(Thank you to the 53rd new leader Ih-KA for your generous support...)
"You all stay?"
Su Di and Xu Guanshan both planned to take their children back to Shituoling Xinzhai, but Liu Qiong'er came over and advocated that they all settle in Jinshagouzhai.
Xu Wujiang and Xu Xin'an established themselves in Xiemashan. In addition to the initial deserted soldiers and some remnants of bandits, they also secretly recruited more than 30 young men with good connections and difficult livelihoods from Xu Li, the servant.
Jiaxiao, as well as the refugees who had been escaping from the banditry near Huaiyuan for more than a month, and who were all related to each other here, all evacuated from Shituoling Xinzhai to Jinshagouzhai in an emergency after the Seizing the Army incident.
There are more than 250 people in many families, including those who have officially moved to Jinshagouzhai, the total number is almost 400, Dingkou is worthy of Lutai Nanzhai.
Su Di and Xu Guanshan were not particularly sad that Shituoling New Village had been built and the fields and houses had been reclaimed, but they were worried that Jinshagouzhai could accommodate so many people in its small terrain.
There are only fifty or sixty wooden row houses built in front and back of Jinshagouzhai instead of fifty or sixty courtyards. There is a very shortage of houses.
In the chaos of war, five, six, or even seven or eight people crowded into a small wooden house in the hot summer. Everyone could barely tolerate it, but in the long run, it was far worse than living in a shack.
Furthermore, only 40 to 50 acres of vegetable land have been cultivated near Jinsha Gouzhai. Food for so many people basically has to be carried on shoulders and backs from outside. This additional consumption is quite staggering over time.
However, the gold mining in the valley can only accommodate seventy or eighty women and children at present. The scale of the blacksmith shop is limited, and eleven or two people are enough to work. The extra two to three hundred people have no land to cultivate, so what do they do, and where are they free?
And the people stayed in Jinshagouzhai and abandoned the new houses and cultivated fields in Shituoling? Su Di and Xu Guanshan didn't care, but in the eyes of too many people, the fields and houses were everything.
Fundamentally, it is their life|root, how could they be willing to give it up so easily?
It's not Su Di, Xu Guanshan and Liu Qiong'er are going to play opposite each other. The key is that they have to convince many children to agree to stay.
Faced with this series of questions, Liu Qiong'er's head was as big as a pockmark. When she saw Xu Huai leading Yin Peng and Zheng Tu in the valley below to compete with the half-grown teenagers in the village, she felt very angry.
He wanted to poke his villain, but he said calmly:
"At this time, seven or eight guan of gold sand can be mined from this valley every day, which has shocked many people. But now Jinshagouzhai is considered to be somewhat powerful, and we are not afraid of others coming to snatch it from us in the future. However, Di Niang
Have you ever thought about what the situation would be like if the amount of gold sand that could be collected from this valley every day tripled to five times?"
"Can thirty or fifty thousand gold sand be mined from this valley every day?" Xu Guanshan asked in shock.
Organize more than a hundred women and children to collect gold sand worth seven or eight thousand guan every day, which is equivalent to the output of one or two thousand acres of good paddy fields or three or four thousand acres of dry land.
And if it were doubled several times, the amount of gold sand could be collected for thirty or fifty thousand dollars a day, which would be a frightening figure.
Xu Guanshan suspected that Liu Qiong'er was talking nonsense, but he had no way to question it.
Neighbors have known for their whole lives that there is gold sand in Jinsha Valley, but every year there are broken houses who come here to dig for gold, and the income is difficult to make ends meet. Who would have thought that after Liu Qiong'er came over, people would cut open the big tree, but the result would be bigger than the wooden plate.
How many times more profitable is gold mining?
He dared to say that Liu Qiong'er didn't have a better way, but he just didn't want to take it out in a hurry to avoid making people jealous?
Liu Qiong'er thought that this lie would be more convincing than Xu Huai's nonsense, so she pretended to have a profound smile and said: "Some things cannot be too public now, but you will wait and see, can I still deceive you?"
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"If it were possible to mine thirty-five guan of gold sand here every day, the situation would be more complicated..." Xu Guanshan didn't know much about government affairs, but a treasure land that could make gold every day was really going to pop up in Tongbai Mountain.
He could still imagine what kind of fight it would cause.
They want to occupy all the interests of Jinshagou in a more reasonable way and restrict other forces from finding excuses to intervene. The best way is to use Jinshagou Village as the core and build residential houses in livable places along Jinshagou.
This requires a large enough base that they can absolutely control.
"What should we do over at Shituoling? We can't just give up. Why not divide the people into two groups?" Su Di asked hesitantly.
"Xu Jie level led the soldiers from the countryside to kill thieves to earn rewards, but the rewards cannot be allowed to be used by the soldiers without restraint," Liu Qiong'er said, "The fields and houses that have been built in Shituoling are sold at a low price.
These generals are actually of great use - in addition to gathering good generals and family members together, they also save Fang Xu from worrying that you will seize their lands and houses in the future!"
