Baozhou is located on the front line of the Song and Liao Dynasty, but compared with the real front line, there are still dozens of kilometers away, even if the Liao people hit the grass valley, they rarely hit here, it is a paradise in the front line. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

Just glanced at it casually on the horse, but the quietness and tranquility here made Zhao Xin feel comfortable, it was the golden autumn at this time, and the land on both sides was freshly cultivated or planted with wheat, which looked extraordinarily vibrant.

Since the Han Dynasty, wheat has been cultivated on a large scale in northern China, but the real development is still after the Tang and Song dynasties, wheat has a lower water consumption than rice, and it is more suitable for the gradual shortage of water in the north, plus the calories of wheat are higher than rice, and the same unit of wheat can feed more people.

By the time of the Song Dynasty, Chinese farmers had basically mastered the cultivation of winter wheat, and in many areas in the north, there were two kinds of winter wheat a year, mainly winter wheat, and the other season was either planted with soybeans to increase soil fertility, or sorghum was planted to increase output.

The sky is slowly darkening, unlike the 21st century, after dark, the whole field is empty, the Bianliang of the Northern Song Dynasty, extremely developed, known as the city that never sleeps, but it is supported by candles, except for most of the countryside outside the city, the night is the time to rest.

Sun Ji is very familiar with the roads here, and soon led everyone to find the right road, the location of Miaojiazhuang is about 35 miles away from Baozhou, is a fertile land where two small rivers meet.

The dark night couldn't block Zhao Xin's spiritual sense, and on the land where they were advancing, a large black Zhuangzi soon appeared, a small wall, the earthen wall, big enough, and even Zhao Xin had a feeling that if this Zhuangzi was not good, it would be bigger than the Nanle County town that he had entered.

That's right, the county seat in the feudal era is a comprehensive building with a huge walled wall and various protective devices, the larger the area, the more land that needs to be guarded, the cost is also amazing, the city wall is mostly a local burden, there are not many cities that have the ability to build a huge city wall, most of them will not exceed the circumference of 3 kilometers, even the Daimyo's mansion is like this, not to mention others.

On the contrary, the villages, especially those in the north, are partly far away from the cities, and have to form a fixed defense system, and the area of the village is generally larger, not only all the villagers are included in it, but also some public buildings, such as threshing floors, part of the vegetable fields, schools, etc., are in the village.

Miaojiazhuang is the fief given by Renzong to the Miao family, 8000 acres, which is the core of Miaojiazhuang, but for more than 10 years, Miaojiazhuang has been developed, merged and reclaimed, and it is no longer the original 8000 acres of small villages, forming a very large village.

At present, Miaojiazhuang, a total of 400 households, the number of more than 2,400 people, the whole village, with 48,000 acres of cultivated land, an average of about 20 acres per person, but also has barren mountains, two ponds and some land that is not suitable for farming, with a total area of more than 120,000 acres.

The acres of land in the Song Dynasty were about the same as those of later generations, about 97.4% of the acres in the 21st century, that is, 120,000 acres, which is about 8,000 hectares, almost 80 square kilometers.

It sounds very big, a county seat in the Northern Song Dynasty is only a few tenths of a square kilometer, and a small village is so big, but in fact, 80 square kilometers, that is, a square area of 9 kilometers, except for the one between the two rivers, which is a real anointed land, the others are barren mountains, and the two barren mountains with a radius of about 8 miles occupy more than half of the entire area.

Miaojiazhuang is not a regular square, almost equivalent to a large rectangular area of 8 kilometers and 10 kilometers, the barren mountains are not small, the largest is almost 300 meters high, covering an area of more than 36 square kilometers, it is considered to occupy about half of the wasteland, most of the acres are concentrated in the middle of Miaojiazhuang, and a small part of it is separated by barren mountains.

The best paddy fields are distributed next to the pond and the river, and the two small rivers come down from the mountain and meet in Miaojiazhuang, which is considered to have raised Miaojiazhuang, which is a very rich Zhuangzi and is the core of a large surrounding area.

