The World of Yellow Sky

Chapter 460 Taihang Workshop
On the spacious official road, a group of more than ten Yellow Turban soldiers walked in the forefront. Behind them was a group of people from the four states with different clothes, disheveled faces, and carrying large and small bags.

On the official road, from time to time, messengers carrying command flags would fly past the official road.

There was a rush of hoofbeats, and another messenger galloped past the migrating team.

Chen Feng withdrew his gaze and looked forward again. The frequency of encountering messengers seems to be more and more frequent these days.

It's almost noon, but it's winter, it's not hot, and you don't have to rest like summer, so you delay your journey.

But people are not machines, they always have to eat. From morning to now, everyone is already hungry.

The leader of the Yellow Turban Army officer is also an ordinary person, he also feels a little tired, and his stomach is a little empty.

He glanced at the sun, then at the people behind him, at the surrounding terrain, and then shouted loudly.

"Comrades, please leave the official road for a while, let's take a break, eat something, and then go on the road later."

As soon as the words fell, there was a voice of relief from among the team.

After traveling for so long, they naturally wanted to take a rest, but they didn't dare to delay their journey, so no one offered to take a rest. When they heard about the rest, they all relaxed.

Everyone didn't light a fire or cook, but took out dry food from their bags, and ate with the water they carried.

Dry food and water are prepared beforehand. In order to save time and energy, the food and drinking water are all prepared at one time on a certain day.

Chen Feng carefully opened his bag, took out a few pieces of pancakes made of corn and distributed them to the boy and his wife. This was their lunch ration.

The boy took two pieces of cornbread, swallowed, and then handed the slightly larger one to the little girl beside him.

"Eat slowly, if you don't have enough."

The little girl sitting on the ground held the cornbread with both hands, and put it directly into her mouth, speaking vaguely, but couldn't make out a complete sentence.

Chen Feng glanced at his daughter who was trying hard to eat corn cakes, and smiled in relief.

Then Chen Feng touched his chest again, he folded the yellow paper neatly and put it on his chest, the safest place, he had to touch it every once in a while, for fear of accidentally losing it halfway.

Many people around him were people he knew, and most of them started from a village gathering, as if they were assigned to a village.

Chen Feng felt very unfamiliar with the word "Mintun", and he didn't understand what it meant.

The officer who led them before mentioned something, saying that when they arrived at the place, they would be given land.

As long as the land tax is paid, the public is four and the people are six, that is to say, only [-]% of the land tax is collected, and there are no exorbitant taxes other than that.

Although the land tax is much higher than that collected by the Hanting, it is because there are no extra taxation, population tax, and those exorbitant and miscellaneous taxes with countless names and names that cannot be named.

In fact, the tax to be paid is much less than that in Han.

If it is true that only [-]% of the land tax is charged, then as long as the land is not too small, a year of hard work can save some surplus grain, and it will not be impossible to pay the imperial court's taxes all year round.

"Tick tick tick tick..."

Another rush of hoofbeats came from afar.

Chen Feng raised his head and looked at the official road. In an instant, the war horse was already galloping past the official road, and the dust raised was scattered, which was very obvious under the sunlight.

Chen Feng moved his body, turned his back to the official, and put some corn cakes in his hands into his arms.

He heard that the village they went to was the Xinmin Village that soldiers of the Yellow Turban Army helped to reclaim. They could receive the land directly, unlike other places where only farm tools were distributed and they had to cultivate it themselves.

In this village, every adult is given [-] mu of land, and a child is considered half an adult. Both men and women are given [-] mu of land.

Don't worry about endless farming. There are iron farm tools in the villages, and you can rent farm cattle.

The only thing that made Chen Feng feel a little lost was that those lands belonged to Taiping Road.

Although it was said that it was distributed to him, he only had the right to farm, but it did not belong to him. He was not allowed to buy or sell it, and he was not allowed to rent it to others.

But he is already content, life here at least has hope, much better than life in Qingzhou.

In Qingzhou, renting those powerful fields, the rent and tax start at [-]%.

One mu of ordinary field can produce more than three stones of corn in one harvest. (unhulled)
(In the Eastern Han Dynasty, 1 stone = 4 Jun = 120 Han Jin, and one Han Jin was about 224 grams. Converted to the current weight, one stone is 54 Shi Jin, 27 kg.)
That is to say, if all the [-] mu of land is planted with grain, after this year, as long as the year is not bad, one hundred and eighty shi of grain can be harvested.

Four of them were sold to the public, that is, seventy-two shi, and the remaining more than one hundred shi of grain was their own.

That was more than one hundred shi of grain, and the four of them in their family only ate more than twenty shi of grain all year round.

This is still a long way to go. If you have some wild vegetables, you can pick up other foods, or eat less occasionally, and you can make it through.

