In March, the sunshine of early spring sprinkled on Baqing Town in the south of Hecheng County, the original barren field was full of people of labor, oxen pulling pears to turn up the soil waves, these soldiers were mostly good at the field, not to mention that the military garrison government hired some old farmers to guide these soldiers to cultivate.

"The ground should be deeply cultivated, the surface should be loose, the large piece of soil should be broken, and the grass roots on the ground should be cleaned...... Huang Laohan is an old farmer in Hecheng County, who has planted land for more than 40 years, and he can harvest three or five more buckets of wheat than others, and he is a well-known farmer.

Fan County Commander recommended him to Juntun Yamen, and Juntun Yamen invited him to teach the soldiers to farm. This thing is fresh to hear, since ancient times, as a soldier to eat food, I have never heard of a soldier farming. Huang Laohan didn't dare to come at first, for fear of provoking those unreasonable soldiers, not to mention the beatings, and delaying his own farm work.

Hecheng County suffered a military disaster, his own lucky escaped with his life, many people in the same village can never come back, there are many more fields and no one to plant, Huang Laohan listened to the government said, there are many kinds of ability, as long as the tax is paid according to the number of fields. When the farmer heard that there was a field to plant, he would laugh out loud in a dream.

Huang's family has a family of ten, the old two with three sons and two daughters-in-law, as well as two grandsons and a granddaughter, the family is counting on eighty acres of land, and now they can grow more fields, and the family has more income to ask for relatives for the younger son. Huang Laohan is thinking about more melons and fruits this year, last year's new Thorn History taught everyone to make honey fruits, melons and fruits are rarely sold at a good price, if this year is still like last year, just three acres and six cents of melons and fruits can also be recouped seven or eight taels of silver.

Fan County Commander with the official of the Yamen came to the door to invite, Fan County Ling Huang Laohan is very grateful, this official is a good official, he restricts those servants to exploit the people, last year the court exempted the agricultural tax and really did not collect a penny, the method of making honey fruit Fan County Order is to take people to the countryside to teach, Huang Laohan is nearly sixty years old, such a non-greedy official has really not seen.

said that he would teach for seven days, give 40 wen a day, and take care of food and housing, Fan Xian Ling knew his thoughts, and sent someone to pile up 300 copper coins in front of him, saying that the extra 20 wen was counted as his carriage and horse fare. Fan County's order wanted to give face, and Huang Laohan told his son not to be lazy and miss the farming, and he followed the people from Juntun Yamen to Baqing Town in a carriage.

The area around Baqing Town is full of good fields, but unfortunately the soldiers and people are gone, whenever he thinks of the thousands of acres of land wasted there, Huang Laohan can't wait to be able to incarnate tens of millions and plant all those lands. Later, I heard that the court was going to send soldiers to farm the land, what kind of army was called, to give shelter, food, fields, seeds, livestock, everything, and a soldier would share 50 acres of land, which made the people in the village sigh, these soldiers are really good lives, and the court is really good to them.

After yelling for a long time and feeling a little thirsty, Huang Laohan walked to the edge of the ridge, poured a bowl of tea from the crockpot, and drank it "gurgling", which was a little cool, but it was quenching his thirst. General Feng, who had an inconvenient right hand, came over and smiled: "Daddy Huang, how are these soldiers of mine?" How is the land being cultivated? How much can you harvest? ”

Huang Laohan glanced at the general's hand, curled up, and sighed secretly in his heart. He heard Fan County Decree say that these soldiers who came to farm were all good, and they had bled desperately with those Hu people in the Western Regions on the battlefield, and they were injured and couldn't go to the battlefield, so the court placed them here to farm, and half of the grain from farming was handed over to the government and half was returned to themselves.

"General Feng, these soldiers of yours are all good, and they are not lazy in their work. The fields here are all on the field, although they have not been planted for more than a year, the fertility is still there, and if you fertilize on time, you can harvest at least one and a half stones per acre. "Huang Laohan is still envious, but he is less jealous, these soldiers have shed blood for us, and they should take care of them.

Listening to Fan County's order, if the Hu people in the Western Regions come again, these military masters will also pick up swords and guns to protect our people, the more such soldiers, the better, I heard that General Feng They only came first, and tens of thousands of people came to our border Tuntian one after another, with these tens of thousands of soldiers, the Hu people don't have to rush to run away.

Feng Dingzhong straightened his body and looked at the busy scene in front of him, the hillside a little farther away was already full of green, and the wheat seedlings in the field would grow in half a month, and at that time, the hillside would be full of flowers all over the mountain, and good days would follow.

Taking the tea bowl handed over by Huang Laohan, Feng Dingzhong drank it all happily. The promises made by the Jiang Thorn Shi in Huiye Prefecture were fulfilled one by one, and the 3,000 soldiers lived in Baqing Town, 2,200 people, and the remaining 800 people were arranged by Fan County to be arranged in Yiluo Town, which was sixteen miles away. Fan Xianling is the senior brother of Jiang Tingshi, he gave up the Beijing official and did not come to Huazhou to help the junior brother, and after several contacts, he felt that Fan Xianling was a warm person and a real person.

"Dad, the aquatic plants here are really good, you said that if you put some sheep, can you raise them." Feng Dingzhong felt that the sun was shining on his body a little hot, and when he loosened the button of his collar, the cool wind blew in, and he was about to sing out loud comfortably.

