I do research in ancient times

Chapter 213

On the sixth day of August, the two kings of the East and the West gathered 20 soldiers to fight fiercely outside the city of Zhuozhou. The most prosperous city in Tongchuan County had already been wiped out.

Both Dongshan King and Xihe King tried their best in this battle. At first, they planned to fight Zhuozhou decisively, hoping to completely defeat each other in one fell swoop.

However, after fighting with real swords and guns, the two sides realized that it turned out to be an evenly matched situation, and neither could eliminate the other in a short period of time.

The war came to an end and turned into the worst war of attrition.The wilderness nearly a hundred miles outside the city of Zhuozhou turned into a quagmire of death, and countless people died every day, which turned into a set of numbers on the battle report.

Batch after batch of soldiers fell, and then there will be new additions. Both sides in the battle like ground meat are gritting their teeth and persisting, only looking forward to dragging each other to death in the next moment and becoming the final winner.

However, the situation continued to deteriorate unstoppably.

Wars and wars consume astronomical figures of supplies, whether it is the king of Dongshan or the king of Xihe, neither of the two treasuries is rich.At the end of the fight, the two emperors were reaching out to the local gentry and noble families. Silver guns, food and grass were still a trivial matter, and the soldiers of each family had to contribute their strength to the battlefield.

How could the family be willing?If the wealth accumulated for many years and well-drilled weapons were to be filled in the bottomless pit of Zhuozhou, there would be no sound at all.

If it's okay to win in the future, you can award rewards based on merit, and you can earn money without losing money if you mix up the merits of the dragon.But the problem is that no one can win the war until now, if this continues, the family will be wiped out!

So the pressure was passed on layer by layer, the emperor put pressure on the aristocratic family, and the aristocratic family intensified the oppression of the common people.Not only did the two kings of the East and West raise taxes at the same time, even the aristocratic families also raised the rent for renting land by three times, making the people's livelihood difficult.

But this year, God's temper is very strange. After the heavy rain, there is a severe drought.From June to August, there was not a single drop of rain in Yechao's entire territory for two whole months. The crops in the fields were dry, but no matter how diligently the common people watered them, a reduction in production or even a failure of harvest was still a certainty.

If you can't receive food, how can you pay the rent?The teacher is dissatisfied with the land rent and taxes, but he has to pay them with servitors. If he is dragged into the Zhuozhou battlefield at this time, how can he return with his life? !

As a result, whether in Dingfeng City or the capital, people from poor families gradually began to leave the city to flee famine.

At the beginning, the two kings and the aristocratic families didn't care much.Common people are like ants on the ground, if you trample two to death, they will fill up quickly, and you never worry about having no one.

But gradually, they realized that something was wrong.

More and more people are walking, and the fields are left unattended.Even if it is drought, if you keep picking water to irrigate, you can still get some grain and millet when the harvest comes.But if the famine is left in this way, not only will the millet not be harvested, but also people will not be able to pay the taxes of the heavenly family.

As a result, the aristocratic family strengthened the control over the common people under their sect, and easily prevented people from leaving the city.Once found out, one team sits in a row, and all the members are pulled to the front line as auxiliary soldiers.

Such a high-pressure policy has played a certain effect in a short period of time.The common people were afraid of being sent to the battlefield as cannon fodder, so they did not dare to run for their lives, so they could only guard the fields diligently and work hard.

But no matter how you plant it, without rain, the crops will not grow.Seeing that we will be hungry at the end of the year, the atmosphere in the city is getting more and more depressing.

However, what was even worse was the battlefield in Zhuozhou City.

A good Zhuozhou was turned into ruins, countless refugees were displaced, their families fled, and they flocked to the surrounding counties.

The neighboring Fengzhou City and Xuyang City were unable to accept such a large number of refugees. Only Nanjun opened the door and resettled all the refugees who escaped from Zhuozhou City outside Guchun County, Nanjun County, and gave porridge on time every day.

All of a sudden, the reputation of the Lu family in Nanjun reached a peak.

But there are also some refugees who do the opposite, cross the mountains all the way north, and set their destination as a border town.

They heard that the frontier army was fighting against the Hu people, and they had won a big victory and regained a lot of land.

Since there is land, someone needs to cultivate it.The Feng family has guarded the border for generations, firmly rejecting the barbarians outside Yongxi Pass. Now it is a troubled time. Compared with the prosperous place of Jiaoliang and Jinxiu, a place with soldiers and knives is safer.

Ding'an City does not reject these refugees, as long as there is no abnormality in the identity verification, they will be sent to the workshop under the mountain to work.

In autumn, the mountains in the mountains are already a scene of a bumper harvest. The golden ears of rice hang down in the fields, and the wind blows the smell of wheat, and the joy of harvest is everywhere.

The refugees who were sent over all opened their eyes wide.

Due to the heavy rain and the drought, they walked all the way and there were dry and decaying fields everywhere. Unexpectedly, they could still see the scene of a bumper year far away from the Great Wall!

Seeing the farmers in the fields harvest the crops and return them to the granary, the hearts of the refugees were suddenly stabilized.

There is no shortage of food here!As long as you work, you won't starve to death this winter!In the coming year, maybe they can also rent a field and cultivate it by themselves, and they can bring their families to gain a firm foothold here.

The joy of harvest also permeates Jiuling City.

In the end, the drought still affected the crops in the field. Fortunately, with the Wuzhi River and irrigation canals, the corn and wheat harvests were acceptable.

