Fu Song

Chapter 424 New Strategy
The busy time always seems so fast, it seems that everything has not been done, and it is almost the spring of March.

The whole road in Guizhou is busy.

Every spring, from the Futai yamen to the farmers in the fields, they are actually busy with one thing.

That is spring plowing.

You missed the field for a while, and the field missed you for a year.

Especially in a place like Guizhou Road, where there are seven mountains, two rivers and one field, it really can't afford to delay at all.

In previous years, if there was a slight natural disaster and God didn't show respect, it would almost be a famine.

Poverty is the most intuitive feeling from the outside world.

Therefore, whether it is the official family or the Dutang, Da Song is basically not very interested in this place, and only conducts a loose management in the form of a prison.

To put it bluntly, people here are left to fend for themselves.

But now, Xiao Cheng has turned this place into Guizhou Road, six prefectures and three prefectures, nominally under the direct jurisdiction of the imperial court.

Of course, don't expect the imperial court to extend a helping hand here, maybe they will not want some trouble here in private, so that Xiao Cheng will fall heavily.

It's no big deal if this place goes back to what it used to be.

On the contrary, if Xiao Cheng really manages this place well, they will be worried instead.

Standing on different grounds, everyone naturally has a different understanding of one thing.

Regardless of whether this matter is good or bad for the thousands of people on this land.

What they see is only good or bad for themselves.

In the past two years, Xiao Cheng has been leading the reclamation of terraced fields according to local conditions, investing manpower and financial resources to build water conservancy, improve seeds, and think of various ways to accumulate fertilizers. There is only one purpose, to increase production and income, and minimize external food consumption. rely.

It should be said that after a few years, the effect is still very significant.

The entire Guizhou Road has gained hundreds of thousands of acres of land. Last autumn, the first wave of grain was harvested. Although the yield is still low, one mu of land is only three hundred catties for good ones, and only one or two hundred catties for poor ones. But for Xiao Cheng, it was already a big surprise.

After all, it is the first year of raw land, and the output will naturally increase slowly in the future.

Xiao Cheng is ready to give away a large amount of official land to the local people for free.Although this matter is not only opposed by the Futai Yamen, but even the officials of the various prefectures and counties below are basically opposed, but Xiao Cheng is not prepared to change his mind.Of course, there are a series of corresponding policy, taxation and other reforms that go hand in hand with it.

Only when it is their own field, the common people will take care of it carefully, and will carefully manage and plant it like loving their own baby.

To let the common people taste the benefits and get the sweetness, they will work harder and love more.

Of course, it is also a huge project to do this.It is not an easy task to prevent being embezzled by big households, robbed by tyrants, and corrupted by officials during the process of dividing the land.

Xiao Cheng is going to try it out in Bijie first.

The prefect of Bijie is Luo Gang, this is his best friend, and in the past years of cooperation, he has formed absolute trust and dependence on Xiao Cheng, because Luo Gang has not seen Xiao Cheng fail.

With the absolute cooperation of the localities, the pilot work can be carried out smoothly. As long as it is successful in Bijie, other places will naturally swarm up, and there is no need for Xiao Cheng to push.

The power of role models is always infinite.

Land reform, contract production to households!
This is what Xiao Cheng gave Luo Gang.

"That is to say, these lands are actually official lands, and the common people still rent them out. It's just that the lease period is very long. Thirty years can last almost two generations." Listening to Xiao Cheng's narration , Luo Gang said thoughtfully: "And the rent is extremely low. In your terms, it is called more work and more pay."

"That's the reason!" Xiao Cheng said with a smile: "One mu of land, the government buys a hundred catties at a par price. This price is only half of the market price or even lower. This is equivalent to the common people paying taxes to us. The rest Yes, it’s yours. Whether you get two hundred catties or seven or eight hundred catties, it’s none of the government’s business.”

"How can one mu of land have a yield of thousands of catties? This is a dream. After paying a hundred catties, there will be a surplus of two to three hundred catties. The farmers will have to wake up from their dreams!" Luo Gang said disapprovingly.

