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Du Yu rode forward slowly, his horse's hooves tapping on the wide trade road paved with gravel, followed by the lame financial officer Statunko, the stubborn old man Grand Duke Jones, and a dozen guards in light chain mail

This trip was Du Yu's temporary intention to come to the vicinity of the Samore fortress to see the spring ploughing situation that was about to begin, and the Grand Duke Jones, who was unwilling to go to Zhiwading City to recuperate, stayed bored in Samoor, and insisted on following the fat man out to see the south*

On both sides of the wide trade road were large fields that had just been reclaimed, the dark clods of earth that had been turned over with iron ploughs exuded the fragrance of earth, and the rows of newly cultivated ditches were like chessboards drawn out of the earth.

In the early spring of April, on the phosphorescent Satsuma Kuri River, farmers from nearby villages are in full swing driving ten-meter boats to fish in the freshly thawed water.

The silvery water of the Satsuma Kuri River flows along the irrigation channels dug out during the dry winter into the surrounding fields waiting to be irrigated, and some of the fields have already revealed green shoots.

Du Yu took a deep breath with his nose, and the spring rain that had just stopped made the air still mixed with the smell of damp earth

For this progress, Du Yu was basically satisfied, but the stubborn old man who followed him showed a novel look, for the Grand Duke Jones, who had been staying in the northern snow-capped mountain area for many years, he had seen the southern water town for the first time*

Du Yu knew that this was the first year of his governance of the three counties, whether he could stabilize the hearts of the people floating in the war, whether he could gather the strength to dominate the south for himself, and whether he had sufficient food security was the most critical issue

The 180,000 northern refugees who fled from the north to the south were resettled by Du Yu in the barren mountains and tidal flats of Samore and Satydo counties according to a group of 40 households and 400 households as a tun.

The refugees who settled down began to cultivate their new fields, which revitalized the two county leaders, which had been barren and desolate because most of the people had fled.

The Interior Officer, Statunko, redivided the wasteland of the two counties into eighteen districts, each of which housed 25 tuns, according to the fat man's vision.

This is a complicated work involving land surveying, forest land division, etc., which makes the financial officer in charge of internal affairs, Stitunko, so busy that he almost vomits blood, and the originally fair aristocratic face is also affected

Finally, under the instruction of Du Yu, all the refugee tun chiefs were summoned from among the refugees to discuss, and it took a whole month to negotiate before the new land boundaries were demarcated, and finally completed before the end of the spring plowing and rainy season

In late spring in April, the air is fresh, and the rainy season has just ended.

The mountains and ravines are full of water, and the land is moist and fertile for planting, which is the most important time of the year for spring ploughing

The lord's new "Cultivation Decree" had already been sent to the 1,348 tun chiefs of the three counties a month in advance.

This new law is completely different from the previous days when farmers sowed seeds in the soil and left them to fend for themselves

Not only is it strictly ordered that all spring ploughing land must go through more than ten procedures such as soil turning and irrigation, but also strict regulations have been formulated for the soil depth and sowing density of cultivated land.

This made many farmers unhappy, as it greatly increased their workload, but after the new "Farm Tool Rental Decree" was promulgated before the start of spring ploughing, this opposition almost disappeared

Meritorious rewards, there have been punishments

Carrots and sticks, force and temptation coexist, and everyone is brave enough to be the first in front of the heavy reward

It's the same in ancient and modern times

According to the newly promulgated "Farm Machinery Rental Decree", villages willing to implement the new farming decree can not only share five horses for ploughing,

Moreover, the grain tax paid at the time of the autumn harvest only needs to be paid one-third of the grain according to the new regulations.

The top 10 in grain will not only receive 1,000 gold Lukes from the Marquis of Dustan, but also 5 more horses.

This was a windfall for the impoverished villages, shaking all the peasants

Even the richest landlord in the village may not have a horse at home, and the richest old rich man is still standing in the field with his ass pouting and sowing seeds

How many people have never set foot in the village in their lives, and the farthest is to go to the back mountains to hunt game and pick wild vegetables

To be able to go around the town and take a look at the lord's majestic castle from afar is a pride worth reciting, and it is synonymous with seeing the world

Not to mention seeing a horse, not even a donkey, let alone the dazzling golden light of the legend

Who would dare to jump out and go against the lord's new "Farming Decree" now?

The poor and screaming destitute households in the village would use their farming tools to let him know what the courage of the peasants was

Naturally, villages that do not follow the new farming decree will not only be given less than five horses, but will also have to hand over one-half of the grain at the time of the autumn harvest

What was originally a complaint against the lord quickly turned into support for the new law

Before the spring ploughing time arrived, the villages were already in full swing and began to plough the ground

Du Yu remembered that in his previous life, he had seen a classic quote that pointed directly to the hearts of the people, and his two hands were fully prepared to confirm this sentence.

"People do not suffer from poverty, but from inequality"

Those poor peasants in their own territory are like this, everyone is poor, the poor have nothing, the poor are blind, and the poor are starving to death.