At the end of the year, at the best time, he might be able to save more than [-] shi of grain. Except for the purchase of some daily necessities, it is estimated that there will be [-] or [-] shi left.

Although it is impossible to have such a harvest all the time, after all, the same crop has been planted in the same field, it is definitely not possible.

The fertility of the land is not enough, but the Yellow Turban Army also gave them some advice, in addition to proper fallow, there is also rotation.

I heard from an officer of the Yellow Turban Army that it is possible to grow alfalfa [mù xu] here, and the seeds of alfalfa are distributed free of charge.

After the alfalfa grows, the Yellow Turban Army will send people to collect it, which can be used to offset part of the tax.

Alfalfa, it is said that its perennial roots are self-growing. It is a very good pasture grass, which can be fed to cattle and horses, and can also be eaten by people. Its rice can be used for cooking.

Moreover, it is allowed to reclaim land by itself. I heard that reclaiming new land by itself also has a certain tax reduction policy.

Such a good thing, in the past, this is something he never dared to think about.

However, it seems that those fields are new lands that have just been reclaimed, and the harvest is much lower. This year, there may not be much grain left.

But even so, it's better than waiting to die in Qingzhou...

Thinking of Qingzhou, Chen Feng's eyes seemed to be covered with a layer of gray haze, looking bleak.

The officer of the Yellow Turban Army who led the way patrolled the side of the official road, and returned to the temporary resting place with a happy face.

"Comrades, rest for another quarter of an hour and we'll start our journey. It's only about ten miles away from our Mintun District. We'll arrive before dusk today!"

When Chen Feng heard the voice, he raised his head in surprise. He didn't know how many days he had been walking. He had walked all the way from Qingzhou, and he had forgotten the time.

At this moment, hearing that it was only about ten miles away from Mintun, a trace of mist appeared in front of his eyes.

Finally, finally, after all kinds of hardships and dangers, they finally reached the end...

……

In the northern part of Shangai County, a Wubao hidden among the mountains and forests slowly opened its gate.

In Wubao, there was a lot of bustling, people coming and going, and the sound of people was loud, which seemed very different from the quiet mountain forest outside the fort.

A crowd of ashen-headed people stood outside the fort with big bags and small bags, and they all froze on the spot for a while, all staring at the scene inside the fort.

The noise of people came from the fort, and those who walked in the fort were laughing and talking about something. The scene of prosperity was like a paradise outside the world.

"call out----"

A strange whistle sounded suddenly, and that whistle sound was not the whistle sound of the Yellow Turban Army.

Everyone outside the castle was startled, and the sound of chaotic footsteps suddenly sounded.

In front of everyone's eyes, suddenly appeared [-] eagle wolf guards wearing black eagle wolf uniforms and carrying wild goose feather knives. Filed out of the fort.

More than [-] Eagle Wolf Guardi Cavalry, divided into two rows, stood on both sides of the gate of Wubao.

The wolf guard Qianhu officer in red wolf uniform slowly drove his horse forward.

"Taiping Dao Talisman Zhu Tianzhong, I have met my fellow."

Tian Zhong, who was wearing a khaki Taoist robe and a Taoist crown, took a step forward, saluted first, and then handed a token to a flag officer of the eagle wolf guard who came forward in a wolf suit.

"According to the order of the great virtuous and good teacher, to escort the artisans of the four states to the Taihang workshop, this is the certificate, please have a look at it."

"You don't need to look at the certificate. Since it was sent by Tian Fuzhu himself, there is naturally no problem."

Tian Zhong was taken aback for a moment, but he didn't expect that Qianhu of the Eagle Wolf Guard would speak like this, as if he knew him.

"Could it be that you don't know your former comrades? Tian Fuzhu?"

Tian Zhong was slightly taken aback, not far away, the eagle wolf guard Qianhu officer jumped off his horse and came towards him with strides.

"Zhao Ji!"

Tian Zhong finally recognized Zhao Ji, not because he couldn't remember what Zhao Ji looked like, but because Zhao Ji felt like a completely changed person.

"long time no see!"

Zhao Ji stepped forward, stretched out his arms to hug Tian Zhong, and patted Tian Zhong's back heavily.

"It's been a long time..."

Tian Zhong was also a little emotional, it has been almost a year and a half since the farewell to Puzi City.

In the past, Zhao Ji was the leader of the team, and he was the talisman in the team. When Zhao Ji entered the Tao, he was the recommender.

Later, when the Department of Foreign Affairs was established, he was recruited into the Department of Foreign Affairs and served as a foreign envoy. He was always on the go, either dealing with Liangzhou affairs or Youzhou affairs.

The contact between the two was also slowly cut off, and it was almost impossible to exchange letters.

