A Millennium Aristocratic Family Starting from the Shang Dynasty

Chapter 674 Immigration to the real border
The land of Hehuang is not peaceful, the farming technology is backward, various agricultural facilities are in poor condition, and the food output is naturally not high.

Coupled with the drought, the food of these villagers is much worse than that of the field army, and those powerful people are not those who run charity houses, and they are not exploited lightly on weekdays.

After three years of farming, the army could at least save some property, but these villagers did not have such a thing, and the villagers did not even have freedom.

Theoretically speaking, the banker is not a slave, he has personal freedom and can leave whenever he wants, but in reality? Where do you go in a place like this?

It was during this period that the imperial court extended its strength here, and with the arrival of the field army, some changes occurred.

Even if these powerful men were unwilling, they were unable to resist the will of the imperial court. What's more, not only the imperial court came this time, but also other Guanlong nobles and wealthy families in Hebei.

The strength of these people is not as good, and with the support of the imperial court, the local powerful local snakes are all honest.

If you dare to prick, those Guanlong nobles and century-old sects are worrying about not having a good place to settle their family business.

After discovering this situation, many dealers began to think. Who is willing to be a slave for life? Who doesn't want to own land, house and property?

As a result, some quick-thinking bankers began to defect to the farming army, and the officials in charge of the farming also accepted them without fear of opposition from those powerful men.

Moreover, although these war horses cannot be used on the battlefield, they can be used for pulling carts, carrying goods, and riding. The trained war horses are also more obedient.

News of the lack of livestock and farm tools for the victims of the disaster had long been reported to the court, and the court had been looking for a solution. The retirement of this kind of war horse is one of them. In addition to these, there is also the need for the imperial court's workshop to seize the time to produce a farm tool.

If a family can raise a horse, a lot of farm work can be done easily.

But these hundreds of horses look like a lot, but there are more than 2,000 households here, which is simply not enough.

On the post road, a group of people came from a distance, headed by a few cavalry wearing leather armor and carrying bows and arrows, followed by more than a dozen auxiliary troops, and about twenty people with hundreds of horses.

"Zhao Yong, where did you bring so many horses?" Old Man Jiang, who was bragging to others, heard the noise and immediately stood up and looked over.

There are a lot of pastures in this land of Hehuang. If those bastards can come to graze, they can naturally graze too. This costs almost nothing. As for opening up those lands into farmland, although there are many disaster victims moved here by the imperial court, they are still far from filling up the land of Hehuang.

Just like harvesting grain and transporting it back, in the past, it could only be pulled by manpower or oxen, but now it can be pulled directly by horse-drawn carriages.

"These days are indeed getting better day by day!" Old Man Jiang said with a smile: "The imperial court first provided us with disaster relief, and now it distributes livestock to us to help with farming. If you all work hard, you will all have land, houses, and wives in the future!"

When I heard the mother-in-law, my tired body immediately felt like a shot of chicken blood, and my whole body became excited.

In fact, they are still waiting for those powerful people to come to their door, so that they will have an excuse to deal with them.

But what did Ma Geng say? The endurance of horses is not very good. Although they are more efficient than oxen in farming, they soon lose their strength. Of course, plowing with horses is better than farming with humans.

"Ma Geng, this place is indeed suitable." Old Man Jiang thought for a moment and said.

"These are the horses assigned by the imperial court!" Zhao Yong said with a smile: "Most of these horses are old war horses and can no longer be used. Therefore, the imperial court ordered them to be abolished and then given to the field army to try horse farming."

After overcoming the crisis of survival and seeing the hope of the future, everyone began to think about starting a family and establishing a business to pass on to future generations.

Many of these victims do not have wives. If they can find a wife, they will work very hard.

Not only these victims, but also the soldiers of the field army such as Old Man Jiang. I remembered another sound of horse hoofbeats, and then I saw a cloud of smoke in the distance. When Old Man Jiang, who was leading people to farm, saw it, he immediately shouted and everyone retreated to the camp.

Everyone immediately returned to the camp like a tide. There are many miscellaneous barbarians in the Hehuang land, and these miscellaneous barbarians come forward in large numbers, while in small numbers there are only a few dozen people.

Sometimes they would graze and trade with the people of the Xia, and sometimes they would take the opportunity to plunder.

Now a cavalry suddenly appeared, and no one knew whether it was an enemy or a friend. If it was an enemy, no smoke warning was seen. If it was a friend, once hundreds of cavalry attacked, they would not be able to stop it.

Soon everyone returned to the camp. Old Man Jiang stood on the camp and looked around. He soon saw a flag fluttering in the wind, with the sun, moon and stars drawn on it, which was the flag of the imperial court.

Under the flag, many knights were wearing bright light armor.

This kind of Mingguang armor is the hardest armor of this era, and there are also specially equipped breast guards on the chest and back. Very high defense.

At the same time, the cost of this kind of armor is also very expensive, and ordinary people cannot afford it. There is Mingguang Armor and a battle flag. It is obvious that the cavalry in front of them is not a bastard who came to plunder, but an army of the imperial court.

Seeing this scene, Old Man Jiang did not dare to neglect, and quickly ordered people to clear the camp, and then led others to greet him.

After a while, they saw that the leading knight had arrived, and at this time, everyone also discovered that among these knights, they were guarding a carriage.

The carriage is very simple, just like an ordinary carriage, but there are so many people guarding it. Anyone who is not stupid knows that the people in this carriage must be noble.

Soon the carriage stopped, and a man got off the carriage, then handed the official document he had just written to a knight and said: "Send it back to the state capital, and then send it to Zhongshu Ling!"

This man has an extraordinary handsome appearance, and the black bird pattern between his eyebrows is shining brightly. He is actually a direct descendant of the Wang family. No one would have thought that the Wang family would actually let their direct descendants come to such a place.

"Is this Xixiping Town?" Wang Xuanji asked, looking at the Tucheng in front of him.

"It's Xiping Town." said the guide next to us.

"I didn't expect that a county town could be so crude!" Wang Xuanji said with emotion.

"Shangguan, this Xiping Town was originally a military town, and later became a county. This is the county seat."

"At the beginning, Xiping Town could garrison two thousand troops, and it had tens of thousands of stones in stock, as well as food, grass, ordnance, etc., which was enough for two thousand troops to be stationed for two years."

"How much farmland is there outside the city?" Wang Xuanji asked.

"One thousand two hundred hectares, plus what we cultivated, it's about 600 hectares before." The man next to him said.

"One thousand two hundred hectares." Wang Xuanji shook his head slightly. Compared with the Central Plains, such a county is far behind.

"It's quite a lot. No matter how much it is, it can't be cultivated. After all, the population is insufficient!"

Wang Xuanji nodded and said: "People will continue to migrate here this year and next, and it will be almost the same in a few years."

Wang Xuanji came to Hexi in person this time because the court was preparing to reopen the Western Region and restart trade routes. Immigration is to prepare for this.

(End of this chapter)