Hanhou

In the blink of an eye, it was the opening day of the military market, and before dawn, Zhao Jia was woken up by Hubo.

The brazier burned all night, and only embers remained at the bottom of the basin, which was soon carried out by Hubo.The wind penetrated through the crack of the door, even through the screen, Zhao Jia still shivered, wishing he could wrap the animal skin back on his body again.

"Lang Jun, use some millet porridge first."

After Zhao Jia gritted his teeth and rinsed his face, Uncle Hu brought a bowl of millet porridge and two hot cakes that were baked until the outside was browned and the inside was soft.The cakes made by the servants are made of dough, which is the only one in Yunzhong County.It's just that most of the people on the frontier now eat corn and soybeans as their staple food. Except for the Wei family and the prefect's mansion, the practice of making dough cakes has not yet been popularized, and there is no such condition.

After breakfast, Zhao Jia put on the short brown again and put on a wolf fur short jacket.

Huber observed the weather and thought that it would not snow today, at least not heavy snow.But the wind was still cold, even colder than when the snow was heavy.

Zhao Jia specially added a sheepskin vest to the short brown, and the leather boots were also padded with wool.After jumping on the ground twice, he felt that his whole body was hot, so he ordered his servants to prepare their horses and go to the livestock farm about fifteen miles away from the village.

After sending Zhao Jia away, Hu Bo closed the wooden door, fixed the bolt, and went to the side room where bean sprouts were grown.

There is only one small window in the house, and the wooden door is also slightly low, so even in the daytime, it is inevitable that it will be a little dark.

The previous furnishings have been removed, and there are two water tanks on the ground, with five or six clay pots beside the water tanks.The pots contain soybeans that have been soaked before, some have germinated, and some have rotted.

The servant woman took a piece of muslin cloth soaked in water and carefully covered the soybeans protruding from the fangs.Then pick up the rotten ones and prepare to send them out of the house together with the pots.

"Sprout?" Huber let the door open, allowing the maid to pass.

"Four pots came out, and the rest are rotten. It's a pity these soybeans." The servant woman carried the clay pots to Huber.The clay pot with a diameter of more than half a meter, plus half of the pot of water and beans, is not light, but the maid is relaxed, as if there is not much weight.

"Is this with water?"

"Correct."

Huber took a look inside the pot, then carefully looked at the sprouts, and nodded to the maid.

"Soak more soybeans, look for pots with cracks, and go to the storeroom to get fine cloth. Take care of it carefully, and this matter will be completed. I will tell you, let your son learn from Ji Bao's side."

The servant girl was overjoyed and thanked repeatedly.

"However, I'm also ugly to say before that, this method was taught by your lord, you have to get his permission, and you can't tell others. My lord is kind-hearted, I have half of my body buried in the ground, so I don't have many taboos. Whoever dares to eat inside and outside, I will not tolerate his life! "

The servant girl's face turned slightly pale, and her joy faded away.

"You have nothing to say to me?"

"I..." The servant girl gritted her teeth, and finally said that her step-uncle came to the door and inquired about the livestock farm and home.She didn't think it was right, and it was all vague.But he also kept the matter hidden and did not tell others.

"Indeed, there is no falsehood?"

"I will never dare!" The maid's face turned even paler.

"If something like this happens again, don't hide it!"

The servant woman responded again and again, a layer of cold sweat broke out on her back, but she knew that the past had been revealed, and her heart was finally relieved when she raised her throat.As for her step-uncle, she no longer cares about it.Thinking that the other party might implicate my family, a wave of anger rose from his chest. If the other party dared to come to the door again, he would definitely let his lover beat him with a big stick!It's not her biological mother and brother, so it's good to break the relationship!

Uncle Hu nodded in satisfaction, and ordered the maid to take care of the bean sprouts carefully, and went to the front yard to make wooden tablets by himself.

Zhao Jia intends to let the villagers exchange their work for food, verbal agreement is always insecure, carefully set out the regulations, record them on the wooden slips, and it will be clear at a glance that the wooden slips will be exchanged for millet.

The new magistrate of Shaling County did not come here with good intentions, Zhao Jia didn't want to cause trouble, if trouble can be avoided, so as not to be caught in the pigtails.

While Hu Bo and his servant were busy at home, Zhao Jia had already rode his horse to the livestock farm.

Zhao Gongcao was rewarded for his meritorious service in killing the enemy, and he had four hectares of land.After actual investigation, Zhao Jia set aside more than half to raise cattle and sheep, and divided the rest into three parts to grow corn, soybeans and wheat respectively.

