The Emperor is Above

Chapter 428: Different Spring Ploughing

In early March, the weather in Longcheng Fengtu is getting warmer.

The remaining snow on the ground is getting less and less, revealing patches of tender grass.

The snow on the sunny slopes of the mountains had long since melted away, and the primroses, unafraid of the cold, were blooming brightly.

Thanks to the efforts of Qing Yi and many of his subjects, after nearly a month of hard work, a brand new Dragon City Fortress appeared before everyone.

Even though many retainers, private armies, and subjects personally participated in the restoration project, they still could not help but marvel at it once it was completely completed.

In addition to the chief engineer, Tun Shigu, Jiang Ji, as a senior gardener, provided guidance on garden art throughout the process, preserving as many ancient vines and trees as possible.

The girls, who were born with a love for flowers and plants, under the leadership of Jiang Ji, transplanted a large number of wild flowers and shrubs from the foothills around the Longcheng Basin.

These flowers, together with the preserved ancient trees and vines, form a different landscape, decorating the outside of the fortress into a beautiful garden.

As a result, the originally majestic Longcheng Fortress now seems to have less military connotations and looks like an ancient castle that is both simple and particularly artistic.

Qing Yi checked each floor with satisfaction. The newly made doors and windows were simple and thick in style, and exuded the fresh fragrance of pine and cypress wood.

The indoor floor is paved with Qinggang stone, which is cleaned and polished to be smooth, eliminating the hidden danger of people falling due to its slippery surface, and is particularly comfortable to walk on.

Qing Yi walked all the way to the ninth floor of the City Lord's Mansion without finding any flaws. After living in the sled car for nearly two months, he could finally move into his own room.

The City Lord's Mansion, located on the top floor of the fortress, has more than 200 rooms of various sizes. When it was built in the past, it should have been the commander's exclusive rooms.

Although it is a bit troublesome to climb too many stairs, it is the quietest and most refreshing place. The most unexpected thing about Qing Yi is the super-large platform outside, which is fifty meters long and twenty meters wide.

The platform was originally designed to prevent the soldiers on the fortress walls from being too dense and to house some of the defenders here. Now it can only be used as a sun platform.

Qing Yi stood beside the stone railing of the platform and looked out at the entire Longcheng mound. The mountain basin, which was a hundred miles long and sixty miles wide, was clearly visible, and the surrounding snow-capped mountains stood tall, which was refreshing.

From here one can clearly see the entire mountain basin. As many as fifty places are under construction at the same time. The densely packed residents are like industrious worker ants, and houses are being built rapidly one after another.

It was San Yisheng, Nan Guoshi and Bei Gongyu who were leading the people to build various villages and communities, and for this purpose they specially sought the opinions of elders such as Baisou and Heiweng.

These fifty villages divide up the northern half of the Longcheng Basin. The location of each village is very clever, ensuring that there is a stream originating from the mountains as the water source for the village.

The original subjects of Guqiu were divided into three villages and settled several miles away from Longcheng Fortress, which were also the villages closest to Longcheng Fortress.

In addition, more than ten days ago, Gongsun Wu also led 5,000 people from the Left Camp of the Dragon City Guard to repair the canyon fortress seventy or eighty miles to the north.

The left, center and right battalions of the Longcheng Guard will take turns to be stationed there for one month. The canyon, which is seventy or eighty miles long, is bustling with fully armed young men coming and going from time to time.

With the completion of the construction of Longcheng Fortress, Canyon Fortress, and various villages and communities, the frozen soil surrounding Longcheng completely softened, and the spring farming that Hei Weng had been thinking about for a long time was put on the agenda.

"The area of ​​Dragon City is 300 miles long and 260 miles wide. It is surrounded by mountains and forests, and the only land available for farming is the basin between the mountains.

Calculated based on a length of 100 miles and a width of 60 miles, excluding the lake in the center of the basin, even if half of it is reclaimed, there will be nearly one million mu of arable land.”

