black tiles common to the Tang people, and under Tieler's guidance, he could see distant places, puffs of green smoke rising up.

"That's a brickyard, a brickyard!" Tieler introduced. "There were originally more than 20,000 people in our entire tribe, but in the past six months this year, hundreds of children have been added, and many women have become pregnant again."

"Very good, very good!" Without waiting for Tiele to finish speaking, Yeluqi nodded again and again, the prosperity of the people is a sign of the prosperity of the tribe, for many years, the population of the Sivandan Department has been declining year after year, dying of old diseases, dying on the battlefield, and the infant mortality rate remains high, this has always been his most worrying thing, moving to Boxing for more than half a year, he can add this large number of people, he is naturally very happy.

Tiele smiled and continued: "The cattle are in captivity, and now we don't need to send too many people out to fight, so there are more people. Some time ago, Lord Yang of Yixing Society came to inspect it, and then built these brick factories and brickyards, and some of the excess labor went to do this. These factories require a lot of strong labor. ”

"What about the bricks and tiles that are burned? Do we use it ourselves? Jeluch felt a bit extravagant.

"The building near the water has the moon first, of course you have to use it yourself. But it's mostly take-out. Tie Le said: "The patriarch is from Wuyi, haven't you heard that Wuwei Festival Town is going to build a new big city in Dezhou?" ”

Yeluch was stunned for a moment, thought hard, and finally remembered, but at that time he thought that this matter had little to do with him, so he didn't take it to heart. At this moment, I realized that not only is it related, but it is also very important.

"Where do we sell the bricks and tiles we burn?" He said with great interest.

"Yes, how many, how many people want!" Tie Le said: "We have a lot of big livestock, burn it out and transport it over there, one to earn the money for the bricks and tiles, and the other to earn the money for transportation." ”

"We're not going to burn these things!" Yeluqi said, "Is it someone sent by Lord Yang?" ”

"Yes, the Yixing Society has sent a lot of masters, from building cellars, to making embryos, to firing, everything is available, and now these people have settled here. I also accepted many of us as apprentices to learn the craft! Tiele smiled: "Originally, I just mentioned it in passing, I think those people are not willing to teach their housekeeping skills, they don't want people to be generous, as long as they are willing to learn, they are willing to teach." ”

It's always good to be able to learn. Yeluqi was also very happy: "We are not as rich as the Tang people, and those people are willing to settle here?" ”

"Patriarch, you and I are also Tang people!" Tieler laughed.

"Yes, yes, now I'm also a Tang person, and I'm also an official of the Tang Dynasty!" Yelu reacted, smiled and shook his official robe, "Originally, I also wanted to ask you for an official, but the marshal said that you have been awarded an official position, so you can only do it." ”

"The festival marshal asked me to be the county magistrate of Boxing." Tie Le smiled: "But for big things, naturally listen to the patriarch." ”

Yeluqi waved his hand: "What to do, I have been pressed by the marshal to listen to a month's lessons this month, especially for the law study a lot, the marshal has his own rules, the things on the official side are on the official side, and the things in the tribe are in the tribe, not to be mixed up." ”

Tieler smiled and nodded yes.

"Some Tang people naturally say they want to leave, but some people are willing to stay, patriarch, and some people are married to women from our tribe, and it seems that they will not leave."

Sivandan asked how many women were there and how few men there were, and that these women could attract men from outside to settle down, and Yeluqi thought it was not bad, not to mention, these people were still people with a skill.

"It's good, it's good." He nodded happily. "The Tang people who come to us are all sent by the marshal to teach us all kinds of skills, they are all capable people, people who can make us rich, if the women of our tribe can keep them, it is a great thing, Tiele, you have to support this matter."

"The patriarch and I have come together." Tiele smiled Mimi.

Rows of houses appeared in front of Yeluch, and it was clear that these brick houses were not for human habitation, because they were covered with wooden shelves, and there was a large gap between the walls and the roof.

"Patriarch, this is our captive livestock, mainly sheep, but also some pigs. Why don't you go and see it, patriarch? Shile took Jerich and went straight to the houses.

