Although it is annoying to be close to the county seat, there are many benefits, every time there is something good, the county town also informs them first, they don't get anything in the market, and they can go straight to the county seat to buy.

And judging from the experience of dealing with Lu Xu for a long time, listening to Lu Xu, except for Fei Translation and being called a lackey by the tribe hostile to Daqi, has always had more advantages than disadvantages.

After listening to Lu Xu's request, the old patriarch didn't ask Lu Xu what he was going to do, so he thought about who to recommend to Lu Xu.

"We have a sheep herding boy in our department, and he has a good memory, I wonder if he can do it?"

Lu Xu: "Herding sheep? ”

Patriarch Debak: "Yes, there are more than a hundred sheep, and you can tell which one is which." ”

Lu Xu was shocked, face blindness was so envious!

He was full of expectations to have the shepherd boy called, but unexpectedly, the shepherd boy was really a "child", and he was only eleven.

Lu Xu: "......"

That's too small!

Lu Xu was a little embarrassed, "I want to form a caravan to trade with various departments, maybe most of the year outside running, such a young child ......"

Isn't this child abuse?

But the little shepherd boy immediately said, "My lord, I can ride a horse, I am small and eat little." ”

Lu Xu was stunned when he heard the words "adult" in Daqi, and said in surprise: "Do you know how to speak Daqi?" ”

Little Shepherd Boy: "I went to the market with my father and mother, and I heard people call you that. ”

Lu Xu: "What else are you going to say?" ”

The little shepherd boy said all the things that were often sold in the market in Daqi dialect, and said in the tone of their husband, "Three bowls of dumplings are fried and one bowl is fried, and whoever wants to fry dumplings will line up at the back." ”

The tone was so vivid, it was exactly the same.

Lu Xu wanted to die of laughter, and asked him in Daqi dialect: "Do you like to eat dumplings?" ”

The little shepherd boy shook his head and replied in Daqi, "I haven't eaten it." ”

Lu Xu: "Haven't eaten it?" ”

Little shepherd boy: "Well, it's too expensive, I'm not going to eat it, look." ”

He had heard all his vocabulary in the bazaar, and no one had taught him systematically, and he couldn't speak complete sentences, but could only jump out word by word.

But in this way, Lu Xu also understood.

He looked at the little shepherd boy and saw that the felt on his clothes was very old, he had no shoes on his feet, and he had frostbite on his hands, and his body was dirty, but his eyes were very bright.

Lu Xu asked, "Do you like to catch the market?" ”

The little shepherd boy nodded heavily: "Catch up with the market, I like it!" ”

In order to show Lu Xu his advantages, he also tried to introduce himself: "Competition, I, m, handicap!" ”

Lu Xu: "You almost won the game?" ”

The little shepherd boy nodded happily, "I, three." ”

Lu Xu: "Ran third?" ”

Little Shepherd Boy: "Yes! ”

Then he muttered "third" in a low voice.

Lu Xu: "Okay, it's very smart, I want it, I'll give him the start money every month." ”

This time, Lu Xu said it in barbarian, and the little shepherd boy was so happy that he didn't know what to do.

He knows what an official is, and he also knows that being an official gives money and food, and if he is an official, he will not starve to death.

It's a pity that he is too young to recruit officials, so he will finally seize the opportunity.

He knelt down and excitedly thanked their patriarch, the chief, and Lu Xu for asking for him.

Lu Xu told him to go back and tell his family and pack his clothes.

The child got out of the tent, jumped up and ran back.

Lu Xu looked at his flying footsteps, full of heart, pitiful, the child didn't even have a pair of shoes in winter.

But there is no shortage of children in all ministries, so whether they can grow up and resign themselves to fate.

Lu Xu's eyes darkened, and he felt that he and Jun Qi still had a long way to go.

He recruited five more men from the Debark Department, who were about the same as the little shepherd boy, all of whom came from poor families, and all of whom had been stricken by the heavy snowfall.

They were the closest to the county government and received food from the county seat yesterday evening.

They are so close, they are under the nose of the county government, they naturally abide by the law, and the patriarch will press people's hair at night, today Lu Xu came to recruit people, and received the disaster relief food, no one suspected that Lu Xu would abuse them.

If you want them to be slaves, you can just levy them directly, and a small tribe like them dare not say a word, so why do you want to coax them in one more move?

When Lu Xu said that he wanted to let their tribe send thirty to fifty people to cut grass at the southern foot of Dengyun Mountain, he didn't encounter any obstacles, and as soon as the patriarch asked people to ask, someone came, and the main force was still the group of people who were affected by the disaster-

Lu Xu said that when he went to cut the grass for three meals a day, the grass he cut belonged to them, and the time to go back and forth on the road was also counted as the construction period.

With this condition, you can save a day of food for your family by going to the house!

People whose families have been affected by disasters and their livestock have frozen to death have nothing to do at this time, so why not go if they can save a little bit and earn a little?

