The World of Yellow Sky

He heard that the village they went to was the Xinmin Village that soldiers of the Yellow Turban Army helped to reclaim. They could receive the land directly, unlike other places where only farm tools were distributed and they had to cultivate it themselves.

In this village, every adult is given [-] mu of land, and a child is considered half an adult. Both men and women are given [-] mu of land.

Don't worry about endless farming. There are iron farm tools in the villages, and you can rent farm cattle.

The only thing that made Chen Feng feel a little lost was that those lands belonged to Taiping Road.

Although it was said that it was distributed to him, he only had the right to farm, but it did not belong to him. He was not allowed to buy or sell it, and he was not allowed to rent it to others.

But he is already content, life here at least has hope, much better than life in Qingzhou.

In Qingzhou, renting those powerful fields, the rent and tax start at [-]%.

One mu of ordinary field can produce about three stones of corn in one harvest. (unhulled)

(In Han Dynasty, 1 stone = 4 Jun = 120 Han Jin, one Han Jin was about 258 grams, converted into today’s weight, one stone was 24 Shi Jin, 62 kg.)

That is to say, if the 180 mu of land is all planted with grain, after this year, as long as the year is not bad, [-] shi of grain can be harvested.

Four of them were sold to public, that is, 72 shi, and the remaining more than 100 shi of grain were all their own.

That was more than 100 shi of grain, and the family of four only ate more than 20 shi of grain throughout the year.

This is still a long way to go. If you have some wild vegetables, you can pick up other foods, or eat less occasionally, and you can make it through.

At the end of the year, at the best time, I might be able to save more than 70 shi of grain. Except for the purchase of some daily necessities, it is estimated that there will be fifty or sixty shi left.

Although it is impossible to have such a harvest all the time, after all, the same crop has been planted in the same field, it is definitely not possible.

The fertility of the land is not enough, but the Yellow Turban Army also gave them some advice, in addition to proper fallow, there is also rotation.

I heard from an officer of the Yellow Turban Army that it is possible to grow alfalfa [mùxu] here, and the seeds of alfalfa are distributed free of charge.

After the alfalfa grows, the Yellow Turban Army will send people to collect it, which can be used to offset part of the tax.

Alfalfa, its perennial roots are self-growing, and it is a very good pasture grass, which can be fed to cattle and horses, and can also be used by people, and its rice can be used for cooking.

Moreover, it is allowed to reclaim land by itself. I heard that reclaiming new land by itself also has a certain tax reduction policy.

Such a good thing, in the past, this is something he never dared to think about.

However, it seems that those fields are new lands that have just been reclaimed, and the harvest is much lower. This year, there may not be much grain left.

But even so, it's better than waiting to die in Qingzhou...

Thinking of Qingzhou, Chen Feng's eyes seemed to be covered with a layer of gray haze, looking bleak.

The officer of the Yellow Turban Army who led the way patrolled the side of the official road, and returned to the temporary resting place with a happy face.

"Comrades, rest for another quarter of an hour and we'll start our journey. It's only about ten miles away from our Mintun District. We'll arrive before dusk today!"

When Chen Feng heard the voice, he raised his head in surprise. He didn't know how many days he had been walking. He had walked all the way from Qingzhou, and he had forgotten the time.

At this moment, hearing that it was only about ten miles away from Mintun, a trace of mist appeared in front of his eyes.

Finally, finally, after all kinds of hardships and dangers, they finally reached the end...

……

In the northern part of Shangai County, a Wubao hidden among the mountains and forests slowly opened its gate.

In Wubao, there was a lot of bustling, people coming and going, and the sound of people was loud, which seemed very different from the quiet mountain forest outside the fort.

A crowd of ashen-headed people stood outside the fort with big bags and small bags, and they all froze on the spot for a while, all staring at the scene inside the fort.

The noise of people came from inside the castle, and the people walking inside the castle were laughing and talking about something. The scene of prosperity was like a paradise outside the world.

"call out----"

A strange whistle sounded suddenly, and that whistle sound was not the whistle sound of the Yellow Turban Army.

Everyone outside the castle was startled, and the sound of chaotic footsteps suddenly sounded.

In front of everyone's eyes, suddenly appeared [-] eagle wolf guards wearing black eagle wolf uniforms and carrying wild goose feather knives. Filed out of the fort.

More than [-] Eagle Wolf Guardi Cavalry, divided into two rows, stood on both sides of the gate of Wubao.

The wolf guard Qianhu officer in red wolf uniform slowly drove his horse forward.

"Taiping Dao Talisman Zhu Tianzhong, I have met my fellow."

