I want to be a grandson

Chapter 86
Hearing this, Zhu Yunxi finally breathed a sigh of relief.

It seems that Qu Neng's official voice here is still very good.

be convincing.

The reclaimed land may not have a good harvest in the first two years because it is raw land.

But after several years of cultivation, some land will become very fertile if the river water is brought in for irrigation.

Of course, there will be some barren land, but overall it will improve a lot.

If the land rent is set very low at the beginning, the people will get more food, but in the end it is very likely that the government will subsidize the money and food. After all, the seeds are provided by the government, which is impossible for the Southwest military government which is not rich. Sustained.

What's more, the people will definitely not be willing to wait until the fertility of the land is improved before increasing the land rent.

It is easy to go from frugal to extravagant, but difficult to go from extravagant to frugal.

If the land rent is reduced, the common people will applaud.

If the land rent increases in reverse, they may still be able to get enough food, but they will also complain.

After all, this is the human heart!
So after discussing with Qu Neng, Xu Huizu and others, it was decided to set a standard acceptable to the common people at the beginning.

If the harvest is not good, the government can also reduce the land rent appropriately to provide benefits to the people, or simply wait until the food is almost exhausted, and take out part of it as relief.

In this way, the government can gain a good reputation, and it can also increase the trust and favor of the people in the government. Why not do it?

It can achieve the same effect of feeding the people, unless only a fool would choose the wrong way.

Zhu Yunxi asked again: "Old man, how are you living here? Is there anything not going well with you?"

The old man said: "It's quite good, but there are too many bandits around here, and they are too bad. There was a man named Hou Tianba who led a group of people to rob their houses. The government has nothing to do with them..."

"You don't know, the common people hate them to death, not only us Han people, but also the surrounding tribes... They rob everyone and kill everyone..."

Zhu Yunxi talked a lot with the old man again, covering all aspects of food, clothing, housing and transportation, and gained a deeper understanding of the living conditions of the people.

The old man saw that he was digging the ground with a shovel just like himself, without any hypocrisy.
"Father, drink the water and rest for a while."

The old man's son came to bring water to his father, poured a bowl of water from the pitcher, and handed it to his father.

"Okay, pour a bowl for this young man too, the ground is well dug..." the old man said after taking the water.

"Come on brother, you too... rest..."

The old man's son was stunned. After pouring a bowl of water, his arm seemed to be frozen, and he couldn't pass it up.

This is... this is... I seem to have seen it there!

The old man's son's heart was beating wildly.

He looked at this young man in shabby clothes, with beads of sweat on his forehead and dusty feet, and for a moment he couldn't remember seeing him there...

Seeing him stunned, Zhu Yunxi took a step forward and took a sip from the water bowl, and said with a smile, "This bowl of water really quenches my thirst!"

When reclaiming wasteland, the government will provide some meals, but that is at most two meals a day.

After all, in this area, most of them have two meals a day. It's not that they don't want the people to eat three meals a day, but it's just the habit of this area.

More importantly, food!

Grain is not something you can buy with more gold, nor is it something you can have if you do business vigorously.

Food is produced in the ground!
And it is closely related to the labor force, farm tools, and planting techniques of this era.

There is only so much land, so food cannot be conjured out of thin air.

So at noon, the people had already worked for half a day, and their bodies were a little tired, so they sat together in groups of three or four to rest, drink some water to do their daily chores, and feel very happy.

At this time, the old man's son dragged his father to a place where no one was around, and the old man said impatiently, "Why are you pulling me, just tell me if you have anything to say."

The son said anxiously: "Father, do you know who is digging the land with you?!"

"You mean the young man?" the old man asked.

"What young man! You... do you know who it is?"

The son is also very helpless, and now the father still treats him as a young man!
"I don't know the name, we're all working together, so there's no need to ask, oh yes...he's from Nanyang, do you know that young man?"

The son hurriedly said: "My father, you must not be born later, I...he is a noble person! A very, very big nobleman!"

I said with a look of surprise: "You are confused, how can he be a nobleman, he works much harder than you! Didn't you see that sweaty..."

The son hurriedly explained: "Father, he is really a nobleman! Yesterday I went to deliver food in the city, and the government put the streets under martial law. I couldn't help but want to watch the fun, so I hid at the corner of the street and took a peek. At that time, Mr. Qu was still with me. I can't be wrong!"

The old man said in amazement: "So...he is really a nobleman?"

"It can't be wrong! Lord Qu is accompanying you, could he not be a nobleman? From my point of view, he may be the third highness who just arrived!"

"Third Highness is the son and grandson of the dragon, can he go down to the ground and dig the ground with us?"

"But I'm not mistaken, it's him, Dad, it's really possible to be the Third Highness!"

"Oh, what a noble person, I said why is this young man so unusual, okay... His Highness the Third Highness has been talking to me for a long time..." The old man said excitedly.

The son raised his neck and said proudly: "The Third Highness is still drinking from my bowl!" He raised the empty bowl in his hand.

The old man hurriedly said: "Be careful and don't hit me! Give me, give me... this bowl must be enshrined, and no one can use it!"

Carefully took the empty bowl from his son, and said with joy.

Zhu Yunxi didn't know what happened.

Now he is sitting on a big rock, and Xu Huizu is also resting on the rock next to him.

"Your Highness, you shouldn't drink that bowl of water."

Xu Huizu didn't know if he was looking for something to say, so he popped out such a sentence for a long time.

It seems to have a slightly reproachful tone.

But Zhu Yunxi knew that he didn't have any malicious intentions, nor did he intend to commit any crimes.

He was just simply concerned and wanted to express his inner concerns.

So Zhu Yunxi said: "I forgot it for a while, but I will pay attention to it in the future."

Zhu Yunxi was not a reckless person either, he came out today to reclaim the land with the people, and he was accompanied by guards.

It's just that they are distributed around and work together, and they are well hidden, and the common people have not discovered it.

But that bowl of water was indeed my own negligence. Although there was nothing wrong with it, I had to be careful in the future.

After all, there have been too many untimely deaths in history.

(End of this chapter)