Chapter 268: Magic

Just a few days later, news came that someone had come to the court again.

It was still Gao Ruonen who came, so Zheng Lang had to hand over the matter to Parliament Zhao Tong, without giving instructions. This was the last and most critical year. He said how many benefits the Dawei had, and he would put them down together. The court did not see any benefits and could not say political achievements.

After the end of the year, all the harvests and taxes will come next year. There are so many opportunities for promotion and wealth.

Therefore, no one dared to be careless at this time, including the minor official, who also wanted to become a regular person.

Whether you can become a regular person is next year.

Back in Taipingzhou, he had had several dealings with Wang Zhaoming, nodded lightly, and then made a fuss with Gao Ruonai.

Cui Xian brewed tea himself, and the three of them sat down to talk.

It was not what Zheng Lang imagined. Gao Ruonai was also depressed. The emperor issued this edict for no reason. What does it mean?

If you lead the victims here like the Song Dynasty, you will have a wish. But let yourself and a little eunuch in the palace come down just to take a look. Do you want to let yourself go?

What's wrong with being released? As a parent official, he has freedom of movement. If he is released from a prefect, it will be the world, the emperor is the first and the second, and there are any other transshipments on the top, and the right to interfere is very small.

At this time, the officials were unable to think about it. Even if they were a palace official in the capital, they would not be willing to come to the place.

Wang Zhaoming spoke a little hesitantly, which made him even more worried.

I came to Taipingzhou with a ulterior motive, not only Wuhu, but also Taipingzhou City was also busy and busy. It looked beautiful, it was like a city, and all kinds of goods were piled up on the wharf. As for the people in the dike, they had not seen it yet.

Let me first ask Zheng Lang what the tribute tax and the total output.

When Zheng Lang heard this question, he immediately became disgusted. Not only did more than 80,000 acres of sugarcane affect the total yield, but he couldn't say that he would actually report it himself. When he heard it, it turned out that it was so good. With the increase in taxes and taxes, the court was so miserable. Why did the people of Taipingzhou have to live better than the people of other states?

It can be said that taxation has nothing to do with the total production and sugarcane. Whether it is local or verbal tax, or trade taxes, Zheng Lang is also free of other taxes. Some are tax types that are optional in the imperial court, while others are new taxes produced by various states and different ways to collect taxes. Some are abandoned old taxes.

Zheng Lang disdained to do it.

He said: "Sichi Gao, I have made a tax form. If you have time, you can go and take a look. The grain tax can increase by about 300,000 hu per year compared to the original one."

"Three hundred thousand hu?" Gao Ruonen murmured.

It is amazing. A small and medium-sized state has increased by more than 300,000 hu. The whole country has increased like this, which can reach more than 100 million hu. Does the court still have to worry about food?

"There are probably some. As for money tax and silk tax, I collect very little silk tax. Either use silk to replace money. Some things are in full swing, and I can't make a judgment."

“So how much will the total grain production increase?”

"I don't know that the summer harvest has not come up. Taipingzhou is not enough staff..." Zheng Lang said unhappy again. The states of the court did not even count the real arable land and the real number of vocabulary. Why should we pay attention to the actual total output of a small state?

Gao Ruonai didn't know yet and asked in confusion: "There is not enough manpower?"

"Gao Sijian, this year is the last year to encircle the dike. The dike is not big, all of which are located at the corners and are located on the hills and hills. The largest one is only about 200 hectares, while the small one is only about 30 hectares. However, there are many dikes, as many as a dozen, and the dike will be longer. The officials of the prefectures and counties below need to measure together before they can decide the dike site."

"Yes, thank you all the officials in Taipingzhou in recent years."

"Thank you hard, but it's far more than these things, and labor. The year before yesterday, the people were very motivated. Last year, the imperial court transferred 20,000 laborers from other states and more than 7,000 victims, so the project volume was large and barely done. Many things still happened, unlike the previous year's joint efforts, and the project progress was more than ten days slower than the previous year. Looking at this year, when Zhuwei started, there were very few households without land. Some went to work in two cities to make a living and did not need to live in the fields. Or the people in Zhuwei, the officials forced them to work and they would obey their orders, but is it OK? The depressions in the moat must be rectified, and the ditches must be digged deep, and a few labor can be extracted."

