"Wei Xiaokuan told me that in the Pseudo Zhou Dynasty, a tree should be planted every one mile, three trees should be planted in ten miles, and five trees should be planted in a hundred miles."
"I think we can follow suit."
“It’s not easy to live in such a climate, let alone farming.”
"We have to find ways to improve it."
In the official office, Liu Taozi sat in the upper position, and his minions sat on both sides.
Hearing Liu Taozi's words, Tu Xiyue smiled and said: "General, don't worry. This kind of weather is only for a month or two. It will pass soon. This system of burning trees has been in place for a long time."
, there should be no trees around the border fortress, otherwise, if the enemy comes from afar, they can cut them down directly and turn them into siege machines, which will be detrimental to the defense of the city. "
"Secondly, if there are woods, they will be used to ambush the enemy. They will get into the dense woods and block their vision."
"It's not what Pseudo Zhou thought about planting trees in that area. In the past, we also had road protection forests here. However, the trees were used to mark the route. It was really inappropriate. They were too easy to be destroyed and could not be stopped.
The people cut it down privately."
Liu Taozi said: "I heard from the locals that more than ten years ago, this place was not like this, let alone filled with yellow sand. But now it has been like this for a month or two. If we don't stop it, in another ten years, this place will not be like this."
What kind of scene would it be like?"
Tu Xi smiled more and did not refute again, "Just do as the general said."
Liu Taozi looked at Tian Zili again, "Also, be prepared for the winter."
"only!!"
Yao Xiong sat among the many minions with a solemn expression. This atmosphere was finally right.
After their brother left, many of them became unfocused and rarely had such solemn moments.
"After I left, I heard that you were all very busy. Da Meng, you married a beautiful lady, why didn't you tell me?"
Liu Taozi suddenly looked to her left.
A tall man was sweating profusely. He quickly stood up, walked out of the column, and knelt in front of Liu Taozi, "Brother, I."
"I took four concubines in a row, played all day long, and didn't even participate in the drills. I didn't care when Yao Xiong was attacked. Tian Zili couldn't even call you. You have followed me for a long time and you have learned this?"
"Brother, I am guilty!!"
Wang Dameng trembled and said: "I will never dare to do it again."
"According to military law, what is the crime of disobeying military orders?"
Tian Zili stood up and said coldly: "You should die."
Wang Dameng hurriedly kowtowed, "Brother! I am guilty! If you want to die, please let me take the lead. I would rather die on the battlefield than in the hands of my brothers!!"
Yao Xiong immediately stood up and said, "Brother! Please spare him the death penalty! I couldn't cure him, so I'm willing to share some of his guilt!"
"point?"
Liu Taozi looked at Yao Xiong, and Zhang Heizu and others also stood up.
"Brother, please forgive him for the death penalty in view of the many achievements he has made!"
"I will spare you the crime of death. I will give you thirty sticks and you will be deposed as an armored soldier."
"Thank you brother!!"
Immediately, a soldier pulled him out, and Liu Taozi looked at the rest of the people. Several of them were extremely frightened and sweating profusely.
"You follow me for fame, titles, or wealth. I don't care."
"As long as I don't force him, Wang Dameng will take thirty concubines. It has nothing to do with me. I just can't delay the business."
"The great cause has not even taken half a step forward, but it has begun to neglect and relax. How can it be justified?"
"Brother! I understand my mistake!"
Everyone bowed their heads.
"Okay, let's all go out. Xiong, Zili, and Gang, the three of you stay here."
Everyone stood up and left one after another. Only these three people stayed. After everyone left, Tian Zili cursed: "You idiot, what do you mean by dividing the blame? Are you going to lead the generals against your brother?!"
Yao Xiong was stunned and quickly explained: "Brother, that's not the case. It's just that Wang Dameng has been following his brother since he became an emperor. When he attacked Chongguang Temple, this guy was the first to climb the city. He was stabbed three times and almost died there. He was loyal to his brother.
Geng Geng, me."
"alright."
"I'm not asking you to stay here to ask for guilt."
"Talk about something important."
Cui Gang hurriedly took Yao Xiong out. After a while, the two returned to Liu Taozi holding thick documents and put them down. Cui Gang gasped, "Brother, these are the soldiers from all over the world.
