Chapter 268: Transformation

They don't understand what these herdsmen say about maintaining water and soil, but if you tell them about Loulan and some examples around them, they will understand it in an instant! As long as you let them see the results, they know better than anyone else, because they all know what their home is.

As for planting trees, it is actually not difficult, for example, there are some small saplings in the forest on the mountain, after cutting down the big trees, dig out those small saplings, and then plant some outside. When the time comes, Li Ke will let people teach them.

Li Ke doesn't know how big the effect of this can be, but if everyone can really cut one and plant two, Li Ke believes that with the passage of time, there will always be some results.

In fact, as Zhao Lin gave them examples, in fact, some herders thought of some things, although there are no examples of such big changes around them, but there are always some small changes, such as the original small river, as the more trees are cut down, the water in this river is less and less, and the grass gradually does not grow very well.

They can always find examples of this.

In the past, no one told them, but now, when they were told this by a person who believed in them incredibly, Li Ke believed that there would always be someone who remembered this.

Everyone received the quyuan plow, this time not every family has it, but the two quyuan ploughs common to their twenty households, and the grass planted is also temporarily owned by their twenty families, and the alfalfa will be separated again next year.

Because the forage seeds unlocked by Li Ke for the time being, there is not so much land to be planted, and not all places are suitable for planting.

Fortunately, the seeds in the strategic reserve are all excellent seeds that can be retained, and it would be good to continue to keep them next year.

And this time to distribute cattle, sheep and horses, Li Ke also let these herdsmen make a choice, whether to go to the Huangshui Valley to farm, or still become herdsmen, if it is changed to farming, each household will be allocated 100 acres of land, of which 50 acres are Yongye fields, 30 acres more than in Datang, and no taxes will be collected for five years.

There are not many Tuyuhun herdsmen who choose to become farmers, but there are still some of them, these people have Han blood ancestry, about 1,000 families have chosen to farm, these herdsmen have been assigned to the Huangshui Valley for land reclamation, and 100 households as a village, forming ten villages.

They will not distribute sheep, but one male and one female, two cows, and one male and one female, and two horses. The biggest advantage of modern modified curved plows over the previous straight ploughs is that they are more labor-efficient and can be pulled by horses.

All the peasants who choose to farm have missed the planting season this year, but Li Ke will ensure that they will grow grain this year and next year, and the only requirement is that they will plant rations on 50 mu, and rape flowers on the other 50 mu, and there will be rape flowers per mu next year.

This is the minimum guarantee that Li Ke gives them, if the market price is higher than this, they will sell it according to the market price, if the market price is lower than this, then Li Ke will buy according to this, and the only thing Li Ke requires them to do is to rotate.

The leaves and flowers of rape flowers can also be turned into the cultivated land, so that the land can be planted for a longer time.

In addition to the more than 1,000 herdsmen who chose to become farmers, there were also about 300 families of government soldiers who came here with the caravan, all of whom were in relatively poor conditions. Most of the soldiers who were able to stay in Xizhou were from the nearby Longyou Dao, Guannei Dao and other provinces, so it didn't take long for their families to move here.

Compared to the herders-turned-farmers, these farmers who have worked with the land for generations know the land all too well, and when they come here and look at the canals and the uncultivated land overgrown with weeds, their faces are full of joy.

The fields here are not the best, but they are definitely not bad! At least it's much better than the ones at home! And here there are fifty acres of Yongye field!

This situation is going on in all regions of the West Continent at the same time, and Iron Hammer and their village have quickly distributed the cattle and sheep, and they have also received seeds, and the seeds are put here in Iron Hammer first, and they have to wait for people to come and teach them how to plow the land, how to plant, and then choose the land to cultivate first.

After the distribution was completed, the sheep belonging to the Tang Dynasty were temporarily sent by the hammer to the place where Qinghai Lake and the Huangshui Valley were connected, where a large royal ranch had been set aside in advance, and the war horses would be sent to the Shandan Military Horse Farm in batches later.

Zalin's eldest son Zaduo also packed up his things, led his horse and galloped towards the house, although his father Zalin followed Murong Shun, but His Royal Highness did not leave his father behind when he divided the cattle and sheep, their family has a total of seven people, and the Za family has also been divided into five horses, three mothers and two males, one of which is a foal.

Although there were four horses that their family had been riding before, but for some reason, this time Zado felt that the horses under his crotch had become more beautiful, because this was their family's class.

"Mother, I'm back." Back in his felt tent, Zado spoke loudly.

A woman came out of the tent in response, "Done?" ”

"Well, after the division, the one with two black hairs on the left leg in front is our sheep! The same goes for cattle. Zaduo nodded, and then told his aunt about the distribution of cattle and sheep.

After hearing this, the woman couldn't help but wipe the tears from the corners of her eyes, and said a little choked: "Your Highness is merciful, we can live a good life in the future." ”

"A-Niang, I want to go see Zamu." Zado said softly.

The woman paused for a moment, then nodded, "Go ahead, go and tell him about the changes we have now." ”

"I see." Zado returned to the tent, took out half a roast rabbit from it, tore off the rabbit legs, and then dug half a bowl of rice with a clay bowl, and then put it in his arms, went out of the tent and turned directly into the door, and went straight to the mountain behind.

Soon, when the tents behind him could not be seen and patches of trees appeared around him, Zado found a big tree, he first turned over and dismounted, protected the food in his body, and then took the water bag from the horse's back, and then walked to the back of the big tree.

The surrounding forest was quiet, and the sound of insects and birds added to the life, and behind the big tree, a graveyard of stones appeared, and Zado walked to the side of the curtain and took a few stones and piled them on the grave, and then patted himself and sat down next to the grave.