In the middle of Luzhong in later generations, and in parts of southeastern Lu,

Along the Yishui, Mushui, Zishui, Xiaoqing River and Jiaohe River basins, walking the large and small plains separated by scattered hills, is now the most important agricultural production area under the rule of Liuzhou Town.

As for Yanzhou and Xuzhou, which are close to the Huanghuai Plain, and Binzhou and Lizhou, which are close to Hebei, they cannot be operated as stable agricultural production areas because they have not yet been completely cleared and cannot eliminate the geographical disadvantages of external infiltration.

As one of the two Huaibei, one of the major characteristics of Huaibei, is the diversity of crop planting as a north-south fold, including rape, cotton, rice with southern characteristics, as well as wheat, beans, sorghum unique to the north, and even potatoes, sweet potatoes, corn and other foreign things that have been planted for hundreds of years and are suitable for both north and south.

Therefore, after the initial investigation and planning throughout the winter, the traditional structure of local agricultural production was still followed, but the layout was adjusted.

For example, the large and small agricultural reclamation regiments, which have been converted from military service camps, plan to grow water-loving rice and corn in the riverside areas with sufficient irrigation water. Xerophytic wheat is planted on the cultivated land far from the river, and interplanted with alfalfa and leguminous plants at the same time, and the crop is rotated with three crops in two years.

In addition, in the mountainous and sloping fields with relatively poor fertility, as well as the newly opened raw land, potatoes and sweet potatoes with low demand and good adaptability, as well as a small amount of sorghum and chestnut rice, are planted as supplements.

In addition, a small number of cash crops such as sesame, ramie, rape, tobacco, peanuts, and fruit trees such as mulberry, walnut, persimmon, black tree, and tung oil are planted at intervals to meet the needs of daily people's livelihood.

To put it bluntly, it is still a set of things like a planned economy, and its main purpose is to make the best use of the fertility and output of the land with a relatively scientific overall production plan, and to concentrate resources to solve the problem of grain self-sufficiency as the first priority.

This is also related to whether we can really gain a firm foothold in the land of Qingzhou, rather than the fundamental survival of long-term parasitic fences.

However, before the ploughing of spring ploughing, there is a unique and important traditional ritual, which is to whip the spring ox.

It is also a way to show and show the determination and posture of the new local regime led by the army to gain a long-term foothold in the land of Huaidong.

It is also to stabilize the hearts of the people under my rule, and the population under my rule is quite complex. There are not only the people from the Pengcheng generation in Xuzhou, but also the Liangshan tribe from Binzhou, and even the young and strong laborers from Yanzhou to Yunzhou. On the contrary, the local population, led by Qingzhou, has become a relative minority.

As the so-called homeland is difficult to leave, the situation of people leaving their homeland also happens to these immigrants who follow voluntarily or involuntarily.

Therefore, despite the brutal external environment of the harsh winter and the threat of rampant rebels, even with strict military control and cruel punishments, there were still some incidents of fleeing and leaving the designated range in secret throughout the winter.

Therefore, the collective local ritual of tongguò can also make the rest of the people feel at ease, and they can look forward to and count on a new life in their new homeland.

The so-called spring cow, in fact, is before the beginning of spring every year, with the soil collected from the suburbs of the four fields, kneaded into a huge cow sculpture, and then draped in cyan satin decoration, is a special totem and symbol called the spring cow,

It is used to pay tribute to the ancient god of Aoki, and it is also the god of Jumang, the lord of Si Chun. Its origin is said to be traced back to the era of the Three Emperors and Five Emperors, and the ancient sages took the lead in advocating the ritual of persuading agriculture to develop the industry.

Embodied in the center of the imperial court, it is the suburban sacrifice and the symbolic spring ceremony presided over by the Son of Heaven himself, and it has become the bull whipping ceremony in the locality.

On this day, all prefectures and counties will select dozens of the strongest teenagers from among the city residents, wearing only short-shirted trousers, carrying the Jumang God with a human face and a bird's body tied with grass and a spring ox wearing red and hanging colors, while swaggering through the road in the sound of agitation, while singing the Spring Festival song in unison for several rounds of procession around the city.

Then, on the earthen altar in front of the east city gate, it is generally the highest-ranking local official who is close to the people, who is responsible for whipping with a richly decorated cloth bundle, and then a group of officials, according to their status and rank, are whipped in turn, and the straight road is broken into shape.

Then the people who participated in the parade and the crowd of onlookers would rush up to scramble for the crushed spring ox clods and take them back to their own acres to obtain the hope and blessing of a good harvest in the coming year.

If the beginning of spring is before the fifteenth day of the lunar month, Jumang stands in front of the earth cow, indicating that the agricultural work is early.

If the beginning of spring is at the end of the year and the beginning of the year, let the sentence mang and the earth cow be juxtaposed, indicating that the farm is peaceful; If the beginning of spring is after the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, Jumang is placed behind the earth cow, indicating that the farming is late.

In ancient societies where the knowledge of the calendar was not widespread, most peasants actually prepared for farming according to these different arrangements to grasp the approximate time of the beginning of spring.

Therefore, the earth cattle are also called "Shenong cattle", which is an important beginning of the year's plan. Farmers from all over the country will find a way to send people to participate and watch the ceremony.

