In the middle of July of the tenth year of Chongzhen, Chen Xun commanded the military households in the fort to carry out the reclamation project has come to an end.

Along the northwest direction of Dapan Fort, in the past month or so, Chen Xun has led hundreds of military households in the fort to be busy, and more than 2,000 acres of land have been newly reclaimed. At this time, there were more than 6,000 acres of land registered in the military tun book of Dapanbao, and even the land population, Dapanbao was already a behemoth.

At this time, the land of the tuntian in the first thousand households of the entire Xiahe Village is only more than 70 tilts, that is, more than 7,000 acres, and more than 900 stones of tun grain are collected a year. Dapanbao is a tunbao, and it is almost half of its tuntian.

In addition to reclaiming wasteland, the military households of Dapanbao also dug some irrigation wells and built many new channels for water conservancy. This is also due to the income of the soap workshop, which allows Liu Yan to have money to invest a certain scale.

However, Liu Yan also had an extra mind, and the water conservancy facilities he invested in the construction were limited to the middle of the newly reclaimed Juntun, so as to prevent friction between the water conservancy facilities and other surrounding chimneys and tunpu. And the water conservancy facilities built are basically irrigation wells, although the irrigation well can not be irrigated in a very large range, but it is better to be independent, and can save a lot of trouble with a big mouth.

Liu Yan's consideration is also based on reality, now from Dapanbao to the north and west, there are many Wangjiazhuang forts, such as Huangshan dun, sand ditch dun, wind volcano pier of the tun field, although these chimney mounds do not have a scale of military tun, but there are also some cultivated land, which is regarded as the ration field of the dun army everywhere. Even farther to the northwest, there are various tun fields under the jurisdiction of Qianqian households in Xiahe Village.

The land in these places is intermingled, and many of them are the private land of various military officers, so the construction of water conservancy in these places has unclear ownership of rights and vague property rights, which is easy to cause disputes and greatly affects the play of water conservancy channels.

In addition, the construction of the canal and water conservancy cost a huge amount of money, and the construction period was long, so how to distribute the ICBC rations and how to distribute the water after the completion of the construction will have countless disputes. Historically, the competition for water in the north was fierce, and those who were in the same canal fought with each other and the villages competed with each other, and those who had different canals fought with each other, and there were countless lawsuits and violent fights.

The irrigation wells are much more trouble-free, and the well irrigation is mostly opened by several farmers who are exclusively or voluntarily cooperative, with clear property rights, easy to use and manage, and not easy to cause disputes. Moreover, the Ming Dynasty is now in drought in various places, the water sources of rivers and lakes have decreased, or even dried up, and the water conservancy role of channels has been greatly reduced, while the water sources of irrigation wells are relatively stable.

Therefore, under Liu Yan's order, Chen Xun led the Dapanbao soldiers to dig more than a dozen new irrigation wells along the newly cultivated fields for the use of these fields.

The big waterwheel by the South River has thus become a swan song, from the original reclamation of more than 1,000 acres of land in Dapanbao scattered, there is no abandoned channel around, to build a waterwheel, to build a new canal pool, it is necessary to return to the above problems, so the newly reclaimed fields only dig irrigation wells.

Now Dapandun has more than 6,000 acres of cultivated land, and the population in the fort is about 1,000 people, there are more than 200 households, Liu Yan divided all the cultivated land, and the family was about 30 acres of land.

In the future, these military households will be the source of Liu Yan's collection of military rations, and they will also be the source of his own soldiers.

When the land is divided, each household is determined by drawing lots. After the fields were distributed, all the military households were overjoyed, looking at their happy appearance, Liu Yan was also full of joy.

As for Wang Yue, Chen Xun, Zhang Yi, Wang Bo, Miao Shao, and Xu Ming, according to the regulations, the six of them are all small flag officials, and they all have to divide the ration fields, but Liu Yan has no extra land to distribute to them now, so he called a few people to a meeting, and directly notified them, so they will no longer distribute the cultivated land to the six people, and directly convert the amount of cultivated land that should be issued into military salaries, and issue the corresponding silver every month.

