Datang Nongsheng

Chapter 541 Suggestions for Separation

Sun Xiangfu's series of designs are all perfect improvements based on the examples of later generations.

Afterwards, the paddock will only get bigger and bigger. If the land is suitable, maybe an area as large as a county, or even a larger area, will be directly enclosed as a whole for the paddock planning.

At the same time, he also hopes that when the embankment is completed, all the infrastructure in the embankment will also be completed.

For example, No. 3 Dayuan, although there are only six villages and more than [-] mu of land, there are [-] households and a population of [-] to [-], which is not inferior to Xia County in remote areas. However, its future output , probably even higher than many counties with a population of more than [-] households.

Because the population here is very concentrated and the output efficiency is very high, when the levee is built, the main irrigation canal and auxiliary irrigation canal in the embankment have already been dug, and the main road, auxiliary road, and roadbed of the field ridges have all been laid.

Afterwards, the samurai sent an engineering team to simply pave a cement road that ran through the entire embankment and was more than 40 miles long. Then, along the road, more than 500 sets of brick-and-tile dwellings were divided into several sections. After the block was built, [-] households were well settled here.

You know, the overall area of ​​the No. 20 paddy field where Sun Xiangfu is now planting rice is not as large as one-fifth of an ordinary county, and the area of ​​cultivated land is not even more than one-tenth of a county. However, last year's No. 400 After one season of planting, they produced nearly 800 shi of rice, with an average yield of more than five shi per mu. They created a tax revenue of [-] to [-] shi of rice for the court, worth more than [-] guan.

In addition, there are large lotus ponds, water chestnut ponds, fish ponds, forest farms, vegetable fields, dry land for planting commercial crops, and livestock breeding grounds in the embankment.

In a place with a radius of no more than 20 to 800 miles, each household only planted more than [-] mu of land. In terms of staple food cultivation alone, it can generate more than [-] yuan of income for the court every year. How terrifying is this?
Calculated in this way, Sun Xiangfu will build up nine paddocks along the river next, with a rice planting area of ​​more than 50 mu and a population of over [-] households in Jiuyuan County. Generate income of more than [-] guan.

This is not all the taxes in this county, but the taxes on the cultivation of staple grains are calculated on the basis of one thirty taxes.

But now, the tax structure within the Tang Dynasty, the tax on grain output, is actually not the main thing for a long time. In all the tax structures, the ratio of the output to other aspects is about three to seven, and the staple food only accounts for three , Vegetables, cash crops, and aquaculture taxation account for [-]%.

The value of the lotus root, lotus seeds, loach and eel produced from one mu of lotus root pond may be several times that of one mu of rice field.

Not to mention fish ponds and livestock breeding, just for the No. 500 embankment equipped with more than 100 plowed buffaloes, from last year to this year, more than [-] new buffaloes have been added to the embankment. Let the original three households share one farm cattle, become two households share one farm cattle, and after that, each household may have cattle, and even a large number of surplus cattle will be sold to outsiders. You know, the price of a cow cub , but several times, hundreds of heads are sold out every year, that is, thousands of dollars of income, and a small amount of horses, pigs, etc., without careful calculation, we know that the tax revenue created by adding them up is more than the tax revenue on food. many.

The bigger head is poultry farming. Chickens and ducks reproduce relatively quickly. With more food, the cost of raising chickens and ducks is also low. On the No. [-] embankment, the average number of chickens and ducks raised by each household exceeds [-]. It is still hand-raised by the residents at home. When the contiguous embankments are completed, a larger tributary will be formed between the embankments to divert the water system of the Yangtze River to ensure irrigation.

These gentle tributaries usually have wide river beaches, but they are natural large-scale duck breeding grounds. In later generations, the ducks and duck eggs in this area alone can satisfy the food of more than one billion people in the country. There are a large number of exports, which shows how great its breeding potential is.

Calculated according to the ratio of [-], this county is not too big. In terms of raw output alone, it can generate almost [-] yuan in taxes for the court every year.

And when a household can harvest more than 200 shi of grain per season, and the harvest in two seasons a year, after deducting their own food and tax expenses, there is still more than [-] shi of surplus. If you sell it for money, you will first contribute a commercial tax to the court.

Moreover, the common people who have received more than a dozen grain sales money and many other outputs will definitely need all kinds of consumer goods when they have money in their hands. Create commercial tax revenue for the court.

In other words, even if no other large industries have been developed, the tax revenue potential of this county with a relatively stable output is much higher than [-] guan, [-] to [-] guan, and it may not be impossible.

After Datang was included in many new territories, there were more than 2000 counties established. If all counties had such a strong output like Jiuyuan County, then the imperial court would be able to earn money every year just in terms of local taxation. The income of more than 1000 million yuan, plus some bulk commodity transactions, and taxes on international trade, if the total is calculated, it will go to sea.

If Sun Xiangfu wants to promote the development of the central region, it is necessary to do a good job in these infrastructures, so that all the production potential can be unleashed, and the local people can be enriched. Whether we can build more places like this requires everyone to work together to complete it. .

