Chapter Seventy-Six: Where Is the Iron?

When Ma Chenghai returned to the Black Smoky Cliff Valley, the cold moon had sunk in the west.

The Black Tiger Hall is brightly lit. Ma Chenghai glanced at a few dark whistles around him, nodded and pushed the door in.

Tong Hang was sitting on the main seat, and the two sides were filled with the principals of all aspects of the valley. Seeing Ma Chenghai come in, Tong Hang nodded, still listening intently to the proposal of a white-haired old man. The old man Ma Chenghai knew, and the son called him Daddy Qiao. In charge of farming in the valley.

"According to Childe's orders, the valley began to reclaim the wasteland in September. Later, the population increased, the labor force increased, and the number of acres of cultivated wasteland also increased. The wasteland that was cultivated early was planted with a variety of vegetables. Because the snow this year was earlier than usual, the reclaimed wasteland did not have time to plant anything, so it was wasted there. There is plenty of water in the West Valley, and when the snow melts, Xiao Lao'er plans to arrange for someone to dig a few wells over there and open a square pond. In the coming spring, the fertile land will be cultivated, and the seedlings will be planted and the rice will be planted. I don't know what Childe thinks? ”

Tong Hang nodded and said, "Daddy Qiao can do it with confidence." Such good deeds should be done as soon as possible. Although we can get food back from outside, it is only a stopgap measure, and it is not a long-term measure. Wait for the spring to reclaim the fertile land, I am afraid that the sowing is a good time by mistake. This winter, we can first open the blanks, turn over the soil moisture, irrigate and soak the fields, and then splash the soil with manure in the next spring, and the yield of rice planting will surely double. ”

Daddy Qiao's eyes lit up, he hurriedly stood up, and said happily: "Childe, little old man is ashamed." ”

Doesn't this Ming know how to increase production with fertilizer? Tong Hang wondered, no wonder these perennial farmers only know how to grow vegetables with fertilizer.

"Daddy Qiao, you can also organize some healthy women to accompany the reclamation. When reclamation, those weeds can be dug and piled up, and rotted with pig feces and cow dung, which can also be used as fertilizer in the next year. In this way, our village will be much cleaner and the probability of getting sick will be reduced. ”

"Probability?" Everyone was stunned, not knowing what this probability was.

Tong Hang smiled awkwardly. No way, there are always some words that are out of time. "Probability is what chance means."

Everyone thought for a moment and nodded their heads again and again.

"Ding Sihu, can the population of the valley be counted and counted?" Tong Hang asked an old man who looked like a scholar.

This Ding Sihu fled from Qingzhou. Sihu is the name invented by Tong Hang, which is in charge of the registered population. This old man is a tried and failed scholar, with a family of five, an old wife, two sons, and the eldest son-in-law, Zhang. The eldest son, Ding Hu, served as a squad leader in the Black Tiger Detachment, and the second son, Ding Yuefeng, was arranged by Tong Hang to work in the finance department because he studied with his father and was good at arithmetic since he was a child.

Ding Sihu heard Tong Hang's call and hurriedly stood up.

"Don't stand up, sit down, sit down and say."

Ding Sihu didn't do it, and said: "The etiquette is like this, the son doesn't need to say much." ”

When Daddy Qiao heard this, he couldn't help but feel a little unbearable on his face, he didn't stand up when he replied just now, Childe won't blame him. He secretly glanced at Tong Hang, and when he saw that he didn't look at him at all, he couldn't help but secretly breathe a sigh of relief.

"The population of the valley has reached 3,617, and the number of households is 1,922. There were 631 strong men and 240 healthy women. ”

Tong Hang couldn't help but be stunned, and muttered: "There are so few strong men and healthy women? ”

Ding Sihu still heard it, and hurriedly said: "Son, when Guli was recruited at the beginning, it was recruited according to households. There is no harvest in the single Ding Valley. ”

Tong Hang nodded, this is his own enrollment policy.

