A small town with Chinese architectural characteristics

The town is called Wuli Town, which is a large farm with an area of 420,000 acres and a population of more than 3,600.

The vast majority of the town's population is surnamed Li, and there is a rather spectacular Li family ancestral hall and the village temple and the Zaowang temple where incense is flourishing.

At first glance, it is basically the same as the remote villages and towns of North America.

Wuli Town was originally called Wuli Town, this is because there are too many surnames Li in the following cities of Dahe Province, in order to distinguish, there are Lijia Town, Da Li Town, Xiao Li Town, Lao Li Town, Erli Town, Sanli Town, Wuli Town, Qili Town and so on.

There are similar situations in Wangjia Town, Zhangjia Town, Chenjia Town, etc., what Dawang Town, Xiaozhang Town is everywhere, this is also the name that the Chinese armed militias everywhere insisted on at the beginning, containing a deep clan concept.

And these Erli Town, Sanli Town, and Wuli Town have been passed on by word of mouth for a long time, and they have slowly evolved into Erli Town, Sanli Town, and Wuli Town, which sounds more intuitive and clear.

Emperor Richard and his entourage came out of the Li family ancestral hall, surrounded by a large circle of elders of the Li clan, but they could not get close to His Majesty, and were separated by more than a dozen royal guards.

Only Mayor Li, who is in his 60s, can follow His Majesty's side, bend over with a respectful demeanor, and listen to the Holy Lord's inquiries at any time.

"In addition to the agricultural tax of "ten taxes and three", is there any other tax or expense apportionment on the part of the government? ”

Emperor Richard sat straight on the chair in the main hall, and it was not surprising that when he sat down, this chair would immediately become extraordinary, and it would soar a thousand times.

"Back to Your Majesty's words, our Wuli Town is half herding and half farming, at the time of the annual rice harvest. The town will arrange for young men to form a team to help farmers, and the farmers will also pay a little commission to help harvest and grab seeds. We have been like this for hundreds of kilometers in a radius, and it has become a routine. ”

"Well, the policy of the empire was to achieve the goal of universal prosperity, both for urban working families and for peasant herders. Well...... When the farmland is harvested, what measures does the town generally take? ”

The reason for this is also to ensure the enthusiasm of the farmers who have cleared the land.

"It's still a veteran, so let's go to where you live and have a look, is it still convenient?" Emperor Richard was suddenly aroused by interest and asked casually.

This wife and concubine gave birth to seven boys and nine daughters for him, a total of 16 children, and 11 of them married far away, so the population of the family has increased instead of decreasing, and now there are more than ten grandchildren.

Judging by what is understood

The villagers are living a good life, mainly growing rice, wheat, corn and soybeans, and some areas around the town are growing sugar beet to extract sugar, and the town is basically self-sufficient.

Li Lao Liu's family came to visit, this guy actually has a wife and a concubine, the main wife is a Caucasian woman who was robbed when he was serving in the army, and the younger concubine is an Indian woman who was bought after settling in Wuli Town.

Li Laoliu's family cultivated 182 acres of land, of which 55 acres belonged to their own family, of which 32 acres were meritorious fields with "ten taxes and one" and 23 acres of fields purchased with money, and agricultural taxes were paid according to "ten taxes and three".

After entering the door, there is a standard farmhouse, facing four main houses, flanked by a long row of side rooms, adding up to more than 10 rooms, and a row of inverted seats that are not enclosed.

Cattle are mainly used for field farming, and agricultural machinery is rarely used, mainly because the price of imported oil in the region is relatively expensive, and the penetration rate of agricultural machinery is low.

"Xiao Lao'er's words back to Your Majesty, from the harvest in the field to the sale, it is basically an agricultural tax, which is divided into two tax standards: pasture and farmland, which have not changed for more than 30 years."

"Back to the emperor's words, the grass people have entered the literacy class in Panama for half a year, and then served in the army for five years, and they are retired from the senior soldiers stationed in Glory City."

Most of the people were so trembling in front of the emperor's majesty that they couldn't even say half a sentence, leaving only the excitement like sifting chaff all over their bodies, and even incoherent.

In this village, every household has cultivated cows, ranging from three or four to twenty or thirty, and there are also large households that raise dairy cows and supply them to the villagers at low prices.

These words are not just said to an old mayor of Wuli Town, but have universal practical significance, and will be systematically sorted out and handed over to the cabinet, forming a complete rural policy and distributing it to the whole empire for implementation.

"The emperor's eyes are like torches, and the grass people fled to the coastal areas when they were young, and they were fortunate enough to come to Panama on a refugee ship, and they have lived a good life ever since."

Emperor Richard was in a good mood, and invited several parents from the same village to ask questions, and chatted for half a day, basically understanding the local rural situation.

"What's your name? Where did it come from? Emperor Richard did not let the old man be exempted, but asked with a pleasant face.

"This is very good, there is no reason to work in vain to help the farmer team, and it is appropriate to charge some remuneration, which can be regarded as an additional income. What about the security in the town? ”

"It's okay, then lead the way." Emperor Richard waved his hand and decided directly.

The total tax burden on this part of the land reaches 4 and a half percent, and soybeans and wheat are mainly cultivated, and the intensive cultivation is all their own rice fields, so that the harvest can be larger.

