From morning to afternoon, after passing through village forts and village forts in various places, we quickly entered the territory of Kelan Prefecture.

Along the way, what impressed Huang Laifu was the rich forest resources in Kelan and there were many natural pastures available. On the side of the road, Huang Laifu saw many velvet goats running around on some pastures, eating grass leisurely.

Seeing this situation, Huang Laifu couldn't help but calculate whether he could cooperate with Lord Liu Jingchun, the commander of Xiwei, Kelan Prefecture Town, in the future to jointly develop the rich pastures and sheep resources in various places in Kelan.

In addition, Huang Laifu also noticed that the farmland in Kelan looks vast and has deep soil layers, which may be a good place to build large farms.

However, compared with Wuzhai Fort, there are one disadvantages here. After all, there are prefectures and counties for many years, with many households and not much wasteland available for reclaiming. If you want to establish a large farm, you are afraid of competing for land with the people. In the Ming Dynasty, if military households compete for land with civilian households, the military households often fail. Although the annual grain output of these households under the influence of the disaster is only two or three chickens, the deep-rooted concept of land still makes them not willing to give up easily.

After thinking about it, it was too troublesome to build a large farm here, so it would be better to build a ranch and raise more wool sheep. In fact, it was said that Lord Liu Jingchun, the commander of Zhenxiwei, had a magistrate next to him and a ruling commander of the military personnel. In addition, the military households in Zhenxiwei were unable to support themselves in the military farming, so they had to remove food and fodder from Kelanzhou. The faces of the local civil servants were everywhere. How could they live comfortably in Wuzhaibao?

However, in Lord Liu Jingchun's heart at that time, the Wuzhai Fort was a bitter and cold place. If it were a thousand households, it would be similar to exile. I just didn't expect that the Wuzhai Fort would change so much today.

When Huang Laifu fell into deep thought, Gu Yunniang looked at Huang Laifu thinking from time to time. She liked to see Huang Laifu at this time because Huang Laifu looked very deep at this time.

"Is this arriving in Guilanzhou?"

Huang Lingbin, who had been sitting in the carriage behind, shouted from behind, "This old man was thin and even Gu Yunniang could ride a horse, but he couldn't. After leaving the fort from Wuzhai Fort, he kept hiding in the carriage reading books like a big girl. He woke up like a dream and realized that he had arrived in Guilan Prefecture."

Everyone laughed, and Gu Yunniang shouted, "I have been in Kelanzhou for a long time. Brother Lingbin, you are really deaf and only read the books of sages."

Huang Lingbin touched his head embarrassedly and smiled angrily. Huang Laifu rode his horse to him and smiled at him, "Second brother, you're tired, soon. When you arrive in Guilanzhou City, you can have a good rest."

He glanced at the hand on Huang Lingbin's hand and exclaimed: "What book are you reading?" Huang Lingbin quickly retracted his hand, but Huang Laifu had already snatched the book: "Oh, Journey to the West?" It turned out that this guy was not reading the books of sages along the way.

Seeing Huang Lingbin's expression of uneasy and shame on his face, he secretly looked at Gu Yunniang, Gu Qianhu and others ahead, afraid that they would know. Huang Laifu certainly understood his little thoughts and chuckled softly: "It doesn't matter if you read extracurricular books, but remember not to forget your serious homework, do you know?" Huang Lingbin has always respected his elder brother and nodded vigorously.

Huang Laifu returned the book to him and said with a smile: "Look, I'll have a good time to read it during the period of enrollment. After Wei Xue, I'm afraid I won't have the chance to read it." Huang Lingbin said with emotion: "Brother, you are so nice to me." Huang Laifu said with a smile: "Silly, you are my brother, I'm not good to you, who do you do to me?"

Huang Lingbin touched his head gently and smiled embarrassedly.

Huang Laifu rode his horse back in front and saw Gu Qianhu looking at the fields on both sides with a serious expression. The closer he was to Kelanzhou City, the fields became more and more dense. However, without exception, there were severe drought everywhere and the irrigation wells were dry.

Except for some fields near the local area called Beichuan River, the situation will be better. I am afraid that most of the fields will have a significant reduction in harvest this year, and some will even have no grains. The result is that in autumn, there will be more refugees in various parts of Kelan Prefecture.

Gu Qianhu sighed: "The scenery this year is getting worse and worse. I still think that this Kelan is a big province and the situation should be better. Now I realize that compared with the various farms of Wuzhai Fort, Wuzhai Fort is really a paradise."