"Yes," Gao Ruonai nodded again.

The biggest role of Taipingzhou is a demonstration.

Even the emperor knew how to build a dike. In autumn, the lakes and lakes started to build at the same level. It was not possible to get mud and the water depth was not convenient to build a dike. In this way, it was built around New Year's Day, and when the spring plowing in the first lunar month is coming, it was rushing to divide the fields to facilitate distribution and to divide the ownership of the slopes and ponds into practice, so as to avoid disputes in the future, building roads and stone bridges, making transportation convenient in the dike, and digging ditches, which are not only irrigation, but also to facilitate the safety of people using ships to evacuate safely with valuables.

Next comes spring farming production, flood control and berth protection during the flood season, and there is still something to do in the first winter, further raising the lying land, reducing the harm of waterlogging, digging deep trenches, increasing irrigation functions and water storage. So Zheng Lang said there is no labor.

Zheng Lang said again: "Either ask the court to order other states to come and help, but this year is not possible. As far as I heard, officials from several prefectures in Jiangdong all intend to build two to three major dikes as demonstrations, and they also need labor. However, my dikes must be completed this year, and at least 30,000 labors are needed. Where did they come from?"

High and naughty cannot speak.

But there is one thing Zheng Lang didn't say.

There are also some fifth-class households in the indigenous people. Some of them work in the city, and some rely on short-term work and renting land to make a living. They can change their own methods and arrange 4,000 households. In this way, not only will all fifth-class households be arranged, but also the fourth-class households with slightly worse situations. The rest are embarrassed to compete with the big households for tenants.

These tenants are not disaster victims. As long as they give them some better treatment, they will be very happy. The big ones have a headache and can't control them. No one dares to complain about the sugarcane. This is the binding of interests.

The reason for success is that it is the success of binding interests.

Otherwise, if these things are done within three or four years, the entire Taipingzhou will still be in chaos.

I want to do my best and work hard.

It was not the original Taiping Prefecture, where 7,000 victims and more than 4,000 tenants came from other states, and more than 3,000 foreign households were working in the city, which increased by nearly 15,000 households. After squeezing, 30,000 laborers were also available.

But Gao Ruonai didn't understand and thought it was difficult.

Zheng Lang said again: "Sichi Gao, look at what will the officials below be busy?"

There is something else, Zheng Lang didn't say it.

"Why don't you add more service?" Gao Ruonen said suddenly.

Cui Xian touched Zheng Lang under the table with her legs. Zheng Lang understood that it was not convenient for him to put it forward. He could just follow Gao Ruonai's words and give the next order. It was not that I wanted to increase the number of servants, but that the court officials said, so the act of exempting the service law might be overturned, and he would not be a villain.

But Zheng Lang shook his head silently.

In the most critical months, I didn’t want to make any mistakes. Gao Ruone was not really “unworthy”, and he didn’t offend himself. Why bother him to get into anger?

But I said something: "Inconvenience, how hard the servants are? You are a polite minister. You should have heard that some of them have insufficient labor at home, but they are just a heterodyne. After a few months, the errands were done and the family was broken. After I came to Taipingzhou, except for those with good conditions at home or those with many brothers, I usually give the servants some money, so I will do my duty. Not only the servants, but also the soldiers in the wings are also in name only. Once this year, they will be allocated to the land and cut them next year."

There are no soldiers, and the various disadvantages of the law of service are revealed.

Gao Ruonai, aren’t you very brave? It depends on whether you have the courage to give advice.

Gao Ruonai was not stupid, so he didn't want to fire the first cannon, and he was silent again.

But soon Zheng Lang was not found again, so he was very busy.

Only Zheng Langdehua did a good job and the people were grateful, so he made great efforts and had fewer disputes every year, which allowed the officials to spend more time doing practical things, otherwise they would be busier.

Gao Ruonen said to Wang Zhaoming: "Eunuch, let's go."

I can't go back like this, saying that the officials in Taipingzhou are so busy that they are exhausted, and they will be wrong to report the law to impeach the service.

