"Doctor Ling's book has ......" Zuo Shaoyang suddenly thought that ordinary doctors only pay attention to the medicinal use of medicinal materials, and require the use of authentic medicinal materials, but few people pay attention to how to grow medicinal materials. Especially a bell doctor who walks the rivers and lakes, Daddy Zuogui may not believe it when he says this, and immediately added: "Miss Miao Peilan from Laohuai Village also told me that she knows how to grow medicinal herbs." ”

"Really?" Zuo Gui's expression was obviously not very convinced.

Fennel spoke to her brother and said with a smile: "This fennel girl is very capable, and the farmer, as long as it is work in the field, she knows a little bit." ”

Zuo Gui thought to himself, so he nodded and stared at Zuo Shaoyang: "Do you really want to grow gardenias?" ”

"It's a kind of medicinal herb, not necessarily a gardenia. Moreover, the growth cycle of gardenia is relatively long, and it will not be effective within one or two years. I might add something else. ”

Zuo Shaoyang said this to fight an ambush, he just used gardenias to open the way, and the ultimate goal was to plant those common medicines that were not used as medicinal materials in the Tang Dynasty, and prepare for his future medical medicine.

Zuo Gui waved his hand and said: "I don't care what you plant, now that your brother-in-law has also spoken for you, then okay, let you plant, but we can talk ugly about it in front, everything can only rely on yourself!" Don't spend a penny at home! ”

Zuo Shaoyang drank a few glasses of wine, and stood firm with his wine: "Okay!" - What if I earn my own money? ”

"Do you make your own money?" Zuo Gui was stunned for a moment and smiled: "If you can earn money by yourself, you can spend it as much as you like!" ”

"It's decided! Thank you, Father! ”

After that, Zuo Shaoyang picked up his wine glass and gave Zuo Gui's father a toast. He toasted Hou Pu with another glass of wine and thanked him for helping him speak.

After Hou Pu drank dry wine, he said to Zuo Shaoyang through the wine: "Although I don't know how to grow medicinal herbs, this medicinal herb is like a crop, right?" Only when the ground is good can the medicinal herbs grow well. This barren slope and wilderness have never been planted with crops, can medicinal herbs be grown? ”

Zuo Shaoyang smiled bitterly: "Of course, fertile soil is more suitable for growing medicinal herbs than barren land, and the yield and quality are good, but I have no money, so I can only simplify because of ugliness." If you have the money, you can buy some arable land now, and it will definitely be a good deal in the future. ”

"Da Lang, you don't know yet, do you? The imperial court has a rule that fertile land can only grow crops, and no other things are allowed, but there are many abandoned fertile fields now, so this rule is not how to be enforced, plus there is a brother-in-law, and the size is also a matter, if you really buy fertile land to grow medicinal materials, no one will care about you. But, hehe, Da Lang, if you really have money one day, my brother-in-law advises you, it's better not to buy land. ”

"Why is that?"

Hou Pu squinted his little eyes and burped, laughed mysteriously, glanced at everyone, and lowered his voice: "Do you know, why is the price of fertile land so low now, and the best fertile land is only 2,000 wen per mu, why is there still a large piece of empty land that no one buys?" ”

Liang said: "Then it is needless to say, there is no money, it is said that the son is suffering like this, how can there be any money left to buy fields." ”

"That's not right! Mother-in-law! You don't know, which dynasty and which generation is like this, there are poor people and there are rich people, and we are always poor when we are poor, those rich people still have a lot of gold and silver treasures in their pockets, but they don't buy land with their money bags, do you know why? ”

Zuo Gui sighed and said: "What's so hard to guess, now there are few people in the field, no one grows, and the tax has to be paid, which is purely a trade of stickers." Besides, what are you doing when you buy a field? ”

Hou Pu slapped his thigh and raised his thumb: "It's still Lord Yue's poisonous eyes!" That's right! That's it! Do you know how much the current field tax is? 5 for 1! Five acres of land are taxed on one acre of land! Now I can't find anyone to farm, most of the fields are abandoned and no one is planting, and the field tax has to be paid, so if you buy the land now, it's not a loss of money! ”

(Note: The two-tax law actually appeared in the late Tang Dynasty.) Under the war at the end of the Sui Dynasty and the beginning of the Tang Dynasty, the tax was also very chaotic, and there are historical records that taxes were collected according to the land. Therefore, this book sets out that there was a field tax in the early Tang Dynasty. ）

