Late Tang Dynasty Floating Life

Chapter 103 Achievements and Hidden Worry

After returning to Daying, Shao Shude read the information about the eight counties of Fuping that Chen Cheng had compiled for him.

After reading it, there was only a long sigh.

In the eight counties, the crops are harvested twice a year. Even if there is a war that requires mobilization of people's strength, they still produce more than 300 million dendrobium of grain throughout the year.Of course, this is an estimated number, but it should not be far from it in reality, and it may even exceed it.In contrast, the five counties in Suizhou only produced 30 million hu of grain in the year I first went there. The gap is so huge!
Judging from the tone of Chen Cheng's writing in the information, it should be envy and jealousy.

The Guanzhong Plain is really the capital of the emperor!There are more than 50 counties in Jingzhao Prefecture, with a population of about [-] million, and there are two prefectures in Tonghua. Alas, it is easy to operate, which is worth two Hedong.

It's just that it takes a lot of money to support the emperor and hundreds of officials and 20 Shence troops.Shao Shude once learned that the income of a sergeant in the Shence Army is several times that of an ordinary military sergeant, and the income gap between the middle and senior officers with more than ten generals is even more than ten times.Even if the factor of abnormally high prices in Chang'an is removed, the life of the sergeants can still be said to be affluent.

The emperor, in fact, is worthy of the Shence Army sergeant, and the Shence Army is sorry for the emperor.

Just imagine, if the Guanzhong Plain does not need to support the emperor's officials and Shence army, and trains the army according to the ordinary system of vassals and towns, this should be the most powerful town in the world, right?

Forget it, it's impossible, Shao Shude continued to read the information without thinking about it.

The eight counties of Fuping, under the current semi-military control system, can provide at least 200 million hu of military rations a year, as well as a large amount of firewood, melon beans, cloth, and copper coins.Although it is impossible for the camp in the north to take all the money and food, under the pressure of the warriors, it is not a problem to ask for the part that keeps the army running.

Such a good place, I don't want to leave.

But then he smiled wryly, if he didn't leave, where would the emperor go?Where are the officials going?The more than [-] counties in Jingzhao Mansion, plus seven or eight counties in the two prefectures of Tonghua, have always been directly held by the imperial court, so how could it be possible for him to split himself apart?
Although Zhu Wen was named Tonghua Jiedu envoy, he would not be able to sit for long, and sooner or later he would have to move.According to the memory of later generations, that is to go to Xuanwu and fight with Huang Chao. The court is actually quite dark, and he is not regarded as one of his own at all.

Shao Shude reluctantly put aside the information on the eight counties of Fuping, and turned to read the letter Song Le wrote to him.

This year, more than [-] hectares of fields have been opened in the state, which has just been completed.But the easy land has already been acquired. At least half of the newly acquired fields this year are irrigated by non-artesian canals. Considering the severe spring drought in Suizhou, if there are not enough water trucks, field irrigation will be very problematic.At present, the state is already desperately making such utensils, but the number of craftsmen is seriously insufficient. Even if many apprentices are recruited, they are still too difficult to use and cannot be replaced in a short time.

This has to find a way in Guanzhong again.

The people in Guanzhong provide food, money, craftsmen, and civilian households for the construction of Suizhou, and also support their own army. If they don't protect them well and give them a stable life, they are really worse than pigs and dogs.

"Bring Li Yanling here." Shao Shude said to Wei Boqiu.

"Stay here." Li Yanling hurried over and saluted.

"The three counties of Gaoling, Liyang, and Jingyang have experienced repeated wars. You can recruit more people to go to Suizhou. This year, the harvest in the eight counties of Fuping is not bad. Li Xiang also reported that there was still some grain in the Weiqiao warehouse, so he recruited more people. Three thousand households is the upper limit, and together with this group of prisoners, we will bring them all back to Suizhou." Shao Shude said: "Qiang Quansheng just came back, let him rest, this time it will be Li Renjun who will take one thousand auxiliary soldiers and charge five Thousands of hu grains and some rewards brought home by the soldiers, don’t make any mistakes.”

"The general will obey." Li Yanling replied, and then he couldn't help suggesting: "After staying, we can actually recruit more people. The people in the eight counties of Fuping still have some surplus food. Let's take troops to recruit and get 30 people." Dendrobium is fine. If you don’t want to hurt the common people, you can get more than 3 Dendrobium, which is enough to support [-] or [-] people.”

