Da Qin: Destroyed the Xiongnu at the beginning

"The people of Xiaoshe have now entered the territory of Hanzhong County. Let’s rest in this Chuanshe (post house) for one night and set off again tomorrow."

"You can reach Xianyang City in up to three days."

The escorting principal wiped the sweat from his forehead and said

"I'm tired"

"It just so happens that I also want to visit Hanzhong County."

Xiao He put down the scroll in his hand and said.

Starting from Peijun, it has been thousands of miles along the way. As Xiao He's experience continued to increase, he became more curious about Fusu.

This prince has been rumored to be a god descended to earth. Your Highness, what kind of person is he?

As the experimental site of Fusu, Hanzhong County has become Xiao He's key target to understand Fusu.

After settling his family in the inheritance house, Xiao He, under the leadership of Guanyi, I started touring around the county town.

It was dusk at this time. When I walked to the city gate, I saw a group of people dressed as civilians. There were hundreds of them. Every one of them had a look of joy on their face.

"Why are these people so happy?"

Xiao He couldn't help but said in surprise.

It seems that the autumn harvest period hasn't arrived yet, right?

"What Xiao Sheren didn't know was that these people were all workers of the newly opened coal workshop in the suburbs of Nanzheng."

"coal?"

A trace of doubt flashed across Xiao He's face.

"It's the stone, and in some places it's also called the black pill."

"This thing is also recorded in the original book, but no one knows its purpose and thinks it is no different from ordinary stones."

"Fortunately, His Highness the Crown Prince discovered that this material could be used as fuel and was much more effective than charcoal. Therefore, he sent people to search for it in Xianyang and Hanzhong County and established several coal workshops."

"These common people are all hired to work in coal workshops."

"As long as you work, you will have a guaranteed income of two yuan a day, plus commission. If you are strong, you can easily earn three to five yuan a day."

"This was much more than what they had earned from digging the land before, and the people were very grateful to His Highness the Crown Prince."

Guanyi explained quickly.

Xiao He was surprised again.

You know, in this situation, a bushel of corn is only three coins.

A salary of three coins a day is enough to easily support a family.

No wonder the people are like this. Positive.

But soon, Xiao He discovered new problems

"With so many workers, even if one person can only mine a few dozen kilograms a day, there are still thousands of kilograms. Aren't you worried about causing a backlog?"

Xiao He asked curiously

"How many kilograms?"

"Xiao Sheren, you underestimate this coal workshop too much."

"This workshop covers a radius of more than ten miles, and thousands of people are mining at the same time. The daily output is at least hundreds of thousands of kilograms."

"Even so, the coal, as soon as it is mined, will be snatched up by the merchants outside, and then transported to surrounding counties for distribution. The supply is completely in short supply."

"It is said that His Royal Highness the Prince has arranged for craftsmen to design a new type of machinery that can increase the output of a coal workshop by more than ten times."

Xiao He thought about it in his mind and suddenly became more confused.

According to the laws of the Qin Dynasty, a county magistrate can be established only if the population is more than 10,000 households, and a county magistrate can be called a county magistrate if the population is less than 10,000 households. In other words, many counties actually do not even have 10,000 households. Arrived.

Thousands of people were working in this coal workshop at the same time, almost the entire young workforce of some small counties.

Coupled with the merchants and transportation personnel involved in the transaction, Xiao He couldn't help but blurt out:

"So many people are working or engaged in business, so who will farm?"

"The Qin Dynasty has always emphasized agriculture and suppressed business. Isn't this putting the cart before the horse?"

"Xiao Sheren will know if he continues to listen.

Guanyi smiled and said:"Actually, when His Royal Highness the Crown Prince raised this matter at the beginning, everyone in the government and the public had the same worries as you.""

"But after they actually implemented it, they discovered that most people actually chose to stay and work in agriculture."

"These farmers who stayed behind learned more advanced farming methods under the guidance of the farm disciples recruited by His Highness the Prince. In addition, the oxen and horses captured by the Prince from the Huns and distributed to each village were used for intensive farming. The output was not only low. Reduced, but increased"

"At this time, many families with larger families had a surplus of labor force without having to perform corvee labor."

"At this time, many young men tried to join the work in the workshops, and then found that the income from working was much higher than that from farming. Nowadays, in various counties in Hanzhong, young men working are very popular with older girls."

"As for the county and county governments, they were also surprised to find that since the opening of the workshop, the mainstream agricultural taxes have risen instead of falling. Commercial taxes, which were originally ignored, have skyrocketed many times in a short period of time, and now have reached accounted for more than 30% of the agricultural tax, and it is still rising."

"According to this trend, it won’t be long before commercial taxes will surpass agricultural taxes and become the main component of taxes."

"Under such circumstances, even the most stubborn person has to admit that the emphasis on agriculture and suppression of business is indeed somewhat outdated."

"Agriculture and business should develop together and complement each other."

"His Royal Highness has already begun to open more workshops in various counties. One of them is to allow the people of Xianyang and Hanzhong counties to go to the countryside to collect common mountain grapes and other berries in their free time, and buy them in large quantities for one pound or two. , and then brew it into fruit wine in the winery and sell it to all parts of Daqin."

Guanyi said with a smile on his face.

"Nowadays, in every household in Hanzhong, who does not remember the kindness of His Highness the Crown Prince?"

"It is His Majesty the Prince who has enabled the people to escape from poverty. As long as they work hard, they can realize their dream of having enough food and clothing, and even make a surplus."

"Every now and then, the whole family gets together to buy some meat and have a tooth ceremony, which was almost unimaginable before."

Xiao He took a deep breath.

Although after unifying the six kingdoms, the First Emperor concentrated the world's wealthy businessmen around Xianyang, making Xianyang the area with the most wealth in the world.

But only for those symbols, ordinary people's lives are still very difficult.

Even worse than Not to go to Chudi, Kuaiji, Peijun and other places.

But now, under Fusu's changes, in a short period of time, hundreds of people in Xianyang and Hanzhong counties have been turned upside down. No one has ever The changes that have been achieved.

What kind of ability is this?

Xiao He, who was still a little proud of his ability, suddenly admired Fusu infinitely.

This is the benevolent and righteous Lord who truly cares about the people of the world.

This is the one worthy of Xiao He's death and following him Mingjun!

Xiao He could not wait to fly to the Prince's Mansion immediately and ask Fusu for advice in person.