Datang Nongsheng

Chapter 85 Forming a Guardian Force
When Sun Xiangfu arrived at the palace, it was almost dinner time, so he went directly to the imperial dining room with the sign wearing the palace, asked Luo Tian to help deliver a message to Li Shimin and his wife, and then began to eat and drink in the imperial dining room.

What surprised him was that Li Shimin and his wife didn't summon him, but let him go home quickly while the palace gate was not locked. Li Shimin already knew what he wanted to report, and he would handle it himself.So, Sun Xiangfu, who followed a few catties of sucrose sent by Lingnan from the Imperial Dining Room, left the palace and returned home.

Early the next morning, Sun Xiangfu took Xi Junmai and other guards out of the house. After more than ten days, the construction of the No. [-] large reservoir had been completed. Ma Zhou sent a letter asking him to check and accept it. Sun Xiangfu then went to plan the surrounding area of ​​the reservoir next year. Farming matters, so he brought Sun Erli with him.

Sun Xiangfu has always observed the character of the talents under his banner. Shi Bao is the kind of person who is naturally able to do things with peace of mind. Therefore, even though he is much younger than the two brothers Sun Dali, Sun Xiangfu will be the first He pushed out to take charge of his own side, Sun Dali endured hardships and stood hard work, was loyal to himself and obeyed his words, thought little, and was the best candidate to stay at the base.

Sun Erli is good at serving crops. When he was in Xingfu Village, Sun Dali often asked him to help take care of the crops Sun Xiangfu planted, and the care was not bad. Therefore, Sun Xiangfu wanted to pass on his farming skills to Sun Erli. While the days let him study, he found a place in the back garden and built a greenhouse for him to learn how to grow off-season vegetables, but now those vegetables have sprouted and there is no need to take care of them, but Sun Erli is free.

"Erli! Do you know the benefits of piercing the seed skin with a needle?"

"You know, the pierced seeds emerged days faster than the unpierced seeds."

"It's not just that, the quickest way to get the embryos of the seeds in contact with the nutrients in the soil will allow the seedlings to better absorb the nutrients in the soil. As long as the initial fertility keeps up, the entire growth cycle of the seedlings will be shortened, and the seedlings will be fully grown. It will be stronger and more fruitful than those grown by ordinary methods. If we breed in greenhouses in advance, even in Guanzhong, we may achieve two seasons a year..."

Explaining some agricultural knowledge along the way, it took half a day for the group to arrive at the Laolongshan Reservoir.

"Heh, this reservoir is more than ten times larger than that of our Xingfu Village." After Sun Erli, Sun Xiangfu and others boarded the reservoir dam together, they glanced at the bare valley road below.

"Yes! It's just that the dam was built too high at one time, and water storage is a problem, Mr. Ma Zhou! In the future, you should pay attention. It is enough to build the dam two or three meters high at first, and then gradually increase it after the water storage begins. High is fine, His Majesty sent [-] Turkic captives to the Fisheries Department, and when they have nothing to do, they will slowly do these jobs." Sun Xiangfu visually measured the height of the dam, which was more than ten meters, and said a little depressed.

The efficiency of erecting water trucks more than ten meters long to lift water to the reservoir may not be high, and more than half of it will be missed halfway, and the area of ​​​​the reservoir is so large that it may be difficult to pump water for a month with dozens of water trucks in the future. Fill up the reservoir.

Ma Zhou hugged his fist in shame and said, "I didn't think carefully enough. After the foundation of this dam is completed, it should be filled with water and raised at the same time."

Sun Xiangfu waved his hand at him and said, "I don't blame you. You didn't know that I would bring thousands of Turkic captives here. Besides, the winter is dry and there is no way to get much water. Let's wait until the spring rains." It’s about injecting water!”

"Hehe, I was entrusted by the adults, and I should think more when doing things. Later, I will ask people to build a wider foundation for the dam, so that it can be raised later." Ma Zhou said with a smile.

Seeing Ma Zhou's smile, Sun Xiangfu frowned and said, "Why do I feel that you have ulterior motives in building such a high dam!"

"Hehe, the village chief doesn't know. Mr. Ma Zhou mobilized Turkic people to open nine large ditches and hundreds of deep wells in nearby villages these days. Too much soil was dug out. This dam is built so high." Shi Bao smiled from the side.

"It turns out that Mr. Ma used these Turkic labor to do good things for the local people. Anyway, I will think of a way to lift water from the lower part to the higher part." Sun Xiangfu smiled and pointed to Ma Zhou. , He made the most of the labor force of more than 7 Turkic laborers.

A group of people walked down the dam, and soon, the big team set off and moved to the next reservoir site. I believe that with the experience of building the first reservoir, the later reservoirs will be constructed much faster. Zhou's order is regular, Laolongshan is tens of miles away, and unless it encounters a severe drought that occurs once in a century, it will generally not lose its harvest.

Sun Xiangfu, who understands the evolution of the geological structure, knows that the prosperity of Guanzhong can last for more than 200 years at most, because the population is too dense, the deforestation is severe, the soil erosion is intensified, and the ecology here is destroyed, causing it to change from the world's granary to the world's burden. In the end, it couldn't afford it, so it died, and no subsequent dynasty considered using it as the center of the country.

However, what if Sun Xiangfu now helps Guanzhong and even the upper reaches to leave abundant water sources, forests, and vegetation?Perhaps everything in the future will change drastically and it is unknown.

After inspecting the reservoir, Sun Xiangfu asked Sun Erli to stay as the manager of Huangzhuang. He will develop some villages here to become the off-line of the Laolongshan Reservoir fishery, that is, farmers who provide fish, grass, and cauliflower for the fishery. Afterwards, he will become a technician who guides the farming of the people in this area.

