Andong.

The autumn is clear and the sun is shining brightly. The villagers from all over Andong take advantage of this good weather to seize the crops in the fields. This year is another good year.

The rice that had just been harvested was immediately purchased by the government. The unified grain purchase price this year was much higher than in previous years. The purchase price of a stone rice was fifty cents, which was much higher than in previous years. I heard that the imperial court, which was a severe drought this year, also raised the purchase price of grain.

The newly harvested rice was just dried here, and officials helped to pack it and scale it and transport it away. The silver coins, copper coins and silk cloth were paid out directly.

By the way, they also helped them transport the land rent and grain they would pay this year to the official warehouse without their own efforts.

"The harvest this year is good!" An old man held an abacus in his hand, and he was responsible for helping the villagers calculate and check. Many villagers were illiterate and could not count. Therefore, the old man paid so much food, and the money was finally worth it.

The originally golden fields outside the village have been harvested in just over ten days, and now there are only exposed land, the remaining rice stubble, and the straw that has been tied up to dry.

"The court is still sympathetic to the people. After paying land tax and land rent, there is still a lot of leftover food in addition to paying unified grain purchases. In addition to leaving enough food for a family of food, there is also some free food left."

A tall man stood next to the old man, holding a shackle in his hand, looking at the piles of grain bags on the drying yard.

"Well, the imperial court has done a good job in this regard. This year, the unified grain purchase price has been raised, and a lot of free grain has been left for the people."

Although unified grain purchase is different from imperial grain land rent, imperial grain is the land tax in the two taxes, including land rent, charity grain, and some service money distributed into the land acres. This is levied on acre. If there is more land acres, the imperial grain will be more. As long as there is no disaster or harm, the imperial grain cannot be discounted and will not be given money.

But unified grain purchases are different. The grain is actually sold to the court by the people, but it is a forced unified price purchase at the court. It is not okay if the people don’t sell it. Fortunately, the unified grain collected by the court is actually collected according to the land that the people actually have, and the amount is not large. In this way, after the people hand over the imperial grain and sell the unified grain, they can still leave enough food, and even leave about 20% of the free grain produced.

“The prices of free food this year should be higher, right?”

"Well, the unified grain purchase has not been collected yet, and the private grain merchants have not dared to come down yet. However, I heard that the price of free grain this year has reached 60 qian per stone, and I guess it can be even higher."

The unified grain purchase is a strategic reserve planned by the country. It has a specified quantity every year to ensure that the grain produced in various places is mainly in the hands of the country. This year, the imperial court relied on these unified grain purchases to stabilize the situation.

Of course, there is still some food left for free trading in the market, but the share is smaller, usually only 20% or 30%.

These free grains can only be purchased after the unified grain is collected before they can go to the countryside to buy grain, so their grain prices will naturally be higher. Among them, the most powerful grain merchants are naturally the royal grain numbers saved by the eunuch.

"I really didn't expect that we long-lived people who were exiled to the frontier could live a more stable and comfortable life than the Central Plains!" said the young man with his hands on the shackles and smiled.

"It's good to be self-sufficient. If you have a few good years, you can rebuild the house." The old man said hehe.

"Uncle, have you ever thought about going back to Central Plains?"

The old man fell into deep thought, "Actually, it's good to think about it here, it's quite down-to-earth."

"I want to go back to the Central Plains. Although this place is not bad, our family is in the Central Plains and the ancestral tomb is in the Central Plains. Uncle, I have notified that the militiamen in each town are about to gather in autumn. I guess they are going to fight. I heard that the Central Plains has sent another army and has also withdrawn a lot of military expenditure. It is probably time to counterattack."

"I hope to make contributions, and maybe I can return to the Central Plains at that time." The young man said to the old man, "I heard that Zhang Shigui made great contributions in the Battle of Kucha in the Western Regions. Now, not only has he been exempted from his long-term status, but he has also been awarded the title of Wensu County Captain of Gumo County."

Of course the old man knew Zhang Shigui, and he and Zhang Shigui were ministers in the same palace.

"You are still young and don't want to waste your life here in the future. I understand, but you have to be more careful. And you also need to be mentally prepared. No matter what, our Yuwen family is not as distrustful as Zhang Shigui and others. The court distrusts us deeper. Maybe you have put in ten times the effort, but you are not as good as others. Do you understand?"

"Uncle, I understand. When I leave home, you and my aunt will help me take care of the woman and the child in my room." When it comes to the Goguryeo woman and the young child in the room, Yuwen Cheng was a little helpless. He joined Dou Jiande's command, but in the end he was defeated and captured by Li Xuanba during the battle with the Qin army. In the end, he was defeated and captured by Changliu Andong.

After coming here, he had no choice but to accept the Goguryeo woman assigned to him by the government as his wife.

I once thought that this was the case in my life. In this border desert, I had children with a foreign woman I looked down upon. I only had this life for a lifetime, but who would have thought that I would still have the chance to return to the Central Plains now.

Uncle Yu Wenshi and seemed willing to stay here with Princess Nanyang, satisfied with being a teacher and a small town pavilion chief, but he was still young and he didn't want to stay here forever.

But as the son of the regicide, the future is very confused.

The Andong Yamen has issued a Militia Qiu Ji Order, and Yuwen Cheng still wants to give it a try.

A few days later.

After the autumn harvest, the villagers also handed over the dried imperial grains and purchased them together. The remaining grains were left in the cellar and granaries, and the rest were sold to grain merchants.

In this joyful atmosphere of autumn harvest, Yuwen Cheng rode his horse, took the thirty shackles militia from Lin'antun, and rode his horse and carried the shackles on his way to the autumn food city of the county town.

Behind him, the Goguryeo wife, with a pair of young children, stood at the door, like other villagers, to see off her husband and brothers.

Daefangjun, Seoul.

Xu Shiji moved to Seoul again, and there were 12,000 newly moved troops.

In the prefect's mansion, Xu Shiji was making arrangements to the map.

"This time we have strong troops and strong horses, and we have sufficient food and grass. Now we are tall and fat in autumn. It is a good time to attack. A certain plan to divide troops into nine groups and assist the militia in various places, stabbed Baekje hard. This time, we do not aim to attack cities and land. We are just robbing and robbing the countryside. This year, we need to harvest early in autumn, and most of the Baekje has just started to harvest autumn, so most of the autumn grains in Baekje are still in the fields and in the countryside, so we will grab grain first and grab people."

The elite Daqin soldiers led the fierce militia and did not go to attack Baekje City, but wanted to steal the countryside. A group of officers stood there and thought they were killing chickens and using a ox knife. This was clearly a bully of Baekje people.

"This is the will of the saint. When we fight, we have to fight a war. Don't look at the saints that we can add millions to us, but this is just capital, not what we spend. We have to make more money. The saint said that destroying Baekje is not a matter of overnight. Don't think of destroying the country like Cheng Yaojin. Let's take your time, stab him a few times today and cut him a few pieces of meat tomorrow. One will grow and the other will grow. Then we will eat meat and be fat, but Baekje will lose blood and become weak. In the end, he will die with a slight push."

"Prepare a combat plan for me, hurry!" Xu Shiji said to the generals, "You must be careful and meticulous."
Chapter completed!