Xincai is heading to Pingyu. If everything goes well, we can get there in one day.
It's just that within this distance of less than a hundred miles, there are ditches all over and villages and towns are scattered. The place that is truly suitable for the traditional decisive battle. Because of the changes in the land system, the "well fields" suitable for chariots have long ceased to exist.
When Cai Guo was at its most glorious, he was the leader of all the countries in Ru River and Huai River. As long as Chu State dared to use troops, Cai Guo also had a strong appeal.
With the drastic changes in the grassroots economic system, the history of traditional countries has naturally been turned over, and there is no possibility of turning it over.
"General, there are oak fields near Liyi, which belongs to the state of Zheng."
"Oh? Is there such a thing?"
Commissioner Li was a little surprised, "I heard that in the past, tribute was paid to the Emperor of Zhou, but in the states near Chengzhou, there were many enclaves that served the princes. Are there also those in the south?"
"General..."
The third son of Dr. Shang Cai looked at Li Jie with a look of embarrassment, "Our Cai country is a country in the middle of Xia Dynasty, not in the south."
"..."
Cai Xi's words... well, they are very unique, very unique, and there is something about them that reminds Commissioner Li of the feeling of surfing the Internet in the past.
But fortunately, the old Yangyue veterans these days can't say the word "Yankee" yet, so everything is still stable.
Commissioner Li didn't care about Cai Xi, who couldn't speak. After all, Dr. Cai had so many sons, and together they were just a business dog, and there were no talents. On the contrary, it was the country bumpkins who Cai Mei supported in the past who later became
It's quite big, and the typical one is Cai Xi, the former Ping Yu Si Kou.
In Commissioner Li's view, Cai Xi, who is in her early forties, is just a regular second-rate person, nothing special or unspecial, just a second-rate person.
It was a two-for-one thing, but he wasn't stupid either. After thinking about it, Cai Xi also knew that he farted just now and it was basically a saucy move that would destroy his whole family.
Fortunately, Li Jie has a good relationship with his father. If it were someone like Zi Fei, he would definitely be furious if he heard that you were promoting your identity.
What does it mean that "our Cai State is a country in the middle Xia Dynasty, not the south"? The big boss in front of me is obviously from the country in the south.
What is the Kingdom of Wu if it’s not the Kingdom of the South?
If the country in the south is not the country of Zhongxia, it is just a barbarian.
Fortunately, Commissioner Li was very polite and allowed Cai Xi to explain the origin of the Zheng Kingdom land near Liyi while wiping the cold sweat from his forehead.
It turns out that in order to fight with the barbarians of Chu State, Cai State also fought for a while. At that time, in order to fight for who would control the anti-Chu banner, there were several countries that ended up, mainly Zheng, Cai, Chen, and Sui.
, in the end, Cai Guo, the "little tyrant of Rushui", became the "alliance leader" of the Rushui and Huaishui areas against Chu because of its geographical advantages.
Very cute, but he is indeed the "leader".
Every time when Chu State's old railway passed by and said that money was tight recently and there was no money to spend, Cai Guo would call on dozens of young men nearby. Those who had money would contribute money and those who were capable would contribute their efforts, and they would engage in back-and-forth with Chu State.
A hundred years younger.
It was not until Chu State settled the troubles in the northwest region and had absolute strength to use in the east that Cai State was able to calm down.
It was also very difficult at that time. The whole family of the Emperor of Zhou had to eat farts, and no one was there anymore. Even to eat a piece of pork, they had to rely on the support of the ministers in Luoyi. That's it... the emperor's family had to fight for it together. In short, there was no more "
"The central government" provides financial support, and "local governments" must help themselves.
Save, save... Hey, I seem to be able to make do without the "central government".
Then we don’t need the “center”. It’s really difficult to have a mother-in-law above your head.
After that, it was Huaishang Liwei's miserable life. During this period, of course, there were all kinds of thrilling threats, extortions, and blackmails. In short, the crimes of the Chu villains were too numerous to describe. Fortunately, the big brother of Jin was so powerful that Huaishang was able to let Huaishang down several times.
The weak were saved, and the Jianghuai land was stabilized.
But this has become a foregone conclusion, and there is no chance of further expansion.
However, because of the historical alliance and the solid "revolutionary friendship", the weak countries can stick to each other, which is quite acceptable.
The "enclave" of the State of Zheng in the State of Cai existed like this. In order to resist the State of Chu, the State of Zheng went south in the past. In order not to trouble the brother countries, they asked the brother countries to help provide them with land. The fellow Zheng people farmed the land and ate it themselves.
