The spring breeze blows, the snow and ice are completely thawed, the insects in the dormant soil have already awakened and moved, and the fish swim upstream from the deep water, surfacing and spitting bubbles. The smooth-furred otter places its catch on the shore, claws it clasps together, as if it were a human sacrifice. The geese flew in from the south, flew over Xilu, and some stayed in Onozawa, while others continued to fly north: they were born in the distant regions of Yan, Sushen, and Korea, and further north in the Land of the Never Sleep, where legend has it that the red-glowing dragon god wandered in mid-air, which later generations called the "Aurora".

The major events of the country, in the worship and Rong, Xilu Geyi is also sacrificing to the gods who belong to the agricultural nation, and the wood god Jumang, which is closely related to sowing and spring ploughing. Speaking of Zhao Wuxian, he also felt funny, this god of "Oriental Jumang, bird body and human face, and two dragons" is theoretically still his own kindred, and after the same Shaohao, this is the legacy of Dongyi culture, and the Jin Kingdom west of Taihang will not sacrifice this god.

As the "three elders" who had high hopes for Zhao Wuxian, the young Gong Xichi squatted on the planetarium, meticulously calculating the time with the newly learned Zhou Ji numbers. He will abide by the "Six Classics" taught by his master and follow the "Eight Laws" to calculate the movement of the sun, moon and stars, the position of the sun, and the place through which the moon passes.

"In the first month of Meng Chun, the position of the sun is in the barracks; At dusk, the star is located in the middle of the southern sky; At dawn, the tail star is in the middle of the southern sky! ”

Even if there were rumors of discord between the master and Si Kou in his heart, Gong Xichi never missed it, and three days before the beginning of spring, he reported to Zhao Wuxian: "One day will be spring." Mude Dangling. ”

And Zhao Wuxian is also ready to welcome the spring sacrifice and pray for a bumper harvest. On the day of the beginning of spring, the festival was completed and returned to the city. He also rewarded his subordinates and soldiers in the Yi Temple. and ordered the promulgation of morality. The ban was announced, the praise was imposed, and the favors were given, and all the people, Xiaqiu, Yuncheng, Zhen, and the newly established territory of Yiyi all benefited.

Even Pu Nan in the Zhao occupation zone was no exception, and Zhao Wuxian announced on the beginning of spring: "The land of Pu Nan. All of them are treated the same as Xilu, and only one of the ten taxes is taken! If there is no fighting this year, the labor will be performed by the Qi prisoners. ”

This immediately triggered the cheers of the Pu Nan Wei people, and the antagonism of some local clans also eased a lot, after all, it was the Zhao clan who defeated the main force of the Qi army, they did not dare to openly resist, since the Wei Guo recaptured this place was far away, then they could only adopt a cooperative attitude, and almost every family sent their clansmen to participate in the ceremony of sacrificing the god of Jumang.

The first day after the beginning of spring. Zhao Wuxian took these people to worship the god of agriculture Houji, and led Yi Zai, Sima, the three elders, and the judges to personally cultivate the borrowed fields.

Although the well field system has been abandoned, since King Xuan of Zhou, King Zhou has gradually ceased to be from the field himself. But Si Kou has to do it, Lu people value agriculture, this is the opportunity for Si Kou to show that he attaches importance to his own industry. ”

"It's nature."

The people of Zongzhou are agriculture-oriented. Industry and commerce are the end, although now the atmosphere of Chengzhou has begun to gradually change. But as long as the majority of the population is made up of the peasantry, whoever rules it. We must adopt an attitude of attaching importance to agriculture.

Zhang Mengtan had to accompany Zhao Wuxian today, and then he had to run back to Yuncheng to manage the government, and he had to take care of Dayozawa and Punan. He is nearly 20 years old, and after the war, he was just stuffed a daughter as a concubine by the Zhen family, who was desperate to serve Zhao Wuxian, but he didn't have much time to enjoy the blessings of the people.

