Zhao Tongzong said again: "Zheng Zhizhou, they don't realize it today. Sooner or later, they will miss you very much."

"Not necessarily, in the next few years, there will be many things. If one does not handle it well, it will cause trouble. Let's talk about it until the matter is settled." Zheng Lang said, and then said: "In fact, many people ignore a place."

"where."

"The two sandbanks on the Yangtze River."

"seed?"

"Yes." This is the key.

Later generations often don’t understand that my family also farms. One person has only one acre of land, and the whole family can support it. Why can one person have several acres of land, or even ten acres of land in the Song Dynasty, only food and clothing can be said to be fed and fed, but there will still be problems when there is a famine? It is the yield!

Along the Yellow River, the yield in two seasons is less than three stones. In a high-yield field in later generations, one acre of rice can harvest more than one thousand kilograms and more than ten stones per season. Because the yield is low, more plants are needed for a single plant. Originally, five kilograms of seeds per acre of land, but in the Song Dynasty, one acre of land may have to take twenty kilograms of seeds.

The farmers lived a hard life. Some couples, together with the help of children and elderly people in the family, actually cultivated nearly 100 acres of grain. So much grain was cultivated and harvested, all of which were primitive handmade, and some did not have cattle, so they used ploughs to cultivate, which was unimaginable in later generations.

Then pay a heavy tax. Even if the Jiangnan pier is produced with high yields, a family of five or six wants to have all their food and clothing, and maintain at least 30 acres of land. If you have seventy or eighty acres of land, you can gradually advance to a preliminary well-off life, build a few decent tiled houses, dress well, and ask for a good wife for your son.

Therefore, Zheng Lang attaches great importance to seeds. He does not have hybridization technology or fertilizers. He can only use the original method to cultivate better crop seeds step by step. Good seeds have high yields per plant, need to have a small seed volume, and the yield per mu can be increased. It is impossible to see one acre of land. If all these excellent seeds are used along the river, what impact will they have?

If possible, it would be pitiful to think of it as a single acre of land that would make its rice yield reach about 500 kilograms, but in this era, it would be a shocking miracle that would bring earth-shaking changes to the Song Dynasty. All this was about to start from those two sandbanks. The more intentionally the seeds evolved, the faster the evolution would be.

But the process will be very slow, maybe ten years, twenty years, or thirty years. That's it. Except for a very small number of high-yield fields, it is impossible to reach more than 500 kilograms per mu. Even the most fertile polder fields can produce 400 kilograms at an average of 400 kilograms, which will make the monarchs and ministers laugh so hard that they can't close their mouths.

In addition, if one season of wheat or two seasons of rice, it is not a dream to produce six stones at all. It is even more than eight stones at a high yield. If one acre of land increases the yield of one stone, it will...

He said lightly, and told the little official on the sandbank that this time it was a little more detailed. Some people dare not say that if there would be rice yielding 20 stones per acre in the experimental field later, Zhao Tongzhang would definitely touch his head: "Zheng Zhizhou, you are not sick, are you? Why are you talking nonsense?"

It has made Zhao Tong look yearning.

In the distance, Cui Xian waved at Zheng Lang. Zheng Lang stood up on the stone, walked over and asked, "Cui Xian, what's wrong?"

"Your students don't care?"

Zheng Lang looked at the four students and was very happy to come out. They also came up with ideas and felt a sense of accomplishment. So he thrust into the people, talked to the people from time to time, and had a lot of fun.

"Don't be afraid, it's also a kind of reading, listening, and thinking. I trained them to be a good official, not a dead-study book. The same is true for the country. I would rather have an official than a nerd and top scholar. Relax occasionally is beneficial or harmful to learning. When I was studying, I also relaxed, playing the piano, practicing calligraphy, painting, and even carving." When I said this, I scratched my head, let alone carving, and even playing the piano, and I almost lost time to play the piano. I said: "Cui Xian, look at how many of the so-called gentlemen in the court really care about the people? Let them be close to the people now, and when they become officials in the future, they will truly love the people, rather than some gentlemen in the court."

Choi Xian disagreed. The country is so big, can you save it alone?

But my husband wants to be close to the people and love the people, so he has to cooperate.

Jiang Xing'er suddenly said, "This will be a place of hope."

A few months ago, it was so hot that I couldn't even speak, but today I was neither cold nor hot, and there was a clear lake in the distance, with water birds flying, the blue sky high, and the people were happy, Jiang Xing'er fell in love with this land again.

Zheng Lang had an idea and said, "Xing'er, I'll teach you a song."

Talent and wisdom, Jiang Xing'er is not as good as Cui Xian, but her familiarity with music and calligraphy are all above Cui Xian.

However, the four wives and concubines in the family are all intellectuals. Sier knows many words, and occasionally a few words of ridiculous saints' righteousness appear, and Huan'er also knows many words.

Jiang Xing'er said: "Officials, what songs are you?"

"Listen, our hometown is in the field of hope

Smoke drifts on newly built houses

A small river flows beside a beautiful village

A piece of winter wheat..." Zheng Lang combined the beat and made some minor changes to sing the song.

