Chapter 832 The Great Harvest

Unlike Liaodong in spring, Liaodong in autumn is much more beautiful.

From Suizhong to the north, there are fields on both sides of the road. When the wind blows, the ears of millet will be blown and swayed by the wind.There are also large wheat fields, and the meaning of the wind blowing wheat waves.

People were working in the fields, and men were the main force of the work. Some had sickles, and some without sickles used the army's long swords to deal with them.Eight out of ten young women have big bellies, and they are also doing jobs that are within their capabilities, such as binding.The young boy followed behind, dragging bamboo baskets, picking up the scattered grain on the ground, and from time to time, driving away the birds that also had a good harvest.

There are older children. The father of the family may be a soldier, but he must also be an archer or a logistics soldier. He got a waste bowstring and made a slingshot for the child.The child is also capable, picking up a small stone from the ground, closing one eye, aiming at it for a few breaths, but as soon as he let go, an unlucky bird in the distance writhes and can no longer fly.

Immediately afterwards, the children hurried over to pick them up. There were so many of them gathered that, under the envious eyes of other children, they ran to the river to pluck their hairs and clean them.Everyone's mouth was full of black food, so they went back to work and continued to look for opportunities to hunt birds for meat.

No one paid any attention to them, and it was good to be able to find meat to eat, and there was no animal protection law, otherwise the first person to be shot would be the general.These children are still young, and the older ones are no more than five or six years old. They are able to work, but they are not too old to pick up scattered grains, beat a bird and eat two bites of meat, it doesn't matter, as long as they don't make trouble.

The older ones, the seven, eight or nine-year-old children are different. They are all gritting their teeth and working. Almost everyone has a full workload...

A convoy of tens of thousands of people and thousands of horse-drawn carriages slowly headed north, passed Linyu, passed through Suizhong, and headed straight for Tuhe City.

The curtain of a carriage in the middle of the team was lifted, revealing a delicate and cute little girl with big eyes full of water, which is very cute.She was lying on the car window, her big eyes full of novelty.

All the way north, after several months, passing through several states.Could it be that the farmers on the side of the road looked at them carefully, and what's more, they hid far away and didn't dare to approach them at all.

But it's different here, suppressed all the way, the soldiers dressed as ordinary soldiers and guards are now chatting happily, as if some people still know people on the side of the road and shout hello.There are even children who are not afraid of people at all, and run over and follow the team to ask questions.Of course, there are only a small number of people on the side of the road, and most of them are still in the fields farther away, working hard, only looking at it from a distance, and continuing to work as if they didn't see it.

And the biggest difference is that most of the people in other places have dishes on their sides, but the people here are more energetic at first glance, and they must eat much better.

She knew that all of this was done by a man named Wang Yan.He was born in the head of Guizhou, entered the Yellow Turban Rebellion, gathered the remnants of Beitu in Zhuo County, and began to grow in Anci. After that, he swept through the people of Yuyang, Youbeiping, and Liaoxi Counties, killing officials, slaughtering wealthy families, and plundering food, grass, and treasures. , north to Liaodong.In the battle of Changli, [-] Wuhuan troops were defeated, and in the battle of Dingding in Liaodong, more than [-] Wuhuan troops in Liaodong were defeated.

He is proficient in making things, has white glaze that is sought after by the rich, and improves Caihou paper, which is beneficial to running script and replaces bamboo slips. .The text contained in one book is ten times that of bamboo slips.

She also heard that he has great ambitions and wants to use the benefits of white paper printing to promote culture and education.Therefore, the Zhen family was sent to Wu to look for Cai Yong, hoping to welcome Cai Yong to the north and take Cai Yong's daughter.However, Cai Yong's daughter is Xu Wei. At that time, the visitor was very polite, but she said that the general has orders, but if there is resistance, she can be killed.

He was driven out because of Cai Yong, but the visitor did not use force, and came again for the second time, still telling Wang Yan's ambitions, wanting to build a collection of books, worshiping Cai Yong as his elder, teaching and educating people, and promoting culture and education.However, Cai Yong also refused, saying that he would not serve as an official with the Han thieves.

The three times came again, and it was Zhen's family, Zhen Sheng, who came with a book in person. Cai Yong was overjoyed when he saw it. , is the China of the vast majority of the people, the Han Dynasty lost its way to the people, and the people are the masters."Although Cai Yong is delighted with the new book, he has been thinking about it for a long time and does not want to go.

On the same day, two hundred yellow scarves entered Cai Yong's temporary residence, bound the whole family and left the city. In another three days, Cai Yong's huge collection of books was also transported out of the city by horse-drawn carriage, and the team gathered and headed north.

