On December 20, the 31st year of Tiansheng, in the area of Xiecheng County, Jizhou, it was snowing heavily. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 info Wang Meng and Guo Jia, but at this time, accompanied by several palace officials, walked on a ridge.

"It seems that the situation here is not bad, and the tenants at the bottom are quite attentive. You can order Hu Cao to join the army, and each household in this Yinlin Village can give one pound of meat and ten pounds of noodles. ”

Although it was in the ice and snow, and the wind was howling around, Wang Meng calmly put his hands behind his back, with an indifferent face.

It's just that although he Wang Meng is a profound cultivator, he can not be afraid of the cold and cold, but the officials of the royal palace behind him are a little unbearable. Even if they were holding a small stove in their hands, they were still shivering.

However, these people also knew Wang Meng's temperament and preferences, and another character who said nothing in front of His Royal Highness was in front of them, so although everyone was in pain at the moment, they were all strong and self-supporting, and they did not show any difference.

"Your Highness is benevolent, and allows all tenants to pay two and a half stones of grain in a good year, and after two stones in a disaster year, the rest will be their own. Now these small people are naturally doing their best. It is said that this policy was also suggested by the head of the family in front of His Royal Highness? This can really be said to be the Buddha of ten thousand families, and now the people of Jiwan, who does not praise it-"

Wang Meng listened to the compliments of the people below, but he didn't have much joy. Paying two and a half stones of grain in a good year and two stones in a disaster year is indeed his advice to King Wu'an.

In previous years, this can be described as a harsh government, and it is not an exaggeration to say that Hengke is tyrannical. Because of the cold and barren land in the north, the so-called Ueda used to yield only three stones per mu.

However, in the past two years, with the improvement of cultivation methods, the improvement of improved seeds, and the rotation of winter wheat and soybeans, even in ordinary years, it can produce five and a half to six stones of grain. In case of a good year with good wind and rain, then a year can be as high as seven stones. If you can take good care of the fields throughout the year, hoe and fertilize the grass according to the cultivation method advocated by the royal government, it is not a strange thing to even have eight stones.

Nowadays, the tenant rent of Wu'an Wangfu is neither high nor low, the tenant rent to the Ying clan is thirty and a half, and those who have family members to join the army are also thirty and a half, and the rest of the people are forty percent.

Under normal circumstances, a good harvest must be paid to the palace for three and a half to three and a half stones. The higher the yield per mu, the more rent will be paid.

But now, with the new policy of the royal government, these tenants only need to hand over two and a half stones in the harvest year, two stones in the disaster year, and everything else can be attributed to themselves. As a result, the fiefdom of the Wu'an Palace, and the granges everywhere, were enthusiastic.

This was expected by Wang Meng, so that those lazy tenants could work harder on the fields and love the Wu'an palace more.

But in fact, he Wang Meng didn't have any good intentions, and these ant people didn't know that the grain prices and salt and oil in Jiwan and Erzhou were all controlled by the Wu'an Palace. As long as the price of salt and oil is slightly raised by three or five cents in a good year, and then the price of grain is lowered, it will be more than enough to make up for the loss. The tenants seemed to have received half a stone to a stone of grain, but in fact they received very little.

It's just that to Wang Meng's surprise, not long ago, his proposal on the price increase of salt and oil had been vetoed by His Royal Highness King Wu'an. This frustrated Wang Meng's plan and made his heart ache inexplicably.

"Are you still bothering about the tenant rents that are undercharged?"

Guo Jia chuckled beside him, he had always been aware of his junior brother's thoughts, and he knew no doubt at this time.

"Senior brother, you are still so stingy! In fact, why do you need to worry? Our palace is not short of this money now. ”

That's more than four million gold dollars. ”

Wang Meng snorted softly, his eyes full of unhappiness.

At this time, under the name of the king of Wu'an County, plus the addition of the feudal title after the counterinsurgency exploits three years ago, and the fields that have been reclaimed one after another over the years, there are a total of 320,000 hectares of Ueda and 60,000 hectares of Nakata. The Great Qin Tian system, one hectare and fifty acres, that is, 19 million acres.

And in the north today, it is a grain price of three taels with one stone. Harvesting less than half a stone to one stone of grain per mu is a loss of more than four million gold. Even if it is a land endowment for the imperial court, which needs to be borne by the land rent and the tenants, it is at least 3.5 million gold.

With this 3.5 million gold, how much can he do? He can buy at least 30 human Yuan Shen armor, and then support the elite of the four divisions, or dig a few more ditches, build a few roads, and even buy some more fertile land in Jizhou.

After a moment of contemplation, Wang Meng waved his hand and motioned for his subordinates to retreat into the distance, the opportunity was rare, and he planned to have some private words with Guo Jia.

"With all due respect, our Highness is good at everything, but for the people below, he is really too lenient. Senior brother, you are by His Royal Highness's side every day, and you should usually persuade you. ”

-- This is not only because the royal treasury has received less than 3.5 million gold, but also because he feels that he is too generous to those tenants.

It is necessary to know that due to the great reform of the imperial court tax system, all acres of land still need to bear the apportioned Ding tax.

