Mr. Yangui

Chapter 174 Chapter [-] The Conception of Zhuangzi
The suppression of bandits came to an end, and Li Wuchang was going to hold a meeting to discuss the development of Zhuangzi, first to solve the current situation in Zhuangzi that cannot be solved, and to find some work for them.

Although the suppression of bandits had some gains, most of those bandits fled after hearing the news, and those who were raided from their lairs did not have much wealth, a small amount of copper and iron.

The copper plates have been distributed to the farmers. Although they can last for a while, they can't last long.

During the years of war, everything went up in price.

Since the price increase of grain last winter, although there has been a slow decline in the middle, compared with previous years, the price of grain has increased a lot, and the price of iron and medicinal materials has risen even more outrageously.

It’s okay to say that the price increase has a great impact on the farmers, but it will pass in the future. The price increase of medicinal materials is really terrible, especially in the military village, there are many old people, and the old injuries of the veterans often recur. Endure it, or pick some medicinal materials by yourself, it is really miserable.

Not to mention food, many farmers cook wild vegetable soup, eat dried sweet potatoes, rarely eat white noodles or rice, and even coarse grains are porridge, as you can imagine.

meeting room.

Li Wuchang hung up the blueprints he had drawn, on which mountains, rivers, flats, roads, lakes, rivers, houses, markets, fruit forests, mountains, etc. were drawn, which were extremely delicate and lifelike.

The people watching were amazed.

Li Wuchang chuckled and said, "Look, everyone, do you feel familiar?"

Jiang Minglun stood up and glanced at it carefully, and said in surprise: "From the outline, why does it look like our Zhuangzi?"

As soon as the words came out, everyone looked carefully. After a while, they finally realized that the outline was very similar to Zhuangzi. The Zhuangzi's mansion was located on a higher ground. Standing on the flat ground outside the school grounds, he could see Zhuangzi at a glance. Everyone more or less I have paid attention to it, so I know the general outline, but there are many things missing in Zhuangzi.

Zhao Xun exclaimed: "Young Master Leng, don't you want to build our Zhuangzi like this?"

Li Wuchang laughed and said: "That's right, brother Xun is really clever."

Fat Bear murmured, "It feels like a beautiful town!"

Zhai Changping expressed his expectation, and said, "Young Master Leng, please tell me in detail."

Li Wuchang nodded, pointed at the map and said: "Our Zhuangzi can be roughly divided into several parts. The north is Beidi County, with Nanshan as the boundary. The east and west boundaries are two mountains. The south is the official road, and the middle is our Zhuangzi. , the rough boundaries are divided like this.”

"Zhuangzi is surrounded by mountains on three sides. Looking from north to south, the northernmost area is a muddy land with a large area. According to the collected information, this muddy land has basically no effect except that it can bring mountain torrents in rainy days."

"To the south of the muddy land is Zhuangzi's arable land, a piece of sandy land of less than [-] mu. The yield is extremely low. There are several small ditches in the middle of the arable land, which provide water supply for crops, which is seriously insufficient. On this day this year, it is estimated that It's a drought year, and the harvest is beyond the reach."

"Further to the south of the cultivated land, there is a rather hard rocky land. The terrain is slightly higher than the crop land and lower than the east and west mountains. It is just a piece of rock and red land. There are no crops, no big trees, and most of the shrubs. Our landlord's mansion Just in this location, the only thing about this land is that it is flat, and the area is not bad.”

"To the south is the official road. To the west of the official road is Jingzhao County, and to the east it leads directly to Fengyi City, where we usually go shopping and go to the market. There is still some distance to go to the official road, and the road is very difficult to walk."

"Although the terrain in the east and west mountains is not bad, they are not much better than the barren hills. There are not many forests, and there are mostly red soil and rocky land, with strong thatch. The houses of the farmers are built on the east and west mountains."

"This is the general situation of our Zhuangzi, everyone weigh it."

From the north to the south, Li Wuchang explained the whole picture of Zhuangzi quite clearly from the north to the south, and then to the east and west mountains. This is the result of his recent observations from many high places.

Now everyone has a general impression, and they all expressed their admiration for Li Wuchang's carefulness. This is a very careful work, and it can't be done without a little patience.

Through Li Wuchang's explanation, Zhao Xun carefully looked at the map for comparison, and said, "Young Master Leng, do you want to dig up that piece of mud and turn it into a lake?"

Li Wuchang asked: "Do you know why when it rains heavily, the crops will be flooded by mountain torrents?"

Everyone listened curiously. As far as they knew, other Zhuangzi did not have this situation.

Li Wuchang said: "The terrain of the muddy land is higher than that of the crops, and the area is large. There are many streams leading to the Nanshan Mountain and the East and West Mountains. When it rains heavily, the streams on the mountains will pour a lot of water into the muddy land. The soil is soft, unlike other places, where the groundwater will rise up, eventually causing floods, and there are no rivers to store water, so it will flood the lower croplands, which is the so-called flash flood."

