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Chapter 356 Working hard to make money while farming
In the study room, Liu Yishou had a thick stack of account books on the table, and he was holding a book in his hand, which was all the expenditures of his subordinates and the various incomes in his territory from last year to this year. His head was as big as a bucket.

Fatty Yang cautiously stood aside with a smiling face, not knowing what to say, as if saying anything was inappropriate.

"I said Zunyan (Yang Min's name)... Look at this, don't you feel a headache?"

Liu Yishou put down the account book in his hand and asked helplessly.

"My lord, no, just get used to it."

Yang Min said very "modestly".

"It's all written in black pen, it's too difficult to distinguish. The items of income are written in black pen, and the items of expenditure are written in red pen. Does this make it easier to see?"

Liu Yishou doesn't know if it's difficult to keep accounts, but he knows that in this thick account book, he must first check whether it is income or expenditure for every transaction, and if he is not careful, he will "serialize".Well, the writing habit of the account book is to write vertically from top to bottom.

Hearing this, Yang Min was taken aback for a moment, and then suddenly realized: "That's right, why didn't I think of that!"

Black pens come in, red pens come out. Liu Yishou kept the bookkeeping rules that ordinary people knew at that time. This era has not been figured out yet, and it is normal for Yang Min not to know.

"Also, Zun Yan, you are a great talent, so you can easily control many things. But..."

Liu Yishou paused, seeing Yang Min's humble face, he was too embarrassed to reprimand him.

"But many people are not as smart as you. Things that you can easily control may be difficult for them."

Yang Min nodded slightly. Liu Yishou was still very good at talking, so let's praise him first.

"Look at this column. If you buy mussels for [-] yuan, you won't be able to keep accounts like this."

Liu Yishou pointed to one of the columns and said, thinking to himself, Jia Sixie is really a big money burner.

"Then how do you remember?"

Yang Min was puzzled by the question. After all, everyone used to play like this, and their accountant Mr. Yang of Hongnong (called Dian Ji at this time) kept accounts like this.

"Two books, one records the purchase of [-] yuan of mussels, and the other records the expenditure of [-] yuan from the treasury. When reconciling the accounts, one by one is written off. Where did the money come from and where did it go in the end? It's all clear.

In this case, as long as a small official who is proficient in mathematics and literature can do such a thing.You don't have to work so hard to calculate the accounts.

By the way, recruit people who are proficient in writing from the family members of the army, set up a school, and teach them arithmetic and accounting.The money that should be spent must be spent! "

Now that the land is large, Liu Yishou deeply feels that it is difficult to find qualified low-level officials, and people from local aristocratic families are not at ease in employing them.Since there is no one directly available, take a crash course!
"My lord, everything is going well now. In fact, there is no need to be so anxious. My lord should pay attention to rest."

Yang Min calmly persuaded.

Liu Yishou's forgetting to eat and sleep has already attracted the attention of many of his subordinates. Judging from this "predicting the enemy's opportunity" habit, there must be something big about to happen.Therefore, what Yang Min and the others were concerned about was not to ask Liu Yishou to rest more, but to know what major event caused Liu Yishou to thorn in his back.

"You don't understand, the stable days are not long, I can't be in a hurry."

Liu Yishou said with a sigh.

According to news from the north, the Gao Huan regime, with the help of the Hebei family, especially the grassroots talents of the Hebei family, has filled the shortcomings of Gao Huan's power in the country's governance, making the situation in the north rapidly stable.

Especially after the promulgation of the new version of the land equalization system, the people's hearts were stable, the bandits were disarmed and recruited, and the situation of "land to the tiller" was gradually realized.

Liu Yishou remembered that this period of time seemed to be ignored in the history books of his previous life, and the Eastern Wei Dynasty issued many new laws and regulations in order to restore people's livelihood.If not, how could Gao Huan, who was often defeated in battles with Yu Wentai on the western front, have so many family backgrounds to give him trouble.

You must know that in the last years of the Northern Wei Dynasty, many places were in chaos, and Gao Huan's consumption on the front line with Yu Wentai was due to the peaceful production after the eradication of Erzhu's forces, not the legacy left by the Northern Wei Dynasty.

The Eastern Wei regime's efforts and achievements in restoring production were corrected by the "historical victors".If Liu Yishou ignores this point and thinks that Gao Huan is vulnerable, then he will be the only one who will cry.

Once Gao Huan got rid of the constraints of Er Zhurong's influence, Hebei, which needed people and money, could easily conscript [-] soldiers and horses to go south.

