Water Margin farming to become powerful

Suzhou to the west of Sizhou has Qianguan and iron smelting industry, and Chuzhou to the east has some salt industry, but Sizhou has no important industries. A group of poor fishermen are fishing in the river because the price of salt is too expensive. So I can't afford to eat dried salted fish.

In addition, there are some poor people planting some riverbank land on the plains around Hongze Lake. The land here depends on the face of God, as Hongze Lake will be flooded when it floods.

This is not to say that last year's winter wheat could be harvested, but it was completely submerged in a flood, and now there is a famine around Hongze Lake.

On the way, because Zhu Biao was reluctant to use the seed grain transported from Dengzhou, everyone could only purchase food locally. After the disaster in this place, the price of food was extremely high. It was not good for everyone, and they spent too much money, so they simply bought Hexian When it is cooked and eaten, everyone who eats it will feel disgusted.

The taste of the big crab from Hongze Lake that I gnawed this morning is still lingering in my mouth. Fang Liang thinks this is also something people eat?

Thinking that this is at least a place adjacent to the county seat, and the base is in the mountains along the Hongze Lake.

Fang Liang thought: There is not enough to eat in the city, let alone in the mountains.

After walking for a long time, everyone finally saw the base that Fang Liang mentioned from a distance.

Falling into the grass is not really running and lying in the grass, and in Sizhou, going up the mountain is not really going into the mountain.

There are no mountains in the Hongze Lake area, and the endless plains are all.

If it weren't for the flat land like this, once the lake flooded, it wouldn't cause all the surrounding fertile fields to be submerged.

There are not many other things around Hongze Lake, except that there is a lot of water. The Woshui, Huaishui, Bianhe, and Sishui converge in one place, and any river can flood, so the river is running wildly around the four continents. The ground runoff forms a dense water network.

Among the intertwined water networks, the reeds here and there have become excellent hiding places for the protection army. Outsiders, not to mention that they cannot get in, if there is no guide to lead the way, they will not be able to find them.

The base along the coast of Hongze Lake was built on an island in the center of the lake surrounded by runoff from the ground, occupying a large area centered on the island in the center of the lake.

From a distance, everyone on the boat can see a house.

Kong Cheng, who has been working here for several months, pointed to their barracks to introduce the situation here to Fang Liang, Zhu Zhubiao and other cadres.

This situation has already been mentioned several times on the road, but now that they are on the scene, everyone can see it more intuitively.

"The base is located on a tidal flat on the edge of Hongze Lake. There used to be several fishing villages here, all of which were fleeing households. Although they are not far from the counties in Sizhou, they do not pay taxes to the imperial court as usual. I always take precautions. The imperial court expropriated and suppressed, and the villagers were also blackmailed."

"The fishermen in the village grow some land to meet their own ration needs, but the food production was very low before we came, and they didn't have the ability to build any water conservancy facilities."

"Now the seven fishing villages surrounding the base area have all been brought under the control of the Supervisory Committee. It is these seven villages that have become the core of our rule in Hongze Lake."

Everyone nodded. The population of the so-called ruling core is really pitifully small.

It has just entered summer, but when the boat rolled into the reeds, it was already surrounded by bugs.

Once these aquatic mosquitoes see a living thing, they gather in clusters and circle around people. Before they bite their faces, they already feel itchy all over their bodies.

Kong Cheng introduced to everyone: "This place is hotter than Liangshanbo, and there are more mosquitoes in summer. Our doctor has researched some prescriptions, and applying them on the face in clean soil can prevent mosquito bites."

It was no longer raining at this time, and it was very hot and stuffy in the reeds, especially when they were still sitting on the boat, the water reflected the sunlight constantly, making people's heads and faces covered with sweat.

In this kind of environment, even if you sit still on the boat, your body will feel dry and hot. How uncomfortable would it be if you smeared a layer of mud and sweat on your body and couldn't get it out?
"Do you still want to paint with mud?" Fang Liang, who was born in the north, couldn't help muttering to himself.

At this moment, he felt an itch in his hand, and raised his hand. Fang Liang was startled, and saw a big leech climbed onto his hand that had been placed on the side of the boat at some point.

The body that the leech ate was round and round. Fang Liang, who was born in Hebei and studied in Shandong, had never been in the water much.

He has seen a lot of poor mountains and evil mountains, but where has he seen this scene?Immediately wow.

Kong Cheng, who was on the same boat, quickly took his hand, and patted the leech neatly, and the round leech rolled off his hand.

"There are some bugs and water snakes in the water here, and the leeches are bigger than those in Shandong. Everyone should be careful on weekdays."

Hearing these words, Fang Liang felt a chill in his heart as he watched the leeches on the board that started to vomit blood. He was not scared, but felt a little desperate.

Can this place raise soldiers and build a supervisory committee?

He suddenly felt that his decision to give up his job at the Bank of the Supervisory Committee and come to the edge of Hongze Lake to make a living was a mistake.

Soon everyone arrived at the place where the houses gathered, and when they set foot on the land again, everyone felt a little better.

A total of three regiments of Sizhou's protection army came, and a whole battalion was stationed here, responsible for protecting the safety of Sizhou Supervisory Committee.

Because there is a need to provide food and clothing for 600-[-] people, this place often has to transport supplies, so the port here has been rested and the land has been leveled and compacted. When everyone set foot on the land of the port, they couldn't help but sigh in their hearts, and finally it was no longer a journey. It's the kind of muddy ground where you sink your feet after taking a step.

After disembarking at the small port, someone went to unload the ship, and after Fang Liang and Zhu Biao delivered the delivered materials, Kong Cheng also went in to search around and came out to tell Zhu Biao that the secretary is not here now, otherwise he saw this batch of seeds He must be happy to come out and thank you.

Zhu Biao looked at the empty barracks and asked Kong Cheng, "Where did they all go?"

"It's only past noon now, and it's time to work, so naturally I went to the field."

Regarding Sun Xin's "Production Self-Saving Regulations", it has always been difficult for everyone to accept in the Dengzhou civil service system. How can it be impossible for the regular army to arrest and farm the land?
Although the Protectorate Army was very close to the people in the propaganda in the Supervisory Committee, after all, they were also men with blood on their swords and let them, a group of tiger-like soldiers, honestly farm with hoes.

Hearing this, Fang Liang couldn't help asking in a low voice: "Is it true that our guards are actually farming here?"

Sun Xin had already arranged for people to come to the edge of Hongze Lake to lay the foundation long before the plan for dispatching troops was made. Kong Chengcheng came at that time and experienced the entire initial period of self-help in production. When he talked about farming, he Very proud, said with a smile: "We have opened up a lot of fields here."

Zhu Biao was different from Fang Liang. Because he was born in Dulonggang, he barely hooked up with relatives of the emperor, and had some contacts with the upper echelons of the supervisory committee.Of course, Zhu Biao didn't dare to mention the matter of wanting to snatch the mistress of the supervisory committee and being limped by Sun Xin.

From this, Zhu Biao knew some rumors about self-help in production in the army.

The middle- and lower-level officers generally do not believe it, but he knows that the upper-level officers, especially those who have visited the field, have a very high evaluation of this policy.

He was also a little curious, so he said to Kong Cheng: "Anyway, there is nothing to do today, why don't we go to the fields first to have a look."

(End of this chapter)