"Xianghu people, there are not many fellow villagers here."

Visiting the poor in cities and rural areas, and going deep into the homes of local residents, it is also necessary to divide people.

A large group of people rode forward in a vast carriage and horse, and in a few moments, they arrived at a village of one hundred and ten people more than ten miles outside Wuli Town.

Li Lao Liu was hit by the happiness that fell from the sky, trembling with excitement, and replied on the ground; "Your Majesty, this is a blessing that my old Li family can't repair for dozens of lifetimes, but the grass people's dwelling is still outside the town, and it's more than ten miles away from here......

Emperor Richard took a brief look, and then strode into the main room, in the middle of which hung his statue in military costume, and on the long table below was a copper furnace of incense and candles, and in the copper furnace there was still most of the ashes.

When the old man saw His Majesty the Emperor coming over, his face was flushed with excitement and he kowtowed repeatedly.

December is the hottest month and June is the coldest month in South America, just the opposite of North America.

"Oh, can you read?" Emperor Richard was able to say the idiom "eyes are like torches" from the other party, and his answers were clear and keenly aware of the difference.

Out of the village, there is no sales market.

The rest of the fields are other people's land, which was opened up by Li Laoliu's family, and in addition to paying the agricultural tax of "10 taxes and 3", they also have to pay an extra 10% and a half of the land rent.

"Well, as the older generation of people who came from the Old World, you usually have to tell the young people more about those difficult years, and cherish the good days now. It is necessary to propagate more ethics and morality of courtesy, righteousness, honesty and shame, form good folk customs and customs, and play a leading and supervisory role. Emperor Richard said as he walked, and naturally there were officials behind him who recorded the daily notes and wrote down His Majesty's holy edicts.

Around this small village, there is a lot of uncultivated wilderness land, which is taxed according to pastoral standards, which is an order of magnitude less than high-quality farmland.

There are also a few large families, wives and concubines plus three or four, under the concept of the Chinese having more children and more blessings, the people are more prosperous.

"Back to the emperor's words, the grass name is Li Liulang, and the people in the town call me Li Lao Liu, and the grass people are originally from Xianghu."

Most of the peasant households have only one wife, three or four children in the small population, seven or eight children, and a dozen or so children.

"What do you think, is it a heavy burden?"

Emperor Richard saw an old man in his fifties in the crowd, and a middle-aged woman with blond hair and blue eyes standing beside him, so he walked over with interest.

What can such a person ask?

In the end, this Li Lao Liu has seen a little of the world, knows words, and has been a soldier, just look at the white wife next to him, you can know that he must have killed people when he was a soldier.

"Thanks to the good policies of the empire, as long as those who have land are not afraid of hardship, they can be fed and clothed in the harvest every year, and they can still have a surplus. Whether there are seven or eight children in the family, or a dozen children, there is basically no hunger. ”

Over the years

His Majesty the Emperor was already less involved in actual policy-making, and the compilation of his edicts would become the guiding policies of the Tang Empire, including in the fields of industry and commerce and agriculture.

"In the early years, there was a bit of chaos, but in the past 20 years, it has been much more stable. Usually it is a short trivial matter in some parents, but it is solved in the town, and there is no need to make a lawsuit and spread it out to lose the dead. ”

This village is a typical agricultural village, surrounded by large rice fields, and it is now the season when the seedlings begin to turn yellow and hang their ears.

There are a dozen pigs, more than a hundred chickens, and some side stables for storing farm tools.

Among the children who came to visit, there are obviously a few young women who still have big bellies, and it seems that they will add a few more grandchildren to Li Lao Liu next year, and the proper people are prosperous!

According to understanding

There are still many farmers like Li Laoliu in the village, accounting for at least a quarter.

It can be seen that the family worships devoutly every day.

Whether it is a town or a large landowner, all of them are very welcoming to the newly reclaimed wasteland, and the contract for cultivating the reclaimed wasteland is signed for twenty or thirty years, and the highest can reach 49 years.

Such contracts were protected by imperial law, and landowners who tore up contracts would be subject to considerable fines for breach of contract.

Li Laoliu's home is in the second house at the head of the village, and there is a large yard covering an area of nearly half an acre at the door, with a large cattle pen and 7 healthy cattle and a few calves.

The village is in the standard Chinese rural style, with houses mostly made of inexpensive logs and high ceilings at the ends of the eaves, all of which are bungalows.

The group walked and stopped, and a large number of people in the town watched along the street, with a look of fanatical worship on their faces, and after His Majesty the Emperor appeared, they all knelt on the ground, a large number of black crows.

There are dairy farmers in other villages, and even more so in the pastoral areas, where milk is neither easy to preserve nor marketable.

Wuli Town is a half-farming and half-pastoral village and town, with less than half of the farmland being cultivated, most of which is pastoral area, which can carry less population and much lower animal husbandry taxes.

Therefore, various policies encourage farmers who can afford to open up fields, and the town will provide seeds at preferential prices, and they can also buy fertilizers with the certificate of land reclamation.

More than half of the people in Wuli Town are farmers.

The grain they produce can be easily sold to Brazil and even Europe through the town's docks, and the price has been relatively stable over the years.

It is precisely with such conditions that Li Laoliu's family can feed dozens of people, gain a firm foothold here, and spread out. (End of chapter)