Kingdom of Heaven and Han

Chapter 692 Treatment
A cloud floated from the sky, covering the sun, and the world seemed to be much cooler.The Maemi on the willow also stopped singing, trying to catch its breath.

Under the shed in the yard, the soldiers set out food and wine.

The main course is eaten by the servants here at noon, a large pot of cabbage, tofu, beans, eggplant and pork belly stewed in a big mess.There is a lot of tofu in it, and the meat is only a few large pieces of fatty meat.There is also a plate of pickled vegetables, served with black steamed buns, which is the most important meal of the day for the servant.

The servants go out to work, eat breakfast at home, lunch is provided by the official, and dinner is eaten at home.In order to save food at home, many people usually don't eat in the morning, work hungry all morning, and eat more at noon.

Wang Xiaolie looked at the dishes on the table, and said to Tong Shiro, the builder, "Grandpa, are you still used to the food here? Are you eating well?"

Tong Silang said: "There are white flour steamed buns and meat every day, so it's great."

Wang Xiaolie picked up a steamed bun, looked it back and forth, and said: "The steamed bun is indeed made of wheat flour, but it is too dark. Do you also eat such a dark steamed bun in your family? As for the meat, a big pot of vegetables, there is No Erliang?"

Tong Silang smiled and said: "Officer, this steamed bun is not considered black. I don't think it's bad. It should be half a catty of wheat flour, which is the case in everyone's house. In recent years, the channels have been in disrepair, and many places have not been able to get them." Watering, as long as there is white flour to eat, it’s fine. As for meat, it’s not cheap, it’s just a taste.”

Wang Xiaolie nodded: "Yes, if the canals are not repaired, the fields will not be able to be watered in the drought. Watering the wheat is not enough, so we can only plant something else. After a busy year or two, Henan The government should make a unified plan to see how many channels need to be repaired, and it will be enough to repair it year by year."

Tong Silang and several old people said together: "With channels, not only wheat can be grown, but rice can also be grown. Around Luoyang, rice is always grown in peacetime."

When people in later generations talk about high-yield crops, they are corn and the like.As a C[-] plant, corn is indeed more likely to produce higher yields than C[-] plants such as rice and wheat.But in this day and age, the real high-yielding crop is rice.Generally speaking, with similar labor, the yield of rice per mu can be nearly twice that of wheat.As long as paddy fields can be reclaimed, people will try their best to plant rice.

Around Luoyang, where the Yi and Luo rivers can be irrigated, it is customary to grow rice.It's just that when Jin Bing came south, most of the irrigation canals were abandoned, and rice could not be grown here.Due to good water conservancy conditions, wheat has been grown in many places.

Generally speaking, rice is grown in places with the best water conservancy conditions in this era, and wheat is grown in places with poorer water conservancy conditions.Those who can't water can only grow corn.

Wang Xiaolie said: "Whether it is planting rice or wheat, the canals will eventually need to be rebuilt. If you want to build water conservancy, you need people, and you need people to contribute. Like now, fifty workers a year, do you think it is too much?" ?”

Tong Shiro was a little embarrassed.Said: "Don't hide from the officials, there are still many. There are [-] days in a year, and there are [-] days of corvee. How many days do the people have for themselves? However, compared with before, it is not too many." .”

Wang Xiaolie nodded.Asked: "Then what do you think is the right number of jobs a year?"

Tong Silang said: "When chatting on weekdays, the family thinks that thirty workers a year is not too much or too little."

Wang Xiaolie said to Chen Qiudao: "Twenty workers have been reduced at once. I'm afraid it won't work in a short time. Now that the world is in a waste of time, people are needed everywhere, and the corvee dare not reduce so much at once. One worker is one hundred. Wen, if you reduce [-] jobs, the government will spend two more money for one person. Alas, there is still a shortage of money now."

Tong Silang said: "Officials don't need to worry. We ordinary people are chatting, so we can't take it seriously."

Wang Xiaolie sighed: "Why can't it be taken seriously? The affairs of the world are how much the government thinks the people should pay, how much the people think they should pay, and find a compromise amount. If the government has spare capacity, of course the people will pay more. The less the better. If you think [-] workers is good, then this is a reasonable value, and the government should try to rely on this number. There is no way for a while, so we can only start with [-] workers. After the conditions are better, we can reduce it to [-]. a job."

Chen Qiudao said: "When the number of workers is reduced to thirty, the common people think that twenty workers are better. If it is really reduced to twenty workers, they still think it is too much."

Wang Xiaolie nodded: "The counselor is right. The government wants the people to contribute more, and the people hope to contribute less. This is the way it is. Now fifty workers a year is indeed much more, so we all hope to reduce it slowly. But At the end of the reduction, there will always be a number. After this number, the people will pay less for work, but they will have to pay more in other aspects. At this time, the government and the people can reach a consensus, and it is this number.”

Chen Qiudao frowned, thought for a while, but couldn't understand what Wang Xiaolie meant, so he could only shake his head.

Wang Xiaolie said: "In theory, we think there is such a number, but in reality, we can't find it. There is always a range, some people think it is suitable, and some people feel uncomfortable. As long as it is within this range, It's justified."

Tong Shilang and the others dared not speak, and looked at each other in blank dismay.Chen Qiudao felt that Wang Xiaolie's words were out of place, so he didn't talk to him.

Wang Xiaolie could only sigh helplessly and said nothing more.

The soldiers grilled the catfish and brought them up, and poured wine for everyone.

Wang Xiaolie said: "Today we are here, grilled a few catfish, please have a taste, and drink two glasses of wine. Also, after we leave, we will slaughter a few pigs in the evening, and we must ensure that each person has half a catty of meat to eat." .Everyone has worked so hard, the government invited you."

Tong Silang and the others were overjoyed, and hurriedly thanked Wang Xiaolie.

Wang Xiaolie picked up the chopsticks, first took a piece of tofu that was being stewed, and then picked up a steamed bun.He said to Chen Qiudao: "Counselor, it's rare for us to go to this kind of place, and we want to taste what the workers eat."

Chen Qiudao nodded, and also picked up a steamed bun.

The flour is black because the flour extraction rate is high and the flour is mixed with bran.This is not the whole wheat bread eaten by the later generations. It is not delicate, and the bran will make your throat worse.People who don't eat it often will frown when they eat this kind of food.

Generally speaking, when the flour extraction rate of wheat flour drops below [-]%, the flour will be very white.The higher you go, the darker the flour.Steamed buns made from flour with a flour extraction rate as high as [-]% or more, taste really bad.

In Wang Xiaolie's previous life, because bran is a high-quality feed and people's pursuit of quality of life, the flour extraction rate dropped to less than [-]%.The steamed buns made are soft, glutinous and sweet, which is not comparable to this kind of steamed buns.The steamed buns have a sour taste in your mouth, which is really hard to describe.

(It was supposed to be added in the morning, but it turned out to be in the afternoon. Sorry.)
(End of this chapter)