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After the excitement passed, everyone returned to reality.

"Jiahe, is this where we will live in the future?" Mr. Shen looked at the long rows of wooden houses all brand new in front of him, with a little surprise in his eyes.Although it is not as good as the green brick and tile houses, let alone the big house they lived in in Yunzhou City, it is indeed much better than Guangyan Village.

"Father, follow me." Shen Jiahe didn't respond positively, and directly led the Shen family to the center of the village.The rest of the people are arranged by Guanshi Qi and the others, and Guanshi Wen is responsible for handing over the military rations to Guan Guan.

When Fang Tianlin sent No. [-] back to deliver the letter, he told Shen Jiahe about the types and quantities to be provided. Now the food has been prepared in advance and placed in the valley village.Obviously, Shen Jiahe didn't want to lead these soldiers from Guan Cheng into the barren valley.

Fang Tianlin didn't know about the newly built village in the canyon until now. It was obvious that his wife and children wanted to surprise him.Originally, Fang Tianlin planned to ask Shen Jiahe to collect the things that should not appear in the valley, and the rest would be exposed to Guan Cheng, and it would be fine, but he didn't know that the situation was better than he expected. The existence of Canyon Village directly stopped people in the valley Outside the barren valley.

There are towering mountain walls on both sides of the canyon. Unless they are closed in a big circle and enter from the bottom of the valley over the mountains, otherwise there will be city walls blocking them. Can't go to Huanggu.

Guan Cheng and the others are all guards of Zhenning Pass, not natives of Linshan County. They are not familiar with the terrain of Huanggu. If they are not fully prepared, they rush into the deep mountains and old forests rashly. The result may not be good.

This is different from the time when they entered the mountain. When they came, they basically walked along the valley, almost no need to climb over the mountains, but the road was a bit difficult, but there were not many ferocious animals, so they only needed to beware of snakes, insects, rats and ants.Just like this, someone happened to be stung by some unknown insects along the way. Fortunately, Fang Tianlin was well prepared, and a doctor came forward to diagnose and treat him in time.

The southwest is hot and humid, there is no reliance, and the mountains and forests are not so easy to enter. Fang Tianlin is not worried that Guan Cheng will spend so much trouble in order to find out the background of Shen's family.

Walking through the mountains for the past few days, everyone was very tired. After the initial excitement, everyone took care of themselves and started to rest by coincidence.

Shen Jiahe came out of Mr. Shen's residence and returned to his residence in the valley village. Seeing that Fang Tianlin was not there, he turned to Wen Guanshi.Sure enough, as he expected, as soon as he arrived at the place, he saw Fang Tianlin standing by the side, flipping through the account book.

The Shen family didn't give this batch of food for free, Mr. Su asked Guan Cheng to bring the money, so the accounts must be clearly calculated.

"Tianlin, I'm here, you go and have a rest." Shen Jiahe took the account book from Fang Tianlin's hand and suggested with a smile.

"Okay." Fang Tianlin didn't insist either, and walked the mountain road for half a month. It was impossible for him not to feel tired at all, "By the way, where are the three of Bi'er?"

"I was left behind by my parents, and now I am sleeping with them back to the cage."

"At this time?" Fang Tianlin glanced at the sky, it was only half in the morning, and he estimated that the three children in his family hadn't woken up for a long time, so they probably didn't feel much sleepiness.Thinking that in order to cooperate with Mr. Shen and the others, the little ones are probably lying on the bed with their eyes closed and counting sheep, Fang Tianlin smiled, it was really hard work for the three of them.

"Yeah." Shen Jiahe was happy to see the result, he hadn't seen him in the past two years, and spending more time with each other was good for cultivating their relationship, "Come back soon, I can just catch lunch when I wake up from sleep."

"Then I'm leaving, and I'll leave it to you here. You can handle some odds and ends, and it doesn't matter if you give more or less." Fang Tianlin confessed casually, and then left without caring about it.It's not that Huang Gu can't function without him, he has been away for more than half a year, isn't he being well managed by Shen Jiahe?He let go very simply.

Back at the temporary residence, Fang Tianlin quickly took a hot bath to remove all the dirt that had been contaminated in the past few days.After finally returning to Huanggu, even though it was only a temporary residence, he was still extremely relaxed physically and mentally, and fell into a deep sleep after a while.

This is Fang Tianlin's home, if he still can't sleep well at home, there is probably no place for him to sleep peacefully.

Guan Cheng had a mission, and after two days of rest, he set off with a batch of military rations. Fang Tianlin sent someone to help him deliver the rations to the mountain pass, and the rest of the journey would not be under his control.As for the horses lent by the Shen family, some of them looked good, and Mr. Su would spend money to buy them, and the rest would be sent to the Shen family's residence in Yanzhou City, where steward Ding would take over and arrange for them.

"Master Fang, don't pass this by now, there will be a later date." Guan Cheng greeted Fang Tianlin, and immediately embarked on the return journey with the already loaded grain.

Fang Tianlin watched them leave, then took another road, and led the guards straight to the county government office in Linshan County.He still has some money left in his hand, which is to be used at this time.

