He Tiantian divided the seedlings she cultivated and the craftsmen she hired into four parts, and each of the four brothers received a share.
Later, Yu Er found the map of the attached city and directly drew the word "ten" on it. Yu Che and the other four randomly selected a piece of land.
"Okay, since you have chosen to go to the attached city, you have to run it well."
"The troops in Wuzhen cannot be moved, but Gongzhong can give you some of the disabled veterans and their families who have retired from the Yu family army over the years."
Yu Er acted like a patriarch and allocated enough resources to the four juniors who had gone out to "open up new territories".
One for each person, impartially.
As for the subsidies for each of the four house owners, Yu Er did not interfere.
For example, he also gave some of his "private property" over the years to his own son Yu Che——
100 soldiers, plus a caravan.
Yu Si was more concerned because he knew his son's ambition.
In fact, even if it wasn't for ambition, Yu Si also wanted to give Yu Heng a good experience.
"I will give you 80 of my private soldiers. In addition, there are a few craftsmen. They all have ancestral blacksmithing skills-"
Yu Si said to Yu Heng seriously, "Just do it. If you have any difficulties, just tell dad directly!"
The Yu family does not allow brothers to fight against each other, but fair competition between brothers is highly encouraged.
After all, the sons the Yu family needs should be able to conquer wild wolves and be good at fighting. When united, they can besiege tigers and wild boars.
Spread out, any one of them will be a brave and capable lone wolf!
Rather than being a mediocre good-for-nothing, just a rat in the nest.
If your son is ambitious, parents must support him.
The son's character is good and he will not go astray because of jealousy.
Furthermore, with him as the father watching over him, how could he really let his son make a big mistake?
"Thank you Dad, I will definitely live up to Dad's expectations!"
Although Yu Heng knew that he had little chance of winning, he would still go all out if he had a chance to perform!
His father's support is his greatest confidence and motivation.
"Okay, let's go!"
Yu Si himself also wanted to follow Yu Er to the military camp. He wanted to see off his son and settle down at home.
Once everything is arranged, the Yu family will make their next plan.
"Um!"
Yu Heng nodded vigorously, took his men and horses, and headed outside the city gate to join the other three brothers.
He Tiantian, Yu Che, Yu Xing and others were already waiting on the official road at the gate of the city with their own troops and supplies.
After Yu Heng arrived, the four brothers looked at each other, then waved their riding whips and said, "Let's go!"
At the city gate, Yu Er, Yu Si and others looked at the retreating figures, silent, only their eyes bursting with deep hope and expectation.
"I hope Jiulang and the others can surprise us."
"Don't worry, second brother, all the sons of our Yu family are good."
…
Xicheng is not too far from the attached city. The four brothers led their own troops and rode for less than two hours before arriving at their destination.
In the sky full of yellow sand, a dilapidated and isolated city stood.
There was no human habitation, no chickens or dogs to hear each other, only the whistling of the wind and the faint howling of wolves.
"Bah! Bah!"
Yu Xing spat out the sand in his mouth, and his excitement was wiped out in an instant.
He looked at the deserted city and the flying yellow sand, and couldn't help but feel a little despair——
"Kuroro, can this place really be habitable?"
The desertification is also great!
Although it is spring now, the wind and sand are particularly strong.
But, but, the dusty sky of the attached city is almost like a desert.
Yu Xing seriously doubted whether anyone could live here.
Maybe there is no water source in the city.
And without water, it is impossible for people to survive.
"able!"
He Tiantian said with great certainty.
She raised her hand and pointed to the north with her riding crop, "Fifth brother, have you seen it? There is a large grassland on the north side of the attached city."
"Wherever there is grassland, there must be water sources, and there will also be water systems underground."
He Tiantian said confidently, "Besides, more than ten years ago, the attached city was inhabited by ordinary people. There were also large tracts of land."
Without water, it would be impossible to live or farm.
The reason why the attached city was abandoned was not only due to desertification, but also the main reason was that it was too close to Beirong.
Every time the Beirong invaded the border, they would attack the attached city first.
Always living in the chaos of war, the people were unable to carry out normal lives at all. After a long time, they naturally couldn't bear it and fled one after another.
Without the people and cultivation in the attached city, desertification has become more serious.
In this way, a vicious cycle has entered.
Today, the attached city has become like this.
He Tiantian is confident that she can change everything.
"How to change? We are not afraid of Beirong soldiers and horses. After all, our Yu family army is not vegetarian!"
