"The population of this village has reached 1,500, and the population of Song Village exceeds 500, with a total of 2,000 people."

"There are more than 8,000 mu of farmland in Xia Village, and more than 3,000 mu of farmland in Song Village."

"A refugee from Lingnan in the late Ming Dynasty claimed that there was a crop called taro, which could be used as a temporary urgent matter."

The field clerk who was inspecting the farmland mentioned something to Zhang Hua.

"Taota?"

Zhang Hua was stunned for a while.

Isn't this thing a potato?

Potatoes are said to be the food that flowed into China until the end of the Ming Dynasty.

If it were people from Lingnan in the late Ming Dynasty, they might indeed be able to bring potatoes to travel across.

After all, Lingnan belongs to a coastal area, and American crops were first planted in coastal areas, and it was not popularized on a large scale at that time.

The refugees in the late Ming and early Qing dynasties brought a lot of advanced ancient technologies and things.

The population surged in the Qing Dynasty, and the popularity of crops such as potatoes, sweet potatoes, and corn was an important reason.

This incident reminded Zhang Hua that refugees from the Ming and Qing dynasties could promote the cultivation of crops such as potatoes, sweet potatoes, corn, and peanuts.

High-yield crops such as potatoes, sweet potatoes, and corn are not necessarily suitable as staple food, but they can be used as supplementary food, which is conducive to surviving the years of wasteland.

"These people are farmers from the Chongzhen to the Kangxi period, and there are less than 10 of them who know crops such as taro."

The field official selected the working farmers, with a total of 9 people, who knew how to grow new crops such as potatoes, sweet potatoes and corn.

"You are responsible for teaching other farmers to grow new crops. As long as all farmers in Xia Village are given a reward of 2 taels of silver."

"Mr. Village Chief, let's leave this matter to us."

"The planting season will pass, and the village chief can immediately call the rest of the farmers, and we will teach them."

All these nine farmers were ready to try.

Soon the farmers who were sowing were summoned to promote the new crops by nine farmers.

Potatoes are made of tubers, sweet potatoes are made of roots, and corn is made of seeds.

Fortunately, these major new crops can be pieced together by nine farmers from the late Ming and early Qing dynasties.

In addition, peanuts are also very important new crops. They only flowed into China in the middle of the Ming Dynasty, which can satisfy hunger and oil be squeezed.

"Now with new crops, the grain output from autumn harvest will increase a lot."

After Zhang Hua had more than 10,000 mu of farmland in the two villages, he was more confident in the next year's grain storage.

Zhang Hua inspected and then returned to the village with Mulan.

Mulan became Zhang Hua's personal guard.

This world is even more chaotic than the Warring States Period. It is still in the village fighting stage, and there may be lords from other villages sending assassins to assassinate Zhang Hua.

Jing Ke, Yu Rang, Yaoli and others also traveled to this world, not knowing where to wander.

In case, Zhang Hua needed a personal guard to prevent being assassinated.

Of course, Zhang Hua also means that he will get the moon first...

"The population of the two villages has exceeded 2,000, and there are only 30 light cavalrymen, so we cannot protect the two villages. It just so happened that we wiped out horse thieves and obtained dozens of war horses to form a larger cavalry."

Zhang Hua intends to increase the number of Mulan's cavalry to check and balance Chen Wu and Liao Hua.

After all, Mulan is currently Zhang Hua’s most trusted general.

"Young Master, be careful!"

Suddenly, Mulan threw Zhang Hua down, and an arrow passed by, sank into the ground with three points!

At the moment when Mulan overwhelmed Zhang Hua, she drew her straight knife with her backhand and stared at the archer behind the tree vigilantly.

"Hmph, this arrow was just my intentional misfire. You should be the village chief of this village, right? Hand over the village and I can spare you all the time."

A girl with dirt on her face held a longbow in her hand and turned out from behind the trunk.

Although she looks a bit dirty, Zhang Hua can tell that she is definitely a beauty.

Zhang Hua glanced at Mulan, and Mulan nodded to show off.

Zhang Hua knew now that what the other party said was not false, and he did deliberately miss the position.

"Who are you? We have no grievances and no grudges, so why should we take my village?"

Zhang Hua observed the surrounding environment and found that there was only one strange girl.

The girl general pouted: "Hmph, I want to take revenge. You are very long-winded. When I was in Jiangdong, no one dared to ask questions yet!"

Jiangdong?

Zhang Hua quickly speculated on the identity of the girl general in front of him.

The military generals who regarded themselves as Jiangdong were likely from the Eastern Wu, Eastern Jin, and Southern Dynasties.

Seeing that she was only fifteen or sixteen years old, Zhang Hua spoke in a very unruly tone, and was likely to be born into a family of the Wei, Jin, Southern and Northern Dynasties.

Moreover, this man seemed a little whimsical and wanted to occupy Xia Village by hostage Zhang Hua.

"Who are you going to avenge? Maybe I can help you. My village has several good generals and hundreds of soldiers. Even if you kill me, you will not be able to gain control of the village. We can put down our weapons and talk about the conditions, how about it?"

Zhang Hua attacked the girl general in an attempt to gain her trust.

The girl general looked at Zhang Hua and Mulan, but she was not sure of killing Mulan.

In addition, there are a large number of troops in the village.

If she really killed Zhang Hua, she was not sure of controlling the village of more than a thousand people.

According to her idea, she took Zhang Hua hostage and took the emperor to command the princes, which naturally controlled the village.

This idea is not absolutely impossible. Unfortunately, she is alone and holding Zhang Hua hostage, so the people in the village may not obey her orders.

As long as there is a slackness, Zhang Hua may escape.

Therefore, her success rate is less than one in ten thousand.

The girl general sighed: "The village I built was destroyed by a heavy cavalry, and my maids were killed. I need troops to avenge them."

Maid?

It was indeed a child of a large family from the Wei, Jin, Southern and Northern Dynasties.

This person also brought important news - heavy cavalrymen appeared near Xia Village.

Heavy cavalry was a big killer in the era of cold weapons.

The existence of heavy cavalry is a huge threat to Xia Village.

"Is this heavy cavalry a Han or Hu?"

"Hu people."

"Very good, we can cooperate, I'll avenge you."

Zhang Hua heard that it was a Hu people and heavy cavalry, and knew that it was a greater threat to Xia Village and he wanted to eradicate it.

The girl general hesitated and stared at Zhang Hua tightly, wanting to know whether Zhang Hua is credible.

Soon, she blinked and asked, "So what's the price?"

"You settled in our village. If I avenge you, you will serve me for three years."

"Okay, I promise you."

"Then let's go to the village to discuss in detail. I need to know the reality of the heavy cavalry."

"Um."

The girl general was still wary and was separated by several steps from Zhang Hua and Mulan.

"You haven't mentioned your name and origin yet. I need sincerity to cooperate."

"I am Sun Shangxiang, the Sun family in Jiangdong. If you support me with hundreds of troops and when I find my brother, I will ask him to give you the general."

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Chapter completed!