In October of the Song calendar, the convoy of cotton began to arrive in Fuzhou. The already busy water-powered textile factory in Fuzhou is even busier. The current supply of cotton is not enough to keep the mills up and running all year round, with a few months of rest after each year. After the rest period, various maintenance adjustments are made to the machine.

Zhong Danian, the director of the textile factory, wanted to complain, but after a few years, he found that the textile factory had only a few minor problems when it continued to operate. Once the shutdown is a few months, there are a lot of problems when it comes time to restart. However, Zhong Danian did not do this, because there were more important things that occupied his train of thought at this time.

The factory has begun to divide rooms!

It is not only Zhong Danian who is excited, but also the staff in each factory are very excited. Theoretically, any employee who has worked in the factory for more than three years can submit an application. Literacy is required to write an application. Children who have been educated themselves, or who have someone in their family who attends school, can do it. Those who are illiterate can only beg others to help them write their applications.

Like many people, Zhong Danian often travels to Mawei to look at houses in his spare time. When he went there this time, he saw that new content had been added to Mawei's side. The houses in Mawei are not the same as those in Fuzhou City. Rather, they formed many small phalanxes one by one. In the middle of the main road, there is a four-story circular stone platform at intervals. It would be inaccurate to say that they were circular, but the platforms were semi-circular, with two steps leading up to the top.

When Zhong Danian, like many people, thought that this thing might be putting some counters. Regarding the view that this table is a flower, Zhong Danian also thinks that it may be a little reasonable.

After arriving here this time, Zhong Danian saw from a distance that a column of water was actually spewing out from the top of the platform. Rushing to the crowd of onlookers, Zhong Danian watched as the clear and transparent water gushed out from the top, and then gathered layer by layer. At first, he didn't understand how such a miraculous device appeared that could automatically bubble up water.

The line of sight could not see through the stones, and Zhong Danian could only look up. I saw several rows of sturdy wooden frames stretching out into the distance. On top of the wooden frame are very thick ceramic tubes. After all, he is the director of the water-powered textile factory, and Zhong Danian has already understood that the water is sent here through these pipes.

It's just that I haven't been here for more than half a month, and such equipment has appeared in this area. Zhong Danian sighed in his heart.

"This squirting thing is so beautiful!" Someone in the crowd praised, "You can come here to hang out if you have nothing to do in the future." ”

Hearing such unproductive words, Zhong Danian smiled: "This is not for people to see the scenery, this is for everyone to come and fetch water." ”

"Fetch water?" The one who had just spoken was stunned.

The others were wise, and when they heard this, they suddenly realized, "Isn't it?" I said it didn't feel right here, I didn't see a well. Originally, I thought we would have to eat river water. That's dirty. ”

Zhong Danian didn't know how to evaluate whether the river water was dirty. Anyway, he didn't drink river water before following Zhao Jiaren. In fact, he often fetches water and drinks water from places such as rivers and rivers. It wasn't until he followed Zhao Jiaren that he gradually got rid of such a lifestyle.

"Where does all this water come from?" Another question was raised.

When everyone looked around, they saw that there was not only one pipeline for water transmission, but both horizontal and vertical, and they didn't know where the source was.

"This is where the water comes from." Zhao Jiaren led the eldest brother Zhao Jiaxin's family up the mountain near Mawei.

I haven't seen him for a few years, and Zhao Jiaxin has shown the posture of an adult, that is, he has gained weight. And Zhao Jiaxin's wife also looked bloated, and after walking a few miles on the mountain road with her three children, she began to breathe a little.

Zhao Jiaxin did not stop moving forward because of his wife like this, in front of him, like a long dragon-like water pipe, far up the hillside. Less than ten years ago, when the two brothers planted pyrethrum in Fuqing County and began to engage in hybridization of improved varieties, Zhao Jiaxin knew very well how labor-intensive the project was. With this experience, Zhao Jiaxin wanted to see what the source of the water conservancy project that consumed huge manpower was really like.

The hill is lined with greenery, and in the shade of a large wooded area, there is a lake. The water of the lake is a blue color, echoing the sky, and it is as if a piece of the sky has been dug down and dumped into the lake. When the little ones saw this, they were already chirping and shouting. The older ones shouted and leaned towards the lake. The young one was held in her mother's arms, and she leaned on her mother, putting her fingers in her mouth, and making some sounds of unknown meaning.

