Chapter 53 Agricultural Affairs
After a winter of training, these recruits have now reached the level of soldiers in Dongjiang Town before the winter, and they can bluff people when they are pulled out.
As for the young men, although they also participated in a certain amount of military training, they did not belong to the regular army after all, and now that spring has begun, the ice and snow have begun to melt, so they are all disbanded and returned home to prepare for spring ploughing.
However, before the spring ploughing, there is still an important thing to do is to divide the land, although the specific implementation plan has been determined three months ago, but that is only a matter on paper, without seeing the land specifically, both the people and the officials are not at ease.
In the City Lord's Mansion, Ye Qing was listening to Jiang Wen's report, "My lord, it's early spring, the snow has just begun to melt, and it can't be cultivated for a while, and the militia's training has ended, so we have a lot of idle labor, don't use it, let them eat and drink for nothing every day, I intend to take advantage of this opportunity to build a lot of construction on the territory, I don't know what the adults want?"
Although he only needs to grasp the general direction, there will be the following officials to carry out today's work, but after all, it is the first time for him to do this kind of thing and he has no experience at all.
The field is a major event related to the people's life, and the slightest mistake may cause public anger, but he is not careful, he has not seen his face full of unkempt beards for a few days, thinking that he has no time to repair it, and his eyes are also full of bloodshots, seeing his demeanor, Ye Qing felt a little apologetic in his heart, and he was a little idle these days.
"As long as it doesn't affect the normal spring plowing of the people, I just don't know what the master wants to do first?" Ye Qing nodded.
"Around Qingyun City, there are many mountains and few lands, but there are nine droughts in ten years!" Lu Yiming said: "Although we have enough grain to last until the autumn harvest now, what about after next year?
Jiang Wen is a native of Qingyun City, and he is already familiar with the astronomy and geography of the surrounding area, and he also has a detailed understanding of all aspects of the local area, so he reminded Ye Qing at a critical time.
Hearing Jiang Wen's reminder, Ye Qinghuo woke up, "The master book is right, our top priority now is to build water conservancy. He stood up, paced back and forth in the house for a few steps, and said: "There was a lot of snow last winter, and now the snow is just starting to melt, we can choose a place to build a dam, intercept the mountain streams, build some small reservoirs, and wait until the snow melts, plus the savings of the mountain streams, there can be enough water sources, and we can repair canals to irrigate in the fields, which can ensure a bumper harvest in my territory!"
Speaking of this, Ye Qing clapped his hands, "That's it, Master Jiang, now that the land matter is basically over, you should be responsible for the construction of the reservoir first, treat him as the first priority, arrange it immediately, seize the time, and build as much as you can before the spring ploughing." ”
Jiang Wen nodded, "Okay lord, I'll start the arrangement right away." ”
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A month later, the snow and ice had completely melted, and the entire territory was in full swing for spring ploughing.
In the field, the farmers were ploughing, and the rows of mud rushed to both sides, and the women followed behind, throwing the seeds from their own baskets, and then picking up their hoes and covering the seeds with the soil.
A year of stinging, by the end of autumn, the harvest is about to begin. Now it is the hope of the people who are sown, and they are looking forward to a good harvest in the autumn.
Compared with the past, the villagers have been much more active in spring ploughing in recent years, after all, they used to rent other people's planting, which is equivalent to farming for others. Now that the land is your own, you naturally have to be careful, otherwise you will wait for the northwest wind next year.
What's more, this year's seeds are provided by the Lord's Palace, and the livestock from the cultivated land are also provided free of charge by the Lord's Palace. Therefore, although this year's spring ploughing time is a little later than in previous years due to the overhaul of the reservoir, the completion time will indeed be much earlier.
However, although agricultural affairs are important, there is already a special person in charge, and Ye Qing just wants to manage it, but he can't help, so he has to put his energy into the military, after all, no matter how good the territory is, it needs strong strength to ensure it.
Outside Qingyun City, Ye Qing did not build a new military camp in the city, not that there was not such a big place in the city, but that some new weapons often appeared in Ye Qing's military camp, and there were many people in the city, for fear of leaking the news.
It's good if it is known by other human forces, if these weapons fall into the hands of foreign races, then Ye Qing is a sinner, don't believe it, no matter what era it is, there will always be so many hateful traitors.
When they came to the barracks, it was already early afternoon, Li Xin, Song Fei, Song Yu, Luo Bin, Qin Fei and others had already received the news and welcomed out of the camp, and another general, Wang Feng, had now been transferred to Ye Qing's side, acting as the captain of the personal guard, responsible for Ye Qing's safety.
