Datang Nongsheng

Chapter 189 Building a Fief
After re-counting the household registration Dingkou, the registered households in Shuozhou reached [-] households, and this is not counting the [-] young men that Wang Xu may send over later.

There are fields and grasslands in Shuozhou, about 500 million mu, of which about 150 million mu are cultivated fields. Except for some small landowners who have a combined total of 10,000+ mu, the remaining fields, Sun Xiangfu, allocated [-] mu to each household as permanent farmland. Then there are nearly [-] mu of unowned cultivated land, all of which Sun Xiangfu rented out to farmers with three or more members in his family.

The area of ​​pastures accounts for more than two-thirds of the entire land in Shuozhou, and there are many coal mining areas among them. Sun Xiangfu has all designated them as government-owned. In the future, the development of Xintian in Shuozhou will mainly be the pasture area, which is the Sanggan River Basin In the middle section, the largest tributary, the Sanggan River, happens to be in Shanyang. The water source is very abundant, and many fields can be irrigated along the river. Although the winter here is relatively long, only one season of crops can be planted in a year, but The fields are very fertile, and the output of one season is enough to feed the people here.

The output of potatoes grown in Guanzhong and Xinjiang in later generations is an example. The yield of potatoes planted in Xinjiang, where the land is fertile and sunny, can often reach more than 1 jin per mu, which is nearly double the output in Guanzhong.

The reason why Sun Xiangfu is sure to grow spices with an yield of more than one stone per mu here is also because the land here is fertile, the water source and sunshine are sufficient, the altitude is moderate, and the air is dry enough.

With the household registration and land matters settled, Sun Xiangfu can spend the Spring Festival with peace of mind. The houses in the Sun Mansion have been remodeled, and all the people in the mansion live more comfortably. Now, many of the new death row prisoners are following the mansion. The craftsmen in the village started to learn their crafts, and the ones they fiddled with the most were farming tools. Even those who celebrated the Chinese New Year, everyone did not stop their work, because only by doing things constantly, they felt that they were qualified to eat from the kitchen of the Sun Mansion. To eat food, they are eligible to wear the warm family clothes of the Sun Mansion, and to live in that kind of steaming house. This is a better living condition than they used to be at home.

The atmosphere of the Sun Mansion is diametrically opposed to Chang’an. This year there are no Sun Xiangfu and Yu Xiu’er, but the managers of both Chang’an and Luoyang stores took the first Spring Festival Gala as the model and put on the show. Although there are not many innovations, they are still the guests. The best place to go for Chinese New Year, the business is so good.

What is more surprising is that after the promotion of the Spring Festival Gala, the butt bumping dance and bamboo pole dance from Lingnan became unexpectedly popular. On the first day of the Lunar New Year, many children in the streets and alleys began to dance the bamboo pole dance on street corners. The thing is like jumping a rubber band, which can warm the body in the cold season. Moreover, after Sun Deshou and the younger sister made up an interesting formula for the bamboo pole dance, the children in Chang'an would always recite this formula when they danced the bamboo pole dance , roughly like this.

"Malan Blossom 21, 31, [-], [-]..."

This is the simplest number song, and there are one or two upgraded versions, one is the multiplication formula, and the other is the division formula. It can be said that as long as he has learned the full set of bamboo dance and recited the formula, this child is considered a I can count.

Just like a joke that appeared in a sketch in Wangjiang Tower recently, it was said that a student told his classmates about his husband's own calculation process in the school, and the husband asked how much Sanqi is?The student said, I didn't know that at the time!Just ignore the three sevens and 21s, and I answered eighteen, but was drawn by my husband.

If this joke was said before, many illiterate people would definitely not understand it, but don’t underestimate the multiplication of three times seven. It took a long time for the ancients who had never read the book to know the result, but it’s different now, no matter what Adults and children, everyone understands it, because when children dance bamboo pole dances in the streets and alleys, the formulas enter people's minds unconsciously, and everyone learns them subtly. A different kind of cultural communication. When people know how to quickly and accurately calculate simple numbers, many things will be done more efficiently, and they will not be easily deceived by profiteers. You must know that the weight unit of Datang is [-] The base system, but money is counted in integers, and there are also some calculation methods that are not very uniform, such as feet, inches, steps, etc., but they can confuse an ordinary person every minute.

These are all digressions. Since Li Chunfeng discovered the telescope with a magnification function of more than [-] times in Xi Junmai's arms, he has been in a daze for several days. Sun Xiangfu was afraid that something would happen to him, so he gave him a lot of popular science. In class, after he clearly saw some small creatures in the water that he could not see with the naked eye, his previous understanding of the world was overthrown, at least, he no longer superstitiously believed in his previous set of medical knowledge .

And he began to intuitively believe that all the diseases of the human body, like pot belly disease, are caused by poisonous insects entering the body, just because everyone's eyes cannot see those tiny poisonous insects.

In fact, there is nothing wrong with this statement. Germs can be regarded as poisonous insects!It’s just that you need a microscope to see that thing. At present, Sun Xiangfu has not been able to make a microscope, but under his personal guidance, binoculars, a telescope that can adjust the focal length through a prism, has been produced, but the highest magnification, There is no significant improvement. Moreover, the size of this telescope is still a bit big. There is no way, the manufacturing process needs to be improved.

However, after this thing was produced, the crystal ore obtained from overseas was completely used up. The craftsman team who developed this thing began to focus on the process of firing glass with sand.

Li Chunfeng sent a letter to Chang'an, asking Yuan Tiangang to hand it over to Sun Simiao, so that Sun Simiao must go to Shuozhou to study medicine with him. After his pathological cognition was overturned, he felt that he had found a new path in medicine. Road, this road is much more technical than suturing wounds with needles and threads.

