In the early years, due to the Qiang-Hu Rebellion, the Ma Chao Rebellion, and the impact of the Hanzhong War, the vitality of the counties in Longyou was severely damaged, and the population dropped sharply.

In the past two years, the number of business trips between Longyou and Hanzhong has increased, giving them the illusion of peace. Who would have thought that Ji Han would actually attack with a large army?

"Enemy attack, enemy attack! Close the city gate, close the city gate quickly!"

The guard at the Qishan City Gate waved his whip and struck the soldiers, urging them to close the city gate with a burning heart.

Before Wei Yan rushed to the city, the city gate finally closed with a rumble, and the suspension bridge of the moat was also pulled up.

Seeing the heads swaying wildly on the city wall, Wei Yan laughed, reined up his horse at a stone's throw from the city, and shouted loudly, "Cao thief on the city, listen, I am Wei Yan, the general of the Han Dynasty's Northern Expedition Army.

Open the city gate quickly and surrender, otherwise..."

Before he finished speaking, there was only a "whoosh" sound, and an arrow shot down from the city, and finally landed softly a few feet in front of him.

Although there was no shouting in the city, the arrow had already expressed its attitude.

Wei Yan was furious.

But now that he has just arrived with his army, he has not yet made any siege equipment. In addition, although the city is small, it is extremely dangerous. It is guarding the intersection to Tianshui from the north.

If the army wants to pass here to Tianshui, it must capture this city.

At the moment, he had no choice but to have the trees cut down and prepare to attack the city before the Prime Minister's army arrived.

At this time in Longyou, it is time to prepare for spring plowing.

In Luomen, Tianshui, a group of people were coming from the west along the Wei River.

The leader, who looked to be in his forties, was tall and elegant in appearance. He looked at the fields on both sides of the river as he walked. He was Guo Huai, the governor of Yongzhou.

I heard him say, "I once heard that in the past two years, some people deliberately abandoned their fields to raise sheep. Is there anything like this, Governor Ma?"

Ma Zun, the prefect of Tianshui County, quickly stepped forward and said, "Back to the governor, there are indeed people raising sheep in the past two years, but the fields are not abandoned, but the barbarians are driven to enclosure the land for raising sheep."

"Driving the barbarians to enclose the land?" the governor asked a little strangely, "the barbarians herd cattle and sheep, and the Han people plowed the fields. This is the right principle. Listening to your tone, is it possible that there are wealthy families in Tianshui who also imitate the barbarians to herd cattle and sheep?"

"Back to the governor, it's true."

Guo Huai was originally from a noble family, so he naturally knew how important the wealthy families were to their fields. If they enclosed the land for farming, that would be normal.

Because in the past two years, a kind of plow has been spread from Shu, called the curved shaft plow, which only uses one person and one ox. It is not only extremely convenient, but also labor-saving. It is much better than the previous two-oxen plow.

It's best to use it for farming.

It used to be difficult to open up wasteland, but with this kind of plow, it is much easier to open up wasteland.

Unexpectedly, this wealthy family in Longyou behaved abnormally. Instead of using their land for farming, they used it for grazing cattle and sheep?

At that moment, Guo Huai was thoughtful, "In the past two years, Hu people have been coming to tell me that the Han people in Longyou do not allow them to graze. I originally thought that in Guanzhong and Longyou, the Hu people kept driving cattle and sheep to graze.

, just enough to appease them.”

"I didn't expect that something like this happened. Then do you know why they don't farm but herd cattle and sheep?"

When Ma Zun heard this, a look of embarrassment appeared on his face. He glanced at the people following him and coughed, "Back to the governor, these things were all done by the local big families. How did the villain know about it?"

In today's world, local officials have to have a good relationship with the local aristocratic families in order to be in power, so Guo Huai didn't want to embarrass Ma Zun.

Moreover, the wealthy families in Guanzhong, Longyou, and even Liangzhou have many connections with the south. This is almost an open secret.

Even the late emperor held a special court meeting because of the excessive inflow of Shu brocade and wrote a "Book of Discussing Shu Brocade with the Officials" in order to warn wealthy people not to be proud of Shu Brocade.

Where does Shu Brocade come from? Aren’t they all from Shu?

The price of Shu brocade from Wu is more than double, so the rich families in Longyou, Guanzhong, will find ways to buy it directly from Shu, and then transfer it to the Central Plains.
Chapter completed!