It was sunny on May 24, the ninth year of Yongjia in the Jin Dynasty (315).
There is a field army near Kaocheng, with a total of 5,000 people. They are from the prisoners who were farming in Guangchengze. They were later pardoned and sent to Kaocheng to set up fields at the junction of Jiyang, Jiyin and Liang Kingdom.
There were only 5,000 bachelors when we first arrived, but now there are more than 2,000 married people. The main candidates for intermarriage are refugees, beggar soldiers, and Wubao widows whose men died in the war. This would have been difficult, but the soldiers in the field married in private.
, the Lord of Wubao didn’t dare to come over and snatch the person back.
Once you have a family, your mind is set. It's like duckweed in troubled times. Having a piece of land, a home, and a family is better than anything else.
Today is winter wheat harvest day.
In the farmland near the garrison camp, Liu Ling held a sickle, like a human-shaped harvester, harvesting the bundles of wheat, sorting them and laying them aside.
Yang Qin followed him and tied up the wheat, while other soldiers took it to the roadside.
Shao Xun stood beside the carriage and placed bundles of wheat in the carriage of the donkey carriage.
This is a piece of fragmented land located at a river bend, only about a dozen acres.
Both sides of the river are covered with reeds. Opposite the reeds, you can vaguely see another piece of farmland. The terrain is relatively higher, about less than 20 acres, and has been harvested in advance.
These more than 30 acres of land belong to a soldier named Zhang Zhong.
He married a widow from Enju County, Jiyin County. The widow's husband was killed by the Huns in the year of the Battle of Gaoping. She later married Zhang Zhong and gave birth to a son.
Last year, Zhang Zhong also died in the war in Hebei. It was very hard for the widow to take care of three children by herself, and her life could hardly go on.
Before Shao Xunlin left, he inspected the Kaocheng field army station. After hearing about this, he brought his soldiers over to help and quickly harvested the widow's land.
"Husband." Yu Wenjun held up the hem of his skirt and cautiously came to Shao Xun's side while stepping on the farmland full of stubble roots.
Shao Xun stopped what he was doing and walked over to greet him.
He found himself "cheap".
On the day he first arrived, Yu Wenjun's expression, demeanor and low mood made him very melancholy.
After a few days, the clingy spirit slowly came back, and Shao Xun felt a sense of joy that he had recovered. Now he was with his wife every day, and seeing the smiles on Wenjun's face growing, he became happy too.
Obviously, Shao Thief, who is well versed in the pulling skills, was pulled by the woman this time.
"Sir, I asked someone to buy a few iron farm tools, and also bought a farm cow and sent it to this house." Yu Wenjun looked like he was asking for credit.
Shao Xun looked around and saw that no one was paying attention, so he kissed his wife and said, "If I didn't have a good wife, I would almost forget it."
The corners of Yu Wenjun's mouth were raised, and his crooked eyes were habitually squinted. It was obvious that he was in a very good mood.
Shao Xun took her hand and took her to a cool place to rest.
Yu Wenjun opened the cowhide water bag and handed the cold boiled water to her husband.
Shao Xun took it casually, took a sip, looked at the sweat on his wife's forehead, wiped it for her with his sleeve, and then handed the water bag over.
Yu Wenjun took the water bag, took a sip with a blushing face, and then gently rested his head on her husband's shoulder.
"These are my foundation." Shao Xun pointed at a golden wheat field near the military camp and said.
The days of bargaining with the Henan nobles made him very tired and bored!
Comparatively speaking, he was more happy to have his own farmers, farmers, and peasants.
The food and silk in his own manor are at his own disposal.
The garrison army governed the army according to military laws. They grew and harvested their own food. From time to time, they could also provide some surplus food, which was also easy to collect.
It is not as convenient as the army to collect grain and silk from farmers, but it is not that difficult.
These are his true strengths.
The money, food, and population controlled by the powerful nobles are just the strength lent to them, and they can take them back at any time.
Judging from this idea, the current layout of Henan is very strange.
The nine counties around Luoyang, Yiyang, Luhun, Xincheng, Liangxian, Yangzhai, Yangcheng, Luyang, Ye, and Duyang, plus Guangchengze, have been under his control for many years and have been rectified for many years. His control is very strong.
His foundation.
From this area to the east, it extends to the seven counties of Xiangcheng, which is also his basic territory, and then interrupted by Yingchuan.
Xiangcheng goes south and enters Runan. In this area, the territory controlled by Shao Xun and the territory controlled by the powerful nobles are intertwined. You have me among you, and you among me.
To the east of Runan, Nanton and Xincai counties also have very deep control, and most of them are homesteaders.
Further east, except for the five counties of Chenjun, other areas were dominated by powerful gentry.
To the east of Chen County, apart from Liang County (Liang State), which is still undergoing transformation and trying its best to integrate households into the people, the vast areas of Ruyin, Qiao, Pei, and Lu are not only the iron plate of the powerful gentry, but also the officials and the army.
People, and they have been local snakes since the late Han Dynasty.
They can rebel at any time, and after the rebellion, there won't be much noise in the local area.
Shao Xun has always been trying to win over these people - mainly the Yang family.
As for Chen County, Yiyang County and Anfeng County in the south of Runan are also completely mandated.
To the north of Chenjun, Chenliu, Jiyin, and Jiyang are places where nobles gather together. There are a lot of bastards, big and small. Although it is not a complete entrustment of rule, it still needs to be discussed.
Puyang to the north of these three counties is completely cut off and is isolated on the bank of the Yellow River. However, the five counties of Puyang are the territory that Shao Xun has directly taken in recent years. He has deployed 3,000 soldiers and carried out local campaigns.
After one round of household registration, there were actually very few people left.
