Forced to farm for the princess

Di Rong sat back, "I know you're right, but this is indeed the best time to send troops."

"Sending troops privately is a felony. What's more, where the food and grass come from, a quick battle is fine, but if the war is delayed again and again, I'm afraid the entire Northwest Army will be buried on the grassland." Lin Heng was very clear-headed at this time.

For a while, the hall was quiet, Wei Ruojin coughed lightly, "Although we can't start a war right now, it's still possible to occupy a small space."

Because Pinghe Town has no natural barriers to stop the Ranjue people, it can be described as a flat river, which naturally means that apart from the Ranjue people, Dachang can also include that piece of land into their own territory.

"I just have a general idea. Our palace is full of generals who have retired from the battlefield, and there are even quite a few in the workshop. I wonder if we can arrange for all the retired soldiers." Wei Ruojin pondered for a while Yes, continued: "It is safe to push Pinghe Town forward for another [-] miles, and build the city wall at that time. Of course, this plan is just a thought."

"Retired soldiers?" Lin Heng's heart skipped a beat, he somewhat understood what Wei Ruojin meant; but Di Rong didn't quite agree.

"Soldiers who can retire from the battlefield have no way to stay any longer. The consolation money is not enough for them to retire for the rest of their lives. How can you let them keep you from attacking others! I don't agree. "

"Grandpa, it's not like this." Wei Ruojin was not angry, but smiled and said, "They have sacrificed their whole lives for Dachang. Don't you and Lin Heng just want to find a way out for them because they can't bear to have nowhere to depend?"

"The workshop I want to open is not only papermaking and casting, but also weaving." Cotton seeds are ready to start seedlings, and the whole Pinghe Town will be planted by then. When the harvest comes, there should be a lot of cheap ones in the Northwest fabric.

There are so many things in the system store, Wei Ruojin wants to do more, "This idea is not mature yet, when the time comes, the soldiers who have retired from the battlefield, as long as they can't fight, I can arrange them to work in the workshop. As for Zhan Ranjue, there is no need at all, by the way, have you seen the weapons sent to the barracks years ago?"

Of course, it is sharp and unbreakable. Compared with their current weapons, it is not only a little bit better.

"Didn't you find experienced people before mining coal mines? You also need to find a group of people who are experienced in mining. There must be iron mines in such a large place in the Northwest."

"In the end, we can't go to war just now!" Di Rong said.

Lin Heng and Wei Ruojin nodded, of course they can't go to war, at least they don't have that condition, not to mention the situation in the capital is unknown, they are afraid that they will be punished if they win the battle.

Others don't know, but the princes in the capital are eager for something to happen to Di Rong.

Di Rong came in a hurry and left in a hurry, and Xinglin City became quiet. What happened on the Lantern Festival was like a long time ago. As soon as the weather warmed up, the people began to be busy with spring plowing.

Wei Ruojin wanted to occupy Pinghe Town three hundred miles ahead, but unfortunately there were not enough people, and Pinghe Town was still empty; even now, many refugees have followed.

They gave up everything and were forced to come to the Northwest, relying on the breath of their hearts to support them. Now that the Northwest gave them back the fields, they knew it would be better to stay here after a little calculation.

Therefore, this spring plowing has brought a lot of new faces. They are different from those who stayed in Pinghe Town. They need to open the wasteland by themselves, and they need to borrow the seeds themselves, and they will return them in the autumn harvest.

Wei Ruojin hired all the people who worked for him last year. They only need to take care of the crops he wants to grow, and they will get food every month.

Originally, Wei Ruojin wanted to find some craftsmen to build houses and rebuild Pinghe Town, but this time when he arrived in Pinghe Town, many houses had already been repaired, and some of them were overturned and rebuilt.

He was also slightly surprised, and later learned that these people more or less knew how to do these things. With a dozen or twenty people together, an ordinary house can be built very quickly.

Wei Ruojin asked the people in Pinghe Town to record it and give some rewards later, although the starting point was just to live better for herself.

Back at the palace, Wei Ruojin approached Lin Heng, "Pinghe Town also needs to be managed, what do you think of Chen Hang?"

