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Chapter 178 Wild words
For more than a month, the autumn harvest gradually came to an end.

Carloads of grain were transported back to the Western Capital, and then sent to various cities, and the people's hearts were unprecedentedly stable.

"The weather is good this year, and a total of 65 shi of grain has been harvested!" Du Yu said with a rare joy on his face.

"So much?" Yang Zheng was overjoyed.

It is not easy for a poor person to have so many possessions.

"It's a bit of a rush to farm this year, and a lot of land hasn't been fully reclaimed. There are still a lot of fertile soil in Henan, such as Xiaoyu Valley and Dayu Valley. If it is stable next year, we should harvest more than one million dendrobium." Du Yu said confidently.

Yang Zheng knew this was not bragging.

Sima Yi farmed fields on both sides of the Weishui River, such as Tianshui and Guangwei, and opened a national canal. From Chencang to Huaili, he built the Linjin River, leading to Luoluo to irrigate more than [-] hectares of land.

Three years later, he lost 500 million dendrobium millet to relieve the famine in Luoyang.

Given the fertile land in Hehuang, one million shi of grain per year is still a conservative figure.

Now that the new slaves are coming soon, the settlement can continue to expand.

Perhaps seeing the end of the Juqu tribe, the remaining Juqu and Qianghu tribes in the mountains to the north all dispatched out to join them, and they became waiting to return.

The adults of various ministries also cooperated very well, bought a house in Xiping City, bought land outside the city, and lived a happy and prosperous life.

This saved Yang Zheng a lot of effort.

I sigh secretly that there are still many smart people in this world.

Once the army that conquered the West Sea returns, what awaits them is not waiting to return, but slaves.

Yang Zheng has always been a reasonable person, and he only drew his knife as a last resort if he couldn't make sense of the reason.

For the tribes that voluntarily belonged to, Yang Zheng was more humane, and divided the land for them. In order to avoid unnecessary misunderstandings, the villages of these tribes were concentrated within ten miles of the military camp.

A strong sense of security allows them to live their lives in a down-to-earth manner.

The captives brought back by Long Qi enjoyed higher standards of treatment.

They were separated from each other and placed in Linqiang, Shankou City, Guiyi City, Anyi, and Xiaoyu Valley.

Under the protection of the shining swords and spears, the captives were generally safe.

Those who are restless will become a model, and their heads will be hung on the city wall of the Western Capital, serving as a negative warning for the great cause of peace in Xiping.

In addition, the Xiaoqi Battalion patrolled the major villages in Xiping day and night.

There are negative warnings, but also positive incentives.

Yang Zheng ordered all the villages to select activists.

Each district has [-] quotas, which are directly promoted to wait-for-return, and then promoted to the rank of corps leader to manage a new batch of captives.

There is no harm without comparison.

Soon 160 activists were selected and received cordially by Yang Zheng, the captain of the Huqiang school. Each of them was rewarded with two hundred catties of grain, which made these people very grateful.

It also further stimulated the enthusiasm of the slaves.

In the past, slaves needed whips to serve and swords and spears to press the formation, so the slaves worked reluctantly.

Now it's all about scrambling to do it.

It's one thing to be aggressive in the folk customs of the Northwest, but it's also more upright and simple at the same time.

What people are most afraid of is not hard work, but that after hard work, there is no hope in sight.

Now Yang Zheng gave them hope.

In order to increase the population, slaves can also take wives.

The vast majority of slaves are young and strong men, and a group of rough men staying together can easily breed unhealthy tendencies.

Only family can soothe their restless hearts.

In this way, the slaves regarded Yang Zheng as a god.

Even if it was their own father, Yang Zheng might not treat them as well.

Food and lodging included, and a daughter-in-law...

And this is an era of many boys and girls.

Women desire order more than men.

Yang Zheng's decree was spread to all the villages, and the slaves knelt in the ground devoutly.

The prisoners sent back from Longqi City had just been distributed, and a new batch of prisoners from Xihai arrived.

The scouts kept sending back good news.

Zhang Temeng followed Mengguan like a tiger into a flock of sheep, sweeping across the east, west, north, south.

When the autumn is high, it is the time when the cattle, sheep and horses are strong, and more than 1 livestock have been rushed back to the western capital one after another.

Around [-] to [-] Qianghu captives were escorted back.

The western capital city is getting busier day by day.

But Yang Zheng didn't think it would be a problem to send everyone back.

The Xihai prairie and the Great Salt Lake cannot just be left empty.

In the past, there were Hu tribes with herdsmen who were not good at farming.

Now is the time to use it.

Yang Zheng moved the Xiaoqi camp to the grassland, and built the Shenwei Fort just north of Xihai Lake to control the fertile pastures and salt lakes in the east and west.

The cold wind is cold day by day.

When the first heavy snow fell, Zhang Te hadn't returned yet.

