There was a great difference between the grain trade monopoly policy in the New Dynasty era and the grain trade monopoly policy in the feudal town era.

In the past, the feudal towns controlled the grain trade in a way that seemed to stabilize people's livelihoods, but in fact it was all about the previous feudal towns in order to better exploit the peasants in order to maintain the war.

A peasant family with hundreds of acres of land can barely eat enough even when the harvest is harvested year after year, the clothes they wear are patched, and their children cannot receive education, this situation is unimaginable in the past or other countries, but it has become a reality in Daheng now.

Decades ago and even hundreds of years ago, Daheng farmers were actually synonymous with the middle class, and developed a very special Daheng rural economic system!

But now, the peasants have become synonymous with poverty in Daheng.

It was because the grain harvested by the peasants was purchased by the feudal towns at a very low price, and then they were forced to buy high-priced grains, fertilizers, farm tools, etc., which were provided by the feudal towns, and most of the remaining money had to pay high taxes.

This completely destroyed the rural economic system that Daheng people are proud of and has lasted for nearly hundreds of years.

It is precisely because the rural economic system has been completely destroyed, and many small and medium-sized farmers have lost their incomes or even lost their land after bankruptcy, that a large number of rural laborers have been forced to work in the cities.

The influx of labor into cities is the only way to provide sufficient labor for industry and commerce, and at the same time to accelerate urbanization.

If it weren't for the bankruptcy of the rural economy, Daheng would not have been able to develop a large number of backward but large-scale industries.

The top of the empire was also discussing the reform of the rural economy, trying to find a good reform plan that would not only ensure the livelihood of the peasants, but also not suppress the development of the empire's industry.

There are too many small and medium-sized farmers in the Great Heng Empire, and if they are not severely oppressed, they can live a good life by farming, and there is no need to go to the factories in the city to work tiringly.

But without a sufficient number of workers, industry cannot develop.

In this regard, the relevant officials of the Lin Dynasty must find a proper plan.

It is necessary not only to ensure the stability of the grain industry and the interests of the peasants, but also to ensure the sustainable development of the industry.

Until a more secure solution is found, the Lin dynasty will not make changes to the existing policy, namely the tax restriction order and the grain trade monopoly policy.

According to the many tax reduction policies in the tax restriction order, whether it is a small and medium-sized farmer in the countryside or an ordinary citizen worker in the city, or a businessman, a middle-to-high income earner, and even a wealthy and powerful person, they can all get a lot of benefits from the tax restriction order.

This is also the reason why Lin Ziran promulgated the tax restriction order that year, which was able to win wide support from all walks of life.

With extensive support, Lin Ziran was able to quickly concentrate a large amount of manpower and material resources, and then unify Nanhai Prefecture and even develop to the current situation.

The tax restriction order is a real benefit to all walks of life, and for this reason, the Lin dynasty is also burdened with heavy financial pressure, and a large number of national bonds are issued in order to maintain the unification war.

The benefits given to farmers by the provisions of the tax restriction order are very intuitive and visible, and it is obvious that the tax rate will be directly lowered in one go, reducing the burden on small and medium-sized farmers, so that they can get more income.

At the same time, the new dynasty implemented a monopoly policy on grain trade, not to say that it was the same as the original feudal towns, but only to lower the price of grain in order to exploit more peasants to produce surplus value.

The core purpose of the grain trade monopoly policy of the new dynasty was to stabilize grain prices and avoid too large fluctuations in grain prices and harm the interests of the peasants.

However, although Lin Ziran does not want to export grain, there is still no way to stop grain exports in a short period of time, because it involves more than 100 million peasant population, and the farmers of Daheng grow grain, not only to eat themselves, but also to sell the grain in exchange for money to pay taxes, buy grain, ploughing horses, farm tools, clothes and other expenses.

Therefore, grain exports cannot be stopped for no reason.

It is necessary to carry out the adjustment of the price differential in international trade in grain, and at the same time guide the peasants to start planting other types of cash crops, expand the income of urban residents, and increase their consumption of water products.

The current relationship between agriculture and industry and commerce in the Daheng Empire is contradictory and complex, and the agriculture of the Daheng Empire mainly produces grain and exports surplus grain in large quantities, which makes this even more problematic.

This complicated situation was caused by the civil strife that lasted for decades in Daheng, but now that the new dynasty has been established, the unification war has entered a critical period, and complete reunification is expected, at this time, Lin Ziran has to consider adjusting the contradictions between agriculture and industry and commerce in the empire and the problem of cheap export of a large amount of grain.

The train continued to go north, and Lin Ziran thought for a long time in the clanging sound, and before the train arrived at the Jingshi Railway Station, Lin Ziran had already finalized the general idea.

That is, regardless of the other mess, promoting technology development is the last word.

Steam tractors are now needed, and internal combustion engine tractors can be used to promote mechanized farming in the future.

Then develop the chemical industry, research and development and promotion of chemical fertilizers.

Research to improve crops and increase yields.

Through a series of technological developments, in order to alleviate the current contradictions between agriculture and industry, and let them promote each other and develop together.

Judging from the current complex and even contradictory industrial structure within the Daheng Empire, it is impossible to rely solely on some policies to make adjustments.

For example, the problem of the contradiction between agriculture and industry and commerce.

The roots lie in labor!

Agriculture requires a lot of labor, and so does industry, and Lin believes that the best way to do this is to continue to promote modern farming models.

For the Daheng Empire, which has a large amount of arable land, even if horse farming is adopted, the amount of land that can be cultivated by each labor force is still limited.

In many places in Daheng, there is actually a lot of undeveloped land, deep into the inland areas, especially in some places with inconvenient transportation, you can see large areas of undeveloped plains.

It's not that Daheng people are not diligent enough to put these lands and not develop them, but Daheng has too much arable land, just the traditional territory of Daheng people, that is, Jingzhou, Pingnan Prefecture, Dongding Prefecture, Zisheng Prefecture, Nanhai Prefecture, Quyang Prefecture, these six prefectures, have a large amount of arable land, and the land is very fertile, just the arable land resources of six states, enough to feed hundreds of millions of people.

In Lin Ziran's view, the arable land resources of these six states alone will not have any problem at all if they are fully developed, supplemented by chemical fertilizers, and improved grain varieties.

Even further development, the arable land in these six states could feed at least a billion people!

There is so much arable land, and almost all of the cultivated land is plain terrain, as for the terraces in the hills, in the eyes of the Daheng people, it is not cultivated land at all.

Such a terrain could further promote mechanized farming in order to free up more rural laborers to work in the cities and contribute to industrial development.

In the future, we can also develop the fertilizer industry and increase the yield per mu, which can further increase the agricultural output value and increase the income of farmers.

Through the development of technology, the contradiction between industry and industry can be alleviated, and even the two can promote the development of each other, and at the same time promote the development of agriculture and industry.