Get a look below.

I first went to Jingminwei, which is the largest now, but the record will be broken soon. I heard that there is a quid in Shuzhou that is larger than Jingminwei, Wuwei Army and Hezhou, and several quids in Xuanzhou that are similar to Jingminwei. However, it is the earliest quid and the most reasonable distribution of fields and the best future work. Dawei will appear in other states, and Zheng Lang may not be able to do well. Therefore, when you come to see the quid, Jingminwei is still the first choice.

At this time, Jingminwei was quite spectacular. The long dike of more than 100 miles is green and the weeping willows are soft and charming. Before the dike is over, a kind of beauty and freshness come to your face.

Gao Ruone said: "So beautiful."

Wang Zhaoming said: "It is getting more beautiful every year."

When I came last year, the trees did not grow up. Although they were beautiful, they were not as good as this year. I stopped at the small pier and boarded the embankment. There was a market above, with warehouses of various merchants, including more than 30 large and small people, as well as warehouses of government officials. The largest one is to collect grain, and Jinsuyuan also needs cocoons and raw silk.

There are more than a dozen grocery shops, several food shops, two breakfast shops, one vegetable market, two tea shops, and more than 200 families. It is already a very decent market. In fact, except for some small shops this year, other shops have similar markets, Jingmin shops are the largest.

Below is a large ditch leading to all the villages in the dike. Most people swayed a small wooden boat weighing two tons to pay the grain tax or sell the grain. The latter was not involved, and this just caused the prosperity of Wuhu. Local ones and those going up to Xuanzhou, more than two million stones of rice will come, and then loaded into large ships through various grain shops and transported from the Yangtze River to all parts of the country. Almost every mill was pounding the grain day and night at this time, and the scene was even more spectacular.

This transaction alone is enough to make all the big players hug Zheng Lang's thighs tightly.

Looking at the dike, many families became rich first and bought bricks and green tiles, which was not easy. It would cost 34 yuan to build a sloppy brick house, but these white lime walls and small brown tiles were hidden under rows of green trees, and looked full of poetry and painting.

Wang Zhaoming excitedly held Gao Ruonai's hand and said, "Shi Jian, come with me."

He came to Taipingzhou several times, and Jingminxu came the most times. Some people knew him and greeted him politely.

I was very happy and also chatted with them: "Wang Si, why did you buy so much pork today?"

"The child is greedy and buy more. The younger ones still have three pigs at home, but they are slaughtered in winter."

"Good day."

"It's a good day, and my little ones are laughing in their dreams."

"you busy."

"Young Sect Master, you are also busy. You are a good yellow Sect and will be promoted."

Wang Zhaoming felt a little ashamed. He took Gao Ruonne's hand and came to a nearby village. Two families were building new houses. Several families had built them, and several families had straw sheds. However, some bricks and tiles were transported, and it seemed that they would build new houses next year.

Wang Zhaoming said excitedly: "When I first came last year, this place was still a desolate place. Many people even had food, food loaned by the government, and cattle loaned, and this year it became like this."

Then he sat on a piece of grass and chatted with the people.

Finally, he left reluctantly, and before leaving, he said, "Gao Sijian, this is a bigger miracle than the top scholar's three-yuan exam."

I feel very honored. I run around myself without any credit or hard work.

Gao Ruonai was speechless. Although he praised a little, he had to admit that it was indeed a miracle. You must know that this place was originally a place of lakes.

I got on the boat again and looked at the victims.

Can you still be dissatisfied?

Whether it is labor-for-relief or early withdrawal and distribution, each household invested ninety yuan in advance, and with this season's harvest, which one family would not have enough food and clothing? It is not as good as the people in Jingminwei, and it only takes one year to catch up next year.

At this moment, Gao Ruone finally discovered sugarcane, too much.

After returning to Taipingzhou, I finally found the busy Zheng Lang and talked about this.

Zheng Lang said: "Gao Sijian, what is the country lacking?"

"What?"

"One is grain, the other is money. How much grain yield has increased? It has not been calculated, but how much is about? You have also read it for a few days and have a digit in your mind. Is it right?"
To be continued...