In June, more rain began. The mountains and rivers around Qinzhou were broken, and the mountains and trees were lush in the east and south, but the sky was covered with loess in the west and north. When the heavy rain came, the torrents wrapped in mud and sand flowed out from somewhere. This season, the surrounding areas were quite dangerous for foreigners who were not familiar with the geographical area. Even the Qiaodaoxiang Army led by Lufang stopped surveying the surrounding terrain, and only moved around Chengji, Longcheng and Qingshui.

He had no shortage of money and manpower in his hands. Zhong Shiheng proposed to build an outer city in Qinzhou and expand the scale of the city, but was rejected by Xu Ping. The most important thing now is to renovate the surrounding roads and build water diversion and irrigation facilities in plain areas, and build around Qinzhou into a grain supply base for development to the west. Building a city is defense. Xu Ping does not need to defend in Qinzhou now, but to build a city, he must also build a westward building. With the military power controlled by Qinzhou now, there is no big threat to the surrounding foreign land.

The Qian Qiang tribe gathered in the accounts of the account of the 10,000 or even hundreds of thousands of troops. There may not be even a thousand armored soldiers among the tens of thousands of people. There is no discipline in marching and fighting. When the wind is in a good mood, the war is unfavorable and the mountains and fields are running.

With pure military strength, Qin Feng Road is enough now, and more soldiers are not aimed at dealing with Fan Qiang, but at Dangxiang.

The rainstorm was pouring on this day. Xu Ping and Wang Gongchen stood under the eaves to watch the rain and discussed the harvest this year.

Everything is invented and the manpower is not yet available. The land management service is to enclose land this year, and the field infrastructure is roughly renovated. The grain planting is not yet discussed. Almost all of the plantings are alfalfa and sorghum. Alfalfa is used to raise horses, donkeys, mules and other livestock, while sorghum is used to raise cattle and sheep, and at the same time to make wine.

There was no shortage of livestock in Qinzhou, but in the past, the Han people rarely kept them in captivity, so they bought them from the surrounding Fanluo when they needed them, which was quite convenient. The biggest cost of buying horses from Qinzhou was not the cost of buying horses, but the cost of rushing from Qinzhou to Beijing. The travel fee for each horse to the capital was dozens of traffic, and coupled with the loss of the journey, the money for buying horses was not worth mentioning compared to the cost of buying horses.

Perhaps it was Xu Ping's obsession. He believed that buying horses was unreliable and too unstable. To obtain a reliable source of war horses, the imperial court had to raise horses by himself. There were many places suitable for raising horses around Qinzhou, mainly on the gentle slopes of Xiaolong Mountain in the west and the mountain top highlands, as well as the Qinling remnants on the south side, and there were many natural pastures. However, most of them were summer pastures, and there was still a low-land pasture for breeding horses. Xu Ping had not decided where to set them up.

Seeing the heavy rain pouring onto the ground, Xu Ping said to Wang Gongchen: "This year, the land camp has covered a lot of land around Qinzhou, especially the land that has occupied a lot of land. Has it caused their uneasiness?"

Wang Gongchen smiled and shook his head: "What's wrong with us? We sprinkle a lot of money, but tea and silk cost a lot. The Qiang values ​​wealth over soil, and does not value land very much. As long as they give them money and property, they will be happy to offer the land."

"The Qian Qiang people also have to eat, drink, defecate and scatter. Without land, what do they make a living? Without restraint, they will eventually cause trouble."

Wang Gongchen said: "Most of the foreigners are nomadic people, living by chasing water and grass. The land here is gone, and they are just grazing in another place. Although some people learn to farm in the Han people, they are too extensive and mostly rely on grazing cattle and sheep. However, these foreigners sell land well, but they don't care much about keeping their promises. The general's mansion should pay attention to it."

Xu Ping asked strangely: "Why don't you respect the law of keeping promises? According to the old laws, the French are not allowed to trade with the Han people. It was only relaxed during the Tiansheng period, and only allowed to trade in the city, and there must be a terror as a guarantee. Even if they want to repent and have nowhere to find a deal, can they still find trouble for the terror? Do Qinzhou dare not hit them?"

