Can you live forever

Chapter 421 Changes in the countryside, see micro-knowledge

A sacrifice at the head of Juzizhou also attracted the attention of several villagers.

Zhang Zhixiang didn't care. After clearing up his emotions, he began to chat with the villagers, and then followed him to the village and had dinner at the village chief's house.

The village chief's surname is Fu.

There are also many villagers surnamed Fu on the island, so some people call this place Fu's Village.

Juzizhou, which is [-] mu, has more than [-] mu of arable land, and there are nearly a hundred households in the village. The output of land cultivation alone cannot support so many people, but after all, they can rely on water for food and fish to help them live. can survive.

It's just that Juzizhou is not a remote place after all.

The news here may be blocked, and the villagers have little knowledge, but the government's tax revenue will not be isolated.

The village head, Fu Youyu, didn't know Zhang Zhixiang well. Although newspapers had become popular and Zhang Zhixiang often appeared in newspapers, not everyone had the money to buy newspapers, or it was convenient to buy newspapers.

So Fu Youyu only treats the nobles.

Changsha City is not far away, and there are many young masters and young ladies who go outing. Fu Youyu even set up a special room as a tavern to entertain guests. His wife is also a good cook. Fresh fish is cooked with some chicken and duck. The taste is never bad.

The price is also much cheaper than restaurants in the city.

After all, there is no need to purchase.

Chickens and ducks are all raised by themselves, fish are all caught in the Xiangjiang River, and the money sold is pure profit, and if the service is done, there is often a reward, or more money, without change.

There is money to be made, so enthusiasm.

Fu Youyu led them to choose the dishes, and then brought out peanuts, accompanied them with wine, and complimented him: "Young master, you have a demeanor, which is the only thing I have ever seen in my life. To come to the old man's tavern for dinner, I really am a fluffy man." Hui."

Fu Youyu studied in a private school for two years when he was a child, and he knew a few words.

After half a lifetime of experience, he can still speak some beautiful words. He listened to those young masters and ladies who went out on spring trips chatted a lot and understood some things. He did see that Zhang Zhixiang had an extraordinary bearing, but more importantly...

The girls around him.

Such a beautiful country, what kind of nobleman can bring it by his side?

Therefore, Fu Youyu seemed to be playing the role of a talkative village head and tavern owner, but he was already full of energy in his heart, and he never dared to say a word wrong.

"This tavern is elegantly decorated, with a view of the river and a bamboo forest."

"It's not a fluffy thing."

Zhang Zhixiang commented with a smile, Fu Youyu scratched his head and said with a smile: "There have always been literati who traveled, and they only entertained them at home at first. Farmhouses always don't treat guests well. Later, they thought about building a small courtyard and turning it into a restaurant."

"But there are many deficiencies, which are often corrected by elegant guests."

"I corrected them one by one. After ten years, there was this small building and bamboo forest."

Zhang Zhixiang nodded clearly: "Old man is interested, there must be a lot of tourists who come to visit and eat."

Fu Youyu shyly said: "It's okay, now March and April, it's the spring season, and you can meet guests every day. Besides, it may take ten days and a half months to entertain guests."

"But fortunately, when the guests go out, most of them gather together."

"That's why it's okay to buy and sell."

Zhang Zhixiang nodded slightly when he heard the words, but he didn't think it was just a business. If it was a serious restaurant, people went to eat, and it was as much as the money.

It seems that most of these outings are young masters and ladies from wealthy families, and most of them are generous.

Yayun is right, it's a comfortable game.

There will be no shortage of rewards.

There is always a profit of one hundred and eighty taels of silver a year. Seeing that Fu Youyu is willing to work hard to clean up this small yard, you can tell that he is a good manager.

"Master Fu still has this tavern to rely on. How is the life of the other villagers?"

Zhang Zhixiang ate a peanut and asked seemingly casually.

Fu Youyu was an old man, so he immediately cheered up, secretly thinking that this noble man might not come to understand the people's feelings...

After sorting it out, he said: "There are 157 households on the island, including 86 villagers and 71 boat families. You should have seen it when you crossed the river. There are many black-covered boats in the river, and those fishermen live on the boats. Yes, their livelihood depends entirely on fishing."

"They don't have land on the shore, and they don't have a house."

"Just come here occasionally to change some rice utensils."

"Of course, the villagers in the village also fish and fish, and there is no shortage of fish to eat, so most of the fish from the fishermen are sold to fishmongers and transported to the city, and then they use the money to buy some things they need in daily life. "

"On this island, only my tavern can catch some fish, but it can't help them too much."

