Datang: Li Shimin begged me to rebel

In Shaling Village, Ma Fan's family has been back for more than three days.

Including Ma Fan's family who lived here for the time being, most of them spent three days cleaning up the house, and then went to the field to have a look, and then went to the ground to prepare for sowing.

This is the biggest difference between the north and the south. Because of the multi-season planting in the south, some land needs to be watered after harvesting, so the land is often plowed before planting in spring.

But it is not the case in the north. The north can only grow wheat and other grains for one season, so the fields in the north are harvested in summer, and then some vegetables such as cabbage that grow faster are planted, and then the fields are plowed before autumn and winter. After that, those with irrigation conditions will be irrigated, and the irrigation will be deeper.

After a winter, after the thaw in spring, the water for autumn irrigation has dried up. At this time, you only need to harrow the ground to level the land turned by the plowshare, and then you can sow.

Of course, there are many reasons for choosing to plow the ground in autumn. For example, we can dig out some grass seeds and harmful insect eggs deep in the ground. After a winter, some weeds and insect eggs that are not so tenacious will be frozen to death. Partly, it can effectively reduce pests and diseases.

The second is that in winter and spring in the north, there is often less precipitation, especially in early spring, which is very dry and has a large amount of evaporation. If the land is plowed in spring, the land will be soft and it will be difficult to maintain moisture.

After plowing in autumn, the land is soft, and then deep irrigation can allow the land to absorb a lot of water, and it can effectively retain moisture in spring.

When the moisture content is good, farming will grow better.

Moreover, after leveling the land with the ground rake in spring, the ground rake can directly rake out some grass roots in the soil, and then throw them outside, where the weeds will die in the wind and sun.

This is the experience summed up by the people on this land from farming for more than 2000 years.

It's like that although the best planting season has passed, there is still time, but after the wheat is harvested, it may be impossible to plant cabbage and the like.

To be honest, the people in Shaling Village were waiting anxiously, and so was Ma Fan's family. Now the best sowing season has already passed, and Datang said that it is to provide grain, but they don't know when it will arrive.

Many people have considered whether to sow their own grain first.

Although when it comes to the autumn harvest, the grain can only be rented by ordinary tenants, and the rest must be given to Datang.

But...it can also keep them alive.If you don't sow seeds, the wheat seedlings will usher in the rainy season at an inappropriate time, or the rainy season will enter the harvest time, then it will be terrible!At that time, there may be no harvest!

Compared with no harvest, even if they grow their own food, they prefer to let themselves live first.

This is the thinking of ordinary people, as long as they have a chance to survive, it is not so hard, and thoughts such as rebellion will hardly appear in their minds.

"Come, come!" On the morning of the fourth day, Ma Fan's family got up, and they were just about to discuss with the village chief.

But before they went to the village chief's house, they heard noises coming from the entrance of the village.

Ma Fan and the others immediately ran to the entrance of the village, and soon saw a convoy of more than a dozen carriages coming in this direction.Around the carriage was half of the Tang soldiers and half of the captive soldiers of Goguryeo.

When the convoy arrived in the village, the villagers of Shaling Village also gathered together.

"Everyone in Shaling Village, on behalf of Datang, I will distribute grain to you according to your actual cultivation of the fields. Each mu of land needs 30 catties of wheat seeds. Now every household will come here to collect the things according to your previous registration."

The leading soldier didn't talk nonsense and went straight to the point.

All the villagers lined up immediately, and when the wheat seeds were poured out of the bag, all the villagers couldn't help but widen their eyes.

They are all farmers, and you can tell at a glance whether the seeds are good or not. These wheat seeds are full of grains, and their volume is at least one-third larger than their wheat seeds, and the color and luster are very beautiful!This looks like a good breed!

All of a sudden, all the common people understood why Datang wanted to provide them with wheat seeds, probably because they didn't like their original seeds.

"These wheat seeds must be sown in place. In addition, in order to make you more motivated to work, His Royal Highness Qin Wang announced that each household will give you two sickles and a plowshare for free. In addition, you will be given a complete Qu Yuan for your village. There are two plows, and the rest are plowshares. If you want to use it in autumn, you can trouble yourself to find someone to build it according to the other parts of the Quyuan plow.”

The leading soldier announced another thing that all the villagers in Shaling Village did not expect.

When the sickle blade was directly taken out, all the people were stunned. They also had a sickle, but they had never used this kind of sickle made of pure iron.

Many people's sickles are nailed to the front of the wood with a little bit of iron as the blade, and the rest are supported by wood, because they can't afford that much iron.

The sickle blade given by Datang is about three fingers wide at its widest point, and is curved, leaving a place for installing a wooden handle.

There is no sharpening, they need to polish it themselves, but it doesn't matter, this is iron!

And there is actually a pair of plowshares, which are heavier than sickles!This... of course they know how expensive iron is.

Datang gave them directly?

"In addition, because part of your village's animal power has been lost, ten draft horses are temporarily arranged for your village as your farming animal power, and you will have to return them next year or the year after. There are five mares and five stallions in total. You can breed on your own, and if you give birth to a foal, His Highness King Qin allows you to keep the foal." The Tang soldier announced another thing.

This time, all the villagers couldn't help it anymore. There are now thirty households in their village, and ten pack horses are given. Doesn't this mean that three households can get one horse?

"Of course, considering the actual number of households in your village, after your three households are allocated a pack horse, the land of your three households will also be settled together. That is to say, all your land must be planted. , If the farmland is not enough, the three families will share it equally. Now the distribution of horses is determined by drawing lots, and these horses are numbered from one to ten." The soldier explained again.

Ma Fan and the others were all beaming, it just happened that he, his parents and his elder brother belonged to three households, so they happened to be able to get one horse.I just don't know if I can catch a male or a female.

Of course, the mare is even better, she can be bred after the work is done, and maybe she will have a foal next year.

There are a total of [-] households in Shaling Village, and the east and west are divided quickly.After distributing the things, these Datang soldiers left directly.

"Father... this Datang person is quite nice, if we are all from Datang in the future." On the way back, Ma Fan heard a [-] or [-]-year-old boy in front say to his father.

"Shut up, don't dare to say such nonsense in the future." The boy's father slapped him directly.

Datang... is quite good.Ma Fan also had this idea in his heart, but he is an adult, so he can only say this in his own home.