Chapter 140: It's Spring Ploughing Again

Everyone's doubts were solved: If it is white, let alone attack the wall through the Yellow River, no matter how outrageous it is, it will be normal to get to him. Due to the simplicity of the records, Bai Qi was lacking in where to raise his troops, where to get on the ships, where to land, and how to attack. However, although Bai Qi captured it at that time, he couldn't hold it in the end; And today, Hedong captured the walled city without a single soldier, and was able to hold it, the situation is really stronger than people!

In the following time, everyone compiled a merit book for the prisoners, Pi Wan led the prisoners to cross the river in Pusaka, and the county officials were waiting at the mouth of the Weishui River to bring back the prisoners in their own county. Originally, these prisoners only came to Hedong to construct and had no combat mission, so the counties only sent some small officials to escort them to Pusaka and hand them over to Hedong; When the construction is over, pick them up again. But unexpectedly, in addition to building a good city in Hedong, they also won an important city. This kind of task outside the predetermined goal, according to Qin law, whether it can be regarded as a military merit must be evaluated by the court, and Zhang Lu and Pi Juan themselves cannot decide. Therefore, when the court assessed that the occupation of Yuancheng could be used as a military merit, Zhang Lu and the others built a merit book and then repatriated. Nearly a month later than the scheduled date. This news made the county officials very sad, none of them participated in this military operation, otherwise I don't know how many county officials could be promoted.

The credit for leading the troops in the military campaign to occupy the walled city was cheaper than the 3,000 soldiers left behind in Shangjun, who served as all the low-level officials from the commander of the army to the commander of fifty people, and almost all of them were promoted to the first rank. They will return to Upper County to prepare for spring ploughing. However, 100 of them were left by Zheng Anping and Chen Si as pro-camps. Zheng Anping became a public doctor, and the number of pro-camp posts rose to 100. Chen Si was promoted to an official doctor, and he could also have a pro-camp of fifty people. The Shangjun people are different from the people of Ye County, they are very eager to settle in Xianyang, and when Zheng Anping and Chen Si recruited their own camps, they agreed almost without hesitation. Zheng and Chen did not recruit at full capacity, but only kept the 100 people who followed them to Yuancheng to preach. They also followed the brigade back to Shangjun, and only the approved documents were issued, so they moved to Xianyang.

The little slave gave birth to a daughter, and it went very well. She missed Gai Nie, and Zheng Anping told him that with Sima Jin with him, Gai Nie would be promising. followed him and buried him. Although the little slave expressed understanding, he often wept.

Zhang Lu did not have a title, and still served as the Hedong Shou as the king of Qin, with no land and no pro-camp. Zheng Anping also followed him and assisted him in daily affairs. Chen Si and Mang Wei both went to Yuan County. Zhang Lu had a hunch that this pair of people would not get along, Mang Wei was born as a noble son, how could he stoop down to be a martial artist? And...... Mang Wei is actually more suitable for the position of county order, while Chen Si is more suitable for professionalism. In addition, the captain who is sandwiched between the two is the original Pi Shicheng, and he has never dealt with these two people, so this combination is strange no matter how you look at it!

However, there is no time to take care of these personnel matters now, and all the energy of the counties in Hedong is focused on spring ploughing. Zhang Lu invited the internal history of the Tingwei Mansion to standardize the cultivation process in Hedong, drafted legal documents, and brought them back to Xianyang for approval and promulgation; Before promulgation, Hedong was handed over to all counties for implementation. At present, all counties in Hedong are organizing and implementing them in accordance with the corresponding normative provisions.

Grain from Hedong County was still brought in from the princes' territories in exchange for salt. Zhang Lu levied prisoners from his subordinate counties and concentrated them in Anyi to serve, recruiting a total of 500 prisoners, and began to repair the city of Anyi and other public facilities.

The production of pottery began to recover, but the production of iron and bronze still required a huge upfront investment, and the time for recovery seemed to be far away. The iron tools produced by Pi became the only source of iron tools in Hedong. The scale of production there was limited by manpower and materials, and iron tools were very limited. Although under the supervision of Zhang Lu and Pi Juan, the production of Pi's iron furnace increased its productivity, but the iron produced still could not meet the needs of the entire Hedong, which greatly affected the spring ploughing.

Fortunately, after a year of grazing, the number of cattle has increased a lot, and it can barely meet the needs of spring ploughing. Wuwang watched everyone actively prepare for farming, and was so anxious that he scratched his ears and cheeks.

Soon, the Prime Minister's letter came down, Chen Si and Zheng Anping's pro-camp posts had been approved, and hundreds of families would be collectively moved to Xianyang Waste Hill.

These families had exhausted all their savings during a year of famine, and they were all skinny, disgraced, and mentally exhausted; Many families are dying of starvation. He served in Hedong as the pillar of his family, and when he came home and saw the tragic appearance of his family, he hugged his head and cried. This move is not an easy task, they only brought the necessary bags, first to Xianyang, have food, live, have strength, and then slowly move the thick and thin furniture to Xianyang.

