This is not because of the tradition, but because the land that was once densely covered with forests, grasslands, and abundant soil and water has become more and more arid since five generations, and the millet is drought-tolerant and has relatively stable yields, which is more suitable for growing here.

In the Central Plains, one acre of land can lay about 150 or 60 catties of wheat, but here, it is good to be able to lay 80 catties. And if it is a good situation, one acre of land can lay more than 170 catties of corn.

The valley is divided into spring and summer, the spring valley is planted at the end of March of the lunar calendar, and the summer valley is planted in the middle and late May of the lunar calendar. After all, millet likes high temperatures, and if it is planted early, it will be put on the seeds, and I am afraid that even the seedlings will not be able to sprout.

Many farmers are busy in the fields, ploughing the ground, watering, transporting fertilizer, and sowing seeds.

Dong Ce walked down, and a strange smell evaporated from the dry fields.

The men drove the oxen and firmly held the plough and pressed it down with their hands to plough their own fields, while the women followed behind, using rakes to prepare the land, raking the ploughed soil and raking it finely, and some went to carry water to water the ground.

There are very few people who have ploughing cattle in the family, and most of them are men who put ropes on their shoulders, bend over, work hard, and walk forward step by step with great difficulty, playing the role of ploughing cattle, and they are tired and half dead without much effort.

Although millet is drought tolerant, it [one ^ book ^ read ^ novel] [.[ yb][du].] It's not that there is no need for watering, the Dong family's field is very close to the river, only less than half a mile, it is also very convenient to carry water to water the ground, other families are not so lucky, some are far away, and there are two heavy buckets pressed on their shoulders, and they have to breathe for half a day after a trip, which is extremely inefficient.

Dong Ce frowned when he looked at it, but he also knew that it was not easy to take care of himself, and other people's affairs were not easy to manage.

In fact, there were originally some pools and canals in the southeast of Shilipu, which led the river water to irrigate, but it was the water conservancy built by the military households in the Wanli period, and it has been decades since then. If you want to clear the dredging and repair the leakage, it is very labor-intensive and costly, unless the government from above allocates money and uses thousands of laborers. Shilipu is really poor, he really has no money, even if he has money, he will also pull Xu Rujian into his pocket, he is greedy and vicious, the corpse is vegetarian, and he knows how to make money and embezzle all day long, where will he care about these things?

In fact, Shilipu this is not bad, after all, there is a river, there is still water in the river, the world is in a great drought, there has been more than a drop of rain for more than a month, many areas in northern Shanxi, grain seeds are sown, even seedlings can not come out, the yield is very low, one acre of land can lay fifty catties of grain is good.

The grain output in this era is too low, and it can't be compared with the yield of thousands of catties per mu in his previous life, and thousands of catties at all.

In fact, in this land, the output of wheat, millet, and rice has hardly changed for thousands of years from the Qin and Han dynasties to the establishment of New China, after all, the water and soil conditions, the quality of grain seeds, and the cultivation technology have always been like that. It was not until after the seventies and eighties, when industrial fertilizers were widely used and various new types of grain appeared, that the output increased.

Everyone has a partner, Dong Ce got off the horse and wandered around the field, thoughtful, everyone didn't know what he was thinking, but they all greeted him with a flattering smile on their faces.

At noon, Er Ya and the families of their respective tenants came to deliver food and water, and everyone ate under the big willow tree in the field, and continued to work in the afternoon.

In the evening, a few fast horses suddenly drove out of the city, Dong Ce's eyes were sharp, and he could see clearly that these people were the Xu family under Xu Meng's hands. When they left the fort gate, they drove in different directions, and shouted as they rode their horses: "All the soldiers and the people are gathered in front of the yamen, and Lord Xu has something important to announce!" ”

One of the riders came straight in the direction of Dong Ce, and when he arrived in front of Dong Ce, he turned over and dismounted, with a smile on his face, and politely arched his hand: "Brother Dong, the adults took you over for a trip, but it was a great joy." ”

Seeing his expression, Dong Ce was sure in his heart that he knew that it was done.

It's only been a day and a half, but I didn't expect Xu Ruji's efficiency to be quite high.

Dong Ce has always respected me, I respect people, he took out a few copper coins from his pocket and stuffed them into the hands of the family, and said with a smile: "There is no money left at home, a little bit of meaning, take it to drink tea." ”

The family Ding took it, smiled, and gave Dong Ce a thumbs up: "Brother Dong is benevolent and righteous." ”

Under Xu Ruji's order, many military households and ordinary people gathered in the crowd, and they all walked towards the square in front of the yamen in the fort.

After all, it is a military household, and the people and men in this fort are all soldiers, which is different from the civilian households, and the orders passed down by Xu Ruji. Generally speaking, although the guards in the late Ming Dynasty were weak, and the combat power of the border army as the elite of the Ming Dynasty was not very good, but compared to the people who had never seen blood, it was still much stronger, at least the organizational aspects were much better.

