Tell these herdsmen about the big principles of water and soil conservation, and they won't understand it. But if you tell them about Loulan and some examples from around them, they will understand it instantly! As long as you let them see the results, they will know better than anyone else, because they all understand what the home they rely on for survival is.
As for planting trees, it is actually not difficult. For example, there are some small saplings in the forest on the mountain. After cutting down the big trees, you can dig out the small saplings and plant them outside. Li Ke will have someone teach them when the time comes.
Li Ke didn't know how effective this would be, but if everyone could really cut off one and then plant two, Li Ke believed that as time goes by, some results would always be seen. of.
In fact, as Zhao Lin gave them examples, some herdsmen actually thought of something. Although there were no examples of such big changes around them, there were always some small changes. For example, what was originally a small river changed with the felling of trees. More and more, the river has less and less water, and the grass gradually doesn't grow very well.
They can always find such examples.
No one told them before, but now, when someone they believe in tells them this, Li Ke believes that someone will always remember this.
Everyone received a Quyu plow. This time, not every household had one, but two Quyu plows common to the twenty households. The grass they planted was temporarily owned by the twenty households. It won't be divided again until the alfalfa is saved again next year.
Because for the time being, the grass seeds unlocked by Li Ke cannot be planted on so much land, and not all places are suitable for planting.
Fortunately, the seeds in the strategic reserve are all excellent varieties that can be used repeatedly. Just keep saving seeds next year.
As for the distribution of cattle, sheep and horses this time, Li Ke also asked these herdsmen to make a choice whether to farm in the Huangshui Valley or remain herdsmen. If they changed to farming, each household would be allocated one hundred acres of land, of which fifty Mu is Yongye field, which is 30 mu more than in the Tang Dynasty, and no tax will be collected for five years.
There are not many Tuyuhun herdsmen who choose to become farmers, but there are still some. These people all have Han ancestry in their ancestors. There are about more than a thousand households that choose to farm. These herdsmen are assigned to the Huangshui Valley to open up wasteland, and they are paid a hundred A household is a village, consisting of ten villages.
Instead of allocating sheep, each household would be allocated two cows, one male and one female, and two horses, one male and one female. The biggest advantage of modernly improved curved shaft plows over previous straight plows is that they save more animal power and can also be pulled by horses.
All farmers who choose to farm have missed the farming season this year, but Li Ke will ensure that they have food this year and food next year. The only requirement is that they plant rations on fifty acres and plant rapeseed flowers on the other fifty acres, and have crops next year. Li Ke purchases the rapeseed flowers harvested from each mu of land based on the same amount of grain produced per mu.
This is the minimum guarantee Li Ke gives them. If the market price is higher than this, they will sell according to the market price. If the market price is lower than this, then Li Ke will buy according to this. The only thing Li Ke requires of them is to rotate crops. .
The leaves and flowers of rapeseed flowers can also be turned into cultivated land to fertilize the fields, so that the land can be cultivated for a longer period of time.
In addition to more than a thousand families of herdsmen who chose to become farmers, there were also about 300 families of Fubing soldiers who came here with the caravan. They were all in relatively poor family conditions. Most of the soldiers who can stay in Xizhou come from the nearby Longyou Road, Guannai Road and other roads, so it won't take long for their families to move here.
Compared with those herdsmen turned farmers, these farmers who have been dealing with the land for generations know the land very well. When they came here and checked the river channels here and the uncultivated land covered with weeds, one by one There was joy on their faces.
The fields here are not the best, but they are definitely not bad! At least it's much better than what they have at home! And here is fifty acres of Yongye field!
This situation is going on in all areas of Xizhou at the same time. Tie Hammer and his village also quickly divided the cattle and sheep, and also received the seeds. The seeds were first placed here by Tie Hammer. They had to wait for someone to come and teach them how to cultivate the land and how to cultivate the land. Plant, and then choose the land for farming first.
After the distribution was completed, the sheep belonging to the Tang Dynasty royal family were temporarily sent by Iron Hammer to the place where Qinghai Lake and Huangshui Valley were connected. A large royal pasture had been designated there in advance, and the war horses would be sent in batches later. Shandan Military Horse Farm.
Zalin's eldest son, Zaduo, also packed up his belongings, led his horse and ran towards home. Although his father Zalin followed Murong Shun, His Highness did not leave him behind when he divided the cattle and sheep. Dad, there are a total of seven people in their family, and the Za family was also assigned five horses, three females and two males, one of which was a female and a foal.
Although four of them had been ridden by their family before, for some reason, Zaduo felt that the horses under his crotch looked better this time, because they belonged to their family.
"Mom, I'm back." Zhaduo said loudly after returning to the felt tent at home.
A woman came out of the tent in response, "Have you finished dividing the portion?"
"Well, it's done. The one with the two black stripes of hair on the left leg in front is our sheep! The same goes for the cattle." Zaduo nodded, and then told his mother-in-law about the situation of dividing the cattle and sheep.
After hearing this, the woman couldn't help but wipe the tears from the corners of her eyes, and said with a bit of sob: "Your Highness is kind, we can live a good life in the future."
"Auntie, I want to see Zhamu." Zhaduo said softly.
The woman paused for a moment, then nodded and said, "Go and tell him about our current changes."
"I know." Zhaduo returned to the tent, took out half of the roasted rabbit, tore it off and cut off the legs. Then he dug out half a bowl of rice in a pottery bowl, then put it in his arms and turned over immediately after leaving the tent. Come to the door and head straight to the mountains behind.
Soon, when the group of tents behind him could no longer be seen and patches of woods appeared around him, Zaduo found a big tree. He turned over and dismounted, protected the food in his body, and then took it off the horse. The water bag then walked behind the big tree.
The surrounding forest was very quiet, and the chirping of insects and birds kept ringing out, adding vitality to the place. Behind the big tree, a cemetery made of accumulated stones appeared there. Zado walked to the side of the curtain pile. First he took a few stones and piled them on the tomb, then patted himself and sat down next to the tomb.