Why is she so clear?Because she is Cai Yan!

She saw the army pretending to be rioters enter the house in an orderly manner, without saying a word, she directly tied up her father, and then let her, her younger sister and a group of female relatives get into the car by themselves.Father only brought Jiaoweiqin with him, and nothing else. It was the later soldiers who searched their house from inside to outside, and took everything they could, so they had no choice but to come to Liaodong.

Looking at the scene outside the carriage, Cai Yan couldn't help but wonder what kind of person she would be...

In this day and age, women have no choice.Even though Cai Yong has no children and has to give his daughter a little more care, he still has to marry someone who should marry.Now it's Wang Yan, the great warlord of the separatist regime, who shamelessly dispatched three thousand soldiers to the south, and had no choice but to agree.So although Cai Yan must be very conflicted in her heart, it is useless. Unless she commits suicide, she cannot decide her own choice.

She didn't even dare to commit suicide.Regardless of whether she has the courage or not, she always thinks about Cai Yong, if she commits suicide and offends Wang Yan, then Cai will definitely not survive.

So she had no other choice, she didn't expect Wang Yan to be a good husband according to her wishes, what else could she do...

No one cares about the little daughter's thoughts.The convoy didn't stop, and went straight to Tuhe.During this process, the refugees and the Yellow Turbans who followed them along the way were also taken over by the civilian officials and the marching Sima. They are already familiar with this and have a very mature standard process to perform their duties.

Until Tuhe, the number of people in the team became less and less, and finally only the soldiers who acted as coachmen, and Zhen Sheng and the others remained. If you have done it, let the leader know...

At the gate of Tuhe City, Cai Yan was called out of the carriage, led her younger sister, followed a group of female relatives, and followed her father forward. She finally saw the man who had tied their family here forcefully.

Looking at it from a distance, he smiled, giving off a gentle and generous feeling.She is loosely dressed in a dark blue silk gown, with a white jade hairpin on her head, and doesn't even have a sword. She just stands there naturally, giving off a lazy and casual feeling of intimacy.

He is not tall, nor strong, and does not have the might of a general.It is easy to doubt whether this person is the fierce general who used to besiege by three people under Lingzhi City.But the strange thing is that just standing there, he has a kind of immovable self-confidence.

The deep eyes seem to penetrate the world.Even though he has grown a short beard, he can still see his youthful inappropriate temperament.It feels strange to look at, and there is a sense of fragmentation.Strong and weak, calm and frivolous, what a strange person.

Ah, Cai Yan, who was peeping with his big eyes blinking, saw Wang Yan's gaze sweeping over, quickly lowered his head, his little heart was thumping...

With a smile, Wang Yan took two steps in a pretentious manner, cupped his hands, and said, "Wang Yan pays homage to Cai Gong. Cai Gong has great righteousness in his heart. He came to the bitter and cold place in Liaodong from the north. I am very grateful. The public is far away now, and the boat and the car are exhausted. , I have already prepared the other courtyard, let’s have a good rest today, and welcome us with a feast tomorrow.”

"I don't dare to be the gift of the Marquis of Liao. I have no righteousness. You came here by force, so why be hypocritical." Lao Cai blew his beard and stared, expressing his strong dissatisfaction.

Cai Yong is in his fifties this year. Although his hair is white, he still wears it in a crown. He is meticulous all over his body, maintaining the demeanor of a scholar-bureaucrat.He is a bit chubby, but his hair is old, and he has a bit of grace.And his appearance is different from ordinary people, whether he is ugly or not, handsome or not, it is easy for people to remember this difference.It's still a bit funny to match the way he's playing his temper now.

Wang Yan smiled and waved his hands, suppressing what Zhen Sheng wanted to say.

Although everyone knows it in their hearts, it is still very important to show the appearance, to express their attitude.Therefore, the normal procedure at this time should be Zhen Sheng pleading guilty, saying that he secretly used force to kidnap Cai Yong's family and bring them to Liaodong.Wang Yan, the leader, would criticize a few words in a decent manner, say that he didn't know what he said, and then pretend to apologize, apologize, and say good things to Cai Yong, and then he passed it by fooling around.

However, General Wang dared to act boldly, and disdained this kind of face-saving effort of knowing well and talking nonsense.He had greeted him before, so he definitely wouldn't have mentioned this matter. If Lao Cai didn't say anything and got angry, then it would have passed.Now that Lao Cai has said it clearly, it must not be useless, let alone unnecessary.

