After the details of the military operation were agreed, Modo and his five thousand commanders began to prepare, and the next day Lorid led three thousand iron horsemen with Qin Dong to Pazar.

After leaving Saidika and entering the territory of Pana, which belongs to Qindong's jurisdiction, the scenery along the way changed, and the grass on the grasslands under Qindong's jurisdiction was obviously more lush than other places, not only in one place, but also after a long march, after arriving at Pana's army camp, which surprised Lored.

Lored couldn't help but ask, "Lord Qin Dong, along the way, why is the grass in the grasslands under your jurisdiction so much more lush than the grasslands in other places?" What is the reason for this? ”

Qin Dong said with a smile: "Lord Lored, this is very simple, the growth of grass takes time, if the consumption rate of grass by cattle, sheep and horses exceeds the growth rate of grass, then the grass on the grassland must not grow, and often grazing in a pasture, the trampling of livestock on the grassland is also very damaging, it is easy to make the grassland become a desert, or even desertification, so you can't overgraze, you must give the grassland enough time to grow, and ensure that the grassland is lush in order to have enough grass to graze, for this, We do two things: first, to control the grazing time in each pasture, and second, to increase the sowing of the pasture, to collect weed seeds and sow them in the damaged pasture! ”

Lored suddenly realized, "It turns out that you can keep the grassland evergreen like this, Lord Qin Dong, it seems that you are not only a person who can fight. And he is a person who can bring a happy life to the herdsmen, Da Dan Yu is not wrong, and it is right to promote you to the rank of captain! ”

All the way. Lored found that Qindong's territory was obviously much better developed than the territory controlled by other generals, not only was it populous, but he also found that in addition to herders grazing in the pastures, there was a large amount of farmland near rivers and streams in Qindong's territory, which made Lorid very shocked, knowing that the Huns never knew how to farm, and Qindong's territory was not only farming. And farming is developing very well.

In addition to a large amount of wheat planted in the farmland along both sides of the Magyar River, there are also some farmland plants with yellow flowers, and Lorid asked puzzledly: "Lord Qin Dong." Do you farm near rivers and streams? ”

"Yes, Lord Lored, you know that we have to buy food from the Southern Roman Empire every year to feed our people, and it is winter. Due to heavy snow covering the meadows. Livestock are also hungry because they have nothing to eat, and sometimes they freeze to death because of the cold climate, so we are always at the mercy of people, if the Roman Empire does not sell us food, then we will be miserable in winter, so we have to find a way to solve the food problem by ourselves, it just so happened that last year I fought two wars and had some prisoners as slaves. Many of these people were from the Roman Empire, and they could farm. I gave them farming tools and let them cultivate by themselves, and then our herdsmen also followed them to learn how to farm, so the current situation was formed. ”

As far as the eye can see, the farmland on both sides of the river is a rectangular patch, and there are ditches between each field for irrigation, which are connected to the river or stream, and there are some tall wooden waterwheels along the river and the stream.

It is full of vitality here, the situation is in stark contrast to the desolate scene of Saidica, Lored rode on his horse and looked at the endless farmland, intoxicated by the sea of yellow flowers, at this time, listening to Qin Dong's inquiry, he said: "Yes, it is very spectacular, very vibrant, what is grown in this farmland, why are its flowers yellow?" ”

Qin Dong introduced: "My lord, this plant is called rapeseed, which was brought by merchants from the far east, and its fruit can be used to squeeze oil after it is ripe, we call it rapeseed oil, cooking food with rapeseed oil tastes very good, it can also play a role in lubricating the mouth and esophagus, so that the taste of food becomes soft, for example, when we eat beef, if there is oil on the meat, the taste will become smooth, but adults usually eat animal fat, and the oil squeezed from rapeseed is the oil of vegetation. Moreover, the rapeseed cake after rapeseed oil extraction can also be used to feed the livestock, and the animals eat the rapeseed cake to raise themselves very fat."

Rapeseed originated in China, but with the exchange between ancient China and neighboring countries, rapeseed was also brought to the West and Africa by merchants, and its oil content is very high.

"Oh, this canola still has this effect? Now you grow rape in addition to wheat, so that means you have enough food to eat, otherwise you would not grow this kind of rape," Lored immediately asked his doubts, after all, rapeseed can only be squeezed for oil, and rapeseed cake can only be fed to livestock, not for people.

Qin Dong said with a smile: "Yes, my lord, the growth period of this plant is only a few months, and it is generally sown in autumn and harvested in spring, but because its growing season overlaps with the growth time of wheat, we are only going to plant this time, and only plant wheat in winter and spring in the future, and then plant crops that can produce oil on hot days, so that we can make full use of the land and not let the land be idle!" ”

Lorid didn't understand Nong Sang at all, but when he heard Qin Dong say this, he knew that Qin Dong obviously understood it very well, and he was very honest, so he nodded frequently, and his opinion of Qin Dong went to the next level.

