Power and Empire Chapter 48: The treasure of the Grand Duke (1)
Du Yu rode forward slowly, his horseshoes slammed on the wide business road paved with rubble, and he followed the lame financial officer Statunko, the stubborn old man Grand Duke Jones and Ten A few guards wearing light locks
This tour is due to Du Yu's temporary intention to come to the vicinity of the Summer Fortress to see the upcoming spring plowing situation. The Grand Duke Jones, who is unwilling to go to Riwading City to train, stays boring in Samor and insists on following the fat man. Come out and see the South*
I saw a large area of newly cultivated fields on both sides of the broad commercial road. The dark clods turned over with iron plows exuded the fragrance of the earth, and rows of newly cultivated ditch fields were like a chessboard drawn on the ground. ,
In the early spring of April, on the phosphorescent Satsuma Lijiang River, farmers in nearby villages are in full swing driving ten-meter boats to fish in the freshly thawed river water,
The silver water of the Satsuma Kuri River flows along the irrigation channels dug out in the winter when the water is low and flows into the surrounding fields waiting for irrigation. Some of the land has shown green buds.
Du Yu took a deep breath with his nose. The spring rain that just stopped made the air still mixed with the smell of moist soil
Du Yu is basically satisfied with this progress, but the stubborn old man with him shows a novel look. For the Grand Duke Jones who has been in the northern snow-capped mountains for many years, he once saw the southern water town*
Du Yu knows that this is the first year of his own governance of the three counties. The most critical question is whether he can stabilize the hearts of the people floating in the war, whether he can gather his power to dominate the South, and whether sufficient food security is available
The 180,000 northern refugees who fled from the north to the south were set up by Du Yu according to a new organization of 40 households and 400 households as a unit, and they were placed in the two counties of Samor and Satdore. Sparse barren hills and beaches,
The refugees who settled down began to cultivate their own new fields, which gave the two county leaders who had been deserted and desolate because most of the people fled, refreshed with vitality,
Statunko, the internal affairs officer, re-divided the wasteland of the two counties into 18 areas according to the fat man’s vision, with 25 tun in each area.
This is a work involving land surveying, woodland division, etc., which made the financial officer in charge of internal affairs, Statunke, busy, dizzy, almost vomiting blood, and the white aristocratic face was also
At the end of Du Yu’s instruction, all the refugees were gathered from among the refugees to discuss. It took a whole month of negotiations to re-delineate the boundaries of the land, which was finally completed before the end of the spring plowing and rainy season
At the end of spring in April, the air is fresh and the rainy season just ceased,
The gullies of the mountains and ponds are full of water, and the land is moist and fatter for planting. This is the most important spring plowing time of the year
The new "Farming Law" of Lord Lord has been sent to the village chiefs of 1,348 villages in three counties a month in advance.
This new bill is completely different from farmers who used to sow seeds in the soil at will, and then leave them to fend for themselves regardless
not only strictly requires that all spring ploughed land must go through more than ten intensive cultivation procedures such as soil turning, irrigation, etc., but also strict regulations have been formulated for the depth of the cultivated land and the density of sowing.
This made many farmers dissatisfied because it greatly increased their workload, but after the new "Farm Tool Rental Act" was promulgated before the start of spring plowing, such opposition almost disappeared
rewards for merit, there have been penalties
Carrots and sticks, force and temptation coexist, and the rewards are the first to fight for the first place.
ancient and modern are the same
According to the newly promulgated "Farm Tool Rental Act", villages willing to implement the new farming laws can not only be divided into five horses for arable land,
and the grain tax paid in the autumn harvest only needs to pay one-third of the grain in accordance with the new regulations,
The top ten who turned over the grain not only can get 1000 Golden Luke rewards from the Marquis of Dustin, but also get the reward of 5 more horses,
For those poor villages, this is simply a windfall, shaking all the farmers
Even the richest landlord in the village does not necessarily have a plowing horse at home. The richest old man of Sn is still standing in the field with his buttocks sowing
How many people have never stepped out of the village in their entire lives, and the farthest they went to the back mountain to play game and pick wild vegetables
can go around the town and take a look at the lord’s towering castle from a distance. That’s a pride worth reciting, and it’s a pronoun for seeing the world.
Don’t talk about seeing horses, even donkeys have never seen before, let alone the legendary dazzling golden light
Now, who would dare to jump out and sing against the new "Farming Law" of Lord Lord?
those poor and yelling destitute households in the village will use the farming tools in their hands to let him know what farmer’s bravery is.
Naturally, villages that do not follow the new farming laws will not only have less than five horses, but also need to hand in half of the original grain during the autumn harvest
The voice of complaining to the lord soon turned into support for the new bill
The spring plowing time hasn’t arrived, and the villages have already started to plow in full swing.
Du Yu remembered that he had seen a classic saying that pointed to people’s hearts in his previous life, and his two hands were prepared to fully confirm this sentence,
"People do not suffer from poverty, but from unevenness"
The poor peasants in their own territory are like this. Everyone is in a mess. The poor have nothing. The poor have a glance. The poor even the mice starve to death.
