Zuo Shaoyang was overjoyed: "Great, there have been several heavy snowfalls in a row this winter, the so-called Ruixue Mega Year." The land has been watered thoroughly, and the spring rain should not be worried, the key is to cultivate and weed, and there must be manpower. If a large number of troops can be disarmed and returned to the fields to come to Hezhou to cultivate, then the people of Hezhou will be better. ”

"Well, it's a good idea for you to send soldiers to plow the land and sow seeds when you are sending soldiers to grab the farms. But there's one more thing, where do the rice seeds come from? ”

"This ......" Zuo Shaoyang squinted at the generals Feng Li and Xue Wanche, and did not speak again.

Feng Li and Xue Wanche whispered a few words, got up together and gave up their hands, Feng Li said: "General, the last general besieged Hezhou, so that the people were killed and injured countless times, and the fields were barren, this is all the fault of the two of us, thanks to the grace of the imperial court, I am not to blame for the past, but the losses caused to the people of Hezhou, both of us have the heart to make up for it, and we are determined to deduct two years of rice from the two of us to fill the rice seeds of the people of Hezhou." ”

These two people used to be the generals of the three products, this time Zhao'an, one of the good conditions is that the official rank remains the same, and they still enjoy the treatment of the three products, and the annual Lu rice is 700 stones, that is, 7,000 buckets. In two years, the two of them converted rice into rice seeds, which can reach 50,000 buckets, basically solving the problem of rice seeds in the barren fields of Hezhou.

The general was overjoyed: "Good! It is rare for the two generals to be so benevolent to the people of Hezhou, and the general thanked the two generals for the people of Hezhou. ”

Xue Wanche and Feng Li bowed down in fear and said, "The last general has no place to be ashamed!" ”

The general said again: "Some of the Yamen rice seeds that our army collected last time are still not edible, and there are also many rice seeds in the grain handed over by the two generals to the Hezhou Yamen," he turned his face sideways and asked Ouyang Thorn Shi next to him: "Are these rice seeds sown enough?" ”

"More than enough!" Ouyang Tingshi stroked his beard and smiled, "With the blessings of the great general and the two generals, the people of Hezhou will have hope." ”

"As it should be!" The general smiled and said to Feng Li and Xue Wanche: "The officials and soldiers in the city have been hungry for two months, and they can't do anything, so they can only entrust the two generals to lead their troops to help the local people plough the broken soil, build ridges, and sow rice seeds. It can be completed in two days in a limited time! If you don't have farm tools, you should use the blade of your sword, and you must use the field as your own ploughing, and you are not allowed to be lazy and slippery, and you are perfunctory! This king will send people to investigate on the spot, there are carriers, and military law is engaged! After ploughing and sowing, immediately evacuate Hezhou and rush to their respective places of defense, and they can no longer stay in Hezhou and disturb the place. ”

Feng Li and Xue Wanche hurriedly bowed down to receive the order.

The general said to Ouyang Thorn Shi again: "The two generals have already said that they will deduct the two of them for two years to use rice seeds, and you will be responsible for reporting this matter to the imperial court. ”

Ouyang Thorn Shi and Qian County Ling hurriedly bowed down to receive the order.

The general said: "Just now Zuo Gongzi said, without food, the hungry people will not be able to stay, this is the real truth, this is good, General Feng, your army has looted a large amount of grain and grass from all over the place, except for leaving the two armies and the grain on the way to other places, the rest of the grain is all used for disaster relief to the local hungry people in Hezhou!" The specific plan will be formulated by Ouyang Thorn Shi and submitted to the king for approval. ”

Feng Li, Xue Wanche, and Ouyang Tingshi hurriedly bowed down to receive the order again.

Ouyang Thorn Shi praised: "The general really solves problems for the people, which is really a blessing for the people of Li." Now Hezhou is saved. ”

Zuo Gui and Zuo Shaoyang were also overjoyed. Zuo Shaoyang didn't expect that his proposal was not only completely adopted by the general, but also took further measures to help the people, Zuo Shaoyang said again: "General, now there are a large number of corpses in the mass graves outside the city that have not been buried, and there are still hungry people in many hidden places in the city, and now the weather is gradually getting hotter, if you don't deal with the corpses quickly, it is easy to cause a plague." ”

"Well, that's right," the general turned his head to look at Feng Li and Xue Wanche and said, "While you two are responsible for turning over the ground and breaking the soil, you must send enough people to bury the corpses, and you must not cause a plague epidemic!" ”

The two hurriedly bowed down to receive the order.

The general said: "This king is going to return to the dynasty today, this war has brought suffering to the people of Hezhou, and many people have died. Ouyang Thorn History, Qian County Order, you are the parents and officials of Hezhou, you must work together to benefit the people of Hezhou! ”

Ouyang Thorn Shi and Qian County Ling hurriedly bowed down to receive the order.

The general beckoned Zuo Shaoyang over, took out a short sword from his boots, and handed it to him: "This short sword has been fighting on the battlefield with this king for many years, and has drunk countless blood, and now it is given to you to reward your military exploits." ”

Zuo Shaoyang hurriedly took it with trepidation, and he didn't dare to draw his sword to take a look, but he just held it with both hands, and immediately took a few steps back, and then bowed down to thank him.

The general said: "Okay, at noon today, the general will return to the court, everyone, there will be a period later!" ”

They all stood up and bowed.

