When Pan Geng moved to Yin, I initiated Jian Shang

Zhuofeng lives on the north bank of Yishui River and is responsible for looking after the tribes and clans near Amshang City.

Two of them, Dongyi Fangbo, are more dangerous.

They are Shu Fang and Long Fang.

Shu Fang is not the Shu Fang in Sichuan, but the Shu Fang that specializes in mulberry silkworms. Xin Qu said before that the silk reeling technology of Dayi merchants is actually not weak, but it mainly relies on Shu Fang for continuous output.

Longfang is a country that mainly raises "dragons". When Ziyu passed by Yishui River, he could see a large number of rafts and canoes gliding, and then there were small alligators poking their heads in the river.

That's right, Long Fang raised alligators.

In Shandong, there are indeed alligators at this time, and people in Shandong often eat Shandong dishes such as grilled dragonflies.

Long Fang's ancestors taught Long Fang how to raise alligators and find places where alligators burrow. In winter, they often pulled out the alligator's burrows, pulled out the sleeping dragons, and roasted them.

Of course, the dragon is also an important strategic material, especially drums, which need the dragon.

Ziyu found Zhuofeng, who was talking to Shu Bo and Long Bo.

"The weather has been changing recently. Not only silkworms, but also the dragons that have been bred from the eggs of dragons we picked up from the south in the past 50 years have begun to migrate south." Long Bo said helplessly, "If there are still dragons in the future, If we want to pay the full amount of dragon skin every year, our dragon party will have to move south."

Zhuofeng frowned. The recent climate has indeed been quite volatile. The heat is really hot, the cold is really cold. It can give you months of drought, months of heavy rain, and unpredictable droughts and floods. The reproduction of the dragons has been affected. Due to the multiple impacts of human hunting and climate, there will only be fewer and fewer dragons here. Long Bo is not sure how many years it will last.

"Aren't there still big dragons (Korean crocodile, Gulf crocodile, Malayan crocodile, etc.)?" Zhuofeng asked.

"Mr. Zhuo, this big dragon is hard to catch! It's also very ferocious in temperament, and it appears near the seaside. If you want to catch them, you have to go north to the river to have a chance to find them. 20 years ago, because we didn't have enough tribute, we went to look for them. But after three hundred warriors passed, only about 50 people returned. There were too many casualties and drownings. It was really difficult to deal with! It would be more appropriate to go south."

"Okay, I understand. Just wait for the news, and I will report to the king truthfully."

When Zhuofeng saw Ziyu coming, he could only deal with it and let Long Bo and Shu Bo leave.

"Why are you here?" Zhuofeng said with a smile, with a warm expression, "Could it be that Zixun asked you to come here to ask for an explanation as to why the reward was not given?"

"The safety of the country is the most important thing now. It's okay to delay the reward." Ziyu crossed his arms and sighed, "But Zixun made the king unhappy, so I have to come to you for help."

"I see. Now that you're here, come and have a few glasses of wine with me." Ziyu was picked up by the wind and walked forward with a smile.

"I heard from a distance just now that there are not enough leathers?"

"Hey, there are not enough dragon-skin drums for sacrifices. The group of sacrifices will beat the autumn wind whenever they have the opportunity. I was appointed to handle this matter. This is not the case for Long Bo and Shu Bo. The weather has indeed been abnormal recently, and many The falcon dragons died before they grew up. Their numbers are decreasing rapidly, and they don’t dare to deal with the big dragons on the seashore.”

Zhuofeng smiled bitterly: "I can only carry it now. Later I will see if I can ask Long Bo to send people south to trade. However, you also know that the water in places like Dahe River and Huai River is very dry. You can't tell where. The sky was flooded.”

"Then...why don't we build roads?" Ziyu suddenly said, "We build roads along the mountains so that the water will not flood in. If there is a flood or drought, we can just take the mountain road to avoid it. Not completely helpless.”

"Where did you come up with this idea? It's very unrealistic!" Zhuofeng looked at Ziyu strangely. The Yi, Si, Shu and other rivers in Lunan and Huaibei are definitely the most complicated in Shandong's water system.

Sometimes the Yellow River seizes the Huai River and flows into the sea, so both Yishui and Sishui will suffer. If it weren't for Yancheng, which is today's Qufu, in the upper reaches of Yishui, there is Mount Tai to the north and Liangshan Bo to the west, which can bear the buffering and distribution when the Yellow River changes its course. Water ensures the safety of Amancheng, otherwise this area will also be flooded.

Of course, if it's too big, you'll have to kneel down.

All in all, building roads is the most impractical. Not only will flooding cause damage, but the consumption of manpower and food is also scary.

"It's just based on inspiration. I recently discovered that the south has actually mastered the farming method of changing land every five years. It can rotate the land in each noble's territory for farming, and the harvest has also increased.

So now that we have basically settled here, why not consider plowing the road, then cutting the bends and straightening them, leaving side-by-side ruts, so that our wheels can run in the same rut when entering the road, even if it rains? There is no need to worry about the road being crushed or muddy. "

"Your idea seems pretty good." Upon hearing this, Zhuofeng seemed to agree.

