Da Qin: At the age of six, I beat Qin Shihuang at the beginning

Chapter 136 Zulong was shocked and paid back his wages?

Qin Mu shook his head firmly: "Father, they are also other people's sons and other people's fathers."

Zu Long was taken aback by Qin Mu's words.

He had never thought about this in depth.

Everyone is a family.

A working man in his prime is the backbone of a family.

Originally, the farm work in the fields was all for them to complete.

During the busy farming season, if there is a delay of a few days, the harvest of the whole season may be affected.

Zu Long nodded without a trace.

Love for the people is actually rare.

Qin Mu was able to think of these, even more deeply than he thought.

It would be great if it was really a prince...

Zu Long's expression darkened, and then he forcibly dispelled such emotions: "If that's the case, why did you enlist the people in the surrounding villages? Aren't they also other people's husbands and sons?"

Qin Mu squinted at him and said, "Because working for me earns more than farming! They worked hard to farm the land for a year, but in the end they paid taxes on all their income, and they might have to suffer from hunger."

"And working here with me, not only do you not have to face the loess and your back to the sky, but the wages are enough. They use the money to buy grain and pay taxes, and the rest of the money is much more than they farm. You say, if it is you, it is Then go hungry and farm, or come to me and work?"

Pay back the money?
Zulong felt that his worldview had collapsed.

Isn't this a civilian husband?

Do the husbands still have to pay for their work?
In fact, in addition to farming, farmers also have a very important task to bear the corvee of the government.

That is, to work for the government for free.

For example, every year during the slack season, the county guards in various places will mobilize a large number of labor to build water conservancy projects.

This kind of corvee not only has no wages, but also has to provide its own food.

Of course, this is not because of the so-called "tyranny of the Qin Dynasty".

Because from ancient times to the present, all governments have done this.

Whether it is the ancient Xia and Shang Dynasties, or the recent Zhou Dynasty, or even the Spring and Autumn and Warring States after the Zhou royal family survived in name only.

Do you want wages for working for the government?

It's not impossible, it's only possible in a dream.

In Daqin, it has actually improved a lot compared to before.

At least the folks who went to build the Great Wall and the Lishan Mausoleum were still given food every month.

During the Warring States period, Qin, Han, and Yan also built the Great Wall, and the peasants at that time also had to prepare their own food.

Therefore, working in vain is the norm, and giving money is not a good way to hide it.

Moreover, the villagers in the surrounding forty miles are actually Qin Mu's subjects, strictly speaking.

They all belong to Qin Mu together with their property.

Since it is already Qin Mu's private property, isn't it normal for Bai Gan to work?

Therefore, when they heard that Qin Mu would be paid back for his work, the villagers rushed to come.

One is that the income from farming is too low, and most of the harvest has to pay agricultural taxes.

Second, even if the weather is good and there is surplus food in hand, it is difficult to exchange it for money.

Farmers have no money, but they need money for everything except food, which is why they are keen to work for Qin Mu.

It is true that Qin Mu said that there is no extra space in the village, so people from further villages were not allowed to come over.

They had wanted to come a long time ago, but Qin Mu stopped them because he felt that he had no conditions.

Zu Long frowned, and said seriously: "Mu'er, it's fine for you to do other things, I won't say much, but how can you let farmers work and waste the farmland?"

Qin Mu was surprised and said: "Father, the income from working is high, of course they have to work! It doesn't matter if the farmland is deserted, they can buy food with the money! Now that the famine is over, it is not easy to sell food, but if you want to buy food Still very convenient."

Zu Long said solemnly: "This is not about the matter of each family! Have you ever thought about why the Shang Jun reformed and separated the four levels of 'Scholar, Agriculture, Industry and Commerce', and put farmers on the second level?"

Qin Mu nodded: "I know, it's to encourage farmers to cultivate the land, right? The merchants are designated as the lowest class to prevent all farmers from going into profit-seeking business and neglecting farming."

"Not bad!"

Zu Long stared at him: "Since you know it, why do you need farmers to work? You must know that this desire is endless. First, you work for profit, and then you start doing business for profit. Then who will farm the land? The grain of Daqin comes from Where are you from?"

Qin Mu laughed: "Father, what policy to use depends on the situation at the time."

"During the time of Lord Shang, the world was in chaos, and countries were constantly conquests. At that time, the agricultural output was low. If there were not a large number of farmers farming the land, the food and grass for the Qin army would not be guaranteed. But, now, the situation is different from that time. Now that the world is unified, there are fewer battles. Besides, there is no need to worry about the production of food."

"What kind of policy to use must proceed from reality and seek truth from facts!"

Zulong looked at Qin Mu and asked in disbelief: "Don't worry about grain production? Mu'er, Daqin just tried its best to survive a famine, and the treasury is now empty! The south conquered Baiyue, and the north defended against the Huns. , how can you not worry about food?"

Qin Mu smiled: "Father, don't ask the end of the matter. In short, the farmers here must pay their taxes in full, how about it?"

His sweet potatoes have now successfully grown seedlings.

When the sweet potato problem is solved, I will have another magic potato.

These two crops were both super existences with an yield of ten thousand catties per mu in their previous lives.

In addition, I have the artifact of a greenhouse, so I can keep it all year round.

At that time, this output will not only feed the surrounding villages, but also the whole of Xianyang.

However, he was not prepared to tell his father now.

Yield of [-] jin per mu is just a myth in this era.

Don't let his seeing be believing, he will never believe it.

Zulong sighed.

Qin Mu obviously has confidence.

However, Zu Long didn't know the source of his confidence.

Just relying on the wages he paid to the civilian husband?

But Qin Mu himself has no source of income.

Although now besides practicing medicine, I finally have a glass shop.

But this money, earning two or three years is the limit.

What else can she do when the money is gone?
Zu Long feels that he is really an old father mentality now.

I was also worried that Qin Mu was going in the wrong direction, but I also hoped that he would continue on. It would be better if he hit a wall, and then learned a lesson.

Not only that, but also a little worried, if Qin Mu really fails, will he be devastated?
Forget it, the big deal is to pay more attention to yourself.

Anyway, he tossed to the limit, and it was nothing more than a drop in taxes within a radius of forty miles.

The entire Great Qin has a territory of thousands of miles, and there is no shortage of this small forty miles.

On the contrary, Qin Mu's state of mind is more worthy of his attention.

Such a good seed cannot be depressed because of a small failure in this Zhuangzi.

(End of this chapter)