And the situation of civilian husbands.”
"After you left, a large number of dead people came to seek refuge. Especially this month, people came to seek refuge in droves. It is almost winter and the dead people cannot survive."
"Some people also ran away from the county, and I stayed behind."
"A total of more than 40,000 people have come, and the number is still growing."
"Our warehouse is still relatively full. We have taken a lot of loot from the temples before, which is enough for us. However, many of the land deeds and cultivated land obtained from them have been taken away by local counties."
"After all, we are in their territory, and I can't place our civilian husbands in their territory."
"Right now, there are still many civilians in need of relief. There is really nothing to eat in this place. Without relief, these people simply cannot survive."
"In addition to repairing city walls, building villages and towns, and paving roads, we have also reclaimed some wasteland. However, I am afraid it will take four or five years to turn these wastelands into good farmland for farming. In addition, there is no such land around the town.
Going to the woods for the winter is also a big hassle."
"Fortunately, we can still get it from the county. It seems that we can only continue to repair the residence, and there is no other option for firewood."
Cui Gang was a very serious person. When he spoke, he would hold the documents and look at them before speaking. Without looking at them, it seemed that he couldn't even say a word.
Tian Zili stood aside without saying a word, listening to Cui Gang describing the current situation to Liu Taozi.
When he was halfway through speaking, Tian Zili suddenly said: "Cui Jun, just let me tell you the rest. You'd better keep an eye on the military officials first to prevent them from starting to act randomly again."
"well."
Even if Cui Gang was interrupted, he was not unhappy at all. He saluted Liu Taozi and left in a hurry.
After he left, Yao Xiong closed the door, and Tian Zili smiled and said, "Brother, these common people are our foundation."
"At present, there are more than 200,000 civilians in the frontier fortress. These people have been organized. Their officials do not receive salary from the temple. They only follow the orders of the lord. People from all over the country continue to defect. Maybe in a few years, we can support 400,000 to 500,000 civilians.
.”
"We can select those who can read and write to assist our brother in governing. At the same time, we can also select those who are brave and strong to form an army."
"You can use Cang Tou's name."
Yao Xiong suddenly said: "In terms of fighting, we still have to rely on these Xianbei border soldiers. As for the civilians, we just let them farm. Why organize an army?"
"Oh, now that my brother is out, those border soldiers will no longer obey the general's orders. If one day the temple deposes my brother, how many of them do you think will continue to follow?"
"These civilians, on the other hand, eat the general's food and drink the general's food. In the future, even if the general is white, he will be able to order them to fight for him!!"
Yao Xiong glanced at Tian Zili and said, "Why do you always want to make your brother white? My brother is favored by His Majesty!"
"If you really love me, you won't send any generals. This is obviously a precaution. My brother has a very high prestige in the army, and he has accepted these civilians, appointed officials privately, and arranged them with his own hands. If my brother stays here for a few more years, Your Majesty
Can you still sit still?"
Liu Taozi was still sitting where he was, watching the two people arguing, and suddenly asked: "When distributing military pay, were you told that it was your Majesty who distributed it?"
"Informed."
"When you were helping civilians, did you tell them that it was His Majesty's kindness?"
"Informed."
"Then there is nothing to worry about for the time being. There is no need to rush to form an army. Just continue with the arrangements."
Tian Zili said helplessly: "Brother, although this is appropriate, sending away such people's hearts for no reason is fine for the army, but why should it be done to these civilians?"
"Whether it is my foundation or not is not important. It is important that hundreds of thousands of people can survive."
Tian Zili trembled all over, "Wei!!"
In October of the first year of Emperor Jian's reign.
The wind was strong, and the knights raised their flags high. The flags rustled in the wind, and more than ten knights rushed towards Wuchuan.
When they rushed to the door, Liu Taozi had already led everyone out to greet them.
The leading knight took out the edict from his arms.
"Your Majesty has an order!!"
"Generals from all over the country are guarding the schools and staying at the official offices. They are not allowed to go out!"
After the knight finished reading, he put away the edict and looked at Liu Taozi, "General Zhaoyong, your Majesty has personally led the army and has arrived in Shuozhou!"