Naturally, Cai Can and the others couldn't think as far as Sun Xiangfu did about people's livelihood and economic development. They just summed up a little and felt that this should be possible. After all, their current situation is , There are too many fields, and there are not enough people to help them plant them. It is acceptable to contribute some to build embankments, canals, and roads. After all, after repairs, it is convenient for themselves.

So, after Cai Can and the others made up their minds, they said, "Chairman, we can also agree to this one."

Sun Xiangfu nodded when he heard the words, his face looked better now, and he said, "One more point, you and the local big clans should not form groups to oppress other small households, especially this winter, there may be more than a million foreigners Workers, come to the land of Jinghu to help build embankments and open fields. You need to cooperate with the imperial court policy as much as possible and open the door for these workers.

You know, if the population stays, wealth will naturally come.

What do we use to retain those foreign populations?

Only by fertile fields, simple folk customs, and a good living environment.

If this is done well, in the long run, your interests will be even greater than the infrastructure construction of the paddock, because with the population base, you can hire workers in a wider range and start a large industry. "

It is not necessarily possible to say that all the people in the northern region can stay here, because the people in the northern region are not poor, and the annual income of their young and strong groups has reached more than [-]. One household is counted as two young and strong. That is more than [-] guan, generally speaking, the number of people who are currently farming in the embankment is higher.

But for Sun Xiangfu, the population of the entire Shannan Road area is still too small, there are not even a million households, and he has built so many fields, who will cultivate them?
Therefore, after summing up with the samurai, he felt that most of the people from the original Goguryeo, Silla, Baekje and other places who had adapted to farming would be more reliable. After all, the total population there is almost 300. Wan, moving hundreds of thousands of people here can alleviate the problem of local cultivated land resources. However, if he forcibly moves so many people from the policy aspect, Zhang Gongjin is definitely not willing. After all, they are all in his Anton now. Under the rule of the Dadu Protectorate, he will also engage in construction and economic development.

Therefore, I can only think of some other ways, that is to let those people voluntarily move to the local settlement. This requires a good environment and good policies to attract them. In fact, Sun Xiangfu has long been I have already thought of a way, and I have to wait until winter, when people are transferred, to implement it.

"This one, of course our family agrees." After Sun Xiangfu said this, Cai Can and the others agreed without any discussion.

At this time, they realized that the conditions Sun Xiangfu said may not all cause them to bleed and suffer losses. They can outdo it, and they believe it now.

"The last one, what I said is just a suggestion to your families, and I don't require you to do it."

"Sir, please speak."

"Personally, I think it's a bit outdated for your families to gather all the people in one place and develop together like this. Now, the policy of the imperial court is more and more comprehensive to protect the people. Even the basic knowledge of farming is not enough. There are special officials from the Ministry of Agriculture to teach. After the legal system is arrested, you will no longer have the possibility of oppressing the people in groups. In the past, you have no way to get wealth by exploiting other people’s labor force. That is to say, in the future, your people’s Development depends on themselves.

And when the things they get are all obtained by their own labor, they will definitely be less and less willing to contribute these things to the family for nothing. After all, your family's resources are mainly to supply some core products. Characters, but these core characters may not bring them any benefits, they can only contribute, there is no profit sharing, and they can't do it for a long time.

Therefore, for the sake of your own prosperity, I suggest that you separate your families as soon as possible. "

"Break up?"

These two words were like a hammer hitting the chests of several people, shaking their bodies. If they allowed the separation of the family, they would not have negotiated with Sun Xiangfu today.

Seeing that the few people remained silent for a long time, Sun Xiangfu smiled and said, "What? You think my suggestion is unreasonable? Then I will tell you the reason for it."

Hearing the words, several people cast doubtful eyes on Sun Xiangfu. Sun Xiangfu took a sip of tea and said slowly, "When the clansmen in your family work hard to farm the land, and whether they don't work hard, the food income they get is the same. At the same time, how many people do you think will continue to work hard to farm the land after a long time?
Let me put it another way, when a family grows a lot, it will get more, and no matter how much a family plants, it will get so much. What do you think, under what circumstances do these two families have? Will it produce more? "

Cai Can and the others are not fools, so they can naturally figure it out. If they plant for themselves, they will work harder and reap more.

And the truth Sun Xiangfu said is just like later generations who engage in collective eating. In the first few years, it may be okay. After a long time, the inertia will come out. As for living, no matter how you do it, it's just like this. After a long time, you can't do it anymore.

In fact, this time because of the imprisonment of the bank, several of their clansmen showed dissatisfaction on a large scale, which allowed them to see the essence of human nature.

The world is all for profit. If you can benefit for them, they will support you and attach to you. If you can’t benefit for them, they will jump out and oppose you. They will not blindly follow you just because you are of the same clan, brother, We have to settle accounts!

Of course, Sun Xiangfu's words are just for them to reflect on themselves. If they really want to take any action, they will wait until the conflict breaks out and have to deal with it before they will actually act. They will not act because of a possibility. sex, make a hasty decision.

For Sun Xiangfu, completely smashing these aristocratic families is just a step away. He only needs to develop the local people's livelihood and economy well, so that the lower-level members of these aristocratic families will be dissatisfied with their clans, and he will succeed.

(End of this chapter)