The six of them naturally agreed to this, anyway, the six of them didn't have the time and energy to farm, so it was better to take some silver in their hands.

At this time, the cultivated land has been fully distributed, which naturally has nothing to do with Tan Xiaoda and other craftsmen, but Tan Xiaoda and other craftsmen just joined in and took a look, and they didn't mean to blush.

Now Liu Yan's wages to Tan Xiaoda and others are much higher than those of the craftsmen in the Qianqian Household of Xiahe Village, and the special one is Tan Xiaoda, the head craftsman, who can basically get seven or eight taels of silver every month, making this man who has just turned thirty laugh all day long.

"The white dew is early, the cold dew is late, and the autumn equinox is just in time to plant wheat!"

This year's year was better, so Liu Yan decided to go ahead with autumn sowing after the autumnal equinox in mid-August. During this time, the castle was preparing seeds, as well as cattle and farm tools, etc., anyway, there was still a month, and there was time to do so.

In addition, there was still a shortage of some ploughing cattle and farm tools in the fort, so Liu Yan asked Xu Ming to take someone to buy some, which could be shipped back in a few days. The fort had to be rented to the soldiers for autumn ploughing, to lend them rice rations, and to use mules to pull the waterwheels that filled the wells, all of which had to be prepared in advance.

On this day, Liu Yan discussed with Chen Xun in the General Flag Office about the cattle farming tools, and Liu Yan decided to go to the Qianhu Institute in Xiahe Village to buy a batch of cattle farming tools and come back. If necessary, it is better to buy more than 100 heads of cattle and mules at one time, and now Liu Yan has accumulated more than 3,000 taels of silver in his hands, which can be fully supported.

Now Liu Yan now has four teams of soldiers in Dapan Fort, one team does not collect at night, and now there are a lot more strong women and young people in each household, Liu Yan has pulled out dozens of dun soldiers and trained every day.

Now Chen Xun's team is stationed in Juntun, Zhang Yi's team is stationed in the salt field, Wang Yue's team is stationed in Dapanbao, and Wang Bo's team is stationed in the Baihu official hall.

So when discussing this day, Liu Yan just found Chen Xun, and the rest of the people were scattered everywhere.

Suddenly, a dun army patrolling outside the fort rushed in to report that there was something going on outside the fort, and that the three chimney duns under the jurisdiction of Wangjiazhuang, Huangshan dun, Shagou dun, and several tun chiefs of the wind volcano dun, led more than 100 people to rush over, all of them with knives and sticks, and gathered to Dapan Fort, saying that they wanted to capture the military population who had fled from their chimney to Dapan Fort. In addition, they also thought that Dapanbao had dug up their tuntian land, and asked Liu Yan to give them an explanation.

Liu Yan didn't have too many surprises, just smiled and said, "Those who should come will always come!" ”

So Liu Yan asked Chen Xun to prepare the materials according to the discussion just now, and then he shouted: "Order, sound the gong alarm!" I ordered the small flag officer Wang Yue and the small flag officer Wang Bo to form a team and attack with me. ”

Soon, the gong of Dapanbao rang non-stop, and the two teams of 36 dun soldiers rushed out of the barracks and quickly assembled and converged. At the same time, the arsenal in the Dapan Fort opened, a pair of iron armor was taken out, and the gunpowder projectiles were also nervously distributed. In addition to these dun troops, many young and strong soldiers in the fort also issued spears each, and even the women and the old and weak in the fort also each carried a wooden stick, and all of them gathered at this time with roaring and scolding.

For a time, the entire Dapanbao was mobilized. At the same time as the military households gathered, everyone looked angry, daring someone to come to the door, it was really a bear's heart and a leopard's gall. Everyone has just lived a good life, and someone comes to make trouble, which is purely looking for death!

At this time, outside Dapan Fort, the Tunmin military households of the three forts of Huangshan Dun, Shagou Dun, and Fengshan Dun, after they converged by the Nanhe River, under the leadership of several tun chiefs, armed with knives and sticks and other weapons, more than 100 people just came to Dapanbao under black pressure.