Cui Xian said: "It's so vulgar, so you don't allow it to sing."

If you want to sing, you have to sing at least a few elegant lyrics.

"Cui Xian, you have heard many long and short sentences, which were written by scholars and literati. There are many beautiful short sentences in them, which are very good, but are there any dross in them? Think about it again, there are many ministers who do their best to the country, but are there any ministers named scholars who actually do a lot of dirty things? The group of ragged people in front of you is unbearable to the eyes. Are some people very kind and simple? Just like this song, although vulgar, they are full of optimistic and upward spirit? Will they be happier when they sing this song full of optimism?"

"Yes," Jiang Xing'er said.

Cui Xian was still not satisfied. She was the child of an official. This song that was so vulgar that she didn't like it very much, but her husband insisted and had to stop talking.

Jiang Xinger sang it out.

It is easier to remember and catchy, and it is just in line with the mood of these people, and it started singing in a while.

With the hopeful singing, eight days passed and the official circle of the temple was officially launched.

But many troubles arise. There are only a few thousand households who are truly landless. However, people have a group mentality. Seeing someone taking action, others join in one after another. Even first-class households and second-class households join in to join in the fun. These families have a large population and shamelessly count the family guests. How could Zheng Lang bear it? He also urgently issued a ruling to set an upper limit, with the force limit of four men and four women, and the mouth is 15 people. If there are too many, there will be only so many land for you.

Otherwise, it would not be enough to divide the family. Their production of fifteen people and eight laborers is also considered that although there are many brothers like the Zhu family, their brothers and sisters-in-law are unwilling to divide the family. Otherwise, the upper limit will be smaller.

Another order was issued that those with third-class households or above shall not join.

Some officials forcibly assign service to fifth-class households to deal with the service, but they dare not divide the fifth-class household into third-class households by mistake. The minimum mistake is also the fourth-class household with a slightly better family background. These people should not join in the fun.

It is this doctrine that causes a lot of trouble.

First of all, these third-class households did not speak out without great benefits before. Now they feel wronged and come to the county government to sue. I am not a third-class household. If I can’t win, I will be involved in the state government government. Zheng Lang had to deal with it and send minor officials to investigate, otherwise things would be a big deal. If a joint letter was sent to the capital, some big bosses would not know the matter and think it was a public grievance and ordered it to stop, and all plans would be ruined.

Others are also unfair.

If you get good luck, even if you have a little benefit, you will feel better.

The people who reported the number of exports wanted to occupy more land, and there were shameless people. The fifteen people in the family reported twenty-five people. Now the land was not occupied, and the household registration list changed from six or seven people to twenty-five people, and they would be assigned to the vassal in the future.

After a joint talk, Zheng Lang was easy to speak. With a wave of his hand, another order was taken. The number of people in the household registration was only for the number of households in Xinxu District, and it had nothing to do with other families. However, they completely cut off their delusions.

Some people were even more dissatisfied, and even threatened not to let the civilians demolition and dikes break down their private ditches. They may not dare to do everything, nor may no one dare not do it. This is a test of Zheng Lang's bottom line again and again. Zheng Lang did not make any noise after learning about it, and secretly asked Jiang and Ning prefect Li Ruogu to support him again.

The local yamen runners are not very reliable. Those who dare to say this are all famous and powerful gentry in the local area, not the ones who dare to provoke them. Even the minor officials should greet them politely when they meet them. Only Congjiang would rather ask someone to come and support them.

Without attacking the whole thing, I stared at a family named Cao. The private ditches in the circle were very large, with five hectares of land. Only one hectares were reported when the report was reported. The loss was huge, and because of this incident, it was a big mess.

The embankment started to be in the circle and sent some civilians to demolish the embankment. Sure enough, people were sent to stop it. The minor officials in charge of the embankment came back to the city of Zhou to report that Zheng Lang would quietly arrive at the city of Ding. Tu Dijiang and Ning Yabos were released and captured all the Cao family members. He took the edict first, and the edict was written very clearly. If he did not give a private embankment, the edict would not be admitted. Compensation was my compromise, not a national edict. But now I am involved in the great cause of a state for a thousand years. You dare to obstruct it because it violated the law. Although I am the most important thing in harmony, I have to punish it.

He slapped a hundred shots and was imprisoned. Before Xinwei circle, Zheng Lang set an example and advocated moral integrity. There were very few prisoners in the prison cell. Then he ordered the Cao family to open the private Wuhuo, which was a strong Wuhuo, so he did not expect any compensation.

It was too easy to send people to investigate the Cao family's previous measures, but they didn't want to target them. It was too easy to use the power of a state to deal with a gentry with poor character. They sorted out some evil deeds one after another, and announced them to the public, and continued to punish them. Even some of the land that the Cao family had just bought in Wu and Hu were ready to build houses. The Cao family invited two lawsuit ghosts to sue. The court allowed the existence of the lawsuit ghosts, but Zheng Lang said: "Be rampant for the tiger!"

After another stick, after one hundred sticks, think about it and make money again.

Not only the stick, one of the lawsuit members was also in the ranks of building a dike, and immediately pulled it out and disqualified this qualification.

