Wei Ba skillfully operated the plow with his left hand. He raised the whip with his right hand and gave a shout. The strong plow ox took steps and pulled the plow forward. The sharp new iron plow broke through the black soil, as if it were broken.
A black wave continued to extend forward. It didn't take long for one person and one ox to make the trip. Wei Ba used his hands hard and shouted, urging the oxen to turn around and plow back.
"Wow, I didn't expect the general to have such a skill?" Zhu Wu was stunned.
"Why does he seem to have done this kind of work?" Xia Houxuan asked Xia Houhui in surprise: "Did he also do this when he was in Chengdu?"
Xia Houhui looked at Wei Ba blankly, thinking that he often plowed the fields, but only in his boudoir. When did he see such a scene? He had never seen him going to the fields.
Jiang Wan stroked his beard and nodded repeatedly: "If you can hold a sword and support a plow, the general is indeed a genius."
Zhang Biao and Yang Xi looked at each other and felt a little incredible. Yang Xi said appreciatively: "Boda, I want to do it. The general went to the fields to help the plows himself, and he was able to do such a good job, which shows that he attaches great importance to the people."
Farmers' thoughts are not just words. If politicians can do it themselves like him, how can the world not be governed?"
Zhang Biao said with a smile: "Then I'll wait to see your beautiful chapter. This is a real thing. There is no need to embellish it. It must be a good chapter, and it may be spread all over the world in the future."
Yang Xi smiled and nodded repeatedly.
While he was talking, Wei Ba had already finished plowing. He handed the plow and whip to the old man who was waiting nearby with a dark but smiling face. He bowed and saluted: "Old man, these fields and cattle, and these...
The plow is all yours." He waved. He asked Dunwu to take a knife and put it in the hands of the old man: "I'll give you this knife too. Anyone who dares to snatch your fields and cattle can use it.
Can I chop him with this knife?"
The old man was startled, and he turned over and was about to kneel down. Wei Ba quickly supported him and refused to let him kneel down. He held the old man's arm and said loudly: "I said, as long as you are not a lazy person, as long as you are willing
If you exert your strength and endure hardship, you should
You should be able to eat enough. If you have worked hard for a year and you still can't eat enough, then it is my fault. When the time comes, you come to the general's mansion with this knife, and I invite you to dinner, but you point at my nose and scold me,
Whoever dares to stop you, you will kill him. Okay?"
"Okay, okay." The old man was so excited that he burst into tears and said incoherently: "General, after the autumn harvest, the old man will definitely treat the general to new rice. Definitely, definitely."
"Well, I'll just wait for my father-in-law's new rice to be cooked." Wei Ba laughed loudly, bowed again, turned and left. When he came to Jiang Wan and others, the smile on his face had disappeared. "Listen,
Have you heard what I just said?"
Jiang Wan nodded quickly: "I heard it."
"Okay. If one day, I am going to be pointed at and scolded by the people who have worked hard for a year and still don't have enough to eat, I guarantee that you will accompany me." Wei Ba's eyes swept over everyone's face: "
If you don’t have confidence in yourself, it’s not too late to return to Chengdu.”
Jiang Wan remained silent while Zhang Biao and others looked at each other in confusion. Wei Ba's request was not low. Does this count as driving them away? A farmer has worked hard for a year to have enough to eat. It sounds very simple, but to achieve this
It's easier said than done.
Not to mention frequent wars, even when the world is peaceful, no one can guarantee it. You can guarantee not to be corrupt, can you guarantee that God will have good weather? What if there is a natural disaster that destroys all the crops and people starve to death?
Abnormal?
But at this moment, who dares to say that he has no confidence, so I should just go back to Chengdu? Even if I go back to Chengdu, I won’t be able to see anyone.
"Since you all have confidence, I have even more confidence." Wei Ba waited for a moment and saw that no one came forward to say that he wanted to leave. Then he softened his expression, smiled slightly, and walked forward side by side with Jiang Wan.
Ling Dang was holding his combat boots and was about to come over to let him wash his feet and put them on when Xia Houhui grabbed him. Xia Houhui glared at Ling Dang and muttered in a low voice: "You are really ignorant, they are already dirty anyway."
, It’s already frozen anyway, is there still a short time left?”
Lingdang rolled her eyes, confused, and followed behind with her boots in her arms. Ding Feng came over, walked with her, and explained softly: "General, this is to be shown to those officials, and to everyone."
If you put on your boots to see the people, who will you show them to?"
Lingdang suddenly realized: "It turns out he was pretending to show it to others."
"It's not a show, it's a show." Ding Feng used a newly learned word. "It's not just a show to these people, but also a show to Sun Quan. It doesn't mean that we will live in peace without fighting. Winning people's hearts is more powerful than on the battlefield.
Winning or losing is more important."
"Oh, you are so knowledgeable now." Lingdang looked at Ding Feng in surprise, "I didn't realize that you still have such knowledge."
Ding Feng blushed: "I also read a few books with Mr. Li in Chengdu."
"Not bad, not bad. Children can be taught." Lingdang nodded arrogantly, "No wonder the general likes you so much. It seems you are about to be promoted."
Ding Feng smacked his lips and stopped talking.
Wei Ba and Jiang Wan walked side by side, saying hello to the people next to them from time to time. When those people saw General Zhennan's bare feet, which were still covered with mud, and it was obvious that he had just been on the ground, their eyes suddenly became enthusiastic.
Everyone who comes here to farm knows that although General Zhennan is young,
He was very kind to the people, and he respected the people and took the people into consideration. However, they did not expect that General Zhennan would personally go to the fields. They did not know that Wei Ba personally plowed two ridges of land. In their opinion, Wei Ba
Being able to get dirt on the bottom of your feet is a sign of condescension.
