After the spring sowing was over, the counties in Liang State breathed a sigh of relief.
At this time, the main scope of activities of farmers became their gardens.
Since "house" is associated with "garden", it is destined to be large. In fact, a farm family's home and garden total about five acres.
Mencius once said to King Hui of Liang: "If you have a five-acre house with mulberry trees, you can wear silk clothes if you are fifty."
Needless to say, the current Liang Lord knew that when allocating land to the people, the home garden should be allocated five acres, because this is the main way to generate income during the slack period. He not only grows mulberries, but also grows other trees, fruits and vegetables, and hemp seeds.
Or someone who is good at bamboo strip crafts can build a bamboo forest of several acres, it all depends on how he manages it.
However, among so many professional or amateur craftsmen in rural areas, those who make "fu medicine" are rare talents.
General Dongcao went to Quzhuang, Liang Guozhi Zuocheng Cai Ming, Yushi Youcheng Wang Pei and others saw it.
They had just gone to Jiyin for a tour to urge for grain and grass, and returned after negotiating for 300,000 tons of grain and beans.
The resting place at this time belonged to Junyi County, not far from Bianliang.
"Birds flock to the fields, flock to peck at the ears of grain and fly away. If you are not prepared at this time, it will cause harm for a year." Cai Ming said: "However, it is difficult to find people who prepare the medicine, and often several counties may not be able to do it.
It was difficult to find a person, and the materials needed to be used were obtained from the south of the Yangtze River. This medicine man came from Nanyang, and I heard that he was a slave of Mrs. Le's family. Seeing his talent, Liang Gong abolished his slave status, raised him to serve as a citizen, and ordered
He taught medicine in the Liang Palace. After teaching fifty people, he was rewarded and left the palace to live among the people. I heard that Liang Gong also selected a beautiful palace official to give him."
In Quzhuang, Wang Pei didn't think anything of it after hearing this, but the disciples who followed Wang Po on his way west couldn't help but look at the peasant woman tending the vegetable patch in the yard. She really didn't look like an ordinary woman.
The so-called "powder medicine" is actually a kind of glue. Farmers themselves evaluate the time when birds gather together, then apply the pectin medicine on their sticks and stand them in the field. If the birds fall on it and the glue does not fly, they are captured.
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However, the conditions for use of this medicine are harsh. It can only be used during the period when birds appear in large numbers, and the effect is average - there are so many birds, how many can you catch?
In addition, the raw materials of this medicine are produced in the south. With frequent wars and inconvenient transportation, the price is high, which makes it difficult for ordinary farmers to use it. When the wheat ears are jointing, birds are circling, and farmers have trouble sleeping.
Carefully consider whether it is worth the money.
But no matter what, after Shao Xun licked out this technique from Le Lan Ji, it has spread from aristocratic families to millions of households. The positive significance is still very great.
"Liang Gong really cares about the people." Wang Pei sighed, feeling more and more that this trip to the west was the right one.
It seems that the official Yushi Youcheng can be a good one.
Quzhuang and Cai Ming looked at each other and sighed secretly.
Wang Pei is not from the same group as them - in fact, if you think about it, Wang Pei can teach more than a thousand disciples in Qingzhou, which shows that Wang Pei is quite broad-minded and has no intention of confining knowledge to one family and one surname.
In Liang State now, the "people" are really in dire straits!
There had been wars for many years, and the gentry suffered large-scale disasters, and there were only so many people who crossed south.
Chen County, which was first granted by Liang Gong, now only has one family with aristocratic family names, one family with a small surname, and a few families with humble surnames.
Liang County is even worse. There is no aristocratic family, only a small surname, Hansu.
Other counties are more or less similar. Basically, the powerful families of Runan, Chenliu and Jiyang are concentrated together.
Liang Gong used "cruel officials" in Runan to suppress Chenliu and Jiyang by himself, supervising and suppressing them right under his nose. What else is it if the people are not living in poverty?
If anyone asks how Duke Liang suppressed the wealthy clans, let me tell you: taking away the fields we occupied during the Yongjia New Year, isn’t this persecution? Isn’t it suppression?
Everyone has their own position. If you think something is right, from another perspective, someone else may think it is completely wrong.
It's just that this level of "persecution" is a little painful, but it doesn't turn the table over and makes people very irritated.
At this time, they had to be thankful that the world was in chaos before Yongjia (307). Through clever and plundering, everyone from the aristocratic family to the rural tycoon had made a lot of money and had completed their accumulation.
Yongjia has only been here for ten years.
The land and population occupied in the past ten years are actually a bit over-expanded, and the business conditions are average. It is not completely unacceptable to throw them away - for the rich, what they like most is peace in the world, and plundering with the connivance of the government. After all, in times of war,
They are also very dangerous and will lose a lot of wealth and population, resulting in inability to operate.
But Liang Gong's behavior still made many people dissatisfied.
This kind of emotion is stagnated in my chest. If someone guides me, or I get a God-given opportunity, I will let it out all at once.
If there is no chance to vent, it will slowly calm down as time goes by. Just like the five psychological stages when people encounter unacceptable things: denial, anger, bargaining, depression, and acceptance of the facts.