Liu Yishou knew that He Bayue's political ability was far inferior to Yu Wentai's, and that the Western Wei Dynasty in his previous life might not be able to establish a country smoothly.Or Gao Huan's pacification of Guanzhong a few years later is unknown.

All in all, you can't pin your own survival on the stupidity of the enemy.

"I don't think you have anything to do today. Why don't you go to Shaopi together? I heard that Jia Sixie is cultivating mussels. There is a lot of expenses in the account book. I also want to see where the money is spent."

Liu Yishou stood up. He had been in the study for a while, and his whole body was not feeling well. He really wanted to go out to exercise his muscles and bones.

"My lord, I also ate that mussel. Although it is delicious, is it necessary to breed it on such a large scale?"

While following Liu Yishou out of the yard, Yang Min asked suspiciously.Even if the rumors about the pearls from the river mussels are true, the proportion is too small, and it is an exaggeration to describe it as one in a million. I wish it was one in a million!

It’s fine for farmers to breed spontaneously, and they can do whatever they want. Is it necessary for “officials” to join in?

"Clams absorb the essence of the sun and the moon and produce pearls of rice grains. Even if you don't have pearls, it's good to eat some meat."

Liu Yishou said meaningfully, not wanting to explain too much to Yang Min.The two led the horses in the stables and went out of the city towards Shaopi.

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Shaopi covers an extremely large area, even comparable to some smaller states and counties.When he came to the north of Shaopi, Liu Yishou found that on the bank of the river flowing into Shaopi, there were many small ponds separated by wooden fences, and the insides were densely packed with river mussels, and the big ones were even bigger than the palm of an adult. Big!
People with intensive phobia will definitely faint here.Liu Yishou also gasped, the scale of this aquaculture seems to be bigger than expected!
Soon, he and Yang Min saw a farmer carrying two buckets. The buckets were full of red bugs that were often seen in ponds, smaller than rice grains, and some of them were long strips like hair. of.

"Isn't this for feeding fish?"

Yang Min looked at the worms in the bucket and said thoughtfully.

Soon, they got the answer. Liu Yishou watched the farmer throw these spoonfuls into the isolated pool. Sure enough, a lot of big fish as long as a human's foot came around to eat the bugs.

"I understand that these fish can swim in the river when they are young, but when they grow up, they are trapped in the grid and cannot get out."

Yang Min suddenly realized and said.

Use the worms in the Shaopi to feed the isolated fish in the river, and then give the fish feces to the river mussels, and the running water will not rot and wash away the residue... Wonderful!
Liu Yishou somewhat admired Jia Sixie's idea, and almost wiped out all the aquatic resources here.In the end, the pearls became a by-product instead, and the fish and mussels seemed to be able to recoup their costs.

"It's interesting."

Liu Yishou nodded slightly. He didn't know what the [-] yuan account referred to, but he felt that the money was well spent.

At this moment, I heard someone shouting in the distance, and soon that person came over, followed by several farmers, it was undoubtedly Jia Sixie.

"My lord, do you want to come and see the mussels? This method of raising mussels has existed since ancient times, and I will improve it a little. Raising fish and mussels together, and mixing them with rice as military rations in the future will not be a loss."

Jia Sixie bowed her hands to Liu Yishou and said.

"I think the scale of this breeding is quite large. How do you operate it?"

"The money loaned to farmers can only be used to cultivate river mussels. We will collect pearls next year, and the pearls will belong to us. We will buy mussels and fish meat with cloth, and the loan will not be repaid for the time being.

If the farmer fails to deliver pearls and mussels in the next year, he needs to repay the loan. "

I understand, borrow chickens to lay eggs, but you can't kill the chickens. If you don't raise the chickens, you must return the chickens.

It has to be said that Jia Sixie is a person who really knows how to breed, and this economic account is very good. No wonder the culture of mussels spread quickly. Who doesn't want to live a better life.

"It was Liu Dudu who proposed raising the mussels. Are you still thankful?"

Jia Sixie said to the dark-skinned farmers behind her.Those people hurriedly thanked each other and were helped up by Liu Yishou.

After retreating from the crowd and waiting, Liu Yishou looked at the mussel pools isolated one after another on the river bank and said to Yang Min: "The hearts of the people are in these subtle places, not in the empty words in the call to action.

If we turn against Xiao Yan in the future, these are the guarantees for our victory. "

Liu Yishou pointed to the pond where the mussels were raised and said.

"Goodbye my lord!"

Yang Min and Jia Sixie said in unison, and bowed their hands together in salute.

