While Yu Liang was inspecting Nanton, Xincai, and Runan, Shao Xun arrived in Chen County in early December.
The right battalion of the Silver Spear Army was disbanded at the same place, and the sergeants went back to their homes.
Their homes were settled in Chen County - six thousand people from the left camp settled in Xiangcheng, and ten soldiers from the right camp settled in Chen County.
As for the newly recruited 21-24 Zhuang soldiers, they were uniformly moved to the counties of Liang State for resettlement.
The eighth day of December, the twelfth lunar month.
On the open grassland on the east bank of Suiyang Canal, Shao Xun led his own soldiers and started hunting with the cavalry to deepen their feelings.
This is tradition.
Nearly four hundred soldiers and two thousand volunteers galloped forward, with laughter and laughter.
"Whoosh!" The arrow flew out and hit a running wild boar with great force.
The wild boar was furious, turned around, and charged straight at Shao Xun.
The soldiers all lost their countenance, while Shao Xun burst into laughter.
"I'll do it!" Liu Ling held a giant axe, rushed to the side of the wild boar, and chopped it off with all his strength.
The wild boar howled in pain, its hooves softened, and it fell to the ground.
The soldiers swarmed up, brandished their swords, and chopped the wild boar, which was already on its deathbed, to horrific wounds.
Liu Ling pouted, disdainful of finishing the attack.
What kind of wild boar can survive after eating my axe?
"Reward ten pieces of vajra slave silk." Shao Xun, who was wearing a blue robe, ordered.
Liu Ling's masterful demeanor disappeared without a trace in an instant. He quickly stepped forward, prostrated himself on the ground, and said loudly: "Thank you, Duke Ming, for the reward."
Shao Xun laughed again.
How beautiful that the heroes of the world are driven by me!
After the bloody wild boar was carried off, the hunting continued.
"Whoosh!" Another arrow shot out.
The knights came forward one after another, fighting for it, and presented a hare that had kicked its legs.
"I've rewarded you!" Shao Xun put away his horned bow, waved his riding whip, and said with a smile.
The rebel knight who had snatched the hare could not understand his words and stood there in a daze.
The soldiers scolded him one after another.
Shao Xun stopped, got off his horse, walked up to the man, and asked, "Huns?"
Knight Yicong still understood the word "Xiongnu" and nodded stupidly.
Shao Xun turned his horsewhip around, pointed at the soldier who had just scolded him, and said: "Now that you are under my tent, you are a robe, why are you scolding me?"
After saying that, he clapped his hands.
Cai Cheng understood and brought out a piece of silk.
Shao Xun was dissatisfied and frowned and said: "This man has superb riding skills and can get the prey before you and others. How can he get rid of a piece of miscellaneous silk?"
Cai Cheng brought another piece of brocade.
Shao Xun took it with satisfaction, pulled the knight up, draped the brocade on him, and said: "In our army, as long as you have the ability and military exploits, you will be rewarded."
An officer came over and translated in Chinese.
When the knight heard this, he burst into tears of gratitude and prostrated himself to the ground.
Shao Xun stopped him and said to everyone: "I can only be beautiful and brave in my life. As long as you have courage and dare to fight, you don't need to kneel down when you see me. You must also remember not to humiliate a strong man."
"As ordered." Everyone responded in unison.
Shao Xun took the hand of the Hun knight and said: "It's getting late, so let's call it a day. Tomorrow we will practice the art of dividing and attacking together."
The bonfire was quickly lit.
After nightfall, officials from Chen County and Chen County also arrived and had a feast of meat and wine together.
After three drinks, the place became more and more lively.
Some brave people began to compete in the competition, and Shao Xun personally awarded the winner a reward, which immediately pushed the atmosphere to a climax - well, Liu Ling was not allowed to participate in this competition, and he had already received a jade pendant as a prize in advance.
In the small courtyard in the forest dozens of steps away, Wang Cheng scratched the wall and stared at it for a long time.