Gu Yunniang said proudly: "Dad, this is because there are water trucks and other items made by Brother Laifu in various farms in Wuzhaibao. With those water trucks, even if the weather is dry, you can still use the underground water. Of course, you will not be afraid of drought."

Gu Qianhu stroked his beard and laughed: "It's still my Yun Niang who said it right."

At this time, everyone saw a large group of people surrounding a field on the roadside, a man who looked like an old farmer was directing those people to install something next to a well near the field. Huang Laifu and others couldn't help but stop and look at the side of the roadside with curiosity.

The old farmer was thin, but he was like a loud sound. He only heard him shouting: "Everyone carefully, install the Huang Laifu water truck to draw water. Everyone should touch it carefully." Everyone responded, busy with their hands and feet. Huang Laifu looked at the slender figure of the water truck, which was exactly the style of his well-drunk water truck in Wuzhaibao.

Gu Qianhu said in surprise: "Nephew, I didn't expect that your well-drunk water truck would also be transmitted to Kelanzhou."

Huang Laifu smiled and just looked over there. Jiang Dazhong, Yang Xiaolu and others felt a little proud when they saw that the young master's water truck was also spreading here. Gu Yunniang also looked at Huang Laifu affectionately. The servants of the Gu family were also talking about it and were very proud of their son-in-law. This time they came to Wuzhaibao with Gu Yunniang and others, and each of them received a two tael of silver red envelope from Huang Laifu, so everyone had a very good impression of Huang Laifu.

Soon, the well-filled water truck was installed. Under the guidance of a cow, the water truck slowly turned, and the well water was slowly drawn up. Everyone cheered and congratulated the old farmer in a verbal way.

The old farmer also laughed and looked proud. He said, "Now everyone knows that with this water truck, our fields will not be worried about waterless irrigation."

One person said, "Brother Qi, this water truck is good, but it costs 1 tael or 8 cents of silver to buy each. If we buy such a expensive water truck, is it worth it?"

Mr. Qi looked like a violent man. When he saw someone questioning him, he couldn't help but curse. He was short and had a big momentum: "You are a dirty pickled product. Master Huang Laifu from Wuzhaibao uses dozens and hundreds of water trucks in each farm. Why don't they think it's expensive? You can't afford it. Can't several families buy one together? It's better to water the wheat seedlings more than the northwest wind in the autumn."

The man was scolded by Mr. Qi so much that he could not touch the door, so he had to nod.

Everyone asked Mr. Qi about buying water trucks again. Mr. Qi said proudly: "If you want to say that in Kelan Prefecture, there are some counterfeit water trucks from Wuzhai Fort. However, if you want to buy the authentic Huang Laifu Daguanjing water truck, you still have to go to Wuzhai Fort. This way, the old man is familiar with Mr. Liu from Wuzhai Fort. If you want to buy more, the old man can discuss with Mr. Liu and buy them at a price of one or two, seven cents per water truck. Do you think it's okay?"

Everyone there discussed for a while, and one person said, "Brother Qi, I heard about it a few days ago. You went to Wuzhaibao to buy five water trucks a few days ago. Aren't you one tael, six cents each?"

Mr. Qi scolded him, "This guy is so old that he runs in and out. Don't he need some hard work and errands?"

The man had to nod. At that moment, everyone over there was discussing buying a water truck again.

On this side, Gu Qianhu smiled and said, "I didn't expect that these rural farmers were also enlightened and were willing to spend money to buy water trucks."

Huang Laifu smiled and said, "This is also due to the situation."

I thought that these people finally realized that relying on personal strength alone is not enough and they need to work together. However, I still don’t like them. Even if these people and several families jointly bought a water truck, they would only slightly alleviate the difficulties of their own fields. If they want to develop as much as their own farms in Wuzhaibao, if they still have their single-person and single-family farming methods, they will not change much of their situation.

Everyone was not lonely when they talked all the way. Soon, after a brief rest at Yangjiaping Fort in Kelan Prefecture, everyone rushed forward and finally arrived in Kelan Prefecture City in the evening.

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The city of Gulanzhou has been built for more than 2,200 years since the Han Dynasty. In the seventh year of Hongwu in the Ming Dynasty, Zhang Xing, the commander of Zhenxiwei, wrapped the whole city with bricks. It was surrounded by 7 miles. The city was 3 8 feet high. The city was shaped like a boat. There were 12 city towers, flagpoles and bracelets on it. The city gate was tall, and there were urns in all four gates. There was a moat outside the city that was 5 zhang wide and 2 zhang deep. There was a suspension bridge outside the east, west and north gates, and 4 gates and 2 forts outside the city.
Chapter completed!