Li Zheng is sixty this year. He has experienced war and hunger.
Now he is considered a lonely old man. His wife starved to death in the first year of Wude. One of his four sons was underage and was given away because of the famine. It has been impossible to contact him again in these years.
The other three were all dead. They died on the battlefield and died for Li Tang.
There are still a few grandsons around, which is some comfort from the old man. Two of the grandsons have become junior military attachés, and one of them has also served as a school captain among the guards of the Prince of Qin's palace, an eighth-rank school captain.
If there is anything Lao Li Tou can think about, it is that none of his grandchildren are married because his family is poor.
Soldiers also have a low status.
When the King of Qin built the village, Lao Li Tou's grandson checked three generations and rated them as outstanding. Then he was sent to the Prince of Qin's Mansion as a personal guard, with a dozen people in charge, and Lao Li Tou became the owner of the Qin Wang Village.
As far as Old Li Tou and the more than 10,000 farmers here are concerned, there is no difference between the King of Qin, the King of Qi, and what kind of king he is. Anyway, he is just a farmer.
But this King of Qin is so different. Who has ever seen a prince going to the fields? Although he is an amateur at working, he is really a prince who has wielded a hoe and played with a spade.
It's finally the autumn harvest, and every farmer in Qinwangzhuang has several IOUs printed with fingerprints.
I owe food, cloth, a house, and money.
King Qin's farm has a uniform four-part courtyard, with stables and no cowsheds. The small plot of land at the entrance can be planted with vegetables, but it must not be dirty. Dirty water must be poured into a special culvert, and clean water is introduced into the courtyard with a clay pipe.
There is no firewood house because King Qin's farm does not allow firewood to be burned, so coal must be used because it is clean.
No, every household has written an IOU again, and owes Qinwangzhuang coal cakes 3,000 yuan, which can be converted into 100 cents.
The first village in King Qin’s farm was built under King Qin’s supervision. Later, seventy-eight villages were built, each with 156 households. Each village is responsible for the 10,000 acres of land in King Qin’s farm. Now each village has occupied the farmland.
It has reached 40%. I think next year, every village will have enough farmland.
Villages may be rebuilt, but each village must look like the old village without making any mistakes.
How big the yard is, how deep and wide the canal is, how many layers of soil are laid on the road, and how wide it is are all determined. Your Highness the King of Qin is a person who likes rules. If any young man dares to change the rules set by him, Li Tou will be honest.
Break his legs.
The autumn harvest is about to begin. Lao Li has tasted the corn once, only a few grains. Last time, a big shot came to Zhuangzi, and His Highness King Qin cooked the corn as a reward. Looking at the field, Lao Li did not dare to eat it, nor did he eat it.
Let any household eat it, and whoever dares to eat it will have their legs broken, without any negotiation.
In the past few days, white rice and thin noodles have been available in the village, and the smell of pancakes has made the children in the school reluctant to study.
The Holy Spirit is coming, this is a big event.
Old Li Tou had only one thought, let’s give His Highness the King of Qin a long face, and let the Holy Emperor know that the farmers in Qin Wangzhuang are living well. This King of Qin is kind. I heard that the King of Qin gave up the salary, but I don’t know that His Highness the King of Qin’s family has enough food.
If you don't want to eat, just share the food with the Holy One when he comes that day. If there is more food, even if each family has less, ask the Holy One to leave more for King Qin.
It will be winter soon, and when there is no harvest tomorrow, King Qin’s village will not dare to run out of food.
Talking about a fine, many of the farmers in the village are from the military, and they also know some principles. I heard that they killed some kind of governor. That kind of thing held back General Cheng during the war. To say this
It was not an exaggeration to kill his whole family, so the farmers in the village thought that the King of Qin was unjust, and the fine must be the bad things done by those acid scholars.
Naturally, Old Li Tou would not tell King Qin these words.
He just said: "Your Highness, I would like to ask Your Majesty to take a look at Zhuangzi's success. Your Majesty will also be happy!"
