After sending Gao Shun away, Liu An arranged for someone to build a large number of farm tools.

Of course, now with the support of the five original heroes, Liu An will naturally not use his own money anymore, including the Quyuan plough that was built by people before, and the needs of Gao Shun's itinerary are all funded by local heroes.

The patriarchs of Haoqiang are all Liu An's dead soldiers, as long as Liu An says a word, they will obediently obey the order and pay the money.

After that, Liu An came to the Prime Minister's Mansion and informed Lin Fang of his intention to inspect Wuyuan, and left him with fifty guards to guard his home.

He called Lu Bu and Zhang Fei again, asked the two to temporarily stop training, and Zhang Fei led the troops to assist Lin Fang in taking care of the house, and Liu An took Lu Bu and the rest of the guards out of Jiuyuan County.

As a border county, Wuyuan is vast and sparsely populated, and its area is almost equivalent to two Zhuo counties.

It's just that the available area is not very large.

Bounded by Kuhara Castle, a mountain range in the north spans almost the entire Gohara Domain, dividing Gohara County into two parts.

This mountain range is called Yinshan, but the scope of the Yinshan mountain range in the Han Dynasty was not as extensive as in later generations, and only included a section of the western part of Wuyuan County and Yunzhong County.

To the north of Yinshan Mountain, there is the border of Bingzhou, close to the Xianbei area outside the Saiwai, where few Han people survive, and it should be difficult to survive to be exact.

Xianbei went south to plunder, in addition to food and materials, he would also arrest people and take the people of the Han Dynasty to the north for slavery.

And this part of the unusable area accounts for almost two-thirds of the entire Gohara County!

Before Xianbei's threat was resolved, Liu An couldn't do anything about it.

Therefore, on this trip, he planned to walk along the Yellow River valley first, and then go a little north into the Yin Mountains, to see the situation of cultivated land, to visit people's lives, and then to seek solutions according to the situation and the problems found.

Before coming to Jiuyuan, he was full of ambition to kill Hu people to make meritorious contributions, and after experiencing the suppression of the local wealthy family, he recognized the reality.

If you act rashly before you are fully prepared, you will only die an ugly death.

Liu An's hands are now full of more than 3,000 people, and most of them are foot soldiers, and they are not well trained, so they can't be called elite soldiers.

In the face of Xianbei's tens of thousands of cavalry, if you really face it outside the city, it will be the end of being crushed to death.

You can only wait for the soldiers to be fed up, and then carry out small battles and eat away at the other party little by little, so as to strengthen yourself.

Bringing people to the outside of the city, Liu An traveled west along the official road.

Every time he passed a river, Liu An would take out the topographic map of Wuyuan County brought out from the Prime Minister's Office and compare it.

At the same time, they walked along the river, dismounted and walked into the fields, checked the growth of crops, and asked local farmers how their food production was and how their daily lives were.

In one day, Liu An set off from Jiuyuan and arrived in Yiliang County in the evening.

Liu An did not alarm the local county order, but stayed in the stable in the city in a low-key manner.

For a month and a half, Liu An patrolled all over Wuyuan County, and after returning to Jiuyuan City, Liu An summarized the results of the tour.

He found that although there was not much usable land in Wuyuan County, the usable part of the county, that is, the banks of the Yellow River and some of the gentler parts of the northern mountains, was extremely fertile.

From the Yellow River Basin, a large number of branches stretch out, encompassing the land on both sides of the river.

In addition, there are many rivers that originate in the Yinshan Mountains and flow south into the Yellow River Basin.

At the foot of Yin Mountain, there are also many lakes located in it.

This part of the arable land is also fertile soil, which is very suitable for growing crops.

When Liu An checked the county records before, he learned that Jiuyuan County currently has a total of more than 5 million mu of cultivated land, including more than 3 million mu of paddy fields, and most of the others are fertile land.

However, Liu An was not satisfied with this figure, and after this investigation, he found that there were many lands suitable for farming, which were overgrown with weeds and no one took care of them at all.

