After Spring and Autumn

Chapter 29 Hangu
The City Lord's Mansion is very lively, with various dialects competing for splendor.

Listening to the rustic dialect, Meng Di felt dizzy, but fortunately, there were people from the Han tribe as translators, and some of them had to go back and forth several times before they could translate.

It's useless to talk to the Han people about farming.I simply invited the elderly from the four townships and eight towns in the southeast, northwest, and asked everyone to introduce their respective situations.

It has been discussed all day, and there is a banquet provided by the city lord's mansion. Everyone is talking very happily, and I wish this meeting can continue.

Tigers, leopards and wild beasts, legends of gods and monsters, neighborhood disputes, parents' squabbles, Meng Di was drowsy and drowsy, and once wondered if he was too optimistic.

At this time, an old man with few teeth missing caught Mengdi's attention. He trembled and talked and gestured for a long time, which roughly meant that there was a river on the west side of Gumi City and a piece of land upstream. Big, big flat land.

How big is it?After circling it with both hands for a long time, I couldn't do it. I just said it was very big.Because in the middle of the mountains, there are lush trees and many wild animals, so few people know about it.

That's it, Meng Di clapped his hands excitedly, there are rivers, flat land, everything is missing.Immediately, the meeting was stopped under the unsatisfactory eyes of everyone, and an on-site investigation was arranged.

Although the road was not too far, it was quite strenuous to walk. Fortunately, the old man had gone hunting in the mountains when he was young.

Looking around, in the vast mountains, an extremely wide basin appears in front of you, with several rivers winding like jade belts.Facing the vastness of the world, Meng Di felt proud and proud. He raised his head to the sky and shouted loudly, and everyone was also jubilant.

Han Qu on the side came up and said, "Please give this place a name, sir."

Give a name?After thinking about it for a long time, I didn't come up with an idea. Since I want to grow rice in the future, I might as well call it Han Valley.

"Hangu! Okay, let's call it Hangu!"

"Hangu! Hangu!" The crowd cheered excitedly.

After the excitement, Han Qu came to Dao Chi with a worried expression and said, "My lord, although this place is good, I don't know if the bird god will like it. Without the rice given by the bird god, fishing and hunting alone can't support such a place." Multiracial."

Uh, it seems that the method of farming has to be promoted soon.

"Don't worry, the bird god said, all my lords have the final say in the territory." After speaking, he turned and went down the mountain, leaving behind a crowd of stunned expressions.

As soon as he said it, Meng Di returned to the city and asked someone to light the basin with a torch.

Xiaowu Xiaoliu, who had witnessed the burning of Wuying, was still shocked. The smoke was billowing, and the sound of peeling and peeling could be heard several miles away.

The trees in spring are not resistant to burning, but fortunately there are dead branches and leaves that have accumulated for countless years.The fire burned for three days and three nights, and only burned a corner of the basin. It looked like it was enough for the time being, and it was covered with thick plant ash. Next spring, it would be an extremely fertile field.

The river network in the basin is vertical and horizontal. According to Ji's suggestion, we dug ditches along the river.The people of the Han people work the hardest, and this kind of enthusiasm is beyond the comprehension of the people in Gumi. Mengdi is going to give them the best land.

The conditions are very generous, and each family can get ten mu of land, and the rest can be reclaimed by themselves.In the first year, the city lord's mansion provided rice seeds, and there was no need to pay rent. In the second year, the rent was collected according to the law of eleven.

Ji, who had done farm work, coveted such a fertile land, and asked shyly if he could move people from his own village here.

These words reminded Meng Di that there are also several large lakes in the territory, and countless rivers, so hurry up and let Jing Tie go back to pick up the people of Jingjia Village, whether it is fishing or fish farming, it can become a major source of food.

In the distance, Qiu'er hopped over with bare feet, and said with a smile, "My lord, everyone says you are the reincarnation of the bird god."

"Bird god?" Turning around to look at his muddy hands, "What do I look like a bird?"

"Hee hee, patriarch grandpa said so, it must be right."

Well, Meng Di decided to take the blame. "Is your father back yet?"

"Ah, I almost forgot, Dad is waiting for you at the City Lord's Mansion." Qiu'er screamed and quickly covered her mouth.

Han Qu has been appointed as the deputy city lord, and now the territory has a population of less than 1 people including the Han people, not including the large and small tribes in the mountains and forests.

The structure of the territory has not yet been set up. After all, Meng Di has been in the army in his previous life. Except for Han Qu, Ji and Jing Li were appointed as agricultural officials, responsible for farming and fishing and hunting respectively. Han Zhan is still the governor of the first song, in charge of city defense. , but Gumi City is too small, so they can only be stationed outside the city.

Originally, I wanted to see if Gan Ying could be a smelting official, but I heard that he had been looking for ore in the deep mountains, and he hadn't seen anyone yet.

The main city has to find another place, at least close to the center of the territory, Han Valley is good.

But the most important thing now is to find a few people in charge. Mengdi has a headache when he thinks about it. Except for Hanqu, he really can't find a decent one.Besides, the Han people should not have too many people involved in the management. Even if they don't understand tactics, he still knows that it is not good for one family to dominate.

Before he reached the city gate, he was stopped halfway by the impatient Han Qu, who looked beaming from a distance, and he probably gained a lot from this trip.

"Well, have you seen the king?"

"I saw it, I saw it. The king personally received him and gave him a hundred tans of rice, all of which are the best rice seeds." Han Qu has learned a lot about farming during this time, and he can also use new terms.

"Aren't you his uncle? How can he be rude to you?"

"Don't dare, dare not, the king is the king, and I dare not mention the word uncle." Han Qu hurriedly waved his hands, paused, and said sadly: "The king treats the Han people so kindly, Tang'er Quanxia knows, and should also Will be happy."

Meng Di was quite speechless for being so content with Han Qu, but he himself didn't want to bother Gou Jian.

The two of them entered the city while talking, there was no room for so much rice in the storehouse, and it was all piled up on the steps, and the guards who carried it were all happy from ear to ear.

Going around the warehouse, he asked strangely, "Goujian only gave rice, but didn't promise to give it to others?"

"Yes, yes, your majesty said that if you want to come to the two villages in Shitang, they will all be able to farm and pick mulberries."

"Okay, after these two villages move here, you have to treat them as treasures. Whether I, the bird god, can be reincarnated depends on them."

Han Qu was still not used to making jokes about the gods, so he just rubbed his hands awkwardly beside him.

"Gu-gu" a strange sound came from the backyard, Meng Di was taken aback, and asked in surprise, "Did you bring the chicken here?"

Han Qu chuckled and said, "Your Majesty heard that Your Majesty likes chickens, so he gave him the dozen or so most beautiful chickens in the palace, and the adults who raised chickens in the palace also came over and are training them in the yard."

The grown-up who raises chickens?I almost couldn't hold back my laughter, so I raised my legs and walked towards the backyard.

(End of this chapter)