Chapter 063 Big Production, Big Leap Forward

Xu Xingxia naturally understood the powerful relationship of political marriage. As a big man's marriage, true love almost does not exist, and only desires or interests are there. The internal struggle between the Mongols is of course no exception. Namuzhong and other three girls represent three different tribes and represent three different forces. If Lin Danhan married these three girls, it would be equivalent to alliance with these three tribes. Of course, this is not a good thing for other tribes. Especially for the Tatars, it would definitely not be a good thing. Therefore, as long as there is a chance, the Tatars will definitely destroy the marriage.

Lin Danhan had more than one Tatar. After Nurhaci founded the country, Lin Danhan had troubles, as well as the Korqin tribe from the east. Under the enlistment of the Tatars of the Later Jin Dynasty, the relationship between the Korqin tribe and the Great Jin Kingdom was getting closer and closer. Two years ago, the two sides had already married. Xu Xingxia vaguely remembered that Huang Taiji's great concubine seemed to be a woman from the Korqin tribe, named Zhezhe. Zhezhe was later Empress Xiaoduanwen. Her father was Manggusi, the great lord of the Korqin tribe.

If it was just Zhezhe who married alone, the problem was not very big. The problem was that under the leadership of Zhezhe, several women in the Korqin tribe married the Later Jin Tartars one after another, including the famous Bumubutai, the Empress Dowager Xiaozhuang. In addition, there were Hailanzhu, Wuyunzhu and so on. In the Later Jin Tartars, a large number of women married into the Korqin tribe. The marriage between the two parties greatly enhanced the strength of the Later Jin Tartars. Without the support of the Mongolian Korqin tribe, the Later Jin Tartars would definitely not be able to rise rapidly.

Judging from the experience summarized by later generations, the Ming court always made a big mistake when dealing with the rise of the Later Jin Tartars, that is, they did not concentrate their efforts to deal with the Korqin tribe. They even deliberately or unintentionally ignored this tribe. Originally, as long as the Ming court increased its assistance to Lin Dankhan and used Lin Dankhan to curb the Korqin tribe, the several times of the Later Jin Tartars would definitely not be able to complete it.

Unfortunately, the civil servant group of the Ming Dynasty was still too stubborn and too short-sighted. They were reluctant to let out a little money from their fingers to help Lin Danhan. On the contrary, they also terminated their cooperation with Lin Danhan. For example, Yuan Chonghuan interrupted the agreement to purchase the heads of the Later Jin Tartars from the Mongols, which caused strong dissatisfaction among the Mongols and also gave the Later Jin Tartars more room to survive.

No wonder some people in later generations said that maybe Yuan Chonghuan was not a traitor, and he might not have the intention to be a traitor, but he did something more hateful than a traitor. He terminated the acquisition of the head of the Later Jin Tartars, killed Mao Wenlong, and sold military supplies to the Mongolian merchants of the Korqin tribe. Anything was better and more perfect than a real traitor. No wonder the Qing Dynasty couldn't help but rehabilitate him after entering the pass. The contributions were so great that even the Later Jin Tartars couldn't bear to bury them!

"Damn, I didn't catch up!"

Xu Xingxia thought helplessly.

If he had enough strength now, he would have quickly marched northward and took advantage of the chaos within the Mongols to sank the prairie in one fell swoop. Capturing those women was the second. The key was to completely surrender the Mongols and you could free up your hands and concentrate on dealing with the wild boar skin of the Later Jin Dynasty. Without the help of the Mongols of the Korqin tribe, the wild boar skin would probably have to live in the deep mountains and forests for a long time.

After dealing with these complicated but very necessary things, Xu Xingxia's main task was to produce and make a big leap forward. Every day, under the leadership of Xu Xingxia, the soldiers of Niujiaoduan rolled up their sleeves, rolled up their trousers, and were busy in the fields around Niujiaoduan. Every day, they started to be busy shortly after dawn, and they did not finish work until the sun sets and the sky became dark. If they were soldiers before, then in these few days, they became pure farmers, working from sunrise to sunset.

The first thing Xu Xingxia has to sort out is of course the vegetable field. According to Xu Xingxia's requirements, a total of 43 acres of vegetable field were sorted out. These vegetable fields are all standard, about ten feet long and three feet wide, and a piece of vegetable field is exactly about half acre. Among them, 30 acres are used to plant sweet potatoes, while the other 13 acres are used to plant various fresh fruits and vegetables.

After the vegetable field was cleared, everyone concentrated their efforts to build pigpens and poultry sheds. These projects required a lot of wood. Fortunately, the Niujiao Dunes itself had a lot of wood, so it was just to use local materials. If the pillars were not enough, it didn't matter. Just go to Helan Mountain to cut it directly. Anyway, there were many woods in Helan Mountain. After the wood was cut, they were pulled back with horses. Five war horses walked side by side, and three huge woods could be carried back. As for the safety of the road, Xu Xingxia was naturally responsible.

