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Luo Xifeng was not easily intimidated by Du Changgeng: "You are so powerful, why do you ask the third son for dragon-scale horses? The third son has only been leading the army for a long time, and he got you three dragon-scale horses.
, are you still not satisfied? Just watch, the dragon-scaled horse team that San Zi will bring out in the future will definitely be better than your shabby escort team."
Luo Xifeng choked Du Changgeng so hard that he almost lost his breath. Du Changgeng stomped his foot angrily: "I'm too lazy to tell you! A woman who is a woman knows what military affairs are important!"
Du Changgeng had no intention of letting Du Xuan send all the dragon-scaled horses to Chiyang Guard. He had led soldiers all his life and even took good things from his son's hands. Du Changgeng couldn't hold back that old face. Maybe his wife said so.
Yes, since the third son can get so many dragon scale horses, he may not be able to bring out a team of powerful dragon scale horse cavalry. Anyway, I didn’t expect the third son to do anything good in Black Bear Castle at the beginning. But who?
It is conceivable that the third child did a great job when he arrived at Black Bear Castle. With 20,000 acres of Chiyang Rice, the fertile fields on Chiyangwei's side can produce two kilo of grain. Even if Black Bear Castle is all newly reclaimed barren land, one acre per kilo should not be enough.
There is a big problem. The growth cycle of Chiyang rice is short. Even in the climate of Black Bear Castle, it can be grown twice a year. In this way, 20,000 acres of land can produce 40,000 shi of grain a year, which can feed nearly 3,000 people.
people.
There are now less than a thousand residents and soldiers in Black Bear Castle. Therefore, there will be a surplus of food in Black Bear Castle after the first crop of Chiyang rice is harvested.
"Du Feng, when you came here, did the third son ask you to do anything else?" Du Changgeng asked.
"The young master also asked me to gather some refugees along the way. The more the better. The land in Chiyangwei is flat. If all the wasteland is reclaimed, hundreds of thousands of acres of land can be reclaimed, or even millions of acres. There is no problem.
"It's just that we are short of manpower now," Du Feng said.
Du Changgeng nodded. Not only is the Black Bear Fort a vast land, but which fort in Chiyang Guard is not vast and sparsely populated? The main reason is that no matter how much land is planted, it will eventually become untenable. The barbarians will come over and rob them when the time comes. The barbarian dogs will follow.
Like locusts, they not only rob, but also rob, kill and burn everything. No matter how much land you plant, if you can't hold it, your efforts will be in vain in the end.
"Du An, you bring people over to help Du Feng. Pick out more strong people. There are a lot of refugees in various places now. You go there with your escort. If anyone dares to stop you, you will kill him!" Du An
Chang Geng said.
"General, the young master has said that the person he wants does not necessarily have to be strong, but someone who can support a family. Those with skills will be given priority," Du Feng said.
"Why is this?" Du Changgeng was very puzzled.
"Those who take care of their families are more reliable. Those who abandon their families and children will abandon even their own blood relatives, so we cannot expect them to be loyal." Du Feng said.
"That's true." Du Changgeng thought about it and nodded unconsciously. Suddenly he realized that his son was indeed different.
"Du An, you'd better bring someone over to help. Just follow the method of selecting people from three. The more, the better. Anyway, it won't be long before the first crop of grain is harvested in Black Bear Castle. There will be no shortage of grain." Du Changgeng said.
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With the help of Du An and the escort team, Du Feng almost picked out all the refugees in Chiyang Guard, and even collected many refugees from the guards near Chiyang Guard. The ones he picked were all the ones Du Xuan requested.
We don't want any good people who don't know the real details or people with bad character. Moreover, this time, Du Feng came back and brought with him the refugees who had been staying in Black Bear Castle for a long time.
With his help, Du Feng got many kind and knowledgeable people.
After Du Feng returned, he brought a huge team with three to four thousand people. Although the current 20,000 acres of land in Black Bear Castle can only support less than 3,000 people, the reclamation work of Black Bear Castle has never stopped. .It is not a problem to double or even ten times the area of cultivated land.
What Du Changgeng didn't know was what kind of impact Du Xuan's gathering of refugees had on Chiyang Guard. In Lantian Fort, Xining Guard, near Chiyang Guard, a group of people with broken homes were plotting a major event.
The two brothers Yang Qianying and Yang Xianru have been practicing martial arts since they were young. They are skilled in martial arts and often get together with some martial arts practitioners. After the guards of Lantian Fort came to the border, the two brothers Yang Qianying and Yang Xianru were still able to lead the Yang family with their own martial arts. Young people from the Bay formed a village protection team to prevent wild beasts from the mountains from harming the village fields.
However, Hu Benyun, the gatekeeper of hundreds of households in Black Bear Castle, and the aristocrat Hu Benyun, began to pursue the idea of tens of thousands of acres of fertile land in Yangjiawan. In the morning, the gatekeeper's men came to Yangjiawan to notify the two brothers Yang Qianying and Yang Xianru and the young people of Yangjiawan. Rush to Lantianbao and join the Lantianbao militia. Otherwise, you will be charged with being a rebel.
"Brother, Guan Shoufu is trying to steal ten thousand acres of fertile land in our Yangjiawan. These ten thousand acres of fertile land were left by our ancestors of the Yang family. How can we give it to others? Why does Guan Shoufu conscript us for food? We are not military households! "Xie Yang was furious.
"The gatekeeper is trying to push our Yangjiawan to death. Sunjiagou, which is closest to us, was attacked by wild beasts. Nearly 10,000 acres of fertile land were destroyed, and all the people in Sunjiagou became refugees. Sun The land in Jiagou was quickly acquired by the Lantianbao noble Hu family. This time, they must have wanted to push our Yang family to a dead end, and then pocket the land of our Yang family." Yang Qianying mused. .
"Brother! What should we do? You are the backbone of our Yang family. If you go to eat food, our Yangjiawan, which is ten thousand acres of fertile land, will definitely not be able to hold on. Recently, many wild beasts have come to the nearby mountains. Maybe one day He ran out to cause trouble. When the time comes, not only will these ten thousand acres of fertile land be unable to be maintained, but even Yangjiawan will have to destroy their families and villages." Yang Jie, Yang Qianying's younger brother, said worriedly.
"Since the officials won't give us a way to survive, we might as well do the opposite!" Yang Zhongrui is also a younger brother of the Yang Qianying clan and has the most violent temper.
"Zhongrui, you dare to say anything and you will risk your life?" Yang Jie said hurriedly.
Yang Qianying's heart was cruel and he gritted his teeth: "Now, I'm afraid we can only go the way Zhongrui said. There are more than a hundred households in Sunjiagou, with a population of nearly a thousand. In the end, some died, some scattered, and some survived. They were all young and strong, and eventually became Hu Benyun's slaves. If we didn't resist, I'm afraid we would have followed the same path as Sunjiagou. Now that the guards of Lantian Fort have been transferred to the border, if we can summon enough Our troops will definitely be able to take down Lantian Fort. Tomorrow we will pretend to go to Lantian Fort to join the militia, take advantage of their unpreparedness, launch an attack, and take down Lantian Fort in one fell swoop. Then we will gather the refugees from all over the place. Princes, generals, and prime ministers, would you rather have the guts? !”