Seeing the surrounding area becoming more and more desolate, all of which were not cultivated, Zhang Junde was a little panicked. He was angry again, and couldn't help but ask Du Zhongxiao in front: "Officialist, I see that there are not many villages by the river we crossed ahead, and there are still a lot of wasteland? We just need to rely on the village to clear the land there, why do we have to be so far away?"

After hearing this, Du Zhongxiao knew that these people were suspicious of them, so they had to arrange to stay away from the camp and field servicing. After a smile, Du Zhongxiao turned around and said to several people: "You are skilled people. You need to spin wool, of course you have to find a suitable place. Just follow me and you will naturally understand when you arrive. There are wastelands and residents there, so don't worry."

Everyone was skeptical and followed Du Zhongxiao and others, heading eastward. Gradually, there were more hills and mountains appearing ahead.

When he saw the river, Du Zhongxiao said, "It's coming soon, we're walking faster."

I went up the river and walked a short distance away. I saw a dam built where the river came out of the mountain pass. Next to the dam, there were some thatched huts and houses, which were a small village with three or five families.

Du Zhongxiao said, "Here, this is the first place to accommodate you." As he said, Du Zhongxiao got off the horse and led everyone forward.

When we arrived at the entrance of the village, several villagers were waiting there early and saluted together.

When we arrived at an open space and sat down with several club leaders, Du Zhongxiao said, "It takes time to weave wool into wool velvet far more than linen and silk, especially the final rinsing, which is still laborious. We use water trucks here, water rushes and whipped wool velvet. The place we came here just now was too smooth and it was difficult to set up water trucks. Therefore, the villages that weaved wool are all in the places where the river flows out of the mountains. In addition to this area, there are more than a dozen small villages along the foot of this area. Your people are placed in these villages, and those who have crafts weaving wool velvets, and those who have farming go to open fields by themselves. Taking advantage of the sunny weather, the yamen lends you seeds and farm tools to open fields nearby. There are people in the field camping and the yamen organizes to build houses for you."

Only then did everyone understand Du Zhongxiao's meaning and thank him together. The wool weaving is different from silk and cloth. It must be rinsed in the end, otherwise it cannot be cut into clothes. Without this process, thick hair and short brown will be worthless, and Dangxiang is also a talent for wearing it. The commercial products Du Zhongxiao wants are not the kind of worthless things, and this process is still valued.

The rinsing process is the most labor-intensive and is the most labor-intensive link in the wool wool. There are even hydraulic forging hammers not far away. It is natural to build some small dams and use hydraulic power to rinse them.

Apart from the Yellow River, there are no large rivers here, but there are many small rivers. They all come out of nearby mountains and flow into the Yellow River not far away. The water flows of these small rivers are unstable, and the water rises during the flood season, and many of them are cut off in winter and spring. To be used, dams can only be built to store water. Fortunately, these small dams are built in mountain passes, without the problem of water competition, and have some functions of flood control and drought resistance.

Du Zhongxiao also thought about hydraulic weaving, but he was not familiar with textiles and had no energy to study them carefully, so he had to put them in there first. Now the Song Dynasty has sufficient human resources and the demand for textile machinery is not urgent. The most important thing is commercialization. Unfortunately, there is no textile machinery, so it cannot drive the development of related industries, so it can only be done step by step.

He took a few club heads to the small dam next to him and looked at the hydraulic washing device that was working. Du Zhongxiao said to them: "Who do you allocate yourself to stay in this village and make a list together. However, the meaning of the yamen is that each village has people from each club to avoid conflicts in the future. Furthermore, if it is scattered, each village has craftsmen, and it is also convenient to twist yarn and weave cloth."

The leaders of the society knew very well, and the yamen were still prepared to disrupt the organization. Fortunately, Du Zhongxiao spoke gently and the request was not excessive. After discussing it, several leaders of the society agreed.