In the Han Dynasty, one acre was about 460 square meters, one hectare was 18 mu, and four hectares was more than 25 square meters, equivalent to [-] or six football fields.

The numbers fell on the paper, and it might not feel too big. When he really rode the horse and ran around the border, Zhao Jiacai suddenly realized that he could be ranked among the landlords even if he was not too big or too small.

However, the land is more and more, but the production is really mediocre.

Even experienced farmers, under the current conditions, work hard for a whole year, and the yield of corn per mu is only two to three shi. In bad years, they can't even reach two shi.According to the measurement method of later generations, it will not reach [-] catties on average.

Zhao Jia no longer pays attention to agriculture, but also knows that the yield of hybrid rice in later generations can reach more than 500 jin per mu, and even millet, the yield per mu is [-]-[-] jin, the highest is even close to [-] jin.

Such a huge gap made Zhao Jia's teeth ache, and at the same time, he also fully understood how difficult the ancient farmers were.Similarly, without improving farm tools and farming methods, it is undoubtedly impossible to increase the yield per mu on a large scale.

Relatively speaking, with the climate and environment of Yunzhong County, the development of animal husbandry is much stronger.

After counting the land left by his father and knowing the resources he can use from Huber, Zhao Jia resolutely gave up farming and chose to raise cattle and sheep.

Fortunately, he has a loyal servant who is good at animal husbandry and has a certain understanding of livestock diseases.In the process of Zhao Jia's establishment of the livestock farm, this old man named Xiong Bo played a big role.

After spending four years, Zhao Jia finally waited for the cattle and sheep to be slaughtered. Zhao Jia thought that he had the capital, and plans such as improving farm tools, adopting cattle farming, and expanding breeding could be put on the agenda one after another. Who would have thought that when things started to improve, some people could not wait. Jump out and pick the fruit.

For Zhao Jia, it was like holding his breath in his throat, unable to go up or down, not to mention how uncomfortable it was.

There was a fence outside the livestock farm, and when Zhao Jia arrived, Uncle Xiong and the villagers in charge of the livestock farm had already guarded the entrance of the fence.Behind them, a large number of cattle and sheep were driven together, ready to be released from the fence at any time, and driven to Yunzhong City.

"Lang Jun!"

Several young men raised torches, and five or six healthy women held bows and arrows.Another three or four strong old men stood aside, and when they saw Zhao Jia, they saluted together.

Zhao Jia got off his horse and walked up to Uncle Xiong.

The latter was over fifty years old, his hair and beard were all gray, but his figure was still strong.Broad shoulders, extremely thick neck, and sinews in the arms and chest that would envy a young man.Standing in front of Zhao Jia, it looks like a human-shaped iron tower.

"A few days ago there were some strange faces around the livestock farm, did you hear the news?" Uncle Xiong asked.

Zhao Jia nodded, glanced around, and asked, "Do you have any clues about his intentions?"

Uncle Xiong grinned, showing sharp canine teeth, more like a ferocious beast.

"I was just about to tell Mr. Lang that those villains were caught by me and locked up in the sheepfold. I just whipped them, and before I had time to ask, Mr. Lang came."

"Caught it?" Zhao Jia was stunned.

"Caught it." Uncle Xiong nodded.

"They were probably sent by the county magistrate."

"Your Majesty, are you talking about the new Shaling magistrate?"

Zhao Jia nodded.

"Since that's the case, after the questioning, I will clean it up so that no one will find the beginning and the end." Uncle Xiong laughed.Looking at his modal discourse, he doesn't take Magistrate Zhang seriously.

Zhao Jia considered for a moment, and acquiesced to Uncle Xiong's approach.

In the eyes of County Magistrate Zhang, he is nothing more than a mere ant who can be trampled to death at any time.What he has to do is to try to protect himself, not to be stripped of his flesh and bones, so he doesn't have the time to pity others.He was still hesitant when he was about to be stabbed, obviously wanting to die!

After thinking it over, Zhao Jia followed Uncle Xiong into the fence and came to the place where the thief was bound.

It was so cold that the exhaled breath could be frozen into ice slag. Two men of medium build and inconspicuous appearance were stripped of their coats and tied to the posts that tied the cattle and sheep.

Both had several welt marks on their chests and backs, and bulging purple purlins.Probably because it wasn't too long, although he was shivering from the cold, he was in good spirits, and when he saw Zhao Jia appearing, his eyes gleamed fiercely.

