Overlord!

Chapter 38
Among the soldiers, the first one to come forward to receive the reward was without a doubt Sun Ce's personal guard leading Yang Xiao. The guarding the general was a great achievement, and killing the enemy and beheading the general in front of the commander is naturally the most likely to be noticed.With so many conveniences, all soldiers in the army yearn to become soldiers of generals and schools.

Yang Xiao stood in front of Sun Ce with his chest held high, and Sun Ce raised his voice and said: "The personal guards led Yang Xiao, loyal to the defense, fighting like a bear and a tiger, not hesitating their lives, falling into the battle, three or four times a day, beheading more than [-] levels, and winning the battle. The flag is on three sides, the meritorious service is outstanding, and the three armies are crowned bravely."

"For his meritorious service, he was moved to be the head of the personal guard. He was bestowed with a long lance, a pair of black armor, three famous knives, and a brocade robe."

"One more dancer, one mansion, [-] acres of fertile land, and [-] acres of mulberry fields."

"Give the soldiers a family allowance, three bolts of cloth, one catty of silver, one stone of salt, and ten stones of grain."

Listen to this endless, reward after reward.

The soldiers couldn't help cheering excitedly, as if a fire was burning in their chests.

The General is generous!

How can people not be delighted by the rewards one by one!How to keep people from being crazy!

Yang Xiao's face was flushed with excitement, his whole body was throbbing with blood, he cupped his hands and bowed to the bottom, and shouted: "General Xiaomeng is very kind, I can't repay the accident by breaking my body and bones, I am willing to tie a straw title for the general, and I will die!"

Sun Ce helped him up with a smile, and said, "You are my hero, and I shall share the same honor and disgrace with you, and we will share weal and woe! Let's see who it is."

Chen Wu came over from behind Sun Ce, holding the black armor and the brocade robe in both hands, behind him were two soldiers on the left and one on the right, respectively holding long-spear sabers, silver cloth, land deeds, and house deeds, among them, It is a delicate and delicate dancer wearing a Sujuan train, white and soft, holding a pipa in her arms.

Yang Xiao's eyes widened in surprise. This is the dancer from Huiqu's mansion in Yangzhou in Liyang City. The general did not hesitate to offend her because of himself, so that the king took her from the mansion to the Yangtze River and brought her to Shicheng County.

For a moment, Yang Xiao felt like his heart was beating like a drum. He was excited and grateful, but also his blood was surging and his mouth was dry.

Sun Ce smiled and said, "Take her back to your mansion. The magistrate will take you to identify your mansion and fields."

Take her back to the mansion!
Yang Xiao's blood was racing with excitement, his face was already flushed, and he shouted hysterically: "General, I'm clumsy in words, I can't describe how grateful I am, I can only die from now on in order to repay the general's generous reward."

Sun Ce smiled and nodded, telling him to go aside to receive his reward immediately.

The soldiers and county officials have already moved all his rewards to the ox cart. The grain and coarse salt are packed in cloth bags and spread on the ox cart board. And the Xuanjia of swords and guns.The woman in a plain white dress was finally helped onto the bullock cart, and there was a thick pile of land deeds of land on the skirt with silver cakes on it.

This cart is full of the wealth of a family, the assets and hopes of a soldier to settle down and start a career.

When the soldiers saw Yang Xiao leading the ox cart, carrying a fair-skinned beauty and a whole load of wealth, and returning from the reward receiving place, they were immediately frenzied to the extreme. Countless people shouted and cheered excitedly, and some even made fun of Yang Xiao. .

At this moment, Yang Xiao couldn't hear the noisy voices of his comrades around him, he felt as if he was in a dream.

Just a month ago, I was still a refugee wandering through ravines, my life was dying, and the day was not far away, and my corpse might be exposed in the wilderness at any time. The flesh and blood were swallowed by wild wolves, and there was no bones left.

But just because he followed the general, he is now rich and secure, and even has a house and property.

He couldn't help but sneak a glance at the beautiful woman sitting stiffly on the bullock cart from the corner of her eye.

In the more than 20 years before this month, even if I had lustful thoughts at night, I never dared to imagine that one day I would be able to embrace such a fair-skinned, soft and beautiful woman.

Now even if it is the emperor Lao Tzu, if the general asks me to go up and chop him up, he will never hesitate!Whoever dares to run away on the battlefield and damage the general's cause, I will be the first to let it go!If one of the soldiers under his command dared to have the slightest thought of disloyalty to the general, he would press his head with his own hands and drown him in the Yangtze River!

Yang Xiao only felt that there was always a fire burning in his chest, which was not only the agitation of pride and ambition, but also the hotness of food and sex.A man with a golden sword and an iron horse, the sense of accomplishment of conquering everything has reached its acme today.