"My lord, I received a report from the people below. The master of the Shen family who settled down in Huanggu came to buy a large piece of forest land in the Xiaoqingshan area of ​​the mountain pass, including the wasteland. Do you think it will be sold or not?" asked Ding Zhongqiu, the staff member.

"It's him? I still have the memory. I thought he would make a big move, but after a year, I didn't do anything except go to the city once or twice to buy and sell goods. This time, I finally took action." "Mo Zhixian got up, and paced back and forth in front of the hall with his hands behind his back, "Give him some discounts, and everything else will follow the regulations, and the orders will go on. Don't say it clearly, but we must reveal that we intend to make friends with him and do good deeds." How can we not leave a name? Let them pay attention to their attitude, and don't be self-defeating."

The Shen family was a breakthrough point. Mo Zhixian asked himself if he could get a little more power from the local gentry, so he was counting on him, and hoped that the Shen family would not let him down.

Ding Zhongqiu immediately conveyed the instructions from Mozhi County, and when he was done, he returned to the hall and said worriedly: "My lord, can we control this Shen family? Didn't a group of soldiers enter the forest a few days ago?" County? I inquired about it, and it seems that they are here to deliver military rations, and the cooperation partner seems to be this Shen family."

Mo Zhixian frowned: "The matter of the army is a confidential matter. We'd better not ask. The people you sent didn't show their feet?"

"My lord, I know the seriousness of this matter. That team of soldiers did not hide the mission objective. Not only we know, anyone who pays attention to this matter will get news one after another, but sooner or later. According to the latest news from the spies, they have already They took a detour from the south of the city with food. The food transport team was not small, so they couldn’t hide it no matter what. Instead of covering it up, it’s better to be upright and let people know that what they sent was military food, so that Xiao Xiao would be deterred, and the return trip would be much less trouble."

"News just arrived? Tell me in detail, let me hear."

"The matter of transporting military rations is very important. Our people don't dare to get too close, lest they be caught and killed. It was only before they were stationed at Xiaoqingshan Pass that they revealed some news. The yamen servants only saw the carriages of the grain transport team from a distance Slowly passing by, the queue was long, and after people passed by, looking at the axle marks, it can be judged that the load is heavy, and it is estimated that each carriage is basically full of grain."

"Wait, where did these grains come from?"

"From the Shen family."

"In one year, can barren valleys produce so much grain?" A word "Chuan" was formed in the middle of Mozhi County's forehead.Although Huanggu is remote, it is different from other deep valleys. Huanggu has been roughly surveyed, even if it is only a rough measurement, and he has given some convenience. It will not exceed three thousand acres.

The Shen family also needs to eat and drink, and there are a bunch of tenants who need to support them. Besides, it is all wasteland, and manpower is needed to cultivate the wasteland, and the grain yield per mu in the first year of the wasteland will not be very good.Under such circumstances, how could the Shen family still have enough energy to sell food outside in a year, and only so much at one time?According to what Ding Zhongqiu said, there is at least tens of thousands of catties, which is really puzzling.

"My lord, planting two crops a year is not a problem here. If 150 mu of wasteland is reclaimed and an average of 15 catties per mu can be harvested per season, then there will be 300 catties of grain, and the two seasons will be [-] catties. The Shen family last year Either hired or bought a total of nearly [-] people, and there is no shortage of cattle, horses and pears. If they are all allowed to reclaim [-] acres of land, it will not be troublesome, or even [-] acres. It’s really possible to sell food out for what you eat yourself.”

"No, you underestimated a lot. In addition to the hired locals, the Shen family also has a lot of people. I don't know the exact number. There are always dozens or hundreds of them. Otherwise, they would not be able to enter Linshan County safely. The mountain road is not flat. The amount of food consumed by nearly 400 people in a year is astonishing. If you want the horses to run, you must not feed the horses. Otherwise, how can those people work?" Mozhi County has stayed in Linshan County for so many years , I have a certain understanding of farming and the appetite of farmers. It is certain that the servants will not be able to eat well, but they will never be really hungry.

They have to eat at least [-]% to [-]% full before they can afford heavy physical work for a whole day, and this situation cannot last long.Cultivating wasteland is a laborious job. There are so many fields in the barren valley, and the duration will be very long. In addition, during the period of spring plowing and summer plowing, the amount of labor is so heavy. Many people have to consume nearly [-] catties of grain in a year.

According to this calculation, there are tens of thousands of catties left that can be sold out, isn't the quantity just enough?Actually otherwise, after selling all the food, what will the Shen family eat until next year's summer harvest?Besides, farming depends on the sky for food. Who can guarantee that the grain harvest will be good next year?If there is not enough food, not to mention the servants of the Shen family, even the masters of the Shen family will not feel at ease.

Since the Shen family dared to sell food outside, it meant that they were not short of food, either they had really reclaimed a lot of wasteland, or the servants of the Shen family knew how to farm, and the grain yield per mu was not low.No matter which one it is, it shows that the Shen family is not simple.

After thinking about these things, Mozhi County was even more optimistic about the Shen family, and decided to meet him in person for a while: "Zhongqiu, go, come with me to have a look."

"Yes, my lord."