Da Wei Chun

Chapter 605 The happiness index of refugees

"Is your mind full of mud, or have you lived on dogs for more than 40 years?"

Li Chengzhi yelled, "Li Song, Li Song, what do you think, you actually planted seeds outside the city?"

Tens of thousands of cavalrymen wearing leather robes and felt hats plundered Hexi. Anyone would think that Rouran was taking revenge on Yuan Wei.The imperial court only thought that Hexi had just lost its people, at least the land was still there.

Even in the eyes of the imperial court, Hexi is like a chicken rib.However, it is impossible to ignore the country's constitution and national prestige, at least to send envoys to take a look, or to ask Yuan Yu to investigate.

As a result, people came to take a look: My good guy, you planted the fields under the wall of the county seat, and you still have the Hu tribe with bird feathers?
No matter how stupid the imperial court is, no matter how stupid Yuan Zhi is, I'm afraid they can guess a little bit, how can the Li family rest and recuperate?

Li Song lowered his head, fine beads of sweat kept oozing out from his forehead: "It's me... I'm greedy..."

"You are not just greedy, you are poor and crazy, and you dare to swallow poison even if you know it is poison?"

Li Chengzhi stretched out his hand and was about to poke Li Song's nose. "You have ten days to eradicate all the young crops outside the city, including half-cultivated fields and half-built canals, and bury them all. After that, all households will be evacuated." Go out and move to the north of Mount Heli!"

"what?"

Li Song was stunned: Isn't it true that [-] households have worked vigorously for more than a month and all have been done for nothing?
"Ah what, are you deaf?"

Li Chengzhi's face was serious, and he knocked on the case table in a serious manner.

Li Song was agitated and said yes repeatedly.

All the cronies in the account suddenly realized.

It turned out that the gentleman was not just angry at Li Song, who sowed all the ripe fields outside Biao's city for greedy small profits.He was even more dissatisfied that Li Shiliang moved [-] households to the table as a move to reclaim the land.

Li Shiliang's expression was a little unnatural, but he was not annoyed.It's also because he had expected it a long time ago and put his mentality very positively.

He stood up, and was about to reproach himself, but Li Chengzhi interrupted him with a wave: "Uncle, it's not that my nephew is trying to excuse you, but that you are new here and don't know the truth, so there is hope for such a misjudgment.

But Li Song is different. He has been in Hexi for nearly three years. You should know that although Hexi is sparsely populated, it is indispensable to the court.Otherwise, Dunhuang, which is thousands of miles away to the west, would not have its own town.

The reason is that the imperial court only wanted to make the ancient silk road run unimpeded. One was to ensure the commercial road with the Western Regions, and the other was to show the country’s prestige and deter the Western Regions... Therefore, the county seat must not occupy , at least within this year, absolutely no civilians, let alone troops..."

Li Shiliang knew everything, and his face blushed immediately.

Li Chengzhi is by no means alarmist, but has a lesson from the past.

Because of Taiwu's military arrogance, Yuan Wei's vitality was seriously injured, and he had to rest his life and recuperate. Therefore, the emperors after Taiwu tried their best to restrain themselves and try not to start wars with Nanchao and Rouran.

But at the beginning of Yuan Hong's succession to the throne, the imperial court couldn't bear it, and risked destroying the country and fought fiercely with Rou Ran.

Without it, it was only because he was stabbed to Nilin by his mortal enemy.

At that time, Rouran also breathed a sigh of relief. Seeing that the enemy was so weak and seemed easy to bully, she wanted to test it out to see if she could take advantage of it.

At that time, Hexi was located in the frontier, vast and thousands of miles, but almost uninhabited, which was like a chicken rib to the Yuan and Wei Dynasties.

But because the terrain is flat, the rain is abundant, and it is nourished by several big rivers such as weak water, so the aquatic plants are extremely rich, and I don’t know how many times stronger than the desert that can only rely on the sky for food.

