Reborn farmhouse busy farming

Chapter 265

The next day, Luo Baisu ate early, and went out with Cheng Qing, Mr. Xu and that old man Liu before dawn.

Luo Tiandu took the map of Yi County and pondered at home. Fang was afraid that she would catch cold in the house, so when the sun was on the treetops, he drove her out, let her sit in the yard, and was not allowed to enter the house. .The weather in the south turns warm early. After the [-]th day of the first lunar month, the temperature starts to rise, and it is only slightly colder in the morning and evening.Luo Tiandu moved a table out to read a book under the sun, the warm wind was blowing, carrying the unknown fragrance of early spring flowers and the damp smell of the soil, very comfortable.

This map was later brought by Cheng Sheng from the barracks, and he left one for the county government. Luo Tian took the map and wanted to check the terrain around Yi County when he had nothing to do.The maps these days are all hand-painted, and they were brought out by Cheng Sheng from the barracks. Naturally, they are not as exquisite as modern ones. Not to mention the art, they are very abstract. A few small hills represent the rolling peaks all around. Luo Tian watched the line from east to west for a long time but still couldn't understand it.

"Well, isn't this the city defense map of Yi County? What's your lady doing here?"

Luo Tian was unaware that someone beside him made a sudden noise, and his hands trembled in fright. He raised his eyes and saw the old carpenter who followed Wei Que, what was his surname... well, it seemed that he was surnamed Wu, and he was staring at her hand intently. See the map in here.

"Can the old man understand it? This map is drawn like a bible, hey, I can't understand it." She felt her nose itchy, sniffled and asked.

Carpenter Wu bent down, squinted his eyes for a while, pointed to a place on the map and said, "This is the county seat, this is the back mountain, and this circle is the city wall that the soldiers are busy repairing."

Luo Tiandu took a pen and paper, drew a square frame in the middle, and wrote Yi County in big characters, indicating that this is the county seat.

Old man Wu was standing beside her, showing great interest in the quill pen she was using: "What kind of pen is this? It looks quite unique, can the little lady let the little old man take a look? "

Luo Tiandu then took out the pen case, took out a quill pen from inside, handed it to old man Wu, and said, "This is a quill pen. When I was young, my family was poor and couldn't afford paper and pens, so my father hunted it down with uncles. It's made of the feathers of a bird, and it's very useful."

Old man Wu looked at the pen over and over again, then dipped the ink and wrote two words on the paper. The pen was too thin, and it was not easy to use force. It's easy to use, but it's a pity that you can't train your wrist strength, it's fine for a young lady, but it's not suitable for a serious scholar." Looking at the handwriting written by Luo Tiandu, it was really ugly, there was only the word Yixian on the paper, and it was wrong One, after taking a closer look, Luo Tiandu's posture in writing is also wrong, so he said, "Although the best time for practicing calligraphy has passed, my young lady, if she is determined and works hard, she may not fail in the future. "

Luo Tiandu said: "I'm not going to take part in the scientific examination, it's useless if I practice my handwriting well, it's good that I can read it myself anyway."

Old man Wu has never seen such a low-motivated person, and her enthusiasm for being a teacher is so choked by her that he can no longer arouse the slightest interest. In my impression, Luo Baisu's handwriting is also very ordinary. Thinking about the background of the Luo family , then fell silent.

Luo Tian didn't care about him, he asked the map carefully, and then re-drawn it according to Fang's understanding that he could understand.She laughed at other people's abstract art, and made her own drawings even more funny. A box with Yi County in it represents the county seat, two juxtaposed crooked lines represent the Xiang River outside Yi County, a triangle represents high mountains, and the area of ​​cultivated land is also one. box with land written on it.

At first, Old Man Wu thought that Luo Tian was going to redraw the map, but he was startled. Unexpectedly, this little lady in Mr. Luo's family could even draw the map. Horrible expression.

Alas, a child is indeed a child, and it can't be taken seriously.

Luo Tiandu picked up the self-made ghost painting talisman and found that although Yi County has undulating terrain, it is not without advantages. At least there is Xianghe River outside, and the river is still flowing all year round. If canals are dug along the tributaries of the Xianghe River, every village and village, as long as they do not live on the mountain, will have water, but the cultivated land is scattered, unlike the large fields in the north that are connected together and cultivated. Get up and work hard.

There are mountains, rivers, and fields, and now the imperial court attaches great importance to the development of Yi County, and has sent troops to garrison it. As long as Luo Baisu can persuade the villagers to reclaim wasteland, it doesn't take much. An mu is only calculated as one hundred catties, and it can produce a thousand catties of grain. The rice seeds for the first year are all provided by the imperial court, and there is no need to pay land taxes. After staying for five years, one-third of the land that has been opened up can still be used by the family. This is simply a good thing for the world. Luo Tian even wants to open a few acres of land and save some private houses.

