Prosperous Tang Blood Blade

Chapter 955 New changes in Anxi abolish corvee

Chapter 77 New Changes in Anxi Abolition of Corvée
Chen Ying was also very surprised that he saw football in this era after a thousand years of time and space.

Of course, this soccer ball was a toy that Chen Ying tinkered with for the entertainment of the Anxi army during his spare time in the Western Regions.However, Chen Ying's invention failed completely. In the eyes of the generals of the Anxi Army, the rules of football have completely changed.

When they pass the ball, they don't rely entirely on their feet. More often, they run with their arms like rugby.At this time, Datang's football can be said to be a hybrid of football and rugby.

The softness of football in this era is incomparable with that of later generations. Although pig urine bags are easy to inflate, pig urine bubbles cannot withstand tossing. The outer layer of pig urine bubbles is wrapped with a layer of cowhide. Although the firmness and flexibility are solved The problem, however, is still not easy if you kick it with your feet.

Braving the severe cold and wearing thin clothes, athletes galloped on the football field.At this time, No. [-] of the blue team was carrying the ball, and only No. [-] was carrying the ball. Even the players had already brought the ball close to the "doorway" of the red team. Kicked up and kicked the ball towards the Red Team No. [-], the Blue Team No. [-] rushed to intercept it, and the Red Team No. [-] also rushed towards the ball.

It's a pity that they were a step too late, the red team No. [-] hadn't received the ball yet, but was intercepted by the blue team No. [-].

Of course, it was a foul steal.During the football flight, Blue Team Five jumps up and holds the football in both hands.No. 13 and NO.[-] of the red team are ready to flank each other.

The blue team No. [-] held the ball and threw it to the blue team No. [-]. The blue team No. [-] just caught the ball, and then he felt dark in front of his eyes, his body was tilted, and he fell into the dust with a standard turning over movement. The ball has long since disappeared. Which wicked guy with smoke snatched it.

Seeing this scene, Chen Ying didn't bother to explain to Li Xiuning, but cursed: "I'll say it again for the last time, you elm-headed, idiots who have been kicked by donkeys for eight lifetimes, let me listen carefully. It's football, not his grandma's son of a bitch..."

Of course, Chen Ying's voice was covered by a mountain of cheers.

At this moment, No. [-] of the blue team finally snatched the football back from No. [-] of the red team.However, No. [-] of the blue team took advantage of the main players of the red team to press against the door of his own blue team, turned around and didn't even look at it, and made a long pass in the form of a clearance.

As a result... the soccer ball actually shot directly into the red team's net.

Chen Ying stared at this scene, dumbfounded.

The basketball team's No. 85 shot kicked off in the penalty area. Although this football field is extremely simple, it is a standard football field.This shot definitely exceeded [-] meters.

The audience immediately erupted.

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Chen Ying didn't stop in Liangzhou, but turned towards Anxi non-stop along the way.

Fortunately, the road from Anxi has been repaired to Liangzhou.

From Liangzhou City to the west, there are all four-lane roads on both sides.The sled, which was originally used for transport, was fitted with wheels and then entered the running track. Even the driver was not needed. There was no way for the four-wheeled carriage that entered the track to come out. Even if the wheels of the carriage were broken, they had to pass The tracks are temporarily parked in the emergency lanes on both sides.

When the carriage enters the track, the driver does not have to drive carefully, and can directly hide in the carriage to keep warm.Anyway, the draft horse that pulls the cart knows to rest when it arrives at the post station.

Due to the appearance of Chi Dao, the speed of Chen Ying and his party more than doubled.Originally, on the section of road where there was no galloping road, even Chen Ying's all-horse army could only advance 150 miles a year.Unexpected blizzard, could not even advance a hundred miles.

However, on the road.These four-wheeled carriages can travel at least three hundred miles a year.

Li Xiuning was surprised to see Chidao being built so quickly.

After all, Li Xiuning knew that when Chen Ying left Anxi, there were three towns and nineteen prefectures in the Anxi Protectorate, with a total of about 100 households in more than 30 counties, less than 150 million people.

The Western Regions have been fighting for years, and the land is vast and sparsely populated. One manpower is the wealth of fighting gold.Therefore, manpower is very scarce.It is necessary not only to farm and graze, but also to reclaim wasteland and land, and to mine mineral resources.

With a full budget, the manpower that Anxi can use to build Chidao will never exceed 5.However, this is less than three years.Anxi's population has already experienced a blowout.

Today's Anxi population has already exceeded the 300 million mark.Among them, more than [-]% of the young and middle-aged men were war slaves of various ethnic groups and tribes in the Western Regions.

The Anxi Protectorate's Mansion has already formed a feasible system for how to transform war slaves.

