I am one year older than Chongzhen

Chapter 61 The Base

After negotiating with Hedan Battelle, Huang Yi ordered Wang Baishan, Huang Dazhi, He Jiye, Huang Dayong and others to march into the mountains with their supplies.

The foothold is what they fancy together, and this will be the base for great development in the future!

Wang Baishan was very excited at the time, thinking that it was easy to defend and difficult to attack, and it was relatively hidden.

He Jiye and the others deliberately turned over the snow to look at the grassland, and came to the conclusion that the soil in that basin was particularly fertile.

They think that once the land there is reclaimed, it will be enough to feed tens of thousands of people.

Huang Yi didn't make a fuss. There are many paddy fields and dry land in the counties north of Zhangjiakou in later generations. The combined area of ​​cultivated land is hundreds of millions of mu, and the population definitely exceeds 100 million.

Grain is not only self-sufficient, but also a large amount of commercial grain is exported.

The entire Inner Mongolia has more than [-] million mu of arable land, and tens of millions of tons of grain are exported.

It's a pity that I don't know if Mongolia had a thousand acres of arable land during the Ming Dynasty?

The plan for this year has already been drawn up. The weather is cold and the base area is not considered to build houses for the time being. We still choose to build a yurt in a sunny and leeward place.

However, it is necessary to concentrate all manpower on logging and laying stones, and build an iron workshop in the deserted military fort in the fastest time, and immediately start to forge farm tools.

The next step is to build a big room as a classroom, the bigger the better, so that hundreds of people can come here for meetings and studies, and women can also come here to spin wool, knit sweaters, and do needlework.

When everyone gathers to work, study, and listen to stories, it can better reflect the fun of collective life, increase the sense of identity and naturally enhance cohesion.

Unity is strength, and this strength must be converted into combat effectiveness when defending the homeland.

The reason for choosing that place is because the foundation of the original Daming Border Fort is still there, and it is convenient to get water, and a small castle can be built there in the future.

When the ice and snow melt, land must be reclaimed, and of course it cannot be done entirely by manpower.

Huang Yi thought of Ma Geng in Europe.

It was after Huang Yi watched the Oscar-winning movie "War Horse" that he knew that war horses could still plow land, so he specifically checked the relevant information on horse farming.

I finally figured out why the Han people gave up the horse plowing that was widely used in the north of the Han Dynasty and chose ox plowing.

That's because the Han people were too smart to prevent the imperial court from recruiting horses for war and deliberately not raising horses.

Now Huang Yi has more than [-] war horses and pack horses, and more than [-] cows in his hands. This number can be greatly increased by plundering other tribes.

Of course, there will not be fewer Han slaves to be rescued, and the population will definitely increase continuously.

It is certain that next spring, Huang Yi will still have more horses and fewer cattle in his hands, and of course both horse and cattle plowing will be needed to reclaim wasteland.

Huang Yi knows that horse plows are different from ox plows, but he just knows and cannot do it.

Therefore, after he clarified his requirements, Wang Baishan, Lan Jinkui, Qi Dashan, and He Jiye studied and finalized the question of what kind of plow to draw a horse.

None of the cattle owned by Huang Yi are farming cattle, and he doesn't know how to domesticate a few farming cattle.

It doesn't matter if he doesn't understand, there are at least ten people who understand Liu Shifu, He Jiye and so on.

Anyway, there is no rule on how much land will be reclaimed next spring, we will do our best.

It doesn't matter if the food produced may not be enough for oneself.

Go to Zhangjiakou to buy again!
Anyway, they will annex small tribes together with Hedan Bateer's tribe. Although the heads of Tartars are not as expensive as the heads of slaves, they can be exchanged for food.

Moreover, no matter which tribe has more chiefs and superiors who occupy resources, they can always plunder gold and silver treasures.

Huang Yi's only request is to record the good methods of land reclamation and farming that have been proven effective by Wang Baishan.

When the conditions are ripe, compile a "New Book of Minutes of Tuntian", and strive to become a teaching material for agronomy.

It is the ideal of Ming literati to write books and establish stories.

For this reason, too many literati posted books and wrote books, and paid for their own publication and distribution.

Of course, Wang Baishan also has the idea of ​​writing a book.

The "New Book of Tuntian Minutes" may even become an agricultural textbook. This temptation is strong enough, and Wang Baishan must of course redouble his efforts.

The Han people have a special liking for the land. When Huang Yi announced his plan to settle and open up wasteland and cultivate land, Zhang, Du Cuilan, Liu Shifu and more than [-]% of the Han people were very excited.

Less than [-]% of the rest are children, not yet sensible.

The attitude of a teenager and an adult made Huang Yi more confident.

I believe that all people will cherish the land reclaimed through untold hardships, and will definitely be able to defend their homes to the death.

However, when there is no castle to defend, if they are attacked by the superior Mongolian cavalry or the Jiannu Eight Banners Army, it is really possible that they will all die in battle.

The construction of the castle is not an overnight effort. It must be ensured that the base area will not be harassed by the enemy within a year or two.

Therefore, it is imperative to eliminate the other tribes outside the mountain and make the Hedanbaatar tribe the largest and strongest tribe within a radius of [-] miles.

Huang Yi had no doubts about employing people, so he didn't go to the base area.

The construction there was completely entrusted to Wang Baishan, Huang Dazhi, Huang Dayong, Qi Dashan, Lan Jinkui and others.

He took the two brothers Huang Dapeng, Zhang Dong, Zuo Guanghu, Yue Mufei and Hu Xiaochuan, Chalahe, Ersun Zaqin, and Du Mbu to investigate in the east.

Ersun Zaqin and Du Mbu had just recovered from their injuries. They were grateful for Huang Yi's life-saving grace and asked to arrange things to do.

When you go to settle in the mountain basin, you have to be careful not to be robbed by mountain people, horse thieves, bandits, and mountain kings.

Zhi, Yong, Shuang, Quan, Gerda, Yamoboli, etc., plus more than 100 Han people who have been practicing for a month, are enough to deal with it.

The better Hedan Battelle develops outside the mountain, the more Huang Yi's big family will be able to settle down with peace of mind and have a large production.

Therefore, Huang Yi must spare no effort to strengthen Hedan Bateer's tribe, and bring the two brothers Hu Xiaochuan and Chalahe who can fight the most.

When Esun Zaqin and Du Mbu introduced themselves, they boasted that they were proficient in bow and horse and were willing to die for Huang Yi.

Huang Yi didn't doubt their riding and shooting skills, and didn't want them to die easily, so he took out two pairs of leather armors that were repaired like new to equip them, and promised that once they made meritorious service, the leather armors would be rewards and would not be taken back.

Ersun Zhaqin and Dumbu originally had leather armor, and adding a pair of them would definitely enhance their defense. Besides, it was getting colder and colder, so wearing more would make them more resistant to the cold.

The two of them immediately knelt down and said in blunt Chinese: "Thank you, Master, for your reward!"

At the beginning, Huang Yi wanted to change, at least to abolish the etiquette of kneeling and kowtowing every now and then.

It was later discovered that this cannot be done.

The feudal society was strictly hierarchical, paying attention to the order of dignity and inferiority.

If people at the bottom are not allowed to salute and bow down, those people will be at a loss.

So Huang Yi has long accepted the bow of his subordinates frankly.

Seeing Ersun Zhaqin and Du Mbu thanking each other in Chinese, Huang Yi encouraged him: "Very good, very good. In the future, learn to speak Chinese more carefully. If I have a chance, I will take you to the pass to have a look."

(End of this chapter)