The li in the Qin State was equivalent to the residential area in later generations and was a closed structure.
Each one is surrounded by an "inner wall" with a height of about seven feet, which is about the same height as an average adult man.
There is a door on the inner wall, which is guarded by a special inner gate.
This prison door is equivalent to the security guard in later generations. His daily job is to open the door in the morning and close the door at night. He is also responsible for fire and theft prevention, but this job is not easy.
Qin law stipulates that if a fire burns down the inner gate, he must be punished with a shield.
After entering the inner gate, there is a passage with a fixed width, called an inner lane. There are residences on both sides of the lane arranged in a long strip.
Those on the left side of the lane are called Luzuo, where poor people live.
The one on the right is Luyou, where wealthy people live.
The residence that Zhao Tuo was assigned was deep in Luyou, and was a residence of an official.
He opened the door of the house with the key given by Li Dian and walked in with Heng Heng.
This mansion is very large. Inside the courtyard wall is not only the house you live in, but also a large courtyard outside the house.
There were more than twenty mulberry trees planted in the open space of the courtyard, opening their bare branches to welcome the arrival of the new owner. A gust of wind blew by, picking up the thick fallen leaves on the ground and flying in the air.
There is a well in the open space, and a collapsed barn not far away.
There is a drainage pipe in the corner of the yard specially used to discharge sewage, but it has been blocked long ago.
Although the house in the middle did not collapse like the barn, it appeared to be in disrepair because the original owner was punished as a slave and had no one to take care of it. The earthen walls had cracked many gaps in the wind and rain.
The doorways were covered with cobwebs and the ground was covered with dust.
Although it looked dilapidated at first glance, Zhao Tuo was very satisfied.
Here, he finally has a home and is no longer a rootless duck wandering around.
Behind him, Heng Yi stared blankly at the house.
Without hesitation, Zhao Tuo and Heng immediately started cleaning the long-abandoned residence.
In the afternoon, the two of them finally cleaned the house. Although it still looked very shabby, it was barely habitable.
As long as you add some more furniture, keep a yellow guard dog in the front yard, and add two pigs to the pen behind the house, you will feel like a home right away.
Zhao Tuo even had the idea in his mind to settle down and live a normal life.
But the idea just popped up and was immediately killed by him.
impossible.
In this era, it is impossible for ordinary people to survive!
Not to mention the great boom in corvee after the unification, which caused countless people to run for their lives in a hurry. Let’s just say that if Zhao Tuo does not change this era and everything develops according to the original history, then in the chaotic times of the late Qin that will come twenty years later, the overlord will personally bring down the whole country.
Plow Guanzhong once.
Burning Xianyang, burning, killing, plundering, which Qin people can escape?
Therefore, Zhao Tuo must climb up while there is still time and work hard.
Only by climbing higher and gaining more power can he have the ability to change history and gain a glimmer of hope in the troubled times of the future. This is why he wants to join the army and perform meritorious service.
When Zhao Tuo and Heng finished cleaning the house, the gray-bearded Lidian came again.
This time, Tian Dian, who is responsible for managing farming, came with him.
This Tian Dian had a noble title and wore a red bun on the right side, which was different from the brown turban on Zhao Tuo's head. He glanced at Zhao Tuo and Heng, with a businesslike look: "Follow me to see the fields."
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Zhao Tuo was slightly excited, it was time to divide the fields!
After all, it is the first piece of land that I have owned in this era. This is my own land!
But Zhao Tuo's excitement did not last long, because he and Heng followed Tian Dian out of the inner wall and shuttled through the large farmland for a long time. After walking nearly three miles, they saw their allotment near the woodland. field.
too big!
Qin system, one hectare and one hundred acres.
Zhao Tuo successfully settled down and was allocated a hectare of land according to the Qin State's policy of promoting the people. After he was upgraded to the title of Duke, he was rewarded with another hectare of land, which added up to two hundred acres!
What is this concept?
