"Thank you, Brother Deng! It's been very hard for you all along the way, but I didn't expect you to bother to bother just getting here, and you have a grudge against the Abu clan for the sake of my clan's property......"

Deng Ai pretended to sigh helplessly and said, "I really can't stand it." Pen~Fun~Ge www.biquge.info I don't know much about your affairs in Nanzhong, but I know that you do have a side clan to pay tribute to the clan, so I didn't speak out at first, for fear that my voice here will break the rules between your Nanzhong clan. But then I felt that something was wrong, although it was a rule for the side clan to pay offerings to the clan, where was the reason why the person who received the offering said at will that he had to collect as much as he wanted? And Na Bubei's behavior is just like those corrupt officials in our Han court, more of a self-enriching bag. ”

Zhu Rong sighed and said, "Who said it wasn't? It's just that this Abu clan is very powerful, and the artifact of the clan sacrifice is held in their hands again, and many tribes like us dare not speak out against them. ”

Deng Ai picked up the words: "I remember that the master told me before I came, that I brought people here to teach you farming, not to fight for land and make enemies with the local clans." But Na Bubei is too hateful, not to mention the bullying, I heard me say that this cow is just mine and still wants to rob the cow, I have no choice but to make this strategy to scare them away.

"Mrs. Zhurong, in fact, it doesn't matter if half of the grain and rice are plundered by them, but this cow must be left behind. Without these oxen, what are you going to do with the farmland? I said that only as a stopgap measure, and there was no trace of forcible possession, and these two hundred cattle were still the property of your people. Although what I did was against the master's order, I don't think the master would blame me after knowing the details. ”

Zhu Rong also sighed: "I know. Lu Yizhou sent you here to teach us how to farm, so that we can no longer go hungry and have more local products to trade with Lu Yizhou in the future, and there is no intention of encroaching on our land...... In fact, where can we see the barren land here? Please also rest assured that the enmity between our clan and other clans will definitely not involve Brother Deng. The revenge should be avenged by our own people, not by the hands of others. And the possessions of our people should be guarded by ourselves. ”

Deng Ai secretly gave a thumbs up in his heart, but said: "Having said that, I'm afraid that the incident just now has made me have some grudges with Ah Bubei." I have no more than 400 soldiers here, and there will be a large number of farmers and craftsmen here in the future, if there is no good place to live, how can I compete with his great clan of 10,000 people? Deng Ai was ordered by his master, and it was inconvenient for him to retreat and leave, so he could only implore the patriarch Meng Huo and Mrs. Zhurong to give me a safe place to defend against the enemy, and I also had some capital for self-protection, so that the craftsmen could teach you how to farm and do it with peace of mind. ”

Zhu Rong smiled heartily, kicked Meng Huo, who was still sitting on the ground, and stood up and said, "Brother Deng is too outward when he says this. There are several surrounding hills, where Brother Deng fancies, he will set up a cottage there! Isn't it, Meng Huo!? ”

Meng nodded his head, this kind of thing has always been Zhu Rong's final say.

Deng Ai first confessed to Meng Huo and his wife, climbed the watchtower in the village to look around, and then asked Meng Huo and his wife about the surrounding environment, and had a certain number in his heart, and first asked Meng Huo and his wife tentatively: "The mountain more than ten miles to the south...... May I? ”

Meng Yu looked at Zhu Rong, Zhu Rong hesitated for a moment and responded: "Brother Deng has a fancy for that......

Deng Ai said: "Is there anything wrong?" Is it too close to you, for fear that in the future, I will grab the land that you have reclaimed for farming? ”

Zhu Rong hurriedly shook his head and said, "No, no!" Instead of getting closer, I think you're a little farther away. There is a river between our cottage and that mountain, and when the water rises in summer, the river is very wide, and the water flow is also rapid, so it is not easy to cross the river. In case something happens, I'm afraid I won't be able to save it. Even in normal times, it's inconvenient to cross the river. ”

Deng Ai was very happy in his heart, but he still had a look of embarrassment on his face, and asked tentatively again: "Then ...... How about a hill five miles to the east? However, I think that the land there is more fertile and suitable for cultivation, and if I set up a camp there to cultivate the land, I am afraid that you will ...... in the future."

Zhu Rong waved his hand and said, "Little Brother Deng just set up camp there!" The land within three miles of the surrounding area is ...... and lent you for a time to cultivate for yourselves. ”

"On a temporary basis!?"

Deng Ai lowered his head and frowned slightly, but he was relieved when he thought about Lu Ren's previous explanation to him. It is impossible for these Nanban to have no defense against him, as long as he can settle down first. Besides, Lu Ren's goal is not on the land here, if it is developed, it will be better for them to be greedy, and it will only be regarded as a necessary incense erbium for fishing. Since you have bigger plans in mind, why bother to fight for this petty profit?

