"Did you hear that? The grange outside the city of Huangxian County has built a large water wheel more than three people high! ”

"That object is not called a water wheel, it is called a water wheel."

"Yes, yes, yes, waterwheel, call it a waterwheel. It is said that it can hit the river several feet high, which is really amazing. ”

"Hit the water up a few feet high! Good boy! What a lot of effort it takes! ”

"I've heard people say that the waterwheel relies on water to draw water, and it doesn't need to be manpower or animal power."

"Fetching water from water? Isn't that a demon law, don't skip words.

"I don't know. However, this thing was made by the craftsman Sai Luban in Huang County. Since this person is called Sailuban, he must have the ability of the craftsman god Luban. ”

"Ah, when can our village make this thing?"

"A few days ago, I saw the young owner of Jiangjiazhuang in the east of the city and drove to Huang County. Didn't you just ask Sailuban to build a water wheel? No Fiction Network Lots of Words"

Throughout June of the first year of Han Xingping, the Huangxian waterwheel became the hottest topic in Donglai. People are talking about the new machinery that towers over the fields, marveling at its ingenuity in drawing water, and hoping that this new invention will help them survive the current drought that is far away. Therefore, since the first waterwheel was set up in Duanjia Grange, Huangxian County has ushered in an endless stream of orderers. As the first manufacturer of the waterwheel, Sailuban and his apprentices are naturally so busy that their feet do not touch the ground every day.

Seeing that there was more and more work in his hands, Sailuban finally subcontracted part of the work to other carpenters in the city according to Cai Ji's plan. As soon as this move was implemented, it immediately caused a sensation among the craftsmen of Donglai. As the saying goes, the apprentice of the church starves the master. In this era before intellectual property rights existed, craftsmen generally did not pass on their skills to others. Not to mention the technology that can make a lot of money. Seruban's practice of teaching the watermill to other craftsmen was considered by many to be a remarkable act. Therefore, not only is no one popular at the moment, Sailuban became rich overnight by relying on a waterwheel, but even highly respected him.

I'm a little embarrassed about all kinds of praise from the outside world, Sailuban himself. It is important to know that the real inventor of the waterwheel is Cai Ji. Since Cai Ji didn't mind selling the sample drawings and tried his best to advocate the promotion of the waterwheel, Sailuban naturally had no position to hide the method of making the waterwheel. In addition, Cai Ji repeatedly told her not to reveal her invention of the waterwheel, so Sailuban had no choice but to continue to be the head of the first craftsman in Huangxian County and be respected by craftsmen from all over the world.

On the other hand, Cai Ji, who was the initiator, was quite calm in the face of the hot waterwheel trend in the county. Not only did she not come forward to instruct the waterwheel system again, but she did not even ask him for any construction after the subcontracting of Sailuban. In Cai Ji's opinion, since the promotion of the waterwheel has been entrusted to Sailuban, how to operate it is Sailuban's business. As long as Seruban doesn't break the law and doesn't cause serious trouble, she won't interfere. As the saying goes, "there is a specialization in the industry, and there is a specialty in the art". Cai Ji knows that he doesn't understand carpentry skills, and he doesn't know the conventions between craftsmen, and making rash moves will only increase the laughing stock.

In fact, not only the promotion of the waterwheel this time, Cai Ji also adhered to the principle of "specialization in industry and expertise in technology" in military affairs and government affairs, and only mentioned plans and did not interfere in specific operations. Therefore, although Cai Ji proposed the policy of "work for relief" when fighting the locust plague, the specific implementation was completed by Guan Tong, Duan Kui, and Huang Zhen. When Changguang was fighting against the water thieves, Cai Ji also only proposed a plan to lure the enemy deeper, and let Wen Rui and Tang Ying complete the command of the battle.

However, although Cai Ji was relieved to leave the plan to the professionals. But the people around her couldn't help but feel upset for her. No, in the early morning of this day, while serving Cai Ji and putting on a formal suit, Lily of the Valley chattered and said about the lord, and the people outside are now praising Sai Luban, saying that he is the reincarnation of Luban. ”

"Well, Sailuban's craft is really not." Cai Ji straightened his clothes and replied casually.

"But the waterwheel was invented by the lord, so how can Sailuban rob the lord of the credit!" Lily of the valley stopped and puffed her cheeks and said dissatisfied.

Cai Ji saw that Lily of the Valley was upset, and couldn't help but look back and smile, "Silly girl, what Sailuban did was instructed by me." Where is there a credit grab. ”

"Even so, Seruban is too cheeky. actually received the praise that should have belonged to the lord with such peace of mind. Lily of the valley pouted and said, "What's more, the lord also let those craftsmen's children come to study in the mansion." But what did Seluban do to repay the lord? ”

"This is how Seruban repays me." Cai Ji said and picked up a roll of brocade silk on the desk and shook it towards Lily of the Valley and said, "Yes, this time, Sailuban not only donated 3,000 yuan to the county, but also led the craftsmen in the city to build water wheels for the poor people for free. Today I am going to Guantian outside the city to unveil the first free water truck. ”

"But he's made a lot of money. It's worth making a little fortune. Lily of the valley scoffed. In her opinion, what Sailuban did for Cai Ji was not as good as the favor of his own lord.