The method of captivity is very different from Yeluqi's original cognition, one by one the sheep are locked in a small cage, and in front of them are troughs and water troughs, and the sheep are in it, and it is difficult to turn around.

"Is that okay?"

"They say that these sheep are meat sheep, and they raise it to eat meat, so we must minimize their activities, let them eat and sleep, sleep and eat, and eat and sleep to grow fat!" Tiele said: "In the past six months, the facts have also proved this, these captives are indeed fatter and faster than the loose sheep. ”

As he spoke, he saw some of the temple keepers carrying baskets of forage into the trough, and another carrying a large bucket and spilling some powdery things into the trough.

"It's wheat bran, and there are also bean skins and other things, feeding them can make them grow better." Tieler introduced.

Yeluqi took out a handful of wheat bran from the bucket and put it between his nose and sniffed it, with a look of emotion, thinking that back then, when he was outside his mouth, such wheat bran was eaten for people and war horses. Now it's all used to feed pigs and sheep.

"It costs a lot of money to buy these, right?"

"I was against it earlier, but after those people from Yixing Society calculated an account for me, I think there is still a lot of money, and now we have all taken credit from the supply and marketing cooperative, and we settle the account once a month. Anyway, we have a lot of goods to sell to them, and when the time comes, we will have to write them off. ”

Walking out of these places where the livestock were kept, Tiele pointed to another row of houses not far away and said, "There is the slaughterhouse, where our livestock will be slaughtered, part of the fresh meat is supplied to the surrounding towns, and the other part is made of dried meat for military rations." ”

"Patriarch, which side is the leather nitrate factory, the leather we make is of good quality, and we will sell as much as we want."

"Patriarch, where is the factory where wool and other hair are made, and next to him is the textile factory, where the wool is sent to be woven into wool after processing."

From breeding, to slaughtering, to the follow-up treatment of other residues, in half a year, the Siwandan Department has formed a complete industrial chain, one link after another, and each link, can earn a lot of money for the tribe, which makes Yeluqi very emotional, it turns out that making money, not only by raising sheep and cattle, but also so many Taoism, listening to Tieler's introduction, his tribe used to engage in, only the bottom, the least profitable, and the real money can make a lot of money, but these things are later.

"The marshal told me before that the clothes made of wool are profitable, and the marshal promised to share my dividends." He suddenly remembered the promise he made to Li Ze when he negotiated with him last year.

"Patriarch, it's a wonderful thing to watch the wool that we didn't take seriously before turn into wool threads, and then watch them turn into clothes." Tie Le said: "But the most critical link in this is to deal with the wool, we can't intervene, the people there are all controlled by the people of the Yixing Society." ”

"It's okay, we have the money to divide it." Jeriche was unimpressed. "Are they making those clothes too?"

"No, they give us the thread they have woven, and our men will weave it." Tiele smiled: "Now the women of our tribe have learned this technique, when they are fine, they have two bamboo needles in their hands, and they knit clothes with a ball of thread, and they can make a lot of money by handing them in and turning them back. Speaking of this, Tiele looked at Yeluqi and laughed strangely: "It's your wife, and now you are knitting a sweater if you have nothing to do, it is estimated that when it gets cold this year, the patriarch will be able to wear the sweater woven by your wife herself." ”

Hearing this, Jerichy couldn't help but laugh.

"Patriarch, where is the academy in front?" Tiele pointed to a mansion that was obviously much better than the surrounding houses, "This is the best house we have here, where do the children under the age of ten go to school!" We have four towns in Boxing, and each town has several such schools, and the ones sent by Yixing Club are all good gentlemen who are full of wealth! ”

Speaking of studying, Ye Luqi had a headache, and couldn't help but think of the sins he had suffered in Wuwei Academy in the past month. "Those wild boys of ours, can they stand that detention?"

"Children, they are very malleable, and those gentlemen are not only holding books, but also holding ring rulers, I think they are very fierce." Tiele Road.

Yeluqi thought of the five big and three thick, bearded mountain chief of Wuwei Academy, and felt the same way, the teaching gentleman of the Tang Dynasty was indeed very fierce.