Sun Wumu said cautiously.

"Ten thousand taels?" Dong Ce whispered this number a few times, thoughtfully.

A few people in charge are all staring at each other, and they know more or less how much they have in their own family. Buying cattle, farm tools and other messy things, plus settling the people and craftsmen, has already spent more than 800 taels of silver, you know, Liu Ruozai only allocated a total of 2,000 taels of silver! And now there is not much grain left for the hundred stones, and I have to buy food!

Where can I get 10,000 taels of snowflake silver?

What a granny!

Dong Ce pondered for a moment, and suddenly smiled: "What do you care about what he does?" Now the first thing is to tear down all the useless buildings in the city, and bluestone, wood, bricks and tiles can still be used, doesn't this save another amount of money? First build the city wall in that circle, the main body is built, let's take our time in the details! ”

When everyone heard this, they also discussed it one after another, and several people discussed, but finally it was decided: after demolishing all the places in the city, the first major thing was to renovate the 100-household official hall for Dong Ce, which should now be called the deputy 1000-household official hall.

The reason given is also very sufficient-the 100 households official hall is the center of the inner city, and the inner city is the center of the city.

Dong Ce listened, smiled and did not refuse.

Dong Ce looked at the excitement on the faces of the tall and young Sun Wumu and the two of them, and couldn't help but smile slightly, it was rare for the two of them to be so motivated, and he couldn't fight down, on the contrary, he must advocate and encourage. In the long run, they can develop their enthusiasm and initiative in their work.

He summoned all the craftsmen and their families, and announced the reward for the two grandsons at the gate of the house.

Gao Da was rewarded with one tael of silver, promoted from an ordinary craftsman to a first-class craftsman, and then increased by one bucket per month of monthly rations, and increased from none to one penny per month.

Sun Wumu rewarded seven coins of silver, promoted from an ordinary craftsman to a first-class craftsman, and then increased the monthly ration by one bucket, and the monthly monthly money increased from none to one coin.

When all the craftsmen saw it, their eyes were red, and they secretly envied the luck of the two grandchildren.

Gao Danian and Sun Wumu had their chests held high, and their faces were proud, they were their family, and they also felt extraordinarily glorious and had a lot of face.

The other craftsmen are already looking forward to the adults sending us errands as soon as possible. Not only has face, but also has a lining, the increase in monthly money and monthly food, and the direct reward of silver, for them it can be said that they are so happy that they are dizzy.

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On September 15, the seventh year of Chongzhen of the Ming Dynasty, Dong Ce was awarded the title of 100 households, and a month after being ordered to build a tunken castle, the first irrigation canal of Panshi Fort was finally dug through.

The irrigation canal is in a north-south direction, from the Huanshui River all the way to the north, with a length of one mile and thirteen zhang and eight feet.

In the Ming Dynasty, one mile of land was 553 meters, and the length of this irrigation canal was about 595 meters, less than 600 meters. The scale is not too large, but in this era when there are no excavators, cranes and other heavy machinery, and you can only rely on your hands and shovels to excavate, it is already a big project, especially compared to the number of people under Dong Ce.

Not counting the displaced people who came later, the hundreds of people living on the north bank of the Huanshui River have no leisure at all these days, and most of their time is spent on cultivating land. And every afternoon, two hours were organized to dig this irrigation canal, and every day I was so tired that I almost fell asleep when I came home without eating.

But these days, they have eaten and slept well, life has hope, and they are full of energy, and their bodies are a lot stronger.

At this moment they all gathered on both sides of the irrigation canal, all beaming with joy and their faces shining. One by one, they bowed their heads and discussed, talking about nothing more than cultivating land and farming.

The irrigation canal is dug through, which means that the cultivated land is located on both sides of the irrigation canal, and they can no longer go to the Huanshui River to carry water back and forth, which not only greatly reduces the burden, but also means that the water source is guaranteed - they can start farming!

Suddenly, a low scolding voice sounded in the crowd: "Silence, adults are here!" ”

In Rock Castle, there are many people who can be called adults, especially in the eyes of the people, all of them are adults. But there is only one without a surname in front of it, so that people can know who it is when they hear it.

Everyone knelt down one after another and kowtowed to Dong Ce.

Dong Ce waved his hand to signal them to get up, and then stood on the edge of the ditch, carefully examining the irrigation canal.

The length of the irrigation canal is about half of the straight-line distance from the Huanshui River to the south wall of Panshi Fort, one mile long and thirteen zhang eight feet, two zhang wide and eight feet deep, the two walls of the ditch are gently sloped structures, and the whole section is like an inverted isosceles trapezoid. At this time, there is no water in the ditch, and the southern end of the ditch has not yet been dug up where it connects with the Huanshui River. Three simple wooden bridges were built over the irrigation canals, almost all of which were made of thick logs tied together with ropes, but they were strong enough.

