Song Dynasty Iron Armored Army

Chapter 331 Peach Blossom Mountain Great Change
Shi Jin said: "Yang Chun, Chen Da, and Zhu Wu are all in Chaijiazhuang now. We eat delicious food, drink spicy food, and get money every month. Even my brothers have money every month. Thinking that the master is still suffering and cannot sleep at night, so I specially brought my brother to invite the master."

Li Zhong and Zhou Tong looked at each other, they knew something about Chaijiazhuang, but they never had a chance to go there, and naturally they had to express their opinions when they came to the door, but Chai Lin didn't say anything, and he couldn't accept his head and bowed. .

Li Zhong said: "Although Taohua Mountain is a small village, there are more than a thousand people and more than thirty horses. I just don't know how the Chai officials plan to arrange it."

Chai Lin said: "Qingzhou has a vast area and a large population. It has always produced elite soldiers. During the Three Kingdoms period, Qingzhou soldiers came from Qingzhou. As you said, there are more than a thousand people in Taohua Mountain. It is also inconvenient to go to Cangzhou. How about this? I will pay for food and equipment. , to adapt Peach Blossom Mountain."

"Oh, how to adapt it? Please tell me the details." Zhou Tong said.

Chai Lindao: "For the first batch, I will provide Taohuashan with 2000 hoes, [-] shovels, [-] simple knives, and [-] sets of bows and arrows. In addition, I will provide you with [-] taels of silver to buy livestock, cattle and sheep. All the robbery and plundering have stopped, and I am self-reliant. I have opened up wasteland and farmed land, raised cattle, pigs, and sheep, and my life is better than it is now.”

Li Zhong is a drug dealer, with some martial arts skills, he can't be high or low, he has no way to serve the country, and no one wants to seek refuge, so he has fallen into the Taohua Mountain.After more than [-] years of walking in the rivers and lakes, I have seen many people who say good things, but too few people who are really willing to take money out of their pockets.

Shi Jin said: "Master, this condition is very generous. Let alone simple knives, bows and arrows. These are things that cannot be bought with money. Even shovels and hoes are very valuable things."

This Li Zhong knows very well that there is a small boss in Taohuashan, who was originally a long-term laborer with a monthly salary of [-] Wen. However, he injured the landlord with a stick and was forced to fall into the grass.

Li Chong looked at Zhou Tong, and Zhou Tong nodded. Where can I find such a good thing, if I miss this village, there will be no such shop.

The two of them lifted up their clothes and knelt down: "Thank you brother for taking care of me. The two of us are willing to repay my brother. No matter whether it is water or fire, we will never frown."

Chai Lin helped the two of them up, and said, "Two brothers, please get up quickly, the water and the fire are not so serious, now I give you a small task, I put a thousand hoes and a thousand shovels by the sea. , 2000 taels of silver. It’s just getting dark now, and I’ll give you four hours. If you can get there, I’ll give you this thing. If you can’t, then don’t ask for it.”

Zhou Tong patted his chest and said: "Brother, don't look down on people. Although we are bandits, we are known as scuds. Can't we run a hundred miles in four hours? Brother, you stay with brother at home, and I will bring two hundred elites Go over and get the stuff."

Li Zhong said: "Okay, you take someone along."

Chai Lin arranged for Chai Meng to lead the way, and Zhou Tong led two hundred elites, went down the mountain in the dark, and forced the march to the beach overnight to get farm tools and silver.

Chai Lin and Shi Jin rested on the mountain without mentioning it.

The next morning.

Li Zhong also wanted to show off, and brought the eight hundred soldiers from the mountain to practice. On the school field in front of the Juyi Hall, the soldiers lined up, practicing with various weapons.

Not to mention, although all of them are sallow and thin, they are in a good mental state, and there are fewer old and weak, which is much better than expected.

Chai Lin said: "Brother Li Zhong, let's go to the back mountain to have a look and make a plan to see how many people you can support by farming in this mountain."

Li Zhong said: "Okay, I will accompany my brother and Dalang to the back mountain to have a look."

