During the period when Sujiazhuang was recuperating from his injuries, Su Ziheng recruited many homeless people to come and help build Sujiazhuang. Although his salary is not high, the condition of having enough three meals a day has attracted countless homeless people to sign up.

Because a few days ago, the Crow Army wantonly killed the homeless people and bandits who were causing trouble, and for a while, these homeless people who came to apply for the job did not dare to act on their own, and they all obediently obeyed the arrangements of Su Ziheng and the housekeeper Qian Lu.

Of course, the construction of the project can be carried out in an orderly and orderly manner, and it is inseparable from the Black Crow Army escort arranged by Zhong Qinghan. It is precisely because of these 100 fierce and vicious overseers that everyone is obediently like a cat and a mouse.

When the homeless people were rebuilding Sujiazhuang, Su Ziheng was not idle, he had officially reopened Bailu Academy, and the first batch of students to enter the school were the children of Sujiazhuang's slaves.

This is Su Ziheng's reward for them to sacrifice their lives to defend Sujiazhuang this time, especially the children of the fifteen house slaves who died in battle, he promised to raise them, and will find them a job in Sujiazhuang in the future, in addition to their elders will also be responsible for sending them to death.

Su Ziheng took out a set of enlightenment books for kindergartens on Earth in his previous life from the warehouse in the base space, of course, they were all transformed by him. Literacy and mathematics are taught.

Literacy is in charge of Jia Qingwen and Yang Lun, and the mathematics he teaches himself starts with the most basic Arabic numerals from 0 to 9. In addition to Xi Wen, Su Ziheng also let them spend half a day practicing martial arts. It was Xie Qingxuan and Shi Meng who taught them martial arts.

Su Ziheng has deeply realized that in the troubled times, only hard work to learn kung fu and survive is the most important thing, otherwise it is useless to read too much.

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Northern.

The junction of the north and the west of the desert.

Yeluzi Jinzheng, the left minister of the Mengyuan Empire, led 200,000 people from the four tribes of Moxi, and after several days of hard work, he finally created the isolation belt at the junction of the two places.

Looking at the pile full of dead grass one person high, it was drenched with black water that had been transported from the depths of Mobei. Although the smell was very pungent, Yelu Zijin enjoyed the smell very much at the moment.

"Ignition!"

Looking at the approaching swarm of locusts, Yelu Zijin stood on a high hill and gave a faint command to the left and right.

Suddenly, several guards beside him immediately bent their bows and arrows, and after igniting the oil on the arrows with torches, they suddenly let go, and dozens of rockets "swished" into the grass pile in front of them.

"Boom!"

With the help of that little flame, the black water was ignited instantly, and a raging flame burst out, reflecting half of the sky red.

At this time, the sky was beautiful, and it happened to be a northwest wind, and the howling mountain wind swept from behind Yeluzi Jin, and blew towards the west of the desert with a fierce flame burning on the ground.

So Yelu Zijin and the guards beside him saw a very spectacular scene, as if a rain of locusts was falling in the sky. Countless locusts were burned off their wings by the flames and fell to the ground.

"It's a pity!" Yelu Zijin shook his head, "It would be great if all these locusts flew to the territory of Liangzhou." ”

Arsleng smiled beside him: "Zuo Xiang, if you can completely destroy the locusts here, it will be a great credit." ”

Yelu Zijin said: "These locusts are not dead things, they are not stupid enough to see the flames and pounce on them to die. With a fire can only be stopped for a while. ”

Arslen said: "This fire is fierce, and it will not be extinguished for a while. Even if the fire is extinguished, there is nothing edible in this ten miles radius, and this locust should not continue to migrate towards Mobei. ”

Yelu Zijin sighed: "It's a pity that these ten miles of abundant water and grass can feed how many cattle and sheep. ”

Arslen persuaded: "Zuo Xiang, you can't say that. If these locusts are not destroyed, there may be more than just water and grass within a radius of ten miles, and I am afraid that there will be no grass within a hundred miles. ”

Yelu Zijin said: "I understand the truth, but it's just that it's hard to let go for a while." ”

While he was talking, he suddenly heard a guard beside him exclaim, "Zuo Xiang, that group of locusts has moved eastward." ”

Yelu Zijin hurriedly raised his head to take a closer look, and sure enough, as the guard said, the swarm of locusts that had originally pressed towards the north was slowly moving, and the direction deviated from the north and moved to the southeast.

