Although the vegetation is withered and yellow, the climate is not cold. The mountains are colorful and the scenery is beautiful. To Lin Ze's surprise, the crops in this basin are ripe three times a year.
It is now the end of October, and the people who have harvested autumn grain have begun to plow the land and sow winter grain.
What Lin Ze didn't expect was that there wasn't even a single plow cow in the village. Looking at the people, the men were dragging the plows with thick hemp ropes, and the women were pushing behind them. The plows and shovels were rolled up. Although the palms of their hands were calloused, they were still Bleeding from grinding.
There was a third member of the family, sowing seeds sparsely along with them.
Lin Ze felt distressed. Not to mention food, they didn't even have enough seeds.
Uncle Xu followed Lin Ze from a distance, holding a book in his hand, and said behind Lin Ze: "We have a total of twenty households in Yueyang Village, with 60 people, and a total of 600 acres of land in the village."
Lin Ze said: "Six hundred acres of land that can be cultivated? Uncle Xu, I found that our village has a unique terrain. Is there any other way to enter the village besides the way I came from?"
Uncle Xu shook his head and said: "We have lived here for generations. There is only one road into the village, and our land is also inside the mountain pass."
"Oh, it's really a good place that's easy to defend but hard to attack. But the labor force is too small. You have 600 acres of land. How can one person farm ten acres?"
Uncle Xu sighed and said, "How can we finish planting? Five hundred acres belong to the village chief. His son Wang Xishun works as an errand in the county government. Every year, he hires people to plant some wheat and rice. .”
Lin Ze thought for a while and said, "How about our village divides the land according to the head of the population, each person gets five acres, and the remaining three hundred acres are given to me?"
"Oh, hero, we can't even think about five acres of land for each person. It's all up to you! Now, except for taxes, everyone can live a good life."
"Taxes?" A sneer appeared on Lin Ze's lips and he said, "Yueyang Village will no longer pay taxes."
Uncle Xu exclaimed: "Ah, isn't that a rebellion?"
Lin Ze smiled and said: "Don't be nervous, just listen to me. Uncle Xu, show me the water source of our village."
Uncle Xu took Lin Ze up the mountain. No wonder there is only one entrance. You can see it only when you reach the top of the mountain. Behind the mountain is a higher mountain. This is a branch of the Taihang Mountains. Lin Ze once learned the strategic defense of China. System, he knew all about famous mountains and rivers, but the ecological protection was so good at this time that he couldn't recognize where this place was at all.
In the past two thousand years, there may have been crustal migration and changes in the world. It is not surprising that it cannot be recognized.
Lin Ze looked down at the 600 acres of land in Yueyang Village. There was a plain and a terraced field, all in a mountain valley. The water came from the mountain. It was really a geomantic treasure. Lin Ze asked: "I see that there are many fields. It’s fat, why don’t you cultivate it?”
Uncle Xu sighed: "Where are there people? Even if there are people, the seeds belong to the government."
Lin Ze thought for a while and said: "In that case, the five acres of land per person will remain unchanged. Except for the 300 acres I want, I will lead people to cultivate the rest. The people won't have any objections, right?"
"Why do you have any objections? If you don't come, Yueyang Village will be dead in a few years. It will be so lively for the first time. Moreover, you are the village chief now, and we all listen to you."
Uncle Xu said: "There is one thing you should pay attention to. The village chief's son Wang Xishun is in the county. He seems to be a high-ranking official. He may come to avenge his father... Well, it doesn't matter, they are not as capable as you!"
Lin Ze smiled and remembered that the boy who ran out before must have tipped off the news. He said: "Uncle Xu, I have brought more than five hundred people. I leave it to you how to arrange them. Every year, I will provide food for you." I’ll give you some and use it as wages.”
"Oh, how is this possible? We have benefited so much from you, how can we still receive food from you?"
"Okay, listen to me. I am the village chief of Yueyang Village, but Yueyang Village belongs to everyone. If you are affected, please help me convey my plans to the people. Please bring the people to my place today. Seeds from 600 acres of land were selected from the army rations. The winter grains must be planted quickly. Before the winter grains are harvested, the houses must be built. Now there are more than a thousand people. I plan to raise 500,000 people here. One hundred thousand troops.”
Uncle Xu's eyes lit up and he said: "Five hundred thousand?"
Lin Ze smiled and said: "When the time comes, I will let you be the leader of half a million people."
Uncle Xu was stunned.
Lin Ze continued: "When the time comes, you will be in charge of more people than the prefect."
Uncle Xu fainted all of a sudden, with a silly smile on his face, and smoke was rising from the ancestral grave of their old Xu family.
Lin Ze comforted the soldiers and the people he brought with him, and asked them to find a place to rest without disturbing the indigenous people.
At night, Lin Ze stared blankly at the environment outside the village, thinking that he had to teach the blacksmiths in the village the technique of refining hard steel. If a worker wants to do his job well, he must first sharpen his tools. The first factor of productivity is actually technology.
The soldiers' weapons also need to be innovated. How can they fight without a handy knife?
Suddenly hearing a loud noise at the entrance of the village, Lin Ze took a deep breath and said, "Here he comes, he came pretty fast!"
Before Lin Ze reached the place, he heard a voice shouting: "Xu Ziwu, why are you so arrogant? Tell the boy who beat my second uncle to death that my brother Xishun is a general in the county. I have already killed that boy." His portrait has been sent to the county government. Those who know how to look like him should get out of here. Those who don’t know how to look like I will lead my brothers to kill you, and then rush in and kill him!"
Lin Ze laughed when he heard this and stepped forward: "Who wants to kill me?"
