Li Ke experienced that period, and the rebellion at the end of the Sui Dynasty ten years ago still seemed to be in front of him, and it was precisely because of his personal experience of that scene that he cherished the current stability more and more.

At that time, Yi Zi and Eat were not just words recorded in the history books, but really happened in front of his eyes.

Seeing the children now proves that there is still hope in the hearts of these victims.

Outside the Ten Mile Pavilion, a series of ditches extend straight into the distance. With only a few small puddles remaining in the ditches, the drought has finally eased, and it will snow here in a little more than a month at most.

Not far away, in the Yaoshui River, the gurgling water is flowing.

Boats are transporting supplies above the river. Occasionally, a few small fishing boats catch fish in the river.

The fisherman opened his net, and then threw it into the river, and even if he caught some small fish and shrimp, he was very careful to put them away, and if God favored him and caught a big fish, then he would be blessed.

Instead of eating the big fish, the fishermen sent it to the nearby market to exchange it for some food. Although the fish is delicious, it can only be eaten for one meal, and if it is replaced with food, it can be eaten for at least five or six days.

A large number of children on the banks of the river are looking for dry branches, yellow artemisia grass, and reeds, which they plan to take home with them, so that they can be used to make fires, and artemisia grass to be fed to cattle and sheep, and reeds to be stuffed into clothes for warmth.

The imperial court relocated the victims, and in order to let these victims seize the time to cultivate, they bought a lot of cattle and sheep from the grassland and Shandong.

The cattle on the grassland are untrained and short-tempered, and they can't farm, but as long as they wear a nose ring, no matter how irritable the cow is, they must be honest.

The sheep were bought because of the river, which is very suitable for raising cattle and sheep and farming. Moreover, what is being implemented here is the cultivation technology of the Central Plains, and manure accumulation is necessary.

Winter wheat must be planted as soon as possible so that it can be harvested in May. Even if there is still a severe drought next year, we will be able to harvest a season of grain.

Over the years, natural disasters and man-made disasters have never been truly peaceful in the world. Coupled with this great drought, natural disasters forced people to change. The farming techniques that Wang has studied over the years have also taken this opportunity to promote them.

Because the number of cattle and sheep was seriously insufficient, the imperial court adopted the military tun method to organize the victims, and ten households were divided into one cow and five sheep. Let these people raise cattle and sheep for farming.

Of course, these cattle and sheep are not given directly, in this kind of disaster year, if you give them cattle and sheep, maybe the people will slaughter and eat them that night.

Therefore, it is necessary to supervise, and if there is a problem with the cattle and sheep, the whole disaster will be punished. The other people in the vicinity also had a role to oversee.

"I used to feel that farming was hard, but now I realize that I can farm with peace of mind, so let's have fun!" On the ridge of the field, the veteran leader of the Hehuang Tuntian Army, Old Man Jiang, said self-deprecatingly.

Old man Jiang's surname is Jiang, he is from Shandong, as for what his name is, basically no one knows, the surname Jiang is derived from Jiang Qi, and this old man Jiang may be a descendant of how many generations he doesn't know.

When Shandong and Hebei rebelled everywhere, this old man Jiang followed him, and under the repeated battles, he actually let him survive, and later surrendered after pacifying Liu Heimin. Later, it was changed to Tuntian Army in Guanzhong Longyou Tuntian.

Xu did a good job, and he had some prestige among the low-level pawns, so he was promoted to a chief, and as a pawn, he also received some rewards. This time, he was freed from a stroke and was in charge of the relocation of a disaster victim.

Although it seems that he has not been promoted, he actually has less work to do, so he doesn't have to work hard.

There are already more than 2,200 households and more than 6,300 people in the Yaoshui River Tuntian Army, cultivating 380 hectares of farmland.

Of course, it is said that it is the Tuntian Army, but because of the military tun method, the customary name, in fact, these Tuntian troops are still people. For the next three years, they cultivated according to the military tun method.

In other words, the vast majority of the year is spent in farming, and only a small amount of time is spent in military training.

Of course, this so-called military training is not to let them line up against the enemy and go into battle, but to let them rely on the town for defense.

After all, the land of Hehuang is not completely controlled by the imperial court, there are some miscellaneous beards here, and there is Tuyuhun to the west, which is not very safe.

Of course, the Tuyuhun tribe did not dare to provoke the Tang Dynasty, and its weapons and equipment were very poor, as long as they held the city wall, they basically could not attack it. And after a long time, the cavalry stationed nearby by the imperial court also arrived.

In order to control the land of Hehuang, the imperial court prepared an army of 5,000 troops, which were basically soldiers who were out of production. It can be said that the combat effectiveness is extremely strong, and it is far from being able to be stopped by those tattered herdsmen.

In any case, the off-duty soldiers are the elite of the elite.

"In the seventh year of the Great Cause, Yang Guang recruited a large number of people to dig a canal, Lao Tzu was smart, hid in the mountains and forests, and did not go, but half of the people who went later never came back." The man next to him said with a smile: "Old man Jiang, you weren't arrested?" ”

"Catch a fart, Changbai Mountain Wang Bo was the opposite at that time, and the local officials didn't have the time to arrest me."

"Later, it was the three expeditions to Liaodong, and every time I didn't know how many people died, Lao Tzu followed Li Daring, but as soon as he came out of the mountain, he was beaten by Zhang Xutuo and collapsed, and the mountains were full of people running around, if it wasn't for Lao Tzu running fast, he almost died!"

The crowd listened amusefully and laughed. This is also one of the few happy times for everyone.

After all, after a tiring day, there is nothing to do, so it is good to be happy and relax.

As for ridicule, if these people dare to go into battle and move forward bravely, they will not be the Tuntian army. Even if these people were the former peasant army, they understood the strength of the peasant army.

Those brave ones are either dead, or they have been promoted and made rich.

Hearing a burst of laughter here, people on the other side not far away also looked over.

The Tuntian army arranged by the imperial court was not directly arranged with a vacant land, but with the original towns nearby.

The towns in this vicinity belong to several local tycoons.

In the northwest of the land, there are Hu people all year round and the natural environment is harsh, and it is difficult for ordinary people to survive, so they can only rely on the local Haoqiang.

Many of them have thousands of people in their homes, most of whom rely on favorable terrain to build their towns.

Those who follow Haoqiang are also having a bad time, saying that they are bankers, they are renting land to cultivate, in fact, they are no different from slaves.

According to the Central Plains, it is a domestic slave or a child born in the family.

They are very envious of these victims, because they can eat enough.

(End of chapter)