"Can this be solved?" Jiang Xingchen's words made everyone stupid again. The large wasteland must be at least several million square meters, and it could be tens of millions of square meters. How many people in Qingshan Village can actually do this?
Planted here.
"Does he have any weird ideas?" Everyone secretly thought.
Although Jiang Xingchen has performed various miracles before, everyone is still doubtful that such a small number of people can cultivate such a large area of land. After all, this matter is more difficult than fishing.
Jiang Xingchen nodded gently with a smile on his face, but he was also beating a drum in his heart. If he wanted to cultivate such a large area of land, he would have to switch from manpower to oxen, and the farming tools would also need to be changed.
In his previous life, he was not familiar with farming, but he had also learned from history books that oxen farming instead of manpower liberated productivity. As for production relations, there is no need to worry about changes. After all, the feudal system of the Qiankun Empire is very different from that of the earth.
Similarly, land management is also very strict, and private land reclamation is not allowed.
There are two most important points in this. One is that the empire does not have cattle, and bison will definitely not work! The other is the improvement of tools.
He can experiment with the improvement of tools through repeated trials, but working with cattle is a bit troublesome, which is why he is beating the drum in his heart. However, in order to mobilize the enthusiasm of the villagers, he still behaves very confident. Anyway, he is practicing first
For water conservancy and farming, you have to wait for the rewards to expand your territory, so don’t be in a hurry!
Although Shi Wazi and Grandpa Fu felt it was unbelievable, seeing Jiang Xingchen being so confident, they couldn't help but feel angry. If what the Duke said was true, then... they couldn't imagine that situation.
"Boy, what you said is easy, but how can you dig this mountain? It's more than a hundred meters long. Don't think about me again, I don't have the ability!" the old man said at this time.
"I didn't say I was pointing at you! Just call more people!" Jiang Xingchen glanced at the old man and said with a smile.
"Call more people. Where do you call people from?"
"I have helped the Seventh Army so much, so I can ask Army Commander Wu Tianfeng to borrow some people. It should be no problem! So many of their soldiers are recuperating in Hongyuan City... Besides, I can ask Lord Dingbei to borrow some city guards.
The army is fine too!"
"That's true! If there are hundreds of people, it won't be difficult to get through this mountain ridge in a year and a half! However, with so many people eating, drinking, sleeping, sleeping, you will lose money!" The old man nodded.
"A year and a half, that's eight villages too late!" Jiang Xingchen curled his lips, looked at the old man and said sternly: "It will take at least 3,000 people to dig it out in two months!"
"I'll go~" Everyone's feet swayed. There are three thousand people. Not to mention food and drink, do you have a place to live? In two months, it will cost you at least five hundred thousand topaz coins.
"Boy, you really have a fever! Go back and let our ancestors treat you!" The old man grabbed Jiang Xingchen's hand and started to walk down the mountain.
"You're the one who's sick!" Jiang Xingchen shook his head hard and said loudly: "Do you think I'm joking with you? I just sent a letter to Duke Bei and Army Commander Wu Tianfeng, asking them to help prepare personnel and supplies.
, I can still afford half a million topaz coins!"
As Jiang Xingchen spoke, the muscles on his face twitched twice, and he said he didn't care, but taking out all his family property at once still made him feel extremely painful, and he kept sighing in his heart: "It came so quickly, and it left so quickly!
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"Fifty thousand yellow crystal coins!" Although Shi Wazi, Grandpa Fu and others knew that Lord Jiang was rich, they still felt a little lack of oxygen when they heard this number, and their brains were dizzy. They couldn't imagine how much it was.
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Looking at the people who were still in a daze, Jiang Xingchen laughed and said: "As for where to live, I will make my own arrangements when the time comes!"
This sentence shocked everyone again. Three thousand people lived there, what could he do? Everyone's curiosity arose and they kept asking Jiang Xingchen!
At this time, Jiang Xingchen was pretending to be a show-off. After saying that he would know when the time comes, he walked down the mountain ridge with his hands behind his back. His arrogant look made a group of people itch with hatred...
In Hongyuan City, Marquis Dingbei couldn't laugh or cry when he took Jiang Xingchen's letter. He just told the boy that the emperor had suppressed his contribution, and he might not be able to get rewards for expanding his territory in the future. He was about to open up wasteland. Where did he come from?
With such great self-confidence, I knew that this would definitely happen.
"Three thousand people dug a hole in the mountain ridge. This guy is really generous. The expenditure of half a million topaz coins is not ambiguous at all... Haha, it has made another contribution to the prosperity of Hongyuan City!"
Marquis Dingbei smiled and strode out, heading straight to the headquarters of the Seventh Army, where Wu Tianfeng was also recuperating.
After hearing about Dingbei Hou's intention to come, Wu Tianfeng's eyes widened and he asked: "Open a mountain, what is he doing to open a mountain?"
"Haha, I don't know what he is doing in the mountains... Just tell me whether you can help or not!" Marquis Dingbei didn't mention the expansion of his territory. He hasn't even written a word about it yet, so he can't say it casually.
"Help! We have to help with Jiang Xingchen's matter. I will bear the responsibility if asked by the superiors!" Wu Tianfeng immediately expressed his position. Although the military headquarters is not allowed to mobilize troops without authorization, the Seventh Army is currently resting and moving two to three thousand troops in the name of wounded soldiers.
