Chapter 69: The Promise of Eating Chicken

There is a deep background to the farmland-based rather than smallholder economy.

Regardless of whether they were displaced or temporarily evacuated, these people have always practiced a small-scale peasant economy with their own families, but now the turmoil is divided, and the slightest natural and man-made disaster may cause a family to lose a year.

Now that refugees are gathered, if the land is still divided, and each family is in charge of its own family, although it can be somewhat motivated, but in the case of national military service, the young and strong will definitely not be able to specialize in farming.

The old and weak alone will not be able to support themselves at all in this era, let alone the soldiers who are out of production, who will also think about the land at home and will not concentrate on the war.

Now he doesn't have to worry about the problem of enthusiasm for the time being, because the Dong family and himself are completely tax-free, and all the grain grown by each team belongs to them, and their own grain supply is not said to be a permanent supply, and if they don't actively farm the land, they are equivalent to living in a faint uneasiness. Will they work hard in this case?

But what can be guaranteed is that their lives are much better than those of ordinary peasants, townspeople, and even families and powerful tenants. In this era, including the Xiliang Army, the average soldier does not say a stone of grain a month, even the old and weak here are a little mysterious, and even Cao Cao's soldiers are afraid to adapt to being hungry.

His people directly eat more than other soldiers, and the armed forces and military cantonments eat more and train more. This kind of day is the dream of all peasants and even more than eighty percent of the people in this era, so these tun households will cherish it, not slack off.

Tong Yuan's secret is to let everyone have a promotion channel and a sense of crisis, which is also an important change he proposed, I believe that people who are more capable of teamwork and good at various skills will gradually appear.

Under the guarantee of food and security, the members of each team have a certain space for free development, and not only will they not take away their tools, but also provide some for public use in various tuns.

Of course, if you really don't agree with Tuntian, you can leave, it's very free.

For the tun people, this can be described as a major change, according to the head of a stone of food per month, even if engaged in heavy physical labor can be fed, when the speech is finished, the surrounding crowd will be buzzing, the content of the discussion is what the team has in each tun, how to produce more grain or vegetables, how to distribute and cooperate with Yunyun.

I never expected that most of these people are just ordinary farmers, and they have such quality and consciousness to engage in team division and cooperation.

In fact, this only needs a soil, and a certain degree of support, and no one needs to teach, spontaneously there will be people to explore, of course, there are people to stay, and it is often the pressure of reality rather than their ability to prevent innovation and exploration. Tong Yuan can provide security support for exploration, and reality will not disappoint him.

In the next few days, Tong Yuan was busy with these affairs. According to the character and patience of the children of Haoqiang in this era, they are often tired of it, but Tong Yuan is keen on politics and military affairs. For him, a novice in warfare, it is more convenient to engage in military and civil affairs, and he likes these soldiers and people who follow him.

From later generations, he treated them as equals, rather than collecting money from them, which raised the efficiency of communication to the highest level of this era.

After the arrangements were made in each qu and tun, he handed over the follow-up management to Zhang Ji, and planned to return to Xiayang in the next few days, transfer a few books, and discuss with Dong Bai about the affairs of the scholars and foreign clans in the ruling area.

In fact, Tong Yuan has the right to do these two things by himself, and Dong Bai made it clear that everything else can be left to him except for revenge. However, there are some things that will work better in the name of the Dong family.

Xiayang now has a population of less than 80,000 due to the separation of Haoyang Township into an independent county, and more than 60 percent of the 80,000 live within 20 miles of Xiayang County.

Xiayang was not damaged much because it was sheltered by the Dong family before, and the Xiayang Port, which is close to the Yellow River, is still an important distribution place for business and trade between all parties in Bingzhou.

Tong Yuan watched the many corn fields and a few wheat fields around him ripen day by day, and the nearby villages and dock forts were also full of laughter and anger, is this the result of his own hard work? Tong Yuan felt a little relieved in his heart.

"Ah, it's General Pingbei."

Not far away, passers-by saw Tong Yuan's banner and hurriedly greeted him.

The nearby lieutenant chief led the people to come, and the lieutenant chief came out and said: "Thank you to the general for guarding this place, the general is a golden branch and jade leaf has not forgotten us and is still stationed here, we will definitely do our best for the general." ”

Tong Yuan said: "This is just the beginning, and in the future, more places will be restored to tranquility, which will make your life better." Please rest assured, as long as the Dong family and a certain Tong Yuan are still alive, they will not forget everyone. ”

Hearing this, the surrounding people were moved, and some even couldn't help crying.

He knew that he could have something to eat in this troubled world, and it was already a blessing not to be separated from his wife, and he didn't dare to dream of a good life at all. Just by mentioning this point, many people have already had an emotional breakdown.

Human life is too fragile, and in this era, only useful tenant farmers and servants are left behind by the powerful and powerful clans, and they don't care about the life or death of most ordinary people.

Tong Yuan's experience is still shallow, where has he ever seen such a scene, and his heart suddenly softened, and he couldn't help but cry. Suddenly he thought of a person and wondered if he would be able to achieve what he had achieved.

He suppressed the emotion he was touched and said loudly: "Please rest assured, as long as you support us and others, we will not disappoint everyone."

"There was once a kingdom smaller than my great man, and there was a king whom we know very little, and he took over the country devastated and destitute. Seeing this, he made a vow, which he did, worthy of the love of his people. ”

Of course, the lieutenant chief and the peasants gathered here didn't know who this person was, and it was impossible for the servants around Tong Yuan to know.

Tong Yuan looked around for half a week, took a deep breath, and said loudly: "I also make this vow today!" …… I want every farmer to have a chicken in his pot every ten years! ”

"I want every farmer to have a chicken in his pot every ten days!"

Tong Yuan's oath is actually a little worse than the person he just said, because that person said one chicken a week, and he did it.

He once felt that this sentence did not mean much, why should everyone eat chicken, not cattle, sheep, pigs, fish, etc. As he gradually matured, and came to the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, seeing the miserable desolation of the building, he knew how great it would be if this sentence could be realized.

The people and servants nearby were all stunned after hearing this, and ordinary people in this era were already proud and boastful of being able to touch meat once a year.

Within ten days of each person, a chicken will be made in a pot, and he will still be a farmer! What a courage and ambition this is!

He had seen the world a lot, and he had lived in the relatively stable era of Emperor Huan, and he couldn't imagine what that kind of life would be like. Wouldn't everyone have become a warrior? It can't be.

Tong Yuan saw that everyone was standing still, and he didn't want to explain more, so he led his servants to continue to Xiayang.

After a long time, some people in the crowd reacted, some knelt down, and some cried, but without exception, Tong Yuan's sentence "Let every farmer have a chicken in his pot" will always be engraved in their hearts.