Moreover, Yi County is located in the southeast, and the temperature is high. If there are early-maturing fine varieties with water and fertilizer, it is estimated that they will be ripe after two seasons. , Because irrigation is inconvenient, it is not suitable to turn it into farming. Plant mulberry and cultivate it into forest land, which is both windproof and mud-proof. Together with the cultivated land, it has everything to eat and wear.

Guarding such a treasure land, how can you worry about filling your stomach?

The problem is, people would rather go hungry than farm!
When Luo Baisu came back at night, his face was sullen.Early in the morning, he hiked mountains and waded with Xu Sanye, Old Man Liu, and walked through several villages. When the people in those villages saw a stranger coming, they ran into the mountains in a panic, and couldn't even shout. Yi Yi caught two people, and when he told them about farming, each of them shook his head like a rattle. In the end, it was Mr. Xu who led them to Xujiazhai. At any rate, he relied on Mr. Xu's face and made a promise. It was persuasion again, even showing off the fact that the barbarians came in in the first month and repelled the barbarians. Finally, there were a few elderly people who heard that the imperial court would distribute food and expressed their willingness to open up barren fields.

But there are only a few people, and there are dozens or hundreds of villages in Yi County, large and small. If you visit them one by one, you have to visit them in the year of the monkey.The more than 100 people living in the county town have been with the Luo family for a long time, and they are willing to reclaim wasteland, but that is not enough.

Luo Baisu was very worried at home. Now that he has money and food, he can’t do anything without manpower. This is because there are [-] soldiers outside helping to dig trenches and repair the city wall. Although they also promised to help reclaim the wasteland together , but we can't point to them to help farm the land, can we?
The city wall over there was repaired quickly, and the soldiers had all the strength to do things much more quickly than those mountain people. They also brought their own dry food, and they didn't need the Luo family to take care of the food. The Luo family only had ten days and a half months. It's just that I bought some good food and sent it to a few leading teeth-beating festivals.

Luo Tian saw it all, and suddenly had an idea.

When Luo Baisu came back that day, Luo Tiandu said: "Father, you have limited strength alone, and you are not familiar with the mountain roads here. If you broke your legs and worn out your shoes, it would be great if you can run two villages a day. The villagers may not be grateful and willing to open up wasteland. Mr. Xu also said that they were all farmers in the past, but they were frightened by the barbarians. They were afraid that they would attract the barbarians after planting crops. , I'm afraid there are no people left. What they are afraid of is that our county has no power to protect them, but look, Brother Cheng Sheng has led people to station outside the county? The military camp is secret, so we can't take people to see it. But it’s okay to help us build the city wall outside. Dad, why don’t you let the people in the city go around the villages and let the mountain people come and have a look. Our county is now in full swing. They see Now, knowing that the imperial court will not ignore them and send people to protect them and protect their fields, they are relieved, and naturally they are willing to open up wasteland."

Luo Baisu ran continuously for half a month, and there was a layer of blisters on the soles of his feet, but he didn't persuade many villagers. Hearing what she said, he also felt that it made sense, so he told Mr. Xu about it, and Mr. Xu After listening, without saying a word, I went looking for people everywhere, and then scattered to various villages in the mountains.

In the next few days, the county town became much more lively, and there were many more people. From time to time, mountain people came over and turned to the base of the city wall.Although the soldiers who repaired the city wall took off their armor and looked like ordinary people, they were all powerful, obviously not the common people here.The villagers looked at these military men who used to look up when they saw them, but now they are busy repairing the city wall with their sleeves rolled up, and they really don't look as fierce as before.

Those military masters were watched by people for a long time, but they were not annoyed, as if they didn't see it, they still only focused on the work in their hands.People are curious. The mountain people watched for a few days, and saw that the soldiers ignored them, and they didn't scold and drive them away. Some of them were bold enough, so they went up to ask and talk to them.

Those soldiers had already received orders from Luo Baisu and General Liao Pian. They really answered every question they had about the mountain people, and the answers all highlighted one important point. The imperial court sent soldiers to station here, so that the common people can farm the land with peace of mind in the future. When the barbarians came over, they had their own soldiers to block them, so there was no need to worry at all.

And the people in the county also said that the new grandpa in Yi County is a good official, he is sympathetic to the people, and he will not suffer from listening to him. The mountain people may not listen to officials like Luo Baisu, but they still treat the local villagers. Believe it, the more times you listen to it, the more skeptical you will be.

After the city wall is repaired, seeing that those who were in those days really went to open up wasteland, the previous five-point trust will now be seven-point trust.

In March, another team of officers and soldiers came and escorted a group of ragged refugees into Yi County.

(End of this chapter)