Chastity Layman

  Chapter 271 Mo Shangxing

  March, misty rain, willows Yiyi.

   Chang'an City.

  In the Taiji Palace, the emperor's Taiji Hall Linxuan was given a roll call.

  A total of seven exams were held this time, but only the Jinshi department was allowed to take the imperial examination after the provincial examination.

   The first class is given as a Jinshi and the second class, the second class is given as a Jinshi, and the third class is given as a Jinshi.

  Because of the large number of students enrolled in this subject, the emperor personally called only the top three, also known as the top three, who were awarded the number one scholar, second place, and Tanhua.

  The second and third grades were called by Qin Lang, the chief examiner of Jinke Zhigong Ju, and they were called Chuanlu.

  In the first year of Zhenguan, a total of 360 Jinshi of the new department were admitted, and all of them were specially given scarlet robes, wearing beam crowns, and went to the Golden Palace.

  The three of them respectively went forward to kneel down to thank the emperor, and accepted the Jinshi and the first gold medal bestowed by the emperor. The 2nd and 3rd class went forward in different classes and were awarded silver medals.

  After the completion of the biography, the officials of the Ministry of Rites will hold up the golden list to lead the way out of the palace, place the list in the Dragon Pavilion, kneel down three times and kowtow nine times, and then walk around Chang'an Street with Jinwu guards.

  Jinshi Kobe was more favored than the other five subjects. Immediately, Jinshi was extremely glorious, and Mingjing was completely inferior. Among these shining new subjects, the young chief examiner, Qin Lang, was of course even more dazzling.

  The champion of the new division Jinshi is Lai Heng, the second place is Lai Ji, and Tanhua is Shangguanyi.

The two brothers from the Lai family were the same Jinshi, and they were divided into the number one scholar and the second place. Because of the relationship between the two brothers and the Qin family, people took the opportunity to impeach Qin Lang for cheating in the imperial examination, but because the emperor was the emperor who won the number one prize, and the emperor personally took the palace examination. Therefore, the impeached official was relegated to Lingnan, which proved the justice of Qin Lang as the examiner.

Of the three hundred and sixty Jinshi scholars in the new department, there are more than three hundred scholars who were born as landlords of the common clan. This is because the children of the famous noble families basically participated in the Mingjing department. No one expected the status of the Mingjing department this time. It's so miserable, Jinshi subjects are unique, and it's too late to change, so the glory belongs to these humble scholars.

  The emperor also gave a special banquet to the new scholars in Qujiang.

  On the second day after the list was released, many new scholars went to Pingkangfang Yiguo Gongfu to visit and thank their teachers.

  But found that Qin Lang had already left Beijing.

  After Qin Lang attended the Jinshi Banquet in Qujiang, he sent Qin Qiong out of Beijing to take up his post early the next morning.

  Originally, Qin Qiong was about to leave Beijing a long time ago, but Li Shimin insisted on persuading him to leave later, and it was March when he stayed.

  On the north bank of the Weihe River, Qin Qiong looked at Qin Lang's swamp, where many people were fighting. Qin Lang pulled out a lot of money and food, hired workers, and transformed the swamp.

  For more than 10,000 mu of swampy land, two canals were first planned horizontally and vertically, and then dozens of secondary and third-level canals were planned to divide the 10,000 mu of land into a network.

   Immediately afterwards, dams were built with pine piles and stones, and then the silt was dredged and the fields were leveled.

  The first-level canal can also serve as a canal to transport wood, stone and silt.

  In addition, Qin Lang bought a new piece of land from Xianyang County on the four sides, and directly dug it into a pond to store flood water and raise fish and lotus roots.

The thousands of people recruited nearby were working hard with their trousers and sleeves rolled up. They included two meals, including chicken, duck and fish. Although thousands of people ate, there was actually no meat in the cauldron. At least dozens of catties of meat are rotten in the pot every day, not to mention that the rice pipe is enough to keep you full, and you also work part-time to pay wages.

