"Oh, still gathered from Jingcong, where did you learn the word? Does the official master still teach this? ”

Fifth Lun thought that this bold statement would win his grandfather's appreciation, but in the end, he waited for a chestnut, which knocked his skull so painfully, and the wine suddenly woke up.

The fifth tyrant seems to be rough, but in fact he is delicate, after all, he has lived for so many years: "After responding, so many people always have to eat." ”

"Who will raise the three thousand Ding Zhuang? You? As the saying goes, before the soldiers and horses move, the grain and grass go first. My family's food is not enough to eat, and you really haven't fought a war, so it's too simple to think about gathering people. ”

After being ridiculed by the old man, the fifth Lun was a little unconvinced, so he got up early the next day and took the servant Fifth Fu to count the fifth clan's grain stockpile.

Because of Wang Mang's indescribable economic policy, the world's monetary system is completely chaotic, Wu Lun saw in the county, in addition to the government still insisted on holding a variety of new currencies to issue money, the people almost returned to the state of barter, and the strongest hard currency in this era is only one thing: grain!

The granary of the fifth clan is in the backyard, which occupies a lot of area, with a four-style roof, and two windows under the eaves for ventilation. There are large earthen jars in the warehouse, covered with heavy wooden lids, filled with millet and wheat that are still in the shell.

Fifth Fu's father, named Fifth Grid, was in charge of the manor's cultivated land and grain, and he told Fifth Lun: "Xiao Langjun, I just collected the rent this month, and the five warehouses are full of grain, almost more than 1,000 stones. ”

With the addition of vegetables, fruits and other food accompaniments, it is enough for more than 50 people from the master, the family to the servants and slaves of the Fifth Dock to eat for two years. This proves that the Fifth Clan is very good at business, unlike some unplanned families who eat and drink indiscriminately, and often have no surplus food.

But it is still far from the goal of the fifth lun, and it is ...... Ten times as much.

In the fifth Lun, I think about it, at least I have to accumulate ten thousand stones.

And when he went to see the fifth tyrant and proposed this plan, he was laughed at by the old man again.

"Wanshi? Do you know how much grain is stored in the county warehouse? With this amount, my fifth clan is only one mile, and the annual harvest is limited, so how can I get so much grain? ”

The fifth grid in charge of the granary didn't know why Xiao Langjun wanted to store grain, but this was just the right time to put forward the plan he had been thinking about for a long time: "Naturally, I can't store so much grain in the short term, unless I ...... it."

The words of the fifth cell were cold and crisp.

"Rent increase!"

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"The land rent of other wealthy people in Hongxiang is mostly paid for ten and four. However, the Fifth Clan has always cherished its clansmen, and the same clan has been working for the farm, and they have received two out of ten, while ordinary tenant farmers have received three out of ten. ”

The fifth grid is still insufficient, and he thinks that the price of grain has become higher and higher in recent years, and the land rent should be raised.

"In this way, you can charge an extra three or five hundred stone fields every year."

When the fifth Lun first arrived in this era, he still felt strange that the land rent in the new dynasty was ten taxes and one, and in the Han Dynasty in the previous years, it was even thirty taxes and one tax. Why would many people rather sell their land to become tenant farmers of wealthy families than to become small farmers to pay rent to the imperial court?

Later, he realized that the so-called 30 taxes and 1 10 taxes were all said nicely on the surface, and what was worse than land rent was conscription and more endowment. In the Han Dynasty, it took several years to go back and forth to the Western Regions and the Southwest of China, and it was easy to get sick on the road, and the military merits were far away. The new dynasty went even further, starting an all-out war with its neighbors, and there were more defeats and fewer victories, and no one was willing to send them to death.

And the most terrible thing is that there is no law in the imperial court's additional endowment, and as long as the money does not collect grain, the peasants take the grain to the market to sell, and then they are exploited by the merchants or the government again. If you don't have enough money, you can only borrow money in order not to be arrested by the government and become a prisoner. Usury is a bottomless pit, the profits are getting bigger and bigger, and you can't survive in a few years, so you can only sell your land and sell yourself and join a wealthy family.

But there is no one in the Fifth Clan, and the head of the family has to serve and pay taxes, let alone serve as an umbrella. Therefore, his family was not very attractive to the landless peasants, and most of the land was obtained by merging different surnames in the middle and accumulating over time.

"No, the land rent must not be increased."

Fifth Lun shook his head in disagreement, tenant farmers and poor people who rented land to cultivate all year round, and their income was not enough to survive on their own, but they were barely able to make ends meet.

What's more, this act of killing chickens and taking eggs will make the Fifth Clan lose something more important than food: the human heart.

"There is no urgency in the matter of food, let my grandson think of a way slowly."

