Reborn in the Three Kingdoms, I stole Liu Bei's uncle

Liu Bei had served as a county magistrate in Pingyuan County. Although he had some experience in governing the people, he still felt overwhelmed when faced with the poor and chaotic situation.

He knows that no matter what he does, the most important thing is people.

What Luoyang City lacks most now is people, especially literate people.

As soon as I started looking for a teacher, I already knew how many educated people there were in Luoyang City.

Liu Bei had no choice but to select a dozen of them.

After selecting them, Liu Bei began his work.

Measure the land. This is the basis of everything.

Without these data, there would be no basis for the implementation of the Military Farming Order.

The same is true for the number of refugees recruited.

When taking measurements, illiterate personnel can be used, and the data can be recorded and compiled into a book, but someone is needed to record them.

This project is cumbersome and huge.

After this period of time, Liu Bei led everyone to work from dawn to dusk and finally measured the land of Luoyang.

The next step is to count the population. Currently, we only know that there are 100,000 people, young and old, in Luoyang City, but no one has a clear idea of ​​the specific situation.

Due to the concentrated population, population statistics work progresses much faster than land measurement.

After these two data were compiled, Liu Bei presented the bamboo book to Liu Yu.

"My dear brother, according to the current statistics, there are 2,301 young people without any support. Most of them have been separated from their parents, and some are orphans themselves."

Twenty-two thousand three hundred and one teenagers meant that these people had no ability to farm, and even if they were given land, it would be difficult for them to survive.

Liu Yu followed Liu Bei and came to the front of those young men, most of whom were boys, around ten years old.

"Brother, how do you think we should place these children?"

"Boys go to the military camp, and girls go to the government office."

Liu Yu nodded, this is the safest way at the moment.

Following an order, the teenagers slowly left with the crowd. There was expectation in their eyes, but more of panic, because they knew that they were going to an unfamiliar environment. No matter whether this environment was good or bad, before arriving, the fear of unfamiliar things appeared in their hearts.

"I do not go."

A shrill shout came from the orderly crowd.

There was a brief moment of confusion among the crowd, but it soon calmed down. The young man who had spoken just now had been taken out by the soldiers.

Liu Yu looked at the young man, who was about thirteen or fourteen years old, quite tall and skinny. There was not much fear in his eyes, but rather calmness.

The soldiers were full of anger. Soldiers were unwilling to talk, they believed more in their fists.

If Liu Yu had not been there, the young man would have certainly been severely beaten.

Liu Yu waved his hand to signal the soldier to let the boy go. He walked up to the boy and asked, "Why don't you want to go?"

"I don't want to go to the army, I want to learn swordsmanship."

The boy said it with certainty without any hesitation.

Liu Yu waved his hand to signal the soldiers to leave, leaving the young man standing there alone.

Liu Yu borrowed the booklet from Liu Bei and silently thought about the current situation.

"Brother, divide these people into families and give them ten acres of land each. The land is shared by all and can only be cultivated, not bought or sold. The tax is one tenth."

"After each family is allocated land, they can cultivate it on their own. We will temporarily lend them the seeds, but they need to pay them back after the harvest."

“Also tell them that our relief will be suspended in ten days. During the harvest period, families can still borrow food, but they will need to repay it after the harvest.”

Without fighting the local tyrants, the land should be distributed. After some thought, Liu Yu still decided to contract the land to each household. Later experience has shown that this method can maximize the enthusiasm of the people.

Each person has ten mu of land. After repeated calculations, Liu Yu found that the land is now barren and the maximum grain yield per mu can reach 250 kilograms. The total output of ten mu of land should be 3,000 kilograms.

After taking one tenth of the tax, there was a remainder of 2,700 kilograms.

Cui Shi's "Political Theory" mentioned that an adult man should consume 2,800 kilograms of grain per year, a woman 1,000 kilograms, and a child 600 kilograms.

According to this situation, ten acres of land per person is enough for family expenses.

Don't forget, this is just one season. In another season, the land can be used to grow vegetables, which can effectively reduce food consumption.

The 100,000 people are all young and old, so there is no problem with adults. Although they consume less, their output is the same.

Liu Yu calculated again and again, and no matter how he calculated, they would not starve unless they encountered a year of great disaster and no harvest.

If the land is cultivated well, there will most likely be a surplus.

In this era, for ordinary people to have a surplus of food was extremely rare, just like winning a five million dollar jackpot in later generations.

Liu Yu believed that the announcement of the land policy would be warmly welcomed by hundreds of thousands of people, young and old.

He might even feel a huge cheer from the crowd.

The emperor’s uncle is wise.

The Emperor’s uncle is our adoptive parent.

The emperor’s uncle gave me land and lent me food, so he is my great benefactor.

As Liu Yu expected, when Liu Bei announced the policy, there was indeed a huge noise from the crowd. But this noise was not cheering, but wailing and anger.

Countless people could not understand why the relief to them was stopped when there was clearly so much food stored in the rations.

When people get used to a certain state, they will gradually lose themselves and take for granted everything that does not belong to them.

Only the truly strong ones will not get lost in illusions. No matter what the circumstances, they will stay awake and improve themselves.

Maybe the dream is always out of reach, but they still try hard, try hard, and then calmly accept the outcome.

The wailing sounds did not last long, because they found that no matter how much they wailed, Liu Yu and others remained indifferent.

They understood that Liu Huangshu was serious. Wasn't he known for his benevolence and righteousness? Why did he suddenly change his temper? When they realized that wailing was useless, they quickly accepted the reality.

Liu Bei took them to measure the land and then distributed the seeds to everyone.

Liu Yu saw that they had woken up from their fantasy and began to think about the current situation again.

After a brief thought, many people realized that ten acres of good farmland per person would be enough to ensure that they would have no worries about food and clothing in this era.

Everyone looked at the land beneath them, as if they were seeing the most delicious food. The feeling was very real.

When they woke up from the illusion, everyone started to get busy. Young and old joined in, and it was a lively scene everywhere.

They worked hard, and diligence and simplicity returned to them.

Liu Yu looked at everything in front of him and a smile appeared on his face.

When a country prospers, the people suffer; when a country perishes, the people suffer even more.

The people living in this era have suffered too much hardship, and their hearts have long been tortured and riddled with holes, but Liu Yu believes that the simplicity deep in the Chinese nation still exists. As long as he can guide it, this spirit will bloom like a flower, the most gorgeous flower.