The Dragon Gate is on the opposite bank of Pi's and is the only way from Shangjun to Xianyang. Zheng Anping came forward and borrowed grain from Pi's, and agreed that after the people from Shangjun arrived at Longmen, they would cross the river to Pi's to eat and give food for three days. The bridging work was completed by Mr. Xie Yan, who had interacted with these 100 people and knew each other. Wuwang went back to Xianyang first to arrange the reception.

The first family who was closest to him crossed the river first, and received a stone of grain at the post station outside the city of Pi. After receiving Zhang Lu's instructions, Mr. Xie Yan and Wuwang specially reminded that those who were just hungry must not be full, and only gave each person a small bowl of gruel. When I got up the next day, it was still a small bowl of gruel. Wuwang also said, on the way to Xianyang, it is this stone millet, and it takes about ten days from Pishi to Xianyang, and it must be very economical to arrive. A small bowl of gruel brought hope to everyone and supported everyone to move forward. After crossing the river from Pusaka into Weishui, the family hired a boat and arrived at the waste hill. Wuwang led five guards from Ye County to greet him.

Zheng Anping, Chen Si, and Mangwei have already reached the wasted hill, and the wasted hill township and Huaili widow are the maiden families of Chen Si and Mangwei, and they are very happy to get the letter. After Wuwang came back, he told them that Chen Si and Mangwei had become county commanders and county officials and could not come back for the time being, but the pro-camp they had restored would come to live. The two then took it upon themselves to enlarge the homes of Zheng Anping and Chen Si for the temporary residence of these pro-camps. Wuwang was in charge, and all the people who had increased their share of the land were zoned on the wasteland on the east bank of Fengshui, Wuwang thought to himself, there are 100 people farming, what do you want to do with the fields? In the eyes of the villagers, this is obviously preparing for the future independent construction of the town.

After the first one arrived, the expansion of Zheng Anping's house had not yet been completed, and the family temporarily lived in Chen Si's home. After her husband left, Chen Si and Mangwei's wives had already returned to their parents' homes to live temporarily, and Chen Si and Mangwei also gave their wives 15 stone millet each for this purpose. Now these two houses are still empty, and they are usually taken care of by the township.

Wuwang welcomed the family guards into Chen Si's house, and the grain was moved from Zheng Anping's house to Wushi, indicating that it was a month's ration. Although the family only relied on a stone of millet to support them along the way, it was much better to have food in their stomachs than when they were in Shangjun. Now when they saw a stone of grain, the children's eyes lit up, and the women whimpered and sobbed. After resting for the night, the guard, together with the five people from Ye County and Wuwang, went to the Fengdong wasteland to open up the wasteland.

The Duke is the seventh level and can own 900 acres of land; The official doctor is the sixth level and can own 700 acres of land; Not only is it the fourth level, which can have 400 acres of land. The three families are united, with a total of 2,000 acres, but 500 acres of them are mature fields, and they do not need to cultivate them themselves. At first, it was a little difficult for seven people to cultivate 1,500 acres of land, but with the gradual arrival of the guards, the farm work became easier and easier, and everyone even had the spare energy to build a house in Fengdong.

In the end, only eighty-three people came to Xianyang, and the remaining seventeen people committed suicide because their families starved to death! Of these 83 people, more than half of the families starved to death, and some families only had one or two people left. The population of Shangjun was greatly reduced, but due to the reason for immigration, the reason for the population decline was ambiguous, and Shangjun Shou still got the "Ping" test language, although he was removed from the post of county guard, but he was appointed as the crown prince Taibao, and he was nominally promoted. However, the King of Qin and the Marquis of Qin both knew the grim situation in Shangjun, and sent Bai Qi, the god of killing, to Shangjun, hoping that he could turn the situation in Shangjun from danger to safety just like on the battlefield.

Since Zheng Anping visited Huang Xie on the last time, the situation of Prince Qin, who was hostage to Wei, has become bad. A sentry was assigned to the outside of the inn where he lived, and patrols were stepped up at night. It is rumored that the prince is about to return to China.

From these signs, the crown prince of Qin judged that Qin might be about to take military action against Wei, but since no one informed him, he did not know what it was. He did not receive instructions to evacuate, and sent his retinue around the girder every day to collect all kinds of information and analyze and judge the situation. However, the entourage also reported that those who had recently come into contact with them had noticeably become more vigilant and began to consciously avoid them. This further strengthened the prince's judgment that Qin would take action against Wei.

From the mouth of the merchant traveler, the prince has learned that a county has been set up in Hedong, and the county guard is the guest secretary Zhang Lu. In the past year, Hedong has increased its population, built roads, and reclaimed wasteland, making great improvements. But the situation of Anyi was not unaware of the prince when he was in Xianyang, it was a very difficult area to operate, and he had been influenced by Jin culture for a long time, and regarded Qin as a barbarian, and he unconsciously had a feeling of being superior. Although Anyi was dedicated to the King of Qin by the King of Wei, it was very difficult to govern, and in the eyes of the crown prince, it was more of a burden than a territory, and it took countless efforts to maintain the stability of Anyi every year. Now Qin will combine the five counties of Anyi and the four counties of Xihe and Beihe into one county, and set up guards and management, which is not a bad policy, but if it is said that Anyi can be brought back to life in a year, and it is necessary to threaten the Wei State, the prince himself feels that it is impossible.

If it wasn't Anyi, where would it be?