When the grain shop opened, Mao Wenlong just went through the motions to deal with the county order and the Shen family. To say that staying there to deal with them, Ye Shaolong was not interested at all, and there was no need for this.

Since the arrival of the 30,000 Dongjiang Army, Mao Wenlong has become the real master of Ye County, and the county order and the Shen family have to look at his face to do things.

There are not many people left in Ye County, and the land here is barren, and the efficiency of planting ordinary crops is low. But fortunately, there are many minerals here, and salt mines alone are inexhaustible.

Therefore, only a part of the people can be maintained, most of these people are digging salt mines for the Shen family to survive, and no one is willing to let them farm the land.

Therefore, it was not smooth for Mao Wenlong to recruit displaced people here to open up the wasteland, and if he wanted more people to come to open up the wasteland, he had to recruit them from outside.

It was rare to have a moment of peace, and after Mao Wenlong left the grain shop, he took his two daughters directly to the field. In addition to going green, by the way, I also checked whether the ditches for irrigating the fields were perfected.

It is a fact that the land in Ye County is barren, but the biggest reason for this is the drought here in the past two or three years. As long as enough ditches are built and water is diverted from the river that runs through Ye County for irrigation, there is no problem at all.

The peasants have infinite wisdom, but in the past, the officials did not attach importance to it, and they did not have any input in agriculture, but only knew how to take it from the people.

As a result, the people are becoming less and less interested in managing the fields. Mao Wenlong, on the other hand, was completely contrary to the official approach, and he not only devoted himself to agricultural production, but also vigorously mobilized the enthusiasm of the people.

From the invention of agricultural tools to the harvest of the crops he planted, he has set up quite rich rewards. The people have tasted the sweetness from it, and they are quite hard at work, and they will have a head start in the future, and the two sides can be described as mutually beneficial!

In the past, those barren mountains and mountains, as well as a lot of abandoned farmland, have all been reclaimed in just three months.

All of them are planted with sweet potatoes, and when people look at them from a high place, they are full of greenery, and where there is still the desolate scene of the past.

"Xianggong, you said that these two hundred acres of land can really be harvested in three months!" Although Chen Lan believed in Mao Wenlong very much, he was also apprehensive.

If you are not careful with such a large area of a single crop, you will not have a good harvest in the end. That was definitely a catastrophe for Mao Wenlong!

Mao Wenlong naturally understood what Chen Lan was worried about? But what Chen Lan was worried about was completely unnecessary in his opinion. Sweet potatoes were a high-yielding crop in later generations, and in addition to being easy to survive, they were also able to survive almost anywhere there was water.

As for the output, it is naturally not comparable to that of later generations, but in such a big environment as it is in front of us. Mao Wenlong believed that sweet potatoes were much better than those rice or wheat.

"Believe in Xianggong, you will know when the time comes! The only thing that Xianggong is worried about now is that he can't grow more, just more than 200 acres, which is completely insufficient! "People have no long-term worries, and Mao Wenlong is also upset.

The sky was getting dark, and Mao Wenlong, Chen Lan, and Hong Ziyan returned to the carriage together. In the afterglow, the carriage slowly returned to the city, and as soon as it arrived at the gate of the mansion, it saw two anxious-looking officers and soldiers of the Dongjiang Army waiting there.

As soon as Mao Wenlong got out of the carriage, the two officers and soldiers of the Dongjiang Army immediately clasped their fists and saluted, shouting: "Governor! ”

Hearing this title, Mao Wenlong immediately frowned, obviously, these two soldiers should not have participated in the formation in the morning. Otherwise, he would not still call himself the governor.

And at this time, Xie Dong and Chen Jisheng quickly walked out of the mansion.

When he saw that Mao Wenlong was also there, Xie Dong was obviously a little surprised, but he still stepped forward and saluted in a proper manner, and then asked the two soldiers, "What news did you inquire about?" ”

Mao Wenlong then remembered that the two soldiers in front of him should have been sent by Xie Dong to investigate the affairs of Luoyang, and immediately waved his hand to let the carriage behind him enter the mansion through the back door.

Then he stopped the two soldiers who were about to report to him, took everyone into the mansion, and let the two soldiers tell the news of Luoyang in the main hall.

According to the information obtained by the two, Li Zicheng did not have any friction with Hong Chengchou. Li Zicheng did not secretly ambush Hong Chengchou, but disappeared shortly after Xie Dong and the others left.

However, Hong Chengchou seems to have found some clues, and he is looking for them all the way from Luoyang. And after entering the boundary of Henan Province, he went straight to Ye County, and the reason is self-evident.

Let the two soldiers who reported the news retreat to rest, Mao Wenlong looked at Xie Dong and Chen Jisheng: "Tell me, is this Hong Chengchou really coming to our Ye County?" ”

Chen Jisheng frowned and didn't speak, but Xie Dong hesitated after groaning: "The key is that we don't know at all whether Li Zicheng and Hong Chengchou have reached any consensus now. He is the only one who knows a little about us, but other than that, we haven't left any flaws! ”

Xie Dong was still very confident in the whereabouts of himself and the others, and he thought that Hong Chengchou knew something? Then the only problem must be Li Zicheng.

Mao Wenlong obviously disagreed with Xie Dong's statement, he shook his head and smiled bitterly: "There is no impermeable wall in this world, if you want others not to know, unless you don't do it!" What's more, the scale of this grain robbery is so huge, it must be impossible not to leave clues. ”

"The chief soldier means that Hong Chengchou is coming for us?" Chen Jisheng said in surprise.

Mao Wenlong nodded and said with certainty: "If nothing else, he must be coming for us." ”

Chen Jisheng also felt that Mao Wenlong was reasonable: "Then what should we do!" ”

Mao Wenlong suddenly chuckled: "Everything is as usual, all the soldiers in the barracks immediately changed into civilian clothes, and then all went to work in the field." Remember, put all your weapons away and hide them! ”

Chen Jisheng's eyes suddenly lit up: "The general soldier means to hide from the world!" ”

Mao Wenlong glanced at Chen Jisheng, nodded and said, "I don't know how much Hong Chengchou knows now, I'll be able to adapt when he comes." If he has limited knowledge, we can deny it. ”

"Mrs. Nahong's ......." Chen Jisheng suddenly said more.

Mao Wenlong waved his hand: "I will make proper arrangements, you will go to the barracks now to make arrangements as soon as possible, be sure not to leave any loopholes, you know?" ”

"Yes, Commander! We quit. ”

Chen Jisheng and Xie Dong retreated together, then hurriedly left Mao's mansion and rode to the barracks to arrange Mao Wenlong's orders.