A Good Landlord in the Tang Dynasty: Emperor Yuan Cong

Chapter 1030 The side of the bed
Open your eyes again, the morning light is dim.

He actually slept for more than ten hours this time. Luzon City already made him feel like home, and he could relax here.

In the dimly lit house,
Beside the bed, Shuying curled up and slept at his feet. It seemed that she had been watching here last night and ended up falling asleep.

Wu Huaiyu picked up a thin blanket and covered her abdomen without waking her, and went out quietly.

Went to the beach for a few morning jogs.

Then I practiced the Eight Parts of Vajra in the sea breeze,
Sun rise,

It is full of golden light and full of vitality.

Wu Huaiyu went to the dock. Many fishing boats returned, bringing fresh catches. The fishmongers at the dock bargained for prices, and some people came directly to buy.

Wu Huaiyu walked around, feeling the liveliness of the noisy fish market on the wharf, and then found a small shop.

The pier is very lively even before dawn. It has been busy for a while now, so there are many people doing early business and even having early drinks.

Headaches, fever, weddings and funerals always leave them with nothing, and even make them go into debt. In the end, they either run away or become slaves.

Emperor Zhenguan brought stability to everyone, but there was no wealth. The people without fields could still only become tenants and long-term laborers of others. No matter how hard they worked, they did not have their own fields, cattle and other means of production. How much do you get?

Draw the ground as a prison.

No matter how hard a tenant works, he can only get three to five dou more from his landlord.

A class that cannot be jumped, a suppression that cannot be broken.

Huaiyu picked some fresh cuttlefish and asked the boss to boil them directly. He also had a bowl of seafood porridge with the boss's homemade hot sauce, which was quite good.

But Luzon is different.

While eating breakfast with the sea breeze blowing, one could also hear many discussions in the dock market, but no one realized that the person next door was actually the Lord of Luzon they were talking about.

Even if it is now called Zhenguan's rule,
But for the vast majority of ordinary people, they still live at the bottom, and even struggle on the line of food and clothing, and the vast majority of them can only struggle on this line of food and clothing forever.

But after ten years of Zhenguan, such opportunities have become increasingly rare.

Effort does not make you rich.

Many people don't even have the chance to see it all clearly.

When dynasties change, it is certainly a terrible time for many people at the bottom, but it is also the only time when they have a chance to change their destiny.
After all, there is nothing at all.
After joining the army and surviving on the battlefield, you can finally see some hope, maybe get a piece of land, or maybe even get an official position.

There are all kinds of comments, and they are basically all positive and praising.
The new immigrants from Luzon are basically quite satisfied when they come here. Although it is far away from the Central Plains, it does give people hope here and everything is possible.

When the world is at peace, people at the bottom are increasingly pushed to the bottom and cannot move.

Even the equalization of land system is basically in name only. The land cannot be divided, so there is nothing else to talk about.

Generational oppression.

Above their heads, there is an invisible ceiling that cannot be crossed.

Even if you want to fight on the battlefield, you won’t have a chance.

Even if you order government soldiers now, ordinary people are not qualified.

The dividends from the change of dynasty are no longer accessible to ordinary people.

Opportunities are everywhere here.

First of all, the wages for coming to work are relatively high, and those who come to settle down will get a share of the land, and there will be a lot of share.

And there are still many lucky people who have joined the Luzon Army, carrying guns and eating food. Not only are they well-dressed and well-paid, but they can really get promoted and make a fortune.
Those who came to have breakfast next to Wu Huaiyu included dock workers, fishermen, fish vendors, and merchant sailors. Many of them were envious of the Lu Song Army.
Not only were they given good food, clothing and treatment, but they also accomplished so much during this expedition.

Many officers and soldiers of the Luzon Army have achieved meritorious service and were even awarded the title of knight.
"Have you heard that there is a man named Liang Afa in the Lu Song Army. He used to be a Dan people along the coast of Zhangquan. He was selected by the Lu Song Army before because he had been a guard in the Wu family for several years and was awarded the title of team leader. This time he went on the expedition. , it’s developed.”

"Oh, how developed?"

"I heard that this person has made great achievements and was awarded the third rank."

"Third rank officer, this is incredible." Others exclaimed.

