Royal Road - Chapter 140

[Chapter 139 City.]

Twenty-nine days, enough to freeze people out of reach.

In previous years, at this time, the whole family would stay in the house, shivering around the brazier.

Calculating the ratio of planting grains and rations, I hope to dig more wild vegetables to feed my stomach in the spring.

This year, however, is different.

Pushing open the shabby wooden door, Li Er walked into the hut.

He was covered in hot sweat, and even his winter clothes were soaked a little wet.

“Quick! Take it off and put it on the kang to dry.” Li Er’s mother-in-law hurried over to help him undress.

But Li Er first took out a pancake from his arms and handed it to his wife: “Today I won the top three, this is a reward!” The

lady of the Li family immediately smiled and took the thick pancake.

Li Er’s family escaped to Lucheng.

His family originally lived in Qixian County, but the local Xiongnu made a fuss, saying that they wanted to establish a country, and there were officers and soldiers who came to crusade.

One to two, the house was burnt down, and people were almost drawn to be soldiers.

Forced to be helpless, Li Er had to take his family with him and wanted to escape from Bingzhou.

Li Er had no idea where to flee to.

Thinking about going with the flow, over the Taihang Mountains, and heading to Yanzhou.

Unexpectedly, when he walked to Shangdang, there was news.

The prefect of Shangdang was kind-hearted and ordered the counties to take in refugees and reclaim official land.

Li Er had doubts about this matter, after all, he saw people being dragged to build Wubao along the way.

Doing hard labor in winter is no different from working hard as a soldier.

However, after walking for several days, when he came to the county seat of Lucheng, he suddenly realized that the rumors were true.

I saw that many houses have been built on the wasteland in the western suburbs of Lucheng, and there are even farmers driving cattle and horses to reclaim the wasteland.

You can’t see it anywhere else.

How dare these people stop at Shangdang?

It’s not far from the Huns!

After all, it is still cautious, Li Er inquired carefully for a long time, only to find that the one sitting high in Lucheng is the legendary Buddha.

Because of his blessing, the Huns who attacked Lucheng before were killed by divine thunder, and the stacked Jingguan is still piled up outside the city!

I saw the high mound, and then I saw the officials who were registered outside the refugee camp.

Li Er finally made up his mind and stayed outside the city.

When the wasteland was reclaimed, the officials would provide plowshares and livestock.

The seeds for cultivation can also be borrowed from the government.

Tian Fu is a bit high, it will be 40% in the first year, and it will be reduced as appropriate.

But people have given so many things, and there are no other extortionate donations, so it is not too high.

What is even more gratifying is that in addition to land reclamation, soldiers will organize their drills.

All those who participated in the exercise were given a winter coat and had a full meal every day.

Although it takes two hours to practice, but the farm work is not too much now, but it can still survive.

After one month of practice, there will be an exam every three days.

All the first three of running, archery, and stone throwing will have pancakes to receive.

Li Er’s body is not strong, but his eyes are very good and his hands are quite stable, so he can win the top three in archery.

This is nothing, if you can get the top three in the monthly exam queue, a team of ten people can get pancakes!

Such a thick pancake, soaked in hot soup, is enough for my wife and children to eat for two days, and it can be regarded as life-saving food.

It is even more important for newly attached refugees like Li Er who do not have much money left.

Seeing his wife happily taking the cake, Li Ercai showed a little smile, took off the wet winter clothes, and got into the bed covered on the kang.

This Tukang was only seen after arriving in Lucheng, and there are every household as a refugee.

About three feet off the ground, the structure is similar to that of a stove, and wood can be burned below.

As long as you add some firewood every day, you can keep the bed warm and sleep until dawn.

It is precisely because of this kang that those refugees who lack cold clothes will not die of starvation.

When I can build my own house, I have to build a kang first.

Mrs. Li Er swiftly put her wet clothes on the kang and sat down: “There are still a few days before the monthly competition, can your team win?”

Li Er sighed: “Just look at the others. “The

queue for the school is a team of people.

As far as their team is concerned, there are still two people who can’t make it.

However, the news he heard today made people moved.

After thinking for a while, Li Er whispered to his wife: “I’m afraid I will officially form the army when the spring begins. If there is a war, I want to try it out.”

When Li Erniang heard this, her face changed: “It’s not that you are defending the soil. Why? Why are you still on the battlefield…”

“If the Huns call, don’t have to defend the land.” Li Er’s expression was quite solemn, “This time is the best time. It is said that the participants also have wooden spears and long bows. And if you join the military, you will be exempted from service, and if you win, you will be rewarded, which is better than staying at home.”

For most farmers, immunity is still very tempting.

Hard labor and hard labor are precisely because the government often distributes some heavy errands to the people below, and sometimes they even leave their hometowns and build walls and dig rivers outside, which is extremely miserable.

When I first arrived, I was still in a camp of refugees. If I was dragged into labor, the burden on my family would be heavy.

On the contrary, if you fight a war, the time will not be too long, and you will be rewarded if you win.

He practiced hard, didn’t he just make the family better?

Now that you have learned yourself, you should show it.

Maybe you can even get rewarded for your work!

When Li Ernianzi

heard this, she couldn’t help but fold her hands together: “Blessed by the Medicine Buddha, grant me a realm of colored glass. May my husband win all battles and return safely.”

Buddha tablet.

Li Er’s expression became more serious.

Yes, as long as the incarnation of the Buddha sitting high in the hall appears, it is enough for them to safely guard this side of the world.

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“Fujun, within two months, the counties will take in a total of 4,000 households of refugees. The number of reclaimed wasteland is several times more than in previous years, and the momentum is too strong. I’m afraid it will slow down.” Yellow Book, come to report.

