After the spring plowing, Heiyun Mountain was not idle.
The young and strong people are still busy in the fields. Birds, wild boars, badgers, and wild sheep have become frequent visitors in the fields. If they are ignored, they can cause harm to more than ten acres of fields in one night.
Wild boars, in particular, live in groups, eat a lot, have bad tempers, and still run rampant when they see people.
The young man who watches the night is often injured.
Before the Song Dynasty, there was no separation between farming and fighting.
Li Yue learned from the experience of the Qin and Han Dynasties and divided the fields into fifty-one villages. Each village had a hundred people, one person in charge and two deputy officials on the left and right. They were appointed by disabled soldiers. Each village was issued with twenty spears and thirty bows. , ten donkeys and mules, hunting non-stop every day, day and night.
One can hunt and protect the fields.
Secondly, young people can be trained and organized into half soldiers and half farmers. When encountering enemies, they can be mobilized quickly without being in a hurry.
Thirdly, the disabled old soldiers have a proper place to go.
In terms of loyalty, these disabled veterans are the highest.
They sacrificed their lives and blood for Heiyun Mountain, and they could not be left homeless and cold-eyed by others.
Young people are very motivated to protect the fruits of their labor.
The disabled veterans burst into tears of gratitude.
"Fielding is not a trivial matter, it is related to the life and death of Heiyun Mountain. If you are slacking off, don't blame our military law for being ruthless." Li Yuechou said beforehand.
The greatest respect is to treat everyone equally.
Li Yue wants to create a complete system and try to give everyone a sense of belonging.
The heirs of those who died in battle were directly brought into the Shangwu Hall for careful training.
"General, don't worry, we will not embarrass the general!" The selected Tunzheng was a well-known man before he was injured.
Li Yue smiled and said: "Don't talk big words up front. I only look at the results. If it works, go up. If it doesn't, get out."
The old soldiers laughed.
The men are busy and the women are not idle either.
Kasuga Mountain is full of good things, herbs, wild vegetables, mushrooms...
In this era, there are green mountains and green waters everywhere, and forests are connected one after another.
You can rely on mountains to eat mountains, and you can rely on water to eat water.
When it comes to survival, Li Yue can only be considered a layman. Women can distinguish among hundreds of kinds of weeds which ones can be knitted after being dried, which ones can be used as medicine, and which ones can be fed to chickens, ducks and geese...
Yue Ji found a large amount of aconite on the mountain.
Aconite and Aconitum have the same root. Aconite matures in August, while Aconitum is harvested in April and May.
In the late Han Dynasty and the Three Kingdoms, aconite poisonous arrows had appeared for a long time. Guan Yu scraped bones to treat poison, and the cure was aconite poison.
"Huainanzi" compiled by Liu An of the Han Dynasty said: There is no more dangerous medicine in the world than chicken poison.
The aconite flower looks very much like a chicken head, so it is called chicken poison in some places.
However, this thing is difficult to use on a large scale on the battlefield. Firstly, the production is cumbersome and the effect will be reduced by half in rainy days. Secondly, the poisonous arrows will gradually lose effectiveness if they are not used for a long time. If the weather is too hot, the poisonous arrows will also become ineffective...
There is a more efficient and simple method on the battlefield, which is to smear gold juice on the arrow, so that the person hit by the arrow will be infected to death.
Although Aconitum cannot be used on a large scale on the battlefield, it can still be used on a small scale.
Equip it to the scout and the effect will be immediate.
Whether it is hunting, killing enemies, or capturing prisoners, aconite arrows are very handy. With controlled dosage, they can cause short-term fainting.
The scouts gradually brought back more and more prey.
"Can you give some of this to the salt soldiers?" Zhou Qian was delighted when he saw this.
He has a salt pawn in his hand, responsible for "arming" salt from Anyi. Although he has opened up the joints along the line, the salt pond is under the control of the Jie people after all, and they will not be "opened up" so easily.