"As for the 86 villagers."

"Even in the past, everyone had land, but there were more or less. There were five or six sub-fields, and the main livelihood was fishing. There were seven or eight acres of land, which can be considered rich."

"But since Juntian."

"Oh, we are the imperial court's equal farmland, not Nanjing's. Those young gentlemen said that there are no landlords on the island. According to Nanjing's method, no one needs to hand over the land, so there is no land to divide."

"Only by establishing a village community and collectively using land can we achieve a better equalization of land without taxation."

"Um……"

"The land is equalized, but the tax has not been exempted. The government still has to collect the tax, although it is collected for Nanjing..."

Fu Youyu also had selfish intentions. He thought that guests like Zhang Zhixiang had listened, and he might be able to deal with it in the future. After all, Nanjing is also exempt from taxes, but they only exempt their own taxes. The communes and Nanjing all maintain the land tax, and there is no other embarrassment, just one, the tax that should be paid will not be less, and you can decide for yourself which way to go.

Fu Youyu hoped that Zhang Zhixiang could solve this problem, at least by exempting their village from the land tax.

"The old man's family property should be more? Following the north to equalize the land, isn't it damaged?"

Zhang Zhixiang was asking about Juntian.

Fu Youyu was slightly disappointed, and then said openly: "It's not much, just [-] acres of land, and the family has cattle. My eldest son can manage the field well by himself. It really doesn't take much effort."

"But the annual output is only more than 30 taels of silver."

"As for this small tavern, let me tell you the truth, there are more than a hundred taels in bad times, and in better years, there are also two or three hundred taels."

"It's not bad for the harvest of the field, but to distribute it so that everyone can have enough food and feel better."

"In the past, I wanted to help others, but I didn't dare to help more."

"At most, it's for emergency. Some people really can't solve the problem. They are very hungry and borrow dozens of catties of food... so that you can know that life among the people is not easy. If you are too generous, it will make people think you are easy to bully. Raised an enemy."

"Now that the imperial court wants to equalize the land, it just happens to distribute the land, as long as they can get rations every year."

"After all, I always get used to eating the rice grown in my own village, instead of spending money to buy it outside."

The fields have been owned by the public, but neither the residence nor the restaurant has been returned to the public. In the north, such restaurants should be owned by the village community, and the fundraising is the right thing to do.

"After equalizing the fields, how about farming in the village community?"

"Hey, that's great. With two or three cows, we can take care of all the land on the island. There are many people on the island, but we only need a few people to take care of two hundred acres of land? And the fishermen in the past are not like us. They are all together now. We fish together, because we catch a lot of fish, we can dispose of them in a unified way, and we can arrange people to sell the fish, and there is even a fresh shop in the city, which is responsible for selling the goods."

Fu Youyu is a well-run man, as can be seen from the small tavern.

So since the land was exempted from taxes and the establishment of the village society, Fu Youyu has done a lot of things. Seeing him beaming, he must be very proud and has a sense of accomplishment.

Mu of land is owned by the public, and more than [-] mu of land actually has little output value.

However, its ownership system firmly brings the villagers together, even the fishermen who have been "not violating the river water" for hundreds of years have also merged together. They build houses on the island in a unified way so that the fishermen can go ashore. Fishermen helped them fish together. With sufficient supply of goods, they could allocate them in a unified manner, and they had bargaining power. They could put an end to the exploitation of second-hand traffickers, and directly raised funds to open shops in the city to handle the goods.

The people are still those people, and the output has not changed in particular.

However, because the most basic land ownership system is different and the basic system of the village is different, Fujia Village allows the villagers to live a different life, and those villagers do not need to borrow money to buy land for the so-called private ownership, and worry about loans all the time .

Seeing Zhang Zhixiang thoughtful, Fu Youyu gritted his teeth.

Said: "I'm not afraid of your son's jokes, the little old man feels that the village head is doing well, and he has a little prospect for the future."

"Oh?"

"Young master thinks that this island is like a garden where you can play and have delicious food. Would you like to come here often?"

"Do you want...to travel?"

"Traveling? Well, that's what it means, that is, to repair the scenery on the island, and then build an inn for living, and then repair the fishing platform more beautifully, and install some chess and cards, um, especially mahjong, but it's not for gambling. , as long as there are things to play with, there is nothing special about this Juzhou Island, but the location is good, so we must work hard on the service, so that visitors can feel at home, and they can spend a few days comfortably on the island sky."

Fu Youyu's ideas are already quite advanced.

Although Juzizhou has always been a good place for outings, it is rare to take this matter seriously and develop tourism.

