With the use of Chinese ploughs and oxen, farmers have increased their farming efficiency tenfold, and within a few days, patches of farmland have appeared along the Maricha River and its tributaries, all the soil of these fields has been turned over, ridges have been built, canals have been dug, water from the Maricha River has been channeled into the canals to irrigate the fields, and then farmers have begun to sprinkle horse manure, cow dung, sheep manure and manure into the renovated soil to fertilize the fields, and when the fertilizer enters the soil, they will plant corn seeds.

Qin Dong did not understand agricultural affairs, so naturally there were officials who knew agriculture and experienced old farmers who led these freemen to cultivate together, and organized them to build ridges, dig canals, and divert water to irrigate the farmland.

After the successful experience of the farmland around the camp of Pazar, Qin Dong instructed to extend these experiences to all his territory, renting the ploughing oxen and Chinese ploughs to other peasants, because the rent was cheap, and the efficiency of the Chinese plough was indeed several times faster than that of other tools, many peasants were willing to rent ploughing oxen and Chinese ploughs for farming, and in a short time, the Chinese plough was extended to every corner of Qindong's territory.

Because of the Chinese plough, farmers can cultivate more land in a certain amount of time, and in a short time, they can complete their own land, and the rest of the time in addition to field management, farmers can engage in other production side jobs, such as hunting and fishing, and women can spin and weave, raise pigs, and grow vegetables and fruits.

After the surrounding area stabilized, Qin Dong began to plan the idea of establishing a city in Pazar, and built Pazar into a border trading city, and he would order people to build the city's first building, the Thousand Commander's Town Guard's Mansion.

After having the idea of building a city. Qin Dong convened the internal affairs officials to discuss the matter, and a Roman architect was invited. The guy's name was Peteus, and he used to be a slave. I don't know how he was captured by Ramado, in short, as a slave, he lived very hard under Ramodo, and after Qin Dong turned into a free man, he was grateful to Qin Dong, Qin Dong heard that he was an architect and hired him to work for himself, he had been raised by Qin Dong before, and he had nothing to do, and now Qin Dong is going to build a city, so he naturally has a place to use.

Qin Dong looked at the internal affairs officials sitting on both sides of him and said, "Everyone, I have summoned you here today. Mainly on the matter of discussing the construction of the city, what opinions can everyone say, so that others can refer to it! ”

At this time, a Hun official stood up and saluted and said: "My lord, we Huns have always been living by water and grass, where the water and grass are luxuriant, we will migrate to wherever it is suitable for us to raise cattle and sheep, but now adults want to build towns, it seems to run counter to the customs of our Huns, right?" ”

"Good. Sit down! Qin Dong stretched out his hand and pressed it, his eyes swept over his officials and said, "This question is well raised, why build a town?" We humans have been social animals since ancient times, due to natural conditions. The percentage of children we give birth to who survive is very low, and in ancient times, our ancestors did not have houses. Dwells in trees, in tree hollows. In the caves, they are often attacked by wild beasts. In order to protect ourselves, so our ancestors decided to build houses, houses made of wood, houses made of stone, each with its own benefits, but they all have one thing in common, that is, it is strong and able to resist the attack of wild beasts, in order to better facilitate the circulation of goods, exchange what is available, the ancestors built houses together, and the government managed the order, so that the city was formed, and many people could gather in the city, and all kinds of talents were available, do you know why the population of the Huns has always been very small? It is because the Huns have been migrating and never stopped, if human beings want to reproduce, they must be stable, with towns, we have doctors, and many people of various professions live in towns, the speed of human reproduction will be accelerated, and the survival rate of babies will be greatly improved! ”

It was the first time that several Hun internal affairs officials present heard that the town has the effect of increasing the survival rate of babies, this statement is very reasonable when you think about it carefully, the conditions in the field tent are not good, if it is winter, the cold wind is wanton, the midwife is not easy to invite, if it is difficult to give birth, it is likely that one corpse will die twice, and the probability of the baby dying because of the bad environment is very high.

Several Hun officials looked at each other, then exchanged heads and whispered to each other, and then one of them stood up and saluted: "My lord, if it is really as my lord said, the town can improve the survival rate of babies in my Great Hun Empire, we will fully agree with and support the adult's suggestion, and let the adult call the shots!" ”

The only resistance disappeared, and then everyone unanimously supported Qin Dong's decision to build the city of Pazar on the north bank of the upper reaches of the Maricha River.

Pethius was a Roman architect, but he wasn't very famous, and he might have been able to design and build a house with ease, but now planning and designing a city is not a job that ordinary people can do.

Qin Dong looked at Peteaus and asked, "Mr. Peteus, you are an architect, how do I want to plan, design, and build a city, you should be able to do this job, right?" ”

Peteus was sweating profusely, and said steadily: "My lord, this work is indeed a big challenge for the villain, the villain used to only design and build houses, but the planning and design of a city has never been done, but adults please rest assured, the villain will do his best to design a city for adults, I don't know what the requirements of adults are?" ”

Qin Dong thought for a while and said: "Since we have decided to build a border trade city, we must have a special border trade area, the whole city must be impregnable, able to accommodate more than 300,000 people, the city wall must be more than ten meters high, the foundation should be six meters wide, the top should be four meters wide, there should be a moat outside the city wall, the city should be divided into regions, and the whole city should be divided into several parts, administrative districts, residential areas, border trade areas, urban business areas, military garrison areas, etc., how about it, Peteus, can you meet my requirements?" ”

After Qin Dong's words were finished, Pethius exclaimed exaggeratedly, "Oh, my God, my lord, do you want to build Pazar into a second Roman city?" If, according to your request, it would take at least twenty years for the current population of Pazar to build the city, and the mere construction of the walls would be a huge undertaking!"

After Petheus finished speaking, Qin Dong realized that this is Europe and not China, in China in this era, there are many cities with a population of 200,000, and Chang'an of the Tang Dynasty one hundred and fifty or sixty years later is still the largest city in the world with a population of one million, but it is almost impossible to find a city with a population of one million in ancient Europe, and a city with a population of more than ten or two hundred thousand is a big city, such as the city of Rome.

As far as building houses is concerned, the construction speed of ancient China is definitely much faster than that of ancient Europe, because most of the houses in ancient China are wooden structures, and carpenters and masons are enough, but the construction materials in Europe are different, many building materials are made of stone, and the structure is extremely complex, if the design is not reasonable, it is likely to cause collapse, and if the house is built in the plain area, the raw materials are stones, and the stones need to be transported from far away, which is not an easy job, Therefore, many cities and castles in ancient Europe were built on the mountainside, and there must be mountain spring water flowing down from the mountain, without having to go down the mountain to get water.

After realizing his mistake, Qin Dong touched his nose with a smile, and then said: "Since this is the case, then build a city that can accommodate 100,000 people, and the height and width of the city wall will be reduced accordingly, but not too little, if it is broken by someone as soon as it is attacked, it is better not to build a city wall!" ”

Pethius saluted: "Yes, my lord, the villain will come up with the design plan and hand it over to the adult within a month!" (To be continued......)