Chapter 703 Harvest Season
When harvesting, the most important thing is the weather, because the harvested food must be dried immediately, so that the food will not become moldy when stored, and it can be stored for a long time.
But if it rains and the food cannot dry for a long time, the food may become moldy. For the people who have worked hard for more than half a year, the food in this world is now their full hope.
Jiang Lang is also worried now, standing under the eaves and looking at the sky above his head. The weather was very good some time ago, with blue sky and white clouds. Now it is finally time to harvest, but it is rainy every day. For mature grains, this is definitely not a good thing.
"grown ups!"
Deng Yuanjue's voice came at this time.
Jiang Lang turned around and turned his head to see that it was Deng Yuanjue and asked, "How is the situation?"
Deng Yuanjue immediately bent down and said, "Sir, we have sent a large amount of manpower to defend those places where the Komu Army is very likely to attack. The spies will also pay off. The Komu Army is also ready to move, but they are not our opponents, and they are not enough in terms of military strength or equipment.
Jiang Lang nodded. This was very good news, but then instructed: "If you send the order, you will not be careless. You will definitely not allow those Gumujun to take away some food from us."
"yes!"
Deng Yuanjue immediately said, thinking about it, then said again: "Sir, but this weather..."
Jiang Lang also sighed and said, "Yes, this weather is the most worrying thing I am now. It's rainy and rainy every day. If this continues, it's not a solution!"
Deng Yuanjue was also just a countryside before, so of course he understood the key point and said, "Now I can only pray for a good weather. If there is really no, I can only seize the time and collect food when it is not raining."
Jiang Lang's eyes once again focused on the clouds that were very low in the sky and said, "It's all that is the only way to send orders to the troops and government offices in various places to use all their strength to collect food. If necessary, all the troops will be dispatched to me, but one thing is that they will never allow anyone else's grain."
Deng Yuanjue immediately agreed and ordered the messenger to quickly convey Jiang Lang's order.
The harvest time has finally come, and the weather is a bit clearer, but the weather is not sure. Today's sunny day is likely to be covered with dark clouds in a while. If it is heavy rain, then it will fall. After all, this land is surrounded by the sea and is greatly affected by the marine climate.
Finally, I waited for the season of harvesting food. Looking at the heavy food in the fields, after the war, I finally didn't need to go hungry after half a year. All places began to harvest food vigorously just like the festival.
At this time, the Ming army strengthened its protection. The spies were like the eyes of the court and had been sent out everywhere. Once the enemy was found, the Ming army would arrive as fast as possible.
These people seemed to be much more relieved about those armies. It has been nearly ten days since these armies arrived. During these ten days, they did not drink a sip of water from these people, ate a bite of rice, and even did not step in the village. If there was anything, they would ask the local village chief to convey it, and would not send troops into the village.
In the eyes of many people, the Ming soldiers were still lingering, so they still had some prejudice against these soldiers, which was also very normal. After all, in their eyes, the Ming Dynasty was still an invader.
After rainy days, it is rare to be sunny, so all regions have begun to seize the time to seize the harvest of food. At this time, another problem has been exposed, that is, the lack of manpower, and the war has exhausted the young men, and the man who grabs food is undoubtedly the biggest main force.
Moreover, the land is basically divided into everyone now. The more people there are, the more land there are, but many of them are the elderly, weak, women and children, and the time is also very urgent.
Not just one place, but soon, the situation was exposed everywhere.
Fortunately, Jiang Lang had already made arrangements. After this situation occurred, the troops responsible for protection drove into the village.
It turned out that the honest army suddenly drove into the village, which made the people who had experienced war and were very wary of the Ming soldiers suddenly nervous. Many people were more hostile to the soldiers of the Ming Dynasty. The small village had a hint of solemn atmosphere because of the arrival of the Ming soldiers. The people who were harvesting food looked at these soldiers as if they were looking at the enemy.
However, something that surprised them also happened. When these soldiers arrived in the fields, they did not face them with swords or rob their food as they imagined. When they arrived in the fields, the soldiers took off their heavy armor, put down their spears or bows and arrows, and replaced them with sickles, etc.
