Chapter 303: Farming Begins with a Struggle

Different from the direct planting of mature fields in Guanzhong, the grassland needs to be reclaimed into fields outside the Guanzhong, and then planted, and the winter here is as long as six months, and the time for most crops to grow takes more than four months, so the time that is really used to reclaim the fields is only the first one or two months, and the new fields that have been reclaimed cannot be planted with crops such as wheat, the reason is very simple, the wheat planted in the hot days has not undergone vernalization, and the yield will not be high.

Fortunately, in the long winter, most of the people were not idle, the serfs under the sons of the family, tenaciously established the village on the grassland, Sun Xiangfu assigned them the task of opening the canal, also basically completed, after the snow melted, the water of the Sanggan River is very abundant, not only filled with these newly opened ditches, but also filled with dozens of lakes of different sizes planned by Sun Xiangfu.

These originally low-lying places, once the water is diverted to form lakes, can not only irrigate the surrounding land, but also develop into a more productive fishing ground.

The number of people who entered the reclamation army in the entire northern land after the snow melted was as high as one million, however, after being dispersed, it was actually not very concentrated, Shanyang City was still planting flowers as the main industry, and the planting area of grain crops was less than 300,000 mu, all of which were military tuns, and there were currently 50,000 troops in the capital of Anbei, and the grain produced by these 300,000 acres of fields was enough to feed the 50,000 horses, and there would be a lot of surplus.

From this aspect, it can reflect the difference between Li Shimin and Sun Xiangfu, Sun Xiangfu manages his subordinates, and he wishes that every part was profitable, including the army, and Li Shimin is doing money. Therefore, although Sun Xiangfu earns less than Li Shimin, he feels that he is richer than Li Shimin.

The number of people is over one million, what needs to be considered is not the technical level, but the organizational ability, Sun Xiangfu first guided the sowing of the fields in the military tun, and then took the people and horses to supervise the cause of land reclamation in various places, the fields of the sons of the family are managed by themselves, Sun Xiangfu wants to manage, is to collect over, ready to give up grazing and turn to farming Those Turkic people, after Sun Xiangfu organized them into farmers, in the direction of Dingxiang City to Mobei, each household was divided into 80 acres of land.

These people have no contact with farming at all, they can't even speak Chinese very well, and they have no strength, so Sun Xiangfu can only let them do the simplest work of strength.

Ploughing is the first skill they have to learn.

To Sun Xiangfu's surprise, these people seem to be very stupid, but for the control of livestock, it is stronger than the Han people, often, a yak to their hands, will become very obedient, so, Sun Xiangfu from the Guanzhong brought heavy plough came in handy, with a large number of yaks to join the farming, the speed of the entire field has increased a lot.

In the past, the cow and sheep dung could be used as fuel for the herdsmen's cooking, but now, because Shanyang uses all coal fuel, the cow and sheep dung has been hoarded in large quantities and made into organic fertilizer.

In fact, the humus layer on the grassland is very thick and the fertility is sufficient, but in order to achieve high yields in the north as soon as possible, Sun Xiangfu still applied organic fertilizer to the newly opened fields, and it was a big deal to sow more seeds at that time.

Where there are people, there are rivers and lakes, and if the rulers of the rivers and lakes do not expect some people in the rivers and lakes to be too peaceful, then there will always be some chaos formed.

When Sun Xiangfu was busy, several major families finally became chaotic, and hundreds of families who had been harmonious and prosperous together actually started a fight, and many people died.

"What's the situation?"

The shadowless man who galloped to Dingxiang on the fast horse had a dry mouth and couldn't speak at all, so he handed the recorded information to Sun Xiangfu.

The love newspaper was unfolded, and after Sun Xiangfu read it, his face was helpless and wanted to laugh.

"Hey, it seems that this time I can't be lively."

The cause of the conflict is very simple, several families used improper means to dig up the skilled farmers who planted spice fields in the Wang family, with Wang Xu's fiery temperament, of course, it was unbearable, so his iron halberd was put to use, and the soldiers and crabs sent by the families to dig people would be killed by him, and the situation was finally controlled.

However, how could the rest of the dead subordinates stop here, several princes united as one, gathered thousands of soldiers, and attacked the spice fields of the Wang family, these fields, but the ripe fields that had just been sown and planted, after being impacted, the Wang family suffered huge losses, so Wang Xu beat the drum of gathering troops, and he was furious to let the rest of the families know who was the boss in this place outside the pass.

As a result, a battle with a scale of more than 10,000 people unfolded within the boundaries of the Protectorate of the Northern Metropolis of Anbei, and Su Dingfang, who knew Sun Xiangfu's intentions, did not immediately lead troops to stop their behavior, but waited for them to finish the fight, and then came out to clean up the mess.

So, now, all the soldiers who participated in the fight are put in a makeshift prison in the barracks. Including Wang Xu and several other sons-in-law.

