Time flew by, and in the blink of an eye, five days had passed.
During these five days.
From time to time, the selected commoners would gather from the various villages and towns below Yan County. Then, under the arrangements of the imperial officials, they would enter the Royal Guards camp outside Yan County.
In the manor of Prince Yue's estate!
Sun Cheng was reporting to Ying Mu about the preparations for his departure.
"Reporting to Your Highness, as of noon today, the 1,000 people we hired have all arrived. They have all been arranged into the Yue Royal Guards camp to facilitate unified management.”
"In addition, the money, food, weapons, and other resources of the Prince's mansion have been loaded into the carriage. The accompanying soldiers, officials, and craftsmen have all been prepared. They are ready to set off for the Pearl River at Your Highness's command.”
Sun Cheng said excitedly.
After hearing Sun Cheng's report, Ying Mu nodded his head in satisfaction. He then asked,"How are the preparations for the poultry seedlings and rice grains?”
It was definitely not an easy task to open up the Pearl River.
It wasn't just about bringing people there to race horses and build a city.
He still needed a lot of preparation work.
For example, the craftsmen and tools needed to build the city, the farming tools and seeds needed to reclaim the fertile land, and the rearing and breeding of poultry seedlings needed to ensure the meat of the people.
All of this needed to be considered and prepared in advance.
Hearing Ying Mu's question, Sun Cheng quickly replied,"Your Highness, since we came to Yan County, the people in the Prince's mansion have started to prepare the poultry seedlings and grain collection according to Your Highness 'request.”
"Up until now, the Prince's Mansion has obtained over 3,500 young chickens, ducks, and geese, over 350 young and breeding pigs, 127 farm cows, and over 200 donkeys and horses.”
"There are also rice grains, millet grains, mung bean grains, etc., which we bought for a total of 1600 stone.”
"According to His Highness 'instructions, these grains and poultry seedlings have already been sent to the camp of Mount Zhong. A small portion of them have already been sent to the Pearl River when General Li Xin set off.”
" Furthermore, according to His Highness's request, we are still purchasing and collecting the seeds and poultry seedlings. Once the purchase and collection are completed, they will be sent directly to the Zhong Shan camp and transported to the Pearl River by boat.”
Sun Cheng replied in a deep voice.
Especially when it came to the number of cattle, he explained everything to Ying Mu in detail.
Because he knew how much Ying Mu valued these resources.
He also understood the importance of these resources to the Pearl River.
Therefore, he was very attentive when he was in charge of the collection of grain and poultry seedlings.
Not only did he buy them everywhere in Yan County.
They even organized caravans to purchase from the counties and villages around Yan County.
In such a short period of time, they had purchased a large amount of grain and poultry seedlings.
Of course, not all resources could be bought with money, such as cattle, young cattle, and horses.
Ying Mu had used his identity to collect these from the surrounding counties.
One should not think that a hundred cattle and young cattle were a small number.
In fact, this number was already a lot.
After all, in ancient times, where agriculture was the main focus, the value of a cow was often more important than a person.
Every cattle would be recorded by the local government.
Once a cow died or was lost, it would attract the investigation and punishment of the government.
Therefore, not to mention ordinary people, even the landlord and the powerful did not dare to sell or slaughter cattle privately.
Because killing and selling cattle privately was a real crime!
This was already written into the laws of the Western Zhou Dynasty."The dukes don't kill cows for no reason!"
Even the dukes couldn't kill cows, let alone the commoners and scholar-bureaucrats.
And in the current Qin Fa, there was a clear rule: "The law forbids the killing of cows.”
In other words, if you dared to kill the cow, you would be sentenced to death. You would have to pay with your life.
Furthermore, there were specialized cattle officers in the local area who were responsible for looking after and taking care of the cattle.
In addition, the Great Qin government also had a clear rule that no one was allowed to set up traps in places where cattle roamed. If they were discovered, it would be a serious crime.
It was to protect the cattle from being injured.
even. Even someone as noble as the First Emperor could only kill the cow during the sacrifice. Only after the sacrifice could he eat a mouthful of beef and taste it.
In this way.
You would know how difficult it was for Ying Mu to get these 100 oxen.
If Ying Mu didn't use the First Emperor's edict to personally go there, he would have been able to do so.
It was impossible to dig out more than a hundred cattle and young cattle from the surrounding counties.
"Mm, not bad!"
"You must carefully look after the crops and take good care of the poultry seedlings, especially the cattle and young cattle.”
Ying Mu thought about how hard it was for the farm cows and young cows to come by, and couldn't help but remind them.
Back then, when he asked the surrounding counties for farm cattle and young cattle.
The behavior of those county officials and county governors was as if they wanted their lives.
Every single cattle and calf had been forcefully obtained through coercion and bribery.
It would be strange if Ying Mu didn't value such a difficult background.
Sun Cheng also knew the importance of cattle and calves. After hearing this, he immediately replied solemnly,"Don't worry, Your Highness. I've already arranged for a professional cattle officer to take care of the cattle and calves.”
"Mm, that's good!"
Ying Mu nodded, expressing his approval of Sun Cheng's arrangement.
Before coming to this era, one would not know the value and importance of a cattle.
Thinking back to the online novels he read in his previous life, those martial artists would ask for a few pounds of beef at any time.
Ying Mu could only laugh. Whoever did that would be courting death.
In fact, it was not only the ancient times that prohibited the killing of cows.
In his previous life, when the New Dragon Country was just established, there was a rule: It is forbidden for any government agencies and peasants to slaughter cattle without permission. If the circumstances are serious, they will be given the necessary punishment.”
From this, one could see how important a cow was before mechanical farming was popularized.
He knew that the cattle were growing well.
Ying Mu was completely relieved.
He reluctantly looked at the mansion that he had lived in for three to four months and then ordered,"In that case, go and prepare.”
"In addition, inform the people outside the Imperial Residence and the city to gather and set off on time at mealtime tomorrow. We will pass through Mount Zhong and head to the new city.”
Ying Mu said faintly. His heart was filled with complicated emotions.
Unknowingly, almost ten months had passed since he transmigrated.
He was also about to set off again, heading to the Pearl River Delta region of his choice to start building his own territory.
He could only hope that everything would go smoothly this time.
After all, he had been in this era for a long time.
Ying Mu not only saw a lot, but he also felt a lot.
He also hoped to use his own strength to change everything so that the people of this world could live a better life!
All he wanted was to have a clear conscience.
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