Tian Zhong, who was wearing a khaki Taoist robe and a Taoist crown, took a step forward, saluted first, and then handed a token to a flag officer of the eagle wolf guard who came forward in a wolf suit.

"According to the order of the great virtuous and good teacher, to escort the artisans of the four states to the Taihang workshop, this is the certificate, please have a look at it."

"You don't need to look at the certificate. Since it was sent by Tian Fuzhu himself, there is naturally no problem."

Tian Zhong was taken aback for a moment, but he didn't expect that Qianhu of the Eagle Wolf Guard would speak like this, as if he knew him.

"Could it be that you don't know your former comrades? Tian Fuzhu?"

Tian Zhong was slightly taken aback, not far away, the eagle wolf guard Qianhu officer jumped off his horse and came towards him with strides.

"Zhao Ji!"

Tian Zhong finally recognized Zhao Ji, not because he couldn't remember what Zhao Ji looked like, but because Zhao Ji felt like a completely changed person.

"long time no see!"

Zhao Ji stepped forward, stretched out his arms to hug Tian Zhong, and patted Tian Zhong's back heavily.

"It's been a long time..."

Tian Zhong was also a little emotional, it has been almost a year and a half since the farewell to Puzi City.

In the past, Zhao Ji was the leader of the team, and he was the talisman in the team. When Zhao Ji entered the Tao, he was the recommender.

Later, when the Department of Foreign Affairs was established, he was recruited into the Department of Foreign Affairs and served as a foreign envoy. He was always on the go, either dealing with Liangzhou affairs or Youzhou affairs.

The contact between the two was also slowly cut off, and it was almost impossible to exchange letters.

Now the post station system of the Yellow Turban Army has not been built, but it has inherited the original post station of the Han Army, and it only transports official documents and military information. The rest of the letters will only help to transport some letters when they are free, but the number of places is limited.

"I heard that you were recruited by Liu Qushuai himself as a hundred households of Eagle Wolf Guards. Later Jiangyi City captured Han army spies and promoted you to deputy thousand households. Now it seems that you have become a thousand households."

Tian Zhong looked at Zhao Ji who was dressed in a red wolf suit, and joked.

"Wearing a splendor red wolf uniform, with an autumn water wild goose feather knife across his waist, I heard from the people in our department's foreign affairs department that Zhao Qianhu is a first-class celebrity in Jiangyi."

Zhao Ji clicked his tongue and said, "Tian Zhong, Tian Zhong, you really haven't changed at all..."

Tian Zhong cupped his hands and said with a smile: "Hahaha, I will talk about the old days later, this time I am here with official business."

Zhao Ji also laughed, then took the certificate from the banner officer Deng Xu, and checked it briefly.

"There are 350 and seven blacksmiths in the team, including the family members, there are a total of [-] people. This is the brochure."

Tian Zhong took out a piece of yellow paper that was folded quite flat from his pocket, handed it to Zhao Ji, and said.

Zhao Ji took the brochure from Tian Zhong's hand, checked it carefully, then folded the yellow paper again and put it in his arms.

Tian Zhong took advantage of the situation and stood by Zhao Ji's side. Zhao Ji stepped forward, opened his arms slightly, and smiled.

"Welcome to Taihang Workshop, the largest workshop in Taihang Mountains!"

……

Tian Zhong walked inside the Taihang Workshop, the surprised expression on his face never dissipated.

Although he had heard of several large secret workshops in Taihang Mountain before, he had never been able to know the details because those workshops were all secretly protected.

Ordinary people don't know the existence of these workshops at all. He is a foreign envoy, but he saw his name appear in the official documents, but he never entered them.

The workshop he thought was like those blacksmith shops and carpentry squares in various cities, all of them were busy craftsmen, and they were located in a narrow area.

But now it seems that it was a complete mistake.

This is not a dock at all, nor is it a workshop at all, this is a city! !

The streets are bustling with traffic.

One car after another full of ore drove slowly towards the distance. On the street, pedestrians in twos and threes carried purchased items or held some wooden equipment and laughed with each other.

Not only men, but also women and children, and even some old men with gray sideburns.

"Shouldn't this be Taihang Workshop..."

Tian Zhong was in a daze. He felt that he had come to the wrong place. He should have come to the largest workshop in the Taihang Mountain area, but it didn't look like a workshop at all. He felt as if he had arrived in Jinyang City.

"Hahahahaha."

Zhao Ji laughed loudly. When he first arrived, he was as stunned as Tian Zhong, thinking that he had come to the wrong place. Now seeing Tian Zhong's stunned expression, he couldn't help laughing.

