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There is no rain in the summer, which is good news for the summer harvest, there will be no rainy season, and the wheat harvested can also be dried well.

But looking at the year, there will be a big drought in the second half of the year, which is bad news for the autumn planting.

Cao Ziren bundled the wheat stalks, standing in the field in bunches, and the mother-in-law and the two daughters and sons beside him also carefully searched for the field, and the fallen wheat grains and scattered wheat stalks did not let go.

Wheat grains not to say, at this time the wheat straw also has a great effect, the fertilizer field is only basic, can also be used as feed, as firewood, in the past, the dried grain grass, straw picked to Pizhou City to sell, a bunch can be sold for a penny of silver, now it rises to two cents, if it is sold to Xin'anzhuang, they are willing to pay two cents and a half cents.

Cao Ziren tied up the last bunch of wheat stalks, greatly relieved, although the sun was hot, the whole body was hot and uncomfortable, but he was very happy in his heart, from the middle of May to the harvest, after many days of fatigue, his twenty-five acres of winter wheat was finally harvested.

But looking at the bare wheat field, Cao Ziren sighed again, twenty-five acres of land, a year of hard work, and the final harvest of wheat was only about fifteen stones.

But it rained heavily in March, and his wheat fields were flooded a lot, and when the water receded, some wheat fields were not harvested, and the average harvest for the rest was only six or seven buckets, so that twenty-five acres of land, with only a total income of fifteen stones, might support the summer harvest next year?

Thinking of this, Cao Ziren sighed again, the crops are bitter, according to their appetite, if they are released to eat, it is basic for one person to eat one liter of rice and noodles a day, and a family of five can eat fourteen or fifteen stone for a year's ration.

But how can you eat and drink like this? The wheat land should be kept for seeds, and all kinds of expenses should be placed in other places, and grain should be paid as errands, and taxes and fire should be used to consume several buckets of an acre.

Now the summer tax and autumn grain are all levied in silver, and the croppers have no silver in hand, so they pick up grain and sell it in the state city, but there are guilds in the city, how can they sell it casually? I had to buy it from the grain store.

Cao Ziren heard that the selling prices of various grain stores in Pizhou City now cost two or three dollars for wheat and two or two or five dollars for one stone, but last year many places in the south of the Yangtze River were first hit by drought and then by floods and locusts, which affected this year's harvest, and the price of rice and wheat remained high during the summer harvest season.

Originally, this was a good thing for the croppers, but this was only the selling price, and after the purchase price was discussed by the grain stores, the wheat was only nine dollars and two cents and one stone, and the rice was one or two dollars and two dollars and one stone, which made the farmers scold, and they were really a group of black-hearted and unlucky businessmen.

Therefore, all kinds of calculations are calculated, not to mention that the croppers have no surplus for a year, and they have to post it upside down, which is also the reason why there are more desert and fleeing people in various places.

There is no need to pay grain for errands, but there are bandits, such as the crazy Jiaoshan bandits, Tongshan bandits, etc., who not only rob grain but also kill people, but fortunately they were exterminated by Yang Xianggong.

This side belongs to the jurisdiction of Yang Xianggong, but there is no need to pay taxes on grain and silver, instead of nitrate, every winter and spring, nitrate everywhere, thick as snow and frost, at most when collecting tired, at this point, Cao Ziren and others are called Yang Xianggong benevolence.

But thinking about next year, Cao Ziren is sad in his heart, it seems that after a few days of full meals, he will eat dry when he is busy, eat thin when he is free, and eat bran when he is not green.

Near noon, the fields were cleaned up, the mother-in-law took the children back, dried the wheat and grinded the wheat, and the next work was theirs, so the women of this era were bitter, and they were busy at home and outside the house all year round, and the women used them as men, and they had to endure torture in bed at night.

Cao Ziren watched her mother-in-law go back happily, it seemed that for her, it didn't matter if she was tired, as long as the fields were harvested.

Cao Ziren was touched in his heart, the wheat was harvested, and after transporting some money to sell it, it seemed necessary to buy a new dress for his mother-in-law, and after many years with herself, she had no decent clothes.

