Datang Nongsheng

Chapter 188
"Two strong men only have [-] acres of land?" Wang Xu said a little disappointed when he heard the words.

The two young and strong serfs of his Wang family had to plant at least [-] mu of land for the Wang family every year, which basically would not stop throughout the year. How did they get to Sun Xiangfu's place, only [-] mu? This gap is too big.

"Why, Mr. Wang thinks it's missing?"

"Not much, it's too little. How could it be only forty acres!"

"Hehe, my lord, you can do the math. What is the value of the things grown on the [-] acres of land?"

Wang Xu didn't know that Sun Xiangfu was going to grow spices, and he only regarded it as an ordinary farmland, so when Sun Xiangfu said that, he looked at Sun Xiangfu in surprise.

"Prince, please serve."

Sun Xiangfu made a gesture of invitation with a smile, and the plate he pointed to was roast lamb with cumin. Of course, Wang Xu, a northerner, often eats this dish, and the roast lamb he eats is usually Put lots of spices.

At first, he didn't understand what Sun Xiangfu meant when he called him to eat vegetables, but the dishes in the Sun Mansion were indeed delicious. Take this roast lamb dish that he usually eats as an example, it was much more delicious.

"Does the prince know how much the spices used in this roast mutton cost per catty?"

"spices?"

"That's right, the crops I want to grow on the grasslands are spices."

Why does Sun Xiangfu grow spices?There are deep-seated reasons for this. Spices have a great auxiliary effect on meat, not only for seasoning, but also to slow down the rate of decay of meat. For nomadic peoples on the grassland who eat meat as their staple food, they have a huge temptation. However, it couldn't get enough of this thing.

If those in power on the prairie are used to eating beef and mutton with added spices, then they will eat poorer and poorer, because this thing is expensive!
Moreover, even if the spices planted on the grassland were robbed by them, the Wang family would lose!

Besides, they snatch the spices and can't eat enough, which will only make them more inseparable from the spices.

This is a deal that Sun Xiangfu will not lose no matter what. At least he has borrowed the hands of the Wang family to extend his territory outward. Of course, if the Wang family can settle the few nomadic neighbors outside the pass, then the entire Shuo The state will become an inner line surrounded by Wang's fields, and will be more stable.

"Good spice, good spice!"

Not only Wang Xu, but several Wang's children who came with him also joined forces when they learned that Sun Xiangfu could grow spices. Although they didn't touch Yangchun water with their fingers, they still knew that spices were sold relatively well in Datang. Dear.

"Hehe, at least one mu of spice field can produce more than one stone of spices, which is worth more than 100 guan. I don't know how many acres of the Wang Gongzi's field can produce more than 100 guan!"

Datang’s grain prices have plummeted this year, and the output of one mu of land can’t be sold for 200 yuan. If Sun Xiangfu can really grow spices, then the value of one mu of land is equivalent to Wang’s more than [-] mu of grain fields The output has been produced, and if two strong men can manage [-] acres of spice fields, it is simply too cost-effective.

"Okay, forty acres is forty acres. After the spring of my Wang family, I can provide you with at least [-] young adults. At that time, you can count on the heads and land!" Wang Xu said with a smile.

Hearing the number '5', Sun Xiangfu took a deep breath in his heart. Shuozhou has a population of less than [-]. Wang Xu will get him [-] young adults with just one word, which is probably guaranteed. Considering the number of people that his royal family can send out after cultivating the land in the pass, there is no one with such strength. At least one-third of the population of the entire Bingzhou counties is under the control of their royal family.

With 4 people, 80 mu of land can be reclaimed. If the 80 mu of land is calculated according to the area of ​​the Tang Dynasty, it is really a land with a radius of a hundred miles.

"You can't wait until the beginning of spring. By that time, everything will be too late, because the land for growing spices has certain requirements for the whole field. Therefore, the people from the son's family have to be sent here now. The tenants’ residences have been resettled. In my opinion, it is most appropriate to build a fort within a radius of five miles. Every 2000 people live in one fort, so exactly twenty forts should be built..."

Speaking of this, Sun Xiangfu began to talk non-stop. He didn't care about how difficult it was for the Wang family to move [-] people to the snow outside the pass in winter, because the Wang family had a big business and sufficient material reserves, so they could afford it. Sun Xiangfu was happy to see them consume.

Therefore, he only told Wang Xu his plans for those places and the future output. If he wanted to obtain such huge benefits, his Wang family had to invest.

If Wang Xu had a master of arithmetic here, he would definitely tell him that in the winter, it would cost hundreds of thousands of money and food to send 80 civilians to build forts and houses in the snow outside the pass, but at this moment, Wang Xu had already Immersed in the dream of 80 mu of spice fields, I can't wake up. That is an annual output of more than [-] shi spices. Even if there are too many spices, the price will be lower, but at least it can sell several million sticks!
What is an investment of hundreds of thousands of dollars compared to an income of several million dollars?
From Wang Xu's point of view, this business was done, and once it was done, Wang Lin and Wang Hao would no longer have the qualifications to compete with him for the position of Patriarch.