Of the 5,000 soldiers who had been trained in the Holy Book, 2,000 were selected as Ye Qing's lord guards, and the other 3,000 were all dispersed and integrated into the 50,000 recruits as officers, so as to improve the combat effectiveness of this group of recruits faster.
As the first six people in Ye Qing's army to be promoted to a handsome master, five became captains, and one became Ye Qing's personal guard captain, of course, Ye Qing himself is now a handsome master, but he lacks combat experience and can't give full play to his strength.
In the barracks, there is a squad cooperation training, spearmen, shield soldiers, knife soldiers, every three groups as a combination, on the school field to catch the team to fight, the sound of killing is shocking.
In Ye Qingjun, the model of having strength in the upper position is adopted, and the centurion relies on strength to speak, as long as you have strength, you can defeat your boss and replace his position.
But above the centurion, it is not about force, but also to assess his ability to lead soldiers and a series of other abilities, so as to be able to succeed in the position, it can be said that now every centurion in Ye Qing's army has been carefully selected, and put it in the armies of other lords, they can all serve as the commander of a thousand or ten thousand commanders.
"My lord, after such a long period of training, the combat effectiveness of the soldiers has been greatly improved, although there are many new recruits, but compared with our previous veterans, it is not far behind, as long as you can go to the battlefield once or twice, and see blood, it is a tiger and wolf army." Li Xin said proudly
Ye Qing said with a smile: "There are still countless elite soldiers on the training ground, only after the test of the battlefield can they truly transform, oh, by the way, has the chariot been imitated?"
Qin Fei took a step forward and said, "My lord, the craftsman camp has already copied some and sent it to the barracks, we are exploring the tactics of the chariot, I don't know if the adults have any advice?"
Ye Qing shook his head, "This needs to be explored by yourself, the chariot is a very practical combat unit, especially in the battle between us and the barbarians, the barbarians are mostly cavalry, and we are mainly infantry, the chariot can effectively reduce the impact of cavalry on the infantry, and if it is used properly, it should be a sharp weapon on the battlefield." "
As he spoke, a chariot had been pushed up, and on a two-wheeled vehicle, there were half-man-high standing shields erected on three sides, and on the standing shields on the front, the tips of spears flashed with cold light, sticking out about half a foot long.
The chariot is one of the weapons owned in the "Actual Record of Military Training", but Ye Qingling's coin resources are lacking and cannot be exchanged in large quantities, so he had to make one out of the first and hand it over to the craftsmen of the craftsman battalion for study, hoping to imitate it as soon as possible.
The technical content of the chariot is not very high, but the materials used are a little picky, so so far only ten chariots have been made as test specimens for the soldiers to train.
Seeing the chariot, Ye Qing thought of the craftsman camp, and after a brief inspection of the barracks, Ye Qing came to the artisan camp located in the depths of the barracks.
As a department that Ye Qing values very much, the conditions in the craftsman camp are very good, and the place where they work and rest has long been built into permanent buildings, all of which are blue-striped stones carried back from the mountains when the soldiers were training, and almost all of them were transported to build the craftsman battalion, and even the barracks only transported part of the blue-brick strips and stones to build a wall and several sentry towers.
These stones are not light, the Ye Jun soldiers who have cultivated the guidance technique have a very large strength, and they can walk like flying when they are carried on their shoulders by hundreds, and if the strength is light, they will not have the effect of exercise. The buildings made of these boulders look calm and imposing, but they are also very sturdy.
The craftsman camp has now basically become Ye Qing's arsenal, with the help of the opportunity to promote the armor protection system, Ye Qing has the opportunity to collect all kinds of craftsmen in the territory, together with their families of nearly a thousand people, have been placed in the craftsman camp, each craftsman has been granted land near Qingyun City, those are all very good land, it can be seen that Ye Qing attaches great importance to them.
Although these craftsmen have a craft, they still do not get rid of the atmosphere of small farmers in their bones, and having their own land is basically the common dream of people in the agricultural era, whether it is an official or a businessman, the first thing after development is to buy land. These people never thought that they would own land one day, and when they got the title deed from the lord's mansion, most of the people in the capital were like in a dream. What had been reluctance immediately turned into joy.
The person in charge of the craftsman camp is Ling Zheng from Dongjiang Town, because he is the oldest here, and his level is high enough, and more importantly, Ye Qing trusts him after all.
The craftsman camp needs to check and manufacture some new items, and many things need to be highly confidential, if it is placed in the hands of a person who is not very familiar, who can rest assured, although there is no doubt about employing people, but the necessary precautions are still needed.
The craftsman camp will be an important department under Ye Qing for a long time in the future, although the weapons in the flood can be exchanged from the spirit book, but the technology is still in their own hands. Otherwise, who can guarantee that they have enough spirit coins to exchange at any time.