The rice seeds selected and cultivated by farmers from wild rice are naturally far from being compared with hybrid rice, which has solved the problem of feeding more than one billion people in later generations. Dai Yan is also self-aware, even if he gets such a powerful rice seed, without pesticides and fertilizers, he will not be able to achieve the same yield as in later generations.

Moreover, with the population of the Song Kingdom and Yangzhou in the south, it is completely unnecessary to produce too much grain. What Dai Yan needs is nothing more than to be able to quickly change the extremely poor living environment of the Wu people and the Yue people.

That's right, the undeveloped Yangzhou, especially the land of Wuyue, is not to mention compared with the northern countries, even the Chu country is completely inferior.

Nowadays, the whole Yangzhou, the most developed agricultural area, is the Jiangbei region south of Huaishui and north of the Yangtze River. Rice similar to that in the Chu State is cultivated here, and the primitive farming method of fire cultivation and water raking is adopted.

Fire cultivation and water rake, that is, before planting, first set fire to the weeds and basil in the field, and then plant, which is fire farming; When the seedlings grow seven or eight inches, the weeds are removed in time, and the water is poured into the field to drown and suffocate the weeds, so that they decay into fertilizer to help the growth of rice seeds, which is the water rake.

Although this method of farming is inefficient and a great waste of land, it is still in the category of agriculture, so that the common people of Huainan can have enough to eat. On the other hand, the land of Wuyue on the other side of the river is even more backward compared with the land of Jiangbei and Huainan. In these areas, not only are there a great shortage of metal farming tools, but most of the common people can't even master the primitive farming methods of fire cultivation and water rake, and half of their food comes from the numerous fish and turtles in the south of the Yangtze River.

If the whole Yangzhou has always maintained such a backward farming method and is in such a backward economic environment, the land of Yangzhou will not only not become a sunny place for the future development of the Song Kingdom, but will also become a burden that drags the entire Song Kingdom to death, which is intolerable to Dai Yan!

When the land of Yangzhou officially belonged to the Song Kingdom, the entire Song Kingdom opened a round of upsurge in the development of Yangzhou.

The land of Yangzhou is ten times that of the Song State itself, and such a vast territory is naturally impossible to be completely occupied by the Song State Office to which Dai Yan belongs. As for the distribution of Yangzhou's land, Dai Yan chose a variety of ways to deal with it, to ensure that all strata of the Song State could benefit from this expansion.

The first to acquire land were the generals and soldiers who had killed the enemy on the battlefield and achieved military exploits. The military of the Song State imitated the military merit awarding system of the Qin State, but there were differences in the specific implementation.

The military merit awarding of the Qin State is basically to obtain a head, which is counted as a military merit, and you can obtain a first-class knighthood. From the most primitive official to the highest rank, there are 20 levels.

In Dai Yan's view, there is no way for Qin to implement such a barbaric and brutal military merit awarding system. Most of the soldiers of the Qin State were rural peasants, and the military exercises were explained to them in too much detail, and they could not understand them. Moreover, the Qin people also had a tradition of killing the enemy and obtaining their heads when fighting Xirong, and Shang Ying incorporated this tradition of the Qin people into military law, so that the Qin people performed extremely well on the battlefield. However, such a military method also led to the Qin army's extreme thirst for killing. In the late Warring States period, the Qin army carried out large-scale killings and surrenders at every turn, which was closely related to such cruel military laws.

Dai Yan didn't want the Song army to develop into an army without any bottom line like the Qin army. After all, although such an army had extremely high combat effectiveness and performed well on the battlefield, it also made the Qin State lose points politically. Even if Qin Shi Huang finally swept away the six kingdoms in one fell swoop and unified the world with absolute superiority, the Qin State would not win the hearts of the people in the world after all, and led to the final collapse of the Qin State. This has a great deal to do with people's disappointment with "Tiger and Wolf Qin".

Most of the Song soldiers received a simple education, had a basic foundation in arithmetic and literacy, and had some knowledge of the outside world. In the Song army, although it also paid attention to individual force, it paid more attention to the unity of the lowest groups, especially the Wu, Shi, and Bai groups. As a soldier who has personally been on the battlefield and participated in the wars of this era, Dai Yan knows that most of the killings and injuries in the war are actually decided by these small grassroots groups.

Therefore, although the Song Army will also commend individuals with outstanding military achievements, it is these small groups at the grassroots level that are rewarded more. And the military merits obtained by these small groups are not simply determined by the specific number of beheadings, but by the specific merits they make.

Like in the previous Song and Chu Wars, the soldiers who followed Le Yi's side and went to the land south of the Yangtze River together to participate in many wars in a row may not have the number of beheadings far less than the soldiers who followed Tang Ying's side and went to Jinling to participate in the decisive battle at the end, but the credit they obtained must be more of the party. This is fair to all soldiers.

And the land acquired by these soldiers is also divided according to their merits. The specific method is to use the army as the benchmark, and every time a battle is conducted, it will be counted as merit at least once. And the land they acquired was also determined according to the merit of each soldier, and for each merit, five hectares of land were allocated to each soldier.

Of the five hectares of land, the land that the commander can obtain from it shall not exceed 30%, and if there are casualties among the soldiers in each army, the remaining soldiers, in addition to having to distribute the land to the families of the casualties, also need to bear a certain amount of maintenance responsibility.

The distribution of land by groups also allowed the Song state to establish a simple ruling structure in Yangzhou more easily. The soldiers of the Song army obtained land along the communication line between Yangzhou and the Song Dynasty, or backed by the important cities of Yangzhou, which could also allow the Song State to firmly control the land of Yangzhou!

