Chapter 19 The Su Family

For the state, this is also a disguised contract system. Because the livelihood of the peasants in this part of the land is the responsibility of the owners of the food.

In short, land annexation, at least at the national and legal level of the Great Song Dynasty, was expressly forbidden for most of the period from the founding of the state to the present. The population of the annexed land did not become a burden on the state.

The first problem is that the scholars are insatiable and embezzle and conceal a large amount of cultivated land, which in itself is a violation of the law, a lax law enforcement, and a basis for accountability.

What should be paid more attention to is that even if the price of land in the Great Song Dynasty is cheap, a large number of ordinary people still cannot or are unwilling to buy cheap land, so they cannot or are unwilling to become yeoman farmers.

Moreover, a large part of this part of the population cannot have a normal income and cannot pay taxes.

The most important thing is that this part of the population, due to various natural and man-made disasters, is still expanding year by year.

Although such people cannot simply be classified as landless peasants, they are certainly not normal laborers and taxpayers.

The daily output of this part of the people is embezzled by the noble doctors, and when these people encounter survival problems, the state pays for them.

According to Su You's view, this is fundamentally unreasonable, a waste of population resources, and a burden and hidden danger for the state.

To sum up, perhaps land and land are not the essential reason for the fall of the feudal dynasty, but the reason may be deeper - the extreme disparity between the rich and the poor, and the excessive expansion of the poor population.

On the one hand, tax revenues are reduced, and on the other hand, the poor have become a huge class, and the country's capital is shaken, which is inevitable.

But if you don't cultivate the land, you can't feed the population? The small courtyard in front of you is the best illustration.

The prosperity of industry and commerce and the acceleration of financial circulation can alleviate the contradiction between land and population to a great extent.

Zoom in to the entire Sichuan Gorge Four Roads, "Thousands of people cultivate, ten thousand people eat." The proverb appeared at this time. The special phenomena that have taken place in this particular region in the current period are well described.

It is a pity that there is no in-depth study by those in power, or in other words, it is always regrettable that the historical process of Huaxia is sadly interrupted.

Thinking far away again......

The bursts of birdsong interrupted Su You's thoughts, and made him take a closer look at the small courtyard.

The courtyard is paved with bluestone slabs, and on the right hand side of the entrance is a wooden door leading to the front store.

On both sides is a tiled-roof corridor with a wall, and on rainy days you can enter the store from the inner house.

The side door leads to a large garden, which reflects the sophistication and elegance of the hostess everywhere.

The flowers and trees in the garden are dense, but they are relatively low, and Su You can find a peculiar phenomenon - among the low flower forests, there is a kind of showy bird as a nest here.

The tung flower phoenix, the size of the thumb, the color of the whole body is gorgeous, reflecting the luster of metal, feeding on nectar.

They're flying among the flowers.

When they were young, Banniang, Su Shi and Su Zhe, under the education of Mrs. Cheng, loved animals very much.

Under the leadership of Mrs. Cheng, they quietly observed the life of the tung flower phoenix in the garden, never destroying the nests, but curiously watching them lay eggs, hatch, and finally change from ugly chicks to beautiful adults like a metal rainbow.

And this definitely plays a huge role in the cultivation of children's character.

Walking through the garden, there is a small flat with a well.

The wellhead is very small, the water is clear, and I smiled when I saw the small tree by the well.

Something that can't be cooked anymore - the yellow wattle tree.

Su You could tell at a glance which branches to use, and it was the most suitable for Su Shi Su Zhe when he was seven or eight years old.

Su Banniang saw Su You staring at the branches with a strange expression, and knew what this kid was thinking, so she whispered: "Mother is very kind, we have never been beaten since we were children. ”

But after thinking about it, I felt that I needed to be vigilant against Su You, and added: "But if it is a naughty person like Uncle Xiao, it will be difficult to say." ”

Su You made a gesture to the Yellow Vitex Tree: "Amitabha, Yellow Vitex Tree, Yellow Vitex Tree, you and I should be at peace." ”

Banniang couldn't help laughing, and said with a smile: "Then you have to be well-behaved, keep the true body of the Yellow Vitex Tree, and don't let it be broken because of you." ”

There is also a lychee in the yard, the tree is beautiful, the crown is huge, I heard Banniang say that it was planted by Su Shi himself.

