After returning from Jiangling, Shen Chen fell into work non-stop.

At the end of May, Shen Chen and Zhuge Liang went to Jiangxia.

Anlu County in the Han Dynasty, Yunmeng County and Xiaogan City in later generations, the south of Anlu County at this time is the vast Yunmengze.

The work of reducing and training the Jingzhou Army is in full swing, and the resettlement of soldiers after the reduction must also be carried out simultaneously.

And the land of the family cannot be moved, so it can only be reclaimed for new land and redistributed to the land.

So Shen Chen planned to start enclosing the lake and making fields.

Let's be honest.

This work has a great impact on the environment.

Yunmengze still had tens of thousands of square kilometers from the Han Dynasty, to the Northern and Southern Dynasties to shrink by half, and then to the Tang and Song dynasties, completely disappeared and became the Jianghan Plain.

It is because after the Jin Dynasty, the south began to be vigorously developed, and the lake was enclosed to create fields, so that the area of Yunmengze became smaller and smaller.

However, the prerequisite for protecting the environment is that the people can afford to eat, eat and drink enough to protect the environment.

Just as it is not illegal to eat giant pandas under special conditions, if you can't even afford to eat, you can talk about protecting the environment, which is undoubtedly a sign of a twitch in the head.

Therefore, Shen Chen believes that development first and then governance is a necessary condition.

So he placed a large number of retrenched soldiers around Yunmengze in Jiangxia County, and set up Yingcheng County in the southwest of Anlu County, Qianjiang County in the east of Jingling, and Xiantao County in the east of Qianjiang County.

The location of these county seats is probably near Santai Lake in Hubei in the later generations, located in the northwest direction of Yunmengze, so together with the two counties of Anlu and Jingling, there are five county seats used for resettlement.

Nearly 100,000 veterans, plus their families, a population of about 300,000 or 400,000, will establish a huge grain production base based on these five counties.

It's a huge undertaking.

In the south, the flood season is after May, and when it rains, the lake swells and floods the rice fields.

Don't look at the fact that rice is planted in water, in fact, it is also afraid of flooding, so there is a lot of preparation work required in construction.

For example, digging drainage canals, building flood control levees, building high slopes, and so on.

The good news is that the silt at the bottom of the lake is rich in nitrogen, phosphorus and potassium, and the rice yield that can be grown in the lake is very high by using the fertilizer technology.

The seedlings planted almost in March are now lush and ready to be harvested in another month or two.

The bad news is that this year's maintenance and cultivation work has just begun, and there is very little land that can be reclaimed at present, and most of the soldiers and their families need to be helped by the government, which will cause some pressure on the finances.

Fortunately, a solid foundation was laid during the Liu Biao period, although the civil strife continued, but the grain and grass in the Xiangyang treasury were still piled up, and the old grain and new grain were constantly replaced, which was just used for the resettlement work.

In Yunmeng Pavilion, Changxiang Township, Anlu, Zhuge Liang and Shen Chen inspected the rice fields accompanied by officials of Anlu County, and countless former soldiers and current farmers in the distance were busy.

Some are digging and building canals, some are cultivating new fields, some are casting embankments, and some are dragging their families to the temporary resettlement sites built by the county government.

Last year, Jiangxia had a total population of 30,000 households, less than 150,000, and was in a situation of vast land and sparsely populated. However, with the reduction of the army, as well as the participation of Lei Wei, Mei Qian, Chen Lan and others in Lujiang County, the population skyrocketed fourfold overnight, and now there are more than 600,000 Dingkou.

In the past few months, the pioneers have built fields and houses for dwelling, and built village pavilions, while the latecomers have continued the work of the pioneers under the organization of local officials.

Zhuge Liang is now General Zuo's military division and was appointed by Liu Bei as the Taishou of Nanjun. Shen Chen is the general of the five senses, and he is the general of the left general's office. The former's official position is to lead the soldiers and horses of Jingzhou, and the latter's official position is powerful.

Because Liu Bei is the pastor of Jingzhou and the general of Zuo, the former is the governor of Jingzhou in name, but the size of his official position, General Zuo is the same as Jiuqing, which is 2,000 stone in the rank, which is larger than the state pastor of 2,000 stones, so Liu Bei opened the house in Jingzhou, not with the state pastor, but with the general Zuo.

Therefore, the state affairs of Jingzhou are handled by General Zuo's Mansion, and the position of General Zuo's Mansion means that when Liu Bei is away, all affairs in Jingzhou are handled by Shen Chen, so Shen Chen's official status is higher than Zhuge Liang.