"That's not certain!" Xiao Cheng said with a smile: "After this method is implemented, the common people will find ways to increase the yield of crops. Yuting, let me tell you that the wisdom of the common people is infinite. There will be countless new production methods, and at some point, the output will increase rapidly!"

"Of course I'm looking forward to it!" Luo Gang said with a smile: "The common people have a lot of food, so naturally they have to sell it. When they have money and the government has food, then life will be easier. You know, now I will I'm worrying! Spring famine, spring famine, Futai opened his mouth and said that if people die of starvation there, the officials will be punished, but it's so hard for us people, it's very worrying!"

"I know this requirement is still very high for you now, but I can only set the requirement high so that you will work harder. If you work harder, you may be able to save many deaths." Xiao Cheng sighed and said: "If my requirements are lower, you will naturally be lower. I will tell you about this."

"To be honest, when I was in Bianliang, I never imagined that there are such poor people in this world." Luo Gang shook his head and said, "It wasn't so miserable when I was in Hengshan in the northwest. Chongwen, let me tell you Well, under my rule, there is really a family that is so poor that they only have a pair of trousers. When I went to the door, only the head and his wife came out to meet people, and the rest were hiding in the house, which is really unbearable to see."

Xiao Cheng patted Luo Gang on the shoulder: "The people in Bianliang will never see these things. They all say that this is the prosperous age!"

"In order for me to rule these people, to be able to walk on the road openly, and to come out to meet people in an upright manner, I will fully support your arrangement." Luo Gang said.

"Be careful of corruption, and be more worried about some damage that harms others and not your own." Xiao Cheng said: "Such a thing will inevitably touch the interests of some people, and there will definitely be a backlash, but our Guizhou Road has the same benefit. "

Luo Gang laughed: "I know, we talk more with our fists. Our fists are hard, and our voices are naturally high. If someone really wants to take this opportunity to make trouble, then just deal with another batch."

Xiao Cheng laughed loudly: "That's not what I'm talking about. The advantage I'm talking about is that we now have a lot of official land, and the local landlords are far less powerful and intricate than the states outside. So many things are easy to handle. The same thing we can do on Guizhou Road, if you try it on Liangzhe or Jinghu Road, it will definitely make your death ugly.”

Luo Gang looked deeply at Xiao Cheng: "So in the beginning, you chose Hengshan and the Northwest, and then you chose to come to the Southwest. These two places are traditional places where the ruling power is extremely weak. In these places, Can you more easily unleash your ambitions and govern a place the way you want?"

"Yes!" Xiao Cheng did not hide anything in front of this friend: "Not to mention other places, even in Hebei Road, where our Xiao family started, I still can't use it well, because a person cannot be with a class. Fighting. If you really want to fight, it can only be a dead end."

"Now we're not alone!"

"As long as we have achieved great success on Guizhou Road, we can slowly spread it out." Xiao Cheng narrowed his eyes: "We must accumulate enough strength, and one day, the world will be destroyed by something. If the color changes, we can go out, regain our strength, and reshape the mountains and rivers."

Luo Gang was a little frightened by Xiao Cheng's words, and remained silent for a long time.

Xiao Cheng left Bijie. This time he came out to inspect the spring farming in various places. Bijie was only his first stop. Next, there are four prefectures and three states to visit.

Especially in Zunyi Mansion, Qiandongnan and other places. In these two places, one is the power of the Yang family and the other is the power of the Tian family. All power is still in the hands of the Yang Tian family.

It is obviously not possible to change all this completely in a short time.

But now, Xiao Cheng wants the people in these places to understand one thing first. In this land, the highest leader is no longer surnamed Yang or Tian.

Now in this land, there is only one leader, and that is Xiao Cheng.

To destroy a stubborn and conservative force, the most important thing is naturally to knock them down from the high platform, expose their true colors to everyone's vision, and let everyone understand that they are nothing more than just That's all.

