"Ploughing!"

A long shout resounded through the heavens and the earth, Xu Shiyang waved the colored whip at the moment, and gently whipped it on the back of a bullock, and the strong ploughing ox mooed and slowly moved forward under the traction of Zhao Shan.

Xu Shiyang followed, holding the heavy wooden plough and cutting a deep mark on the ground.

The villagers cheered loudly and returned to their fields to begin their year's work.

Yesterday just had a spring rain, at this time the soil in the field is very sticky, which has added a lot of trouble to Xu Shiyang's work, fortunately, Xu Shiyang is not the first time to go to the ground, when he was young, he needed to follow the adults to do some work within his ability.

At the age of fourteen, after becoming a half-ding, Xu Shiyang began to plow the land like a real strong man - Xu Shiyang needs to polish his body in this way, in troubled times, a good physique is the capital of life.

In the past few years, all kinds of heavy farm work in the fields are not much pain for Xu Shiyang, not to mention that the farmers just like the spring rain, and the old people who have been rolling in the farmland all their lives say that there will be rain when they plough this year, which is a good omen for a bumper harvest.

A bumper harvest is not only the greatest wish of farmers throughout the year, but also an important guarantee for Xu Shiyang to continue to implement his future development plan.

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The dock fort in this world looks more like a military cantonment of some kind of situation.

According to the rules prevailing in Jiangbei, the owner of the castle allocates some land to the peasant family and allows them to cultivate, and after the harvest, the owner of the castle will take 6 or 7 percent of the income of the people of the castle - almost 5 percent, if there is, that person will definitely get the gratitude of the people of the castle.

Before Xu Shiyang, the lord of the fifteenth tunbao was a scholar named Xu Muze, this person's grandfather and Xu Shiyang's great-ancestor were brothers, and they were the collateral blood relatives of the three brothers Xu Mujiang, Xu Muhe, and Xu Muhai, who have now become the backbone of the Xu family.

At that time, Xu Muze implemented a seven-point ratio in the fifteenth tun, and the castle owner took seventy percent.

A year ago, Xu Shiyang took over the fifteenth tun, and Xu Muze transferred to the second fleet to make an account (although there were only two bird boats in total), and now lives near Rizhao, not far to the south.

Last year, Xu Shiyang's tax rate was six or four cents, and as the owner of the dock fort, he was about 150 stone less than Xu Muze's annual income before.

Moreover, Xu Shiyang participated in an attack on the displaced people last year, and the population increased by hundreds, and these people did not help last year's farming, but consumed a lot of food rations in 15 tuns.

When he was fighting Tartar, Xu Shiyang snatched back some grain, pigs and sheep, which was regarded as having some subsidies.

There is a lot of subsidy for Fulai Mountain, but the population is also growing rapidly, and in addition to the whole winter, the people of the whole dock fort are not idle, and they have to raise 100 professional soldiers with great training intensity .......

All the factors add up, and the grain in Xu Shiyang's hands is close to the minimum warning line.

However, he was not particularly worried about this, because the family's fleet had already set off for Jiangnan three months ago, where grain was cheap, and even if the profit margin was set aside for the fleet, the gold and silver treasures prepared by Xu Shiyang could be exchanged for about 1,000 stone of grain.

This grain is enough for everyone in the fifteenth tun to eat together until the autumn harvest.

Of course, last year, Xu Shiyang gave up a percent harvest, plus everyone was eating in the canteen all winter, every household still had some surplus grain, and Xu Shiyang's grain depot was not completely dried up, all of which added up, Xu Shiyang's family background was already very rich in Jiangbei Wubao.

After a busy day in the field, at night, Xu Shiyang sat on the kang, set a small wooden table in front of him, lit an oil lamp and wrote something on the small book he regarded as a treasure.

The withering of all industries is not a joke, the paper industry in Jiangbei has collapsed for a long time, and now the entire Qi Province may not be able to find a paper workshop, the paper in his hand is bought from Jiangnan by the family fleet, regardless of the price or rarity, it is worthy of Xu Shiyang's careful treatment.

Zhao Shan walked into the room, placed a cup of coarse tea on the small table, and then reached out to pluck the wick to make the oil lamp brighter.

"Husband, it's time to rest, there will be farm work tomorrow."

"Yes, there will be farm work tomorrow, and every job is important." Xu Shiyang said without raising his head: "So I can only sacrifice rest, after all, time waits for no one." ”

"What is the husband writing?" Zhao Shan half-knelt behind Xu Shiyang, and gently pinched his shoulders with both hands.

"The important work that I just thought of, the summary of the work of the previous period, and the planning for the future." Xu Shiyang didn't hide it from her, and even handed the notebook on the table to his concubine: "Aren't you literate?" If you want to know, just see for yourself. ”

Zhao Shan and Zhao Lin are literate, in this era, it is very rare, in fact, this is one of the important reasons why Xu Shiyang is willing to accept Zhao Shan as a concubine - he insists that the biological mother is very important to the child's enlightenment education, and it is difficult for an illiterate person to educate excellent children.

Zhao Shan took Xu Shiyang's notebook and flipped through the two pages, which seemed to record the changes in the grain storage in the dock fort, full of figures invented (plagiarized) by Xu Shiyang.

In the past winter, Zhao Shan and Xu Shiyang learned some mathematical knowledge, she has a foundation, she is also very smart, and she has learned quite well, so she quickly figured out the results recorded in the notebook.

"According to the figures recorded by the husband, it seems that the grain stock is still enough this year?"

"You have to look at the consumption in the future, we have the wild food replenishment obtained from hunting before, and the hunting has stopped in the last month, and the food consumption rate will accelerate in the future."

Xu Shiyang said:

"The current situation is that the grain ships will not come back, and our surplus food will only barely support it, and there will be no additional consumption of any larger."

"In other words, although I trained a new army, now even if there are police, they can't be dispatched, so they can only stay here at 153 to defend."

Zhao Shan frowned and thought for a moment: "What warning can there be now?" The husband is looking forward to the return of the grain ship, does he want to fight? ”

Xu Shiyang's belligerent reputation can be regarded as spreading, and as a pillow person, Zhao Shan naturally knows better that her husband is always looking for the next target worth fighting.

Otherwise, he would not have trained the New Army to such an extent throughout the winter.

"It's troubled times, lady." Xu Shiyang said with a smile: "Who knows when and from where what kind of enemies will jump out?" It's always good to be prepared. ”

"What's more, the suffering of our Han people began with the defeat of Liaodong, and if we want to recover, we must fight back on the battlefield."

Xu Shiyang watched Zhao Shan carefully put away the notebook and gently blew out the oil lamp.

"Husband, it's the same as what Linlin said."

"Huh?" Xu Shiyang asked, "What is the same?" ”

"If we want to live a good life, we must fight back the defeats we have suffered." Zhao Shan replied: "Linlin said the same thing. ”