Fifth Lun mentioned what he noticed when he inspected the warehouse in the morning: "I saw that there was a surplus of iron farming tools in the warehouse, and there were a few more ploughing cattle in the barn. ”

Haoqiang completed the accumulation through exploitation, and if it was placed in the former Han Dynasty, it was natural to continue to annex and buy land, but it was limited by the new dynasty Wang Tian's order, and the land could not be bought publicly. Since the scale of the land is locked, the surplus grain is used in exchange for ploughing cattle and iron tools, and ways to intensively cultivate it.

But ordinary farmers don't have this condition.

"When I came back yesterday, I saw that some people had already started plowing the land to prepare for the planting of wheat, because there were no cattle, so they had to work in pairs."

The so-called coupling tillage means that one person pulls the rope in front and one person supports the plough behind. However, there is an agricultural proverb: autumn ploughing is deep, spring and summer are shallow. Planting wheat is to plough deeply, and the poor farmer can only brave the scorching sun, pull the plow and work hard, and the steps are difficult.

What's even worse is that Wu Lun saw that many people's plowshares were actually made of wood and stone!

This surprised him: "Didn't you say that the Qin and Han dynasties were already in the Iron Age?" How can there still be people using the tools of primitive society. ”

The new dynasty followed the example of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty and implemented the policy of "five equals and six reels", which probably meant that six commodities such as salt, iron, and wine must be monopolized by the government, and it is illegal to mine and sell them privately.

The original intention may be to crack down on Haoyou, who controls the illegal salt in the mine, but no matter how good the original intention is, it has to be implemented by people. It's a good idea, but when it is implemented below, it becomes a bad government and brings a lot of trouble to the people. The government casters are shoddy and difficult to use, and iron tools are becoming more and more expensive, and in the past ten years, many people have been forced to use stone and wood back. With the production method of thousands of years ago, the production efficiency can be high.

Wu Lun saw it in his eyes and was quite emotional, so he proposed at this time: "Father, when plowing and planting wheat in the autumn this year, can the bulk come forward and lend my family's surplus iron tools and ploughing cattle to the poor people in the middle of the country?" ”

"Xiao Langjun!"

Before the fifth tyrant could say anything, the fifth grid, who was in charge of agricultural affairs in the clan, shouted first.

"Although most of their generation are of the same clan, they are small farmers who do not rent large amounts of land, and even if the harvest is good, they will not pay rent to my family, so why bother with them!"

"Moreover, although there are many ploughing oxen, if they are driven too often, they will be tired and thin. The same is true for ironware, which can easily be damaged when bumping and bumping when deep ploughing. Renting is a loss, let alone borrowing in vain! ”

Xiao Langjun only gave a place for Taixue to others yesterday, and now he wants to borrow oxen and plows, is it really as the old master scolded yesterday, is he a loser?

Through yesterday's events, the fifth tyrant saw clearly, the grandson has his own furrow in his chest, and the seemingly soft-hearted action has a profound plan behind it, he stopped the clansmen and asked the fifth Lun: "Anyway, what do you have in mind?" ”

Wu Lun said: "I just want to borrow cattle and iron to let the families finish the autumn wheat planting sooner." ”

There is a poem "July" in the Spring and Autumn Period: "On the day of the raccoon dog, take the fox and be the son of Qiu...... On the third day, on the fourth day, the toe was raised, the dates were peeled in August, and the rice was harvested in October, which was the spring wine. ”

From January to December, the farmer was busy all year round, and the stars changed for hundreds of years, and the world changed from a feudal state to a county, but life did not change substantially, and even became more miserable - the population is increasing, and the per capita arable land is getting less and less, and if you are not diligent, you will not be able to live.

In the past, you could take a little rest after autumn, but after Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, you began to promote Sumai, that is, winter wheat, plus planting vegetables and beans, and there is also work in autumn and winter, and there is almost no idle time.

By lending a large amount of surplus oxen and iron ploughs, Wu Lun was indeed able to help the homesteaders in Lizhong to speed up the completion of the autumn work.

"What are they doing in their spare time, basking in the sun?" Although the fifth tyrant is the head of the family, he has no sympathy for the distant clan, and still cares about the interests of his own family.

"Of course not."

Although the fifth Lun has compassion, he still wants to be kind to the people, and by the way, when they are not working, he organizes everyone to do something big together. Iron has to be hard, if even a mile can't be condensed, how can you let ten miles and eight towns respond?

He said: "At that time, I would like to ask my eldest father and the lieutenant chief to organize the people, and my family will contribute money and food to rebuild the Li Society!" ”

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"Satosha?"

The shrine worships the god of the land, and it is also a place of celebration for the people of Yili, and they will gather to drink in groups every shrine day. Drinking on this day is not only bright and bright, but also must be drunk, often at dusk, the family is intoxicated.

However, since the establishment of the new dynasty ten years ago, the ban on five equals and six reels was issued, and the wine could only be monopolized by the government, and it suddenly became extremely expensive, even the price of moonshine wine has increased several times. Ordinary people can't afford it, so at most they secretly brew some bitter wine at home to taste.

