For ordinary people, the Spring Festival is the most idle time of the year, there is no work in the farmland, and generally speaking, the government will not levy forced labor at this time. If you don't have any debts, or even have some money to spare, in addition to preparing the seeds for the next year, you can also make some wine, cut some meat, and treat the whole family's stomach that has been dry for a year, and then the day will be considered happy.

Many of the people under Wei Ba's rule have already lived such a happy life. These people refer to those who fought with Wei Ba, not only were they lucky not to be killed or injured in battle, but they also made meritorious contributions and even promoted officials. Of course, there are not too many such people, only about a hundred and ten, and most of the soldiers only get a little trophy, but most of them are honors, and the actual material benefits are very limited.

However, ordinary people are always easy to be satisfied, and if they can come back alive, they are lucky, if they are not crippled, they are lucky stars, if there is no injury at all, or just a flesh injury, or even some loot, then it is even more smoke on the ancestral grave.

What's more, General Fuyi -- no, I heard that he is now General Zhennan -- also spread the word that all officers and men in the army would be given a field by mouth after the beginning of the year.

This news is more exciting than any reward, covering a wider area, there are more than 40,000 people following Wei Ba's campaign, one person is a family, more than 40,000 households although less than one-tenth of Wei Ba's household registration, but involving a large number of tribes, so many people can move out of the mountains, with their own arable land, this good news is tantamount to a rain of rain.

At this moment, it is not only those soldiers who have made meritorious contributions. All the soldiers who were selected to participate in the war became the envy of their neighbors, and those men who had gone to join the army but failed to be selected became the targets of contempt for their mothers-in-law.

Those who were not selected made up their minds to practice martial arts hard, waiting for the next conscription order of the god general, and those who have been selected dare not relax, and they have to practice martial arts hard. In order to repay the love of God. The rumors have come out. In order to allow more soldiers to enjoy the benefits, the god general rejected the plan of the Prime Minister Jiang to join the army, gave up all the land that belonged to him, and used most of the ownerless land to distribute to the soldiers. Not only did he give up a large piece of land. It may have offended the prime minister because of this. So in every sense of the word. They should all practice martial arts. to repay the kindness of God.

Practicing martial arts has become the most important thing outside of moving.

Just after the New Year, the three counties of Jingnan and the seven counties of Jiaozhou began to be lively. A large number of mountain people have moved out of the mountains to live on the newly allocated land, and you can see the scene of logging and building houses everywhere. This also gives a chance for those who are relatively small but absolute in number, and have not been allocated land, to eat, and they take the opportunity to help move and build houses to go out of the mountains and find their own development opportunities.

After the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, the land distribution plan was officially released, and those families who were newly allocated land began to recruit tribes. However, the progress was not smooth, and those barbarians who came out of the mountains were tempted by the bright prospects of their fellow villagers, and would rather wait for the conscription of the divine generals than easily become the personal subordinates of any family. The private part is actually a house slave, and if you don't get to that point, who wants to be a house slave, wouldn't it be better to follow the gods to go to war.

Seeing that spring ploughing is imminent, there are not enough troops to recruit, and the newly allocated land cannot be cultivated, and those family owners are anxious. Forced by the situation, some of them improve their salary, some of them changed the recruitment of the department for employment, and even more anxious, Lao Tzu is not recruiting, Lao Tzu went to the school to find craftsmen to build new machinery to replace labor, although the one-time investment in those machinery is a little larger, but it is more obedient than people, more cost-effective than people.

The students of Wuling School and Jiaozhou School who understand the art of machinery have suddenly become fragrant and sweet, taking advantage of the winter vacation, they work everywhere, not only eat and drink well, but also get an honorarium when they leave, compared to those classmates who write letters for others after school to earn more.

Seeing this scene, those who didn't take reading seriously began to be enthusiastic, and the workers and students who were not very popular raised their eyebrows and rushed to General Zhennan's mansion, so that they could say that they wanted to ask General Zhennan to open a back door and give a place in the academy more people.

Whether it is Wuling School or Jiaozhou School, the tuition fees are all exempted, and the number of students enrolled is also very limited, and the largest Jiaozhou School is only more than 300 people. At the beginning, enrolling in the hall meant more about entering the quality, so many tribal leaders were not very enthusiastic about sending their children to study in the school, but now the situation is different, and ordinary people regard the admission hall as an opportunity to advance, and they have come to grab it, and they can't sit still.

The Zhennan General's Mansion is full of people, and the threshold is almost flattened.

Fa Miao stood on the small building, looking at the cattle, horses, mules, and donkeys outside the mansion gate, and couldn't help laughing: "General, you have every opportunity, and you still take time to accompany me, I really don't want to go." ”

Wei Ba smiled slightly, and said half-truthfully: "You are the envoy of Bixia and Li Hussar, how dare I treat it slowly?" ”

Fa Miao had been in contact with Wei Ba a few times, and knew that although he was young and wealthy, he was not the kind of person with eyes on the top of his head, on the contrary, he was very easy to approach. The two talked very well, although they couldn't talk about being heart-to-heart, but they weren't wary of each other.