Juzizhou is not big, and there are no wonders.

When traveling here, the biggest problem is not being able to keep guests. Often those tourists have to return after staying for half a day. If they don’t stay overnight, it means that there is less dining, let alone shopping.

Fu Youyu has grasped the key point, so he tried every means to retain people and let tourists spend money on the island.

Maybe he had these ideas very early, but he didn't have the capital to do it.

Now that the village society has been established, Fu Youyu, as the village head, can justifiably concentrate the village's strength to handle affairs. The village that had been stagnant before started to develop at once.

Zhang Zhixiang discussed some details with Fu Youyu.

He said that since he wanted to go on vacation, he might as well open the business after the island was built, so that a competition could be held.

Zhang Zhixiang remembered that when he was at home, his father had asked him to mention to His Majesty that a national mahjong competition would be held, but it has not been completed until today.

It's just that Jiajing once mentioned that mahjong should be guided from gambling to competition.

Therefore, some competitions are also held in various places.

and so.

Zhang Zhixiang said that Fu Youyu might be able to hold a competition on the island. If there is a competition, with fame and traffic, travel will be easier. Under the influence of the competition and driven by consumption, it is better to set the prize money of the competition higher. If it is played out, the entire Changsha Prefecture and even Huguang will have a reputation. If there is a competition every year, tourism will naturally continue to prosper.

Fu Youyu thought this method was very good, and while being pleasantly surprised, he praised Zhang Zhixiang again and again from the bottom of his heart.

He also expressed that he would do his best to entertain the benefactors of Fujia Village as a landlord.

Next, he really knew everything, and took the initiative to talk to Zhang Zhixiang about the people's feelings around Changsha Prefecture. He said: "Thanks to the Juntian in the north, the little old man can do these things. Everyone knows that the development of the village community Well, everyone follows the benefits, and no one is jealous or anything."

"And other villages are different."

"Our land is too small, so there are no landlords, and there are basically landlords in other places. The main target of this land equalization is also those landlords. They hand over the land and let the tenants borrow money to buy it, and the landlords take it. A lot of cash, and following the local government to set up factories and so on, compared to the past, it should make more money."

"And Nanjing is not like in the past, the countryside is left to the gentry to manage themselves."

"They are also building villages and communes now, but the essence is different from ours. Their village chiefs are officials, appointed by the superiors, and promoted by the local government. In fact, they are the original landlords with a different identity..."

"The landlord has become richer. Although the land is not his own, he has more rights. So these days, even though the land is divided, it doesn't seem bright..."

Fu Youyu babbled, because Zhang Zhixiang gave him a good idea earlier, he believed that Zhang Zhixiang was from the imperial court, so he didn't hide it, and told the truth.

In the current situation in Jiangnan, in the countryside, the atmosphere has actually begun to be depressed.

But since they can go to the city to work and there is still a way to go, no one said anything. Those honest farmers only hope to pay off their loans and live a better life from then on.

But three to five years later, the loan is paid off, and life still hasn't improved?
It's nothing more than abandoning the wasteland and going to the city to work.

Can there be another way out of work?
That's not necessarily...

Hitting a wall everywhere and working hard everywhere, this Jiangnan will not be able to stabilize. Xu Jie had expected this a long time ago, so before it broke out, he transformed himself and began to save the suffering and declared war on those gentlemen.

Fu Youyu said that the villages have already started to form associations, and the first thing is to overthrow the landlords.

From then on, the government of officials was reformed, and the world became public.

"Why is the world for the public?"

"I heard from them that in the future the village chief will be elected by their own vote."

"The land system has not been changed?"

"Of course, whoever is willing to pay the land bought with a loan will dare to move it."

"Then everyone probably wants to be the village head."

"Isn't it? If nothing else, just let the canals be built closer to their own fields, and the benefits will be many. What's more, the construction of the house, the contracting of the forest, etc., are all decided by the village chief!"

　There are still about 500 to [-] words to finish, and I will raise my spirits and write well later, so I won’t delay it so late.There is no need to ensure that [-] people receive full attendance, so there is no need to close the chapter, and it is easier to write.Zhang Zhixiang's story is mainly about reforms and clarification of some truths, showing how the future world of Ming Dynasty came about.The next book will tell the story of Ming Dynasty after his longevity, so don't worry about it being unfinished, although Zhang Zhixiang's story is not well told.

　　Thanks to "Chen Yuqing" for the 500 starting point coins reward, and thanks to "Xiao Tian 1003" and "Sentimental Xiaosheng" for the 100 starting point coin rewards.

　　
　
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