Naturally no one wants to spend more time on farming,
Everyone is the same anyway, no one laughs at anyone
Suddenly one day, an opportunity to make a fortune is in front of everyone, and that is another matter.
Looking at the opportunity in front of me, what I think the most is not how to grab the hand, but most of my thoughts
"Be poor and be poor together, and be rich. Everyone is rich. I can't make a fortune. Don't even think about it."
This is the origin of "Red Eye Disease"
The Grand Duke of Jones pointed to the peasants in the fields by the roadside driving the plowing in the fields, and asked doubtful questions about ten centimeters deep.
"Master Dustan, do you need to dig so deep in your land? Horses are very precious materials. You sent farmers to plow the fields. In our place, just find a piece of wasteland and sow the seeds. Can sprout, it will naturally grow into golden wheat in the cool autumn. When the wheat is harvested, we will have enough food to hunt in the mountains
It's too wasteful of manpower to use horses as an adult. If so much manpower is sent to logging in this season, fishing will not be better! It can also be sold to merchants to earn some money"
Grand Duke Jones’ face showed a bold smile from the northerners, without any awareness of being a Samer’s guest,
speaks out his opinions without hesitation, and even points out Du Yu’s deficiencies and improprieties from time to time
This kind of cool and arrogant character has already made fat people feel strange
Fatty is not in the mood to explain to a stubborn old warlord the intensive cultivation of ancient China,
Looking at the arrogant look of the old man Jones in front of him, the fat man quickly responded with an embarrassing face
"We can’t do anything about it. We are a barren southern mountainous area. Naturally, it cannot be compared with the fertile northern snowfields under the control of Lord Duke. In particular, we lack the most basic farming tools here. In order to resist the Kujites, All the iron tools have been forged into weapons by Samor, I can’t let the farmers below dig the soil with their hands.
Samer’s original large amount of grain was also consumed in order to redeem the adults. In order to ensure that all of us have enough food to survive the winter, even the horses in our army have to be sent to the peasants to cultivate the land. The embarrassment made the Duke laugh! "
This is the fat man reminding this stubborn old man
"I took food to redeem you from the Kujites! It is not my food, you are still chewing on the skins of the Kujits"
Hearing the fat man’s answer made the face of Grand Duke Jones, who was still arrogant just now, flushed,
I remembered the grievances I had received from the Kujites, and my face turned dark and unwilling to say
"Unfortunately, the Kujites have blocked the road to the north, otherwise I can compensate you for the loss of Samor"
"Compensation?"
Fatty's face is slightly wrong, even Statunko next to him put on a look that he didn't hear
Dare to love this haughty Grand Duke Jones. I don’t know that his family is still arguing with the surrounding small lords. The thousands of farmers mobilized in his domain are still hungry and yelling,
In order to solve this temporary recruitment of thousands of farmers to eat, the Jones family is considered to be smashing pots and selling iron, and the already depleted property is even worse. It is said that it is almost bankrupt
"Why? Don’t believe me? I’m the Grand Duke of Jones, one of the three northern dukes! I guarantee my reputation as the Grand Duke of Jones. As long as the road to the north is clear, I will give you the most precious things of the Jones family As my compensation to you Samor"
Seeing the unbelieving face of the fat man and others, the stubborn old man was anxious~ IndoMTL.com~ shouted, waving his thin arms,
"As long as the road to the north is clear, I will take the title of the Grand Duke of the North as my compensation!"
"hiss"
There was a sound of air-conditioning in front of the Grand Duke Jones
"This old man has a bachelor spirit too!"
Even the fat man who was just running against the Grand Duke did not expect such a big bomb to pop out of the stubborn old man, and even the last fig leaf on his body would dare to give it away
There are only five titles of hereditary grand dukes in the entire kingdom,
Three in the north and two in Kyoto. They have always been hereditary and are responsible for the important defense mission of the north and Kyoto
The same prominent title has many privileges that other ordinary lords cannot get,
Independent military power, autonomy, does not need to pay the king’s authorization tax, and the king has no right to interfere in the appointment of the territory. It is simply an independent small kingdom.
This stubborn old man seems to have seen his weakness a long time ago,
That is to send troops to occupy the second county without the permission of the king,
thinking of having the title of Grand Duke on his head, he can completely eliminate the troubles of his own monopoly of the three counties, he can put the king’s order back in a very good manner, and he can also create a fertile duke’s collar.
I will be the common lord of the four counties of the kingdom
At that time, I grabbed a lot of beauties in front of me, to see who was not pleasing to the eye, with a big hand, naturally a younger brother went up and cut it
Fatty's eyes glowed, swallowing greedy saliva
also saw the blissful fat man in front of him, the dark-faced Grand Duke Jones showed a sly curved corner of his mouth, and he smiled inwardly
"Stupid fat man! The five hereditary grand dukes, know what hereditary is not? Show sincerity if you want to eat meat!"