As soon as the oath was finished, a samurai of the Meiqing clan threw a sharp stone in his hand and struck the kneeling slave on the head, and the slave and maid fell into the pit and fainted before they could scream.

Gao Yue closed his eyes, he understood that this was the highest specification of the party's alliance, and he used human life to prove his sincerity......

Soon, on the river field of Baili New Town to Lingtai, there was such a scene: around the area between the new city and the old city, the rivers and canals were vertical and horizontal, and the buckwheat that had been planted in advance began to bloom all over the mountains and fields after the seedlings appeared less than a month, yellow, jade white, and light purple, spread among the ditches, like a woman's beautiful Luo skirt.

On the other vacant half of the land, the soldiers of Tuntian drove the oxen that Jingyuan Xingying had bought (purchased when Gaoyue Baiquan camped in the field), dragged the zigzag plow, and were ploughing the land, diligently preparing for the immediate sowing of winter wheat.

Originally, when it was still in Baiquan, the cultivation of the tuntian land was relatively simple and rude, and the "coupling cultivation method" was adopted, that is, two oxen pulled a plow with a shoulder yoke, and the last three soldiers, one was responsible for the front drive, one was responsible for sitting on the plow and pressing the plow, and one was responsible for the reject, a total of "two oxen and three people". At this moment, the monk Ming Xuan has been instructed by Gao Yue to make the plough of the plough large and small, bulky to light, and the whole to be flexible and scattered - between the plough and the handle, add the plough disc and the iron ring buckle, and add a coulter under it, so that the plough can be turned through the plough plate, and can pinch the iron ring buckle to easily control the height and depth of the plow, and the coulter can cut the ditch and ridge more effectively - such a plow, only one ox and one person can do.

"Ploughing the fields requires more ingenuity, which can not only save physical strength, but also reduce the consumption of money."

This is Gao Yue's slogan.

When they arrived in the area of Baishiyuan, it was the border of Fan Yangbing, and adjacent to it was the sister Qingdang Xiang Fanluo, who was still a nomadic at this time, riding horses or camels, driving a large number of cattle and sheep, and the meat and milk of these livestock were their staple food. The whole of the village was scattered in felt tents, and occasionally there were settled huts, covered with wool or oxtail hair, and some fine fields were opened around the huts, and barley, which was loved by the Dangxiang people, was cultivated but used to make wine.

In the Zichen Palace in the capital, the emperor who learned that Gao Yue successfully appeased the party was very happy, and specially issued an edict to praise it, and awarded his sister Qingma Qizheng Wupin pro-Xun Yiwei Lang General, and personally gave the Han name "Ming Cunyi" (the emperor's direct sister light pronunciation is 'Ming'), hoping to take Ming Cunyi as a model and attract other large and small parties to come to the Tang Dynasty to be loyal.

So before Ming Cunyi found Gao Yue and said that I, the pro-Xun Yiweilang, will I be the fifth grade?

Gao Yue said yes.

Then Ming Cunyi asked, you are now a seven-rank official (Gao Yue's current constitutional title is to serve the imperial history and enshrine it, and it is the same as the previous supervision of the imperial history, which is a non-formal official, so the rank is still the seventh grade), why can you control me?

Gao Yue felt that the normal explanation might not make this minority friend understand, so he said to him, Seven to five is not.

Ming Cunyi said yes.

"That's why I'm higher in rank than you."

Ming Cunyi asked again, then I heard that Liu De's room is the eight-grade master book, how does he compare with you?

"He's taller than me." Gao Yue opened his eyes and said nonsense, "So the papers, seals, money and food are all in his charge." ”

Ming Cunyi nodded, suddenly realized, and said that I have to accumulate military merits and strive to be promoted to the ninth rank as soon as possible.

Liu De, who was sitting in front of the copywriter next to him, smiled bitterly and shook his head.