Although this woman is clumsy and can't do needlework well, she is like her brother's daughter-in-law Xu Zhenniang, who is ingenious and sews clothes and ornaments for Xin'anzhuang, and has an income of more than one or two silver a month.

However, thinking about marrying her when she entered the door, it was to take a fancy to her honest duty, especially with big breasts and big buttocks, and she was good at giving birth, no, over the years of marriage, she gave birth to three children for him in a row, all of them are very strong, thinking of this, Cao Ziren was satisfied again.

Cao Ziren took off his hat and fanned the wind, and walked in the field at will, this piece was a wheat field, basically the wheat was harvested, and bundles of golden wheat stalks stood in the field.

Cao Ziren gossiped with some nearby villagers, and everyone was full of joy of harvest, but also worried that next year, if the drought continues, it is difficult to say how many stones will be harvested next year when the wheat is planted in autumn and winter.

At the same time, everyone also cursed in unison for the black heart of the grain merchants in the city, the wheat was sold for two or three dollars and one stone, and the purchase price was only nine dollars and two cents, so they didn't let everyone live?

Like Cao Ziren, many villagers here are as clumsy as their mothers-in-law, and they can't earn any silver, but oil, salt, sauce and vinegar, all kinds of expenses, all of which are in cash, just pick up grain and go to Pizhou to sell, and everyone feels that it is too much of a loss.

When sighing, some villagers said mysteriously, so that the villagers do not have to be afraid, because I heard that Yang Xianggong will open a grain store in Xin'anzhuang in June, and the purchase price of every summer and autumn grain harvest is not less than one tael.

I heard that this policy is only for the people under his rule, and although they are affiliated villages, they can also enjoy this treatment.

It's just that when the grain is sold, each household will have a certain limit, and it will have to be purchased with a waist card.

At the same time, the price of the purchase of the grain store also came, and the wheat was one tael per stone of silver.

All the villagers praised Yang Xianggong's benevolence and righteousness, although the purchase price of Xin'anzhuang grain store is not high, but there is no harm if there is no comparison, and there is more than eight cents of silver when the grain store buys, which is benevolence and righteousness.

And if the price of grain is not more than two taels, this is even more benevolent, you must know that the price of grain often rises to four or five taels and one stone, and in the years of excess, it is even one or twenty taels, and I don't know how many people sell their sons and daughters, and even starve to death.

Two taels of silver, everyone gritted their teeth, and they could still bear it.

The wrinkles on Cao Ziren's face have also stretched a lot, and there is a sense of peace of mind, it seems that after Yang Xianggong came, everyone's life has been much better.

Especially this side is peaceful, there are no more bandits and thieves, not to mention the public expenses in the village, everyone can rest assured that they can farm outside, and even women and children can boldly walk on the road, which was unimaginable before.

Now Yang Xianggong still has a grain store, I am afraid that even in a disaster year, no one will starve to death.

Compared with his younger brother Cao Zigui, Cao Ziren is a lot more wooden and not good at words, but he has a feeling in his heart that he is very good under the rule of Yang Xianggong.

All kinds of feelings converged into a sense of belonging, so not long ago, when Yang Xianggong defeated the sacrifice thief and the thief, there was a sensation in various places, and the news spread to Luoshanzhuang, Cao Ziren and others had a sense of pride and honor, as if they had won a battle.

However, although there is a lot of hidden worries in the heart, talking about the cultivation after the autumn, the villagers are sighing, worried about eating next year, and some villagers point to Shoushan Villa, a few miles to the west, saying that the villagers who are directly under the village are good, there are fixed rations every day, and there are wages every month, which is really an iron rice bowl for drought and flood protection.

Speaking of this, the villagers are also envious, this village has been fixed, I heard that Yang Xianggong is divided into Xin'an Township, and said that there are 300 square kilometers, a total of 14 affiliated villages, 15 directly under the village.

Then attach the fields cultivated by the villagers of Zhuanglian, and some of the surrounding wasteland is allocated to them, which does not interfere with their production and life, and only pays a fixed amount of nitrate every year.

The direct subordinate village is in charge of everything, but provides rations, wages, clothes, bedding, etc.