   Everyone's enthusiasm is naturally high.

"Grandpa, look at this piece of land. It's a total of 20,000 mu. Throw away the canals, embankments, and ponds, and you can transform 10,000 mu of rice fields. The embankment can be planted with mulberry, and the pond can be used to raise fish. , lotus root can be planted on the shore, and I will build a pig farm, sheep pen, chicken and duck farm, etc..."

   "If you change it like this, can it really prevent disasters?"

"After the renovation is completed, there is no need to worry about the flood that occurs once in 30 to 50 years, let alone the usual rain. There are so many rivers and canals that can be dredged and drained. Moreover, my land has been lifted, and there are fairgrounds on all sides. Dikes, big water can be kept out."

Qin Lang's transformation is very simple, that is, in the Huaihe River area in later generations, it is common to enclose dikes to build fields, build dikes, and enclose a field. Even if there is a flood, the inside of the **** is safe, unless it is the kind of major flood that occurs once in a century. It may overflow **** or break polder.

   "It will cost a lot of money, right?"

"It didn't cost much to buy the land. It cost 6,000 yuan before and after. I didn't want this much. I gave it a little more, so as not to say that I took advantage of the court. In addition, it would cost a lot to renovate this area. I bought pine wood and stones. In addition Hiring workers and hiring people, add up to 20,000 guan."

  Qin Lang was secretly startled that nearly 30,000 yuan was invested in this watery wasteland.

   "Where did you get so much money?"

   "Grandfather, more than 20,000 yuan is not taken out at one time, but also invested in batches. My chicken farm and duck farm are now profitable, and Zhuangzi Shangben also has output."

   "Don't fool me, there was a catastrophe last year, and there was no surplus. This year, I just planted in spring, so how can there be a harvest?"

"It's mainly business that makes money. Liquor and sugar are the big players, and they make a lot of money. In addition, last year I also set up a business in Youzhou to participate in the trade in the border market of Youzhou. In addition, I bought some tea farms. Now that new teas are on the market, the new-style fried tea from our tea house is still quite popular among the aristocrats, and has entered the high-end tea market..."

   For a time traveler like Qin Lang, making money has never been a big problem, especially considering their current status, as long as they don't eat alone, then making money is indeed faster.

  White sugar is now like a money printing machine, with a steady stream of money coming in, and wine and tea are also very profitable. Qin Lang is already making arrangements to enter the salt industry market, planning to get some salt farms to make salt, and then buy salt from the court for sale.

  These sales and purchases don't actually have much technical content, what they really need is status. Just like those bad guys in the 1980s and 1990s, if you have a background, you can make money easily.

Other aristocratic and wealthy families also follow this way. Workshops, caravans, and lending, and then spend more than half of the money to buy land and land. Land income is the most stable, especially after mastering the land, you can still To further bind those tenant farmers who are attached to the land, there are people who have land, and they can develop industry and commerce when they have people. This is the secret of their survival for thousands of years.

  Qin Lang's path is somewhat similar to theirs, but also somewhat different.

For example, in Xianyang, it’s not that it can’t be remodeled, and it’s not that no one can see it. It’s just that the rich and powerful families don’t want to do it. This kind of thing costs a lot of money, so it’s not worth it. They have money to buy good fields directly. many.

  Under normal circumstances, it would take nearly 30,000 yuan to renovate such 10,000 acres of land, and it would take many years to pay back the cost.

  Qin Lang didn't think that way, or he didn't want to follow the path of traditional agriculture. He was sure that he could turn waste land into treasure fields, which could prevent floods and ensure income.

  The county magistrate of Xianyang came here every day recently. Not only did Qin Lang give the yamen 6,000 guan, but he also hired so many people to do things in the disaster year, which can be said to have made outstanding contributions to Xianyang County.

