The next day, in order not to cause trouble to others, Yan Zheng set off early.

Last night's questioning made him feel a little bad, and this bad mood was not material, but ideological.

Shanmu Village is a four-year-old village, and Yan Zheng learned a lot of intuitive data through inquiry.

The family where he stayed belonged to the middle and upper level of the village, and because the two eldest children in the family were already able to work, the burden was smaller.

Judging from the whole of last year, this family has seven people, 20 acres of land, and last year's harvest was a total of more than 13,000 catties of grain.

After hulling, about 9,000 catties of brown rice and about 3,500 catties of bran can be obtained.

Judging from this harvest, it is enough for the family to be fed. However, the Dongqin salt franchise, although cheaper than the salt of the Ming Kingdom, last year it took 100 catties of brown rice to exchange for 8 catties of salt, plus after the restructuring of the supply and marketing cooperatives, it could only be exchanged for copper coins to buy, which was equivalent to paying an extra sum of money.

The family needs pickled meat and pickled vegetables every year, which requires 800 catties of brown rice to exchange for salt. It is also necessary to buy cloth and daily necessities, which need to be used for more than 1,000 catties of brown rice.

And the most expensive is actually weddings, funerals, celebrations, and condolences, just last year's various gift money expenditures, this family spent 2,000 catties of brown rice.

Whoever has a baby in the village and the elderly celebrate their birthdays, they have to set up a few tables, and the people in the village are neighbors, and they often follow the ceremony, otherwise they can't get by on the face.

The disadvantage of a good day is that I like to be lively and tossed, and the wind of comparison naturally rises.

If you encounter a big birthday, a marriage, or someone in the family has passed away, then it is inevitable to do a big job, and you can't be too cold at this time.

The gift money changes every year, and it is added every year. Although the big operation has greatly promoted the market demand, Yan Zheng is still unhappy with this phenomenon.

Because after calculation, the family where he stays is not a problem with food and clothing every year, but if the children have to go to middle school at their own expense, they often do not have the ability to provide for it.

The money is spent on personal contacts, and even the children's education can be ignored for this reason, which makes Yan Zheng deeply worried.

Unless everyone has more land, but in this case, there is also a problem, that is, if there is more land, children are also half of the labor force, and it will affect the concept of some farmers' parents.

And if there is more Tian, there will not be more gift money? This is a vicious circle, if it is allowed to develop, I am afraid that in the future, in order to bury the ancestors, it will make people destitute.

It's hard! How difficult it is to change customs! Yan Zheng rubbed his brows and sat in the car, too lazy to visit the new farm.

These new farm models are actually equivalent to factories, except that the means of production are replaced by fields.

The three life secretaries really wanted to go down for a walk, and when they looked at the large patches of farmland, their faces were full of surprise.

The agricultural machinery on these new farms is also a lot of scary, if it is not for the support of the state government and farm procurement, the price of agricultural machinery in Dongqin will not be quickly knocked down.

Yan Ruying was lying in her mother's arms, attracted by the animal-powered rice transplanter in the farmland in the distance, stretched out her little finger, and babbled at Yan Zheng.

Lan Ya said with a smile: "Ying'er, do you want to go down, will you also drive the rice transplanter in the future?" Open the rice transplanter, farming...... Plant lots and lots of fields! ”

Yan Zheng looked at him and said with a smile: "When they are older, they will contract a piece of land in the northern suburbs of Mocheng, and let them work with them every year!" ”

"This is a good idea, if you are not diligent and the grains are not divided, you will make a mistake!" Yumo also smiled.

Kaori had something in her heart, and kept coming to the window with Yan Ruqing, but unfortunately this child was calm, just like a philosopher, looking at everything outside the window with his eyebrows twisted, and he looked like he had a melancholy taste.

Yan Zheng sighed and said: "There is no agriculture and there is no stability, but after such a visit, I realized that I had left Mocheng, and the atmosphere of this countryside!" It's already a little out of shape! For funerals and weddings, the government clearly stipulates that it is not allowed to do a lot of things, and it is not allowed to engage in any exchange of gifts for celebrations, but you look at it now, and it is back again!

This is not only a matter of concept, but also the rise and remnants of clan power, without clan maintenance, if you want to do a big job, there is no helper, there is no virtuous old man, etiquette and politeness will not be able to convince people! This change of customs is really nerve-wracking, and it can't really be banned by violent means, after all, this is an internal contradiction, and we have to use the method of persuasion and education! ”

Yumo hugged the baby and said, "This is also a better life!" You don't have to worry too much, just issue documents from time to time, asking for rectification and admonishment! ”

"Nope! I am saddened that these inherent concepts of 'etiquette' were originally brought in by the Ming Guoshi doctors, and they maintained this concept in order to stabilize the bottom and better exploit the bottom at the same time. But gradually, under the foolish people, the concept has become the life of the low-level civilians, let them change, it's really like killing them! Hey, they don't want to think about it, what does this kind of 'etiquette' bring to them in addition to breaking their families? ”