At the north end of the irrigation canal is an open low-lying land, more than a dozen zhang in circumference, but no more than three feet deep, like a huge disk. The terrain around this low-lying area is slightly more complicated, with hills and undulating hills, and a small forest with wild grass growing exceptionally lush and tall.

On both sides of the irrigation canal, a yang ditch is dug every five or six zhang, two feet deep, and the cut is an inverted triangle two feet wide, which can be crossed in one step. If the irrigation canal is the main line of the spider's web, these yang ditches are like branches, leading to the land of every household, and together they form a huge irrigation network.

In this era, irrigation was the first life of cultivation, so the cultivated land in the south of the city was basically concentrated on the north bank of the Hunshui River and on both sides of the irrigation canal, and most of the land had been reclaimed.

Dong Ce took the shovel handed over by Wang Tong, went to the place where the irrigation canal was connected to the Huanshui River, and dug a shovel of dirt down. After digging this symbolic one, Dong Ce threw the shovel to the side and waved his big hand: "Dig up!" Water! ”

The crowd erupted in cheers, scrambling to be the first, and the shovels flew down as if they were falling.

Now there is no such occasion, Dong Ce is going to participate, in the later generations, Dong Ce is disgusted with this kind of formalism, but now, he has some understanding. He dug this symbolic shovel, although it was formalism and gesture, but at the same time, it also told all the people that he, Dong Ce, was the supreme ruler of this rock fortress!

With the concerted efforts of everyone, soon that section was dug up, and the abundant water of the Huanshui River was used, making a rushing sound.

The amount of water required in this irrigation canal is only a drop in the bucket for the river, and soon the water level will be flush with the river.

Looking at the murky water in the irrigation canal, which was still swirling, everyone cheered again.

Wang Yu walked to the place where the river and the irrigation canal meet, where there is a stone tablet, but it is covered with cloth.

"Your Excellency, please take a look." Wang Yu lifted the cloth and revealed three big characters on it: Dong Guanqu.

Dong Ce couldn't help but shake his head and nodded at Wang Yu: "You!" ”

Among his subordinates, Shi Jin is the most scheming, and it can be said that he is the most powerful and reusable talent. And the two who are the most proficient, one is Wang Tong and the other is Wang Yu, who can always find an opportunity to meet them. However, although he knew this, Dong Ce was also quite useful in his heart.

Seeing that there was still some news on Dong Ce's face, Wang Yu knew that he was not displeased with this move, so he also relieved himself.

He smiled: "The people are grateful for the kindness of adults, and they all think that this name is inappropriate. ”

Dong Ce smiled faintly, patted the stone tablet lightly, and walked towards the end of Dong Guanqu.

This is a depression, and the terrain is lower than other places, so I chose to hook the end of Dongguan Canal here. At this moment, the depression was filled with water, forming a small puddle, with a radius of tens of meters. The water was not deep, and the depression was originally overgrown with tall grass, and now it was floating on the surface of the water at the end.

Dong Ce glanced around at this piece of land with a radius of about 100 meters, turned to Zhou Bo and Wang Yu and said: "This land is hilly and undulating, and the terrain is not conducive to farming, so this place is set up as a livestock farm!" ”

"We have to train soldiers in the future, such high-intensity training, we can't cut off the meat, we can't eat fish when we see the sky, no matter what, I'm tired of eating, I still have chickens, ducks, fish, pigs and sheep, change more tricks." It can't be bought by relying on it, the price is high these days, and a pig is sold for five taels of silver, and we can't afford anything. It's not enough to just rely on what you have now, and you have to raise a little more. ”

Dong Ce pointed to the front and said: "You see, in this pond, it is the most suitable for raising ducks, the ducks can eat the aquatic plants inside, they can also find small fish to eat, and they can also eat some messy things, in short, they can't die of hunger, and they grow very fat." Ducks can lay eggs, duck eggs are larger, if the soldiers can eat a salted duck egg for breakfast, this nutrition will be supplemented a lot. ”

"Chickens can be raised in the grass on the shore, except in winter, the chickens do not need to be fed, they can find food by themselves, the water and grass are abundant here, and there is no shortage of food for them. Chickens can also lay eggs, and the droppings of chickens and ducks can fertilize the fields. Once there is an infestation, these chickens and ducks can still eat insects in the fields. ”

"In addition to chickens and ducks, that is, pigs and sheep, the northwest borderland, the most suitable for raising sheep, but find a few experienced sheepherds, you can drive hundreds of sheep. Anyway, the boundary of Dashigu is as big as it gets, and I'm afraid that there is no place to eat grass? Pigs are raised here, on the edge of this puddle, a pigsty is enclosed, and the pig manure is discharged into the fish pond, and the fish can also eat. A pig can produce a lot of meat, and the pig eats cheaply, so it is enough to beat some pigweed and mix it with bran bran. ”