After entering May, the counties of Yuzhou have ushered in the wheat harvest season one after another.

It is a pity that there is no such good thing in Sizhou and Yanzhou, and they are either harassed by enemy horsemen, or they are conservative, or for other reasons, they still sow millet in the spring for the autumn harvest.

The same is true for Heyang County.

When Shao Xun came to Heyang South City, it was the sixth day of the fifth month.

His departure made Luoyang greatly relieved, and the people of Heyang warmly cheered his arrival.

Heyang ordered Cheng Yuantan, Hou Feihu, the commander of the Heizhen Army, Hao Chang, the captain of the Tuntian Military Academy, and Yang Bao, the captain of the Duzhi Army, to surround him and ascend to the top of the city.

"How many people are there in Heyang?" Shao Xun looked at the millet seedlings that were growing quite well, and was very happy, so he asked.

"There are no people in the northern city, but there are more than 1,700 households in the middle city and no less than 6,000 households in the southern city." Cheng Yuantan replied.

"It's a lot less than last year."

"Here are some more people this spring."

"Where did you come from?"

"Ki County, Hanoi."

Shao Xun understood.

Hebei is worthy of being the most densely populated area of the Great Jin Dynasty.

It seems that since the Later Han Dynasty, and in the Tang Dynasty, it accounted for one-third of the world at most, and even if other places developed later, Hebei still has more than 20% of the world's household registration.

Hebei's economic strength exceeds its population ratio, far better than Henan and Guanzhong.

This is the foundation of hegemony.

You can't let Shi Le comfortably occupy the entire Hebei, otherwise, he didn't farm, and his strength easily caught up with you who had been farming for a few years.

"All the displaced people are gathered and settled, and if there is not enough land, they take the wasteland on both sides. If it is not enough, go to the southern foot of Mangshan Mountain to cultivate. Shao Xun commanded.

Cheng Yuantan nodded again and again, and said: "It's best to expel the Xiongnu to the north, the north bank of the Great River is fertile soil, which can support tens of thousands of people." ”

Shao Xun looked at the vast river again.

Nagisa Kawanaka seems to have completely stabilized his position.

Not only are there people growing grain, raising and tending to fruits and vegetables in Gaozhu, Mazhu, and Taozhu, but even some unknown islands have people ranging from a few to dozens of households.

These people have very little arable land, and the food is not enough for the family to eat, so in addition to raising yellow croaker (carp), they can only use some marginal corners of the land to grow some soybeans, mung beans and other miscellaneous grains.

Fortunately, the men at home took turns to fight and defend the three cities, and the court and the central government would allocate a part of the grain as military salaries, and they could barely live.

Are these days good? Of course it's not so good. But compared to the precarious life of the homeless, it is much better.

Strong men fight, healthy women farm, children help raise fish, grow beans, cut grass and raise livestock, and the elderly can even go to build a warehouse city to sell their labor. Life is hard, but they are very grateful, and the good and bad of life are really compared - compared with others, and compared with their past selves.

The north city of Heyang on the north bank of the river is completely a military town.

The county government was set up there, but there were no people to drive, there were soldiers everywhere, and there were golden drums and banners everywhere.

"It seems that some fields have been opened up in Beicheng as well?" Shao Xunyao pointed to the north shore and said.

There were a few people grazing horses and sheep, and cavalry were on guard in the distance, as if there was a situation, and immediately warned people to withdraw with their livestock.

Beicheng is a big city, about a mile away from the Yellow River.

This area is relatively safe, theoretically you can farm land, and it is currently mainly used for grazing.

"Ming Gong, the servant invited some farmers from Guang Chengze to come over and sow alfalfa seeds last year." Cheng Yuantan said: "The people and seeds were all sent by Queen Hui. ”

Shao Xun nodded.

Yang Xianrong has two major businesses in Guangchengze, one is to continue to develop the fields and grow rice, and the other is to grow various types of pasture grass (mainly alfalfa) and raise livestock.

To be honest, it's a bit of a ticket nature.

Rice is generally sent to Xuchang at the end of the year, and Shao Xun uses it to reward officials, generals, and personal soldiers.