Naturally, no one wants to spend more effort on farming.

Anyway, everyone is the same, and no one laughs at anyone

Suddenly, one day, an opportunity to make a fortune is in front of everyone, and that's another thing

Looking at the opportunity in front of me, what I think about the most is not how to grab it, but how to think more

"If you want to be poor and be poor together, if you want to be rich, everyone will be rich, I can't get rich, don't think about it"

This is where "pink eye" comes from

The Grand Duke of Jones pointed to a few peasants in the fields beside the road who were driving their horses to plow the soil, turning over the soil about ten centimeters deep and asked suspiciously

"Do you need to dig so deep into your land, Lord Dustan, that horses are a very precious commodity, and you have sent them to the peasants to plough the fields, and in our place, as long as you find a piece of wasteland, and sow the seeds to sprout, and in the cool autumn it will naturally grow into golden wheat, and when the wheat is harvested, we will have enough food to go up to the mountains to hunt

It would be a waste of manpower to work with horses like this, and if so much manpower were sent to do some logging at this time, wouldn't it be better to catch fish!

The Grand Duke of Jones had a northerner's bold smile on his face, without the slightest sense that he was a guest of Samor,

did not hesitate to express his own opinions, and even pointed out Du Yu's shortcomings and inappropriateness from time to time

This kind of cool and arrogant personality has already made the fat man not strange

The fat man was not in the mood to explain the intensive cultivation of ancient China to a stubborn old warlord.

Looking at the arrogant appearance of the old man Jones in front of him, the fat man hurriedly responded with an embarrassed face

"We can't help it, we are here in the barren southern mountains, naturally we can't compare with the fertile northern snow under the rule of the Duke, especially we lack the most basic agricultural tools here, in order to resist the Kujits, all the iron tools have been forged into weapons by Samor, I can't let the farmers below dig the soil with their hands,

Samar's original large stock of grain has also been depleted in order to redeem your lordship, and in order to ensure that all of us have enough food to survive the winter, even the horses in our army have to be sent to the peasants to plough the land, and this embarrassment makes the Duke laugh!"

This is the fat man reminding this stubborn old man

"It was I who ransomed you from the hands of the Kugit with food, and you are still gnawing hides from the Kujits."

Hearing the fat man's answer, the face of the Grand Duke of Jones, who was still arrogant just now, turned slightly red,

Thinking of the grievances he had received from the Kujits, his radiant face became gloomy, and he said unwillingly

"It's a pity that the Kujits have cut off the road to the north now, otherwise I would have compensated you for the loss of Samor."

"Compensation?"

The fat man's face was slightly stunned, and even Statunko beside him put on a look of not hearing

The arrogant Grand Duke Jones didn't know that his family was still arguing with a few small lords around him, and the thousands of peasants mobilized in his own territory were still screaming with hunger.

In order to solve the problem of the thousands of peasants who were temporarily recruited to eat, the Jones family was regarded as smashing the pot and selling iron, and the already depleted territorial property was even worse, and it was said that it was about to go bankrupt

"Why? Don't believe me? I'm the Grand Duke Jones, one of the three great dukes of the North! I vouch for my reputation as the Grand Duke of Jones, and as long as the road to the north is clear, I will give you the most precious thing of the Jones family as my compensation to your Samore."

Seeing the disbelieving faces of the fat man and the others, the stubborn old man was anxious, waving his thin arms and shouting,

"As long as the road to the north is clear, I will use the title of Grand Duke of the North as my compensation!"

"Hiss"

There was a gasp in front of Grand Duke Jones

"This old man is too tmA to have the spirit of a single!"

Even the fat man, who was just squeezing the Grand Duke, didn't expect such a big bomb to pop out of the mouth of the stubborn old man, and even dared to take the last fig leaf on his body and give it away

There are only five hereditary archduke titles in the entire kingdom,

Three in the north and two in Kyoto, they have always been hereditary and have been responsible for the important defense of the north and Kyoto

This prestigious title also has many other privileges that ordinary lords do not receive,

Governing the military alone, self-government, no need to pay the king's authorization tax, and the king has no right to interfere with the appointment within the territory, it is simply an independent small kingdom,

This stubborn old man seems to have seen through his weakness a long time ago,

That is, without the permission of the king, he sent troops to occupy the second county,

Thinking that with the title of Grand Duke on his head, he can completely eliminate the trouble of monopolizing the three counties, he can push back the king's order book very well, and he can also have an extra fertile dukedom,

He will be the common lord of the four counties of the kingdom

At that time, the beauty in front of me grabbed a handful, and to see who was not pleasing to the eye, with a wave of his hand, naturally a little brother went up to cut it

The fat man's eyes glowed, and he swallowed greedy saliva

also saw the fat man who was a happy mess in front of him, and the dark and thin Grand Duke Jones showed a sly arc at the corner of his mouth, and smiled secretly in his heart

"Silly fat man, the five hereditary grand dukes, do you know what it means to be hereditary? If you want to eat meat, show some sincerity!"

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