I traveled through time, starting with two acres of land and a dog

"Mr. Chenyu, thank you for your concern. My mother is in good health now. She went to Wuyin to report on work before the New Year, and rushed back to stay at home for one night. Also, the population of Liziba increased by more than 800 people this winter. It was invaded by bandits and the Red Lantern Cult, and most of the people who fled came back. The families without food have basic living provided by the fort. Now they are basically settled. As long as the grain of this year's early and late spring is ripe, it will be basically stable. In addition, more than 500 acres of land have been reclaimed in the fort this winter, and the garrison and militia are basically fully trained." Huang Kunyang introduced the basic situation.

"Brother Huang, Liziba has a large area and a total population of nearly 1. It is the largest fort under our current jurisdiction. You have a heavy responsibility. You can set up a township-level office in Yanjingbao. Anyway, that's where Peng Huiyu is stationed. You can have a few capable people take charge of several forts in the north, which will further consolidate management," said Du Chenyu.

"Okay, but Mr. Chenyu, I still have garrison captains and literate management staff here. Can you send me a few more?" Huang Kunyang did not ask for money, but asked him for people.

"Okay, I will send you 5 people. Among the guard team, they can basically recognize more than 2000 words and have good military training, but they are still young and need some training. You will arrange them in the garrison to maintain public order and perform civil management." Du Chenyu approved it directly. He has already planned the next expansion of the team. Liziba area will definitely need at least one squadron of people, so it is better to send them out earlier. The last time the team was expanded, 1 members of the guard team were sent as squad leaders or core members. There are still 10 or so members left, who are veteran members. It is estimated that more troops will need to be dispatched for the next expansion of the team.

"Thank you, Mr. Chenyu. Five of us are basically enough. Three will be sent to the Yanjinghe office and two will be stationed in the Yanzi area. This way, we can strengthen the control over the marginal areas." Huang Kunyang had already planned to send them out.

They visited Liziba area, Xiangjiawan, Yanzi, Luoxingbao areas, and then went to Yanjinghe area, where Peng Huiyu is currently stationed. He was accompanied to visit Baijiayan and Fu'an areas. They have always planned to go along the Migang Ancient Road, take the Maocaoba route to Ningqiang in Shaanxi, but others are worried about safety issues. He said that a few years ago when he was two or three years old, he led dozens of people to cross the Migang Mountain to avenge his brothers. What is there to be afraid of now? They disguised themselves as a caravan and went there. Now the ice and snow in the three mountains have melted, and there are many porters on this trade road.

Finally, everyone agreed to go to Ningqiang, Shaanxi for a visit. After all, he had a store in Ningqiang and a small shop in Maocaoba for rest. This was also the reason why he had just completed the layout of commercial travel and intelligence bases in the past six months.

After resting in the Yanjing River area for two days, they set out at dawn with a few horses pulling goods, all dressed in plain clothes and caravan outfits. Du Chenyu was hidden in the middle of the team. Peng Huiyu led the team personally and selected 12 capable personnel to join the guard. In this way, the total number of guards was more than 30 people, and they were equipped with two light machine guns. Therefore, they could only be divided into several teams, and reconnaissance personnel were sent out in a scattered manner. In this way, as long as they did not encounter an ambush by a team of more than a few hundred people, their safety would be basically foolproof.

The team set out at dawn. Peng Huiyu led the team to explore the way in front. The team set out with a length of nearly 500 meters, all the way up along the Yanjing River. The mountains here are high, the roads are steep, and the rocks are rugged. Fortunately, they can basically move forward by leading horses. When encountering particularly steep places, people can only move forward carrying goods. This Micang Road has been abandoned for a long time. Due to the rebellion of the White Lotus Sect during the Guangxu period, the court suppressed it and later occupied it with the Red Lantern Sect. After the second half of last year, they began to set up patrol posts, and only a small number of caravans and pedestrians went from Ningqiang to Baizhang or Xiabazhou area.