Going in that direction, it is the territory of Liangzhou.

"Haha......"

Yelu Zijin laughed loudly, "Great, God help me." As long as this group of locusts enters the territory of Liangzhou, the autumn harvest in Liangzhou this year will be nothing, and then it will be the best time for our Mengyuan Empire to send troops. This time, we will definitely be able to take the opportunity to knock Xining down. ”

Arslen was also overjoyed, "Hurry up and tell the Great Khan the good news, it's almost time to recruit troops from various tribes." This time, Bu and Chaolu must be notified, and whether he can make contributions depends on his performance on the battlefield. ”

Yelu Zijin smiled and said: "Arslen, your younger brother is only sixteen years old this year, and you are ruthless to send him to the battlefield?" ”

Arslen said disappreliantly: "I, the people of the Mengyuan Empire, which one of them did not obtain meritorious service on the battlefield on horseback. Sixteen years old is not too young, and at this age, I have been fighting the Great Khan for several years. ”

"Let's go, let's go back and inform the Great Khan that it's time to prepare the next step!"

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July Flowing Fire.

The noonday sun can literally kill people, and farmers usually rest at home at this time, and only after the sun has set, do they pick up their hoes and carry buckets to hoe and water.

Zhang Dagui gnawed on two miscellaneous grains, and he didn't even want to eat pickles, drank a bowl of boiled water to moisten his throat, and washed the crumbs of the nest head into his stomach by the way.

This is considered to be dinner, and then he takes his mother-in-law and the eldest son of the family to work in the fields. Although the days are a little harder, there is still some rush.

At least it is much stronger than those near the west, Zhang Dagui heard that several counties in the west have started to fight again, and seeing that the autumn harvest is about to come, everyone has fled.

How bitter is war? He also experienced it once when he was a child, and it can be said that human life is not as cheap as dogs, and the number of people who starved to death is innumerable. Now my family can still nibble on the head of the miscellaneous grain nest, thank God.

Zhang Dagui has reclaimed a lot of wasteland this year, and this year's crops are growing well, and he even thought that when this year's grain is sold, he will see if he can buy a calf back.

When the time comes, raise it for a year or two, and reclaim a few more acres of wasteland, maybe in three or five years, you can find a family for your eldest son. In another year, let his daughter-in-law give birth to a big fat boy to the Zhang family, and the task of his life will be completed.

The so-called living and living is nothing more than eating, drinking, and passing on the lineage. Ancestors have been like this for generations, is there any new trick that can't be done? At most, it is just a few more acres of wasteland and an extra cow.

"Dad, look at the sky over there, there are dark clouds drifting over, isn't it going to rain today?"

"Don't talk nonsense, even if the sun is about to go down in the sky, it's still so hot, how can it rain. Hurry up and fetch water for Lao Tzu, don't think about being lazy all day long, if this continues, who will take a fancy to you. ”

Zhang Dagui bent down and waved his hoe, hoeing the grass with quick movements, without even raising his head.

"Daddy, don't hoe the grass, look at what is flying in the sky? I don't feel right. ”

Zhang Dagui's mother-in-law looked at the swarm of locusts flying in the distance and hurriedly dragged him up.

As soon as Zhang Dagui raised his head, he looked at the swarm of locusts floating in the sky like dark clouds, and heard the sound of "buzzing" in his ears. was stunned on the spot, and the hoe in his hand fell down and hit his foot in a daze.

The first thought was that the locusts were transiting, and his family had worked hard to plant crops for a year, and when they were about to harvest, they actually encountered a plague of locusts.

Then a second thought popped into my head: it's over!