Sun Xiangfu was happy to see this, and he also proposed to Li Chunfeng an idea of ​​making a Chinese patent medicine, for example, extracting the medicine for treating typhoid and cold, and dividing the medicine into light and heavy doses to make easy-to-preserve pills. Sometimes, according to the severity, take a corresponding pill, and the disease will be relieved. This is a method that can greatly facilitate the patient and reduce the treatment process for the doctor.

Li Chunfeng felt that the idea Sun Xiangfu said was very feasible. He ignored the incomprehensible smile in Sun Xiangfu's eyes, and fooled Taoist priests who love alchemy into making medicines. Sun Xiangfu felt that he had immeasurable merit!It's a pity that Sun Simiao always sees the beginning but does not see the end, and he doesn't know if Li Chunfeng's letter will reach him.

Sun Xiangfu's comfortable life is destined not to last long. After the Shangyuan Festival, Li Ji received an order from the imperial court. He asked his troops to return to the imperial court. In the future, there will only be [-] soldiers from the Unity Battalion in the garrison. At this time, Wang Xu, who persuaded the family and mobilized nearly [-] young and strong men, finally came to Shuozhou with his troops.

Sun Xiangfu happily registered household registrations for all of them, and arranged for temporary residence in Shanyang County. After their village and fortress were built, they would be gradually moved out.Because the land they want to cultivate is the grassland outside Shanyang County.

Because of the need to arrange for these 4 people, Sun Xiangfu also came to Shanyang. This is his fief, and there are [-] households who will be his tenants in Shiyi, accounting for nearly half of the aboriginal population in Shanyang County. However, more than [-]% of the entire territory of Shanyang County is grassland, and his tenants are all herdsmen with half-hu characteristics.

"The city wall is too broken. There is only one layer of adobe left. The horses can jump over it. Also, the houses in the city look like houses lived by Han people, but they are more like tents. They all have to be rebuilt. Baolin, are you sure? Your father used to blacksmith here? Didn't I see a blacksmith's shop here?"

When Sun Xiangfu arrived in Shanyang County, he didn't see a single satisfactory thing. The more than 1000 herdsmen were all dressed like beggars. They were just slaves grazing for Master Liang.

"Well, my father said, the blacksmith shop in Shanyang, my house will definitely open." Yuchi Baolin also looked confused. In the Tang Dynasty, he had never seen such a dilapidated county town. The emperor awarded such a county title to meritorious service. The minister can really make a move.

"I don't think there is any need to renovate this city. We might as well build a new one." Xi Jun bought a horse and wandered around the city before expressing his suggestion.

Sun Xiangfu now appoints him as the deputy lieutenant of the Tuanjie Battalion to lead [-] cavalry to defend Shanyang. That is to say, this will be his future residence, but how can he live in such a dilapidated city!
"Well, let's build! Mobilize all the people, there is a lot of coal here, let's mobilize the people to burn bricks together, and build a new city on the Sanggan River, and let the Sanggan River pass through the city."

When Mr. Xi mentioned it, Sun Xiangfu immediately made a decision. Not to mention that Shanyang County is his fiefdom, the bridgehead-like location alone should build a strong city strategically. With this city in place, the Wang family will have more confidence in advancing to the depths of the grassland.

Moreover, the economic situation of the people in Shuozhou is clear, if they don't give them some income, it is estimated that some people will starve to death and freeze to death.

When he came to the dilapidated county government office, Sun Xiangfu first asked Wang Gan, the temporary magistrate he appointed, to take a pen and paper and write the notice himself.

"Your Excellency, are you going to issue a notice? Don't waste pen and ink, those foolish people can't understand it at all. What government orders are to be implemented here, you have to rely on people to beat the gong." Wang Qian reminded kindly.

"This is not just a notice, but also a recruitment agreement. I want to recruit all the laborers in Shuozhou to build Shanyang New City. I will start work after sunrise every day and finish work before dusk. I will pay thirty yuan and take care of two meals. Someone did it. If you don’t get food or money, you can file a complaint under this list, and I will severely punish those who commit corruption and break the law.”

Sun Xiangfu doesn't have much time to spend on building the city. March and April are the best time for planting cumin. Therefore, the city must be completed within three months. Then, the only way he can use is to spend money. Get more people to help.

According to the customs of local officials in this era, Sun Xiangfu only needs to issue a confiscation order, and the people under his rule must come to serve corvee for free, but Sun Xiangfu will not do that. He wants to use this matter to let the people They earn food, earn money, and survive this cold winter, while establishing the credibility of the government, so that the people have a sense of belonging to the government and to the Tang Dynasty. Not in Don.

From Sun Xiangfu's tone, Wang Gan could tell that he was different from other officials of the Tang Dynasty. Now, Wang Xu and Sun Xiangfu he supported were in a cooperative relationship, and they themselves wished that there was a stronghold behind the fortress they built on the grassland. Therefore, at the leadership level, he maintained absolute agreement with Sun Xiangfu. Soon, this notice written by Sun Xiangfu was posted in one city of four counties in Shuozhou, and several county magistrates of the Wang family mobilized The yamen servants I recruited went to every household to mobilize, and within a few days, thousands of people gathered in the old city of Shanyang.

"Put up more temporary tents, install heaters inside, and buy all the cattle and sheep from the herdsmen, kill some meat every day, and add it to the rice to make porridge..."

The number of people who came to Shanyang to join the repairing city became more and more after receiving food, drink and wages. Therefore, Sun Xiangfu and the soldiers of the Unity Battalion were busy running around all day long. From the beginning of the unmelted first month, it became a super large construction site where thousands of people worked. Until the end of February, a huge city wall gradually took shape on the Sanggan River.

(End of this chapter)