"I thought the general was treating me as a friend, but it turned out that it was just because of my identity." Fa Miao leaned against the railing and smiled: "Then if I go back to Chengdu to unload my errand, and then come to the general to listen to the order, is there still a place for me in the general's mansion?" ”

Wei Ba looked at him and said solemnly, "Are you serious, or are you joking?" ”

Fa Miao's face was a little unnatural, and he hesitated for a moment: "Of course it's true." ”

Wei Ba lowered his voice and reminded, "The hussar general relies on you very much. ”

"I know the Hussar General's intentions, but I would rather be like the General than in that city." Fa Miao turned the wine glass in his hand, and his face suddenly felt a little lonely: "You also know that my father and son have offended a lot of people. ”

Wei Ba didn't speak, Fa Miao said very frankly, his Lao Tzu Fazheng was originally not popular in Yizhou, and he was only friends with Zhang Song. When Fa Zheng was alive, he was powerful, even Zhuge Liang had to endure three points, Fa Zheng died, of course, there was revenge, there was hatred, although no one dared to do anything to Fa Miao, but there was no doubt that he was not welcomed.

At that time, Li Yanke didn't reach out to help. If you want to say that Miao doesn't have any ideas, it's probably not realistic.

Wei Ba got along with Fa Miao for a few days and got to know him a little, although Fa Miao was not as radical as his father Fa Zheng, nor was he as resourceful as Fa Zheng, but he was a smart man, but there was no need to doubt it. After all, when Fa Zheng died, he was already an adult, and he inherited Fa Zheng's mental technique. If he can recruit under his command, of course he is a talent, but he has to consider what Li Yan will think.

Li Yanneng entrusted Fa Miao to say those words to him, of course, he regarded Fa Miao as a confidant. When he recruited Fa Miao, didn't he dig into Li Yan's corner? And he didn't want to upset the prime minister because he was too close to the Dongzhou department.

He didn't think that Li Yan or the Dongzhou family was the prime minister's opponent, and he himself was from Jingxiang, so it was impossible to oppose the entire Jingxiang family.

"If you can come, of course I will wait for you, but I am afraid that the hussar general will not let you go." Wei Ba laughed softly: "Bo Yuan, the hussar general values you very much. ”

"As long as you give me a spot." Fa Miao understood what Wei Ba meant, ended the topic, and asked instead, "Next, what jihua do you have?" ”

"There's nothing jihua, the six-character policy: build a high wall and accumulate grain."

"Build a high wall and accumulate grain?" Fa Miaopin smacked it and nodded approvingly: "Very good, based on the defense, focusing on the grain, this is exactly what Bixia, the prime minister and the hussar general expect from the general." ”

Wei Ba said seriously: "I have the trust of Bixia, and I have to be cultivated by the prime minister and the hussar general, of course, I have to do my best to serve the dogs and horses." Boyuan, please report back to Bixia and the hussar general, he can understand my feelings and not hold me accountable for my trespass, I am very grateful. Next, the hussar general asked me to transport the grain wherever I went, and I went north and west, without saying a word. As I said, if the hussar general returns to Beijing to supervise the operation, I will definitely give my full support. ”

Fa Miao smiled silently, glanced at Wei Ba meaningfully, and muttered for a moment: "Since this is the case, then I will set off for Chengdu tomorrow." ”

"Tomorrow?" Wei Ba said with some surprise: "Leave tomorrow, isn't it too anxious?" I also want to ask you to take a look at the Wuling Academy. He laughed: "This is more or less a political achievement of mine, isn't it." ”

Fa Miao Hahadaxiao: "Okay, the general's political achievements, I have seen enough, return to Bixia and the hussar general, they will definitely be very satisfied." If you don't read the Wuling Academy, the master will definitely write to ask for merit for the general. I still hurried back to reassure Bixia and the hussar general, with the general's support, the burden on their shoulders was finally lighter. ”

"I'm ashamed, I'm ashamed." Wei Ba said regretfully: "Then I can only wait for the next time you come, and then talk to you." Alas, this New Year is really busy, and I don't even have time to send you off. Boyuan, I prepared a little thin gift, and asked you to help me bring it to Bixia and the hussar general, tomorrow I will ask Boda to send you, I won't go, and please Haihan. ”

"It's important for the general to govern the army, don't care about me." Fa Miao smiled, paused, and said, "The general's gift is real enough, and I am very satisfied." ”

The two looked at each other and smiled understandingly. Fa Zheng was also one of the great gifts back then, although he spent a lot of money because of life over the years, and the family still had some savings. Fa Miao came this time to get a piece of the pie from the Jiaozhou Business Road, so as not to sit on the empty mountain. Of course, Wei Ba readily agreed, took all the spare money in Fa Zheng's hands in the form of a loan, and gave Fa Miao a very attractive return rate, and Fa Miao was of course satisfied. Otherwise, there are some things he wouldn't have said so thoroughly.

The world is bustling, all for profit. The world is crowded, all for the sake of profit...... (To be continued......)