I raise dragons in the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 164 Bold Decision (Part [-])
As soon as Luo Xiu saw Zhang Yi's return, he stepped forward and said, "Congratulations, general, for defeating the barbarian army! You're back victorious!"

At the same time, there were other people as well. Under the leadership of Luo Xiu, they said in unison: "Congratulations to the general for bravely defeating the barbarian army! Return with victory!"

Zhang Yi saw through Luo Xiu at a glance, and he didn't hide it, and said directly:

"Luo Xiu, don't worry, I will go to the White Tiger Hall to rescue your granddaughter after I finish the matter here! This is what I promised you, and I will definitely make it happen!"

A smile appeared on Luo Xiu's old face.

"The old man will thank you, General."

"You're welcome, I still need you to help me recruit soldiers!"

"That is inevitable. Now that the Dragon Legion has won the hearts of the people, as long as I come forward to convince people, I will definitely be able to recruit some more people!"

"That's great. You all go back. When I'm done, if you have any requests, you can mention them to Luo Xiu, and he will summarize your opinions. As long as I can do it, I will definitely do my best." You guys do a good job!"

Everyone said in unison: "Thank you, General!"

No matter what, now that he has won the hearts of the people, he must maintain it. Every step he takes, he must be careful and make no mistakes.

When everyone returned, those captives were also arranged, and some of the people who went with them also received some rewards.

……

The entire county has already started to get busy. Under the leadership of the generals, their efficiency is very high.

The entire Mayi is being continuously built. I believe that Zhang Yi will definitely start with Mayi and build the city directly.

The whole day feels like it's gone.

In the afternoon, Bao Xin came to look for him.

He said: "My lord, we have registered all the land in the vicinity according to your intention. But most of these lands are barren, which means that many lands are not cultivated."

"Then did you find out the reason?"

"There are two reasons. First, the severe drought in these years has reduced the harvest of a large number of crops. And because the tax rate imposed by the Han Dynasty is very high, people are not burdened. Some people choose not to farm directly."

These are the lands of the Han Dynasty and still belong to the Han Dynasty.If people want to farm, they have to pay a certain amount of tax to the imperial court when they harvest every year.

At this time, the heavy tax imposed by the imperial court caused some farmers to grow food, but when it came time to harvest, after paying the tax, there was not much left.People have worked hard, but they don't get the corresponding rewards. Instead, they waste their labor, which is not worth the loss and increases the burden. Therefore, a lot of land is empty and cannot be planted.

Zhang Yi thought to himself, this is not good, we must come up with some solutions and let people participate in planting.

Otherwise, he has a large army behind him to support, and now only 3000 people are enough for him to drink a pot.If he has thousands of troops in the future.There is not enough food to rely on, and it is not enough to rely on looting alone.In the end, you can only sit and eat.

That is unsustainable development, which will curb his development of strength.

So you have to figure out a way.

Bao Xin added: "Another point is that some people don't even have a grain of rice at home, and the cost of seeds in the market is also extremely high. To sum up, people are unwilling and have money to plant!"

Now that we all know where the root cause is, the problem will be much easier to solve.

If you want to solve the problem, you must solve it at the source, first of all, the ownership of the land.Then there is the issue of seeds.

So at the moment Zhang Yi made a very bold decision.

"Bao Xin!"

"exist!"

"Write down what I said! All farmers will be exempted from taxes for three years from today! Remember that all taxes are exempted! Seeds will also be provided to people. And a notice will be posted to collect grain at a high price, pay a deposit to collect grain, etc. Pay the final payment after the crops are mature, so that people can put them into production. Furthermore, encourage wasteland reclamation. Anyone who lives in the city will be rewarded with a penny for every acre of wasteland reclaimed, and the grain grown on the wasteland will be recovered at a high price. Ten mu is the limit."

Let the market circulate, he has money, and people grow food, which is reasonable. Before people produce a large amount of food, he still has to rely on robbing.

Zhang Yi thought for a while and said:
"Also, open warehouses to release grain, let some willing laborers, first reward each person with one hundred catties of grain! Let them have the physical strength to go into production. But this one hundred catties is not provided for nothing, it is necessary , and when the grain is harvested, one hundred catties must be paid back!"

Some people can't get used to it, and people are even more so. If you provide a hundred catties of food for free, people will praise you verbally for a few days at most. After the time passes, people will forget about you?

Moreover, this hundred catties can only be eaten for more than a month at most, but if it is combined with other complementary foods, it should be no problem for two months. These foods are only an urgent need, and they still need to work and plant them in the end.

When Bao Xin heard this bold decision, he couldn't believe his ears.If other people said these words, he would definitely deny them completely, but Zhang Yi said, but he dared not say no to his face.

Bao Xin was older than Zhang Yi, and he knew the land policy of the entire Han court very well.

So he said: "But if you do this, my lord, then people will have food, but we will have no food! It is not a good thing for our reserve food reserves!"

His concern is not unreasonable, after all, people are full, but you are hungry.

"Bao Xin! You don't understand this. Now I just need to control the financial power! In other words, as long as I have money, everything will be easy! When the grain production increases, people's food reserves will be full, and when the time comes , let’s spend money to buy it, as long as we have money, are we afraid of running out of food?”

You know, the entire Mayi regime is now in the hands of Zhang Yi. As long as he says a word, who would dare to say no?
The so-called wool comes from the sheep. On the surface, Zhang Yi is to reduce people’s burdens, increase people’s enthusiasm, and let people go to farm. In fact, he thinks that after the grain production increases, these people will have to hoard grain. The unfinished stockpiles of food will be sold or exchanged for some necessities. At this time, there will be market behavior. As long as he firmly holds the economic power in his own hands, then it doesn’t matter if the agriculture makes some profits. ?

"I see!"

Later, Zhang Yi told Bao Xin his thoughts.

Afterwards, Bao Xin went down to arrange matters, and believed that after this time, the whole city of Mayi would definitely get better and better.

At the same time, Zhang Yi also started to repair the city wall, because he couldn't keep those two thousand captives for nothing?Just use them to do something real.

(End of this chapter)