It was already half a day after the enemy's city lord general got the information and rushed to the foot of the mountain. The city lord general naturally understood that it was difficult to find the troops entering the mountain to search, but he also faced an explanation to the higher authorities. The murderer entered Xiaoyue City and assassinated the general, burned most of the military supplies, and left safely, but he had no choice but to do nothing, so the general didn't have to do it anymore. [26nbsp;]
After Xu Sancai entered the Yueshan Mountains, he felt relieved. He searched for him in the mountains and ridges, which was not something that could be done by those cavalry. If it were hundreds of battle divisions, there might be some possibilities. He did not encounter any trouble along the way. Because he went around a long way, he arrived at the base of Wangjia Village the next night.
Wang Hu was shocked when he saw Xu Sancai suddenly appear. When he heard that he entered Xiaoyue City alone and killed the general of An Jiguo and burned the reserves, Wang Hu was shocked, and was more admired and completely surrendered and supported him.
Wang Hu's recruit training has already been on the right track. The recruits train physical fitness every morning and learn various fighting skills in the afternoon, while the cavalry is mainly trained independently by the captain of the 100-person team. The recruits are also assigned to the 100-person team and the 10-person team. The captain of the 100-person team is served by experienced combat divisions, so the training progress is pretty good, but there is still a certain gap between going into battle.
Xu Sancai and Wang Hu returned to Qingtie City together. Wang's father had already learned about the information on Xiaoyue City. According to the latest intelligence analysis, An Jiguo had to regain food and supplies after this sharp drop, and it would take three months to start a war at the earliest. But in three months it would be winter, which would naturally be even more unfavorable to the siege troops coming from afar.
With buffer time, what needs to be considered now is not only to organize troops to prepare for war, but also to consider various government affairs and plan for the residents and development of the territory. Qingtiengcheng is not only the basis for the future development of the Great Qin Kingdom, but also the only source for Xu Sancai to obtain the energy of the Divine Emperor Sword. He must plan and design for the development of Qingtiengcheng.
Xu Sancai decided to learn from some of the ways in which Shang Yang's reforms in Qin State were used to pay attention to farming and open up fields. The so-called fields refer to the canals irrigated between farmlands and the corresponding roads. The vertical fields are fields, and the horizontal fields are fields. The soil of the farmland near the mountainous areas is relatively barren due to the many stones, and because the number of mountain people is not large, all the farmlands are opened up.
Although there are mountain springs and streams on the mountain, and in the end, these flowing waters gather into the small river, the mountain people alone are unable to divert water from the mountain to the farmland. Farming mainly depends on the weather for food. Therefore, it is not easy for villagers to plant some coarse grains such as corn and sorghum, and it is quite difficult for them to raise their families by planting them. Even in the plain rural areas, there is a lack of sufficient irrigation canals.
What Xu Sancai had to do was organize the construction of farmland Qianmo and open up more wastelands. He found Wang's father and Wang Hu to discuss this matter. After explaining Qianmo in detail, he said: "I plan to organize the new army into a farm reclamation army. All new army from the countryside will enter the farm reclamation army. The physical training every morning will be changed to organized reclaiming wasteland and building Qianmo."
"Every village will build enough fields, which will ensure the farmers' income and guarantee our national strength. There are now 213 villages in our Great Qin Kingdom, and the farming army will do these for free. The order of start-up is based on the number of villagers joining the army in each village. The more people join the army, the more priority is to build fields and reclaim wasteland for the village."
"The Agricultural Reclamation Army still insists on military training in the afternoon, but every year, sowing and harvesting, soldiers of the Agricultural Reclamation Army can return home to farm, but when there are military tasks, the Agricultural Reclamation Army is used as a regular force. In this way, we can ensure the number of our troops and ensure our grain production. The national strength will naturally be improved, and the villagers are willing to join the army."
Hearing the new term of the Agricultural Reclamation Legion, even the knowledgeable father Wang had never heard of it. However, when Xu Sancai explained in detail, his father immediately realized the significance of the Agricultural Reclamation Legion and said first: "King of Qin, if we can really form the Agricultural Reclamation Legion to help the people solve the irrigation problem of farmland, our country's grain output will inevitably increase significantly, and the country is prosperous and the people are strong and the people are just around the corner."
Wang Hu said: "King Qin, I don't understand those fields, but I am also from a rural area. I know the significance of irrigation water to farmland. If it can be done, I will thank the King of Qin first for the villagers. As for training, I am worried that half a day of heavy physical labor will make the soldiers exhausted and the effect of military training will decrease. Moreover, the strength of soldiers should not be a problem, but marching in an urgent manner may not be possible."
Xu Sancai said: "I also know that it will bring some difficulties to training, but for the development of the Great Qin State, the Agricultural Reclamation Legion is imperative. General Wang spent more time thinking about the effective methods of soldiers' cultivation. The cultivation of the Agricultural Reclamation Army must be different from other regular legions. Uncle Wang and I studied the construction of the water diversion canal and the fields, and we will first use the new recruits from the base to perform a pilot project."
Wang Hu is now impressed by Xu Sancai. Moreover, Wang Hu was originally a farmer, so he naturally would not object. He immediately said goodbye and left, and went to discuss the training plan of the Agricultural Reclamation Legion. He described in detail to Wang's father how the Qin State built the Qianmo and drew some implementation diagrams.
Xu Sancai and Wang's father discussed several plans, and in the end, they had to decide on the specific plans based on the specific terrain and topography. The first target of the pilot project was Wangjia Village. Wangjia Village was located on a gentle slope of the mountain. Although the villagers of Wangjia Village had opened more than 20 fields that could be cultivated, most of them were not connected, and there was no water digging and irrigation, but digging wells to lift water and water.
The water volume of the well in Wangjia Village is not very stable, it depends on the rainwater condition of the mountain. Moreover, there are only two wells in the village, which are not only for drinking and daily life, but also for watering and irrigation. Even if the villagers work hard, a laborer can only plant one or two acres of land at most, and the yield is not very high. Therefore, Wangjia Village has always been poor.
Wangjia Village is where Xu Sancai established the base and will also be a model land for the agricultural reclamation army, which is of great significance to him. Therefore, he chose this as a pilot. With an example, it would naturally be much easier to promote it in other villages. However, Wang's father raised another serious problem: the financial resources of the Great Qin State are now insufficient to make ends meet. In order to get the support of the people, the Great Qin State has completely exempted taxes, and the country has no income, but it requires a lot of money and materials to maintain the army, and the manufacturing equipment is still lacking pig iron.