The general smiled and said: "Mr. Cai thinks that I am a thief. He has invited me three times and refused, so he came up with this strategy. Meng Guang should tell the Duke about my ambitions, and he should also tell the Duke in a new book, saying all his good words, and what can be done." If not, how could you come here?"

"What you did is not the behavior of a heroic man. I have heard your name all the way, but now that I have seen it, it is exaggerated."

The reputation Cai Yong mentioned was actually operated by the Zhen family.Otherwise, with the traffic and communication conditions at this time, who would know who you are if you are ten miles away.Besides, no matter what happens to Wang Yan, except those top people, who cares about that.How powerful Wang Yan is, what does it have to do with other people?
This famous operation is the specialty of the wealthy family.If not, those yellow scarves from before would have gone to the ravine to become bandits, how could they possibly know which number Wang Yan is.

Zhen's business is everywhere, telling people about the Liaodong king's words, why does Zhicheng fight three peerless generals alone, treat the people generously, have superb medical skills, make white glaze, and so on. Anyway, it is not true. Let's just say, what really happened, let's exaggerate it.The wider the spread, the more divine, the better.

"Those who are tired of fame, no matter how famous the name of a hero is, they are all mediocre. The winner is the one who laughs to the end. If you die in the early stage, your ambition will not be rewarded. Even if you are a hero, what is the use of it? Mr. Cai, I don’t know what to do after death, and what does my reputation have to do with me? Now I know that Liaodong must come to help you, Mr. You can’t do it if you don’t come.”

When you bully someone, you say it in a righteous and dignified way, so shameless...

Cai Yong laughed angrily: "When I came here, you took me into captivity. My four daughters were promised to the Hedong Wei family. How could you do such a thing? They all rely on the army to do it. I really have no power to resist. I have to come here, don't even think about me serving you!"

"Mr. Cai, don't speak angry words. Since you are here, how can you do it? How can you be the master?"

Wang Yan laughed and said, "The Duke has a great reputation and is a great Confucian in the world. Tomorrow Meng Guang will spread the news that Duke Cai is settled in Liaodong. Scholars from all over the world must come here to study with the Duke. Will the Duke preach? And I want to promote culture and education and broaden the people's wisdom. It is not up to the public to teach young children enlightenment. For such a big thing, how can the public accidentally launch a cultural education to enlighten the people's wisdom because of personal grudges?"

"An Neng deceived me so far?"

"Duke Cai is wrong. It's not me who deceives him. It's the hope of all the people. Heaven's mandate is to teach you this important task."

While speaking, Wang Yan spread his hands with a smile and placed them by his side, and the guards behind him lightly delivered a long strip of things.After receiving it, Wang Yan snapped open the fan and showed it to Cai Yong, "Look, Mr. Cai, the bamboo bone paper surface of this fan can be used to fan the wind, and it can also be used by literati. I got it by accident in the summer heat." It will be completed in the near future. This fan is the first folding fan in the world.

I have heard that Mr. Cai was proficient in calligraphy. The surface of this fan is plain white, and it should be embellished by Mr. Cai. This fan must be famous in history.Today, I present this fan as a gift to meet you, and I hope you will accept it with a smile. "

"Hmph." Lao Cai snorted coldly, took the fan with his hands, fiddled with it, and walked towards the city, a bit arrogant.

Wang Yan wasn't annoyed at all, it was really too much to force him here and expect him to look good.Besides, not only was he kidnapped by force, but he also forced to marry Cai Yan, causing Cai Yong to be wronged by the Wei family and ruining Lao Cai's reputation. No wonder he was happy.As for the father-in-law, no matter how awesome General Wang is, he has to give him a good face.

He looked at Cai Yan with a smile: "You are eleven today, and I will marry you at eighteen under my rule. Let's wait for seven years. From now on, if you need anything, you can come to me."

"What about me?" The nine-year-old Cai Li seemed to be more active, and also seemed a little clueless.

Wang Yan laughed and rubbed her head: "You will stay for nine years."

After finishing speaking, he raised his eyebrows at Cai Yan, and then waved his hand to greet everyone to enter the city.

Winking at minors is somewhat wrong.No matter how good-looking Cai Yan is, she is just a good-looking kid.Although the situation is different at this time, the development status is always the same.

It's just teasing and teasing, just for fun.

Of course, there is definitely no shortage of women. Although there are no prostitutes from the wealthy family to betroth, the Zhen family who has already made an engagement have sent women over. According to his rules, there are as many as dozens of beautiful girls in Yishui.Except for the two who have seen the eye to take care of the daily life, the rest of the women are promised to the soldiers.

