After Zhang Shun finished arranging the affairs of the Golden Drum Guard and the Flag Guard, he called Zhang Shenyan over alone. Both Zhang Shenyan and Li Xin once put forward the saying "enough soldiers, enough food", and Zhang Shun, who came from later generations, often said this.

I heard that "the Qin Empire was founded on farming and warfare."

So before Xu Ziyuan and others could count the farmland that would be included under Zhang Shun's command, Zhang Shun hurriedly called Zhang Shenyan to ask about the relevant procedures so that he could make early plans.

After Zhang Shenyan arrived and listened to Zhang Shun's thoughts, he smiled and said: "My lord, you have asked the right person. In the first year of Tianqi, I happened to be ordered to supervise Jifu's farming affairs, so I have quite a lot of experience."

"At that time, there were vast hectares of fertile fields between Tianjin, Jinghai, and Xingji, but no one was cultivating them. Only Tongzhi Lu Guanxiang cultivated more than 3,000 acres of farmland, and I followed his example. There were official species, tenant species, and civilian species.

Please let me explain the five methods of planting, military branching, and garrisoning to you in detail."

"This method of official classification is that the government levies labor by itself, sows and harvests by itself, and all inputs and income belong to the government. The advantage is that the investment is small and the results are quick, but the disadvantage is that the people who are levied and levied have a heavy burden. If the officials have a little

Evil deeds will cause families to be destroyed and people to die, and even the people themselves to be unknown."

"The law of sharecropping means that the government leases land to farmers and collects land rent when the grain is harvested. Based on past experience, it should be about 50%."

"The method of planting by the people is the most convenient. You only need to recruit farmers to reclaim the land, and then distribute it to the farmers for their cultivation. When the government collects the summer and autumn grains, the households will pay the grains as one."

"The method of the military is to mobilize officers and soldiers to cultivate wasteland after training. When the autumn harvest comes, all this food needs to be collected is returned to the military and reserved as military rations."

"The method of farming is to recruit refugees to reclaim wasteland. The refugees have no clothes or clothing, so they need the government to provide food, housing, farming tools and other items first. After the autumn harvest, the government collects 70% to 80% of the land rent and leaves the rest to the recruited refugees.

use."

"There is no solution for this. You can choose and use it according to local conditions."

Zhang Shun touched his chin after hearing this and did not comment. Instead, he asked: "May I ask how the farming season is in this Lu family's land?"

Zhang Shenyan nodded and said: "I have already inquired about it. This place has three crops every two years. Sorghum and millet are planted in the spring of the first year, and wheat is planted in the autumn, which is called 'autumn wheat'. It will be harvested in May of the next year. Later or

Plant beans or wheat. Soybeans and black beans can be planted twenty days after the summer solstice, and wheat can be planted seventy days after the summer solstice. Just don’t violate the farming season.”

Zhang Shun suddenly became enlightened after hearing this, and thought to himself: Although this person is a bureaucrat, he did not expect that he is also a treasure. It is not in vain that I shouted "Sir" so loudly! As the saying goes, "Take what is mine and give it back to me, and eat me."

"Spit it out to me." This guy took advantage of my words, and he just used this to get back some money!

After thinking about this, Zhang Shun smiled and said: "Gong Zhang is a great talent, and he really knows a lot about it. The people who followed me here, in addition to the three thousand soldiers and horses, there are more than ten thousand civilians, mostly young and strong.

Now this Lu family is a mountainous and wild land, and I want to farm here, but I wonder how Duke Zhang can teach me?"

Unexpectedly, Zhang Shenyan shook his head when he heard this and said: "The mountains near Baodu Village are narrow, the weather is cold, there is no weather, and there is no favorable land. It is really difficult to cultivate wasteland. Only the top of the village is flat and plowable, and the rough land can be cultivated.

Five thousand acres, only one crop per year."

