The cavalry galloped to the southeast, and He Baihu ordered more than a dozen guards with weapons to speed up and move to the left.

At this time, it has been out of the village for more than ten miles, and after the channel area and farmland area, there are large areas of wasteland that have not yet been reclaimed, but the prototype has been planned, the peripheral channels are also being built, and wells will be dug to provide water sources.

After the wasteland here is burned, there is no need to consider fertility for two or three years.

If the daily collection of manure and the large-scale excavation of river mud every few years, the problem of land fertility is not too difficult to solve.

In addition to the lack of improved seeds, pesticides, and various hormones, the main problems come from water shortage, pests and diseases, and insufficient land fertility.

If it is a weed, the future generations are spraying medicine, there is no medicine to spray in this era, but the people are not afraid of hardship, even if dozens of acres of land are grassy, you can work day and night, hoeing grass is not a problem.

But the breeding of improved varieties is a science, high yield, lodging resistance, drought resistance, waterlogging resistance, but also resistant to diseases and pests, where to find this year?

In addition, there is a lot of oxytocin, and there are many insecticidal drugs, and there are definitely no ones in these years.

To fight against pests and diseases, it is to use the method of burning the accumulated grass, and if you burn it once, the insect pest will be much smaller, which is also a soil method.

Fertilizer accumulation is the biggest problem, second only to water conservancy.

If the wind and rain are not adjusted, no one can do anything, and there is plenty of water conservancy here in the Eastern Domain, and a large number of waterwheels and dug wells can solve the water source problem, and the rest is fertilizer.

The original method was to rotate ploughing and fallow sowing, for example, 100 acres of land, plant 50 acres this year, and the remaining 50 acres are stacked there, and then replant every one or two years, so as to restore the fertility of the land by natural methods.

In this way, the per capita population should not be high, and each family should have at least 50 to 100 acres of land per mu in order to have food and clothing.

In the Tang Dynasty, 20 acres of Yongye fields were granted for each Ding, 80 acres of land were divided into fields, and the elderly and disabled were halved.

That is to say, a strong man wants to farm 100 acres of land, and when he is disabled and old, he will give them 50 acres of land.

It is under this kind of field division system, the people can basically live well, the government military system before the Tang Dynasty to Xuanzong worked well, the combat effectiveness of the army is extremely strong, the main thing is that after the division of the field, the people are rich, there is enough land to grow all kinds of crops, including mulberry hemp, food and clothing can be solved, of course, we must hold Ge to protect the security of the country, the country is complete, in order to be safe, the country is not invaded by foreign races, and every family can continue to live a good life.

Don't think that the people are ignorant, in fact, everyone understands this simplest truth.

The method of fallow is also very good, which can maintain the fertility of the land. In this matter, Xu Zixian agreed with the methods of the ancients, rather than the desperate use of chemical fertilizers in later generations.

This is not alarmist, the black soil plain of Songliao, there are already a lot of problems in the land.

But there is no way to solve this matter, the population base is too large, no chemical fertilizers are used, what should people do when they are hungry?

During the feudal period, the beginning of the country was calm, and there were almost no contradictions that could not be overcome, mainly because of the reshuffle at the beginning of the country and the emergence of a large number of homesteaders, which was the cornerstone of the country's stability.

After the middle period, first of all, the army lost its combat effectiveness, and there were many problems and troubles in the bureaucracy, but this was only a minor problem, not a fatal one.

What is really fatal is that after the population grows, there is not too much land to distribute, and the so-called poor have no place to stand, which is the case.

At that time, there will only be a change of dynasty, a large number of people dying in civil strife, a large number of ownerless lands appearing, redistributed, and then another rule will come.

The so-called cycle of chaos, except for a very small number of accidental periods, is mostly such a main line, there is nothing new, the story of thousands of years of emperors and generals, to put it bluntly, it is two words, land.

He planned to use hundreds of thousands of people, in addition to being used in the army, government, ocean, industry and commerce, only a part of the strong men to cultivate at least millions of acres of land, with an average of at least 100 acres per mu.

In this way, the field can be fertilized once every few years, and it can also be planted in rotation to maintain the fertility of the land.

There are many people who farm the land, but there is less land under each person's name, and then sow seeds year after year, and the fertility is insufficient.

It is better to have a small number of people and a large number of people, and the land accumulates fertility and maintains a high yield per acre, which is the right way.

There were already fires in the distance, and there were places to set fires everywhere along the hills to the foot of the hills, and the fires were lit at certain points, and then, with the help of the wind, the bushes and deep grass in large areas could be burned to ashes.

In this way, it becomes a fertile field, which can be cultivated only by ploughing.

Huang Laigui and his father, Li Guozhu and others were in a group, deep in the hills and shrubs.

Everywhere there were fireworks, and people were holding their breath and focusing on their own business.

Occasionally, there was a cry, and then there was a shout of food, and it was supposed to be some small beast emerging from the bushes.

Huang Laigui was a little clumsy in such a thing, and he didn't find a poisonous snake at his feet, or Li Guozhu's sharp eyes, he killed it with a hoe, smiled and flattened the snake's head, and then put the snake body in the back basket behind him.

Li Guozhu wiped the cold sweat on his forehead and said with a smile: "This snake meat is very delicious, Brother Huang came to my house to eat snake meat and drink two glasses of wine in the evening, which can be regarded as catching the wind for you...... Well, the head of the snake must be flattened, even if the head of this thing is separated, it can still bite someone. Until now, it has caused poisonous snakes to bite five people to death, which is really a sin. ”

The danger of setting fire to the wasteland is the poisonous snake, and sometimes the wind suddenly becomes stronger, which will trap the burner in the fire, and this situation has happened several times, but fortunately, there are no dead people.