Under Lin Ze's observation, he found that the boy who ran out was now leading fifty or sixty half-year-old boys to carry the boy and come to cause trouble aggressively. Xu Ziwu led a dozen boys to stop them at the entrance of the village.
The boy saw Lin Ze and said, "You son of a bitch, beat my second uncle to death. My father said, quickly hand over the things you robbed my second uncle's house, or we will bring people to kill you all!"
"Oh, what a loud tone!" Lin Ze pulled Xu Ziwu and asked, "Who is he?"
"Fat Wang San, his father is the village chief's brother and the village chief of Manjing Village next door. He is a family member!"
The fat man Wang San jumped on his feet and scolded: "You are the beast. Your whole family is a beast. That boy is you. I tell you, don't think you are great, but you are only one person. There are many of us. When the time comes, I will I have to kill you, Xu Jiaojiao deserves to be the wife of our Wang family, and the bitch you brought is also the wife of our Wang family!"
Liu Jin'er Zheng'er Ba Jing is Lin Ze's only one in this world. This girl is his reverse scale. In troubled times, heavy scriptures are used, and it cannot be done without a little bit of royal law. Lin Ze blew a whistle, and three hundred and fifty soldiers followed him. The horses came and sealed the entrance to the village.
When he saw the soldiers, Fatty Wang San's legs went weak. He lost his previous arrogance and sat down on the ground.
Lin Ze said: "Except for Fatty Wang San, anyone who is willing to follow Xu Ziwu, please come here!"
They are all a bunch of kids, how can there be any sense of brotherhood? They don't have any thoughts, they just hit whomever's fist.
Xu Ziwu rushed up and stomped on Fatty Wang San, saying, "Aren't you awesome? Give me another try!"
Lin Ze said coldly: "Ziwu, stop fighting. Take my people and find all the Wang family members from ten miles and eight villages. In Fish and Meat Township, arrest them all who are domineering and bullying others. Then follow my example and bring down the whole village." All the food and materials we have grown will be distributed to the people and they will all move to Yueyang Village."
Fatty Wang San was shocked when he heard this and said: "You can't deal with our Wang family at all, you can't deal with it!"
"Hmph, in this world, is there anyone more powerful than Dong Zhuo?"
The common people had no ambitions. Lin Ze saw many of them. Their eyes only showed numbness and dullness, without any sign of life. What they wanted most was just a shelter and a few acres of land.
In the evening, Uncle Xu took Huanxi and his two maids to distribute seeds to the people. Lin Ze studied the terrain, drew a sketch of the 10,000 square kilometers, and then carefully selected a place to prepare for infrastructure construction.
In later generations, 10,000 square kilometers is equivalent to the area of two large counties. There is no problem at all in accommodating one million people. For the comfort of the people, the upper limit of the population of Yueyang Village is 500,000 people and 300,000 troops. .
Liu Jin'er couldn't bear to wear the shoes that Lin Ze made for her, so she wore a pair of silk shoes and was busy cooking. The firewood in the stove was burning lively. Although it was not the luxurious life of the past when she had to wear clothes and open her mouth to eat, there was a trace of emotion on her face. It's happiness.
Lin Ze sat at the door, watching the sunset, looking at the blue mist covering the village, and said softly: "Actually, it's quite nice here, right?"
Liu Jin'er said softly: "Wherever my husband is, that's fine."
Lin Ze smiled and said, "You are the only one with a sweet mouth."
After a few words of intimacy, Lin Ze laid paper on the table and began to outline the structure of the house. Nowadays, most people live in thatched houses. Some families with good conditions live in wooden houses. The ancestral hall where he lives now is The Central Plains region is no better than the Southwest region in terms of wooden structure. It is rainy and humid and can easily cause fires. It is acceptable for the people to use bricks and stones to lay the foundation, use mud wedges to build the walls, and then use wood to make doors, windows and furniture.
Lin Ze carefully wrote down the method of building an earth wall. The ideal adhesive is a mixture of hydrated lime and glutinous rice porridge. After hardening, it is comparable to today's concrete. It is not only strong but also durable. Lin Ze knows the ancient Great Wall, the ancient Tombs and some important buildings are made of this material.
After Liu Jin'er finished cooking, she came to Lin Ze and said, "Ah, my husband is very good at calligraphy. What other skills do you have that I don't know about?"
Lin Ze knew that in the late Eastern Han Dynasty, official script was written in official script. In order for everyone to understand, he naturally also wrote in this font. Lin Ze said: "That's all I have. How about it? Isn't this house beautiful?"
Liu Jin'er said: "It's beautiful, very special. The design of this village is such a beautiful pattern."
"We don't have the conditions now. When we have bricks and stones in the future, we can build houses with bricks and stones." Lin Ze hugged Liu Jin'er and said, "Don't worry, give me two years. Yueyang Village is the richest and most powerful village in Nanyang." Big village!”
Liu Jin'er leaned into Lin Ze's arms and said, "Mr., I believe in you."
Suddenly, Xu Ziwu pushed the door open and barged in, shouting: "Master, this is terrible!"
This kid was so frightened that Liu Jin'er jumped out of his arms. Lin Ze got up angrily and kicked Xu Ziwu, saying, "Next time you come in and knock on the door, what's going on? Someone led the troops in?"
"No, I don't understand. Master, you'd better come with me and have a look!"
Lin Ze was curious about what happened, got up and followed Xu Ziwu out.
Liu Jin'er said hurriedly from behind: "Ms. sir, you haven't eaten yet."
But she soon lost sight of Lin Ze. She sighed and put the food in the pot, waiting for him to come back before eating...