"When this land was first cultivated, it was raw land and could only be used to grow millet. After a year of hard work and getting up early and working late, I could only harvest five thousand dan!"

When Zhang Shun listened to Zhang Shenyan's explanation, it was as if a bucket of cold water had been poured on his head. Although the dangerous situation near Baodu Village was dangerous, it was a "death place".

Zhang Shenyan suddenly turned from sadness to joy when he heard Zhang Shenyan say, "It's just a harvest of five thousand stones." What do you think? That Zhang Shenyan was once in charge of the land affairs in Jifu, Tianjin, Jinghai, and Xingji.

In the plains, the cultivated area is vast, often tens of thousands of hectares, so of course he looks down on this small piece of wasteland like Baodu Village.

What's more, he was used to being a bureaucrat, so he subconsciously only regarded taxes and land rent as the harvest of the land. Even if an acre of barren hilltop wasteland was cultivated and cultivated for several years, it would only be charged a bushel, so Zhang Shenyan naturally looked down upon it.

But Zhang Shun was different. He had already been responsible for the food for these more than 13,000 people. In the past, he sent Li Baihu to buy grain, not to mention the losses along the way. The price of the grain alone cost one or two taels of silver. Now the top of Baodu Village can

The harvest of five thousand dan is equivalent to ten thousand taels of silver every year. How can he not be happy?

In the past, he only had to provide food for three thousand troops in Shunwangping. The rest of the army relied on the mountains, gathering and hunting, fishing in Shengwangping, etc. to barely hang on to their lives.

Nowadays, Baodu Village is not as large as Shunwangping and Shengwangping, and it does not produce much food. For a while, Zhang was in trouble.

What's more, these people now lack the protection of the camp. If the officers and soldiers come to attack them like before, wouldn't they be left to their own devices?

As soon as he thought about this, Zhang Shun paid homage to Zhang Shenyan and said: "In this case, I have to trouble Duke Zhang to explore the nearby land for me to cultivate in order to feed these more than 10,000 people and 3,000 soldiers!"

Zhang Shenyan turned sideways and could only reluctantly respond: "Well, I'll give it a try. But I heard that the fields near Kangjiazhuang are quite good, and I also asked your lord to allow me to go and have a look to find out the specific number of fields."

Zhang Shun agreed one by one, and then let Zhang Shenyan leave. However, after he calculated for a long time, he realized that the five thousand stones of grain could only feed one or two thousand people for a year, and the grain was still insufficient.

If he hadn't captured Lu's County and seized some grain from the Lu's granary and large households of the Lu's, I'm afraid the rebels would have run out of food during this period.

Although these young men are of little use for the time being, if they are abandoned all together, it is estimated that many of them will not survive this winter.

As a descendant, Zhang Shun could not stand to watch so many people starve to death, so he had to find another way.

Zhang Shun lamented all the way and returned to his residence. Now Li Sanniang was "confinement". Except for Zhang Shun's free time to visit her, he could not be disturbed on weekdays, so he stayed at the red lady's place.

When Jian'er saw it, he quickly responded and invited him to sit down. After that, he brought some tea and asked him to drink some to keep warm.

It happened that Madam Hong was also at home today. Seeing his sad face, she smiled and said, "In the past, the head of the family was so high-spirited. What's so difficult today that makes him so worried?"

Only then did Zhang Shun remember that at the beginning, she only used troops to fight, and many people all blamed her. Maybe she would have a solution.

So, Zhang Shun talked about the food shortage with Lady Hong, who never expected Lady Hong to smile, nodded Zhang Shun's head, and said: "The leader is usually very smart, how could he be confused today?"

"We are not their parents, how can we take care of so many things? What's more, even our parents can't take care of our children for the rest of their lives! They have hands and feet, and we only need to find a job for them to survive.

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When Zhang Shun heard this, he only wondered what Madam Hong could do, and quickly asked for advice: "Madam, you are such a talented lady, please give me some advice!"
Chapter completed!