The residents of Fenyin and Pi are still old residents of the old Wei Dynasty. After living under the rule of Qin for half a century, they had long since severed ties with Wei. Zhang Lu found that the cultivation here was well developed, the acres of land were facing each other, and cattle and iron tools could often be seen.

Zhang Lu praised the county orders of these two counties, and said: "Persuade agriculture to work on the fields, and rejuvenate the people, so that what a victory!" ”

Pi's words made Zhang Lu seem to understand something: "When the minister first arrived, he could not do it with Qin's order." Nai Wu ten miles of different winds, a hundred miles of different customs. The art of Guanzhong is not available for Fenye. ”

Zhang Lu said: "The minister's view of the rule of Anyi is also, and the agriculture is difficult to prosper. It is not a weak lawsuit, nor is it a cunning of the people, and there must be differences in their arts. Can it be cured? ”

Pi Shi ordered: "Anyi is different from Pi Shi. Pi's is quite an old people, and its art is still alive. However, if you follow the will of the people and change the Qin law slightly, the industry will prosper. Anyi, the old Wei land. Since returning to Qin Ye, Wei Min has done his best, and his art does not exist. Now the people of the place are all out of the customs, all the arts, solid and Fen are different, and it is still difficult to get through with Anyi. The people of Wei Anyi will know their old arts, teach them, give them orders, and their industry will be prosperous. ”

Zhang Lu pondered for a long time, and arched his hand: "The teaching of Pi Ling, the ministers should keep it in mind. There will be something to be done. ”

Zhang Lu hurriedly ended his inspection in Anyi and returned to Xianyang. Before he had time to rest, he visited all the princes one by one and reported what he had seen in Anyi, especially mentioning that due to the lagging agricultural development of Anyi, it might affect the road construction project in Anyi.

The king of Qin put Zhang Lu's words under the court. Zhang Lu suggested that Hedong County should be set up in nine counties in Hedong, and that it should be ruled by law. After a few days of debate, King Qin decided: "Yes! "He ordered Zhang Lu, the guest secretary, to be the guard of Hedong, Pi Shi Linggong's doctor Pi Wan to be the captain of Hedong, and the newly promoted official doctor Zheng Anping to be Hedong Cheng, and set up Hedong County.

Zhang Lu did not wait for his appointment, so he issued a fatwa: "Those who have the art of planting in Anyi will be given a house and a knight." Those who teach agriculture and mulberry are rewarded for their merits. "I asked someone to engrave it on the wooden board in Xianyang Palace, filled it with Zhu, and made nine pieces. Wait for the festival to be received, and take all the family members to take office together.

Zheng Anping's five personal guards were also approved. In this way, after Wuwang left, Zheng Anping's land could be temporarily cultivated by these five people; usually lives in Zheng Anping's house. - Of course, they have to complete the law education in the township first. The reason why these five people are willing to come to Xianyang is that they have no home in their hometown, belong to wanderers, and break the law and become criminals; So there is no family to welcome.

Although they hurried and hurried, it was still time to plough when they set out. The family went straight down to Puban from the Wei River, and urgently summoned officials to the county, announced the order to establish Hedong County, and issued a decree on recruiting talents. Let Kasaka send a post officer, and order Pi's order to take office immediately, and the post of Pi's order will be represented by the county lieutenant.

Zhang Lu asked Pu County to put the forces that could be mobilized into spring ploughing first, and immediately rushed to the next county, Yishi, without waiting for the arrival of Pi's order. Yi Shi Ling served as the county commander with military merits, and he enforced the law very strictly, and almost every day the people of the city were tied up and beaten. Even if the Yi Clan Order is so martial, the Yi Clan's soldiers are only a hundred, and they can only maintain local law and order and beat a dozen villagers.

After Zhang Lu conveyed the decree of the King of Qin to establish Hedong County, and after issuing the order to seek talents, he immediately rushed to the next county: Xie County next to Yanchi. If it is said that although Pusaka and Yishi are not doing well in agriculture, they are still engaged in agriculture after all, then there are almost no farmers in Xie County. Most of the people here are drying, packing, and transporting salt, and this is the most populous county of all the counties.

Xie Ling reluctantly explained to Zhang Lu that despite his best efforts, there was still no one to farm. Zhang Lu conveyed the fatwa establishing Hedong County. and announced that the counties of Anyi could temporarily implement the old Wei law. Xie County used to make a living selling salt, and it can continue. The order was relieved and thanked again and again. Zhang Lu asked Xie Ling to set up the recruitment order, and Xie Ling did not hesitate to send people to copy ten, and the trees were next to the major salt farms and avenues.

Finally arrived at Angeup. The Anyi Order, like the Pi Order, is also a public doctor, and the title is one level higher than that of other county orders. Correspondingly, he was also under great pressure: the previous Anyi orders were rated as "inferior" and were demoted. Hearing that Hedong has a county, and the county guard is the guest secretary Zhang Lu, Anyi Ling is also happy and sad: the good thing is that when the function of evaluation is delegated to the county guard, his evaluation grade should not be bad; Sadly, I may never have a chance to return to Xianyang. When he heard that Zhang Lu's policy was to recruit the original Wei people to return and let them assist in the production arrangements of Anyi, he felt angry in his heart and felt that he had underestimated the Qin people. However, seeing that Anyi is declining day by day, he doesn't seem to have any good way, so he has to listen to the order and talk about it later. He also copied ten of the recruitment orders and set them up on the main roads.

Quwo is a real front line. Quwoling struggled to maintain an army of 500 men, hoping to hold the city, but had little energy left to develop production. Zhang Lu also only conveyed the fatwa of the King of Qin to establish Hedong County, and issued a recruitment order. Quwoling also let the establishment be set up at the crossing.

