One Piece of Song Dynasty

Of course, in order to accommodate these new immigrants, officials such as Lu Wenbin and Hu Hukun had made a lot of preparations in advance according to Li Xin's instructions. All kinds of production materials, such as wheat seeds, farm tools, etc., were shipped from Jeju Island, while cattle were purchased from nearby Japan and distributed one to every five households.

Each of these cattle was worth about four to five thousand Chinese dollars. The Japanese did not accept Chinese dollars, so Lu Wenbin exchanged ironware or other daily necessities of the same value with the Japanese Mutsu Kingdom near Beiting Prefecture. The result was a happy one for both parties.

The ironware brought by Lu Wenbin was very expensive in Japan at this time, because the Japanese smelting technology at this time was not up to par, and the quality of the ironware produced was very poor, which could not be compared with the ironware produced in the Central Plains.

According to historical records, in ancient Japan, even iron needles had to be imported from China to meet its needs, which is evident from this.

Because the price of ironware in Japan was extremely high, Lu Wenbin used very few commodities in exchange for the needed cattle.

It is quite difficult to live in a bitter and cold place like Beiting Mansion. Basically, spring wheat can only be planted once a year during the short frost-free period, and harvested around mid-August of the lunar calendar. The rest of the year, it is difficult to plant crops because the weather is too cold. Therefore, when this group of immigrants arrives now, they must seize the time to reclaim wasteland and build residences. They must complete these preparations before it starts to snow, and then they can sow spring wheat after next spring.

Taking into account the living conditions of these immigrants, they will be much more difficult than those in the mainland. Li Xin specifically stipulated that all wheat seeds, farm tools, and cattle needed by the immigrants would be distributed free of charge. From now until this time next year, during the entire year, Li Xin will provide money and distribute it based on the standard of one thousand Chinese dollars per household per month to ensure that this first batch of immigrants arrive. Having enough food and clothing, and living a worry-free life.

As for the newly formed villages of these immigrants, they are the same as those in the inland villages. Every ten households have a chief, who is an older person with good moral character. The chief is usually responsible for taking care of the cattle, distributing farm tools, seeds, and Coordinate the daily conflicts between these ten families, convey orders from superiors, supervise tax payment and other matters. Ten Jia chiefs constitute one village, and the village chief is temporarily elected by one of the ten Jia chiefs. Ten villages constitute one town, and the town chief is appointed by the government.

Then, Huzi Kun, the magistrate of Beiting Prefecture, issued regulations to these immigrants, telling them that starting from next year, all grain taxes would be exempted for a total of three years. Until the expiration of the three years, the annual harvest per mu of land would be paid. Grain tax is collected once a year as a basis and never changes.

Hu Hukun's order made all the immigrant people extremely happy.

These uneducated people immediately understood clearly in their minds that although they could only grow wheat for one season a year in Beiting City, the soil was fertile and the wheat yield would definitely be much higher than that in the mainland. The land can produce at least one stone of wheat. In this way, you can harvest at least 40 shi of wheat a year. If the tax is 4%, you only need to pay 36 shi of wheat in grain tax every year. You can have shi of wheat left for your own consumption or resale, and there is still a full three years of tax exemption. , such conditions are still very favorable.

The immigrants who were originally quite afraid of settling in Beiting Mansion are now full of expectations for their future life.

Zhao Yizhu's family was full of energy at this time. They worked hard to open up the 40 acres of wasteland granted to them, clearing and plowing the land. At the same time, they began to seize the time to use the building materials provided by Li Xin for free to build their own houses. This allowed the family to officially settle down in this distant and unfamiliar land.

At the end of September, two days before the first heavy snowfall, Liu Dazhu's family's new home was officially built. By this time, 40 acres of land had already been developed.

On the day when the new home was completed, the whole family happily celebrated with wine. The warm fire lit up every smiling face, and everyone's eyes were full of expectation and joy. Zhao Yizhu's family all felt in their hearts that at this moment, Beiting City, a city whose name they had never heard of before, had begun to be connected with their true blood.

After attending her brother's wedding in Yanjing, Li Qingling took a few days' rest and left for Fujian alone with a few guards. He is currently studying at Fujian University, the former Fujian Chongwen College. He is still a freshman and will be studying in Fujian University in autumn this year. Will be entering sophomore year.

Li Qingling is the son of Li Xin and Maode Diji Zhao Fujin, who is now the Imperial Concubine of the Tang Dynasty. He is the second among Li Xin's sons. Li Qingling has been fond of reading since she was a child. She reads all kinds of books, but her favorite is novels, especially novels. In martial arts novels, he admires the idea of ​​"a great chivalrous person serving the country and the people". Of course, because of reading martial arts novels, he is also very interested in martial arts, and often invites Cao Long and other Imperial Guard generals. Teach him martial arts.

After attending primary school in Lin'an for six years, he had a tangled time about which Imperial College to choose to continue his studies. Li Qingling was not a particularly decisive person. Faced with so many Imperial Colleges, he hesitated and didn't know which one to choose. Well, according to his mother Zhao Fujin's intention, she wanted him to go to Chongwen Academy, because Chongwen Academy was an imperial college that taught Confucianism and some political knowledge. At that time, Li Xin had already told Liang Hongyu to inform everyone about the selection method of the successor. After learning that When Li Xin did not choose the heir according to the eldest son inheritance system, Zhao Fujin certainly had an idea in his heart. If he did not use the eldest son inheritance system, it meant that his son also had a chance. Therefore, Zhao Fujin wanted his son to go to Chongwen Academy to learn the ways of governing the world. of.

After Zhao Fujin told Li Qingling his thoughts, Li Qingling was hesitant. At that time, he had not yet thought about what he wanted to do in the future. Although he was influenced by the idea of ​​"a great chivalrous person serves the country and the people", he also wanted to serve the country. He wanted to do something, but he was not sure whether he could take over his father's authority and run the country in the future. After all, he was only twelve years old at that time, and his mind was still relatively immature. He didn't know whether he could pass his father's postgraduate entrance examination, or whether he could pass his father's postgraduate entrance examination or not. Said he didn't have enough confidence in himself.

After struggling to the end, Li Qingling went to talk to her aunt Li Jing. Li Jing pulled out the grade file of Li Qingling's elementary school and found that his grades in mathematics were average, but his grades in history and Confucianism were better than those in mathematics. After reading the files, Li Jing asked him again. After a few questions, she learned that Li Qingling was not interested in medicine or journalism, so Li Jing also suggested that he go to Chongwen Academy, because except for the three universities of medicine, journalism, and Chongwen Academy, other universities have relatively high requirements for mathematics. In fact, these three universities also have certain requirements for mathematics, but the standards are not that high.

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