Extraordinary daily life starting from evil spirits

"Anyway, I guess it's impossible for Xiangyong on the opposite side to snatch our spoils?"

"Pei Yuanshao! Go to the place where we came just now. There are more than a dozen corpses brought here, and they say that we killed the bandit leader."

"Huanglong... Tell your subordinates, especially those old and weak, to throw away their weapons... The more chaos they throw on the ground, the better."

Zhiyuan ordered to go on, those Yang'a Xiangyong didn't know when they would come over.After all, Zhiyuan has cavalry here, and it may take half an hour for the other party to come over.

Soon the situation here was similar to that of Zhan Luan. When those brave men came over, they saw a group of neat soldiers pressing down a lot of yellow scarf soldiers in ragged clothes.

There are also some bodies on the ground, which are being buried.On the opposite side, a middle-aged and elderly man in his 40s cupped his hands at the kite: "I am the magistrate of Yang'a County. I wonder who is in charge of this team? Can you come out and see?"

Zhiyuan bowed her hand to the other party and returned the salute: "Little girl Tang Zhiyuan, she is currently the postal governor of Anping, and my brother is the county magistrate of Pingyuan County."

"A few months ago... under the order of the emperor, he led troops to Guangzong to suppress the bandits. Now that Guangzong city was broken, he led his men back to the plain."

The eyes of the middle-aged man brightened: "The name Tang Zhiyuan is quite famous in Pingyuan County. Because it is said that in the early days of the Yellow Turban Rebellion, this woman and her brother were besieged by tens of thousands of people, the leader of the Yellow Turban, Guan Hai."

"It persisted for more than a month without being breached by thieves, and it is said that nearly ten thousand yellow turban thieves were killed. Later, Zhiyuan led thousands of people to leave the plain and go east. All the nearby towns are aware of such a major event."

It's not something they can offend a woman who is as capable as leading soldiers.After all, they are still the sons and daughters of the great Han Sikong, so the magistrate of Yang'a County immediately complimented Zhi Yuan when he heard Zhi Yuan's status.

"It turned out to be Tang Duyou, no wonder it was so easy to catch these thousand bandits. The brave men from several of our villages and towns, together with some officers and soldiers from Qingzhou, took more than half a month to defeat them." Yang'a County Magistrate Said to the kite.

Then looking at the captives, the magistrate of Yang'a County asked again: "I don't know how Duyou plans to deal with them. According to the law of the Han Dynasty, these people should not be kept."

"Hey?" Zhiyuan didn't know what was written in the Dahan Law, she smiled at the magistrate of Yang'a County: "Isn't that too cheap for them?"

"You have to know that because of these people's rebellion, our Pingyuan County has almost no harvest this year, and the emperor probably won't be able to exempt from taxes. Wouldn't this affect more civilians?"

"So it's better to let them build the city walls and grow food... People are worthless if they are killed, understand?"

The magistrate of Yang'a County frowned, but did not refute.After all, he is capable, so it has nothing to do with him if anything happens.

But then Zhiyuan said to him: "You also know the identity of me and my brother, so we must make a career here."

"I was going to do a big job earlier, but because of the Yellow Turban thief, it was delayed."

"Now that the Yellow Turban Army is pacified, we naturally plan to expand Pingyuan County. Therefore, part of the labor force is needed to build the city wall... I have been to Guangzong's place, and the city of Guangzong makes me very envious."

"So I plan to build Pingyuan into one of the best big cities in Qingzhou. Money is no problem, and there is still a shortage of workers."

"If it's convenient for the county magistrate, you can give me the captured Yellow Turban soldiers for management in the future. Of course, you won't bother the magistrate in vain. The male is [-] yuan, the female is [-] yuan, and the rest is [-] yuan. You What do you think?"

"I plan to buy 30 men and [-] women... aged between fifteen and thirty. If the county magistrate is free, you can help me find them."

That's really not much money... especially for the current food prices.At present, the price of one stone of grain costs five hundred yuan... The price has skyrocketed severely.

But no matter how small it is, it is meat, so the county magistrate agreed after thinking about it.After all...a man is worth two hundred dollars, and a thousand is worth 20 dollars...

Now there are a lot of refugees from the yellow scarves in Qingzhou, so it's not difficult to get so many people to come here.The county magistrate thought it was good, so he agreed...

Chapter 93: Planning

The matter was successfully settled, and the kite returned to the plain.