Cai Ji saw that Lily of the Valley had been holding on to Sailuban, and knew that she was also caring. But Lily of the Valley is a confidant around her after all, and such a disdainful word may cause unnecessary misunderstandings. So at this time, Cai Ji's expression immediately turned up, and he said to Lily of the Valley solemnly, you imagined that if I had to do everything myself, wouldn't I be tired to death. Besides, building water conservancy is a good thing for the benefit of the country and the people, so how can I, as a Taishou, compete with the people for profit. If your words reach the ears of Sailuban and other craftsmen, what will the other party think? ”

After listening to Cai Ji's serious teachings, Lily of the Valley also realized that she was chewing her tongue a little today. So she immediately kowtowed to Cai Ji and said, "Lily of the valley." Please, the Lord to condemn him. ”

"I know that you are seeking injustice for me." Cai Ji said, picked up Lily of the Valley, and admonished, but only once, not as an example. ”

"Whoa." Lily of the valley lowered her head in shame.

However, Cai Ji changed the topic and said, "I am going to go out of the city to do business, and I am afraid that I will return late. Today, let you teach young children to read. ”

"Don't worry, Lily of the Valley will urge the children to study hard." Lily of the valley bowed her hand.

Cai Ji saw that Lily of the Valley had regained her former steadyness, so she couldn't help but smile and patted her on the shoulder, and then went out to take a ride out of the city with Zhang Qing and the others. It turned out that Sailuban not only donated a sum of money to the government at Cai Ji's suggestion, but also offered to help Guantian build a water wheel for free. With these two righteous acts, Cai Ji naturally proposed to promote Sailuban as the head of the craftsmen in the city. At first, Guan Tong and others had reservations on this matter. But when Sailubanzhen and his disciples built the first waterwheel for Guantian outside Huangxian County, no one objected to letting this raunchy old carpenter be the head of the line.

It's June, and it's a great time for summer to be scorching and green. When Cai Ji and his entourage drove to Guantian outside the city, it was already noon. The leaders of Huang County, including Duan Kui, Guan Tong, and Tai Shici, were also present. Such a scene is really rare in Huang County in recent years. As soon as Cai Ji got out of the carriage, he was surrounded by a group of officials and gentry and walked onto the high platform. Then she took out the manuscript prepared in advance in front of everyone, and read out in an affectionate tone the praise for the righteous deeds of Sailuban and others, as well as the resolution to appoint Sailuban as the head of the craftsmen of Huang County.

Of course, the author of this article is actually Gong Cao Huangzhen, and Cai Ji is only responsible for reading it out in public. But at this time, no one will be asking who wrote the article. Therefore, after Cai Ji read out the letter of appointment, a noisy gong and drum sounded at the scene to celebrate. Followed by Sailuban, who was wrapped in a ribbon, proudly raised his hammer to smash open the gate and release the river water under the gaze of everyone, making the huge waterwheel slowly turn.

However, for Cai Ji, the purpose of her coming here today is not only to commend Sailuban, but to take the opportunity to cut the ribbon for the waterwheel to inspect Guantian. There are many kinds of official fields in the Eastern Han Dynasty, including fields under the direct jurisdiction of the government, fields that are given to the families of high lords and eunuchs, pastures, and tuntian. Among them, Tuntian is divided into Mintun and Bingtun. The official field that Cai Ji went to today belongs to Mintun. Not only that, but the people of Tuntian here are the hungry people from other towns who were recruited by Tongguò through the policy of work for relief.

Because Huang Zhen was responsible for recruiting hungry people to tuntian. Therefore, today, this old man has changed the image of the old fritters who prevaricated in the past, but is extremely active in introducing the results of Tuntian to Cai Ji and others. The reason for this is, of course, Huang Zhen wants to show his merits, but it is also related to the current popularity of tuntian in various states and counties.

It is important to know that the Eastern Han Dynasty did not make great achievements in terms of economic system. It basically follows the system of the Western Han Dynasty. The economic system of the Western Han Dynasty was formed under the condition that the yeoman peasant economy was the main body during the period of Gaozu, Emperor Wen and Emperor Jing, and it was an economic system based on small land. However, in the middle and late periods, the Eastern Han Dynasty surpassed the Western Han Dynasty in terms of population and technology. A large number of powerful landlords annexed land and established large-scale granges. In this way, the economic system based on small land in the Eastern Han Dynasty was in contradiction with the large land tenure system of "grange".