The border counties are vast and sparsely populated, with few people and a lot of land, and there is really no way to waste the land, and the manpower is limited, so much land cannot be cultivated at all.

Moreover, even if this land is mostly in the hands of Haoqiang, the peasant households can only be tenants, paying tenant rent, and working hard every year, but they still have to go hungry.

This is the result of the abysmal annexation of the land.

There is a lot of wasteland, and it is not that there are no farmers to open up it.

It is a barren land that has been opened, and it is not easy to cultivate fertile land, but it has been squeezed by Haoqiang for various reasons.

However, since Liu An is here, he will definitely not sit back and watch this phenomenon continue.

In the past ten days, Liu An arranged for people to make the Quyuan plow and many farm tools have been completed, and with these things, the speed of farmers' land reclamation will also be much faster.

At this time, the results of the census had also come out, and Liu An learned from Liu Bei that Wuyuan County had a total population of more than 48,700 people.

Before Liu An checked the county chronicles, there were only more than 23,000 people in the five plains, and after excavating the hidden households, they really more than doubled!

However, Liu An will not report this result to the imperial court.

Now the five original heroes are all their own people, and the people they hide are also Liu An's people, if they report to the imperial court, these people will have to pay taxes, and Liu An is reluctant to take money to raise the wolves who can't feed the imperial court.

Liu An asked Liu Bei again: "How many people are there in Jiuyuan?" How many households? ”

Liu Bei opened the book that recorded the data of each county and said: "The population of Jiuyuan County is 8,326 people, or 1,246 households. ”

More than 8,000 talents and 1,200 households?

Liu An was surprised and reacted randomly, more than half of them were wealthy hermits, and those hermits were naturally counted in the head of the family.

So Liu An asked again: "How many young people are there?" ”

Liu Bei pondered for a long time before he said: "If you don't count the patriarchs of all ethnic groups, there are more than 1,600 Qingzhuang. ”

"In that case...... Liu An held his chin in contemplation, but actually opened the system to see the crops that could be planted at this time period.

Now that the time has entered the seventh lunar month, Liu An opened the system and roughly thought about it, and found that the only suitable for planting were potatoes, carrots and spinach.

Then Liu Anyou opened the inventory to check, and there were 3,600 kilograms of potatoes in the inventory, 160 carrots and 160 spinach seeds, and 360 acres of land could be planted.

Liu An immediately said to Liu Bei: "Xuande, early tomorrow morning, you go to post an announcement, and say that I will recruit farmers to open up wasteland and cultivate land, take care of three meals a day, and get another five yuan of wages." ”

"No!"

Liu An then said: "Now you immediately go and make three thousand wooden boxes, the same as the wooden boxes I used to put potatoes in Zhuo County, the size is ......."

Liu An told Liu Bei the size in detail, and Liu An wrote it down and left.

Liu An found a few vacant houses, extracted potatoes, carrots, spinach and all the fertilizer needed, and then Liu An went to check the carpenters' zigzag ploughs.

Although the workmanship is not as good as the curved plough produced by the system, there is not much difference in use.

Five thousand Quyuan ploughs, Liu An asked people to leave one thousand six, and all the others were distributed to the counties in the name of Lin Fang.

This was followed by an order issued by the Prime Minister's Office:

From now on, farmers will be encouraged to open up wasteland. Each household can choose five acres of ownerless land to open up the land by itself, and can borrow a plough and a pair of ploughs from the county government office rent-free under the protection of the neighbors.

For every acre of wasteland, the bounty is fifty dollars.

At the same time, Liu An ordered all localities to send half of their cattle to the local county government.

So from the second day after the order was issued, there was a sensation in the counties of Wuyuan.

Although the local county magistrate couldn't understand what Taishou wanted to do, he had to follow the order, especially after the local Haoqiang sent his own cattle to the county office, the county magistrates intuitively felt Lin Taishou's energy for the first time, and they couldn't help it!