The scouts cut off the news more than ten days ago.

It took Yang Zheng more than 20 days to beat Juqu and Yueshi, while Zhang Te led his elite troops out and hadn't returned for two months.

This made Yang Zheng feel uneasy.

The most dangerous thing in this era is not the enemy with swords and guns, but God.

A hailstorm, a blizzard, Zhang Te and the others explained.

Especially in this northwest land, the natural environment is extremely harsh.

If you are extremely happy, you will be sad, and everything will be the same.

After waiting for nearly half a month, the scout arrived late wearing half-body ice armor because Hehuang was frozen in ice and snow.

I was too cold to speak.

Yang Zheng was very anxious, but at this time, he could only save the scouts first.

Let the doctor heal.

Fortunately, those who can be scouts are all elites in the army with strong bodies. After drinking half a jug of warm wine and rubbing their bodies with ice and snow, they pulled him back from the gate of hell.

"Great, great victories, Zhang Sima and Er Duwei fought for thousands of miles, attacking Qianghu [-] troops, and even fell in Luochuan, Mohechuan, Dafeichuan, Longyangxia and other places, and the surrounding area of ​​​​Xihai Lake belonged to our army !Because heavy snow blocked the route, Zhang Sima temporarily stayed in Fu Luochuan to restrain the captives."

Fuluochuan is where the royal city of Tuyuhun was located in history.

So far, the core of Tuyuhun belongs to Yang Zheng.

Yang Zheng was moved and excited.

"Good, good, good!" After saying three good words in a row, he calmed down his excited mood a little.

Liu Heng laughed loudly and said: "Haha, the general should be the captain of the Qiang guard. In my opinion, we should just become kings! Give us the title of general!"

As soon as a word is spoken, a needle can be heard in the hall.

Many generals looked at Yang Zheng with burning eyes.

The water flows to the lower places, and the people go to the higher places.

Under Cao Wei's command, they were just chiefs and corps chiefs, unknown to everyone. They fought bloody battles in Luogu and returned to Wugong City after a narrow escape, but they were abandoned like shoes. They no longer had much loyalty to Cao Wei in their hearts.

Jiang Faye still looked like he was following Yang Zheng's lead.

Peng Hu's face remained calm, but his eyes were constantly changing, as if he wanted to say something but dared not.

But Du Yu's face turned red.

Yang Zheng's eyes quickly swept across the crowd, and he suddenly changed his color: "You bastard, how dare you say such crazy words? I, Yang Zheng, have received great kindness from the country, how can I do such infidelity? Come on, take this Pull it down and cut it!"

Du Yu's expression returned to normal at this moment, but the way he looked at Yang Zheng became more complicated.

Jiang Faye was the oldest and stood up hastily, "No, no, General Liu has worked hard and made great achievements. Today, he was drunk and lost his words for a while. I hope the general will forgive me."

But Liu Heng jumped up, "What kind of favor is received by the country? This land was taken down by the general with one sword and one spear. It is none of the Cao family's business! Even if you cut me off today, I will say it!"

Is this guy's head caught by the door?
It made it impossible for everyone to get off the stage.

"I'll kill you right now!" Yang Zheng pulled out his knife, and his movements were unusually large, but not fast.

Jiang Faye quickly hugged Yang Zheng, and several familiar generals hugged Liu Heng and dragged him out.

There was an unreasonable commotion in the hall.

Yang Zheng was cursing, and Liu Heng was still yelling with his neck stuck.

until being dragged out.

Yang Zheng threw the knife on the ground angrily, "It's against you!"

Du Yu could probably see that Yang Zheng didn't want to punish Liu Heng, so he cupped his hands and said, "General, calm down, Liu Heng is a reckless person, talking nonsense, don't take it seriously."

"Yuan Kai's words are true. I, Yang Zheng, can learn from the sun and the moon in my loyalty to Wei."

Anyway, Cao Wei has not been around for a few years.

It doesn't matter if you show loyalty.

Du Yu cupped his hands and withdrew.

Peng Hu looked at Yang Zheng with approval in his eyes.

Originally, today was a happy day, but it was disturbed by Liu Heng.

Standing on one's own feet and claiming the title of king is a last resort.

It's not out of scruples, but unnecessary.

There has just been a turnaround right now, so we must not waste our time.

In Cao Wei's framework, making a fortune silently is the kingly way.

After all, the fate of Gongsunyuan and Goguryeo is imminent.

Cao Wei is dead, but that is also a vertical comparison between the Han Dynasty and Wei Wu and Emperor Ming.

In horizontal comparison, he is still the strongest on the earth.

People must have self-knowledge.

Especially in Yang Zheng's position, if he made a wrong step, the good situation would turn over in the blink of an eye.

Yang Zheng still remembers Emperor Hongwu's policy of "building walls high, accumulating food widely, and becoming king slowly".

(End of this chapter)