At the same time, some people shouted loudly there, telling these people that the soldiers were not here to rob food, but to help harvest food, and the people who called were those who were respected in the village, so that they would be more likely to believe it.
Some careful people also discovered at this time that the soldiers from the Ming Dynasty were all running and there were no carriages or anything else. To transport food, of course, they had to need carriages.
When those people were somewhat suspicious of these famous soldiers, the soldiers of the Ming Dynasty were already busy. The harvesting of harvesting, transportation, and the joining of soldiers, the harvesting progress immediately accelerated. After all, many of these soldiers were born in poor families, and it was common for them to collect grain. Although they were soldiers, they were still very skilled and had a lot of people and strong power. For those families with only the elderly, weak, women and children in the family, the grain harvest was originally a bumper harvest and there was no need to pay taxes, so they could eat enough. However, facing the people who were worried about the harvest even if the harvest was completed, the joining of the Ming Dynasty soldiers undoubtedly helped them solve a big problem.
However, some of them still had no way to believe these Ming soldiers, thinking that this was just a show for them. However, because there were still great problems in language communication, the Ming soldiers did not talk much nonsense. The harvested food was almost gone in the fields for a long time, and they were transported to the homes of these people, and the cart was the people's own carriage and horse.
The weather is already very hot now, and this water is a very necessary thing. However, the soldiers did not ask the local people to prepare water or the like. The water was set up by the orderly soldiers who followed him and set up a big pot of fire to burn it themselves. The firewood used local materials and wheat straw. This is probably the only place where the Ming soldiers used these people's things.
Of course, in order to prevent the circulating Komu Army from taking advantage of this time to start robbing food, the remaining soldiers were all in the state of war, and the armor and weapons of the soldiers who participated in the harvest were also placed in the fields. Once the enemy was discovered, they immediately put on their armor and picked up the weapons to prepare for battle. After all, this is not the present time. I found that the Komu Army had a period of time in the battle, which was enough to prepare for the battle. Of course, another point is for those places.
If there are bandits, the Ming Dynasty has been very clear about the key defenses of the Ming Dynasty. Even if these places are usually heavily stationed. If these Mumen troops circle around, even if they rob food, the Ming Dynasty can make dumplings when they come back. For these people, forests and mountains are their natural barriers. If they leave the mountains, they will be like hares crawling in bare places. The eagle of the Ming Dynasty can easily destroy them.
As the highest commander in this area now, Jianglang also left the mansion and began a secret inspection. Of course, the reason why he left was because he was stationed in the mansion to protect the safety of the three women. Jianglang's inspection place was mainly the territory of Hosokawa Katsumoto.
Relatively speaking, Hosokawa Katsumoto's territory was the smallest place to be affected by war, but similarly, due to the war, the young and strong men here suffered great losses, so the soldiers stationed here also began to harvest in the fields. Of course, relatively speaking, the situation here is more stable, because these places were originally places where they took the initiative to resist Hosokawa Katsumoto, and their hatred for the Ming Dynasty was relatively small.
Jiang Lang went on a secret tour, and of course there were very few people following him, just a few guards. Deng Yuanjue stayed to take charge of daily affairs, but Yang Shijie followed Jiang Lang.
But now the two of them were holding their arms high and mixing among the soldiers to help harvest food. Jiang Lang had very good physical fitness. Although he was so busy that he was sweating, he didn't feel tired. Of course, his guards were the same. They could be considered a good job when they did such heavy work. They were pitiful to Yang Shijie. After a wealthy family, he had done such heavy work. After a while, he was so tired that he was panting and his eyes were full of stars.
Jiang Lang looked at it, laughed and said, "Brother Yang is tired?"
Yang Shijie smeared the sweat on his forehead and smiled bitterly: "I know now. Every grain is hard-working. I didn't expect that this farm work is really tiring!"
"yes!"
Jiang Lang couldn't help but sigh, "The people are so hard and busy all year round, just to have enough food and clothing. In fact, I think that if all the adults in the court are called to experience such days, maybe they can experience the hardships of the people's lives, so that they will not stand and speak without any pain in their backs!"
"Just like that Lord Xie?"
Chapter completed!