It was a very simple and unpretentious sentence. Li Yuanxing had no reason to refuse. The autumn harvest itself was a happy event. The Emperor of the Tang Dynasty enjoyed it with the people. It was also a good story recorded in the history books.
"That's right." Li Yuanxing turned around and said to the bodyguard beside him: "Tell those from Luoyang to enter Zhuangzi one day later. And let those from Chang'an City who come to exchange seeds enter the village the day after tomorrow. The first car will be here.
Wear it in red and look more festive."
The guards ran away, and Li Yuanxing continued to walk into the fields with his hands behind his back: "Harvest the corn and build the canals! This winter, we will plant wheat in the fertile fields. Let's plow deeply and fertilize first."
"Remember it!" Old Man Li responded from the side.
Li Yuanxing is an outsider, and his knowledge of farm work is at most 30% level. However, Old Li will not say too much that His Highness King Qin doesn’t understand farming. He knows how to plant, when to sow, and how to manage the land. His Highness King Qin said
As for wheat, just plant wheat, just how to plant it. When the time comes, a few old guys will sit down and discuss and come up with a good idea.
"How many days does it take to plant wheat?" Li Yuanxing asked again.
"Your Highness wants to work?" Old Li Tou asked.
Li Yuanxing shook his head: "No, tidy up the wasteland and use it in the spring tomorrow. What I asked you to dig and store in the cellar will be planted. You don't need to pick the land, and you can plant it even if there is a lot of sand."
"How much grain do you get per acre?" Old Li Tou asked curiously.
Li Yuanxing smiled, looked back and looked around. This action of Li Yuanxing aroused the vigilance of the guards, who also looked around. They found that the nearest outsider was also a hundred steps away, and then they returned to normal. This time
There are some outsiders in Zhuangzi now. The Seventh Family has already plotted land, and harvesting what has been plotted will be their future seeds.
Therefore, not all farmers in Zhuangzi are farmers.
"That thing can be harvested in two crops per acre. The first season is well managed, and the harvest is nearly 7,000 pounds. The autumn season is half that." After Li Yuanxing finished speaking, Old Li covered his mouth tightly with both hands, fearing that he would say something.
At the slightest sound, the yield per mu is ten thousand catties! If it hadn't started with the yield per mu of ten thousand catties before corn, Lao Li would have fainted on the spot.
Li Yuanxing smiled and patted Lao Li's head twice: "Don't be surprised, that stuff is just miscellaneous grains, not refined grains."
"That can't be eaten as food?"
"It can be used, but if you eat too much, your stomach will be sour. So I said it is miscellaneous grains, not regular grains! However, that food needs to be carefully tidied by the workshop, but it is good dry food that can be stored for many years. It will be a big problem if there is a famine or something.
Used it." Li Yuanxing explained.
Pantothenic acid! What is pantothenic acid? Old Li Tou, who has even eaten Guanyin soil, is still afraid of pantothenic acid. He can eat real food without waking up laughing. Who dares to pick three meals without eating a few dry meals?
Pick four.
Li Yuanxing added: "But you have to watch out for the one with purple skin and purple heart. That one was planted for my imperial brother!"
Old Li Tou nodded vigorously. Old Li Tou, who knew a few words, naturally understood that there were poems written about purple gas and so on. This purple food would naturally be consecrated to the saints. Ordinary people would not be beheaded if they ate it.
Pass.
Turning his head, Li Yuanxing said to the bodyguard: "Then dig another twenty cellars, keep an eye on them!"
The guard bowed and said, "Your Highness, don't worry. If that little thief in Qin Wangzhuang dares to come, he will never come back!" The guard replied murderously, but he heard clearly that this thing has a yield of ten thousand catties per mu.
The family members of the guards are also in King Qin's farm. With this thing, who will be hungry?
Li Yuanxing nodded with satisfaction. Seeing that it was almost noon, he said to Old Li Tou: "Old Li Tou, how about I eat at your house for lunch?" After Li Yuanxing finished speaking, Old Li Tou was so excited that he almost went crazy.
