Three Kingdoms

Poor mountains and bad waters bring out unruly people.

The unruly people are not the point, the poor mountains and rivers are.

If he wanted to turn these southern barbarians who had been living in the mountains and forests into Han people, he had to first let them come out and still be able to live there. Zhuge Liang spent a lot of thought on it.

Each side of these square or rectangular buildings can be occupied by people. There are also small turrets protruding outwards at the corners, which can accommodate one or two people looking out, and can also be used as a defense system.

These are some defensive structures that are basically found in any mountain village. These buildings are still there, so when these mountain people live under the mountain, they will not feel that they have lost their protective power and feel that they have lost their sense of security.

At the same time, Zhuge Liang improved the sanitation system. There was a special toilet in the corner of each building, and a manure pit and a biogas tank were built under the toilet. Of course, the main purpose of the biogas pool is not to obtain biogas, but to treat waste and wastewater harmlessly. After fermentation, some parasites and germs will be eliminated, and the biogas sediment will be very clean after regular cleaning. Good fertilizer.

As for the location of the toilet, there is not much emphasis on Feng Shui. The main thing is ventilation and smooth drainage. The reason why in some places it is said that the direction of the toilet is important is because in that direction you can have better sanitary conditions, lighting and ventilation, etc., so that it will not be dark and not exposed to the sun, which will lead to the reproduction of bacteria and fungi, and eventually infection. Humanity.

Zhuge Liang naturally did not rigidly stipulate where these functional rooms must be located, but adjusted them according to the actual situation, such as doors, kitchens, bathrooms, etc. Also adjusting the location according to actual conditions are water wells. It cannot be said that the wellhead must be drilled in that direction because Feng Shui says which direction is good. What if there happens to be rocks in that direction? Or there happens to be a slope at that location, so how do we dig a well?

Adapting measures to local conditions is always better than being rigid.

In the middle of several large buildings, there is an open space for threshing floor, which is used for threshing and village gatherings. Such a village is mainly used for production rather than defense, but even so, with food reserves and weapons such as firearms, blades, bows and arrows, this kind of village can effectively resist attacks by bandits. Even if there is a war, regular soldiers can also be stationed in the building, forming a fortress that cannot be removed by any indigenous forces.

The model here in Hanyang Xinxiang can also be imitated and used in other areas with different focuses. It only needs to be adjusted in terms of land allocation and public relations buildings.

This type of building can basically accommodate 30 to 50 households. If the third floor is expanded, then there will be 50 to 80 households. Based on an approximate calculation of five people per household, one building style will be 150 households. With ten to two hundred and fifty people and three to four buildings, it is basically a township.

There was a big gap between the upper and lower limits of counties and townships in the Han Dynasty. Large counties had tens of thousands of people, and small counties had thousands of people. Generally speaking, a county had four to five townships, so a township in the Han Dynasty had hundreds to thousands of people. All considered normal.

Under stable conditions, the population will gradually increase. In addition to building third-story houses, Zhuge Liang also considered the possibility of later expansion. Of course, he can also build some houses in industrial areas based on actual conditions. , completely transferring part of the labor force from agricultural and animal husbandry production to commerce or handicraft industry.

At the same time, in addition to providing a stable supply of agricultural products, handmade products, etc., such a county and township system can also accept veterans from the army, and can also become a point for setting up post stations in the future...

These are all external matters. As for the role in destroying the system of local clans and gentry households in Sichuan and Sichuan, even without any administrative means to interfere, no matter how large the clan size that can be formed under this system will not exceed A village may even be naturally limited to one building.

Moreover, through contact with the outside world, the original copycat system and squire structure will be affected and disintegrated. The knowledge of those who have seen the outside world, coupled with the strengthening of the interconnection with the outside system, will naturally make these people after a period of time. Those who had the say in the new villages gradually shifted from the old local gentry and village leaders to retired soldiers or leaders of caravans.

Zooming into a larger system, the standard villages in each region will form a network and be connected by roads, which is like a huge network. The distance between standard villages depends on the specific local conditions, and is generally at least four to five miles. At this distance, even without war horses, you can receive support or evacuate in a short time, or Emergency information is delivered directly through Beacon.

In this way, the entire Sichuan and Shu, from Badong to Nanzhong, can be completely controlled on both sides of the road. The larger thieves who are not within the system, or the xenophobic Nanman, will become less and less. Living space.

This is conspiracy.

Those Southern Barbarians who got the benefits and came down the mountain first will spontaneously consolidate and safeguard their own interests. This is fundamentally different from forcing them to migrate and forcing them to perform certain tasks.

Of course, these early rationing benefits are not free.

As members of the new village, these Nanman mountain people will spend seven years. Like the farmers in Sanfu, Chang'an, they will have higher rents at the beginning of the seven years, but after seven years, their fields and houses will It will become the private property of their family.

"I heard what those Han people said, saying that from now on in Sichuan, as long as we follow Qiaoqi, everyone will have a house to live in, clothes to wear, work to do, and enough to eat!" 』

The mountain people who were attracted to participate in the preliminary labor were talking among themselves.