The Cao family was dissatisfied and threatened to go to the capital to sue. Zheng Lang said, "Go."

The sentence was once again fined, and the land property was not used to make up for the amount, and the Cao family was sentenced to two years in prison. Wu, Hu County's son, who was a servant, was sentenced to a strong servant. Another first-class household fell down and became quiet.

But Zheng Lang said in annoyance after returning: "It's too urgent."

Several students were speechless.

The order of the entire three counties was in chaos at this time.

Zheng Lang also said: "At this time, the major households in Taipingzhou had relatively simple backgrounds, small areas of the state, and small people. My measures have given benefits to all parties and mutual benefit. However, what if it is placed in a larger prefecture? What if it is placed in a country, what if it is placed in it?"

"Governing a big country is like cooking a small fresh food!" The four teenagers replied in unison.

"That's right, fortunately," Zheng Lang stroked his chest.

Many wealthy families have bought industries in Wuhu and Hu. Some houses are almost built and have invested a lot of money. Some have not thought about it. Seeing others doing this, they also buy land to build houses. Instead, these families hope to succeed.

Only when success can it become a model. There are rice and mulberry and hemp in the local area. The surrounding prefectures and counties have learned from each other, and they have a bright future. If they fail, what will these houses do? Besides, the land has skyrocketed dozens of times as you fight and I grab them.

They were probably indignant because they forced too much from the people to ban the rules of the top three households, but they couldn't get off the boat even if they got on their own "pirate ship". Most of the wealthy households could cooperate a little, otherwise it would be even more chaotic.

Guess it right!

Zheng Lang did a fair job, not to rob the rich and help the poor. As long as he did not do too much, he would replenish the fields in Huze and connect with Xiaowei, which was convenient and safer than before, and would benefit more than they were now. If he reported more than 80% of the time, he would benefit even more. But how could he be convinced if he had not eaten this largest cake?

There was a lot of complaints, and a new problem came. I bought the land and built the house. But what was going to be done? It was impossible to sell all the rice. It was to build an inn, a restaurant, a miscellaneous shop, a brothel, or a workshop? Most people didn't think about it at all. Now they were staring at the new house in a daze. And what about people? Not only did they need a friend and a craftsman, but where did they go to find tenant farmers to rent their land?

I can’t say it, and I can’t even think about it. Do I have to come here to help deliver the baby in the future?

Therefore, Zheng Lang said again: "This is the distribution of profit and virtue."

Virtue means righteousness, that is, forgetting righteousness when seeing profit, and it is not said that it is bad. Without this profit, people will not have the ambition to make progress. This is the source of social development, but if you forget righteousness when seeing profit, what can you do? You must also restrain morality.

This allocation will also be written in the doctrine of the mean next year.

Now that I don’t have the heart to think so much, I have to deal with many mother-in-law’s affairs every day, and I don’t come back with my tired body until it’s dark. Faced with the mentality of these wealthy families, Zheng Lang came up with a plan to ask Aunt Wei to return to Jiang, Ning, and meet with Jiang, Ning, and a few wealthy businessmen of Jiang, Ning, and tell the prospects of Wu and Hu.

Let them come over and attack and form a catfish effect. For the wealthy families in Taipingzhou, each of these people is a big crocodile. Once they join, they will make them feel nervous. And they are cross-river dragons or very fierce ones, and they can't afford to mess with them, so they will think it's worth it. Otherwise, they will be too resentful, which will not be a good thing.

He allocated another 10,000 yuan to start building a large regular wharf to accommodate the hearts of these wealthy families. The place was that they did not infringe on their interests, but they suffered some losses in the polder fields, and their actions could be put on the table. However, these wealthy families joined forces to oppose that even if they were themselves, they would lose to Maicheng.

Listening to his arrangements, Cui Xian flew with a charming look and said, "Official, are you so many strange ideas?"

Sima Guang said seriously: "My wife, if it weren't for the wonderful ideas of Doctor Zheng, there might be big trouble."

"Then do you think you should do it?"

"Do what you can."

"But if Doctor Zheng doesn't make the plan well, he may be wasted all his previous efforts," said Wang Anshi.

"Sima Sanlang is right. Even so, he is too impatient."

Zheng Lang had another thought that no one could see, but it was finally seen by someone.

The eight thousand households quickly recruited the people. After counting the labor force, it was found that about 14,000 men and 10,000 women were produced. Some were father and son soldiers, and some were brother soldiers. The number was large, but the quality was very problematic, so it would take longer than the 40-day Wanchunwei in history.

And a problem occurred shortly after the start of construction. In order to seek more land, the people squeezed out all the labor in their homes, including women. But what should they do at home? Some winter wheat and side dishes need to be irrigated and fertilized, or in one thing, they were originally arranged to ask for leave from the minor officials to make plans, but at this time, the minor officials were busy, so how could they have time to take care of them? The people were inconvenient and the minor officials were not convenient, so they told Zheng Lang. Zheng Lang immediately issued a decree, with one group of hundreds of people, asking them to choose a person who knew the characters every day to report to the regular characters, and count the days with the regular characters. In order to prevent cheating, they named the names on the spot and marked them on the spot.
To be continued...