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Chapter 485 Lin Zichu, Return My Food!

The end of Han Dynasty was an era when grains were the staple food.

The so-called five grains refer to rice, millet, millet, wheat, and bean.

Of course, there are also people who have different views on this. For example, Zheng Xuan, the teacher of the Lin Dynasty, once commented on "Zhou Li", and wrote in it what he considered the five grains-hemp, millet, millet, wheat, and beans.

The reason for this disagreement, Lin Chao guessed, was related to the knowledge of the ancients.

In this era, transportation is inconvenient, and the land of China is vast and rich in resources, and different regions are suitable for planting different grains and grains. Therefore, five grains have different names and emphasis in different places, which leads to differentiation.

This is of course Lin Chao's personal opinion, but in Xuzhou right now, millet, bean, millet, and wheat are still the staple food.

The first three actually belong to the same family, and are regarded as different types of millet in later generations.For example, corn, which is millet in later generations, is mostly used to make porridge and porridge, and is no longer a staple food.

But there is obviously no such condition at the moment, so these coarse grains with low yields are also good things that can satisfy one's hunger.

As far as rice is concerned, it is actually an excellent food, and it does not require much soil.

But there is only one thing. Rice has very strict requirements on temperature and humidity. Not to mention frequent irrigation, if the temperature drops suddenly, it will really be fruitless.

Delicate gadgets are naturally not suitable for troubled times where natural disasters frequently occur.Furthermore, the temperature and water sources in most parts of Xuzhou are not enough to support the vigorous growth of rice.

Therefore, the staple food in Xuzhou is still mainly wheat and three kinds of millets.

It's midsummer in May now, and it's the season of ripe wheat, and the busy farming season has officially arrived.And after the wheat is harvested, these three types of millet will be sown, and another season will be harvested in autumn.

After harvesting, wait for a good rain, then sow the wheat seeds, and wait for the next midsummer to continue harvesting.

It goes on and on, the cycle goes on and on.

Farming civilization is the most advanced civilization in the world at present. Because there is no need to face the crisis of genocide all the time, the wildness in the human body is gradually restrained.

In the next millennium, sages came out, rectified people's hearts with etiquette, taught people benevolence, righteousness and morality, and farming civilization was upgraded to ritual and music civilization.

Whether the wild and brutal part of human nature is restrained, whether this is a good thing or a bad thing, Lin Chao can't tell.

But Lin Chao firmly believes that the spiritual inheritance of knowledge, etiquette, and morality is the cornerstone of civilization and the foundation for a civilization to survive.

After the wildness is restricted, the combat effectiveness of the army will naturally drop a lot compared with the nomads, but sufficient spiritual civilization construction can make people's spiritual level sublimated, and finally rise to the level of the national army.

This is why in the early Han Dynasty, Taizu Liu Bang faced the powerful Xiongnu, and always used marriage to win over this foreign enemy.

And once enough strength has been accumulated, another wave of strong men from the sky happens to come. Emperor Wu Liu Che cooperates with the family property left to him by the rule of Wen Jing, and directly kills the Huns!
Throughout ancient and modern China and foreign countries, there has never been a precedent for a civilization without spiritual inheritance to be rebuilt after it was destroyed.

Only the Chinese civilization, after thousands of years of war, was lost to aliens several times, but it can always revive and prosper, and still stand on top of the world!

On the way back to Tan County in an ox cart, Lin Changshi looked at the busy scene of wheat harvesting on both sides of the official road, and said with emotion.

But soon, he couldn't continue to sigh.

Because, to work!
Usually, when Lin Chao came back from business trips, Liu Bei would go out of the city to greet him personally, at least he had to go to the gate of the city.

So when Lin Chao came back, he often heard a burst of hearty laughter without seeing Liu Bei, and then saw a miniature version of Tarzan running towards him, and finally held his hands very enthusiastically.

Zichu doesn't need to say much, let's go to dinner with someone first!
But today, the gate of the city was quiet. Not only did Liu Bei not come by himself, he didn't even send anyone to greet him.

Lin Chao turned his head and asked curiously: "Jun Ming, didn't Mr. Xuande say that he has some important matters to discuss?"

Dian Wei shook his head, expressing that he didn't know what was going on.

"Forget it, let's go directly to the city."

Lin Chao is not a hypocritical person, and he doesn't necessarily have to wait for someone to welcome him.It's just that I'm used to this kind of treatment, and I'm not used to it for a while.

Just as everyone was about to enter the city, Xun Yu walked out from the city.

Lin Chao smiled, and quickly waved after getting off the bullock cart, "Wen Ruo!"

Although he married Xun Yu and Xun Chen's cousins, Lin Chao was too embarrassed to call Xun Yu his elder brother, and it was not appropriate for him to do so in his current status, so they kept saying that they were commensurate.

Today's Xun Yu looked a bit in a hurry, because the corners of his clothes were somewhat dirty, and the familiar scent of incense was gone.

You must know that someone who pays attention to manners like Xun Yu, if the situation is not urgent, it is impossible for such negligence to occur.

Xun Yu cupped his hands and smiled, with a trace of exhaustion on his face: "Zi Chu, my lord ordered someone to come to meet you, let's go."

"Where?"

"Go down to work."

Xun Yu replied bluntly.

Lin Chao: "..."

At the beginning of farming last year, Lin Chao selected the barren fields around Tan County as experimental fields, and the government organized manpower to help the refugees settle down and farm here.After they have survived a season of food, they will no longer be refugees, but become good family members under Liu Taiwei's rule.

This method is very good, especially the Lin Dynasty adopted the land rent method of half and half, which relieved the worries of the common people.