Of course, after seeing the reservoir, Sun Xiangfu did not go back directly, but went to inspect the pastures of the Animal Husbandry Department, the forestry farm of the Forestry Department, the supreme leather goods and royal family furniture are already in preparation, and Sun Xiangfu does have a lot here The work needs guidance. After three days of busy work, I took the dozen or so cows kidnapped from the Animal Husbandry Department to Xingfu Village.

"How is it? Dali, you have interacted a lot with your wife during this time! Are you sure you will have a son next year?"

As soon as they met at the entrance of the village, Sun Xiangfu teased Sun Dali, who was newlywed and honeymooning, that he was full in winter and loved to gain weight, so this guy became fatter and fatter, and he actually looked a little burly.

"It should be fine!" Sun Dali scratched his head in embarrassment.All aspects of the village have been straightened out, and he, the manager, doesn't have much work, so these days, he has been planting seeds in his wife's field.

When a group of people arrived at the village public house, many villagers immediately surrounded them. They first asked their children if they were obedient in Sun's residence, and then told Sun Xiangfu about the affairs in the village. Generally, everything was stable. The chickens, those who feed pigs, those who raise fish raise fish, and the seeds to be sown after the beginning of spring are also selected according to Sun Xiangfu's requirements. It's no coincidence, just choose a big and plump one.

In fact, Xingfu Village will not plant much grain land next year, because Sun Xiangfu has collected several hundred catties of cotton seeds, and also bought a lot of seeds from the agricultural treasury, such as courgettes, cold melons, grapes and other specialties in the Western Regions. They will all be planted in the fields of Xingfu Village, which probably requires Sun Xiangfu to teach him personally.

Another thing is that the fishing team will expand, and the hired workers from other villages will also join in. The reservoirs in various places will be built before February next year, and a large number of fish fry will be needed. Xingfu Village breeds three types of fish that reproduce quickly, but Next year, at most, several large reservoirs will be able to provide fry, so the main thing is to rely on fishing.

In the past, the censor impeached the fishery department for overfishing and hurting the fish, but Sun Xiangfu didn't think so. With the fishing technology of this period, it was far from hurting the fish. On the contrary, reasonable fishing can make the fishery more efficient. Developed, catching one big fish can make dozens of small fish have more food and grow faster.

Moreover, not to mention how many times the ecology of this period is better than that of the later generations, even in the environment of the later generations where the pollution is so serious and electric fish machines are rampant, the freshwater fish produced in the land of Huaxia can feed more than one billion people.

How many people are there in Datang now?It is only 2000 million, and several hundred percent of the output corresponds to about one percent of the population. Even if Sun Xiangfu does not engage in artificial breeding, as long as the fishing technology is sufficient, people in this era eat fish for three meals a day. hurt fish.

What is more reassuring is the chicken farm. Since the chickens were put in the field, the egg production rate of the hens has begun to increase slightly. At present, there are already tens of thousands of eggs laid by high-yielding hens in the chicken farm. Just wait for the weather to warm up After that, hatching will begin. Even if the survival rate is only more than half, the size of the chicken farm will more than double. In the next few years, this place may become a professional chicken breeding base, and various reservoirs will be opened. Chicken farms will come here to buy chicks. It is foreseeable that the numbers on Xingfu Village's books will grow exponentially.

They took Xi Junmai, who had never been to Xingfu Village, for a stroll around the village. At night, they returned to Sun Xiangfu's house in Xingfu Village.

"How? How many people are needed to deploy a force capable of defending the entire village?"

Xingfu Village is the foundation of Sun Xiangfu. In the future, he will get a lot of confidential things from here, so he must try his best to protect this place, at least guarantee it, unless it is the regular army of the imperial court, ordinary bandits, or The martial artist and house slave hired by the aristocratic family cannot cause devastating damage to this place.

Xi Junmai thought for a while before answering, "If it is a soldier with the strength of Ouchi guards, more than a hundred people are enough. If you recruit ordinary strong men for training, at least 300 people."

Hearing this, Sun Xiangfu nodded. He had seen the training of the Ouchi guards. The intensity was relatively high. Putting it on the street, one person could deal with three or five rogue men. The military formation may not necessarily lose, just like the generals of the Qin family, with 300 people, easily crushed more than 2000 rebellious Turkic soldiers. Of course, there are reasons for the horses and the strong generals leading the team, but Sun Xiangfu At present, it is definitely not possible to recruit so many strong players, so they can only train by themselves.

"Just three hundred! You are in charge of the recruitment, keep it secret, lest someone puts a nail in your head, and in addition, the treatment is good, after the training starts, the food is sufficient, the equipment is well-made, let them become stronger as soon as possible, don't worry Money matters."

In the general ledger of the Sun family, not counting materials, there are less than [-] guan in cash, of which [-] guan is Yu Xiuer’s dowry, and the other [-] guan. The follow-up sources will become more and more extensive, and it is naturally no problem to raise hundreds of full-time guards.

"If you can afford it, it's not difficult to pick [-] good men. This time I fought with General Yuchi for more than a month, and I met a lot of soldiers in the army. Most of them have the foundation and can fight on horseback. They are better than ordinary civilians. Much better, but they returned home after the war, as long as you can help them solve the problem of their military status, then it shouldn’t be a big problem to bring them to your village.” Xi Jun bought his eyes and said.

"Okay, I'll go to General Yuchi to find a solution later." Sun Xiangfu nodded and said when he heard the words and thought it was very reliable.

　Thanks to Nifeng Wangchuan for the reward, I have one more true love, and besides, I will forcefully push it next week!This is all thanks to everyone. I hope that the recommended tickets, collections, and other data will look better, and I will be able to earn a bucket of instant noodles. I must not forget your kindness.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)