Chapter 17 Grow Your Own Food

"With this Jinsha River, there is no shortage of water, a hundred years ago this was definitely a rich place, when Tianshui County was established, how much more than a burden per mu here? Sometimes the wind and rain are good, and there can be as many as two loads at the time of the harvest.

But you only know one but you don't know the other, decades ago the princes of the world war, Tianshui County was occupied by the previous princes, and later Liu Bao in order to recapture Tianshui County, led 10,000 people to block the upper reaches of the Jinsha River, within a few days the river soared and washed away the river, even with the destruction of Tianshui three towns, Liu Bao took the opportunity to seize Tianshui County, since then the Jinsha River has a small flood in three years, a big flood in five years, and the original ten thousand hectares of fertile land have been greatly reduced...... Let's just say that this year, at the beginning of the year, the wind and rain were smooth, but as soon as June came, the river swelled and swallowed up a large area .........of farmland, if we hadn't harvested in advance to reduce losses, I am afraid that everyone could only eat wild vegetables to survive this winter.

It doesn't matter if the grain harvest fails, it's a big deal that our people eat less, but this is also an important place, and it doesn't stop every year.

Your Highness, you see that there are many fruits and vegetables planted on both sides of the Jinsha River, these things can be seen everywhere in the Central Plains at that time, but they are rare food for the people of Tibet and Daqin in the Western Regions.

Tibet is located in the highlands, I used to go there when I was young, I walked along the Jinsha River, it was really higher and higher, in the end it was difficult to even breathe, and the weather was very cold, just after July I had to put on thick clothes, where can I eat any vegetables and fruits?

The Western Regions are even worse, listening to the traders from there, there are thousands of miles of yellow sand, digging the ground for several zhang without a drop of water, let alone any rice and white rice, Tianshui County is located at the intersection of the two places, there are many merchants, Tibet has more salt, the price is much cheaper than the official salt, we use fruits and vegetables to secretly exchange for the other party's coarse salt, and the Western Regions have many cattle, sheep and horses, they use meat in exchange.

In the past few decades, we have formed several large bazaars through trade and trade, but in recent years, especially the soldiers in Tibet, are very barbaric, they have no goods and come directly to rob them, these people are soldiers, riding war horses with knives and guns, how can we ordinary people resist?

Especially when the harvest comes, they come to grab grain and grab fruits and grains, and Liu Yuan will send troops to guard every harvest, but even then there will be a lot of grain to be robbed, and even many people will die because of it. ”

In addition, if there is a great chaos today, and the displaced people are everywhere, the people on the Barberry Mountain will also go down the mountain to grab grain every time there is a good harvest, if they are better, after all, there are only 1,800 people, and they can't grab much food.

Alas, we are afraid of the king of Gesar in Tibet, these people are very cruel, once they are dispatched, they will have thousands of troops, a lot of grain has been robbed by them, more than 50% of the remaining grain will be confiscated, and the rations that can be left in their hands can be imagined how small. ”

The old man sighed and told the truth, the life of ordinary people is indeed not easy.

"I see, it seems that I have to find a hidden place to farm, otherwise I will be robbed by these people during the harvest, and I will have nothing to return to."

Liu Yuetian said secretly.

"Old family, that's Funiu Mountain."

Liu Yuetian pointed to a continuous mountain more than ten miles away and asked.

"That's right, that's Funiu Mountain, this mountain is more than 300 miles in radius, many people around are gathered in the mountains, they are all poor people who can't live, that is, we have a lot of people in Tianshui County, a few years ago these homeless people were still a group of rabble, grabbing food and goods, so that many people are not able to live in peace, but two years ago I don't know where a young man named Fu Jian, this person is not trivial, most of the homeless people surrendered, since then there is only one family in Funiu Mountain, there are thousands of people with knives and guns alone, Liu Yuan Taishou sent troops near the mountains to encircle and suppress them several times, but the mountains were high and the forests were deep, and they were familiar with the terrain, so if they couldn't fight, they would run, and Liu Yuan had no choice. ”

"What about Fu Jian? He's a horse bandit, so I'm afraid he'll come to harass you from time to time, right? Liu Yuetian then asked.

"Your Highness, you are wrong to blame him, these horse bandits originally robbed everywhere and made the people suffer a lot, but although this Fu Jian is a horse bandit, he only deals with the official family, and he will go down the mountain every harvest day, he deals with those people in Tibet and the Western Regions, and never bullies us Tianshui people, so we call him a chivalrous bandit, which is completely different from other horse bandits."

"It seems that this Fu Jian is not an indiscriminate murderer."

The local people are not disgusted with this Fu Jian, which means that this person is not a vicious person, Liu Yuetian nodded slightly

"And ......... Your Highness, you don't know, one of my distant juniors ran to the Funiu Mountain, he also has contact with the family, according to him, this Fu Jian does not look at his young age, everyone is very convinced of him, they cultivate their own hunting in the mountains and live, better than us. ”

The old man whispered.

"This man is a character, no wonder the system lists him as a historical general, such a character must be subdued."

"Old man, I don't have anything to do with the water on this day, it's very strange to see this farm work, can you find me a few acres of land, huh...... I don't need any good land, I can do anything, and I can plant a few acres to play with myself...... By the way, it's best that few people know about this place, after all, I'm the king of the county, and it's not good for people to know that I like farming. ”

Liu Yuetian's purpose in coming out this time was to ask the old man about the local customs, and to find a place to plant the grains exchanged by the system.

"Farming? You, the king of the county, like to farm? That's a surprise! ”

"Hehe, old man, I've reduced your taxes to 10%, and I'm not going to have a good time...... Besides, why can't the county king farm? And I grow more food than you do, believe it or not? ”

Liu Yuetian smiled and waved his hand and said.

"Your prince is different from other officials, even Liu Yuan has never taken a hoe......... There are some lands here, but they are all puddles, and those fertile fields are Liu Yuan's private property, and others can't move them. ”

"It's out of the way, it's okay anywhere, as long as it can be hidden."

The seeds exchanged for this exchange can be planted anywhere, which Liu Yuetian will not worry about.

At this moment, everyone is more than ten miles outside Tianshui County, here is a tidal flat, is a large depression, there is no field, only wild shrubs are all around.

"Lord Wang, look there!"

The old man pointed ahead and said.

"This used to be a fertile field, but now it has been invaded by the river, and few people usually come here, you can plant some rice in the marginal area, if the river does not flood, the harvest is not worse than other places, but if the river water soars, you are afraid that there will be no harvest."

"Okay, this place is just right!"

Liu Yuetian saw that no one appeared around, which was just right for the cultivation of his super food.