Start Being a Vassal King Today - Chapter 132

[Chapter 132 Yuan Li’s Revenge]

Yan County .   Zhao Xu stood on the field ridge, beside him were government officials and the village’s Li Zheng and Bao Zhang.   After Beidi Qiushou failed, Yan County returned to tranquility.   Seeing that the autumn harvest was coming soon, he came to the field to have a look.   After all, food is the most important thing for the people. In troubled times, it will be very dangerous if you cannot be self-sufficient in food.   At the same time, this time he also wanted to relax and resolve his troubles.   These days, Yang He reported that many merchants cried and complained that they were robbed by bandits when they passed through Fanyang territory.   It seemed that overnight, Fan Yang’s bandits grew out of the ground.   They reported the case to the Fanyang government, but all they got was, “Wait.”   This kind of looting happened frequently during this period, causing heavy losses to merchants.   Some merchants sniffed out the tricks hidden in it, and simply gave up the business in Yan County.   Some merchants asked the palace to ship the goods directly to their destinations.   They no longer want to take the risk of transportation.   For this, he naturally knew what happened.   Yuan Li played dirty with him.   Of course, he didn’t dare to openly tamper with it.   But this dirty trick is his housekeeping skill.   After all, he is the shameless person who can take the heads of ordinary people as the heads of Beidi to take credit.   In general.   Due to the division of counties in Yanzhou, people in Yanjun must go through Fanyang if they want to go to the south.   Now his trade routes are under threat.   Thoughts were drawn from the mess.   He looked at the golden rice sea.

Under the blowing of the breeze, the low-hanging ears of rice swayed gently.

This made him feel much happier.

Fortunately, Beidi Qiushou was ahead of schedule.

At that time, the rice was still green, and the fire could not be lit.

If he came here now, and after a while, the Beidi people would definitely set fire to the fields, and he would suffer heavy losses.

After all, the people before the harvest all ate the food that the palace bought from the rich before, or the three families of Zhang, Huang and Du were raided.

If there is no more grain harvested, the stored grain will be used up.

“Your Highness, the grains of this rice are full. After the autumn harvest, it seems that there is no need to buy grain from the south.” Liu Fu went down to the field and picked off an ear of rice to look at it.

“Taking advantage of the fine weather, let the villagers cut the rice quickly, maybe Beidi will come again.” Zhao Xu said to Feng Zheng.

He is Lizheng of Fushi Village, and the autumn harvest is within his responsibility.

“Your Highness, the villagers don’t need to worry about this matter, they all remember it.” Feng Zheng laughed.

When the rice is ripe, the villagers are happier than anyone else.

Zhao Xu nodded, the current land system implemented in Yan County is basically the same as the contemporary household contract production system.

The people signed a contract with the palace on a household basis, agreeing on their farming years.

In this way, they work more on their own fields and reap more, which greatly stimulates their enthusiasm.

At the same time, the government office extended its jurisdiction to the village.

Rather than the imperial power not going to the countryside as before, let the gentry manage the countryside, causing chaos and disorder in the management of the countryside.

Li Zheng and Bao Chang must follow the orders issued by the government office, otherwise they will face punishment.

“It’s one thing for the people to farm by themselves. At the same time, your Lizheng and Baozhang should remind the supervisors in time to provide convenience for the villagers. If you have any problems, you can go to the government office.” Zhao Xu took the rice that Liu Fu handed over.

These rices are all plump and plump, which is gratifying to see.

Fan Zheng nodded. After the arrival of King Yan, he felt the changes in the countryside the most.

The former official lord dared not have his nostrils turned upside down like before.

Instead, it is really doing things for the people.

With such an ethos, he, the chief security officer in the village and the village, naturally did not dare to slack off, and he had something to say.

The same is true for King Yan.   So he said: “Your Highness

, there is a problem in the village. It is said to be big, but it is actually not big.”

Autumn harvest, at the same time, immediately after the autumn harvest, sowing will be done to plant winter wheat, and the village does not have enough oxen to plow the land, so relying on manpower alone may delay the time of sowing, and the wheat will not grow well in the coming year.”

Liu Fu heard the words and said: “Your Highness, this is a current problem in Yan County. I see that the steel of the Bingzhang Division is very good. Can you use these steels to forge agricultural tools and sell them to the villagers?

” The production of steel is only enough, and it is estimated that some can be spared now.” Zhao Xu groaned.

The military belongs to the military, and production belongs to production. Both are important, and one cannot be neglected.

After all, without the military, production cannot be protected, and without production, the military cannot be provided with supplies.

However, there are so many people in Yan County, it would be a waste of resources to ask the Bing Zhansi to make farm tools.

Because there are more important things to do next.

Therefore, forging farm tools can only be left to the countryside.

“In this way, the government will pick some blacksmiths from various cities, and the military commander will provide them with steel ingots, and ask them to use the steel ingots to make farm tools.” Zhao Xu said.

He has seen the farm tools of the villagers, most of which are made of pig iron, and the quality is very poor.

If good steel is used to make agricultural tools, the productivity of the people in Yan County will be improved.

Liu Fu and Fan Zheng were overjoyed when they heard this.

“As for the matter of farming cattle, I have an idea.” Zhao Xu said.

Because the people in Yan County are basically tenants for the rich, they naturally don’t have cattle in their hands.

But when the three families of Zhang, Huang and Du were wiped out, all the farm cattle confiscated were in the hands of the palace.

At the same time, after other wealthy families lost their land, he also asked the government to buy the cattle.

Therefore, the farming cattle in Yan County are basically in the hands of the Wangfu.

This period of time also became a burden on the palace, because cattle need people to graze them.

Taking advantage of this autumn harvest, he wanted to solve this problem.

“Please make it clear, Your Highness.” Liu Fu has been worrying about this matter as well.

But let’s sell the farm cattle to the common people. The common people are poor and have no pants, so how can they have the money to buy cattle.

“People who want to farm cattle can buy them from the government office.” Zhao Xu said.

Liu Fu sighed, he thought King Yan had a novel idea.

Zhao Xu ignored Liu Fu and continued: “This king knows that the people don’t have money, so the people don’t have to pay the money all at once, they can take the cattle home first, and sign a contract with the government office, such as a They can pay back one tael a year for only ten taels of silver for farming cattle, and pay off the money for buying the cattle within ten years, and if they think they have the ability, they can do it in three to five years.”

Feng Zhenghe Baochang’s eyes lit up immediately, and they were delighted. Had to scratch my head.

The royal residence collects one out of ten rents.

Each household has six mu of land, and each mu harvests two stones of grain, which is two hundred and forty catties.

At present, one stone of grain in Yan County is one tael of silver, and this season, after deducting the rent, there will be more than ten taels of income.

Then deduct the family’s half-year rations and expenses, and at least two taels of silver can be saved.

This is still half a year, and there is even a balance of four taels a year.

In less than ten years, they will pay off in two or three years.

“Your Highness, I want to buy two cows.” Feng Zheng raised two fingers.

“Dream, each household is limited to one.” Zhao Xu rolled his eyes, he was wary of this.

A group of people were talking when they saw Chang Wei bringing a group of cavalry over.

After getting off the horse, Chang Wei’s face was full of anger, “Your Highness, that bastard Yuan Li sent people to infiltrate the south of Yuanyang County and burned a lot of rice in the south.”

Hearing this, Zhao Xu’s anger, which had been blocked because of business, suddenly rose .

“Take soldiers and horses to Yuanyang County. I will let him spit out as much rice as I burnt.”

(End of this chapter)