Chapter 6 Reward (2) ()

In the eleventh year, early September.

Wang Shoutian was wearing an eighth-rank official uniform and inspecting the county town.

Jishui County is not large in area. Although the city wall is dilapidated, the outline can still be vaguely seen. The complete city wall is about 10 meters high and the overall area is not large. It is estimated that it is only about 3,000 acres of land. As for the streets below, it has been completely destroyed.

Very good. Wang Shoutian was still afraid that the county town would be too big and difficult to manage, so he was very content with his heart.

At this time, it was time to serve porridge again. Wang Shoutian had seen these refugees, dressed in rags, weak, and pale and thin.

Another big pot was taken out, steaming hot, and a smell of rice porridge floated over the county town.

Under military law, these refugees did not dare to fight for it, and lined up with bowls to receive the porridge. When they got it, they ate it voraciously.

Wang Shoutian looked at the refugees and said to everyone following him: "Now the refugees are finally separated."

Wang Shoutian did this personally. According to the family situation, the refugees registered one by one and first separated the homeless ones.

As a result, there were more than 500 households who had no family. In addition, there were originally scattered 100 households in the county, and there were actually 500 households.

"I divided the refugees into two teams, one team was managed by He Wulang and the other team was managed by Zhang Yi. It is not suitable for residential houses now, so they asked them to demolish all the houses."

"All demolished? Sir, although these houses are dilapidated, they can still live in." He Wulang said in confusion.

"The general appointed me as a military camp, so he would naturally allocate some farm tools and seeds. It is said that there are still ten cows, but this is not something that can be allocated a day or two. These refugees are not allowed to do nothing. If they eat my food, they have to work for me... even if they move around, they have to work."

"The ones that were removed are bricks, and woods are woods. It is useful to sort them out. If you encounter gold and silver, you will hand them over. If you hide them privately, kill them."

"Yes, sir!" There was a bang from below.

"Also, these houses have not been popular for a long time. In the past, there were many corpses and were very resentful. They were demolished and rebuilt. If they encounter corpses, they will be buried."

"A special piece of land is divided and bury the bones. He Zhong, you should take this ministry first." Wang Shoutian said to He Zhong who followed him from afar.

"No!" He Zhong did not dare to say more and agreed.

"The adults are kind-hearted and kind-hearted." The people below said neatly.

In ancient times, tombs were very important, and the concept of being buried in peace was deeply rooted in people's hearts.

Listening to this, Wang Shoutian smiled, but his main purpose was to plan a new city. He liked residential areas, markets, government offices, roads, etc., which were all in order, and this was also conducive to cleaning.

Of course, this kind of planning is very simple, it is to simply draw a road, build a house on the side of the road, and dig a well.

At this time, thick smoke was rolling outside the city, but it was setting fire to the wilderness outside the city, and some animals and snakes fled in a hurry.

"Let's go out and have a look." This time, hundreds of horses were captured, half of them were handed over, and fifty horses were still there. Wang Shoutian had already inspected them. Fortunately, there were some stallions inside that were not castrated and had already made up their minds to build a small horse farm.

In European farms, horses are often used to plow horses. Some inferior horses that cannot be used as war horses can be used as plow horses. They can not even plow horses, but can pull a cart!

As for the huge appetite of horses, the old and young people among the refugees can now mobilize the grass to dry.

After several dozen riders left the city, they walked around the edge of the water.

Jishui is also considered a big river, and the name of the county town comes from it. Now it looks like a large wilderness by the river, with traces of canals faintly, but they are all abandoned due to disrepair.

"Sir, this piece is full of fertile soil. It is also leaning against the river. As long as you dig some channels, draw some water, and reclaim it, it will be a piece of fertile land." He Wulang followed behind and said, with some envy in his eyes.

Wang Shoutian felt aroused in his heart. The mountain people lived in the mountains, not because they liked the mountain environment, but because the government and the soldiers were rampant. If they could provide a good environment, they might really be able to supplement the county people.

But there is no need to hurry up now, Wang Shoutian knows the principle of host and guest.

"Let wheat first. This dredging and opening canals cannot be done in one day. If next year, if you have time to dredge and open canals, you can plant some rice." Wang Shoutian said: "But now, the population is not large, and the fields that are cultivated are mostly on the edge of the city wall. If you have any questions, you can avoid them in the city."

"Also, a kiln can be built on that hillside. Even if porcelain cannot be burned, it should be burned with some acre bricks and stone pottery."

Wang Shoutian ordered one by one, and sighed in his heart.

When the foundation is first established, there are many business matters, so of course it is impossible to do it yourself?

However, here, except for him, there are only He Wulang and Zhang Yi to know a few words. He Zhong and the other five learned a little, but they made mistakes and could not use them now.

Only by yourself do it.

After thinking about it, he said to He Wulang: "The army's food is enough now, but nothing else is enough. I heard that you used to go on water and do some business, but are there any ways to buy and sell?"

When He Wulang heard this, he laughed and said, "Sir, you're looking for the right thing now. We have people from the Black and White Roads, and we have any tricks to buy whatever we want."

