Xiao Mo Le is a Khitan, and his Chinese language is ordinary, not to mention that the accents on both sides are not similar. He did not understand what Zhou Keshan was saying.
Seeing Zhou Keshan covering his buttocks with vigilance, Xiao Moole immediately became vigilant. So he waved to the officer in charge of the camp and asked, "Does this guy have a big sore on his butt? That's not possible. If he dies,
Yinhu, I’m still implicated! Don’t try to harm me!”
It has been four days since Guo Ning announced that he would implement the Baowu Law. Most of the people have already gone somewhere, and many people have followed their Baowen chiefs to the site to survey their fields.
But there are still many people left. There are still many soldiers coming and going in the camp, and the people are also bustling. The officers responsible for maintaining order have chores every day, which is very hard.
Hearing what Xiao Mo Le said, the officer felt unhappy and cried out in frustration: "General Xiao, how can I harm you? This book is so full of life!"
At that moment, the officer called two soldiers to come up, held Zhou Keshan down, and took off his pants to check.
Zhou Keshan knew that his family had gone astray and repeatedly begged for mercy, but no one paid him any attention.
He had something in his mind, but he didn't dare to make a big fuss seriously. If he made a big fuss, it would be even worse if some old acquaintances pointed out his identity... So he rolled on the ground twice and had no choice but to endure the humiliation and obey.
Seeing the pity on the faces of the people around him, and some pointing and laughing, Zhou Keshan felt like crying.
In the end, Xiao Mo Le was not in trouble. His idea was the simplest. He was satisfied that he had found a strong scholar. He immediately grabbed Zhou Keshan and found an envoy in the camp to register in detail.
After reading the books, everyone signed their monograms and took their fingerprints.
After doing this, Xiao Mo Le became a little irritable.
He said to Zhou Keshan: "What should we do next? I've left it all to you, can you do it?"
This General Xiao is really a hands-off shopkeeper, but such a person is actually easy to get along with!
Zhou Keshan laughed twice: "Of course it's done."
He had lost face just now, but he thought he could get through it. Anyway, he had already signed the contract and became a soldier under the command of the Ding Hai Jiedushi, and he would not be able to escape for a while. In this case, he might as well put some thought into it.
, make the life in front of you more comfortable.
"I heard, General Xiao, you are Guo Jiedu's personal guard. I think you will spend a lot of time fighting in all directions in the future, and you may not have the energy to manage the land. Therefore, you might as well search for some craftsmen and find a piece of land later.
Build a water dam and it will be a long-term source of wealth."
"Craftsmen?" Xiao Mo Le shook his head and said, "That can't be done. Jiedushi had previously issued an order that stonemasons, carpenters, blacksmiths, etc. would now have to set up special yamen for jurisdiction. It's not our turn to choose...
…You just pick out two honest and reliable households, and we go and select the land, and quickly sign the deed and have our fingerprints pressed.”
"... That's okay. There are honest and reliable households. However, General, you are late. In this camp, most of the farmers in the camp, with many men and women in their prime, have been picked away. The remaining households in the camp,
It is inevitable that there are some shortcomings here... You must not dislike the people I have selected."
"Hey, it depends on your vision."
Zhou Keshan cheered up: "I know that although there are not many people in both families, they are both good at taking care of the fields, which is exactly what everyone needs."
According to the system established by Guo Ning, no matter how high the status of a military general, the people he directly shelters can only have one neighbor, that is, five families. However, the number of households is currently insufficient, and usually one neighbor has two or three households. Zhou Ke
Shan's family is counted as one household, and there are two more places.
Zhou Keshan lived in the camp for a few days and recognized a few acquaintances. He immediately took Xiao Molle to meet two farmers.
The family's surname is Xu, and the head of the family is named Xu Gou'er. He is a strong and strong man. Xu Gou'er has a lame mother-in-law, a twelve-year-old brother, and two daughters. Because people who can do work
There were few of them, but they had too many mouths to eat, so they were never favored by military officers and soldiers.
The other family’s surname is Hu. The head of the family is a sixty-year-old man, who is called Hu Luzi. Hu Luzi’s family members have all died long ago. Last year, they adopted several homeless children to inherit the family. During this war, one of the children was lost.
, there are three left, one boy, two girls, all only seven or eight years old.
This family is even more miserable. There are no strong men in the family, only old and weak men, so they have never been chosen.
However, Zhou Keshan chose these two families and brought them before the envoy who registered the book.
The envoy was surprised and asked Xiao Mo Le: "General Xiao, do you really want these two families?"