Zhao Jiaxin looked at this large piece of beauty and couldn't help but sigh: "How much manpower does this take!" ”

For the praise of the eldest brother, Zhao Jiaren just smiled. In his heart, he thought to himself, in fact, it was much less than he imagined. With explosives, it was easy to deal with Stone Mountain. And the big food merchant also has its own benefits, after Zhao Jiaren issued the task, he bought a Byzantine from the big food merchant, who had worked in Constantinople and his professional skill was to make Roman cement. With such technicians, and some of the knowledge provided by the research team and Zhao Jiaren, the glutinous rice mortar that was supposed to be used has been replaced by cheaper cement.

The reason why he didn't show off was not because Zhao Jiaren changed his opinion. But Zhao Jiaren saw that the eldest brother Zhao Jia's confidence was very heavy. At this moment, there is no need to let Zhao Jiaren speak, but to let Zhao Jiaxin talk more about Jiaxing Mansion.

The two brothers walked around the reservoir, and Zhao Jiaxin completely figured out the water source of the fountain. In a depression in the middle of the mountain, Zhao Jiaren plugged the gap and changed part of the spring channel on the mountain to bring it here. Further down, there is a factory that diverts water from here and treats it.

If I have to talk about it, I can probably explain it by flowing water downward. Zhao Jiaren only used the principle of gravity to introduce water to the urban area of Mawei, and then disperse it to the various fountains.

"If there was such a thing, we wouldn't have had to work so hard to get water." Zhao Jiaxin sighed.

Zhao Jiaren still smiled, his eldest brother's evaluation of things was too decent. Everything is based on what he's been through. Went to such lengths to divert water just for irrigation? Zhao Jiaren's evaluation of the eldest brother is actually quite disappointed. But no matter what he thinks in his heart, Zhao Jiaren will not criticize. Compared with others, the level of the eldest brother Zhao Jiaxin must not be called bad.

Seeing that his younger brother didn't say anything discouraged, Zhao Jiaxin sighed: "San Lang, you are much more stable. In the past, if I say one sentence, you can say three words. ”

Zhao Jiaren smiled. Psychologically speaking, Zhao Jiaren at that time was not unstable, but he was under too much pressure in his heart, and he could only hope that the world would change as much as possible according to his own will. Now Zhao Jiaren only needs one word, and many things will follow his orders. Any more nonsense is only a disadvantage. It's just a difference between one moment and another.

"I'm very happy that Saburo is like that. No, when I think about it, I think the court is too chaotic. Zhao Jiaxin finally couldn't help but start attacking the court.

Gongtian Wangwen Shengyi, that is, public land, can also be called state-owned land.

In the early days of the Southern Song Dynasty, the Jin State invaded, the War of Resistance against Jin was in full swing, and the military expenditure of the Southern Song Dynasty government was seriously insufficient, and it was urgent to solve the problem of military expenditure. Some ministers have proposed that the Government's public land be sold off to private management. This suggestion was adopted by the Government, and a nationwide campaign was launched to sell off public land.

The fields that no one continues to have taken back by the government, the sand fields where the rivers have silted up, and the barracks that have been reclaimed by the army. These lands are owned by the state and are called "communal lands". During the Zhao Dynasty of Emperor Gaozong of the Song Dynasty, except for a part of the temples and schools, all the other public lands were sold out to private businesses. Through the sale of public land, the government quickly financed a considerable amount of money in a short period of time, 70% of this money was handed over to the center, and 30% was reserved for the local government, which could not only be used for military spending, but also reduce the people's excesses and miscellaneous taxes, and reduce the economic pressure on the government and the people in times of war. It can be seen that under the historical conditions at that time, the sale of public land played a positive role.

Why did the government adopt the policy of selling off public land? In addition to the lack of military spending, there were also quite a few drawbacks in the management and management of public land at that time: First, the government was not effective in managing these public land, and the tenants who rented and cultivated the public land were cheating, and they often owed land rent, and the government was unable to collect all the rents it should have, and the loss of land rent was serious. Second, the government needs to pay a considerable amount of money to manage these public lands. Now by selling off the public land, the land is back to the people and is privately managed. The government can reduce the burden of governance, not only by obtaining a large amount of money, but also by no longer having to worry about the loss of state-owned assets, and the government can only collect taxes.

By the end of the Song Dynasty, as the war intensified, the financial gap became wider. Nothing can be sustained. In order to be able to come up with the food and money to feed the army, Jia Rudao adopted the public land method and directly recovered the public land.

