On June 13, Shao Shude continued to stay in Xiazhou to inspect local agriculture, forestry, animal husbandry and fishery.
During this period, news came that Fu Cunjian defeated Aodong City and beheaded more than 2,000 people. The main force went north to attack Huzhou, and in the mountains and forests west of Huhan Hai, they defeated Bohai and killed 3,000 people. This time it was Tielin who made the contribution.
military.
Faced with the situation of consecutive battles and victories, Fu Cunxen also showed a hint of excitement. In the victory report, he vaguely mentioned that in July, the saint can go to Longquan Mansion to escape the summer heat, travel in the mountains and forests, and comment on the beauty of the Bohai Sea.
When the news reached Xiazhou, Shao Shude remained calm and said nothing. But people who knew him well knew that the saint was very satisfied with Fu Cunxen. As long as he continued to make new achievements, he would be very successful soon.
"Where are you from?" Shao Shude asked a farmer with a smile, sitting on a wooden stake without any regard for appearance.
"Jiyin County, Cao Cao Prefecture." The farmer was a little nervous and stuttered back.
"No need to be nervous, come, sit down and have a bowl of tea." Shao Shude pointed and ordered.
Yelu Zhigu was stunned for a moment, and then he realized that the sage was ordering him. He immediately stepped forward and poured a bowl of tea for the farmer.
She felt a little depressed.
My aunt Bodhisattva is pregnant, and my cousin Xiao Chongsheng is also pregnant. Among the women, she has the lowest status, and she has to do all the work. If I had known this, I might as well have taken the initiative to enter the saint's tent and recommend myself to the pillow mat.
But when she thought of her mother's cold gaze, she was a little scared.
"It's not easy to come all the way from Caozhou, isn't it? How does it feel?" Shao Shude asked at the end and added: "Tell the truth."
The farmer took the tea bowl and took a sip. He felt a little relieved and replied: "My family came here in April this year. It's not cold. We don't have many acres of land in Caozhou. I didn't have enough food to eat. My child is hungry."
I screamed loudly, and my mother-in-law scolded me all day long for being useless. When I heard that there were so many fields given here, I was so angry that I simply sold my property and moved my family to Xianzhou."
"This is Xiazhou, not Xianzhou." Shao Shude smiled.
"Ah?" The farmer was a little surprised. He always thought that the place where he lived was Xianzhou. But this is not important, it is just a place name. It is true that the family has enough food.
"What's your ranking in the family?" "The eldest."
"Oh? The eldest son also moved away from home?" Shao Shude said in surprise.
He has been immigrating across the country for many years and has learned a very special phenomenon: those who immigrated from the Guanbei area are mostly the second, third or fourth child in their families.
Perhaps because of the reason he once mentioned that families are not allowed to separate, the custom of the eldest son inheriting everything is very strong in the Kanbei area.
After the death of the old father, if the eldest son is kind-hearted, he will not drive his younger brothers out of the house, or he will take them in, help with the work, and make a living.
If the relationship between brothers is not good, it is very common for brothers to be kicked out of the family. These second and third sons either go to help other families, or go to the city to find jobs, or simply immigrate abroad to obtain their own land and homes.
But this kind of custom does not exist in the Kanto region, and it is not even common in Guanzhong. There are many cases of family separation. The eldest son usually gets the largest share of the family property, and the urge to emigrate is not very strong.
"The whole family only has five or six acres of land, and they can barely make ends meet in good years. If there is a disaster, or they are drafted into the army, the family will be hungry." The farmer said, "Instead of suffering like this, it is better to go far away. Maybe
Time will come and turn."
"Is it common for families to go hungry because of military conscription and war?" Shao Shude asked.
The farmer glanced at him and gritted his teeth and said, "I don't know about other places. Caozhou has a lot of people but little land. One family only has a few acres of land. There are still many hungry people." Shao Shude was silent.
Without contact with these low-level farmers, you will never know the real situation below. In the north of Guan, the per capita land in the Guan is relatively abundant, and life is relatively prosperous. The impact of conscription and war is not that great.
But places like Caozhou and Songzhou had a great impact.
If you keep using the experience of Guanxi and Guanbei to apply to Caozhou and Songzhou, there will definitely be problems. Therefore, it is very important to visit the bottom and obtain first-hand information. At least the people of Caozhou have suffered from conscription and war.