"After finishing the meal, my son will go back immediately to arrange the mobilization of manpower." After Wang Xu finished speaking, he picked up the wine glass in front of his case and drank it down.

Sun Xiangfu smiled when he heard the words, "No hurry, no hurry, it's not too late. The mobilization of tens of thousands of people is not a trivial matter. I think that the court must be notified. In addition, since these people are in my hometown To open up wasteland and cultivate land around the state, it is best to move the household registration to Shuozhou. If there is no household registration, this official can make it up for them. What Wang Gongzi wants is land and wealth, so this official needs to count political achievements. On this point, Wang Gongzi Wouldn't you disagree!"

"How come, you and I cooperate, which is mutually beneficial. Not only that, but my son also has 10,000+ mu of land around Mayi City. Many of the tenants he hired did not have household registration, so I gave them to Sun Changshi for political achievements. gone."

Wang Xu is also a generous person. He knows that if this cooperation is to be sustained for a long time, it must be mutually beneficial with Sun Xiangfu. If he takes advantage of it alone, people like Sun Xiangfu will not be willing to cooperate with him. Didn't the big brother Wang Lin just fail in recruiting?Left and right are just a matter of paying some poll taxes to the government, which doesn't cost a lot of money.

With Wang Xu's promise, the few people brought by his subordinates also know what to do. At present, Sun Xiangfu is in a cooperative relationship with their master, and they naturally have to work hard. After taking office, in just a few days, the operation of the yamen began to slowly get on the right track, which is why Li Shimin hated the family and had to use them to govern the country.

After Sun Xiangfu met Wang Xu, the entire Shuozhou area became a large construction site. Even Sun Xiangfu, the civilian husband who came with Li Ji's army, did not let it go. Brick and tile houses, heated kang Chatong shop.

Since this was originally the place where the Liang divisions had tens of thousands of soldiers and horses, after the regularization, the place was very empty. In addition to building a large enough indoor and outdoor training ground for the Unity Battalion, Sun Xiangfu also converted many places into warehouses. And some farmhouses that can be farmed.

Now he has the right to manage the army. Of course, he doesn't care about how to train the sergeants and lead them into battle, but he has to manage the daily life of the soldiers. After all, although there are only 3000 troops, this is the largest financial institution in Shuozhou a consumption.

Shuozhou is poor and poor now, and there is no money or food to support them.Therefore, Sun Xiangfu thought of a system that would only be implemented in the Ming Dynasty, the military system. In the future, the sergeants of the Unity Battalion will serve all year round. During their service, in addition to doing exercises in the morning and evening, they will also be responsible for farming. The 10,000 mu of land assigned to them was averaged out, and each person was only more than [-] mu, which was several times less than that of ordinary farmers in this period. It is enough to meet their ration consumption. After all, what he allocated to the Unity Camp is ripe land. If he cultivates it with the planting method he taught, the [-] mu of land can produce at least [-]+ shi of wheat a year.

One stone of wheat is almost enough for a soldier to eat for a month. The annual ration consumption of 3000 people will not exceed 10,000 stone. The extra [-]+ stone can be exchanged for soybeans to feed horses, can be used as military salary and welfare, and can also raise some chickens Ducks and pigs, etc., to increase meat, as long as there is no corruption of generals and officials, the output of the army's farmland is enough for them to consume.

For this so-called military settlement, Guo Po is in favor with both hands and feet. The army has its own industry, and food and drink are guaranteed. Food costs are generally supported by several households in the place where the household registration is located. Sun Xiangfu normalized the service of the soldiers, which greatly increased the training intensity of the soldiers, allowing the soldiers to plant fields after training. , Self-conceited consumption, which reduces the tax revenue of this Fubing family and the families that support this Fubing, which is a great thing.

Before the ice and snow melted, Guo Po begged Sun Xiangfu to designate military land for him, so the whole Shuozhou land division project started this winter.

Sun Xiangfu first announced on the list that the rebellious Master Liang would not recognize the ruling court of Shuozhou. All land deeds, real estate, etc. must be re-inspected by the Tang government and issued documents. To issue these documents, first of all, you will get The government re-registers the household registration, and all the land and real estate will be registered in your new household registration book. Those who cannot produce the original land title deed documents, sorry, this land is not yours anymore, and the government will take it back and redistribute it.

After the household registration is completed, each household will be allocated [-] mu of permanent land according to the regulations of the Tang Dynasty. No matter whether you are a herdsman or a farmer, you have [-] mu. The farmer will give priority to the mature land where the household registration is located, while the herdsman will use the wild grass where the household registration is located. The land is given priority. If you want to graze on pastures beyond these [-] acres, you can also. The imperial court assigns the herdsmen in each county a designated grazing area, but you need to pay a certain amount of tax every year to graze there, which is not included in the calculation. During the tax holiday.

Basically, Sun Xiangfu was busy throughout the twelfth lunar month, inspecting and issuing household registrations, and dividing land to households.Fortunately, Shuozhou has a small population, just over 1 households. In a month, almost all of them were settled. After the statistics, Sun Xiangfu got a more comprehensive and detailed data.

(End of this chapter)