"It's not easy to be my general's soldier. When the time comes, I'll have to fight Jie Nu to the death!" Li Yue said, looking at the dozens of people making trouble.

Although they are sallow and thin, they are full of energy.

The leader yelled: "Ji Yong is a coward, but we are not. Seven years ago, we also went south from Jizhou. We have a sworn hatred with Jie Nu. We will not be lenient in killing Jie Nu in the future!"

Li Yue saw that although he was thin, he was tall and must be a mighty man, "Okay, let's fight tomorrow, don't forget what you said today! What's your name?"

"I am Cao Kan, a native of Yecheng!"

Li Yue suddenly thought of Cao Wei. Yecheng was once its capital. However, in these troubled times, Cao Wei's glory has long gone. "From today on, I will join the general's command!"

"Thank you, General!" Cao Kan was overjoyed.

With him taking the lead, three to four hundred people were willing to join Black Cloud Mountain on the spot.

More people came from home.

Li Yue simply took the people to select them himself. He didn't want the ones with gray hair, the half-grown children with runny noses, the disabled ones, and the ones with wounds on their backs. Among them, there were actually more than twenty shrews, who were beaten by the guards.

Touched it out...

They worked until night and selected 1,300 people to join the fighting force.

After the annexation of Jijiabao, the population of Heiyun Mountain exceeded 10,000, and the military strength expanded to more than 3,000.

It is certainly impossible to support 3,000 soldiers with 7,000 people.

We can only follow the path of Qin, plowing and fighting.

Zhou Qian suggested: "Although Jijia Fort is strong, it cannot withstand large numbers of soldiers. My subordinates suggested that this fort should only be used as a place to garrison troops. Dingkou should be moved to the foot of the mountain. Once an enemy is encountered, people can take shelter in the mountain. In addition, the population should be hidden in the mountain."

It can also be hidden from people’s eyes and ears.”

The reason why the Gaoli Imperial Guard failed in the first place was because of the rugged and muddy mountain roads in Black Cloud Mountain. On the plain, even if there was a Wubao, Li Yue felt that the chance of victory was not good.

I don't know how many cities and castles were captured by Jie Nu, but Black Cloud Mountain is still safe.

"This matter should be implemented as soon as possible." Li Yue rubbed his temples, remembering that he had not slept for two days and two nights, but he was still so excited.

In any era, the first pot of gold is always the most difficult.

Heiyun Mountain and Jijiabao have formed a complete plate, which can be attacked when advancing and defended when retreating, firmly controlling the lower reaches of Si River and Heiyun Mountain.

After sending Zhou Qian away, Li Yue felt sleepy, fell on the bed and fell asleep.

When I woke up, it was still bright.

But it is already a new day, and my mind is much clearer.

Zhou Qian was mobilizing the people of the fort. Many people were reluctant, but under Cao Kan's advice, they still started to move.

Looking at the bustling crowd, Li Yue thought of a problem. The soldiers' fields were solved, but theirs were not.

"Where are the scouts?"

After a while, more than a dozen scouts arrived.

"Find out the terrain and forces of the two hundred miles around Jijiabao, pay special attention to the areas suitable for farming, and make a sand table."

The sand table is not a new thing. Ma Yuan had already made it more than two hundred years ago. There was no technical threshold. Li Yue used mud to shape the landscape of Heiyun Mountain. The villagers were quick-minded and learned it at a glance.

"Obey the order!" The scouts obeyed the order and left.

The Central Plains is a land of hundreds of battles and the population is depleted, recreating the scene in the late Han Dynasty when bones were exposed in the wild and there were no roosters crowing for thousands of miles. A small Jijiabao was surrounded by a large amount of no man's land.

Coupled with the continuous heavy rain this year, the sky is covered with grass and grass, making it even more desolate.

Ten acres of land per person is naturally not enough.

During the Sui and Tang Dynasties, each soldier was directly assigned a hundred acres of land, which established the strong combat effectiveness of the soldiers.

The equalization of land between the government and soldiers is actually a continuation of the Qin Dynasty's farming war and the Han Dynasty's border settlement policy.

