Time passes, winter goes to spring, and a new year begins in a blink of an eye!

Since ancient times, the Chinese people have attached the most importance to agricultural production.

Seeing that the time is at the end of March, at this time, the spring plowing in the counties of Donghai and Sanqi has already ended, and the winter wheat in Qinjin County is probably about to tassel at this time, and Yizhou in the south has already harvested a crop.

However, the land of Beji, which is located in a colder region, has not yet ushered in spring ploughing, and the thick snow here is only showing signs of melting, and before the snow can obviously melt, a snowstorm has begun to rage again.

The snowstorm continued for many days, but the officials of the government in the Tongjiang, Nanshui, and Wanshui basins were not idle, and the Wanshui (middle reaches of the Heilongjiang River) basin was only later because spring came, and the spring in the Nanshui (Songhua River) basin was earlier than that of the Wanshui basin, so the officials here were even busier.

Since the Xia forces entered the Nanshui Basin, they have a relatively complete understanding of the climate here, and the Nanshui Basin generally begins to melt the snow in March, and then completely melts all the snow before mid-April, which is the season for cultivation in the Nanshui Basin.

Since coming to the East China Sea, Wang Ze has always attached great importance to agricultural production, even if there is no shortage of food in the Xia Kingdom today, but in Wang Ze's plan, at least there must be food stored for all the current population of the entire Xia Kingdom for more than three years.

Now after the Northern Zhou Dynasty came to power in Yuwenyong, it continued to reform the military system, restricted the development of Futu Sect and Taoism, and even issued many decrees requiring Shamen and Taoist priests to return to the world.

This made Wang Ze begin to have a sense of urgency, because he didn't know much about the original history, Wang Ze didn't know what year the Northern Zhou Dynasty perished, but it probably perished within a few years after Yu Wenyong came to power.

This gave Wang Ze a sense of urgency, he must solve Goguryeo before the Northern Zhou Dynasty completely unified the Central Plains, otherwise it is not a good thing to wait for him, since ancient times, when the Central Plains Empire was just unified, it was the most powerful period, and it was not easy to provoke!

If the Northern Zhou Dynasty has not been able to solve Goguryeo after the Central Plains is completely unified, then he will have to face a large empire with a population of 30 or 40 million, even if he can defeat this super empire, he will suffer a lot of losses, it is better to start the layout as early as possible.

In order to be able to resist after the unification of the Central Plains, Wang Ze must solve the great enemy of Goguryeo, which is now constantly fighting for the land of Beji, as soon as possible, and if he wants to resist the attack of the Central Plains Dynasty after defeating Goguryeo, Wang Ze must have more troops.

As a result, the consumption of grain will inevitably increase sharply, so it is not difficult to understand Wang Ze's emphasis on agricultural production.

In particular, the agriculture in Beji Land has the best arable conditions, so it is not to be wasted, there is only one opportunity to cultivate here a year, and sometimes the cold snap comes early, and the crops of the year can easily be lost.

The people here must seize every opportunity to sow seeds as soon as the season is suitable for farming, and although the people of Beji have both farms and pastures, the crops produced on the farms are also well subsidized for the livestock raised by the family, and this is a complementary relationship.

Heseong was a military city closest to Goguryeo's sphere of influence established in the upper reaches of Nanshui after the Xia Kingdom entered Nanshui along the Nantong River, and continued to expand upstream along Nanshui.

The scale of this military city located not far from the southwest of Jiamusi, Heilongjiang Province in the later generations is not large, the entire military city is about 500 meters long and wide, and 1,500 Xia soldiers are stationed in it.

In addition, the city has been inhabited by 2,000 people for a long time, and there are various people such as Taoist priests, craftsmen, and small merchants stationed here, and it is a small city that barely has most of its functions.

Heseong is famous in the Nanshui Valley, and even in the entire Beji land, not because of its geographical proximity to Goguryeo, nor because of the newly discovered super-large coal mine here last fall, but because the lord of Heseong is one of the two female generals who are currently rare in the entire Xia Kingdom.

At present, there are two female officers at or above the rank of captain in Xia State, one of which is Li Hongyu, a cavalry general stationed in Yongding City (Hailanpao) in the Wanshui (middle reaches of the Heilongjiang River) basin, and the female officer stationed in Hecheng is Pei Xiu, a lotus-picking girl brought by Wang Ze from the Southern Dynasty.

There is a very hot topic about Pei Xiu here in Xia Guo, that is, whether there is a relationship between her and Wang Ze, or what is the relationship between them, I have to say that gossip news about big names is always so pleasant.