Thinking about this section, Deng Ai pretended to be happy and bowed deeply to Meng Shu and his wife: "In this case, Deng Ai first thanked Patriarch Meng for lending this land to my soldiers for sheltering. ”

Zhu Rong smiled and helped Deng Ai up and said, "Oh, we don't have to be so polite between us!" In the future, our clan will still count on Brother Deng to teach us how to collect more grain and support the people. Oh yes......"

The beautiful girl who had summoned Fang Cai smiled at Deng Ai and said, "Little Brother Deng, this is actually the sister of her mother's family, huh...... Hehehe! ”

At this moment, Zhu Rong's smile is awkward, because there is a lot of taste of laughter when the matchmaker proposes marriage......

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In the evening, Meng Shu and Zhu Rong promised to temporarily lend Deng Ai 2,000 soldiers a territory to live in.

"Whew...... It's hot! ”

Deng Ai was covered in sweat at the moment, so he simply took off his coat, wiped the stinky sweat a few times with the coat he took off, continued to check the map shirtless, and issued orders to the soldiers around him.

This time he came to Nanban, Lu Ren gave Deng Ai 400 vanguards, but after Deng Ai established a firm foothold, a large number of craftsmen would follow, and the preliminarily agreed figure was 1,000. Deng Ai discussed with Meng Shu and Zhu Rong that he would give half of the thousand craftsmen to Meng Shu, and made it clear to Meng Huo that if nothing else, the season for the craftsmen to come over should be in winter, so they should take advantage of the winter slack to open up farmland and build water conservancy. It's just that Deng Ai is also a little confused now, the winter here is so hot, it seems that he can start sowing directly.

Now Deng Ai has more than 400 people in his hands, Deng Ai is assigned to go to the mountains to build cottage camps, cut down trees to provide raw materials and open up land, and these 400 or so people have corresponding skills, and Deng Ai is also scattered everywhere to provide corresponding technical support according to his expertise.

Of course, Deng Ai also retained more than 100 elites as regular patrol guards. Deng Ai knew very well in his heart that the Meng Huo clan, who had a secret alliance with him, would naturally not do anything against him, but it was difficult to say that the Abubei clan. Moreover, the image that Abubei gave people was that he was a villain who was very good at telling right and wrong, and it was likely that as soon as he returned to the clan, he would stir up his people to find trouble, so Deng Ai had to prepare as soon as possible just in case. In the four corners of the cottage, Deng Ai instructed the soldiers to build four tall watchtowers first, and specially equipped the four watchtowers with binoculars, and ordered the soldiers in charge of guarding the lookout not to relax for a moment.

The area around which the cottage was selected to be built was a rather rich forest area, and Deng Ai didn't think much about it, so the logging team was the first to sweep away this forest area. This not only makes it easy to provide a large amount of timber at the beginning, but also allows you to have an unobstructed view of all sides of the cottage, which is also a way to guard against the Nanban tribes who are good at sneak attacks in the forest.

The area is basically demarcated, and the next step is to build water diversion tools and reclaim wasteland. At the beginning of the reclamation, Deng Ai understood why Zhu Rongken lent him this piece of land that seemed to be more fertile, and after a long time, it turned out that the Meng Huo clan was still in an almost primitive state of slash-and-burn cultivation, coupled with the lack of people in the clan, and they had to guard against the invasion of other clans, under normal circumstances, they did not dare to leave the clan village with better defense ability too far. To put it simply, the Meng Huo clan simply does not have the ability to reclaim this land.

The Meng Huo clan does not have it for the time being, but the soldiers led by Deng Ai have this ability. Although there were only about 400 people, they could not stand the advanced and sharp tools they brought. Take the matter of cutting down trees as an example, Meng Shu and them used axes, but Deng Ai and them used double-edged knives, and the two soldiers could get a big tree in a few minutes.

Deng Ai thought about it, believing that it would not take long for Deng Ai's cottage wall to take shape at the current rate in the past, and the next step was to build houses for soldiers and craftsmen to live in, and the manpower could no longer be used so much, and Deng Ai could also transfer part of the manpower to build the cottage to reclaim the land, divert water and repair canals.

At the same time, Deng Ai wrote a letter, reported the situation on his side to Lu Ren in detail, and asked Lu Ren what to do next. It's not that I don't want to use a telegraph, but at this point, Lu Ren can't set up a telegraph at Meng Huo's end.

In short, the letter has been sent, and the reply must not be so fast, Deng Ai is here to take precautions while reclaiming farmland. As for Meng Huo's side, Deng Ai often goes to see it and gives some personal opinions. Anyway, it's only five miles away, and the horse will arrive as soon as he is happy.

However, at this moment, Deng Ai has calculated the time, and Deng Ai has asked the local natives, knowing that once the local spring arrives, the rainy season will come, and the weather will be terrible hot after the rainy season, so it is necessary to complete the spring plowing before the rainy season arrives, otherwise the food grown by his four hundred men and horses and the subsequent craftsmen is not enough to eat, and it will be tiring to death if it is really transferred from Lu Ren's territory...... (To be continued.) )