Wang Rong didn't know anything about things thousands of miles away, and the focus of his attention now was spring ploughing, and the soldiers of the entire Duwei Mansion, including the government soldiers and township soldiers, were sent home by him to farm.

Wang Rong himself took the guards to the outside of the city to cultivate the land allocated by the families of the guards, Wang Rong really never did farm work in his life, and after doing a little, he had a sore back.

When Wang Rong straightened his waist, he was greeted by the disdainful expression of the ploughing ox in front of him, which seemed to say: cut, waste firewood.

Wang Rongqi's face was distorted, and he said viciously to the cow: "If you put on this expression again, I will make you a Chaoshan beef hot pot!" ”

When the ploughing ox listened to Wang Rong's words, his expression became even more disdainful, he flicked his tail, and let out a comfortable fart at Wang Rong, and "mooed" comfortably.

And Wang Rong and Wang Mo withstood all the magic attacks of the ploughing ox, and the taste, the sourness, made the two of them gag again and again.

The old man standing on the ridge had a dark face, and he smiled, revealing a mouthful of yellow teeth. This old man is the father of a fallen soldier in the guard, facing the loess with his back to the sky all his life. Wang Rong gave the old man 20 acres of farmland, and every year Wang Rong would bring his personal guards and soldiers to help during the spring ploughing.

Wang Rong put down the plough with a disgraceful face, took Wang Mao to the ridge, picked up the water bladder, pulled out the wooden stopper, and drank the water.

The old man looked at Wang Rong and said with a smile: "Captain, your skills in cultivating the fields are not good." ”

Wang Rong shook his head and said helplessly: "Uncle, I can understand swords and guns, this plough is too difficult for me. ”

The old man said with a disdainful face: "Captain, don't think that the old man is old and his eyes are dizzy, so he can't see clearly, your plough is not too difficult, but simply too difficult." ”

Wang Rong listened to the old man's sarcasm, shook his head and smiled bitterly, and did not refute. Wang Mo was on the side, and he didn't speak.

At this time, Chu Kun, who was planting rice in the paddy field, carried his muddy legs, went up to the ridge, and said to the old man who was admonishing the two: "Uncle, you dare to say this about these two." Hahahaha! ”

The old man looked at Chu Kun and bowed: "Mr. Chu, in so many later lives, you are a good hand at cultivating land. ”

Chu Kun smiled with a proud smile on his face when he heard this, but he didn't shirk it, and looked at Wang Wei and Wang Hao proudly.

Wang Rong said angrily: "Sir, don't make fun of me. Wang Xiang, go, call someone, and set the table here. ”

Wang Hao left quickly, and after a while, the soldiers began to arrange the wine and food.

A table of wine and food is set up at the edge of the field, and the aroma of the food in the air is mixed with the fragrance of the earth, which is particularly refreshing. There is no food and drink, but some homely food.

Wang Bian sat down next to Chu Kun, poured wine for the old man with his own hands, and said in his mouth: "Mr. Chu, do you have any good suggestions for building water conservancy?" ”

Chu Kun glanced at Wang Biao obliquely, and said helplessly: "I know that it is nothing good for you kid to pour wine yourself." ”

When Wang Rong heard this, he smiled. Chu Kun picked up the wine bowl, took a sip, and drank the west wind in the bowl. With such a way of drinking, Wang Rong's dough was pumped straight away.

"I've already read the Captain's paperwork." Chu Kun drank a bowl of West Wind Strong, his face was slightly red, he looked at Wang Biao and said, "Duwei, this water conservancy construction is not a small project. The young people have just finished spring ploughing, and they have not even stopped breathing and began to build water conservancy, which will make the common people disgusted. ”

Wang Rong nodded and said, "Mr. Chu's concern is right, so I plan to build it little by little, within five years, to completely cure Tu Shenze and the flooding of the river." ”

Chu Kun listened to Wang Rong's words, nodded in agreement, and said: "Du Wei's consideration is very good, the old man is afraid that you are in a hurry, and he plans to repair the water conservancy in the short term." ”

Wang Rong shook his head and said, "Even if the Craftsman Academy improves the tools a lot, it won't be able to change the current situation of low productivity in my city for a period of time. If you forcibly drive the people's power, you will lose the people's support, and I will not do such a stupid thing. ”

Chu Kun agreed with Wang Rong's words, and after reaching an agreement on the construction of water conservancy, the old gentleman mentioned another matter: "Du Wei, recently, some small tribes of the Devil people have been cruising outside the Chicken Fortress and the Chicken Fortress, and Captain Wang Bo led the troops to attack, but they did not engage in the battle, but sent messengers. ”

Wang Rong listened to Chu Kun's words, and couldn't help but be interested, he took a chopstick tofu, put it in his mouth and said while eating: "Oh? And this kind of thing? ”

Chu Kun sandwiched a chopstick to stir-fry lamb liver, which was a snack he had recently been obsessed with, and Wang Biao deliberately let Lao Yu fry it. While eating, he said, "Yes, Captain Wang Bo sent a document saying that these tribes hope to be able to exchange markets with our Shuofang County. ”

Wang Rong repeated suspiciously: "Mutual market? ”

Hushi is a common name for the trade between the Central Plains Dynasty and the surrounding foreign races. Initially, after the discovery of the Western Regions, the Qin Dynasty began to trade with the countries of the Western Regions. The Qin Dynasty also set up customs markets at border crossings as a market for foreign envoys.

Later, Dayong and other countries in the Central Plains established their own departments dedicated to the management of the mutual market, which were handed over to the market supervisor or the mutual market supervisor to take charge of the mutual market affairs. Yongguo, Youguo, and Jiguo set up mutual markets along the border, mainly horse markets. The states of Yi and Xu set up shipping affairs and shipping yards in coastal cities, allowed mutual markets, and set up municipal shipping divisions and city shipping envoys to take charge of maritime trade. In the southwest region, Jing Guo carried out a tea and horse exchange market, and set up an institution such as the Tea and Horse Division to manage the tea and horse trade. The responsibilities of the Tea and Horse Division are: "The benefits of tea are used by Sabang; Where the city horses in the four Yi, the rate of tea exchange. ”

As countries put foreign trade on the right track, restrictions on foreign trade are quite strict for the sake of defense and economic interests.

The laws of various countries only allow mutual markets under the supervision of the government, that is, a number of mutual market supervisors are set up at designated points at the border, so that Chinese and foreign merchants can barter under their supervision, and other forms of trade are prohibited, and violators are punished.

At the same time, the mutual market is under the strict control of the government, and there are many restrictions on trade goods. Except for those who are allowed to trade with each other, ordinary people are "not allowed to trade money and goods with the vassals."

In the mutual market, the most common transaction is the trade with tea and horses or horses for tea as the central content, which is collectively referred to as the "tea and horse market".

Due to the natural environment, the ethnic groups outside the Central Plains are very dependent on tea, tea can detoxify and remove diseases, can relieve greasy, and help digestion, therefore, controlling the supply of tea is equivalent to controlling the lives of the surrounding ethnic groups. Therefore, tea has become a bulk economic and trade product between the Central Plains countries and the surrounding ethnic groups, and has also become a material means to maintain friendly relations with the surrounding ethnic groups.

The "Tea and Horse Market" has played an important role in maintaining the security and stability of the border areas of various countries, and is also a border policy of great strategic significance for all countries. At the same time, through the tea and horse trade, it also met the needs of various countries for war horses, and provided a huge amount of tea income for Guoguo to meet the needs of military spending.