Du Zhongxiao looked at the picture for a while and had a rough idea of ​​the layout of the village. Mullet fields and vegetable gardens are mostly arranged nearby, and the ponds are surrounded by the ponds, and the grasslands are surrounded by the ponds. This is because the ponds also have the function of regulating the river water volume.

The scope of rice planting is closely related to water conservancy facilities. If water conservancy facilities want to fully play their role, they must form a system that depends on geography, climate and artificial environment. After hundreds of years, rice was rarely planted in this area and became a dry crop. Not only that, waterlogging in the rainy season and drought in spring were often destroyed because agricultural waterlogging facilities were destroyed during the Yuan Dynasty. There was a lack of a large number of ponds distributed along the rivers, and even a large number of canals were built, it was impossible to ensure the stable harvest of drought and flood. In addition, the vegetation on the mountain was damaged, the silt content in the river increased, the canal was silted, and the water conservancy was gradually abandoned. At this time, a large number of waterlogging ponds left during the Han and Tang Dynasties were still there, and almost every village had ponds, and the conditions for planting rice were superior.

After letting several officials sit down, Du Zhongxiao said: "Look at it, it's time to plow spring. In recent days, the oxen we bought from Jinghu Road will be delivered one after another. You can organize properly, receive oxen, and print it with you, so as not to miss the farming time."

Commander Sun and others said yes together.

The plowing ox on Jinghu Road is extremely cheap, and one is only two or three stagnant of money. Not far from here, the Transportation Department came out and sold a lot of them.

Du Zhongxiao also said: "The people who reclaim the fields here are mostly boatmen, and they don't know how to marry. The Yingtianya government has selected some good farming farmers from the local area, and has taught them uniformly and sent them to various villages to teach you how to farm. These people are farm teachers, and they should be treated with courtesy and not neglected. Who can be patient and learn more about farming knowledge and plant them well in the future."

After saying that, Du Zhongxiao saw the laziness of several officers, and sighed in his heart. As a wing army, the boatman was lazy. When these little officers were stretching, they only had more salary and could not control much. Most people were not responsible at all. When they arrived at the local area, they did not want to care about so many miscellaneous things. In other words, they were reluctant to give up their salary and had to care about their official positions.

When the Xiangjun recruited, they were mainly idle people in society, not hard-working people. In addition, they had poor management, so they still needed some hard work in organization and management. However, the farming time did not wait for people, and there was no time to go, and I don’t know what the early harvest of this season would be. Now it seems that the grain they planted this year can support themselves, so they will complete the task. When the farming time is slack, they will work harder.

After talking about spring plowing, Du Zhongxiao and Cui followed Sun commanders to check the land in the fields outside.

The fields are still full of thorns, and it takes a lot of effort to open up the land. This time was too urgent, and it was too late to make farm tools by yourself, so everything was invented. Du Zhongxiao ordered a batch of land plows, but he still didn't know if they could be delivered in time.

A landmark was set up in the ground, and the land was divided into paddy fields and dry fields, and then distributed to each family. The landmark was to bury soil, sprinkle lime underneath, and then erect wooden poles. This was what Du Zhongxiao clearly required each village to do uniformly, so as to avoid the trouble of square fields in the future.

Apart from these landmarks, there is nothing in the fields and it looks particularly desolate.

Du Zhongxiao rode on the horse and looked at the endless fields, and couldn't help feeling a little confused. When he was building a farm in Yongcheng, the scale was relatively small, with a large number of people under his command, and everything was in order, so hesitant. Sometimes he couldn't help but hesitate to give up this season of food and prepare well, and wait until the autumn crop was planted. But he couldn't explain it to the other side, so he had to bite the bullet and prepare various things.

The capital brought more than 20,000 people. If it was truly considered an army, it was a very strong force on the front line. If it was spread to camp in hundreds of miles, it would be more willing but less capable, and I felt that I could not control it.

After watching for a while, Du Zhongxiao returned to the village and asked Commander Sun to report on the planting and preparations for each plot.

Commander Sun pointed to the map hanging on the wall and said, "The most important thing now is to plant arable land. According to the yamen's instructions, this year's paddy fields are only flat fields, and there is no rush to plant them, only dry land. We plant millet in the east of our village, beans in the west of our village, and hemp in the south of our village, each with acres. We also plant some other various miscellaneous grains as appropriate. The most important thing is millet, which is our food for a year, which is particularly meaningful."

Du Zhongxiao listened and knew that he was talking casually, and had never checked the terrain at all. Not only that, even the number of acres was probably arbitrarily estimated. Although the land had already passed the land when the land was established, the number of acres should have been recorded.

If it was done by himself, it would definitely not be so rough. But what could Du Zhongxiao do? He was too busy to handle official documents every day and could not spare his energy to take care of the details below. He was keeping a close eye on these model villages and could only be seen, so other places could be imagined.

Although he knew that he did not meet his requirements, Du Zhongxiao had no choice but to nod, express his understanding and conceal his dissatisfaction. The faults of the Xiang Army cannot fight in wars and do other things, but it is okay to do something he specializes in.

Listening to Commander Sun reporting on the plan of this area, Du Zhongxiao thought about the future methods. The organization and discipline did not meet the requirements, so he could only rely on future education. The slim-armed wing army had this benefit. In the past, they worked alone and lived a monotonous life. They were lazy, but there was no mess. As long as the education and management were properly, they should get better soon.

After Commander Sun finished speaking, Du Zhongxiao said: "There are fewer yamen here. One is a grain farm, which is convenient for villagers to thresh and dry grain. There is also a warehouse where taxed grain is collected. Another is a place where farm tools are stored. Nowadays, villagers who are renovating land have mostly rented farm tools, and warehouses must be kept and repaired in the village. There are also places where large livestock are raised, cattle and horses are convenient for farmers to rent."

Commander Sun said: "There is too late for luck. Those who can only wait until later to build them. Now everything will be settled. The farmers will take back the livestock and farm tools first. If they are damaged, they will be compensated at the price."

Du Zhongxiao nodded: "It's too late, so I have to do this, it's just a matter of trouble."

According to past experience, it is very troublesome for farmers to rent farm tools and plow cattle from the official website. When they are used, the officials said that the cattle are thin and the farm tools are damaged, and the money is deducted at any time. Some farmers rent official oxen and live with themselves, and raise them like elderly people, for fear of any damage. According to Du Zhongxiao's idea, it is best that every family has cows, but they can't do it for the time being.

After thinking about it, Du Zhongxiao said again: "There is another thing. Your ten villages are together, and there are many households. There should be village school students. The Yingtians and Field Affairs Council recruits village school teachers from nearby prefectures to enlighten the children. You must build a house."

Several commanders laughed and said, "Yun Pin is joking. It is not easy for us to farm and make a living by ourselves. How can we afford to support teaching? Even in the nearby big village, there are no villages, except for the large staff members with many servants."
Chapter completed!