Zhang Chao walked out of the house and looked at Zhangjiagou curiously in the early winter morning.

He and Mr. Zhang and his gang were Zhangjiagou who returned to last night, so except for remembering that they had been climbing the hills, they had no impression of the rest. They walked dozens of miles yesterday and were cold and hungry, so after they got home and ate some dry food, he fell asleep sleepily.

When he woke up in the morning, Zhang Chao realized that he lived in a house last night, but a cave. The cave was a crypt, with only one, and there was a small courtyard outside, which was very simple.

Mr. Zhang had already gotten up early in the morning and was chopping wood outside. Zhang Chao had a set of cloth clothes and a linen jacket on the head of the bed, and there were patches on it, but it looked very clean. It was probably Mr. Zhang's own clothes.

It was quite appropriate for Zhang Chao to change it. Fortunately, it was a short dress instead of the kind of robe. However, the clothes were too thin, so Zhang Chao also wore his short-sleeved jeans inside, and finally took a piece of cloth to wrap his head, which was much better.

After leaving the house, he wanted to help split the ingredient, but his father said that he had no calluses on his fine skin and tender hands, so he would definitely not be able to do this job. After Wang Wei stood there and helped build the good ingredient, he started walking around the village.

He already knew that the village was called Zhangjiagou, but most of the people living here did not have the surname Zhang. Anyway, after the chaos, the people settled down again.

The village’s famous gourd is also related to the terrain of the village.

Zhangjiagou is very close to Chang'an, the capital of the Tang Dynasty, and is only thirty miles away. The place where Zhangjiagou is located is also very famous, called Bashang, and not far from the Bashui River.

"Isn't this the White Deer Plain in later generations?"

After walking around the small village, Zhang Chao already knew the location of Zhangjiagou, the platform in the southeast of Chang'an, Bailuyuan.

To be specific, it should be the ditch between Dizhaiyuan and Paoliyuan in later generations. Standing south of the village, the valley ditch seemed to be the whale ditch in later generations.

The black-faced man who came back together yesterday came with a load of water buckets and smiled at Zhang Chao. Zhang Chao came back with him yesterday and knew that this black-faced man was very good at using bows and was also a good hunter. He was also from this village, but his surname was not Zhang, but Ke, and Ke Wu. I heard from Zhang’s father that Ke Wu’s ancestors were from Longyou Qiang people, and later moved here. Their surname was Keba, but later changed to Ke.

However, Zhang Chao saw that Ke Wu was not only rough but also his words and behaviors were no different from those of ordinary Han people.

"Uncle Ke Wu, what's the name of that river?"

Zhang Chao asked him with a smile.

"What's the name of it? It's a ditch, a bathing ditch."

In Ke Wu's words, when it is summer, it is hot, and everyone goes to the ditch to take a bath together in the evening. Over time, this ditch is called a bathing ditch.

The bathing ditch is actually a small river, flowing through the Lantian, Chang'an, and Baqiao of later generations. The Bashang consists of two close-to-one plazas. Zhangjiagou is the ditches that divide these two plazas.

The entire Bashang is adjacent to the Ba River in the east, the water is produced in the west, the Qinling Mountains in the Nanling Mountains, and the entire Ningmin County belongs to the Jingzhao Prefecture of the Tang Dynasty. On the east side of the Ba River is Yushan County, and on the south side of the Qinling Mountains is Lantian County.

In fact, in later generations, these three counties were almost within Lantian County.

Before the Tang Dynasty, Ningmin County was also called Bailu County. Because Bailu originally had a large number of Qiang people who were relocated and resettled by Ke Wu, it was later changed to Ningmin County. The original meaning of the county was to immigrate to Ningzhou, Gansu.

The bath ditch is indeed the whale ditch of later generations. However, the bath ditch at this time is indeed a bit small. There has not been a reservoir built by later generations, so there is not much water storage.

Finally, Zhang Chao was in a good mood after confirming his current location.

Zhang Chao followed Ke Wu to fetch water and chat while walking. Although Ke Wu was a Qiang person, their ancestors immigrated since the Sixteen Kingdoms period. According to him, the court moved 5,000 Qiang people here at one time. Therefore, there were actually a large number of Qiang people in the entire Ningmin County, but after so many years, hundreds of years have passed, so these Qiang people are actually no different from the Han people.

Before traveling through time, Zhang Chao actually came to Bailuyuan several times. He used to live in Xi'an, not far from here. He rode his bike with his cyclists several times, especially this bathing ditch. In later generations, the water in Whale Groove was much larger than that now. The scenery in the ditch was beautiful, and the scenery was different year round. The spring mountains and flowers were everywhere, and the summer cool came. There were also many clear springs and waterfalls, which were quite rare.

Ke Wu is considered an indigenous person in Zhangjiagou, but Mr. Zhang actually settled in a foreign land.

In this village with only a few dozen households, there are more than twenty soldiers in the same military palace, but they are divided into several squads. What is a little different from Zhang Chao’s imagination is that these military soldiers are usually not different from ordinary people. They are not military households but civilian households, and when they are not fighting, they are also under the jurisdiction of local governments.