Hmm... before reaching the plain, the kite came to a hill near the plain.This hill is not big but the name is quite domineering, Erlong Mountain...

Zhang Baiqi led the army and left first, and Zhiyuan asked her to station troops here.There are definitely [-] elite soldiers here, and [-] to [-] old and weak women and children.

Because Zhang Baiqi came back almost a month earlier than Zhiyuan, so in this month, a huge camp has been built here.

They even built a city wall with wood, and set up checkpoints on the main mountain road. It is estimated that there is no army of [-] to [-], and it is impossible to capture this Erlong Mountain.

Zhang Baiqi was very happy to learn that Zhiyuan had arrived. After all, they were both women, and they had a lot of topics in common (many things can't be said to men).

Zhang Baiqi was under a lot of pressure, with dark circles under her eyes and a tired expression. It was too tiring to manage the eating and drinking of more than 1 people. Fortunately, Tang Tian managed to get a lot of food, otherwise the group of them would starve to death.

But even so... they ate up all the edible birds and animals or wild vegetables within a hundred miles.Then stock up a lot, and it shouldn't be too difficult to get through this winter.

"Good job..." Zhiyuan hugged Zhang Baiqi.

Then the two of them and some senior leaders of the Yellow Turban Army came to the room to prepare for a meeting.First of all, Guangzong's matter, this must be explained clearly.

Although Zhang Baiqi and the others had expected this result a long time ago, many people cried directly.About a quarter of an hour later, Zhiyuan cleared her throat: "Okay...some things have already happened, and we can't change them, so don't be too sad."

"The main purpose now is that we must develop ourselves. How much money do you have here, can you tell me?"

Zhang Baiqi didn't hide anything: "There are more than 200 million yuan in five baht, about 200 taels of silver, and 80 taels of yellow scarves. The grain and grass and the food collected nearby can last until March next year."

"There are 320 personnel, including 670 soldiers, and [-] women among the rest."

"There can be 11 weapons, but everything is a bit confusing, mainly knives and spears. There are about [-] bows and arrows, and there are [-] arrows."

Zhiyuan nodded, this Bai Qi still has good abilities, and the statistics during this period are very clear.

"That's right, sister Baiqi has worked hard for you..." Zhang Baiqi is not much older than Zhiyuan, only seven or eight months old.In this age, both men and women are very precocious.

Then Zhiyuan said to Zhang Baiqi: "I have seen the terrain here. Erlong Mountain has two peaks, one big and one small. Although the heights are about the same, there is a smaller peak behind the camp where you are stationed in front."

"It is estimated that the mountain can accommodate up to 5000 people. I plan to use it... Just like here, I will also design levels and build camps and workshops on the flat places on the mountain."

"Now that I'm back, I should make something in exchange for food and money. I only have more than 300 million yuan left here. Now that the war has just passed, food must be very expensive. With only such a little money , won't last long."

"Currently grain costs more than 500 yuan per stone. Our current army and those in Pingyuan County add up to more than 5000... The annual consumption is 8000 to [-] stones of grain, which is about the same [-] million dollars..."

Really...it's a headache to think about it when there are too many people.Luckily, Zhiyuan is not bad at math. After doing simple calculations for a group of people, most of them trembled.

Zhi Yuan continued: "I do know some gentry, and I can buy food from them. But what we need to do now is to produce something that can be sold to the gentry in exchange for grain."

"I had this idea a long time ago. Bai Qi has to work hard on you, and then go to the soldiers to make a statistics. Ironsmiths, woodworkers... some special craftsmen, and those who can read and write are all counted. .”

"These people have left the profession of soldiers and farmers, and they will all go to the mountain behind. I will also get some people from Pingyuan County at that time, and then we will start our money-making plan."

"My idea is immature, so I have to experiment step by step. But once it succeeds... what awaits us is very lucrative profits."

"You all used to be the Yellow Turban Army, and you know the pain of having no food. So...in the future, we will definitely oppose the gentry, because we represent the interests of the common people..."

"Then just before that, earn more money from the gentry. Only when we have weapons and food in our hands...we will not have any fear."

Zhi Yuan's eloquence was still clear, and a group of illiterate generals of the Yellow Turban Army also understood what she meant.

Zhang Baiqi was a little strange. She asked, "Then why do you mainly sell something? Since my sister said to make some money, there must be a goal. Did my sister already prepare for it? Let us listen to it."

Zhiyuan nodded, and then said: "You are all Bai Qi's trusted people, so I will tell you these words. But you have to remember... After the camp is completed, everything in the camp is not allowed to be disclosed."