Miaojiazhuang is even the surrounding market, ten miles and eight townships, it is too far to go to Baozhou City, and the rich Miaojiazhuang has become a natural place for the market, basically a set on the 5th, a market on the 10th, which is also a fixed source of income for Miaojiazhuang.

It can't be compared with Baozhou, which is charged by the officials themselves, and here it is more based on the extraction of goods, generally one in twenty, which is acceptable for ordinary villagers who bring a part of the vegetable garden vegetables, or wild beasts and herbs hunted from the mountains to sell.

Miaojiazhuang is the farthest place, no more than 20 miles away from Baozhou, but Miaojiazhuang is still built in the most fertile area of the whole plot, near the 4,500 acres of paddy fields along the two rivers, which is the core of the land given by Renzong, with the help of the mountain spring water that is not too small, irrigating the surrounding thousands of acres of land, and building a relatively perfect farmland water conservancy, Miaojiazhuang has recently become more and more wealthy.

Zhao Xin's maternal grandmother, that is, Renzong's nanny, later married into the Miao family after leaving the palace, and later Miao Shufei entered the palace, which is also the relationship of the mother, after obtaining a large piece of stable land in Baozhou, most of the Miao family's industries outside Beijing moved to Baozhou.

The location of Miaojiazhuang is excellent, when Renzong gave it, the paddy field is only about 4500 acres, after more than 10 years of reclamation, rich farmland and water conservancy, the number of paddy fields has increased to 7500 acres, and other fields are not barren, under the efforts of many domestic servants, Miaojiazhuang almost occupies more than half of the industrial income of Miaojia outside Beijing, at least 3 Zhuang heads, were transferred to Beijing, and another appointment, Miaojiazhuang has also become an important part of the Miao family system.

It's night, the Zhuang family, all sleep very early, the wall of the Miao family is also after night, it is closed early, but today is an exception, a few hours ago, I was notified, the fourth young master has arrived in Baozhou, it is estimated that after nightfall, all the high-level of Miaojiazhuang, one does not pull gathered next to the wall, the torches are burning, the position of the wall, shining a piece of light.

In addition to being notified a long time ago, there is also a Miao family's foreign affairs steward who stood in advance, and Miao Jiazhuang was ready to greet him, for Miao Yuan, the head of Miao Jiazhuang, he was a little depressed, but was it the fourth son of the concubine, was it necessary to do this, his father, that is, the steward of the Miao family's outer courtyard, Miao Qi, the steward of the outer courtyard of the Miao family, told him a thousand times not to offend the fourth young master.

Zhao Xin's identity, only the Miao family and his wife know, and the others secretly blocked the news, but to be able to become a celebrity in the Miao family, which one is simple, observe the words and looks, how many young masters of the Miao family, Miao Qi knows, this fourth young master, obviously not the young master of the Miao family, but so solemn, it must be a nobleman, he did not think about the prince, and solemnly told Miao Yuan that he must obey unconditionally, otherwise, his legs will be broken.

The arrival of the cavalry made the Miao family a little worried, this is Baozhou, close to the border, where are there dozens of horses, such a large team, don't be some Khitan people to fight the grass valley.

Miao Yuan was worried for a while, and was about to let Zhuang Ding step forward, but was stopped by Miao Qi, this is the wall of the Miao family, even if it is made of soil embryos, but it is also 3 meters high, enough to resist a small group of bandits, besides, the entire Baozhou, at least 15 years, there is no trace of the Khitan people fighting the grass valley, and the increasingly dense protective net in Hebei makes it very difficult for a small group of cavalry to cross.

The knights quickly, in a short period of time, from a distance, entered the area of the torch, Miao Qi carefully identified, and soon recognized that Wang Song among the cavalry, as the object of the handover, he had seen Wang Song, protected by the big man in the shape of a biao, it should be the main master, the fourth young master they had been waiting for, finally arrived.