Three Kingdoms.

  Chapter 71 The cornerstone of the Han Dynasty

  The water and soil conservation in the Han Dynasty was perfect, at least not full of felled forests and empty commercial and industrial areas like the later generations.

  However, this original ecology is quite uncomfortable for Fei Qian.

   It’s okay on the official road, as long as you leave the official road for about 200 steps, it’s basically overgrown with weeds. Fortunately, according to the standard of official roads in the Han Dynasty, the road needs to be at least one foot wide, so it cannot be built in the middle of dense forests, and most of them choose some wide ground, otherwise the mountains are high and dense, and Fei Qian is really worried that someone will jump out and roar. This road is what I drive, this tree is what I carry...

  When I first left Luoyang, there were more people, and the vehicles and horses sometimes got stuck together.

  However, with the gradual distance away and the increase of the distance, the number of people and carriages gradually decreased, and sometimes there was no one in most of the day.

  The official road is paved with bluestone slabs, which are repaired by special personnel from the official government. Therefore, although it is not too smooth, it is much better than the muddy ground next to it.

Luoyang is located in the hinterland of the Central Plains. Most of the land on both sides of the official road has been reclaimed and turned into fields, where crops mainly wheat and millet are planted. It is late autumn at this time, and the harvest has basically been completed, leaving some bare fields in the fields. straw heads or something.

   Fei Qian had been sitting for a long time, so he got out of the car and followed the car for a while, his whole body was really shaken enough.

  There was no rubber in the Han Dynasty. The wooden carriage wheels were specially nailed with a circle of iron plates on the side for reinforcement and to prevent wear and tear. When such wheels rolled on the stone board, the people in the carriage felt sour

  It’s okay to be close to Luoyang. After all, it is the capital of the country, and the roads are flat. Although there are some vibrations, it is still within the acceptable range, but if it is far away, it can only be hehe.

Rich people will lay some furs in the carriages to reduce the vibration and pain of the journey, but Feiqian is not that extravagant, and just chooses the cotton linen that most people use, so although it will relieve some, it is also Limited, sitting for a long time is really uncomfortable.

  While walking, Fei Qian looked at the farmland on both sides of the road, suddenly thought of a question, turned to Zhang Zhao and asked, "How much does this field generally produce per mu?"

Zhang Zhao looked at it and said, "Mr. Fei Lang, I don't know much about this. I just know that in my hometown, an acre of land is almost three stones of millet all year round. In better years, it is more, and in poor years, sometimes it can only be collected for one stone." many."

  Three stones, Fei Qian did some calculations, but it’s really not too much.

  Measurement in the Han Dynasty was very complicated. Light stones were divided into big stones and small stones, and there were other measurement units such as bells, cauldrons, dendrobiums, buckets, heaps, and liters...

   Also, because the Han Dynasty court had not realized that the different units of measurement would cause various troubles, and did not require all regions to uniformly produce measuring instruments, resulting in extremely inaccurate calculations, which were often an estimated value.

  For example, the stone mentioned by Zhang Zhao, Fei Qian guessed that it should be the stone calculated by the army. If it is converted in this way, the yield of about 3 stone per mu is converted into the concept of later generations, which is in the range of 270 to 280 jin.

   And the output of this 280 Jin, which is 3 stones, is really very small.

Let me give you an example. As far as Fei Qian knows, the imperial court calculates the rations like this. They are divided into males, females, envoys, maids, unenvoyed men and unenvoyed women—big means to grow up, and In ancient times, adulthood was considered to be over 16 years old; if used, it means that it can be used for use, and it refers to 6 to 15 years old;

  Da Nan is a strong labor force, and the lunar eclipse big stone is 1 stone and 8 buckets;

  The second gear for the big girl and the messenger boy, eclipse 1 boulder and 3 buckets;

   The maid and the maid are in the third stage, the lunar eclipse is 1 boulder;

  The last stage is not a maid, 7 buckets of lunar eclipse boulders.

