Zhang Lang and his entourage went west along the Hanshui River, passed through the Hanzhong area, crossed the Baishui Pass, and entered the Xichuan boundary. The terrain of Xichuan is precipitous, on one side is the abyss of thousands of feet empty by waves, on the other side is the difficulty of the pen halberd column flying birds, thousands of people ride horses on the plank road, and the horse's hooves step on the plank road to make a loud sound.

After passing the Jianmen Pass, after another day's journey, I finally walked out of the steep mountains and rivers, and the rich Chengdu Plain immediately came into view. As far as the eye can see, the golden farmland is like the ocean, and there is no edge in sight, at this time, the sun is setting, the earth is golden, and the farmers are successively packing up their farm tools and plowing cattle to leave the farmland and return home; Between the countless farmlands, there are villages of roughly the same size, and farmers who have been busy all day drive their oxen and carry farm tools into the villages. In the village, dogs bark from time to time, chickens and ducks chirp one after another, farmers waiting for their husbands to come home lean against the door, and naughty village children chase and play at the entrance of the village.

Dong Ying couldn't help but sigh with emotion: "It's so nice here!" He glanced at Zhang Lang and said adoringly: "This is all the credit of the eldest brother!" ”

Zhang Lang smiled.

The group continued to hurry, and when they passed through a village, they saw that the farmers who entered the village had to hand over a sign to an old man, and handed over the farm tools and bulls to the old man, and after the old man checked it, he would give another sign to the farmer, and the farmer would go home to rest after receiving the sign.

Dong Ying asked puzzledly, "Big brother, what are they doing?" ”

Zhang Lang said with a smile: "This is the management method of state farms. The village was supposed to be inhabited by hired farmers from the state farms. The sign he taught before means that he got the farm tools and went out to work in the morning, and when he came back, the farm tools and the cattle had to be inspected, and if the farm tools were damaged, the cattle were injured or sick, and the relevant farmers should be asked about the responsibility after judgment, and if there was no problem, they would receive another sign, which meant that the farmer had completed the day's work. In the evening, the village elders will regularly and irregularly inspect the farmers, and if they do not have this brand and cannot explain the reason, they will be punished, and the ration and remuneration for the month will be deducted. For example, if the average yield per mu of a farmer's grain field exceeds the average yield per mu of the whole farm, he will be rewarded according to the corresponding regulations, and the highest one will be rewarded with one-third of the grain of the farmland he is responsible for. ”

Dong Ying said in disbelief: "The management is so strict? ”

Zhang Lang nodded, "Of course!" If it is not strict, how can the output of these state farms go up? Only by strict management and clear rewards and punishments can state farms really play a role! ”

Dong Ying nodded. Thinking of a question, he asked, "Big brother, will there be a situation where the village elders abuse their power for personal gain?" ”

Zhang Lang smiled: "Of course it's possible. However, we have formulated a strict supervision and punishment system, and the Ministry of State has its own supervision department, which will regularly and irregularly inspect the industries of the Ministry of State in various places, and once a problem is found, it will immediately hand over the problem to the local supervision department of the Ministry of State, and the inspection department will conduct an investigation, and once it is verified, it will be severely punished; In addition, the local inspection department also has the responsibility of supervising the Ministry of State-owned Operations, once a problem is found, it can conduct an investigation, once it is verified that it has the right to arrest people, and send it to the supervision department of the state government for disposal, if it is a problem found by the inspection department, then the local officials at all levels of the Ministry of State-owned Affairs will receive punishment; If the farmers and men of the Ministry of State Affairs find problems, they can also take the initiative to report them, and once they are verified, they will be rewarded with one-twentieth of the amount involved. So far, although there have been occasional cases of malpractice in the Ministry of State, the vast majority of officials have been loyal and conscientious. ”

Dong Ying exclaimed: "I only learned today that the composition of the Ministry of State Sector is so complicated?!" ”

Zhang Lang smiled, "What I said is only part of it, if you want to know the details, you can ask Wen He if you have the opportunity, and you can also ask Ma Liang." ”

Dong Ying looked at Zhang Lang and said, "I think the structure of these government departments is all from the head of the eldest brother!" ”

Zhang Lang said with a smile: "I just mentioned the general construction, and the specific details were made by Wen He, Kong Ming, and Yueying." ”

Dong Ying thought for a while and glanced at the farmer who passed by, "Big brother, are these farmers all homeless?" ”

Zhang Lang nodded and said, "Most of them are!" State farms and other industries secretly lay a large number of farmers! However, there are still a staggering number of displaced and civilians who are difficult to resettle. Dong Ying looked at Zhang Lang and asked puzzledly, "Why didn't the eldest brother give the land to these homeless people?" ”

Zhang Lang frowned and said, "If you hadn't thought about it!" It's just that if you do that, I'm afraid that you will follow the old path of hundreds of years of Han and the annexation of land by big families. On the one hand, the peasants often sell the land because of their own problems, and on the other hand, the big families are often powerful and can steal the land of ordinary farmers, because for these reasons, it only takes a few decades or even a hundred years, and most of the land will fall into the hands of a few big families. So we came up with this method, where the state directly controls the land to house the people and the displaced people who have no means of livelihood. This measure, combined with the new land tax, should be able to fundamentally solve the problem of hundreds of years of aristocratic annexation of land and thus the danger of the country by displaced people! ”

Dong Ying only felt that one head and two were big, exhaled, shook his head and said, "I don't understand these things at all!" ”

Zhang Lang laughed.

A group of children ran along with the procession, laughing and shouting, all of them looking cheerful.

Zhang Lang and his entourage entered Chengdu when it was dark. Although it is night, this big city of Bashu is still very lively, but it is not the same as those other big cities. The shops on both sides of the street are almost all in the same shape of the door face, and even the flags that jump out of the door are also in the same form, the difference is only in the Chinese characters on it; The streets are neat and clean, and the food stalls are as regular as a chessboard, completely devoid of the previous casual appearance; There were many pedestrians on the streets, but there were few scribe-like people like in other cities, and a considerable number of men and women wore clothes that resembled overalls.

Dong Ying frowned, "Compared to before, this place has changed so much!" I feel like the city is a well-disciplined barracks!? ”

Dong Ying's feeling is not wrong, it is true, why is it so? Because the formation of the scholar clan in Chengdu has basically been uprooted, their industries are now all the properties of the Ministry of State, and those guys are now all guys of the Ministry of State.

Zhang Lang smiled, "This is the most completely transformed place." Then he said with some emotion: "It's a bit like the fifties!" Dong Ying didn't understand what Zhang Lang meant at all, and looked puzzled. Zhang Lang smiled and did not explain.