"Pinghe Town is basically under your management. If you think it's good, arrange it." After a pause, Lin Heng said again: "Chen Wei was put down by me, and Chen Hang followed you again. The power in the northwest is growing?"

Wei Ruojin smiled lightly, "Didn't you see the "Three Character Classic" and "Thousand Character Classic" that I released a while ago? Enlightenment is getting easier and easier. The more paper there is, the more books I will open. After ten or twenty years, what will they fight for?"

There are many printed "Three Character Classics" and "Thousand Character Classics" in the shops of the palace. There are also many literate people among the people. More, no one does not want their children to learn.

In just one month, the voices of children reciting the Three Character Classic can be heard in the streets and alleys. It is simple and catchy. Even if they don't know the characters in it now, as long as someone reads it, others will learn it, and it will soon spread all over the world. Lincheng.

Wei Ruojin changed her clothes and went out to check the pulse with Tang Mo. First, Tang Mo made a diagnosis and then prescribed a prescription; Wei Ruojin took the pulse again after seeing the prescription.

Time passed very quickly, and when Wei Ruojin could let Tang Mo make a diagnosis by herself, it was time to pick cotton, and it was very hot at this time.

The weather is hot, and the cotton is bursting a lot. You have to take back all the cotton that burst out when the weather is sunny, and it will be bad if it rains.

There are a lot of cotton planted, and the first crop has not been harvested yet, and the latter ones are bursting again, and the whole Pinghe Town feels hot.

Wei Ruojin turned on the system again, and Northwest's prestige increased by [-], and even his points increased by [-]; he had exchanged his points for cotton seeds before, and it seems that this visit has also benefited him a lot.

A drawing of a machine for peeling cotton seeds and a drawing of spinning thread were exchanged; when Wei Ruojin saw the drawing of manually peeling cotton seeds, Wei Ruojin felt that she had been cheated, the machine must be too simple.There is a shaft in the middle, and the cotton is stuffed in, and then the seeds are kept outside.

I said to myself, after suffering a loss is a blessing, I handed over the blueprint to the carpenter workshop and let them get it.

These things are actually not a problem. The problem is where to find these people to do these jobs. There is so much cotton that cannot be peeled by one or two people in a short time.

"Lin Heng! Where is the craftsman I asked you to find to build the house?"

When Lin Heng returned to the palace, he thought Wei Ruojin was standing at the door to greet him, but he didn't expect to be yelled at as soon as he arrived with a smile on his face, he was a little confused.

"I told you last autumn that I need to find a craftsman to build a house. Where is the craftsman you found for me?" Wei Ruojin blocked the door and refused to let in.

"Fan Wei, where did you find the craftsman?" Lin Heng yelled at Fan Wei who was behind him.

Fan Wei had no choice but to bow and say, "This subordinate has neglected his duty, so let's go!"

"I want a piece of land in the west, and only recruit female workers. You can go home and rest on weekdays, but you have to do your work there." Wei Ruojin is not as entangled with craftsmen. Last year, everyone was so busy that it was normal to forget.

"Only female workers?" Lin Heng took Wei Ruojin back home, "I didn't say that, it's just that most women can't leave home now. If you recruit female workers, there will be no one."

"That's because they can't earn money from outside work. There were fewer women selling herbs in the pharmacy last year?" Obviously, this era is quite tolerant of women, not like what he heard before. Women are not allowed to do this and women are not allowed to do that. of.

Why did Lin Heng say it was difficult when he wanted to recruit female workers?

"That's because they can still go home, but you have to say that women's physical work is not as good as men's."

"There were also women who went into the mine before you. Although most of the physical work of women is not as good as that of men, but my work is meticulous, and women are careful. It is just right to do this work."

Lin Heng still wanted to object, but Wei Ruojin pulled his face, "I said that if you want female workers, you must be female workers, and everyone over 14 years old!"

Lin Heng had no choice but to shut up. After eating, he hesitated for a long time before leaning over, "Didn't you mean the retreated soldiers?"