Returning to Xie County, Zhang Lu asked Xie Ling to find a team of salt merchants who went south and led the way to Wucheng. This steep mountain road is rugged and difficult to navigate, and salt traders use oxen, mules and horses to carry salt bales through this steep road. When he arrived at Wucheng on the other side of the mountain, Zhang Lu still only conveyed the fatwa on the establishment of Hedong County and issued a recruitment order. Then turn west and reach the city of Wei.

Weicheng is the place where the ancestor of the Wei family, Bi Gongwan, was first sealed, and it is also the hometown of Zhang Lu, where Zhang Lu's relatives are located. However, because he was already incognito, Zhang Lu did not dare to visit his home, and still only routinely announced the fatwa and issued a recruitment order. Further west, pass the Grand Canyon back to Kabasaka. In this way, in addition to Fenyin, Zhang Lu traveled all over the eight counties of Hedong, traveling thousands of miles and taking about a month.

Back in Kasaka, the Pi Clan Order has already come. He did not chase after Zhang Lu, but brought some farmers from the Pi family and went to the villages in turn to teach the art of planting. It turned out that here, in addition to planting millet, millet and millet could also be planted, the latter two were unknown to the Qin people. Millet can be planted later than millet. In this way, the same farmer can interplant three different crops.

Another group teaches people to fish in the lake. Although there were fish in the Wei River, the Qin people hardly knew how to fish. Net-making, net-casting, and fishing are all processes that require repeated practice.

There are also people who teach herding. Cattle herding, sheep herding, chicken raising, pig raising, these industries are very popular in the Central Plains, the Qin people due to the professional division of labor, these skills are basically in the hands of professionals, concentrated in the government, these people to Anyi are mostly prisoners, mostly marginal people in society, basically do not.

Pi Xuan, who had been promoted to Hedong Lieutenant, asked Pu Ling to organize all the Qin people who could still be organized, and arrange their work according to their positions in Shiwu Township.

Since most of the labor force was attracted to sell salt, and only about 1,000 people remained in the village, Pu Ling had to organize all the women and children and arrange proper production for them. - Actually, some women and children are more capable than those men!

When Zhang Lu arrived in Pusaka, Pi Wan had already gone to the next prefecture, Yishi. Zhang Lu was surprised to find out the changes in Kasaka: if Kabasaka was still lifeless a month ago, it can now be said to be thriving! It already has three major industries: agriculture, animal husbandry and fishing.

Zhang Lu was very happy to let Pu Ling accompany him to inspect the townships. He asked Pu Ling to focus on the surrounding area of Zhang Yangze, and if possible, try to arrange the fields and townships in this direction. Then, he asked Pu Ling to recommend a few people to him to be officials. Pu Ling said: "Among Pusaka, there are few people who can write. The minister has a servant who can understand the text, and he is willing to recommend it! ”

Zhang Lu said: "Pu Ling is given to each other, and he is deeply gracious. ”

After two days in Pusaka, I talked with the officials, but I was also quite familiar with the paperwork, so I ordered the clerk to be in charge. The group set off and headed for Yi. In Yishi, Zhang Lu finally met Pi Juan. Pi Wan still relied on the farmers he brought with him to teach various agricultural techniques in the countryside. There is no lake here, and fishing techniques are useless, but the hillside is a place where dates can be grown. The Yi Clan ordered to use strong means to carry out the skills they had imparted. Zhang Lu and the others watched him blow up every day, scaring the villagers into fear, and felt funny in their hearts. Although the Yi clan order is explosive, he takes the lead in everything, what Pi Juan teaches, he is always the first to learn, and he has a strong learning ability. This also made Zhang Lu secretly surprised.

Wuwang has a special feeling, and he is eager to try it several times to go farming. Others didn't learn, so he took the initiative to go up and help. It's a pity that he is a Wei Yin, and the Qin people don't understand it much. Pi Wan naturally knew that Zhang Lu was a guest from Wei, and most of his subordinates were Wei people; But Yi Shiling didn't know this, and thought it was the Wei people invited back by Zhang Lu.

It took less than 20 days for Yi to complete the transformation, implement agronomy, and arrange a year's work. Zhang Lu also asked the Yi Clan Order to recommend a subordinate official to him, and the Yi Clan Commander recommended a samurai to him.

The situation in Xie County is the most complicated. Pi Wan summoned the big salt mill owners who knew the county and announced to them the method of taxation. Naturally, the salt mill owners disagreed. Pi Wan said: "Since Qin was a merchant king, he has specialized in the benefits of mountains and rivers. Salt, the benefits of the mountains. Therefore, those who are not specialized, and the people who cover the living, cannot bear to take each other. The present is divided with the kings. After a combination of hard and soft measures, and even coaxing and intimidation, the salt mill owners finally agreed to a half-percent tax rate. In exchange, Pi Wan agreed that the salt merchants' money did not have to be dissolved, but was converted into goods needed by the government at market prices, and the salt merchants handled it on their behalf.

In addition to recommending a subordinate official, Zhang Lu also specially asked the salt merchants to recommend a subordinate official.

When we arrived at Angeup, it was already early summer, and the millet harvest in Anyi had already begun. It's just that because of the illegal planting, it doesn't grow strong.

The group stayed in the pavilion in Anyi. Pi Wan continues to teach the cultivation techniques suitable for Anyi. Anyi was the center of gravity of the entire region, and the Qin people who moved in the most were also the most conductive. Under Pi Juan's teaching, he mastered new techniques quickly.