"Okay, I'll give you a thousand taels of silver, and you can buy me some things!"

"First of all, there is the plow, and secondly, there are the plows. And then, you have to buy the baskets, hoes, axes, shovels and other tools, and make a list for me!"

In this great victory, let alone the food, the discount on gold and silver was 3,000 taels. I didn’t feel distressed when I used up one thousand taels at once. As for weapons, to be honest, let alone the 200 people in the second battalion, even 500 people can be armed. There is no need to worry about this.

He Wulang heard this and said, "No, sir, don't worry, within three days, I will ship this batch of freight to you, and the price is also cheap!"

A week later, a group of people appeared in the county town.

"Han Rong, I have met the adults."

This man is thirty years old, tall and thin, wearing a ninth-rank official uniform, followed by some cars, with some farm tools and seeds on the cars, and later with cows.

Wang Shoutian looked at it and found that the number of cows was correct, but they all looked not strong and very thin.

Wang Shoutian frowned and spread it out again, and said with a smile: "Mr. Han is here. Thank you for your hard work. I have sent someone to deliver these. Lord. Han, please go down and rest first."

When the two of them went in, they saw that the county was busy, with a large number of bricks and wood piled up, and when they came and went, they were carrying dustpans and baskets, and many ox carts were dragging heavy objects.

Han Rong saw more than a dozen cows just after seeing them, and was shocked: "Is this?"

"There are no plowing oxen here, so I sent someone to buy it everywhere and finally bought thirty-one plowing oxen!" Wang Shoutian said calmly.

As soon as he said this, Han Rong couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief.

The price of plowing ox is now twenty taels per head, and thirty tons is six hundred taels of silver!

"What are them?"

"These refugees have received my food, so of course they have to work for me. The city has been abandoned for a long time, and most of them are ghost houses. When they are demolished and rebuilt, there are bricks and wood that can be retained, and they can be moved out without use, or they can be used as foundations."

"The county town is only 30 hectares, and 3,000 people are working hard. It's very soon. Now the road has been planned and residential land has been planned. Each five households are one company, ten households are one fire, one fire is one area, and one well is drilled. These are the craftsmen invited to dig wells and build houses."

"And ten fires make another yard." Wang Shoutian said with a smile: "I counted and there are five hundred households. First build five yards. Depending on this situation, you can complete it this month!"

"Fortunately, Lord Han brought a lot of farm tools and plowing oxen. Three thousand acres outside the city have been cultivated and wheat has been planted. There are farm tools and plowing oxen in short supply, haha!"

Han Rong took a deep breath and it was already in order in just ten days. It seems that this person should not be underestimated!

Han Rong glanced at Wang Shoutian and said, "My lord is indeed confident... It's just that rebuilding like this is a lot of money, right?"

Wang Shoutian smiled and pretended not to know about his temptation, saying, "The refugees are poor and as long as they have food to eat. Although the county is in ruins, it is not difficult to demolish all the city and build these five wards. The only thing that is consumed is food. The last time I won a great victory and killed Chen Xiang, everything else was short of military rations. The general was grateful to him that all these foods were controlled by me."

"In addition, I also got some gold and silver. The official sold it and bought farm tools and plowing oxen, so there were thirty-one oxen."

Han Rong's heart sank, thought for a while, and said, "The Lord is a civil and military genius. No wonder the general was promoted to three levels in a row, but this place is on the front line, so it's so big that it's going to cause construction..."

"It's okay, the opposite is Chuanzhongdu. Chuanzhongdu was originally dissatisfied with the organization, and only 800 left. After a big defeat, there are three or four hundred left. Chen Xiang is dead, and it will take some time to rebuild Chuanzhongdu. There is no reason to attack within this year." Speaking of this, Wang Shoutian sneered: "Even if there is an attack, I will gather people to fight against the city walls, and I am not afraid of this."

Han Rong had nothing to say anymore and couldn't help laughing dryly.

When they arrived at the temporary residence, the two bowed and parted.

As soon as he got inside, a follower whispered: "Sir, what do you think? The young master's order is..."

"What else can it be done? The commander personally, so I can only make some tricks on the goods. I wanted to clamp it, but I didn't expect that this person was already confident and handled it in an orderly manner. It seemed that he was extremely clamped." Han Rongheng glanced at him and said, "Now I can only repay the young master truthfully."

"What the sir is saying!" The entourage was beaten by him, so he had to take a step back and say.

The loss of a son by the great general Wang Zun is of course a disaster for him, but for his fellow tribes, especially his nephews, it is an opportunity to fall from the sky.

Among the Wang family's nephews, there are naturally those who are very popular. After some consideration, Wang Zunzhi pointed out Wang Xuanzhi, Wang Zhongyi and Wang Shoutian to join the army and made a preliminary expression of his attitude.

Among the three, Wang Xuanzhi is the legitimate lineage and is very close to Wang Zunzhi. He has the highest reputation, but he does not want to go through this battle. Wang Shoutian, who was originally unknown, stood out.
Chapter completed!