"The production of many things is very simple. If it spreads out, we will be the ones who suffer in the end, you know?"

A group of people immediately swear, even if they swear by a great and virtuous teacher, they all feel that it is a bit against the law.

Zhiyuan continued: "There are two main types, one is high-alcohol wine, that is, spirits... definitely several times stronger than all the current wines."

"And after that kind of spirit is processed, it can be used to treat wounds, so that the wounds will not rot and fester, reducing the chance of a large part of the wounded death."

"There is also soybean oil, that is, soybeans that we eat occasionally. This kind of thing can also be squeezed to extract fat, and it is absolutely no worse than fat oil, and it is best used for food."

As soon as these two points were mentioned, although everyone did not fully believe it, they still cheered.Because whether it is spirits or oil, they are very valuable things.Especially the oil in this era... the people's fat and the people's ointment can show how precious oil is.

Most of the oil in the Han Dynasty was animal oil, and there was a small amount of pitiful fire oil (sesame oil). According to the "Three Kingdoms · Wei Shu", when Wei Jiangmanchong resisted Sun Quan's attack on Hefei, he "turned the pine into a torch and filled it with sesame oil. , set fire from the upper wind, and burn the thieves' attacking tools."

Sesame oil is sesame oil, and the output of this thing is really not large.It was only widely planted and used in the Song Dynasty, and people in the Song Dynasty liked fried food very much.

As for soybean oil and peanut oil... they were discovered and used only during the Ming and Qing Dynasties.

But in the late Han period, beans could be used as a staple food.It has already been mentioned in the seven-step poem and will not be explained.

And even if the soybean oil is extracted by pressing, the remaining bean dregs can be used to make bean cakes and other food. There is basically no waste, so it is very worthwhile for the kite to use the simplest method to open the technology tree of soybean oil.

As for peanut oil... People in this era probably don't even know what peanuts are...

Chapter 94: Planning

After all, when I started doing it, it was quite difficult.

Zhiyuan didn't even rush back to Pingyuan, and went to the back mountain of Erlong Mountain first.After coming here, Zhiyuan discovered that the outside of the mountain here is actually shale.

Where they are in front, the mountains are full of huge rocks.Shale is much more brittle in comparison, and mountain roads should be relatively easy to dig.

That is, the building on the top of the mountain may not want to lay a foundation, and it must not be built on the outside of the mountain. The mountain road can be fixed with clay.Zhi Yuan, who watched survival-in-the-wild programs before, seems to have mentioned something.

Plant ash + terracotta powder can be made into simple wood ash cement.Although the quality of this kind of cement is definitely not very good, it is not a big problem for people and living things to go up and down the mountain.

Not only that, Zhiyuan also found a steep cliff behind the mountain.Zhiyuan intends to make a simple lifting platform here, which can transport some goods up and down.

Even if the shale is not solid, just use more fixed points.And only the goods are transported and no one leaves, even if an accident does not kill people, it is enough.

To do one thing, you have to do another thing first, at least what Zhiyuan is thinking about now is to make wood ash cement and pulley mechanism first.

Thanks to the mechanics of middle school physics... Thanks to the Wilderness Survival Team.By the way, I have to thank China on the tip of my tongue, because there is a complete original soybean oil pressing technology in it.

After crossing, there were some things on the mountain, that is, when Zhi Yuan and Zuo Ci were together, they almost forgot.But after going down the mountain, I gradually remembered it, especially the books and TV I watched before, and my memory became clearer and clearer.

In fact, Zhiyuan knows more, because when she was bored, she once bought a copy of One Hundred Thousand Whys from the WG period in an old bookstore.

It even contains complete information on earth-based gunpowder and explosives, which is simply an artifact of time travel.

A lot of things are actually around. When modern people go back to ancient times, don’t they open a few technology trees and call them traversers.

It's a pity that Zhiyuan felt that there was nothing to do. After Zhang Baiqi collected the information, she found that there were only less than [-] blacksmiths, and there were quite a few who could build houses. After all, the previous camp was also built by a group of people.

But there are not many carpenters with serious backgrounds. In addition to the other seven or eight, some craftsmen don't even have two hundred.

There are even fewer scholars. In the entire Yellow Turban Army, except for Zhang Baiqi (who was taught by Zhang Jiao), there are only five people who can read, and only one of them is a serious scholar.

