The Emperor's Son-in-Law

Duan Chun's fire dragon colt quickly rushed towards the valley on the northeast side of the military village.

Dad is chasing after me quickly.

"I will call you Xiao Huo from now on."

"From now on, we will be brothers for life."

"Follow me from now on to eat well and drink hot food, and I will find countless beautiful girls to be your wives."

"But you can only be loyal to me!"

"Can you understand?"

Duan Chun gently stroked the fire dragon pony's mane that was flying in the wind, and said softly with a smile.

"Hiss..."

The fire dragon pony responded with a loud neighing sound.

"Can you really understand me?"

"Okay, I'll ask you to slow down and don't talk harshly to the elders behind you."

"In the future it will grow old and no one will be able to outrun you anymore."

Duan Chun chuckled.

"Hiss..."

The fire dragon colt actually slowed down and no longer deliberately competed with the black horse.

Dad immediately rushed forward and kept pace with Duan Chun.

"Dad, the farm is on the other side of this valley, right?"

Duan Chun asked with a smile.

"That's right, the entrance of the valley ahead is to the north."

"That's my Yuxiang Farm."

"The horse farm you went to when you were a child is just on the other side of the mountain from the farm."

Duan Ning nodded.

"Yuxiang Farm..."

"A farm named after my mother-in-law?"

"My father has never taken his children to a farm."

Duan Chun was stunned when he heard this. In his memory, his biological mother-in-law's name was Yuxiang.

"That's because I don't want anyone to disturb the peace of the farm."

"It's very difficult for them to survive."

Duan Ning said lightly.

Before he finished speaking, Duan Chun heard him clearly.

The war horse galloped through the long valley passage.

There are two more forks ahead.

Continue along the valley on the northeast side.

The valley ahead becomes wider and wider, and a river meanders from north to south along the foot of one side of the mountain.

Continuing northward along the river valley, Duan Chun was already paying attention to the large rice fields in the valley close to the river bank and in the middle of the road.

The amount of rice fields here looks pretty good.

It's just...the ears of rice in the rice fields are not full.

While Duan Chun was checking along the way, an open plain between valleys appeared in front of him.

In the distance, at the foot of the East and West Mountains, two large villages appeared.

What two big villages!

Duan Chun looked at the foot of the two mountains in front, with large villages built on each side.

The scale is really not small, there are thousands of households in total!

Such a large farm hidden among the mountains is really amazing.

Duan Chun looked carefully at the large field between the two villages.

There are also hillside ridges surrounded by three mountains.

I feel that this place will definitely be able to be built into the workshop and agricultural area I want in the future.

"Dad, this is the land deed of Yuxiang Farm."

"Are they all yours?"

Duan Chun immediately asked about the most important thing.

"Yes, the land deeds are in the hands of the two villages."

"The villages at the foot of the mountain to the west were where veterans and military family members lived in the past."

"To the east are the military dependents who are still serving in the army."

"The fields in the middle, the mountains on three sides, including this valley passage outside the valley."

"My dad bought them all."

Duan Ning nodded.

As the two of them walked forward, Duan Chun asked for more details.

A large group of people had already appeared at the entrance of the two villages in front, rushing towards the outside of the valley to greet them.

As they got closer, Duan Chun saw a large group of disabled veterans, women and children in front of the excited valley.

Before the father and son could get closer, everyone fell to their knees.

"My subordinates pay their respects to the general!"

In front of him were hundreds of old, young, women and children kneeling on the ground in darkness.

Everyone was wearing patched clothes and covered in mud.

He looked like a disaster victim.

But everyone has a ruddy face and a strong figure.

They seemed not to be bothered by disaster or hunger.

They clasped their hands respectfully and looked at Duan Ning with reverence in their eyes.

At this time, Ning had already jumped off his horse and greeted everyone with fists in his arms.

"Old brothers, sisters-in-law, and children are all well."

"Duan Ning is about to go on an expedition this time, so he brought his children here to see you all."

"The food will arrive soon, so everyone can eat and drink for several months."

"When Lao Duan comes back, I'll come visit you all."

Duan Ning said loudly.

"The great general is so kind that his subordinates will never forget it!"

Everyone shouted excitedly.

Duan Chun also quickly dismounted, stood beside his father and bowed to everyone with clasped fists.

"Is this the general's child, the young general of our Cavalry Guard?"

"The Major General is now an adult. Congratulations to the General!"

"Subordinates, please pay your respects to the Major General!"

A middle-aged man in a robe looked at Duan Chun in surprise and quickly led everyone to salute again.

"Uncles and aunts, no need to be polite."

"This junior is just following my father to pay homage to the elders."

"Let's take a look at the farm."

Duan Chun saluted respectfully.

Duan Ning looked at his child with satisfaction. The reason why he never brought Duan Chun to the farm.

I am just worried that my child will make my old brother feel cold.

At the same time, Duan Ning has no intention of incorporating Yuxiang Farm into the assets of the Duke's Mansion.

I just want to leave this valley to my subordinates to live in from now on.

Now, Duan Chunye finally saw clearly the situation of Yuxiang Farm.

There are at most a few hundred acres of good farmland in the valley.

There are about a thousand acres of rice fields outside the valley, which adds up to nearly two thousand acres of farmland.

But looking at the grain situation of each acre of the field.

Duan Chun was speechless...

In this era, the yield of rice fields is shockingly low!

The ear hanging rate is far less than one-tenth of the modern one.

Each rice ear only has a few rice grains sparsely hanging.

With such a yield, it is no wonder that food famine often occurred in ancient times.

Moreover, the grain output has prevented the population from growing significantly.

We have to thank Grandpa Yuan for his contribution, which has made the Chinese people forget the difference between the output of ancient and modern grain fields.

If these two thousand acres of land are only used to support hundreds of households, it is barely enough to eat.

But there are too many residents here, and the rice field output is not enough to eat.

No wonder my father has to keep spending money to buy more food.

He can barely feed the military families here.

It seems that while opening a workshop to make money, he also has to find a way to increase the output of farmland...

But agricultural matters are not Duan Chun's specialty.

Because he had never been to the fields in his previous life, he had no idea how to farm.

Duan Ning chatted with a group of subordinates and asked about some situations.

Then he followed the village head to the foot of the mountain in the west.

Duan Chun followed closely behind, and the guards were also chatting with a group of children.

It seems that they are also very familiar with this place.

All the way through the ridges, approaching the village on the west side, more and more farm residents heard the news.

All came to see Duan Ning, and the whole village was flooded with one or two thousand people from the east and west villages!

Among them, there were many blacksmiths from Shangxuanfang, who were collecting materials in the farm.

Knowing that the general and the deputy general were coming, they all came to see them.

"Major General, some materials for the workshop have been prepared in the past two days."

"But you said that we should wait until you come to the farm before we can determine the location of the workshop."

"Your subordinates have been waiting for you."

An old soldier with a broken arm named Wang Liang smiled respectfully.