Daming Town Haiwang

Chapter 1826, Landlords of the New Era

Sunny, blue sky and white clouds.

On the straight concrete road, dozens of cars are driving unhurriedly, and on both sides of the road, the vast fields stretch to the end of the field of vision, and it will be autumn soon, and the golden wheat waves are gradually emerging from the wheat fields. When viewed from a distance, it looks like a boundless golden ocean.

"parking!"

Emperor Hongzhi looked at the large wheat field outside the car, and decisively chose to get out of the car to have a look.

Soon, the convoy pulled over and parked slowly. Plainclothes court guards and factory guards got off from the cars one after another, and quickly guarded the surroundings. The eunuchs quickly put up big umbrellas for the sun, I started to boil water on the stove to prepare tea, and even moved coffee tables and seats from the large truck behind, so that Emperor Hongzhi could rest for a while.

Although it is said that everything is simple, but after all, he is the emperor, so he still has what he should have. Several large trucks behind him are full of various items that Emperor Hongzhi needs to use at any time.

Emperor Hongzhi went directly to the field, pulled out a wheat ear, took a closer look, and couldn't help but nodded and said to Liu Jin: "This wheat is good, the grains are full, and the ears are heavy. A bumper year."

"Yes, this Shandong has been a major grain-producing province since ancient times, with outstanding people, wonderful resources and natural treasures. In the past, the wheat in this Shandong saved countless lives."

Liu Jin also examined it carefully, and couldn't help but nod his head after reading it.

"Hmm~"

"Shandong is a great place!"

Emperor Hongzhi nodded straightly. Among the northern provinces, Henan and Shaanxi are the most prone to problems. Henan and Shaanxi are the most prone to drought, and Henan is especially prone to floods, because the Yellow River is suspended in Henan. It is higher than the fields on both sides, and it is very easy to break the dike, and once the dike breaks, it will flood.

Shaanxi, because of the Loess Plateau, is extremely prone to famine, and any disaster will cause trouble.

Of course, this is an old history. Now the population of these two provinces has migrated the most, and almost all of them have migrated from the Loess Plateau.

Even if there are some problems, it has not affected much.

Henan and Shaanxi are the most prone to problems, while North Zhili and Shanxi are the most prone to snow disasters. If there is a snow disaster, there will be famine in the next year, which is also worrying.

What is really worry-free is Shandong. The land of Qilu is fertile, with outstanding people, as if blessed by gods, there are very few droughts, floods or snow disasters, and it has always been the most important granary in Daming.

Dezhou warehouse is one of the four major granaries of Ming Dynasty. It is located in Dezhou, Shandong, because Shandong pays a lot of grain every year, and it was the core of stabilizing the north in the past.

It doesn't matter if there is chaos in other places. As long as there is no chaos in Shandong, the food in Shandong can be shipped out, and other places can be stable. But if Shandong follows suit, then the north will really be in chaos.

Just when Emperor Hongzhi Liu Jin was discussing that this year was another bumper harvest year, the owner of the wheat field in front of him walked slowly towards this side with a harvester, and was stopped by the accompanying guards.

Emperor Hongzhi also waved his hand when he saw it, signaling that there is no need to be too nervous, and ordered the eunuchs to prepare tea to entertain this man.

"Two gentlemen~"

Gao Chenglin looked at the people in front of him who were looking around in his field, and then looked at so many people, and so many cars, and the postures they put on, it seemed that they had status and status People also smiled and saluted Emperor Hongzhi Liu Jin.

"Is this wheat field yours?"

Emperor Hongzhi nodded with a smile, then pointed to the wheat field in front of him and asked.

"It's mine. This large area of ​​thousands of acres belongs to my family."

Gao Chenglin nodded and said, his family is a landlord family, and this field has been passed down from generation to generation.

"In this way, you are still a big landlord."

Emperor Hongzhi looked at the other party, seeing that the other party seemed to be a scholar in his clothes.

"Oh, what kind of landlord, it's all old Huangli."

When Gao Chenglin heard this, he shook his head with a smile and said, "Even if you have a field in your home, no one will farm it for you anymore. I didn't plant the thousands of acres of land in my home."

"Oh, it's all your own land. I think you still seem to be a scholar."

Upon hearing this, Emperor Hongzhi asked again with a smile.

"Mr. Dissatisfied, I do have a reputation and a scholar."

"But times have changed. In the past, some people still farmed for our family, but in recent years, no one has come to farm for us."

"Everyone has gone to work in the city. Now it is very convenient to go to the Beijing-Tianjin area to work, and the income is high. Who will farm land for the landlord?"

