Recreating the prosperous Tang begins with summoning players

Wang Jun brought his family, young and old, and finally entered Liangzhou from Lingwu smoothly.

Now Wang Jun finally breathed a sigh of relief. For some reason, it seemed that as long as he stepped on the boundary of Liangzhou, he would be safe.

Registration of household registration, disinfection treatment, dozens of members of the Wang family stayed at the checkpoint for two days, and finally set foot on the road to Wuwei City.

Liangzhou treated those who came to flee the famine very preferentially, and every meal was provided with free food during the quarantine period.

There is also a strange kind of meat at noon. The soldiers call it luncheon meat. Although the taste is not as good as real meat, it is quite delicious.

All the way from Taiyuan Dianpei to here, the Wang family is very contented.

In the end, the Wang family was arranged in five villages, including Cangshui and Cangnan, not far from Wuwei City.

According to Hexi's regulations, large families are not allowed to live together.

The Wang family was divided into seventeen branches according to blood relatives, and they were assigned to fields in the form of small families.

Each household is allocated corresponding fields according to the number of people.

The whole Wang family was also very surprised that the land was actually allocated.

Wang Jun's family has his father Wang Mao and his mother Wu's family. Wang Jun himself did not have a family, so he was not separated from the family.

Wang Jun's eldest brother died early, leaving behind his sister-in-law and nephew, and Wang Jun has a younger sister.

Father, mother, sister-in-law, younger sister and nephew are all allocated corresponding fields.

This surprised Wang Jun very much. You must know that the land equalization system was born in the Sui Dynasty, and women could divide the land during the Kaihuang period.

But after Emperor Sui Yang succeeded to the throne, women had no land to share.

In the Tang Dynasty, women could not share fields, and underage males could not share fields either.

I didn't expect that the women and children in Longyou could still share the fields, although the land allocated to women and children was only half of that of adult men.

But the fields assigned to the Wang family, as long as they are well cultivated, will definitely be enough for Wang Jun's family to eat and drink.

As long as it is cultivated well, surplus grain can be saved.

And the men in the village are farming, and they can go to the workshop in the village to work during the slack.

Calculated in this way, as long as a self-cultivator is down-to-earth and willing to work, it is absolutely not a problem to support the whole family.

This is why there are so many people fleeing to Longyou.

In such troubled times, it is already a paradise on earth to be able to farm and support a family safely.

Wang Jun thought of Lingwu again. Although there was no military disaster, the annexation of Lingwu land was very serious.

The perennial corvée made the people bankrupt, but the fields of these bankrupt people were either divided up by the local tyrants, or they were directly confiscated by the government and sold at high prices.

Wang Jun sold all the properties in Taiyuan, originally planning to buy land in Lingwu.

Wang Jun found a lot of contacts in Lingwu, but he couldn't find enough land to support a large family.

But I didn't expect that in Liangzhou, the land would be divided directly according to Dingkou, which surprised Wang Jun's family very much.

With the fields, they would not die of hunger, and the Wang family was completely at ease.

After being resettled, Wang Jun's father, Wang Mao, called a meeting of all members of the Wang clan.

The ties between the big families in ancient times were extremely strong. Although Liangzhou had decrees to separate these big families from living together, they could not stop them from gathering together.

This is also the strong inertia of the ancient clan society, and even in modern society, there are still remnants of clan power.

The players naturally knew this too, but if they didn't divide the production and households, it would indeed weaken the influence of the big family.

It is also impossible for the small families allocated to scattered land not to engage in agricultural production at all as before.

It is Xue Hu's goal to break up the big families as much as possible and turn them into self-cultivating farmers and small landlords.

The complete dismemberment of the clan cannot be accomplished with a single decree.

As long as he suppresses the desire of these big families to annex the land, Xue Hu will achieve his goal.

When the Great Qin and Shang Yang reformed, the Qin State required that men must separate their families when they reached adulthood.

The power of clans in the Qin State was greatly weakened, which also created an economic foundation for Qin Shihuang to pacify Liuhe.

However, after the fall of the Qin Dynasty, many powerful families quickly emerged in the Guanzhong area originally occupied by the Great Qin.

This shows the strong vitality of the clan forces.

Although the households were divided in name, Wang Mao called a meeting of the tribe, but none of them came.

What we are going to discuss today is the establishment of the Wang family's industry.

In the past few days, Wang Mao, accompanied by Wang Jun, ran around several villages.

The workshops in Liangzhou can be said to be thriving.

Papermaking and clothing making have become the last two industries selected by the family.

Today, Wang Mao called a meeting with everyone to agree on what to invest in.

The room of Wang Mao's family was a bit cramped, but the clansmen still sat quietly on the ground, waiting for Wang Mao to speak.

Wang Mao cleared his throat and said:
"Everyone has seen the stability and prosperity of Liangzhou."

"To be honest, when Jun'er told me that Liangzhou is so prosperous, I didn't believe it."

