Silver Fox of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 35 Village Design
The magistrate of Xinye County, surnamed Wang, was Wang Yi, a native of Jizhou, who was originally a descendant of party members. After Dong Zhuo's rebellion, the party forces fell apart, and his hometown was in chaos, so he came to Jingzhou to join Liu Biao.

Knowing that a large number of Deng's sons and daughters were returning to their hometowns and Liu Biao's order, Wang Yi dared not neglect and went out of the city to meet them.

Liu Xian took Deng Mao, Deng Hong, Deng Zhao, Shen Zhen and others to meet him. The villagers first stayed outside the city, and the group entered Xinye County to discuss with the county government.

Shen Chen also went in with the adults. When he arrived at the county government office, there was already someone waiting inside. He was an old man who looked to be five or sixty years old. Wang Yi introduced: "This is the current village elder of the Deng family in Xinye, named Deng. Qi."

"I'm Deng Mao."

"Deng Hong."

"Deng Zhao."

Several people greet each other.

Deng Qi was still holding several scrolls of bamboo slips in his arms, and said to them: "Please also meet the family tree."

Deng Mao waved, and behind him Deng Zhao also brought over the bamboo slips he was holding in his arms.

The two sat on the table and began to compare the bamboo slips between each other.

After a while, after comparing the genealogy, Deng Qi said with a smile, "It turns out that they are some younger brothers."

It has been confirmed that Deng Qi's grandfather and Deng Mao's grandfather are brothers, and both of them are the sons of Ye Hou Deng Guangzong.

Deng Mao's grandfather moved to Xuzhou, while Deng Qi's grandfather went south to Yicheng, and Deng Qi's father's generation returned to Nanyang.

So Deng Qi and Deng Mao should be regarded as cousins.

Deng Mao smiled bitterly and said: "The world is difficult, Xuzhou is already a piece of scorched earth, I have to flee back to Nanyang with my family, and I hope my brother will take me in."

Deng Qi smiled and said: "We are all brothers in our own family, so naturally we have to help each other. Nanyang lacks everything now, except land. Since the Yellow Turban Rebellion, the hometown has been dilapidated. There are very few people, and there are barren fields everywhere. Once you re-cultivate it, you will be able to live again.”

"Thank you brother."

When Deng Mao heard the news, he breathed a sigh of relief. The only thing he was worried about was that the elders in his hometown would not tolerate them. Fortunately, the war is raging and there are countless deserted lands, so there is no need to consider the issue of habitat.

Wang Yi thought thoughtfully, "There are wastelands everywhere in our Xinye. The better place is the Shahe area. It is more than enough to accommodate thousands of you. Let's place the village gathering in Shahe."

"Thank you county lord."

Deng Mao thanked Wang Yi again.

After finalizing the location, Wang Yi and Deng Qi took them there in person.

The elders of Huangmenting village set off again. The Shahe River is a river between Yushui and Bishui, running through the two places. In addition to the Shahe River, there are several rivers such as the Lihe River and the Tangzi River.

The Nanyang Basin is about the same size as the Guanzhong Basin. During the Hedi period, the population reached more than 200 million, accounting for two-fifths of the total population of Jingzhou at that time.

However, since the Yellow Turban Rebellion, the Nanyang Basin has suffered many disasters. In addition, Yuan Shu was entrenched here in the early days. He did not practice the law, but used plagiarism as a means of extravagance. The people suffered from his scourge, and Nanyang gradually withered. .

However, Yuan Shu was defeated by Liu Biao and Cao Cao one after another in the past two years, and had to retreat to Huainan. The situation in Nanyang was much better, and now the population still has one million, which is the source of grain and food that Liu Biao valued very much.

So he deployed a lot of soldiers and horses in Nanyang. For example, Wenpin is currently guarding Wancheng, Cai Mao, the prefect of Nanjun and the military advisor of General Zhennan, is stationed in Xiangyang, and Zhang Yun, Liu Biao's nephew, is stationed in Fancheng.

In addition to these main forces defending the north, there are other armed forces. For example, Gan Ning is here at this time, with [-] troops, and Huo Jun's elder brother, Huo Du, also has hundreds of people. Mi, Lou Fa and the like have more than a dozen forces, large and small.

Even to a certain extent, the more than 200 tribe members guarded by Huangmenting can be regarded as an armed force.

Shen Chen followed the villagers to the resettlement site, and saw the endless wilderness of the Nanyang Basin, overgrown with weeds, and forests in the distance covering the sky and the sun. Although the Shahe River is not a big river, it is a river between the Baihe River and the Tanghe River in later generations. There is more than enough farmland.

The villagers moved here, felled trees again, built houses, and reclaimed land. Taking advantage of the busy time of everyone, Deng Mao called the clan elders and held a clan meeting.

After moving to Nanyang, the first Huangmenting Township Old People's Congress was held at the foot of a small hill in the northeast of Shahe, where the trees are dense and weeds are overgrown. It's cold.

Deng Zhao called a few warriors, temporarily cut down some trees, and built a shack.

Deng Mao, Deng Hong and other brothers, together with the two elders of the Shen family, and Shen Chen, a total of eight people sat in rows with serious faces.

There were a lot of content in this meeting, and there were three main ones. One was to confirm Shen Chen's leading position in command, the other was to plan the new village settlement of Huangmenting, and the third was to discuss the future development of the clan.

At the meeting, Deng Mao was the first to speak: "Although Ah Chen has a foreign surname, the two Deng and Shen clans have always advanced and retreated together. This time we were able to move back to the ancestral land smoothly. Ah Chen contributed a lot. I support Ah Chen in the future. Clan affairs are decided."

Deng Hong nodded and said, "Ah Chen is very smart, and this time I was able to become an official in Jingzhou, and I agree."