Wang Gongchen shook his head repeatedly: "Master, you have been in the general's mansion these days and think of these people too kindly. I once heard a song in the city saying that you should buy land from foreigners. Do you want to listen?"

Xu Ping signaled Wang Gongchen to listen to it, and Wang Gongchen learned to sing: "The foreign soldiers entered the market to fight for land, and the Han people wanted land without money. If there was all the land, they would lead Qiang to attack the border. Since the previous dynasty, these Qiangs liked to sell the land to Han people nearby. After selling the land, they got the money and drank every day. When they used up all the money, they went to the surrounding mountains and led the Shengqiang who had not attached to the court to rob. As the war came, there were many ownerless fields, so they occupied it again, or they would give the land as well as those who had made contributions in fighting with Shengqiang. Then they sold the land. This cycle was the way for some of them to make money. Therefore, we did not have any obstacles to buying land from Fanluo this year, but in the next one or two years, Qinzhou would be wary of them coming to the surrounding areas to induce Qiang to cause chaos."

Xu Ping was silent for a while before saying in a deep voice: "Don't worry, I won't give them such a chance. However, these people sold their fields and had no food and clothing, and Qinzhou could not leave it alone. Wait until after the autumn, this matter will be resolved with other matters."

The banyans are not necessarily nomadic peoples, and there are also a large number of banyan Han people, and many of them cultivated fields. But since they have been banyan, their living customs are similar to those of the banyan Qiang. Even if they farm, they are mostly semi-grassing and semi-grassing. For the herdsmen, the most important thing is water and grass, not land. These nomadic and semi-grassing and semi-grassing people do not take the land seriously. Whether it is the Han people or the government, they say they need to buy them with money or property, and they sell them happily. When the land here is gone, they will nomadic and nomadic people to other places, and many conflicts between tribes arise from this.

Of course, the worst thing is to sell the land and spend money, and use the convenience of the same tribe to attract the Qian Qiang from the surrounding mountains to plunder. They serve as guides to make a fortune first, and the court quells the rebellion, and they make another fortune from it.

It is precisely because the foreigners were willing to sell land, but the consequences caused by this were endless. A few prefects reported that the court banned the Han people from buying land from Fanluo. Xu Ping came here to explore and reported that the court abolished the ban, so that the land management in the camp could also buy land from Fanluo in addition to idle land. I thought that the foreigners had no food and clothing after selling the land, so they could find a way to find a job that could support their families, but I didn't expect that Xu Ping's thought was too simple.

As the rain continued, Xu Ping turned around and asked Wang Gongchen: "This year, the Sichuan Gorge has a severe drought, and there may not be much food transported to Qinzhou from there. I see that in your reply to Pang Cao Envoy, Qinfeng Road can support it. Are there any specific arrangements?"

"It's just that the grain stored on Shaanxi Road is only for a year. In addition to the share allocated to us, I also discussed with the Shaanxi Road Transportation Office whether Qinzhou can exchange for their grain for grass. Even if the grain is unwilling to be exchanged for horse feed from other roads in Shaanxi, I have asked that most of the horse feed stored is beans, and alfalfa can be used instead of part. After we get beans, we can use it to press oil, and soybean meal can still be used as feed. With oil, the army can save a lot of grain."

Xu Ping nodded with a smile: "This is also a way. Other troops in the army rely on handing out rice to the soldiers and letting them cook by themselves. There are chefs in the army who specialize in cooking, and they can control it with oil. People, once they have oil and water in their stomachs, their appetite will suddenly decrease. Not only to change beans, but in fact, livestock around Qinzhou can also be used, and cattle and sheep oil can also be used. Use grass to exchange beans, your method is good, and other places can also handle this."

In this era, the cooking was not popular, and Xu Ping made it, which was limited to a few prosperous places around the two capitals. One reason is that the difference in cooking habits is also short of oil. At this time, the biggest use of soybeans is not to press oil, but to use it as a horse's essence. The most used oil is sesame oil. Because the biggest use of oil is to light the lamp, soybean oil is not easy to use.
Chapter completed!