"For the rest of them were three hundred and ten oxen, seven hundred thirty-four pigs, thirty-nine sheep, and eleven horses. Hundreds of chickens. Some time ago, the meat was eaten too much, which led to a significant decrease in the number of pigs, cattle and sheep. Ding Sihu said distressedly: "Childe, this cow can't be slaughtered anymore, and you still need to use cows in the spring." ”

"Hmm." Tong Hang nodded and said, "Ding Sihu has worked hard. As for this cow, I'll talk about it later, I have my own management methods. ”

"Ding Finance." Tong Hang said to Ding Yuefeng, who was sitting under Ding Sihu: "All kinds of accounts can be calculated? ”

Ding Yuefeng hurriedly put away his thoughts of silent memorization, and hurriedly stood up and replied: "Back to Gongzi, I have calculated all kinds of accounts in the valley. ”

"yes, okay." Tong Hang motioned for Ding Sihu to sit down, smiled and said to Ding Yuefeng: "You talk about it first, let everyone refer to it together, there are any omissions." ”

Ding Yuefeng saw Gongzi's smile, immediately calmed down, and said: "I have no gold in the valley, I have 1,300 taels of silver and 1,200 copper coins. According to Tian Si Treasurer's report to our department, there are 2,000 stones of grain and 600 stones of miscellaneous grains. According to Qiao Sinong's report, we inspected 25 wooden ploughs ......"

"Only twenty-five?" Tong Hang asked strangely, turning his head to look at Father Qiao.

Father Qiao hurriedly stood up and said: "Childe doesn't know, there is not enough iron in our valley, and the wooden plough has no iron, so it is easy to use, and there is a lot of loss when reclaiming wasteland. ”

Wooden plows of pure wood are of course vulnerable. This iron is really nerve-wracking, and I don't know where there is iron ore.

"You go on."

"There were four hundred and twenty-four sickles, and two hundred and ten, wooden hoes. There is also the account of the household, which my father has explained to his son just now. The accounts of the Li Division are confidential and cannot be checked by our office, so they cannot be counted. "There is an ordnance bureau in the division, which is inconvenient to disclose, so it is directly under the supervision of children's aviation.

Tong Hang nodded and said with satisfaction: "Ding Finance, the accounts are very clear, not bad." Sit down. ”

Ding Yuefeng glanced at his father Ding Sihu, and when he saw his father's satisfied gaze, he immediately sat down happily.

"You have been busy for most of the night for the affairs of the valley, and you have worked hard." Tong Hang stood up and arched his hand and said, "Thank you, boy, for being here." ”

Everyone hurriedly stood up and saluted in return.

Ding Sihu said: "If it weren't for Gongzi who recruited us to come to the valley and led us to build a house together, so that I could wait to live in a warm house, and Gongzi distributed food according to the population, so that I would have had enough to eat, otherwise, I would have died a long time ago and fed wild dogs." ”

Everyone nodded yes.

"Guys, please go back, please go back."

Seeing Ma Chenghai standing aside, everyone knew that Tong Hang had other things, so they hurriedly said goodbye and went home.

After everyone left, Tong Hang sat down, rubbed his temples with his hands, and said, "There are many people and little food, alas! ”

Ma Chenghai sat down and looked at Tong Hang, and couldn't help but be in a trance. Is this still a twelve-year-old? Looking at the posture of the meeting just now, it really feels like being in the court.

Tong Hang saw Ma Chenghai looking at him, remembered what happened before, and hurriedly asked, "What happened to the Green Wolf Gang?" ”

Ma Chenghai asked, hurriedly put away his trance, and replied: "Sure enough, it was the fire wolf who was cleaning the Green Wolf Gang, I went late, and I met the Linglong girl who escaped on the mountain beam in front of Spider Mountain." ”

"Linglong? The daughter of the Yang gang leader? ”

Ma Chenghai nodded, he remembered that the Qi Gang Leader had asked him about the son's birthday before, saying that he had made a marriage contract with the Yang Gang Leader about the son's son and Linglong. I don't know if there is such a thing, it was after Childe went up the mountain, and I guess Childe didn't know either.

Looking at Ma Chenghai's strange expression, Tong Hang couldn't help asking, "What's wrong?" ”

Ma Chenghai shook his head and said, "It's nothing, it's just that Miss Linglong was seriously injured." She seems to have a prejudice against you, and she is reluctant to go up the mountain, saying that she will go to the Black Tiger Gang to find Yu Laifa. ”

"Looking for him?" Tong Hang understood, after all, Linglong was not very familiar with herself, compared to Yu Laifa, Linglong must trust Yu Gang Leader, because in her opinion, Yu Gang Leader has the ability to help her take revenge.

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