Second, the new dynasty followed the example of Zhou Zheng and punished those who gathered in groups to drink, and more than five people were punished. The people have one less day to vent happily, and the society is also much deserted, and no one has repaired it for a long time.

In the Fifth Lun's view, how can this kind of place that can bring together everyone in a mile and strengthen cohesion through sacrificial rituals be idle? Even if you don't drink, you can do a lot of things.

For example, a long street banquet was held, and everyone was shouted to eat a rare full meal, and the fifth tyrant came to the stage to perform swordsmanship to make the boys worship their greed. Then let the old people tell the story, tell everyone about the bumpy experience of the Fifth Clan migrating from the East two hundred years ago, and the legendary life and tragic ending of their ancestors Tian Heng brothers, which can strengthen the sense of belonging of the Li people.

Although the Rio village rules were denounced as "dross" in the new century, in a specific era, they could also turn waste into treasure and become a help for him to protect himself in troubled times.

The Han family was unified, the turmoil ended, and the family was able to live together for a long time and continue to multiply in stability. However, it is still in the early stage of development, so it is far less complete than the system of later generations.

Fifth Lun is to move those things from the southern clan, he plans, in the future, next to the Li Society, there will be an additional Yixue, so that the school-age children in the middle school will learn to read and count - the Five Classics do not need to be read, a waste of time, the older ones, the fifth Lun can personally be a teacher to teach them some more useful knowledge, he hopes that there will be a few talents in the middle of the school.

You can also build a righteous warehouse to help the neighbors of the same clan who are too poor, so as to smooth out the contradiction between the rich and the poor in the country.

With these benefits, you can make the people in the heart of the family, and in the future, in the name of preventing thieves, they will be summoned to train in battle during the slack time, so that some people will be obedient.

Fifth Lun is considerate: "Now Guanzhong does seem to be peaceful, I said that the world is in chaos, and even my grandfather doesn't believe it." As soon as he came up, he took his clan to train the army, not to mention that the government would be suspicious, and the people were not happy. Everyone likes to work hard, and they will never stand when they can lie down, but they can only use the interests of human favor to slowly figure it out. ”

In this way, there are so many things I want to do, but it is much more interesting than going to study and read dead books.

The fifth tyrant pointed out the contradiction of the fifth Lun: "Lun'er, you have to do these things that are purely expensive and food-consuming. ”

"On the other hand, I want to accumulate grain."

"Isn't it ridiculous that your head wants to go north and your body goes south?"

"The Great Father has taught me a lesson." Fifth Lun scratched his head a little embarrassedly, it was indeed quite contradictory, it would cost a lot of money to do these things, but the input had not increased, and if it continued like this, the landlord's family would have no surplus food.

"It seems that I have to think of some way to raise food openly."

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The next day, Wu Lun went to the blacksmith shop next to the dock yard, and before he could enter the door, he heard the sound of clanging banging.

The blacksmith's name is Qiu Gaonu, he is not a member of the fifth clan, but a disciple who came from Shangjun to take refuge, and he can make iron. Later, he was freed and married a woman from the Fifth Clan, and the Fifth Ba asked him to open a small iron shop at home, specializing in repairing farm tools.

"Xiao Langjun."

Seeing the fifth Lun coming, Qiu Gaonu, who was wearing a leather skirt, hurriedly put down the hammer in his hand, accompanied the fifth Lun to visit this small iron shop, and asked about something again.

"I heard that the old family owner was kind and allowed the families in the middle of the house to borrow the dock yard to plough the fields, is it true?"

Although the fifth tyrant buried the fifth lun yesterday, he still announced the matter of borrowing oxen and iron tools, which won the cheers of the whole country, and asked Qiu Gaonu to repair the iron plough and distribute it to each household.

"Nature is true." Fifth Lun looked at Qiu Gaonu, the face of this diminutive iron man who had been baked in front of the fire all year round, and was always red.

"In this case, my brother is a foreign surname, and he can also borrow a cow?"

After Qiu Gaonu settled in the fifth mile, his younger brother's family also came to take refuge and became one of the few foreign surnames in Lizhong.

Fifth Lun doesn't want to engage in clan politics, it's too petty, regardless of the same surname and foreign surname, so that more and more people can be gathered.

"Of course you can, but there are too many borrowed households, and you have to rely on a fair way to ...... whichever comes first."

That is, draw lots!

If it is divided according to the distance between relatives and relatives, the threshold of the dock yard will definitely be stepped on by the relatives who intercede and go through the back door.

But Fifth Lun came to the blacksmith today, but for another matter.

After going around in a circle, Wu Lun saw that Qiu Gaonu's craftsmanship was okay, and he was an all-rounder, in addition to beating iron, he could also do some carpentry, so very good.

Fifth Lun touched a shovel that had just been mended: "There are still ...... Excess iron? ”

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