Matsugami Yoshimitsu said with a soothing expression after knowing that the poor woman was the wife of someone who had frozen to death last winter. "You get up first, and if you have anything to ask the temple, you can ask directly. As long as it is reasonable, this temple can promise you. ”

The poor girl, also known as the flower girl, looked a little calm after hearing Matsugami Yoshimitsu's promise, and she stood up and said. "Your Highness, I would like to ask you to reduce my family's servitude."

"Servitude. Didn't the main temple say that labor could be replaced by grain?" Before he was forced to build a new castle, Matsugami considered the lack of labor in some families. He specially told the retainer in charge of the matter, Yoshiki Nagamasa, that if the family was really unable to produce labor, he could replace it with rice grain. Inbi was a little confused about Hanako's request.

"Your Highness, even if it's rice and grain, I can't get it." Hua Xiao continued to cry.

"Tell the main hall how much farmland your family has?" Matsugami Yoshimitsu was not easily persuaded by Hanako to continue asking.

"Your Highness, my family has a field with an annual output of more than 20 stones." Hanako replied.

"Bold. You dare to insult this temple. Matsugami Yoshimitsu was furious when he heard Hanako's answer. You must know that an adult man's monthly ration is only about 1 stone, and some are even less than 1 stone. Matsugami Yoshimitsu also knew about the situation of Hanako's family that day, and there were only 1 woman and 2 children in the family. 20 stone rice grain is completely enough for them, this is bullying him Matsugami Yoshimitsu benevolence.

"Your Highness, I don't dare to insult you." Hanami didn't know why Matsugami Yoshimitsu was furious, and she immediately knelt on the ground and begged for mercy in a panic.

Matsugami Yoshimitsu slowed down and said again. "The main hall asks you, isn't 20 stone enough for your family?"

Hanako suddenly realized, and she quickly explained. "Your Highness, 20 Ishida I can't even plow half of it alone. If I hadn't dug up some wild vegetables, my family might not have survived today. ”

Matsugami Yoshimitsu listened to Hana's words, and his anger gradually subsided, and after a little thought, he said. "Labor is a proper thing, and even though you pity this temple, it is not easy for you to answer it. In this way, Nana in the side room of the main hall lacks a maid. When the main hall sees that you are in good shape, I will recruit you as a maid of the family. In this way, your family will be able to live with food and clothing. ”

"Thank you, Your Highness, for your kindness." Hana, who was already desperate, immediately knelt down and thanked Matsugami after listening to Matsugami Yoshimitsu's words.

Matsugami Yoshimitsu saw that the matter had been resolved, so he sent Hanami away. Matsugami Yoshimitsu fell into heavy thought after Hanako left. The troubled times of the Warring States period were a widow's machine. There are many people in the entire territory who are as miserable as Hanako, or even worse than her. He can still solve it by recruiting a flower as a maid, but how can he solve it when there are hundreds or thousands of flowers? Matsugami Yoshimitsu knew that this was ultimately a problem of agricultural productivity, and as a Warring States lord, he had to find a way to solve it.

Matsugami Yoshimitsu intends to solve the problem of low productivity from both institutional and technical aspects. institutionally. After careful consideration and careful comparison, Matsugami finally decided to adopt the methods of the previous agricultural commune. Although the agricultural commune was outlawed in later generations, this was a problem of the limitations of the system and not the system itself. Agricultural communes are not unique to our country, or even to communist countries. Are so many leaders fools? They cannot practice a system that is harmful and unprofitable. When productivity is low, the existence of agricultural communes can concentrate manpower to expand production and solve the problem of food and clothing for the people. In the final analysis, the reason why this system had problems was because the productive forces had developed and the people had achieved no worries about food and clothing. They had a higher pursuit, and the existence of the agricultural commune hindered this pursuit. Otherwise, who can be lazy and who dares to be lazy in the case of no food and clothing.

Technically. Matsugami Yoshimitsu was just an otaku in his previous life, and he didn't really know much about technical issues. The only thing he can know is the three treasures of the ancient time-traveler outfit x that he saw in the online novel in his previous life. Potatoes, corn seeds, curved plows and waterwheels. Matsugami Yoshimitsu has always thought that the importance of potatoes and corn was too important to be described by ancient travelers. In fact, as long as you don't starve to death, no one wants to treat these two things as staple food, they can only exist as supplementary food. The main source of tax revenue for ancient rulers was agricultural taxes. Potatoes and corn do not have much economic value if they are grown in large quantities. The court will cease to function. In ancient times, the main source of income for farmers was to sell grain, and if they all planted potatoes and corn, they would lose their income. This is especially true in Japan, where grain merchants simply don't buy this kind of stuff in large quantities. Even if the large amount of corn and potatoes is planted to solve the problem of food and clothing for the people, Matsugami Yoshimitsu will die prematurely because he has no economic strength. The only things Matsugami Yoshimitsu could use were the curved plow and the waterwheel. With these two things, Matsugami Yoshimitsu can increase the area of the paddy field and the harvest, and greatly increase his strength. It just so happens that the manufacturing methods of these two things have been described in a large number of historical novels in the previous life, and it is not too difficult to restore the real thing.

Matsugami Yoshimitsu was an impatient, and as soon as he thought of a solution to the problem in the morning, he gathered the villagers of Hirano Village in the afternoon. He plans to use the village of Hirano as a pilot for his agrarian reform.

"You say, what did the lord gather us for?"

"Needless to say, doesn't he want to raise taxes?"

"Not necessarily, I think the lord is still kind. I'm afraid it's because of something else. ”...... For a while, the villagers were talking about the reason why Matsugami had summoned them.

Matsugami Yoshimitsu saw that the villagers were almost assembled, so he raised his hand to signal them to be quiet, and then said. "The main hall is going to set up an agricultural commune in Hirano Village, where the villagers will work together and distribute the harvest together. Let me know what you have to say. ”

After listening to Matsugami Yoshimitsu's order, the villagers were happy, worried, and unhappy. For a moment, all living beings had different expressions.

After a while, a strong-looking villager said. "We dare not disobey His Highness's orders. But some of the villagers do a lot of work, and some of them do less, how will the harvest be distributed? ”

Matsugami Yoshimitsu looked at the villagers and said slowly. "Of course, your harvest will be divided according to the amount of your labor."

The villagers were a little puzzled, isn't this the same as together? Matsugami Yoshimitsu looked at the villagers' puzzled expressions and continued. "You may have some doubts, but this temple will tell you what this temple thinks now. As long as an agricultural commune is formed, it is possible to combine human and material resources. In this way, you will be able to reap more with less effort. ”

Although the villagers were still a little skeptical, based on Matsugami Yoshimitsu's prestige in the past, they finally agreed. After sending the villagers away, Matsugami Yoshimitsu found several excellent craftsmen in the village, and after he told them how to make the quyuan plow and the waterwheel, he let them go to the technical problem. He couldn't help with that.

In this way, Matsugami Yoshimitsu's agricultural reform unfolded vigorously. The construction of the new city is also in the middle of the process.