After all, the Yan soldiers were not the main force. They wore heavy armor and carried spears to fight the Jie people.
Therefore, aconite poison arrows are very necessary.
"If you didn't tell me, I almost forgot." Li Yue taught him how to make poisonous arrows.
It's actually very simple. Just boil a pot of water, chop the aconite, boil it, and soak the arrowheads.
When grabbing salt, you can also soak your swords in advance.
"With this thing, you can get twice the result with half the effort." Zhou Qian felt like he had found a treasure.
It was not until late May that Xin Can returned to Heiyun Mountain.
It's been almost two months since this happened. People who didn't know better thought he had directly defected to Jiangdong.
After going there for such a long time, there are definitely rewards.
He brought back ten thousand stones of grain, five hundred crossbows, three thousand pieces of cloth, one hundred sets of armor, and ten carts of gold, silver, money, and silk.
Far from what was on the list, but not too much.
"The court didn't ask for it, so it just gave it to me?" Li Yue still couldn't believe it.
Even if Jiang Dong was willing to give it, it was a small miracle that he didn't have his hair plucked layer upon layer along the way.
Xie Shang of Liyang, Zhang Yu of Xuchang, if you just move your fingers, these things will never come back.
Xin Can had a look on his face and said, "Report to the general, these properties do not come from Jiangdong, but from Jingzhou."
Li Yue's heart moved, "You mean these things were given by Jingzhou Huanwen?"
After Huan Wen pacified Shu, his reputation soared and he was worshiped as the General of the Western Expedition, the Kaifu Yitong Sansi, and the Linhe County Duke. In addition to the original Jingzhou governor, Chijie, and the governor of Jingsi, Yongyi, Liangning, and other military affairs in the six states. , led the guard of the Southern Barbarians, and basically became the number one person in the Southern Dynasties.
There are eight states under its rule, and it can recruit soldiers, allocate resources, appoint and remove officials on its own, and is basically in a semi-independent state.
Its strength is not inferior to that of the Jiangdong imperial court.
Xingyang belonged to Sizhou on the territory of the Jin Dynasty, and it happened to be under the rule of Huan Wen in name...
After offending Xie Shang last time, how could Jiangdong support Heiyun Mountain again? Behind the Xie family is the Wang family, and the king and the horse share the world.
In Jiangdong, internal fighting came first, and all other Northern Expeditions were put aside.
So what if Zu Ti and Zu Yue were loyal back then? Aren't you being guarded like a thief?
"It was given by Duke Huan, and there is also a letter." Xin Can took out a letter from his pocket.
It is about five feet long and two feet wide when unfolded. It is full of cursive writing. The words are vigorous and extraordinary. "Si Yu's wings are connected to Jing and Xiang, and Xingyang is pillowed on Luo Ye. It is the place where the world is commanded. I sincerely serve the king's affairs and sincerely serve him." Fortunately for the country, Jiehu occupied the Northern Kingdom for forty years, tyrannizing the people and poisoning the world. Heroes were defeated one by one, and fewer and fewer people drew their swords. His subordinates adhered to the integrity of our Han family, gathered the people, and resisted Jienu. What a great contribution!"
As soon as Li Yue read this opening chapter, he knew that Huan Wen was definitely not comparable to Xie Shang and others, and could clearly understand the value of Heiyun Mountain.
I used to look for thighs everywhere, but now I have some luck, and thighs are delivered to my door.
If there are heroes in the south in this era, Huan Wen must be one of them.
Moreover, the relationship between the Huan family and the Sima family is also relatively subtle.
The Huan family was born in Longkang, Qiao County. Huan Fan, whose three tribes were wiped out by Sima Yi during the Gaoping Ling Incident, was Huan Wen's great ancestor.
Huan Wen will definitely go on the Northern Expedition in the future, so it is necessary to establish good relations in advance.
Although this letter did not make any promises, it already expressed Huan Wen's attitude.
"Then I'll make another trip and send a letter to Duke Huan on my behalf."
