Li Zhongyi sat on the hillside, the monocular in his hand, from far to near, and finally stayed on the new immigrants who were busy with farm work.

These immigrants who had just been assigned to Tian were all Han people who were forcibly brought to Pinglu by the Li family with knives, guns and leather whips from the Great Plain of Youji.

Long before the Qin Dynasty, the Central Plains region faced a huge military threat from the northern barbarian dog Rong. The national capital of the Western Zhou Dynasty, Haojing, was broken by the dog Rong, and the Zhou Dynasty was forced to move east, known as the Eastern Zhou Dynasty in history.

Before the establishment of the Qin Dynasty, the Xiongnu gradually rose, and then the first emperor arranged for Meng Tian to defend the Great Wall in the north.

However, the Khitan Kingdom is fundamentally different from the steppe barbarians in the traditional sense.

Before the Khitan Kingdom, both the Dog Rong and the Xiongnu were nomadic bow and horse peoples.

Since the Later Jin Dynasty Shi Jingjiao sacrificed the sixteen states of Yanyun, the Khitan State was transformed into a composite regime with the coexistence of bow horses and farming.

What's more, since the fall of the late Tang Dynasty, the Central Plains has been in constant turmoil, and the speed at which the city head changes the banner of the king is simply faster than turning a book.

However, within the territory of the Khitan State, it has always enjoyed a rare peace. The Great Thistle Plain, which is not war-torn in nature, not only has a higher grain output than most of the Central Plains, but more importantly, even the iron-smelting technology has surpassed that of the Central Plains.

The reason is actually very simple, the melee in the Central Plains forced the Han craftsmen to leave their hometowns and go north to escape the war, but the result was cheap for the Khitans.

Li Zhongyi has no intention of rushing for quick success, he always has to eat the meal one bite at a time, and he always has to do it little by little, and when the quantity becomes large enough, it will lead to the final qualitative change.

In accordance with the principle of protracted warfare, Li Zhongyi adhered to the correct logic of national warfare that if the enemy is less manpower, we will be stronger by two points, or even three points, and forced his brothers and sisters of the same clan to go south to Pinglu.

Due to the previous raids of the Khitans and the chaotic battles of the warlords and towns, the population of the Pinglu area is now about ten times less than it was at its peak.

As the saying goes, more people are better to do, and fewer people are better to divide money!

The big landlords in the Pinglu area died and fled, and the ownerless fertile land was almost everywhere. In a sense, this also greatly reduced the resistance of Li Zhongyi to divide the land into households.

Li Zhongyi put down the monocular in his hand and sighed softly: "The little people are the most pitiful, I forced them to leave their hometowns and abandon the inheritance left by their ancestors, they should be the most wicked among the wicked." However, I only gave them some land, and lent them farm tools and oxen, and they scolded me much quieter. ”

Liu Jinshan nodded and sighed: "As long as the people have something to eat, they will be grateful to Dade." ”

Who is Li Zhongyi, he immediately heard the little thorn in Liu Jinshan's words, and its subtext was: Li Zhongyi should rest with the people, not toss the grass people.

Among Li Guan, it can be roughly divided into three categories, the first is pure nerds, these people think that after reading through the books of sages, they can rule the country and level the world; the second type is the civil officials with some feelings, who pay more attention to resting with the people and emphasize the rule of inaction; The third type of civil officials, who are also the largest group of people, talk about the way of sages and sages, but in private, they are the same party and disagree, desperately trying to get benefits to their families.

These people are complex species with two sides. In the whole bureaucracy, there is no villain who does not do a good deed. In the same way, the so-called saint disciple who specializes in benefiting others and never disfavors himself, Li Zhongyi has never seen it so far.

Liu Jinshan is one of the few civil officials who have read the books of sages and sages and highly admire the rule of the two Han Dynasty without doing anything. In order to speak for the grass people, he did not hesitate to offend Li Zhongyi in person, and this feeling alone was enough to make Li Zhongyi value three more points.

Hundreds of thousands of people have been driven away from their homes by knives and guns, and it is inevitable that they will encounter various difficulties along the way, and it is inevitable to cry and complain.

Everyone has compassion, and Li Zhongyi is no exception. It's just that the height of his and Liu Jinshan's stations is different, and there will inevitably be a big difference in the angle from which they look at the problem.

