At the height of the fierce battle on the battlefield in Jizhou, Heifu, the regent of the Qin Dynasty who was praised by his subordinates as "wise, kind and caring for the world", only did one thing after the beginning of spring: supervised the farming work in Guanzhong for a month...
It has been half a year since Heifu took control of Guanzhong. Although there has been turmoil, the area in Guanzhong that suffered greater losses was Xihe, and the other areas were not affected. In the early spring, Heifu specifically did not fully mobilize the people of Guanzhong to enlist in the army, in order to ensure
Spring plowing matters.
The trust has been established, and the next step is to have enough food and enough soldiers, and enough food obviously comes before enough soldiers. Although he wants to wipe out the world quickly, he cannot be short-sighted and delay the spring plowing. Heifu hopes that when the war is over, at least there will be enough food in the world.
There are abundant harvests in several places, so as to avoid the terrible famine that will follow the footsteps of war and sweep across various places.
To this end, Heifu even resumed the long-interrupted "Jitian" ceremony.
In January, when the ice melts and the snow melts, everything revives, and farmers prepare to go to the fields for plowing. Before spring plowing, the Emperor of Zhou will lead the princes and ministers to plow the fields in person to express the importance they attach to farming, and at the same time inform the people that the plowing festival has arrived and start plowing.
Production is a land ritual.
There is no emperor in the world, so Hei Fu, who takes charge of the emperor's affairs, can only do it for him.
The place where the farmland was planted was carefully selected, and it was chosen in the Zhengguo Canal area in Jingyang area. This ditch was originally used by Korea to "tire the Qin Dynasty", but now it has become a fertile land. The Zhengguo Canal irrigates 40,000
Yuqing, the irrigated area was converted into city acres. In Qin Dynasty, one mu was equal to 0.69 city acres, which was converted into 2.8 million city acres in later generations...
Such a huge irrigation area is the biggest basis for Guanzhong to become the "Land of Abundance" and the food produced can feed Heifu's huge army.
After Fengchang had offered sacrifices to the ancestors, Heifu demonstrated a unique and extremely hard-core "Field Residence Ceremony" to the officials and people in Guanzhong present.
Heifu seemed to have returned to the time when he was still a common man. He specially put on brown clothes, his bronze muscles supported the plow, and his rough thighs stepped on the yellow soil, driving the cattle forward. It seemed simple, but under the influence of the farmer disciples and Zheng Guoqu
For an old farmer with gray hair, he can see many different things from it.
To a farmer, the field is like a piece of white paper, stretched out in front of people, and plowing the field is like a scribe splashing ink. How to choose the entry point when plowing, and how to avoid hard clods of soil that are difficult to plow, depends on plowing the field.
It’s human ability.
But he saw that the regent was confident and stood proudly on the field, better than a general before a battle. He shouted loudly to calm down the cow's power, personally pulled the nose of the cow, put the yoke on the cow, tied the cow rope, adjusted the plow, led the cow with his left hand, and carried the plow with the right hand.
Take the bull step, aim firmly, and achieve it in one go.
Immediately, one by one, one by one, one by one, it expanded line by line. Wherever the plow passed, the mud waves roared, like a wonderful pen blooming flowers, and the farmers couldn't stop scratching their heads:
"The Regent deserves to have a humble beginning. This method of plowing the fields is like an old farmer's method!"
The regent also loved the cow very much. Although he raised the whip, he raised it high and put it down gently. The tame old cow was also considerate and moved forward on its own without raising the whip.
When we finally came down, Heifu plowed the land smoothly, smoothly and smoothly. There was a unique smell of newly plowed soil flowing in the thoroughly plowed land.
What's exaggerated is that the regent plowed an entire acre of land! This is completely different from the past Zhou and Qin Dynasty's perfunctory ceremony of lightly touching the plow handle and pushing the plow handle three times at most, without even moving the cow.
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Even Hei Fu was like this, and the nine ministers and officials had to do more work than Ji Tian Li helped the plow nine times before. He was so tired that his back and legs ached, but Hei Fu only received a rhetorical question.
"So you know how difficult farming is? But you still dare to delay and treat farmers harshly for various reasons?"
Of course, there are also people whose feet have never touched the ground and whose hands have never been touched by dirt. They secretly ridicule Hei Fu's show, which is too false.
