162, good as water
Back in Wuhuan, Hu Shui was taken aback by the new city wall, which was not a simple labor in this era, and the servants who built the new city wall died over the years.
That is, Zhang Qi, with the help of cement, he was able to make the construction of the city wall progress so quickly.
And after entering Wuhuan City, which now has a three-meter-high city wall, Zhang Qi's first order was to 'expand the army'.
With a cursory understanding of the history of the Han and Hungarians, he knew that the next two or three years would be a rare peaceful day.
Although the Xiongnu's revenge against the Han army was still the same, it was not as fierce as it was at the beginning.
Taking advantage of this time, Zhang Qi also has to vigorously develop himself.
Grassland animal husbandry is well developed, but cattle and sheep need constant nomadism to grow.
The land needed for this becomes very large.
Therefore, in order to produce more output, Zhang Qi set his sights on pigs.
It is possible to raise pigs, but the premise is that people can eat enough, so that they can have the capital to raise pigs.
Fortunately, Zhang Qi's command has done this to the point of being full, and the soybeans harvested last year are still there until this year, and this year, 100,000 mu of Xianbei's 300,000 mu of fields are planted with sorghum, 100,000 mu are planted with pumpkins, and 80,000 mu of soybeans are planted and 20,000 mu are planted with other plants.
Such as chili peppers, garlic, and some of the various vegetables that Zhang Qi found in the world of riding and chopping.
Garlic Zhang Qi planted more, although allicin is not easy to extract, but at the critical moment can save some people's lives, and the production of pesticides requires professional knowledge, Zhang Qi will not, and the people under his hands have not studied it, so garlic mashed mixed water is also very easy to use for insecticide.
In the world of riding and chopping, the cultivation of sorghum has been played out, and this is the first staple food plant and cash crop that Zhang Qi decided to plant, so those people in the world of riding and cutting also attach great importance to sorghum.
Today's sorghum has gone through dozens of generations, and now there is a difference between sweet sorghum, waxy sorghum, and ordinary sorghum.
Among them, sweet sorghum is very useful for both brewing and sugar, while glutinous sorghum is fully served and brewed, and ordinary sorghum is needless to say, it is a staple food.
Pumpkin itself is a high-yield crop, and it is not only eaten by humans, but also used to raise pigs, cattle and sheep and other domestic animals.
Speaking of feed, Xianbei has begun to use the remaining bean dregs after making tofu as concentrate feed for cattle and sheep, and the fermented and dried okara isan has, to a certain extent, made the cattle and sheep grow faster.
Beans are inherently versatile, which is why Zhang Qi also classifies soybeans as a necessary crop.
During the planting period, the land can be fertilized, the stalk is green storage, and it can be full of hunger after harvesting, whether it is tofu or soybean flour, it has now become the favorite thing of Wuhuan Xianbei, the tofu entrance is soft and smooth, and the way to eat is diverse, and the soybean flour has a good taste whether it is pancakes or making glutinous cakes.
In addition to these, Zhang Qi also put soybean oil in the necessary research, there are more than 2,000 people in the world, and it is the most cost-effective way to do various research.
Soybean oil squeezing is not difficult, but I don't know why there is always a strange smell after soybean oil squeezing, Zhang Qi thought that there was a mistake in the extraction link, so he organized more than 100 people in the world to specialize in the study of the press.
The press has been updated and iterated more than a dozen times, but the soybean oil should still have a strange smell after being squeezed out.
Even if Zhang Qizai didn't understand soybean oil, he also knew at this moment that the strange smell was caused by the soybean oil itself, not because of the press.
The days went on like this.
After the beginning of spring, the weaving net closely watched the two tribes of Zuowang, and once they showed signs of eastward expansion, they would immediately send a message back to Wuhuan.
Wuhuan is also actively preparing, the city wall is getting higher day by day at a speed visible to the naked eye, if it were not for the concrete to be maintained, with these skilled construction workers, it is not impossible to pour the city wall to ten meters in two months.
Unfortunately, it takes a period of time for the concrete to set, which results in the current inner and outer walls being only six meters, which is only the height of the city wall of Khanbian County.
In order to keep up with the consumption of Wuhuan cement, Xianbei has set up four more cement kilns, and now five cement kilns are operating day and night, which can be regarded as the same as the consumption of Wuhuan to build a city.
In addition to urban construction, the three armies under Zhang Qi's command have also been expanded, and the game has expanded from 6,000 to 8,000 people, and the most bloody and brave Tiger Ben with the strongest combat power now has 10,000, and the Eagle Strike Army, under the military order of the eagle, has also carried out a large-scale recruitment, and now there are more than 12,000 soldiers.
With a population of 300,000, Zhang Qi recruited 30,000 sergeants, all of whom were off-duty soldiers, and although the ratio of ten to one was not small, it could still be maintained.
Early May.
It is a tributary of the Nenjiang River, one of the three rivers in the northeast.
A large ship quietly entered the water.
Dock dock on the pier.
Zhang Qi cheered, and under his cheers, more than 3,000 dockyard workers around him also broke out into enthusiastic shouts.
They cheered the launch of the first ship in the dockyard, which was a milestone in their work.
And Zhang Qi cheered about the high-yield crops, and the wealth of this world is constantly flying towards him.
After cheering, Zhang Qi personally boarded the sailboat, accompanied by Yang Disheng and some shipwrights, the sailboat swam down, for the water system map, the boatmen and the weavers have already found out the familiar way, as the three sails fell a sail, the speed of the sailboat was faster.
And with the three sails all falling, Zhang Qi has the concept of speed for the first time in this era.
But after all, it is still in the middle of the river, and the changes in the water network are strange, and after enjoying the boat once, Zhang Qi ordered two sails to be raised, leaving only one sail for operation.
On the bow of the boat, Zhang Qi looked at the surging river with his back hand.
Yang Disheng stood beside him.
"The waves are sweeping the sand."
Looking at the river for a long time, Zhang Qi sighed quietly.
"I think, even if we are all in the ground, the mountains and rivers are still like this, and fighting is the most terrible thing in this world."
Yang Disheng talked eloquently, except for studying the three-masted sailing ship, he spent his free time reading books that Zhang Qi had copied.
Zhang Qi didn't look back, still looking at the flowing water: "They don't fight because they can't fight, and I don't fight, just let this great mountain and river fall, I don't understand philosophy, and I don't want to understand, Dickson, help me pick out some clever boatmen, I want them to complete a difficult task." ”
"Yes, my master."
Yang Disheng bent down to stroke his chest and retreated silently.
On the bow of the boat, Zhang Qi murmured: "The good is like water, the water is good for all things without fighting, and it is evil for everyone, so it is better than the Tao." ”
"Words are good words, but this world!"
"I'm determined!"
(End of chapter)