"However, this field was handed down from my ancestors. I can't just leave it unused, so I have no choice but to plant it myself, so I also bought a lot of machines. No, I Just overhauling my harvester, after a while, the wheat is almost ready to be harvested."

Gao Chenglin said helplessly.

The times of farming and reading heirlooms have changed.

In the past, relying on thousands of acres of land, their Gao family was a family of well-known landlords in a radius of ten miles. The people in the family never had to do anything, and they could just concentrate on studying and getting their grades.

But the times are changing, and gradually no one is farming for the Gao family. More and more people choose to work in the Beijing-Tianjin area, or choose to immigrate to the Liaodong area.

Originally, I could live a leisurely life of farming, studying and inheriting family members by sitting down, but now I have to cultivate the fields myself.

Thousands of acres of land, if not cultivated, will be abandoned, which is too wasteful. With this cultivation, I have really become a family heir to farming and reading, and I need to work as hard as farmers to farm.

Fortunately, it is a landowner's family, with savings in the family, which can afford all kinds of machinery, so he can be busy with farming. If he used the previous farming method, he would not be exhausted for these thousands of acres of land. May be cultivated.

Farming and studying heirlooms, it is estimated that only farming is left, and there is no time to study.

"Do you still have time to study and take the imperial examination on your cultivated land?"

Emperor Hongzhi nodded slightly. The times are indeed changing rapidly. Even the landlords have to pick up a hoe to work by themselves. It's time to farm.

"Time can't be compared with before. No, I'm already in my thirties, and I can't even pass the exam."

Gao Chenglin shook his head helplessly.

Farming thousands of acres of land alone, even with the help of machinery, is still very busy. Naturally, the time for studying is much, much less.

"Fifty young Jinshi, thirty is not too late."

Emperor Hongzhi looked at Liu Jin beside him. Others in their thirties are already the chief assistant of the cabinet. You haven't even passed the exam yet, so the gap is a bit far away.

"Is there fewer and fewer people farming now?"

Immediately, Emperor Hongzhi asked again.

Agriculture is the foundation of the country. If you have food in your hands, you will not panic. Although the Ming Dynasty has increased production year after year and the grain harvest has been bumper every year, Emperor Hongzhi still cares about agriculture very much, because he is very aware of the importance of food.

"Yeah, almost no one is farming the land now."

"Basically, everyone chooses to work in the Beijing-Tianjin area, or immigrates to Liaodong, Nanyang, overseas and other places. Now the landowners are only us landlords."

"The land in the house is really reluctant to be desolate, so I can only grow it myself."

"Now not only is there no one to grow the land, but there are also fewer people. In the past, there were hundreds of tenants who cultivated land for my family, gathered in several large villages. Now these villages have fewer and fewer people. "

"Immigrants, those who went to the city, the rest of the people in the rural areas, that is, those of us who have land."

Gao Chenglin nodded and said.

When I said this, I couldn't help but feel sad. In the past, the landlord was so beautiful.

The tenants begged their grandpa to sue their grandma only for the landlord to cultivate more fields for themselves. When the harvest season comes, the first thing to do is to send the best grain to the landlord’s house, so that the landlord will continue to use it in the coming year. The field is leased to you.

During the holidays, the tenants must also greet the landlord's family, and they must be treated with courtesy wherever they go.

But now, farmers have turned around.

All of them worked very well in the city, and many of them even bought a house, went to live in the city, and came back occasionally, all of them dressed in fashionable clothes, and looked richer than him, the landlord.

As for those who immigrated, they are even more arrogant. Many people immigrated to Liaodong. It is said that every household has thousands of acres of land, and they harvest more food than themselves every year. Occasionally, some people come back, which is quite a blessing. Welcome, the landlord is no longer so respectful when he sees himself.

There are also some farmers who went to work in the city and slowly started to make money. They opened their own factories and became bosses. Some went to sea and bought their own boats and became captains. With a lot of knowledge, when he looked at himself as a landlord, his eyes were full of contempt.

In short, everyone's life is much better now than before, not worse than that of the landlord himself, and he doesn't have to beg the landlord himself, and he lacks the awe and respect he used to have for himself.

"Isn't this very good? Everyone's life is better, and I, Daming, can become richer and stronger."

Liu Jin looked at Gao Chenglin's appearance, and looked at the memories of the glorious past in his eyes. Liu Jin wanted to laugh. The good times of this landlord are coming to an end, and even the fields have to be cultivated by themselves, but this is the real truth. good times.

(End of this chapter)