"By the way, Zunyan (Yang Min's name) issued a new order. Within the jurisdiction area, Liang Guo's Tianjian five baht coins are not allowed to circulate, no matter whether they are copper coins or iron coins. For copper coins, everyone will be held accountable, regardless of status or reason!
We only accept gold, silver, cloth, and grain, and barter is also recommended, but copper and iron coins are absolutely not accepted.The copper coins and iron coins in the treasury should be circulated outside the jurisdiction as soon as possible. "

Is there such a thing?

Yang Min was taken aback, and asked puzzledly, "My lord, this will cause us a lot of trouble."

"Long-term pain is worse than short-term pain. Liang's currency is chaotic, and it coincides with troubled times. This kind of thing is useless. I just want to make sure that no one in the jurisdiction can find a single coin or iron coin from Liang."

Liu Yishou said with certainty.

In 502 AD, at the beginning of the founding of Liang Guo, the "Tianjian Wuzhu Coin" was cast.

Later, in order to save trouble, the "formula women's money" was promulgated, all of which were cast in copper.

Of course, with the economic development of the Liang Kingdom, and the bad habit of "burying copper coins" among the upper class, it led to the country's vicious deflation, and a large number of wealthy families took the opportunity to loot private wealth.

In view of this, Xiao Yan promulgated another suffocating show operation, exchanging copper coins for iron coins!And the exchange ratio is one to one!

Then there are two currencies of copper coins and iron coins circulating in the market at the same time, not to mention how many "sub-items" there are.All in all, the folks don't like this kind of copper and iron coins that can't be eaten or worn, and they can't say how much they are worth.

However, Xiao Yan’s wages are paid with iron money, and noble families are also easy to store indestructible iron money, but collecting rent and paying taxes from the people is an open-minded demand for hard currency such as cloth, grain, and mulberry!

Therefore, Liang Guo is actually caught in hyperinflation now. The more inflation there is, the more everyone likes to privately cast iron coins, and the court also issues more iron coins, which makes the inflation even worse.

A deadly loop.

Liu Yishou didn't want his achievements to be easily looted by others.Compilation of the new code is to abolish the "legislative power" of the Liang State, and the "expulsion" of copper and iron coins is to abolish the "coin minting power" of the Liang State.

Liu Yishou will never be polite to Xiao Yan just because he married Xiao Yujing.

"Here, my subordinates must finish it as soon as possible."

Seeing Liu Yishou being so serious, Yang Min didn't dare to slack off.Use the cloth to go to the folks to exchange money, and then use the money to buy food and other items in Jiankang. It is estimated that loss is inevitable.

But as Liu Yishou said, long-term pain is worse than short-term pain.If Xiao Yan could use some inedible and unclothable iron money to evacuate the supplies in Shouyang and other places, then who are they working so hard for?For that pile of iron money that looks so annoying?
They went to the south of Shaopi to have a look at the weir ponds that had been almost dug. Here and the surrounding areas will provide them with a large amount of food starting next year.

"My lord, work hard, I don't even dare to think about what we will do in the future."

Yang Min said pointedly, not daring to speak too clearly.After all, they are still the Fang Town of Liang State in name.

If Liu Yishou just wanted to be Xiao Yan's good son-in-law, he wouldn't have to spend so much time and energy on work, trying to seek development.

In just a few decades of life, being Xiao Yan's son-in-law can no longer continue to climb up, who is showing that he is busy all day without throwing off his arms to eat, drink and have fun?
It is precisely because everything Liu Yishou has done is aimed at the founding of the country, so he feels that what he has done is far from enough. To build a big ship that can withstand wind and waves is better than cutting down a few trees to build a raft. It's much harder.

"If corvee is required, the workers will complain and complain, and they will take the opportunity to take advantage of the opportunity. But the development of Shaopi is closely related to their own land. You see, these peasants don't need us to mobilize them. Spontaneously organized to dig ditches."

Liu Yishou looked at the peasants who were digging ditches and laying stone slabs to the south with emotion, and sighed.

"My lord's words are very true. We obey the will of God above and the will of the people below. Build high walls and accumulate food widely. Once the world changes, elite soldiers can go out of Shouyang, go south or go north, and you can fight whoever you want. "

Yang Min's words were very tactful, and he didn't say who those people were going to beat, but from the perspective of geography, they were just Xiao Yan and Gao Huan.

"Then I will accept your good words. Let's go and return to Shouyang. I will hold a banquet in my residence tonight. If you don't get drunk, you won't return!"

Liu Yishou laughed loudly.

(End of this chapter)