"Guangqing, since the late Tang Dynasty, I have been a dignified and noble man, and I have repeatedly fallen under the iron hooves of barbarians, and the root of it lies in the fact that we are not united with each other and cannot gather sand into a tower." Li Zhongyi stroked the beautiful mane of "Blood Killing", and said with emotion, "Large and small feudal towns, for personal gain, do not hesitate to collude with foreign races to invade our Huaxia. Well, Shi Jingjiao, the scum of the Shatuo clan, is a typical example. ”

"National war, either you die or I die, there is no second way." Li Zhongyi turned his head to stare at Liu Jinshan's face, "The Sixteen Prefectures of Youyun are originally the birthplace of my Huaxia, and they must be recovered as soon as possible." If you want to relieve the people from fire and water, I have more manpower and material resources in the Central Plains, and when I go on the Northern Expedition in the future, I will kill less brothers of the same clan. In this matter, it is necessary to settle the big score, not just look at the present. ”

Liu Jinshan can understand Li Zhongyi's voice, and he can also understand the pros and cons of immigrants moving south, but his head, which has been influenced by the so-called sage book for many years, is difficult to completely turn the corner for a while.

Li Zhongyi saw that Liu Jinshan had been silent, and he couldn't help nodding secretly, these years, the hard-boned Wenchen belonged to the category of rare animals.

To be honest, Liu Jinshan's writing style is not good, but he has a great advantage, that is, his execution is particularly strong.

Even if Liu Jinshan no longer agrees with Li Zhongyi's approach, as long as Li Zhongyi makes up his mind to make a decision, he will do his best to implement it, and he will never go against the sun.

Liu Jinshan just has some ancient feelings of obsessing with inaction, he is not stupid, but shrewd. Otherwise, he would not be valued by Li Zhongyi and appointed as the deputy envoy of Pinglu Jiedu.

Li Zhongyi patiently and meticulously explained the cruelty of the national war in front of Liu Jinshan, Liu Jinshan was extremely moved in his heart, the Lord valued him so much, even if he was exhausted, he would die as a confidant!

Accompanied by Liu Jinshan, Li Zhongyi walked down the hill and stood on the ridge. However, the busy people just didn't see him, but knelt down one after another to salute Liu Jinshan.

"The villain has seen Liu Daguan."

"Thanks to Liu Daguanren for inviting Lang Zhong ...... for Xiao'er"

"Liu Daguan, please drink tea......"

Liu Jinshan looked at Li Zhongyi with some embarrassment, but he didn't dare to move half a step, let alone accept the tea from the grass people before surpassing Li Zhongyi.

Are you kidding? The prestige of the subordinate in the grass pile far surpasses that of the lord, isn't this the birthday boy hanging himself and looking for death?

Li Zhongyi said with a smile: "The people took the initiative to serve tea, which shows that you not only did not mess around during this time, but were fruitful." Go ahead, some tea is a must, I'll go over there. ”

"Lord, I ......" Liu Jinshan was extremely afraid in his heart, but he was afraid that he would violate Li Zhongyi's taboo and die in the future.

Seeing that Liu Jinshan was so anxious that he broke out in a cold sweat, obviously frightened, Li Zhongyi couldn't help but smile dumbly. As a super-pragmatic master of realism, Li Zhongyi can see more clearly than anyone else, and the so-called prestige without the powerful machine of violence as the foundation is just a floating cloud, and there is no fuss at all.

"Guangqing, why be confused, you sing white face, I sing black face, which is just conducive to stabilizing the hearts of immigrants." Li Zhongyi suddenly whispered, "I, a wicked person, should be decided, if they are grateful to me now, I won't be able to sleep." Go quickly, and don't chill their hearts. ”

Until this moment, Liu Jinshan's heart, which was originally hanging high, finally slowly fell back into his stomach.

Li Zhongyi waved his hand, leaving Liu Jinshan to deal with the immigrants, while he himself walked along the ridge all the way to the depths of the fertile fields.

One hand is soft, the other hand is hard, the soft is softer, and the hard is killed, this is the royal road of long-term peace and stability, and if any side is abolished, it will cause imbalance.

Li Zhongyi felt a little lost in his heart, he forced the Han people of Youji to move south, in fact, for long-term planning.

The situation is obvious, if the Khitans have been occupying the Great Plain of Thistle, it is equivalent to always hanging a sword of Damocles on the head of the entire Great Zhou Dynasty.

Even if Xiao Xuan, who led the southward invasion of the Song Dynasty, has become Li Zhongyi's woman, and the Han family in Youzhou has been wiped out, the change in the fate of a few people will not affect the ambition of the steppe wolves to covet the fertile Central Plains for a long time.

