Outside Yingyang Pavilion, ditches stretch straight into the distance.
There is still some residual snow in the canal, but as the weather gradually warms up, the remaining snow will melt away in just two or three days.
Not far away, in the Yingshui River, spring water flows.
There are already boats on the river.
The fishermen opened their nets and caught fish and shrimps seemingly in vain. Even small fishes that were only an inch long would be collected as if they were treasures. Occasionally, when they caught a big fish in the net, they would laugh heartily.
The big fish will not eat themselves, but will be sold in the market and exchanged for some food, which will make them even hungrier than eating fish.
There were several children on the bank of the river, looking around for withered wormwood, intending to cut some back to feed the donkeys and sheep that were waiting to be fed.
During the lean season, not only people are hungry, but livestock are also starving.
Someone is already doing spring sowing in the fields.
Natural disasters have adjusted everyone's farming rhythm and made them consistent. This year, the land of Henan is full of scenes of "planting a grain of millet in spring".
"I always thought farming was hard in the past, but now I realize that if I have the chance to farm with peace of mind, I'll just have some fun." Among the fields, Meng Chou, the chief of the Yingyang field army, laughed at himself.
Meng Chou was not ugly, on the contrary, he was a bit handsome. He was captured in the Battle of Yemaoka, and later worked in Guangchengze farming, serving as a laborer for the official Lutian - yes, Meng Chou was one of the benefits of officials.
Xu did a good job, Xu caught up with the favorable opportunity for the great expansion of the Shaw military and political group, and Meng Chou, as the third batch of field sergeants sent to Yingyang, gained freedom - limited freedom.
Yingyang's field army has expanded to more than 1,800 households and more than 2,400 people, cultivating nearly 290 hectares of farmland.
They are called "soldiers", but they are actually "people". They spend most of the year farming instead of training.
In fact, the enemies are similar to them.
Shi Le and Wang Mi often had tens of thousands of soldiers - it was rumored that Shi Le prepared 80,000 or 90,000 infantry last year, but in the end they did not cross the river and go south - in fact, they were just farmers and soldiers.
Full-time professional soldiers are very rare no matter where they are, and they are the most popular among the leaders of various forces.
"In May, when Shi Le attacked Changshe and Yanling, I was frightened to death. I thought I was going to fight for my life. Fortunately, the locusts retreated my troops." Corps Commander Zhou Chun grinned and chuckled, saying: "October
Wang Sang is only one step away from Changsha, and it almost scared me to death."
Everyone laughed when they heard what he said was interesting.
Without two heads, who is not afraid of death? Before everyone followed Wang Mi, Ji Sang, and Shi Le to raise the army, they were all farm servants who were doing their jobs. They were scared to death when they saw the bandits. How could they be because of being there?
After a year or two, soldiers became fearless of life and death.
Hearing the laughter, some people in the large farmland not far away separated by a post road raised their heads and looked over.
This is the junction of the Yingyang Tuntian Army and the Xunshi Zhuangtian. One side of the road belongs to the Tuntian Army, and the other side belongs to the Xunshi.
Xun's villagers were somewhat envious of the garrison.
For no other reason than the army in the field could eat seventy percent full.
If the weather goes well this year, they may even be able to save some extra food.
This is the difference.
Moreover, the Xun family did not dare to provoke these field troops.
There was a banker who married his daughter to a soldier in the field. The Xun family planners knew about it, but there was nothing they could do about it. Theoretically, the banker was not a slave and could marry freely, but in reality, it could only be said that internal marriage was considered as an internal marriage.
host.
These field troops are simply transcendent existences in Yingyin County, and no one can do anything to them.
In fact, they seem to have the responsibility of surveillance, so no one dares to touch them, because it is unclear, what if someone is accused of betraying Chen Hou?
A group of people came from afar on the post road.
No, to be precise, it was a dozen people with more than a hundred donkeys.
"Yang Cheng, are you going to Runan to buy donkeys again?" Meng Chou, who was sowing millet grains, heard the noise, straightened up and asked.
"This is given to Chen Hou by the officials of Runan." Yang Cheng said with a smile: "You still have to practice, you will not be able to catch up."
Meng Chou sighed and stopped talking.
Runan has many famous mountains and swamps, as well as many donkeys, which are famous for their delicious meat.
However, donkeys are of great use, and it would be too wasteful to just eat meat.
Donkeys can plow fields, pull carts, carry goods, and carry people...
If a family can raise a donkey, it will save them a lot of trouble when doing farm work, especially plowing the land.
Yingyang's field army only had more than a hundred cattle, which was far from enough for use.
Guangchengze even sent dozens of old horses over to let them try horse plowing.
In addition to horses, dozens of donkeys and mules were also collected, but there were still not enough.
After the news was reported that each branch of the field army was short of draft animals and farm tools, the Marquis Mansion had been thinking of ways to solve the problem.
Before the Chinese New Year, Hao Chang, the captain of the field camp, personally went to Runan to transport the livestock "collected" by local county and county officials back to Yingyang. Yang Cheng and his group were one of them.