Xiao Mo Le remembered what Chen Ran had said before, and immediately replied carelessly: "Well, let's leave it at that! If the scholar dares to lie to me this week, I will beat him! If he cheats after being beaten, he will be killed!"
Zhou Keshan smiled bitterly from the side.
After filling out the book, they took their fingerprints one by one and registered their age and appearance. The irrelevant women and children all went back, and Xu Gouer took his younger brother and went out to camp with Hu Luzi to select fields.
Xiao Mo Le was too lazy to intervene in this matter. However, Xu Gou'er and Hu Luzi were very attentive and patted their chests and said that they would pick out good places for General Xiao and Mr. Zhou.
In his early years, Xiao Moule made a living by herding and hunting. Later, he had been eating military rations for more than ten years and knew nothing about farming. He was on duty a few days ago and arrived late. He also heard that all the good land had been picked away, so he had no hope.
Now I saw that the two of them were confident, and I couldn't help but be a little curious.
In the end, we didn't walk even half a circle, and listened to Xu Gou'er and Hu Luzi talking about each other. Xiao Mo Le, who didn't know how to farm at all, was also a little impressed and asked a few questions from time to time.
It turns out that the fields outside Haicang Town originally belonged to Aruhan's Muke. The Jurchens were not good at farming and could not stop the people from fleeing, so large areas of land were abandoned. The longest land had been abandoned for more than ten years. But after all, there were early years
The foundation is that, in the eyes of experts, many of them are good places.
Some fields look like thorns and are overgrown with salt wormwood. In fact, if you burn the thorns on fire, use plant ash as a base, and apply a little manure, you can cultivate it like the best fields. Some fields seem to be too close to the salt-alkali land on the seaside.
It is sandy soil. But sandy soil has the advantages of sandy soil, and it is most suitable for growing herbs and fruit trees.
There are even some corner plots that have been selected by others. It seems that the land is irregular and cannot reach the water channel. But the biggest advantage of that kind of corner plot is that it is close to the high ground where Tunbao in Haicang Town is located.
, if something happens, you can climb the cliff directly from here, and you can immediately rush back to Tunbao to save your life!
We walked less than half a circle around Tunbao and less than half of the land to be inspected. Thinking that there were still so many good lands to choose from, everyone felt happy.
After wandering around for half an afternoon, when they were about to return to the camp and report to the envoy, Xu Gouer was still talking to himself, sometimes making gestures in the air, sometimes going directly to the ground and turning over the soil to show his brother.
, twelve-year-old Xu Zhuer also ran around.
Seeing that the child was interesting, Xiao Moule took out a piece of milk cake and gave it to him.
This kind of butter cake is the Jurchen's favorite taste, and Han people may find it a bit sour. But I ate it as soon as I took it and didn't dislike it.
While Xu Gou'er was drawing, the old man Hu Luzi broke off a thorn pole, drew a pattern on the ground, made a few strokes, and discussed a few words with Xu Gou'er. In the end, both of them clapped their hands: "That's it! We're going to do it. These pieces... are closer together, so they can take care of each other! They can also use the Tunpu Highlands to block the sea breeze! Mr. Xiao and Mr. Zhou, what do you think?"
"General Xiao, what do you think?" Zhou Keshan asked.
Xiao Moule didn't understand what the two people were drawing at all, but he immediately nodded: "That's it! I'll write the deed in a while, and then I'll buy the necessary seeds and cattle!"
Xu Zhuer jumped up and shouted happily: "There is land! There is land! Let's plant the land!"
Xu Gou'er and Hu Donkey also laughed.
Xu Gou'er laughed twice and shed tears for some unknown reason. But Hu Donzi's wrinkled face and gray beard were all trembling.
No matter how difficult it is, people always have to live and cultivate. This has been the case for thousands of years. They are like rice seeds and wheat seeds flying in the wind. As long as there is land, they can take root and sprout. can produce.
It was late autumn at this time, and the sea breeze blew by, bringing with it the never-ending roar of the tide from the direction of the beach, and the whistling sound of the rolling reed sea. Compared with this huge sound, the farmer's laughter was very thin, as if They may be overwhelmed at any time, but they keep laughing, as if the fact of acquiring land can make them laugh forever.
"It's a pity... we might have to go to war, so we can't worry about farming." At this time, Xiao Moule muttered.
Zhou Keshan was smiling, but Wen Ting was surprised: "What? We're going to fight again? Aren't we already defeated?"
"Of course Laizhou has been conquered. However, the Mongols captured Jinan a few days ago, and those guys may go deep into Shandong... By then, there will be no fighting?" Xiao Molle asked strangely: "You don't know What?"