Chapter 487 A Changed World
Qin Huai and others have been building the city, and the land was not opened until spring, so time is very tight.
Fortunately, this piece of land is next to the river and the soil is soft. Although the tribe lacks other things, it has a lot of cattle and horses.
Even if these oxen have never pulled a plow, they can pull carts. If someone from the tribe leads the oxen, ten acres of land can be reclaimed in a day.
Planting crops depends on the season. We can’t continue sowing now and can only wait for the autumn harvest.
But the land was cultivated continuously, and by next year, more than a thousand acres of fertile land could be cultivated.
Qin Huai and the others were a little envious.
The flat land here is endless and can be cultivated into top-quality land.
It is close to the river and there is no need to worry about water and fertilizer. If we plant some crops, the people in Mida City will never be able to eat them all.
But Qin Huai and others were a little worried. After the wall was built, those Di people would be able to open up the land. What could they do?
When Qin Huai asked Song Liyun about his future plans, Song Liyun smiled and said, "Uncle Qin, these plots of land need to be managed, and there are still many things to do in the city. I'm only worried that you can't become superhuman, so why are you worried about having nothing to do and having nothing to do?"
What she said was not perfunctory. Song Erlang was going to leave, and the Di people didn't know anything about the land. Qin Huai and others needed to teach them as soon as possible. In the future, they would no longer use people from the Wu Dynasty to farm.
Some convenient water conservancy facilities in the city should also be put on the agenda.
The river is five miles away from Mida City.
Now the city's water is transported by ten ox carts that are kept open for twenty hours. In particular, the large bathhouse is a major water user and requires five carts to supply it.
The dirty water used in the city is also discharged through ditches. Now that there are fewer people and the time is short, it can quickly seep into the ground.
If time goes on for a long time and it is winter, I am afraid that icebergs will form.
And public toilets...
So, Qin Huai and others brought a few people from the Di tribe to start improving the facilities in Mida City and digging deep drainage ditches to prevent freezing.
The canal from the river to the city was also under construction, and Song Liyun didn't want to use a ox cart to draw water all the time.
Although the Mida River freezes in winter, wooden water wheels can be used for most of the year.
There are water wheels in Suijin Town and windmills in the Wuda tribe of Kara Mountain, so we should also arrange for them here.
But there were no craftsmen, so Zhao Tingduo had to call the craftsmen from Kala Mountain over.
In addition, Song Liyun also asked the guards in the city to keep their guards busy and dig water cellars for the merchants to facilitate water storage.
She is a pessimist and has the habit of storing things in space.
Not only did he carry all kinds of daily necessities with him, he even wanted to fill up the city lord's mansion with fodder to feel at ease.
Now there are no wells or mountain springs in the city, so her first reaction is to store water in the cellar, at least enough to cover the city's expenses for one month.
Fortunately, Zhao Tingduo was not in the city, otherwise he would have laughed at me if he knew.
In winter, cattle and sheep on the grassland eat snow to quench their thirst, and people can also rely on heavy snow for water. There is no need to carry water from the river, so naturally there is no habit of storing water.
But now Song Liyun is the highest leader in Mida City.
Whatever she said, others did it without even questioning it.
So, while horse racing continued outside the city, construction work was also going on vigorously in the city.
Song Liyun advertised the recruitment, and the compensation was salt, tea, cloth, grain and other physical goods. Soon, the Di people stopped watching and started to go into the city to work.
This spring, the entire Di tribe living in the Mida River Valley seemed to have been transformed into a different world.
In addition to herding, the young people also talk about competitions, farming, and working in the city.
The old man was a little confused and a little angry.
They are accustomed to migrating with livestock across pastures in summer and winter.
The young people in the tribe don't want to leave anymore. They want to settle down here, where they can not only have leisure and entertainment, but also buy what they need from time to time.
There was a subtle split among the families in the various tribes of the Di people, and a large family that loved each other even showed a tendency to split up.
As new and old ideas alternate, Mida City's reputation is mixed, but it is also gaining popularity.
Zhao Tingduo and Song Liyun only learned about this situation a year later.
The people's hearts were in their way, and they were helpless.
In Zhao Tingduo's view, he conquered the tribes not to control everyone's way of life.
The management of the subordinate tribes by the overlord tribe is to mediate conflicts between the tribes. It has the right to dispatch troops from various places and purchase cattle and sheep, but it cannot deal with conflicts between two generations.
Song Liyun did not expect that the conflict of ideas would come so quickly.
She expected that it would take a few years before someone would change their lifestyle.
As a result, just an equestrian competition in Mida City aroused the hearts of young people.
Half a month later, when Zhao Tingduo returned from Hecheng, he saw that the city was dusty and people were digging ditches and pits everywhere.
Outside the city, tents were lined up next to each other, gongs and drums were beating, and the cheers were deafening. The scene was packed with people. There was no trace of the quiet and lively atmosphere before I left. I could hardly believe my eyes.
Even the City Lord's Mansion has changed. Song Liyun arranged a schedule for a group of children.
In the morning, everyone, big or small, does housework together, eats breakfast and goes to school for an hour.
Song Liyun organized a set of different learning contents for them.
In addition to learning the Wu Dynasty characters, students also have to learn simplified Chinese and elementary arithmetic.
There is no music, chess, calligraphy, painting, poetry or song, everything is based on practicality.
In the afternoon, we worked on the beautification of the city lord's mansion.
When Zhao Tingduo entered the room, the first thing she saw was Song Liyun and a group of boys digging the soil and leveling the flower bed.
There were also a few little girls who were staggering and moving soil, laughing and making a lot of noise.
Zhao Tingduo quickly stepped forward, took the hoe from Song Liyun, and brushed the dirt off the edge of her skirt.
"Xiao Yun, how long are you and the kid going to dig? If anything comes up, let Aqiya and the other guards handle it!"
He was a little amused and helpless. Xiaoyun had never done any heavy work in Suijin Town. Now that she was married to him, she not only had to worry about the personnel and business affairs in the city, but also had to do the work herself.
"Nothing, just entertaining the kids! Aqiya and the others aren't supposed to be digging and planting flowers."
Song Liyun handed the hoe to Yiming beside her and asked him to lead everyone to rest first.
He washed his hands and face with the clean water prepared nearby, and followed Zhao Tingduo to the front yard.
Zhao Tingduo has been away for such a long time this time, she must have received a lot of news. She wants to know if Wan Youyou is coming!
Sure enough, before Song Liyun could sit down, Zhao Tingduo took the milk tea and drank it all in one gulp before saying, "Big brother has taken over the silk and wool fabric business you mentioned.
He said that wool weaving in the southeast was too far away, so he asked the Wan family's manager in Hecheng to move the weaving workshop to Hecheng.
Zhao Tinglei was very satisfied with the warmth-keeping effect of woolen cloth and agreed to change the soldiers' uniforms.
He now has taxes from merchants in the whole city, and he also has business with Mida City. In addition, the court has not defaulted on military pay, and the price of silver and money has skyrocketed, so he is confident.
Song Liyun raised her eyebrows: "As expected of you, Lord Garrison, it's so easy to open a factory!"
There was something sour in what she said.
Zhao Tinglei is now equivalent to the King of Yunzhou. If he wants to open a workshop, he just needs to speak up without having to think about the process.
Zhao Tingduo was still excited. He looked at Song Liyun with a sharp gaze and said with a smile, "Xiaoyun, Big Brother said he will never forget your contribution to the Zhenbei Army. This is his reward for you. I'll send it to the back!"
As he said that, he pulled Song Liyun and went to the warehouse at the back.
(End of this chapter)
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