After dealing with the robbery, Zhuangzi and the town mayor, other town officials, and officials began to discuss the matter of reclamation again.

Changing people's livelihood is a big deal, and only by allowing those who do not have land to own land can the poverty here in Qiyuan be completely solved. If poverty is solved, chaos will be solved.

First of all, we discussed the problem of reclamation in the lacquer garden, especially the construction of water conservancy and the development of shallows. Those who do not have land are preferred and let them develop. It is necessary to sign up for the reclamation of good land first, and then sign up for the reclamation of less good land. The shallows are developed first, and the shallows are fertile land, and both water and dry crops can be grown. Then the land on both sides of the water conservancy channel will be developed, and finally the land will be reclaimed.

What annoyed Zhuangzi was that these local parents and officials in the Qiyuan did not know anything about the land situation and landform in the Qiyuan. These officials, except for going to the villagers to urge them when collecting taxes, usually do not take care of things at all. He only passed by the Qiyuan once, but he knew much more about the situation in the Qiyuan than these officials.

There was no way, after discussing a specific plan in the morning, Zhuangzi planned to go to the countryside in person in the afternoon to solve the problem on the spot.

At noon, the mayor arranged a sumptuous lunch and prepared good wine in the town office. But he was rejected by Zhuangzi, who likes to drink, he doesn't drink anyway.

After lunch, the mayor reluctantly followed Zhuangzi out of official considerations, and other town officials and officials all went to "official business" under various excuses. Only Zhang Shan and a few others, following Zhuangzi and the mayor, went to Qiyuan Lake to inspect the scene.

The development of the shallows of Qiyuan Lake has long been spread among the people. When the local people saw Zhuangzi and the mayor and others coming, they all followed one by one, following behind Zhuangzi and others.

Zhuangzi first went to the shallows and inspected it in detail. Then, head back to a nearby village and ask the local people what they think and think about developing the shoals. Zhuangzi didn't speak, let the people speak to each other, he just listened, feeling that everyone was talking about the right thing and who was fucking up.

Most people believe that it is feasible to develop the shallows. It's just that! The summer flood season is just around the corner. When the flood came, the shoals were flooded. So! The development of the shoal in the first half of the year could not be carried out. The only way to develop the shoals is to wait until the summer floods have passed, and in the fall, the lake drops and the shoals are exposed.

And also! The amount of work to develop the shallows is so huge that almost half of the lake is enclosed. And also! It was also necessary to open several diversion channels to direct the upstream flood water into the lake. Otherwise! The flood from above came, and there was a flooding "Jinshan Temple", and you built an embankment on the shallows just in time to form a new pond.

Build embankments on shoals, open guidance channels upstream, and so on, and so on, and the amount of work is even greater. With such a large amount of work, you can't implement it if you don't have the same people.

After all the problems had been considered and spoken out, Zhuangzi asked, "If this project is won, how much fertile land can be reclaimed, and how much land can be cultivated?" ”

The local old farmers calculated again, and after some debate, finally decided.

"So?" Zhuangzi asked, "If we take a person to build a section of embankment and divide a piece of land, probably?" How much land can be divided by building an embankment? It's probably! Don't be specific. ”

The local farmers calculated how much land they could reclaim, and then how many embankments they would need to build. Such! Build as many embankments as you build and divide as much land as you want.

"Actually! It's not just one person to build the embankment, but once we have a plan to build a section of land, we can go into battle as a family and our relatives will help. So! The progress of the embankment is very fast. And also! We are not afraid of the summer floods! We can take it step by step, we can open the guidance channel first. On the shoal, we can build as much as we can, and when autumn comes, we will build the remaining embankments, and we will be able to divide the land, and we can plant the first crops......"

After listening to what Zhuangzi said, everyone felt that it really made sense. Dig a guide channel first, and build as many dikes in the shoals as you want. Anyway! It will give you the amount of land according to the length of the embankment.

After everyone made up their minds, Zhuangzi discussed with everyone how to distribute the land. How much is good land, how much is generally cultivated land, and how much is not good soil.

And then! I went to the scene with everyone to check it out and discuss the specific construction of the embankment, who will build the embankment where?

Whoever will dig the channel, who will build the shoal. The amount of work involved in building the shallows is large, and the amount of work involved in digging the guide channel is easy in some places, and the amount of work is also large in others. So! It must be discussed before starting work, so as not to cause problems in the future.

Theoretically, it is how long the embankment is built to give you how much land you get, but it is difficult and easy to build an embankment, and it cannot be generalized. Otherwise, people with a large amount of work will suffer, and those who suffer losses may give up, and giving up will affect the progress of the project. So! It must be discussed beforehand, and then! Then it is up to everyone to draw lots.

Zhuangzi usually doesn't speak, it's all discussed by everyone, he is just a bystander. The bystanders clear, and then it is up to him to make a summary.

In just half an afternoon, the matter of developing the shallows was decided.

The specific way to do it is up to the local people to discuss and solve it themselves. Who will develop it will be determined first. Again, those people are willing? If you don't want to, just remove the list of those people. Right now! The fear is that there are too many people willing to exploit and too little arable land. You don't want to participate in the development, and others are asking for it. With one less person to develop, they can get an extra share of the land.

Zhuangzi had dinner at the local people's house and rode back.

Afternoon! After the mayor sent Zhuangzi to the place, he saw that Zhuangzi was working smoothly, so he excused himself and left. In fact! Where does he have any "official business" to do, but! Go back to the house in the town and rest on the bed. Or, send the main house aside and be happy with the concubines.

Zhuangzi decided to continue tomorrow, go to other places, discuss the matter of reclamation, and solve the land problem in the lacquer garden first. And then! Then go to the outside of the lacquer garden and develop the land outside the valley mouth on both sides.

Anyway! Who doesn't want to reclaim land and pay taxes to landowners. Isn't it? If you don't have much arable land, you don't have much tax revenue. You have a lot of land, and you pay heavy taxes, and people don't cultivate your land, so you have to lower your taxes and attract farmers to farm.

Agriculture is the foundation, and this has been the case in any era in history, and it is difficult to develop without paying attention to agriculture. The problem of food is a big problem, and gold, silver, and everything else cannot be compared to the importance of food, and it cannot be exchanged for a mouthful of food.