At this moment, in addition to Anlu County's Ling Bao and Anlu County's Cheng Donghe, there are also Jiangxia Pan Jun and Jiangxia Governor Su Fei, Su Fei is currently dealing with the resettlement of the retired Jingzhou Army in Jiangxia.

Bao Chu introduced the current resettlement situation while reporting on the work: "General, military division. At present, 11,367 households have moved from Anlu County, 55,698 people from Dingkou, and there are more than 5,000 households in the future, about 27,000 people have not yet arrived, but the three newly built township pavilions have been prepared and will soon be able to move in. ”

"There is also the state government allocated grain and grass has also been sent to the hands of the people, now the government treasury is piled up, the monthly allocation of grain, grass and grain has reached 104,394 stones, salt 9,391 stones, it is expected that by October this year, after the late rice is ripe, there is no need to allocate grain and grass."

The county Cheng Donghe talked about the income and expenditure.

If you collect it, it's basically better than nothing, and the cost is very large.

According to the Juyan Han Jian, a soldier consumes about 3.3 stone of food per month.

But that's a soldier, and the food consumption of the war is huge.

Ordinary people consume about 2 stone per person per month, and more than 50,000 people consume about 100,000 stone per month.

And that's just Anlu County.

For example, the newly established counties of Yingcheng, Qianjiang, and Xiantao have a population of more than 50,000 or 60,000 per county.

At present, only two-thirds of the resettlement work has been completed, and the remaining one-third of the population is gradually being relocated.

This means that the counties together have consumed more than 600,000 koku of grain per month before the late rice is ripe in October, and since February, one million koku has been used.

By October, after almost 400,000 people are resettled, this figure will exceed 5 million stones, which will greatly consume government grain reserves and fiscal expenditures.

Moreover, not only grain and grass, but also all kinds of iron tools, farm tools, ploughing cattle, clothing, medicinal materials, etc., the government expenditure will be a huge amount.

Although a solid foundation was laid during the Liu Biao period, the problem was that the grain could not be preserved for a long time, and it was necessary to replace new grain and old grain every year.

Hearing the words of the county order and the county magistrate, Zhuge Liang and Shen Chen nodded noncommittally, and looked around, thousands of acres of rice fields had been reclaimed in the south at this time, and houses were built and villages were gathered in the farther places.

Shen Chen advised: "The rice field has other functions, you can raise some crucian carp, carp, and eel in the field to enrich aquatic products, and then catch some frogs and place them in the field, frogs catch insects, which is beneficial and harmless to the field." ”

"Yes."

The prefectural order nodded and wrote it down.

Zhuge Liang also said: "Although there are few droughts in Jiangxia, but to prevent such things from happening, some reservoirs, diversion canals and waterwheels can be built in each village, just in case." ”

"Understood."

The county magistrate and the county magistrate nodded again and again.

Although this would greatly increase the number of laborers in the villages, there was no objection to the fact that these were already infrastructure that could be used in both floods and droughts, and that needed to be built.

A few people took a look and saw that since Anlu was the earliest resettlement site, judging from the current situation, the resettlement work was relatively smooth.

The main reason is that the population of Anlu County is less than 3,000 people due to years of war.

Of these 3,000 people, less than half are Jiangxia Huang clans, and the other two-thirds are Huang tenants.

It can be said that at present, the entire Anlu County is considered an empty county, and the people can run and escape, and even most of the people within the Huang clan are tenant farmers who cultivate the clan industry, and there are very few truly wealthy Huang clans.

In the past, Anlu County was managed by the Huang family itself, and it was this county Linghe County Cheng who was also temporarily appointed this year to deal with the resettlement work, so the efficiency of the entire relocation was still very high.

The group walked through several township pavilions, and after noon, they were ready to stay in Yunmeng Pavilion for dinner, and Shen Chen and Zhuge Liang were still very satisfied with the work arrangements in Anlu County.

At least because the county order and the county official only need to devote all their energy to this aspect, including the public security work, which is also handled by the middle and lower-level officers sent by Su Fei, so that there is no distraction, and there is nothing wrong.

In the end, Zhuge Liang even had the heart to laugh at Shen Chen: "Xiaoqing, before the lord left, he asked you to take care of Ning Xiaoniang, and now you threw her in Xiangyang and came to Jiangxia alone, if the lord knows, I am afraid he will not be too happy." ”

Shen Chen rolled his eyes and said: "When I come to Jiangxia to inspect the rice fields, sometimes I have to go down to the fields to see in person, this field is planted with silt, it stinks, and the beautiful Ning Xiaoniang comes over, making it dirty and smelly, and it is not beautiful." ”

"Hahahaha."

