Quan Yutianxia GL

Waking up in the morning, Chu Ning was lazy in bed and didn't want to get up. She didn't get up trembling until Bai Su Xijian returned to the room.

After breakfast, the two of them came out of the heaven and earth one after another, and Chuning realized that it was colder today.

It was just dry and cold, and there was no snow, which made Chuning a little worried.

The new land in Shepherd City has not been reclaimed much. Even if enough new land is reclaimed this year, the harvest of the first planting in the new land next year will not be much better.If there are not a few heavy snowfalls, the wheat planted by the people this winter will not be enough to produce next year, and there will be a shortage of grains everywhere, and no matter how rich the Muzhucheng City is, it may not be able to buy grain.

Liang Chunhua led the horse over and asked her, "Where does your envoy want to go today?"

"Go and see the new land that has just been cultivated."

Chuning has already made it clear to the craftsmen about the biogas tank. Shepherd City now has a population of [-] to [-], and various projects are in progress. Success is good, but failure is a waste of material costs, and Chuning is not reluctant.

In fact, the development of Muyang City is too restrictive for Chuning's long-term plan, because there is a relatively high mountain on the right side of it. Chuning copied the name of this mountain from the previous life and called it Laotie Mountain.

The tail of Laotie Mountain just passed behind Muyang, leaving only a crescent-shaped area for Muyang City to use, and it was not a plain. Chuning roughly calculated the area, and it was only [-] to [-] square kilometers available.In this small area, it is okay to build houses and live in people, but there is not enough arable land at all.

Chuning had no choice but to look at the place in the center of Dalian in his previous life. Now it is just a small fishing village called "Sanshan Village". Unfortunately, it is too close to Goguryeo, and it takes only four or five days to walk along the coast. If you arrive at Black Bone City, you can reach it in about a day if you are on a fast horse.

With Chuning's current strength of several thousand troops, without the certainty of victory, he naturally cannot take the population there. Otherwise, Goguryeo would send cavalry over to harass it once in a while, just like playing a game to brush a dungeon. Well, even if Chuning was twice as powerful, he would only be dragged to death there.

Although Lao Tieshan restricted the development space of Muyang City, it also became a barrier for Muyang City, preventing people from coming and going in Muyang City.Therefore, Mrs. Yan has already put forward a suggestion not to relocate rashly for at least three years, at least until the army has tripled.

A few miles north of Muyang City, after turning over the tail of Laotie Mountain, you can see a small plain, which is the newly reclaimed land planned by Chuning.Feng Jiuqing took people on horseback to measure, and only a few days ago, the result was calculated, which is about 35 square kilometers.

Of course, this is only a rough calculation, and the actual area that can be reclaimed will definitely be much smaller. After all, a lot of land is not suitable for growing food.

Not long after Chu Ning walked, he saw Feng Jiuqing riding in front, Liang Qiuyue swallowed and shouted a few times, Feng Jiuqing stopped and waited for Chu Ning to catch up.

The two rode on horseback, Feng Jiuqing took a step behind and asked, "Master, are you going to the biogas pool?"

"No, I'm going to see Xindi today." Chu Ning asked Feng Jiuqing, "How much have you cultivated?"

"After I stopped fishing, I arranged for manpower to start land cultivation. It has been more than a month now." Feng Jiuqing counted with her fingers and replied, "It's still less than [-] mu."

"That's all? How many people did you arrange to cultivate the land?"

"More than 800 people." Feng Jiuqing smiled wryly: "Those people brought by Ta Lao County Venerable originally wanted to arrange to come here to cultivate land, but there has been no new agricultural tools from Huang County."

"The new farm tools... probably won't be available this year." Chuning couldn't help but smile bitterly: "I promised to give Yan Lingge the horse armor at the beginning of the year, but I've only given her [-] sets so far. It's not like you didn't see it, I just came back In those few days, she stayed at the general's mansion every day to make trouble with me."

"Can I not make trouble with you? It's just that you are generous, and iron materials are also used to build houses." Feng Jiuqing couldn't help complaining: "There are so many iron materials, if I can move some to make farm tools, I'm afraid it will be cultivated long ago. It's over ten thousand mu."

"If I could move it, I would have moved it a long time ago." Chuning sighed: "I can't let 8 or [-] people live in shacks like we did in Huang County last year, right? Scary? Besides, why are there so many merchants, large and small, willing to go to Shepherd City? Isn’t it because the construction here is developing fast and can bring them benefits.”

"Yes, it is beneficial now, but what about next year?" Feng Jiuqing said: "If the harvest is not good next year, what will the tens of thousands of mouths in Muyang City be raised?"

"That's why I asked you to reclaim wasteland!" Chu Ning folded up his cloak and casually calculated, "If it's just to maintain life, each person needs to eat at least eight taels of grain every day, and in a year, it will cost nearly three hundred catties. Shepherd City Calculated on the basis of 400 mouths now, more than [-] million catties would be eaten in a year... Do the math, how much land would it take to eat?"

