In the middle of March, the spring plowing season had already begun. Xiao Yi distributed grain seeds. He also used his reputation points to buy a lot of corn seeds for the people to plant.
Apart from food, Xiao Yi also encouraged everyone to grow fruits and vegetables, develop fishing, animal husbandry, and forest industries.
Previously, because of the large number of refugees, many people needed to build houses to live in. Therefore, Xiao Yi had set up an engineering team early on to build houses and housing for others.
Now, with the increase in demand, the engineering team had grown from ten to fifty people. There were already five independent engineering teams.
Building a house required a large amount of wood, which led to a series of industries such as timber, tool manufacturing, and food and beverage.
As for the fishing industry, Zhuo County had two large rivers, the Giant Horse River and the Holy Water, as well as twenty to thirty small lakes.
Xiao Yi encouraged the development of the fishing industry. The large lakes were owned by the public and the small lakes were contracted. This also attracted many people to become fishermen.
However, fish meat alone was not enough. Only a variety of food could satisfy the nutritional needs of the human body.
Only with proper nutrition could one's body be strong and have the strength to develop and fight!
Therefore, Xiao Yi valued animal husbandry the most.
During the period of the strong Han, there was a saying that one Han was equivalent to five Hu. This meant that a single Han soldier was as strong as five Hu.
This was not an exaggeration at all!
This was because the Han people ate a lot of meat and had great strength. The Hu of the north were nomads. Horses were used for war, and cows were used for transporting goods. They were reluctant to kill and eat them.
Therefore, their fighting strength was far inferior to the Han people.
But now that the imperial court was corrupt, the commoners could not even afford to eat, and there were even fewer opportunities to eat meat. If he wanted to improve the combat effectiveness of the army, he had to improve their physical fitness!
Meat was an essential food.
This matter had long been brought up in the regulations. Liu Ji had already begun to make preparations a month ago.
After the spring, they set up five pig farms, two poultry farms, and one cattle and sheep farm.
They also invited many experienced people to manage these factories.
Of course, this was only the first batch of investment. If the technology was in place and the effect was good, Xiao Yi would invest more to build more meat production bases.
After satisfying the domestic demand, they still had to sell it to the outside world!
Everything was progressing smoothly!
Spring's busy days made the commoners smile. Zhuo County was the only place in the entire uprising area where there was laughter and joy.
The refugees who had lost their homes because of the riot came to seek refuge and shelter.
Because Xiao Yi had stored enough food, he naturally would not reject them.
However, because it was a special period now, it was inevitable that enemies would sneak in among the refugees. Therefore, these people would not be placed in the city. They would only choose a place outside the city and build houses.
The real refugees were naturally very satisfied, but the spies could only frown.
Zhuo County was like an iron bucket. Everyone was united. They could not get any valuable information at all.
In fact, when some spies tried to get information from the people, they were discovered by the people and captured by the city guards.
Because of this, the Yellow Turban spies lost several groups of people.
The rest of the people could only secretly hate how the people of Zhuo County had become so smart!
Although the people outside the city did not have the protection of the city wall, Xiao Yi's patrol team would protect their safety.
Once, when Yue Fei personally led the Beiwei Army on patrol, he encountered a group of Han soldiers who were being chased by the Yellow Turban Army.
Yue Fei didn't want to expose the strength of the Bei Wei Army too early, so he set up a trap.
Ever since a month ago, the corpses of more than five thousand Yellow Turban soldiers had been built into the capital, and the nearby Yellow Turban bandits did not dare to offend Zhuo County.
Therefore, Yue Fei easily scared off a small group of Yellow Turban soldiers.
Among the Han army, a noble middle-aged man walked forward and bowed." Thank you for saving my life, General. May I ask if this is Guangyang territory?”
They had been chased all the way and did not know where they had run to.
Yue Fei saw that he was well-dressed and had an extraordinary temperament. He guessed that his identity was not simple.
"This is the boundary of Zhuo County."
"Zhuo County?"
A strange light flashed in the middle-aged man's eyes." General, can you take me to see the Jingguan Temple where the corpses of the Yellow Turban bandits are piled up?"”
Yue Fei didn't know his identity, so he didn't dare to bring him into the city casually, so he said tactfully," If you go to Guangyang, you will naturally see it when you pass by Zhuo County."”
"Since I'm here, I naturally have to go to Zhuo County to take a look.”The middle-aged man hurriedly nodded, as if he was very interested in Zhuo County.
Yue Fei raised his eyebrows,
At this time, Zhuo County generally did not welcome outsiders.
"May I ask who you are?"
"Haha, General, don't misunderstand. I am the new Youzhou Provincial Governor, Liu Bo 'an.”
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