Age of mythical princes

Chapter 23 The Lower Limit Is No Lower Limit
"In a state of war, men are in charge of fighting and women are in charge of farming. Children are unified into the nursery school, and the elderly are in charge of teaching."

"This system sounds fine, but it is very problematic in practice. For example, women are in charge of farming, but their physical strength is not as good as that of men. Once time goes by, large-scale production reductions are inevitable."

At first glance, it is lush green, and there is no end in sight. This large farm has at least [-] mu of land.Looking at the scene in front of him, Jiang Hua squatted directly on the ground, picked up some dirt and squeezed it.

"In the past, we also tried to divide the land for each household. Especially those county soldiers, who joined the county soldiers, they were given [-] mu of land directly. But later we found out that this still doesn't work."

"Let's not talk about the occasional rich and powerful oppressing the county soldiers and depriving the county soldiers of their income. When the county soldiers go out to fight, the family will lose a strong labor force, which will affect the income from farming."

"If this expedition is successful, enough spoils are obtained, and the county soldiers themselves get enough rewards, then this expedition will be a good deal."

"However, in many cases, the county soldiers patrol the territory in teams, and the patrol lasts for three months. It is normal to have nothing to do. At this time, there are not so many rewards to be distributed. By the time the county soldiers return home, the farming season has passed."

"Later, the land was no longer directly rewarded to the county soldiers, but the income on the land. We specially hired people to plant the land of the county soldiers, and directly gave copper coins or grain when the autumn harvest was harvested."

"Moreover, the county magistrate or the young master will distribute it himself!"

When the county magistrate Yu said this, Jiang Hua remembered that he had indeed personally distributed money to the county soldiers below.So many copper coins are packed into boxes, and it is not light to move around.

What's more, by distributing it yourself, you can prevent other people from eating out of pay, or the fact that [-]% of the military pay is lost as soon as it is allocated from the county magistrate's treasury.

"Farming has always been a very labor-intensive task and the harvest is not too big. Ordinary people can plow ten acres of land without the help of cattle. Even with cattle, a family wants to cultivate one hundred acres. The land is also very difficult, we have to compete against time, and when harvesting, we have to hire a few people to help. Otherwise, if we are not careful, the farming season will pass.”

"So, in order to save manpower and improve farming efficiency, we introduced a lot of large-scale agricultural tools, such as the eight-ox plow, which is said to be pulled by eight cows to cultivate hundreds of acres of land with ease."

Jiang Hua rubbed his hands, and a lot of the mud on them fell down, and he stood up.Looking into the distance, he did see a large plow, but the plow pulled by eight oxen was not the eight oxen as imagined, but a strong man.

This burly man didn't wear any clothes on his upper body, and his lower body was bunted. His feet were on the ground, covered with mud, and he was pulling an eight-ox plow with one hand. His forward speed was not slow at all.

Looking at the strong man who was pulling the plow, Xian Chengyu smiled slightly: "He is a warlock, and he is also a warlock who has comprehended the true meaning of the three five elements. His physical body has already evolved several times. There is no problem with a few cows alone .”

"There are quite a few warlocks in the territory who do this. Warlocks understand the true meaning of the five elements, don't they just need to observe the nature of the world? Going deep into life and observing life is also a way to understand the true meaning of the five elements."

"Many warlocks comprehended the true meaning of earth or fire when they plowed the land. Some warlocks realized the true meaning of wood or metal when they harvested rice, wheat, and rapeseed with a sickle."

"Li Sheng once said that the way of Taoism is natural. Most of us Taoists in Yancheng are more down-to-earth. They don't think that they are superior to others, and they don't think that becoming a Taoist means being a master, so they don't have to be human."

Jiang Hua nodded with a smile: "What is nature? Isn't it just every aspect of life, bit by bit?"

What made Jiang Hua even more delighted was the extremely harmonious atmosphere in front of him.This kind of atmosphere is hard to see in other noble territories.

"This time the war will not be short-lived, and we must be prepared for ten or even twenty years."

Not to mention anything else, let's just say that when the capital city of the Chao Kingdom was besieged by the Wu Kingdom next door, it had been directly besieged for 30 years.

The capital city of the Chao Kingdom itself is connected to the Chao River, so it can use the power of the Great River.Unexpectedly, in the tenth year, the Chaohe River near the capital was cut off by Wu Guo, and the Chao country could still connect to the land veins.

If it hadn't been for Yue State's sneak attack on Wu State's rear, the capital of Chao State might have fallen.

"The competition in this battle is about their respective backgrounds, and it also includes each other's concentration."

"For example, in the future, we will ask the common people to reduce the scope of their activities, and to conduct activities in villages and places with a lot of people as much as possible."

why?

Unable to figure it out, Jiang Hua began to recall the history books he saw in his mind.

Things like history books are very precious knowledge in Chao Country.It will only be stored in the territory of the real great nobles. Of course, the capital has it, but it is not open.

Since the establishment of Yancheng, it has been collecting history books. Jiang Hua recalled for a moment, and then he had the answer: "Is it because they will directly send monks to slaughter the scattered people?"

County Chengyu nodded with a serious expression: "3000 years ago, the Liu family opened up the land of the three counties, and everything was thriving. At that time, the head of the Liu family was about to completely tame the blood in his body and become a genuine second-generation Qing family. , but at this critical moment, a fierce beast suddenly ran out."

"The bloodline of this beast is very similar to the bloodline of the monarch. If there is no accident, it should be an old senior from the monarch's lineage who could never break through. He sacrificed himself and forcibly swallowed the elixir to improve the bloodline. In the end, it was completely controlled by the desire in the blood and turned into a beast!"

"Actually, this is not the first time that the monarch's lineage has done this. Back then when the Chao Kingdom was besieged by the Wu Kingdom, the world thought it was the Yue Kingdom who sent troops to attack the Wu Kingdom's rear, but in fact it was because a pure-blooded beast of the first generation suddenly appeared in the Wu Kingdom. Near the country's army camp. After Wu's many masters killed the pure-blood beasts, the strength of Wu's army also lost a small half."

If at that time, Chao Guo continued to sacrifice the background of a second-generation strength, allowing this background to greatly improve the purity of his blood, and eventually completely lost control, what would Wu Guo do?
Who knows how much background like Chaoguo has?

What if there are still ten or eight? Although theoretically speaking, this is impossible, and it is unexpected to have one, but I dare not bet and I can't bet!

"So, when they are unable to break through the Dashi Pass head-on, it is possible to release ferocious beasts, or simply come to massacre the village, or use spells to destroy our farmland on a large scale before the harvest. We cannot underestimate their lower limit , so, we must do everything possible to prepare!"

Looking at the sun in the distance, Jiang Hua squeezed the soil in his hands vigorously: "Even if Yancheng is completely smashed, we must resist to the end!"

(End of this chapter)