Looking at the blatant nomads such as Tuyuhun and Xiyu Zahu in Hexi, the Yuan and Wei courts turned a deaf ear to it, and Rouran mistakenly thought that there was an opportunity to take advantage of it.

At that time, only Dunhuang and Wuwei were stationed thousands of miles west of the river, each with more than ten thousand soldiers.Rouran thought that Weiwu was too close to the Central Plains. If troops were sent to invade, the Yuan and Wei Dynasties would dispatch troops from Guanzhong for reinforcements in all likelihood, so she thought to test it out from Dunhuang Town first.

But whoever wants to try this will poke a hornet's nest.

At that time, Yuan Hong first came to Dabao, and Empress Dowager Feng was still in power. Hearing that Rouran wanted to invade Dunhuang, Empress Dowager Feng was furious, and immediately mobilized the whole country and sent troops to conquer.

In just three years, the Yuan and Wei dynasties dispatched troops nine times in a row, with a total of 50 troops, forcefully driving Rouran from Touman City in the north of Yin Mountain and Daqi in the north of Junji Mountain to the Selenge River to Lake Baikal.

If it wasn't for Rouran's fast running, the family would have been wiped out.

Only then did Rou Ran realize that the reason why the Yuan and Wei Dynasties stationed troops in Hexi, but allowed Tuyuhun to nomad herds, did not value the thousands of miles of land at all, but the silk trade road.

The reason why they attach so much importance is that in addition to guaranteeing trade and mutual diplomatic relations with the Western Regions, the Tuoba clan has never forgotten the Murong clan who prefers to settle on the plateau.

As long as the north of Qilian Mountains is still in Wei territory, sooner or later the Tuoba family will take advantage of Tuyuhun's invasion of the territory and march into the south of Shanshan, and then release the Ma Plateau and Shu, and then seek Jiankang (Nanjing, the capital of the Southern Dynasties).

This is a century-old plan, how could it fail?
Look at it in reverse.

Li Chengzhi often said that a thin camel is bigger than a horse, and he was talking about the current court.

It was the continuous war for two consecutive years, or Gao Zhao's sudden rebellion, which made the court panic.But after all, he has been in the Central Plains for many years, and his background is quite deep, and he still has some strength now.

If Rouran just robs some people and food in Hexi, or is nomadic like Tuyuhun, the imperial court will turn a blind eye to it in all likelihood.At the most, he would try his best to beat Gao Zhao first, and then find a way to get revenge after the Northland was stabilized.

But if it is like Rouran 40 years ago, if it dares to break the Silk Road business road, it is tantamount to hitting the snake's seven inches.Even if the court is unable to catch up now, it will definitely not take it lightly.

Of course, nine times out of ten the imperial court would not send troops, but don’t forget that there are also Yuan Jia who are familiar with Dunhuang, and there are tens of thousands of households and more than [-] elite soldiers.

If Yuan Zhi is allowed to attack Biao Shi or Xihai regardless of casualties, Li Shi still needs to rest and recuperate?

The best way is to wait for the imperial court to fight Gao Zhao hard, and it is best to wait for Beizhen and Guanzhong to be in chaos again, and when the imperial court completely ignores Hexi, it is not too late to plan.

According to Li Chengzhi's estimation, the imperial court will be weak at that time. Even if Yuan Zhi is forced to order, Yuan Zhi is far away from the emperor, so it is not certain whether he will obey the order.

So when he knew that Li Shiliang had [-] residents in Biao, and that Li Song had sowed all the cultivated land outside the city, and even had young seedlings, he almost didn't turn his mouth off.

Not only is Li Song poor and crazy, but he is even fatter...

"I'll do it right away, and I'll only give you ten days. If you dare to exceed a moment, I'll only ask you!"

Li Chengzhi stared: "Get out!"

Li Song hurriedly wiped off the cold sweat on his face, squeezed the flesh on his face, and showed a flattering smile: "Get lost!"

Li Shiliang was dumbfounded.

Is this still the Li Changmao who is not angry and arrogant, Yue Zhiyuan?