This kind of thing is the same in ancient and modern times.The strength is in place, and some people send it up...

During Cai Yong's trip, he had quite a lot of things, of course the most important thing was books.Lao Cai has a large collection of books, and it is somewhat insulting to describe Lao Cai's knowledge as rich in five carts, because he has hundreds of carts of books alone.There are also many messy antique toys, and dozens of cars.

Wang Yan doesn't like playthings, most of them are things from 200 years ago, that is, before Emperor Wu, until the Spring and Autumn and Warring States Periods, they were bought by tomb robbers in exchange for money.

Lao Cao is not the original author of tomb robbing. What he originated is a large-scale, organized, and highly professional tomb robbing activity, which cannot be regarded as tomb robbing.After all, he is an official to a certain extent, but what is different from modern times is that Lao Cao did not research the evidence, but dug it out in exchange for money to fund military expenditures.

As for Cai Yong's collection of books, Wang Yan took a fancy to them and took them to the vicinity of the book garden to stock up.Since the construction of Zangshu Pavilion was prepared, the Shuyuan has not been expanded.Just wait for the books to be reprinted slowly, and when the Zangshu Pavilion is completed, it will be filled to the brim.

Anyway, Cai Yong is the librarian of Zangshu Pavilion, so it doesn't matter where the books are placed.

And the house he prepared for Cai Yong's family is also very good. It is almost equivalent to a courtyard with three entrances. The house is full of floor heating and full of large floor-to-ceiling windows. It has all the needs of life, and it is not bad for Wang Yan himself. What, can be called the highest courtesy.

Just like what he said to Cai Yong, with Lao Cai joining, there is no need for him to do anything, as long as he knows that Lao Cai is here, naturally a large number of traveling scholars will come south.Moreover, he wanted to build a library, and even ordered Zhen Sheng to join ten permanent attendants to empty the Han Dynasty's library, and he was also collecting books from wealthy families.It can almost be said that it is the book of the world.

Such an open collection of books, in this world, is no exaggeration compared to the ocean of knowledge, and it is extremely attractive to those who are obsessed with learning in this era.

When more cultural people come, it is natural to exchange cultures, and there will naturally be debates over scholarship, disputes between schools, and renewed contention in the literary world.This is another huge attraction for scholars from other places.

On the other hand, the art of papermaking and printing is not so easy to crack.Although there is a goal to specialize, the time must be greatly shortened, but it cannot be achieved in a short while.Even if it is done, in terms of quality, there is no way to compare with Wang Yan.

Therefore, for a long time, if Wang Yan did not disclose the techniques of papermaking and printing, then he had mastered the lifeblood of culture, that is, publishing.

When the cultural struggle in Liaodong began, the cultural advancement began.Everyone has a good reputation, and who doesn’t want his ideas, doctrines, and thoughts to be widely disseminated and passed down to future generations?And the only one who can do this is Liaodong. This is the cultural field that has mastered the Han Dynasty.How big this benefit is is self-evident.

And so many cultural people have come to Liaodong, don't you think they can leave?
At the end of the Han Dynasty and the beginning of the struggle for hegemony, peace is rare everywhere. Liaodong is considered a paradise, and there is a cultural atmosphere. Are they willing to leave?It is conceivable that there must be many people who will even bring their family members here for the sake of peace in troubled times.

Even so, if you still have to leave, then General Wang will come forward to brainwash you, and if you fiddle with the righteousness of your family and country, [-]% of them will stay behind to plan big things.

If he still wanted to leave, then Wang Yan definitely couldn't stop him.It doesn't matter if some people leave.It must not be killed. At this time, we have to ask for some good names. If no one comes to vote in the future, it won't be too bad, and we can't always kidnap people.

And when these cultural people are engaged in learning in Liaodong, it will definitely cost money.Celebrities are certainly not short of money, but how many people are famous, how many people are from rich families, and the majority are from poor families who have fallen. They cannot afford to spend. After all, there are no rich families and wealthy families in Wang Yan’s place to invest in advance business.

Therefore, people like them are the best teachers, and it is perfect for them to enlighten young children and teach advanced knowledge.What I paid was nothing more than a little money, grain and treasure of the study.

Another point is that ancient cultural people paid attention to general knowledge.Knowing how to play swords and being able to single-handedly fight is the most basic quality. In addition, quite a few of them are good at medicine, celestial phenomena, easy learning, geography, and the art of creation, etc., more or less have such unique skills.This is a hundred schools of thought, which are still passed down.