The livestock raised are regularly sent to Xuchang for the Shao Mansion and hundreds of soldiers to eat.

Shao Xun has always raised his own soldiers, not only is the rice and noodles full, but the meat is often eaten, and the consumption of hundreds of relatives is actually quite large.

In terms of eating, he was completely supported by the sacrifice of sheep.

Sometimes I sigh, why can't Lao Tzu be stubborn and don't want the rice and livestock sent by others?

If you think about it, you probably got used to it.

As long as there is no problem with a program, then keep running, don't change it. Sheep sacrifice is so easy to use, so it is also used to death.

The same seems to be true of the big families. It's so easy to take care of the rear, so good that it gradually paralyzes you, and then blends together, making it difficult to cut.

However, after Shao Xun and Yu Wenjun got married at the beginning of last year, Yang Xianrong seemed to gradually get out of the nature of playing tickets.

She began to sell rice in Liangxian, Xuchang, Xiangcheng and other places through the water system extending in all directions, and made a lot of profits.

The princess of Xiangcheng, Sima Xuan, sometimes bought livestock from Yang Xianrong and sold them through donkey stores.

This business model is good, but what makes Shao Xun wonder is, why didn't these two sisters-in-law turn their faces? It's strange, when did Yang Yang talk so well?

"Or maybe you can reclaim some fields in the city." Shao Xun said: "It's close to the city, so you can come over." If the Huns dared to trample on the crops, they would send cavalry to kill them, so that they would lose some lives here, and after a long time, they would not dare to come. ”

"Ming Gong is high." Cheng Yuantan said: "The servant will arrange for people to plant beans this month. ”

"If you build a city in Hebei in the future, you will always be made for it." Shao Xun looked at several generals and said.

"Yes."

"I've brought all the cavalry with me." Shao Xun said again: "The righteous army will go to Beicheng tomorrow, and after discussion, give the Huns a dismount first." ”

After transferring the 500 cavalry (from the Yanzhou family) in Kaocheng, the volunteer army now has 3,700 soldiers and nearly 8,000 horses.

But the number of elite is still too small.

If you transfer it to this side, there will be no cavalry there, which is very annoying.

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Ma Zheng has only 5,000 horses so far, all of which are bred and grown in Guangchengze.

This pace is so slow that he kind of wants the common people to help raise horses and expand the population.

At a time when there are fewer people and more land, you can actually try it.

The mixed agricultural model of agriculture and animal husbandry can use more land - people's energy is limited, a family of five people can cultivate more than 100 acres to reach the sky, if agriculture and animal husbandry mixed production, the grass on the wasteland can be converted into harvest.

This is the exact opposite of the production model of the Huns.

The main business of the people is herding, the sideline is farming, and the grain is "harvested by the sky".

I can farm as my main business, herding as my sideline, and "harvest from the sky" as my livestock.

Thinking of this, Shao Xun felt that the agricultural production model of the Xiongnu people was not necessarily backward.

At the very least, they can convert large tracts of hilly mountainous pastures that are unsuitable for farming into income.

These mountainous hills, the Han people used sweet potatoes on a large scale until after the introduction of sweet potatoes - sweet potatoes did not occupy a large number of farmland, it only used the hills and slopes that could not be used before, and the yield was quite high.

Before the introduction of sweet potatoes, grazing was a good way to use them.

Contrary to popular belief, the Hu people actually paid special attention to the moist mountains, because they were very good pastures, better than the arid grasslands – of course, humid grasslands, but this was rare.

Historically, the most important pastures in Western Xia were in Helan Mountain, Tiandu Mountain, Hengshan Mountain, and Yin Mountain, rather than the endless Hetao grassland, which can be seen.

"Shunling." Shao Xun beckoned.

Cai Cheng stepped forward quickly.

"Please Empress Hui send someone to Luoyang, I have something important to do." Shao Xun said in a low voice.

"No." Cai Cheng's face remained unchanged and turned to leave.

The number of people in the Luoyang Basin is decreasing year by year, countless farmlands have been abandoned, and now you can even build large-scale pastures, as long as you are not afraid of being plundered.

