By March 8th, Xiandu County became very lively, with more than 2,000 new residents in more than 200 courtyards and shops. Most of Liu Xin's nursing staff and the people brought from Luyin Township were already in the city.

settle down.

Because the entry fee to the city was cancelled, there began to be more people with green faces on the streets. They drove cattle and sheep into the city. I heard that the price of cattle and sheep in the city had increased several times, and grain and salt were very cheap.

Business in Liu Xin's shop began to improve. In front of the grain store, people outside the city lined up to buy grain. Many people got money from selling cattle and sheep, so they would go into the shop to buy some coarse cloth. Many of their clothes were already damaged and could no longer be damaged.

What is most popular among the people in the city is sweet potato noodles. Sweet potato noodles are very popular in Xiandu County these days, and many people in the city will buy some for their children.

No one discussed that Liu Xin was wrong to imprison people who did not pay taxes and send them out of the city. Liu Xin also knew that there must be countless people in the city cursing him behind his back, as he had cut off the livelihood of many people.

But all this is insignificant. The wealthy families in the city have no means of making a living, so they must find their own way out of life. Liu Xin has pointed out the way for everyone in Xiandu County, and it depends on whether you can follow it or not.

Outside the city, Liu Xin personally led hundreds of servants, a thousand soldiers, more than 2,000 civilians, and more than a thousand prisoners to plow the fields outside the city, preparing to plant this year's wheat seeds.

More than 500 domestic soldiers have been divided into four parts. One hundred cavalry are patrolling around Xiandu County. One hundred cavalry are led by Guan Yu, Zhang Fei, Guan Hai and Cheng Zhiyuan in turns to patrol 30 miles north of Xiandu County.

The troops are divided into 5 teams and scattered around Xiandu County. When they discover the enemy's situation, they will light up the smoke as soon as possible.

Liu Xin took Jiang Li, He Ye and a group of officials from Xiandu County, half of the patrol team, 70% of the city guards, and county government guards. A total of more than 6,000 people started farming outside Xiandu County.

He divided everyone into five parts according to area. Liu Xin, Jiang Li, He Ye, Liu Bei, and Jian Yong each received about 1,600 acres.

Each of them was assigned more than 10 officials, and Liu Xin divided the land into 10 parts. Each official was responsible for about 160 acres of cultivated land, 110 laborers, 10 to 20 cattle, and 2 to 3 sets of curved shaft plows.

There are many people, heavy work, and a lot of food. Liu Xin is not worried at all about consuming more than 300 shi of grain every day. He brought 70,000 shi of grain from Zhuo County, enough for them to use until this autumn harvest, and Liu Xin still has 190 tons of system space.

Rice, that is, 6,000 shi of rice, plus other things, is enough to last for a month.

In fact, Liu Xin did not want to call the prisoners working in the fields prisoners. The reason why he did this was just to let these people find a new way of making a living.

These people have become very obedient after being trained by Liu Xin's family soldiers for two days. They can eat until their stomachs are bloated every day and drink rice porridge in the morning. This is something that even aristocratic families in the city cannot do.

Everyone also saw Liu Xin's strength from here. In this world, he is the boss if he has food.

When many people outside the city saw this, they actively asked to participate in farming. It was not easy to have a full meal. Liu Xin accepted all of them. As a result, Liu Xin found that more and more people were joining the farming after a few days. Many people were participating in farming.

The common people were all unknown to the officials in the city.

Plowing at sunrise and resting at sunset every day, Liu Xin spent most of his time cultivating farmland outside the city. Every day a new plow arrived, and their plowing speed gradually accelerated. Some land that had been abandoned for more than three years needed to be weeded.

After plowing the land more than twice, until March 21, more than 80,000 acres of fields outside Xiandu County were plowed, and all grain seeds were planted on March 26. Liu Xin finally breathed a sigh of relief.

After discussing with Jiang Li, Liu Xin decided to divide the 2,100 people who were willing to stay and take care of the farmland, plus 1,600 prisoners into five townships based on this farming grouping.

Each township has more than 700 people and about 100 households. Each township is divided into ten villages, with more than 10 households and less than 100 people in each village.

The village chiefs are all people and even servants brought by Liu Xin from Luyin Township. Each village must train how to quickly retreat into the city if the Xianbei cavalry arrives. At the same time, time must be spent to train the young people in each village. If the Xianbei cavalry arrives,

During the siege, they must assist the city guards and patrols in defending the city.

Seeing that everyone is packing up their farm tools, those who should return to the city return to the city. The heads of the five townships are all descendants of aristocratic families appointed by Liu Xin. Starting tomorrow, construction will begin in the townships outside the city. Liu Xin also plans to rebuild many defenses in the city.

, Xiandu County no longer became lifeless under his leadership.

At the same time, today Zhang Fei led a hundred cavalrymen 30 miles north of Xiandu County, looking northward in boredom. It was his turn to lead a group of cavalrymen to patrol here today, but in so many days, except for some scattered common people, they had never seen anyone.

Xianbei cavalry and even horse bandits appeared.

A cavalryman came quickly from the north. Many cavalrymen couldn't help but look at the other party's appearance. Some cavalrymen were already preparing to light the smoke, but Zhang Fei called out to stop everyone.

"Don't be impatient, just stay here for me. It won't be too late for us to light up the smoke when Tan Ma comes back!" Zhang Fei said to the cavalry beside him.

The detective horse quickly came to the back of the mountain where Zhang Fei was. He quickly dismounted and many cavalrymen surrounded him.

"Reporting to the military commander, Xianbei cavalry was found five miles northwest. There are about twenty cavalry, and they will arrive in about a cup of tea!" Tan Ma reported.

"The opponent really only has more than 20 cavalry? Did you read that correctly?" Zhang Fei couldn't help but feel happy when he heard the number of Xianbei cavalry.

"When we return to the army, we only have thirty cavalry at most, and we haven't found any follow-up cavalry," Tan Ma said.

"Damn it, stop lighting up the smoke! We can't deal with this enemy with a hundred people? Don't worry, everyone. I'll go up and kill them later, and you guys will come over later." Zhang Fei ordered to the soldiers behind him.

Zhang Fei is the leading general of the cavalry in this camp, and everyone can only listen to him. At most, one person will be left behind. If the war goes unfavorably, he can just light up the smoke and report back to the city.

After a while, a small group of cavalry appeared in front. Zhang Fei saw that the opponent only had more than 20 cavalry, and they were already approaching the hillside where he was. He rode alone to kill the opponent.

The twenty Xianbei cavalry were just members of a small tribe. They had nothing to do recently and entered the Xiandu County area for hunting. As a result, they did not encounter any scattered herdsmen in a few days. Today they approached Xiandu County and planned to grab something and go back.

, then they saw a horse riding towards them from the top of the mountain.

The Xianbei cavalry were initially startled, but when they saw a cavalry charging towards them, they quickly formed a formation to charge.

Zhang Fei didn't care about the opponent. He quickly rushed towards the Xianbei cavalry with the [Zhangba Snake Spear] in his hand. He injected his true energy into the horse under his crotch, and the horse's speed suddenly increased by 30%.

Zhang Fei's charge alone felt like a thousand troops. He rushed into the Xianbei cavalry alone and knocked back two of the opponent's cavalry. Before the two Xianbei cavalry could stabilize their bodies, he quickly stabbed the two cavalrymen with his spear without slowing down.
Chapter completed!