What other news gossip can be more enthusiastic to talk about than the love story of His Majesty the young and handsome King, who is most loved by the people of Xia Kingdom, and a young and beautiful military officer under him? Let's read a book

In particular, this young and beautiful female officer is also a martial arts master who is good at using horse lances.

Many people are curious about whether there is any relationship between Pei Xiu and Wang Ze?

If so, why didn't this young and beautiful female officer choose the opportunity to stay by Wang Ze's side to marry Wang Ze, but instead took the initiative to ask to come to this cold and close to the enemy's border to be the chief officer of a military fort?

But if there is no relationship between Wang Ze and Pei Xiu, why does Wang Ze take so much care of Pei Xiu, whenever there is any military supply, Hecheng is always listed as the first batch of supplies and outfits? And why does Pei Xiu himself always say nothing to other men, and now he is in his twenties and has no marriage?

You must know that in ancient times, women have always married very early, even if the current Xia Kingdom of the East China Sea is under the requirements of Wang Ze's strict marriage law, there are no more girls under the age of seventeen who are married and have children in the East China Sea.

However, girls in the East China Sea generally choose to marry before the age of 20, and there are very few girls who marry after the age of 20, and if some girls are not married at the age of 212 and have no in-laws, they will definitely be treated as old girls.

And Pei Xiu is twenty-four years old this year, one year older than Wang Ze, who already has two daughters, and has not yet married a parent, it is inevitable that people will wonder if there is anything between her and Wang Ze, and this topic will inevitably be talked about behind people's backs.

For many people talking behind their backs, Pei Xiu herself is certainly not blind or deaf, and she also knows some rumors from others, but she has been trying to ignore this problem herself.

Although sometimes she was alone for a long night, she often recalled the days when she stayed by Wang Ze's side, and missed Wang Ze's care for her at the beginning, and what made her blush even more was that she dreamed of being with Wang Ze several times, but she was stunned when she woke up.

Pei Xiu has always put these feelings in her heart, and after the next day, she will always appear in front of everyone in high spirits, and she is still the overlord flower that is as warm as a lotus flower and as fierce as an eagle.

Pei Xiu, who was born in a family of generals in the south and north, although she is only a girl, she also has her own dream of making contributions, she is not willing to live in a palace compound after getting married like this, she is eager to show her skills.

After asking Wang Ze many times, she finally came to this military castle closest to Goguryeo, but after she arrived, she found that although Heseong was the western castle that was claimed to be the closest to Goguryeo, it was still at least six or seven hundred miles away from the nearest Goguryeo stronghold.

You must know that at this time, the land of Beji is full of vast forests and swamp traps, not to mention the distance of six or seven hundred miles, even if it is only a hundred and ten miles, it is not a distance that can be completed in three or four days, so this distance is actually very far.

If it weren't for the fact that both the Xia Kingdom and Goguryeo were expanding along the difficult water basin, and there was a difficult water in the middle that could let them know the existence of the other party, otherwise they would really not be able to communicate with each other.

The vast forest sea of six or seven hundred miles seemed so far away, that is, in the summer of last year, after Goguryeo opened up a stronghold called Shinmaru Mountain Fortress further downstream along Nanshui, the distance between Goguryeo's forces and the Hatsu Fortress of Xia Kingdom was shortened from nearly 1,000 miles to about 500 li.

However, both sides of the river between this stronghold of Goguryeo and Heseong are rolling mountains and hills, so if you can't rely on water transportation, the land route will still be an insurmountable curse.

In the summer, merchants between the two sides could take advantage of the wide surface of the water to conduct a small amount of trade, and after the winter, this section of the road is a road of death, and every winter the road is no longer inhabited.

Even the people of the Angu Wheel Department, who originally lived on this land, will definitely not go too far in this environment in winter, otherwise it will not take long to be frozen into frozen meat, and if it falls into a big snow pit in the mountain col, I am afraid that no one will find it for many years.

This natural situation is of course beneficial to Xia Guo's defense, but it is not good news for Pei Xiu, who is bent on making contributions.

Fortunately, there are still many Beji wild tribes around Hecheng who are unwilling to take refuge in the Xia Kingdom and Goguryeo, and these tribes are not only unwilling to take refuge in either side, but also attack the Goguryeo and Xia people who have settled in their land from time to time, so in the continuous confrontation with these indigenous tribes, Pei Xiu grew up rapidly, and finally grew from an ordinary hundred people to the supreme governor of Hecheng today.

Even if the rank of this chief officer is only a royal lieutenant and there are only 1,500 people under him, Pei Xiu is still very happy about this, because she has come to this point step by step with her own ability.