However, when they were a few miles away from Dapanbao, they found that several soldiers from Dapanbao were spying on them back and forth. When they arrived outside Dapan Fort, there were even more hostile Dapan Fort soldiers standing there with guns and sticks.

Liu Dayu, the head of the Huangshan pier, Shen Wenyun, the head of the Shagou pier, and Liu Qunyi, the head of the wind volcano pier, had very ugly faces, especially when they saw the dozens of dun troops opened out of the Dapan Fort, not only the queue was neat and extraordinary, but also the birds and iron armor were complete, although the bright armor was not painted, it looked very rough, but the luster of the metal shone in the sunlight, which was so dazzling at this time, which made Liu Dayu and several people afraid.

"Liu Yan still has so much armor!"

Liu Dayu thought hatefully, but what Liu Dayu didn't know was that now Tan Xiaoda's firearms workshop was fully staffed, not only could he build more than a dozen bird guns per month, but also three or four pairs of armor.

Now there are some barracks built outside the walls of Dapan Fort for the new military families to live in. Around the barracks, ditches were dug and traps were set up. On the ditch, a low wall gate was built with mud, stones, wooden planks, etc.

The men and horses on both sides gathered in place, glaring at each other in exasperation.

Liu Yan saw Liu Dayu on the opposite side at a glance, and couldn't help sneering, he didn't meet him, but asked a few of the two teams of Dun soldiers to get ready, and the fire ropes in everyone's hands were already lit, just aiming at the Dun soldiers who were getting closer and closer outside.

Wang Yue also saw Liu Dayu's figure, but his face was expressionless at this time, thinking that once the fight started, he would have to present a vote to Liu Yan.

The military households of Huangshan Dun, Shagou Dun, and Fengshan Dun stopped a hundred meters away from the gate of the village, and shouted one after another: "Hand over our people, Liu Yan get out......

They shouted and waved their guns and sticks in their hands, but they kept yelling. In the crowd, Liu Dayu, Shen Wenyun, and Liu Qunyi were at the front.

Shen Wenyun, the head of Shagou Dunjia, looked at the people and horses of Dapanbao opposite, and there was some drumming in his heart, so he whispered to Liu Dayu: "You said that we came today, will that Liu Yan give in?" That's an outlaw, and with the support of the management team, it's hard to do. ”

Liu Qunyi, the head of the Wind Volcano Dun, said: "Don't worry, brother, this time the three of us came together, so many people, then Liu Yan is at a loss, what else can he do?" ”

Liu Dayu just greedily looked at the situation of Dapan Fort in the Zhaimen at this time, he didn't expect Dapan Fort to develop into such a state in such a short period of time, and couldn't help but sigh: "This Dapan Fort has such a scale in such a short period of time, I heard that Liu Yan is very rich, I will wait for me to come here today, and I will definitely make that Liu Yan Pifu bleed a lot." ”

At the same time, Liu Dayu secretly said in his heart: "If Liu Yan can admit it this time, I can find an opportunity to transfer him away in the future, and it is good for me to come back and take over Dapanbao!" ”

Then all three smirked.

There were more than 20 families in each of their three chimneys, and they used to be just quiet farming, but after the rise of Dapan Fort, the military households of each fort fled from time to time, and the young and strong population was greatly lost. After the three tun chiefs inquired, it turned out that those military households had fled to Dapanbao, which made them very angry.

They already had this heart, and with Liu Dayu's secret contact this time, the three of them came together to ask for an explanation.

This time, there were more than 40 households in their three chimneys, and more than 100 people came, the men were strong men with spears and sticks, and the women and the old and weak were also holding hoes and flat burdens. The three of them also greeted a lot from several surrounding fire road piers and tunbao, so that a total of more than 100 people were gathered.

Looking behind them, Liu Dayu and the three of them became more and more distracted, and under their instigation, the military men and women behind them were howling louder and louder.