Huang Laohan smiled and nodded: "It seems that General Feng is also an expert, in the past, hundreds of families in this Baqing Town raised thousands of sheep, but it is a well-known rich town, but it is a pity that the Hu people came, killed people, robbed things, this gang of robbers should be killed." ”

Feng Dingzhong said with a smile: "Dad, you don't want General Feng to call me shortly, my hometown is from Lingzhou, don't hide it from my father, the family is also farming, four brothers, the family can't support it, the court conscripted soldiers, I joined the army, in the final analysis, I am also a farmer." ”

Listening to Feng Dingzhong introduce himself as a farmer, Huang Laohan felt a lot kinder, smiled wrinkledly, and said: "The farmers in the world are almost the same, and they are all bitter. I'll call you Brother Feng, Brother Feng, who else is in the family? ”

Feng Dingzhong and Huang Laohan started a family routine on the edge of the ridge, and the two talked and laughed, like a pair of old farmers resting and chatting together after working in the spring sun.

Huang Laohan was not idle, and after a while, someone called him, Huang Laohan smiled apologetically at Feng Dingzhong, and strode away. Feng Dingzhong sat on the ridge of the field, although he was a soldier, he was the head of the regiment, and he didn't want him to handle the specific cultivation, he just needed to take care of the soldiers under him.

Under the sun, his soldiers were sweating and smiling, and they were full of vitality under the spring sun, and it seemed that they were full of expectations for the days to come, just like themselves. Feng Dingzhong picked up a piece of grass and chewed it in his mouth, thinking about the days ahead.

Feng Dingzhong has already become a family, his wife and two sons are farming at home, and relying on his salary, life in the village is quite passable. The two sons are about to get married, and the mother-in-law sent a letter saying that the eldest son said that the family was married, and the woman asked for a dowry of five taels of silver, and he passed the door in June this year, so that he could take the time to go back. Silver is a trivial matter, but he just came to Tuntian, Huazhou, and his brothers looked at him, and he was afraid that he would not be able to leave. I have been a soldier for more than 20 years, visit relatives once every three years, and I don't have many days to get together with my family, and the appearance of my two sons is a little blurry in my head.

Sighing, Feng Dingzhong spit out the broken grass in his mouth, remembering that last night, a few good brothers came to his room to drink, and everyone said that they really didn't expect that coming to Huazhou Tuntian would be so good, and it was better than disarming and returning to the field. After disarming and returning to the field, Feng Dingzhong smiled bitterly, an official like himself can still be an official like a county lieutenant when he returns to his hometown, and the vast majority of the 3,000 people he brought back are not ordinary people, and the court is divided into twenty acres of land, and he doesn't know whether it is a field or a mountain or a wasteland. When he arrived at home, he was enslaved by the government, exploited by the officials, and bullied by the rich gentry.

The mother-in-law often calls herself home, and she can mix well according to her military exploits, but she is reluctant to let those brothers who were born and die, and if she does not support them by herself, their lives will be even worse.

The group of brothers muttered to him, the situation in Juntun is good, there is a place to live and a field, the estimated yield of everyone is similar to what Huang Laohan said, one acre of land has one stone and a half of grain, fifty acres is more than seventy stones of grain, and half of it is handed over to the government and more than 30 stones are left, which is enough for the family to eat. If the family can come along, there is no need to separate the two places, and the wife and children will eat bran at home.

To tell the truth, Feng Dingzhong was also excited, he really wanted to bring his mother-in-law and son here, reunite the family, and live a harmonious life. If the family comes, they can herd the sheep, and it is easy for so many people to find work casually, and they can also change their food by sewing and mending, which is countless times better than in the village.

Feng Dingzhong raised his head, squinted his eyes and glanced at the sun rising two feet high, his body and heart were warm. Just now, Daddy Huang said that you can raise sheep, plane land in the corner of the house, and plant some melons and fruits, which is also income. I heard from the locals that the yield of melons and fruits is high, and the honey fruit sold melons and fruits at a good price last year. Hecheng County is a major trade road, and you can earn a few pennies by selling a pot of water on the side of the road, so you don't have to worry about finding something to do here.

Juntun was reported to the court by Lord Jiang, and everyone had to talk to Lord Jiang about bringing their families here. Feng Dingzhong stood up, patted the grass clippings on his buttocks, and thought in his heart. I have met with Master Jiang, this young adult is good to his group of old and weak soldiers, and he can see that he really respects him, not to invite people to buy people's hearts, and his brothers are very grateful to Master Jiang, and this matter should be done with him.

It's just that Master Jiang is far away in Huiye Mansion, and it is inconvenient for him to go there to find him, a few days ago, Fang Beijia and Hua Sima have already returned to Huiye Mansion, and only the military tun order was left in the contract county. Juntun Ling Lin Qing's fat face flashed in front of Feng Dingzhong, and Feng Dingzhong frowned. When Fang Beijia and Hua Sima were there, Lin Qing was very polite, but as soon as the two left, Lin Qing's face immediately became stiff, looking condescending and commanding. Feng Dingzhong has been in the army for a long time, and he is used to seeing this kind of look, knowing that he is asking for benefits, everyone pooled together a hundred taels of silver and sent it, and sure enough, Lord Lin changed his face again.

Such a person is unreliable, Feng Dingzhong thought about it, and took the time to go to the county office, Master Fan is the senior brother of Lord Jiang, and he can speak. Besides, the family members of the Tun army can come and increase the population of Hecheng County, which is also a good thing for Lord Fan.

Having made up his mind, Feng Dingzhong walked towards the brothers who were working in the fields.