Zhao Wuxian, who was both official and family, put on a solemn dress and said with a smile: "In the future, Meng Tan will be at ease in Yuncheng to co-ordinate, if I have something to discuss with you, I will be closer, and I will leave the matter of patrolling around to my son." ”

I'm Kan Zhi here, he has just been appointed to the post of Inspector, and he went around with a few black-clothed envoys with a straight face.

With the rumors of Zhao Wuxian's discord with Confucius, it seems that his degree of cronies is better than that of Zigong, who is still in Taoqiu, but Zhang Mengtan's position as the chief mastermind is still unshakable.

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Plant a grain of millet in spring and harvest 10,000 seeds in autumn.

It is not difficult to live in the field, the practice is to push the copper plough into the soil, according to the etiquette system, the Son of Heaven pushes three times, the public pushes five times, the Qing and the princes push nine times, and Zhao Wuxian, who is the doctor, has to push twelve times. After all, he also worked in the fields when he was in the countryside in his previous life, so he did it very seriously, not touching it at random, but pushing the plow like a skilled old farmer.

Unconsciously, when the admiration around him came, Wuxian turned around and found that the fresh soil had been turned over dozens of steps.

"It's just a drop in the bucket for the millions of acres of the entire Xilu, but if you don't accumulate steps, you can't go thousands of miles, and spring plowing will start with me!"

After returning to the fields, they also gathered the people of the neighboring towns to feast and drink, which was called "labor wine", because unlike the pretentious posture of the meat eaters, the people really had to do their best to cultivate the land and sow seeds.

"I especially remember the situation when I was in Chengxiang, Si Kou demonstrated the Daitian method, and we were really ignorant at that time." Ji Qiao only walked a few steps before he sweated a little, and said this with a smile after drinking.

Ji Qiao began to give birth early when he was over forty years old, and unlike the genius of mathematical ability, his talent for governing the city was indeed very limited, and as the number of people available to his subordinates gradually increased, Zhao Wuxian had already let him retreat into the background, and did the old business of dispatching the treasury and living within his means.

As soon as these words came out, the Lu people were a little dazed, but the old people who were not martial arts, Cheng Lu, Mu Xia and other old people in the countryside were a little complacent. They simply talked to the people around them about the past three years ago, and after hearing this, the Lu officials also looked at each other while praising them.

Zhao Wuxian saw all this in his eyes.

Although the composition is different and the political tendencies are different, the sources of Zhao Wuxian's subordinates can be roughly divided into two categories: Jin and Lu.

Wuxian continued to maintain an impartial attitude, after all, they had their own strengths, and the old people in Chengxiang were loyal, and they were deeply infiltrated by Zhao Wuxian's thoughts, but their influence was mainly concentrated in the army. The Lu people are led by more than ten Confucian disciples and Kan Zhi, and some of them are extremely talented. Some are natives of Xilu and are familiar with the township party. This is inherently beneficial for grassroots work.

Therefore, Zhao Wuxian selects and uses the talents of people on both sides, and intends to promote their healthy competition. But if it develops into a party that fights against differences and affects governance, he will not hesitate to exert an iron fist!

This is also Zhao Ying's style and style of politics, so no matter how talented Zhao's subordinates are, they must only obey the will of the lord. When Zhao Ying's inclination to take Wu Xian as his son was extremely obvious, the retainers were almost unanimously submissive.

Ji Qiao was not scheming and didn't notice this situation, he continued to report: "It took a whole year for several Sangshi Litian from Chengxiang to prove that the Daitian method can be applied in Xilu. So this year, most of the fields can start planting corn and wheat. Last year, there was a strong wall and a large army, so the food was exhausted, but because Si Kou exchanged porcelain and paper for food from the pottery mound, the seeds were still enough, but it was ......"

