Eighth year of Chongzhen

Chapter 885 Long-term planning
With the full assistance of the Chengdu Branch of Sihai Commercial Bank, many of Sun Kedi's administrative measures at the beginning of his tenure were implemented, and some projects quickly benefited.

Many farmers who obeyed the government's call planted large-scale rapeseed and had a good harvest. After harvesting a large number of rapeseed, they were sent to the government-run oil mill, and then purchased at market prices on the spot, and all were settled in cash. After all calculations, the farmers planted The income of rapeseed is much richer than that of growing food, which makes those smart gentry regret it.

And the next scene made this part of the gentry even more embarrassed.

After harvesting the summer grain that year, according to the habit in recent years, they would sell the old grain to Sihai Wine Industry at a price of [-] qian per stone, or sell it directly to the official warehouse, but what they did not expect was that whether it was Sihai Wine The industry or the official warehouse refused to accept all their grain on the grounds that their grain had rotted and deteriorated.

These gentry already understood at this time that it was because they did not listen to the orders of the county magistrate, and they were put together by others, and they were standing up.

But even if they knew the whole story, they had nothing to do with Sun Kedi, they could only swallow their breath and transport thousands of shi of grain back to their warehouse.

Now there is no shortage of food everywhere in Ming Dynasty, and food is not a rare thing in the area of ​​central Shu, which is rich in products.

Not to mention that the farmers have enough stocks. In the warm and humid climate of the Sichuan Basin, fish, turtles, shrimps, crabs, eels, and snails are everywhere in the ditches of the fields. These are good ingredients that can satisfy your hunger.

Seven or eight-year-old children in the countryside go for a walk in the fields after school. Who doesn’t use straw ropes to carry a few fresh fish and live eels home to make tooth sacrifices?
The grain stores in the county towns are only about one yuan per stone of rice, and the grain stores opened by the gentry do not dare to raise the price without permission. , it will be sealed off by Jinyiwei Hundred Households on the same day.

This part of the gentry didn't dare to find any way to suppress Sun Kedi, but he has a chief assistant father, even if you find the governor of Sichuan to come forward, he can still ignore it.

As a county magistrate, he speaks on behalf of the government, oh, is it reasonable for you to disrespect the government's orders?
Besides, this is not a big deal, isn't it just a group of smart people who lost tens of thousands of taels of silver?And it's also the wrong side.

That official will give them a head for this matter?
It's not shameful enough to say it.

At the same time, the seedling cultivation and planting of tung tree and Camellia oleifera is also proceeding in an orderly manner. After the guidance and cultivation of two seedling experts, economic crops mainly tung tree began to grow in qualified villages after successful seedling cultivation. planted.

In order to prevent the selfish big gentry from taking advantage of the abundant resources in their hands to forcibly occupy sloping land to plant tung tree and monopolize the benefits generated in the future, the county government issued new regulations on this.

After the tung tree and camellia oleifera tree are transplanted and Chinese medicinal materials are planted, the ownership belongs to the village where they are located, and the future income will be shared equally by all villagers in the village, regardless of gender, age or age.

The daily cooking is undertaken by the village itself, and each village can hire different people from the village to take care of them according to the specific planting quantity, and their remuneration is paid at three renminbi per month.

No one is allowed to illegally occupy sloping land to plant such crops, and those who violate it will be punished as the crime of stealing public property.

The promulgation of this new regulation once again extinguished the conspiracy of some big gentry households to try to occupy their interests, and it was also Sun Ke's warning against the gentry again. Since then, as long as any regulations issued by the county government, Shuangliu County The big gentry and big households all obeyed the implementation honestly, and no one made any behaviors that were obedient.

And as time went by, over the past few years, both the gentry and ordinary farmers in Shuangliu County have benefited a lot from these regulations.

After a full rotation of crops and rest, the originally hardened land became soft and fertile again. Whether it is planting crops or other crops, the output has increased significantly compared to before. Every household only grows rapeseed and soybeans. The annual income has long been far beyond the harvest of grain sales.

If it weren't for the strong suppression of the county government later, most farmers would no longer want to grow crops, but would rather grow cash crops such as rapeseed and soybeans.

After all these, Sun Kedi's prestige in Shuangliu County reached a new height. Whether it was a scholar, a gentry or a farmer in the countryside, they all admired this young and promising county magistrate.In the past few years, the evaluation of Shuangliu County by the Ministry of Officials is also the best, which also makes the county magistrate Yang Zheyuan secretly delighted.

This county magistrate with a strong background will undoubtedly be promoted after the five-year term. It's my turn.

Time flies, the sun and the moon are like shuttles.

In the midst of hard work day and night, it seems that in the blink of an eye, Sun Kedi has been in charge of Shuangliu County for four years. Through his solid work and diplomatic skills, very obvious changes have taken place in Shuangliu County from towns to villages. The population of the county has also increased by more than [-] in the past four years, and the annual tax payment has also shown a good trend of steady growth.

The planting of economic crops that Sun Kedi placed high hopes on will finally see results in the fourth year.

In the past four years, with the cooperation of all parties, the planting area of ​​tung tree, camellia oleifera, medicinal materials and other crops in the county has reached more than 4000 mu, of which tung tree planting area accounts for more than [-] mu.

According to Sun Kedi's plan, with the gradual maturity of seedling cultivation and planting technology, in the next five years, the planting area of ​​tung tree in Shuangliu County will reach as much as [-] mu, and the total area will reach the ultimate number of [-] mu in the future. The value generated continuously will be an extremely scary figure.

According to Sun Kedi’s knowledge from Sihai Trading Company, in recent years, due to the increasing market demand, especially the sharp increase in the number of ships built, the market price of tung oil has also been rising year by year. It is about four cents a catty, and it is still rising.

If Shuangliu County currently has [-] mu of tung tree planting area, and the oil production per mu is taken as a low point, based on [-] catties, the purchaser will have to offer at least two cents of the price, that is, eight silver coins per mu. Four thousand mu is the output value of thirty-two thousand silver coins.

With the continuous growth of the annual planting area and the price of tung oil, the profits that Shuangliu County obtains from it will also increase synchronously.

If Sun Kedi's goal of 16 mu is achieved, based on the current price, it will also bring an annual income of [-] silver coins to Shuangliu County.

You know, before Sun Kedi took office, the entire county only paid 4000 taels of taxes.

　Thanks to Feiyang Domineering, I am the hero, and Wang Xiaoxiaoyi for the reward.

　　
　
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