Peach Blossom Village is a great place.

The village is next to the Zhangjiang River and is surrounded by fine fertile fields.

Atatu was an ordinary herdsman of the Eastern Turks, and although he was somewhat brave, he might be called a warrior on the battlefield.

However, after all, they were accustomed to seeing life and death, and they felt the bullying of Xue Yantuo's various departments every day, and they were tired of staying in the Governor's Mansion in the clouds for a long time.

This time, he was more happy than worried about being able to move to Hongzhou with the large army.

I can eat a full stomach every day, and this alone is much stronger than on the grassland.

Although when he first arrived in Peach Blossom Village, Atatu was not used to cultivating farmland.

However, after a simple adaptation, Atatu became the family with the most fertile land among the surrounding 200 or so Turkic peoples.

According to the policy of the imperial court, as long as it is wasteland, within 100 acres, all of it belongs to you.

Some people may feel that it is not generous enough to come all the way to open up the wasteland and only give 100 acres of land.

Because when Li Yuan was in power, he issued an order to equalize the field, and an adult man could receive 100 mu of land per person, including 80 mu of Koufen field and 20 mu of Yongye field.

This division of the field is actually equivalent to the cultivation rented to you by the imperial court, and if you pay the land, the field will not be yours when the person dies.

Only Yongye Tian is the land that truly belongs to you, and you can buy and sell freely in the event of no money such as funerals.

And that's not all.

After all, even if only 20 acres of land belong to you, it is a lot, and according to the standards of intensive cultivation in later generations, it will not be cultivated at all.

Only when it is only planted for one season and not taken care of is it possible to actually plant it.

In fact, the imperial court did not have so much land to implement the equalization system, and few people could actually get a hundred acres.

For example, all parts of Guanzhong Road are generally densely populated, with only 30 acres of land per ding, and even less than 30 acres in some areas.

In particular, with the continuous increase of population and relatively peaceful periods, there is a lack of ownerless land, and the land for farmers has become scarce.

To put it bluntly, the average peasant households in Guanzhong can only plant a few dozen acres of land, and there are not many peasant households with hundreds of acres of land at all.

With such a comparison, we know that the imperial court has made great efforts to promote Nanyang rice.

Directly allow you to open up 100 acres of fertile land by yourself, and the local county government will handle the land registration for you, and enter it as Yongye Land under your name, so as to properly become the lowest small landlord.

"Atatu, your family has already cultivated more than 50 acres of land, and you still have to go to the river to reclaim the wasteland."

On a spring afternoon, the sun is shining, but it doesn't feel too cold.

Atatu directly rolled up his trouser legs, and quickly took the scythe to harvest the reeds in the wasteland.

Ashina Yong was appointed as the village leader of Taohua Village and enjoyed the treatment of a direct allocation of 100 acres of land.

However, he is also a village leader in charge, and he walks around the village every day, often asking Tang Tongren and a few other students from Guanshishan Academy to guide the herdsmen to open up the wasteland, well, to be precise, it should be regarded as a farmer.

"Ashina Cunzheng, the rice seeds of this rice, I heard that Tang Langjun said that it will start sowing in half a month, don't I take the last opportunity to quickly open up more land."

Atatu followed his wife to Hongzhou, and he desperately wanted to change his fate.

When he passed by Guanzhong Road, he saw a lot of enviable peasant life.

In addition, that Tang Langjun opened a literacy class in Peach Blossom Village, and he was willing to call himself a Turkic person to read and write, which made Atatu full of expectations for life.

Don't look at these Hu people who seem to be arrogant all day long, as if they don't have brains at all, in fact, in essence, they are also like the Tang people, full of awe of the breadth and profundity of Sinology.

In the old tribe, only some leaders and the people around them could read and write, and others could not even write their own names.

And here in Taohua Village, not only did someone come to teach literacy, but Lang Zhong also helped everyone see a doctor.

This also made the Turks, including Atatu, feel a lot more at ease.

"You are hardworking, unlike Mentholei's gang, who complain all day long, and I was scolded by Tang Langjun some time ago."

Ash Nayong remembered the unkind eyes of Tang Tongren at the beginning, and his heart was panicked.

Along the way, these Lang Jun, who was born in Guanshishan Academy, have been kind and kind to others, making everyone feel that they seem to be bullied.