After he resigned from Jingzhou, he came directly to Chen County because he heard that Wang Xuan and three other juniors were here. Unexpectedly, Wang Xuan left early, and only Jing Feng and Hui Feng stayed here.
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There were footsteps not far away, and a figure walked towards this side.
Wang Cheng quickly lowered his head to avoid being seen. But after a moment, he raised his head again and his eyes widened.
Niece Wang Jingfeng quietly went out and had a private meeting with Chen Gong Shaoxun under the wall.
My maid! Why are you hugging Ayu? Why don’t you resist, Ayu?
"You still remember me!" The niece's resentful voice came from under the wall.
"I know you like to eat fish, so I just hooked one up and simmered it for soup." This was Shao Xun's voice.
"It smells very good..." Wang Jingfeng had forgotten his unpleasantness and said with some surprise.
"Eat it while it's hot."
"I want to eat it now."
"Not now."
"Why?"
Then a woman's coquettish voice came.
Wang Cheng quietly poked his head out and found his niece being held in Shao Xun's arms.
This is not the key, the key is that Shao Xun's hand around his niece's slender waist gradually moved down and gently kneaded her buttocks.
The niece only hummed twice and said nothing else.
Wang Cheng was stunned.
During spring outings in the past, a prostitute was almost beaten by his niece after he couldn't even say a few words. Shao Xun's hand is still on his niece's buttocks, but her niece just blushed and didn't even scold him, let alone hit him.
this……
Huh?
Wang Cheng took out a hand, wiped his eyes, and looked through the firelight on the wall.
The blue robe on Mr. Chen looks so familiar! Isn’t that Chu Zhong’s favorite dress? Why did it end up on Mr. Chen?
In an instant, he thought of many possibilities, each of which would only make him even more stunned!
He got down the ladder in despair and walked back to the room silently.
Wang Huifeng raised his head and glanced at him, then lowered his head and continued to write and draw.
Wang Cheng opened his mouth and wanted to say something, but didn't say anything. In the end, he just said: "Mr. Chen came from Guangchengze?"
Wang Huifeng hummed and continued to write.
"I only know how to read and write." Wang Cheng said helplessly.
Wang Huifeng hummed again and was still writing.
"Has Shao Xun done anything to you?" After a moment, Wang Cheng couldn't help but ask.
"Uncle, please be careful what you say." Wang Huifeng raised his head and frowned.
Wang Cheng choked.
Although he was clearly a junior, he saw emotions such as blame and displeasure in Huifeng's eyes.
Damn it! Wang Cheng was secretly annoyed that this niece was too serious and made his uncle feel uncomfortable.
"What are you writing about?" In order to resolve the embarrassment, he changed the subject.
Wang Huifeng stopped writing and explained: "Yesterday Mr. Chen came to visit and asked me to calculate how many acres of garden homeland, how many acres of mulberry and hemp fields, and how many acres of grain fields would be needed to grant land to the people."
Wang Cheng glanced at his niece in confusion.
He didn't believe that Shao Xun's purpose was so simple, but had other motives, so he asked: "Really?"
Wang Huifeng had an expression of admiration on his face, looked down at the words on the paper, and said: "Mr. Chen talked a lot. He said that the people should be given thirty acres of land, of which twenty acres should be planted with millet and wheat, with three crops in two years.
, Ten acres are used to grow mulberry and hemp, and reel silk and weave cloth. Another five acres are given to houses for people to build houses. They can also be planted with bamboos, fruit trees, or used as vegetable beds."
"If it is for farming, then give it twice as much, or use forest and grass land as compensation."
"Chen Gong also mentioned the method of growing wheat under mulberry trees." Wang Huifeng took out a piece of paper and handed it to Wang Cheng.
Wang Cheng picked it up and looked at it. There was a poem at the top: Plant corn and wheat under the mulberry trees, and provide for the father and mother at all times.
