The land system has always been the focus of Liu Xiu's research.

After all, the situation in ancient and modern times is different, and it is unrealistic to completely copy the apportionment of later generations, or the family contract system.

Liu Xiu cleared out the land encroached upon by the officials and wealthy gentry in Jianyang, remeasured the amount of land, compiled a book of acres of land, and then distributed it according to the number of households, ensuring that every household in Jianyang had land to plant.

Not only that, Liu Xiu also distributed hybrid rice seeds to farmers for free, agreeing to divide them into fifty-five, with the government providing land and seeds, and the people being responsible for cultivating, and the resulting harvest was half per person, which was called the Five-Five Tax Law.

Of course, in order to reduce the resistance to land reform, the land of officials and landlords has not been confiscated, but restrictive measures have been promulgated to prohibit land monopoly or unrestricted annexation of land, and the current requirement is that the per capita number of acres of land for large households should not exceed 5-10 mu, for example, if a large family has a population of more than 30, then the land owned by your family cannot exceed the limit of 300 mu at most. Otherwise, in addition to heavy fines, the land that has been embezzled will also be confiscated.

It was Liu Xiu's series of land system reforms that restrained the trend of land annexation to a certain extent, and at the same time greatly increased the peasants' enthusiasm for farming.

This is also the reason why Liu Xiu's prestige in the eyes of the people is increasing.

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After the canal was repaired, Liu Xiu spent almost every day in the field monitoring the growth of crops in real time.

On this day, Liu Xiu was walking on the ridge, and a farmer came in a hurry.

"County magistrate, hurry up and come and see our family's rice field." The farmer looked in his thirties, with a wrinkled face.

"Lead the way." Liu Xiu followed.

When I arrived at his field, I just glanced at the seedlings and knew that he was sick.

"You see that the leaves of this rice are yellow, what's wrong?" The farmer asked.

Liu Xiu took off his shoes and socks, personally went down to the rice field to check, and found that the seedlings grew slowly, the stalks were weak, and there were few tillers.

"It's not a big problem, it's mainly potassium deficiency. Get more plant ash and sprinkle it evenly in the field, and the symptoms will be relieved. Liu Xiu came ashore, washed the mud off his feet, and put on his shoes.

"That's good." Only then did the farmers feel relieved.

"How much land did your family get after the land was redistributed?" Liu Xiu asked casually.

"15 acres of paddy fields, 5 acres of dry land..."The man had doubts in his heart, so he asked Liu Xiu: "County magistrate, can I ask you something?" ”

"Say!" Liu Xiu sat down in the shade and rested.

"Is it true that hybrid rice yields 1,800 kilograms per mu? Also, I plan to plant 5 acres of sweet potatoes, how much is the production capacity per mu? ”

"The high yield of hybrid rice is definitely true! As for sweet potatoes, the yield per mu is more than 4,000 kilograms. When Liu Xiu said this, he suddenly remembered the potatoes and sweet potatoes sown in the experimental field, and it was time to take a look.

Liu Xiu got up and walked towards the small shed.

Liu Xiu expanded the planting range of the experimental field, planting not only rice, but also potatoes and sweet potatoes.

The crops are growing well, and the potato and sweet potato tubers have already taken root and sprouted, and they are growing green and lush.

In two days, people will be arranged to prune the sweet potato seedlings and use cuttings to expand the sweet potato planting area.

"Planting 180 acres shouldn't be a problem." Liu Xiu thought to herself.

This seemingly inconspicuous experimental field is related to everyone's job.

Two days later, Liu Xiu brought a lot of people over.

These farmers booked with him in advance, and when the sweet potato seedlings were ready to grow and cutting, they would let them prune.

I saw that the peasants had already prepared their baskets and flat burdens, and they all held sickles in their hands.

"Be careful not to step on the seedlings." Liu Xiu instructed.

Everyone nodded yes, and put on the sickle with a happy face...

Liu Xiu looked at the basket of sweet potato stems and leaves, and when it came to the harvest season, at least 400 tons of sweet potatoes could be harvested.

In the coming year, sweet potato planting and cuttings can be fully promoted to the whole county, and even the entire Nanyang County, so that there is no need to worry about eating.

It's a pity that potatoes can't be cut with stems and leaves... Liu Xiu looked at the potato plants that were thriving.

When Liu Xiu came back from the ground, it was already getting dark, and a round of early moon slowly rose into the sky.

After Liu Xiucheng got married, he and his new wife Yin Lihua and the girl Xiaolian moved into a new mansion together.

In order to take care of Yin Lihua's diet and daily life, Liu Xiu found an experienced cook and several assistant cooks to be responsible for her diet.

Find two old mothers to take turns to take care of her, and teach Yin Lihua, the knowledge and experience of fetal raising, childbirth and baby feeding.

And he brought in 10 slaves and maidservants, both men and women, the women to serve their masters, and the men to do the odd work.

At the same time, 1 housekeeper and 20 housekeepers were recruited to be responsible for guarding the house and maintaining law and order.

The new housekeeper is called Liu He, and Liu Xiu is from his own family, in his early fifties, honest and reliable, and capable of doing things.

"Hello sir!" Liu He was very respectful.

"Uncle He, don't be so restrained, call me Uncle Wen." Liu Xiu said with a smile.

"There is a difference between master and servant, and the old slave can't mess up the scale." Liu He adheres to his professional ethics.

"Okay." Liu Xiu nodded.

"Master, there is a little situation in the house today." Liu He thought for a while before saying.

"What's going on?" Liu Xiu was quite surprised when he heard this.

Just moved into a new mansion, and there was a problem?

"It's not a big problem, it's the old slave and those dog slaves who don't do it well." Liu He seemed to blame himself a little.

"Tell me about it."

Liu He told Liu Xiu that today the maid found a nest of snakes in the hostess's room, which scared people.

When Liu He learned of this, he took more than 20 male servants and family members to catch snakes, but they were also inexperienced, and in a hurry, someone was bitten by a snake.

"What kind of snake?" When Liu Xiu heard this, if it was a poisonous snake, it would be troublesome.

"The flowers are green, like cauliflower snakes." Liu He talks about the discoloration of poisonous snakes.

"The cauliflower snake is not venomous, you are talking about the cauliflower spearhead viper, which is highly venomous. However, it resembles a cauliflower snake in appearance and is easily confused. "Liu Xiuzhen can be described as a walking encyclopedia.

You know everything!

"The old man is right, the old slave has never seen the world, so it makes you laugh." Liu He's face was hot.

"Don't blame those who don't know."

"What about the person who was bitten?"

"Dead." Liu He responded.

The man was bitten in the morning, and died of poison at noon, which shows the venom of this snake.

"Allocate some money and food from the treasury to provide for the pension..."Liu Xiu felt unfortunate, but the aftermath must be done well.

"Yes, sir!"

"It's okay, just go down and rest." Liu Xiu sent away the housekeeper Liu He, and then walked into Yin Lihua's boudoir.

"Came back so late?" Yin Lihua saw that Liu Xiu was covered in mud, and she was distressed, and said with some reproach: "You are a dignified big farmer, ranked as the third prince, how can you be like an old farmer?" ”

"It's better to sit and talk about the Tao than to practice it. Anyone can tell the truth, and to do practical things, you must be down-to-earth. Liu Xiu washed his face with water.

"You're right, my Si Nong. You're really into agriculture! Yin Lihua was helpless, and served him a freshly heated porridge with lotus seeds and lean pork.