Qingji, Fan Li and Sun Wu then left Jinling City, followed the official road, and came all the way to the fields on the outskirts.

At this time, it is the rice harvest season.

The peasants were dragging their families and wearing short clothes to harvest rice in the fields.

When the rice is harvested, ploughing oxen will be used to pull the stone mill to crush the grain.

There were really no ploughing oxen, so they could only beat handfuls of rice with manpower, and try to knock down all the full grains.

Who knows that Chinese food is hard work!

For every grain of grain, farmers attach great importance to it.

"King, this is another bumper year!"

On the carriage, Fan Li looked around, looked at the farmer who was harvesting rice in full swing, and bowed to Qingji.

"Good."

Qingji bowed slightly.

The wind and rain are smooth, and the grains are abundant.

A good harvest in the field is not only good for the farmers, but also good for the country.

From ancient times to the present, China has been an agricultural society, and naturally attaches great importance to agriculture.

"King, I wonder if you have found a problem?"

At this moment, Sun Wu, who was driving in person, turned around and asked.

"Changqing, what's the problem?"

"Look, my lord. These harvesting peasants, old and weak, women and children, are all there, but the figure of young and middle-aged people is rare......"

After Sun Wu's reminder, Qingji also noticed it.

In the fields, whether it is an old man with gray temples, a child in the age of the horn, or a peasant woman in simple clothes, there are very few real young and middle-aged laborers!

What's going on?

Qingji frowned and said, "There is no war inside and outside my Wu country. The government has also reduced the standing army, and the survival of the fittest, it stands to reason that there should be a lot of able-bodied young people among the people, why is this so? ”

Regarding Qingji's question, Fan Li and Sun Wu didn't know how to answer.

Qingji immediately asked Sun Wu to stop the carriage and came to a ridge on his own.

There, there was an old dragon clock, and an old man with a gray beard was resting.

"Husband."

Qingji and the three of them all made a gesture towards the old man.

The old man suddenly felt flattered, and hurriedly got up and saluted back: "Gentleman, the old man is polite." ”

Qingji, Fan Li and Sun Wu were all wearing luxurious clothes, wearing bronze swords at their waists, and they looked extraordinary, and they knew at a glance that they were people from noble backgrounds.

So the old man did not dare to slack off.

"Don't be polite, please take a seat."

"I don't know what the three gentlemen are doing here?"

"Dare to ask my uncle, how is the harvest in the field this year?"

"Returning to the gentleman, this year's harvest in the field is a bumper year."

The old man's face was full of smiles, and he said, "The king invented the quyuan plow, and the government rented the ploughing ox, so that I and other farmers could reclaim the wasteland and plant more rice. ”

"This year, thanks to the blessing of God, the wind and rain are smooth, and there are no droughts and floods, so the harvest in the field is very impressive."

"Good."

The series of national policies on people's livelihood formulated by Qingji are naturally beneficial to farmers.

The development of the Quyuan plough has greatly promoted the productive forces of the peasants in Wuguo.

In addition, the government of Wu in various parts of the country, under the orders of Qingji, would rent ploughing cattle from farmers to help them reclaim wasteland and cultivate more rice.

It is worth mentioning that during the reign of Qingji, the state of Wu always encouraged farmers to reclaim wasteland.

In a piece of wasteland, after five years of reclamation, the ownership of this wasteland belongs to this farmer.

Of course, the premise is that it cannot be abandoned, otherwise the state has the right to take back that piece of land!

"Uncle, since the harvest in the field is so impressive, why don't you see the young adults in the family harvesting rice in the year? Where is your son? ”

Qingji glanced at it, and saw that on a field on the side, there were three childish teenagers and a middle-aged peasant woman sweating and harvesting rice.

But the father of the three boys, the husband of the peasant woman, was missing!

According to Qingji's original national policy of arranging households and people, a household cannot have two male young and middle-aged laborers.

That is, when the son becomes an adult, there is an elderly person in the family, and only one son can be left as the main labor force to inherit the father's family business.

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The rest of the sons were to be separated and started a family.

This allowed Wu Guo to increase the number of households for a while, and also brought a lot of additional financial income.

Because human beings are inert by nature.

Several adult sons have the psychology of "suffering from widowhood and not suffering", and there will definitely be people who are lazy and lazy.

Because of this huge family business, it is unknown how much he can get after his father is a hundred years old.

In this case, why should I work tirelessly, and in the end, I may let my brother take advantage of it in vain?

It is precisely because of this human nature that Qingji will propose "making up households and gathering the people", so that young and middle-aged people can start a family as soon as possible, and then divide the land.

It is impossible for them not to attach importance to their own one-third of an acre of land.

For the harvest of all the land is his own, except for the part of the land tax which is paid to the treasury.

There is no doubt that Wu Guo's policy of arranging households and people together has further stimulated the enthusiasm of the peasants in production.

At this time, the reason why Qingji asked where the old man's son was was because no matter what.

Even if the son of the old man dies in battle, or dies of illness, there will be someone to inherit.

No matter how bad it is, the uncle and brother will pass on one to him!

"Gentleman, don't hide it, my son who is not angry is selling fish."

"Fish trafficking?"

"Not bad."

The old man smiled bitterly and said, "Not only my son, but also many young students in the village are selling fish, or reselling grain, rice, cloth and other things. ”

"Isn't that bitter for you?"

"It's really painful."

The old man shook his head and said, "These young offspring are really getting more and more unpleasant!" They are all ambitious, high-minded, and have been in business for so long, but they have a meager income and can't support their families. ”

"In that case, uncle, why don't you persuade them to return to work in the fields?"

At this time, Fan Li, who was sitting on the side, asked puzzled.

"How can the old man not be persuaded?"

The old man sighed and said: "However, they are determined to do business, and they want to be like those rich businessmen, with thousands of dollars in their waists, surrounded by beautiful wives and concubines. ”

"But I don't want to, others have such ability, do they have such ability?"

Sure enough, the ginger is still old and spicy!

Qingji glanced at the old man with appreciation.

He finally understood why there were so few young men working in the fields in this village.

The hustle and bustle of the world is for profit, and the hustle and bustle of the world is for profit!

Everyone in the world has the heart to seek advantages and avoid disadvantages.

When young farmers see that doing business makes so much money, why do they have to guard their family's one-third of an acre of land, and a year's harvest is only enough to feed a large family?

However, Wu Guo has already been a farmer, an industry and an industry, and the four people are divided.