Before he came to Hexi, Li Song had already been relieved of his military power.At that time, Li Chengzhi had not been assassinated, and everyone did not understand what was wrong with Li Songzhi's actions, so there were many sympathizers.

And because of the merits of destroying Du Lun, Li Song's prestige is even more prestige, and all the soldiers and civilians in the West Sea respect him.

At that time, Li Song would tremble three times when Xihai sneezed.

But such a character is like a sheep in front of Li Chengzhi. Not only is he not annoyed by being scolded, but he is also like a sycophant, as if he doesn't even want face?
Li Shiliang suddenly felt that he did not pay enough attention to this nephew.

He was in a daze, and when he heard Li Chengzhi calling him, Li Shiliang hurriedly straightened his expression.

"Uncle Lao, I need to send an order later to order all the herdsmen in the north of the mountain to move northward, temporarily moving two hundred miles away. After Li Song moves out, the people who are obedient will live here temporarily..."

Li Shiliang quickly agreed, and then asked suspiciously, "Why are you in such a hurry?"

Since the herdsmen were to make room for the farmers, all the herdsmen in the north of the mountain had to be moved to the north according to Li Chengzhi's request before Li Song moved here, so the time limit given to him was also ten days.

In just ten days, [-] to [-] households were moved hundreds of miles. This is not an ordinary rush.

Li Chengzhi sighed leisurely: "If what I expected is correct, both the court and the Yuan Dynasty have received the letter. If someone is sent to investigate, it should be here in ten days at most..."

Li Shiliang suddenly realized.

It was Li Chengzhi who had already made arrangements to send scouts to patrol five or six hundred miles away to intercept business routes, but it was absolutely impossible not to leak any news.

Regardless of the rest, it has been more than a month since Li Liang sent troops. Those Lushuihu and Tuyuhun herdsmen who were scared away by the army, as well as the Hu merchants who had to divert, have witnessed tens of thousands of Hu troops being plundered by Hexi.It has been more than a month now, no matter what, news should reach Luojing or Dunhuang.

Li Chengzhi is afraid that there will be fish that slip through the net, for example, if a spy from the imperial court sneaks into Hexi, or if he arrives in Biaoshi County, he will see the soldiers and civilians stationed in the city and the young crops outside the city.

"Yubiao is to keep two teams of scouts to pass on news to Zhenyi. But don't stay in the city permanently, let them pretend to be miscellaneous beards, and just graze outside the city..."

"promise!"

"After the households moved to the north of the mountain, they started to build canals and cultivate fields... um... don't you love to cultivate fields? If you have the ability, you can turn all the grassy beaches of two hundred miles into high-quality good fields within a year?"

Li Song froze fiercely, not even daring to answer.

Don't say this year, giving him another three years is not enough.

Just like those paddy fields at the foot of Heli Mountain, this year is the third year since it was reclaimed.

Li Song didn't know how much painstaking effort it took to make those fields in the south of Shannan full of seedlings?

Although the seedlings are complete, they are not strong. According to Li Song's estimation, this year, the yield will be only a few tens of catties per mu. Next year, it will be possible to produce hundreds of catties per mu, and in the year after that, it will be possible to reach two hundred catties or more.

And the standard for a high-quality fertile farmland is four stones per mu...

Seeing his sweaty head, Li Chengzhi sneered again and said, "Don't worry, there are not many other things in Xihai, except that there are many barren fields. I think we can simply entrust you as the head of the farm..."

Li Song was overjoyed and raised his head abruptly.

Knowing that Li Chengzhi wanted to clarify the ranks and appoint officials to various ministries, but Li Song didn't expect that he would be the first to be appointed?
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Sparsely populated, naturally there are benefits of sparsely populated.

Just like weak water, it originates from Tuyuhun, flows through Hexi, sinks into Rouran, and stretches for more than two thousand miles.

