Chapter 196: Farming for All
In the second year of Zhenguan, on the third day of the fourth month, the Khitan Ju clan was attached to the Tang Dynasty, and the whole 350,000 people carried millions of cattle, sheep and horses from Yingzhou into the Tang Dynasty.
Feng Daiwen, the governor of Anxi, led more than 200 officials and 5,000 soldiers from the four counties of western Liaoning to receive them, and established a large number of villages in Yingzhou and Jizhou to settle the Khitans.
"Governor, Mo will live up to the expectations of the governor, and please forgive your sins." Mo Hui said with a look of shame.
Feng Daiwen watched with satisfaction as the Khitan people honestly followed the team to various places, no one made trouble, they were all looking forward to and yearning, after all, the news brought back by the clansmen really made them look forward to it, sleeping in a slightly warm bed, not worrying about the snow collapsing the house, and being able to eat a full meal every time, it was simply a legendary paradise.
"Why did the county lord say this?" Feng Daiwen asked.
"Alas! Yeluqi moved to the foot of the White Mountain with 30,000 tribes to cooperate with the Heishui Ya tribe, unwilling to admit that we were Khitans, and said that I let the Khitan people perish. Mo Hui looked melancholy, obviously struggling with whether he was right or wrong.
"Why should the county prince be like this, as long as you lead the people of your clan to live a good life in the future, it naturally means that you are right, is it right to let the clansmen be in the ice and snow, hungry and cold?" Feng Daiwen frowned and said in relief.
"What the Governor said is very true, I will definitely let the whole clan live a good life, prove that I am not wrong, and ask the Governor to help." Mo Hui said with a firm face, at this time, Mo Hui has lost his humble appearance in the past, and his wrinkled face is full of a divine brilliance, Feng Daiwen believes that the Khitan people have another patriarch like a virgin.
"The county magistrate is polite, let the people under his rule live a good life, this is the unshirkable responsibility of this official." Feng Daiwen looked at Mo Hui with admiration and said, the most respectable thing in this world is this kind of virgin-like figure, who can give everything for the goal in his heart.
"Although Yeluqi led his clan away, please don't embarrass him!" The Mo will bow to Feng Daiwen and salute.
I just thought that this kind of person would be willing to give everything for the goal, and this didn't immediately intercede for Yeluqi.
"The county prince doesn't have to be like this, as long as they don't come to provoke Datang, the official will naturally not embarrass him." Feng Daiwen picked up Mo Hui Zhengse and said.
Mo Hui also knew that he might not be able to give up in the future, so he could only smile bitterly and said, "I hope so!" ”
"County Prince, in case Yeluqi is disgruntled and seduces the Heishui Jin tribe or Goguryeo to attack, I'm afraid it's a bit difficult to guard with the current personnel, I want to ask the Khitan tribe to select 20,000 young people to form a cavalry to protect the four counties, and they won't let them go out to attack other places, what do you think." Feng Daiwen thought about it.
"It's okay, I will personally select 20,000 young men and give them to the governor, but the governor must ensure that they can't be sacrificed indiscriminately." Mo Hui heard that it was only used for defense, and he was not allowed to have him, and looked at Feng Daiwen intently and said.
"Of course, to be honest, even if they want to attack other places, they don't need to go out, the Tang soldiers are looking forward to going into battle to kill the enemy, you must know that the imperial court's rewards for military merits are very generous.
And at present, the Khitan people, whether it is weapons or armor, are really simple, but at present, there are not many soldiers in Liaoxi, and they can't defend too wide places. Feng Daiwen said proudly.
Mo Hui eagerly looked at the soldiers who came to maintain order, all of them were armored soldiers, and they were all carrying steel knives in their hands, and they couldn't help but swallow their saliva and asked: "Du Du Wu is young and strong, do you want to be equipped with such sophisticated weapons?" ”
Feng Daiwen glanced at him and said as a matter of course: "Of course, this official said that they will be treated equally when they join the Tang Dynasty, as long as they pass the training, they will be uniformly issued with the best steel knives and the hardest armor." ”
"Haha, that's fine, as long as the governor doesn't let them deliberately send them to death, the Khitan men don't have a coward, and they charge into battle for the governor, and there is absolutely no second word." Mo Hui patted his chest and said.
"Of course the official believes it, but although the physique is good, after all, he has been malnourished, and he has to make up for their health, the county prince can rest assured, it won't be long before the official will raise them very strong and train them to be bears." Feng Daiwen looked at the Khitan people who had just finished the winter and were all full of dishes.
Although the Mohui didn't know what was malnourished, they could also understand that their life was too poor, and they couldn't help but be ashamed and said: "The Khitan people have always lived in a cold place, and they are not very good at planting, and they will starve all year round. ”
Feng Daiwen patted Mo Hui on the shoulder and said, "Don't worry, this official promises that from now on, the Khitan clan will not starve, and you will be their wisest patriarch." ”
"Then Chengdu Governor Jiyan, more than 300,000 Khitan people will obey the Governor at any time." Mo Hui said movingly.
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With the addition of more than 300,000 Khitan people, this year's reclamation of farmland will inevitably need to be more extensive, and the officials of the entire Liaodong are very busy.
The Khitans lived in warm houses, ate well every day, and although the land was not their own, they had already been told that after two years they learned to farm, they would be given to them, and they only needed to pay a little tax every year.
Therefore, the Khitan people are enthusiastic about farming, and the old and frail people go to the designated place to graze the sheep, and it is said that there is no need to graze from winter, and the sheep will be locked up and fed.
Although I don't understand it, I just do it, whoever makes himself not as smart as the Han people, it will definitely not be wrong to listen to them, otherwise there is so much food there.
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I have to say that there is a lot of power in people, except for some chaos in the first few days, slowly the Khitan people have learned to be obedient and do what they say, from the beginning of the gesture communication, to now the young and smart have been able to say a few words simply.
This is also Feng Daiwen's arrangement, every night after dinner, he will ask everyone in every village to sit together and learn Chinese for half an hour, and then the Khitan and Han people will come out every day to perform at least one person.
Through continuous blending, the Khitan people have become more and more integrated into the life of the Tang Dynasty, and when they see the Han people, they will say an awkward "Hello!" ”
The first thing planted is wheat, the weather in western Liaoning is cold, and there is no winter wheat to plant, it is generally planted in April, harvested in September, the seeds are provided by Lingnan, Feng Daiwen is worried that he will not adapt to the weather, and uses half of the grain seeds in Guanzhong.
The whole people must have planted more land together than a single family, and a total of 6 million acres of wheat were planted under the planned reclamation.
Then there was the beginning of ploughing, because ploughing is more troublesome than farming, and a large amount of water is needed to do it, so there are only three million acres of land in total, planted with rice, and rice seeds have been planted in various places, including Shuzhong, Guanzhong, Jiangnan, Liaodong, Liaoxi, Liaodong, and third-grade rice, and the two crops of rice have been planted separately.
Feng Daiwen adopted the method of raising seedlings first, then planting, and finally transplanting, first raising seedlings in greenhouses, and then planting seedlings intensively, and then transplanting them when they are a foot high.
It is not only conducive to the growth of rice, but also more convenient for many people to cooperate, and there is no need to rush out of the rice field in such a hurry, first plough out a part of it, and then slowly plough out the rest of the field.
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