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This land is located near Liyi. When the civil war in Zheng was fierce, an unlucky boy was sealed here. With the support of Cai Guo, he returned and became the king of Zheng.
Over the centuries, there have been all kinds of love and hatred, but overall, friendship still exists.
So Cai Hou went north to find some veterans to help him beat the barbarians together. The first person who thought of him was brother Zheng Guo.
Besides, when brother Zheng Guo touched little brother Xu Guo, didn't he also think about his brother Cai Guo?
Zheng Guo ate meat, and Cai Guo also drank soup, which was very satisfying.
The only thing I don't like is that I exercise too intensely after meals...
Wu Guo's fierce man, he is really fierce!
"So, the land in this area should be managed well?"
When Li Jie heard that it was a field for military rations, he immediately felt that the quality of this field must be good.
After all, according to the system of the year, after Zheng's troops went south, in order to be self-sufficient, they must engage in large-scale development. As for large-scale development, organized and unorganized are two different things.
No matter how powerful the feudal army is, it still has unified orders, its work efficiency and effective working hours are countless times better than those of civilians, and the quality of its tools is no longer on the same level.
In addition, the army is a national-level unit, and Zheng Guo cannot treat it badly, so the results of land development will most likely be excellent.
Cai Xi didn't quite understand what Li Jie said, but he roughly understood what Li Jie meant, so he nodded: "As the general said, the oak fields were opened by the Zheng people, and the river here to the west was opened by the Zheng people.
'Que Canal'. Across the northeast of Que Yi, there was originally a waterless soil ditch. Thirty years ago, it could also be connected to the canal and the sun would shine."
This is a big project. Li Jie checked the map in his mind and nodded repeatedly. The total irrigation area is not yet clear, but the mileage of at least two artificial ditches should be more than fifty kilometers.
Judging from the amount of work alone, in the war against Chu a hundred or two hundred years ago, the Central Plains countries must have fought resolutely, and they were not as despicable and shameless as they are now...
Nowadays, there are very few countries that are proud of "containing Ji Liang". The typical example is Wu State. The old monster goes crazy and throws his crown to the ground, and then roars loudly with his hair disheveled. In short, from the perspective of performance art,
Absolutely awesome.
And whether it’s an old monster or a kid, these two old guys have tattoos, so they are obviously bad old men... But there is always a sense that the big brother is not in the world.
Although this is probably the tradition of the Wu Kingdom since ancient times, it still feels weird.
It's like when Confucius jumped out of the textbook, his eyes were like lightning, his voice was like thunder, and then his two thick unicorn arms were tattooed with various jackals, tigers, leopards, demons and monsters...
Confucius said: It’s time to pay this month’s protection fee.
Commissioner Li, who was thinking wildly, trembled for a moment, quickly shook away the strange thoughts in his head, and then pointed to the rice fields in front of him that had been cleared of summer grain: "How many people are there in the oak field?"
"Ten townships, the total number of people in Zheng and Cai..."
"The savages must also be counted."
"ah?!"
Cai Xi was stunned for a moment, then made a slight estimate, "Maybe one hundred thousand."
"Well... that's pretty much it."
This situation is similar to that of Wu State. According to the statistics of Gusu Wangji, a township like Yunting in Wu State has only about 2,000 people, but in fact, it is an administrative unit of 10,000 people.
However, savages are not considered human beings.
People in the wild are just idiots. They just have to pay the protection fees regularly and don't think too much about the rest.
If the political status is too low, naturally...it is no longer a human being. It is probably like a leek. When you need it, you pinch it twice, and when you don't need it, you pull up two roots.
After all, to which gentleman might the land where the outlaws work and rest be granted?
If there are many people in a gentleman's house, then someone has to be eliminated, right?
However, Li Jie was a little surprised that there were so many people near Liyi. But after seeing the densely connected high-quality rice fields, Li Jie understood.
What the hell was Zheng Guo planning back then?!
How come this guy doesn't look like he wants to resist the Chu State, but instead wants to annex the Cai State?
However, Li Jie was not interested in knowing what happened in history. After conquering Xincai, he sent people to find the library. As a result, half of the library had been burned down... There were many books rescued, but after sorting them out,
That's troublesome.
Since his debut in Baisha Village, he has always wanted to visit the national libraries of various countries. This is the best opportunity. After all, Cai Guo is also a decent country.
However, the result was still a bit disappointing. Commissioner Li sighed inwardly and decided to see if there would be opportunities like this in the future.