It's going to change in the future!

Nie Dong thought thoughtfully, chewing carefully in his heart.

By the time he came back to his senses, Han Zhen had already walked away.

After returning to the house and settling the deserters in the front yard for the time being, Han Zhen walked all the way through the Hanging Flower Gate into the second courtyard.

In the yard, An Niang and Fang Sansan were squatting by the well to wash clothes.

Seeing Han Zhen returning safely, An Niang's moist peach blossom eyes showed a smile.

It was Fang Sansan, who was pleasantly surprised: "Ah Lang, you're back!" ”

"Hmm."

Han Zhen nodded and asked, "What about my sister-in-law?" ”

Fang Sansan replied: "The eldest lady has been tidying up the small warehouse these days. ”

"Fang Sansan, go and call the lieutenant chief."

After Han Zhen gave an order, he walked to the hall.

Zhu Zhengze still looked like a gentle old man, and said unhurriedly: "I've seen the village chief." ”

"In the days I've been away, how many escapees have I collected?"

Han Zhen asked, picked up the teapot on the table and poured himself a cup of herbal tea.

Stunned as usual, Zhu Zhengze handed over a stack of papers, and replied: "I was about to report to Xiaolangjun, but the number of fugitives who have gone down the mountain in the past few days has suddenly increased for some reason, and a total of seventy-eight households have been collected, totaling three hundred and eleven people. ”

Han Zhen's action of drinking water was stagnant, and this amount was a bit unexpected.

He was curious: "All of them were brought in by the villagers?" ”

"No, I asked, most of the escapees went down the mountain spontaneously." Zhu Zhengze shook his head and explained.

"How much is left of the barren fields in the village?"

"One hundred and ninety-three acres."

After drinking all the herbal tea in the cup, Han Zhen groaned: "From today onwards, there will be no reward for the villagers to win over the fleeing households. When the barren fields in the village are finished, if there are any more escapees down the mountain, they will only be given a bucket of rice grain. ”

Rewarding villagers in the early stage and giving deserted land to fleeing households are all means to attract them to settle down the mountain.

Now that a large number of fugitives have spontaneously descended the mountain, it shows that the previous propaganda has had an effect.

In the future, even if there is no wasteland distribution, the fugitives do not have to worry about survival, or work or join the army, they can support their families.

If you reclaim some wasteland, a small life is definitely countless times better than being in the mountains.

"I see."

Zhu Zhengze replied and said he understood.

As he spoke, the chief hurriedly stepped into the door of the hanging flowers and walked quickly into the hall.

"I've seen the village chief."

"Sit."

Beckoning the chief to sit down, Han Zhen asked as usual, "How many days are the village doing these days?" ”

The chief replied: "The village chief is relieved, everything is as usual. It's just that because of the wheat harvest, in order to compete for the use of agricultural tools such as threshers, many villagers have caused some conflicts. And in the past few days, there has been a sudden increase in the number of people fleeing from the mountains, and yesterday there was almost chaos. ”

"Take a lot of trouble in the matter of escaping, help me keep an eye on it, and if you find anything abnormal, report it to me immediately." Han Zhen picked up the teapot and poured him a cup of tea.

"I'm provincial."

The lieutenant took the teacup and nodded solemnly.

"I am planning to set aside a vacant lot at the head of the village as a market and open several shops at the same time."

Han Zhen paused and continued: "In the future, villagers can also set up stalls in the market, but the income from the sale will need to pay five cents of commercial tax. ”

The five-cent tax, that is, 5%, is consistent with the commercial tax established by the Northern Song Dynasty.

However, although the imperial court stipulated 5%, in the process of tax collection, tax collectors often had the problem of double taxation and changing tax collections, resulting in the final commercial tax paid by the merchants as high as 30% or even 50%.

In fact, Han Zhen didn't expect the bazaar to collect much business tax, after all, these villagers are so great that they sell some eggs, or fish and shrimp and other items they catch, and they don't have much money in a month.

The key is to set a rule first, and with this rule, it will be convenient later.

