Nihu was extremely upset and secretly regretted being tricked by He Baozheng.
If I had tried it a little bit back then, I would probably have endless sweet potatoes now.
There is no regret medicine in life. He will not scold He Jialuo for being treacherous. He will just scold himself for being too upright and being led astray by someone's frivolous words.
But what about the pigs’ food? As long as they can fill their bellies and not starve to death, everything else is empty!
The plague on the mountain has almost been eliminated, but the most painful season is about to come. Because of this plague, the mountain people have eaten almost all the food stored in their homes, and the little food left has been exchanged for medicinal materials. Fortunately, now It was Liang Chuan who helped me, otherwise I don’t know how I would have passed this level!
"Sanlang, we don't know how to grow sweet potatoes, what should we do?"
Liang Chuan was like the reincarnation of Zhuge, and chuckled: "Forget about other crops, sweet potatoes don't need you to take care of them. You have to cut the sweet potatoes into thin slices first, and they can grow in the soil!"
Nihu asked in disbelief: "Can it grow in the soil?"
"Yes, what you have to do is to pick out the weeds in the wasteland, and then level the land. Just don't let water accumulate. Sweet potatoes are crops that don't care about the land. No matter how poor or thin the land is, they can grow full of them. The yield of sweet potatoes per acre is not low, at least more than the rice grown in your mountains!"
Liang Chuan didn't look like a farmer at first glance, but Nihu was more cautious about what he said this time. Planting crops is different from other crops. If the harvest is not good this year, people will starve to death. There is no chance of being careless. !
Just like rice! This output is really not low! And it can be grown on any land. Look at the people in Fengshan planting sweet potatoes on the mountains and slopes. If they could do it, wouldn't it be possible to grow sweet potatoes everywhere on the mountain, and there is more land than at the bottom of the mountain. At least there are places with people. No need to worry about not having enough land!
“When will this crop be planted?”
"After spring begins!"
Nihu looked embarrassed when he heard this, but he couldn't say it out loud. Liang Chuan saw this and asked, "Are you having difficulty?"
Nihu said: "I'm not afraid of your jokes, Sanlang. If you hadn't acted righteously this time, we would have had a hard time this winter. Now that the plague has passed, the mountain people's families will have to wait until next year to eat the remaining food."
Liang Chuan thought about it, this was a problem. The current hurdle was difficult, so they couldn't be allowed to eat dirt.
"Let's do it like this. You first go around the whole countryside and ask the village guarantor to do the math. Whose families are in need are registered. Those who have food will support themselves first. Those who don't have food will write it down. I'll go down the mountain to ask. Many people in Fengshan now have more money in their pockets and eat rice every day. They still don’t like sweet potatoes. If possible, let them sell the sweet potatoes to the people in the mountains. I will negotiate the price!”
In this way, Fengshan's excess sweet potatoes can be used up. It would be damning if they feed such good food directly to pigs. The mountain people just don't have enough to eat, so they buy the sweet potatoes from them at a low price, which is just right. Kill two birds with one stone!
"It would be great if this could be done. On behalf of the people on the mountain, I would like to thank Saburo again for his great kindness!"
Liang Chuan waved his hands and said: "Don't say such words again. I feel uncomfortable listening to them. If I can help you a little, I can repay you for showing mercy to you Shi Cang and jointly resisting the two brothers Lin Ju and Lin Yi!"
"I'll ask the village guards to do the calculation right away, and report the amount of food needed to Saburo right away!"
"Remember to call for more people and follow me down the mountain to transport sweet potatoes later!"
"good!"
As soon as Liang Chuan went up the mountain, Song Youcai heard the news from Song's mother, and took Hong Bufan to Nihu's house.
After several days of treatment, the person was finally brought back from the Palace of Hell. At least he can now get off the ground and walk with support. Hong Bufan's look at the beginning was really scary. Liang Chuan couldn't help but cry when he saw it. Okay. A man was tortured to death by illness.
As soon as Hong Bufan looked at Liang Chuan, he broke away from Song Youcai's hand, staggered and was about to salute Liang Chuan, but was supported by Liang Chuan with one hand: "Get up, how is your illness?"
Hong Bufan said weakly: "The two miraculous doctors Dr. An and Dr. Huang have diagnosed me. It's just that the illness is too serious and has damaged my vitality. I just need to recover now. After a month and a half of rest, I should be able to lead the way for my boss!"
"I'm very happy that you can live well. Don't worry. Once you recover from your injuries, I will let you live as carefree and happily as before in Bianjing!"
Liang Chuan glanced at Hong Bufan. It would not be an exaggeration to say that Hong Bufan's condition was the most serious at that time. Even he is cured now, and presumably everyone else is almost the same.
It was endless fun to fight against the sky. The little heavenly master stepped in and completely let the mountain people know their fear and obediently stayed at home to survive the plague. If not, I don’t know how long it would take for this plague to be eliminated.
