In late autumn, the weather has turned cooler, but for the people of Bazhou, their hearts are hot, because the vigorous field is about to begin, and only with the field can there be hope for improving life.

The Zhou State implemented the uniform field system, which was slightly improved on the basis of the uniform field system of the Northern Wei Dynasty, and those who had a room (married Ding male) were granted 120 mu of land, and the unmarried Ding male was granted 100 mu of land.

The people have to rent and adjust, those who have a room pay rent of five Hu (stone) every year, ten horses of silk, eight taels of cotton, half of the unmarried, and all the people of Zhou from 18 to 64 years old must pay taxes. Of course, this is only the basics, and it is necessary to distinguish them according to the annual harvest.

Each mu is harvested with four kettles (one kettle is six buckets and four liters), and the year at this time is the previous year, all endowments; The harvest per mu is three cauldrons for middle age, and the tax is halved; Two cauldron per mu of harvest for the next year, one-tenth of the levy. The proportion of the payment of the official salary is the same as the amount of the levy.

Of course, this is more than 30 years ago, and the policy is constantly adjusted with the passage of time, but the Bazhou Prefecture has announced that the upcoming land grant will be in accordance with "120 acres of land for those who have a room (married Ding men) and 100 acres for unmarried Ding men".

The above-mentioned acres are small acres, not the size of later generations, and these granted 'fields' are still wasteland, waiting for the people to reclaim, Rao is so, everyone's interest is also very high.

The embankment on the south bank of the Santai River has resisted the heavy rainstorm, and the ditches that dredge the two large lakes outside the city are also stable, so the wasteland outside Xiyang City to the south bank of the Santai River can be reclaimed with confidence.

Not to mention that at the beginning of the year, the state government has organized manpower to put lime everywhere to extinguish the snails, and the barren beaches in the lower reaches of the Santai River originally had dirty stagnant water, but now they have been drained and poured into the clear lake and river water, and the snails are all dead, so there will be no risk of swelling disease.

The most important thing is that the state government has announced that these newly granted fields will not have to pay rent next year, which means that although they are reclaiming wasteland, they will grow as much grain as they want next year.

So as soon as the news of the grant of land spread, all kinds of thoughts rose, some wanted to falsely report their age from a minor to an adult (Ding Nan), some unmarried Ding Nan was anxious to find a matchmaker to say that they were married, and some undivided families were in a hurry to split up immediately.

Of course, it's not that no one has thought of the old tricks, there are those who lie about their household registration and want to make a lot of land out of nothing, and there are also those who want to buy the clerks to alter the files, but no one dares to mess around in front of Bazhou Assassin Shi Yuwenwen.

Don't drive Xu Shao personally led people to check the household registration to determine the number of fields granted, and Hao Wubo sat in the treasury to guard the file, and the lord Bo Zhengtong floated in front of the state officials from time to time, and the assassin Shi Yu Wenwen personally led people to the land.

All the wasteland that can be reclaimed has been surveyed by the state government, the number of acres has been calculated and the picture is drawn, and the wasteland near Tian Shi in the western suburbs of the city is also included, and the land grant must be led by the state government, and no one can interfere under any pretext, and all the people who have been granted land must be carefully registered.

Not only the local people of Xiyang County are eligible for land, but also the people who moved from Wuchang are also counted among them.

These new residents of Xiyang City lived with a feeling of anxiety, and the resettlement work of the state government was very thoughtful, and their treatment was the same as that of the people of Xiyang City.

They helped with farming, spinning and weaving, building river embankments, digging ditches, protecting berms during the rainy season, and helping with the autumn harvest in the fall.

For them, the official army (Chen Jun) has been defeated repeatedly, Wuchang can't go back, and the original fields don't need to be thought about anymore, not to mention that many people have no fields outside Wuchang City, and now they are at a loss in Xiyang City, Bazhou, on the other side of the river.

Jiangnan looks like it will not be able to go back for a while, it is a good thing to divide the land in the Zhou State, but after a few years of farming, the raw land becomes ripe, in case they are moved back again, what should they do at that time, many people are full of confusion.

"There's nothing to worry about, go to our store to rent iron plows and hoes, just use them up in time, it doesn't matter if they drag it out for three or five days, don't charge more!" A fat-headed, big-eared shopkeeper shouted loudly, and many people gathered around him.

"If you don't have money to buy seeds, you can't afford to buy iron plows, you can rent them in our store if you don't have ploughing cattle, except for ploughing cattle that are led by our guys, you can take everything else directly!"

"Don't worry about our store fooling you, the contract is to go to the state office, let the state government make a witness and then draw a charge!"

"It doesn't matter if you don't know the words, the state government will read the content of the contract to you, even if you can't trust me, can't you trust Yuwen Envoy?"

"Don't be afraid that we will come to the door on weekdays, our store guarantees to settle the bill with you after the autumn harvest!"

"Are you afraid of breaking the iron plow? It doesn't matter, just take the things back, and there will be a new one for you to use immediately!! The fat shopkeeper shouted hoarsely.

The shouts of one after another sounded in front of the shops, this is the former usury shopkeepers soliciting business, now they have changed their minds to serious lending, after the grant of land is about to start the big land is a business opportunity.

Iron ploughs, shovels, iron hoes, and seeds are also indispensable, and most of the people have no money to buy these things, so they have to "give back to the village" under the organization of the state government.

Of course, this is lending or renting things, but the profit and rent are not as exaggerated as before, although the profit of a single transaction is lower but the amount is large, Yuwen has implemented "market access", only registered merchants can do this business, and also set the guidelines to strictly prohibit vicious competition.

The number of granted fields and the number of households obtained from the state government, each shopkeeper calculated it as a steady profit, so before spring arrived, he began to attract popularity, and he was looking forward to setting the contract before the year.

All kinds of newly built agricultural tools in the ordnance prison have been bought back by them to prepare for rent before they have cooled down, and the rice seeds have also been prepared, and the rice transplanting method that is about to be widely promoted is also a business opportunity.

If you want to plant seedlings, you have to raise seedlings first, and the people don't know much about raising seedlings, so the shopkeepers collectively funded and concentrated on raising seedlings under the guidance of the state government, and then the people paid to buy these absolutely no problem seedlings to go back to plant seedlings, it doesn't matter if there is no money, this is a "seedling loan", and then pay it back after the autumn harvest.

Just in case, each batch of seedlings will be left in the official field to plant, if in the autumn these rice grains are not harvested, the responsibility is for the shopkeepers to resist, and they are responsible for paying the rent that cannot be paid.

The contract should be signed under the witness of the state government, and the content of the contract will be read out in advance so that the people can figure it out, and they will no longer be fooled into signing the deed of sale as before.

In view of this, the people who were about to be granted land were eager to try, and "shop around" in each store, and those who already had land were also moved by the "green seedling loan".

You don't have to spend money to grow rice, and you can pay it back after the harvest in the fall, if you didn't dare to harvest after a heavy rainstorm in the past, but now with river embankments and ditches, a good harvest is guaranteed, and it's different.

Besides, the rent of those iron ploughs, iron hoes, and shovels is not expensive, and it seems that it is better to buy than to rent.

In the past, wooden ploughs were used, hoes and shovels were not used, and the fields that were not much were cultivated were also tiring and panicked.

The most important thing is that there is a state government as a guarantee, and there are Yuwen envoys staring, and these shopkeepers dare not slander people, so more and more people have begun to 'inquire' to prepare to rent farm tools and even plough cattle, and everyone is looking forward to a big job in the spring next year.

If nothing else, it's worth fighting for the land of your dreams! (To be continued.) )