Standing on the gray flat concrete road, Li Xuan looked at his own wasteland with interest.
"Raise chickens, ducks, hogs, fish..."
"Raise so many?"
Behind him, Li Chengqian, Cheng Chusi and others could not help but look surprised.
Then, I felt something was wrong, and a picture of them carrying food buckets every day, running without touching the ground, and constantly feeding the chickens, ducks and pigs appeared in my mind!
They looked at each other and asked cautiously: "Master, how can we feed so many chickens, ducks and hogs?"
"Hey!"
Li Xuan couldn't help but sneered, "Don't worry, these chickens, ducks and hogs are not prepared for you!"
"profound!"
Hearing this, Li Chengqian and others subconsciously breathed a sigh of relief with smiles on their faces.
"Master, how do you feed these chickens, ducks and pigs?"
"There are so many people in Chenglaosi, so we need to feed them so much..."
As he said this, Li Xuan was suddenly startled, and a trace of regret flashed in his eyes.
"Master, what's wrong?"
Li Chengqian asked quickly.
"Three hundred acres of land is still a bit small!" Li Xuan sighed softly.
"ah?"
Li Chengqian was speechless.
"Go and call Chu Suiliang!"
Li Xuan ordered to Li Baoding.
"Yes, Aye!"
After hearing this, Li Baoding ran over quickly.
Soon, Chu Suiliang, wearing a green sweater, walked over quickly, with some doubts in his eyes.
"I wonder what your Majesty has to say to your subordinates?"
"Can I buy that piece of wasteland?"
Li Xuan asked, pointing to a large piece of wasteland on the opposite side of the road.
"Your Majesty, that piece of wasteland is close to the mountains and far away from the villages. It has never been cultivated by anyone. If Your Majesty buys it, Wannian County will definitely sell it at a low price. I wonder what Your Majesty wants to do with these wastelands?"
Chu Suiliang's face was full of doubts.
"I want to use it to build a breeding farm to raise chickens, ducks and hogs!" Li Xuan said.
"Raising chickens, ducks and hogs?"
Hearing Li Xuan's words, Chu Suiliang couldn't help but look strange, and subconsciously looked at Li Chengqian and others aside.
Cheng Chusi, Li Chengqian and others all glared at Chu Suiliang.
"After spring plowing begins, more than a hundred veterans like Cheng Laosi, plus their families, will have no fields to farm in Lijiazhuang. I plan to let them raise chickens, ducks, hogs, etc., and if possible, some field fish!
"
Li Xuan explained.
"Senior veterans like Cheng Laosi?"
Hearing Li Xuan's words, Chu Suiliang was also startled, and then his face became thoughtful.
Only then did he remember that the vegetable garden under the glass greenhouse was soon bulldozed and used to grow food.
By then, there will be more than 400 veterans, plus their families, at least 300 people. Although these are old, weak, sick and disabled, they are unwilling to go back to their original places, so they need to be settled by the king.
Moreover, no one wants to let such a group of veteran farmers who have learned how to grow in glass greenhouses disperse!
"Your Majesty, at this rate, even this piece of land cannot satisfy so many people for farming!"
After thinking for a while, Chu Suiliang continued.
"Why?" Li Xuan asked.
"Back to the king, according to the "Tian Order", each family will be granted 20 acres of Yongye field and 80 acres of land, for a total of 100 acres. However, considering the lack of land in the capital, each household can also farm 40 acres. This is the case for the fourth generation.
There are so many people, they need at least more than 1,200 acres of farmland to be able to pay taxes!"
Chu Suiliangdao.
"It doesn't matter, these fields belong to me!" Li Xuan looked indifferent.
As a prince, he naturally does not need to pay taxes on his land.
Chu Suiliang was startled, and then said quickly: "Your Majesty, Cheng Laosi and the others all have their own fields. Their fields always need to pay land taxes, and they also need to pay taxes."
"No problem, bring them into Lijiazhuang!" Li Xuandao.
Chu Suiliang looked at Li Xuan in surprise. The king finally understood, and said with his hands in hand: "In this way, this matter will be much easier to handle. The only trouble is that their previous fields will be taken back!"
"On this matter, let Li Chang ask Cheng Laosi and others for their opinions. If they don't want to become farmers in Lijiazhuang, their fields will naturally not be taken over. However, once they become farmers in Lijiazhuang, they will not have time for their fields.
It’s reasonable to plow it back!”
Li Xuandao.
"I understand!"
After understanding what Li Xuan meant, Chu Suiliang walked quickly towards Li Chang.
After explaining everything, he took Li Chang and carried a large box directly to Wannian County.
Although they don’t understand what the king’s breeding farm is like, according to the king’s words, neither Li Chang nor Chu Suiliang means to be stingy.
Directly expanding the range Li Xuan pointed to by more than twice.
Directly purchase 800 acres of wasteland, plus an additional 1,000 acres of wasteland.
In response to this, Wannian County Magistrate Zheng Yunde, without thinking, directly took out the land deed and sold it to Li Xuan at a low price.
In the past, Li Xuan's Wannian County massacred more than a hundred Japanese people and sent envoys to the Tang Dynasty. Until now, Zheng Yunde and the officials in Wannian County have not relaxed.
Not only was he frightened physically and mentally, but also His Majesty and the officials, all the officials in Wannian County had a very bad impression of him.
The year-end assessment was directly inferior.
Although he was not demoted, his salary was reduced for one season, which can be said to be a big punishment!
"Such a big place?"
Li Xuan couldn't help but be surprised when he saw the land deed handed over by Li Chang.
"Back to the king, there are 800 acres of wasteland and 1,000 acres of wasteland, a total of 1,000 guan!"
"A thousand strings?"
Li Xuan was shocked again, not that it was too much, but that it was too cheap.
"Humph, Wannian County can't stand up to you, Your Majesty. It's a good thing that all the officials haven't been transferred! It's just a few acres of land, but it's still wasteland. If it's not cheap anymore, they should be dismissed!" Chu Suiliang said.
Although Li Xuan no longer holds Zheng Yunde responsible for Wannian County, the entire Jin royal family still has no good impression of Wannian County.
"In this case, we will find some laborers or craftsmen tomorrow to cultivate all these fields!"
As he spoke, Li Xuan couldn't help but take out a piece of paper from the house and started drawing.
Seeing this, Chu Suiliang couldn't help but twitch the corners of his eyes, feeling a little distressed.
What a waste of paper!
However, he soon stopped thinking about these things. Li Xuan had already made a rough sketch of the newly purchased land.
Chu Suiliang's eyes lit up. Although the king's painting of mountains, rivers and fields was rather weird, with simple lines, it was very vivid. It was much simpler and clearer than those maps in the army.
"This place is close to the Jinghe River, and the terrain is flat, so ducks can be raised; this place is close to the mountains and forests, and the mountain is built, so that pig pens can be raised; chickens are raised here, and fields were originally cultivated, rice was planted, and the water from the Jinghe River was introduced
Some, after the rice grows up, fish can be raised in it... Two reservoirs were built here to store water in summer to prevent drought years...
In addition, in the most remote area, workshops are built to produce cement, smelt steel, and calcine glass... In this area, cement is used to build a number of houses for the villagers of Lijiazhuang to live. In the middle, a private school must be built for Lijiazhuang villagers.
A group of children are reading and literate..."
Li Xuan told Li Chang and Chu Suiliang everything he could think of in detail.
It took a long time for Chu Suiliang and Li Chang to react.
"Your Majesty, it is enough to build houses for a group of villagers like this. If you build a private school again, will it be a bit..."