Wuxian said: "Mr. Ji has difficulties, just say it." ”

Ji Qiao complained: "It's just that the number of cattle and farm tools may not be enough, and after half a year of fierce fighting, hundreds of cattle and horses died." The copper and tin hidden in the treasury have all been cast with arrows and spears, so the people can't be allowed to come to Daitian with wood and stones! ”

War is not only a comparison of strategy and tactics, but also a contest of financial resources and resources. That's right

"Internal and external expenses. For guests, the material of glue paint, and the dedication of car armor. It costs a thousand dollars a day, and then a hundred thousand teachers will do it. "Once the general combat period has exceeded three months. Then "the blunt army is defeated, and the siege is forced." If the long-term tyranny division is insufficient, the country will not be able to use it enough."

As the victorious side, Zhao Wuxian faced a shortage of national resources. Not to mention the Wei Guo who led 20,000 troops to the outside for three or four months, and also lost four provinces, as well as the Qi State that lost its army in the snow field and the epidemic raged inside.

Therefore, although the peace treaty has not yet been signed, when Meng Chun came, the parties unanimously ceased to fight. After all, in the traditional concept, you can't raise troops during this month, and raising troops will definitely suffer natural disasters, so you must "can't afford to fight, don't start with me".

Because the social system and state apparatus of the Spring and Autumn Nations could not afford to fight for several years, they had to carry out intermittent conquests like the change of seasons. Only the emerging Qing clans who have completed the autocracy of the head of the house and the economic reform can give it a try!

Although Zhao Wuxian's forces have made many improvements, they are still far from this!

He thought for a while and then came up with an idea: "Cattle and horses can be rented from various Yi temples, and if they are not enough, they can only be replaced by coupling farming, and they must be notified of the strict orders of Xilu and each Yi, starting from this Si Kou, the doctor is not allowed to kill cattle and sacrifice without reason!" ”

As soon as this remark came out, it surprised Gong Xichi, who presided over the field, and everyone around him.

The level of agricultural development in Lu is uneven, and some places already have relatively advanced farming, but some remote wilderness and hills do not know anything about it. Moreover, there is a custom left over from the old times in various places, that is, cattle must be killed every festival sacrifice.

In the Yin Zhou Dynasty, where cattle farming had not yet appeared, cattle were purely raised to pull carts, or slaughtered and eaten and sacrificed. Therefore, the ox will be the first of the three animals, and the ox is generally selected in the major sacrificial ceremonies, and the three animals are called "too fast", so that it looks solemn and solemn.

As the saying goes, "All sacrifices, the Son of Heaven sacrifices oxen, the princes use fat oxen, the doctor uses oxen, and the scholars use sheep and pigs." "Sacrificial cattle" refers to pure whole cattle, "fat cattle" refers to fat and strong cattle, and "suo niu" refers to cattle that have been simply selected. There are strict rules on the color and posture of the ox used in the sacrifice, and it is not possible to bring a random cow for sacrifice.

Originally, in order to reflect the difference in rank, only doctors could slaughter cattle and sacrifice, but under the collapse of the Spring and Autumn Rites, there were not a few merchants, scholars, and wealthy people who killed cattle and ate meat and sacrificed, especially the people of the city because they did not care about farming. As far as Zhao Wuxian can see, the number of cattle that die every year is no less than that of a big war.

Now it is different from the life of Yin Zhou, the method of cattle farming is spreading in the Central Plains, so it is said that slaughtering cattle is a legacy habit of the old era, and the death of cattle is no longer a question of whether the gods and gluttony can be fed, but it is related to a family, and even a mile and a town This year is hungry or full!

Now cattle farming is in the ascendant, so it has not attracted attention, but after it spread to the north and south of the river, the ban from the state began to appear.

If you can cut off the loss, and then by the Yi Temple to manage, you can have a lot of ploughing cattle every year, although the Song Dynasty of the later generations of Ma Zheng is rotten, but the strict law of prohibiting the killing of ploughing cattle is doing well.

So Wuxian is also pondering: "The more you prohibit some things, the more people want to taste the forbidden fruit, not to mention non-poisonous beef, poisonous opium is also rushing." Tsk, do you want Zibao to make a rumor, saying that eating beef is easy to get sick and die, or I make up a story, just say that if you are not a prince, using cattle to sacrifice will anger Boyi and Houji? ”

As for farm implements...... (To be continued.) )

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