"I'm OK."

"Although Ah Chen is not very old, he has a calm personality. If he is around, he should be fine."

"Then it's settled, Ah Chen, what do you think?"

Several clan elders had no objection.

Since the beginning of this year, Shen Chen has been publicizing the relocation in the village pavilion. At that time, the villagers didn't care, but it didn't take long for everything he said to come true.

After Cao Cao massacred Xuzhou, the villagers felt very scared. It was also after this incident that Shen Chen's voice among the clan gradually increased and was valued by everyone.

Immediately afterwards, Shen Chen planned the relocation route, trained the soldiers in the clan, and conducted a land transaction with Mi Zhu, a rich man in Xuzhou. A series of things were done in an orderly manner, so they were gradually convinced by the villagers.

It is different from what the villagers think about is that Shen Chen is smart and able to lead them to survive in troubled times.

Deng Mao, Deng Hong and others considered the future development of the clan.

As descendants of the Deng family, their vision is naturally much wider than that of ordinary villagers.It is very clear that in such a world, if you cannot have a certain social status, or hold an official position and control power, then you will be slaughtered like pigs and dogs.

Just like Xuzhou, Cao Cao obviously sought revenge from Xuzhou Mu Tao Qian, but Tao Qian had [-] soldiers and horses to garrison the city.

If it wasn't for Shen Chen, perhaps the current Huangmen Pavilion would already be full of bones.

So after this happened, Deng Mao and the others had to think, what if they could avoid such a situation?

Naturally, strength is needed.

They have no strength, let a powerful person lead them.

Shen Chen is the best choice.

Firstly, he is a relative of the clan, and secondly, his future prospects are limitless.

Therefore, taking advantage of this time, it was just to determine Shen Chen's dominant position, so as to bind him to the clan.

"Thank you for your uncle's approval. Although I don't think I am qualified to be the leader of the clan, time is tight and many things must be done."

Shen Chen said in a deep voice: "The most urgent task now is to build the village and reclaim the fields, so I will temporarily decide the major affairs of the clan. Regarding the convenience of farming, the elders of the clan are more familiar with it than I am, so I will not participate too much. However, I will implement the specific planning of the village, what do you uncles think?"

Deng Mao said, "Ah Chen, you can make the decision."

"it is good."

Shen Chen nodded and said: "In the past two days, everyone will cut down trees and build huts to live in. I will take advantage of this time to check the surrounding terrain first, and then design and build."

The matter was settled in this way, and in the next two days, Shen Chen started his investigation, looking for a suitable place to live in the surrounding square kilometers.

The place Wang Yi chose for them was located to the north of the Shahe River, and to the south was the Shahe River. It was a small-to-medium-sized river with a width of seventeen to eighty feet.

There is a mountain forest in the northeast. It is said to be a mountain, but it is actually a hill. The highest point is only more than 20 feet.

The north, northwest, west and southwest are all a plain area with lush forest vegetation. It is said that a little further to the west used to be a village, which was dilapidated during the Yellow Turban Rebellion.

After several days of investigation, Shen Chen finally planned to locate the village on the north bank of Shahe River, which is about 200 meters away from the river.

At the same time, a large number of fields were reclaimed on the south bank and around the village.

The reason for this design is that Shen Chen wanted to dig a tunnel, and the soil near the river was too wet for digging, so the village was kept far away from the river.

The problem of water use is also simple, just build aqueducts.

And just near here is the narrowest part of the Shahe River, which is only seven or eight feet long. A bridge can be built so that the fields on the north and south banks can be used uniformly.

To the east of the village is the hill. Shen Chen also plans to build a big project in this hill. He will build a blockhouse above the hill and a shelter below. The tunnel leads directly to the village, so that even if the enemy attacks, he can hide immediately. .

In addition, Shen Chen also asked every family to build a hut. According to the requirements of his painting, a square cellar was dug underground in the backyard of each house, and a rammed earth hut was built above it to raise livestock.

Although there were huts in the Han Dynasty, they were basically owned by wealthy families or county residents.It is good for ordinary villagers to have a house, which is usually a simple rammed earth or wooden house, with a main room on the outside and bedrooms on the inside, and at most a kitchen, and rarely build a special hut.

It will be after the Ming and Qing Dynasties that the real rural standard houses of our future generations will come.

Because the fertilization technology did not appear until the Southern Song Dynasty, it became popular in the Yuan Dynasty, and spread throughout the country during the Ming and Qing Dynasties. People in the Han Dynasty did not understand this technology.

Before Shen Chen crossed over, he studied architectural design and worked in a design institute.

Although I basically do civil architectural design, when I was studying, I traveled all over the country to learn about local architectural features. I have seen many watchtowers, manors, and cities left over from ancient times, as well as many old rural houses.

So I still have some experience in rural construction.

At present, it is impossible to build a city with the population of Huangmenting, but it is possible to build Qionglong.

This kind of thing actually existed in the Eastern Han Dynasty, and it was created by the Qiang people in Xiliang. It played a huge role until the Battle of Xiaochuan in the Qing Dynasty, and it couldn't even be pierced by artillery.

After several days of surveying, Shen Chen finally planned the rural area, residential area, Qionglong area and some tunnel bunkers.

Qionglong tunnel bunkers are all ancient architectural designs. They existed from the Spring and Autumn and the Warring States to the Eastern Han Dynasty, but the design is unreasonable and not standardized, so they are not particularly popular.

More importantly, these things are only suitable for small-scale construction.

Even the most famous tunnel warfare in the Jizhong Plain during the later anti-Japanese period was to dig tunnels inside the villages rather than large-scale excavations.

Therefore, it is especially useful when engaging in guerrilla warfare and dealing with small-scale wars.

(End of this chapter)