Chapter 381: Autumn Harvest Time

Li Siqi was busy renovating Jingzhaofu Road, Lintao Road, Qingyuan Road and Fengxiang Road, and spent a lot of energy, so that he felt that his body was difficult to support, a large number of relocated people needed to be managed, the old and weak women and children left in the local area needed relief, and officials at all levels needed to supervise the fields during the spring ploughing season, and the allocation of cultivated land was even more exhausting. Pen fun and pavilion www.biquge.info

Fortunately, Li Siqi survived, and after the spring ploughing season, almost all of his main energy was put on the autumn harvest season.

Jingzhaofu Road and other places all rely on the festival to make the yamen allocate money and grain to support, even the government at all levels is like this, the money is scattered like water, and even Li Siqi feels that it is too much.

Li Siqi understands very well that the autumn harvest is the most critical time, if this year's autumn harvest is harvested, many problems can basically be solved, if it encounters natural disasters or man-made disasters, then the festival will make the yamen will be in an extremely passive position.

The 50,000 troops led by Cai Siwei were still stationed in the area of Jingzhaofu Road, and they were on strict guard to prevent the Mongol Tatars from sneaking up on these places, especially when the autumn harvest season was approaching.

Seeing that the grain was growing, Li Siqi even set up a shrine at home and prayed for the blessing of the Bodhisattva every day.

The autumn harvest season has finally arrived, and the grain in places such as Jingzhaofu Road is the first to ripen.

Li Siqi quickly issued a notice, and the officials at all levels came out to leave the officials on duty in the yamen, and all the rest went to the villages and towns, urging the common people to harvest all the grain, and the harvest time should be fast, and the time of harvest should be fast, and the weather should be fine, and there must be no delay or laziness.

Cai Siwei was even more nervous, and sent countless scouts to reconnoiter the situation of the Mongolian army stationed on Henan Road and Yanyan Road, so as to prevent the Mongolian army from launching a surprise attack at this time to grab food.

Although Li Siqi did not leave the yamen, he would pay attention to the local situation every day.

Hearing the sound of footsteps at the door, Li Siqi didn't even look back, waving his hand to speak.

"If there's nothing important, don't bother me."

"Hehe, Master Li, it's very hard to be so busy."

Li Siqi heard this familiar voice and immediately turned around.

Wu Shaogang and Li Tingzhi appeared in front of him.

Li Siqi hurriedly bowed, while glaring at the officials who followed behind, meaning that there was no news.

"Master Li, don't blame them, I told them not to report it."

Wu Shaogang said as he walked to the table.

There are a large number of documents on the table, and on the right is a map that marks the grain harvest of Jingzhaofu Road, Qingyuan Road, Lintao Road and Fengxiang Road, as well as the grain production in various places.

According to the marked situation, the grain yield of Jingzhaofu Road is still the highest, reaching the yield of nearly two stones per mu, and the lowest is Lintao Road, with a grain yield of about one stone and four buckets per mu.

One stone of grain is equivalent to one hundred and twenty catties after a thousand years, that is to say, the grain output of Jingzhaofu Road exceeds two hundred catties, but the grain output of Lintao Road is about one hundred and sixty catties.

In the fourth year of Jingding, when Jia Rudao implemented the public land law, he changed the unit of measurement of grain, the previous rule was that ten was one liter, ten liters was a bucket, ten buckets were a bucket, and one bucket was equivalent to a stone of grain, and now five buckets are one hundred, and two are one stone, but don't underestimate such a change, the people are at a loss, especially when collecting grain taxes, individual local governments confuse the relationship between Hu and stone, so that the people can pay more taxes.

Sichuan, Yunnan, Jingzhaofu Road and other places still calculated grain in the previous way, and did not adopt the changes of the imperial court.

"Lord Li, it seems that the grain yield on Jingzhaofu Road is still good, along the way, I looked around, the grain is basically a bumper harvest, and the harvest is almost the same, if it is calculated according to this method, the people will be able to stabilize completely."

Li Siqi had a smile on his face and quickly answered.

"The adults said well, the lower officials also think so, this year's climate is good, God bless, Jingzhaofu Road, Lintao Road, Qingyuan Road and Fengxiang Road and other places, basically did not encounter any disasters, spring ploughing season a few rains, did not encounter spring drought, Xia Guan thinks, this is caused by the divine power of adults. . . ."

"Master Li, don't say such words, I don't have any divine power, if God is forced to twist it, then we can only lead the people to fight with the sky."

After a brief greeting, Wu Shaogang asked again.

"Jingzhaofu Road, Lintao Road, Qingyuan Road and Fengxiang Road, this year's grain harvest has been harvested, will it be able to stabilize, will it encounter other troubles."

Li Siqi thought for a while, and opened his mouth with a straight face.

"My lord, there are still some troubles, mainly because the people of Dunyan Road, it is very likely that they will flee to this area, the scouts sent by Cai Du have been reconnoitred in the area of Dunyan Road and Henan Road, because Jingzhaofu Road and other places are occupied by us, the Mongolian court has more severe control over Dunyan Road and Henan Road, and the local people basically can't survive, and the merchants are also fleeing in large numbers. . . ."