Yu Che sat on the horse, watching He Tiantian talking eloquently, looking for a gap and asked, "The main thing is desertification and water sources."
In this era, there is no more effective way to deal with urban desertification.
As a descendant who has supported Ant Forest and has traveled through countless times, He Tiantian naturally knows how to turn a desert into an oasis.
The Chinese are infrastructure madmen and creators of miracles.
A desert like Saihanba can be turned into a lush oasis through the efforts of generations, and the problem of the attached city is not an unsolvable problem at all.
After all, the desertification of the attached city is only in its initial stage.
Its north side is also connected to a large grassland.
He Tiantian bets that there must be a water source in the city.
There should also be a certain water system underground.
"Desertification is easy to solve! Brothers, do you still remember the seedlings I gave you?"
He Tiantian said to Yu Che and the other three, "One of them is a crop called sea buckthorn. I asked Hu Shang. This crop is the most resistant to heat and drought, and it can also prevent sand and solidify the soil."
As He Tiantian spoke, he used his whip to draw a circle around the Affiliated City, and said proudly, "If we plant sea buckthorn all around the Affiliated City, we can prevent the Affiliated City from continuing to become desertified."
"In addition, sea buckthorn is a good thing. Not only can it prevent sand and solidify the soil, but it can also grow fruits. The sea buckthorn fruits can be eaten and can also make wine——"
At a time when food was scarce, winemaking was restricted by the imperial court.
Fruit wine is much better. No food is wasted. As long as there are enough fruits, enough wine can be brewed.
And fruit wine can also be purified. He Tiantian thought that maybe sea buckthorn fruit wine could be used to purify alcohol.
With alcohol, it is not just a matter of making money, but also an anti-inflammatory "magic medicine" on the battlefield.
"Kuroro, is this sea buckthorn really so good?"
Yu Che was a little moved, but more curious.
In his understanding, crops, like people, need sufficient water.
If there is too much drought, people will not survive and crops will die.
With the arid and barren appearance of the attached city, it was really hard for him to imagine that there would be a special kind of crop that could survive.
"Brother, the world is so big and full of wonders! And every living thing has its own magic."
He Tiantian smiled and said, "In addition to sea buckthorn, there is also cotton. This crop can be used for spinning and weaving, and it can also keep out the cold."
He Tiantian took cotton as an example again.
She pointed to the vast land around the attached city, "There is so much wasteland here, enough for us to cultivate."
If it were Wuzhen, the reclaimed land could only be used to grow food.
There is no way, the output of grain in this era is too low, and the grain output per mu cannot increase, so we can only rely on quantity to win!
All other crops must make way for food.
Especially for novel crops such as sea buckthorn and cotton, except for He Tiantian, who has a golden finger on the wall, most people don't know their importance, and naturally they won't take risks with their land easily.
People mislead the land for a while, and the land misleads the people for a year.
In the barren northwest, no one dares to risk their food rations easily.
He Tiantian has long known that Wuzhen is not suitable for her "infrastructure plan", and the attached city is the most suitable place.
"...Okay, I believe in Kuro! Let's plant more sea buckthorn and cotton!"
Yu Xing had already admired He Tiantian in his heart, and he certainly didn't believe what she said.
After all, Yu Che is older and considers issues more comprehensively.
"We must open up wasteland. But other problems in the attached city also need to be solved!"
First of all, the city wall needs to be repaired.
As for this dilapidated city, even the horse bandits, let’s talk about the Beirong soldiers, can easily rush in and out.
There are also supplies such as grain and grass.
When they left Wuzhen, they indeed took a lot with them.
But each of the four brothers brought one to two hundred men and horses, and if they didn't have a stable income, they would sooner or later be left with nothing.
There is indeed a lot of wasteland in the attached city, but food cannot be grown in a day or two.
It will take at least a year.
Yu Che roughly calculated that the food they brought out from Wuzhen was enough for one month's consumption.
Of course, you can still buy it!
In addition to food, they also have money given by their elders.
But there is still the same saying: "Sit back and eat nothing."
There is also a lot of money, and the four brothers cannot be short of only one or two hundred people.
We still need to continue recruiting troops.
After all, their biggest purpose in coming to the attached city is to "train troops."
Rebuilding a "Yu Family Army".
Raising troops or something like that costs too much money and food.
If the Yu family didn't want to subsidize the Yu family's army, their family wouldn't have such a small amount of money.
