Chapter 69 Ox Ploughing and Yard Ploughing

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If it was Zhao Ji in the past, it might be difficult to explain this truth to him. He is definitely not a person who has such a great courage to move the capital, but now Zhao Ji, who has already understood the past life and the future life, has already made up his mind.

But think about leaving the prosperous and rich, heaven-like Kaifeng, and running to this shabby place like Yanjing to establish the capital. Just think about how difficult it is!

It's not in a hurry now, after building Yanjing first, it will be much easier to announce the relocation of the capital!

No one knew what was going on in the mind of the Great Master of Wen. Just watched him leisurely circle around the construction site, and there was a hot scene everywhere.

Everywhere they went, the victims fell to their knees like the wind blowing wheat waves. If it weren't for the powerful and continuous financial and material resources of the Great Song Dynasty, I am afraid that not many of them would have survived.

But I'm afraid no one knows, the problem now is that Da Song can't support it anymore. Or to be precise, the imperial court can no longer support it.

"Father Shang, he has now been exempted from paying taxes for three years. You and the official family have spent such a lot of money, and now you have to carry out such a big project construction, the imperial court's financial resources can't support it. Nie Chang, the head of the household, cried with a sad face.

"Well......" Master Wen's gaze was on Nie Chang, making his heart tremble, but he had to grit his teeth and say: "Even the official family has reduced their meals and withdrawn their pleasures, and the eunuchs and palace maids in the palace have released a lot." Now the royal expenses are less than three percent of the original!"

Wen Fei smiled slightly, it seems that Zhao Ji has been greatly stimulated, and there have been huge changes.

"Now the treasury is almost clean enough to starve to death of mice!" Nie Chang continued to cry poorly.

"That's simple, I see that there are a lot of redundant officials and redundant soldiers in the imperial court, so let's just remove them! Even the officials have begun to save expenses, and the imperial court can't raise so much waste, right?"

But let Nie Chang suddenly have the feeling of five thunders of power: "Father Shang, absolutely not, absolutely not!"

"What's the must-have, just say it and listen to it?"

Nie Chang's mouth opened. I really want to say that even Wang Jinggong didn't dare to touch this problem. Fan Weigong touched it earlier, but his head was bleeding.

But think about it, can these two people compare with their father now? It can be said that the most powerful person in the Great Song Dynasty is not the official family of the Great Song Dynasty, but the one in front of him.

The father in front of him is a great achievement, and he is beyond the ages. Back then, he boasted in front of Zhao Ji that he wanted to destroy the Liao Kingdom of Western Xia and mix it up for a day, and everyone listened to it as a joke.

I didn't expect so many years to pass. This Wenda Heavenly Master not only really wiped out both the Western Xia and the Liao Kingdom. Even defeated the even more murderous Jurchens. At once, it doubled the territory of the Great Song Dynasty. Restore the old rule of the Han and Tang dynasties.

Now with his popular will in the Great Song Dynasty, coupled with the huge military power and financial resources in his hands. It can be said that even if it is a change of dynasty, it is as easy as a snap.

It seems that the Wenda Heavenly Master in front of him does not have the slightest intention of changing the dynasty. Even the official Zhao Ji is so suspicious, and he has no doubts about this Shangfu Heavenly Master. It's really a rare story in the history books!

Nie Chang was amazed in his stomach, and he couldn't say anything against it.

With the prestige of the current Wenda Heavenly Master, even if it is the founding ancestor of the country, it is not an exaggeration. With the huge momentum of defeating the Liao State and the Jurchens, and carrying out reforms by thunderbolt means, at this time, there is really not half a person who dares to jump out to oppose it. Unless it's your own death!

Wen Fei said coldly: "Nie Hubu has already been to the fertile soil of Liaodong, how about Henan Road?"

Nie Chang smiled bitterly: "Even the two lakes can't compare." Not to mention Henan. I never thought that the outside of the Guanxi was a bitter cold and barren land, but I never thought that Liaodong actually had such fertile soil, no wonder the Han Dynasty would set up four counties outside the Guan. ”

Wen Fei nodded: "This is the most rare and fertile black soil, and it is a heavenly fertile soil. It is the foundation of my Han family that stands in the world. Heaven and do not take it, but suffer from it. No wonder there are Khitan Jurchens and other countries that have become strong from here!"

He pointed to the country: "I want to immigrate to that Liaodong." Develop this heaven-sent land. ”

Nie Chang frowned slightly, he had seen how fertile that land was, so naturally he would not object, but he felt that it was tricky, and said: "This matter is naturally a good thing, but immigrating in the past requires strong financial and material resources, and now the imperial court can't come up with money......"

"This dynasty does not suppress annexation, and the poor often have no place to stand. These places are all good immigrants, and there are redundant troops from all directions, and those who should be eliminated must be eliminated. As for compensation, one person can get a hundred acres of land in Liaodong, how about it?" Wen Fei had already calculated.

