I rebelled in the Song Dynasty

These victims are also a problem, and Liu Sheng cannot keep raising them and let them sit around and bask in the sun all day long.

It's a waste.

The best way is to give them something to do.

Relief through work was first proposed by Fan Zhongyan during the Shenzong reign of the Northern Song Dynasty.

He was attacked by political opponents as having three policies, which allowed merchants to sell grain at a price of no less than 150 Wen per pound. Grain merchants from all over the world smelled the business opportunities and came here.

Grain was transported to Hangzhou one after another. As a result, Fan Zhongyan sold the grain in the official treasury at a low price. The merchants had no choice but to lower the price. Later, Fan Zhongyan held various competitions. The winning merchants were exempted from taxes for three years, which made major Merchants have participated in the competition, boosting domestic demand.

In addition, during the famine years, the cost of labor was extremely low, so he persuaded the abbots of major temples to renovate their temples. As a result, no one in Hangzhou died of hunger during the famine years, and everyone in Hangzhou made a small fortune.

But that was just one city, and it was located in the prosperous Suzhou and Hangzhou, while Liu Sheng was in a frontier fortress where business was not prosperous and had a population of one state. What kind of project would require hundreds of thousands of people?

Even if you build him a palace in Yingzhou, you won’t need so many people!

He had too much manpower but no good projects. Qin Shihuang would probably laugh to death because of this.

If you want to use work as a substitute for relief, the major projects in ancient times were nothing more than clearing rivers and building embankments, which were all done in the autumn when the rivers dried up.

Now if you want to dig a river channel, the heavy snow in Yingzhou is almost two meters thick. First, you have to determine the position of the river on the white snow, move the snow on the river surface, and then dig out ice cubes that are stronger than reinforced concrete.

I don’t know how deep I have to dig, maybe the whole river is frozen, and then I brave the cold and jump into the water...

This is tantamount to asking them to die.

The key point is that this place in the northwest has always had droughts and never heard of floods.

If Liu Sheng really lets them dig rivers, the good reputation he has accumulated will be wiped out in an instant, and he will be scolded to death.

There is another very important question, where will they live next spring?

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In the land of Yanyun, the Khitan people fully developed their nomadic nature. A large amount of land was abandoned and grass grew, which was used by them for nomadic herding.

Our ancestors have already given the answer to which one is more cost-effective, nomadic or farming. One acre of grain can keep a family of five living half-dead for several months.

But one acre of grass cannot feed ten cows.

Those lands are good fields, and it would be a pity to use them for grazing.

The yield from grazing is too low and inconsistent.

Liu Sheng planned to let some herders return their herds to their fields directly.

Set aside some areas for farming and allow some areas that cannot grow food to be grazed in a planned way.

But it is still too early to talk about these things. The first thing that needs to be solved is their housing problem.

There's nothing to do in this winter, it's all a waste of manpower.

Liu Sheng thought for a long time and decided to burn bricks and build a house for them.

There are no floods in the northwest, but droughts are common.

A large reservoir can be dug, and the mud from the reservoir can be used to bake bricks, killing two birds with one stone.

Build brick and tile houses for the people and have a place to live, so they will no longer be nomadic.

This is also a means of controlling them.

Building houses is closely related to everyone,

If you want to tame these nomads, you have to let them have their own property.

The proletarians have no perseverance. Only if they have their own property will they be willing to stay and stop running around?

In fact, these herders are not living a very good life. They have no property of their own at all.

All the property in the tribe belongs to the leader, and most of them are slaves of the leader.

There seem to be a lot of cattle and sheep, but in fact they can't eat beef and mutton at all.

Just a little bit of cheese and some wild vegetables to satisfy my hunger,

Their life is very hard. As long as Liu Sheng is willing to distribute land and houses to them, they will fall in love with Liu Sheng in an instant.

Professional matters should be left to professionals. Liu Sheng only told Sima and Lu Shi his thoughts.

Let them choose a good place where water can be stored and the soil is soft enough for digging.

Liu Sheng emphasized to them again and again that this was not labor, but to help them build their own homes.

Propaganda work must be done well, and there is no need to forcefully recruit those who are unwilling to come.

As long as next spring comes, don't envy other people's brick houses.

Liu Sheng proposed that the number of people working every day should be paid ten cents a day for manual labor, and two cents for carrying two hundred kilograms of coal.

Sima said: "General, is this price too low?"

Liu Sheng also understood that the wages were indeed a bit low, but Yingzhou had food but not much money.

The bricks they fired will then be sold to them at a very low price.

Liu Sheng only asked, "How much money is left in the account?"

Sima was momentarily speechless.

At this time, the recorder said: "Sir, can you issue official seals so that they can exchange them for corresponding tools?"

What is proposed in recording things is similar to work points. How much work a person does is recorded as work points. When the time comes, things will be distributed based on the work points.

Liu Sheng refused. Work points are a kind of certificate issued based on the trust of the government.

It does not have the disadvantages of trading and free buying and selling, but it also relatively ensures fairness.

It is not the case that Yingzhou can do housework now. It needs a court that the people can trust to take the blame. It is difficult for Liu Sheng to convince the people with his empty talk.

But giving money is different. Everyone agrees and you can spend it wherever you go.

The essence of Liu Sheng's money is to stimulate the market.

Business is dynamic only when it flows.

There are only a handful of businesses in Yingzhou, and the handicraft industry is almost zero.

Too poor, most people do what they can.

But there are many rich people in Yingzhou, and every household has its own place to eat, drink and have fun.

Not looking for fun in the city at all.

It can be seen from the fact that several twenty groups lost Liu Sheng tens of thousands of dollars in gambling in one night.

Their real estate outside the city and the cattle and sheep they control in the hands of herdsmen are probably tens of thousands.

Even they themselves couldn't tell how many cows and sheep they had.

This made Liu Sheng very jealous and wanted to kill them, but he didn't want to be known as a moneymaker.

Then he said to Sima He Lushi.

“It’s snowing heavily today. It’s a time of crisis for Yingzhou. We, Yingzhou, should unite as one and work together to overcome the difficulties.

Therefore, I am determined to implement the new method.

All land will be owned by the government and cannot be bought or sold by private individuals.

You go to the big houses in the city and explain clearly what I mean to the general. After the road to Shuozhou is opened, someone will come to contact you and others.

If there are any who are stubborn, no need to say more, go to General Soraka, he knows what to do. "

Both of them were so shocked by Liu Sheng's words that they dared not speak out. Although they were dedicated to serving the people, this was affecting their cake.

They occupy most of the land outside the city.