Datang Nongsheng

Chapter 348 Field Replacement
If Sun Xiangfu had told his disciples from the very beginning that blueberries could be transplanted and planted, and that he would not have experienced such setbacks, annoyance, regret, and guilt, he would definitely not have the current effect. After coming to eat, everyone was full of energy and put into work again. It was not until dark that Sun Xiangfu took his disciples back to the villa of Tianshangju to rest.

"Captain, the prince sent someone to deliver something, saying it is a generous gift for you."

After getting out of the carriage at the entrance of the villa, Sun Xiangfu received an envelope presented by the guard. After returning to the house, he opened it and looked at it. Suddenly, a smile appeared on his face.

Gift giving is an art. It doesn't mean that the more expensive the gift, the better. It depends on the needs of the recipient.

Wang Xu may not be a person who is very good at giving gifts, but the elders of the Wang clan behind him, as well as his father Wang Rui, are very good at trying to figure out people's hearts.

Therefore, although this letter was the generous gift that Wang Xu had promised to Sun Xiangfu, it did not give Sun Xiangfu any real benefits, because they knew that Sun Xiangfu was not short of money.

The letter only mentioned some future action plans for the Wang family. These plans will play a very positive role in the development of the entire Northland. Therefore, Sun Xiangfu, who originally planned to have dinner with his disciples, had to bring this Write a letter and discuss with Li Shimin.

Still in Sun Xiangfu's own study, Li Shimin was sitting on the main seat, and Sun Xiangfu was drinking tea on the grand teacher's chair opposite him, with a slightly smug look on his face.

"If the brains of these aristocratic families are all used in governing and rejuvenating the country, why worry about my Tang Dynasty not being strong."

Although Li Shimin said this in a complaining tone, Sun Xiangfu could still hear a bit of joy in it.

Because, at the beginning of this letter, Wang Xu first said that his royal family planned to pay for the emperor to build a palace in Shanyang. Of course, in name, the money was spontaneously donated by the people of Shanyang to thank the emperor. The purpose is that the emperor can come to Shanyang to see them more often. If this matter works well, it will form a public opinion in the society that the emperor is loved by the people.

Moreover, the scale of this palace is not small, and it will cost at least 10,000+ guan to build it. You know, at the price of Shanyang, 10,000+ guan can buy more than 100 villas in Tianshangju.

Li Shimin has never received a bribe of up to 10,000+ points in his life, so even though he tried his best to hide it, the excitement in his heart was unconsciously expressed on his face.

Afterwards, the Wang family intends to use their land properties in various places, especially in Guanzhong, to replace the land in the North. Moreover, the asking price is not high. The good cultivated land in Guanzhong is exchanged for the wasteland on the grasslands outside the Guanzhong, and one mu is exchanged for two mu. It is said that it is giving the imperial court great benefits.

However, from their proposal, both Sun Xiangfu and Li Shimin could see their deeper purpose.

They saw the importance of the development of the Northland to the imperial court, and knew that as long as they bought a large number of properties in the Northland, the emperor would not move them, and would give them preferential treatment.

At the same time, they also saw some clues from the output of the fields in Beidi this year. The land here is indeed much more fertile than that in Guanzhong. Although they can only grow crops once a year, after the fields are opened, they will take care of them. Field labor will also be reduced by half.

According to the new policy introduced by the Protectorate's Government, they only need to sign a half-year labor agreement with the hired workers from the beginning of spring plowing, and they can be busy with all the farming affairs for a year, which is equivalent to abandoning all burdens and only taking the highest profit.

This is a very clever method, and Sun Xiangfu does not need to think about it to know that once their idea is implemented, the production cost of the Wang family will be greatly reduced, and the output harvest will be greatly increased. They only need to keep one or two Thousands of soldiers can maintain the production of millions of acres of land by doing long-term labor.

The hundreds of thousands of serfs under the name of the Wang family, they all agreed to release Liang, and if there were no accidents, they would accept a large number of these freed serfs to spend money to buy out their agreement period.

They are determined that Sun Xiangfu, or the imperial court, will not let them have no harvest in the fields in the Northland, and will definitely guarantee their employment during busy seasons, because only their fields can produce, and the court in the Northland The calculation is successful.

In this way, they not only supported the court's new policy, but also optimized themselves. Therefore, even Li Shimin had to boast that their brains were so good.

"What does your majesty mean to agree to them?" Sun Xiangfu asked pretendingly, but in fact he thought with his ass and knew that Li Shimin would not refuse.

"Of course I agree, not only to agree, but also to let them implement it immediately, so as to set an example for the rest of the companies." Li Shimin emphasized.

"The minister will immediately ask Wang Xu to come out and have a talk."

After Sun Xiangfu reported his work, he was about to leave, but was stopped by Li Shimin, and said, "I will send a decree to your house later, not for you, but for your children. In addition, you Those two concubines are serving Concubine Wei and Concubine Yang with all their heart, and I will give them the status of seventh-rank imperial order."

Well, Li Shimin finally understood the truth that people should not work for nothing, and Sun Xiangfu was inexplicably moved, not because he cared about these rewards, but because he was moved. Li Shimin finally knew that he had made progress in this regard.

In history, he is really not like some generous people in some time-traveling novels who easily give away his official titles and titles.