The families who live here now are all affiliated with the field business and are specially rinsed here. However, there are not many products now, only scattered blankets are sent, and they mainly cultivated and opened land.

After looking at the surrounding terrain, in order to prevent conflicts, Du Zhongxiao asked several members of the club to place the people who were placed here opposite, and chose to build a village on a flat land, and separate a river from the ones who currently live here. As for which arable land is reclaimed, we will arrange it later.

After leaving this village, we went south and passed five similar places, and settled the households. At noon, we went to the pasture managed by Chen Qin to rest and have lunch there. The pasture is a hilly highland, which divides the river valley in the area into two parts: north and south.

Chen Qin bought a lot of horses from Tanglong Town. He has been very busy recently, printing and making books to divide horses into groups. After this period of supplementation, the garrison of the Volcanic Army is not short of horses, and the excess horses are all raised here. Du Zhongxiao is selecting and training village soldiers, many of which are cavalry. These people take turns to the ranch to learn horses, but they don’t give them horses, but they are just reserve forces.

After preparing the meal, Chen Qin invited Du Zhongxiao to sit down and gathered with several club leaders to toast together.

Du Zhongxiao drank a glass of wine and said, "You are here thousands of miles away, and you have to bear some burden. The land here is vast and there is no shortage of money and food. As long as you work hard, you will not have to worry about food and clothing in the future. The government will lend you all seeds and farm tools. Now you plant some beans and then plant wheat in autumn. When you harvest the wheat in the next year, you will return the seeds. The money for the farm tools is based on the rules of farming and farming. One is to rent and the other is to buy. When renting, pay the rent when you return the seeds. Buy it for five years and pay the principal and interest. As for craftsmen with craftsmanship, there are public officials who come here to arrange work for you. The tools are lended to you and each calculates the wages."

A middle-aged man asked, "Officials, don't know how to calculate the wages?"

Du Zhongxiao said: "There are also two algorithms. One is to calculate money by the number of things, such as the number of woven pieces. The other is to calculate money by the number of days. You work in the workshops of the field business and receive money and grain according to the number of days."

Many people here worked in slavery during the Hexi and Western Regions. Some were official slaves, some were private slaves, and the employment system was rare. Du Zhongxiao said the method of calculating money, but they didn't understand it. They roughly understood what it meant and agreed.

After drinking for a while, Du Zhongxiao said, "After using the meal, a prosecutor, Mr. Cheng, came here. In the afternoon, he took you to another place to see. There is still something in my yamen, so I will say goodbye to you. If you have something to do in the future, just go to the yamen to find me."

Zhang Junde said: "Thank you for your care all the way, and the young people are very grateful. We have been in the Hu area for a long time and do not know the rules of the Central Plains. If there is anything wrong, please forgive me."

Du Zhongxiao waved his hand: "It's okay, it's natural to be familiar with it after a long time. This area is vast and sparsely populated, and it's a time when people are short of people. You can live in peace and take care of your life. Whether it's farming or working, you will definitely not treat you badly."

Everyone bowed and thanked Du Zhongxiao. Seeing the place and having a place to settle down, these people felt completely at ease. Many of them were thinking about how to build houses and how to open land, and looking forward to their future life.

Just use the food, Du Zhongxiao was accompanied by Chen Qin to watch the horses bought in the past few days in the past. There are many horses here, but they are actually used as cows. The quantity is much larger, but the quality is a bit unbearable.

After walking around, Du Zhongxiao said to Chen Qin: "I see that there are people selling donkeys in Tanglong Town, so you can buy some at your discretion. If you want to use it, rent it out and collect some money. The most important thing is not to mistakenly breed horses and raise some mules."

Chen Qin agreed and wrote down one by one.

At this moment, Cheng Wenli walked over quickly and said to Du Zhongxiao: "Zhijun, Tang Long Town sent a book, saying that there was a Yelu Buhua in the Khitan who had arrived there, and asked you to go back and discuss something."
Chapter completed!