Originally, according to the weekly system, an acre of land was 1 step wide and 100 steps long.
However, when Shang Yang carried out the reform, he believed that "if one man has enough energy to spare, the land's benefits will not be exhausted, so he reorganized the land into two hundred and forty steps, and gave one hundred acres to one man."
In the Qin Dynasty, one acre became 240 steps long.
Zhao Tuo calculated that a step in this era was six feet long, which was approximately 1.38 meters in later generations. The area of one acre of land was almost 457.056 square meters.
And 100 acres is 45,705 square meters. If Zhao Tuo owns two hundred acres of land, wouldn’t it be 91,410 square meters!
Zhao Tuo's eyes started to feel dizzy again. If the land allocated to Hengshen was added in, the area of the fields owned by the two of them was terrifying, covering hundreds of thousands of square meters!
He still only has the title of Duke. If he continues to upgrade his title, he will get 45,000 square meters of land for each level... It's terrible!
But soon after Tian Dian's popularization of the law, Zhao Tuo's hot heart gradually cooled down.
So much land is not for white people, you have to pay taxes.
The Qin taxation system included land rent levied based on the number of acres of land.
And the oral money calculated on a per capita basis is calculated as a gift.
Finally, every Fu man must serve one month of corvée every year.
After all, if an ordinary family digs food in the fields, most of the harvest will be taken away, and there will not be much savings left over the year, let alone if they want to make a fortune from farming.
"Productivity is still not good. There are no fertilizers, pesticides, or advanced technology. The yield per mu is too low. In addition, the environment is not stable, and there is not much future for farming in this era."
Zhao Tuo soon gave up the idea of farming. Although the farmland in front of him was large, he had no intention of farming it himself.
On the contrary, the eyes of Heng Wang on the side were shining. The country of Zhao where he lived had been in war for years, and the land was being annexed seriously. How could he have the chance to get so much land at once?
After seeing off Tian Dian, Zhao Tuo and Heng returned to their house in Chaoyangli.
As they walked along, all the residents in the middle of the road looked at them curiously. However, because the two had just settled here, no one took the initiative to say hello before they got acquainted with each other, so the man who guarded the inner gate gave them some advice. I set the opening and closing time and asked them not to run around at night.
Heng originally also disposed of a small house in Luzuo, but this guy now considers himself Zhao Tuo's servant and voluntarily lives here with Zhao Tuo, following him day and night.
Zhao Tuo was also happy to talk to more than one person, so he agreed.
At night, because of all the hard work during the day, Heng had already fallen asleep in the hut.
But Zhao Tuo couldn't sleep. He walked in the yard in front of his house and looked at the half-waning moon in the sky, with fire burning in his eyes.
"Although the land and house are good, they are not suitable for me. Now I should take advantage of Qin's opportunity to destroy the six kingdoms and gain military glory so that I can have the ability to speak in the future. I just don't know when King Qin will send troops to destroy Yan?"
Zhao Tuo's wait did not last long.
A few days later.
King Langwei, whom they had met once, left his relatives and went to Chaoyangli, and he brought the king's orders.
Zhao Tuo was ordered to enter the palace and meet the King of Qin.
"Tongdian · Four Prefectures and Counties": The Zhou Dynasty system made 100 steps into acres, and 100 acres was given to one man. Shang Yang assisted Qin, and with one man to spare, the land was not fully beneficial, so he changed the system to 240 steps into acres, and 100 acres was given to one man.
Furthermore, the Qin land was vast and sparsely populated, while the Jin land was narrow and densely populated, so as to induce the people of the three Jin dynasties to take advantage of Qin's land, optimize their fields and houses, and gain access to their descendants.
"Book of Shang Jun: Within the Territory": Those who win the first title will be rewarded with one level of title and one hectare of land.
"Shuowen": the dustpan (acre), six feet is a step, a hundred steps is a dustpan. Qin Tian's 240 steps are a dustpan.