With people like them, as long as Wang Yan shows that he attaches great importance to these things, gives institutional support, and binds these things with the country's plans and personal future, these people will naturally attach importance to them, then they will naturally specialize in them, and naturally begin to summarize them. Realize the self-change and cultural innovation that Wang Yan would like to see without his interference.Along the existing lines, a different set of things has been developed.

All of the above are the benefits brought by Cai Yong, a great Confucian in the world.Although things could have been done without Cai Yong, more time was wasted.

It was a good thing that only Lao Cai was unhappy and everyone else was happy...

Cai Yong's family settled down here. Now that Zhen Sheng is not in operation, and winter is coming again, if they want scholars to come south, it will have to be next year anyway.

So Cai Yong's family is free, Lao Cai is still old-fashioned, playing the piano occasionally, writing big characters on the paper sent by Wang Yan, or reading unread bamboo slips brought back from the library.From time to time, they walked around in and out of the city, and even took the sergeants to other counties to see the real situation under Wang Yan's rule.

Cai Yan and his younger sister, Cai Li, played around in the city, outside the city, and in the fields, or read books freely.She came from a talented woman, quite talented, occasionally came to the library to pick up books, and when she met Wang Yan, she would even discuss knowledge, rhythm, etc. with Wang Yan, which was considered safe.

Lao Cai didn't want to see Wang Yan. Every time he saw him, he put on a stinky face, blew his beard and glared.Wang Yan is quite willing to tease Lao Cai, as a pastime, but now he has no time to talk to Cai Yong, the future father-in-law and mascot, because it is the autumn harvest.

This is a bountiful autumn.

Of course, with the current grain output, it is definitely impossible to rule the people to have enough food for a year.But compared to the situation last winter when the people had to eat two meals of porridge a day to hang themselves, the people under the rule this year can eat thicker.The regular army can eat enough, and this is supplied by self-produced food.

In addition, the breeding situation has also improved. The number of chickens, ducks, geese, cattle and sheep in several large farms has increased. Of course, it is still not enough to eat, or even can't eat. Only Wang Yan has realized the freedom to eat all kinds of meat. A few Supply the army with supplementary oil and water.

Even the production of eggs is not very high. If you want to benefit the common people, you still have to wait two years.At that time, chickens, ducks and geese will be sold to the common people, and they will be raised by themselves.

But in any case, Liaodong can be regarded as self-sufficient from today.

Moreover, Wang Yan still didn't stop the transaction of collecting grain from the wealthy family, stockpiling grain and stuffing it into the granary.

His salt field in Pingguo Nong has already produced output, most of which is coarse salt, and only a small amount of fine salt is sold to the rich for grain and coarse salt.In general, he supplemented the salt used in Liaodong with fine salt, and he no longer had to cut the leeks for salt by the rich.

And the most important cotton has also been harvested.However, the output was not much. He just made two sets of cotton jackets, cotton trousers, cotton shoes and cotton quilts for himself, and two sets for Lao Cai and his second daughter.

The rest were all made into cotton-padded clothes and cotton-padded shoes, which were provided to Liao Huaxiao's middle and senior leadership of the cavalry guards from top to bottom, no more.

However, more seeds have been harvested this year, and there must be more in the coming year.In another two or three years, we will basically be able to arm more than [-] regular soldiers, and the future can be expected.

And the economic activities under the open rule that Wang Yan had been thinking about before also began to implement after the autumn harvest.

The land tax for the people under his rule is one out of ten.He produced banknotes and calculated and issued currency based on the statistics of total grain output and grain prices.Then according to the grain price he set, he used money to purchase grain from the people and stored it in the granary.

However, although the common people trust the general, the fear of poverty and hunger is a lingering shadow, so few people sell food.But Wang Yan didn't care, the money was printed first, and it was the same for him to do business with the rich.Anyway, he has an exclusive deal, so he doesn't worry that they won't accept the money.

As for the people's food, it will definitely be sold next year's autumn harvest.Letting them hold the food in their hands is also a peace of mind, they won't eat it.It is said to be dead, that is, it is thicker than last year, and the rest are hoarded, in the hope that they can survive for a longer time when they encounter some major events.

This is a normal thing, and it will be fine when the grain is completely smashed.

The search for shipbuilders who had been told to Zhen Sheng earlier had already brought them here, and the design of the big ship to go to sea had already begun.When the construction is completed, there is no problem in the inspection, and it is estimated that it will take more than ten years to go to sea to find good seeds and return them.

The problem is not big, everything is going well, thriving, and the future will be long...

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