"Not only that, but he is also directly awarded the title of ninth-grade military attaché."

"Wow, you got the official title right away?"

"That's not true. The silk reward they received was more than 500 pieces of silk, and there was also a thousand acres of land."

"What, one battle and you get a thousand acres of land?" At this time, people at several tables couldn't help but marvel.

Even if the land in Luzon is not valuable, one thousand acres is not a small number. If ordinary people from the Central Plains are willing to settle in Luzon, they can indeed be directly granted 100 acres of land per ding, and one household can be granted 200 acres.

If it is still about bringing in talents, one household can be granted 300 acres.

One thousand acres, that would have already exceeded the upper limit of land that the common people could grant.

If you own a thousand acres of land, you are a landlord.

"Honored land, knights' fief land, officials' yongye land, immigrants' settled land, and job title fields... the total seems to be 980 acres, with yongye fields accounting for most of it. "

"And I heard that this Liang Afa was not only directly awarded the ninth rank, but was also selected by the young marquis and transferred to Nei Ya to be the leader of the tooth army. He was directly appreciated by the young marquis and transferred to his side. He will have a bright future in the future. ah."

Everyone talked about Afa, his previous identity, and his current situation, as if they were telling a legendary story.

Such a story,
For these people who make a living on the dock, it is the most attractive.

"It's a pity that I signed up to join the army last time and was not selected." "If there is another recruitment next time, I must try again."

"Yeah, I don't expect to be as developed as Afa, I just want to be a warrior."

"I'm willing to be a soldier if I can, but it's not that easy to be a warrior. In the army, there are either flag bearers or team leaders. They are all elites. They are called elites. I heard that elites who have done meritorious deeds can even get into the army. Study in the martial arts hall, become a student of Duke Wu, and become a military attache in the future."

Everyone was eating breakfast, some were envious, some were looking forward to it,
"Don't have high hopes for joining the Luzon Army as a soldier. How many people want to join the Luzon Army now, but the requirements are also high. They must be young and brave. It is best to be a family. They all settled in Luzon.”

"So, instead of hoping to join the Luzon Army now, it is better to settle down in Luzon first. Those who have not been taken over by family members should hurry up and take over. If you have the opportunity now, come and settle down. There will be benefits, and you will be able to divide the land as soon as you come.

One ding can be granted a hundred acres of land, and one household can be granted two hundred acres. If there are many adults in the family, the Luzon Yamen also encourages the family to separate and set up a new household registration, so that they can still get more land.

I don't think such an opportunity will always be available. Now we should quickly recruit our families to settle down and get the land first. Moreover, there is a shortage of people everywhere in Luzon. Even if we can't become a Luzon army, it will be easier to find other jobs. of,
Even if you join the workshop, the treatment is pretty good.
Luzon is building a shipyard recently. There are also foundries, iron smelting yards, weaving yards, lumber yards, carpentry yards, brick kilns, etc. I heard that if you can work as a formal worker, the salary is pretty good. , you can get more land, and you can also get a house to live in. "

This is Luzon’s opportunity,

Full of vitality, all things are competing,
Opportunities are everywhere,

As long as you are brave enough to come here and are willing to take root here, you will be one step ahead of others.

Just as the fishmonger said, such opportunities will not always exist. Now that Luzon is under construction, there are many opportunities, but gradually there will be fewer opportunities in the future.

To put it bluntly, let’s take the matter of land granting as an example. Land is limited and it is impossible to continue granting land like this. In the future, land will become more and more valuable and less and less,
Just like the Central Plains,

At the beginning of Wude, when the dynasty changed, the court had a lot of public land and unclaimed land, so it distributed it to the people. However, after a few years, the land was almost gone, and the people who followed had no chance to get any more land.

The imperial court's land equalization system was implemented on a large scale only for a few years, and then it existed in name only.

Many people in Luzon now are not immigrants, but employees recruited and sent by the Wu family from the Central Plains. The employment contracts usually start from three years, and the salary is higher than in the mainland of the Central Plains.
Now of course Luzon also hopes that these people can stay, switch from being hired workers to settling down, and even bring their families, relatives and friends to settle down in Luzon.