"What you say makes sense," Su Di said hesitantly, "You are going to Beiqiao Village today. Let's go to Wujiang and the others to discuss it..."
"Xu Wujiang and the others are preparing to attack the Tiighutan bandit camp. We can't bother them with these trivial matters at this time," Liu Qiong'er said, "The banditry is not over yet, and the Xinzhai side of Shituoling is not safe. We
It seems that there is no need to think too much now, everyone can stay here for now, even if it is better to build more houses here first..."
Liu Qiong'er thought that if she could keep all these people here for the time being, as long as she rushed to build enough houses, and then formally invited everyone to settle here in ten days and a half month, there would be less resistance.
Su Di and Xu Guanshan asked Liu Qiong'er to persuade them and decided to stay until the situation became more stable before talking about anything else.
Looking at Su Di, Xu Guanshan went to give instructions, Liu Qiong'er called Ge Shi, and Lady Kun went to help. She walked up to Xu Huai with her skirt in hand, patted her towering chest, and exhaled: "I will tell lies all my life."
Out……"
"After peeing, you can still hold it in after drinking a few more water. You are lying if you say this." Xu Huai said.
"Why are you talking more and more vulgarly?" Liu Qiong'er glanced at Xu Huai with her beautiful eyes and said angrily.
"I was in the market and wrote down a sign saying 'The Chushan Clumsy Tiger Surrenders the Thief's Head', but when the thief saw me he cried out 'The reckless tiger is here again'. It seems that my 'recklessness' has been deeply rooted in people's hearts. What can I say?
Can you imitate a pretty boy and ruin your own image?" Xu Huai said.
"What makes you so proud of your bad image?" Liu Qiong'er asked, "It's not difficult to deceive so many people without conscience, but do you have an accurate idea of how to build the so-called Wubao?"
"The Chonghuang Temple opened secluded pavilions and halls in the Chongshan Mountains, especially the upper courtyard. Due to the danger of the terrain, some modifications will be carried out in the future, that is, solid stone walls will be built in easy-to-climb areas, and many defensive platforms will be built inside.
, sentry tower, arrow tower - Jinshagou Village also needs to choose a high-risk place to build the dock fortress." Xu Huai said.
The location of Lutai Village was mainly to facilitate the tribesmen to cultivate the fields in the Qingliu River Valley. The construction cost of building the village in the valley with gentle terrain was naturally much lower.
The new village on the eastern slope of Shituoling tried its best to choose a gentle mountain valley, but it was already nearly 20 feet above the ground. For the same house, it would be much more troublesome to dig remote mountain roads, cut wood, and burn bricks.
As for the Jinsha Valley, the terrain was even more dangerous, and high-risk areas had to be built to build forts. However, Liu Qiong'er had a headache just thinking about it and built a winding mountain road to connect with the outside world. She asked Xu Huai: "Do you know Chongqing?"
How long did it take to build the Imperial Temple, and how much money did it cost to add food and repairs over the years? Do you think your back hurts when you stand talking?"
"Didn't you just brag that you can mine thirty to fifty gold worth of gold sand in this stream every day? If you can really find a way to achieve this, won't money and food be enough?" Xu Huai said.
Shangfang Xu's family has acquired so many fields, houses and pastures in Yuhuangling, and has several businesses in Huaiyuan, Biyang and other places. But to support so many people, they may only get a few thousand dollars a year.
Of course, the fact that the Xu family can be called a wealthy family in Tongbai Mountain and even Biyang County and Tangzhou has more to do with the accumulation of generations.
However, if this stream really produces tens of thousands of dollars every year, it is definitely not a small amount. It will be enough to support the subsequent construction of two to three military forts and the construction of carriage roads.
The key is to convince everyone to agree to spend so much money and food on building the military fort.
In the first year of Jianhe, which is about to come soon, the Red Hu people invade the Central Plains, and Dai Viet is facing the catastrophe of national subjugation. No one will believe this. So how to explain the significance of spending such a high price to build a military fort here?
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Others are not chess pieces at the mercy of others. They more or less have their own opinions. Xu Huai can only ask Liu Qiong'er to continue to stand up and take the blame.
Anyway, a beautiful woman should be qualified to be willful.
"You said that you are going to travel here, but you have to deal with so many things here," Liu Qiong'er stared at Xu Huai suspiciously and said, "Do you want to trick me here to work for you?"
"Don't worry, I won't leave you behind," Xu Huai said. "The difficulty lies in persuading people to do it, but if things can be arranged, Uncle Wu Liang and Uncle Wu Kun can keep an eye on this stall.
What's the matter, why do you need to be tied here? Don't be so petty, okay?"
"The world is so big, I also want to see it - but I have decided not to leave me behind!" Liu Qiong'er stared at Xu Huai worriedly and warned.
"Pull the hook?" Xu Huai stretched out his little finger and asked Liu Qiong'er to bring it over.
Liu Qiong'er's fingertips were tender and soft. Xu Huai's mind was agitated. He couldn't help but want to grab her little hand, but Liu Qiong'er quickly pulled her hand away. It was really boring...