But related to another incident, the people were eager for Heifu to perform such a show more often.
Farmers who have always advocated that everyone, including the emperor, should cultivate the land themselves, not expecting to make a career out of it, but only seeking to know the hardships of farming, saw this scene and were so moved that they all said:
"The regent knows that farming is difficult. Because of this, he can ask the young master to take the exam and improve the plow so that it can benefit the people!"
The straight-shaft plow that was commonly used in Guanzhong in the past has been replaced by the curved-shaft plow that was first spread in Nanjun in the past two years. Although the fields beside the Zhengguo Canal are hundreds of acres connected together, they are different from the broken small fields in the south that are divided by hilly water networks.
, the characteristic of the curved shaft plow that is easy to turn around is not shown, but apart from this, it is still more advanced than the straight shaft plow, saves effort in lifting soil, and is suitable for deep plowing.
After finishing the work and putting down the plow, Heifu asked about the distribution of Quyuan plows. When he learned that only counties around Xianyang could use them, he couldn't help but sigh:
"I just hope that during the spring plowing next year, swords can be turned into plows so that more people can use the curved shaft plow."
And Shusun Tong also had people record this in the history books, along with the process of sowing millet seeds, the eldest son appointed by Xia Gong, and the grand scene of farm work in Guanzhong under the leadership of the regent. The ancient
Songs echo on the yellow earth:
"Follow the farmers and sow hundreds of grains. The horses will send you privately, and you will end up thirty miles away. You will also obey your plowing, and it will be ten thousand dimensional couplings!"
Zheng Guoqu's 40,000 hectares of land were plowed in ten days, and millet seeds were sown, waiting to be watered by the spring rain and sprout tender green buds!
By the beginning of February, the farming work has been completed, and the cultivators have few houses.
From this moment on, Heifu also began to receive news from the east one after another...
The first thing he learned was Nanjun's response to Xiang Ji and Runan's defeat.
"Lixian's decision is right. The purpose of building strong walls and clearing the countryside in Shehu County is to save Nan County from greater losses, but in Runan..."
Heifu didn't speak for a long time, but looked at the map with a frown. It was said that one-third of the 20,000 men in total were killed or injured. He himself was also captured. When he was not sure whether he was alive or dead, Heifu could only roar: "Give me back my legion!"
Obviously, he was not satisfied with this battle, but after a while, he pretended to be relaxed and said:
"It seems that it is impossible to expect the younger generation to retreat from the enemy..."
The regent is planning to take action personally.
The news was mixed. In mid-February, Heifu welcomed Li Shiqi again. He met with Li Sheng privately. After Li Shiqi fully reported South Korea and Zhang Liang's plans and conditions, Heifu talked with him in secret for several hours.
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It wasn't until dawn that Li Shiqi left the hall with a smile. On the same day, he took the newly obtained title of "Da Xingren" and the title of "You Geng" and rushed to Kanto again, regardless of the aching pain in his old bones.
He wanted to bring Hei Fu's reply to Zhang Liang.
The effect of a good strategist is comparable to that of an army of tens of thousands.
At the end of February, Han Xin's victory in Shangdang finally came...
Ever since the generals devised plans and set up the suspicious soldiers in Mouseque Valley, supervisors have been reporting Han Xin's every move from the front to Heifu. Heifu resisted the urge to micro-manage from a distance and fulfilled his promise. From the beginning to the end, Han Xin was tolerated.
To make independent decisions, at most let the Wings Camp make suggestions and fill in the gaps.
"Hebei has been decided."
Heifu concluded this battle that with Han Xin here, there was basically no need to worry about Hebei's affairs.
"The next step is to win the decisive battle against the Central Plains!"
Heifu believed that the time had come, and it was time for him to personally send his troops eastward to end this troubled world in one fell swoop...
But before leaving, there are still some things that need to be resolved!
"There is a person staying in Guanzhong..."
Hei Fu summoned Ji Ying, and in the secret room, Hei Bingtai received the latest order:
"I'm worried!"
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ps: It’s a bit short, but you really don’t blame me. I came to participate in the Master Salon and my roommate was Dan Xiaorong, so the article unknowingly became shorter...
By the way, I would like to recommend Rong Xiaorong's two books, "The Happy Little Scholar" and "The Ruyi Little Man". There is no doubt that these are real py deals.