Unlike the land annexation of the Ming and Qing dynasties in later dynasties, which resulted in "more people and less land", the result of land annexation in the late Eastern Han Dynasty was "vast land and sparse population". In fact, the reason is very simple, the population of the Eastern Han Dynasty is much sparser than that of the Ming and Qing dynasties. While annexing land, the powerful landlords also absorbed a large number of dingkou to enrich their own granges. After all, compared with the heavy taxes paid to the imperial court as a yeoman farmer, the exploitation of the grange was lighter. As a result, the government has a large amount of idle wasteland, but it cannot recruit people to reclaim it. If there is no reclamation of Guantian, the tax revenue of the Eastern Han Dynasty will naturally be affected. Therefore, as the Grange economy gradually grew, this contradiction became more and more acute, and eventually led to the financial difficulties of the Eastern Han Dynasty.

Faced with this dilemma, the Eastern Han political commentators began to realize the danger of land annexation and dynastic rule, and proposed to strictly prohibit the arbitrary annexation of land by powerful landowners, and to oppose the Han Dynasty's policy of light land tax. But the theories of the political commentators seem ideal. But the reality is cruel. First, after a vicious circle of a century, land annexation has become an irrepressible trend. Second, in the face of a powerful family that controls a large amount of land and resources, it is undoubtedly a fool's dream to want to raise the land tax.

Since they can't move the powerful family, the princes can only make up their minds on the small people. And the idea they all thought of was -- Tuntian. As the name suggests, tuntian refers to the use of soldiers and peasants to cultivate wasteland in order to obtain military supplies and tax grain. It just so happened that successive years of conquest and famine created a large number of displaced people, providing a manpower base for Tuntian in various places. Therefore, Tao Qiantun has passed the field, Cao Cao has passed the field, and the Eastern Wu and Western Shu have also passed the field. Among them, Cao Cao Tuntian is the largest, so the first thing that comes to mind when later generations mention the Three Kingdoms Tuntian is Cao Cao.

Although Donglai is only a remote and small county, as a microcosm of the Eastern Han Dynasty, the stubborn problems of the Han Dynasty Donglai County Mansion also have some more or less, which naturally includes the severe blow of the Grange economy to the county government's taxes. The upper echelons of Donglai knew in their hearts that although the county government was a south-facing yamen in the eyes of the people, in fact, it was a showmanship that would be stretched thin even to open a warehouse and release grain for the relief of the victims. So much so that whenever there is a danger, the county government has to turn to the local rich and powerful to help fund.

In fact, Cai Ji felt aggrieved in this kind of snorting days, and Huang Zhen, who was the county gongcao, was also not comfortable. It's just that Huang Zhen is not as bold as Cai Ji to recruit An pirates to go to sea to plunder, and he doesn't dare to attack Duan Kui and other powerful and rich people. Therefore, like many bureaucrats in this era, Huang Zhen finally chose to use tuntian to ensure the tax revenue and military rations of the county government.

But seeing that Huang Zhen at this time led Cai Ji and others all the way to inspect the newly reclaimed fields, he enthusiastically introduced to everyone that this time the counties of Donglai received more than 20,000 hungry people, with 50 people as a tun, set up a tun Sima, and placed the captain of the farmer on it, directly under the county government. Those who use official cattle are six officials and four private; Those who do not use official cattle will be divided between official and private. ”

After listening to Huang Zhen's explanation, Guan Tong glanced at Duan Kui beside him, and said nonchalantly, "More than 20,000 people? That's it? ”

Huang Zhen knew that the management system was mocking and sitting back and watching the gentry rob Dingkou. It should be noted that according to the number reported by each county, the locust plague in Donglai has accepted nearly 70,000 hungry people into the country. Half of the hungry people were forcibly occupied by the gentry landlords in the prefectures and counties. Huang Zhen was also helpless about this, after all, the food for work was provided by Duan Kui and other wealthy gentlemen, and he had no position to say no to these people. Therefore, in the face of the accusations of the management system, although Huang Zhen was unhappy in his heart, he was still located in a remote area and the news was blocked, so there was no influx of a large number of victims. However, you can rest assured that as long as the county government adheres to the policy of cash-for-work, there will be more hungry people coming to Donglaitun to reclaim land in the future. ”

However, as soon as Huang Zhen's words fell, Duan Kui waved his hand and shook his head and said, "Cash-for-work is an extraordinary strategy in extraordinary times. How can it become the norm? It must be known that the wealthy households in the city have already helped the locust plague, and if they are allowed to contribute again, they are killing chickens and eggs. ”

Huang Zhen was refuted by Duan Kui like this, and her old face immediately stiffened in embarrassment. But in the end, he still pretended to twist his beard, calmed down his mood, and said with his hand, "Elder Duan is right. This matter is Huang's quick success. ”

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