Most of the hundreds of thousands of Song soldiers who participated in this war relied on this war to obtain the best large territory in the entire Jiangbei and even Jiangnan. In Dai Yan's opinion, as the heroes who personally conquered this land, they should also get the most abundant benefits from it!

The second group to acquire land were those who helped the Song army in the war. These people included the merchants who helped the Song army transport logistics, the nobles of the East China Sea who fought together, and the Wu heroes in the south of the Yangtze River.

Among these people, the highest desire for land is none other than the nobles of the East China Sea. The nobility of the East China Sea was divided into the nobility of the East China Sea from the time of Zixi. After so many years of development, the arable land in the East China Sea has basically been carved up by them. For the sake of their families and their own development, these people even had to set their sights on the ocean, in addition to the huge wealth contained in the ocean, the lack of extra land development is also an important reason.

And this time, the nobles of the East China Sea also obtained extremely rich benefits. Although the land they acquired was less fertile than the land obtained by the soldiers, both the location and the fertility of the land, but with such a vast territory in Yangzhou, it was enough to satisfy them!

Moreover, Dai Yan is well versed in the psychology of these people, and in order to reflect his "attention" to the nobles, he even divided the land with a range of fifty or even hundreds of miles to several nobles who are more powerful! Such a vast territory is enough to support a city. In the land of Huaisi today, it is almost the size of countries such as Teng and Zou.

The officials in the center of the Song State even used this to persuade Dai Yan, believing that such an act would cause disaster for the Song State in the future, but Dai Yan ignored it at all! In his opinion, the vast land of Yangzhou now needs these powerful nobles to contribute money and efforts to develop, as a monarch who hopes to make a difference, he naturally cannot suppress the enthusiasm of these nobles.

And Dai Yan was not without precautions against them, although the territory that was given to them was vast, it was not on the main transportation route, and they were surrounded by the sergeants who had acquired the vast territory. Even if these nobles develop in the future, they can be firmly controlled both in business and in the military!

For the merchants who helped the Song army transport logistics, and the Wu people who helped the Song army fight, the demand for land was not so great. With the development of commerce in the Song Kingdom, there have been many merchants who have not limited their attention to the land, but after all, they have made a contribution to the Song Kingdom, so Dai Yan also gave them a lot of territory as a reward. Moreover, these lands are different from the land that was divided into soldiers and nobles, and these lands can be directly put into the market for specific sales!

And the heroes of the Wu people, because they themselves have a lot of territory in Wu, it doesn't mean much to them to continue to acquire more territory, Dai Yan just wants people to know his attitude, and he also rewards them with part of the land. And the more rewards they have received are not limited to this part of the land.

The land of Yangzhou is so vast, even if Dai Yan rewarded the soldiers of the war against Chu in various ways, and even everyone who helped the Song State win, this vast territory still cannot be distributed. Therefore, for the remaining high-quality land, Dai Yan chose to flow it into the market and circulate it as an ordinary commodity!

The ownership of the land of the Song State is extremely complicated, and even if it is the Song State itself, its rights and responsibilities are not clear. After all, the Huang family itself ascended to the throne of the Song State through usurpation, and the land inherited by it is still dominated by the land owned by the Huang family.

The newly acquired Yangzhou land legally belonged to the Song State, that is, to himself. However, according to the concept of the Song people, whether it is the land allocated to the soldiers or the nobles, it should be directly owned by them. These people who have acquired the land should have the right to dispose of the entire land completely!

Dai Yan recognized the rights of these landlords, but imposed extremely strict requirements on these lands: these lands were not allowed to be bought and sold, and in the event of foreign invasion, the landlords were not allowed to flee without authorization, and these territories must be kept unconditionally!

And the land that entered the market circulation was completely different from the territory owned by the soldiers and nobles. These lands are not so much the ownership of the sale as the right to use the sale, and the land previously allocated to the merchant also falls into this category. And even so, these lands that entered the market were also welcomed by all classes of the Song Kingdom!

After all, these things are real land!

As a country like the Song Kingdom, land is always the best and the best-selling thing. Dai Yan was well versed in the psychology of the Song people, and divided the remaining relatively high-quality land and distributed it to all strata of the Song State in various ways.

For the wealthy merchants of the Song State, and even the local wealthy families in the Song State, Dai Yan chose the method of direct auction to distribute these lands. After all, in order to support the previous war of war against Chu, the Song government issued several waves of treasury bonds, and now most of the treasury bonds have not been repaid!

The whole of Yangzhou, the most extensive land, is distributed in this way. With the support of businessmen and local tycoons, Dai Yan also recovered a large amount of money, and the income he obtained was not only able to repay all the national debts, but even left a huge balance!

Dai Yan also knew how rich the rewards of war, especially for winning wars, were so rich that not only Dai Yan, but also the bureaucrats of the entire Song Kingdom were very excited, and they were even more enthusiastic about war!

As for the dividends obtained by the War, Dai Yan did not forget those ordinary Song people. Some of these people were natives of the Song Dynasty, and some were immigrants who moved to the Song Kingdom from abroad, and for these people, Dai Yan's distribution method was completely different from that of merchants and wealthy families.

Dai Yan just ordered the Prime Minister and issued a simple decree: any commoner in the Song Kingdom, as long as he was willing to go to Yangzhou, could obtain 100 mu (small mu) of land for free; If you have been farming for more than five years and pay your taxes on time, you will be able to obtain the right to use the land!

This kind of decree, similar to the "Homestead Law" of the later American emperors, greatly stimulated the enthusiasm of the people in the Song State to emigrate to the south, so that Yangzhou began to pour more and more people.

However, even if Dai Yan used many ways to distribute the land in Yangzhou, with the huge size of Yangzhou, it was far from being fully developed by a small country like the Song Kingdom. After the division of the Song Kingdom and the land of Yangzhou, most of the places are still blank!