At first, peasant households everywhere did not believe what the order said, thinking that it was a new form of exploitation.

It wasn't until someone took the lead in getting the so-called Quyuan plough and ploughing oxen, and began to plough after selecting the land, that some people tried to go to the county government to get the ploughing oxen and ploughing oxen, and then chose the land to open up the wasteland.

In the following days, a frenzy of land reclamation broke out in various places, and more and more farmers joined in the land reclamation action.

Now that the crops have been planted, it will not be harvested until about two months, and there is little to do in the fields, even if it is only for the bounty of one acre of wasteland, the farmers are very happy.

What's more, in the future, the wasteland will be cultivated into fertile land, and it can be cultivated or sold to Haoqiang for mortgage debts.

In the seventh month of the lunar calendar, the grass in the wild grows just right, and they don't have to worry about the borrowed cattle not having anything to eat.

On the other side, Liu Bei recruited a total of 300 peasant households.

Liu An asked people to move the 130 beef cattle raised in the Chengze Farm, and took the same number of Quyuan plows from the county government and handed them to Meng Lan, asking him to take 260 farmers to find a deserted mountain and choose 360 wasteland close to the water source to open up the wasteland.

For the other 40 farmers, Liu An asked them to go to the carpenter's shop to get their hands on the 3,000 wooden boxes as soon as possible.

A few days later, Meng Lan came to report that all the wasteland needed had been cultivated.

Liu An asked Meng Lan to bring people to transport fertilizer, carrots and spinach seeds, and told Meng Lan the details of specific farming, fertilization and planting, so that he could take charge of the agricultural affairs of the fields.

In addition to agricultural affairs, Liu An did not let go of the military.

He took out all the war horses, vests and harnesses in his inventory and gave them to Liu Bei, asking him to train cavalry.

If you don't know how to ride a horse at all, you can first familiarize yourself with the harness and then remove the harness when you are slowly proficient.

Due to the insufficient number of war horses, Liu An hoped that everyone could fight on horseback, so he could only let all the soldiers be divided into groups, in groups of 200 people, and take turns to practice.

A few days later, after all the wooden boxes were completed, Liu An arranged for someone to cut the potatoes into pieces to promote germination.

In summer, the temperature is high, so it can be germinated without touching the fire wall, which saves a lot of trouble.

After the potatoes were cut into pieces, Liu An asked all the potatoes to be packed in wooden boxes and sent to Meng Lan, who was fully responsible for farming.

Five acres of land, after having ploughing oxen and quyuan plough, it is not difficult to open up the wasteland, only half a month's work, those farmers who received ploughing cattle and farm tools will be completed.

Liu An still ordered Haoqiang to contribute capital and distribute bounties to farmers who had cleared the wasteland, and at the same time to collect ploughing cattle and quyuan ploughs, and then lend them to farmers who had not received them before.

At the same time, Liu An also looked for capable people who were familiar with water conservancy in Wuyuan County, and spent a lot of money to hire more than 30 people, arranged them to various counties, and called on villagers to build water canals.

Although the water network on both sides of the Yellow River is extensive, there is still some distance between each tributary, and the construction of water canals can greatly facilitate agricultural work for years and decades.

This is naturally a disadvantage of time and effort to build.

However, the conditions given by Liu An are still to manage three meals a day and add five literary wages.

Those farmers who did not have ploughing oxen and ploughs available, or who had already ploughed five acres of land, enthusiastically participated, in addition to the young and strong, some young and strong peasant women also came to sign up, Liu An did not refuse, and had three meals in charge, and five yuan.

After arranging everything properly, Liu An once again lived a life of practicing calligraphy every day, occasionally practicing martial arts, and occasionally dealing with political affairs.

Sitting in the study, listening to the report every day that the canal of the pavilion has been completed, and the canal of the township has been connected to the river, Liu An is very happy.