"If it's corn, God will open his eyes and give it a better year. The harvest per mu will be calculated at 250 catties." Feng Jiuqing said, pinching her fingers and calculating silently.

"More than 9 mu have to be opened." Just as they were talking, the group came to the edge of Xindi. Chuning raised his horsewhip and waved his finger: "Now we haven't even opened [-] mu, it's far away!"

"..." Feng Jiuqing was terrified. She looked at Chu Ning, and after a long while, she decided to remind her: "Master, as far as I know, this land...can be planted at least twice a year, millet in spring and millet in autumn. Grow wheat."

Chuning wasn't embarrassed at all, so he asked, "How's the wheat harvest?"

"The book says that the harvest per mu is about two hundred catties." Feng Jiuqing suddenly realized that Chuning's face must be thicker than the walls of Shepherd City.

"That is to say, at least 5 mu of land is needed to meet the basic living needs of these 8 people." Chuning couldn't help shaking his head and sighing: "It seems that the road of self-sufficiency is a heavy responsibility. Far!"

"I have already calculated that this year, at most [-] mu will be planted." Feng Jiuqing collected her thoughts and explained to Chuning: "After the New Year's Eve, these new lands will have to be plowed again. After planting, the sea will be warmer. .”

"That is to say, we have to wait until the fishing season is over next year before we can open a new land? It will take four or five years before we don't have to be controlled by others?" Chuning gasped and looked at Feng Jiuqing: "It's too slow!"

"It is very slow, but according to the planning requirements given by the envoy, there is only such a progress at present." Feng Jiuqing said helplessly: "In order to catch up with the progress of the second phase of construction set by the envoy, the construction department, brick workshop, and tile workshop are now , cement workshop, pottery workshop...all are looking for someone from me, especially the cement workshop, not only to support the construction cost of Muyang City, but also to sell to Donglaipu County Road..."

Chu Ning rubbed his brows: "The people from the Donglai Business Group were blocking me the day before yesterday, asking me for cement, saying they wanted to repair the road before next year's spring plowing."

More than a dozen counties in Donglai, from the government to the aristocratic merchants, all count on this county road to make a fortune. It is very serious to build it, and even the progress is frighteningly fast. It has been repaired since May and June this year, and it has already been completed. More than half of it has been repaired. As long as the cement in Muyang City can keep up, it will definitely be completed before next year's spring plowing.

The two talked while walking along the road left in the field, and checked the newly built canals and ponds in various places. After discussing with the foremen of the construction department for a long time, I got a lot of good suggestions.

For example, a foreman named Fang Yong proposed to build houses around the pond so that the farming people could come out of the city to live. Firstly, it would be convenient to take care of the crops, and secondly, they could raise fish and ducks in the pond, or raise some other animals. Poultry, subsidized household.

Chuning thought this proposal was excellent, so he accepted it on the spot. Anyway, these houses don't need to be well repaired, as long as they can shelter from the wind and rain, it doesn't cost much money or work, and they can be used as rewards.

As for the manpower to build the house, under Feng Jiuqing's strong opposition, Chu Ning decided to transfer the Zhaoyi Army to serve the people.And Feng Jiuqing also voted for it contentedly after getting [-] Zhaoyi troops and ten days of free labor.

By the time Chu Ning and Feng Jiuqing came back from work, it was almost evening, and the workshops were closed, and the streets and alleys outside Muyang City were buzzing with people.

Eunuch An was accompanied by Ta Lao Xianzun, and took a few village elders and attendants to walk among the crowd. He met Chu Ning and Feng Jiuqing by chance.

After not walking far, she saw a crowd in front of her, with shouts and curses coming from it, Liang Qiuyue squeezed over to have a look, and came back to report: "Master Bai is at the front."

"Ok?"

Today's accompanying guard Qi led people forward to clear the way. Chuning was protected by the two sisters of the Liang family, and saw Bai Su standing there helplessly by the sleeves of a twelve or thirteen-year-old girl.

"what happened?"

Chu Ning looked at Bai Su suspiciously. Before Bai Su could answer, a young man reeking of alcohol came over, "This woman is going to kidnap and sell my sister. Everyone has seen it, so you have to judge me!"

"..."

Lying in a big trough?Touch porcelain?Or a girlfriend who touches labor?

Chuning took a step back, Liang Chunhua stepped forward with a sword, drove the man away a few steps, and shouted angrily: "The governor is here! How dare you talk nonsense?"

Hearing this, the man swayed on his knees and shouted: "Caomin Lu Dalang greets the envoy! I beg the envoy to be the master of the grassroots!"

Chu Ning stood with his hands behind his back, and said in a deep voice, "Let's talk about it."

Lu Dalang immediately said: "Caomin bought a boat ticket and is going to take my sister to Youzhou to visit relatives..."

"Master Shijun!" The girl holding Bai Su's sleeve suddenly said, and said coldly: "He didn't want to take the girl to visit relatives, but to take the girl to Youzhou and sell it to others Slaves!"

"Nonsense!" Lu Dalang was furious immediately: "You bastard! How dare you talk nonsense!"