After Li Wuchang's explanation, everyone understood.

Lu Desheng was speechless: "No wonder Leng Shao always checks around that muddy field."

Li Wuchang continued: "If we don't solve the problem of mountain torrents, it is unrealistic to grow crops to support so many people on such a small amount of sandy land. The artificial lakes built by individuals can store water and prevent severe droughts, prevent flash floods in rainy days, raise fish, provide work for farmers, and transport the excavated mud. It is quite a good fertilizer when applied to cultivated land, which is called killing five birds with one stone, do you think it is worth doing?"

The fat bear slapped the table and said pleasantly: "Of course it's worth it. Isn't there a job? Brother Hu has been pestering me to ask what kind of job the owner gave me. At least Liude, such a big lake, how cool it is to take a cold shower."

Everyone laughed.

Jiang Minglun was speechless: "It will take a lot of effort, right?"

Li Wuchang smiled and said: "It just looks big, but in fact it is not a big project. Dig a part and build a higher surrounding area, and the prototype will come out. We have a lot of people, so we can build some handy tools and buy some donkey carts. It will do more with less, of course, it needs a set of specific regulations to implement, and this requires the wisdom of everyone here.”

Everyone nodded silently, thinking of various ideas in their hearts.

Li Wuchang continued: "Two major roads can be paved in the north-south direction and east-west direction of the cultivated land. They can be regarded as highways. They go straight to the four directions. It is very convenient for walking or transporting things. And the few small ditches can be dug bigger. The lake above, when you need to give water to the crops, put it directly from the lake... Do you feel a little bit here?"

Zhao Xun praised sincerely: "Young Master Leng, you really have a way."

Fat Xiong took the opportunity to flatter: "Young Master Leng is fine as a prefect."

Li Wuchang continued: "As for what Fat Bear said about the farmers' livelihoods, don't worry. There are a lot of livelihoods. Look at these two mountains. Most of the places are barren, with only some thatch growing. But I checked, and some places are still Some things can be planted...Look at these areas, they are all planted with sweet potatoes, which are considered excellent, but this area, this area, and this area are all shrubs, which are usually only used as firewood. I will check carefully Come here, the soil quality of those lands is good, we can reclaim it and plant medicinal materials directly, which will be a big income."

Fat Xiong asked suspiciously: "Just these few barren hills, are they used to grow medicinal materials?"

Li Wuchang smiled and said: "Don't doubt, I have a nickname called Little Miracle Doctor, I know exactly what environment medicinal materials need to grow."

Only then did everyone realize that Li Wuchang was a genius doctor, and they all laughed.

Li Wuchang pointed at the map again: "As for the empty stone land around our Zhuangzi, as shown in the picture, we can use it to build houses and gather farmers together. I have planned it all. The piece is residential housing, we don’t build thatched houses, we build brick houses directly.”

"Look, there is a market in the middle, and there will be various shops. Of course, this is something later. It is impossible to build it now, but it is just planned."

"Did you see this place? It's a blacksmith's shop. This can be built first to make all kinds of ironware."

"Here, a large dining hall will be built in the future, and everyone will eat together."

"Set up a school here, otherwise the children in Zhuangzi will have no place to go to school. I remember that there are many old scholars in Zhuangzi, and I will drag them to be teachers."

"Set up a pharmacy here and find a few doctors to sit in. I remember that there seemed to be a few old doctors in the village. It was too far away for the farmers to go to the city when they were sick, and it was too inconvenient."

"Leave this area aside. Our current owner's mansion is in a bad location. Maybe we will build it there in the future."

"There is not enough space, it doesn't matter, look here, it's just sandy land, just fill it up a little bit higher."

"The soil quality in Dongshan is pretty good. You can come to two brick kilns."

"These places in Xishan are good, and they can be used for breeding. These few areas can be used to grow fruit trees and mulberry leaves, which is also a good income."

"There can be a few small roads in Nanshan, and it will be convenient for us to hunt then."

"If you want to get rich, you must first build roads. Of course, good roads are essential. We need to build roads until they lead directly to official roads, and do business with outside places. For example, there are a few villages here that are far away from the city. We build It’s so convenient for all kinds of shops to buy goods from the city and let them all come to our village to go to the market and buy things.”

……

Li Wuchang said a lot, and felt like a magic stick, shouting slogans flew up, but everyone heard their blood boiling, and their hearts became more proud, as if they saw a prosperous town slowly rising, and they were all builders .

What an achievement that a town has risen from its own hands.

Everyone was young, they were all flushed with excitement when they heard that they were able to do a good job and Li Wuchang's explanation, even Jiang Minglun, who was usually quite calm, was a little excited.

Li Wuchang is not all fooling around, most of what he said is quite reasonable and has a plan, but it is quite difficult to realize, it will take some time, and more money.

The reason why it is so beautiful is mainly to mobilize everyone's enthusiasm.

Now that you're here, let's do a good job.

(End of this chapter)