The wealthy families in various regions are at different stages.
As far as Liang is concerned, some people are still in the second stage of "anger"; some are in the "bargaining" stage; and some have reached the stage of "depression".
If the fifteen counties of the Liang Kingdom can maintain stability and slowly digest it over time, everyone will eventually "accept" it.
By the way, this "bargaining" is not just talking, it is a game at the political, economic and military levels.
"Dong dong..." Intermittent drum sounds came from the distance.
Everyone was a little surprised. They looked up and saw rows of sergeants slowly appearing on the horizon in the distance.
Both Quzhuang and Cai Ming had served as officials in the Yanzhou shogunate and were very familiar with the army. After watching silently for a long time, they finally saw some clues.
The big flag of "General of the Light Car, Supervisor of the Silver Spear, Camp Zhang" fluttered in the wind, and more than 6,000 people walked neatly along the post road.
The troops were silent and there was no noise.
There was an endless stream of carriages and horses, loaded with all kinds of trophies.
At the end of the procession, thousands of prisoners stumbled forward with their hands tied.
"Central camp!"
"The center camp is back!"
"Where is my son Xiaoqi?"
"Where is your husband? Where is my husband? Can you bring some utensils home?"
"I'm short of a tiger at home, and I'm wondering if I should buy one. Let's wait."
Quzhuang and Cai Ming looked at each other and then remembered that the families of the sergeants from the Third Battalion of Silver Spear had been gathering in Junyi and Kaifeng counties to settle down.
Military dependents can be found everywhere in the countryside of Junyi County, and there should be many of them in this village. No wonder, no wonder!
The soldiers of Silver Spear Middle Camp did not stop, but continued to move forward. However, everyone had a smile on their face and looked very relaxed. Some people even winked when they saw familiar villagers.
Cai Ming stomped his foot heavily.
This action is really nonsensical, and I don’t know what he just thought of.
He is from the Chenliu family - now Jiyang County - and the great-grandson of Cai Yong, a famous scholar in the Later Han Dynasty.
It goes without saying what Cai Yong’s status was back then. The Cai family in Kaocheng in the Jin Dynasty declined, but as the saying goes, a skinny camel is bigger than a horse. The Cai family was still a behemoth in the local area, and because of its cultural reputation, it gained more than
The political status of his family.
Qu Zhuang just sighed silently.
At that time, Duke Liang was serving as military commander in Kaocheng and suggested that Concubine Pei should reuse the Yanzhou gentry, which made everyone happy and applauded Duke Liang one after another.
Unexpectedly, time has changed and Duke Liang has a "new favorite" who is a warrior.
In terms of the relationship between men and women, Shao Quanzhong was dealing with two beauties, the warrior and the scholar. One moment he coaxed one, the other one ran to show his courtesy...
Quzhuang actually has nothing.
His family was not high and his family was not here. After he became an official in Luoyang, he followed several benefactors and moved around. His family fortune was not big and he didn't accumulate anything.
Now, he doesn't even have a manor. He reluctantly bought a house in the countryside of Bianliang. He only has a dozen or so family members and servants, and he has a lot of land. If he doesn't become an official, it will be difficult to make a living, so no matter how dissatisfied he is, he will not
Be as angry as Cai Ming.
People are poor and have short ambitions!
"I heard that in March and April, Duke Liang was going to review his troops and invited all the elders of the Liang Kingdom to attend the ceremony." After calming down, Qu Zhuang said softly.
Cai Ming slowly calmed down.
After a moment, he suddenly smiled and said: "That's right. Silver spears, black guns, Yi Cong and other troops marched eastward and westward, and their reputation was great. With them here, the fifteen counties of Liang are as stable as Mount Tai."
Qu Zhuang looked at him, secretly wondering about Cai Ming's mood when he said these words.
"I heard that the King of East China Sea lives in Xuchang?" Cai Ming suddenly asked.
"Uh...yes." Qu Zhuang nodded.
"I haven't seen Concubine Pei for a long time since she entered Huang Nu's palace." Cai Ming said, "When we were in Kaocheng shogunate in the past, we all relied on Concubine Pei for her appointment and promotion. We must not forget our roots."
Qu Zhuang remained silent.
Is this asking King Sima Bi of the East China Sea to serve as the intermediary?
Qu Zhuang was a little scared and a little excited.
Concubine Pei gave birth to three sons for Mr. Liang one after another, and she was the most favored son among the concubines.
In fact, Quzhuang vaguely knew that after the Kaocheng shogunate was disbanded, many generals relied on Concubine Pei's help to get into new positions. This is because Liang Gong always consulted her as his mistress when appointing old people from the Sima Yue faction.
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He Lun, Liu Qia, Man Heng, and Mi Huang, the governor of Xuzhou, who guarded Hebei Province, would still give gifts to Concubine Pei during the holidays.
It’s just—what do Cai Ming and the others want to do?
"Let's go back to Bianliang to deliver the errand." Cai Ming waved his hand and said: "Jiyin raised 300,000 grains and beans. Such a solid contribution, but he still can't get the favor of Liang Gong. Alas."
Chapter completed!