Riding and chopping: Overlord of the Han and Hungarians

Chapter 163 Chapter 162

Back in Wuhuan, Hu Shui was taken aback by the new city wall. Building the city wall in this era is not a simple task of labor. Over the years, the conscripts who built the city wall died.

That is Zhang Qi, with the help of cement, he was able to progress the construction of the city wall so quickly.

And after entering Wuhuan City, which now has a three-meter-high wall, Zhang Qi's first order was to 'expand the army'.

Relying on his rough understanding of the history of the Han and Xiongnus, he knew that the next two or three years would be rare days of peace.

Although the Xiongnu's retaliation against the Han army remained the same, it was not as intense as it was at the beginning.

Taking advantage of this time, Zhang Qi also needs to vigorously develop himself.

Grassland animal husbandry is well developed, but cattle and sheep need constant nomadic grazing to grow.

This requires a lot of land.

Therefore, in order to produce more output, Zhang Qi set his sights on pigs.

It is possible to raise pigs, but the premise is that people can eat enough to have the cost of raising pigs.

Fortunately, Zhang Qi's subordinates have already achieved the goal of being full. The soybeans harvested last year are still there until this year. This year, 30 acres of Xianbei's [-] acres of land have been planted with sorghum, and [-] acres have been planted with pumpkins. , there are [-] mu of soybean planting and [-] mu of other planting.

Such as chili, garlic, and various vegetables that Zhang Qi found in the world of riding and hacking.

Zhang Qi grows a lot of garlic. Although allicin is not easy to extract, it can save some people’s lives at critical moments. The production of pesticides requires professional knowledge. It is also very useful to mash and mix with water to kill insects.

In the world of riding and hacking, the planting of sorghum has been played out. This is the first staple food plant and economic crop Zhang Qi decided to plant, so those people in the world of riding and hacking also attach great importance to sorghum.

Today's sorghum has gone through dozens of generations, and now there are sweet sorghum, waxy sorghum, and ordinary sorghum.

Among them, sweet sorghum is very useful whether it is used for wine making or sugar making, while waxy sorghum is fully used for wine making. Needless to say, ordinary sorghum is a staple food.

Pumpkin itself is a high-yield crop, and not only can it be eaten by humans, it is also a good feed for livestock such as pigs, cattle and sheep.

Speaking of feed, Xianbei has begun to use the remaining bean dregs after making tofu as concentrated feed for cattle and sheep. Fermented and dried bean dregs, to a certain extent, make cattle and sheep grow meat faster.

Beans are naturally versatile, so Zhang Qi also put soybeans among the necessary crops.

During the planting period, it can fertilize the land, the stalks are green storage, and can satisfy hunger after harvesting. Whether it is tofu or bean flour, it has become a favorite of Wuhuan Xianbei. Tofu is soft and smooth in the mouth, and there are various ways to eat it. It has a good taste when making pancakes or making glutinous rice cakes.

In addition to these, Zhang Qi also put soybean oil in the necessary research. There are more than 2000 people in the riding and hacking world, and it is the most cost-effective way to use it for various research.

Extracting soybean oil is not difficult, but I don't know why there is always a strange smell after soybean oil is extracted. Zhang Qi thought that there was a mistake in the extraction process, so he organized more than 100 people in the world of riding and hacking to study the extraction machine.

The extractor has been updated more than a dozen times, but the soybean oil should have a strange smell after being squeezed out, and it still has a strange smell.

Even though Zhang Qizai didn't know much about soybean oil, he now knew that the strange smell was caused by the soybean oil itself, not by the extractor. Unfortunately, soybean oil could not be used as cooking oil for the time being, but could only be used as lamp oil.

The days went on so fulfillingly.

After the beginning of spring, Zhiwang kept a close watch on the two tribes of King Zuo, and would immediately send a letter back to Wuhuan if they had any signs of moving eastward.

And Wuhuan was also actively preparing. The city wall was getting taller day by day at a speed visible to the naked eye. If it wasn't for the need for maintenance of the concrete, with these skilled construction workers, it would not be impossible to pour the city wall to ten meters in two months.

It's a pity that the concrete needs a period of time to solidify, which leads to the fact that the inner and outer city walls are only six meters today, which is only as high as the city walls of Kankan County.

In order to keep up with the consumption of Wuhuan cement, Xianbei built four more cement kilns, and now the five cement kilns handle day and night, which can be regarded as the same as the consumption of Wuhuan City.

In addition to urban construction, the three armies under Zhang Qi's command have also been expanded. Youyi has expanded from 6000 to 8000 people. The most powerful and brave Huben now has 1 people, and the Eagle Strike Army has also carried out under the Eagle's military order. Recruiting troops on a large scale, there are now more than [-] soldiers.

With a population of 30, Zhang Qi recruited [-] sergeants. These are full-time soldiers. Although the ratio of ten to one is not small, it can be maintained.

Early May.

A tributary of the Nenjiang River, one of the Three Rivers in Northeast China.

A large ship quietly entered the water.

On the dock dock.

Zhang Qi cheered, and under his cheers, more than 3000 dock workers around him also burst into enthusiastic shouts.

They cheered that the first ship in the dock was launched, which was a milestone in their work.

What Zhang Qi cheered was the high-yield crops and the wealth of this world that was constantly flying towards him.

After the cheers, Zhang Qi boarded the sailing boat in person, accompanied by Yang Disheng and some shipwrights, and the sailing boat went down the river. As for the water system map, the boatmen and net weavers had already checked the familiar way, and with the three sails down, The speed of the sailboat increased a bit.

And with all three sails falling, Zhang Qi had the concept of speed for the first time in this era.

But after all, it is still in the river, and the changes in the water network are all kinds of strange. After enjoying the gallop once, Zhang Qi ordered two sails to be hoisted, leaving only one for operation.

On the bow, Zhang Qi looked at the surging river with his hands behind his back.

Yang Disheng was standing beside him.

"The big waves are washing the sand."

Looking at the river for a long time, Zhang Qi sighed quietly.

"I think, even if we are all buried in the ground, the mountains, rivers and waters will still be the same. Fighting without fighting is the most terrible thing in this world."

Yang Disheng talked eloquently. Apart from studying three-masted sailing ships, he spent his free time reading books copied by Zhang Qi.

Zhang Qi didn't look back, still looking at the flowing water: "They don't fight because they can't fight, but I don't fight because I let this great mountain and river fall. I don't understand philosophy, and I don't want to understand it. Disheng, help me pick some clever boatmen out. , I want them to complete a difficult task."

"Yes, my master."

Yang Disheng bent down to touch his chest, and retreated silently.

On the bow of the boat, Zhang Qi murmured: "The highest kindness is like water. Water is good for all things without fighting for it. It deals with what everyone hates, so it is more than Tao."

"Words are good words, but this is a big world!"

"I'm determined!"

(End of this chapter)