Li Zhongyi knew better than anyone else that the Jurchens further east would sooner or later rise among the mountains and forests, and that would be the big trouble for the entire Central Plains.

The Jurchens have overthrown the Han family twice, and the lesson can be described as extremely painful. For the first time, wild boar skins not only created the difficulty of Jingkang, but also occupied the fertile Yellow River valley, driving the Song court to the southeast corner to survive. The latter time, the wild boar skin was even more outrageous to steal from the Han family, which lasted for nearly three hundred years.

The immigrants can't understand Li Zhongyi's "brutal" behavior for the time being, and they openly and secretly regard Li Zhongyi as a revenge, and Li Zhongyi is completely understandable.

Therefore, Li Zhongyi, who had been wandering around the ridge for a long time, dissipated the sullenness in his heart while a light breeze blew through his body.

Ye Xiaolan, who had been following closely behind Li Zhongyi but did not speak much, saw that the man's face had returned to normal, and she couldn't help but secretly give her thumbs up, admiring the man's broad mind.

The Ye family has lived in Youzhou for generations, and the Han family in Youzhou is actually a serious foreigner.

Since she was born, Ye Xiaolan has been living in Youzhou, she seems to be living a life of a master, and the Khitan people have some courtesy to their family.

However, since Ye Xiaolan became sensible, whether it was the teachings of the elders in the family or the records in the history books, without exception, they were reminding her of one thing: in Youzhou, their Ye family seems to be noble, but in essence, they are just slaves of the Khitans, and they are always inferior to the barbarians.

"Master, when you truly calm the world and let them live a richer life than Youzhou, they will definitely realize what is wrong today. Don't you often say that the worries of the world are worried, and the joy of the world is happy, and those foolish people will wake up completely one day sooner or later. After all, Ye Xiaolan is a young woman who has read poetry and books, not only writes beautifully, but also cites scriptures and praises people, which is particularly useful.

Li Zhongyi couldn't help but smile, and Fan Zhongxian said with sorrow, it was a popular classic. On that day, when he inadvertently chanted this sentence, Ye Xiaolan was completely stupid.

Immediately, Li Zhongyi couldn't help but think of the wonderful old days when he deliberately set up a trap to break off the connection, and tricked Ye Xiaolan, a female literary youth, into taking the initiative to donate the red pill.

"Xiao Yezi, you stole the master's wonderful sentences, what punishment should you deserve?" Li Zhongyi showed an evil smile, staring at Ye Xiaolan in a panic.

"Master, the previous son, didn't the Han family serve you well?" Ye Xiaolan's jealous questioning amused Li Zhongyi.

He thought to himself, Han Xianglan was fed by him, but Zheng fed him, damn, he is really thirty like a wolf and forty like a tiger, which is unbearable!

Seeing that the man didn't squeak, Ye Xiaolan Wenqing's little temper suddenly came up, and she pouted with red lips and said, "Badger Lang has been crying for his father, but his father is in the arms of another woman......"

Li Zhongyi saw that there were kisses all around, so he took Ye Xiaolan into his arms without hesitation, gave her a big kiss, and laughed softly: "You go back and tell Badger Lang that his father must go to play with him today, and comfort his mother by the way, how about it?" ”

"Let go of the slave family, beware of being seen, what kind of system is that?" Ye Xiaolan already had a thousand wishes in her heart, but her words were completely opposite to what she was thinking.

Li Zhongyi laughed easily, no wonder Yin Susu in "Heaven and Dragon Slayer" wanted to tell her son Zhang Wuji that the more beautiful a woman is, the more she will lie.

"Little leaf, how do I feel that your place is getting rounder and bigger?" Li Zhongyi deliberately pinched Ye Xiaolan's buttocks, since this little lady gave birth to a son, the convex place has become more and more protruding, and the warped part has become more and more upright, and the feel is really good.

"Master...... You are necrotic, the slave family is not coming......" Ye Xiaolan was shy, and wanted to pinch the man's ears and be coquettish, but she didn't dare to do it after all.

After Li Qing gave birth to a son, her courage was much fatter than before. In the past, Ye Xiaolan did not dare to expose the various decorations inherent in her daughter's house, but now they are slowly revealed.

In the past, Li Zhongyi was not familiar with farming, but after the occupation of the Goryeo Kingdom, the outrageous backward agricultural level of the Goryeo people forced Li Zhongyi to rack his brains to find a way.

spent a lot of money to invite the old peasants of the Central Plains to come to Goryeo, but they ran into walls everywhere, because Li Zhongyi did not expect it at first, but it was reasonable and difficult to leave his homeland.

