At the beginning, Emperor Yang of Sui was kidnapped

Chapter 268
On the outskirts of Luoyang.

He Ruozhuang.

Xu Mu and others took a boat along the way, passing through several artificial canals built by Lao Yangxiu, and it took four days to arrive at He Ruozhuang Ferry.

Back then, batches of talented people passed through here to "study" in Wanmin City.

Xu Mu temporarily settled Liang Ziqiu's mother in He Ruozhuang.

So he took Qin Shubao, Wang Xuance and others to investigate in the suburbs.

He wanted to see what changes had taken place in Henan County under Lao Fang's management in two months.

There are several villages around He Ruozhuang.

Xu Mu picked a village at random, and took Qin Shubao and Wang Xuance for a private visit.

Along the way, he was also thinking about what name he should use to show himself to the public.

The god-making plan in Wanmin City went smoothly.

Now his prestige is infinitely high in the hearts of hundreds of thousands of people.

Almost equivalent to a saint descending to earth.

But in the 36 states of Henan County, there is a lot worse.

The only ones who knew him were the little officials from Wanmin City.

"Masters in front, be careful not to trample on the old man's crops!"

As Xu Mu was walking, he suddenly saw an old man in his 60s, holding a hoe, and his body was very agile, running towards them quickly.

Seeing this, Wang Zhao stood in front of Xu Mu calmly.

Qin Shubao and the others subconsciously stopped the old man carrying a hoe.

It was only then that Xu Mu noticed that potatoes and wheat were planted on both sides of the road they were walking on.

Besides that, there are some other crops.

In the farmland, there is also a bobbin car, which can regularly irrigate the farmland.

But looking at it, Xu Mu discovered something...

"Old man, these crops should be ripe for you, right? Why haven't you harvested them yet?" Xu Mu couldn't help but frowned.

These crops are growing very well.

It is a sight of a good harvest.

It can be seen that Fang Xuanling has done a good job in persuading farmers.

but……

He glanced around, and the crops in the farmland on the outskirts of Luoyang were almost ripe.

But there was no harvest for a long time.

"This is unacceptable! Unacceptable!" The dark-skinned old man hurriedly shook his head and waved his hands.

Xu Mu frowned even tighter: "Harvest in autumn and store in winter, it's only natural, why can't you harvest?"

The old man glanced left and right, and said with a chuckle: "It seems that the masters are from other places. I don't know the situation in Henan County."

Xu Mu glanced at Wang Xuance and Qin Shubao, raised his eyebrows and said, "Oh? Tell me."

What he is worried about now is not Lao Fang's obedience to others.

Rather, he ignored it.

In ancient times, harvesting was a big deal.

Even if it is a war, you have to give time to the harvest of the crops, and you must choose a time when the farming is slack to fight the war.

After all, people depend on food, and agriculture is the first priority.

"Since Wang Shichong abdicated, our Henan County has a new lord's mansion. There is a director of the general affairs department in the lord's mansion, called Fangxuan...fang or something." The old man put down his hoe and began to explain: "These seeds and land , all assigned to us by him.”

Mentioning this, the old man grinned, unable to close his mouth for a while.

Xu Mu nodded.

This is the policy he set when he was in Henan County.

Lao Fang spared no effort to implement it.

"Later, Director Fang also assigned us an agricultural secretary to teach us how to use new tools. Hey, have you seen that bobbin car in other places?" As he spoke, the old man actually started to show off.

Xu Mu: "..."

This thing is said to be made by him...

"In addition to this, there is another thing that plows the field very quickly. Without so many cows, the little old man can plow ten acres of land by himself!"

"And the seeds distributed by the lord's mansion are really amazing! The little old man was allotted ten acres of land back then. Guess how much grain this ten acres of land can harvest this year?"

Xu Mu didn't speak.

But Wang Xuance, who is not very clear about the high-yield seeds of Wanmin City, couldn't help but said: "Ten mu of land, at most fifteen shi."

He inferred from his own past experience.

The result immediately attracted the contempt of the old man: "You underestimate the Lord's Mansion too much! I heard that the equipment in the Lord's Mansion all came from the holy mountains, and they were given by the gods! Can the things given by the gods be worse? ?”

Immediately afterwards, the old man showed two fingers.

Wang Xuance raised his eyebrows and said, "Twenty stones?"

Speaking of it, two stones per mu is actually considered a high yield.

But this is also within a reasonable range.

When the old man heard this, the disdain in his eyes grew stronger: "What twenty stones? It's two hundred stones!"

Wang Xuance showed disbelief, opened his eyes wide, and looked at the surrounding farmland.

Immediately afterwards, he looked at Xu Mu again.

Xu Mu didn't open his mouth, but Qin Shubao analyzed thoughtfully: "Two hundred stones is still a little less, far worse than Wanmin City, but this is the first time to persuade farmers, and this number is not bad."

Wang Xuance's eyelids twitched.

Seeing Qin Shubao's seriously analyzing expression, he couldn't help swallowing.

Wanmin City... what kind of place is it?
Now he is extremely curious about this legendary city in the deep mountains and old forests.