All the villagers heard that they were directly under Zhuangruo, a family of five, and the ration for only one year was 14 stones. Young Zhuang still have a salary of five yuan a month, and some women and children also have a salary, and a household has a salary of more than ten taels a year.

They enter the village, men, women and children also have two sets of winter clothes and summer clothes, and there are thin quilts and winter quilts, etc., if according to the clothes and quilts of three taels of silver per person, fifteen directly under the village of 10,000 people, Yang Xianggong alone will spend 30,000 taels of silver on this item.

I heard that they often have meat to eat, and thinking about themselves is really enviable.

Looking at the Zhuangzi over there, all the villagers were curious to discuss, and some villagers were puzzled, looking at the situation of those directly under the village, it was very similar to the manories of some wealthy people in the south of the Yangtze River that everyone had heard of, but it was unheard of for such a generous treatment.

Although Yang Xianggong is very good at making money, and the light of the expedition against the thieves will be tens of thousands of taels and tens of thousands of taels of silver, but in the current year, he is not afraid of no harvest and sitting on the mountain? Look at yourself, you work hard all year round, and you still can't make ends meet.

Some villagers retorted that their own affiliated villages could not be compared with those directly affiliated villages.

In terms of water conservancy, only the fields of the Luo family in this village have ponds, polder walls, canals, etc., but because the polder walls and canals are not built with stones, they are often silted and washed away, not to mention the rest of them surnamed Liu, surnamed Cao.

And the local light rain and small waterlogging, heavy rain and heavy flooding, no rain and drought, no water conservancy, how to grow crops? But it is not easy to build a water conservancy, if you use stones to build a pond, it will cost at least a few hundred taels of silver, and build a polder wall and dig a canal, if you use stones, it will be more than a thousand taels of silver.

Reservoirs and canals often need to be repaired, especially reservoirs are often clogged, and leaks need to be mended and dredged.

For example, when there was a drought last year, the river was extremely shallow a few miles away, so the people in the village went to the Luo family pond to buy water and water the wheat, and a load of water cost 50 yuan.

On the other hand, on the other side, Shoushan Villa, has been cultivating wasteland and building water conservancy recently, and they have built a polder wall along the side of the Neibaima River, surrounding the fields, all of which are made of stone and set up sluice gates. A number of ponds were built and many ditches were excavated, and it was heard that all of them had to be built of stone.

Although the cost is staggering, some villagers heard from the people of Shoushanzhuang that it is estimated that the amount of silver invested in the water conservancy before and after the village will not be less than two or three thousand taels, but the effect is definitely good, and in the future, the six thousand acres of land in their village can be effectively irrigated and drained to ensure the planting and harvesting of crops.

Sure enough, I am afraid that in a few years, people's fields can become Shangtian, and the yield per mu is one stone, or even more than one stone, and it will definitely not be a loss, but will make a lot of money.

The villager said triumphantly: "Yang Xianggong is shrewd, if you don't think of him as an old man, then you are the head of the Lian family." ”

Cao Ziren and others are staggered, Zhuangzi on the other side, just to build water conservancy, will invest two or three thousand taels of silver?

How much do you want to invest in the fifteen directly affiliated villages, I'm afraid it will cost 30,000 or 40,000 taels of silver.

Cao Ziren and others couldn't imagine this number, so they felt that there were many, many people.

The villager also said mysteriously: "I heard that Yang Xianggong also has a kind of fertilizer, which can fertilize the field and increase the yield, and it is certain that the crops of the people will grow well, which is like our field, six or seven buckets per acre?" ”

The villagers are more interested, what kind of fertilizer is this, and is it better than farm fertilizer? The villager just smiled and didn't say anything, in fact, he didn't know much, but one day he heard a casual mention from the villager directly under him, and he remembered it.

Everyone was talking, and some people envied the life of the villagers who were directly under them, hoping that they would become a part of it in the future.

After hearing that Yang Xianggong divided this area into Xin'an Township, he plans to continue to expand north and west in the future, and set up a few more townships, and he still has a good chance.

Some people are silent, they are very envious of the people who are directly subordinate to the village can be fed and clothed, but they also know that the management of those directly subordinate villages is relatively strict, and their every move is like that in the army, they are used to the current life, but they can't stand that kind of constraint.