"I don't want it for now. When there is really no food in the future, I will distribute donations. Let them loosen it first. Besides, there are not so many fields for them to grow. Song Biejia has already informed a certain person that the reservoir will be overhauled. Water, next year we will not open more than [-] hectares of land. Do what you can, let’s do this first.” Shao Shude said.

This year's more than [-] hectares of land will first be distributed to the sergeants with [-] hectares.Twenty mu per person, [-] yuan per mu, [-] coins can be recovered as military rewards, which solved many difficulties, so as not to exploit the people in the eight counties of Fuping.So far, the [-] soldiers of the Tielin Army have land for everyone, although [-] acres is indeed not enough.

In the remaining land, another [-] hectares will be allocated to military farms.In this way, there will be [-] hectares, and [-] nests of captives will be needed to cultivate them.Song Biejia also mentioned that during the autumn harvest this year, military farms have obtained more than [-] hu of grain and some beans, which can be regarded as initial results, and this matter can continue to be operated.

Shao Shude calculated that the number of nesters transported back in batches before was 600 people. It is said that Kaihe killed a few hundred people, and the state soldiers killed a few hundred more. There should be more than [-] people.By the beginning of next spring, the earliest batch will be classified as private households. They are temporarily unable to buy land, so they can continue to rent land for military farms.

This is not counted as soldiers stationed in the field, but tenants and tenants. One mu of land can be rented at a fixed rate, or it can be divided into rents.One hundred and fifty yuan will be charged per mu, and thirty-five percent will be charged for the share, it's up to them to choose.But generally speaking, it is more cost-effective to use the "free" hives first.

In the end, there are about [-] hectares left, which can be sold to private households at a price of [-] yuan per mu.However, considering the economic situation of the people in Suizhou, it is better to rent it out as a state public land in a short time.After the people in Guanzhong who immigrated there are capable, they will be sold to them slowly, and the price can be lowered appropriately at that time.

Don't be reluctant to give up this little profit, even if you sell them [-] yuan per mu, so what?They are all their own sources of taxation, so it is natural to increase their enthusiasm.Shao Shude even considered allowing the Guanzhong immigrants to buy land in installments, so that they could settle down as soon as possible, so that they would not have to think hard and run back.

I really want to go back and have a look now!Shao Shude felt a little overwhelmed.

He led his troops to fight life and death in Guanzhong, one was to exterminate the nest thieves and protect the people of one side, and the other was to make some things for his own territory.It has been almost two years since the expedition, and I don't know what it looks like now.

In the five counties of Suizhou, a total of 4200 hectares have been sown this year (the fields opened this year have not been utilized), and more than 20 dendrobium of grain, cloth, forage, and beans have been obtained.Compared with the total output of more than [-] dendrobium at the beginning, the degree of improvement is amazing.It seems that as long as there is a stable environment, nothing is impossible!Later generations Zhu Wen farmed in Luoyang. At first, there were only a hundred households, which were almost the same as Baidi.

Guard against arrogance and impetuosity, keep working hard!
"Bring Judge Chen." Shao Shude shouted again.

"Stay here." Chen Cheng saluted.

Shao Shude put away the paper full of addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division on the table, and said, "Judge Chen, I thought about it for a long time just now. The current achievements in Suizhou are still not enough to support the sergeant. If there is no deficit, I am afraid that It's still a few years away."

"After staying here, Cao Gong's farming in the past was not achieved overnight."

"Time." Shao Shude emphasized.

His meaning is very clear, the Nest Thief looks like this, probably won't be long, how many years do he have?In the past few years, where did your army go to eat?This is a problem.

"Before leaving, search the people in the eight counties of Fuping?" Chen Cheng came up with an idea.

"We can levy a little, but it's far from enough," Shao Shude said.

In fact, he thought about exporting war to the outside world, but that was a bit risky, and he had to think carefully about it.At present, after two years of development in the four prefectures of Xia and Sui, it is almost just enough to support the 1 government troops before, and there is still a shortage of money and food for more than [-] troops. What to do?Even if Tuoba Sigong is wiped out, can the money and food obtained from the search make up for the gap?He has no idea.

Most likely, the imperial court will reorganize the magical army, the sage will also repair the palace, choose officials, eunuchs, concubines and concubines to choose a bunch of things, which one does not cost money?It is no longer possible to transfer money and food to Xiasui.Even if there is, it is a drop in the bucket!
The eight towns in the northwest of Beijing have a hard time.

(End of this chapter)