“Shangdang originally had 13,000 households. In the past few years, the chaos and the catastrophe would have reduced a lot. The cultivated land alone should be enough. It’s just that the food problem is a little serious.” Said, “This winter is the case for now, and everything will be discussed later in the spring of next year. If the grain yield is high, then consider expanding the cultivation.”

During the Taikang period of the Western Jin Dynasty, the population was counted once, and there were only more than 10,000 households registered in the party, even if the family was hidden. Including the number, I am afraid it will not exceed 20,000.

According to a household of five members, there are only 100,000 people in the ten counties of Shangdang.

This number sounds like a joke in future generations.

Can a prefecture-level city have a population of one million?

Even during the Zhiping period of the Eastern Han Dynasty, it would have to exceed this number by five times.

And now?

After experiencing military disasters, natural disasters and large-scale desertion, it is doubtful whether there are 10,000 households left in Shangdang County.

That’s why he said that it is not a problem to settle these populations.

But there is land, but it does not necessarily support living people.

Whether it’s growing grain or rations, it’s a huge shortcoming.

Thanks to his report to Sima Teng, he said that there were several military disasters this year, and there were refugees crossing the border, and part of the autumn tax was intercepted.

Otherwise, even now these people may not be able to support them.

If there is no food, it is natural to find a way to get food.

It’s a pity that in today’s world, there are food shortages everywhere.

Last year, Luoyang was in chaos for a whole year. When Zhang Fang kidnapped the emperor, he ploughed the Luoyang Palace again.

Not to mention grain production, it would be good if there were no disasters under Sizhou next year.

And Sizhou is short of grain, and there is no hope for the supply of grain to Bingzhou.

Even if there is food, it may not be able to be transported back.

In addition, the Huns were so fierce, and the trade was almost cut off.

If you want food, you really have to plant it yourself.

“The old farmers in the counties should also recruit the county government as soon as possible, as well as people who are proficient in water conservancy. This winter, it is necessary to sort out a suitable spring ploughing plan.” Liang Feng said.

This is also no way.

Recruit those experienced old farmers, take their experience as a reference, and compile a set of reasonable farming methods based on what the agricultural book says.

This method has also been tried in Liang Mansion before, and the effect is quite good.

However, each county has its own geographical environment, which needs to be carefully studied.

If possible, it is best to record these agricultural achievements, just like the famous “Qi Min Yao Shu” in later generations, and compile it into a book.

Agricultural books such as “The Book of Fansheng” and “The Order of the Four Minors” are all written in the Han Dynasty, and they still need to be updated.

Duan Qin nodded: “The peasants are already on their way, and they will arrive in Lucheng in a few days. There is also a notice of the library posted. Chief Cui said that in ten days, the library will be open.

” , which is what Liang Feng thought of recently.

It was Ge Hong’s unintentional sentence that made him pay attention to the issue of book collection.

It is impossible for a student with a modest net worth like Ge Hong to use paper.

If you have a favorite book you want to keep, you can only copy it with bamboo slips.

Although Ge Hong is only 21 years old now, he has written hundreds of thousands of words.

Traveling all the way from the south to the north, I lost a lot of books and tablets.

Now when he conceived of his new work “Bao Puzi”, he also sighed repeatedly, if only he had met Liang Fujun earlier.

This also made Liang Feng think of another question.

In troubled times, the most easily damaged, may be the booklet.

Besides those who are addicted to books, how many of them can go out with heavy books?

It is not the gold, silver and silk that have been brought.

However, if the bamboo slips are replaced by paper books, the number of books that can be carried will be several times larger, and the transmission of knowledge will naturally not be interrupted.

What’s more, copying books also requires manpower. If a library is established, will it be able to attract more reserve talents?

When he shared this idea with Duan Qin and Cui Ji, the two immediately fell in love.

No one knows better than them the allure and importance of books to the underprivileged.

So after some deliberation, Chongwen Museum set up another library to store paper books.

Students with good handwriting can enter the library to copy books.

For every five copies, you can get a free white paper, you can take your pen and ink as you like, and copy the books you want.

Just listening to this statement makes people fascinated!

If it is said that everyone enters the library, they can copy five books by hand, and then copy another one to take away.

It’s a good thing you can’t even dream of!

Those aristocratic families don’t allow the common people to snoop easily at all.

And the books that I can find are only a few.

This arrangement is like opening a treasure trove to the poor. Who can be so hungry and want to copy a few more copies?

Some people copy, and naturally some people also provide books.

In addition to Liang Feng’s own collection, he also put forward a suggestion, as long as he provides fifty volumes of various books to the library, he can enter the library at will and read all the books in the special warm pavilion.

You can use pen and ink at will, and you can also watch other people’s unique books.

As a result, some book collectors can’t help but lend some books to the library for others to copy.

In this way, there will be more and more books that can be copied, and it will become a real paper library.

Wanju is just a matter of a carriage, isn’t it wonderful!

And with such a treasure trove in hand, I don’t have to worry about those good scholars coming from afar to read the books.

Coupled with the engraving and printing technology of Liangfu, there is no need to worry about leaving talents!

Nowadays, the number of people who can buy Tibetan Bible papers has decreased a lot due to the war.

Sales of the Diamond Sutra have also declined, and it is better to use the extra paper in more useful places.

What Liang Feng wanted was not just rice grains, but more important things to consider.

“The library must pay attention to fire prevention, and the warm pavilion should also be repaired to make it perfect.” Liang Feng warned carefully.

Before the real cold comes, there are a few more things to do.