Just what about next year? If the drought goes on like this.

Some people said that they were going to work in quarries and road repair teams for a short time before autumn sowing. Some people are going to raise more pigs and grow vegetables, and some people are preparing a variety of grains, soybeans and yams. Some people are ready to collect more nitrate, anyway, it is mostly around the supply and demand of the villagers directly under them.

Cao Ziren listened to everyone's discussions, and his heart was also hesitant, according to what he thought in his heart, he had a family, or wanted to farm in his own village, and his younger brother wanted to give him his family's fifteen acres of land to plant, and he was also moved.

Thinking of his younger brother Cao Zigui, Cao Ziren is also envious, his younger brother is now working in the road engineering team, and he heard that he plans to open a quarry by himself in the future, and his words are extremely heroic. The younger daughter-in-law Xu Zhenniang sews at home, and now earns more than one or two silver a month.

The husband and wife are in full swing of work, and even the wheat in the field is harvested in the summer, and they will not plant it in the second half of the year.

"It's still tenants." Cao Ziren thought about it and decided like this, because he didn't know what to do except farming.

However, he had to tell his brother in advance that if the drought was not harvested, he could not ask for more, and he prepared a variety of drought-tolerant grains, as well as a variety of beans and so on, which were very easy to sell in Xin'anzhuang.

"It's still directly subordinate to Zhuang Min's comfort." But looking at Shoushan Villa opposite, Cao Ziren still couldn't help but think so.

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At this time, the Shoushan Villa that the people of Luoshan Zhuang are talking about is in a busy situation.

The village is five miles away from Luoshan Villa, at the foot of the north of Erlang Mountain, and then two miles north is the Inner White Horse River, which is a typical Xin'anzhuang ruling Baojia Zhuangtian, with a household of 100 and a population of about 500.

After several wars with the Liukou and absorbing many refugees, Yang He decided to set up a baojia, with ten households as the first, a long one, ten as the bao, a chief one, and a deputy as the second.

Therefore, the village is called Shoushanzhuang, and the name of the book in the hand of Yang He: Shoushan Bao (Jiubao) in Xin'an Township, with one hundred households and five hundred mouths.

The geographical population of Shoushanzhuang is more suitable, but some villages cannot be so perfect, and the principle of household arrangement is based on ten households, and each one shall not be less than six households, and more than fifteen households. The guarantee shall be subject to the top ten, and shall not be less than the sixth and more than the fifteenth.

Then Yang He also set up the establishment of the above guarantee, that is, the township, the principle of division, based on the ten guarantees, not less than six guarantees, more than fifteen guarantees.

In the future, there will be county-level units, and the principle of division shall be based on the ten townships, and shall not be less than six townships and more than fifteen townships.

In this way, the basic population is guaranteed to be 100 households and 500 people. There are 1,000 households and 5,000 people in the township. There are 10,000 households in the county and 50,000 people.

Of course, these are the population of the directly subordinate village, the subordinate village, and the population of foreign businessmen are not counted.

And the whole people directly under Zhuang are soldiers, called township soldiers, and they are cultivated in peacetime, and the soldiers and the people are one.

However, unless mobilized for a major war, the village soldiers only cultivated, drilled, and maintained local law and order.

At this time, Shoushan Villa was like this, and the five hundred men, women, and children in the village were engaged in intense reclamation, water conservancy and other matters.

The village was set up at the end of March, and before the autumn sowing, 6,000 acres of land should be cultivated, and the corresponding water conservancy should also be repaired, and then they will have a lot to do in the future.

Generally, under the rule of Yang He, there will be five or six thousand acres of land, a livestock farm, a vegetable garden, a sewing workshop, and the roadbed leading to the main trunk must be made by themselves. Which village will do a good job of the roadbed first, and then the gravel road will be prioritized to which village.

After the establishment of the village, the people of Shoushan Village have been busy, although the village has been allocated some ploughing cattle, mules and donkeys for reclamation, but a large part of it depends on manpower.

The water conservancy team helped repair part of the water conservancy, but a large part of it had to be completed by the villagers themselves.

Fortunately, the materials and stones are constantly being transported, and there is no need for the people to worry.