Hei Weng had walked the entire mountain basin dozens of times in the past month, and was familiar with every inch of land and every stream. "Although we have 37,000 people in our territory, we only have 10,000 young and strong people who can be used for reclamation. The spring in the northern border is about ten days shorter than that in the capital, and winter comes earlier.

If all the wasteland is not reclaimed early, even if the spring farming season is delayed by only two or three days, a large amount of corn may not be full enough during the autumn harvest, resulting in a reduced yield.

In addition, there are a lot of gentle slopes at the foot of the mountains around the mountain basin that are suitable for pastures, and they must be sown with grass seeds as soon as possible.”

"Haha, Brother Shigu, take out the trump card you prepared and show it to Heiweng!" Qing Yi did not rush to persuade Heiweng, but said this to Tun Shigu with a smile.

"Hehe, Mr. Black, just watch!"

Tu Shigu patted his round belly with his short arms and waved to his craftsmen to bring up a pile of things.
"As early as when we were migrating, I was thinking about how to cultivate more land with less manpower.

Look, this one is a large plow, this one is a large seed drill, this one is a large weeder, and this one is a harvester I made, but it’s not very mature yet.”

"hiss--"

Hei Weng stroked his thick black beard and said with surprise, "Little Fatty Pig, you are really prepared for a rainy day. You are really impressive.

No wonder San Yisheng, Nan Guoshi, Bei Gongyu and others have been busy leading people to build villages during this period, and you have also led people to build more than 30 windmills in the southeast wind outlet. "

"Hey, aren't these all good ideas borrowed from my brothers?"

Tu Shigu's eyes narrowed into slits as he smiled, "Besides, this windmill house is a good thing, it not only saves manpower but also increases processing speed.

This month I have used the windmill stone mill to make thousands of large farm tools. In the future, I can continue to make armor, weapons, and even use it as a mill."

The latest set of large-scale farm tools made by Tun Shigu was so surprising that not only was Hei Weng astounded, but even Qing Yi was quite surprised at first.

These large farm tools are really huge. There are fifteen bone plows in a row of plows, which means that the efficiency of one-time plowing is fifteen times that of the previous bone plows.

In the past, the bone plow made by Tun Shigu was completely unusable. Even the buffaloes of the Northern Wilderness could not pull it, but it was just right for the Dragon City burial mound.

Two rapidly growing juvenile giant rhinos and twelve nearly adult blue rhinos can easily drag these bone plows, which are enough to reclaim 300 acres of wasteland a day.

"Look, Mr. Hei, just the giant rhinoceros and the blue rhinoceros can reclaim four to five thousand acres of wasteland a day, which means one hundred and fifty thousand acres of land in a month!" Tun Shigu's eyes were full of pride.

However, Hei Weng shook his head and said, "That is far from enough. What I want is to reclaim and plant one million acres of arable land within 20 days."

Tu Shigu was extremely helpless and said, "Hei Weng, you are being too picky. We have reclaimed so much land in just half a month. The king has no other options unless you add more manpower."

"Don't worry, Mr. Hei, and don't panic, Brother Shigu, we have more than just giant rhinos and blue rhinos!" Qing Yi smiled and waved his hand.

"Don't we still have more than a thousand red-chested colts and six or seven hundred giant-hoofed wild horses? These are at least eighth-grade exotic beasts, just right for us to use as animal power for spring plowing."

When it comes to the farm work of pulling the plow, no matter whether it is a giant rhino or a blue rhino, as long as the contracted beastmaster personally commands them, they are extremely obedient, and it is not too tiring anyway.

However, the red colts and giant-hoofed wild horses, as eighth-grade exotic beasts, couldn't help but exclaim in their hearts, "MMP." Even in the hands of the Ghost and Witch Tribe, we were very respected exotic beast mounts. How could we have ever been treated like cattle and horses?
But no matter how dissatisfied they are in their hearts, they still have to work honestly, because there are a group of strange beasts and ferocious birds watching them around.

(End of this chapter)