He looked at the woman on the bullock cart with burning eyes, and the woman couldn't stand against his directness, so she sat on the bullock cart with a red face and a stiff face.

As a dancer, she has nothing to accept, and she has thought about this fate a long time ago.

This is already one of the best homes she can have.Not only can you stick to the end, but also your husband can accomplish a lot and have a bright future.At this moment, she only wishes that whatever she meets is a beloved one.

This is also the common thinking of the 920 seven women in Sun Ce's camp.Their parents and eldest brother had all died in the war, and they were helpless.It is not easy to live peacefully without being reduced to a group of men's venting tools.

What's even more rare is that Sun Lang bought a dowry for all of them and married them to a good matchmaker.

They can't ask for more.After all, even if their parents and eldest brother organize the wedding, they don't know what kind of temperament the person they are marrying will have.At least, the people they marry now have a good future.

When rewarding the soldiers, except for the first few Sun Ce who read their names and achievements in detail, the soldiers behind were just called by the military officials, went forward to thank Sun Ce, and then they could go to receive their own rewards.

Their allowances are the same, three bolts of cloth, one catty of silver, one stone of salt, and ten stones of grain, enough for a family to live through a year.

In 920, the seven soldiers were divided into ten lis, roughly equivalent to ten villages, and they were all gathered in the Hengjiang Pavilion, with a small area.

The so-called ten miles and eight villages are only a dozen miles in radius. Sun Ce lent the horse carts and ox carts to the soldiers, and it took only one day for all the soldiers to move the brides into their new homes.

The entire Hengjiang Pavilion was shrouded in a festive atmosphere, and the soldiers who had finished their work took the shy bride to arrange their belongings and clean the new house.

The mansions allocated to the soldiers are all vacant folk houses, ranging from the mansions of the powerful to the huts of the common people.

Fan Neng's garrison at Niuzhu was less than two years, although the looting was heavy, resulting in ten rooms and nine empty rooms.But these fields and houses have not been abandoned for a long time, basically about a year, and some even only a few months.

There are not many windy and rainy places. In this era, as long as the people are young and not lazy, they know how to repair them.

What really deserves attention is the barren land distributed among the soldiers' fields and houses.

After rewarding the soldiers, Sun Ce took Liu You and Gao Cheng into the Hengjiang Pavilion. After a year of neglect, the place is now full of vitality. In addition to the couple cleaning the new house, there are also county officials leading the people to claim their fields.

The most important of these is Sang Tian.

What Sun Ce distributed to the soldiers was unowned land, but the land that had been abandoned for only one year did not have much impact.

Some land needs to be cultivated in rotation, and it would have been abandoned there to restore fertility.

The mulberry field is even less affected. Mulberry trees are trees. If a mulberry tree is not deliberately destroyed, it can survive for hundreds of years. no problem.

Sun Ce and Shicheng County Magistrate Gao Cheng stood in front of a mulberry field, looking at the densely packed mulberry branches, Sun Ce asked, "How many mulberry trees are there in this mu of land?"

Gao Cheng immediately replied without hesitation: "One mu of mulberry fields can grow fifty mulberry trees. Of course, there are not only mulberry trees in the mulberry fields of ordinary powerful people, but also five elm trees and five jujube trees in each. The elm pods are edible. It can also be used as sauce. Dates can be used as fruit paste."

Sun Ce looked at Sang Tiannei in surprise. He had heard that Haoqiang's family ate melons in July, peeled dates in August, and harvested rice in October.Sun Ce, a general who doesn't know anything about farming, really didn't know before, it turned out that they arranged it like this.

So Sun Ce turned his head and said solemnly to Gao Cheng: "All the soldiers under my command are dressed in soldiers and horses. They know how to fight on the battlefield, but they may not know how to farm. Gaoxian Junzhi County must be taught to teach farming and mulberry farming."

Gao Cheng immediately cupped his hands and said: "This is the job of a subordinate official, and he will definitely not eat a vegetarian meal. Shicheng County now has a total population of more than [-] households. During the farming season, I will personally supervise the county officials and guide the people to be more serious. I will preach in Liusui people."

"Propaganda to the people of Liusui." Sun Ce pondered for a moment, then praised: "Mr. Gao County, with deep plans and far-sighted plans, and a mastery of opportunities, is quite in line with my liking. Danyang County has a unique geographical advantage. It is true that we should not stick to cultivation. Pay equal attention to the four peoples. Fishing, silkworms, and smelting should all be taught to the people."

Not to mention fishing and smelting. Danyang relies on the Yangtze River and has a lot of copper and iron. These two items can be developed without any arrangement by Sun Ce.

But this kind of mulberry and sericulture must be personally interrogated by Sun Ce.