"President Feng, which building is this Lu Dalang from?" Chu Ning turned to Feng Jiuqing and said, "Go and find out if he and this girl are siblings."

"In the words of the envoy, Lu Dalang doesn't live in a low-rent apartment outside the city." The girl bowed politely, but she still didn't let go of Bai Su's sleeves: "Minnv and him are brothers and sisters, but they are different from their father. mother……"

He Xiu, who was following Eunuch An, vaguely felt that the voices of these two people were a little familiar, so he took a chance to look at them, but his expression changed drastically, and he couldn't help but blurted out: "Er Niang Lu, the envoy In front of you, you have to be careful when speaking."

"Hmph! Proper, right?" Chuning straightened his cuffs, and asked Ta Lao County Venerable, "Talao County Venerable, tell me what propriety is."

Ta Lao Xianzun didn't speak, but made a gesture to ask someone to take He Xiu down.

Chuning flicked his sleeves, and ordered to the degree: "Bring these people back to the county guard's mansion, I want to see what is measured by the envoy!"

Eunuch An followed him back to the Sheriff's Mansion, Chu Ninggao took the first place, he took the second place, and then Daxian Zun took the next place.

Bai Su is a merchant, and there is no seat for this kind of occasion, and because of this matter, she, the two brothers and sisters, and He Xiu and others stood in the hall.

Chuning didn't speak, and Eunuch An didn't speak, so Talao Xianzun had no choice but to speak by himself: "Lu Erniang, you go first."

"Respect your lord's words in Hui County." Lu Erniang bowed: "Minnv and Lu Dalang are indeed brothers and sisters, but he has a habit of drinking, he must drink every day, and every time he drinks, he must get drunk. He has ruined all the money in the family. Now there is nothing left Guo, I will take the women of the people to Youzhou and make them slaves."

Ta Lao Xianzun asked: "Lu Dalang, is what she said right?"

"No!" Lu Dalang was still very drunk, hiccupping from time to time: "Caomin... er... I sent her to enjoy the blessing..."

"Huh? Really?" Chuning asked quietly, "Why don't you enjoy yourself?"

"Hee hee!" Lu Dalang laughed suddenly: "Muyang City has always sent women out to enjoy their blessings. Even if men want to go, they can't go! Without money, you can't even enter the door!"

Now, without further questioning, Chuning knew where he was going to enjoy the blessings.

"To the extent, ask someone to bring over a thousand copper coins." After Chu Ning finished giving instructions, he asked Lu Dalang again: "Do you want to enjoy the blessings? If you do, the thousand copper coins are yours."

Lu Dalang was stunned for a moment, but he heard Chuning say again: "I invite you to drink, you can drink as much wine as you want."

"miss you!"

The wine in heaven and earth is famous, Lu Dalang couldn't help swallowing, and ordered it hard.

"Tell me, how many women have you sent to 'enjoy happiness'."

What Chu Ning said was "you", Talao County Zun was startled slightly, and the three elders of Muyang City turned pale at the same time.

Lu Dalang, who was still in a muddle at first, seemed to have come to his senses, and looked at Chuning with all his drunkenness gone.

"Old He, tell me first, how many did you send?"

"Don't tell me, right? Zhuang, do you want to tell me?"

"Huh? And you old man Peng..."

Chu Ning asked around, and finally asked Lu Erniang: "Lu Erniang, do you have anything else to say?"

"Mr. Hui, the Minnv has something to say!" Lu Erniang knelt on the ground, looking at Lu Dalang bitterly: "The Minnv has four younger sisters, all of whom were sent to 'enjoy happiness' by this wolf-hearted thing!"

Even though Chuning was already mentally prepared, she was shocked by Lu Erniang's words - there were four of them!Instead of four pigs!

Lu Erniang gritted her teeth: "If the envoy hadn't come to Shepherd City, if the min'er hadn't escaped from them by chance and found a job in Baijiayi Village, the min'er would have been sent to 'enjoy happiness' by them long ago. Already!"

If she hadn't been working as a job in the Bai family for a few months, met many people, and learned a lot, Erniang Lu probably wouldn't have known what the meaning of "enjoy happiness" was.

"It seems that this is the biggest reason why you don't let this envoy enter Shepherd City?"

Chuning's eyes swept over He Xiu and the others one by one.

At this time, Chuning finally understood the reason why these people have been fighting against her all the time - not just because she occupied Muyang City, but because there are ghosts in Muyang City, and it is a dog that no one can control. evil spirits.

Because, when Chu Ning ordered them to be detained, Eunuch An finally opened his mouth: "According to the laws of Daqing, they are not guilty."

Chu Ning woke up suddenly, a severe chill spread from the soles of his feet to the top of his head, colder than the wind and snow, and penetrated into the bone marrow.

Yes, according to Qing law, buying and selling wives and children is not a crime!

Even in the thousands of years of history, in most dynasties when the imperial power declined, this was not included as a crime.

The author has something to say: To tell the truth, I don’t know why I want to display the word ‘received’,

As far as I remember, there didn't seem to be such a display item before.