The plague is most likely caused by the mountain people eating rotten animals. If one person gets the disease, it will eventually be transmitted to others. The mountain people have no choice. Survival is the key!
Liang Chuan patted Hong Bufan on the shoulder and said: "Your cousin is also in our Liangjiazhuang in Zhongmu, Bianjing. He arrived later than you. At that time, the village was almost abandoned, and they rebuilt it again."
"It's unfair, right? They are also greatly favored by their employer. I have been worried that they will starve to death in their hometown in northern Shaanxi..."
"Don't worry, when you build it here yourself, you can take them all over, and the conditions here will be better!"
Well, Hong Bufan responded. Although Shicang is better than Shaanbei, it is not that bad. There are too many mountains here, and there is really not much land that can be allocated to him.
Liang Chuan turned to Song Youcai and said: "It's time to gather all the brothers together! You are responsible for gathering all the brothers from the Tianxiong Army. I can't help the brothers, so now I have to treat you well!"
Song Youcai burst into tears and lowered his voice excitedly: "I'll go right away!"
If there is a war, we will be summoned back!
The Tianxiong Army is mainly composed of Qin soldiers from the three states of Ning, Yin and Sui in northern Shaanxi. The people here have been the most brave and good at fighting on the battlefield since ancient times. God has been partial to the people of this land since ancient times and gave them the best fighting physiques. But it gave them the most miserable growing environment. Natural and man-made disasters, large and small, occurred almost every year. It was a luxury to live in this land until old age.
Most of the sergeants of the Tianxiong Army were mainly auxiliary soldiers. The old beggars at that time also included brothers such as Song Youcai and Song Sizheng. They were not extremely vicious criminals. They were really desperate and ended up like this after stealing a piece of steamed buns.
The imperial court asked them to fight against the party members, but they never backed down. When the imperial court asked them to fight the Khitans, they never flinched. As long as they were given enough food to eat and a wooden handle in their hands, they dared to fight against others.
Why did you come to the south? It wasn’t just for a way to survive!
After defeating Li Yuanhao, they had to go back and build the wall again, otherwise they would be deserters. They had no choice but to go south. Other servants in the imperial court are not as compassionate as Liang Chuan. They pay them enough wages and rice to feed them. If they can keep them from starving to death, that is the reincarnation of a living Bodhisattva!
Liang Chuan never broke his promise to them, and all of them decided to move thousands of miles to take root in this mountain nest that no one could find.
They thought Liang Chuan had forgotten them. .
After waiting for so long, Liang Chuan is finally here!
When Song Youcai found them, some were hunting in the woods, some were sleeping on their backs at home, some were yelling with their wives, and some were digging for food in the fields. Without exception, everyone dropped what they were doing and went crazy. Running towards Shi Cangxiang like a child. .
People gathered one by one in Shicang Township. The horrified villagers looked at these refugees. They were all foreigners. The uninformed mountain people thought that the refugees had risen in rebellion!
This group of people didn't have many opportunities to get together. They didn't need to keep secrets like the Shenji Battalion. When they arrived at Fengshan, Su Wei asked these military households to remove their armor and become civilians and hide here in order to hide themselves and reduce consumption. In the mountains, some of their villages are as separated from each other as the sea, and a trip takes more effort than anything else! Furthermore, these people have come from thousands of miles away, and they all have trouble eating. Who has the time to get together and chatter every day without doing farm work!
The Tianxiong Army originally numbered 3,000 people, but hundreds of them were killed in the northwest. Hundreds more were lost on the road due to illness or other reasons. Now, the number is only over 2,000!
More than 2,000 people gathered in Shi Cang, and the momentum was such that old hunters like Ni Hu and Hu Shui were frightened!
Liang Chuan was waiting in the square. From near noon until dusk, the jackdaws were crying. These brothers who had been through life and death together hugged each other. They never expected that each other was still alive!
"Song Youcai!"
"arrive!"
"Line up and count!"
"yes!"
The squad leaders and squadron leaders in the crowd each came out to organize the team members who once belonged to them. There was no noise in the team of more than 2,000 people. Tears were rolling in people's eyes. No one expected this team. In a few years, he can become a master of hundreds of battles again!
The mountain people watched these people transform from a pile of loose sand into an orderly army. Where did these people come from? Are they the refugees they looked down upon before? How can it be?
No one in the Tianxiong Army was dressed brightly or gorgeously. Everyone was wearing rags and rags, and their faces were all black and dirty. A group of people were like refugees, but when the queue was completed, no one dared Recognizing each other's eyes, they stood neatly on the square in Shicangxiang like knives cutting out each other. Even the injured with severe leg and foot injuries straightened their waists, waiting for Liang Chuan's order!
"One, two, three..." Each queue began to report their numbers, each person's number was gathered together, and finally Song Youcai's number was summarized.
There is such an army in the world. . A sense of oppression rushed towards Nihu. .
Are these people from Liangchuan? Are these the people under my nose?
"Report to the captain, there are 2,153 people in total!"
"good!"