Huang Laigui smiled and agreed, and he walked all the way, he and Li Guozhu and others have been chatting and laughing, and even deliberately talked to people, just to win a good popularity for their parents.

He is at sea all the year round, and his brother Xu Zixian is also a sailor and martial artist, and there are two brothers, no one will bully him to the Huang family for no reason, but his parents are old, and he is not at ease in the end, if the neighbors are all enthusiastic people like Li Guozhu, when he goes out, he will be much more relieved.

At this time, there was a copper whistle in the distance, and He Baihu, who was at the front of the crowd, changed his face and stretched out his right arm.

Everyone stopped, and then the sound of the brass horn was changed to three tones and one stop, He Baihu's face changed greatly, and he said loudly: "I found the mountain people, everyone listened, twelve people in a row, holding a sword and shield in the middle, holding a sword and shield in front of the side, and the archer in the back, all of them gave me careful guard." ”

More than 300 people were immediately in a changing array, there were about dozens of swordsmen and shield hands, and more than a dozen sword and shield hands quickly stood up, and then archers stood on both sides, every twelve people in a row, more than 100 people in a row, and more than 300 people formed an array of three phalanxes.

"Beware of fireworks and don't get scattered." He Baihu has fought two wars, quite experienced, wait for the array to be opened, and then let everyone report the number one by one, each array is actually a small flag as a unit, and then each formation is a general flag, each flag has a head, the chief flag officer and other officials who lead the strong men every day.

Most of these officials are disabled veterans who have retired from the army, although they are disabled, and when everyone is a little confused, this generation is standing like a bell, so that all the people can settle down.

Of the more than 300 people, the largest number were archers.

The sword card and the long hand, adding up to no more than fifty people, barely stood in the formation, and when the impact came, they were the ones who stood in the front.

And more than 200 archers, holding long and short bows of various colors in their hands, looked a little uneasy.

After all, they are ordinary people, and they have not seen and experienced the scene in front of them.

Huang Laigui also jumped a lot in a panic, but when he saw Li Guozhu and the others looking as usual, his heart slowly calmed down.

"Don't panic, everyone." The chief flag officer beside Li Guozhu held a long hat in his hand, long in the middle of the formation, and shouted to everyone: "Those who came early, such as Brother Guozhu, have already seen such a scene many times, it's nothing." ”

Li Guozhu understood, and then said: "This is the third time this month, we are close to the mountain, and the natives come down to see the movement, it's not a big deal!" ”

It is indeed as Zongqi and Li Guozhu said, the indigenous people gradually appeared in front of people's eyes, and there were about 200 people.

Most of the people are shirtless, and now the weather is warmer, but most of the Han people still have to wear a jacket and a single shirt, not naked, which is too ugly.

Only in the fields or when doing heavy work, people will take off their robes, one is hot, and the other is to protect their clothes, after all, not everyone has a few clothes to change at home.

Wash and paste often, but the robe is easy to wear and break.

In addition to the grass skirts on the lower body, the natives are shirtless, and there are strange tattoos on their bodies, which seem to be birds and animals.

In addition, the natives have their heads cut off, and their hair is scattered behind their heads, as if they have a big chicken nest on their heads.

"Sure enough, it's a broken hair tattoo." Huang Laigui has walked through the Eastern Domain many times, after all, he is a sailor, but it is the first time he has seen the natives of the Eastern Domain.

Li Guozhu said with a smile: "Brother Huang is well-informed, haven't you seen it?" ”

"It's similar to the Oriental and Western cultures."

The boundary of the South Seas is divided into two oceans, the East Ocean is Luzon to the Three Buddhas, the West Ocean is further west, it is the place where the Manchu Thorn is added to the Mughal Sea, there are Ceylon and other spice-producing places, the Great Wei Sea Ships, or to the East Ocean, and the Oriental aborigines that Huang Laigui saw are indeed not much different from the alpine aborigines in front of him.

Huang Laigui said again: "The size is about the same, short, black, and all of them are lying on their noses......"

Relatively speaking, the people in the south of China are shorter and darker than the people in the north, but the aborigines in front of them and those in the East are shorter, the complexion of the face is also black and scary, and the customs are barbaric, which makes people feel like people from two worlds, and they are by no means the same human beings.

Xu Zixian has always had doubts that the so-called Kunlun slaves in the ancient books are unlikely to be black Africans, most of them are these indigenous people of the Malay race, right?

"The bows and arrows in their hands don't look good." Huang Laigui looked carefully for a while, and after finding that there was a group of dwarves on the opposite side, his heart became stronger.

"It's mostly a soft bow, and you can't shoot far." The chief flag officer in front of Li Guozhu heard the voice and replied: "Within thirty steps, if you shoot at key points, such as the throat, face, heart, and abdomen, you still have to die." Fifty paces away, it's okay to be scared if you shoot. ”

"That's really useless."

"Don't underestimate it." The chief flag officer said: "These people are savage, they are really not afraid of death, they eat poorly, they live poorly, they usually live by picking wild fruits and hunting, so they don't live long, life is very poor, when they want to work hard, no one will be afraid." Don't look at these more than 200 people inconspicuously, they really dare to fight with us. Therefore, it is better for everyone to be careful and not to come forward to provoke. ”