If Ziyu had come up with this idea in the early years, he would have been scoffed at, because at that time there was almost no fallow rotation, and because there was no centralized treatment of manure, it would take two or three years for the manure to accumulate in each noble's territory. move place.

Of course, it was not the nobles who moved, but the people and slaves who worked below. After all, they could use the extravagant clay pipe sewers to discharge sewage.

Therefore, we can only follow the fertility shortage that occurs once every three years, leave here, and rotate to the next area for slash-and-burn farming.

When I come back three years later, the villages that were full before have now become fertile land. If I throw a fire there, it will become more fertile after burning. Therefore, the nobles will also have many large and small areas in their own territories. The cities and villages are used to house the people of the country.The outside was for slaves, and the slaves were further outside. The space between other nobles was the territory of the savages.

Seeing Zhuofeng thinking, Ziyu continued: "Also, we can set up small towns on the road and then divide the surrounding land into wells.

Let each slave take turns farming and grazing.

In this way, one group is responsible for throwing manure and growing grass, another group is responsible for raising a few cattle and sheep, and the other group is responsible for farming.

After autumn, the land where cattle and sheep are raised is set on fire, and the manure is thrown on the land planted this year. The land where the manure is thrown will be used as pasture next year. This cycle should greatly reduce land consumption and extend the life of the land.

As for the field in the middle, it will be used as a house for the villagers to live here. If the production is really reduced, then an extra piece of land will be cultivated and they will take turns.

However, a larger scope is needed to implement this, which means road construction is necessary. "

Ziyu learned from Xin Qu's fallow rotation plan and modified the "well field". However, unlike the well fields in the Western Zhou Dynasty, the nobles at this time were mainly slaves. The nobles were only responsible for fighting, and the lower class people were only responsible for farming. And when necessary, it is just a matter of logistics.

Your identity means your future, which you can see at a glance.

But Ziyu has seen the terrible changes brought about by Xinqu's title system, and now Lu's father is implementing Xinqu's title system in Mengshan. The future pros and cons can be seen soon.

Therefore, Ziyu and Zixun agreed that they must find ways to change the current Dayi merchants. Otherwise, with the power of the Xin clan, it would be difficult to ensure that other tribes would not learn Xinqu's title system.

Even a small change would shake the foundation of Dayi Shang.

Zhuofeng stopped, took a second look at Ziyu and said, "I'll talk about your well field method later. I'll find someone to try it. If it works, I'll promote it. First, tell me why you are obsessed with building roads."

"It seems I can't hide it from you." Ziyu sighed, "I talked while drinking. Zixun's anxiety has his own reasons."

The two of them sat down, and Ziyu and Zhuofeng talked about what they had experienced during this period. Zhuofeng's eyes gradually became more solemn: "Is the Xin family really so powerful?"

"A tribe of 2000 people suddenly became a large clan of 5 people in less than three years. What do you think?" After Ziyu finished speaking, Zhuofeng stopped talking.

If it were him, he would be anxious, even more anxious than Zixun and Ziyu: "This is a problem!"

"What can we do?" Ziyu held the goblet in his hand and sneered, "We can't even suppress the royal family who have been conquered internally, so we expect the princes in Hebei to obey and fight against the Xin family? What's more, now we need the Xin family to help us suppress it. If you don't live, you can only raise tigers and cause trouble.

If the Xin family continues to follow Xin Qu's plan, they will definitely flourish in Jizhou within three generations. If they replicate the way Da Yi went south, it will be a disaster.

Roads have been built, towns have been built, mine fields have been promoted, ditches have been built, and rivers have been diverted. With the population of our Shang clan, it is definitely not a problem to suppress the Youxin clan.

I'm afraid of chaos. "

"I will find a way to tell the king about this matter, but I have to think about it, not now." Zhuofeng held the human skull wine glass and rubbed the smooth tear bones with his fingers, "What we have to do now is to appease Youxin first. Family. Are you saying that the Xin family has a group of young men and women over there with Zi Lian?

Gotta use it. "

"The relationship between Xun, Song and Lian is not very good, and they can easily get into quarrels. This matter..."

"I'll do it." Zhuofeng nodded. Zixun, Zisong and Zilian didn't have a good relationship. Firstly, there was a big age difference. Secondly, when the four brothers separated, Qi Fang was originally one of them. South and north.

But in order to allow Qi Fang's power to be completely in the hands of adult men and to quickly form combat effectiveness, Zixun proposed to Zihe, begged for this piece of land for him, and threw the two boys to Hebei.

The grievances between the three people have been accumulated.

There are now two Xin clans in Changping. Xinqu is now bigger and supports Zixun. The one brought by the old wizard still hangs out with Zi Lian, but in the future, Zi Lian is afraid that every time he hears that there is a Xin clan in Hebei With their names, I'm afraid I can't help but compare Lao Wu and Xin Qu.

Obviously, he came first!

Why is it that you, Zixun, take it away every time? !
This is not fair!

But this is the case at this time. The older one can suppress the younger ones to cause trouble, while the younger ones cannot object casually.

With Zhuofeng's promise, Ziyu relaxed a little, hoping to suppress the restless royal family. (End of chapter)