I left home in the morning and traveled more than 70 miles, arriving at the Maocaoba area in the evening. This place was set up as the Seventh Road of the South Road during the Ming Dynasty, and had a population of more than 3 by the end of the Qing Dynasty. However, during the White Lotus Rebellion, local temples and street houses were burned down by the Qing army, and the people were displaced. For many years, this place became the thatched dam it is today. After the Republic of China, dozens of families settled here and formed a village settlement. After all, this place is located in the hinterland of Migang Mountain, with an average altitude of less than 1000 meters and a relatively flat terrain. The Xiliu River, Maoba River and Sandao River converge here, which is a river valley slope that is well-watered and can shelter from the wind. It can support at least thousands of people, but now there are only more than 200 people living by the river, and there are large tracts of vacant land that have not been developed, all covered with withered yellow thatch.

The setting sun has returned to the middle of the mountain. New buds of early spring are also sprouting pale yellow on the willow trees by the river. A group of water birds are flying along the river to the valley. The fields are full of green smoke. The farmers have begun to level the land, picking up fallen leaves and dry branches, weighing them and drying them for a day. In the evening, they are lit on a fire and burnt into ashes to fertilize the land. As the saying goes, "If a person does not go out, his life will not be valuable; if a fire does not burn, the land will not be fertile." From a scientific point of view, only by burning the straw and weeds on the surface of the farmland can we burn off the weed seeds and all kinds of pests and eggs hiding in the straw for the winter. Just imagine that in the future, a man in his 60s burned straw in the field, was fined 500 yuan by the government, and had to record a video to review his mistakes. This is unimaginable in today's world.

"Brother Peng, this place is very good. It's flatter than Liziba. Ningqiang County hasn't sent anyone to govern it now. It seems to have been forgotten. There are still some people living in the mountains around here. When you come back, you can send people to take over here, reclaim the land, and give it to the people for free to cultivate. This will be an important gateway for them to leave the Ningqiang northern mountains and Hanzhong, and go south to Guangyuan," Du Chenyu said to Peng Huiyu. In fact, his purpose of this trip was to explore the roads heading north.

"Yes, Master Chenyu, there were bandits harassing here before, but they ran away after I cleared them out several times. We have three guns in our Yaodianzi stronghold, and we have sent people here to guard it for a long time to protect the people. It's just that they are scattered in the surrounding villages, and we don't have enough manpower to take over," said Peng Huiyu.

"Try your best to persuade the people to move to the river valley area, which will make management easier and yield higher results," said Du Chenyu.

"Okay, after I come back this time, I will send someone to complete this task," said Peng Huiyu.

"In the future, Huang Kunyang and I will each be responsible for our respective management responsibilities. The main task is to restore the population and expand the territory. You can do whatever you want, but try not to provoke big forces. We don't have enough strength to start a war with several forces at the moment," Du Chenyu instructed.

"I will be careful about what I do," Peng Huiyu replied.

At night, they stayed in their own resting shop, which was a newly built thatched house. They also reclaimed more than 10 acres of land around it and planted potatoes and wheat.

The next day, we set off again after breakfast and continued northward. We arrived at Qingzhuba in half a day. There are two roads leading to Ningqiang County. You can either take a shortcut over the steep Yuzhu Peak to the north of Ningqiang, or take the gentle Bashan Gorge in the south and then take the Jinniu Ancient Road north at Chaotianmen in Guangyuan to reach Ningqiang. The journey is twice as long.

Finally they decided to cross the gentle slope on the east side of Yuzhu Peak and take a shortcut. This area is full of cliffs and mountains with only one monkey trail. Fortunately, they all came from the mountains, including the female guard team, and everyone could walk through the mountains and caves as if they were walking on flat ground without any difficulty. This was not much different from the mountains in Banqiao area.

After staying in the mountains east of Yuzhu Peak for one night, the water in the mountains still froze in the middle of the night. Du Chenyu and the female team members lived in an oilcloth tent, while the other guards could only sleep in their clothes around the fire wearing straw raincoats.

On the afternoon of the third day, they finally arrived at the Jinniu Ancient Road, the most important passage into Sichuan. There was an almost endless stream of people on horseback, driving carts, porters, and caravans on the road, and it suddenly became much more lively. Three or four strong men on horseback passed by them at full speed. They had to stop and make way. Several porters who could not dodge were knocked over. "There was a murderous aura," said Du Chenyu.