They didn't believe it at first, but now they somewhat believe it, and then they start to dream about it.

Because they did get paid from the Nanzhong Labor Camp, whether it was catching mountain rats, picking wild fruits, or collecting materials needed for construction, etc., as long as they took it over, they would get money. Although sometimes the things they bring are disliked, that is their own problem. For example, the mountain rats caught by some people are fatter, so of course the price is higher, etc.

Under such circumstances, these Nanman mountain people began to have the first Hussar copper coins in their hands, and began to come into contact with the Han people's trade system. Then, just like the Shang tribe in China when they conquered other tribes, they pushed wheeled carts and shouted. It just passed by, just integrated into it.

"Have a house?" Have a full meal? Are you not stupid? 』

Some mountain people still couldn't believe it.

Everyone has a house!

You can still have enough to eat!

For generations, or more than a dozen generations, these mountain people are not lazy, nor are they unwilling to work, but there are very few people who can have enough to eat...

In the memories of these mountain people, from the time they can remember, hunger is like an inescapable shadow, firmly attached to their lives. The occasional experience of being full is an important part of their lives. Not much happiness. For these people, hunger, or semi-hungry, has become a normal part of their lives, and they have even become somewhat numb and used to it.

"What did you hear?" Doesn’t this land belong to the Han people? Whose land, whether above or below ground, doesn’t belong to everyone? Isn’t that what the masters in the cottage say? The master asked us to build a house to live in. He was pitying us. Who said this house is ours? 』

Although it is said that rent must be paid in the first seven years, for many mountain residents, it is ignored. Let alone seven years, many of them have not had a house that truly belongs to them for seventy years or even seven generations. The masters of the cottage can give as much as they want, and take as much as they want. When they live there, they have to look at the master’s face, and even the faces of the master’s servants in charge, like...

Ahem.

never mind.

"But you still have to work, work for the Han people..." someone muttered.

"What kind of work do you do?" ” someone asked.

The man replied: "That's all, growing grain, vegetables, herding horses and sheep. 』

"This is such an easy job!" Besides, where are you not working? What will you eat if you don’t work? But does it really mean that as long as you work, you can... really have enough to eat? 』

Will the mountain people have less work?

Whether they are Han Chinese, Southern Barbarians, or herdsmen, as long as they are the most basic people, they have to do a lot of work. Sometimes no matter how hard we try, we can never get enough.

This has always been the case from ancient times to the present.

Even just a few years ago, before the Hussar arrived in Sichuan and Sichuan, there was a famine...

"That's right, that's what the Han chief said..."

"Can the Han people believe what they say? 』

"Well... but those Han people at the Nanzhong labor force have never deceived anyone before. They will give you whatever you have to pay..."

"If that's the case, if it's those Han people... they should be able to give it a try, right?" 』

"Then let's give it a try..."

There are good and bad people among the Han people.

Among the mountain people and the southern barbarians, there are also good and bad people, some are lazy, and some are diligent.

But more people still hope to do good and are willing to run towards a better future...

……ヾ(^▽^ヾ)……

There is no news of the arrest of the Qiao family in Sichuan and Shu, and it is impossible to spread it to Chang'an immediately.

So it’s a new day at Wufang Dojo in Chang’an.

Accompanied by the sound of rumbling street drums, the gates of each square opened one after another, and there were more and more people on the street. The cars and horses were noisy, and the whole city entered a busy state again, exuding vitality.

Ordinary people came out of their homes one after another to start their day's work.

Nowadays, around Chang'an, there is not only acres of farming, but also the prosperity of a large number of commerce and handicraft industries, giving these people more choices, their thinking is more active, and they are more curious about the outside world.

At the Wufang Dojo, a new day also kicked off.

Many people like nice people.

But many people don't actually have a very accurate definition of a good person. What exactly does it mean to be a good person?

Are you a good person who likes to laugh on weekdays?

Are those who keep a straight face no matter what they are doing, bad people?

Yes, everyone knows that you can't judge good or bad by looking at their face. Everyone knows the truth, but when you meet a kind-hearted and smiling person, most people will still think that he is a good person, right? At least it will feel more like acquaintance with a good person than a sullen and silent person, right?

Just like when free pancakes are distributed at the entrance of the Five Directions God's Dojo, there are more people in one queue and fewer people in another queue.

The cakes are the same, but the people distributing them are different.

One has a bright smile, smiles before saying anything, his face is rosy, and he nods to greet the believers when he sees them, and the other has a sullen face, without even a smile, although he also nods to each believer who receives the cake. Salute, but the number of people in the two queues is obviously larger on the smiling side.

There are believers who, after seeing the person with a sullen face, will turn around and go to another team, then take a piece of cake from the smiling Taoist priest, and say in passing, "The God of the five directions is above, Taoist priest is really great." What a good person...』

The Taoist Master Xiao would nod humbly and say Immeasurable Heavenly Lord, indicating that this was a blessing from God and that they were just doing this on behalf of the Gods of the five directions. They should also thank the Gods of the five directions and so on.

