Huang Zide really kept his word, and the day after Luo Mengde and Tian Xiucheng talked, he sent someone to send 1,000 sets of swords and shields and 300 stone of grain. Luo Mengde happily accepted these things, talked with the general who was in charge of delivering them, and proposed to him that he planned to visit Huang Zide in Xiangyang. The general said that he would bring the news back, and as for when the marshal was free, he could not make the decision for the marshal.

After sending the general away, Holmmond divided the things. There are only about 3,000 people around Luo Mengde now, and the equipment situation is not very good. With the exception of the most elite thousand, most of the others had only one of the cheapest spears, and some even had a sharpened wooden spear. These thousand sets of swords and shields have solved Luo Mengde's urgent need. As for the food, it is actually enough for them to support them for a while. It's just that before Luo Mengde left Huguang, he planned to recruit some more soldiers among the displaced people, so that his army could be expanded to six or seven thousand, so that there would be some food shortages.

However, Huang Zide promised that if there would be some more food after a while, Luo Mengde was not in a hurry, and still sent people to prepare for the recruitment of manpower. Of course, if Huang Zide doesn't talk about his credibility and doesn't give food, then he Luo Mengde actually has no choice, just grab a handful on the spot and leave.

However, the recruitment of new recruits did not go well. Generally speaking, in such a famine year, as long as a banner is erected, it is not necessary to say, "Follow me to have meat to eat", as long as you say, "Follow me and you will not starve", you can easily gather a large group of people. This time, however, it seems to have failed. The banner of recruitment was carried out all day, and there were two or three kittens and dogs.

"King, everyone has been taken away by Huang Zide." As soon as Yang Chengen, who had gone out to investigate, came back, he said this to Luo Mengde.

"What? What is Huang Zide doing? What did he do with all those people? Luo Mengde hurriedly asked.

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A group of homeless people were led by a group of soldiers to a wasteland on the edge of the Han River. At this time, it is still early autumn, and the barren grass and shrubs in this wasteland are growing luxuriantly, which is completely different from the red land of Henan, because of the existence of the Han River, the groundwater level along the Han River is not too low, and the root system of the plants can still get some water.

Although these homeless people are still unclothed, they are also a little different from the state of hovering on the death line in the usual impression, although they are still thin, but their faces are somewhat bloody, and in one of their hands, they also hold hoes, sickles and other things, and in the other hand of the men, without exception, they all carry a short spear six or seven feet long.

A squad leader and the like stood here and said to the homeless people around him: "Fellow villagers, fathers and elders, this land is the land that everyone will cultivate in the future. Look at the fertility of the land, and see how lush the grass grows. And it is close to the Han River, and there is an irrigation canal next to it, but this canal has been in disrepair for many years. If we repair this canal, this large area of land will be fertile land where we can feed all of us by sowing a little seed! Now, Marshal Huang has issued a military order, you open up wasteland and farm here, as much as you want, count as much. As long as you cultivate the land you open up for three consecutive years, and give Marshal Huang a bucket of grain per mu of land every year, this land will be your own, and it can be passed on to your descendants in the future! ”

Hearing this, the homeless people were a little commotional, and after a while, a tall and thin man stood up and asked: "This general, we are all from farming, although this land is barren, but everyone only needs to look at it to know that this land was originally a good field, and now it has not been long since it was abandoned." Behold, all the fields are still there. Is there no master of such a land? What if we are halfway through planting and someone comes running up with the title deed and says the land is his? ”

Hearing this, everyone raised their eyes to look at the warrior who looked like the squad leader. I saw the soldier laugh loudly: "Someone came with the title deed? Whose title deeds? Did Marshal Huang stamp the title deed with a seal? If not, it's a piece of waste paper! What are you worried about? Besides, people say it's his. Is it his? Is there only a hoe and a sickle that we sent to you? What else is there besides these two? Could that thing be for you to dig up? The guy who has a guy in his hands, but can't keep his field, tells me that he deserves to starve to death! Whoever of you is such a bastard, give us back everything before it is too late, and get out of here! Is there such a seed here? ”

The outcasts shouted, "No! "Whoever dares to come and rob our land, Lao Tzu will kill his whole family!"

"That's good! Let's get started, first of all, let's divide this wasteland......"

Similar scenes were played out everywhere on the Jianghan Plain, and in a little more than a month, more than 200 tunzhuang were established, and nearly 300,000 displaced people were settled in these tunzhuang, and more were still coming. As long as these tunzhuang can really take root, Huang Zide's foundation can be said to be stable.