The fact that so many state princes, county princes, etc. were appointed is also because he was not in the right position. In order to secure that position, he made political compromises. , the center only has more than 600 officials.

After thanking Li Shimin, Sun Xiangfu immediately posted a post to Wang Xu, and after a while, the two chatted in the private room of the sauna.

"Young Master Wang's generous gift is really generous, so generous that even Ben Du can't refuse."

"Brother Zhengming was joking. Could it be that the emperor won't reward you after seeing that letter?"

The two looked at each other knowingly, and stopped entangled in this issue, but talked about serious business.

"Your royal family has hundreds of thousands of acres of land in Guanzhong, are you really willing to replace them all?"

"Of course, those fields need to be taken care of, which requires a lot of manpower and output, but they may not be able to go to these fields outside the pass. My Wang family will replace the fields and only earn but not lose. Why not?"

With the efforts of Sun Xiangfu, the fields in Guanzhong can almost achieve two seasons of planting a year. Er, the output of one season is not as good as these fields outside Guanzhong. If you can get twice the number of fields outside Guanzhong, then in terms of output, it will be Much bigger than before.

In addition, since they only plant one season outside the customs, their investment in manpower can be reduced by half. After all, planting two crops in the center of the customs will require farmers to work continuously for a whole year. However, the Wang family can operate flexibly.

The members of the Clan Elders’ Association have probably already made a plan. After converting all their serfs into hired workers, they only need to work for the Wang family for half a year during the busy farming season. The Wang family will not keep them for nothing and let them go. When they go out to find a job, the Wang family should charge them some fees for buying out the half-year construction period.

In this way, the little money they gave the emperor to build the palace is really nothing, just 10,000+ guan, and the value of their millions of acres of land donated in a year is more than that.

Sun Xiangfu thought through these points and said with a smile, "Hehe, your Wang family is easy to calculate. If this happens, won't your Wang family take all the advantages?"

"It can't be said that cooperation is beneficial to both sides. The fields in Guanzhong are useful to the emperor. Once my royal family has set an example for the court and attracted several other families to follow suit, then the court can at least be able to do so in Guanzhong this time. Reclaiming millions of acres of fertile land, the clan elders know what the emperor and you are thinking, and want to absorb and assimilate these ethnic minorities, so what else can you do, than move them to Guanzhong, where there are millions of Han people?"

It is said that Sun Xiangfu also has to admire the elders of the Wang family. They really understand their own and Li Shimin's thoughts thoroughly. Come to farm, after all, the fields controlled by the Wang family in Guanzhong are all good cultivated fields, and it would be a pity to return the farmland.

And who will cultivate these lands?The best is the minority.In the Tang Dynasty, there were not only nomadic people who didn't know how to farm, but also many ethnic minorities who had been farming for generations.

Like Chu, there are Tujia, Miao, Wuxi Man, etc., in central Shu, and the Dangxiang and Qiang in the northwest frontier, as well as those newly included in the Tang Dynasty. There are also many ethnic minorities and tribes in the land thousands of miles west of Yumen Pass. It seems to be a very good choice to gradually move them to the bustling Han residential area and assimilate them mainly by farming. The elders of the Wang family have already thought of this for them.

"This strategy of replacing fields is indeed very reliable, but whether it can really achieve the desired effect is only the estimation of your clan elders' association.

That's right!If, as you expected, the other families follow suit and ask the imperial court to replace their land, as long as your royal family can give those serfs some preferential treatment in the employment agreement, it will be considered a success.

If only your family moved, but the other families did not, then I need the wise men of the old association of your Wang clan to help make suggestions so that the other families will also agree to exchange land with the imperial court.

After this matter is done, the fields of your Wang family in the pass can be exchanged for the land around Dingxiang City, you understand the meaning. "

After Sun Xiangfu finished speaking, Wang Xu's eyes lit up immediately. He knew that the next plan of Beidi was to develop Dingxiang City. Moreover, three years later, that worldwide sports meeting would be held in Dingxiang City. At that time, the market in Dingxiang will probably be even hotter than that in Shanyang. It would be the best thing to be able to replace the land around Dingxiang City.

"So, tomorrow I will start looking for someone to help the emperor build the palace. As for the replacement of the fields, Brother Zhengming thinks when it is appropriate to announce it and when it will be delivered. My royal family has no problem."

"Then let's announce it to the public after the construction of the palace begins. Anyway, you have to wait until you have harvested the fields in the pass before you can handle the actual delivery. You should count the number of acres that can be replaced as soon as possible. This replacement, except for the fields in Guanzhong , Luoyang, Jingxiang, and even the fields in central Shu and Jiangnan can also be reported for replacement, and the Governor grants you a maximum replacement of 500 million mu."

Sun Xiangfu knows that the Wang family has at least 10,000+ lands all over the country. In this era, it is about 800 acres of land. That is to say, the Wang family has at least 500 million acres of land. Sun Xiangfu allowed him to replace [-] million acres of land at one time. , It is almost like asking the Wang family to replace a large part of the fields outside the northern pass.

Especially when Sun Xiangfu mentioned the word "Jiangnan" just now, Wang Xu couldn't help but be indifferent. Although Wang Hao was deprived of his family power by Wang Rui, he still has the status of Wang's son. If his entire foundation is taken away, then he will not even have a chance to make a comeback.

(End of this chapter)