Late Tang Dynasty Floating Life

Chapter 444

Zhao Cheng delivered the goods a few days later. In fact, he had already delivered them and was waiting for Shao Shude's class teacher.

This money, Shao Shude intends to stay in Tonghua, mainly used for Heyuan, Jishi, Zhenguo (Tongguan garrison) military relocation and resettlement expenses.

The main body receiving this money is the military envoy Yamen. They have opened a sub-yamen in Huazhou. The branches of the Armory Department, the Transshipment Department, and the Branch Department are all available to supply the hosts and guests of the two towns of Huazhou and Weibei. military.

After finishing these tasks, Shao Shude went south with his own soldiers to inspect the farmland in the three counties of Huazhou.

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On this day, as soon as the sky cleared, Zhuangzi became active both inside and outside.

Spring has begun, and all preparations before spring sowing are intensified.

Check the irrigation canal to see if there is any blockage or collapse.

The seeds can be picked up, and the next year's harvest depends on it.

Are farm tools still missing or unusable?
In short a bunch of things.

"It's a good year to have a good career in the spring. It's true." Shao Shude walked on the ridge of the field, looked at the mountains still covered with snow in the distance, and looked at the endless fields under his feet, and smiled.

This Zhuangzi belonged to Wang Bian.

It was originally a swamp, and after spending a lot of effort to rectify it, a farm was built, and two hundred farmers were recruited to pay rent for him to plow the land.

There is also a large field next to it, most of which belong to Huazhou sergeants, but they don't cultivate it, and usually leave it to their family members to take care of it, or rent it out directly for profit.

The big army heads have more land, the small army heads have less, and there are many big soldiers.

Of course, this cannot be compared with that of the Western Wei, Northern Zhou, and Sui dynasties when the military system was prevalent.

Fubing grants 140 mu of land to one person, but in fact, there are usually more than one person in the family. It is not a problem for a family of Fubing to have three or four hundred acres of land.

This is the little landlord.

I recruited my own trilogy to help with farming, and occasionally went to work in the field or did not participate in agricultural labor at all. I lived a good life, often ate wine and meat, and had a lot of time to hone my martial arts and buy equipment.

In the West, this is called Lord Knight.

But this system is destined to be unsustainable for a long time, because as the population grows, the land is not enough.

If there are some dignitaries nearby, it will not be enough.In the 12th year of Emperor Wen of the Sui Dynasty, because the population in Guanzhong was too large, with only [-] mu of land per square, the government military system had actually collapsed, and he had to order to immigrate to other prefectures and counties with fewer people and more land, that is, from "narrow townships" Migration is "Kuanxiang".

This is related to land annexation, but it is not the decisive factor. The population explosion in peacetime is.Restraining land annexation can only be postponed for decades, and cannot fundamentally solve this problem.

Perhaps, from government soldiers to recruitment, it is also inevitable.

"Wang Shijun, the Heyuan Army, the Jishi Army, and the Zhen Guo Army are coming to Tong and Hua. The Chang Town is here. The soldiers may want to buy land. Can you think of a way?" Breathing the breeze in the mountains, Shao Shude only felt divine The air is refreshing, and looking at the boundless wilderness is even more refreshing.

The climate and environment in Guanzhong are naturally much better than those in Guanbei.

Guanzhong is rich in silk, and Guanbei is only produced in the four prefectures of Sui, Yin, Xia, and Ling, which are inferior to Guanzhong in terms of quality and quantity.

The three prefectures in Hexi, including Liangzhou, still produce silk, but the local area has been transformed into Tubo for more than a hundred years, and the output and quality are worrying.

For tea, tea is produced in Lingzhou in the north of Guanbei, and tea in Tong, Hua and Jinzhou in Guanzhong.

The place in Guanbei is really almost meaningless.

Zhu Quanzhong has five prefectures of Bian, Cai, Song, Huai, and Shou that produce tea. Almost every prefecture is rich in grain and silk. How can it be compared?

That is to say, Hedong is a brother in distress. In the late Tang Dynasty, Luzhou produced tea, but that was Li Hanzhi's territory, and it was estimated to be in a state of half-use.

If we want to go east continuously, we can't do without a money and food base to support the army's expedition. Commander Shao is now trying to figure out a way in Guanzhong, but he faces complicated interests.

"Commander, since the chaos in the nest, immigrants from the Kanto have flooded in, and the household registrations in Shanguo and Tonghua have increased dramatically, even far exceeding those in the Kaiyuan period, but now there are fewer land and more people." Wang Bian said truthfully: "Soldier We have money, and after we get married and start a business, it is human nature to buy land, if you buy a little less, or have more, it will be difficult!"

"There is no wasteland in Huazhou?" Shao Shude asked.

Although Huazhou was not under his control before, Han Jian made a lot of troubles in history.Overcoming the thorns and thorns, removing the polluted grass, and gaining many fertile fields out of thin air.

In fact, it is to turn some shrubs, wetlands, swamps, and barren pastures into farmland to increase the area of ​​cultivated land.Although there are suspicions of damaging the environment and causing soil erosion, it is an indisputable fact that the production of grain, fruits and vegetables, and silk has greatly increased.

"Huazhou originally had a lot of wasteland, but in the past ten years or so there have been too many refugees from the Kanto region, and now it's not enough." Wang Bian replied.

"Score if you don't have enough points." Shao Shude frowned, and said in a more emphatic tone: "Shuai Long, Xiao Yu, sent his son to Shanzhou to see me before, and said he wanted to sell a wasteland of mountains, forests, waters and swamps in Huayin County, totaling more than a hundred hectares. Thirty hectares of land can be reclaimed. Think of a way to choose wasteland as much as possible, so as not to disturb the people, the soldiers have money and can afford it.”

