"Back to the lord, all the others have been harvested in the farmland except for a small amount of carrots and cabbage. Cabbage and radishes will also be harvested and stored in the near future, and the snow from the north may come at any time."

"Okay, it's done well. Vegetable storage is related to the soldiers' food problems in a winter, so they are not careless."

Lu Bu led a large army a lot, so he stopped going to the city and chose a place outside the city to set up camp.

The forage of war horses is not the corn stalks eaten by ordinary animals, but the more nutritious peanut seedlings and sweet potato seedlings.

The northern country in late autumn is very beautiful, with endless grasslands everywhere. Due to the small population, 80% of the wasteland has not been cultivated, and the boundless weeds are deep in the knees.

When resting, war horses can run freely on the grass, presenting a scene of galloping horses.

Especially the Xiongnu horses, who were born in Youzhou, returned to their hometown and were very happy.

Lu Bu's army rested in Jizhou for two days and rested in the war horses.

The army rested, but Lu Bu did not rest.

I hugged the city defense in Jizhou. It turned out to be Zhao Yun and Zhao Xin's transformation. After Chunyu Qiong came, there was basically no change.

Jizhou City is good everywhere, but there are too many livestock here, and many large caravans, especially some precious herds of horses and cattle, will spend the winter in the city.

There is a smell of cow dung floating on the street, which is considered a local feature.

Chunyu Qiong's management is still very appropriate, and there are special cleaners arranged to inspect back and forth, and clean up immediately once discovered.

Zhao Yun next to him said: "There have been rare horse thieves in the past two years. In the past, when winter was over, almost all the livestock groups came to the city, in the evening, out in the morning, and in the morning, and in the city gates were blocked. Now 80% of the livestock should be outside the city."

Chunyu Qiong's army's breeding farm was set up outside the city military camp, and the Youzhou army had a very high standard of living.

Other soldiers are pigs, sheep, and fish.

But it is not here. There are more than 3,000 sheep and more than 1,000 cows in the farm. Grazing during the day and returning to add fodder at night, the growth is faster than that of simply grazing, so you can eat beef during festivals.

Chunyu Qiong arranged dozens of fat cows to help the army, and Lu Bu arranged for the soldiers in the army to have a beautiful meal of beef stewed with potatoes.

In the past, when potatoes were stewed with beef, only potatoes were seen but not potatoes, but now, when potatoes were stewed with beef, only beef, no potatoes were seen.

"Is there any problem in Jizhou? General Chun just asks it."

"Yes, it is mainly a conflict between agriculture and animal husbandry. The people in the city want to farm nearby, and the herdsmen also want to grazing nearby. Although the herdsmen have designated pastures, the animals are not so obedient. Sometimes they will run to the farmlands of farmers to eat crops. Disputes often occur, and even deaths are common."

The herdsmen near Jizhou include large families in the Central Plains, the Huns, and the Xianbei people.

Due to social stability and trade, the population increases rapidly and the number of livestock increases rapidly.

The main reason is that the promotion of sweet potatoes and corn produces a large amount of coarse grains.

Herders will exchange some coarse grains before winter comes. Although the number is not large, they will feed livestock in heavy snow, allowing them to escape blizzards, greatly increasing the survival rate of winter.

Therefore, the conflict between agriculture and animal husbandry became prominent.

Chunyu Qiong had a local owner of Jizhou, Bo, who saw Lu Bu asking, explained: "The herdsmen have three fears during the winter. One is afraid of horse thieves. The horse thieves robbed everything when they come, and the animals and women take them away. The second is afraid of wolves. There are hundreds of wolves, which are very scary. A flock of thousands of sheep can be bitten to death in one night. The third is the white-haired wind, which is a blizzard. The herdsmen do not know how to build houses, and the simple houses they built are easily crushed by heavy snow, so they want to go to the city to spend the winter."

When Lu Bu thought about the spacious surrounding Jizhou and many herdsmen, in order to form effective jurisdiction, he could build a special winter town.

"Some small towns are appropriately built dozens and hundreds of miles around Jizhou City. They mainly focus on large winter cattle and sheep pens, and taller walls and gates can be built. All the herdsmen's fears can be protected outside the town."

"This is true, that's great." The Lord Bo, who was a herdsman, was very happy.

"Of course it is true. The construction technology of the Central Plains is very superb. Using blue bricks and wood as construction materials, it can build a solid pen and can withstand wind and snow. At the same time, it combines agriculture and animal husbandry. Herders exchange cattle and sheep manure for farmers' straw. When it comes to heavy snow, they feed straw and stored grass in the pen. The government sent a small number of soldiers to station in the town to defend against horse thieves and wild wolves with herders, and are safe and worry-free."

Chunyu Qiong is also very optimistic about this method. If there are more than a dozen such towns around Jizhou City, it can better improve the survival rate of livestock during winter.

As for construction, there is no doubt that the solid sturdy house of blue brick cement can withstand most of the wind and snow.

Zhao Yun suggested: "There are a small number of shops built in the town for rent. The herdsmen flow everywhere with the aquatic plants in summer and autumn, but they need to buy needles, thread, grain, vegetables, liquor, tea, etc. They can also increase taxes."

"Zilong's words are reasonable. Chunyu Qiong, please arrange the site selection and plan. First build more than a dozen small towns around Jizhou, each of which is about 200 to 300 acres. The pilot is appropriate and will be promoted in Youzhou."

"Okay, I'll arrange it tomorrow. Winter towns are usually built near the herders' winter pastures, so that they can facilitate winter grazing."

When it doesn't snow in winter, cattle, sheep and other animals have to look for grass to eat from the snow.

Zhuge Liang didn't even say anything when he watched from the side. Although he was a talented man, he was still young after all. Besides, he didn't know much about the northern grasslands.

When you don’t understand, you should read more and say less, so as to avoid the embarrassment of saying something wrong.

The reason why nomads are so brave and good at fighting is mainly because of their poor living conditions.

Once you move into the town, you will have a house and a fire kang in winter. Whether it is eating, sleeping, clothes, etc., it will greatly improve. In the long run, you will gradually lose your original good combat.

Lu Bu's army rested in Jizhou for two days, and had adapted a little, and then continued to march northward. Three days later, the army arrived at Youzhou City and successfully joined the two armies of Hao Meng and Gao Lan.

Hao Mengyou hadn't seen Lu Bu for more than a year, and he ran over happily.

"Master."

"General Hao, I feel like you've been tanned over the past year."

Hao Meng smiled and said, "This is the wind blowing. The wind in the north is too strong. It blows in spring, autumn, and winter. It's better in the city, and the wind is everywhere as soon as it comes out."

"The wind is too strong, so there are too few trees. You can build a shelterbelt, which is specially designed for windproofing."

Hao Meng was surprised: "This, can the tree prevent wind? What should I do if the leaves fall in winter?"
Chapter completed!