In the unsmiling queue on the other side, even if the believers took the cakes, they would leave almost immediately. They would not say anything to the frowning and gloomy Taoist priest, and they would not even thank the gods of the five directions.

The pancakes are the same pancakes, and they are all Taoist priests of the Five Directions Dojo, so they seem to distinguish the good from the bad.

Taoist Master Xiao’s basket of pancakes was quickly distributed. Then Taoist Master Xiao laughed, saluted the believers, and then turned back. Only when he passed by the Taoist Master with a frown and a sullen face, Only then did some sarcasm appear in his eyebrows...

Taoist priest Chen Ming frowned and had a sullen face.

He was very tired.

He had not slept well for three or four days in a row. The lack of sleep made him very uncomfortable, but he still insisted on finishing what he was doing.

It must be done, otherwise others will find trouble again.

Without the laughing Taoist, his team received the cakes faster. Finally, before the cloud board in the dojo rang, the cakes in the bamboo basket in front of him were finally distributed.

Chen Ming walked slowly towards the resting place in the dojo. It felt like he was stepping on mud. Not only was his feet soft, but it was also sticky and he couldn't lift it up.

According to Qiao Bing, this is Chen Ming's blessing!

Chen Ming continued to work overtime, night shifts, long shifts...

Blessings, great blessings, good blessings from the gods of the five directions.

It was like he was on duty all night again yesterday.

Continuous night duty.

And this month, it is not the first time that he has been on night watch like this continuously.

He has to do this continuously every two days. Of course, the most important thing is that the night watch does not mean that he can sleep in the next day. He must also get up early and go to the gate of Wufang Dojo to teach believers. Distribute pancakes, and then follow the same steps to do morning classes...

A person who practices Taoism cannot stop taking morning classes and evening classes no matter what. If a person who practices Taoism is out socializing all day long, then what is the point of practicing?

Qiao Bingdu said again and again that his favorite time was when he was in Sichuan and Shu, when there were not so many people and he had little status, let alone the time when he was the leader of the Five Directions God Dojo. At that time, he was quiet, clean, and pure, praying for the gods of the five directions. It was the time when he made the most progress in his practice...

You have to work hard!

What a blessing!

So can Chen Ming say that he is tired to death and not do the work of cultivating the gods of the five directions to bring blessings?

Can we compare whether we are tired as individuals and the great blessings from the Gods of the five directions?

"Heaven will give you a great responsibility..."

When Qiao Bing gave Chen Ming "blessings", he always said this first.

Therefore, Chen Ming could not go back to sleep right away. He had to go to morning classes with everyone first.

After morning classes, it’s time to make breakfast.

After eating breakfast, I had some personal time, but it was only for an hour. Then I had to get up again, continue to chant sutras, and then do various things...

In other words, Chen Ming can only take a rest during this period of time after breakfast.

It's just that during this time period, the dojo is full of people coming and going and there are many noises, so the quality of sleep can be imagined.

Compared with the private courtyard in Qiao Bing, Taoist Master Chen Ming's residence is very simple. It is a four-person room that is slightly better than the average Datongpu. Moreover, among the four-person rooms, sometimes they contradict each other and are better than the average Datongpu. The shop needs to be bigger...

The dojo is relatively closed, and to the outside world, it almost looks like a shrunken city.

In such a narrowed place, the contradiction will not become smaller at all, but may become larger.

Anyone with a little bit of social experience knows that the four words "trouble comes from the mouth" are not just words, nor are they lightly written to say "I am a straight-talking person, don't mind" This will avoid subsequent problems.

There is often a joke in later generations that if you survived four years in college, you must thank your roommate for not killing him. Although this statement is quite exaggerated, it does illustrate how terrible it is that "misfortune comes from the mouth". Because of the momentary excitement and one's own speaking habits, it resulted in lifelong regrets, which no one wants to see.

Before there were strict laws, it would not be a big deal to complain or criticize a few words on the Internet. After all, it is impossible to follow the Internet cable to check the water meter. But on weekdays, I am used to commenting and criticizing on the Internet, and accidentally in reality I let it slip...

Chen Ming was the one who spilled the beans, and the person he was talking about was Qiao Bing.

Therefore, Chen Ming has now received a large amount of blessings as a reward for his courage to speak up.

And not only did he receive a lot of blessings, but Chen Ming also received a lot of "Heavenly Generals and Great Responsibilities".

Since it is a "big task", of course it will be hard work.

When your body is exhausted and you have worked extremely hard, can you still laugh?

Chen Ming didn't smile, he didn't smile to God, he didn't smile to his believers, so some people think that he is probably a bad person.

Gloomy and crying, who should I show it to?

This kind of person is not a bad person. Could it be that the one who smiles and has kind-hearted intentions is the bad person?

Is it wrong to say and think this way?