Zhang Han said with a smile: "The Chamber of Commerce is now five thousand taels and one shares, which is not cheap." ”

Lu Xianchun said: "Your Excellency doesn't have to hide it from us, now Tianchengwei has a lot of warehouses, and there are a large number of cars and horses to send goods to the north every day, and the profits of this chamber of commerce are quite considerable, even if we lose money, we have nothing to say." ”

According to the assets of these military attachés, after selling all the land, they can get two or three shares of the chamber of commerce's share capital, and this year Zhang Han has already planned to distribute dividends according to shares, and according to profits, one share can be divided into more than 1,000 taels, and the income from the sale of land by these military attaches is equivalent to increasing their own land property several times.

Shang Zhiyong said: "The lower officials and others are also for the sake of their descendants, the adults are in the prime of life, and Yusheng can flourish for at least fifty years, and it is good for a generation to take care of their grandchildren and even great-great-grandchildren. ”

Zhang Han and Li Shenming glanced at each other, then looked at everyone, nodded and said, "Since this is the case, I will agree...... Brother Zunlu, tell the guy to serve the food, I talked for a long time, and I was hungry. ”

Listening to Zhang Han's words, everyone laughed.

……

In the afternoon, Zhang Han and Li Shenming returned to Lizhuang, and along the way they saw some freshly repaired canals, these canals are to the southwest, mainly the Sanggan River and the tributaries of the Sanggan River, and now there is no ice, and the river water flow is very fast, because some water conservancy projects have been built on the big river, and the amount of water introduced into the small rivers and ditches is very sufficient.

Seeing the clear stream flowing, moistening the fields on both sides of the channel, there is a bicycle waterwheel every few hundred acres of land, and there is a double car in a thousand acres of land, the waterwheel can continue to lead water to the fields, and there are vertical and horizontal ridges in the fields, the water flows continuously, and the farmers stand in the fields, and the water is constantly and evenly sprinkled on the wheat seedlings.

Before that, the autumn grain has been harvested, and the wheat has just appeared, so it needs to be watered every once in a while, and fertilizer every once in a while, and these tasks must be done well before the fields are completely covered by heavy snow.

Passing by some villages are the whole line of the drying field, before the snow here piled up a large number of autumn grain, mostly miscellaneous grains, millet, sorghum, black beans and the like, now these grains have been collected into storage, only in the yard and the door of each house piled up a large number of straw, these things are treasures in this era, in the later generations people have a headache about the treatment of these straws, can only be burned, this era is to use it to cook rice, also used to burn the pit for heating, can also use these straw bundles as a straw bundle to sell, A large bunch can always be sold for a few bucks.

"Let's work hard for another month." Zhang Han said to a group of farmers who had gathered: "If you can't eat hard, don't think about a good harvest." ”

These people are very nervous, Zhang Han is a heavenly figure to them, and it is even rumored that Zhang Han is a serious star descending to earth, although he is not Wenqu Xingjun, but he is more powerful than Wenqu Xingjun...... There are so many people who raise people and show talents, and they can't do anything with God, but Lord Zhang can subdue this bad time...... In the autumn of this year, the harvest of these tens of thousands of acres of land in the Lizhuang system, whether it is Lizhuang or other Zhuangzi, is three to four times higher than that of other places, that is, people will receive one stone, Zhang Han's land will receive four stones, and if people can't receive one stone, Zhang Han's land can also collect more than three stones.

Some people have seen with their own eyes that some land has been harvested more than six stones, that was originally paddy field, plus fertilization and seed selection, etc., an acre of land has collected 700 catties, in later generations this yield is very low, but in this era it almost gives people a sense of "10,000 catties per acre".

No one dared to speak, Zhang Han smiled at everyone, his face was very kind, he continued to walk on the horse, the ridge was not easy to walk, only two or three people were allowed to walk in parallel, but Zhang Han liked to ride on such a narrow road, looking at the changes around him, secretly happy.

People still didn't dare to say anything, but when Zhang Han passed by, a middle-aged man suddenly knelt down and kowtowed, and many people suddenly realized and knelt down one after another.

These people are all Zhang Han's tenant farmers, and some are self-cultivated farmers, because they are close to the canal, they can divert water after paying a certain fee, and it is also the matter of managing the village to teach many people a lesson.

Xiao Zhang is like this, saying compassion is compassion, saying that rules are rules, and the two should not be confused a little.

People knelt down and said words of gratitude, and the number of people who spoke became many.

Zhang Han raised his hand frequently on the horse and motioned for everyone to get up, but people had to wait for him to ride away before he stood up with a look of reverence.

When approaching Li Zhuang, Zhang Han said to Li Shenming: "Actually, I don't do much, and it's also for myself, but the people are so grateful." ”

Li Shenming glared and said: "Why didn't you do much, you see the thick cotton jackets they are wearing, there is meat on their faces, children have candy to eat, they can eat meat during the New Year, what else?" Your military hospital still treats the poor people, so they charge a cost, and they are all famous doctors, just these few are enough for them to set up an immortal tablet for you! ”

……

After arriving at the signing room, Zhang Han wiped his face briefly, woke up, and immediately called Li Yuchun, Tian Jitang, and Xia Xiping to come over.