It's not easy, he still owes Jiang Xingchen a favor.
"Okay! I'll prepare supplies, you prepare people, and send them to Qingshan Village immediately!" Dingbei Hou said, turned and left.
In the following days, large cars drove out of the city gate from time to time, heading north...
In Qingshan Village, Jiang Xingchen took a good rest for two days. After the people from the Seventh Legion returned the fishing nets, he took Mo Hongxian and the others to fish.
The result was obvious. When they saw a large number of fish being pulled out of the water, Mo Hongxian and Wanrou were as excited as little girls as big as Meier, shouting and screaming.
In the past two days, Zhao Danqing and the old man have become the most tacit chess friends, like a good person. However, when it comes to eating and playing chess, the two instantly become mortal enemies!
Besides accompanying Meier, Jiang Xingchen also discussed dance music with Wanrou!
Jiang Xingchen didn't understand the dance music of this world at all, so he gave Wanrou what he knew only a little about. Among them were simplified musical notation and five-line musical notation.
What scales, semitones, and the expressions of several beats? He didn't understand it at all, he only knew a rough idea! He only knew a few horizontal lines in the staff notation, and the tadpole with its tail pointing upward. As for the key of F and G
Ah, he has only heard of it. For the more ancient Gong Shang Jiao Zheng Yu, he has only heard a name, but he really can't say it out.
It doesn't matter if he doesn't understand. Wanrou is an expert in dance music. When the approximate appearance of simplified musical notation and staff appeared, she was immediately attracted to it. It can express the notes, scales and rhythms in such a simple and clear way. It is definitely more beautiful than the current musical notation.
practical.
After that, Wanrou stopped paying attention to Jiang Xingchen, took out the music score she had brought with her, and began to change it, becoming extremely immersed in it.
Jiang Xingchen couldn't get involved at all and had no choice but to leave.
But just before he was about to leave, an idea suddenly flashed in his mind, and he turned around and told Wanrou again and again not to leak the musical score, as he could still be of great use.
Wanrou didn't know what Jiang Xingchen meant, but since she said it, there must be something wrong, so she agreed without hesitation.
The following days were very peaceful. Mo Hongxian, Wanrou, and Zhao Danqing did not leave. They all wanted to see how Jiang Xingchen solved the housing problem for three thousand people...
December passed, and at the beginning of January, soldiers and supplies from Hongyuan City arrived one after another, and they finally saw how Jiang Xingchen arranged the soldiers' residence.
Under his command, huge ice bricks were raised from the river. After one layer was built, cold water was poured on top, then the second layer was built, and then water was poured again. The layers were tilted upward... no
After a while, an igloo that can accommodate three or five people to sleep was formed.
In his last life, he was also curious about the Eskimo igloo. He found it on the Internet and never built it! However, even the winter hunting was successful, and of course he became more and more confident in the effectiveness of the battle method.
"I'm going to build a house out of ice. How can I live in this? It won't freeze to death at night!" Zhao Danqing murmured as he bent down and walked in.
The moment he entered the igloo, Zhao Danqing was stunned. The reality was completely different from what he imagined. This igloo was extremely tight, with no wind coming in at all. Although it was not as good as a house with a heated kang, it was compared to
It was freezing cold at dozens of degrees below zero outside, but it was much better. We spread out weeds, blankets, and animal skins, and there was no problem sleeping.
At this time, Mo Hongxian, Wanrou, the old man, Du Rushan, Meier and others entered the igloo one by one. Everyone couldn't help but let out a sigh, even the old man was no exception.
They never expected to build a house out of ice, and what was even more unexpected was that this house could actually be inhabited. It was extremely solid and airtight at all.
Those soldiers had long heard about Jiang Xingchen's magic. They were also the direct beneficiaries of the winter hunt and were deeply grateful to him. This time they heard that they were coming to help Lord Jiang and came over without saying a word. But now they saw Jiang
The stars once again performed magic, and I was completely shocked by him. Several of the soldiers who had followed him in winter hunting had their hands itchy.
If Jiang Xingchen knew that these soldiers were still addicted, he would not ask Wu Tianfeng for help even if he was beaten to death.
It was freezing at dozens of degrees below zero, and the water surface was frozen to more than one meter, so there was too much ice. Soon, the soldiers joined the ranks of building igloos, and the scene was in full swing.
On the hill, the villagers looked at the igloos covering the river bank. They were all dumbfounded and thought to themselves: "Master Jiang can even think of such a method. He is simply... not a human being!"
The location of the excavation was chosen by Jiang Xingchen to ensure that the river was at least as high as the other side of the mountain ridge.
However, once everyone started to work, they discovered that the mountain ridge was too hard and could not be dug unless the old man took action. But the old man was also a man after all, and he could not dig much in even with all his strength.
In the end, Jiang Xingchen came up with the idea of burning it with fire, then pouring cold water on it, and then digging.
Sure enough, after this method was implemented, the rock became much brittle and the excavation progress began to proceed normally.
Time flew by, and half a month passed quickly. Just as the passage was advancing at normal speed, the old man received a letter from Tang Chuxue, inviting Jiang Xingchen to visit the First Army.