Su Xiaoniang's singing made the soldiers in the wilderness lose their minds for a while. The crowd was either immersed or intoxicated. However, it didn't take long for the soldiers to start a new round of work with Li Yanzhao's shouting.

Listening to Su Xiaoniang's graceful singing, all the soldiers were silent a lot at the moment, and they were still reminiscing about the afterglow of the song in their hearts, but the movements in their hands were much faster.

On that day, all the soldiers reclaimed the famine, and advanced more than four miles. In the competition of reclamation results that day, it was the one led by Yuan Jingshou who won the first place. The group of Qin Dayong followed by Li Yanzhao had to accompany the last seat because of Li Yanzhao's big burden of not being good at farming.

At the end of the competition, Li Yanzhao looked helpless and handed the hanging red money he had sent out earlier to Yuan Jingshou. A look of distress. Su Xiaoniang, who followed the people who burned the wasteland to this place, couldn't help but be suspicious when she saw this section, and when she knew the reason for this, she saw Li Yanzhao's face deflated, and couldn't help but cover her mouth and chuckle again.

Li Yanzhao suddenly felt that he had become the most wronged person in the world. The sentry who paid a thousand dollars and kept himself and his subordinates on duty for one night was simply stupid enough to spend money to buy sin.

Although thinking of this, Li Yanzhao was bent on taking into account his authority and influence as the head of the cavalry battalion, so he naturally did not want to be fooled, so he said goodbye to Su Xiaoniang and the little official of Nayongdeng County, and on the way back to the camp, he formulated a sentry list for tonight's guard.

Inexplicably, because of the drag of hundreds of generals, and out of thin air, the new chief Qin Dayong, who was on duty all night and was hard, also had a bitter face when facing Li Yanzhao. However, they got along with each other on the way to escape, and Qin Dayong also knew that this hundred people were not farmers, so he was unfamiliar with his methods, and he could understand it. In addition, after entering the barracks, the other party has always been his boss, and the authority he has established has long been unshakable, so although he slandered in his heart, he did not complain.

After that, the cavalry and the displaced people spent more than ten days burning down all the wasteland newly allocated by the county government to the displaced people. This land is located in the north of Yongdeng County, on the shore of the reverse water, starting from Ganjiazhuang and ending at the mouth of Xiawan Valley. The area is more than 200 hectares, which is enough for the cultivation of the displaced people resettled in Yongdeng County.

Now that the burning work in the early stages of reclamation is complete, all that remains is turning over the soil and digging ditches. The county government selected some of the strong cattle purchased by the county government earlier and allocated them to Yongdeng County for use. Yongdeng County also distributed these strong cattle to the displaced people, so that they could use these animal power to reclaim wasteland.

In the ploughing operation, these oxen put on ploughshares and go down between the ridges of the fields to plow the burned land. Then, by manpower, the clods of soil are hoeed. The soil in the field is fully mixed with the ashes of the plants and trees that were burned before, which is convenient for the accumulation of fertilizer on the one hand, and the cultivation that follows on the other hand.

During the turning period, the land needs to be divided into regions, and the excavated soil is used to make it easy for farmers to pass through the soil that is easy to do on weekdays. Li Yanzhao also ordered the team of cavalry led by Shao Lei to be in charge of this matter. So they followed the homeless people who drove the oxen to turn over the soil, and carried the soil between the acres of the fields, and followed the area divided by the little officials.

After the soil is turned over, it is necessary to dig a ditch to divert water, and lead the river water in the reverse water to the dug ditch to facilitate the irrigation of farmers. It's just that Li Yanzhao saw that on the west bank of the backwater, the land he had reclaimed was very vast, and the widest part was four miles away from the backwater bank, so he dug a number of ditches and led them to the periphery of each field, which undoubtedly caused a huge amount of work.

With such a huge amount of work, it is completely impossible for these people to complete it before the summer grain is sown. As a last resort, Li Yanzhao only learned that the little official of the meeting asked the county government to mobilize more manpower, or mobilize a few professionals who were good at drilling wells, to come and assist his department.

In the end, after the coordination of the small official, the county government still sent a few well diggers to this side.

In view of the current reality, Li Yanzhao decided to dig ditches for irrigation in the areas near the river on the west bank, and to dig wells for irrigation in areas far from the river. After all, compared with ditch irrigation, which consumes a lot of manpower, the manpower and material resources consumed by well irrigation are really much smaller.

This newly reclaimed wasteland is on the west bank of the water. The reverse water is a tributary of a large river with abundant water. Therefore, it is not difficult to dig wells on both sides of the river to get water.

In view of this situation, Liu Jiwu divided the cavalry into several groups. Li Yanzhao took the more than 100 cavalry soldiers who he was also the commander of the hundred people to assist the displaced people in turning over the soil; Song Qing led the hundred people under his jurisdiction to dig ditches and ditches; Liu Jiwu himself led more than 100 of his subordinates to assist the professional well diggers sent by the Yongdeng County Government to dig wells around the newly reclaimed wasteland far from the river.

In this way, more than a month passed before the cavalry completed this series of reclamation tasks assigned by the county government. As far as the eye can see, the newly reclaimed farmland is endless, and the fields are staggered. The newly dug canal at the edge of the field also continuously diverted the water of the river to the fields.