The Tatars seemed to be very sensible, but they didn't come to make trouble these days. As a result, everything went very smoothly. Three days later, the vegetable fields were sorted out, lettuce, spinach, pumpkin, eggplant, taro, radish, pepper and so on. Of course, Wang Qinian was responsible for purchasing the seeds. He also brought some chili, potatoes and carrot seeds. These things were just introduced from overseas and were not planted on a large scale in Ningxia Town.

Only thirty acres of sweet potatoes are a bit troublesome. Sweet potatoes are grown with sweet potato vines, not seeds. For a while, Wang Qinian could not find so many sweet potato vines. He bought all the sweet potato vines grown by the military households of Weizhen Fort. However, he had already contacted Pinglu City, so the problem should not be big. In such a huge Ningxia Town, you can always find some suitable sweet potato vines.

After the pigpen was built, two piglets were raised. The piglets were also bought by Wang Qinian. After the poultry shed was built, a batch of chickens, ducks and geese were raised, which were about ten. The cubs of chickens, ducks and geese were also bought by Wang Qinian. Now Wang Qinian has almost become a non-staff member of Niujiaodun. As long as Xu Xingxia wants to buy something, he will immediately think of him. He is also happy to make some pocket money from Xu Xingxia.

The fish pond has no time to do it yet. The biggest reason is that it is that there is a serious shortage of manpower. Digging fish ponds is not a trivial matter. Without dozens of people, it is impossible to dig a decent fish pond in a few months. Niujiao Dun has only a few people, so they can't get busy every day. It's more than 40 acres of land, enough for them to be busy every day. Fortunately, the food is still so rich, otherwise, someone might not be able to bear it.

Weizhen Fort and Niujiao Dun are not far apart, and the news on both sides is still very informative. Weizhen Fort also knew about Xu Xingxia's big fight in Niujiao Dun. In fact, the last time Liu Guangliang and a few craftsmen came back, the military households of Weizhen Fort were very curious about Niujiao Dun. Niujiao Dun's lunch was so rich, which was simply crazy. Xu Xingxia was really a big deal and was willing to buy this much meat for his subordinates.

Then, even more outrageous news came, saying that Niujiaoduan had opened up a large number of fields, planted a large number of vegetables and sweet potatoes, and prepared to raise pigs and fish, and carried out production. At the beginning, everyone thought that Xu Xingxia was crazy. Under the threat of the Tartars, wasn’t it a waste of effort to do these things? If there was a harvest and the Tartars came, wouldn’t this be a waste of money? Why was Xu Xingxia so naive?

Even Xu Xingxia's father couldn't help but worry after hearing the relevant news. Of course, he knew that all the expenses of these jobs were all expenses by Xu Xingxia alone, and the boss did not allocate a penny. In other words, all of this was Xu Xingxia's personal private property. If a lot of money was invested and he ended up in vain, the consequences would be serious. Once the Tartar army arrived, there would be nothing left.

However, Mr. Xu believes that his son will not do boring things. He believes that his son must have his own reasons for doing this. Therefore, although Mr. Xu is a little worried and worried that the Tartars will come and destroy all this, he speaks for his son in public or semi-public occasions. Of course, his words must be subject to good or malicious persuasion by many military households. After all, it is too risky to do all this around Niujiaodun, and almost no military household is optimistic about it.

However, Xu Xingxia showed no sign of stopping. He sent people to Weizhen Fort to buy a large number of fruit and vegetable seeds, and bought two piglets, a batch of chickens, ducks and goose cubs. This made people believe that Xu Xingxia was really here, and it was definitely not a whim. Later, someone revealed that Xu Xingxia promised that as long as it was within the range of his arrow, the Tartars would not want to destroy everything about Niujiao Dun.

If you want Xu Xingxia's perverted archery skills, the military households in Weizhenbao have to believe that they might be able to create a miracle in Niujiaoduan. If the Tartars want to destroy all this, they really have to pass Xu Xingxia first. Xu Xingxia's level is not easy to pass. At least, the previous Tartars were all finished as long as they met Xu Xingxia.

"What exactly should Niujiao Dun do?"

This is the topic of conversation among many Weizhen Fort military households after dinner.

During this period, every night, many military households gathered in the gravel field of Weizhen Fort. They were discussing heatedly that everything Xu Xingxia did in Niujiaodun. As time goes by, more and more military households support Xu Xingxia, or hope that Xu Xingxia really creates a miracle.
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