Chapter Twenty-Three: The Lower Limit Is No Lower Limit

"In a state of war, men are in charge of fighting, and women are in charge of farming. Children are admitted to the nursery and are taught by the elderly. ”

"This system sounds fine, but in practice, it is very problematic. For example, women are responsible for farming, but women's physical strength is not as good as that of men, and once a long time passes, a large-scale reduction in production is inevitable. ”

At a glance, there is no end in sight, and this large farm, to say the least, has 100,000 acres of land. Looking at the scene in front of him, Jiang Hua squatted directly on the ground, picked up a touch of dirt and pinched it.

"In the past, we also tried to divide the land among each family. Especially those county soldiers, if they join the county soldiers, they will be directly given a hundred acres of land. But then I found out that it still didn't work. ”

"Not to mention the occasional cases of powerful people bullying the county soldiers and depriving the county soldiers of their income, the county soldiers go out to fight, and the family will have less strong laborers, which will affect the income from farming."

"If this expedition is victorious, if you get enough loot, and the county soldiers themselves get enough rewards, then this expedition is also cost-effective."

"But many times, the county soldiers patrol the territory in teams, and one patrol lasts for three months, and it is normal for nothing to happen. At such times, there are not so many rewards to give. By the time the county soldiers returned home, the farming time had passed. ”

Later, the county soldiers were no longer directly rewarded with land, but with the proceeds from the land. We specially hired people to plant the land of the county soldiers, and gave copper coins or grain directly during the autumn harvest. ”

"Moreover, it will be issued by the county order or the young monarch himself!"

As soon as the county Chengyu said this, Jiang Hua remembered that he had indeed personally sent money to the county soldiers below. There are so many copper coins, all packed into boxes, and it is not light to move around.

Moreover, if you distribute it yourself, you can prevent other people from eating empty salaries, or military salaries that have just been allocated from the county treasury and are drifted away.

"Farming has always been a very physically demanding thing and the harvest is not too big, and ordinary people can cultivate ten acres of land without the help of ploughing oxen. Even with ploughing oxen, it is very difficult for a family to cultivate a hundred acres of land, and they have to rush for time, and when it comes to harvesting, they have to hire several people to help. Otherwise, if you are not careful, the agricultural time will pass. ”

"Therefore, in order to save manpower and improve farming efficiency, we have introduced a lot of large agricultural tools, such as eight-oxen plows, which are said to be pulled by eight oxen to cultivate together, and it is easy to cultivate hundreds of acres of land."

Jiang Hua rubbed his hands, a lot of the mud on them fell down, and stood up. Looking into the distance, I did see a large plow, but it was not the imaginary eight oxen that pulled the eight-ox plow, but a strong man.

This strong man wore no clothes on the upper half of his body, and his lower body was also short, his feet were in the ground, covered with mud, and he pulled the eight-ox plow with one hand, and his speed was not slow at all.

Looking at the strong man who was pulling the plow, County Chengyu smiled slightly: "He is a warlock, or a warlock who has comprehended the true meaning of the three five elements, his physical body has already evolved several times, and there is no problem with a few cows in one person." ”

"There are still a lot of warlocks in the territory who do this, and the warlocks comprehend the true meaning of the five elements, don't they just need to observe the nature of heaven and earth? Going deep into life and observing life is also a way to comprehend the true meaning of the five elements. ”

"Many sorcerers, when they pull the plough to plough the land, understand the true meaning of earth or fire. When some warlocks harvest rice, wheat, and rape with a sickle, they comprehend the true meaning of wood or gold. ”

"Li Sheng once said that the Tao is natural. And most of our Taoists in Yancheng are more down-to-earth. They don't feel that they are superior to others, nor do they feel that becoming a Taoist is a superior person, so they can not be a human being. ”

Jiang Hua smiled and nodded: "What is nature?" Isn't it just every aspect of this life, bit by bit? ”

What made Jiang Hua even more pleased was the extremely harmonious atmosphere in front of him. This kind of atmosphere, in the territory of other nobles, is difficult to see.

"This war will not be short, and we must be prepared for ten or even twenty years."

If nothing else, let's just say that when the capital of Chaoguo was besieged by the Wu State next door, it was directly besieged for thirty years.

The capital of Chao is connected to the Chao River, and it can be used with the power of the Great River. Who knew that in the tenth year, the Chao River near the national capital was cut off by the Wu State, and the Chao State could still connect to the leylines, with the help of the power of the leylines, but in the twentieth year, the leylines were also cut off by the masters of the Wu Kingdom.

If it weren't for the sneak attack on the rear of Wu by the Yue State later, the capital of the Chao State might have really fallen.

"This battle is about their own heritage, and it also contains each other's determination."

"For example, we will ask people to narrow down their activities and move as much as possible in villages, in places with a lot of people."

Why?

Unable to figure it out, Jiang Hua began to recall the history books he saw in his mind.

History books are very valuable knowledge in the nest country. It will only be stored in the territory of the real nobles, and of course there is it in the national capital, but it is not open.

Since the establishment of Yancheng, it has continued to collect history books, Jiang Hua recalled for a moment, and had the answer: "Is it because they will directly send monks over to slaughter the scattered people?" ”

County Chengyu nodded with a serious expression: "Three thousand years ago, the Liu family opened up the land of the three counties, and everything was thriving, and at that time, the head of the Liu family was about to completely tame the bloodline in his body and become a genuine second-generation Qing clan, but at this critical moment, a fierce beast suddenly ran out. ”

"The bloodline of this fierce beast is very similar to the bloodline of the monarch, if nothing else, it should be a certain old-timer who can never break through the monarch's lineage at that time, self-sacrificed, forcibly swallowed the elixir, improved the bloodline, and was finally completely controlled by the desire in the bloodline and turned into a fierce beast!"

"Actually, this is not the first time that the monarch has done this. Back then, Chao State was besieged by Wu State, and the world thought that Yue State sent troops to attack the rear of Wu State, but in fact, it was because a pure-blooded beast of the first generation suddenly appeared near the military camp of Wu State. After many masters of the Wu Kingdom killed the pure-blooded beasts, the strength of the Wu army also lost a small half. ”

If at that time, Chao Guo continued to sacrifice the foundation of a second-generation strength, so that this foundation greatly improved the purity of the bloodline, and finally completely lost control, what would Wu Guo do?

Who knows how much of this heritage there is in the nest country?

What if there are ten or eight, although theoretically it is impossible, it is unexpected to have one, but I dare not bet and can't bet!

"Therefore, when they can't break through the Dashiguan head-on, it is possible to release the fierce beasts, or simply come and slaughter the village, or use spells to destroy our farmland on a large scale before the harvest. We can't underestimate their lower limits, so we have to be as prepared as possible! ”

Looking at the sun in the distance, Jiang Hua pinched the soil in his hand hard: "Even if Yancheng is completely broken, you must resist to the end!" ”