Of course, besides Qin Lang spending six thousand coins to buy the land, Ah Huang also spent several hundred coins to manage Xianyang County, from the county magistrate to the servants, without losing the benefits. Such a generous and generous nobleman, The county magistrate of Xianyang was not grateful, so he sent several memorials to the court, saying that the Qin family in Pingkangfang benefited the village and so on.

   For the Qin family's construction site, they also fully cooperated.

  The weather in March is changeable. Yesterday was a bright and sunny spring, but today it is a light rain that does not stop.

  Qin Qiong patted his son on the shoulder.

   "Let's send it here. I'm going to Lingzhou. Master Liang will not return to the capital. You will take care of the family in the capital."

  Qin Qiong took office alone, and Cui and his sons and daughters all stayed in Beijing. Without the emperor's dispensation, who would dare to bring their family members and children to take up the post of the big officials in the frontier.

"Actually, according to the current situation, it won't be long before Master Liang Mieliang is saved. Now, there is a deposit of money to seal the pile of Liang Mie Liang every month. In addition, the transshipment department has been transporting money, food and equipment to Lingyan. According to this momentum, it will not take three years. Wait until next year, maybe it will be almost the same.”

  Qin Qiong smiled, "In fact, it doesn't take a lot of money and food to destroy the capital of Liangshi. The key is the Turkic people."

"What Grandpa said is that I still have a secret weapon here. After a while, I will send Grandpa to Lingzhou. Maybe there will be a blitzkrieg at that time, and I will destroy Master Liang with lightning speed by surprise. All, hit Turkic by surprise."

   "Your land has been transformed, but you can't grow it yourself?" Qin Qiong asked.

   "Hire some long-term workers, and hire some short-term workers when the farming is busy. If it doesn't work, let's rent some out."

   "Haven't thought about buying some slaves?" Qin Qiong asked. Of course, renting out tenant land is not as profitable as self-cultivation, but self-cultivation needs a lot of slaves.

  Qin Lang also had slaves under his name, and the emperor had rewarded him a lot in the past, but adding tens of thousands of acres of land required a lot of slaves.

   "When I get to Lingzhou, I'll get you some Turkic slaves. It's easy to buy slaves from the border areas."

Qin Qiong said that buying people is the same as buying livestock, which fully reflects the phenomenon that Tang people love to buy and sell slaves. Chang'an, where even temples are full of slaves, is a normal phenomenon. It is said that slaves account for one-third of the total population of Chang'an City. quantity.

Every family with a certain status has slaves. From taking care of daily life and food, to farming and working, slaves are indispensable everywhere. The sources of slaves are also varied, such as prisoners of war, slaves of crimes, or slaves of debts, etc. Among them, foreign slaves accounted for the bulk.

"All right."

  What Qin Lang can say, his family is used to it, so he doesn't have the face to pretend to be a benevolent saint or something.

  The Tang Dynasty should be regarded as the last era of aristocrats in Chinese history, and also the last era of large-scale slavery in Chinese history.

  More than a dozen boats sailed from the Weihe River into Qin Lang's manor on the north bank, and arrived at the north ferry along the newly dug canal. The boats were loaded with piglets and lambs.

  The rice fields are still being transformed, but the first batch of pig pens and sheep pens have been built. This is the first batch of pigs and sheep, which are completely raised in captivity.

Not far behind these pens, there is still a piece of land that is being organized. In Qin Lang's plan, a slaughtering and processing plant will be built on it. At that time, some pigs and sheep will be processed here, and even pigs will be used in the future. A pigskin shoe factory for leather processing, a brush factory for using pig bristles, a wool factory for using wool, and so on.

  Even in his plan, wineries, sugar factories, etc. will be built here in the future, and the workshops in Qin Chang'an City will be moved here to make the industry more concentrated, which is conducive to management and preservation.

  He also plans to build an oil mill here, so that distiller's grains from the winery and soybean meal from the oil factory can be directly made into feed for pigs and sheep.

  (end of this chapter)