Ying Yi said again: "After the county magistrate has rested, he will not stay here for more. The 4,000 households in Ye County and more than 20,000 people are hiding in this deep mountain. The county magistrate will definitely pass by. Then scholar, please follow us to take a look."

Sun Xiucai's eyes flashed and he smiled and said, "If you can hide more than 20,000 people, you must have a big treasure land in the mountains."

Then he said goodbye, and Ying Yi quietly left Fangchengshan alone.

Ying Yi's body is unimaginable to ordinary people. He walked faster than galloping horses with just one pair of legs. He walked alone in the vast wilderness, and soon returned to the vicinity of the county town.

The county town was already white, and except for the city walls, it was almost burned completely. Ying Yi sighed slightly and turned toward Liujiazhuang.

Liujiazhuang still looked abandoned. Ying Yi entered the village, turned left and right, and came to a dry well.

A large stone several thousand kilograms was pressed on the dry well, only a trace of gap was exposed. Ying Yi stretched out his hand and pushed the stone away as if nothing had happened. Then he picked up the rope stuck at the wellhead and raised a person from the well several times.

It was the woman surnamed Yuan.

Last night, Ying Yi escorted Zheng Yunzhi's family and a group of craftsmen to Xiaowangzhuang. When he came back, he quietly moved the woman surnamed Yuan out of the city and then said that he had returned for the first time. No one knew that Ying Yi was so quick.

Ying Yi disdained this woman. Speaking of which, if you don’t care and let it be burned to death in the city, it would be no big deal. But Ying Yi has a bottom line after all. Since the agreed exchange has been made, Yuan Tong has done what he has assigned, and Ying Yi is not willing to kill this woman.

The woman surnamed Yuan was very depressed. Although Ying Yi did not deliberately abuse her, Ying Yi was too busy these days, and Sun Xiucai and Erniu were not around, so she was full and hungry, which was always difficult.

"I don't understand what exactly you want to do."

The woman whispered.

Ying Yi smiled and said, "This has nothing to do with you. Just Yuan Tong needs to do what I have to tell you, and you can leave."

While speaking, Ying Yi took a wooden board and wrote on the board that "Ten days later, April 23, 15th year of Chongzhen", and erected the wooden board at the entrance of the village and left Liujiazhuang with a woman named Yuan.

This wooden board was left for Yuan Tong.

Ying Yi knew that after Yuan Tong came back from Kaifeng, he would definitely come to Liujiazhuang. He had no place to go except Liujiazhuang. And he gave Yuan Tong only ten days, starting from today, April 23rd, to meet here on the third day of the fifth.

As long as Yuan Tong did what he told him, he would return the woman surnamed Yuan to Yuan Tong.

Ying Yi brought the woman surnamed Yuan back to Fangcheng Mountain, it was already dark.

At this time, Zheng Yunzhi had already left, and Wang Zhongguan actually followed him. More than 200 craftsmen were still here.

"Brother Ying, the county master asked you and said he had something to discuss." Erniu said: "Let you go to see him tomorrow."

He added: "It is said that Zhang Shi's officials will come to pick you up tomorrow."

Ying Yi nodded: "I understand. This woman is left to you for the time being. Remember not to be careless."

Erniu scratched his forehead: "Don't worry, Brother Ying."

No words all night.

The next day.

In the morning, Ying Yi organized craftsmen to help open up land. More than 200 people worked together in the valley with only more than ten acres of land. Even if the tools were seriously insufficient, they could barely be opened. At noon, Zhang Shi arrived.

"The Crescent Valley is not far from here." Zhang Shi said: "From the other end of the valley, go over five hills to your right and you will arrive."

Ying Yi thought about it and it seemed that the so-called Crescent Valley should be located on the northern foot of Fangcheng Mountain. Ying Yi has not yet entered the area, no wonder he didn't know. If it weren't for the bad news about Xiao Wangzhuang, I'm afraid that Ying Yi would go there after chasing his prey.

"How big is the Crescent Valley?" Ying Yi asked: "Can more than 20,000 people be self-sufficient?"

Zhang Shi said: "Yingbaihu doesn't know that Crescent Valley is indeed a treasure land. There are more than ten valleys of all sizes, the large ones are thousands of acres, the small ones are hundreds of acres, and the dozens of acres are connected together, like a crescent moon, hence the name."

"Oh." Ying Yi nodded without comment: "Wait a moment, I will leave after I will give you a few words."

Ying Yi called Erniu and said, "I'll go to see the county master now. You can organize the craftsmen according to what I gave you in the morning. In the past few days, build houses along the cliffs, and then level the land in the valley."

Erniu nodded: "I understand Brother Ying."

Ying Yi knew that Erniu might not be able to suppress more than 200 craftsmen, but now that Sun Xiucai is not here, he has to entrust him to him.

Zhang Shi led the way forward and left the small valley. He climbed up the north slope from near the Salt Cliff, crossed mountains and ridges all the way. He arrived at the Crescent Valley when it was dark.

Under the dim skylight, Ying Yi stood on the top of the mountain and saw stars gathering in clusters, with some spacing between them, but when connected, it was indeed like a crescent moon, which was really beautiful.

"The Crescent Valley is worthy of its name."

Ying Yi smiled.

Zhang Shi said: "Originally, many wild animals here were treasures for us hunters. But now that people have come, the wild animals have long been driven away."

He also said: "Half the mountain streams of the mountain range gather here into lakes, pools, and water sources. The farming area is better than outside the mountain."

"It's just a little smaller." Ying Yi said: "I think these dozen valleys are only a few thousand acres of land. Four thousand households, each household has a maximum of two or three acres, and they cannot support people."

Zhang Shi scratched his head: "I don't know this."

Ying Yi sighed inwardly and said, "Let's go, go down."

Although it is a treasure land, the land that can be cultivated in the mountains is too scarce. These thousands of acres of land cannot support the self-sufficiency of more than 20,000 people. Now it is not a few hundred years later, and the grain output is far lower than that of Ying Yi's era. During this period, even in the peaceful years, if a family of five had a family of five, it would take twenty acres to live a little more nourishing life.

The construction of Crescent Valley has taken shape. After all, Zheng Yunzhi has started to migrate the people before the New Year. The houses are also built along the cliffs to avoid occupying too much fertile land, and the houses are very simple and small. There are also many caves that seem to be man-digged.

In general, the land resources here are scarce, and less land can be occupied.

In a relatively wide cave, Ying Yi met Zheng Yunzhi.

The cave is separated by curtains and wooden boards. The bedroom, hall, and sparrows are small and all in all kinds of organs. After all, Zheng Yunzhi is a person who cares about things.

With an oil lamp and two stone piers, Zheng Yunzhi asked Ying Yi to sit down and said, "You should roughly see the situation here."

Ying Yi nodded: "The area is too small."

Zheng Yunzhi sighed: "Yes. More than ten valleys have a total area of ​​less than 6,000 acres. In addition to living area, it can be used for farming, less than 5,000 acres, so it is difficult to be self-sufficient."

"The war outside the mountain is in chaos, and the mountains are narrow and narrow." Ying Yi said: "Where is the best of both worlds in the world."
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