Wang Mu is a person from Jiangsu and Zhejiang, and he is quite proud, shaking his head and saying: "Taihu Lake is ripe, the world is full, and the grain produced in Jiangsu and Zhejiang can be supplied to the people of the whole country." ”

"Wang Mu, aren't you talking nonsense? Our army is in Shanxi, how far it is to go to Jiangsu and Zhejiang, you don't know, or let me tell me, how to get more grain and grass in Jiangbei? ”

This can make Wang Mu speechless, he and Ling Jingyang said that there is some wasteland in Weiyuan Mansion, but there is still a shortage of manpower, and if you want to open up the wasteland and resume farming, you need a large number of people to invest in the fields.

The entire Weiyuan Mansion has such a small number of people, if you want to have more people who can farm, you have to transfer troops from the army to Tuntian, the integration of soldiers and farmers, can make the wasteland cultivated, but in this way, the military strength of the stone camp is weakened, there are Qing troops outside, and there are remnant Ming forces inside, and it is not a wise move to weaken the military strength.

Ling Jingyang raised his hand in the air and waved his hand gently, meaning that the army could not be weakened, Wang Mu told him again, it is now the middle of June, the spring wheat sowing season has passed, and only in autumn can autumn wheat be sown, and some soybeans and other miscellaneous grains can be planted in the wasteland to supplement the grain.

Ling Jingyang subconsciously said: "Can't you plant corn and potatoes?" ”

This time it was Wang Mu's turn to be surprised, Ling Jingyang was a martial artist, and he still knew crops?

He talked to Ling Jingyang: "My lord, do you also know these imported products? ”

"I know a little bit about fur."

|“ The crops from the South Seas are really good, but after planting once, the harvest in the next year is not as good as the first year, and the lower the yield will be the later it is, and it will take several generations of cultivation to make these imported crops have a good harvest. ”

Wang Mu's words represent the embarrassing situation of foreign food crops at this time, these high-yielding agricultural roles have not been improved, nor have they been cultivated on a large scale, and the outbreak of corn and sweet potatoes (potatoes) will not mature until decades later.

This is the status quo of agriculture and mulberry in the Central Plains, Ling Jingyang asked Wang Mu to restore agriculture and mulberry as much as possible, with the existing cultivated land and population, issue cultivated land subsidies, one acre of land subsidy one tael of silver, the people's grain, after maintaining food and clothing, the surplus grain is purchased by the government, and the grain purchase price is disclosed to the people, wheat fifteen taels of silver and one stone, barley ten taels of silver and one stone, other miscellaneous grains and vegetables and other five taels of stone.

This price is very consistent with the price of grain during the war, and Wang Mu also felt that the price set by Ling Jingyang was very reasonable, but he asked Ling Jingyang a new question, when will it be received for such a high-priced purchase of grain?

Ling Jingyang asked him how long the grain and grass in the stone camp could last?

Wang Mu really thought for a while, and said to Ling Jingyang: "Adults, with a family of five, two adults, three children, the elderly eat less, adults eat three buckets of rice per month, children eat one bucket and five liters, adults eat three stones and six liters a year, children eat one stone and eight liters a year, and the elderly also need a small amount of food, and a family needs at least thirteen stones of grain throughout the year." ”

This is still the rations of ordinary people, the soldiers in the army are stationed in the city, each person needs to eat six stone of grain every year, if you lead the troops to the battle, the road will consume more, the stone camp has 20,000 stone grain and grass in Weiyuan City, including 16,000 stone of grain, 4,000 stone of forage, more than 6,000 soldiers in the whole army, 1,700 households in the whole house, 60,000 stone of grain are needed throughout the year,

Ling Jingyang's eyes widened, and he said to Wang Mu: "So much grain and grass, how much is the autumn grain?" ”

"In recent years of wars and natural disasters, almost no one has cultivated the land in Weiyuan Prefecture, and if you want to sow crops in a rescue way, you can harvest 20,000 stones in the autumn, and if it is not enough, you can only ask for support from friendly forces."

Ling Jingyang looked at the map, Weiyuan Mansion is Shaanxi to the west, and Mongolia is to the north, can you trade with the Mongols and use the money earned to buy grain and grass in other places?

Wang Mu seemed to see through Ling Jingyang's thoughts, and said: "To the north is the Mongolian Plateau, the Mongols are already Manchurian vassals, and the right guard of Datong is only garrisoned by a soldier and horse of Leng Rutie, if the Mongols cooperate with the Qing army to attack Shanxi, Leng Rutie's soldiers and horses are slightly insufficient, and the lower officials think that our army will increase troops and horses in the right guard of Datong to prevent being raided by the Mongols." ”

I wanted to trade with the Mongols, but I also had to guard against the Mongols' sneak attack, Ling Jingyang was eager to retreat to the central region of Shanxi with his troops, at least it was close to the grain-producing area, and he only needed to fight with the Qing army, and he didn't need to beware of the attack of the Eight Banners of Mongolia.

He just thought about it like this, and finally made the latest instructions with Wang Mu.

Increase the recruitment of the people, all the land that can be planted with crops, even vegetables, as long as they can fill their stomachs, all planted, the tax is still mainly 30 taxes and 1.

After finishing speaking, he suddenly thought of a great reform, and Wang Mu added, from now on, the taxes in our military jurisdiction will be apportioned into the mu.

It is a great change, and Wang Mu understands it in a literal sense, and he knows what it means.

"My lord, do you mean that in the future, you will not be taxed, but only the land tax?"

As an official of the Ming Dynasty, Wang Mu also knew that Zhang Juzheng had implemented a whip method, which could be apportioned into mu was more epoch-making than a whip law, and it was even more unacceptable to Wang Mu.

Will taxes be levied according to the area of the fields in the future?

Wang Mu timidly talked to Ling Jingyang about his opinions, Ling Jingyang nodded lightly, and appreciated his ability to respond and understand, although Wang Mu couldn't accept it, but this is a policy formulated by Ling Jingyang, even if there is more dissatisfaction, it must be firmly implemented.

"My lord, if it is a mu of apportionment, then the thirty tax is low, can it be increased a little?"

"Then twenty taxes one."

Ling Jingyang's tone became a little unquestionable, Wang Mu resolutely refused to give in on this point, thinking that it was not the right time for Ling Jingyang to lightly pay off the meager endowment, and when the world was stable, the people's taxes could be reduced, but now fighting with the Qing army and the Ming army, this tax could not assist the army to improve its capabilities.

Without the support of money and food, the military struggle failed, the land and population were snatched away by the hostile forces, the enemy would not take the meager endowment, let alone pity the people of the opposing forces, and in the end, the Dashun army became weaker and weaker, and the enemy army became stronger and stronger.

Wang Mu's insistence made Ling Jingyang blush a little, he suddenly felt that he was a little on paper, whimsical, in the last years of this dynasty, the era of cannibalism, he was not ruthless, others were more ruthless than him, at this time he needed to get the support of all forces, if not, in the end, in exchange for the loss of people and land, thinking of these, his eyes became resolute, and he stood up and said to Wang Mu.

"Lord Wang is reasonable, but I have little knowledge and have not thought of so much, please listen to a certain bow."

After finishing speaking, he bowed to Wang Mu, listening to Jingyang is sincerity, but Wang Mu was taken aback.