The bureaucrats never reported to him things like delaying farm work and starving his family.
"We still have to immigrate overseas!" Shao Shude sighed; "This is the best solution."
Changing the existing bureaucracy requires progress in productivity and a more advanced technical level, which is impossible. Then simply emigrating abroad to alleviate the contradiction between man and land is the lowest-cost and most realistic approach at this stage.
There are large tracts of land in the Northeast, the soil is very fertile, the harvest is high, and the losses are lower than those in the south - pioneering in relatively cold areas will always lead to fewer deaths than changing the environment in hot and humid areas.
Historically, the Liao Kingdom attached great importance to agriculture.
"The agriculture and valleys of the Liao Dynasty were very prosperous. There were more than fifty cities in Tokyo, such as Xian, Xin, Ji, Fu, Chen, Hai, Tong, Yin, Wu, Sui, Chun, Tai, etc., and the states along the border each had Hebian.
Cang, according to the ancestral law, produce Chen Yixin."
"There is no need to worry about the two or three hundred thousand treasures in the place. Although the troops are exhausted, they are not exhausted."
The Liao Kingdom had specialized institutions in the northeastern region that researched, manufactured agricultural tools, and trained farming methods. "They still sent envoys to inspect the crops."
The Liao Kingdom's jurisdiction over Tokyo included the boundaries of western Liaoning and the Bohai Sea. Taizhou was located at the junction of Jilin, Inner Mongolia, and Heilongjiang provinces, namely Baicheng. It was at a higher latitude than Harbin, but it was an important farming town in the Liao Kingdom.
The Liao Dynasty was able to fight the Northern Song Dynasty for so long without the economy collapsing. The great development of the agricultural industry in the eastern Liaoning region was indispensable. Each state's official warehouse in Tokyo had two to three hundred thousand shi to store grain. It could collect new grain and produce old grain.
Lending money to the people and charging half the interest shows that the management is very perfect.
How stupid would one be to regard the Liao Kingdom as a nomadic regime?
"How much land is there now?" Shao Shude asked.
"Sixty acres." The farmer replied: "The land allocated by the government is all raw land. We have just picked up the stones in the field, dug out the roots of the shrubs and removed the weeds. There is no time to cultivate this year, and we still need to be issued by the court."
Rations."
"Is there anything missing?"
"There is a shortage of farm tools and cattle."
"It can only be solved slowly. After I conquer the Bohai Sea, I will collect all the weapons from the Bohai Sea, reopen the iron mines, and smelt farm tools." Shao Shude said, "I also know that horse farming is not feasible, but if there is really a shortage of cattle,
We can only do it reluctantly. There is a lot of waste waiting to be done, so be patient, at least the sixty acres of land is real."
The farmer also laughed after hearing this and said, "The land is good and you can plant it every year."
From the perspective of agricultural production, farmers have a natural impulse to plant one crop after another. However, the mainstream in the north of Daxia is a two-year and three-crop system, that is, only two crops of staple grains can be harvested within two years, plus one harvest.
The grains are very low. If the land is very thin, sometimes the grains will be omitted this season and left fallow.
It’s not that farmers don’t know the role of human and animal excrement. In fact, children in rural areas often go out to pick up excrement, and sometimes they even fight for it. But without chemical fertilizers, this amount of human and animal excrement is far from enough to restore the land - simple
In other words, the amount is too small.
That's why he was so happy after seeing the black soil in the Northeast. You don't need to tell whether the land is fertile or not. They have been cultivating the land for so many years. You can tell just by picking it up and looking at it.
"Do you have any thoughts on the Sangma matter?" Shao Shude asked again.
"There is a Korean family in the village who knows how to mulberry and hemp. There is also a Khitan family who can also grow mulberry and raise silkworms." The farmer replied: "Their silkworms are different from those in Caozhou. They have some skills. If you have time, take a look.
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Shao Shude nodded and said, "The Koreans are indeed good at growing mulberry and raising silkworms. You can learn from them."
In fact, the Khitan people also learned their sericulture and weaving technology from the Goguryeo people. "(Yelü) Shilu taught arboriculture, mulberry and hemp, and organization." It is said that it is the credit of Yelu Shilu, but in fact it was the captured peasants of the Bohai Kingdom.
Technology brought over by people.
