Before I knew it, a month had passed, and most of the people in Yongzhou had moved to the villages and towns outside the city, and every household had reclaimed a lot of land, more than a dozen acres, and some five or six acres, and planted winter wheat.

All villages are still in accordance with the previous establishment, with one class for every five households and one class chief; Every ten jia is a village, and there is a village chief and a security chief in the village; Every ten villages is a pavilion, with three people, including the pavilion chief, the pavilion protector and the main bookkeeper; Some of them are located on the main traffic routes, and there are generally two villages to form a small town, and the town has a mayor and a town guard.

Now there are only more than 30,000 young people left in the entire Yongzhou City, as well as the 600 families who originally lived in Yongcheng and all the craftsmen and their families, and some people live in the city, these people are people with relatively high merit value, and they are given priority to the allocation of houses and land around Yongcheng.

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Southeast of Yongcheng, east of Fifteen Lishuihe Village.

In the early morning, a man in his twenties was chopping firewood in the yard shirtless! The courtyard was not particularly large, with three thatched huts; Although it is a thatched house, it is not simple, all the lower part of the wall is rammed earth and bricks, the upper part is rammed earth is very strong, and the fence of the yard is also made of rammed earth.

"Squeak!" A woman dressed in homespun cloth came out of the house with a piece of clothing and said, "Xianggong, put on your coat when it's cold!" Don't freeze. ”

"I'm fine, I'm wearing clothes and chopping wood, and I'll sweat for a while, so it's just right." The man smiled and said, "The stone is still asleep!" ”

"I'll wake him up in a moment."

"Let him sleep again! I don't have much work now, and the other day I was reclaiming the land and sowing seeds, but the children were exhausted. ”

As soon as the man's voice fell, the gate of the courtyard was pushed open, and a tall thin man came in and said, "Brother Zhuzi, my father asked me to ask you, go to the city to repair the city wall today, will you go?" ”

"I'll go, I'll go right away."

"Okay, let's meet at the entrance of the village in a moment."

"Okay! I'll go over right away. ”

After the tall and thin man left, the woman said with a bitter face, "You are still going to repair the city wall!" I can't rest for two days, how tiring it is! ”

"What I have is strength, taking advantage of the fact that there is more work in the city now, let's earn more merits; I heard that there is now a kind of burning stone in the city, called charcoal, which is much hotter than firewood, and I want to buy some back, get some grain, and the rest can be cut a few catties of meat during the Chinese New Year this year;

You're pregnant with a cub right now! You need to eat something good, and you don't have to work after I'm gone! The rest of the firewood will come back and chop again. ”

"Got it." The woman smiled happily: "By the way, when you enter the city today, remember to invite the prince's immortal card back, we can have a good life today, but we are all thanks to the prince and his old man." ”

"I remember, that's okay, I'm leaving, hurry up and go back and rest!" Zhu Zi took his coat and put it on his body and said.

When the pillar came to the entrance of the village, the village chief was holding a booklet to take a roll call! This village chief is not easy to be, at least the name on the booklet must be known, the village chief of Shuihe Village is a young student, and he can become this village chief because he learns to read and write quickly, and he can write the names of the people in the village.

"Xu Zhuzi, has Xu Zhuzi arrived?" The village chief shouted.

"Brother Zhu, hurry up, call your name!"

"I'm here for the village chief."

"Okay! Everyone is here, let's go! The village chief closed the booklet and said.

"Village Chief, do you know that there is a place in this city that makes immortal cards?" The pillar asked the village chief as he walked.

The village chief glanced at the pillar and smiled: "You kid is going to make an immortal card for the prince!" ”

"Yes! We can have the present life, but thanks to the prince; Such a good prince, he must be blessed and long-lived, and I plan to set up an immortal card for the prince at home to worship. ”

"Yes, when I finish today, I'll take you there."

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Yongwang's Mansion, in the study.

Song Yiming is reporting to Guo Qi: "My lord, after this month's time, the armor protection meritorious service system has been on the right track, and it has been deeply rooted in the hearts of the people; Now the whole Yongzhou has reclaimed more than 40,000 hectares of sowing land, with an average of more than five acres per person.

In addition, the winter work of the lowly general is mainly arranged on the excavation of ditches to prepare for next year's irrigation, and the charcoal we found in the Pingshan Ridge in the north of the city has begun to be excavated, which is much better than wood, and many people plan to buy it! ”

"Then increase the intensity of mining, if there are not enough manpower, but to recruit young people."

"No! After returning from his humble position, he began to recruit workers. ”

"But my lord, recently everyone has merit value in their hands, and our grain is too fierce, now there are only more than 30,000 stone of grain left in Yongzhou Cangcheng, and a lot of cloth and salt have also been exchanged, in this way, Yongcheng's grain may not be enough for a month, do you think the price of this grain should also be raised?" Ling Jing asked Guo Qi.

"No, the price of food must not be raised, otherwise it is easy to cause panic among the people." Guo Qi immediately refused.

"What should I do then?" Ling Jing was very embarrassed.

"Isn't this autumn planting all over! We can organize young people to go hunting in the surrounding mountains and forests! In this way, some meat can also be supplemented and the burden of food can be reduced. Guo Qi thought for a while and said.

"My lord, I have thought about this suggestion." Song Yiming said: "But we people are not hunters, a few of us can hunt!" He was so humble that he organized several hunting expeditions into the mountains, but he didn't find anything after going around. ”

"My lord, I think that hunting can be carried out by the army, not only to obtain prey, but also to train my brothers in archery." Hu Qiong suggested: "But my lord, the scale of our army is too small now, although there are more than 30,000 young people, but after all, it is not a regular army, this regular army is to put it bluntly, in addition to the former personal guards brought by the lord, it is the 1,200 soldiers who stayed in Yu County." ”

"Yes! Lord, there is no army here, once Xirong attacks, we will not be able to resist the enemy! Song Yiming also said.

"This king also knows that the reason why he was not in a hurry to form an army before was because he had to give priority to the resettlement of the people, and now that the people have been settled, everything in Yongzhou is basically on the right track, then the next thing is to form an army; However, how many people are formed and how to form the method, this king still needs to think about it, and announce the results to you tomorrow. Guo Qi said to everyone.

"Lord, there is another matter, you asked the lowly to find the teacher, the lowly post really found a few, but they are all now serving in the yamen! You also know that there are not many literate people in Yongzhou today. Song Yiming said.

"Yiming, you discuss with these gentlemen, this king intends to hire them to teach those children, as long as they want, this king can pay them twenty merit points every month."

"Lord Wang, you are so generous, I want to teach."

"Yiming, if you have time, you can also go and give a lecture to these children."

The children Guo Qi is talking about are the nearly 3,000 orphans, all of whom were organized by Guo Qi, Guo Qi converted the Sanjin courtyard behind the palace into a private school, and these children's food, housing and study are in it, and Guo Qi has worked hard for these children.