Barracks, school grounds.

Craftsmen are assembling catapults, a busy scene.

The fifteen catapults transported from Xiangyang were all disassembled, otherwise it would be inconvenient to carry them. In order to facilitate reassembly, Huang Yueying specially wrote a manual and sent it with it.

In this way, the craftsmen in the barracks can make the work according to it.

Deng Zhan stood aside, his brows furrowed, and asked, "Lord, what can the catapult be for?"

Liu Xiu said: "I tried it, so I naturally know." After speaking, Liu Xiu instructed Deng Zhan to find a good colonel to come over, and asked the soldiers to go nearby and move two twenty-pound stones over and place them next to the catapult.

A quarter of an hour later, the catapult was assembled and placed in front of Liu Xiu.

Xiao Xiao said: "My lord, can you operate it?" Xiao Xiao knows the catapult and knows how to operate it. Now that I saw the catapult in front of me, I was already a little itchy in my heart.

Liu Xiu nodded and said, "Let's start!"

The colonel rubbed his hands, first tested his strength, estimated the arm strength of the lever, and then ordered the soldiers to put a twenty-pound boulder on the catapult.

The Colonel took a deep breath and pulled the rope hard with both hands.

Slowly, the lever moves downward, the force tightens, and the force of the rebound increases.

"Smack!"

Suddenly, the little colonel let go, and the lever bounced up, hitting the horizontal axis with a loud bang.

The twenty-pound boulder hung with a whistling sound and swept across the air.

In mid-air, a shadow quickly streaked across and fell to the ground.

"Boom!"

The boulder slammed into the ground with a loud bang.

Deng Zhan saw the location where the stone landed, and after a rough estimate, his eyes widened, and his eyes showed an incredible look, and he muttered: "Two hundred steps, at least two hundred steps." This catapult, which only needs to be pulled by one person, can be launched two hundred paces away. If fifteen catapults were to be fired at the same time, the momentum would be immeasurable. ”

Seeing the situation of the catapult, Deng Zhan understood the benefits of the catapult.

Just imagine, the two armies are facing each other, and the catapult attacks at the beginning, and the role it plays must be huge. Alternatively, catapults can be used to storm cities, which can also be of great help.

Liu Xiu also laughed and said, "Deng Zhan, do you understand the power of the catapult?"

"Understood, understood. Deng Zhan swallowed his saliva and said, "The catapult made by Miss Yueying is simply amazing. ”

Liu Xiu bowed slightly, looked at Xiao Xiaoxiao, and asked, "What's your name?"

When Xiao Xiao heard Liu Xiu ask him, he was excited, and said loudly: "Hui Yu, the villain's name is Yuan Ye. ”

Liu Xiudao: "I see that you are very familiar with operating a catapult, have you ever operated it?"

Yuan Ye replied: "Hui Yu, the villain's ancestor used to be a craftsman, so the villain also knows about the catapult. ”

Liu Xiu nodded, looked at Deng Zhan, and ordered: "Fifteen catapults need someone to be responsible, transfer Yuan Ye out and be responsible for the catapult alone." In addition, 60 soldiers were transferred from the army, and Yuan Ye was responsible for training. From now on, catapults are a separate class system. ”

"No!"

Deng Zhan nodded, glanced at Yuan Ye, and secretly praised this kid for his good luck in his heart.

Immediately, he was promoted.

Yuan Ye's heart was also excited, but he didn't expect that he would also enter Liu Xiu's sight.

Liu Xiudao: "Yuan Ye, speed up the training, the catapult soldiers will be the most important part of the army's siege." Now that you're in charge, you have to get the soldiers on track as quickly as possible. ”

"Your Excellency, rest assured, I will do my best. ”

Yuan Ye clenched his fists, thinking to himself, he must let the catapult soldiers form combat effectiveness as soon as possible.

Liu Xiu inspected the barracks and left the barracks to return to the county office. As soon as he returned to the county office, Deng Ai hurriedly came over and reported: "Childe, Kuaixian Cheng is waiting for you in the hall." ”

"Got it. ”

Liu Xiu turned around and walked towards the hall.

Coming to the hall, Kuai Qi hurriedly saluted Liu Xiu, Liu Xiu waved his hand and said, "Sit!"

Kuai Qi sat down, and then said: "My lord, in the past two days, I have counted the food and money collected from Tianlongling and the Huo family. The total amount of grain has exceeded 120,000 stones, and the money is innumerable. ”

"Moreover, counting the grain that was sold to the squire of Youxian County before, the county government already has hundreds of thousands of stone of grain. ”

"I think that the 210,000 stone grain of the Kuai family, the Pang family, and the Huang family can be returned. ”

Kuai Qi Zhengse said: "After the grain is returned, with the financial resources of the county government and the inventory of grain, it can also be supported until next year." In addition, farmland is constantly being cultivated, and the energy source is also increasing the grain harvest. ”

"Most importantly, in recent days, many merchant and gentry families from neighboring counties have appeared in Youxian, and they have also begun to buy the newly cultivated land in Youxian. ”

"The reason for this is that the adults have announced that they are going to be tax-free. ”

"The lowly estimate that the number of people who buy farmland will continue to increase, so the lowly official proposes to return the grain. ”

As a county magistrate, Kuai Qi is not worried about the lack of food now, but the fact that there is too much food. Once too much grain is backlogged, it is easy to spoil, so it is better to return it to the three major families.

Liu Xiu thought for a moment, nodded and said, "Return the grain, you can arrange it, you can deal with this matter directly." It's just that the gentry from the nearby counties you mentioned have come to Youxian to buy land, and there are a lot of them?"

Kuai Qi nodded and said, "It is gradually increasing, after all, they are not far from Youxian." After buying the land, it is leased to the people for farming, and you can get a steady stream of income. ”

Liu Xiu said: "This incident can be encouraged, and now there are fewer people and more land in Youxian County. With more people, things are better. Moreover, when they bought land, they had to cultivate it, and in the end it could only be cultivated by the people of Youxian County, or by migrating the people to cultivate. It is also the people of Youxian County or Youxian County who get the benefits. ”

"Understood!"

Kuai Qi nodded, preparing to expand the sale of land after going down.

Liu Xiu reminded: "Land can be sold, but remember, a good place, or an important area, must stay, not everywhere can be sold." ”

Kuai Qi had a smile on his face and said, "Don't worry, my lord, this point is understandable." ”

Some of the most important areas, Kuaiqi held in his hands, and did not take them out for sale. And this part is precisely the title deed that was once controlled by the Huo family, and now it is all owned by the government.

Kuai Qi and Liu Xiu discussed other government affairs, and Kuai Qi got up to leave.

......

In three days, Huang Chengyan and Sima Hui walked all over Youxian County. In today's Youxian County, there are no beggars anymore, but the number of people in Tuntian is inexhaustible, and farmland can be seen everywhere.

The two asked the people about Liu Xiu, and what they got was praise and gratitude.

Such a scene made Huang Chengyan and Sima Hui happy in their hearts.

After staying in Youxian for three days, the hearts of the two of them have been completely down-to-earth, and they are no longer worried about Liu Xiu's situation in Youxian. Today's Liu Xiu not only wins the hearts of the people, but also has the army as a guarantee.

The two came in a hurry and left in a hurry. When he came, he didn't tell Liu Xiu, and when he left, he just let Liu Xiu send him outside the city gate, and then left on the road