As soon as everyone entered the house, they saw the land deed, Li Yuchun was the most happy, took it in his hand and looked at it, and said: "This is good, in addition to Wei Tongzhi and Zhang Baishi, these two still have a large number of acres, the land of the two guards, and the large acres of land worth taking, almost all of them have been obtained." ”

Li Xiangfu said with a smile: "The important thing is to be connected with this side, not scattered land." ”

He said angrily: "Recently, there have been many rumors, saying that we are desperately trying to collect land and force people to sell their fields, and the people in our neighborhood are fine, some people are eager to sell to us, and some landlords are very displeased. ”

Li Xiangfu is an old adult with a gentle personality, and it is certainly not an ordinary thing to make him angry like this.

Li Yuchun looked at it and said lightly: "You can't blame them all, the harvest is not good, everyone's mood is not good, many people look at this thing as their lives, our adults are now the commander of the garrison and the two guards, and the officers of the guard post have always been clever and robbing, and it is not surprising that people are suspicious." ”

Li Xiangfu smiled and said, "We don't want their land, it's better to be angry with them." ”

Li Yuchun didn't say anything more, but obviously didn't take Li Xiangfu's words for granted.

Zhang Han admires Li Yuchun very much, many people say that these two cabinets only care about collecting grain, and don't care about anything else, in fact, Zhang Han thinks that this kind of Li Yuchun is not bad, at least he can do his part well.

Zhang Han said to Xia Xiping: "How much land do we have now, don't count the land of Wei and Zhang first." ”

"Don't count them, just these few people today, plus some thousand, hundred, and a few large households, we now have a total of 97,000 and 53 acres of land."

Xia Xiping spread out a map, which is also the credit of the Cartography Bureau of the Military and Political Department, there are some color blocks of different colors on the map, and in the middle is Li Zhuang, spreading the surrounding fields and acres like a big pie.

"To the south, all the way to the Sanggan River, to the north, all the way to the Nanyang River, close to the boundaries of Xinpingbao and Huamenbao, and also close to the mountains of Dashan." Xia Xiping continued: "Li Zhuang originally had 975 people, plus the newly acquired land tenant farmers, there were 375 private households, 561 Ding, 4,675 military households, 11,735 Ding, a total of 13,271 tenant farmers. ”

Zhang Han said: "They only have less than 60,000 acres of land in total, and they use more than 10,000 tenant farmers, and the average planting is less than six acres, which is really inefficient." ”

"There's no way around it." Li Yuchun interjected: "Shanxi has always had a lot of people and little land, so there is a flourishing style of doing business. For example, in Henan, Henan, and Shandong, there are far fewer people doing business than in Shanxi, because they have a lot of land. ”

Zhang Han nodded lightly, Henan was a large agricultural province at that time, and it was also a large population province, with a lot of acres, many prefectures and counties, and a very large number of Dingkou, but the tax amount was not much higher than that of Shanxi, because Henan was a big province, there was a lot of everything, but the business was weak, there was only one Kaifeng, the people were not rich, the efficiency of farming was also low, the farmland was far less productive than Jiangnan and Hubei, the main grain producing area of Daming was not Henan, Henan was self-sufficient, commercially the north was Shanxi, Jingshi, Shandong, Henan was not on the canal line, Business is also lagging behind.

"It's so nice." Li Shenming drank tea on the side and laughed softly: "Now we are short of people." ”

"It's a big shortage of people." Tian Jitang said on the side: "The three bureaus of Lizhuang now employ 5,100 people, and there are more than 1,900 students studying in the school, but now there is a shortage of 30% of the workers, and with the increase of machines, the number of workers needed is also more. ”

After Tian Jitang finished speaking, he added expressionlessly: "Not counting Lingqiu and Zunhua, there are also mules and horses in various places, account bureaus, and the lack of manpower, of course, not counting the merchant groups in various places to replenish the number of troops." Well, that's not even counting some of the new workshops that adults are expected to open. ”

"Oh my God!" Li Shenming stroked his forehead with his hand and said loudly: "It's not that there are tens of thousands of people left!" ”

Zhang Han snorted and said, "You still don't understand what industrialization is? That's it! ”

……

Jiang Kui stepped on the ground with his foot, took a deep breath, and finally smiled: "Okay, I'm finally home again." ”

They entered Shanxi from the Flying Fox Ridge...... Previously, it was to hit Tianjin to Jinan, then cross Feihuling from the border of Hebei, and then go north to Ulzhou.

This is also the outermost extension of Zhang Han's sphere of influence, Ulzhou has a pro-domain, there is a county king in the city, it is not a guard, it is governed by a state official, and it is subordinate to Datong Mansion.

Jiang Kui and his entourage did not enter the city of Zhou, they passed by in the morning, there was no need to delay the footsteps of the journey, on the way through a mule, horse and tent branch shop, in the evening, at the halfway of the journey from Ulzhou to Lizhuang.