When Shao Shude went to Yingzhou last year and inspected at the foot of Yiwulu Mountain, he saw a large number of mulberry and hemp fields. When he inquired about it, he found that Abaoji had sent people to plant the fields, and it was obvious that they had developed them as a mulberry and hemp base.
"In addition to mulberry and hemp, there are also some wild products in the mountains. You can collect them during the off-season and sell them to merchants, which is also a source of income." Shao Shude said: "The land in Caozhou is flat and there are no mountains. You can also find people to ask about it."
Caozhou is more than just "no mountains".
It's pure plains.
In fact, even if there are mountains, after thousands of years of development, wild animals, wild products and other resources have been greatly reduced.
Of course, this reduction is also relative. Compared with later generations in the 21st century, the mountains and mountains in the Central Plains are still rich in resources at this time, but compared with the land of Japan, they are not worth mentioning.
Shao Shude has already seen groups of wild deer and yellow sheep wandering around, and he is not very afraid of people.
When the Great Northern Wilderness was developed in later generations, the roe deer were not even afraid of people at all, and were beaten to death with a stick when someone approached them.
Rich resources per capita are also an advantage, which can increase farmers' sideline income and improve their lives.
"Your Majesty really has our best interests at heart." Hearing that Shao Shude kept giving him advice, the farmer was moved and said.
"I moved you here not to let you fend for yourself." Shao Shude said with a smile: "The better your life is, the happier I will be. Put down roots, have a lot of children, and occupy all this land.
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The women beside Shao Shude all blushed. The saint had given birth to a lot of children, and he especially liked to let other people's wives give birth to his children. "A place where water and soil support a person." Shao Shude seemed to suddenly think of something, and said again:
"This place is different from Caozhou. Your living habits may also have to change. But, haha, that's not a problem."
The farmer was a little confused and didn't know what the saint was talking about. Shao Shude smiled and did not explain.
The natural environment is different, so how can the living customs be the same? Historically, the Khitans kidnapped many Han people from the Central Plains and resettled them in the Northeast. Over time, they also began to learn fishing and hunting in addition to farming.
The Liao government's governance level was still acceptable. It promptly "overturned the ban on fishing in Tokyo Road", which greatly increased the production of fish, shells, and crabs in Tokyo, and the lives of immigrants became more relaxed.
Shao Shude felt that if one day the martial arts in the Central Plains weakened, Liaodong Road, which could carry a large population, might be able to provide a large number of qualified soldiers with certain skills due to environment, climate, geography and other factors. He stood up and slowly
Slowly walk up a hillside and overlook the mountains and rivers.
The golden sunshine shines on the ancient city. The flags on the city head are flying in the wind, which symbolizes the establishment of the Daxia regime here.
There are dots of cottages in the fields around the ancient city. Farmers carrying picks and shovels are walking among the weeds, trying their best to clear the fields of weeds and tree roots in preparation for clearing land.
Some of them are from Caozhou, some from Songzhou, some from Suizhou, and some from Taiyuan Prefecture
Their identities are complex, including government soldiers, tribes, common people, and even exiled prisoners.
People from all over the world gathered here, speaking Mandarin from all over the Central Plains, and hugging each other for warmth in the face of an unfamiliar environment.
In the forest further away, bears and tigers occasionally appeared, scaring the farmers who were logging and screaming.
The warriors guarding them put down the ginseng, mushrooms, pine nuts, poria cocos and other medicinal materials in their hands, grabbed their bows and swords, and followed them happily.
On the creek, there are simple birch bark boats swaying along. The fishermen cast a net and harvested a bag full of fish and shrimps.
The wind blew gently, the pine waves burst into waves, and there were no clouds in the sky.
Shao Shude burst out laughing: "I really did it!"
I changed history, changed the world, and changed the direction of this nation.
Thirty years of ups and downs, when I think back, are almost like a dream. At this moment, I can't even tell if it was a dream.
He turned around and looked at the warblers and swallows following him, especially Yue Liduo, who exuded the brilliance of motherhood, and was convinced that all this was true.
"What did your Majesty do?" Yue Liduo asked curiously.
Shao Shude smiled and said nothing, walked up to her and whispered: "I made your belly bigger, this is what I am most proud of."
Yue Liduo smiled softly, not believing it. She had just clearly seen a male lord who looked down upon the world. In his eyes, women were probably just tools to vent his desires.