It wasn't until an unruly Turkic actually molested a Tang woman on the official road and was executed on the spot by several Tang Tongren that Ashina Yong felt for the first time that it turned out that these people were not easy to mess with at all.

However, the Tang Dynasty authorized the various villages after the internal migration of the Turks to these students, and this Tang Tongren, even if it is Lizheng near Peach Blossom Village, can be regarded as Ashinayong's superior.

"Yesterday in the night school, Tang Langjun told us. After the autumn harvest this year, he will organize us to rebuild spacious houses with green bricks and green tiles, and he will also ask us to buy some slave girls from the Wa Kingdom and Silla to come back. ”

A rare smile appeared on Atatu's face, as if he saw the happy scene of his family's large amount of rice in exchange for his mother-in-law, house and various supplies after the autumn harvest.

In recent years, the slave trade has become very prosperous in Liangzhou and Dengzhou.

More and more forces in the frontier joined in this feast of slave hunting.

Even in Yangzhou, which is far from the border, there are special slave fishing boats that transport boatloads of slaves to be sold there, and the price is higher than elsewhere.

"It's best if you think so, Tang Langjun said, as long as everyone farms the land well, and every household grows hundreds of acres of rice, in a year, maybe you can sell it for dozens of dollars, and the ordinary people in Chang'an City can't catch up with your income."

Ashina Yong, as the head of the village, still went to learn about the Nanyang rice that was about to be planted in Peach Blossom Village.

If Tang Tongren hadn't lied, then it would have been possible for these Turkic people in his village to live a better life than the people of Chang'an City.

Of course, he certainly did not expect that once the yield of rice increased significantly, the price would definitely fall.

Although it is not worthless to fall, it is unlikely that an ordinary farmer household will earn dozens of yuan a year, and it is unlikely to last for a long time.

"I heard that at the beginning of next year, a Mongolian school will be set up in the village, and those who have children at home can go to the Mongolian school to attend classes.

Atatu was talking to Ashina Yong while harvesting the dry reeds.

These reeds, cut down and burned to ashes, are able to fertilize the land.

Atatu was firmly anxious about what Tang Tongren had told him.

"His Royal Highness the King of Chu, this piece of land is newly cultivated in Peach Blossom Village, and some of the land has been cultivated and can be ready to be used at any time."

Just as Atatu and Ashina Yong were talking, a few horses stopped not far away, and it was really Li Kuan and Wang Xuance and his party, under the leadership of Tang Tongren, who came to Peach Blossom Village to inspect.

"What about the enthusiasm of these Turks? But what's the complaint? ”

Li Kuan was very concerned about the psychological changes of these Turkic people.

The Hu people who were settled in the frontier had little hope of becoming Tang people.

But what about the Hu people who moved to these places far from the frontier in Gangnam Province?

Will it be a source of local chaos?

Or do you slowly blend in, consider yourself a Tang person, and after a few generations, become a real Tang person?

Li Kuan wanted to know this question.

"In the beginning, some Turks were not accustomed to working in the fields and complained. However, the students coerced and intimidated them, and set up a few examples of cooperation, and now everyone is much better. ”

Tang Tongren has a certain understanding of Li Kuan's character, and the situation in Peach Blossom Village introduced Li Kuan to the truth.

"Coercion and intimidation alone can only solve a temporary problem, and if these people are willing to farm here, they still have to rely on profits."

Li Kuan didn't expect these Turks to be obedient in various states and counties of the Tang Dynasty so consciously.

However, if the benefits of An'an's subdivision of land have exceeded their expectations, then people are seeking advantages and avoiding disadvantages.

How many people are willing to fight and kill what you can get by farming safely?

Is it true that the imperial court was not prepared to deal with the troubles of these Turks?

"Yes, so during this time, I also used various methods such as night classes to constantly brainwash these Turkic people, so that they can identify with their current life, and make them full of confidence and expectation for their current life."

As an outstanding student of the Agricultural College of Guanshishan Academy, Tang Tongren likes to learn to speak with Li Kuan at every turn.

For example, the word "brainwashing", after he heard Li Kuan say it once, he mastered it proficiently.

"Since it's farming, let's think about ways to motivate from farming. For example, whoever has the highest rice yield and the most extensive rice area planted every year, the county government can award him a title such as 'little farming expert' and hang it in front of the gate. ”

This kind of honorary title, the cost is almost zero, but it can often play a very good effect.