At the end of the talks, Zuo Shaoyang and the others said goodbye, and the officers and soldiers were waiting for them with several carts of things, all of which were rewarded by the general. Bai Zhihan and Miao Peilan were very happy to hear that the general had rewarded livestock and poultry such as ploughing cattle.

They carried the general's reward back to the Qu family's old house.

On the way, Zuo Shaoyang pulled out the short sword and looked at it, only to see that the short sword was about the same length as the dagger, the cold air was forested, the hilt of the sword was inlaid with colorful gems, and the sun was shining with a beautiful colorful luster.

People say that a good sword can blow hair and break hair, Zuo Shaoyang pulled out a hair, put it on the blade of the sword, and blew it with his mouth in the wind, the hair fluttered and broke into two, and it was really a sword that sharpened iron like clay!

It's just that this sword was given by the general, and it is inlaid with so many treasures, you can't just take it with you, so as not to lose it, it will be miserable. So after returning to the Qu family's old house, the first thing he did was to put the short sword together with the inscription written by the general, and collect it.

Most of the people who went out in the Qu family's old mansion have not come back yet, and there must be too many people receiving porridge. The old lady Qu who was at home heard that the general had rewarded so many good things, and they were all so happy that they couldn't close their mouths, especially the Liang family, who cried with joy, and hurriedly asked his son to pay tribute to the ancestral tablet with incense, praying and thanking.

Zuo Shaoyang went to Mrs. Qu and asked if he could raise these livestock and poultry in the yard, and Mrs. Qu said with a smile that this mansion was originally going to be given to him, but he refused to ask for it. It is up to him to decide whether to raise livestock and poultry or not.

Zuo Shaoyang was very happy and immediately arranged it.

Thanks to the old house of the Qu family now, the place is big, otherwise, these chickens and ducks don't know how to put them. The fifty fish were all alive and poured directly into the lotus pond. The ducks are all water ducks, which are stocked on the lotus pond.

The more troublesome are the cows, pigs and chickens, which cannot be kept on the hillside, otherwise they will be taken out by the hungry and slaughtered and eaten. Zuo Shaoyang took the money and asked Li Dazhuang to help buy some wood and come back, built a cowshed in the corner of the back garden, locked the two cows inside, and built a pigsty next to it to raise pigs. As for the fifty chickens, they can't be placed in the back garden, otherwise they will spoil all the flowers and plants planted by Bai Zhihan, besides, Zuo Shaoyang is also going to plant some vegetables in the back garden. So, I surrounded a small area around the fillet and made a fence with bamboo, and fifty chickens were raised in the fence.

All of a sudden, the back garden was bustling, with the humming of pigs, the clucking of chickens, the quacking of ducks, the mooing of ploughing cattle, and the picturesque back garden arranged by Bai Zhihan became a livestock and poultry farm.

Miao's mother took the initiative to ask Ying, and told Zuo Gui and Liang that she would take care of these pigs, cows, chickens, ducks and fish, anyway, there is no patient to be seen now, her legs are lame, and she can't get off the ground, but it is no problem to go up the mountain to hunt pigweed and cut cattle grass, and raise livestock and poultry.

Seeing that she was so enthusiastic, Zuo Gui's father agreed.

It was already noon to deal with the matter of chickens and ducks.

The general led the army out of the city at noon, he was already terrified of Hezhou, and he was not willing to stay here for a moment, so he did not even participate in the Yamen practice wine banquet on the grounds that the people were famine and had no intention of drinking and feasting, so he led the army to leave in a hurry, and the class returned to the court.

When the official army came, it was quite powerful, but when they left, they were already dying, and this was still the appearance after recruiting the rebels, getting food from the rebels, and eating a few meals at sea.

When Fan Hei was leaving, he came to Guizhi Hall to say goodbye, and thanked the Zuo family for taking care of him and his soldiers for more than a month, otherwise, I was afraid that I would starve to death in this Hezhou city. drank three glasses of farewell wine with Zuo Shaoyang, and then said goodbye.

Because Feng Li's army already helped plough the broken soil in the field, Zuo Shaoyang had to rush to germinate and raise seedlings. The first process of seed pre-selection is not to dry the seeds. The past two days have been good, so let's dry the seeds first. The seeds must be dried for two or three days to improve the germination rate and vitality of the seeds, and the dried seeds can also promote the germination of neatness.

Zuo Shaoyang asked his mother Liang to buy a lot of dustpans from Uncle Cai from the grocery store opposite, and asked Miao Peilan to help pour all the seeds on the dustpan and put them on the path in the back garden of the old house, on the open space by the pond, spread them out, and put them under the head to dry. Put it all over the yard with dustpans.

A large circle has been enclosed by a bamboo fence around the pond, and the ducks are raised in it, and the chickens and pigs are also kept in a bamboo fence, so there is no need to worry about eating the seeds. Of course, in order to prevent accidents, Miao Peilan's mother still took her four younger siblings to watch, and helped to keep turning the rice seeds and drying them thoroughly.

Subsequently, Zuo Shaoyang asked his brother-in-law to take him out of the city to check the fields. He had to figure out where his fields were. Zuo Gui and his wife, Miao Peilan, Bai Zhihan, Cao'er and others also went out of the city to watch.

Most of these fields are high-quality fertile fields, and irrigation canals have been in use, and next to the canals, you can see the overturned irrigation tools that you have seen in the history books.

(To be continued)