In the field full of buckwheat flowers, Gao Yue leisurely rode his horse to patrol, Wei Daotian walked in front with a long lance and a halterhead, Zhi Hui stared, looking left and right at the beautiful scenery of buckwheat flowers in full bloom, and followed behind him with a bamboo flute on his back.

Now she has come here from Jingzhou City to take care of the life of her third brother.

Sometimes when she thinks of what the main mother Yun Shao said to herself, "act when the opportunity arises", Zhi Hui will blush.

But although the third brother on horseback was aware of the purpose of her trip when he was in Lingaoyi, as soon as he walked in the field of the military tun where he had devoted his efforts, he began to have something to say, "Although the buckwheat flowers are beautiful, once the flowers turn black, they must be cut quickly, otherwise they will be inedible." ”

These were also told to him by the soldiers who were good at farming, otherwise with the state of not dividing the grains before Gao Yue crossed, where could he understand these things?

"I didn't expect its flowers to be so beautiful." Zhihui stopped and sighed.

"Sister, don't underestimate these buckwheat, it matures quickly, can be sown and harvested in spring, summer, autumn and winter, and the flowers can also attract bees, which is a good choice for relief and famine."

"Yes, save the emergency and prepare for the famine...... After hearing this, Zhi Hui lowered her eyebrows, picked a lilac buckwheat flower, pinned it to her bun, and followed the third brother's horse again.

Soon, Gao Yue went to Fengxiang Mansion to submit the "examination certificate", where Zhu Zhu told him good news: the two taxes were successfully delivered to the capital, and the Holy Lord's mind calmed down, and the income of this year greatly exceeded the previous years before the two taxes, so the Holy Lord issued an edict saying that he would not only give the soldiers of Fengxiang and Jingyuan the two towns winter clothes on time, but also give him a special 100,000 yuan of money, half of which was used for the reward of the soldiers, and half for the miscellaneous money of the military government.

"I don't plan to take the 50,000 yuan of miscellaneous money, except for the part that is deposited in the military government office, which is used for food, pen and ink, and the rest is distributed to the military government generals and bureaucrats. Chengwu and Yisong, you two have worked very hard to build the city and camp in the past two or three months, and each of you will be given another 500 yuan. Zhu Zhu walked on the verandah of the mansion and paced in front of him, and Gao Yue and Wei Gao followed him and listened.

At this time, the two of them asked Zhu Jun almost at the same time, "The 50,000 guan reward money of the soldiers must be distributed, but the 50,000 guan military government will give miscellaneous money, and after distributing it to the generals, the remaining 10,000 guan should be returned, and it should be used to buy horses." ”

"Buying a horse?"

In response to Zhu Jun's question, Gao Yue hurriedly explained, "Under the festival, although the Jingyuan camp claimed to have 4,000 horses, after the death of illness, most of them were not replenished, and there were only 2,700 horses; Fan Yangbing of Fengxiang Mansion was known as a fast horse arrow, but there were 1,900 horses. Isn't that right, Jotake? (Wei Gao nodded hurriedly) Previously, the servant had just recruited his sister to be good at raising horses, and he could use the remaining 10,000 yuan to buy hundreds of stallions from outside, and I and Chengwu each received half of them, and they were shepherded in two places in Huangyang and Baili, and they could have a big harvest in two or three years. ”

"Haha, it's easy to say......" Of course, Zhu Jun wished that there were young people who could do such a thing for him, "Old man, there are also some connections on the Hui side, and the Hui people call me 'Zhu Lang' (Gao Yue and Wei Gao say yes on the surface, but they roll their eyes in their hearts), if they return to the horses, they will sell them to the capital for 30 to 50 pieces of silk cloth, and if they are in my name, they can be reduced to 50 yuan a horse. ”

"Visionary!" Gao Yue and Wei Gao hurriedly praised each other.

"You two are worthy of being a marriage family of children and daughters, and everything seems to be connected." Zhu Jun was both amused and a little helpless.