Of course, the so-called passability was said by Ning Juzi himself.When they arrived at Old Man Liu, the most senior teacher in Mozong's planting group, it was an astonishing harvest.It is said that after seeing the yield of the corn field, the old man couldn't help but his legs went limp and he fell to the ground.

"This... so many!? Is this the valley of God?!"

he asked stammeringly.

If it is true, the yield per mu of corn is actually not as good as the potatoes produced by the system, and it is really just ordinary by modern standards.

However, the potatoes are one by one, which looks different from ordinary grains, and the visual impact is far less powerful than golden corn kernels.

So when the corn harvest was completed, everyone in Jiuling City was excited.

"It's so golden, it's festive just looking at it!"

Aunt Niu clapped her hands happily.

"It is really rare food to be able to harvest so much. Let everyone taste this corn rice tonight!"

This proposal was unanimously responded by everyone.

After working hard for more than half a year, the harvest time finally ushered in. Looking at the grain in the warehouse, everyone felt extremely stable.

Of course, Ning Fei was the happiest.

Today is the autumnal equinox, the day when the main task of the system is settled.

This year, he survived the earthquake, flood and drought, and returned to Jiuling Lake in a big boat with all kinds of hardships, isn't it for today's settlement day? !

In the past six months, Mo Zong has not reduced staff, and the potatoes in the warehouse are basically well preserved. In addition to the wheat and corn this time, the task has been properly completed!

Now it's time for settlement.

"Today is a good day, please Aunt Niu fix some delicious food, I invite everyone to dinner!"

In a good mood, Ning Sawzi's action of throwing money was extraordinarily chic.

He's had a lot of fun lately.Twenty coast defense guns produced by the crucible steelmaking method have been delivered, all of which are installed in the frontier garrisons along the Wuzhi River.Gunner training classes are now added in the city, and when the line of defense advances to the vicinity of Heifeng Mountain, Feng Kai will launch a surprise attack at Bailukou.

The Feng family paid a large sum of money for the coastal defense artillery, which filled Jizi's small coffers.Coupled with the share and gifts from Donghu Sanbu before, the bulging Jizi can be called the richest man in Jiuling Lake.

"okay!"

Aunt Niu responded, and took the helper to the dining room to arrange meals.

In order to ensure that the car does not overturn on the last day, all Mozong staff will have a holiday today, and all staff will celebrate the harvest at Jiuling Lake.

Migrant workers working in major workshops, as well as students from the Maritime Academy and the Gunner Academy can also participate.The Donghu sailors, who have been studying characters in the city for two months, can finally blend in without any obstacles this time, and feel the prosperity and excitement of Jiuling City to their heart's content.

Many of them teach at the newly opened Maritime School, which specializes in training students who aspire to become sailors, and they have made many new friends through this.

Ning Zaozi's design of the Karak galleon conquered Liu Tong at the beginning, and now he has also conquered the three shipbuilders.A group of boat idiots got together, although they couldn't speak each other's language very well, but the craftsmen's minds were all connected, relying on gestures and body language, they were able to communicate almost inseparably.

shipbuilding!shipbuilding!Build a big sail boat!

Karak's magic power is irresistible, and Liu Tong has already ate, lived, entered, and exited with the Donghu shipwrights.Dreaming at night is how to build a beautiful big mast.

However, shipbuilding cannot be completed overnight. Karak still has a long way to go from blueprint to reality, but the young man who aspires to become a sailor has already embarked on the road to his dream.

Clay's "little brothers" enthusiastically signed up when the first batch of students enrolled in the Maritime Academy.

The dreams of the young boys are also very simple, they want to go out to sea on a big boat, and then go to Donghu to see their long-lost friends.

"This Jiuling Lake is really a magical place!"

Helan said to Uncle Linka with some emotion.

Uncle Linka is now the head teacher of the Maritime Academy. Helan went to listen to his class, and shared almost all of what he had learned in half his life, without keeping any private goods.

At the beginning, Helan felt strange. After all, it was a rule not to pass on some skills to outsiders. Although Uncle Linka had no children, he still had a lot of close nephews, so the inheritance was not broken.

But soon, Helan understood Linka's intentions.

Jiuling Lake has never closed any doors to them Donghu people.Whether it's steelmaking and iron making, weaving and spinning, or building cement houses, or building seagoing ships, Mo Zong is generous enough to let people watch.If you want to learn, they will give it to you seriously, and there is absolutely no intention of hiding anything.

In this way, if they still hide this little ability to navigate the boat, they will be a little too sorry for their friends, and they will appear petty.

Hearing what he said, Uncle Linka took a puff of his cigarette pipe, and then tapped on the ground.

"Mr. Ning said that the closure of the Three Divisions will never be the mountain, the sea, or the Amur River, but the Donghu people themselves."

"If you have the heart, you can take advantage of this time to learn your skills in Jiuling Lake. One day in the future, when our two cities open up business, Donghu people will be able to live freely and carefreely."

The celebration lasted until midnight, but Ning Fei quietly went back to the small courtyard alone.

At the last moment of the system's settlement, he had to wait quietly and enjoy the sense of accomplishment of completing the task to himself.

- Ding dong.

The system is online.

——No. 8825995: Dad!

Zha Tong's voice was brisk, and there was unconcealable ecstasy in his tone.

Listening to it, Ning Fei knew that the harvest this time must be rich.

——No. 8825995: Congratulations Dad for completing the main task again!The system is about to start the settlement of the main task, please wait patiently for Dad, Zha Tong will sort out the reward data for Dad immediately.

——No. 8825995: Tell Dad a good news, Zha Tong has paid off all the debts, this time you can upgrade the reward pool database, Dad wait for my good news!