When Nie Chang heard this, his mind suddenly became active: "Yes, if the imperial court says how fertile and rich the land outside the customs is, there will definitely be more unbelievers." But if it were Shang's father, everyone would believe it! Such a hundred acres of land, I don't know how many people can be attracted to it. I'm afraid that many of the original landlords can't find enough long-term workers in their homes......"

This is the problem of credit, and the government of all dynasties did not have enough credit in the eyes of the people. On the contrary, when something happened, he complained that the people did not believe it. But he forgot what he did on weekdays, why should people believe it?

And the Wenda Heavenly Master is different, the heavens and men descend to the earth and walk the earth. There is a kind of mystery in nature, and he will never abuse his credit.

Therefore, among ordinary people, it is much more effective than the words of the imperial court. Add to that the factor of religious belief, and this incitement is even more powerful!

Wenda Heavenly Master is just guiding a direction, and the specific operation still depends on Nie Chang's own. This product is also a capable minister in history, although his reputation does not seem to be very big.

Nie Chang immediately considered the details and various feasibility issues, and after calculating it, he was troubled by a difficult matter, and said in embarrassment: "There is just one thing, Father Shang, that cow is not enough! According to the practice of previous dynasties, newly cultivated immigrants are often organized by the government. They would borrow seeds and farming tools from the people, as well as ploughing cattle. It's okay to say everything else, but it's certainly not enough to plough cattle. ”

A smile appeared on Wen Fei's face: "It's simple!"

Nie Chang's spirit was shocked, and he couldn't imagine that he felt that it was a big and difficult problem, and it was not a problem at all in front of the Great Heavenly Master. Father Shang is really Father Shang, so he has to listen to what great Heavenly Master Wen can say.

Wen Fei smiled slightly: "There is a shortage of everything in this northern land, but there is no shortage of horses." If the oxen can't plough, then use the horse to plough!"

Nie Chang was dumbfounded when he heard this, almost thinking that Master Wen was joking, using it to cultivate the land?

As if he hadn't seen Nie Chang's appearance, Master Wen said: "There is a way in the world, but the horse is dung; ”

Nie Chang suddenly calmed down, these two sentences came from the Tao Te Ching. Nowadays, Taoism is flourishing in the world, and the Tao Te Ching is naturally a scripture that every family has. Don't say that it is a minister like Nie Chang, even if it is a small family in Shengdou, there will be no shortage.

After all, he was a well-read history book, and when he thought about it later, even the historical records recorded the information of horse farming in many places. In ancient times, horse farming was not a new thing.

It's just that after the Han Dynasty, there are fewer and fewer horses in China. Especially in the original Great Song Dynasty, all the land for raising horses was lost, not to mention that horses were used to farm the land, even the military horses were not enough.

Now that not only the land of Hetao has been taken back, but also the land outside the Youyan Pass has been taken back, there is no shortage of horses, especially outside this pass, it is also feasible to use horses to cultivate the land, right?

But I don't know that this is not a feasible problem, but in the dryland operation of the north, the efficiency is far greater than that of cattle farming.

It was around this time that the Western world began to use oxen to plough the land. At the same time as the use of cattle arable land, attention was also paid to the use of horse arable land. Moreover, the latter is quite widely used in Europe.

In this protracted race between horse ploughing and ox ploughing, horse ploughing finally won in the Western world. According to the General History of the World, horse ploughing is three times more efficient than oxen ploughing plots.

However, much of the credit for this is due to the introduction of heavy nail horseshoes and new yoke pulls from China, which made the horse's traction four times more effective.

In addition, the "three-nursery system" is widely used in Europe, so that horses can get enough food. Therefore, the efficiency of horses in cultivation was concentrated during that period.

Since then, cattle farming in Europe has been completely replaced by horse farming!

The world's earliest horse farming technology was produced in China, not Europe. Even after the liberation, horse farming was also available in China, as detailed in the front of the first set of renminbi in the People's Republic of China, which is two-horse farming.

However, due to various reasons, horse farming did not become widespread in China in the end. Geography plays a key role in this.

In China, there is a big difference between the cultivation in the south and the north. As we often say, the northern part of China is mainly dryland, while the southern part of the country is paddy field, that is, the difference between wheat and rice.

Horse farming is suitable for dryland operations, and in Western European countries, their crops are mainly wheat, barley and oats. Therefore, they are all dryland operations that are more suitable for horse farming.

Regardless of the south, now to develop Liaodong, this horse ploughing is complete in terms of time, place and people. It is a good time to promote horse farming on a large scale.

One of the great advantages of this is that the Khitans are more firmly tied to the chariot of the Great Song Dynasty.

Nomads are predatory, first of all, because they have no better way to acquire wealth. With the horses and sheep they raised, it was difficult to sell them for a price under the conditions of ancient technology. And it is easier to rob the Central Plains countries.