When Dong Ce and the others arrived at the ground, the square was already full of people, and everyone gathered together to talk quietly, asking the so-called well-informed people to find out what was going on, and asking Lord Xu to gather everyone over.

Generally speaking, such a big move is to read out orders from above, announcing some important personnel appointments to everyone.

Seeing Dong Ce and his entourage coming, everyone got out of the way one after another, and some of them had a good relationship, and they all greeted Dong Ce and called Dong Ge'er or Dong Erlang. Obviously, now his Dong Er's name has been made in these ten miles, but there are also those who are not pretentious, they all have the title of a general flag or a small flag, and they have some bad identities in the fort. However, they didn't dare to provoke Dong Ce, after all, Dong Ce was arrested and entered the yamen, but he came out unharmed, and Shi Jin's people were all beaten and thrown out half to death, and everyone saw it clearly.

This made them can't see Dong Ce clearly, is this Dong Erlang on the relationship with Lord Xu? No wonder he acted so unscrupulously!

In this way, everyone has a thought in their hearts, this Dong Erlang can't be provoked for the time being.

Dong Ce just stood at the front of the line with his arms crossed, his face calm and silent.

After a while, the closed door opened, Xu Ruyu walked out first, he was wearing a very formal dress today, a cyan military attache uniform, embroidered with small miscellaneous flowers with a diameter of one inch, a plain jade belt hanging from his waist, wearing a black handkerchief, Baihu is a serious six-grade military attaché, and the patch on his chest is embroidered with a Biao pattern.

Behind Xu Ruji, there were also Xu Meng and other cadres, all of whom were wearing armor, their hands pressed on their waist knives, their faces were calm and their momentum was solemn.

As soon as they stepped out of the door, the noise in the square was gone, and the pins were audible, and everyone looked at him in awe.

Xu Ruji's official robe was really majestic, his eyes swept away, and everyone bowed their heads one after another.

Xu Meng took a step forward and shouted, "All the sergeants bow." ”

Everyone knelt on the ground one after another, kowtowed, and said, "Knock to see your lord." ”

Dong Ce also knelt down with everyone, his mouth moved, his eyes swept over Xu Ruji, and his heart was full of envy.

At this moment, Dong Ce also deeply understood the profound meaning of the word 'official' in this era.

This symbolizes authority, respect, fear, gold and silver, beauty, and endless luxury life, and in this era, officials represent everything! The so-called Yan Ruyu in the book, the golden house in the book, and the Qianzhongsu in the book, isn't it because you can be an official after reading a book?

Xu Rujie is just a few hundred households, and the third-lowest level in the Ming Dynasty's military attache sequence is only above the small flag and the general flag, which is enough to make thousands of people bow down and decide the fate of everyone in this radius of dozens of miles.

"You must be an official, be a big official! Fang Zi lived this time in vain. ”

Dong Ce strengthened the will in his heart at this moment.

Xu Rujian nodded slightly, and Xu Meng shouted again: "Get up." ”

Only then did the people dare to rise.

Xu Ruyu took out a piece of paper from his sleeve and shook it in front of everyone, and said in a deep voice: "I hereby tell all the soldiers and the people, the order came from Xia Qianhu in Zhenqiang Fort, and when he heard that Ding Dong Ce, the army of Shilipu, was brave and able to fight, resolute and resolute, and was specially promoted to the rank of small banner, and called as the commander of Anxiang Dunjia under Shilipu. The former head of Anxiang Dunjia was transferred back to Shilipu and was appointed. ”

After reading it, he put the document back in his sleeve and said with a faint smile: "Dong Ce, congratulations!" ”

After listening to this order, the eyes of almost everyone in the square fell on Dong Ce, who was standing at the front of the line, and there was surprise, awe, jealousy, and more envy in their eyes.

Official ranks, official titles, and ranks, are separated. For example, in the military system of the Ming Dynasty, at the beginning, the official and the rank were one, that is, if you have the title of a hundred households, then you are in charge of a hundred households, and there are one hundred and twelve people under your hands. In the later period, especially after the collapse of the guard system and the beginning of a large number of recruits, this situation changed. Taking the border town as an example, Zhenqiangbao belongs to Datong Town, one of the important towns on the nine sides, under the jurisdiction of the Beidong Road under the jurisdiction of the North Hebei Road, and is roughly a sixth-level military unit in Datong Town, Datong Town - North Hebei Road - North East Road - Zhenqiang Fort - Shilipu - Anxiangdun, this is a line.

Anxiangdun has a chief, Shilipu has a management officer, Zhenqiangbao has garrison and ethics, there are generals in Beidong Road under the jurisdiction of Hebei North Road, and there are general soldiers in Datong Town, these are all officials, not ranks.

In this case, such as the small flag, the general flag, and the hundred households, it is almost the same as the military rank of later generations, there may not be an official with a title, the rank is very high, and it is blind if you have no power in your hands.