Jiang Wan secretly smiled bitterly. In the past, he only knew that Wei Ba was good at using psychological warfare on the battlefield, but he did not expect that he was even more familiar with this trick on the common people. Along the way, who among the prefects and county magistrates under his rule would dare not to use psychological warfare?
Do the people take it seriously? Most of these barbarians have knives, and cutting you is no joke.
"General, will this encourage the arrogance of the unruly people and make governance inconvenient in the future?"
"There will be fewer corrupt officials if there are unreasonable people." Wei Ba said disapprovingly: "If there are unreasonable and unreasonable people, there will naturally be national laws to deal with them. Do you think those honest soldiers are vegetarians?"
When Jiang Wan heard the word "zheng pawn", he felt even more bitter in his mouth. The term "zheng pawn" comes from the military service system of the Western Han Dynasty. In the Eastern Han Dynasty, especially during the Three Kingdoms period, the military service system had become useless and most of the soldiers were recruited. Where can there be any "zheng pawn"?
It is said that Wei Ba spent money recruiting troops and had no loyalty.
On the grounds of sincerity, they refused to implement the military system currently implemented in the Shu Han Dynasty. They combined land and military resources, saying that they partially restored the military service system of the Western Han Dynasty. In fact, they implemented the scholar family system of the Wei State. Through this method, Wei Ba
He turned these peasants transformed from barbarians into his soldiers.
Only now did Jiang Wan understand why Wei Ba gave up those lands. He gave up 20% of the land. However, he won the hearts of the barbarians on 70% of the land. Moreover, what he did in the past few days set a threshold for his successor: If you
If you don't do as well as him, how can you win the hearts of the barbarians?
Comparing with him? Come on, how many of those who can achieve his status are not wealthy children, how many are not scholars, how many can endure this hardship?
It is conceivable that if nothing unexpected happens, no one will be able to replace Wei Ba to govern these barbarians in the short term. More than 40,000 households have become Wei Ba's tribe, which is much better than 10,000 households of marquis.
"Then if there is another war after the fall, what will happen to your food and gifts?"
"If the taxes collected are not enough, then spend money to buy their surplus grain." Wei Ba said without thinking: "Buy at the market price and make a deal."
"What if they refuse to sell, or someone goes up in price?"
"If you can't afford the money, then don't fight."
"The great cause of the Northern Expedition to the Central Plains and the restoration of the Han Dynasty, can you say that we won't fight because we can't afford it?"
"Then find ways to make more money, increase revenue and reduce expenditure." Wei Ba laughed. He smiled innocently: "Mr. Gongyan, this important task will be left to you. To be honest, I don't want to trouble you. But Prime Minister
Both Ma Youchang and I have great confidence in you, and I am willing to let you give it a try. The Prime Minister said that you are a weapon of the country, and I think it should be no problem for the three counties of Wuling."
Jiang Wan's eyebrows twitched involuntarily, and his mouth was as bitter as coptis. He knew that he was forced to a dead end, and he could not retreat no matter how hard it was. If he didn't do it well, not only would the Prime Minister's face be tarnished, but he would also suffer
Let Wei Ba have the opportunity to push Liao Li out. You must know that Liao Li is now in charge of the seven counties of Jiaozhou, and the task is heavier than him.
Prime Minister, you have caused me great harm.
…
When Jiang Wan complained, Sun Deng also complained.
The news that Wei Ba was stationed in Lingling reached Wuchang. How could Sun Quan show weakness? Three of the four Jiangnan counties were lost, and the remaining Changsha County was ready to make a move. As early as the Battle of Wuling, the wealthy families in Changsha had sold grain.
Liao Li has a record of supporting Wei Ba in his battles. Now that Wei Ba is getting stronger and stronger, if he doesn't win over him and Wei Ba doesn't need to send troops, Changsha may be lost.
Therefore, Sun Quan must compete with Wei Ba. He must do what Wei Ba can do, and he must try his best to do what Wei Ba cannot do. He can only do better than Wei Ba, but not worse than Wei Ba. But he is very
I soon discovered that fighting against Wei Ba was not easy, and the pretentiousness of this Zhu Zi was no worse than the war he did. Apart from anything else, he did an excellent job of helping the plow and focusing on agriculture.
It is not unusual to hold a plow to show the emphasis on agriculture. Sun Quan also did it, but it was just a show. He held the plow once and waved the whip twice. Even if it was done, how could Wei Ba actually go to the fields to plow the fields?
?Although the first month has passed and spring has returned to the earth, it is still cold in the ground.
Sun Quan couldn't do it, so he had to leave the matter to the prince Sun Deng. Sun Deng was also very difficult. According to the news from Lingling, Wei Ba cultivated an acre of land. He could not be less than Wei Ba, and he had to
Plowing an acre of land. After plowing this acre of land, the cows are fine, but Sun Deng fell. How can he not fall down? He is so tired that he is covered in stinky sweat. When he is blown by the wind, he easily catches cold. The soles of his feet are bone-chilling and cold.
Fever, Sun Deng developed a fever before he returned to Wuchang Palace.
Sun Quanlai was still a little worried, and was about to visit Sun Deng, but Sun Dahu said, "You can't do this well, and you still want to fight with Wei Ba? I just gave birth to a child. If I hadn't given birth to a child, I wouldn't have done it."
Being able to plow the fields and plowing better than him will never let his father lose to Wei Ba and be despised by Wei Ba.
After hearing this, Sun Quan was disappointed and no longer in the mood to see Sun Deng. Sun Deng's mother died early, and Mrs. Xu who raised him was in Wu County. Now his father didn't care about him. He felt that he was completely mature.
When I was orphaned, I was only 30% sick, but suddenly it became 70% sick.