"I'm going to inform the villagers."

Li Chang took a sip of the herbal tea in the cup, and was about to get up, but was stopped by Han Zhen.

"There's no hurry."

After the lieutenant sat down again, Han Zhen said: "This time, I brought back a few people who were literate and hyphenated, and planned to open a village school to teach children during the day and adults at night. ”

Village Studies?

Don't rein in?

The chief was stunned for a moment, then stood up and bowed: "The villagers of Xiaowang Village in the old decay generation, thank you to the village chief!" ”

Han Zhen waved his hand: "It doesn't need to be like this. ”

The lieutenant chief said with a solemn face: "The work of education deserves to be worshipped." ”

After receiving a bow from the chief, Han Zhen instructed: "In addition, a large number of workers have been recruited recently, and if the villagers want to work, they can find Zhu Zhengze to register." The lieutenant chief shared the news with the villagers. ”

The construction of bazaars, shops, village schools, blacksmith shops, and even military barracks required manpower.

Fortunately, the summer harvest is over at this time, and there are still two or three months before the corn harvest, which is a time when the farming is slack.

At this time, if there is work to do, the villagers will definitely flock to it.

"The village chief is relieved, and the old man will go."

Seeing the lieutenant leave, Han Zhen beckoned to An Niang again.

Seeing this, An Niang stood up, wiped the water droplets on her hands, and walked to the hall.

"Erlang, what's wrong?"

Han Zhen asked, "How can you live here during this time?" ”

An Niang said softly: "I am used to living, and Runniang treats slaves very well, but I am a little idle and panicked." ”

Hearing this, Han Zhen smiled slightly: "It just so happens that I have an errand and want to ask you for help." ”

"What can't you help, Erlang has something, and the slave will do his best." An Niang's tone was strange, as if she thought he was talking too much.

"I'm going to set aside a market at the head of the village and open a few shops, and you can help run it then."

An Niang had experience in opening a tea shop before, and running a shop was not difficult for her.

The purpose of opening these shops is, firstly, to stimulate the consumption of the villagers, and secondly, to facilitate the villagers.

After all, Xiaowang Village is more than 20 miles away from the county seat, and it is really inconvenient to travel all the way in order to buy some things.

If you are on foot, it takes two hours to go back and forth.

Besides, now the villagers of Xiaowang Village dare to go to the county seat or not.

In addition, you can also use the market shops to attract escapees in the mountains, which can be said to kill multiple birds with one stone.

Sure enough, when she heard that she was asked to run the shop, An Niang suddenly became interested and hurriedly asked, "Which shops does Erlang plan to open?" ”

Han Zhen muttered: "For the time being, let's open three first, a grocery store to sell some daily necessities, a ready-to-wear fabric shop, and the last one to open a jewelry shop." ”

This time, several large boxes of jewelry were seized in Songshanling, and it was useless for him to keep them, so he might as well sell them.

If you open a jewelry shop in the next village, I am afraid that you will lose no pants, but Xiaowang Village is different.

This group of villagers has a lot of money on hand, and there will be more and more in the future, so they don't worry about selling it at all.

Man, that's it.

After solving the problem of food and clothing, they will start to think about other pursuits.

An Niang's face was puzzled: "This ...... Three shops, slaves can't manage it alone. ”

"Whoa."

Han Zhen pointed to Fang Sansan in the courtyard and said with a smile: "These two little girls are very idle on weekdays, you teach them more, and then recruit a few women from the village to be helpers." ”

"That's fine."

An Niang pursed her lips and smiled.

"I'll go to the backyard and say hello to my sister-in-law."

Han Zhen said, got up and walked to the backyard.

In the small storeroom, a pretty little woman wearing a cloth towel was bending over, laboriously dragging a box.

The small grinding disc under the skirt is round and tight.

Different from An Niang's plumpness, Han Zhang's figure is slightly petite, and the beauty lies in the pure breath between the eyebrows, and the sense of disobedience combined with the fruit of the branches.