On the west bank of Suifen River, a new "Twin Cities" has been built.

In the city's garrison, Aktun, who was nearly thirty years old, was taking a nap in the backyard. He was neatly dressed and

It looks like it is ready to go at any time - the news that Aslan Khan is coming came here a few days ago.

"General!"

Upon hearing this voice, Aktun immediately woke up from his confusion.

"The Khan is here?"

"No, it's the Great Khan's personal guard. He asked you to quickly go to the first village of the second township of Huxi County."

"Oh? Where is the Khan?"

"should be"

Aktun quickly set off from Shuangcheng with a hundred horses.

After the Han people moved here, Nikan established a total of four counties in the Xingkai Lake and Suifen River basins. Each county has more than 6,000 households. Huxi County is a county close to Changbai Mountain and is close to 100 kilometers away from Shuangcheng.

Fifty miles.

Half a day later, Akedun and his party arrived at the second village - an earthen enclosure about one foot high and with a square garden of about four miles.

At this time, the rice planted has been harvested, the wheat is being harvested, and the autumn harvest is in full swing everywhere.

The road was recently renovated under the auspices of the Huxi County Government. It is about one foot wide, with drainage ditches on both sides. The middle of the road is made of a mixture of soil and gravel. On one side of the road, there are rice fields that have been harvested, and some are black rice fields that are being harvested.

Wheat field.

The end of the road is Tuweizi in the second village. If you want to go to the Suifen Army Village on the mountain, you must pass through this Zhuangzi.

When Aktun arrived at this village, he couldn't help but feel a shiver in his heart.

There is a big tree near the south gate of Zhuangzi. A horse is tied under the big tree, and a person is tied to the tree. That person is the personal guard sent by Aktun to find out about Nikan!

There were still some people gathered under the big tree, and Akedun saw Chakdan.

The arrival of Akedun made the farmers in Zhuangzi suddenly nervous.

"What's going on?" Aktun was furious. How dare these Han people tie up their own people?!

"General", Chakdan pulled him aside at this time: "Don't be impatient, this is what the Khan ordered to be tied up."

"Ah?! Why? Has this guy offended the Khan?"

"It's not about offending me, it's about offending the farmers!"

As a high-pitched voice sounded, I saw Nikan coming out of the south gate, followed by four people. Looking at their attire, three of them were naturally the head of the village, a miser, and Youyou, and the other one was an ordinary person.

farmer.

If you have any impressions, this person is Jin Buhuan who was rescued by Nikan near Turtle City in North Korea!

At this time, Jin Buhuan was completely different from before. As a farmer, it was impossible to be obese, but he was much stronger than before. He was also wearing a set of unpatched gray linen clothes, although the sleeves and trouser legs of his hands and feet were rolled up.

, but it is also clean and tidy.

However, Jin Buhuan's complexion was a little pale at the moment, and he seemed to be a little afraid of Akdun in front of him.

"Follow me"

Nikan grabbed Aktun and walked a few steps to the intersection of the post road and the field. He saw a large area lying down on the side near the wheat field. When he looked carefully, he saw that it was probably stepped out by horse hooves.

Aktun understood immediately that it was probably his personal guards who wanted to rush to the twin cities as soon as possible to notify him after seeing Nikan's whereabouts. In a panic, the horses actually stepped into the farmland.

"It's okay. The wheat grains are already ripe anyway, so it doesn't matter."

Jin Buhuan naturally knew the background of the person in front of him, he said with a smile.

"How can this be done? Is my military law given to me for free?"

Nikan shook his head.

Akedun said hurriedly: "Great Khan, what do you think we should do? There seems to be no punishment for trampling on farmland in the army? Oh, by the way, I remembered, there seems to be a compensation regulation, I will let him

compensation"

Nikan waved his hand and said to Wang Wenhui: "Make a note of it. Anyone who tramples on farmland like this will be punished with a fifty-fifty slap in the face in addition to compensation!"

Akdun was shocked. This personal guard was a rare warrior in his tribe of Kirteyil. He had been working with Uligi and his son since he was a child. Would he still be alive if he took down this fifty-year-old man?

Is it worth humiliating the warriors in the forest for a farmer?

At this time, Nikan walked up to the tied bodyguard, untied the rope for him, and then said to Akdun and others: "I am also responsible for this matter. The previous regulations were mainly for pastoral areas. Hun

When I didn’t realize that there were still a lot of farmers, how about I, Akedun, and the three of you help Jin Buhuan harvest this wheat field here today?”

After saying that, he took the sickle from Jin Buhuan's hand and started working in the field.

He was originally a son of a farmer, and when he was a soldier in Hulun City, he often helped farmers on the grasslands harvest crops, and he was very familiar with it.

Actun and the guard looked at each other, and had no choice but to ask for a sickle from the villagers, and ran to Nikan to learn how to harvest.

In the end, Nikan simply arranged only a hundred guards, and the remaining nearly a thousand personal guards all went to the fields. They couldn't help but help Jin Buhuan harvest all the remaining rye, and also harvested the remaining unharvested wheat fields in the village.

Naturally, the people in the village couldn't just watch, so in half a day, all the remaining nearly 1,000 acres of wheat fields in the first village of No. 2 Township, Huxi County were harvested.