It turns out that the Peach Blossom Mountain was originally a Peach Blossom Village, and the back mountain was a large peach orchard, full of large peach trees for decades, and peach blossoms bloomed everywhere in spring.The barren grass at the foot of the mountain stretches for seven or eight miles, which seems to be as much as seven or eight thousand mu.The barren grass can be as high as 1.7 meters high.

Chailin kicked it with his foot, and it turned out to be fertile sandy land. Obviously, this place used to be farmland, but it was barren later.

If this kind of land is used to grow wheat and millet, the yield is not very high, but if it is used to grow sweet potatoes and potatoes, it will be a bumper harvest. It is not a problem to have five or six thousand catties per mu, or even seven or eight thousand catties.

A clear spring flows down from the mountainside, forming a small stream at the foot of the mountain, and there is another small stream not far away.There are brooks in late autumn, and rivers in midsummer.

Li Zhong said: "That peach orchard can't bear fruit at all, the trees are too old. I plan to divide the peach orchard into several areas for raising pigs and chickens. The barren grassland at the foot of the mountain was originally fertile land, but now With the farm tools, they will be reclaimed, so that sorghum and soybeans will be planted next year, and it will be another bumper harvest.”

"Okay, the idea is very good. It's easy to find more than 1 mu of land. In the spring, I will arrange some sweet potatoes and potato seeds. The yield is as high as four to five thousand catties. Not to mention food, even meat can be enough. It depends on how you arrange it, mobilize everyone's enthusiasm, try our best to open up wasteland, and strive to plant all the seeds next spring." Chailin said.

Li Zhong rubbed his hands and said, "It's true that there is such good food, the brothers will be happy to death, and no longer have to suffer from hunger and cold. I will find someone to plan and start preparing to open up wasteland and build pig houses and chicken houses."

There are not many bandits on Peach Blossom Mountain, but there are many farmers.As soon as Li Zhong said he was looking for someone who could open up wasteland, several people stood up immediately.

The one who pulls the rope pulls the rope, the one who draws the line draws the line.

The first thing to deal with is the thousands of acres of wasteland. Li Zhong said: "Brothers, separate a separation zone and prepare to set fire to burn these weeds."

Chai Lin hurriedly stopped him and said, "Brother Li Zhong, don't be in a hurry to set the fire on fire. I allocated 2000 taels of silver for you. You are not allowed to buy cattle and goats. Mow these grasses and prepare them for the winter."

"It's because my brother was thoughtful and forgot about this." Li Zhong said.

Immediately arrange for the minions to mow and bundle the grass, and prepare forage for the cattle and sheep in advance.

Shi Jin sighed and said: "Brother considers things closely, and he has exhaustive strategies, which is really amazing."

After walking around the back mountain, Chai Lin was overjoyed and said: "Brother Li Zhong, let alone 1000 people in this Taohua mountain, it is easy for 5000 people to eat meat. The water here is abundant and the land is fertile. If you don’t have strength, why go around and rob people.”

"What my brother said is that as long as you have farm tools, you can have enough food and clothing," Li Zhong said.

Just before noon, the elite sent out had returned, bringing back two thousand hoes, shovels, and 2000 taels of silver.

Hoes and shovels are used for farm work, and silver is used to buy food and livestock.

Zhou Tong said excitedly: "Brother, your agricultural tools are made of steel, and the steel mouth is so hard and sharp."

"A good steel mouth is good for farming. If a worker wants to do a good job, he must first sharpen his tools." Chailin said.

Li Zhong and Zhou Tong thanked Chai Lin again, and Chai Lin said: "You don't have to be polite to me, you will not lose money, food and supplies, but you have to do the work for me. I will give you a thousand dollars in three days. Come on, three hundred sets of bows and arrows, the two of you must guard Peach Blossom Mountain, and don't let other bandits and officers attack you."

"Yes, we must strictly guard against death." Li Zhong said.

There are many strong men who want to join Taohuashan. Some time ago, because there was no money and food, now there is enough money and food, and it is not a problem to expand another 1000 or [-].

　Ask for a monthly ticket, ask for a recommendation ticket

　　
　
(End of this chapter)