All your life is gentle

The spring of the third year of Huarong Yongqian (the sixth year of Xijin Tianyou).

In Sui County in the southeast of Yuzhou, on the west bank of Tanghe River at the foot of Yaoshan Mountain, there is an endless stretch of fertile land.Last year, the place was still barren with weeds and no human habitation. On the eve of the beginning of spring this year, the court of Shunjing moved [-] refugees from the east at one go, and resettled them on the spot.Groups of men, women and children, weeding and plowing the fields, sowing and transplanting rice seedlings, it was a lively scene.It is said that hundreds of farm bases like this were opened in Yuyong Prefecture this spring.

Those who live in the fields are said to be refugees, but they are actually prisoners captured during the attack on the three southeastern states.Every time the Xirong army went to the land, except those who surrendered very quickly, sincerely and valuable, the others were all defined as prisoners, and then encouraged to redeem themselves with money.In the end, those who were unable to raise money had to act as voluntary laborers.Of course, rebels captured in battle are not included in the ransom.Therefore, the labor force in the field is mainly composed of captured Xia soldiers, civil diehards and ordinary people who have no money to redeem themselves.Among them, the third type was the most, because most of the first two types were killed.

According to the instructions of His Royal Highness the Second Prince, who is the food envoy of the camp, except for children under the age of ten who accompany their mothers, husband and wife can travel together.Ten people, one Jia, ten Jia, one Cao, and ten Cao, one battalion, implementing semi-militarized management.Take A as the unit to divide and contract, quantify the labor progress, and those who fall behind will be punished.Moreover, one person commits the same crime as a group, and the system of consecutive sittings is implemented.The captives didn't know each other very much, and they had no relationship at all. They were all afraid of being implicated, and they supervised each other more closely than the soldiers of the Western Army.

Each battalion is equipped with one hundred Xirong soldiers. In addition to supervising the labor of captives, it is mainly responsible for managing and distributing rations and farm tools.The management of rations and agricultural tools is extremely strict.The rations are only distributed for the day, and if there is too much, they may flee; the farm tools must be turned in when the work is over, otherwise they may be used as weapons.

This method was tried last year, and the effect is remarkable.Please promote it this year, with the permission of the father.At first, Changsheng wanted to add a reward system in addition to the punishment measures, but Fu Yang was not impressed with most of these people, so he vetoed it.The system of only punishment is dangerous and cannot last long, but at present it can only do so.

The Xibing soldiers who supervised the field often had bad behaviors, tortured and even killed the prisoners.In this regard, Changsheng's solution is to open up a single piece of land and throw them into the farmland. When will they do as well as the Xia people, and when will they come out.Last year, he personally cleaned up such a group of people until they cried while holding the rice they had grown.This year, all these people will be promoted to ten household heads, and they will be placed in various strongholds as supervisors.

The size of each stronghold is different, and all the soldiers add up to less than 2 people, and they are logistics soldiers scattered around. No one thinks that this is a force worthy of attention.Changsheng found someone to be the leader of the grain supervising army, and this person was the unlucky Baihu Yi Shanqi who was left behind to guard Tongcheng with him back then.

After the battle of Tongcheng, Shan Qi was very panicked.Although the second prince had other personal guards around him, he shouldn't be responsible for his personal safety, and the king just jumped up and scolded him afterward, so he was always feeling sorry for himself.As the first lieutenant, he lost his coach, the prince's coach, and the prince's coach in a strange and weird way—so many ordinary soldiers who stayed behind escaped, what happened to the second prince who has always been good? As if the world has evaporated? ——His thinking habits and intuition prevented him from thinking further, so he was extremely ashamed and asked the king to go to the "Good Shepherd" in the western suburbs of Yanyang to tame war horses.

Just when Shan Qi was gaining experience and joy in raising horses, he suddenly met the second prince who thought heaven and man were separated forever.The buzzing in my head was not fully awake yet, when I saw the Second Highness picked the most beautiful and most powerful "Thunder" in the entire "Good Shepherd", turned over, rode steadily, turned his face and said: "Speaking of it, it is also a horse." I've hurt you—are you willing to follow me from now on?"

Shan Qi was distracted and muttering: "This man is worthy of this horse, tsk tsk, I really have nothing to say..." Suddenly hearing the other party's question, he couldn't help but look up.The Second Highness looked at himself, his eyes were sharp and translucent like knives and mirrors.Accidentally meeting each other, I feel in a trance that they are just two calm wells, occasionally reflecting the sunlight and shaking myself.

A flash of inspiration flashed in an instant: such a blessed and well-appointed second prince is worth following.Immediately knelt down: "Shan Qi obeys the orders of His Highness the Second Highness."

After Changsheng submitted to Fu Yang, Shan Qi was promoted from a hundred households to a thousand household leader. He stopped raising horses and changed to farming with the Second Highness.