He knelt down and said: "There is smoke rising from a certain family's ancestral grave, and a certain family is prosperous!"
Li Yuanxing was moved by the simplicity of the Tang people.
At this time, on the official road between Luoyang and Chang'an, Qu Tutong personally escorted the carriage and was coming from Luoyang with 500 carts.
Luoyang was known as the Eastern Capital in the Sui Dynasty. There was not only a straight road but also a canal between it and Chang'an.
Five hundred large carts were pulling silk, silk, silver, and money. There were also hundreds of large ships carrying grain, sheep, and pigs. Qu Tutong was a military commander, and the Emperor of the Tang Dynasty and the King of Qin of the Tang Dynasty personally issued the order.
, he carried out the work without any compromise, and the progress of land reclamation was extremely high. In many fields, only a few wheats were planted.
A few days ago, when he saw the fresh corn cobs that had been expedited from eight hundred miles away, he was so excited that he stayed up all night.
Yield per acre is 1,000 kilograms!
70% of the entire output of King Qin's farm was left for him to plant in Luoyang. The newly opened fields and sparse planting could also achieve a yield of 500 kilograms per mu. This was what Li Yuanxing had promised him. The Luoyang fields would produce hundreds of millions of dan of grain.
Evidence!
The Luo family's gentry's warehouse and the Luo family's official warehouse were picked up and moved out by Qu Tutong.
Who dares not to produce grain, who has no money, who does not produce silk, who does not produce people, and who does not contribute. The cultivation of immortal grains is banned for five years, and is reported to Chang'an. Counties will directly give negative reviews, and each noble family will
He will not be allowed to enter the official service for three years and will not be allowed to take the scientific examination for five years.
Who is dissatisfied?
Qu Tutong holds the imperial edict and the order of the King of Qin in one hand, and a steel knife in the other. He has ten thousand elite men to reason with you!
His Highness the King of Qin said that Luoyang was the granary of the Central Plains of the Tang Dynasty, so Luoyang must be the granary. Next year, the grain harvest will surely exceed 100 million shi. Only then can we live up to the expectations of the Holy Emperor and the King of Qin!
Qu Tutong was holding his breath, even if he risked his life, he still wanted to reach Luoyang with over 100 million stones.
It was eight hundred and eighty miles between Luoyang and Chang'an, and he arrived in Chang'an in one day. Qu Tutong had a smile on his face. The old general had a few gray hairs on his head due to the fatigue of the past few days, but he was full of energy.
At the same time, Li Yuanxing also arrived in the village, and schoolchildren ran home in groups after school.
The distance between villages is not too far. Li Yuanxing used five miles as the boundary. The villages within five miles set up a hall in the middle village. The villages in King Qin's farm no longer need to gather thousands of people in the ancestral hall to study at the same time.
The newly built school can accommodate 300 children studying at the same time.
As for those who are older and more knowledgeable, those who can take the county examination will study in the newly built university hall next to Qinwangzhuang.
"Seeing this, I am really happy!" Li Yuanxing was really happy. This is a peaceful scene.
Old Li bowed his head and said: "All this is due to the kindness of His Highness the King of Qin, so that the children can read books and have something to support them in old age!"
Li Yuanxing smiled and did not answer.
The two grandsons of Lao Li Tou's family, who are fourteen or fifteen years old, have made peace with each other, white flour. This is the white flour given to each family when the Seventh Family changes seeds. Lao Li Tou thinks that this is a good day, and several grandsons should eat it.
The meal is good. Not only does it have white noodles, but there is also mutton cooking in the big pot. It is really a meat dish.
Bai was already getting up, but the arrival of Li Yuanxing made Lao Litou realize that he was getting up less.
Li Yuanxing rolled up his sleeves at this time: "Look at me cooking in person!" (To be continued. Please search Piao Tian Literature, the novel will be better and updated faster!)