Wu Shaogang nodded as he listened.

Li Tingzhi, who was on the side, quickly spoke.

"Since Kublai Khan and the Mongolian court are not able to recover these so-called border places by force, they will definitely cause trouble, Jingzhaofu Road, Qingyuan Road, Lintao Road and Fengxiang Road, the people who have been rectified by the Mongolian court are not living, almost to the point of being uninhabited for thousands of miles, according to the development of this situation, the situation of Dunyan Road is afraid that it will be even worse, Lord Li, you are afraid that you have to be prepared and continue to grit your teeth and persist for about a year."

After Li Tingzhi finished speaking, Wu Shaogang also spoke.

"What my father-in-law said is, Lord Li, this year's grain harvest has been bumper, according to the notice of the Yamen of the Jiedu Envoy, all taxes are exempted, the harvested grain belongs to the people, and there are not many official lands leased out, and the expenses of the government at all levels to maintain themselves are more than enough, but if a large number of exiled people enter, it will be relatively difficult."

"In such a situation, the government at all levels should not shirk, and should treat the people who fled to these places well, at least not let them freeze and starve to death, this is not a trivial matter, it is related to the people's hearts, the Mongolian court does not care about these, the court does not care about these, but we must care."

Li Siqi nodded.

"Your Excellency's orders, the lower officials have remembered them."

Wu Shaogang smiled and nodded, and continued to speak.

"I think it is possible to set up Changping and Yicang in the local area, Changping is set up in the Yamen of Fuzhou County, and the government pays to buy grain and store it in the harvest year for emergencies, and Yicang is set up in villages and towns, and the people of each family in the harvest year donate about a bucket of grain per mu of land according to the amount of arable land owned by the family and the amount of grain harvest, and place it in the Yicang to relieve the poor people."

"Chang Ping is under the direct jurisdiction of the government, mainly for the relief of large-scale famines, as well as the expenses needed by the army passing by, while Yicang is under the jurisdiction of the elders and Li Zheng in the villages and towns, and the government must strictly supervise it."

"Changping and Yicang, in Sichuan and Yunnan and other places have all set up, the effect is very good, these years the grain is a bumper harvest, the price of grain is not very high, the government has purchased a lot of grain, if it is not the existence of Changping, the festival so that the Yamen has no way to deal with the relief of Jingzhaofu Road and other places."

"Jingzhaofu Road and other places have a bumper harvest of grain, Changping and Yicang should be quickly set up, good management, if all the Changping and Yicang are set up in Jingzhaofu Road and other places, there will be a famine in the future, and the government at all levels will be able to deal with it very well."

Li Siqi stood up, took out a document from the table, and handed it to Wu Shaogang.

Wu Shaogang picked up the paperwork, read it carefully, handed it to Li Tingzhi, who was sitting next to him, and said with a smile.

"Lord Li is good, I have thought of this problem for a long time, and we have set up regular positions and righteous positions in various places, and we haven't noticed them along the way...

Li Siqi hurriedly clenched his fists and spoke.

"My lord, the Changping and Yicang in various places have just begun to be set up, after all, the autumn harvest season has just begun, and it is necessary to wait until all the grain is harvested before they can be set up."

"Well, I look at the grain harvested in Guantian, take out 20%, and put it in the regular closing position, so that there is no need to spend any money to buy grain this year."

Li Tingzhi finished reading the paperwork and opened his mouth with a smile.

"Master Li has thought far-reaching, and everything has been thought of."

The banquet was ready, Li Siqi looked at the food on the table, and his face changed slightly.

Wu Shaogang was already about to move his chopsticks, and when he saw Li Siqi's expression, he waved his hand again and again.

"Master Li, this is my request, the people in Jingzhaofu Road and other places are still very poor, if we have a lot of fish and meat in the yamen, we can't eat it, and when the next year, the conditions here are good, I will come to eat meat and drink wine."

Li Siqi's eyes were a little moist.

"The adults came to Jingzhaofu Road, cared about the people's welfare, and ate better in the process of cleaning up, which is the negligence of the lower officials."

"Lord Li, it's okay to be able to eat a full meal, the festival makes the yamen already thinking about this matter, the official posts around the country, the annual expenses are a lot, the fish, meat, wine and dishes are a lot, it is a waste to say, you must know that the official post represents the festival to make the yamen, if everyone thinks about big fish and meat, all think about wine and food, this kind of extravagance spreads, but it's terrible, along the way I have warned the official post of the official post, you must save in the future."

Li Siqi nodded and didn't speak, but his thoughts had already flown to the capital, thinking about the many receptions in the capital, the money and food spent, Sichuan and Yunnan and other places are nothing compared to them.

Wu Shaogang had already picked up the rice bowl, and when he saw that Li Siqi was still in a daze, he spoke again.

"Master Li, the guest is as you please, if you don't use your chopsticks, we won't be able to eat." (To be continued.) )