Chapter 226: Utilization of Military Farmland

"But···"

"No buts, Wei Chengyi, I can ensure my own safety."

Wei Chengyi frowned and wanted to say something, but Shen Xiangwan didn't give him a chance and her attitude was even tougher than before. She knew that he had already made arrangements, but if it could be resolved earlier, why bother dragging it on?

"···Um."

Although he was still a little hesitant, Wei Chengyi couldn't persuade her after all: "Promise me Wanwan that you will never put yourself in danger. If you find something wrong, hide in the space immediately."

Leaning over and burying his head deep in her shoulder, Wei Chengyi asked in a muffled voice. He really didn't want to receive news that she was injured one day.

"it is good."

This time Shen Xiangwan agreed very readily, and changed the subject immediately after finishing the matter: "By the way, do you have military farms?"

She had wanted to ask this for a long time, but she always forgot about it because of other things. Now she suddenly remembered it again.

"Ah."

Nodding, Wei Chengyi put his arm around her waist with one hand, leaned back in his chair, and tried his best not to think about the danger she had put herself in. Otherwise, he was afraid that he would force her to do what he did before.

"A lot? Do you grow any food?"

"It seems to be tens of thousands of acres. Chenzhou is vast and sparsely populated, so the area of ​​military farms is also very large. However, most of the land here is relatively poor, and usually only one crop is grown. Once the military affairs are resolved, I will have people apply fertilizer to the land according to your method, and start planting potatoes, sweet potatoes, and corn next year."

As early as when he learned about the astonishing yields of potatoes, sweet potatoes and corn, he took the initiative to learn about their planting and growth cycles. If he could have obtained military power earlier, he might have been able to plant a season of potatoes. Now it is obviously too late.

"It's not like we only have food to eat."

Glancing at him unhappily, Shen Xiangwan turned over and sat up, grabbing a bag of seeds out of thin air and handing it to him: "These are twenty-day-old Chinese cabbage seeds, which can be planted all year round. Let the soldiers plant a crop first, and then apply fertilizer and plant Chinese cabbage. In the next few months, the army will no longer be short of vegetables.

As for the fertile land, you don't have to worry about it. You can simply divide the land into one-acre plots and have someone dig a two-meter-deep manure pit under each plot to ferment the manure. When the cabbage is harvested and the manure is almost fermented, bury it all in the ground and you can sow directly next year without worrying about fertility issues."

Tens of thousands of acres of land, just leaving it there is a waste of natural resources. Soldiers are also human beings, how can they only have staple food for every meal? Vegetables and meat are also indispensable. The growth cycle of pakchoy is short, only 20 days, and they will be self-sufficient soon. The Chinese cabbage is to ensure that they will not lack vegetables throughout the winter. When they grow potatoes, sweet potatoes and corn by themselves next year, they should not have to worry about food and grass anymore.

"Um···"

Looking at the cabbage seeds, Wei Chengyi lowered his eyes and thought for a moment before saying, "According to your arrangement, we must dig a lot of manure pits and plant and harvest twice, which requires a lot of manpower. This will definitely delay the soldiers' training. If nothing unexpected happens, we will have our first battle in the spring at the latest. There is no time to delay any further."

It's not that he looked down on those soldiers. They are just a mob now. They must undergo rigorous training to transform in the shortest time.

He knew that she was doing this for his sake and for the soldiers' sake, but they didn't have much time left. If they couldn't complete their transformation before the next Western Hu invasion, they and the people would probably suffer an unprecedented bloodbath.

Because, according to his memories of his previous life, this winter the Western Hu people will encounter a snowstorm that is rare in a century, and perhaps they may even attack in full force before the beginning of next spring.

"Brother Yi, you are usually very smart, why is your brain suddenly short-circuited now?" Unexpectedly, Shen Xiangwan was not worried at all, and couldn't help but make fun of him.

"Brain short circuit?"

Wei Chengyi didn't understand what she said, but that didn't stop him from understanding what she meant: "Do you have any good ideas?"

"Brother Yi, have you forgotten about the people you were going to lay off?"

Facing his slightly flattering smile, Shen Xiangwan shook her head helplessly: "According to what you said before, there are more than 10,000 old and weak soldiers in the army, and you are going to lay off all of them. In this case, why don't you use them and let them be responsible for farming? Of course, if they don't want to, we won't force them, but with a team of more than 10,000 people, there should be many people who are willing, right?
In addition, I heard that the exile camp is also under the jurisdiction of the army, and those exiles can also be put into the ranks of farming, so how can they take the turn of those soldiers who need to go to the battlefield?"

Even if only 5,000 of the old, weak and disabled soldiers were left behind, plus the exiled prisoners, it would be more than enough to cultivate tens of thousands of acres of land. Although this would also increase the pressure on food and wages, they were not short of food, nor were they short of money for the time being. When potatoes, sweet potatoes and corn were harvested next year, they would be self-sufficient in food, and they would only have to worry about money.

"Wanwan, you are so awesome!"

Wei Chengyi reacted as soon as she started talking. After hearing the end of her talk, he was even more excited and hugged her. Previously, his mind was full of the training of soldiers and he never thought about the old, weak and disabled soldiers who were destined to be laid off. Fortunately, this little rascal was careful and considered every aspect.

"You just realized it now, you should be nicer to me in the future!"

Taking the initiative to hook her arms around his neck, Shen Xiangwan had no intention of being polite and put forward her request with a smile.

"it is good."

Wei Chengyi agreed without even thinking about it. If he didn't treat her well, who else could he treat well?
Midnight, in the backyard of Hehuan Tower.

"What? Can't find it?"

Hou Wanshan's roar almost broke through the roof. Before that, as night fell, the people sent to capture Shen Xiangwan were nowhere to be seen. He vaguely realized that something was wrong, and hurriedly sent several groups of people out to look for them. However, they searched almost every corner of the county, but could not find anyone, not even a hair.

"Boss, we..."

The strong men standing in front of him looked at each other and had to bite the bullet and say, "Boss, do you think they ran away with someone?"

"fart!"

"bump!"

Hearing this, Hou Wanshan grabbed the teacup in front of him and threw it at the person who was speaking. The sturdy man had no time to react, and the teacup hit him and then fell to the ground and shattered.

Clearly sensing his anger, the group of strong men fell silent, and no one dared to open their mouths again.

【End of this chapter】

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