Although more than a hundred young donkeys need to be fed with food and fodder, they are also easy to train, so that the donkeys can get used to doing hard work from an early age - it will not be so easy to train them when they are older.
"The days are indeed getting better day by day." Meng Chou chuckled and called to the young men: "You and your nobles will go to Runan to look for donkeys for us. It will save us a lot of effort in the future. If you work hard, you can all marry me."
Mother-in-law’s.”
As soon as the word "mother-in-law" came out, everyone's spirits were lifted and their hands and feet became much faster.
Meng Chou laughed loudly, that's what the dogs were thinking about.
But then again, he was thinking about this too.
Well, as soon as I thought of the woman, more than ten cars came in the distance. As I got closer, one of the cars lifted the curtain, faintly revealing the figure of the woman.
On both sides of the convoy were cavalrymen leading horses on foot. They were numerous and mighty.
"Mingguang Armor!" Meng Chou quickly looked away and bent down to work.
Many years ago, Chen Hou led his men to plunder the Xuchang arsenal and stole a lot of Mingguang armor.
In addition to being used as rewards, most of this armor was distributed to his own soldiers. When you see the organized troops wearing Mingguang armor, you should know that Chen Hou is nearby.
Sure enough, after a while, a horseman came from behind, walked to the carriage just now, and said: "This is Yingyang Pavilion. If the princess wants to get off the carriage and have a rest, she can go to the Cangcheng ahead to rest."
There was a cry from inside the car, and the carriage slowly stopped.
Concubine Pei gently got off the carriage and looked at the crisscrossed fields, the ditches extending in all directions and a tall earth city. She was a little surprised: "I came to Luoyang nine years ago and stayed overnight at Yingyang Pavilion. At that time, there was no such thing.
Where is the city?"
"It's just a small earthen city, it doesn't take much trouble." Shao Xun followed Concubine Pei and said softly: "Yingyangcang City can garrison three thousand troops, store 300,000 dendrobium grains, and 100,000 bundles of hay."
"Is this still a small town?" Concubine Pei glanced at him, as if she was scolding him, then continued to look at the city and asked, "How much food and grass are there in the city?"
"There are about fifty thousand grains and beans."
"It's not enough for several people."
"Yes." Shao Xun said: "Before August this year, there was probably a shortage of food."
"How many warehouse cities do you have left?"
"This one has been built in Yuzhou, and there are two more ready-made ones, Ningping City and Xinzheng. There may be Guancheng in the middle of the year."
Concubine Pei nodded slightly, and then looked at the scene of spring sowing in full swing, feeling happy in her heart.
This is all his legacy, the legacy he built with his own hands.
"This is our foundation..." Shao Xun took two steps forward and whispered.
"You and Yu Wenjun should talk about this." Concubine Pei blushed slightly and started walking along the post road.
Shao Xun followed, introducing his plans that only existed on "PPT".
Concubine Pei listened very carefully and replied a few words from time to time, which could also help Shao Xun and make the plan more perfect.
"Finally leaving!" Meng Chou glanced at the motorcade that was gradually retreating, and he didn't know what he felt in his heart.
The noble lady just now walked with a graceful posture, her head held high and her chest held high.
When he stopped to talk to Chen Hou, he was generous and elegant.
When his eyes glanced over, he was calm and confident, without any trace of timidity, surprise or weakness. Meng Chou could even feel a hint of scrutiny.
This woman always takes care of things! Meng Chou came to the conclusion in an instant.
He recalled that when he traveled across Hebei, he had seen several women like this, but they were not as powerful as the one in front of him.
Only Chen Hou can control such a woman, right?
If nothing else, the way this woman looks at people is very scary, as if she can dig out the secrets in your heart. Who can stand this?
Meng Chou finally found this woman's major "flaw" and felt much better: a woman would be boring if she was too solemn and majestic.
After the motorcade passed, another large group of people came.
Meng Chou glanced at it and saw that it was the Silver Spear Army, and then he felt a little gloating: half of the Silver Spear sergeants who were used to being the masters were pulling carts, driving horses, and doing auxiliary work.
It is now the season of busy farming and spring sowing. It is impossible for the two ministers of the Hou Mansion to issue an order to recruit the field army and even the strong men from the county and township to serve as auxiliary troops, so they can only let the Silver Spear Army do it themselves.
However, besides taking pleasure in his misfortune, Meng Chou was also a little envious.
What kind of life do others live? What kind of life do you live? It’s hard to compare, it’s really hard to compare.
The guests of the Xun family village on the opposite side of the post road also secretly glanced at the passing Silver Spear Army.
This majestic army passed by Yingyang Pavilion several times last year and came again this year.
The more times they come, the more honest people become.
Yes, not all dealers are honest and friendly people.
During slack times, it is not uncommon for outsiders to be robbed.
Otherwise, how could the common phenomenon of refugees being inflicted by residents in various states come from?
Strictly speaking, the field troops in Yingyangting were all outsiders, but they residents did not dare to do anything.
After getting along for a year, there was even a marriage proposal.
In the final analysis, it was because of someone's growing prestige in Yingchuan.
Chapter completed!