Yan Zheng said depressedly: "Take the funeral as an example, after the death, what did you get for a few days of lively and lively work, except for a piece of face?" He was not filial piety in his life, and he became a façade after his death, which is really sad and angry! ”

Yumo lowered his eyes and thought for a while and said, "But this ...... Although there are some inappropriateness, at least they can understand that filial piety is important and that they will not do things that hurt face! In this way, wouldn't it also make governance more stable? And this can be regarded as creating demand, otherwise, these farmers will only dress and eat for a year, and they will not have much consumption power to talk about! ”

"You learn things very quickly, one economic term at a time!" Yan Zheng quipped, "But after all, this is a bad atmosphere, if it is allowed to spread, it may be good for the country, but it will only be bad for the nation." We have to take a long-term view, and we can't let this trend spread for hundreds of years! ”

"Then what are you going to do?" Yumo asked.

Yan Zheng shook his head, he really couldn't think of a better way.

He finally understood the pain of the teachers, and reversed the old things, which was said to be the destruction of traditional culture.

The question is what traditional culture is there among the common people? In addition to personal contacts, hierarchical concepts, and official positions, what traditional culture can impoverished civilians know and inherit?

Therefore, overkill is necessary, overcorrection must be overcorrected, otherwise you can't break it!

The carriage continued to move forward, and the scenery on both sides became more and more prosperous, and it had entered the territory of Nantou City.

The city of Nantou is about 120 kilometers away from Meaux, which is in the place of Nantou in later generations, and Mocheng is at the junction of Taichung and Miaoli.

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At noon the next day, Guojun's motorcade arrived in Nantou City.

There are already more than 30,000 people living here, all of whom work on logging and gold mining, and the only industry is the timber processing industry.

Relatively speaking, this side is slightly backward, but it is connected to the Jinguashi mining area, so it is particularly important, and when the gold ore vein was discovered, Yan Zheng ordered the establishment of a city.

The mayor is Zhao Xiaochan, the first place in the first public examination, and at this moment she is standing among the cadres in Nantou, wearing a neat female cadre uniform, and waiting for the monarch with a smile.

"Welcome to Nantou to guide the work!"

Yan Zheng smiled and waved, and after a brief welcome ceremony, he rode a carriage around the city.

Almost all the citizens of Nantou went out of their homes, lined up on both sides of the street, and bowed to the monarch.

The three life secretaries and the three babies also received congratulations from their subjects.

The students' emotions were even higher, and they raised their arms and shouted, and many of them cried happily.

Yan Zheng has also changed to an open-top carriage to ensure that everyone can see his face.

After turning around, he returned to the guest house and summoned Zhao Xiaochan as soon as possible.

Zhao Xiaochan was full of ability, and as soon as she entered the door, she bowed and said, "Your Excellency, the itinerary has been arranged, and you will be able to leave in a few days!" ”

Yan Zheng glanced at her and said approvingly: "You know how to suppress this matter, which means that you are very politically sensitive, you have done a good job, and you have made a great achievement!" ”

Zhao Xiaochan said modestly: "When such a thing happened under my rule, I failed to stop it in time, and I didn't dare to talk about credit!" ”

Yan Zheng waved his hand and said: "It's no wonder that you have this matter, the contradictions between the Turks and the Turks have existed since ancient times, and this time it is also caused by the neglect of the government." Let's talk about the specifics of this matter first! ”

Zhao Xiaochan nodded, and explained the ins and outs of the future one by one.

At the beginning of the year, there was a fight in Nantou! This is not a big deal in the Ming Kingdom, and in places where the clan is strong, there are armed fights from time to time.

The reason for this fight in Nantou is to compete for irrigation water, because this place is mountainous and it is more difficult to build canals, so there has always been a problem with water use, and many new fields have been opened, which has caused contradictions.

It's just that the identities of the two sides of the conflict are somewhat special, one side is the Ming immigrant, and the other is the aboriginal tribe of the Eastern Qin.

The scale of the fight seemed to be on a large scale, with five or six tribes involved, as well as several Ming villages.

The weapons used include firewood knives and shuttle darts, but the natives have bows and arrows, and their archery skills are not bad, so the Ming people suffered a big loss.

In the end, the garrison was used to persuade both sides to leave, but it was still not properly handled.

The bad thing about this is that it is not the clan that takes the lead, but the Ming immigrants who collectively huddle together and initiate a weapon fight against the aborigines.

It is about the overall situation of unity on Dongqin Island, otherwise the more than 200,000 naturalized aborigines will inevitably have a declining sense of belonging to the national government.

Fortunately, the matter was suppressed, and the news did not spread, Zhao Xiaochan, with amazing sensitivity, only informed the monarch of this matter in the form of a special letter.

That's why, Yan Zheng secretly buried gold stones, dug gold stones, studied gold stones, and spared no effort to shape a bloodline identity.

Zhao Xiaochan said unhurriedly, and informed Yan Zheng of the situation clearly.

Yan Zheng couldn't help but wrinkle his eyebrows when he heard this, this kind of thing will happen sooner or later, but it is not easy to solve it.

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