That night, Nikan and his party rested in the first village. Nikan, Akedun, Chakdan, and Wang Wenhui stayed at Jin Buhuan's home.

"Lao Jin, where are your two children?"

Nikan remembered that he had two children under his knees, both in their teens, but he didn't see them today.

"Reporting to the Great Khan, they are all studying in Shuangcheng."

Today's scene, coupled with the life-saving grace he received from North Korea, Jin Buhuan didn't know what to say.

"Oh? It seems like your two dolls are pretty good."

Nowadays, due to limited resources, not all school-age children can enter the school, and they still need to pass a simple test.

"Khan, these two little ones were deceived by their grandfather when they were in Liaodong."

"Oh? His grandfather is also a scholar?"

"I'm not even a scholar, I just know a few more words than an ordinary farmer."

"Well, if you don't change, winter is coming. What do you usually do in winter?"

"Reporting to Dahan, after the grain harvest is completed, there are still many things to do, such as threshing, grinding flour, pounding rice, going up the mountain to chop firewood, pickling pork and fish, hehe, there is endless work to do. By the way, after the heavy snow, the countryside

"Master Youyou will gather us and other young men together to practice. In the winter of half a year, there will be two months of practice time, each with a spear."

As he spoke, he pointed to the spear leaning against the wall.

Nikan nodded, it seems that the series of measures he first implemented in Han Dynasty have been implemented below.

Jin Buhuan continued, "If the army goes out, we will enter the county and prefectural cities to garrison. However, according to the rules of the Great Khan, we will come in turns and we will not miss the farming work."

Nikan nodded, and he said to Akedun, Wang Wenhui, Chakdan and the other three people in the village: "This Khan has stipulated that farmers and herdsmen are the most important thing. Anyone who takes advantage of his official position to run rampant in the countryside, city, etc."

Here, this Khan will never forgive you lightly!"

Everyone quickly nodded in agreement.

However, Nikan felt a little heavy. He had encountered what happened during the day. If he had not come, the matter would probably have passed away like this. Not only the farmers did not dare to speak out, but also the officials in the village did not dare to speak out. Although he was restricted by regulations

Civil and military officials, but in actual implementation, there is no guarantee that there will be any distortion.

Thinking of this, he added: "Whether it is wartime or not, farmland must be protected. If anyone violates it, he will be killed without mercy!"

Akedun's heart trembled, "Khan, I'm afraid this is wrong. Horses are not human beings. They always get frightened and stumble..."

"What's more, if the military situation is urgent, if we still adhere to these regulations, won't we delay important matters?"

Nikan shook his head, "There is always a way, let's do it like this."

On the second day, after Nikan and the others left, the whole village knelt down, and the sound of crying could be heard from time to time in the crowd.

Nikan did not rest in Shuangcheng and went south directly.

By the time he arrived at Vladivostok, Lin Maochun, who came from the waterway, had been waiting for him for a long time.

At this time, Vladivostok was already a solid seaport city after strengthening the cement. Artillery could not help but be placed on the pier, and multiple artillery pieces were also placed on both sides of the port exit.

Although there is a Jeju Port, according to Nikan's promise, the Dutch and Matsumae Domain can still trade here directly. When Nikan arrived, he happened to meet Van der Sar, a merchant from the Dutch East India Company who was still waiting for the north wind here.

Nikan bought ten more monocular telescopes from him at a high price, and finally said to him: "After you go back, can you find some craftsmen and machinery for Ben Khan in Europe who are skilled in spinning wool? If you can do this,

Yes, I can provide you with berths in Jeju Island first, as well as the best mink furs."

Van der Sar's eyes lit up after hearing this, and he smiled and said: "My respected Khan, what use do you need these craftsmen? Do you want to open a woolen mill here?"

"Yes." Nikan was not lying. "There are a large number of fine-wool sheep in the area under my jurisdiction. There is also a lot of wool every year. Unfortunately, they are not used properly. If these people are willing to come, I promise that the wages will be European."

More than three times the price, you don’t have to worry about food and accommodation.”

Van der Sar nodded, but he didn't have this idea in his heart. France is currently the most industrially developed country in Europe. However, due to years of war, most of the workers in the woolen mills are in danger and are being recruited by the British who are "striving for strength". However, if they want to

It is not easy to lure them to the far east.

As for his home country, the Netherlands, there are some workshops, but generally speaking, the focus is still on trade.

"After everything is done, everyone will give you twenty taels of silver."

"No, no, dear Khan, this place is tens of thousands of miles away from Europe, and it also has to pass through the extremely dangerous waters of southern Africa. It's almost like a narrow escape from death. Twenty taels is too little..."

"How much do you want?"

"At least one hundred taels per person, machinery not included"

"make a deal!"

Van der Sar wanted to wait for Nikan to counter-offer, but he unexpectedly agreed.

"Oh my God, this is a bigger business than selling black slaves. But this man is now a prince. What will happen if he turns his back and denies me after I bring him here?"

Seemingly noticing his appearance, Nikan smiled and said: "It's good to have craftsmen from wool spinning mills. Other craftsmen are also fine, but the price will be lower. I'll pay you a 30% deposit first, and we'll pay you after the work is completed."
Chapter completed!