Having said so much, what Chen Ping wants to emphasize is actually business.

For one reason or another, the rulers of successive dynasties did not attach much importance to commerce, believing that merchants were a source of unrest.

There are two reasons for this, one is that engaging in businessmen will make the land wasted and grain production will be reduced, and the other is that businessmen have to go to the county and the state, which is not easy to manage.

Both of these points can be understood, as food production decreases, and people do not have enough to eat, they will move to eat, and the situation of disturbance will deepen, and finally turn into riots. Merchants are too mobile, which will lead to problems such as household registration management and population control.

It is understandable to understand, but it is not impossible to solve, and it is possible to improve the efficiency of farming and harvesting and create new agricultural tools.

It can be partially solved by increasing the yield per mu and saving manpower, and the increase in the tax of merchants not only controls the threshold, but also brings income to the imperial court.

It's a good thing, but few people see it, maybe some people see it, but the traditional concept of land is troublesome, and they don't want to promote it, let alone mention it.

"After all, it is not a good thing for farmers to leave the land, and with these few acres of land, at least they will not starve. The store you are talking about, although it can make huge profits, is the trend of tricks after all, and it cannot be used as the norm. Lu Xingyong shook his head, "What the imperial court needs is food, and the affairs of the merchant will move the foundation of the imperial court." ”

Chen Ping smiled, didn't say anything, said this is just a casual mention, not really to persuade Lu Xingyong.

"Uncle Lu, what you said is true, but it's a pity that this land south of the Yangtze River is too narrow and has a large population. Only a household gets a dozen acres of land, or even less. When he arrived at the stream, he came to Pingdong to get the trap, Chen Ping opened one by himself, found a place, went down, patted the land, and looked at the peaks of Xiliu Mountain, "If it weren't for this Liuhe Mountain, maybe each family could get more." ”

"I see that your family is also considered to be the property of a middle household, how much land has been divided?" Lu Xingyong asked.

"It's not much, it's only ten acres." Chen Ping said, "That's it, it's just barely getting by." The middle households you are talking about are just the houses in the family, and in terms of land, they are inferior to some of the lower households in the village. ”

"Ten acres, it's indeed less." Lu Xingyong nodded, glanced at Chen Ping, suddenly smiled, and said, "What kind of thoughts do you kid have, don't hide it, talk to me, just for your steamed cake today, as long as it's not too difficult, I can help you do it." ”

"Then thank you Uncle Lu." Chen Ping said, "Actually, it's not a big deal, I just wonder if Uncle Lu can talk to the county order and take care of my family when he divides this field in the coming year." ”

The big tree is quite safe, Chen Ping is not afraid of accidents in the middle, until it is the difficulty of Jiangdu, Laihu'er is still reused by Yang Guang, and he was killed by Yu Wenhua and others, and died in Jiangdu, which can be regarded as a martyrdom.

"Didn't you just say that this land is narrow and there are many people, how can there be fields here?" Lu Xingyong didn't refuse, but he didn't agree immediately, and said slowly, "This grant of land should also start from the lower household." ”

"That's true, judging from the assets in my family, I can't be considered a middle-class household. I don't expect to get a share of the fertile land, but if there is, even if there is uncultivated poor land in the mountains, it will work. Chen Pingdao, back is more polite, it stands to reason that there should be more poor land and less fertile land, but the problem now is that there is no land to divide, and it is really difficult to do it if you don't find some relationship.

The accommodation fee that is saved can be a tael of silver, not for nothing.

"That being the case, it would be okay for me to help you talk about it. But do you really want this uncultivated mountain forest barrenland? "The land is used to grow food, and this uncultivated mountain land can only grow some weeds, Lu Xingyong doesn't know how Chen Ping calculates, "This can't grow food." ”

"It doesn't matter, even if you plant some forage, it's good to feed the black ducks at home." Chen Ping doesn't pick, as long as there is, it's fine.

After clamping the beast in his hand, he let Pingdong bring back a few hares that he caught, Chen Ping hung two pheasants, put on the bamboo tube again, and ran back to the village.

When I entered the house, I saw Chen An holding two buns, sitting at the entrance of the hall, gnawing there, one in one hand, one with meat filling and one with sugar filling on the other, one bite on the left and one bite on the right.

"Why did you get up so early today?" Chen Ping tied the pheasant's legs and tied it to a stone mortar.

At this time in the past, Chen An was still lying down.

"I can't make it early, this steamed cake is all for you to eat." Chen An said, "Give it back to Sister Chen Ya." ”

"That's grandpa who took it, he's going to repair the field canal today, can't he take a few more?" When Chen An mentioned this, Chen Ping remembered that he had to bring a few to Chen Ya and Aunt Wang to taste, "You eat slowly, you can't eat too much sugar, be careful of worms in your teeth." ”

"Brother, you are lying, you obviously don't want me to eat." Chen An saw Chen Ping putting steamed cakes in the pottery bowl, and immediately went over and stared, "Sister Chen Ya, she can't eat so much, take two less." ”

Look at your stinginess, there are only two in this pottery bowl, and if you take two less, then eat the empty bowl?

"Eat quickly, send it to your Sister Chen Ya." Chen Ping urged Chen An, saw this and took a bun in his hand, looked at his bulging belly, and said, "Eat less breakfast, do you want to eat at noon?" ”

"I'll talk about it at noon." Chen An took a bite sharply, "I ate it." ”

This virtue, and no one grabbed it, shook his head, it was really a bit of a headache to have such a younger brother on the stall, this bright head didn't need to be in a serious place, or throw it into the township school?

"Xiao Anzi, do you want to go to that township to study?" Chen Ping asked.

Although Chen Ping will occasionally give Chen An some lessons when he is free, but after all, it is from the ideological aspect, in terms of literacy, Chen Ping himself does not necessarily know everything, and it is even more difficult to write, so he can't talk about teaching.

"No, no." Chen An shook his head, took two bites, and now he ate much slower, and hiccuped, "Brother, you haven't eaten in the morning, have you?" This half of the steamed cake is for you. ”

After a few bites, Chen Ping glanced at the filling of the buns, the lump with sugar was all deducted by Chen An, and there was still a little saliva on the teeth on both sides, slimy, crystal clear, and it was really unappetizing.

"Keep it, and you can eat it again at noon." Chen Ping said, "Look at you, I can't help you at home, I earn money for you to go to the countryside to study, and then you become a big official, isn't it okay to ride a white horse?" ”

"When you become a big official, you have a white horse?" Chen An accepted the buns, "I'll send them to Erniu later, he will definitely want it." ”

Chen Ping believes this, but when he takes the stuffed buns, there is still saliva, no matter how you look at it, it is a bit inauthentic.

"That's for sure, you also saw the white horse of the little madman, her grandfather is an official, so this can buy her a white horse." It is better to have a literate person at home, and Chen Ping feels that he can't let Chen An become illiterate, and he doesn't expect to be an official, but it is still necessary to read and write, and township school is a good choice.