Fu Ding and Fu Liu laughed wildly when they heard the errand assigned by their father to the second child. "Field Supervisor and Grain Envoy"?What kind of job is this?There are two of them, one is the general of Wanhu Fu Jiazhen, holding the most elite troops in his hands; A decent job that can show their trust and importance-so, they can't be blamed for being frivolous, they really can't take the mere "grain supervisor of the camp" in their eyes.

It is said that the founding of the country and enthronement, the establishment of a crown prince and the establishment of a king are on the agenda.In Fu Yang's heart, even though he felt that the eldest son had many imperfections, but Fu Ding, as the eldest son of the real gold, has followed him through life and death for many years, brave and good at fighting, and made great contributions. He is the crown prince's seat.It's just that if you canonize the crown prince, you will inevitably be crowned king and marquis. Who doesn't look eagerly at the bottom group?After all, he is the wise and mighty King of Xirong, and he hasn't been completely dazzled by the victory yet.Thinking of the undestroyed Western Brocade, the unrest in Chuzhou, the southeast and central plains have not yet been fully stabilized, and the Northeast Zhuozhou is still in the hands of Huang Yongcan, a timid and treacherous old fox... It's a little early to award a lot of rewards.

At the beginning of the new year, when the emperor brought up this matter in the chat, Mo Siyu's expression was serious: "The position of the crown prince is expected by everyone. It's just that at the moment... His Highness seems reluctant to come back from Chuzhou. This, the crown prince is the place of the country. ..."

Alas, Fu Yang's head grew bigger.This son is a bit too brave.In the winter of the first year, he finally defeated the Chuzhou rebels, and he summoned him back, thinking that he should study government affairs seriously.Unexpectedly, this kid turned a deaf ear and rushed straight to the Fenglan pass in one breath. After three months of siege, there was no result, and he was full of anger.Urgently asking for troops and horses for food, yelling that he will not return to Beijing if he does not take Shuzhou... It is really maddening.

You know, how can things be so simple?Not to mention that most of the desperate southerners in Chuzhou have gone underground, waiting for an opportunity to move around; the most important thing right now is to solve the problem of food and stabilize the southeast and central plains-immediately launch the war of attacking Shu, without waiting for entry. In summer, soldiers had to go into battle hungry.It's not the time yet... This son is unstoppable as a vanguard, but once he gets excited, he may not turn back when he hits the south wall, he must break the wall...

Prince...let's grind it out again.

Changsheng took Shan Qi and two hundred soldiers to inspect the past from west to east.Sui County is the largest farming base in the entire Yuzhou. When entering Yuzhou, they will go straight to this place first.

There were ten captives in Tuntian, each with a contract of [-] mu.Stepping on the ridges and walking around, Changsheng found that there was a piece of land with fast progress and good quality, which was obviously better than other lump-sum areas.Looking at the people working in this group, there are also men, women, old and young. Their strength is comparable to that of other teams, and there is no extra labor.

The next day, I went to this land again, stopped to study it, and understood: the reason why they are so efficient is due to the extremely reasonable division of labor and cooperation.The heavy work of plowing and hoeing was done by men, while the delicate work of pulling and transplanting rice seedlings was assigned to women and children.The [-] mu of land is divided into several pieces, which are operated in rotation and arranged as a whole.In contrast to other teams, plowing swarms go to plow the fields, and transplanting swarms go to planting rice seedlings. There are always those who move slowly, those who push each other, and those who cannot get the farm tools, drag their feet and sit down.

Call the supervising soldiers over and ask, "Who is the leader of this armor?"

"Back to Second Highness, the one behind the two Li Tian on the left is called Yue Zheng."

Changsheng glanced over as if casually.Although each Jia has designated a head as the head, but basically it is limited to uploading and issuing, at most assisting the supervisor.This Yue Zheng, in a short period of time, was able to organize people, divide labor and cooperate, and work efficiently—a rare talent.

"Do you know what it was originally for?"

"I heard that Ben was the little leader of the Yuancheng garrison, and he has been honest since he was captured, so he was made the leader. I don't know about the rest."

Shan Qi heard it from the side, and asked, "Do you want to call him over?"

"No, look again." Changsheng shook his head.This person has a correct face and quick actions, and he really looks like he was born in the military.

Passing by again in the afternoon, stopped, turned and walked into the field.The ridge road was narrow, and the Second Highness strictly forbade the soldiers to trample on the fertile land, so several personal guards had to file behind.Shan Qi followed Chang Sheng closely, knowing that His Highness was leaving tomorrow, he probably wanted to find out about someone in Na Yue.I thought why I didn't call him out, but I didn't dare to say anything.After following him for so many days, the more I get in touch with him, the more I feel that this Highness is unpredictable and cannot be speculated at will.