This is also the only event and group activity under my leadership that allows and encourages public participation after the somewhat dull and boring Spring Festival that has just passed.

Therefore, as the capital of Qingzhou and the actual station of the pacification, there are a lot of people from all over the place, with three layers inside and three layers outside, and the streets and rooftops are piled up with black pressure.

It's just that this time of the whipping spring ox ceremony, I gave this glory and scenery to a certain elderly man for the reason that he was good at civil and military affairs, and Zeng Hua, who had always lacked a sense of self-reliction, and as a member of the bystanders, he stood at the head of the city and watched the excitement surrounded by his subordinates who were dressed in military uniforms.

He is now the deputy envoy of Huaidong, and he knows that he is in charge of the money valley, the warehouse cashier, and the master who weighs and measures everything. Of course, if he wants to really exercise these powers, he must consult with me.

Therefore, he wore an official robe with a light purple banana pattern and a cross-winged yarn hat, and in the congratulatory voices of Yu Yunwen, Cai Yuanchang, Zhao Ding and other close officials and officials, he was very smiling and couldn't close his mouth.

"Coming, coming......"

Just in the noise of gongs and drums. The first thing I saw was a group of at least 100 women walking in front of the procession.

These Jiao'e, who are dressed up in various makeup styles, suddenly attracted a lot of attention and attention on a sunny day, and I couldn't help but be a little surprised.

Because they shouted all the way to the crowd of onlookers along the way, the boldness and explicit parts of it were obviously not something that women from good families could do.

You know, this whole winter, except for the routine markets, almost all kinds of superfluous entertainment and other activities have almost come to a standstill, not to mention all kinds of long-extinct prostitution houses.

There are so many women in special industries, where did they come from?

I only asked a few words left and right to find out the specific reason:

They actually took Cheng Xuan's relationship, and the boat group that followed the sea route, from Jiangning, the former Jinling fat powder people, were ready to pan for gold here. And this whip spring cow is also the first appearance of their permission, and it seems to be working very well.

Not only did the onlookers along the street shout and shout, but even my subordinates couldn't help but have a slight expression of relief and interest, but they soon straightened out one after another in the midst of all kinds of coughing sounds.

I have no reason to criticize them, but after three years of being a soldier, I still understand the truth of the sow becoming a sable. It's just the most basic aesthetic and opposite-sex attraction.

When these fragrant sideburns are short-lived and disappear under the city gate, it is time to start the formal ceremony of whipping the spring ox.

When dozens of whips took turns, the split spring ox fell on the wooden platform, and suddenly there was a sea of people, rushing forward, grabbing the handful of clods of soil like crazy, as if I saw the year-end jumping off the price of the shopping mall in the later generations, and countless aunts and aunts competing for shopping.

The sturdy ox, which was several feet tall and incomparable, disappeared without a trace almost the moment it was submerged by the crowd, leaving only the ground full of lost shoes and lost sweat towels.

And the rest of the people who failed to grab the spring cattle, also under the infection of the group atmosphere, happily followed those who grabbed the earth cattle, in the field and the streets, uneven chorus sang spring up

"It is good, and it is carried in the south of the mu. Sow a hundred grains, and live in truth. ”

"Or come to see the woman, carry the basket and the ju, and its gluttony."

"Its Liyi Correction, its Radix Zhao, to the Silk."

"The grass is decaying, and the millet is growing."

"The harvest is staggered, and the accumulation is chestnut."

"Its reverence is like a crow, and its is like a ctenophore."

But it is an allusion to "Liangyun" in the "Book of Songs", describing the situation of spring cultivation and summer cultivation in ancient times, and singing the expectations and mood of the autumn and winter society.

Under the chorus of thousands of people singing in unison, it also has a unique flavor and appeal.

It's just that when the crowd dispersed, there were still people who were reluctant to explore what it was, and I quickly decided.

Well, it's better to be blocked, and I don't have the kind of moral cleanliness that destroys people's desires, nor is it the kind of moral person who says one thing and does another, so I can only accept this reality in disguise.

After all, my subordinates are full of strong men, and they also need corresponding means and channels for catharsis, and it is not a foolproof solution to be trapped in the camp all the time to practice and work at the same time, and I don't want to turn my troops into a's den like the Deesby Holy Army.

Forget about this kind of thing as a literati's anecdote, if you really put it in front of you, it will be a source of highly toxic pollution, at least let the soldiers take turns to rest and go out of the camp, and find these professional women to anneal, it is much less expensive and dangerous than using excess energy to disturb the people.

Then, I quickly explained that the staff of the Zhenfu Mansion would put forward relatively strict restrictions and control conditions in accordance with the previous practice of marching.

For example, mandatory health and disease management requirements, regular physical examinations by physicians are organized to avoid all kinds of malignant infections; Another example is the corresponding personal guarantee and ranking arrangement, so as to avoid the discipline chain of a rat poop ruining a pot of soup because of jealousy and other reasons.

I pondered so much that I went back to the office in Dental City, only to get two new news.

"The main boat group that departed from Kinai has also docked at the port of Yuzhou......"

"Also on the same ship is the newly arrived Huai Dongcheng announced the political envoy ......"

"There are hundreds of people in the various attachés alone......"