Of course, in addition to false fame, real profit is also needed.

"The prince is wise, when the time comes, Yuzhang County will give some preferential treatment to the farmers who have won the title of 'little farming expert', then the enthusiasm of these Turkic people to farm will definitely be much higher."

Tang Tongren is also thorough.

"Lord Wang, the Turkic people who are now settled everywhere are not allowed to leave the jurisdiction without the permission of Li Zheng, if we allow these 'little farming experts' to enter and leave the county freely, then the attraction will definitely be very great, and if we can give these farmers some material rewards, then the effect will be even more obvious."

Wang Xuance also added his own opinions on the side.

After all, it doesn't cost much, as long as it can increase the enthusiasm of these Turkic people to farm, the benefits are still obvious.

"In the next few days, you will discuss it in detail, give this rule before spring ploughing, and then implement it in Turkic settlements all over Hongzhou."

The situation in Taohua Village seems to be better than Li Kuan imagined, which makes Li Kuan full of confidence in this year's rice promotion.

"Tang Langjun, you are here in person again."

Ashina Yong had already noticed the group of people in the distance.

Anyway, he was a small nobleman among the Turks at the beginning, and he could be regarded as having seen some scenes.

Seeing that the richly dressed Lang Jun accompanied by Tang Tongren was accompanied by several fierce guards with big knives, he knew that there were nobles in Peach Blossom Village today.

Then why don't you hurry up and show your face?

"Ashina Yong, don't you hurry up and come over to see His Royal Highness the King of Chu!"

After Tang Tongren finished speaking, he whispered next to Li Kuan about Ashina Yong's situation.

"Ashina Yong has seen His Royal Highness the King of Chu."

"You're welcome, I heard that you have managed this Peach Blossom Village in an orderly manner, which is impressive."

Li Kuan didn't put on any show for Ash Nayong, who was dressed in Tang clothes in front of him, but his face was different from that of the Tang people.

In fact, as long as you pay a little attention, you will find that officials at a certain level often rarely put on a show in front of ordinary people.

On the contrary, in front of ordinary people, they tend to show an approachable appearance.

Whether it's pretending to be or sincerely, it will at least leave some good impression on the people.

Of course, in front of subordinates, it should be serious or serious, regardless of the level of official, at this point, it is often the same.

"His Royal Highness the King of Chu has praised falsely, Peach Blossom Village has been able to undergo such earth-shaking changes in just a few months, and the people who should be thanked the most are Tang Langjun and a few students from Guanshishan Academy."

Tang Tongren and several classmates from the medical school and law school, although they usually live in Yuzhang County, they are busy working in Turkic settlements in various places almost every day.

His Royal Highness the King of Chu once mentioned a point of view when he was in class at Guanshishan Academy: Only Hu people who are ashamed of their Hu identity and proud of their Tang status are good Hu people.

During this time, in addition to guiding these Turkic people to open up wasteland and build houses, the most Tang Tongren did was the work of a teacher.

The same sentence that comes out of the mouth of the teachings has a completely different effect than that of ordinary people.

"This Nanyang rice, two crops a year, as long as you plant it well, your mother-in-law will have it, the house will have it, and there will be wine and food, as the village leader of Peach Blossom Village, I hope you can assist Tang Lizheng well, and Datang will not treat meritorious people badly."

Li Kuan is not familiar with Ash Nayong, so he can only talk about imaginary things.

However, for Ashina Yong, these virtual things are not false at all.

Who is Li Kuan?

The prince of the Tang Dynasty.

Now that he is talking to himself in the field, the news of this alone can increase his prestige in the village.

"His Royal Highness the King of Chu, please rest assured, I, Ashina Yong, am dedicated to the Tang Dynasty, and will never allow the villagers of Peach Blossom Village to do things that the prince does not want to see, will definitely not let the people of other surrounding villages feel the danger, and will never let Yuzhang County copy the heart of our Peach Blossom Village."

This Ashina Yong, after all, is a collateral descendant of the Ashina family, and has a clear understanding of the situation that Li Kuan wants to see.

This kind of vision is definitely not something that hard-working herders like Atatu can see.

"Okay, this king will wait and see!"