The end of the world begins with the king

Chapter 488 Autumn Harvest Begins

Soon, the time will enter August, and the autumn harvest time will come.

Food is the most important thing for the people, and the most urgent task at the moment is to ensure that the food can be smoothly stored in the warehouse.

In this regard, Zhao Yanxun stopped all unnecessary tasks.

The army and civilians of the royal residence all shifted their focus to the autumn harvest.

Fortunately, God is also kind enough. After the autumn harvest began, the weather was fine, which just allowed the harvested grain to be dried in the sun.

Compared with the spring plowing in the first half of the year, the population under the rule of the palace has increased, and it is much easier to mobilize human resources.

Regardless of Yuanyang or other prefectures and counties, the daily work is still being dispatched, and the young and strong have not been spared because of the autumn harvest.

The young and strong people drawn from various prefectures and counties also arrived at the designated places one after another, and worked together with the people of Yuanyang.

According to Chang Shisi's estimate, the grain harvested by Yuanyang this year is enough to feed 50 people for a year, while Zhao Yanxun's current actual population is only 16.

To put it simply, as long as this year's autumn harvest goes well, even if the soldiers and civilians in Longyou have a year's rest next year, they can still be supported by food.

Of course, next year the crops will have to be planted. After all, as Zhao Yanxun continues to recover the city, the population will continue to increase.

The autumn harvest is the most important thing at the moment, and Zhao Yanxun himself attaches great importance to it, even walking into the fields.

Walking on the path in the field, Zhao Yanxun held a stalk of wheat in his hand and asked, "According to Chang Shisi's estimation, how long will it take for Yuanyang's grain to be put into storage?"

Behind Zhao Yanxun was You Changshi Cheng Wenguang, and it was rare for him to follow him out of the city.

"Reporting to Your Highness, 20 days is enough!"

Immediately afterwards, Zhao Yanxun asked again: "When the food is taken back, how will you distribute it?"

How to divide the food into government warehouses in Longyou is a big problem. It must be carefully calculated and recorded.

According to Zhao Yanxun's vision, after the autumn harvest this time, grain will be delivered directly to each county for half a year, so as to avoid food shortages in various prefectures and counties.

The availability of sufficient grain in the official warehouses of various prefectures and counties will also help mobilize the enthusiasm of the people for work. After all, grain is a rare hard currency.

Cheng Wenguang replied: "Reporting to Your Highness, it has already been counted, even Ningyang and Liyan's two mansions have been counted in!"

The two mansions of Ningyang and Liyan have not yet been recovered, but they have also been included in the palace system and listed in the plan.

"The detailed plan has been negotiated with the Chief History Department, and I will send someone to submit it to His Highness immediately!"

As long as there is a plan, Zhao Yanxun can see it or not.

Zhao Yanxun shook his head and said, "No need, let's watch it later when you have time!"

A group of dozens of people walked in the field, and not far away were a large number of working people, waving their sickles with enthusiasm.

And farther away, there are soldiers patrolling back and forth.

Walking to a ditch, looking at the gurgling water inside, Zhao Yanxun asked, "Are these newly dug ditches?"

The ditch is straight, with traces of newly turned soil, and there is no grass growing on both sides of the ditch, obviously it was dug out not long ago.

Cheng Wenguang couldn't answer, so he turned his gaze to the magistrate of Yuan County.

Zheng Yi'an, the current magistrate of Yuan County, was originally a subordinate official of Gongzheng Institute. After Hu Side was promoted to magistrate, he came to fill in the magistrate's vacancy.

Zheng Yi'an has only been in office for a few days. Fortunately, he has not been idle these days. He has learned about the situation in Yuan County in detail, so he will not appear hasty when facing Zhao Yanxun's questioning at this moment.

I saw Zheng Yi'an stepped forward and replied: "Your Highness, Shengming, these canals were completed half a month ago!"

Zhao Yanxun then asked: "Are these relatively large farms in Yuan County surrounded by ditches?"

The function of these ditches is not only to irrigate the wheat fields, but also to prevent zombies.

Zombies are afraid of water, as long as it is surrounded by ditches, there will be basically no harm from zombies.

Zheng Yi'an said very cautiously: "Reporting to Your Highness, only about half of the farms in Yuan County are now covered by water nets!"

The workload of digging ditches is not ordinary, and Zhao Yanxun is already very satisfied to achieve this result in the second half of the year.

Zhao Yanxun exhorted: "After the autumn harvest, these things cannot be stopped, and strive to make all the wheat fields in Yuan County surrounded by water nets before the spring of next year!"

Once this is done, then next spring plowing, at least within the territory of Yuanyang Mansion, will not require the army to participate in spring plowing.

"The minister takes orders!"

Zhao Yanxun turned around and told Cheng Wenguang: "Not only Yuanyang Mansion, but the whole Longyou must be supervised. Digging ditches is a big deal!"

Cheng Wenguang replied: "Your Highness, don't worry, all prefectures and counties are already implementing it!"

Nodding his head, Zhao Yanxun continued to walk forward.

The ditches are not very wide, only about one meter wide and deep, and the soil dug out builds up the ridges very high.

"Your Highness, please slow down!"

As soon as Cheng Wenguang reminded him, he slipped and fell to the ridge of the field.

The guards who were still on the side were sharp-eyed, and only then did they support Cheng Wenguang.

Seeing Cheng Wenguang's distressed appearance, Zhao Yanxun couldn't help laughing and said, "Cheng Qing should be more careful!"

Zhao Yanxun and his entourage wandered among the ridges of the fields, while in the wheat fields far away, the working people were in full swing.

Although the grain is harvested in Yuanyang Mansion, it is for the people of the whole county to eat, so the people recruited by other prefectures are very motivated to work.

What's more, the palace also set up a reward and punishment mechanism for the autumn harvest, which further mobilized the enthusiasm of the young and strong.

"This Yuanyang is really a good place. I didn't see many monsters when I entered the boundary..."

"Who says it's not? It's thanks to the prince that Yuanyang is so safe..."

In Yuanyang Mansion, after a year of continuous killings, the density of zombies has become extremely low, and there is no need to worry about safety issues.

It is also because of this that Yuanyang has become a rare holy place in the eyes of these recruited young and strong.

"Let's not just worry about the heat, our Laixuan Mansion is now under the rule of the Wang Mansion, and we will definitely take a look at Yuan Yang in the future!"

"That's right...we have strength, as long as we follow the prince, we will be able to live as well as Yuanyang!"

When everyone was working, they did not forget to express their vision for the future, which showed that they were full of hope for the future.

At this moment, someone straightened his waist and saw the crowd walking on the ridge in the distance.

The young man in the lead was dressed in a tuanlong robe, followed by more than a dozen officials, and surrounded by guards in iron armor.

So the person exclaimed: "Look...that's the prince!"

"What?" Everyone looked up one after another, their voices full of suspicion.

Looking in the direction of the finger of the person who started speaking, everyone saw Zhao Yanxun who was dozens of feet away.

Although they couldn't see his face clearly, they could confirm Zhao Yanxun's identity.

Only someone excitedly said: "My lord has saved our lives!"

"Kowtow to the prince!"

"exactly……"

Everyone knelt on the ground one after another, and then kowtowed their heads non-stop.

"Long live the prince... long live the prince..."

It was originally shouting from one place, but after the voice spread, it was heard by other laborers.

As a result, the voice of "Long live" rang out in the main film farm.

(End of this chapter)