To the east of Jiyin are the four counties of Gaoping, Dongping, Jibei and Taishan. Basically, they have nothing to do with Shaoxun and are vassal.
Among these four counties, Gaoping County, where Yu Zhi served as the prefect, had 6,000 soldiers. It was considered a place with more in-depth control, but it could not compare with western Henan.
Dongping has been one of the focuses of recent operations, with 3,000 soldiers stationed there. The counties have been repeatedly invaded and were in dilapidated condition. Shao Xun took the opportunity to clean up his household registration and measure the acres of land, but progress was slow.
Not to mention Jibei and Mount Tai, one is a feudal state of the Xun family, and the other is similar to the feudal state of the Yang family.
Judging from the map, the core ruling area has been cut into pieces - to put it mildly, it is called "blooming everywhere".
In fact, it is quite difficult to achieve this level in ten years, and it also benefited from the assistance of the Huns.
Now that the Xiongnu cannot invade Henan, the local power structure will not change significantly in a short period of time, so a lot of energy and hard work will be spent, little by little.
But if the Huns were to attack, not only would they lose prestige, the place would be in turmoil and alienated, it would also cause the population to drop sharply, which was not worth it. You must know that the military units in Puyang and Dongping counties have not yet been fully equipped.
It is not easy to increase the number of government troops, and the conditions are not yet mature.
He is destined to love and kill each other for the rest of his life.
"Husband, do you have any opinions about scholars?" Yu Wenjun suddenly asked.
"How could it be?" Shao Xun said with a smile: "If I didn't like scholars, how could I marry you?"
"It's different..." Yu Wenjun whispered.
"Actually, I'm just disappointed with many people." Shao Xun said: "I have done so much for them, and I even went into battle personally to kill the bandits and expel the Huns. They were enjoying the success, but they still secretly argued with me and made strange remarks.
What's even more outrageous is that some people secretly laugh at my background."
"Husband..." Yu Wenjun looked at him and said.
"That's all, they're just a bunch of rats." Shao Xun sighed.
Liu Yu, who was as powerful as a tiger and fought almost all the invincibles in the world, was always criticized for his family background.
Liu Yu's grandfather was a prefect, and his father was a county meritorious officer. However, his generation fell into decline, but he was still from a noble family in a broad sense, just from a poor family. Even this was looked down upon, and the high-ranking nobles were very resistant to joining.
His overt and covert contempt made Liu Yu feel very unconfident.
Even though he had gained great power, the scholars were still rude to him. When he was free to talk about the mountains, they often chased and beat him, which made Liu Yu "unable to excuse himself". In the end, he could only laugh at himself: "I have no skills at all, and my words are very shallow."
"——When I said this, I was somewhat angry.
A military genius, a powerful official who actually held the power of the Eastern Jin Dynasty, it is obvious that the scholars were so rude to him and despised his culture and origin.
Fortunately, this is the north, and scholars are more realistic and not as exaggerated as those in the Southern Dynasty. But throughout Shao Xun's life, his origin issue will definitely be laughed at and despised repeatedly in private.
This is no small matter.
If the scholars despise you, it means that the centripetal force is not strong. They are just temporarily dependent on you out of helplessness, and they will cause trouble whenever they have the opportunity.
He and Liu Yu faced similar problems in this regard.
Shao Xun was from a lower background than Liu Yu, but his cultural level was much better than Liu Yu's. At least he had good calligraphy and could write some decent poems.
In addition, he can speak Luoyang dialect, which is one of the signs of being a "high-class person".
I also understand some metaphysics and music theory, but I am not proficient in it.
In fact, he already has what lower-level scholars understand, but his background is not good enough.
Liu Yu didn't even understand what a poor scholar needed to master, but he was from a good family background.
Shao Xun knew very well that he and the scholars were not on the same page after all.
so--
He took Yu Wenjun's hand, stood up, looked at the vast fields and the soldiers in the field who were full of joy after the harvest, and said: "This is my real foundation, the real capital that can stand upright in the future.
"
Having said this, he leaned into Yu Wenjun's ear and whispered: "This is also our child's real asset."
Yu Wenjun's face was flushed with embarrassment, but his heart was filled with sweetness.
The two of them walked along the country dirt road.
Along the way, I met some soldiers from the field and stopped to salute.
Men are harvesting, conveying, and threshing.
The women were raising wheat and drying it in the downwind.
Children rushed into the fields, laughing and playing while picking up wheat ears.
The old man was carrying a bamboo basket filled with picked mulberry leaves, ready to go back to feed the silkworms.
The cows and sheep stood in the stable, sometimes lowering their heads to chew, sometimes looking outside.
Lotus flowers flourish in the creek beside the fields.
In the pond dug by the farmer, the water chestnut leaves are bright and green.
From time to time, fish jump out of the water, their pale yellow scales shining brightly in the sun.
The couple stopped unconsciously.
The wind blew quietly, passing through this pure land in troubled times.
"This group of troops stationed in the fields can gradually be classified as civilian households." Shao Xun said.
At this time, most of the boredom caused by dealing with scholars has dissipated.
As Shao Xun looked at it, he felt that everything he had done was not meaningless.
Perhaps, every time he is bored, he patrols his "kingdom". When a sense of satisfaction arises spontaneously, he will be full of motivation again.
Otherwise, he was afraid that he would not be able to help but kill people.
"Now, my inheritance, which is not restricted by the nobility, needs an heir." Shao Xun looked at his wife and said softly.
Yu Wenjun buried his face in his arms.
She was so happy that she felt dizzy again. At the same time, she secretly encouraged herself to help her husband take care of the family business.
It’s also difficult for a husband. There are some things, forget it...
Shao Xun gently hugged Yu Wenjun with a smile on his lips.
Everything is under control.
Chapter completed!