If this is Guanzhong, Henan, Hedong, or even Jindi and Beizhen, where the land is relatively barren, if there is such a river, more than [-]% of the watershed will be shoals that can be cultivated. back.

But now, it happened to be cheaper for Li Chengzhi.

According to his instructions, since the [-] households moved to Xihai the year before last, Li Song did not rush to expand his army or expand the mine, but used all of them to cultivate fields and repair canals.

And reclaiming fields in the west of Hexi is very different from reclaiming raw land in other places, because there are all cultivated fields here.

Well, that's not entirely true.

At least seven or eighty years ago, before Emperor Taiwu conquered Hexi and robbed millions of households to the old capital Pingcheng, there were already thousands of miles of fields, countless fertile fields, and herds of cattle and sheep.It has reached the real "no one who is said to be rich in the world will come out of Longyou"!
Although it has been deserted for seven or eighty years, the fields are still those fields, and the canals are still those canals, but the ditches are covered by wind and sand, and the ridges are covered by weeds.Farming and water diversion can be done with just a little trimming, which is more than half the effort?
Li's family passed on farming and education, and Li Song has been in charge for nearly ten years. He has managed the Li's manor for nearly ten years. He is a good hand in both civil servants and farming.

In just half a year, Li Song led these 30 households to cultivate nearly [-] hectares of land on both sides of Ruoshui at the foot of Heli Mountain.The average distribution to each household, a family of more than [-] acres.

Weeding, manure application, plowing, irrigation, exposure to the sun...the fields are cultivated in this way, repeated three or four times in two years, and the seeds are not sown until the third year.

The results are visible to the naked eye, that is, the wheat fields that Li Chengzhi saw when standing on the Guancheng.

The land in Hexi is a little barren, not as good as Guanzhong, Henan, Hedong and other prefectures, and the average yield per mu can reach as high as four stones.But after another two or three years of planting in this way, it is still no problem to have two to three hundred catties per mu of land.

In this way, even if the land is planted for one year and then raised for another year, twenty mu of land is enough to support a family of five or six, and the remaining ten mu is used to pay taxes.

But now another year has passed, and nearly [-] private households have moved to Xihai. Naturally, Li Song cannot waste it in vain.

Since last summer, when rebels and refugees from Qin and Liang prefectures arrived in Xihai one after another, he didn't have to waste a day.

All those who have dragged their families with their mouths are compiled as military households in the field, and they are given priority in providing rations, vehicles, farm tools, etc.Afterwards, the land was allocated to the foot of the mountain on the spot, and everyone, regardless of the size of the man or woman, was entitled to ten acres of barren land.

However, taking Xihai County in the old Wei and Jin Dynasties and Wuliang, there are only more than [-] hectares of land recorded in the book, which is only enough for [-] households to cultivate.Li Song thought it would be troublesome to dig a new canal, and it would be even more troublesome to reclaim the land, so he made up the county's idea.

Now that Li Chengzhi has made a final decision, no matter whether it is barren land or cultivated land south of Yanchi, an acre of cultivated land cannot be moved, so only the raw land in the north of the mountain can be reclaimed.

It is very difficult, but the support is not small.

Since it occupies nearly half of the grazing land, it is impossible to go to Rouran to graze. Li Chengzhi simply divided half of the livestock and distributed them to the households for feeding.

This can not only free up grassland for cultivating paddy fields, but also save a lot of labor for grazing.

Li Chengzhi made a tentative decision: No matter how big or small the household is, the large animals that plow the fields must be divided into one head, and the sheep are allocated according to the population.

Of course, it is not a free gift, but all of it is converted into grain, which can be regarded as loaned to farmers.After two years of cattle and sheep breeding, the family has received interest, and then slowly repaid.

The same goes for land, no matter how many years the farmer has planted it, it is all public land.In the first five years, no tax will be calculated, and grain seeds will be distributed free of charge.It was not until the sixth year that some land rent was collected symbolically.

So for ordinary households, it feels like they are living in heaven, and the happiness index is not usually high...

(End of this chapter)