Lu Kang looked at Yu Xuan, but the latter obviously didn't explain it, and Lu Kang didn't study it in detail, but just agreed: "Zhong Xiang's ability is enough to be a marquis and worship the prime minister in the future, and he is a loyal person, so Zhong Xiang will come to assist me...... Naturally, it couldn't be better. ”

At the same time, Lu Kang knew in his heart that he, the head of the household department, was already the bridge between the family and the state pastor's house, and the household department was the most entangled with the interests of the family.

Lu Kang couldn't understand why Yu Tu was so "in love" with Bai Tu with his temperament, but the advantage of Old Man Lu was that he didn't want to if he didn't understand.

Now Old Man Lu is very clear about his positioning, that is, a "bridge", and strives to help Baitu coordinate the relationship between the Ye family, smooth transition and common development......

"Old Lu, what do you think about the population of Huiji, Wujun and Yuzhang?" Bai Tu asked proactively.

Among the four counties, Danyang County has the smallest problem, and if you want to say the problem, it is because of the existence of "Danyang Elite Soldiers", which has been stabbed by Tao Qian, Cao Cao, and Yuan Shu one by one, and is now a little bald, and needs to recuperate in recent years, so the registered population is a little small......

However, even in Danyang County, which has been bald, the population reduction is not as excessive as the other three counties!

"This ...... Yuzhang County mountains become more and more troubled, and even many displaced people enter the people, out of the bandits, especially in recent years, the world is in turmoil, the number of displaced people and the mountains has increased significantly, so the registered population is much smaller than the actual one, and Huiji County and Wu County, cough cough...... Probably because the statistics are wrong, the old man is also ready to reorganize the households in the two counties, and the lord may wish to show what he wants. Lu Kang said directly.

In the land of Jiangdong, there are many mountains in Huiji, and there are many forests in Yuzhang, and there are often mountains and more chaos.

Today's "Shanyue", in fact, most of them are not ancient Yue people, there is no essential difference between them and Han people in terms of nationality, many of them are homeless people who go up to the mountains as "bandits", and even some of them do not loot much, but they are afraid of the scourge of the government, which is equivalent to the "Wu Fort" with the help of geographical advantages.

The real Guyue aborigines, on the contrary, are very few, only a few in Huiji County.

Yuzhang County is because the mountains are getting more and more troublesome, or pretending that the mountains are getting more and more trouble, and the population is seriously reduced.

In contrast, Huiji County is actually much better in this regard, and ...... This is also objectively, this is the credit of the wealthy family.

There are many wealthy families in Wu County and Huiji County, so they suppress the living space of Shanyue - to deal with these guys who go down the mountain for the Han people and go up the mountain for Shanyue, it is difficult for the imperial army to completely disperse, but it is a huge expense.

The reason why Wu County and Huiji County have few people is not that they are hiding in the mountains, but because of the local noble people.

Which of these wealthy families is not a servant? Lujiazhuang, which is barely related to the wealthy family, has hundreds of acres of land and hundreds of villagers, and can easily take out thousands of stones of grain.

In terms of influence in the court, the Jiangdong family is burdened by regionality, far less than the Central Plains family Xuanhe, but in terms of local influence, it is a place like Jiangdong, which is easier to give birth to a powerful family.

Previously, Bai Tu, Chen Gong and Lu Su had calculated that the population of Wu County and Huiji County was about 600,000.

In fact, in the middle of the Three Kingdoms era, the courage and appetite of the wealthy families in various places will be cultivated, and the registered population of the entire Han family has dropped from more than 50 million at the peak to a total of 6 or 7 million in the Three Kingdoms in the middle and lowest valleys......

Among them, of course, there are natural and man-made disasters and the reasons for the sharp decline in population, but there are also a considerable part of them, because the wealthy families at that time have advanced to the form of "gate valve", and the population is also the "resource" of the gate valve!

Especially after the Sima clan, the Lu clan and other families of the Wei State completed the strangulation of the military forces of the Cao clan and the Xiahou clan, it marked the beginning of the gate lords to dump the warlords and seize power, and the gate lords began to fully expand their influence tentacles.