Zhuge Liang said with a smile: "Having said that, you understand the lord's intention Xiaoqing, if it is the lord's son-in-law, Xiaoqing and the lord's father-in-law will be close to each other." ”

Shen Chen also nodded noncommittally: "Well, let's discuss this matter again, I need to see Ning Xiaoniang's character." ”

Shen Chen is not disgusted with being a colt.

Because being a colt in the Han Dynasty was not a bad thing.

Although the status of the princess concubine in the later period is not good and has no real power, it must not include the concubine of the Han Dynasty.

Not to mention the county marquis, Jiuqing, Sangong and even the prime minister (Xue Xuan) among the horses in the Han Dynasty, just saying the name Wei Qing is enough to deter the ancient and modern, and it is definitely the first among the horses of all dynasties.

Even in the Wei and Jin dynasties, there was a big bull like Du Pre who could enter the Confucian Temple and the Wu Temple at the same time and married Sima Yi's daughter Princess Gaolu.

Therefore, marrying a princess in the Han Dynasty does not affect the status of an official, and it is even easier to be reused because of the horse.

The only problem is that because the princess was born in the royal family, she is often arrogant, such as Princess Liu Shou of Liyi, Princess Liu Huang of Huyang, Princess Liu Jiande of Yincheng, and later Princess Cao of Qinghe of Cao Wei, all of whom are not good at stubble.

It's just that the princess has a noble status, and you can't afford to mess with her, so she often becomes a concubine, serving as a high-ranking official in the court, and she is easy to get angry when she returns home.

Therefore, Shen Chen decided to observe and observe to see how Liu Ning's personality would make a decision.

In this regard, he has the confidence to refuse Liu Bei.

Zhuge Liang nodded lightly and said: "Marriage matters really depend on the character of the other party. However, Ning Xiaoniang is not pampered, she has followed her husband since she was a child, and she has endured hardships, and she is probably not an arrogant character. ”

Shen Chen said with a smile: "I believe this, but some people eat hardships and grow up to be rich, but they forget their original intentions, and it is not without them that they have become even worse, let's take a look first." ”

"Hmm."

Zhuge Liang said: "This is also true, you are not small, it's time to think about marriage, I heard that the people from the Jingzhou family who came to propose marriage have broken through the threshold, don't you care about the people?" ”

"These days, I don't expect to find someone as gentle and virtuous as my grandmother, I just want to find someone who doesn't block me."

Shen Chen replied casually.

He will be twenty-three years old in October this year, and he has just graduated from college in the next generation, and there are many people who are not married.

But in the Han Dynasty, he was already an older unmarried young man, and he was urged to marry every day.

The two men whispered in a whisper.

In the far field ahead, several carriages came, protected by guards, and a group of more than 100 people came with their team.

Noticing that there was a larger team than them in front of them, and even an army following behind them, the group of men and horses quickly stopped, and the people in the carriage also walked down, standing respectfully on the side of the road.

"This is your Huang team?"

Shen Chen turned his head and asked an old man in the crowd.

The old man's name was Huang Xi, and he was Huang Wan's cousin, so he nodded and said, "Yes." ”

"What are they doing?"

Shen Chen asked again.

Huang Xi replied: "I am buying land." ”

"Oh."

Shen Chen nodded thoughtfully, beckoned over there, and motioned for someone to come over.

After a while, a humble gentleman in his twenties, wearing a long robe, walked up to everyone, bowed his hand and said, "Meet General Shen, Zhuge Military Division." ”

"What's your name?"

Shen Chen asked.

The young man replied, "Huang Zhi, the words are beautiful." ”

Shen Chen smiled and asked, "I heard that you are buying land, how many acres have you purchased?" ”

Huang Zhi smiled bitterly: "The price is too high, they mostly sell it in the field, and it is 10,000 yuan when they open their mouths, how dare I buy it, just ask the price." ”

Shen Chen said with a smile: "This price is not high, but you don't know, now this rice field is piled up by silt at the bottom of the lake, and the soil is extremely fertile. ”

"Then it's better to cultivate it yourself."

Huang Zhi shook his head and said: "If it is calculated by reclamation, it will not cost 10,000 yuan per mu." ”

"You are not allowed to cultivate it yourself."

Shen Chen said lightly: "The shores of Yunmengze Lake have been designated by the state capital to appease the veteran soldiers, and the land can be bought and sold, but if you offend so many soldiers from the state capital, even if it is the Jiangxia Huang clan, those wolf-like soldiers will not buy it, and when the time comes, no one will be able to protect you." ”

Huang Zhi's face changed slightly, and he nodded again and again: "Yes, the land zoned by the state government will never be cultivated privately, but will only be sold and bought." ”

"If you want to sell and buy, you must be fair and just, you must sign a contract with the government, and you must pay taxes."