At first, Liu An also participated in the construction of the canal, but when he was present, the farmers worked one by one as if they were dying, and they were not very active.

Until one day, someone was tired, and some of his subordinates came down to persuade Liu An, saying that the people felt the merit of the county magistrate, not only did not commit any offense with Minqiu, but also paid for the people to open up the wasteland, rent ploughing oxen and ploughs for free, and build water canals, which was a great official.

Farmers who have worked weekdays, Liu An worked hard to express himself when he was there, and wanted to express his gratitude to the county magistrate.

After listening to the advice of his subordinates, Liu An no longer personally participated in the construction of the canal.

Thanks to his governance during this period of time, Liu An has been able to receive the allegiance of many people of Jiuyuan every day.

Of course, it is limited to Jiuyuan, after all, he is Jiuyuan's parent official, and the order issued by the Prime Minister's Office, in Jiuyuan, was ordered in his name.

In other counties, it is not Liu An's head.

And Liu An's contribution has also risen from 506 points before to 734 points today.

On this day, Liu An finally received the news of Gao Shun's return.

Liu An hurriedly got up and went to greet him, and he happened to greet Gao Shun at the gate of the county ya.

Gao Shun just got off the horse and saw Liu An, and immediately stepped forward to bow and said: "My subordinates are fortunate not to be dishonored, and they have completed the Ming bus generation!" ”

"Good! Thank you for your hard work, hurry up! Liu An helped Gao Shun up and asked, "What did Zhang Qian say?" ”

"Back to Ming Gong, after Zhang Qian read the letter, he asked his subordinates to wait in Luoyang for a day, and on the second day, he got a reply from another person." Gao Shun took out a folded roll of cloth from his clothes and handed it to Liu An.

After Liu An took it, he didn't take it apart on the spot, but waited for Gao Shun's next words.

Sure enough, Gao Shun continued: "In addition to the letter silk, there are more than a dozen bamboo slips, all of which are in the car. ”

When Liu An heard this, he couldn't wait to let people move the bamboo slips to the study to read them.

But he heard Gao Shun say again: "In addition, there are more than 32 million yuan, which Zhang Qian's subordinates brought back, saying that it was obtained from the sale of strange things." ”

"Oh?" Liu An was overjoyed, "There are more than 32 million? ”

With so much money, Zhen Yi should not have much inventory, or there is no inventory anymore.

Thanks to Liu An's timely delivery, after a while, if he doesn't go, Zhen Yi should find someone to ask for it.

Liu An shook his head and asked, "Are there anything else?" ”

"I met two groups of thieves on the road, and they were all beaten back by their subordinates."

Liu An was taken aback and hurriedly asked, "How much is the loss?" ”

"Fifty-six people were slightly injured and are now recovering."

Liu An quietly waited for Gao Shun to say the follow-up, waited for a while, and saw that Gao Shun had no desire to continue, Liu An reacted, and only fifty-six people were slightly injured.

No one was seriously injured or killed!

Liu An unconsciously looked up to Gao Shun a few points, This person is really talented in leading soldiers.

But Liu An just kept looking at Gao Shun, when he was talking about the loss, there was no trace of pride on his face at all, and it seemed that he was not seriously injured or died, in his opinion, it was completely commonplace.

Liu An was surprised, but also very satisfied in his heart, as a general, it should be so!

He patted Gao Shun on the shoulder and said, "It's hard work, go back and rest first, and then go to the warehouse to get a shampoo, soap and thirteen incense, the person in charge will tell you how to use it, and then go to Liu Bei to receive a bounty of 10,000." ”

"Thank you Ming Gong!" Gao Shun bowed his hands, with no joy or sorrow on his face, and he looked pampered and not shocked.

Liu An smiled, didn't care about his paralyzed face, and said loudly to the soldiers who came back with Gao Shun in front: "Entourage, each person will be rewarded with five hundred yuan!" Three days off! ”

When the soldiers heard Liu An's words, they shouted excitedly.

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