Near noon, Lored with the escort army of 3,000 people with Qin Dong finally arrived in Pazar City, because it was a guest army, so Lorid let the escort army stationed outside the city, fortunately, Qin Dong's garrison camp in Pazar was large enough, enough to accommodate tens of thousands of people, even the barracks were ready-made, there was no need to camp at all, Lorid saw that there was such a good thing, of course, he couldn't ask for it, and immediately ordered the army to drive to the garrison camp under the guidance of the personnel arranged by Qin Dong, and stationed there, and he himself took more than 100 personal guards to enter the city with Qin Dong.

The avenue at the gate of the city was already full of many citizens on both sides, and these citizens came to see the excitement, and when they set off from Saidika, Qin Dong sent a fast horse to rush back to report the news. Let Pethius and other officials be ready to greet them, hence the lively scene now.

Petus, Su He, Wang Liu, Liu Yang and dozens of other officials, large and small, stood at the front to greet them, and the citizens on both sides of the road saw Qin Dong returning with the royal envoy. They all waved their hands to greet Lored and the others, this situation made Lorid a little flattered, although he has been the captain of Attila's guard, but he has never experienced this kind of battle, that is, Attila came back from the victory, and the herdsmen of the royal court have never engaged in this kind of ceremony, after all, no one has organized it. Of course, the citizens would not spontaneously engage in such a formalistic scene.

Lored was flattered to see the citizens on both sides of the road waving to him, and he didn't know what to do. He couldn't help but turn his head and ask Qin Dong in a low voice: "Lord Qin Dong, this, this scene is too big, what should I do?" ”

Qin Dong smiled: "Your Excellency, you just need to smile. Just wave to them! ”

Lored complied. After entering the city gate and seeing the scene in the city, the situation in the city made him even more shocked, at this moment he was like Grandma Liu entering the Grand View Garden, not only the area here is very strange to him, many affairs in the city are very strange to him, he is not a soil bun who has not seen the scene, thinking that he followed Attila and once came to the city of Rome. He had seen strange things in the Roman Empire, but there were many things on both sides of the street that he had never seen before. For example, there was a pillar on the side of the road that was more than one person high, and there was a glass circle on the pillar, and there seemed to be an oil lamp inside, so he didn't know what it was for, so he asked: "Lord Qin Dong, what is this pillar for, and what is its purpose?" ”

Qin Dong introduced: "My lord, this is called a street lamp, lighting the oil lamp inside the glass cover at night can illuminate pedestrians, generally only at night, not during the day!" ”

This shocked Lored very much, you must know that although the Romans in this era already know how to make zuò glass, but the production of glass is very low, even in Rome, the price of glass is still very high, but Qin Dong actually used glass to make the lampshade of the street lamp, this whole street, Lorid can't see the end at a glance, and he doesn't know how many of these street lamps there are, but he knows that it will definitely not be less, how much does it cost?

"Lord Qin Dong, you, you use glass as a lampshade? Aren't you afraid that the glass will be stolen, along with the oil lamp inside? Lored felt as if his mind was running out of his head, and the surprise he felt today was the most in his life.

Qin Dong had long known that Lored would ask this, and he explained with a smile: "My lord, the value of this glass lampshade is not very high, it is completely incomparable with other glass products in terms of beauty and delicacy, and we have mastered the craft of making this kind of glass lampshade, these are all made by ourselves, and these glass lampshades are connected together with the pillars, if it is not broken, it is generally difficult to be stolen, and the oil lamp inside it is also connected to the pillars, Every evening, there are special people to add a little oil to it to let it burn overnight, and at dawn it will be burned out and extinguished, so others can't steal if they want to, and we also have special soldiers patrolling at night, for thieves who steal, as long as they are caught, they will be severely punished!

You see, the city hall has also built toilets on both sides of the street that are convenient for pedestrians, and passers-by can go in to solve the problem if they have an urgent need to urinate or want to defecate, one copper plate at a time, and this kind of toilet has one every two miles. There are public bathhouses in many streets, citizens can go in to bathe, five copper plates at a time, there are sewers on both sides of the street, if it rains, the rainwater will flow out along the sewers, will not cause waterlogging, in addition there are a total of 200 wells in various places in the city, it is convenient for citizens to take water, can be used for domestic water, this is not charged, because the Magyar River flows through the city, as long as the river does not dry up, the well water will not dry up, and the river is forbidden to wash clothes and discharge garbage and sewage, If someone is found washing clothes or discharging garbage and sewage by the river, they will be sent to jail and a fine will be paid before they can be released! ”

At this moment, Lored's mind was completely confused, and he was stimulated too much today, and he felt like a dirt bun entering the world of flowers. (To be continued......)