According to the average household population of three generations, each generation has two people, that is, grandparents, fathers, mothers, sons and daughters. Calculated in this way, a family will eat 9 stones a month, which is the annual output of 3 mu of land. 36 mu of land is enough for annual rations.

  Adding various miscellaneous expenses such as rent, tax, levy, transfer, etc., the most basic guarantee for a Han Dynasty farmer not to go bankrupt is to have at least 50 mu of land.

   And it’s just eating, excluding other things, and not getting sick...

   Feiqian shook his head, regardless of the ancient and later generations, this disease has always been the most terrifying and fearful thing in the hearts of the most basic and low-level people—

   But the more basic, the lower class people are the most likely to get sick...

After walking for a while, Fei Qian saw a farmer plowing the land in the distance, so he talked to Zhang Zhao, went up to the farmer who was working, and asked, "Old man, I have something to do." Please tell me, how about this real estate?"

The farmer who plowed the land straightened up, saw Fei Qian was fully dressed, and saw Fei Qian behind Zhang Zhao and others guarding him, he thought it was a disciple from some aristocratic family who came out to investigate the people's situation, so he said very politely: "Don't dare to be an invitation. Words. This place is considered to be an acre, and this year's situation is not bad, and we have harvested 4 shi of corn."

  The old farmer cracked his mouth and smiled, obviously satisfied with this year's output.

  Fei Qian pointed to the field in the distance and asked, "Are all the nearby fields like this?"

The old farmer shook his head and said: "It depends on the land. The upper field produces a lot. If it is a bad field..." The old farmer pointed to an area near the foot of the mountain, "Look, sir, there is a newly opened wasteland. At the beginning of plowing, there is no water on the mountain, and it is all relying on manpower, so it would be great if you can harvest one stone per mu.”

  Fei Qian took out a few Chinese five baht from his pocket, thanked the old farmer, and handed over the coins.

  The old farmer thanked repeatedly, stretched out his hand to take Fei Qian's hand, and was afraid of dirtying Fei Qian's hand, so he used the short jacket he was wearing as a cushion before taking Fei Qian's money.

  Fei Qian returned to the carriage and continued on his way without saying anything, but his heart was like boiling water, and various thoughts kept popping up...

  Actually, that old farmer is like the bottom cornerstone of the Han Dynasty today, but if you don’t go out, you don’t know that the cornerstone is so miserable now. The old farmer was doing well just now, but what about those who encountered natural disasters? What about no land to grow? What if someone in the family is sick?

   No wonder that during the Yellow Turban Rebellion a while ago, the three Zhang Jiao brothers were able to stir up tens of thousands of peasants to revolt at every turn...

  If everyone can eat and wear warm clothes, who would engage in rebellious business?

  Each dynasty will force the most basic and lowest people to be unable to survive in the later stage, and it will naturally be reversed. It has been the same since ancient times.

  As long as the minimum living requirements are met, these simple people will naturally support you and follow you, and the so-called popular sentiment will naturally arise.

After thinking about it for a while, Fei Qian felt that it was quite difficult to solve this problem. Most of the land today was in the Eastern Han Dynasty for two hundred years. The Yang family, the Xuzhou Mi family, etc., to move the land of these aristocratic families means to cut off the roots of these people's wealth, and will inevitably encounter fierce resistance...

  Is there a way to increase productivity for a temporary relief?

   Or the introduction of new high-yielding species?

  Fei Qian looked up at the sky, the sky in the Han Dynasty was clear blue and bright, with white clouds, very seductive.

  If you want to change the future destiny of these people living under this beautiful sky, you still have to start with the most basic things...

Eating is always the first demand... Now that the price is soaring, I can't afford it anymore... The author Zhe writes late at night every day, and goes to bed hungry... Sigh... Don't talk about these, I wish you all a new starting point in the new year New heights and new developments... Don't forget to vote for the author's fungus for collection or something...

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