Sun Xiangfu was on his way back, thinking about how to report this matter to the court, thinking that Li Shimin, who was in the midst of government reform, must be very busy! Moreover, there is still a new city in Weinan and the construction of a new countryside to start in Guanzhong, and at this time, it seems that it is not good to let the ministers of the imperial court talk about such a thing.

But such a big matter, it can't be hidden, it's better to gather the wise people under it to discuss it together! Maybe they're better at dealing with such problems than they are.

Things gather by like, people are divided by groups, Xu Jingzong, who is more greedy for money, came to Shanyang City not long ago, and he got into a relationship with Tang Fengyi and mixed together all day long, while Chu Suiliang, who is upright and upright, is more hard-working, and almost helped Sun Xiangfu deal with all the clerical government affairs, as for Gao Jifu, Zhang Xingcheng and Yuwenjie, they conducted a complete inspection of Shanyang, and after more than a month, they basically knew the overall operation mode of Shanyang.

No matter what they were doing, after receiving the order summoned by the Metropolitan Governor, they immediately came to the Yamen for a meeting, including Tang Fengyi, who had always liked to play tricks, and the main generals of the Anbei Metropolitan Protectorate also came.

Sun Xiangfu first told them about the situation, and then expressed his concerns, "Chang'an is undergoing a large-scale reform of official governance, let's report this matter to the imperial court, it is estimated that the entire court will be in chaos, the meaning of this governor, we can't let the war of words of these family officials affect the pace of reform, what is the best way to teach me?" ”

Sun Xiangfu gave a proposition, several people on the Yashang pondered, Sun Xiangfu himself, is also thinking about a solution to the problem, of course, his so-called solution to the problem, is not to resolve the struggle of several families, but to let several families completely break up at the same time, no longer break out of armed conflicts, the family soldiers are also people, but also young and strong laborers, just died in vain in infighting, it's a pity.

After a short time, Xu Jingzong said, "The governor can define this matter as a civil rebellion, and it has been quelled, just give it to Your Majesty in the last letter." ”

"Pacify? I'm afraid it may not be! If they were to be released from the barracks, the last general would dare to vouch that within three days, there would be a larger-scale fighting with weapons. Guo Po, who was in charge of guarding the barracks, answered.

Hearing this, Sun Xiangfu nodded and said, "This is exactly what the governor is worried about, the soldiers of each family in our northern land combined, I am afraid that there are no less than tens of thousands of people, if we can't find a good solution, let them fight, the dead people will be small, and it will be a big matter to disrupt the development rhythm of the entire northern land." ”

"Governor, can you persuade the heads of each family, as long as they reach a reconciliation and do not continue to fight, this matter will be easy to handle." Chu Suiliang suggested.

As soon as he said this, other people didn't care, Tang Fengyi looked at him like a fool, he who had been in Shanyang for the longest time, knew Sun Xiangfu's thoughts best, if several families didn't fight, then Sun Xiangfu, the governor, would immediately become their common enemy, because the issue of interests was the most difficult to deal with, so Sun Xiangfu didn't want them to reconcile.

"Old Tang, looking at your appearance, it seems that you don't agree with Chu Tingshi's suggestion, so what do you think?"

Sun Xiangfu keenly captured Tang Fengyi's expression and asked.

"According to the old man, the death of a few shrimp soldiers and crab generals is actually nothing, for a few of them, it is just a little money, if they really die a son or something, they don't need to come forward from the governor's mansion, they themselves will stop."

Tang Fengyi's words were very bold, bold to Sun Xiangfu's heart, how can there be endless hatred between several major families? The son-in-law of the head of the family, the heir who was prepared, was killed, it was definitely enough!

However, such a bold idea is not so easy to operate, because the people of several of their families know how to be proportionate, fight and fight, make trouble, and it is nothing to kill some family soldiers, but they have all explained to their subordinates, and they will definitely not kill the important people of the other party, which is why Wang Xu can rampage in the ranks of the rest of the family soldiers, like no one.

As soon as his words came out, everyone here held their breath, fortunately, these people are either Li Shimin's hardcore or Sun Xiangfu's henchmen, if someone spreads Tang Fengyi's words, it is estimated that he will not survive tonight.

Seeing that Sun Xiangfu looked a little moved, Su Dingfang said loudly, "Metropolitan Governor, there are tens of thousands of armed forces that do not obey the orders of the imperial court in the territory of our Anbei Metropolitan Protectorate, which is an unsafe hidden danger, why not take this opportunity to sweep away this hidden danger." ”

"Sweeping?"

"You also agree with Don's suggestion?"

Su Dingfang shook his head when he heard this, and said, "The last general thinks that since the governor is an official of the imperial court, he should punish the people in the jurisdiction, and the soldiers of each family have committed the crime now, you should punish them, and they dare to continue to fight, our generals can continue to arrest them and punish the governor for you, no, after the last general heard that the rebels in the coal workshop were killed, there is a shortage of people now, and also, the cement road leading to various places in Shanyang will also start to build ······ after the end of farming."