If your harvest is one stone, the state government will only take half a stone; if your harvest is one hundred stone, the state government will take fifty stone.Even if there is a disaster year, there will never be a situation where all the food plus one piece is not enough to pay taxes, which is fair.

After the first trip, this method was supported by the people, and Liu Bei ordered to expand the scope of farming at the beginning of this year.

Since taking over Xuzhou, Liu Bei has been smooth sailing.

The territory gradually expanded and the military strength gradually increased.

As for talents, Lin Changshi, a talent harvester, is naturally not worried...

The only thing that makes Liu Bei uncomfortable is that the food in his hands is barely enough every year, and there is not much left.

This was the case in the fight against Dong last year, and it is the case in Jizhou this year. If Cao Yuan changes after the summer harvest, I am afraid there will be another fight.At that time, there will still be no food left, and next year will be stretched.

For this, Liu Bei hated it deeply, but there was nothing he could do.

After all, food is something that grows in the ground, no matter how clever you are, it is impossible to conjure it out of thin air.

Having suffered enough food losses, Liu Bei is very concerned about this summer harvest.

For this reason, he did not hesitate to stop the operation of the state capital, and personally took all the officials of Xuzhou to work in the fields with a sickle on their shoulders.

Looking at the golden ears of wheat in the field, Liu Bei was overjoyed, his whole being was as happy as Tarzan of the ape...

Of course, Liu Bei went to the place where he farmed the fields. After all, half of the grain harvested here was his own, and he would definitely not feel at ease handing it over to others.

As for Cao Yuan's strange move...

What a joke, you have to dress and eat even when the sky is falling, nothing is more important than harvesting food!
When Xun Yu led Lin Chao to the experimental field, Lin Chao found a few farmers sitting on the ground, who seemed to have just worked for a while and stopped to catch their breath.

No, not right!

Lin Chao's face was full of shock, because he found out that these farmers were actually engaged by Liu Bei and several inner court officials, as well as generals such as Guan Yu.

Good guy, Liu Daer really thinks of himself as a farmer!
"Greetings to Lord Xuande!"

Lin Chao walked up, cupped his hands and saluted.

Seeing Lin Chao approaching, Liu Bei put down the big porcelain bowl in his hand, grinned and said, "Zi Chu is back!"

Lin Chao noticed that Liu Bei's face was covered with sweat stains, and his skin was tanned and shiny. It looked like he must have worked in the fields for several days.

"Why does Duke Xuande go to the fields to do these rough jobs himself?" Lin Chao smiled wryly.

Liu Bei shook his head, expressing his disapproval of Lin Chao's statement.

"My food and clothing all come from here, Zichu, how can you say that this is rough work!"

Well, you are right!
In fact, in all dynasties, there have been deeds of emperors taking the lead in plowing the fields, and it is even a common practice.It is used to show that the emperor cares about farming, sympathizes with the people, and can also play a leading role.

But those deeds are relatively high in political showmanship.

If Liu Bei really went to work in the fields, even if he worked for several days in a row, he would be regarded as a scorpion shit-the only one!

The most important thing is... Liu Bei has already taken the lead to work in the fields, Lin Chao, as a long history, can't just stand by and watch helplessly.

It's nice to think about working in the fields, but it's still very tiring when you actually do it.

Lin Chao actually wanted to refuse, but after Liu Bei only rested for a while, he picked up the sickle again and plunged into the wheat field, harvesting these ripe crops frantically.

Now, all eyes were on Lin Chao who had just arrived.

Chang Shi, it's your turn!

Even the third uncle Xun Chen kindly handed over a sickle with a bright smile on his face.

Lin Chao: "..."

Well, let's get to work.

In desperation, Lin Changshi held a sickle and began to fight desperately with the crops in the field.

This work lasted until the evening.When Lin Chao straightened up and lightly hammered his sore back, he found Tian Feng standing behind him at some point.

Moreover, at this time, Tian Feng's eyes were clearly showing a trace of unkindness, and the sickle in his hand was also trembling. It seemed that he might hit Lin Chao at any time.

"Ha ha……"

Lin Chao suddenly felt something was wrong, he hurriedly took two steps back, and let out an embarrassing laugh.

"Brother Yuan Hao, what's the matter?"

Tian Feng said quietly: "Lin Zichu, I heard that you have reduced or exempted [-]% of the land rent for Taishan County this year?"

No, this thing was indeed found out by that bastard Tian Feng!
"Hehe...things happen for a reason, Brother Yuan Hao, listen to someone's cunning...you listen to someone's explanation!"

Tian Feng held up the sickle in his hand, and said in a cold voice: "Don't talk nonsense, a certain one is only asking you, isn't it?"

Lin Chao glanced at the scythe in Tian Feng's hand, it was glowing bloody under the setting sun, it was so sharp and palpitating, he couldn't help shaking his body, and nodded hastily.

"Yes, but someone just said that there is a reason for everything..."

"Lin Zichu, you're going too far!

Do you know how much effort and suffering a certain person has spent in raising food and grass in the past two years!

Fortunately for you, the touch of the upper and lower lips saved [-]% of the land rent for the entire Taishan County. Do you know how much grain that is?
Do you know how many troops you can supply..."

Tian Feng became more and more angry, and finally his face began to contort, and he lost his mind, waving a sickle like Lin Chao rushed over.

"Lin Zichu, you don't work hard, you don't know the grains, give me back the grains!"

"Brother Yuan Hao, you have something to say! How can you be so manic and achieve great things? Let's put down the farm tools. Let's discuss it again. What do you think..."

As the sun was setting, Lin Changshi was running wildly in the wheat field, unable to stop at all.

Behind him, Tian Feng waved a sickle and chased after him, vowing to let him know the importance of food...

(End of this chapter)