March is about to pass, and the weather is getting hot day by day. The reorganization of Li Yanxian's original troops is in an orderly manner. The busy spring farming seasons in several states have passed, and the government has gradually begun to relax.

In the back yamen of the Pacification Office, under the tall ginkgo tree, Wang Xiaoli and Chen Qiudao and Chen and Yi chatted.

A soldier came over and said, "Report to the politeness, Yu Huan and Zhang Jun are asking for a meeting."

Wang Xiaolei said: "Let them come here."

Soon, Yu Huan and Zhang Jun came in and went up to sing.

Wang Xiaoli said: "Are you two ready? Calculate the day and you should set off. It is best to negotiate in time. After autumn, we will start transporting food and grass to the Hedong Yijun. Although they all built a parody and planted land.

There is really not much food produced in the land.”

Yu Huan said: "Report to the politicians, you are ready. This time, I will say goodbye to the politicians. We expect to leave tomorrow."

Wang Xiaoli nodded: "This is the best. Before leaving, think about everything carefully and prepare more things. Ding Jin, at first glance, he was rough and refined, and he attached great importance to money. If it really doesn't work, we

Give him some benefits.”

Yu Huan and Zhang Jun crossed their hands: "I will understand it in the end."

After saying that, Yu Huan said again: "There is a Luan Qingshan, who is now highly appreciated by Ding Jin. This man had a leg to save some female prostitutes when he was in Beiwu Town. A woman named Yu Nu in Xiangyang City, and

Luan Qingshan is familiar with him, and we want to take Yu Nu with us."

Wang Xiaolei said: "I still remember Luan Qingshan. This person was originally a soldier in our army, but because he did not accept the strict military discipline, he escaped. Judging from what he did in Beiwu Town, he still had some chivalrous intentions. He said he had Ding Jin.

Appreciation may not be enough to speak. You can do it."

Yu Huan and Zhang Junnuo said that.

If Wang Xiaoliu knew that Yu Huan was forcing Yu Nu to go, he would definitely not agree. But as a policing envoy, how could he know everything? This matter was mainly Yu Huan, so he said he would take it.

Watching the two left, Wang Xiaoliu said: "Ding Jin was in the Songshan area, which originally blocked our northern road and separated us from the Jin army. Now it seems that it blocked our connection with the Hedong Yijun."

Chen Yuyi said: "It's better to take this opportunity to annex Ding Jin to avoid a lot of trouble."

Wang Xiaoli shook his head: "Recently we have merged the troops of Li Dutong. Even if Li Dutong is the deputy, there are still many gossips. If Ding Jin is annexed, there will be too many gossips. At least one or two years, I won't do this.

Intend."

Chen Qiudao said: "Xue Cheng came back and said that the Hedong Rebel Army really chose a combat-capable force, with up to 10,000 people. But they claimed that they would say tens of thousands at every turn, and even dared to say hundreds of thousands. According to what they said,

I'm afraid there will be more than 500,000 people. The number of people is too large. We support them, and there are many inconveniences. Is it--"

Wang Xiaoli waved his hand: "There is no way too many full-time soldiers in the Hedong Rebel Army's survival status. Xue Cheng said that more than 10,000 people were only based on his impression that they had to be reorganized. In fact, full-time people could have

It would be good if a few thousand people were. Don't pay attention to these details. Most of the rebels were located south of Taiyuan Prefecture, just behind the two capitals, and their strategic position was extremely important. With them, the Jin people could not rule Hedong Road within a few years. To us

This is the most important thing. No matter how many of them are, we cannot raise them. We can only transport as much surplus grain as possible in Ruzhou to help them when they were not connected. Ruzhou has no rivers and Xiang and Deng areas are connected.

The food and supplies were not transported, and it just happened to support Hedong Road."

There was a barrier between Ruzhou and Dengzhou, and the river channel was blocked. During the reign of Emperor Taizong, he wanted to dig a canal and cross Fangcheng Mountain to communicate between the north and south. He took a lot of manpower and material resources, but in the end he failed. It was not until nearly a thousand years later that the canal was built and it was still impossible to navigate.

.In this era, there was no waterway, so transporting food was very unprofitable. It was not a situation like war that would not be trafficked without cost.

What Wang Xiaoli said to support the Hedong Du Army was to use the food and grass that could not be transported from Ruzhou to help them when they were not connected. The two places were too far apart, and Wang Xiaoli had limited power, so it was impossible to raise them all.