Shen Chen said: "The state government is extremely concerned about this matter, once you find that there is a problem and the veterans report to the state capital, then you are not as simple as offending a few soldiers, but offending hundreds of thousands of troops in the entire Jingzhou, which is more important, I hope you can be clear." ”

Huang Zhi's face turned pale with fright, and he could only say: "The villain will never dare to disobey." ”

"Hmm."

Shen Chen nodded and said, "Okay, let's go." We welcome all families to buy land, but remember, don't break the rules, otherwise even if I agree, the hundreds of thousands of troops in Jingzhou will not agree. ”

"Yes, yes, yes."

Huang Zhi was too busy to retreat to the side, not daring to say anything.

This is the collision of interest groups.

In order to prevent civil strife, Shen Chen couldn't afford to provoke the family in a short period of time, and he didn't dare to touch their bottom line.

Therefore, Shen Chen did not prohibit the clans from purchasing the property.

As long as they purchase land legally and compliantly, they can use as much ability as they can, and they are welcome to buy land.

Because for these veterans, this is a business without capital.

The state government gave them land, as long as they reclaimed it themselves, sold the land and paid taxes, and continued to reclaim it, but on the contrary, they became rich and the state government rich, which is not a bad thing.

In the final analysis, it is because Yunmengze now covers an area of tens of thousands of square kilometers, and the Jianghan Plain has 30 to 40 million mu of cultivated land in later generations, and there is a lot of land that can be cultivated.

Moreover, one mu in the Han Dynasty is equivalent to 0.7 mu in later generations, which means that three or four million mu of land can be opened in the Jianghan Plain in later generations, and 50 million mu can be opened in the Han Dynasty.

Even if 400,000 people came at once, and each person reclaimed 20 acres of land, it would only be 8 million acres.

What's more, according to historical records, people couldn't reclaim so much land at that time, and ten acres per person was considered the limit.

Therefore, to a certain extent, Jingzhou will suddenly have four or five million acres of more land because of this campaign to enclose the lake and create fields.

There will even be a large amount of land that cannot be reclaimed, and the family will buy it, as long as it is a fair trade, it can not only create tax revenue, but also increase the income of the people, which is a killing two birds with one stone.

And if the clans want to deal with the owners of these fields in the same way that they do with the people at the bottom, then they will be severely counterattacked.

Because the owners of these fields are Jingzhou veterans.

They will form a large interest group to fight against the big families who covet their land.

The original family oppressed the people at the bottom, plundered the land and population of the people at the bottom to fill themselves, and the people at the bottom could not unite to form a force, so they could only be squeezed by the family family.

If the superior wants to protect the interests of the people, he will form a conflict with these great families.

The eight top families in Jingzhou, as well as the rest of the large and small families, are innumerable, and the hidden power is very huge, and a comprehensive conflict with them is very unfavorable for the rule of Liu Bei's group.

Even Liu Biao must unite with Cai Kuai's two clans in order to form a dominant force.

In the event of a full-scale conflict, serious civil strife will occur in Jingzhou, with unimaginable consequences.

Therefore, Shen Chen supported a community of interests represented by veterans.

The clans want to gnaw meat from them, and the army naturally wants to fight back.

In this way, the class contradiction will change from the original contradiction between the ruling class and the landlord class to the contradiction between the landlord class and the army.

Even if the family wanted civil strife, they couldn't find a suitable reason, and they couldn't unite against Liu Bei.

This is the transfer of contradictions.

Use magic to deal with magic and have a counter-effect.

Of course.

This method must be effective in the early stage and erosive in the later stage.

For example, the family family co-opted officers and drank the blood of veterans together.

Everyone colluded to oppress the low-level soldiers and so on.

But there was no aftermath after that.

After the Huang clan left, Shen Chen's face instantly sank.

As long as it takes a while, when Liu Bei gets Yizhou, Shen Chen and Zhuge Liang go to Yizhou to preside over internal affairs, and Fa Zheng comes to Jingzhou to carry out massacres to see how many big families can resist this wave.

Yesterday I took a day off and forgot to write a leave note, went to the hospital to do a lung CT and gastroscopy, currently acute bronchitis, chronic gastritis, reflux esophagitis, just medicine bought more than 2000, a day may have to take seven or eight kinds of medicine, not yet 30 years old, on the life of 60 years old, this day can not live, in the future really to exercise, every morning up to run, otherwise I am afraid to live 50 ah.

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