They do not live in the military camp, but live in mixed places with ordinary people. But what is different from ordinary people is that the fields they plant do not have to pay rent, which means tax.

"When our military soldiers do not fight, they will also be in different classes and serve as guards. In normal times, they will take turns to the military government to participate in training."

Ke Wu hit two buckets of water and carried it back on his shoulders. In the snow that had not yet melted, he walked steadily.

The Tang Dynasty's prefectures were basically concentrated in Guanzhong and Hedong areas. The Tang Dynasty, which was mainly based on the prefectures system, had to take turns to draw the prefectures from all over the country into the capital.

The shift time is specified according to different distances. For example, within five hundred miles, it is the military mansion that is within five hundred miles of Beijing. The soldiers are divided into five shifts, one shift takes more than two months a year. The farthest is the twelve shift, and each shift only needs to take one month to take. However, they spend more time on the road.

In addition to the above, training is also required during the slack season every year. In addition, the military government must keep one-quarter of the military troops in the military government training and guarding each year, and this also takes turns to come.

In fact, the burden of the military soldiers is not light, but most people can’t be a military soldier. They have to be a small landlord or a self-cultivated farmer. Not only do they have to have money at home, but they also have to have many brothers at home. They have property at home, so that they can buy armor, weapons, mules and horses, and there are many brothers at home.

Although the burden of being a soldier in the palace is not light, it is also a rare opportunity for ordinary poor families to enter the government by relying on military merits. Therefore, many people still strive to become a soldier in the palace.

Ke Wu's family is pretty good and has many brothers. Although Mr. Zhang is a bachelor, he is an old soldier with rich experience and has fought for half his life.

"Uncle Fifth, how much land has the imperial court distributed to you?"

"My family has divided 18 acres." When Ke Wu answered this question, he was obviously very satisfied with the 18 acres of land.

But this result surprised Zhang Chaoda. He remembered that the Tang Dynasty's equal land system was 100 acres of land per 100 acres, including 20 acres of Yongye land and 80 acres of land. Why was it the turn of the army in the palace, but it was only 18 acres.

Ke Wu just smiled after hearing Zhang Chao's question.

"Each hectare of land per 1 hectare, what you are talking about is the equal land in Kuan Township. In those places, there are many public lands and few people, so the government can give full land according to the upper limit of one hundred acres of land. But our place is a capital city, with a large town with a large population and a small land area. Where can there be so many land to give? It is already very good to be able to give 18 acres."

One hundred acres per person is just the highest limit. For example, Zhangjiagou is originally close to the capital, and there are still many people here, and Zhangjiagou is the middle boundary of the two Bailu Taiyuan. There are many valleys here, so there are relatively few lands. In addition, many lands are still owned, so there are even fewer commons.

The Kewu family used to have some land, so when the land was equal, the people here had equal land, but the public land was equal. After the numbers were equal, the private land that the landlords had had had to be subtracted when they were finally divided.

Ke Wu had twelve acres of land in his hands, because the military soldiers were favorable, and each person had thirty acres of land. Because he had already had twelve acres, he finally only got 18 acres.

But Mr. Zhang had no land, so he got thirty acres as much as possible.

Thirty acres of land sounded a lot, but the land in Zhangjiagou was worse than that in other villages, and the agricultural technology in this era was not developed, so it was widely harvested.

In particular, Mr. Zhang often has to go to the front guard to fight with the war, which often delays the farming season.

"I defeated Wang Shichong and Dou Jiande this year. I finally saw that the world was peaceful and my life would be better in the future." Ke Wu was very optimistic, feeling that life was getting better day by day, at least much better than in the chaotic times of the late Sui Dynasty in the early years. After becoming a military soldier, he took a few months a year to go to the guards and train guards, which was exempted from renting mediocre people.

Zhang Chao's pace slowed down, and he was thinking about many things.

It is obvious that although Zhangjiagou is a commoner in the suburbs of Beijing living at the foot of the imperial city, it is obvious that his life is not good. Mr. Zhang is over fifty years old and has a blind eye. He has many scars on his body, but he still has to go to the battlefield to fight. The Tang Dynasty gave him thirty acres of land, but his harvest is small. There is only a crypt at home and there is not even a wife in the house.

At least he had to build another cellar hole, otherwise he wouldn't be able to squeeze into the bed with his father again in the future. The new cellar hole will be in no hurry for a while, but Zhang Chao felt that there was something that must be built immediately.

That's the fire kang.

Living in a broken cave in the snow and air leaks everywhere, I can wake up several times in a night.

If you live in a cave, you must have a fire kang, otherwise you will not be able to pass this winter. Zhang Chao walked towards the broken cave and said firmly to himself.

People in the Tang Dynasty seemed to be unable to build a fire kang, and Zhang Chao suddenly felt his mind. Doesn’t this mean that he has found a way to make a fortune?
Chapter completed!