That one... is still building a house not far away and working as a laborer.A terribly unlucky literati from a poor family who was coerced and brought here with his whole family dead. His name was Wang An, and his style name was Juyi...he was from Anping Kingdom.

Zhiyuan didn't find such a person in her memory, so she was probably just an ordinary scholar.But... scholars are very precious, and shouldn't be thrown aside like this, after all... there are quite a few children among the Yellow Turban Army.

Zhi Yuan soon met this scholar, Wang Juyi... During his time in the Yellow Turban, he had already worn down his arrogance as a scholar, and he could do anything.

Originally, Zhiyuan planned to tell him some great truths to fool him, but it turned out that the other party was too upbeat, and he could do anything as long as he gave him food.

"Then let's go teach... All the children under 13 years old will be thrown to him..." Zhi Yuancao made a decision, and then planned to get some scholars from Pingyuan County.

There are many things to do, and the same goes to the plains.In this era, ox farming barely appeared, but most of them were still done manually, and wooden plows were still used.

There are too few iron tools, and no blacksmith has ever hit this thing.Therefore, the kites must be produced in advance. Although the first thing to do after returning to the plain is to disband the army, the group of people still eat and eat themselves, so they are quite obedient to the kites.

This is easy to handle, there is nothing stronger than the power of the collective.Most of the terrain in Pingyuan County is also plain, and there are some very rich groundwater.

It doesn't matter whether it's rice or the wheat, millet, and soybeans in the north, it's all feasible... so as long as there are enough people, paper kites can build some plows, and collective farming can be done.

It's similar to the garrison system, and the plains can be regarded as high mountains and far away from the emperor, although the emperor Liu Hong will strengthen his power in the next few years and establish the eight captains of Xiyuan.But the battle was only around Luoyang. As long as there was no large-scale rebellion here in Qingzhou, it would not attract attention.

Otherwise, the tens of thousands of Qingzhou Army and Montenegro Army would have been put down long ago.

Now I hope that my cheap father can persuade (with money) Liu Hong to hand over the Qingzhou boundary to Tang Tian's management, so that Zhi Yuan can have time to realize her land farming plan.

"Beans are treasures... In this era, there are already soy milk and tofu brains. Should I also make tofu, just think about it, it's delicious..."

The corner of Zhiyuan's mouth twitched, almost drooling.After explaining many things and promising that Zhang Baiqi would come back in a few days, Zhi Yuan left Erlong Mountain.

Pingyuan... Zhiyuan suddenly felt relaxed all over, at least not doing many things together, and having a good brother, right?

Hurrying back to the plain, Tang Tian went straight out of the city to greet him.Zhiyuan excitedly hugged her brother again, after all, they are related by blood, and the relationship is really good.

"Brother, you've lost weight, and you're even darker..." It could be seen that Tang Tian hadn't been idle in the past few months in Pingyuan, and he had lost a lot of weight when he first arrived after finishing his health.

Tang Tian looked at Zhiyuan indifferently: "My sister has been away for a few months, why does she feel that she is still fat?"

Zhi Yuan blushed, and her brother actually said something about her, that she was indeed a lot older.

Of course joking is enough, Tang Tian said to Zhiyuan: "Since my sister left, basically there are not too many Yellow Turban soldiers or bandits to catch our attention."

"Because it's summer, the entire city has been remodeled in the past few months. Except for the rich gentry, the rest of the common people have already moved into new houses."

"And around the city wall, a lot of fields have been reclaimed. The thousands of children that Zhang Baiqi sent over a while ago have also been arranged. I estimate that after the re-planning, at least 5000 people can live in Pingyuan City."

"Currently there are more than 3000 people in the plain, which is almost our limit."

"Sister, I was quite scared when you left, but now it seems that your life is not bad, and I think how those farmers can be your opponents, sister."

Tang Tian was quite at ease with Zhi Yuan, and Zhi Yuan also briefly explained the matter to Tang Tian.Then Tang Tian asked Zhiyuan to enter the city and hold a big feast...

Pei Yuanshao also introduced a few people, okay... There are two people who stay in Pingyuan, one is Su You and the other is Yu She.The three of them have gotten to know each other for a while... Although they are all third-rate fighters, Zhi Yuan is already very satisfied.

Wen Chen is that talent, he and Tang Tian basically completed the construction of the entire city, which made this young literati feel very proud.

Tang Hulu, the housekeeper, followed by Tang Bu and Tang Qi. These people are Zhiyuan's current family.