He suppressed a smile, pointed at the pedestrians around, and said to Tian Zhong solemnly.

"This is indeed Taihang Workshop, Tian Fuzhu did not come to the wrong place."

"Then these people?"

Tian Zhong was confused, he pointed to the people around him, and asked with some doubts.

"These people are the families of the workers in the Taihang workshop. This is the outer city, and it is also the residential area of ​​the workers."

Zhao Ji said with a smile, then pointed to the end of the street ahead.

"You still need to go through two streets to get to the inner city. The inner city is the real Taihang workshop!"

Tian Zhong noticed that there seemed to be a light in Zhao Ji's eyes, and when he mentioned Taihang Workshop, he seemed to be in high spirits.

Zhao Ji looked at the city wall that was faintly visible in the distance, and when he thought of the scene inside the city wall, he couldn't help feeling a little excited.

"Most of the weapons and armor in my Yellow Turban Army are forged from the Taihang Workshop. This can be said to be the most important place in my Taiping Dao."

Zhao Ji stepped forward, Tian Zhong kept looking at the surrounding environment, and gradually fell behind.

"Don't be distracted, we have to move forward."

When Tian Zhong came back to his senses, Zhao Ji had already stopped at the periphery of a city wall.

Tian Zhong raised his head and looked at the city wall. On the city wall, one after another of the Eagle Wolf Guards Tiqi was holding the Yanling Saber, carrying a bow and arrow and staring at the surrounding situation vigilantly. A chilling air spread from the city wall. Come.

"squeak----"

The heavy city gate was slowly opened, and a shadow wall was first reflected in Tian Zhong's eyes.

On the screen wall, bright red characters jumped into Tian Zhong's eyes.

"We are moving forward, we are doing an extremely glorious and great cause that no one has done before, our goal will definitely be achieved, our goal must be achieved!"

Chapter 4: Xu An's Arrival

Tian Zhong's pupils shrank slightly, as if he had been cast with a body-holding technique, and stayed in place.

The noise came to Tian Zhong's ears, it was the sound of hammers beating iron objects, it was the sound of machines, it was the sound of people shouting.

Tian Zhong walked slowly into the city, and saw that under the sheds, there were craftsmen wielding hammers, forming curtains and curtains, sweating profusely, beating the red-hot iron, The sound of jingling can be heard endlessly.

"Brother Tian, ​​come with me."

Zhao Ji laughed, and when Tian Zhong came back to his senses, he made a gesture of invitation to the inside.

Tian Zhong smiled awkwardly, and followed Zhao Ji to the office of the Eagle Wolf Guard in the inner city.

Zhao Ji did not personally lead the people escorted by Tian Zhong into the workshop. For these new craftsmen from the four states, Taihang Workshop already had its own procedures, and he did not need to intervene at all.

Officials in charge of assessment will inspect the skills of these craftsmen, and then all the advantages and disadvantages will be recorded by the Eagle Wolf Guard, one copy will be submitted to the Eagle Wolf Guard, and the other will be submitted to the administrative government office.

Then, special officials will assign work to him and arrange for his family members, without Zhao Ji's arrangement at all.

The garrison officer of thousands of households who took office in Taihang Workshop had other arrangements, and the position of garrison of thousands of households was therefore vacant.

Because of Zhangshui's contribution to fighting the epidemic, Zhao Ji was transferred to be the garrison officer of thousands of households in Taihang Workshop, and he has just taken office not long ago.

As a newcomer, Zhao Ji has no intention of changing any rules. The previous Qianhu official did not make any mistakes, and he only needs Xiao Guicao to follow suit.

Now that you are not familiar with the situation, it is undoubtedly superfluous to point fingers at yourself.

The Taihang Workshop was originally built on a powerful and hidden Wubao in Shangai County. Later, with the mining of iron ore in the Taihang Mountains, and the Yellow Turban Army gradually occupying Bingzhou, the demand for military equipment is increasing.

The original reserves of the Han army were far from enough to meet the expenses of the Yellow Turban Army. Weapons and armor would inevitably be worn out in fierce battles.

Weapons will break, armor will be damaged, but relying on plundering, relying on the reserves of the Han army, there is no way to maintain it.

So the Taihang Workshop came into being. Originally, the Taihang Workshop was used to accommodate craftsmen of "engraving and printing" and "yellow sky paper".

But because it is close to several mines of the Yellow Turban Army in the Taihang Mountains, this place has become the largest armament production workshop, and more and more craftsmen gather here.