Lu Xu was still afraid that he would not be able to recruit people, but after talking about the conditions, he soon recruited enough fifty people.

Then, he led the people back, and then ran to other tribes, and when he got enough 100 people, he asked the official to take them to Dengyun Mountain to clear the weeds first.

At this time, the snow at the southern foot of Dengyun Mountain has melted almost, the new grass has not grown, it is all dead grass, cut it down and dried in the sun, although the quality is not as good as the grass in summer and autumn, but the grass and trees here are vigorous, and the large areas are packed out to feed the livestock, and when the thatch builds the roof, it can be used.

Led by officials, although the Tiger Ben Army of the military horse camp would go over to inspect from time to time, they all watched from a distance, and the nervous barbarians slowly lowered their guard, and only subconsciously looked up the mountain when the Tiger Ben Army appeared on the top of the mountain and looked down.

Soon, the only town in the vicinity also got the news that Wei Er's relatives were in this town, and Lu Xu simply asked Wei Er to find someone to be responsible for cooking for everyone.

The people in the town didn't understand the barbarian language, so they cautiously came into contact with the barbarians for a few days, and found that, yes, this group of barbarians was actually similar to them.

The only difference is that the other party herds sheep, they farm, and not everyone is fierce.

As the days passed, they were able to stammering and saying hello to each other.

At the same time, the caravans of Beiting County, which was led by Lu Zhou, also began to trade smoothly in the six markets.

Doing trade with the Daqi people is much less labor-saving than with the barbarians, everyone has no language barrier, and they can also find villagers while doing business, and they can also inquire about each other's situation in the three counties, and refer to each other's plans for the coming year......

The people who fled south from Beiting County to Beiguan and Xifeng counties, listening to the current situation in Beiting County, were a little hesitant to go back.

They don't have land now, and they don't have much work to do, so they generally help people build houses and do coolies, and when the walls of the two counties are repaired and the houses are built, they have nowhere to go.

"You're still doing business with barbarians?"

"Does everyone in Beiting County really have a job to do?"

"Do you want to build a college? Who reads it? ”

"What? Are you all literate?! Does everyone still speak barbarian language? ”

"Where, where? Where do you say the prefectural magistrate is going to farm? Looking for someone to farm? ”

They were amazed by what they heard.

But the more you inquire, the more tangled you become.

It's easy to run over, and it's a lot of tossing to go back.

There are old and young, but they really can't stand such a toss.

Someone couldn't help but ask, "Can the county magistrate get our land back from the barbarians?" ”

Merchants in Beiting County are stuck.

and their land is not yet to return.

Someone else said, "You want to come back?" Do you dare to plant if you want to come back? ”

The crowd was gloomy again.

Yes, even if they want to come back, will they dare to go back?

Not to mention that maybe you can't grow crops at all, and even if you can, who would dare to plant them in a barbarian's den?

When they were worried, Yan Junqi also saw Jiang Junshou and was discussing this matter with Jiang Junshou.

"You say, you plan to lease the land of the military households to the barbarians and make them pay the rent?"

Yan Junqi: "Exactly." ”

Jiang Junshou frowned and thought carefully.

Most of the land of the military households, especially the military households in Beiting County, has been occupied by the barbarians, and even if they are forced to come back, when they start to be nomadic, they will definitely occupy it again, and there will be many incidents.

The rebellion of the White Peaks Department, in addition to the grudges of the past, also had some objective reasons in the land.

Their tribe is large and the place where they migrate is so desolate that in order to survive, they have to encroach on other people's lands and expand their territory and grazing areas.

In the past, the barbarian tribes have always been like this to grab territory and compete for territory with each other, and the Baifeng Department looked at the tribes that were also unhappy, so they naturally made a choice-

Instead of infighting, it is better to unite to grab the Daqi people.

They hit it off, drove out the Daqi military households, and forced the southern tribes southward, and finally angered the Tiger Ben Army and the Dragon Tiger Battalion......

But if the land problem is not solved, sooner or later the disaster of the White Peak Department will be staged.

The boundaries of the barbarian tribes are fluid, just like the territory of the beasts occupying the mountains, and they are constantly changing according to the strength and strength of each department.

Let them stick to one side, it is simply not realistic.

It is now the season of nomadism, and if the generals and families are relocated to their land, I don't know how many more disputes and incidents will arise.

It is not a way to let the military households stay in Beiguan County and Xifeng County for a long time.

The situation in Xifeng County is not bad, at least there are foothills that can be cultivated, and you can slowly turn to safari, so that everyone can eat.

But Beiguan County, as the smallest of the three counties, is really unable to accommodate the largest number of people.

Unless there is a big businessman like Lu Xu in Beiguan County, he can rely on his own strength to continuously give credit to the county government and lead the county to start a business with the whole county.

Otherwise, even if he is a county guard, it is impossible for him to keep filling in money to the county government like Lu Xu.

He can't afford it, and he doesn't dare to give up all his belongings like Lu Xu.