Of course, as the displaced people were continuously resettled in Tunzhuang, the food in Huang Zide's hands began to gradually become tight. The food he got in Luoyang couldn't last long. However, fortunately, at this time, it is also time for the autumn harvest. Huguang is the most important grain producing area in the world, such as today, although there are many disasters, but Huguang because of the large number of water systems, relying on irrigation, even if it is in disrepair, the efficiency of the water conservancy system is greatly reduced, Huguang's grain production still supports half of the sky of the Jokhang Dynasty. To be honest, grain production on the Jianghan Plain is weaker than that south of the Yangtze River and even along Dongting Lake, but there is still a lot of self-sufficiency. It's just that how to get this grain into your hands is a problem.

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Niu Pingfu is Niu Juming's nephew, and he was also admitted to a showman, but his grades were not good, he was just an attached student. I can't get any benefits, and my life is still poor. Since Niu Juming was reused here by Huang Zide, many of his relatives have come to him. Niu Pingfu is no exception. In Niu Juming's opinion, this nephew who "went to school" is also the most worthy of cultivation among his relatives. So now Niu Pingfu was sent by Niu Juming to "visit" Yannian, the gentry king who lived in the area of Lumen Mountain near Xiangyang, and bought grain from him.

Lumen Mountain was originally the place where the famous man Pang Degong lived in seclusion at the end of the Han Dynasty, and in the Tang Dynasty, the great poet Meng Haoran admired Pang Degong's personality, and also lived in seclusion here, and also created poems such as "Song of Returning to Lumen at Night" to express the interest of seclusion, and since then, Lumen Mountain has almost become a hermit's holy land.

However, although Wang Yannian lives in Lumen Mountain, he also likes to show off to others as a hermit. But in fact, this man was not a high-minded hermit. In the early years, he was also admitted to a fellow jinshi. It's just that at that time, when the Soviet Party was powerful, "Zhongzheng Ying Dynasty", and vigorously cracked down on the "traitors" of the Qichu and Zhejiang Parties, Wang Yannian, who was born in Chu, had not had time to do anything, and because of his teacher, he was classified as a "traitor" by the Soviet Party without hesitation, and he was pressed to the bottom in front of petty officials such as teachings, but he could not be promoted. After a few years of boiling, the situation in the DPRK and China suddenly changed, and there was a sound on the ground, and a Li Jinzhong came. The "traitors" who had always been pressed down by the "righteous men and gentlemen" of the Soviet Party could not raise their heads, so they rallied around Li Jinzhong one after another and formed the famous eunuch party. And soon the salted fish turned over and drove the "righteous men and gentlemen" of the Soviet Party out of the court. However, at this time, Wang Yannian's master was long gone, and the newly elected eunuch bigwigs couldn't think of him for a while. Fortunately, Wang Yannian has financial management skills and has made a lot of money. Relying on the silver to open the way, he finally made his former "comrades-in-arms" remember him, so he was finally promoted and got a position as a county commander.

However, before this position could be heated, the emperor died. After the death of the first emperor, as soon as the current Chongde Emperor came to power, he immediately began to liquidate Li Jinzhong and the eunuchs. The Soviet Party made a comeback, and there was once again a good situation in the DPRK and China. So Wang Yannian only served as a county magistrate for less than half a year, and he was involved in the "reverse case" and was designated as a "eunuch party".

After Wang Yannian returned to his hometown, he hid in Lumen Mountain and pretended to be a hermit. However, people were not willing to let him go. In short, in recent years, because of the notoriety of "eunuchs", Wang Yannian has been ostracized by those "scholars", and his life has not been satisfactory. And his sons and nephews, because of his involvement, have always been very unsatisfactory in the field. It is precisely because of this experience that Niu Juming listed him as a breakthrough among the gentry in Huguang.

Walking outside Wang Yannian's village at the foot of Lumen Mountain, Niu Pingfu jumped off his horse, handed the reins to an entourage who followed him, and at the same time recalled various things about Wang Yannian in his mind, and then looked towards this village.

Wang Yannian has been "living in seclusion" in this Zhuangzi all these years. This Zhuangzi has a wall nearly two zhang high, and a trench is dug outside the wall that is one zhang wide. At this time, the people on the wall had already noticed that someone was coming this way, but because there were not many people brought by Niu Pingfu, the people on the wall were not particularly alert. The gate of Zhuangzi was not closed, and the suspension bridge was not closed.

Niu Pingfu walked to the front of the suspension bridge, and a villager greeted him and bowed his hand to him: "This gentleman is from afar, I don't know what you are doing?" ”

Niu Pingfu smiled and said: "Uncle and Wang Zhuang are friends. Our two families are world friends, and now that Xiao Ke has arrived in your land, he naturally wants to visit the owner. Here is the letter that the uncle brought to the owner, and he bothered the eldest brother to present it on his behalf. ”

When the Zhuang guest heard this, he didn't dare to say that he didn't dare to say anything, so he led Niu Fuping into the wall and sat in the gatehouse. He added, "Sir, wait a minute, and the villain will send the letter." ”