In this era, as long as it is not a natural disaster, forcing people to live a life, no one is willing to leave their homeland.

Fortunately, Liu Jinshan, who was the judge of the left hall of Kaifeng Prefecture at the time, was able to do things, since no old peasants were willing to go to Goryeo for money, so he could only get people from criminals, prisoners or debt-indebted citizens.

In this way, hundreds of old farmers were finally recruited and traveled across the ocean to Goryeo to guide agricultural production in various places.

Since Li Zhongyi forcibly brought back hundreds of thousands of immigrants from the thistle, these old farmers followed back to China and arrived in Pinglu.

As the saying goes, one side of the landscape raises one side of the people, especially agricultural production, which has distinct regional characteristics.

The geographical location of Pinglu and Kaifeng is similar, and the climatic conditions are roughly the same, and the old farmers who can only barely guide them to increase their income in Goryeo can only barely guide them to increase their income.

At present, agricultural production is basically still dependent on the sky for food, and the Quyuan plough handed down from the Tang Dynasty has only solved the problem of ploughing the soil and deep ploughing, and the expanded output is relatively limited.

When he was in Goryeo, Li Zhongyi hid his selfishness and was not happy that the agricultural technology of the Goryeo sticks was too advanced.

When it comes to Pinglu's own territory, the artificial fertilizer technology that Li Zhongyi has been carrying in his pocket should also come in handy, which is also the fundamental reason why he has been going to the field recently.

After all, Li Zhongyi is only a famous doctor, not a professional agriculturist, and most of his chemical knowledge is only related to the field of medicine, not fertilizer.

However, despite not knowing how to make fertilizers through chemical means, the knowledge that spans thousands of years has given us an extremely important concept of green circulation.

Chemical fertilizers are divided into chemical fertilizers and natural fertilizers, and Li Zhongyi obviously knows nothing about the industrial fertilizer manufacturing process.

However, to increase the scale of natural fertilizers, Li Zhongyi has already had a mature idea.

The manure of people and animals, after fermentation, is the best fertilizer for green vegetables, melons and fruits, and grains.

Li Zhongyi has had many in-depth exchanges with the old farmers, and the harvest is quite fruitful. In this era, there is no so-called awareness of intellectual property protection, when Li Xianggong was willing to put down the shelf, and chatted cordially with the old farmers, who described their productive methods, but I was afraid that they were not detailed, but the steps were not clear.

The methods of the old peasants were also recorded and printed in pamphlets with movable type. Each student in the Military and Political Academy has a copy of it, and it is a compulsory course, and they can only graduate after passing the theoretical assessment and practical operation.

At a time when there is no shadow even visible in large-scale industrial production, Li Zhongyi has forced the students of the military and political academy to study agricultural affairs hard, so that in the future there will be a broad basis for a large increase in grain production.

In the era of smallholder economy, agricultural production has a distinctive feature, that is, fragmentation. Except for the families of big bureaucrats and big landlords with thousands of hectares of fertile land, ordinary yeoman farmers own dozens of acres of farmland at most, and only a few acres of thin land at least.

If officials only know how to compete for power and profit and do not know anything about agricultural affairs, it will be impossible for them to arrange agricultural production plans in their localities according to local conditions.

Planned economy, a term that has been stigmatized, actually has an epoch-making significance far beyond imagination in the agricultural era.

Objectively speaking, due to the serious irrationality of the land tax and rent system in the Great Zhou Dynasty, the consequences were also very serious.

For example, even if the national tax on imperial grain paid in mountainous areas is reduced compared with that in plain areas, the actual burden on peasants in mountainous areas is still much heavier than that in plain areas.

For example, the high-quality grain fields that are also plains and rely on water are generally occupied by high-ranking officials and nobles, or rich and powerful large landowners. However, almost none of them paid taxes to the imperial court, which can be described as fat.

However, the imperial court has raised countless redundant officials and redundant soldiers, so many mouths to eat, to dress, to marry wives and concubines, where does the money come from?

In the end, all kinds of harsh taxes and miscellaneous taxes were passed on to the already miserable homesteaders. In the long run, when the yeoman farmers can no longer survive and are transformed into displaced people, the world will be in chaos.

Due to the chaos of the war, the big bureaucrats and big landowners in the Pinglu area were either killed by the rebels or fled to settle in foreign countries, which left Li Zhongyi with enough space to engage in planned agricultural production. 8)