In the last generation of Zhao Jiaren, the Gongtian reform had already been implemented. When Zhao Jiaren entered the imperial court, the focus of everyone's discussion was already how to make more effective use of land and how to directly increase food and money. Now he finally has a chance to face the situation.

"San Lang, we were all renting land at the time, but there was nothing to lose. But my father-in-law's family is miserable. Those officials are really black-hearted. At first, it was stipulated that the maximum amount of land owned by unofficial families was limited to 5 hectares, and then it was reduced to 200 mu, and in the end, regardless of the government or the people, one-third of the land beyond 100 mu had to be bought back as public land. Zhao Jiaxin sighed.

"Oh, it's ...... Hehe. Zhao Jiaren originally wanted to say that it was quite interesting, but when he saw that his sister-in-law was not too far away, he changed his words to hehe. Although there are individuals who betray the class, there is no class that betrays interests. However, Zhao Jiaren really could not position his class position on the side of the landlords. Even with a huge amount of land, Zhao Jiaren believes that he is by no means a landlord. Seeing the landlords suffering, Zhao Jiaren still had a kind of happiness in his heart that he couldn't explain the reason.

Looking at his younger brother's performance, Zhao Jiaren continued: "San Lang, you don't have to be angry. I was also very angry at first, but then I thought about it. The court itself does not care for the people, so let them go. That's not my land anyway. ”

Being so misunderstood by his eldest brother, Zhao Jiaren felt that he wanted to laugh out loud. But once he laughed, the happy mood could not be hidden, Zhao Jiaren touched his chin and led the topic away, "What kind of execution are those people?" ”

"Those who buy more than 5,000 acres of public land will be given half percent of silver, fifty percent of the official complaint, two percent of the degree, and two and a half percent of the Huizi; Those below 5,000 acres will be given half percent of silver, three percent of each of the official notice and degree, and three and a half percent of the Huizi; Those who are less than 1,000 acres will not be given silver, but 50% of the degree and 50% of the huizi; Those who are less than 500 acres will only be given useless for depreciation. Zhao Jiaxin, who had experienced these things, introduced the regulations to Zhao Jiaren like a few treasures.

"Oh? Can this be done to the end? Zhao Jiaren felt that such high-pressure measures could not be implemented on Fujian Road, which required a very effective bureaucratic system and execution.

Zhao Jiaxin sighed: "Why can't it be executed." Anyone who does not carry out the law will be impeached and then disgraced. Those officials can still take care of their integrity, and if those petty officials lose their positions, it will be a complete future. Naturally, they are like wolves. ”

For the eldest brother's old father-in-law, if he didn't mention the identity of the big landlord, Zhao Jiaren didn't have any special bad feelings. And this person did not ask Zhao Jiaren for help after such a blow, such a choice can probably be called backbone. This made Zhao Jiaren feel even more favorable.

"Big brother, are those lands contiguous?" Zhao Jiaren asked the question he was concerned about at this time.

"What's the piece?" Zhao Jiaxin didn't understand the meaning of his younger brother.

"The public land that was bought is not contiguous." Zhao Jiaren explained. In Zhao Jiaren's imagination, public land is intensive management, that is, a large area of flat land. If there is really room for continued development, it is probably a metropolis like Shanghai.

Shanghai's rise is no accident, and as long as China is connected to the sea, the odds of Shanghai becoming an economic center are very high. It's not a matter of time and fate, it's determined by Shanghai's geographical location.

"It's not contiguous." Zhao Jiaxin answered his younger brother Zhao Jiaren's question.

"Tsk!" Zhao Jiaren couldn't help but speak. In his heart, he began to criticize the imperial court, and only bought one-third, which means that two-thirds are not state-owned. Since this group of useless things has been so ruthlessly engaged in the reform of public land, it is better to get out a piece of land, so that it is convenient to operate. If the land is not contiguous, there will naturally be many problems. Zhao Jiaren felt that he had to find a way to do something to the isolated landowners, to complete the land by annexing their land.

Zhao Jiaxin did not know that his younger brother was thinking about how to form a demolition brigade or to eat the land that had not been solved by the public land law by recruiting 'dynamic social groups'. Seeing Zhao Jiaren's focused, Zhao Jiaxin hurriedly said: "I came here to tell you that I want to stay in Fujian......

"Nope! Big brother, you must go back to Huating County! Zhao Jiaren replied very simply.