"But now I have seen it with my own eyes, Liangzhou is ten times more prosperous than what Jun'er described!"

"I don't know when the war in the Central Plains will be calmed down. From now on, our branch will take root in Liangzhou."

There was a trace of reluctance in the crowd's joy.

If it weren't for the turmoil in the current situation, who would want to leave their hometown.

But now Taiyuan can't stay any longer, and only Liangzhou is the most livable along the way.

Now that every household has been awarded land, it is the greatest luck in the troubled times to be able to settle down in Liangzhou.

Wang Mao continued: "In the past few days, Jun'er and I have inspected the workshops in Liangzhou."

"I know that many clansmen think that they should buy land, but I have also inquired. The Liangzhou government is very determined to suppress land mergers."

A clansman said: "Patriarch, if the government restrains us, if we buy and farm, will the government still manage it?"

Wang Mao said: "The government doesn't control you to buy land, but Liangzhou implements a progressive tax system."

"The more land per capita, the higher the tax rate. If a family has thousands of acres of fertile land, they have to pay [-]% of the rent. What's the point of buying land?"

Everyone gasped, the normal rent adjustment was only one-tenth, and Liangzhou actually used this method to curb land annexation.

Wang Mao continued: "I have also communicated with many workshop owners. The money earned by workshops is no less than the rent collected from farming, and there is also a subsidy for exemption from military service when setting up workshops. If others can do it, our Wang family can do it too!"

At this time, the aristocratic families did not have the idea that later generations of scholars despised business and production.

Families like the Taiyuan Wang family also arrange for their children to engage in business.

It is impossible for a large family to rely entirely on farming, and there is not much resistance to starting a workshop.

After unifying the understanding, Wang Mao continued:

"However, what kind of workshop is to be opened, it still needs to be carefully calculated."

Wang Mao said one by one: "First of all, the wine shop. Everyone knows the spirits bar in Longyou. The spirits that were sold at a high price in Lingwu Restaurant were produced in Longyou."

"However, the first thing Jun'er and I ruled out was the business of brewing wine."

Seeing the puzzled people below, Wang Mao explained:
"To make wine in Liangzhou, you need to apply for a license from the government. Otherwise, it is private brewing. If you are caught by the salt and iron tax department, you will be banned and fined."

"In addition to applying for a license, the monthly share of grain used for winemaking is also approved by the government."

Now the knowledgeable clansman understood why Wang Mao ruled out the wine making business in the first place.

The license plate can be obtained through some activities.

But quotas are troublesome.

Wine is brewed from grain, and in this troubled world, there are still many people who do not have enough to eat.

Now the Central Plains has promulgated the prohibition order early on, prohibiting the people from brewing alcohol without permission.

This is to ensure food rations first.

Now Longyou is rich, and there is still surplus grain for wine making.

But if the situation changes, the government will definitely tighten the food ration quota, and when there are no raw materials, there will be no wine brewing.

In other words, the brewing industry is an industry that is greatly affected by policy and economy, with high profits but too high risks.

The Wang family has a lot of money, so it is better to invest in a stable industry.

"The wool spinning industry that is very prosperous in Liangzhou is not suitable for our Wang family."

Wang Mao said: "Nowadays there are a lot of cattle and sheep in Hexi, but there are wool spinning workshops in every village in Liangzhou, and some wealthy people will also buy a textile machine and spin wool at home during the slack season. The competition is too great. Intense."

"And Jun'er heard that Shazhou is the most prosperous wool textile industry. There are huge workshops with hundreds of machines, and weaving wool day and night. There is no advantage for us to invest in this."

Everyone nodded. Wang Mao had done a thorough research. Although the Wang family had some money, they definitely couldn't compete with these local industry tycoons.

Wang Mao continued: "The same is true for weaving. Now that the price of cotton is high, we can't even buy raw materials when we invest in the weaving industry."

Wang Mao looked at the people around him and said, "After Jun'er and I investigated, papermaking and clothing making are the two most suitable industries for us."

"Everyone knows about Longyou's paper. The white and flawless Longyou paper is already famous."

At this time, a clansman said: "Patriarch, when we were in Lingwu, no one bought books. Can papermaking still make money?"

Wang Mao said with a slight smile: "The war in the Central Plains will always calm down, and good paper can definitely be sold."

"And just one place in Longyou can consume a lot of paper in a year. Have you seen the bookstore in Wuwei City?"

A few bloody young clansmen who have not yet married have blushed. They bought a few high-quality illustrated books in the bookstore in Wuwei City, and they read them with candles every day.

I heard that in Shazhou City and Gaochang City, there is still a monthly book called a magazine.

There are also newspapers that publish daily news, and the business is quite prosperous.

The bookstores in Liangzhou are indeed booming. I heard that Gaochang, Shazhou is even more prosperous. There is a bookstore in every square.

Wang Mao coughed and said, "A paper mill can be opened, but I think a garment workshop has a better future."