This piece of land is the Nanjing of future generations!Yunjin, the first of the four famous brocades in Zhuxia, was born in this land.

Brocade was originally the representative of the highest technology of silk fabrics, and Yunjin was the first of the four famous brocades. It was bright and brilliant in color, as beautiful as clouds in the sky, so it was a royal tribute in the Yuan, Ming and Qing dynasties.

The famous Jinyiwei, Feiyu suit and python robe are made of Yunjin.

Although Jinyiwei is famous for Yunjin, the birth of Yunjin is not far from the present. It was only after Sun Ce’s good brother Sun Quan moved the capital to Jianye that the silk weaving industry began to develop here.

In this era, Shu brocade, one of the four famous brocades, has already existed. Technically, there is no difference between Yun brocade and Shu brocade. The difference between the two is only in the overlapping relationship of warp and weft threads during weaving.

However, in terms of the wild and backward atmosphere of Danyang County today, even if Sun Ce told them that brocades as beautiful as clouds can be woven here, they would just take it as a fantasy and couldn't believe it.

Sun Ce could only advance step by step, looking at the mulberry trees in the mulberry field, he said to Gao Cheng: "In the Hengjiang Pavilion, most of them are the wives of soldiers, and their families are young and strong, and they are in the army. It is not convenient for them to stay at home to cultivate."

"Mr. Gaoxian will focus on promoting mulberry fields. Those who have ten acres of fertile land must plant one and a half acres of mulberry. Since ancient times, Jiangdong women have lived in the east and west, beside the Huanshayue stream. The women in Jiangboting are densely populated, which just carried forward this tradition. Sericulture and silk reeling are even enough to become a major feature of Jiangbo Pavilion."

Gao Cheng nodded: "Men farming and women weaving have a long history. The situation in Jiang Boting is indeed more suitable for planting mulberry and weaving. I will pay more attention to this aspect."

Sun Ce thought for a while and said, "When our army moves northward, the life of the soldiers' wives will probably be even more inconvenient. If we focus on growing mulberry, the output of the farmland may be insufficient, and we must trade to get what we need. The grass market in Shicheng County is in where?"

"Grass market?" Gao Cheng was confused for a while, "There are cities in Shicheng County, but I haven't heard of any grass market."

Sun Ce raised his eyebrows. In this era, there are no rural fairs?
So Liu Bei sold straw sandals and mats and had to push a cart into the city to sell them.

Sun Ce pointed to the distance, and said: "These women traveled more than ten miles to the city to buy a few buckets of grain, a few clay pots, and copper kettles, and then carry them home.

"From now on, you will set up several grass markets in the suburbs of the city and in the villages where the transportation is convenient, and regularly gather communes every three to five days, and call the people here to sell and trade."

The officers, wives and daughters all have a fortune, a catty of silver, which is enough to attract people from all over the world to sell some items, such as pottery, ironware, woodware, and even rouge and gouache.

Especially ironware, iron kettles, scissors, kitchen knives and the like are all necessary things for every household.And these things happen to be more powerful.It is enough to attract the powerful from Wubao and participate in the commodity economic circulation.

It may even promote a round of rejuvenation. Abandoned pottery kilns can be restarted, net-weaving looms can be restarted, and extinguished smelting furnaces can be smoked again.

As long as the rule is stable, even the powerful are willing to move around.No one wants to huddle in that dark place in Wubao all day long.

Gao Cheng bowed his hand solemnly, and promised Sun Ce: "Cheng will manage Shicheng meticulously, so that the soldiers can kill the enemy with peace of mind."

Sun Ce nodded with a smile: "Whether there will be nearly a thousand good families in our army depends entirely on you, Mr. Gao County. Only if you arrange the families of soldiers and soldiers well, and those who have permanent property have perseverance, can our army shine in battle."

Another important reason for Sun Ce to promote this grass market is that he himself, Sun Ce, will benefit the most after the recovery of the commodity economy.

It's not the tax in Caoshi, but the wealth in his hands can finally be used.

He gathered the scattered, punished the filth, and accumulated a lot of gold and silver in the process of military conquest.

But the gold and silver piled in the hands that cannot be circulated are just a pile of broken copper and iron, which would take up space in the camp.

After the circulation of the commodity economy, gold and silver can only have their value if a large amount of wealth can be bought from grass markets and markets.

The effect in this aspect is very significant. During the first grass market, military officials in Sun Ceying bought more than 500 pieces of ironware from Haoqiang in the market.

Among the equipment donated by the hero Xu Yi, there is also a batch of farm tools, and together with the iron wares Sun Ce bought in the market, there are more than 5000 pieces of iron wares in the hands of the soldiers.Farming efficiency has been greatly improved.

(End of this chapter)