Now the post station system of the Yellow Turban Army has not been built, but it has inherited the original post station of the Han Army, and it only transports official documents and military information. The rest of the letters will only help to transport some letters when they are free, but the number of places is limited.

"I heard that you were recruited by Liu Qushuai himself as a hundred households of Eagle Wolf Guards. Later Jiangyi City captured Han army spies and promoted you to deputy thousand households. Now it seems that you have become a thousand households."

Tian Zhong looked at Zhao Ji who was dressed in a red wolf suit, and joked.

"Wearing a splendor red wolf uniform, with an autumn water wild goose feather knife across his waist, I heard from the people in our department's foreign affairs department that Zhao Qianhu is a first-class celebrity in Jiangyi."

Zhao Ji clicked his tongue and said, "Tian Zhong, Tian Zhong, you really haven't changed at all..."

Tian Zhong cupped his hands and said with a smile: "Hahaha, I will talk about the old days later, this time I am here with official business."

Zhao Ji also laughed, then took the certificate from the banner officer Deng Xu, and checked it briefly.

"There are three hundred and fifty-seven blacksmiths in the team, including the family members, there are a thousand and four people. This is the brochure."

Tian Zhong took out a piece of yellow paper that was folded quite flat from his pocket, handed it to Zhao Ji, and said.

Zhao Ji took the brochure from Tian Zhong's hand, checked it carefully, then folded the yellow paper again and put it in his arms.

Tian Zhong took advantage of the situation and stood by Zhao Ji's side. Zhao Ji stepped forward, opened his arms slightly, and smiled.

"Welcome to Taihang Workshop, the largest workshop in Taihang Mountains!"

……

Tian Zhong walked inside the Taihang Workshop, the surprised expression on his face never dissipated.

Although he had heard of several large secret workshops in Taihang Mountain before, he had never been able to know the details because those workshops were all secretly protected.

Ordinary people don't know the existence of these workshops at all. He is a foreign envoy, but he saw his name appear in the official documents, but he never entered them.

The workshop he thought was like those blacksmith shops and carpentry squares in various cities, all of them were busy craftsmen, and they were located in a narrow area.

But now it seems that it was a complete mistake.

This is not a dock at all, nor is it a workshop at all, this is a city! !

The streets are bustling with traffic.

One car after another full of ore drove slowly towards the distance. On the street, pedestrians in twos and threes carried purchased items or held some wooden equipment and laughed with each other.

Not only men, but also women and children, and even some old men with gray sideburns.

"Shouldn't this be Taihang Workshop..."

Tian Zhong was in a daze. He felt that he had come to the wrong place. He should have come to the largest workshop in the Taihang Mountain area, but it didn't look like a workshop at all. He felt as if he had arrived in Jinyang City.

"Hahahahaha."

Zhao Ji laughed loudly. When he first arrived, he was as stunned as Tian Zhong, thinking that he had come to the wrong place. Now seeing Tian Zhong's stunned expression, he couldn't help laughing.

He suppressed a smile, pointed at the pedestrians around, and said to Tian Zhong solemnly.

"This is indeed Taihang Workshop, Tian Fuzhu did not come to the wrong place."

"Then these people?"

Tian Zhong was confused, he pointed to the people around him, and asked with some doubts.

"These people are the families of the workers in the Taihang workshop. This is the outer city, and it is also the residential area of ​​the workers."

Zhao Ji said with a smile, then pointed to the end of the street ahead.

"You still need to go through two streets to get to the inner city. The inner city is the real Taihang workshop!"

Tian Zhong noticed that there seemed to be a light in Zhao Ji's eyes, and when he mentioned Taihang Workshop, he seemed to be in high spirits.

Zhao Ji looked at the city wall that was faintly visible in the distance, and when he thought of the scene inside the city wall, he couldn't help feeling a little excited.

"Most of the weapons and armor in my Yellow Turban Army are forged from the Taihang Workshop. This can be said to be the most important place in my Taiping Dao."

Zhao Ji stepped forward, Tian Zhong kept looking at the surrounding environment, and gradually fell behind.

"Don't be distracted, we have to move forward."

When Tian Zhong came back to his senses, Zhao Ji had already stopped at the periphery of a city wall.

Tian Zhong raised his head and looked at the city wall. On the city wall, one after another of the Eagle Wolf Guards Tiqi was holding the Yanling Saber, carrying a bow and arrow and staring at the surrounding situation vigilantly. A chilling air spread from the city wall. Come.

"squeak----"

The heavy city gate was slowly opened, and a shadow wall was first reflected in Tian Zhong's eyes.

On the screen wall, bright red characters jumped into Tian Zhong's eyes.

"We are moving forward, we are doing an extremely glorious and great cause that no one has done before, our goal will definitely be achieved, our goal must be achieved!"

　It will be updated at night, and it is agreed to make up, and it must be made up
　　
　
(End of this chapter)