First of all, there are some rebellious and unruly slaves among the war slaves. In order to stimulate their enthusiasm, Chen Ying let all these stubborn and rebellious war slaves be drawn out to form a slave hunting army.They were in Anxi, Tubo, and the Sasanian Empire.Even in the territory of the Byzantine Empire, the criminal slave trade was carried out.

As for the artisans who could work, after being captured by the slave capture corps, the artisans were used to mine, build roads, dredge ditches, and even build villages and towns.

After all, Anxi is different from the mainland, Han and Hu live together, and the people here are tough. Now that the national power of the Tang Dynasty is still good, these Hu people dare not be too arrogant, but once the national power declines, bloody ethnic vendettas will definitely be staged... In fact, the Western Regions There are no more than one hundred immigrants from the Han Dynasty.

For this reason, Chen Ying decided to adopt the system of establishing state cities in Anxi, counties in counties, and towns in towns.Avoid the dispersal of immigrant people.

Because, at this time, the Western Regions not only had a bad climate, but also a paradise for wild animals.Ferocious wild boars, wild wolves, and bears can be found here.

In addition to building large-scale projects led by the government, such as building cities, repairing and dredging ditches, some of the war slaves in the Anxi Protectorate Mansion are temporarily leased to merchants and then distributed to major workshops.

Whether it is farming and animal husbandry, building canals and dams, or building outposts, the soldiers of the Tang army supervised the construction of canals, dams, and outposts by the soldiers;

On December 29, the second year of Kaiyuan, Chen Ying and his party entered Yizhou.

Only then did Li Xiuning realize that she didn't know the Western Regions now.

When entering Yizhou City, there was actually a long queue at the gate of the city.They are all people who migrated from the inland through the wind and snow.

A yamen servant said loudly: "Our Anxi is definitely different from your Liangzhou. If you know how to farm, as long as you work hard, you will definitely get unexpected results. Now we have a lot of wasteland in Anxi. Within five years, as long as If you report to the government first, you can apply for a piece of unowned wasteland for reclamation. If you have a family of three, you can apply for reclamation of 20 mu of land. As long as the first three years are tax-free, the tax is half within five years, and the land is cultivated for [-] years. The right to use the land belongs to the individual, which can be handed down to the family or rented out, but trading is prohibited.”

Li Xiuning's heart moved, and he secretly said: "This policy is good, convection is definitely attractive."

But Xie An immediately thought of the difficulty...

It happened that someone asked: "The refugees have already lost their homes and have nothing to live on. How can they buy seeds? Farm tools? And cattle?"

The yamen officer explained: "You are really worrying too much. Our respected chief protector has thought of this a long time ago. If you have nothing, it doesn't matter. You can apply for a loan from the government or Tongli Bank. To borrow from Tongli Bank, There is an additional condition, that is, after the grain is harvested, it must be sold to them at a price lower than the market price. With a discount of [-]% lower than the market price, you can apply for their interest-free loan. cent interest and sell them at market price."

Hearing this, Li Xiuning nodded earnestly. No matter which method is adopted, the peasants are actually very compatible.

Someone asked again: "What about borrowing money from the government?
The yamen servant said: "The government's interest rate should be higher, with an annual interest rate of two cents, repayable in five years, ten years, or 20 years."

"Two cents interest?" Someone said in disbelief, "How can it be so low?"

It's no wonder that some people are surprised that among the aristocracy, there are three main items of wealth and income, namely land rent, shops and lending.The interest rate at this time is very high. Even for those who are more benevolent, the interest on the loan they release is about three cents per year. Jiuguan is a calculation of rolling interest.

The yamen servant said: "Although the interest of our government is slightly higher than that of Datang Tongli Bank, it can be used as a labor loan."

"Oh?" Another person asked enthusiastically, "What is a labor loan?"

The yamen servant said: "In the past, when there was a famine, the people had to take out debts in order to survive. Afterwards, due to the high interest rates, they were unable to repay, and countless families were ruined. His Majesty knew this well, so he ordered the governments of all places to credit First, you must follow the regulations. According to the regulations of our Duhufu, the credit of the task shall not exceed two cents of the annual interest, and the family property of the offender will be confiscated. The borrower can refuse to repay. If the people are not able to repay the debt, they can repair the river every year When repairing roads, roads, and cities, he participated in the government's conscripts and used wages to repay debts."

"So, you people in Anxi don't have to do corvee?"

The yamen servant said: "That's not necessary. The construction projects in our various places are not directly handled by the Duhufu. Instead, they are contracted out and handled by various merchants. Such as road construction, city wall construction, and ditches. Unless During the war, otherwise, the government has no right to expropriate people's power. Your Majesty has said that during the war, all Tang people must unconditionally respond to the court's call, and those who excuse themselves will be punished."

Hearing this, Li Xiuning felt a little unbelievable.

She involuntarily said: "If you don't recruit civilians, how will the city wall be built? How will the road be built, don't you care?"

The yamen servant explained with a smile: "We are all rich in the guard..."

(End of this chapter)