This public has a habit of planting trees when he is young, when he reads in several temples and Taoist temples in Meishan, nothing else may be left, and no less than 30,000 pine trees have been planted on the surrounding mountains.

And like Su You, Su Shi also systematically studied the propagation and transplanting methods of pine seedlings, and wrote them in detail into his books when he was old, as a proud achievement.

Banniang saw Su You's situation and smiled slyly: "You don't know this tree, do you?" ”

Su You said indifferently: "'Chang'an looked back at the piles of embroidery, and the gate on the top of the mountain opened one after another. This lychee is definitely a Jiazhou variety. In addition to there, if you want to find it, you need to go to Lingnan, this tree was given to him by Zizhan's friend, right? ”

Su Banniang looked at Su You like a ghost: "Uncle Xiao, Zizhan must get along with you." You even know about this tree. ”

Su You was secretly proud in his heart, this tree has survived for more than 900 years, and it did not die until the 21st century.

Today can be regarded as seeing the righteous lord who is living a flourishing life.

After reading the garden, when they entered the inner hall, a graceful woman was standing at the table, looking at them with a smile.

The woman held a bun, inserted a red sandalwood hairpin, wore a light moon blue dark flower cross-collared thin silk shirt, covered with a plain green gown, elegant bearing, and elegant appearance.

Although he is over 40 years old, he can be properly maintained. There are no beads on the body, only a twisted silver stumble on the wrist.

Su You is lonely and miserable, if there is a need to have a perfect mother figure, Mrs. Cheng in front of him is definitely a model in his mind.

There was naturally a look of admiration in his eyes, and all the chaotic thoughts flew to the clouds, and he didn't dare to say anything superfluous, so he was honest like a mouse who saw a cat, and respectfully gave a salute: "Boy Su You, I've seen my sister-in-law." ”

Mrs. Cheng felt strange about Su You's honesty, but in a blink of an eye, she saw the gall pill in Su You's hand, and couldn't help but smile slightly: "Xiao You don't need to be like this, it seems that you have gained something from today's trip." ”

Only then did Su You stand up straight and spread his hands: "Is this what my sister-in-law said?" This is an appendage extracted from table salt, and the main ingredient is miscanthus salt. ”

Mrs. Cheng didn't ask whether it was right or wrong, but just looked at Su You: "Then tell your sister-in-law, how can you conclude that it is miscanthus salt?" ”

Su You smiled: "The kid is naughty and has a bad mouth, and in the village he once tried to melt the salt blocks, and then filter out the impurities, trying to use this method to remove the sand mixed with the salt. ”

Mrs. Cheng shook her head and said, "The quality of official salt is indeed debatable. You go on and say, I'm interested. ”

Su You said as if offering treasures: "After getting the pure salt water, the kid tried to boil it again, but the result was impatient, and every time he boiled a little salt particle, the kid filtered it out. Then continue to boil. ”

"After repeating this, the kid found a problem, the salt boiled out in the early stage tasted pure, and the later it was, the more bitter the taste became, which was obviously not the same thing, but two, or more."

Mrs. Cheng nodded and said: "I found in the subtleties, Xiaoyou can be described as meticulous, and he doesn't let go of anything strange, which is the principle of learning from things." ”

Su You said: "In the end, the kid roughly divided the substances contained in this coarse salt into two categories, one is snow salt, and the other is gall pills. ”

"Then the old uncle of this gall pill looked at it and said that the physical properties are the same as the manganese, so there is this conclusion."

Mrs. Cheng said: "That is to say, there are actually many substances in coarse salt that can be dissolved in water, and you can separate them through your method, right?" ”

Su You said with a smile: "In fact, there is a complete set of processes, which were later sorted out and tested by the younger brother, which can separate pure salt and miscanthus nitrate to the greatest extent." ”

After speaking, the process and Mrs. Cheng explained in detail, but the chemical reaction could not be described in detail, only that precipitation can be produced through the fusion of various solutions, and these precipitations are also one of the impurities, which can be cleaned by soybean milk, and then the remaining substances dissolved in water are separated one by one by the method just now.

Mrs. Cheng smiled and listened carefully, praised a few sentences from time to time, and finally took out a box, which was divided into many small squares, containing powders of various colors, and pushed it in front of Su You: "Do you know?" ”