The man with a broken arm looked very familiar to Wang Ding.
He walked slowly behind the man and patted him gently.
The man turned around and saw Wang Ding, and said in a panic: "General."
Wang Ding recognized that the man with a broken arm in front of him was the injured veteran. Wang Ding had met the veteran several times before when he went to visit him, but he didn't know his name.
"Are you here like this?" Wang Ding asked.
The man said: "I... am so bored there, I want to do something."
The man was a little afraid that Wang Ding would blame him. After all, everyone was placed in the mansion in the city, but he sneaked out.
Wang Ding did not blame him and said: "Are you helping them?"
The man nodded and said, "I saw a hoe over there, so I picked it up and used it."
He doesn't care who owns this place, he just wants to do something. It doesn't count eating in the mansion and waiting to die.
Before joining the army, he was a farmer. He had been farming with his father since he was a child. Even though he was missing an arm, he could still wield a hoe.
Wang Dingdao: "When you go back later, ask how many people are willing to farm and can cultivate the land. Then gather together and go to Diannong School Captain Yang Xiu and ask them to make arrangements for you."
Since the veterans have such enthusiasm, Wang would be happy to see it succeed, so why would he stop it?
It's just that their efficiency will be lower, but even if two people use it as one, they can still plant several acres.
The man said happily: "Okay, okay..."
Then he immediately dropped the hoe and ran toward the city gate. Wang Ding looked at his running body, and he didn't look like a disabled person who was missing an arm.
Wang Ding smiled and thought to himself: "How can these veterans not be loved?"
Even if he does nothing, he is willing to support them for the rest of his life.
We also need to marry them wives and have children so that they can leave their bloodline.
These veterans are all lovely veterans.
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Loop!
The old chief of the Shaoke tribe, after losing his beloved son, actually gathered several tribes to form a Qiang army of 5,000 people.
If you want to wait until Wang Ding enters the grassland for the third time, you must completely leave Wang Ding in the grassland.
It was just an army of 5,000 people. After waiting for a month, they never saw the Han army entering their territory.
The army of five thousand Qiang people is gathering in the Shaoke tribe. All the food and drink they eat every day must be provided by the Shaoke tribe. The heart of the old patriarch is bleeding.
When the spies sent out came back and learned that the Han army still had not sent troops, the old patriarch felt that he could no longer support it.
But if we don't maintain these five thousand Qiang cavalry, the Shaoke tribe will soon be annexed by other tribes.
Almost all the warriors in the tribe were taken away by Tieshuo, and only a few hundred of them escaped in the end.
How can hundreds of people protect the tens of thousands of cattle and sheep in the Shaoke tribe?
The old patriarch still has some brains, so he uses the tribe’s cattle and sheep to raise the five thousand Qiang troops.
Even though the Han army did not come, these Qiang cavalry, which he bought from other tribes in exchange for cattle and sheep, left.
The Shaoke tribe will eventually decline, and the old leader just wants to preserve some strength.
Zhang Liao and Gao Shun are training troops and horses. In the short term, Wang will no longer consider attacking the Hetao Plain, but this does not mean that he will not pay attention to the Qiang people.
He ordered Fan Chou to lead a group of people into the grassland to search for information about the Qiang people.
In addition, a map must be drawn to clearly mark the location of the Qiang tribe.
Just wait until Zhang Liao has trained the cavalry, and then Wang Ding will enter Hetao again.
But Wang Ding estimates that it will almost be summer.
The veterans who were able to move were all organized by Yang Xiu, and rode in oxcarts to the fields every day.
It was Wang Ding who also took away many cattle and sheep from the Qiang people. Now there is no shortage of cattle in Sanfu land.
Even if the veterans are missing some body parts, with the help of cattle, their efficiency will not be much worse.
Some people were not used to it at first, but after working for a few days, they became proficient and could control the cattle with one hand.
The veterans are very happy and more motivated than normal soldiers.
Chang'an City in spring is much more prosperous than last year.
The restaurants in the city are always full of guests, and there is an endless stream of merchants coming and going.
Refugees who have fled are rarely seen now.
There are no bandits around Chang'an City.
All these are just changes brought about in just one year.
The breath of spring makes people feel comfortable.
Wang Ding walks around outside the city every day.
What surprised Wang Ding was that he actually saw a running waterwheel on the edge of the Wei River today.
The waterwheel is five feet high and is continuously pumping the Wei River to the shore.
It was just half a month ago that he had a few words with Yang Xiu. Unexpectedly, only half a month later, Yang Xiu had already figured it out.
Compared with the previous rollover, it has improved a lot. It is more efficient and does not require manpower.
This Yang Xiu really surprised him.
Wang Ding had never seen a waterwheel in real life before, it was just what he had seen in books.
I really didn’t expect that Yang Xiu would actually create a waterwheel just from his few words.
No wonder he hasn't seen Yang Xiu in the past half month.
Xu Huang, who accompanied Wang Ding, also stared blankly at the huge rotating waterwheel on the edge of the Wei River. After being silent, he asked: "My lord, what is this?"
Wang Ding said: "This is a waterwheel. Go and have a look."
The newly appeared waterwheel not only attracted Wang Ding and Xu Huang, but also many farmers and children were watching.
Curiosity and joy, everyone was laughing. Some children wanted to reach out and touch them, but they were caught back and spanked by adults.
The farmers are not very educated, but when they see the bucketfuls of Weishui being transferred up, they know how useful this thing is.
Don't let a little kid touch something so precious.
Wang Ding glanced around the crowd and finally saw Yang Xiu's figure.
"Dezu, you made such a big thing secretly, and you didn't even tell me before." Wang Ding walked to Yang Xiu and said.
Yang Xiu looked excited and said: "Master, I don't know if I can do it."
He wanted to make it happen and was telling Wang Ding.
He never expected that the first waterwheel he asked the craftsmen to make would be usable and very useful.
Wang Dingdao: "This is an attack to benefit the common people. If you want any reward, I will go to the palace tomorrow to ask for it for you."
Yang Xiudao: "It's all thanks to the Lord that I can make this thing. I don't dare to accept the reward because of my humble position."
Yang Xiu was not proud. He understood that even if Wang Ding had not told him, he, who prided himself on being smart, would not be able to build a waterwheel in half a month.
After being in contact with Yang Xiu for a long time, Wang Ding really didn't realize that Yang Xiu was a person who liked to show off. Isn't he just a smart and humble good boy?
Wang Ding said: "You made the waterwheel, and the credit belongs to you. No one can take it away."