Zuo Shaoyang said speechlessly: "So tall? ”

"Yes! This is nothing, the main thing is not this problem, you think about it, you spent money to buy a field, you can't take it away and can't hide it, you planted crops, finally more than half a year has passed, it's time for the autumn harvest, as a result, a war, grab and burn, it's not your turn to harvest and it's all gone! So, what do you do with that effort, with silver, the war is together, and you can leave wrapped up, how convenient it is. When the world is peaceful, it is safe to buy land again, but it is a big deal, but where can it be expensive? It's better than losing money now. Hehe, these rich people are all fighting this idea! ”

Liang said: "I heard that the imperial court is not preparing to grant land? So what else do you do with buying land? ”

Hou Pu said: "Mother-in-law, there are restrictions on the granting of land, and the granted field is called Yongye Tian and Kou Fentian, which cannot be bought and sold, unless there is a special situation such as death and no money to enter the soil, even if there is such a special situation, only a small part of the Yongye field can be sold." Moreover, these fields were to be returned to the imperial court after death, and could not be passed on to children and grandchildren. The tax paid is also much higher than usual. In the end, if it is not your own land, how can it be compared to buying your own land?

Liang said, "That's right. ”

Zuo Shaoyang didn't understand what they were talking about, and asked, "What kind of field do you give?" ”

Hou Pu took a sip of wine and said: "This has been spread for a long time, that's right, the imperial court has this meaning, the ownerless fields and wasteland are distributed according to the number of people, so that the people have land, and the court can also collect more taxes." I heard that some places in the north are already doing it, don't we also grant wasteland, as for this granting land, hehe, we are afraid that Hezhou will not do it in a few years. ”

"Why?"

"Why? There are few people, there are only so many people, no matter how much land you give him, how much can he plant? Besides, we're too busy to quell the rebellion, and who has time to toss this thing. ”

"Quell the rebellion?" Zuo Shaoyang was taken aback, "Now that it's all Zhenguan New Year, it's peaceful and prosperous, how can there be a rebellion?" ”

"You know what! The current situation is uncertain...... "Hope glanced up at the door, and saw that it was already dark, and the two children had already eaten all the food in the bowl, put the bowl aside, and sat on the threshold to play. Then he said: "Soybean, bring your sister in, play in the house, and close the door!" ”

"Oh!" Soybean pulled the bean flower into the house, and the two children struggled to close the two doors one by one, and hung the latch on tiptoe.

Seeing that the door was closed, Hou Pu lowered his voice and said, "I tell you, don't talk outside!" ”

Zuo Gui and the others all leaned their heads over, and hurriedly nodded in agreement. pricked up his ears and waited to hear about militaristic affairs.

Hou Pu said in a low voice: "In March, the Xue Yantuo tribe in the north invaded our border, burned and plundered, and fought for two months before driving them away. Speaking of foreign enemies, I think of one thing, just the battle report I received the day before yesterday, Tuyuhun in the northwest invaded our border Minzhou, a fierce battle, we defeated the enemy, however, the border people also suffered countless casualties, the imperial court has already provided disaster relief......"

Zuo Shaoyang reluctantly smiled: "At the beginning of the founding of the country, foreign invasion was inevitable, as long as the country was calm." ”

"Domestic calm? Who told you that? Hou Pu looked up at the door again, and made sure that the door was closed, so he couldn't lower his voice any lower, and said mysteriously: "Today is my own family, I just told you, you must not spread it outside, otherwise my job will be gone!" ”

Seeing that several people nodded, staring and listening, Hou Pu burped and continued: "In the spring of this year, ah no, it is already the second year of junior high school, it should be the spring of last year, Li Yi, the king of Yanjun, rebelled in Jingzhou, and the governor of Liangzhou, Wang Youliang of Changle, also raised troops to respond. It took months to subside. Also, at the end of the year, that is, two or three months ago, the former prince's generals Feng Li and Xue Wanzhuan fled to the north of Longzhou after the Xuanwumen mutiny, gathered the remnants, and joined forces with Fan Tingshi of Longzhou, and soon entangled tens of thousands of people, attacked the city and plundered the wall, and once came to our Hezhou to kill, which made the people in the city panic, and many people ran away. Right, father-in-law? ”