But, how much money can be collected from this land? The land in the country is limited, and the income is naturally limited.
The so-called prosperous age is nothing more than the accumulation over many years.
The Tang Dynasty succeeded the Sui Dynasty, and the Han Dynasty succeeded the Qin Dynasty.
How can this money catch Jiang Yang's eyes? What he wants is the rich man's money.
What he wants is the entire world market.
The sickle should be pointed and raised high.
Jiang Yang didn't say this to Li You, because he was still in the stage where food was the most important thing for the people and wealth came from the earth.
"I have my own ideas." Jiang Yang patted his shoulder and continued: "You have been responsible for disaster relief here recently."
"The people here will have to suffer a little more. They will have to live here recently. You can settle down well. And if there are people from Xiami County who want to work on the river embankment, accept the order and ask them to report to Ma Feng.
"
Although Li You was a little reluctant, he still nodded.
...
No matter how fierce the scorching sun is, it can't stop the enthusiastic hearts of the people.
On the streets of Xiami County, people rushed to tell each other.
"Li Si, I heard that the county magistrate asked us to do corvee labor and pay our wages? Is it true or false?"
On the street to the south, several people stopped Li Si who had just come running.
They are all people who cannot survive in Xiami County. They have lost their land and are not even qualified to be tenants.
If there are wild vegetables on the mountain, they can still survive for a while. If there is a natural disaster this year, they will have no choice but to live or die.
"Really, the county magistrate first took care of the refugees, built houses for them, allocated fields to them, and only collected 30% of the tax." Li Si spat and told them everything he had seen today.
But how could the common people understand this? Everyone was anxious.
"No, we are from Xiami County. What should we do if the county magistrate treats them so well?"
"That's right, we only have one more thatched hut than them!"
Everyone was very anxious.
Li Si pressed his hands, took a breath and said: "Don't panic, I asked the adults there, they said it's okay for people from Xia Mi County to go, the wages are the same, food and housing are taken care of, but the land and housing are divided.
When queuing up, the county magistrate treats everyone equally, but there is also a priority."
"Really?"
"That would be great."
"There is hope for survival."
"Your Majesty the County Magistrate, Qingtian's parents."
Seeing a group of people rushing toward Xia Mi County, Li Si quickly stopped them and said, "Don't go. The county magistrate is asking everyone to take tools and go to the river embankment. You are running in the wrong direction."
After hearing this, the group of people went home, picked up their tools, and headed to the river embankment.
The county government office in Xiami County was also crowded.
Jiang Yang arranged for Ma Feng to take the three thousand people, pull tools and food on the carriage and take them there.
Wen Guan on the other side did not need to hear the case for the time being, so Jiang Yang arranged for him to take thirty people to the mountains to the west to look for limestone.
This kind of thing is easy to find. Jiang Yang told them how to identify it and then let them leave.
After the leading people left, Jiang Yang called Wang Tong to him.
"Sir, those official uniforms and killing sticks will be delivered tomorrow. I have mobilized all the blacksmiths and tailors in the county to start work."
Jiang Yang nodded and said in a deep voice: "This time we will not only make sure that the three thousand people who have fled are well fed, but we will also mobilize all the people in the county to go together. How much is what you get? Don't be afraid of spending money."
I'll figure it out."
Looking at the county annals these days, Jiang Yang has a basic understanding of the situation in Xiami County. There are a total of 90,000 households in Xiami County, about 540,000 people, and 13 villages.
The entire Xiami County has an area suitable for farming of about nine million acres, of which large and small families control more than eight million acres.
If the areas on both sides of the Jinghe River are expanded to open up fertile farmland, there will be more than 500,000 acres of land. By then, one acre of land will be enough for every person in the county.
But Jiang Yang's thoughts are not here. If one person has one acre of land, when will the people be rich?
He planned to allocate ten acres of land to each person and find a way to take back the land in the hands of the nobles.
"You go and make a contract with the grain dealer, guarantee the grain, purchase horses, and ask the blacksmiths to make a batch of tools as soon as possible after they finish making the killing stick."
Jiang Yang frowned. He actually wanted to bring all the blacksmith gates under his control, but he was currently having difficulty doing so.
Wang Tong nodded and said, "I understand, but how much grain should I buy?"
Jiang Yang made a rough calculation and found that for more than 3,000 people, each person would need 1,500 jins of grain and vegetables at half a jin per day.
But if we expect 3,000 people, wouldn’t it mean we have to wait until next year?
Jiang Yang waved his hand and said: "Prepare one hundred thousand loads of grain!"
One load is one hundred catties of grain, and one hundred thousand loads is ten million catties. Even if Wang Tong was mentally prepared, he was shocked.
"Big...brother...no, sir, we probably don't have enough money."
Five hundred thousand taels of silver seems like a lot. Do you want to buy 10 million jins of grain? Or are you just thinking about eating it?
Jiang Yang rolled his eyes and said angrily: "Can't you make an installment payment with them?"
"Instalment payment?" Wang Tong was a little confused and stepped forward and said, "Sir, please explain in detail."
Jiang Yang explained with a smile: "We are the government. We use the county government as a guarantee and one hundred thousand dans of grain. We will first give him one hundred thousand taels of silver as an advance payment."
"The rest will be paid when the shipment reaches 200,000 tons."
"One payment per 100,000."
Jiang Yang didn't intend to give it to them happily. The money had to be given, but it could be done slowly.
Aren’t today’s grain merchants squeezing grain from the hands of the people?
Why are you so upright if you are not a good person?
Wang Tong frowned at first, and then asked, "Is this possible?"
"Why not? If they don't believe it, then just sign a contract and I will stamp my official seal on them."
"Sure." Wang Tong nodded and discussed the details with Jiang Yang before going out.
After cleaning up the county government on the other side, Jiang Yang took Chen Zhiyong to the river embankment.
Although the Jinghe River runs north-south, the fertile farmland to be cultivated in Jiangyang runs east-west.
The most important thing is the junction of the two rivers. The river embankments here need to be high enough and strong enough, and Jiangyang also plans to build a dam here.
In this way, drainage can be freely controlled, turning floods that harm one area into nutrients that nourish fertile fields.
By the time Jiang Yang arrived, the group was already in full swing.
Of course, it’s not about doing it directly, but about preliminary preparations.
Ma Feng had followed Jiang Yang to provide disaster relief at the City God's Temple, so he was naturally familiar with it. He made proper arrangements and asked the women to set up the stove.
After the young and strong men reclaimed the flat land, they registered and grouped them one by one. This made it easier to pay wages and facilitate management.
As for the reclaimed flat land, it is natural to pile up sediment and limestone to make cement.
While they were busy, Jiang Yang stood at the highest point and looked out. What he saw was not the endless sand and wasteland.
It’s a new rural area rising from the ground!
For a while, the specific location of the rural house was already in my mind.