What surprised Wang Zheng the most was the fifth brigade. They only had seven teams with a total of only about two thousand people. The other teams had more than three thousand people each, and the largest one had nearly four thousand people.

What surprised Wang Zheng the most was that their captain was actually a woman wearing a veil. There were also women among the team leaders and deputy team leaders, but the proportion was not large.

Wang Zheng looked at Zhang San with a puzzled look. Zhang San approached Wang Zheng and whispered, "Most of their team are escaped slaves, and the captain is a prostitute."

Wang Zheng nodded and raised his voice and said, "No matter what your identities were before, you are now helpers working for the farm, and you will always be helpers while you are on the farm.

When you want to leave, I will go to Yuzhou to apply for a new identity for you. This is your compensation for surviving this disaster. Since you have survived the disaster, let’s start over.”

As soon as Wang Zheng finished speaking, the Fifth Battalion burst into cheers. Wang Zheng was actually protecting them.

The veiled woman squatted down and bowed to Wang Zheng, with gratitude in her eyes.

Five miles doesn't sound far, just over two thousand meters, but the mountain road is difficult to travel on. It is possible to take two hours to walk just over two thousand meters. If you walk around a little further, it may take several days to finish the walk.

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If you work here, not only will you get food, but you will also get five cents a day. As for work in the fields, I give you two choices.

"I want to see if there is a suitable high ground to build a large reservoir. A large reservoir can regulate the water and ensure that this area is not affected by drought. It can also prevent floods in the rainy season."

Wang Zheng nodded and said to the other four people, "I will roughly divide all the farmland into four areas: left, right, front and center. The four of you can draw lots first.

Wang Zheng planned to plant sugarcane here and continue to grow sorghum and Yongcai on the arable land over there.

“You can come and get the tools now. I will designate a place for you to settle down later. There are many bamboo forests around. You can cut down as many bamboos as you like to build a bamboo house.

This kind of terrain is actually more suitable for building dams and cofferdams, and cultivating them into terraced fields where fish and rice can coexist.

Wang Zheng asked the disaster victims behind the detachment to come and receive food and tools, and he began to select a place for them to settle down on Zhang's farmland.

At first, these people were very happy when Wang Zheng said that they didn’t have to pay rent for farming. But when they heard Wang Zheng say that the reclaimed land was not theirs, some people immediately became unhappy, but no one dared to say it out loud.

Wang Zheng took Niu Laosan and a dozen hunters with him and wandered around the nearby hills.

If there are many people in your family, you can start working now. Today, your main task is to help clean up the dock. You can get money and food only if you work. If you don't work, you can only get two cups of food a day, and you can only receive it for two months.

You can come now to receive today’s two cups of food, and tools will be distributed later.”

You can come and go freely here, but if you want to leave, you must tell your team leader. If you need to apply for identity proof, you must report to your team leader, and then the team leader will send you to me.

You can also reclaim the wasteland outside at will, and you don’t have to pay rent. Correspondingly, you also don’t have ownership of the land, you are just renting it to cultivate it.”

One is to work for me, and the other is to rent the land to you to farm on your own. You don’t have to pay me rent for renting the land here, and no matter how much you farm, it’s yours.

Luo Wu has already returned with his people, but Wang Zheng asked him to transport the supplies left there to him, the most important of which is the sugarcane that has not yet been planted.

I will handle it for you once every two months, or you can go back now. I believe Yuzhou will not make things difficult for you. This is the rule for now.

"We need a valley with higher terrain so that after we open the canal, we can irrigate as much farmland as possible. The best terrain is like Hulukou, so that we can save labor hours.

Once you have been selected, you should settle down there first. We will work out the detailed division of farmland later. When settling, each team should separate a little to avoid being too far away from their own farmland."

"Master, please tell us what kind of place you want to find. Brothers, you can go and look around first, and then Master can go and take a look. There is no need to travel so hard."

Niu Lao San thought for a moment and said, "I don't know what kind of place is suitable for building a large reservoir, but I think since it's related to water, wouldn't it be easier if we look along the mountain stream?"

After checking, Wang Zheng called the five team leaders over and said to the veiled woman, "There are many young and strong people in your team. Just stay in the back mountain to open up wasteland. I will give you some money and food subsidies."

Niu Lao San was in good physical condition and was used to walking on mountain roads. While Wang Zheng was taking a breath, he asked, "Master, are you planning to build something by checking the mountain conditions at this time?"

After the area was divided, Wang Zheng asked Li Si to lead people to clean up the dock, mainly the area that was burned by fire. Whether it was to be rebuilt or left as an empty space, it had to be cleared first.

Yuzhou is hilly. Except for a large flat land of several dozen acres in front and a small hill behind it, the rest of Zhang's Fort is hilly with a drop of several meters to more than ten meters.

"There is a lot of work for you to do here. The fortress needs to be cleaned up, and the many fields left by the Zhang family need to be cultivated. Anyway, there will be endless work for you to do.

The veiled woman bowed to Wang Zheng and said, "It's all at the steward's command."

The size doesn't matter, and the height difference doesn't matter either. We can build the dam in sections. The key is to have a good terrain to minimize the work time. Don't look too far away, just search within a five-mile radius."

However, once I rent the land, I have to farm it well. If I don’t do well, I will take the land back and give it to someone else the next year.

After sending out the people in groups of two, Wang Zheng and Niu Lao San started to return, planning to come out again the next day to check the results.

Back at the fort, Wang Zheng looked up at the big characters on the gate and said to Niu Lao San, "Find someone to take these characters down."

"What word should it be replaced with?"

Wang Zheng shook his head and said, "Let's just change it to Royal Farm. It's enough to let people know what this place is. There's no need for a name with any special meaning."

The victims in the fort had almost been cleared out. Wang Zheng would provide them with meals and five cents a day as wages. With the current grain prices, one person's work was enough to feed five people.