Now that the population exceeds 10,000, Li Yue naturally wants to find a way for them to survive.

The Central Plains has been a land of money and food since ancient times. Nowadays, with abundant rainfall, the land has become fertile. With so much unclaimed land, it is of course necessary to cultivate it.

The scouting efficiency was quite high, and the footprints were all over the surrounding area before. In less than two days, the sand table was made.

Putting it in the larger geographical context, Li Yue recognized the past and present life of Heiyun Mountain.

This mountain is the continuation of Songshan Mountain. When I visited Songshan Mountain, I looked carefully at the map of the scenic spot and vaguely remembered that this place was called Fuxi Mountain and Yangcheng Mountain.

Since the end of the Sui Dynasty, the peasant uprising armies of all dynasties have gathered here. During the Yuan Dynasty, the rebels resisted the Yuan Dynasty and built mountain strongholds here. There were many forts, the most famous of which were Heifeng Village, Bafeng Barrier Village, Jiangjun Village, etc.

There are also many Taoist temples, which can also be regarded as Taoist holy places.

After all, Laojun Mountain, where Lao Tzu retired, is in the Funiu Mountains.

Heiyun Mountain connects Dengfeng to the south and Xingyang to the east, with more than 100 peaks in the middle.

It is surrounded by cities such as Mi County, Jing County, Gong County, Xingyang, Dengfeng, and Fei County. Directly to the north is the famous Hulao Pass, also called Sishui Pass, which is connected to the mountains of Heiyun Mountain.

To the northwest is Luoyang, the former capital of the Han family.

No wonder Bo Wu said that this place is a place for heroes, and it is indeed true from a geographical point of view.

However, if the world is in chaos and warlords are fighting, this place will be a geomantic treasure.

Now Jie Zhao is in the north, and the revitalized Eastern Jin Dynasty is in the south. The two states of Si and Yu are sandwiched in the middle, and Xingyang is under Shihu's nose. The slightest move will attract the revenge of Jie Zhao's army.

The more chaotic the world is, the more expensive food becomes.

Food is the real need. Without gold, silver, money, and silk, people can still live. Without food, people are no longer human beings...

Looking at the sand table, Li Yue chose two pieces of land. One was the thirty-mile wasteland between Heiyun Mountain and Jijiabao. It used to be a "strategic buffer land". Of course Ji Yong would not farm here.

The other is the Meishui River Basin downstream of the Si River, a river sandwiched between Dengfeng and Mi County. Because tigers are often seen, it is called the Tiger River by the local people.

The Jishui River comes from the Black Cloud Mountain.

Land is not a scarce resource these days, population is.

After selecting a place, Li Yue personally led the people to reclaim the Sishui Plain.

This area was originally high-quality farmland, but it was abandoned due to wars and overgrown with weeds and shrubs. However, the foundation is still there, and canals and streets can be vaguely seen.

Plowing the fields is by no means easy. The first year is to cultivate the land, the second year is to cultivate the land, and the third year is the time to harvest.

If you have a good foundation, you can save the time of cultivating the land. You only need to cultivate it, burn the plant ash and fertilize it, and then you can cultivate it.

All the men, women, old and young on Heiyun Mountain came down the mountain.

Their enthusiasm far exceeded Li Yue's imagination, and the people in Jijiabao worked extremely hard to perform well.

In times of war and chaos, farming was also a luxury.

In order to stimulate their enthusiasm, Li Yue ordered that this place would be used as a farm in the future, with eight officials and two civilians, on the same level as the Murong family.

Even with such a high land rent, they were still ecstatic and extremely diligent.

They get up before dawn every day and bury themselves in the wasteland. Ji Yong is not a generous person. There are less than fifty iron farm tools in the whole fort, and the rest are made of wood.

Relying on simple wooden farm tools, they were busy until late at night...

Li Yue had some mixed feelings in his heart. This may be the real reason why Chinese civilization can continue in the long river of dark history.

If a worker wants to do his job well, he must first sharpen his tools.
Chapter completed!