Therefore, the settlement treatment provided by Luzon Prefecture is still very good. First of all, the land grant is very sufficient. Even in the early days of Wude in the Central Plains, it was only theoretical to grant a hundred acres of land to one ding, and only twenty acres of permanent field land could be passed down to descendants out of a hundred acres of land, and the remaining ten acres were oral allotment fields that had to be returned after death.

However, the Yongye fields in Luzon have increased. The lowest ratio is Yongye, and the proportion of Kou is 37. There are 30 acres of Yongye per 100 acres, and it can even reach 46, 55, and the highest is 55.

If you are given 100 acres of land, 50 acres will be directly owned by you privately, and the other 50 acres will be land that does not require rent but only taxes.

The land rent is quite large, often divided into 50 and 50, but the land tax is not uniform. Generally, the tax rate is around 20 to 30 to 1 tax.

The most important point is that among the land allocated to immigrants in Luzon, they are allowed to buy the land, with some restrictions. However, after cultivating it for a few years, they can buy it out and turn it into permanent land, and the price is the same. Not too high.

For another example, Wu Huaiyu plans to implement three years of free primary school education in Luzon. Boys over seven years old, as long as they have a Luzon household registration, can study for three years free of charge. Of course, tuition is exempted, but you have to pay for books, paper, pens and other expenses yourself, but this is still an amazing benefit.

For example, after settling in Luzon, Luzon recruits soldiers, recruits workers, and gives priority to employment. These are excellent benefits.

In the Central Plains, even during the Zhenguan era, many people were already at the bottom with no way out, but in Luzon, there are no clear restrictions on class, and there are countless opportunities that can be created. Endless possibilities,
Just like that Ah Fa, who used to be a discriminated against. Originally they were not even qualified to go to land, but now he has become a military attache, owns thousands of acres of land, and has become a personal knight of the young marquis.

"Waiter, check out."

Wu Huaiyu was very satisfied after finishing the seafood porridge. The porridge was delicious. The praise of Lu Song in the words of the people next to him made him even more satisfied.

"Sir, a bowl of seafood porridge costs one penny, and a portion of boiled cuttlefish costs two cents. Chenghui costs five cents."

Luzon is a grain-producing area and is rich in fishing resources at seaports and docks. The cost of fish and grain is low. Luzon has a large number of immigrants, so the price of grain is higher, but it is only the same price as Chang'an, which costs 5 cents per bucket of rice.

The price of a bowl of seafood porridge is equivalent to the price of two liters of rice. The fish ball noodles in the store are also priced at the same price. It is indeed very affordable, after all, the quantity is large. Although the boiled cuttlefish is simply prepared, it is really a big bowl.

The total amount was only three cents.

It has to be said that although Luzon is very lively now, prices are still well controlled, which also shows that Luzon still has sufficient reserves of food and other supplies.

Wu Huaiyu directly threw down a silver Kaiyuan, "I will pay for all the meals in the store."

"keep the change."

Xiaonian picked up the silver Kaiyuan and carefully confirmed that it was genuine, then stayed there.

A silver Kaiyuan with a crescent mark on it. This is the best quality silver Kaiyuan. This silver Kaiyuan is a little smaller than the copper Kaiyuan, but one is worth one hundred and sixty coins.

This guest is so generous and generous.

I only had three pennies for breakfast, but ended up throwing away one hundred and sixty pennies.

"Sir, if you include the other guests, you won't need so much." The waiter came to his senses and quickly caught up with the money.

Breakfast here only costs a few pennies per person. For all the twenty or thirty guests here, it only costs seventy or eighty cents at most.

"I'll reward you with the rest." Wu Huaiyu didn't even look back.

The whole small breakfast shop was alarmed, and the owner who was cooking porridge in the back kitchen also ran out with a spoon. He was the father of the young waiter.

The waiter swallowed and handed the silver Kaiyuan to his father.

After passing the breakfast money to all the guests, at least half will be left.

The guest said it was a reward for him, but he honestly gave it to his father.

"Why does that person look familiar?"

"Could it be the victorious Luzon Army generals?"

"It's definitely true. This expedition will definitely result in meritorious service, honors, and wealth. Maybe he will get a promotion."

Another person asked, "Could it be that Liang Afa?"

So, while everyone was talking,
The Luzon Pier was full of rumors about this fat brother’s generosity that day.

(End of this chapter)