Without the mystery of the past, someone will naturally start to re-examine them.

The horse team knocked on the stone slab with a clear sound, Xiao Cheng turned his head and waved, Luo Xin, who was following behind him, immediately pushed the horses to follow, and walked side by side with Xiao Cheng.

"In the village where we stayed overnight last night, there were very few young adults. Most of them were old people, children, women and children. It can be said that if no help is given, their poverty will basically not be changed." Xiao Cheng said: "Yesterday you I went out at night and gave the village elder dozens of taels of silver, do you think these tens of taels of silver can change their current predicament?"

Luo Xin was stunned, then lowered his head and said, "So Futai saw it all in his eyes?"

Xiao Cheng smiled: "Do you think I'm cold-blooded, I ate there, lived there, and when I left, I only paid some room and board expenses, and didn't give me a cent more?"

"Don't dare!" Luo Xin's voice became even lower.

"Luo Xin, if you don't save the poor, if you don't save the poor, the few dozen taels of silver are distributed to everyone, how much can these hundreds of people get? How long can you manage it? And then?"

Luo Xin was silent for a while, "I understand, Futai said that it is better to teach a man to fish than to give him a fish."

"By the way, you are indeed very smart!" Xiao Cheng said with a smile: "These people can't do heavy work, even if they have land, they can't grow much food. So, I have already arranged it, and someone will come to teach them next. How to grow fungus, mushrooms and other cash crops that do not require much effort, these things are produced all year round, and can be sold at a higher price than grain."

"It's superficial."

"In addition, I don't give them money because I don't want them to think that money can be easily obtained." Xiao Cheng said seriously: "Only by working and paying can we get the corresponding rewards. For this, we need to let Everyone understands that no one will cherish things that are too easy, because they will think that they will get it easily."

"Taught." Luo Xin blushed even more.

Xiao Cheng smiled and said: "Your uncle said that you are very smart and cunning. I have also seen that you have been by my side these past few months. Your uncle is an important figure in our federation. No matter what, I have to give it. Now there are two paths, let’s see which one you choose?"

Xiao Cheng reined in the horse and stopped.

"Don't dare to ask Futai, what are the two roads?"

"The first one is to follow me, to advise me on affairs, and to make suggestions. Guizhou Road is newly established, and everything is complicated. You are indeed a capable person. After working for a few years, you can go out and take charge of one side." Xiao Cheng said .

"Futai, what about the second one, is there a shortcut?"

Xiao Cheng laughed: "As expected, you guessed it. Of course there will be a shortcut, but it is also dangerous. Once you succeed, you will immediately have a place on Guizhou Road, and even in the Federation."

"I choose the second one!" Luo Xin said without hesitation.

"You haven't heard what the second path is!"

Luo Xin took a deep breath, "I can roughly guess."

"Tell me!"

"Futai wants me to deal with the three barbarians in Syria, right? Nanguang, Shimenfan, Mahu, these tribes have always been the buffer zone between Dali and my Song Dynasty, and now Futai has annexed Luo Dianguo , Luo's ghost country, the next step is to hold the three barbarians of Xuzhou in their hands, so that they can not only break one of Dali's arms, but also complete the strategic encirclement of Dali." Luo Dao said.

"That's right. And the three barbarians of Xuzhou belong to the Jimi tribe under Zizhou Road. We cross the border, and the risk is not small, but if we succeed, the rewards are great. Luo Xin, are you serious about choosing this path?"

"Yes!" Luo Xin said with certainty. "I hope that when I show off my skills after taking the stage, I can stand in front of you and serve as your pawn, instead of hiding in the shadow behind you."

Xiao Cheng laughed loudly: "In this way, after you return to Guiyang, you can start preparing for this matter. People, things, and money are all at your disposal, and sufficient support will be provided in terms of intelligence. How long will it take for this matter to be settled?" What about eyebrows?"

"One to two years, it will never hold Futai back."

(End of this chapter)