And their palace is different from others. Others are paid by the tenants themselves, but the fields under the name of King Wu'an include the tax in the rent. In addition, every time there is a wedding or funeral, and the palace also has sponsorship.

Therefore, the forty percent of the tenant rent seems to be harsh, but the tenants of the royal palace are actually the easiest burden in the entire northland.

This move of the king of Wu'an even caused him to attract a lot of criticism within the sect.

"Is it magnanimous?, but His Highness also has his reasons. Before he came, he told me that if he could exchange this small amount of money for the hearts of the people of Ji Wan, he would actually earn it. It's too stupid to say that you and I can't look at the people under our command. The three divisions of my palace, 40,000 generals, and the six divisions are trained, and thirty percent of the soldiers' families will come from their own tenants, and there are many heroes among them, so they must not be careless. ”

When Wang Meng heard this, he couldn't help but sneer: "This is not like what His Highness said, didn't he say all day long that these grass people are the most ignorant and ungrateful and ungrateful all day long?"

In the past few years, he has heard the king of Wu'an say this more than once. But this highness is an extremely contradictory person, although on the surface he is disdainful of the people of the fiefdom, he is despised. But the government implemented by the Wu'an palace is the most sympathetic to the people among the four kings and seven princes.

"Haha! Your Highness, he has always been duplicitous, hard-faced and soft-hearted. Didn't the junior brother already know in his heart? And after all, isn't the cause of this incident still with you, junior brother?"

Wang Meng couldn't help but be speechless, and snorted softly. It was thought that he had not intended to give favors to the tenants in the past, but had intended to stimulate food production in a more subtle way. Now it's good, this year's acres of land under the name of the palace have indeed increased by two percent, but the palace itself has not made any benefits.

"His Royal Highness wants to hide the wealth from the people, which is a good intention, but this is not beneficial to Jiwan Erzhou. The temperament of these grass people below, senior brother should be clear. Most of them make some money, and hide it in the stove, or bury it in the ground to become moldy, so that it will not help the country at all. In the long run, it will also affect the bank. ”

Guo Jia laughed when he heard this, and shook his head.

He knew that both of them thought that the money flowing in the market was the real money. Like the groundhog-like temperament of the people of Daqin, they all like to bury money in the ground of their own backyards, which is not conducive to circulation, and second, it will make the country have no money to use.

But then, there is the difference between Wang Meng and His Royal Highness. The king wanted to solve the problem by using more convenient methods such as the price of grain, oil, and salt, and forced the people to take their money out of their pockets. But His Royal Highness has other opinions, and the one who cares more is the growing number of unemployed vagrants in Yongqin Prefecture.

"Your Highness expected you to say this, and he asked me to tell me that oil, salt, grain, and tea were not allowed, but the junior brother could find another way to earn the money in the hands of the tenants. Now under the banner of my Wu'an Palace, haven't I opened a few new factories?"

Speaking of this, Guo Jia looked quite serious and looked at Wang Meng: "Your Highness, he said that Wang Meng, you, will definitely be able to live up to his trust!"

"Workshop?"

Wang Meng frowned slightly, and fell into contemplation. In the past two years, under the command of Wu'an Wangfu, factories have indeed been opened one after another, which can be described as varied.

But except for a few workshops that make ink armor and weapons and farm tools, which are indeed making money, most of the rest are still in the initial stage, and it is not known what the benefits will be.

As far as Wang Meng knows, most of these workshops are weaving, furniture, clothing and shoemaking, leather, etc., and Wang Meng was quite optimistic about it before. thinks that His Royal Highness, although he is suspected of messing around, will not lose anything.

Do you want to make money back from the grass farmers through these workshops? It seems to be a bit difficult, but it is not impossible.

The main reason is that most of those tenants are used to it, and they may not be willing to spend money.

"Why do you need to be so troublesome? But since it is His Highness's order, then Wang will do his best in this matter-"

After a pause, Wang Meng thought thoughtfully: "Does Your Highness want to attract more people and go north to Jiwan?"

Guo Jia couldn't help but secretly praise, the one in front of him really deserved to make the income of the Wu'an Royal Mansion surge to tens of millions of gold in just a few years. He was called the head of the family by the king and princess of Wu'an, and praised the existence of no name.

"Your Highness has this intention, and now because of the great increase in grain production, the four northern states can supply more people. And once the Great Qin War starts, my Wu'an Palace's Mansion needs more troops. In addition, His Royal Highness, he also wants to share the worries of the country, the landless people in the southern states have reached tens of millions, and if it continues for a long time, it will be a great disaster, so he wants to try to find a way out for these people. ”

Speaking of this, Guo Jia smiled again: "Your Highness said that it will be cold this year, and it will be rainy in the early spring of next year, so how about starting with a pair of leather boots for each person?"

When Wang Meng heard this, he couldn't help but be moved. He knew that at this time, most of the people in Wuyang counties were wearing thin cloth boots, and even some people did not even have cloth boots, and only lived in straw shoes.

And if the machine customized by His Royal Highness King Wu'an from the inner workshop this time can really be successfully mass-produced, and the price of leather boots will be compressed to be similar to that of cloth boots, which can indeed benefit all the people and benefit the Quartet, and can also open up another source of wealth for the Wu'an Palace.

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