When Wang Bian heard the words "don't disturb the people", he realized something in his heart.He is not stupid, he has already figured out that the King of Lingwu County is not ready to completely tear himself apart with those dignitaries, and plans to maintain the relationship for a while.

He served as a military envoy in the Zhenwu Army and had a good understanding of the local conditions.

On the whole, Guanbei is vast and sparsely populated, and there are almost no aristocratic families. Most of the wasteland is unowned, and a piece of blank paper is easy to paint.

Henan and Huainan, where Huang Chao, Qin Zongquan, Sun Ru and others have been violently harassed, are similar, but Guanzhong is not.

Since the Western Wei Dynasty, this place has always been the ruling center. I don't know how many aristocratic families live here, with their interests intertwined, and they hold power and wealth.

If they don't support you, then the rule will be very difficult to stabilize.

It seems that the fertile land occupied by the aristocratic family is not the goal of King Lingwu now.Because those good fields are cultivated by tenants and given to the soldiers, how do they live?

But the aristocratic family has many other businesses and occupies a lot of wasteland. It is impossible to say that these wastelands will be taken over.

"Marshal, maybe it's not enough." Wang Bian thought for a while and said, "Some people may not be willing to sell their land, even if it's wasteland."

"Think of a way." Shao Shude said the same thing again.

Wang Bian was stunned, did the dirty work fall to himself?

He had actually figured it out just now, the King of Lingwu County probably wanted to establish a solid foundation for his rule in Guanzhong, and he planned to start from Tongzhou and Huazhou.

The Heyuan Army, the Jishi Army, and the Zhen Guo Army have a total of 3000 people. If Changzhen Tong and Hua, settle down in the local area, get married and start a business, and have a farm, they will be Shao Dashuai's "own people."

Marshal Shao doesn't seem to have the trust of the aristocratic family. He will only use them, but he won't really trust them.

Furthermore, what is the world today?Martial Arts Reign!It is obvious how the military leader will choose one of the aristocratic family and the chief soldier.

Seeing that Wang Bian understood, Shao Shude smiled, and said: "In the past, I made an appointment with all the troops to share wealth and honor. The soldiers living in Lingxia all had fields and sheep, and there was no shortage of meat, milk, and wine. The three armies from Heyuan came to Tong and Hua. Naturally, it shouldn't be too bitter. Wang Shijun, work hard. I will remember the merits of the king."

Wang Bian responded immediately, "I would like to obey the Commander's orders."

Shao Shude nodded, and said: "Wang Shijun should take a long-term view and don't stare at the petty profit in front of him. It's very interesting."

Wang Bian, this is what Han Jian has done in history. That master dared to kill anyone, even the prince, let alone some big families in Guanzhong.

Of course it doesn't have to be murder.

Discuss carefully in advance, pay for the redemption, and then sell it to the sergeants after sorting it out.

Although this will offend the old interest groups, it also leaves a bottom line and keeps the contradictions within an acceptable level.At the same time, a new group of vested interests will be created in the local area. This group supports Marshal Shao, and that's enough.

If someone resists, then you don't have to be polite, just have an excuse to clean up, and send their family and family members to the land of Helong, and distribute the vacated space to those who support Marshal Shao.

That's how the basic disk came about.

And after the basic disk is gradually expanded, there is no need to care about those aristocratic families, and there will be more means available at that time.

After Gaozong and Empress Wu had stabilized their positions, they found fault with those big clans every three days, which greatly reduced their strength.Otherwise, most of the big clans who set up troops to fight the world at this time are exactly the same as those in the last years of other dynasties, rather than warriors from grass roots.

Furthermore, in fact, the top elites are all very winking, Xiao Yu has figured it out now, and plans to cut off his tail to survive.

The world is in chaos, the people are suffering unspeakably, everyone is suffering, so can the aristocratic and powerful families have losses?
"Since that's the case, my family also has some wasteland. In Zheng County, it seems that tens of hectares of land can be reclaimed." Wang Bian said helplessly: "The three counties in Huazhou are still not big enough. Tongzhou is larger, but most of them are limited. This With so many soldiers coming this time, it has already reached its peak, if people are captured again in the future, I am afraid that they will not be able to be resettled in Tonghua."

Huazhou was the first stop to recruit refugees from the Kanto region, and the natural population surged.This time, tens of thousands of people who were plundered from Henan Province were distributed. The population of the prefecture has reached 50 million, which greatly exceeds the carrying capacity of the land.

"Don't worry, Feng and Sheng are desolate, as much land as you want, I will send it there in the future." Shao Shude said.

Fengzhou and Shengzhou are sparsely populated and can even be described as barren. Land is not a problem at all.

However, according to the policy set by Shao Shude, a household can only have a maximum of [-] mu.

At the beginning, Huizhou encouraged immigrants to guard the border, and each household was given one hectare (100 mu) of land, but now this policy has been abolished, because it is no longer a border.

If the two prefectures of Fengfeng and Sheng are not enough, then send immigrants to Helong, which is a big policy.

"The spring sowing will be next month, so we can't delay it." Shao Shude warned again: "Eastern Expedition, not just this time, the food in Huazhou is very important."

"Commander, if there is no disaster in the three counties of Huazhou, they may produce more than two million dendrobium of grain and beans this year." Wang Bian said again.

Shao Shude made a rough estimate and found it acceptable.

The two towns of Weibei and Huazhou have a total of six states, which are quite different from Guanbei and Helong. The most important thing is that the population is larger and the social order has not been subverted. It did not completely break the original interest class.

Digesting these places will naturally take more time and energy.

After digesting as a sample, if the effect is really good, then it can be generalized.

In Guanzhong, the interests are very complicated.

(End of this chapter)