Zhao Jia frowned slightly, Uncle Xiong let out a hey, and immediately two young men stepped forward, each holding a long whip, and savagely whipped the thief down.

"Who sent you to sneak around outside the livestock farm? What is your intention?" Zhao Jia asked after the whip finished.

The thief kept silent, and Qing Zhuang wanted to whip his whip again. Uncle Xiong shook his head and motioned for two buckets of water.

Seeing the bucket, the expressions of the two changed obviously.

Uncle Xiong walked up to the two with a bucket in his hand, and poured water on one of them without saying a word.In less than two breaths, the thief's face turned blue, his lips turned purple, and his chest was covered with a thin layer of ice.

"Did you see that?" Uncle Xiong said to the other thieves, "Don't tell me the truth, keep talking hard, it's your turn next!"

After the words fell, he lifted another bucket and acted aggressively.

"I said, I said!" Seeing the miserable state of his companion, the thief finally collapsed.

"It was Magistrate Zhang who sent the two of us here!"

"The new Shaling county magistrate?"

"Yes." Now that he has opened his mouth, the thief has nothing to hide, and he tells all he knows like beans poured out of a bamboo tube.

"The county magistrate ordered the two of us to check the boundaries of the pasture and the number of cattle and sheep. I will report it a few days ago, and the county magistrate ordered me to search for the land seal."

Tian Feng?

Zhao Jia's face changed slightly, he vaguely guessed what the other party wanted to do.

"The county magistrate said that once we find Tian Feng, we will immediately destroy it on the spot and copy it elsewhere."

Hearing the thief's words, Zhao Jia's expression turned ugly, Uncle Xiong and the others also gritted their teeth, their expressions changed drastically.

The Han Dynasty inherited the Qin system. After dividing the fields, earth and rocks would be built at the four corners of the fields. If conditions permit, ditches or low walls would be dug around the edges, which were regarded as the boundaries of the fields.

Changing the position of the land seal without authorization is a violation of the law.

Border counties are vast and sparsely populated. After the fields are demarcated, they usually just build earth and rocks, and no one would take the trouble to occupy other people's land.

However, the law is the law.

Moving the land seal without authorization, and being used by the other party to make use of it, and forcibly charged with the crime, although it will not be punished like the previous dynasty, the possibility of being confiscated or imprisoned for a year or a half is not small.

There is no excuse for the so-called crime, even if Zhao Jia seals off the land again, County Magistrate Zhang still has thousands of ways to charge him with crimes.

This plan doesn't have much technical content at all, and it's even full of loopholes, so it's completely straightforward.However, the other party has the official seal of the county magistrate, and solid evidence can confirm his life and death.

All the other party needs is an excuse, an opportunity to strike.

As long as you act quickly and settle the matter before Zhao Jia asks for help, it will be useless for Prefect Wei to come forward.What's more, in Zhang Tong's view, the majestic prefect of Bianjun may not necessarily go to war for the son of a guest.

Standing behind him is the Dai Guoxiang!

Guan Fu can't personally intervene in Bianjun, but he will not let it go easily if he has the handle of "Wei Shang blatantly violated the law and covered the criminals".

No wonder the land needs to be measured, and it is still recent!

Zhao Jia gritted his teeth hard.

Let the thieves check the number of cattle and sheep, and you can clearly know that captive breeding is profitable.After taking back the land, arrest Uncle Xiong and his servants, and obtain methods for raising cattle and sheep and taming cattle. You don't need all of them, just report them to Guanfu, and let him operate, and you will have all the face.

With this "great achievement", Zhang Tong will inevitably be transferred from the border county, and will no longer be under the jurisdiction of Wei Taishou.Before leaving, he will definitely step on him again to kill him completely, leaving no more trouble.

Thinking of this, Zhao Jia rubbed his face vigorously twice.

From the looks of it, the county magistrate obviously wanted to pick the fruit by force, so he was really shameless!

and many more!

Zhao Jia suddenly got excited, and said to everyone: "Uncle Xiong, let someone check Tian Feng immediately. Since the other party has come prepared, they will definitely not send only two people!"

Xiong Bo promised, all the young and healthy women got on their horses and scattered around.

Zhao Jia ordered the healthy servants to drive the cattle and sheep, and went to the military market to trade with merchants. He rode on a horse and planned to rush to the city first to pay a visit to Wei Taishou's mansion.

The other party was so blatant that he didn't even want to think about some thoughtful schemes, he clearly regarded him like an ant and thought he was easy to bully!

If the opponent really succeeds, his Zhao characters will be written upside down!