"Because I am worried that the generals from all over the country are rushing to see me and delaying the military affairs, I have issued an order, please stay at the official office and wait."
"only!"
Liu Taozi saluted, and the other party turned and left.
Yao Xiong was confused, "Generals are not allowed to go out? What does this mean?"
"It's probably to prevent His Majesty's location from being revealed."
Kou Liu replied.
Tian Zili kept a straight face and remained silent, not knowing what he was thinking.
Liu Taozi turned around, looked at the many minions, waved her hand, and led them back to the city.
At the same time, in Taiping Town, the southernmost part of Wuchuan garrison, a group of horse dealers sat in a house of 100 households and drank hot water.
It's freezing cold and the strong wind is knocking on the door.
Several powerful horse dealers sat on the couch rudely. The leader was an extremely burly young man who looked less than thirty years old and had an obvious scar on his forehead.
Facing the rough wind outside, the young man took a gulp of hot water and spit out thick mist.
He put down the bowl and looked at the old man in front of him.
"In other words, you are not an ordinary village. You don't have any horses that you can sell to us?"
Murong Chi nodded, "That's true. If you want to buy horses, you can go to Hengzhou. I heard that the horses there are cheaper. There are only Bingshu and these horses in the towns where civilians are housed. The horses are only sold to the people in the garrison.
, outsiders are not allowed in. We are all civilians here, receiving food from the temple and working for the temple. There is no private property at all."
The young man marveled, "After traveling all over the country, I heard for the first time that there are villages and towns where people are resettled."
Murong Chi smiled bitterly, "You don't know something. In the past, we were all left outside the city. We had to repair the city wall and have work to do. So we were given some food and asked to work. If there was no work, we would be hungry.
Every day, people starved to death, were randomly beaten to death, and some were sold into slavery beyond the Great Wall."
"There are basically no people who come here to do corvée work and come back alive."
"Today's General Zhaoyong is kind-hearted and understands the sufferings of the people. He specially resettled us and gave us shelter from the wind and rain. He also allowed us to cultivate farmland. We are not afraid that there will be no food to eat and many people will escape.
They are all back now.”
"I know a little bit about writing, so I was appointed as the head of a hundred households. I am responsible for organizing the people here. I am responsible for doing the work and distributing food."
The young man nodded, "That's it! General Zhaoyong is amazing! He is truly amazing!"
Murong Chi laughed, "Since His Majesty succeeded to the throne, life has gotten better. Your Majesty is a benevolent king. He promoted people like General Zhaoyong, issued an edict to settle us, allowed us to farm, and gave us
How could I have survived at my age when I was distributing food, if I hadn't been such a benevolent king? I don't know how long I have been looking forward to it, but we are finally lucky to have such a king, and we are so lucky."
"Oh? His Majesty arranged for you?"
"Yes, the officials who came to distribute food often read the imperial edicts to us. It was His Majesty who allowed us to farm and asked the local government to pay for our resettlement. This is known to all the frontiers. Don't you know? I heard it. Your Majesty learned that Zhao
General Yong has done great service in arranging civilians, so he was specially appointed as General Zhaoyong. In the past, he seemed to be one level lower. This is a holy king descended from heaven."
The corner of the young man's mouth suddenly twitched. He quickly picked up the bowl in front of him, covered his face, and drank it all in one gulp.
Murong Chi quickly shouted: "Gentleman! Hot! Hot!"
The young man put down the bowl and shook his head, "It doesn't matter, the weather is like this, it would be most comfortable if it was hot!"
"Can you have enough to eat now?"
The young man suddenly asked.
Murong Chi said with a smile: "Even the military lords in the city dare not say that they can have enough to eat, let alone us. Thanks to Renjun, we can still survive. This winter is probably going to be difficult, but last time we came here
The person distributing food said that Your Majesty might be coming, and I think His Majesty is kind and if he comes here and sees that we are having difficulty surviving the winter, he will definitely help us."
The young man said nothing.
At this moment, someone suddenly shouted outside.
"Murong! The food is here!"
Murong Chi gestured to a few horse traders, and then hurried out.