The handwriting didn't seem to belong to his niece. Could it be written by Shao Xun? They were already so close. He couldn't help but look up at his niece and hesitated to speak.
Wang Huifeng was extremely smart and looked at his uncle calmly, not wanting to explain anything.
Wang Cheng lowered his head and continued to watch.
After reading it, he sneered and said, "I have seen beans growing under mulberry trees elsewhere. It's not surprising."
Wang Huifeng nodded and said: "It is difficult to generalize what Mr. Chen said about the world. The method of growing wheat under mulberry trees has indeed existed, but most people don't know it. If we can generalize it, the common people will
Great profit.”
Interplanting crops under mulberries first appeared in the Southern and Northern Dynasties, when mung beans and adzuki beans were grown.
By the middle and late Tang Dynasty, not only had business flourished, but agricultural technology had also made great progress. Farmers in various vassal towns began to interplant millet and wheat under mulberry trees, and further improved the interplanting theory. They even had experience with suitable mulberry trees and crop density——
"If you have too few, you will be short of silk; if you have too many, you will be violent in the fields."
In extreme cases, if there are enough fields, you can plant mulberry trees all over the farmland, up to forty or fifty trees per acre, and obtain more silk at the expense of food production.
But it is generally not so extreme. Most of the farmland is still used to grow food, and some fields are planted with mulberry trees. Some crops can also be interplanted under the mulberries to further increase yields.
If this technology can be promoted throughout Henan, people's income will greatly increase and their lives will be better.
"Shao Xun is not a good person..." Wang Cheng whispered.
Wang Huifeng was a little surprised and did not comment.
In fact, she had a very good impression of Shao Xun.
They talked a lot in the past two days.
Shao Xun thought of many ways for the people to increase their grain, mulberry and hemp production, and she was very interested.
Shao Xun also mentioned the perfect living conditions of a farmer's family in his mind: five acres of homestead, one of which is a house, four acres of which are planted with fruits and vegetables, jujube and elm; thirty acres of fields, twenty acres of which are planted with millet and wheat, three crops in two years.
, ten acres are planted with mulberries, and beans are planted under the mulberries; there are also several public lands for people to cut grass, graze, and raise cattle, sheep, and pigs.
Wang Huifeng was fascinated by what she heard, so when Shao Xun asked her for help, she agreed without hesitation.
It's just that she didn't bother to tell her family these things, lest they think she had a good impression of Mr. Chen.
But then again, Mr. Chen has the world at heart, cares for the people, has great strategies, can come up with good strategies, can fight, and is good at caring for the soldiers. He is really a strange man in the world.
Wang Huifeng admired him very much - just admired him.
Seeing the expression on his niece's face, Wang Cheng wanted to go crazy.
Shao Xun is really capable!
When you see people, you talk about people, and when you see ghosts, you talk about ghosts.
The second niece is a relatively upright and traditional person, and she is soft on the outside and strong on the inside. If you talk about romance with her, it will be of no use and will only make her disgusted.
But if you talk about the world and the people, it will be dangerous.
My maid, how can this guy be so good at playing!
"Anyway, don't talk to him anymore. He is really not a good person." Wang Cheng thought of Shao Xun's robe and gritted his teeth.
Wang Huifeng smiled. The two of them just had the same aspirations and interests. The pure will become pure and the turbid will become turbid. She was too lazy to say more.
Seeing his niece's attitude, Wang Cheng lamented in his heart. He just got addicted to it, so he got up and left the service and left, no longer caring about these troublesome things.
Wang Huifeng lowered his head, took out another piece of paper, and looked at it intently: "Plant more than a hundred mulberry trees and thirty acres of millet. With more than enough food and clothing, we can always meet with relatives and friends..."
This is his ideal pastoral life for the common people.
It seemed difficult to do, but he kept trying.
This is what a real man is.
She wrote the word "Shao Xun" with her pen. Her writing style was eclectic, natural and restrained, which showed the mood of the person who wrote it.
Chapter completed!