At the end of autumn, Guangwu County and its subordinate counties ushered in another round of harvest.

The acres harvested this time are exactly the fields cultivated by the displaced people who were resettled in the county before. They missed the spring farming time though. However, under the arrangement of the county government, a wave of summer grain corn and soybean crops were planted before the summer solstice.

As a result, the end of autumn is the time for the harvest of this crop. Xin Taishou took the main officials of the county government to inspect everywhere, but he did not feel tired after running around for days. Everyone has a proud smile on their faces.

At first, these homeless people were still unclothed and hungry on the way to this place in Longxi. However, now looking at the whole county, the endless acres of fields have become a sea of joy for harvest. There are a few people crowded, but here the farmers are hurrying to harvest the crops in their fields.

In this way, these newly resettled displaced people in Guangwu County will have no worries about food and clothing by next year's spring ploughing. This year is the first year that they have been resettled in Guangwu County, and the government has already announced to the whole county that all the newly resettled homeless fields this year will be exempted from tax. Hearing the news, these households rushed to tell each other and rejoiced.

The lack of grain in the first year means that these newly resettled households in Guangwu County will finally be able to live a full life before next year's spring ploughing. Some families with many dingkou have more acres of land, and the whole family can save some surplus grain while they are full. Compared with the days when I was worried and displaced in Longxi, Guanzhong, I don't know how much better it is.

The county government that implemented this policy was too guarded by the people, and they were regarded as gods by these people. Many people set up an immortal tablet at home for this government monarch who was aware of the people's feelings, and visited them every day. Now, wherever he goes, the people who see him will bow down and say some words of blessing.

For a while, Xin Peng himself also enjoyed this feeling very much. These people's respect and blessing for him from the bottom of their hearts made him feel a little fluttering, and he felt that he was the savior of these people's households.

Today, the summer grain of the displaced households is still in full swing. The county government has already begun a plan to plant a batch of winter wheat in late autumn from the remaining acres of land that had already been harvested at the beginning of autumn and are now temporarily vacant. In this way, in the spring and summer of next year, the county will be able to harvest another crop of grain.

In the future, the county government will be able to harvest two crops of grain per year. In the past, the county officials in charge of agriculture and taxation in each county had already roughly counted the expected harvest of summer grain. According to their estimates, although the yield of these corn and soybean crops sown in the summer is far less than that of spring ploughing, it is still maintained at more than half of the output of spring ploughing, and the problem should not be too big.

Last winter, Taishou planted a few acres of winter wheat in his own field. In the spring and summer of this year, the harvest has been completed. The yield is about the same as that of spring wheat. In this way, if the law of two crops a year is resolutely implemented throughout the county, grain production will inevitably increase at a considerable rate.

Therefore, Taishou himself has taken advantage of the autumn harvest season when the grain in each county is relatively abundant, and sent people to the neighboring counties of Xiping and Jinxing to purchase a large number of good seeds, and prepare to distribute them to the households in various counties after the summer grain harvest is completed this year, and strive to complete the sowing of this wheat before the winter.

And Li Yanzhao has been busy almost all these days to deliver grain, grass, ordnance and other materials to the newly established camp on the north bank of Jincheng. As if he was afraid that the defense was not strong enough, Jincheng Taishou Zhang Lang and Taifu Sima wrote to the state governor, asking for ordnance, grain and grass. So not much to say, the heavy responsibility of preparing and transporting ordnance naturally fell on the head of Guangwu County.

Yesterday, Li Yanzhao led his subordinates, together with Zhao Duwei's subordinates, to send more than 100,000 crossbow arrows that had recently been made in a hurry, as well as some round cards, long cards, swords, guns, halberds, and other ordnance. Since the establishment of the village on the north bank, it is estimated that Guangwu County has sent 200,000 or 300,000 arrows to the battalion, as well as a huge amount of ordnance materials.

However, after returning to the camp today, Sun Jianxiong, the commander on duty in the camp, came again and conveyed the order of a thousand people, ordering Li Yanzhao to lead his troops to Yongdeng County to assist in harvesting summer grain, and Sun and Zhao, these infantry crossbowmen, would assist in the harvesting of the fields around the Guangwu County Mansion nearby.

Li Yanzhao couldn't help but be angry and helpless. These days are almost busy with these chores, and the subordinate horsemen have not practiced for more than a month. But no. Now everything in Liangzhou is reasonable, that is, there is a serious shortage of human resources, so that these county soldiers can only act as firefighters back and forth.

The scarcity of Ding Kou makes all kinds of work lack manpower and cannot be deployed. However, if a large number of people suddenly pour in, as at the beginning of the year, they will face the dilemma of lack of food and difficulty in supplying them. Located in the remote Liangzhou, it seems that it has been in such a vicious circle at present, and it is difficult to get out.

In any case, the hidden worry of lack of manpower could not stop Li Yanzhao from the joy in his heart about the increase in grain production in the county.

The increase in food production means that the county can ensure the livelihood of more people. In this day and age, population often means productivity. With more food produced each year, the county can use tax revenue to sustain more artisans, and the county can also expand its army to make it more combative.

When I came to Yongdeng County again, I looked at the wasteland that I had led my troops to reclaim before, and it was full of corn swaying in the wind at this time. Li Yanzhao couldn't help but feel quite relaxed. Back in the day, these places were just knee-weed, wilderness, but now they are fertile ground for corn production.

Thinking that it was he who led his soldiers to create this fertile soil, Li Yanzhao's heart spontaneously felt a sense of pride. Seeing that Guangwu County, the land that he had poured his heart and soul into Taishou, gradually changed, these facts undoubtedly deepened the self-identity in his heart.

When the sergeants approached the field where they were busy harvesting the summer grain, one of them met them. Li Yanzhao fixed his eyes and saw that it was Su Xuan. So they hurriedly stepped forward to salute, and after some politeness, the two got to the point and talked about grabbing the summer grain.

Although Su Xuan was just a streamer compared to the local surnames in Liangzhou, such as Song, Yin, Xin, Dou, etc., he benefited from the policy of favoring the scholars formulated by the former prince Zhang Liang, and he also got an errand in the county at this time. The shade tribes that faithfully followed him were also busy in the fields at this time.

Su Xuan has already settled his home in Yongdeng County. He supported the goods he had brought with him when he fled from Guanzhong and bought a mansion in the county. If you don't care about whether it's cost-effective or not, you can't afford to lose the face of the family.

The county appointed him to take charge of the harvest of the fields cultivated by the displaced households. So at this moment, he and Li Yanzhao stood on the edge of the ridge to discuss it, and then returned to the team and gave instructions to the leaders of each team, ordering them to be responsible for the harvesting of an acre.

After Li Yanzhao gave the order, his subordinates dispersed. He also took a group of men to the field, and then each of them demarcated the area of responsibility, and then picked up the sickle in his hand and began to work.

The 100 generals did everything themselves, which not only made the majority of soldiers feel deeply excited, but also made some officers from the noble clan feel a little dissatisfied. Before, you only needed to stand on a high place and wave your hand, give orders, and give directions.

However, now, under the hands of this 100-person general who has personally done everything, these children of the family who were used to giving orders have to go deep into the front line with him with a sickle and hoe, and work with the majority of soldiers.

When Li Yanzhao was wielding a sickle and cutting vigorously in the field, he didn't pay attention to it, not far from the ridge, Su Xuanzuo was sitting on Su Xiaoniang, looking at such a class of hundreds of generals, and he was also surprised.