Young people prick up their ears and listen.
"This is the food for this month, and there are a few carts of wood. Don't use it to burn it. Repair the house! Do you understand? Your Majesty asked the county to take out these wood specially for you to survive the winter. Don't burn it! You must.
Inform your subordinates!"
"only"
At this moment, Housheng couldn't help but raise the corners of his mouth.
After a long time, Murong Chi came back again and sat in front of several people. "Gentleman, please don't blame me. I was just talking about so many things. Your Majesty actually sent the wood. Now I feel more relieved."
"Which county sent the wood?"
"I don't know."
"Um."
The young man stood up and saluted the old man, "Old man, since we don't have any horses to buy, let's take our leave now. Thank you for your hospitality."
He groped for his sleeves, but found nothing, and immediately looked at the entourage beside him.
The man quickly took out some money, and the young man frowned. The man took it out again, almost removing all his sleeves.
The young man picked up the money and put it aside, "Old man, these lunch boxes are a thank you gift."
"Oh, how dare you do this?"
"Gentleman, you."
"No problem, just take it!"
The young man turned around and walked out, and the rest of his entourage followed him. Murong Chi followed him all the way to the door, thanking them and saying goodbye.
After the group of people disappeared into the distance, Murong Chi closed the door.
He immediately leaned against the door, gasping for air.
He wiped his forehead, tremblingly picked up the money, and looked at it repeatedly. When he saw the thin word "呑" on it, Murong Chi was so frightened that he took a deep breath again.
Sure enough.
At the same time, the young man had already walked out of the village, and there were already knights waiting in formation, waiting for their return.
Wang Xi wrapped his thick clothes tightly and said with a smile: "Your Majesty's virtuous name is known all over the world."
This young man, Emperor Daqi Gaoyan, had such joy on his face. He glanced at Wang Xi and said, "Isn't that what the king said when he was in Yecheng?"
Wang Xi hurriedly said: "It's not that I don't trust General Zhaoyong's loyalty."
"It's just that I still feel that General Zhaoyong has too much power. This has nothing to do with his loyalty."
Gao Yan ignored it and looked to the left and right. Someone immediately brought the golden armor.
Surrounded by many soldiers, Gao Yan put on the emperor's special armor.
Then, he raised his riding whip and said, "Go to Wuchuan!!"
The knights marched neatly at the front, and the mighty army set off towards Wuchuan. Its momentum could not be concealed from anyone.
Wuchuan was extremely noisy, and Liu Taozi led the generals out to greet them.
Yao Xiong put on his latest armor and took care of his beard again and again. Kou Liu excitedly contacted Xianbei repeatedly, turning to ask Chu Jiande if he should say a few words to Xianbei when he saw His Majesty later.
Words to express kindness?
Cui Gang's face turned red, he put on some clothes that he couldn't bear to wear on weekdays, he took care of them meticulously, and murmured something in a low voice.
face saint.
In the past, these old brothers who followed Liu Taozi were simply unimaginable.
A year ago, when officials came to see them, they would feel afraid.
But now, they are also the ones who can come out to greet the emperor and talk to him.
Compared with their excitement, Tian Zili was much calmer. He was still wearing the same clothes as before and was not prepared at all.
There is also Liu Taozi who is so calm.
After waiting for an unknown amount of time, the knights finally appeared in front of everyone. These knights were all elites transferred from Jinyang. They were fully armed. They were much more elite than the border soldiers. It would not be an exaggeration to say that they were armed to the teeth.
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At the beginning, there were more than ten knights in full heavy armor opening the way. Just such a knight in full heavy armor could hold up against many elite border soldiers.
There were more and more knights, and finally, the entire Wuchuan was occupied by the knights, and the inside and outside were governed by their people. Everyone standing here had to be thoroughly checked by the knights, and those who were not qualified to welcome them had to go back.
Go home and don't go out.
After making all security preparations, Gao Yan finally slowly appeared in front of everyone.
Liu Taozi quickly led everyone forward to salute.
"Meet the Khan!!"
Gao Yan was stunned for a moment, then laughed.
"I asked you to come to Wuchuan to teach the Chinese people, but how come you were led astray by them?!"
Chapter completed!