Until the beginning of the Jin Dynasty, when the great unification was finally realized, the population had recovered to 16 million, and what is even more amazing is that from the first year of Taikang to the third year of Taikang, in just two or three years, the population increased by more than 7 million......

On the one hand, the Jin Dynasty ended the turmoil and reduced the consumption of the civil war, but miracles such as a 40% increase in the population in two years were obviously also the reasons why the gate valve was somewhat restrained in the face of the Great Unification Dynasty.

Now Bai Tu can't take those Shanyue hidden in the mountains, but the population of Wu County and Huiji must be dug up!

Lu Kang has also hinted that Bai Tu said that he can coordinate......

"I think there should be at least 50,000 more households in the two counties." Bai Tu said.

At this time, a household in Jiangdong was about six or seven people, because in the statistics, even if the adult male did not get married and separated for the time being, in addition to the eldest man, would also be counted as a household, and the population of each household in Jiangdong was about the same as that of the Jin Dynasty in later generations, and slightly more than the "family of five" in the Central Plains of the Han Dynasty.

In terms of "households", the families of Huiji and Wu County have about 100,000 households, and Bai Tu now asks them to spit out half of them first!

Although Lu Kang was not overjoyed when he heard this, he was also relieved - 100,000 households were not hidden by a few families, but by wealthy families of all sizes......

Spit out half, it does hurt, but count it...... At least it didn't hurt the capital, and even in recent years, it hasn't been completely in vain!

Lu Kang also understands that this number should not be Bai Tu's own brain, but a scale that he and Lu Su and Chen Gong have mastered.

It will not make these wealthy families comfortable, but also give Lu Kang room for coordination.

"The lord can rest assured, with the wealth of Wu County and Huiji County, the number of households will increase by 50,000...... There should be! "Lu Kang has almost made a package ticket.

Bai Tu didn't want at all that these wealthy families would have any tendency to develop towards the gate valve, and they would not allow this kind of "hiding" behavior in the household registration in the future, but ...... Don't rush it.

But it's not that easy, just let them go!

"Well, 50,000 households...... It's not a small amount, and the mistakes made in someone's house before, this 'redemption' can't be less. Bai Tu said.

Lu Kang understood that Bai Tu was still beating at this time, but since he said that it was "redemption", Lu Kang was not too worried - it was just a fine, and now the state pastoral mansion is poor and white, which is also what it should mean.

In the Eastern Han Dynasty, since Emperor Guangwu, there was a tradition of taking money to pay for crimes, and Emperor Ling could even mark the price of the three dukes, so naturally this "redemption" was even more carried forward, and capital crimes could be redeemed.

"Just 200,000 yuan per household." Bai Tu looks very generous.

Lu Kang's eyes widened when he heard this, and he didn't notice that Lu Su snickered slightly at this time.

"Lord...... Isn't 200,000 yuan a little ......" Lu Kang had a headache, and even wondered if Bai Tu didn't know what the concept of 200,000 yuan was.

According to the grain prices of previous years, Liang rice, that is, the best quality millet, the grain eaten by large households, is about 400 yuan per stone, and other millet rice, grain, wheat, and rice, which is a special product of the south at this time, are all 2 or 300 yuan a stone.

Even if prices have risen by three or five percent due to the war at this time, a family is enough for "money", food and clothing, and 20,000 yuan a year - of course, at this time, ordinary people are mainly self-sufficient, and do not use coins to circulate goods.

A household has to be fined 200,000 yuan, which is a bit of a knock on the bone and suck the marrow......

"Of course, I also know that it may be difficult for everyone to get cash, and they can use the funds to pay off the debt! Zijing, you can show Lu Lao the official storage materials that the Ministry of Civil Affairs is now procuring. Bai Tu said.

Lu Su wants to take over the Ministry of Civil Affairs...... Lu Kang suddenly realized this, but now he didn't have time to study this in detail, but immediately looked at the list handed over by Lu Su.

Originally, Lu Kang was ready to persuade Bai Tu, but after looking at the list, Lu Kang's face was first strange, and then ...... Relieved again!

After coming to the state pastor's mansion today, his heart has been going up and down, and Lu Kang simply feels that he is several years younger.