Listening to Zhao Ran talk about the fields, Ning Deshou explained: "In the past, it was indeed cultivated land, but now it is facing off against the Xia army across the river, and no one is allowed to live within five miles of the shore, so as to prevent the opposite side from taking advantage of it." In the past, there were several villages along the coast, all of which were demolished by the army. ”

Zhao Ran asked: "Lao Ning, to tell you the truth, I regret the abandonment of cultivated land in my heart." The total arable land in Hongyuan is only more than 50,000 acres, and you have abandoned a small half of it here, and I, as the abbot of the White Horse Academy, can't watch and be indifferent. ”

Ning Deshou was silent for a moment and said, "I'm not afraid of 10,000, I'm afraid of just in case." ”

Zhao Ran said: "Do you need to ban the river for five miles? Lao Ning, these five miles of land just wrapped up the fields that can be cultivated, five miles away, the water source is lacking, and the cultivation is difficult, then it is no longer cultivated land, at most it is pasture." ”

Seeing that Ning Deshou was silent looking at the river section, he knew that the other party was weighing, so he struck while the iron was hot: "Is it okay to ban the river for three miles? It really can't work, what about three and a half miles? Even if it is four and a half miles, or even four and a half miles? I have seen this land, if it is four and a half miles of forbidden river, then the extra half a mile of cultivated land can probably get 500 mu, if I give me one mile of arable land, I can get 2,500 mu, one and a half miles, I can get 4,000 mu, and two li, I can get 6,000 mu!" Lao Ning, half of the remaining cultivated land in Hongyuan is here, half is in the Chewa River Valley, and there are only a few hundred acres at the end of Anqu. You have good land here, as long as you give me 6,000 acres of arable land, I can feed 3,000 people!"

Ning Deshou sighed: "This is not a matter of one mile or two miles. The reason why the five miles of the forbidden river were originally included in the forbidden river area was to include these five miles of cultivated land, so that no one could go down the river for ten miles along the river. ”

Zhao Ran nodded: "Lao Ning, do you think this will work, after I move the displaced people here, we will agree on two." First, along the riverbank, every other mile, I will build you a three-zhang high sentry tower, and the tuntian farmers will be stationed in the sentry tower, which can at least help you save the pain of daily river patrols. ”

Ning Deshou immediately rejoiced: "This is what I have always wanted to do, but I am short of military resources, and I can't afford to have dozens of guard towers." There are no big trees in this area, and all the trees near the left have been cut down for the construction of the military camp......"

Zhao Ran said: "It's okay, there are trees in my Dajun Mountain, and I'll find a way to transport timber." ”

"Second?"

"Second, the cultivated land that has been given up will be exempted from land taxation in the first year, one and a half buckets will be harvested in the second year, and three buckets will be harvested every year after the third year. No matter how much is harvested, the White Horse Temple supplies a bucket of military rations for the Imperial Palace every year per acre. These military rations will not be recorded in my White Horse Academy, they will be counted as reduced levies, and they will be distributed by you Lao Ning himself! When the Imperial Guard is abolished, when will it be over, if you Lao Ning is stationed here in the Imperial Guard for ten years, we will divide it into ten years, and we will never give you a sloppy eye!"

Ning Deshou's eyelids jumped: "Really?"

"Can there be a fake?"

"What a military order...... The abbot also knows that there are many things that I can't afford, and I have to nod my head from above......"

This matter has to go through the normal process, I don't know how long it will be delayed, and it may even be shelved by layers of procedures in the process of reporting -- after all, there are not many people who dare to take responsibility, so Zhao Ran said: "Nominally, it is a peasant recruited by your army! If there are soldiers in your army who wish to come, they will also be given land, and some who have started a family in the local area will be like this! While plowing the fields, they will guard the river for you, which is a combination of farming and warfare, and is called the agricultural corps. ”

Ning Deshou took a deep breath, walked back and forth on the river, looked around repeatedly, and finally made up his mind.

"Abbot Zhao, if the White Horse Courtyard can meet the two conditions you promised, I can agree, forbid the river for three miles, and give up two miles of land to the White Horse Academy. ”

"Then it's decided!"