The operation of the canal is also very convenient, and the county government has driven many carpenters to make several wooden gates for this project, which are now placed on various points of the canal. When it is time to irrigate the fields, these sluices are opened, and the water from the river flows continuously to the fields. Once the irrigation is sufficient, simply close the sluices.

Near the fields far from the river, there are also many wells for irrigation. These wells were equipped with ropes for drawing water. Irrigation alone is not as convenient as ditch irrigation, and it is still necessary to use manpower to draw water for irrigation.

Fortunately, the displaced people are satisfied with what they have received so far. In order to balance these inconveniences, the county government allocated a series of farmland far from the river and without ditch irrigation to the many households in Dingkou. In this way, these households with a large number of Dingkou can also rely on more labor to carry out well irrigation operations, so as to obtain more agricultural harvests.

Looking at the fact that he led his subordinates and cooperated with the displaced people to reclaim the wasteland, in just over a month, he turned a wasteland with lush vegetation into a fertile land suitable for farming, producing grain, and increasing taxes. The pride and pride in Li Yanzhao's heart were even greater than those ignorant soldiers under him.

Absorb the homeless, increase the population per acre, and tax revenue. In this way, it is the way to stand in this troubled world by forming a full-time elite soldier. Although Liangzhou is not under military threat from the outside world at the moment. However, the surrounding tigers and wolves are fed, and Chen An, the strategic buffer zone of Liangzhou, does not know how long it can last.

It's just that judging from the current situation, Chen An's defeat is likely to be getting closer and closer. If Chen An falls, if nothing else, Liangzhou will directly border the Xiongnu Liu Zhao, and will also face the military pressure of the Xiongnu Liu Zhao more clearly.

How strong Liu Zhao's military strength is, Li Yanzhao still has no bottom in his heart. However, if you think that you can destroy the many forces of the Western Jin Dynasty in Guanzhong and occupy the land of Guanzhong for a long time, it will not be weak. Although the Liangzhou area is mountainous, which is not conducive to the development and application of Hun cavalry tactics, it can be regarded as Liangzhou's natural advantage in the face of Liu Zhao, but Li Yanzhao has already had a sense of taking precautions for the increasingly severe situation outside Liangzhou.

was thinking about this matter by himself, Li Yanzhao, who was outside the wandering things, did not see that many people in the fields had gathered at this moment under the call of the middle-aged man before, and turned to come to his side in groups.

The soldiers beside him saw the homeless people approaching, but the general was a wanderer, and he was indifferent. Hurriedly reminded him, Li Yanzhao came back to his senses and looked at the group of homeless people with a solemn face.

The middle-aged man approached with the displaced people, and he himself came straight to Li Yanzhao, and when Li Yanzhao saw this, he had to stride up to meet him.

"In Xia Suxuan, under the leadership of General Li, he reclaimed fertile soil for the villagers. This kindness cannot be repaid. Only prepare a little wine with the villagers to thank the strong men for their help. ”

Su Xuan said words of gratitude in his mouth, and he already took a deep look at Li Yanzhao. Seeing this, Li Yanzhao also hurriedly clasped his fists and bowed as a salute.

Many people behind Su Xuan, either holding wine, or holding steamed buns and eggs to eat, all knelt down behind Su Xuan at this time, and served those drinks and food with both hands, and Li Yanzhao was flattered for a while, and he didn't know how to politely refuse Su Xuan and the villagers' kindness.

At a loss, he saw Su Xuan's little lady turn out behind him, saluted Li Yanzhao, and then said with a smile: "These drinks and food are all raised spontaneously by the villagers, and I would like to thank the strong men under General Li for their generosity for more than a month. ”

Su Xiaoniang's voice fell, and the villagers kneeling in the back were already saying angrily: "Please accept it!" ”

It was difficult to resist the enthusiasm, and Li Yanzhao had to accept it. Then he stepped forward to help the people in the front row up one by one, and then looked at Su Xuan and Su Xiaoniang. opened his mouth and said: "Helping the villagers to reclaim the famine is just a matter within my own responsibility, why should you say thank you!" Now that the wasteland has been reclaimed, and it is also the summer grain sowing season, the villagers are also invited to be diligent in farming and farming. ”

When Su Xuan heard this, he smiled indifferently and said, "That's nature." The county government and I have our own arrangements for the cultivation of summer grain, and then we dare not bother General Li. ”

Li Yanzhao saw the food in the hands of the villagers, and couldn't help but have an idea, and said slowly: "Today, after the reclamation is over, and the villagers have brought so much wine and food, why don't you let a certain soldier take this opportunity to have a friendship with the villagers, what do you think?" ”

Su Xuan has not yet expressed her position, but Su Xiaoniang was overjoyed when she heard this. Hurriedly said: "This is the best." We are afraid of delaying the general's military affairs, so we dare not make such a proposal. Since the general proposed it, he will do as the general says. ”

Li Yanzhao was also overjoyed when he heard that Su Xiaoniang should come down, took out the money bag, and ordered the left and right sergeants to take people to the county town and buy some more wine and food. The villagers have offered wine and food, and some of them have returned to the county under the instructions of Su Xiaoniang, and went to their respective homes to look for stools, beds and other things.

Soon after, on the bank of the river, in the wasteland that had just been reclaimed, the cavalry of the Guangwu Army and the newly resettled people in Yongdeng County launched a unique military-civilian friendship.