The livestock for plowing the fields have long been killed and eaten, and the farm work is all done by manpower.The iron plow was heavy and could not be pulled up without strength, so the four strong laborers in the first class were divided into two groups to plow the field, and each group was followed by an older man with a hoe to break the soil.The other four women and children are planting seedlings in another plowed field.

Changsheng walked forward slowly, not forgetting to look at the soil on both sides while walking.Passing the seedling field, I squatted down and looked at the seedlings for a while.Thinking of the last time I squatted down to look at the seedlings like this, it seemed like it had been several lifetimes.By the way, I asked the woman transplanting rice seedlings: "The water in this field is only one inch high, is it too little?"

"It needs to be watered every three days—" the woman replied.Surprised that it was the inspecting official who was asking the question, he was at a loss for what to do.

Changsheng smiled: "Sister-in-law, you are busy." Then he walked forward.

It took the local woman stunned for a long time to come back to her senses: "This black barbarian official is such a handsome young man... he speaks so kindly..."

Shan Qi walks behind Changsheng, following the same pace.Hearing the question and answer between him and the rice planting woman, the admiration for His Highness the Second Highness reached a new level in my heart.

Walking so slowly to the field where Yue Zheng was working, it happened that the two men had finished plowing and turned around to plow the next.Shan Qi saw His Highness's intentions and didn't want to disturb them, so he will wait until the next plow arrives.So he stood on the ridge and turned his head to look at the scenery.There is a canal between the two fields on the side, and the trees on the bank of the canal don't know what kind of flowers, and a large area is growing in vain.He said casually, "What is that?"

A soldier replied: "I heard from Xia people that there are several plum trees. The flowers are called plum flowers, and the fruits are called plums."

At this time, a gust of wind came, and the petals on the tree fluttered like snow, which was really beautiful.Even a person like General Shan who has no aesthetic nerves can't help but see the gods.

At this moment, strange changes suddenly emerged.

The plow and the field walked forward for a short distance, when Yue Zheng, who was behind the plow, suddenly turned around, pushed away the old man who was plowing the soil, pulled out the handrail stick, and rushed towards him in a "white rainbow piercing the sun".This move was as fast as the wind, unexpectedly, several people around Chang Sheng were stunned.Shan Qimeng heard the Second Highness shout: "Get down!" There was no one in front of him, and the big wooden stick came straight towards him, and only then did he understand that His Highness' "Get down" was an instruction for himself and others.But the man of Xirong has always only acted bravely to kill the enemy, how can he lie down before the battle?What's more, I have the responsibility of protecting His Highness, how can I fail in my duty again? He pulled out the knife with a "bass" and went up to meet him.

As soon as I met the person surnamed Yue, I heard a few "ding ding dong dong".Glancing from the corner of the eye, several silver lights were knocked off by the tip of His Highness's knife, and sank into the mud with a "swish".I don't care about distinguishing what it is, let's put down my opponent first.The other soldiers also reacted at this time, and found that His Highness and General Shan were dealing with each other.Looking from both sides, the Second Highness couldn't even see the shadow clearly, but General Shan could get a hand in it, and rushed forward to help.After a while, Yue Zheng was pinned to the ground and tied up.

Changsheng made more than a dozen moves here, the scimitar in his right hand suddenly raised upwards, while the opponent was leaning back to avoid it, he followed up and stepped forward, with a strong wind from his left hand, he flicked on his "Huantiao acupoint".

Ni Jian's waist and legs softened, and he sat down on the ground. When he was about to stand up and resist, the blade was already on his neck.

Only a cold voice said: "Pulling the plow by human power is the hardest thing. Although your Excellency tried hard to pretend to be overwhelmed, the foot is very stable. I saw something wrong with you yesterday, and you are more powerful than the surname Yue—— This hand is also good at concealing weapons." A hand stretched out and sealed several heavy acupuncture points on his body.

Ni Jian was extremely frustrated.Never expected that the Second Prince of Xirong would have such a keen eye.The two of them thought that they would surely hit a single blow, but they had already been spotted by others, and they just waited and waited.This technique of "blowing snow and falling plum blossoms" on acupoints is the orthodox sect of martial arts in the Middle Earth—he is a prince of a foreign race, and he is more authentic than many Xia people's masters. It's really strange...

Chang Sheng restrained him, turned his head and said to Shan Qi: "I told you to get down, didn't you hear me?"

"I heard... But, Your Highness—"

"You dig out what you just fell into the mud to see."

The soldiers hastened to dig out a few sharp iron plowshares.Shan Qi understood that if His Highness hadn't shot fast enough, the hidden weapon would have sunk into his own flesh instead of the mud.Admiring, grateful and ashamed in his heart, he bowed his head and admitted his mistake: "Shan Qi didn't follow orders, and he was willing to be punished."

"Hmm. How many chapters of "Zheng Ya" have you copied?"