Yu Che spent some time in the northwest camp and commanded troops, so he naturally knew the difficulties of raising troops.
The moment he left Wuzhen, he started thinking about this.
"Brother, these are all easy to handle!"
"The city walls need to be repaired, the buildings need to be converted into barracks, and wells and canals need to be dug, etc., all of which also need to be dealt with!"
Of course He Tiantian knew the problems Yu Che mentioned, and she had already made a plan.
"We can first gather the manpower we have and let the craftsmen take the disabled veterans to build the city walls and dig wells!"
"In addition, I also sent people to several cities such as Xicheng and Border City. There are exiled prisoners there."
"Spend more money and food to recruit these people. On the one hand, they can repair the city walls, etc., and on the other hand, they can also help open up wasteland——"
He Tiantian is methodical and eloquent.
Yu Che's brows were still slightly frowned.
Yu Heng said it directly, "Where's money? Whether it's buying food or recruiting people, you need money!"
The question that Yu Che thought of, Yu Heng also thought of.
The core issue in raising soldiers is money.
If you don’t have money, how can you recruit soldiers and build weapons?
“Money is easy to handle!”
He Tiantian turned her head and pointed at several hills in the northwest with her whip, "Here! There are mountains of gold and silver there!"
"Bandits?"
"Horse bandits?"
"The black eats the black?"
Yu Che, Yu Heng and Yu Xing all shouted out.
He Tiantian, Yu Che and Yu Heng glared at Yu Xing.
He Tiantian said disgustedly, "Why do you want to eat the bad guys? We are good citizens and we are here to help the court suppress bandits!"
But Yu Xing looked like "Who are you kidding?" and muttered in a low voice, "Jiulang, we are exiles!"
Not even a good citizen.
It is okay to reclaim wasteland, but to go to war with hundreds of soldiers would be suspected of overstepping the mark.
And if they want to avoid anyone looking for trouble, the brothers must use clever excuses when they "go to war".
For example, dress up as a bandit yourself, and then——
There are also Beirong soldiers.
If you attack Beirong soldiers rashly, it will easily give Beirong an excuse to send troops.
And if they are "bandits", even if everyone knows what is going on, as long as there is no evidence, it cannot be considered that the officers and soldiers of Daliang are provoking!
Beirong can only suffer this dumb loss.
Therefore, Yu Xing’s statement that “the black eats the black” is not nonsense.
"What I said is the truth!"
Yu Xing felt the big eyes of the other three brothers and retorted unconvinced.
"Fifth brother, we can't tell the truth!"
"Seeing things through without telling them is the way to behave in the world."
When He Tiantian speaks, she sounds mature and steady.
Yu Che and Yu Heng nodded repeatedly.
Kuro is still safe.
It is this stability that makes the three brothers always forget Jiulang's true age.
They will always involuntarily regard Jiulang as their backbone and will subconsciously chase her figure.
"Okay, no more joking!"
Yu Che was the eldest brother after all. He waved his hand to interrupt the brothers' play.
He said solemnly, "Kiulang is right! Let's try the blade on those bandits first."
Those mountain bandits occupied the mountains and became kings, plundering merchants and taking advantage of the war between Daliang and Beirong to fish in troubled waters.
Not only did they suffer heavy blood debts, but they also accumulated a lot of wealth.
In addition to gold and silver, there should be a lot of food and weapons.
And these are what the attached city needs most.
"Yes! The most profitable thing is to eat black people and eat evil."
Yu Xing couldn't remember the lesson and kept talking like this.
He Tiantian and the other three people were too lazy to correct them. She directly took out a map and said, "Brothers, I have looked carefully and there are six banditry areas near Fucheng."
"Three of them are relatively weak, and one is average. Let's practice with these four first."
"Second brother, fourth brother, fifth brother, you go to these three places, I will go to the last one!"
He Tiantian clicked on the map with the handle of her whip and directly assigned the targets to attack.
Yu Che was slightly worried because Jiulang had chosen the bandits who were of average strength.
This group of bandits occupies a hilltop and has two to three hundred men and horses.
They are all ruthless and murderous gangsters.
Their ferocity and stamina are no less than those of the Beirong soldiers.
Jiulang was only ten years old. Although he had the 200 pieces of music given by Mrs. Hou, they were not as numerous as the bandits.
When training for the first time, it is better to choose a weaker opponent.
If the opponent is too strong and cannot be easily defeated, the most important thing is that it will damage the morale of the soldiers and affect the morale of the army...