"Old man, after talking so much, you still haven't said that the food has been cooked for several days, so why haven't you harvested it yet?" Xu Mu interrupted the old farmer's Versailles and reminded.

Just as the old farmer was about to explain, he saw a group of people approaching in the distance, flying like flying, carrying a hoe and running in the opposite direction.

Xu Mu looked confused.

Turning his head, he couldn't help frowning as he looked at the group of people in petty officials' costumes.

This old farmer... is so afraid of these petty officials?
This group of petty officials noticed Xu Mu and the others, and walked over quickly.

"Where are you from? What do you do in the farmland? Please report your household registration and name." The head official stared at the group of people who were still equipped with knives, and couldn't help asking.

Wang Zhao frowned.

As Xu Mu's personal guard, it was the first time he had seen someone dare to speak to the lord like this.

Just as he was about to explode, Xu Mu stopped him.

Xu Mu said very consciously: "Jingzhao County, from Chang'an, the second in the family, surnamed Li, has not yet taken a character, named Shimin."

The little official took out a pen and paper from his sleeve, and skillfully wrote down the name Xu Mu reported, and when he memorized it, he found something was wrong...

"Why do you have the same name as Li Shimin?"

The matter of Li Shimin, after a series of baptisms, has long been known to everyone.

"That's not a good thing, it won't end well, I advise you, change your name as soon as possible." Immediately afterwards, the little official reminded him kindly.

Xu Mu: "..."

He didn't expect that this person dressed as a small official would be so enthusiastic.

Seeing the old farmer's appearance just now, he actually felt a little sullen.

I'm afraid that what happened to Xiaoli Yurou Township will happen.

After all, the magistrate who destroyed the family, the county magistrate who destroyed the family.

When this incident happened, the old house could hardly absolve itself of the blame.

But after seeing that the little official simply asked and recorded his name, he didn't make things difficult for him anymore...

Xu Mu paused, and couldn't help asking: "I just came back from Chang'an, and I saw the harvests everywhere, why don't you rush to harvest?"

You know, with the seeds of Wanmin City, it can guarantee that the land will not be barren all year round.

If you waste more time, you will waste the golden age of harvesting and planting.

This little official was about to explain...

I heard the voice of the old farmer who had left before, and it came from a long distance: "Secretary Liu, I brought the things you asked for. I was in a hurry to go out before, so I forgot."

Xu Mu turned around and saw the old farmer running over with a dozen woven sacks.

"You guys didn't know something when you came back from other places. The reason why the harvest has been delayed these few days is mainly because...the director of the house is predicting the success of various places in Henan County, so as to keep prices constant and prevent illegal profiteers from manipulating prices."

The little official smiled and explained the cause and effect.

It turned out that seven days ago, the crops in Henan County were gradually ripening.

However, in order to better coordinate prices and collect two taxes, Fang Xuanling asked his subordinate officials to estimate grain production within the 36 states.

Get ready first.

That's why it was delayed.

After a pause, the clerk showed a proud expression: "The cleaning has just been completed today, and our Henan County's harvest this time may reach 8000 million shi!"

"Old man Li, let's say less than two hundred shi for your field. After paying the tax, you still have about 180 shi!"

The little official stared at the old farmer and said with emotion.

In the past, they would never have imagined such a harvest.

The old farmer named Li Laohan grinned, with a satisfied smile on his face.

"The lord's mansion has an order. Starting today, all 36 prefectures in the county will harvest together! All the grain must be harvested within five days!" Afterwards, the little official gave the order, and the group of people he brought raised their hands. Scythe and other tools.

Start helping with the harvest.

Seeing this, Xu Mu felt relieved.

According to the two-tax law, 36 million shi of grain in 8000 states, this time at least 800 million shi of grain can be put into Hanjiacang!

The grain surplus, the next step, the next step, is to find a way to recruit soldiers.

"It looks like Lao Yang is doing pretty well."

Xu Mu took Qin Shubao and others along the way, stopped and stopped, saw many farmlands, and asked many farmers.

All got the same explanation.

The old man Li said before that he couldn't accept it, but he was actually waiting for the Lord's Mansion to estimate all the grain production.

Harvest after the price is set.

Only in this way can we ensure that these grains are flooded into the market, and the price of grains will not be made too low all of a sudden.

However... with the high-yielding seeds from Wanmin City, the grain price in Henan County will obviously drop to an acceptable level for the common people.

At least in the short term, under normal operating conditions, there will be no more things that cannot afford food.

……

Three miles outside Luoyang city gate.

Fang Xuanling, Sun Ying, Zhang Xutuo and others all gathered here.

We are welcoming Xu Mu's return.

Originally, they wanted to come ten miles away to meet them.

But Xu Mu refused.

At this time, it is the busy farming period for the people to harvest, and everything must be harvested.

"Subordinate... welcome the lord back to the city!"

When they saw Xu Mu and the others, Fang Xuanling, Zhang Xutuo, Sun Ying and the others looked eager, bowing their heads and bowing to each other, very excited.

Because the lord said before leaving that the day he returns will be the time to conquer the Quartet!

(End of this chapter)