In addition, a group of people can also be resettled and given land for free, but there is a hard requirement: raising horses.

Lao Tzu doesn't believe it, as long as the base number comes up, after geometric growth, my horses can be less than your steppe tribe?

******

On the sixth day of the first month of May, Shao Xun watched the drill of 2,400 members of the Black Army.

This unit was dominated by Heyang Ding Zhuang, and some of the officers came from the Tuntian Army, and later a group of martial arts students were added.

In the previous Battle of Heyang, the performance of the Black Army was average, and the losses were not small.

After more than a year of rectification and training, the situation has changed dramatically.

"Originally, I just wanted to use Heyang people to guard Heyang, but now my mind has changed, in the future, the martial arts students will be diverted to the Black Army to lead the troops, practice well, don't slack off." Shao Xun pointed to the more than 2,000 soldiers standing in the wilderness and commanded.

"No." Hou Feihu was overjoyed.

As a veteran of the formation of the Black Army, Hou Feihu felt that his status among the disciples of Shao Shi had risen sharply.

That's luck.

People need to have ability, but also need luck.

"The Huns in Hanoi have gathered a lot of soldiers, what do you think they want to do?" Shao Xun asked.

"The last general thinks that the Xiongnu will not storm the three cities of Heyang, and those soldiers are just here to monitor." Hou Feihu replied.

"On what basis?"

"The one who commanded the army in Yuye Wang was Liu Ya, the general of Anxi of the Huns." Hou Feihu said: "This person uses soldiers, he is decent, he does what he is asked to do, and rarely exceeds his duty." Since the Tun army Yewang, but the attack on the periphery of the northern city, did not do anything to attack, so the end of the general boldly speculated that the Xiongnu did not intend to attack the three cities of Heyang. ”

"Oh?" Shao Xun looked at Hou Feihu with interest and said with a smile: "You are still thinking about the character of the enemy general?" ”

Hou Feihu smiled and said, "Know yourself and know your opponent." ”

"After Wang Qi'er leaves, I will hand over the three cities of Heyang to you, can I stabilize it?"

"Although the last general has a limit, he will never let the Xiongnu go further south."

"When the army is gathered, how should we fight?"

"Master Shao may try to attack the Wild King."

"How to try?"

"The first soldiers will send out the pass, attack the Huns will be saved, attract the Huns in Hanoi, and then avoid the real and the false, and go straight to the wild king."

Shao Xun patted him on the shoulder and said with a smile: "You are willing to use your brain, it's very good." However, this plan is too risky, and if it fails, it is easy to endanger the three cities of Heyang. Besides, what can I do if I take down the wild king? Can you farm or graze? Don't always stare at the famous cities and big cities, some unknown small cities, or even more critical. ”

Hou Feihu nodded yes.

"Your plan isn't for nothing, though." Shao Xun said again.

Hou Feihu was puzzled.

"In terms of the part of mobilizing enemy forces, there is quite merit." Shao Xun said: "Since Liu Ya behaves decently, let him behave decently until death." ”

"Master Shao wants to ......," Hou Feihu asked.

"I ask you, how long will it take to build a rough earthen city?" Shao Xun asked.

"It's going to take a few months, right?"

"No, six thousand, twenty days will do." Shao Xun laughed and left.

"City Yanzhou, City Yanzhou, City is on the top of the Wuyuan Plain...... When there was no one around, Shao Xun hummed softly: "Shepherd cattle and sheep day and catch life at night, and go to the new city for a hundred miles......"

"Someone!" As he walked, Shao Xun stopped and shouted.

Cai Cheng hurriedly walked over: "Ming Gong." ”

"In the name of the Xuchang shogunate, the powerful children of the scholars of the two states of Siyu and those who are skilled in bows and horses can go to Heyang. In addition, among the soldiers of Zhifu and their sons and nephews, those who are good at riding and shooting were selected and sent to Heyang. Shao Xun said: "I want to have a new army." ”

"What's the name of the army?" Cai Cheng asked.

"Catch alive."

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