With 6,000 acres of cultivated land, Zhao Ran was very happy, with these cultivated land turnover, his great cause of displacement can be officially launched.

Talking and laughing, Zhao Ran asked the Hermes-Epitek he bought from Xingqing Mansion: "I have been gone for more than two months, how did they settle in the barracks?

Ning Deshou took Zhao Ran to the place where these Han people were settled, which was about a mile away from the military camp, and more than a dozen tents were set up alone, and a low wall was built with a mound of earth, which was just waist-high, just to prevent the sheep and cattle from escaping.

For more than two months, sixty-three redeemed Han people have lived and raised here, and when Zhao Ran came over, they looked over one by one, and their faces had regained their vigor, and their bodies were much stronger than before.

It was a pasture, and now it was winter, but the camp was stacked with neat haystacks, and the cattle and sheep that Zhao Ran bought from Xixia were all crammed together in a fence supported by an earthen wall to keep warm, and they were very well cared for.

Ning Deshou said with emotion: "These people are worthy of being veterans who have been grazing in Western Xia for ten years, and many of the cattle and sheep in my camp have been handed over to them to take care of, and they are very well raised. ”

Zhao Ran thanked: "In the past two months, a lot of grain and straw in the army have been consumed, right? Thank you Lao Ning." ”

Ning Deshou waved his hand: "It's just more than sixty mouths, a little food, and I can still squeeze it out in my camp." What are you going to do next for these people? Can you just let them settle here? This pasture is still very rich, and it is not a problem to raise a few thousand cattle and sheep, and it can also supply our army with beef and mutton, milk, well, skin, and bones. ”

Zhao Ran agreed: "Okay, then handle it like this, and I'll ask the Dianzao Institute to come over and register them for naturalization." ”

At the banquet that night, Zhao Ran sat down with Pei Zhongze again, and the two talked to each other about their separation for more than two months. Pei Zhongze was not very interested in Zhao Ran's governance in the White Horse Courtyard, Zhao Ran briefly mentioned it, and then brought it in a few words, he was very interested in the battle formation weapons that Pei Zhongze was tinkering with.

Pei Zhongze's main introduction is some of the large magic weapons used in the army, such as the talisman ballista, this kind of ballista can send the monks of the Buddha Gate Shami Realm directly to the Western Heavens, even if it is the Bhikshu Realm, it will be seriously injured, and the power is really amazing, but as soon as it is issued, it will require two third-order spirit gathering talismans, almost more than a hundred taels of silver, which is too expensive.

There is also a kind of five-element spirit shield, which can be opened into a huge five-element shield wall five zhang high and ten zhang wide after being filled with spirit gathering talismans, which can resist the full force attack of the peak monks of the Arhat Realm.

In addition, Pei Zhongze is also in charge of many fourth-order and fifth-order talismans, such as the Five Nights God Thunder Talisman that the two of them had accidentally obtained before, which were all big killers on the battle array.

Zhao Ran originally planned to take a look at the effect, but after knowing the cost, he had no choice but to give up. At a glance, it is a few hundred taels of silver, and he looks down on him with his wealth.

As a result, Zhao Ran also has a further understanding of the wealth collection of the general view, in this world, don't blame the Daomen for leviing taxes, if you don't accumulate a lot of wealth, can you withstand the conquest on the battle array?

Returning from the Hongyuan Guardhouse, Zhao Ran sent a flying charm to the second senior brother Yu Zhichuan: "Senior brother, it will be Chinese New Year's Eve in a few days, will you still come back for the New Year?"

Soon, Yu Zhichuan replied: "I won't go back for the time being, the teacher asked you to take care of it more, don't let Sun Zhenren and them be wronged." ”

A bunch of irresponsible masters and apprentices, in the final analysis, are just having fun in Fujian, and the original spirit of building a home is also vented, and they don't want to come back to work.

Zhao Ran thought about it, and took advantage of the fact that there were still two days before Zhengdan, so he was busy and free, so he rushed back to Dajun Mountain.