Chen Qiudao and Chen Yuyi rarely interfere in military affairs now, so they don’t talk much about this matter, they just mentioned a few words.

Wang Xiaoliu said: "Look at April, the wheat has grown. It takes less than two months to reach the harvest season. I heard that many people in nearby prefectures and counties have to harvest wheat and plant rice.

Is it too late?"

Chen Qiudao said: "It's not easy. Everyone is used to growing one season of food, and if it's changed to two seasons, they are naturally in a hurry."

Chen Yuyi said: "I heard that Jianghuai likes to harvest wheat and plant rice, harvest two seasons a year, and is very rich. When harvesting wheat in the north, the people in the Jiangsu and Zhejiang areas in the south had nothing to do. So they took a boat north to help harvest wheat there. These people

It doesn’t cost money to help harvest wheat, it only costs half of the wheat.”

Wang Xiaoli smiled and said, "If you want half of the wheat, the wages are not cheap. The imperial court has always collected only one season for taxes. In the eyes of many people, this season of wheat is free and the wages are generous. But there is another point, which shows that the wheat harvesting is harvested.

It's very short time, I'm really too busy to get busy."

Later generations were used to ripening twice a year or ripening three times a year. Wheat and corn, wheat and rice, rice and rapeseed, etc., and it was very common to have continuous crops of rice and wheat. However, in history, it was not until the Song Dynasty that there were two seasons of rice and wheat on a large scale.

By the early Southern Song Dynasty, it was limited to the Jianghuai region. As for the two-season rice in the south, three-season rice appeared even later. At this time, I wanted to plant it, but there were no suitable rice seeds, and the land was not tight.

The main reason why people are willing to farm rice and wheat at this time is not that they have little land, but that they only collect taxes for one season. If they collect rice taxes, the wheat will be equivalent to free tax exemption. If they collect wheat taxes, the rice will be tax-free.

After sighing for a while, Wang Xiaolie asked: "We have a farming official who specializes in guiding the people to grow grain. I heard that they have achieved a lot. How much grain output can be produced in several states under their rule last year? How much can acre of wheat be produced if they grow wheat.

?How much can rice be produced?”

Chen Qiudao said: "According to our statistics, if we only plant one season, the yield of rice per mu in Xiangyang is two stones and eight dou of wheat per mu, and five dou of wheat per mu. Dengzhou is slightly lower, with two dou of rice less, and the same is true in other areas.

.There are only two places in Tangzhou and Ruzhou, and the microwave can be harvested for one stone."

Wang Xiaoli nodded and said, "I have always been worried that three dou of tax grain will be collected per mu. Judging from this output, the people can still have a lot of food left. We must also think of more ways to let the people work in farming.

Do it faster and more labor-saving.”

The yield per mu of rice is high, but it also uses a lot of manpower. Under Wang Xiaoli's rule, the land under the control of one household is basically controlled by forty acres of land. If there are more farmers in less land, it will be cracked down on powerful landlords. Most farmers have land.

, it is relatively loose. In fact, if you are growing rice, you can't grow forty acres of land in a household. According to statistics last year, it is very difficult for a family of five to grow 30 acres of land. If you are not a very hardworking family, you can plant it basically.

But, ideally, it should be between 20 acres and 25 acres of wheat. If you plant wheat, it will be about 35 acres.

Chen Qiudao said: "The population between Xiang and Deng has always been not dense, and many lands have been abandoned for a long time. All miscellaneous taxes have been exempted. In the past two years, the people have tasted the sweetness. Everyone needs a variety of grains and sell more money. Just two

In the years, rice and wheat crops became popular.”

Wang Xiaoli sighed: "The low grain hurts farmers. If you collect too much grain, the price of grain will inevitably drop. This is not a good thing. From this year to the harvest season, the government will offer a lowest price. After collecting taxed grains

, If the price of grain is lower than this minimum price, it will be purchased by the government. Although the government may lose some money, it will always be beneficial to the people."

This is the food protection price policy in the previous life, which plays a very important role in stabilizing rural order. Although the official will spend more money, it is generally worth it. This method is also a means to distribute money to the countryside and stimulate farmers' consumption.

Wang Xiaoli felt that there was a very lack of currency in society at this time. As long as the official means are appropriate and be careful not to cause inflation, printing paper money will be a huge wealth. With the development of the economy, it will be like this for a long time.
Chapter completed!