Chapter 107： Regulation

Ma Liu's eyes turned on Mu Shi and Mu Yangling, and finally settled on Mu Yangling, saying: "If your father is here, we can plant more than half of the land, but your father can't. Home, we have to rely on a few of us, the old and the weak. It is not bad to be able to grow 20 acres. Even if there are cattle, it will only be more than 10 acres. Stones, you have to ask clearly, we will have to hand them over after the fall. How much food is there for the army, we won't even be able to pay the army's share."

Mu Yangling and Mu Shi looked at each other, neither of them thought of this. They already had this land, but they still couldn't plant it?

"Then, I'll go see our land tomorrow? But tomorrow, the general will recruit troops, so I can't find the time." Mu Shi said in distress.

"Dad, let me go," Mu Yangling said, "I will go to collect firewood in the morning, and I will go to see the land with my aunt in the afternoon. Dad, you don't know how to look at fat and thin, so it's useless to go, it's better to let my aunt go. Look, when the time comes, we will set aside the fat land, and if it only pays 40% to the army, we can plant as much as we can, don’t we have 60% for us to eat?”

Xiuhong said quickly: "My sister and I can also help."

Xiao Bowen rushed over, "And me, and me."

Mu Yangling glanced at their small bodies and ignored them.

Xiuhong said unconvinced: "Cousin, I can do a lot of work. I'll go get firewood with you tomorrow."

"Okay," Mu Yangling said cheerfully: "Then you have to get up early tomorrow."

Xiulan and Xiao Bowen are also clamoring to go.

"Forget the two of you, you are still growing, sleep more," he added, "You two take care of your younger siblings at home, they need someone to accompany them."

The two stopped tangling now.

Like the Mu family, there are not many people who fall into such a situation that they have land but can’t plant them all, because they have more or less brothers, and the family can work, old and young. Although one or two hundred acres is large, it is more tiring to leave early and return late. It's done, even if there's not much left.

For example, in Liu Daqian's family, Liu Ting and Liu Zhuang finally cast lots, and Liu Zhuang went to serve as a soldier. After that, Liu Lang took over from his class.

Liu Daqian, the old couple, Liu Ting and his wife Liu Zhang and their children can all work in the fields, but they also have a lot of land. They are also discussing to visit tomorrow, and choose the fertile ones to serve first, and the rest Let's talk about it later.

At this time, Qi Haoran was also looking at the brochures of these lands, and said proudly: "With so many lands, we will no longer have to be controlled by others in the future."

Fan Zijin was not as optimistic as he was, so he took out a book and showed it to him.

Qi Haoran flipped over and asked, "What is this?"

"Xingzhou Prefecture's grain production over the years, followed by Jiangnan's grain production. Brother Rong spent half a month asking people to transcribe and collect it."

Qi Haoran opened it and looked at it, his eyes widened immediately, "How come there is so much difference?"

"Otherwise, why do you think that the average household in the government is ten acres, and life is worse than the average household in Jiangnan is three acres?" Fan Zijin sighed: "Jiangnan is a land of fish and rice, and the water conservancy is incomparable to other places, even more than Speaking of Xingzhou Prefecture, let’s talk about the climate and the fertile land of the two places. Xingzhou Prefecture’s autumn harvest’s output per mu is half that of Jiangnan’s. Last time Song Zhi said that the yield of 200 catties of wheat per mu was the landlord’s family. The best land production, do you think our army can have this production capacity?"

Qi Haoran dropped the booklet and asked, "Then how much do you think we can charge for 40%?"

Fan Zijin shook his head, "I don't know, it depends on how many oxen the court can give. Although we have a lot of land, but there are few people, we will definitely not be able to cultivate this land. If there are more oxen, we can cultivate more and hand over four Cheng is the method of the imperial court, and my cousin may not follow this."

Qi Haoran said solemnly: "Big brother will not raise taxes, he is not such a person."

Fan Zijin glanced at him and said, "I didn't say that my cousin will improve, but some rigid regulations may be added, such as how much military fields must be cultivated, and how much Yongye Tian must be cultivated. Only in this way can we guarantee the next year's food and grass, otherwise In the event of a war, the only option is to force the rations of the army and the people, and then my cousin will definitely lose his heart, which no one wants to see."

"What's the difference? They have to plant the land anyway, and they can plant it for sure."

Fan Zijin glanced at him, "What do you know? The sage said that 40% of the yield would be Yongye Field, but Juntian had to hand over 60%. If they all planted Yongye Field, or if they cultivated the Junye field extensively , for the intensive cultivation and meticulous cultivation of Yongye Field, will the food collected by the army be enough to stick in the teeth?"

Fan Zijin was right, this is what Qi Xiuyuan has been busy with these days. He wants to formulate a rule that can at least ensure the supply of the army without making the people too sad.

Rongxuan hired several accountants from Xingyuan Mansion, and also invited Song Zhi, who was familiar with people's livelihood, to plan this area.

Food and grass has always been one of the most important materials for the army. Without worrying about food and grass, soldiers can train and fight with confidence.

When Mu Shi stepped on the morning light and gathered all the soldiers to the camp, the document issued by Qi Xiuyuan also arrived in Qi Haoran's hands.

Qi Haoran flipped it over and said with a big laugh, "This is a good idea, I'll announce it right away."

Qi Xiuyuan's method was very simple. Each household was allocated 100 mu of military fields. He stipulated that the cultivation of military fields should not be less than 40 mu, and the average yield of military fields and Yongye fields should not differ by more than 20 catties.

This ensures the amount of cultivation and the average yield per mu of the military fields, and the harvested grain and grass will naturally not be too small.

In this way, Mu Shi is even more worried, doesn't this mean that they can't grow one acre of Yongye Field?

Mu Shi stood below and listened to Qi Haoran's words in dejection.

At this time, Mu Yangling took Xiuhong to the foot of the mountain.

Mu Yangling looked around and said, "It's still convenient at my house. The mountain is just outside the door. It takes two quarters of an hour to walk here. It's really troublesome."

Xiuhong felt very good. She grew up farming and prefers to see the endless fields.

Chenggu Tun is located in the second li in the south of Mingshui County. Two quarters of an hour to the south is the middle of Chushan Mountain. There are dense trees here. From a commanding height, it looks at Chenggu Tun. To the north is the county seat of Mingshui County, and to the northwest is Luocong Mountain. Right at the foot of Luocong Mountain, to the east is the main road from Qili Township into Mingshui County, and there is a large area of ​​flat fields underneath. Xiuhong is happy as long as she thinks of the yellow grains during the autumn harvest, so she doesn't think there is anything wrong.

If   shan is too close to home, she still feels afraid and depressed.

Mu Yangling had already walked into the mountains with the sickle, took a look in the woods, and said disappointedly: "There is not much dry wood that fell on the ground, you go pick it up, I will chop the branches."

Xiuhong ran to pick it up with a deep foot and a shallow foot. Mu Yangling picked up the withered branch and chopped it. She was so strong that she could chop down a branch with two knives, and sometimes she could break it with her hands. Xiuhong watched. I clicked my tongue, thinking that even if my cousin was not at home and my cousin was there, farming shouldn't be too difficult.