Chapter 639 The highlight (additional chapter for 600 monthly tickets)
When work starts in the afternoon, a bell rings to remind people.
Kong Daqian and his companions listened to the bell and stretched themselves lazily.
After the bell rings, there are about ten minutes left before work officially starts, so everyone can tinker with it a bit and prepare themselves.
Kong Daqian didn't waste any time. Before the time came, he put on his straw hat, drank a bowl of herbal tea, and walked towards the fields.
“I’m going to see how the rice is growing.”
When they came here, they also brought a batch of rice according to Zhou Xu's instructions and tried planting it here.
At that time, the spring plowing season was almost coming to an end. Fortunately, the fields in the third area had already been reclaimed by Zhao Geng and his team, and could be cultivated at any time. In addition, there were canals all around, and with a little operation, they could bring water into the fields to form rice fields, which allowed them to successfully plant this batch of rice.
And this experimental field happened to be under the charge of Kong Daqian.
As a smart man, Kong Daqian naturally knew the importance of this job.
He had previously persuaded other farmers in Huangsha City to come to Da Zhou to farm and live, so now that he had arrived, he was made the team leader.
And now, if he can grow rice successfully, he will definitely make another contribution, and then his position here will be secure.
As this is the case, he naturally cares very much about this experimental field.
After a look, the rice is growing well, but it's still a short time and it can't mean anything yet. We have to wait and see for a while.
Coming out of the rice field, Kong Daqian walked directly towards the fourth area next door.
The rest of his team had arrived before him and were already making preparations.
Pingyuan Farm is the largest farm in Da Zhou today. The entire farm is divided into ten areas in total.
However, until now, there were only two areas that were officially reclaimed and put into cultivation, namely Area No. 1 and Area No. 2.
In other words, there are still large areas waiting for them to be reclaimed and cultivated.
Of course, even Zhou Xu did not intend to let them cultivate the entire plain at once.
He just considered the future development plan, so he planned the farm land in advance.
At this stage, the food production capacity within their Great Zhou is completely sufficient.
Other areas have two grain-producing points, Black Moon City and Desolate Mountain Village, for supply, which is basically more than enough. As for the Plains Farm, it was mainly used to provide food for the lizardmen here.
After reclaiming two areas of land, one was used to grow crops and the other to grow fruit.
The food produced by one of the pieces of land is more than enough to supply the daily consumption of the Lizardmen, and there is even some that can be stockpiled for emergencies.
As for the fruits produced, in addition to supplying the local Lizardmen, many are also transported to other areas for sale, boosting the regional economy.
In this case, if we reclaim all other areas and start farming, it will only waste manpower and material resources. They will not be able to eat all the food grown, which will eventually cause huge losses.
Before the New Year, Zhou Xu, who had already confirmed the follow-up actions, took into account the possible increase in new population, so he specifically notified Zhao Geng and asked him to reclaim an area of land in advance in case of emergency.
In accordance with Zhou Xu's wishes, they had already cultivated this land before.
Afterwards, with the arrival of Kong Daqian and his team, while the land in the third area officially began to be cultivated, Zhou Xu's new order was also transmitted back, requiring them to subsequently reclaim the land of the plain farm directly to the fifth area.
Obviously, the population on the opposite side completely exceeded his expectations. In this case, considering the possible subsequent annexation, just opening up one more area of farmland might not be enough.
At this moment, the old members headed by Zhao Geng were busy with the land and crops that had been cultivated before, and the land that needed additional reclamation and cultivation undoubtedly fell on the newcomers headed by Kong Daqian.
Before summer officially arrives, Kong Daqian and his colleagues are busy carrying out the final spring plowing work.
At the same time, outside Huangsha City, after the failure of the siege on the first day, they were unsurprisingly harassed by the Centaur cavalry all night long that night.
This situation was completely within his expectations. During the day, Long Zhantian took this into consideration, so he chose to attack directly.
Because he knew that if they rested that night, they might be worse off not resting at all.
Under this premise, if he could achieve some results in the siege during the day and cause some casualties to the enemy, perhaps he could gain some peace after nightfall.
However, ideals are full and reality is skinny, even skinnier than he imagined.
The battle hadn't even officially started yet, but the opponent fired two bursts of shots, which made his troops morale unstable. He had to order a retreat and the battle ended hastily.
The attack was indeed scary at the time, but if you calm down and think about it, you will find that it is not as exaggerated as you thought. The attack has relatively limited lethality to large troops. At the same time, Long Zhantian thinks it should not be difficult to avoid it.
The next morning, Zhou Xu, who was standing on the wall, showed a trace of helplessness on his face as he watched the large enemy force advancing again.
At this moment, the advancing formation of the opposing large army was obviously adjusted, and the area facing the city gate was now completely empty.
He knew what this move was defending against even with his feet.
The opponent's approach is very simple, but it cannot be denied that it is indeed useful.
As long as they avoid the city gate area during the advance, the three-bow crossbows placed in the city will not be able to hit them.
Yesterday's retreat was the right decision. The enemy gained stability of their troops with minimal losses, and their three-bow crossbows were suddenly useless.
At first, the soldiers were a little nervous, fearing that the horrific scene of yesterday would happen again.
But as the large army continued to advance, arrows flew from the opposite side, but there was no movement at the city gate. The soldiers here couldn't help but feel relieved and then devoted themselves to the siege.
Grasping the advancing efficiency of the large force and seeing an opportunity, Long Zhantian waved his hand.
"Ascend the siege tower!"
Soon, the siege towers, which were specially prepared by their king, were pushed by the soldiers and approached the top of Huangsha City.
The moment it hit the city wall, a dull thud was heard.
Shi Lei knew that the highlight had just begun.
I saw that the iron-clad tower door at the top of the siege tower opened and hit the wall of Huangsha City heavily, directly building a small bridge between the siege tower and the wall.
There are also barbs installed on the door. When it hits the ground, the hook directly hooks onto the top of the wall, making it difficult for the enemies on the wall to push open the siege tower easily.
At the same time, the siege soldiers who had been ready inside immediately swarmed out.
They never expected that what was waiting for them outside was a bunch of crystal iron spears flashing with cold light! "Kill!!!"
(End of this chapter)
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