Liu Song Hanque

Chapter 92 Autumn Harvest (Two in One)

After the Fubing matter was formally implemented, Fu Hongzhi and Mao Dezu also left Chang'an.

The Changning army trained by Fu Hongzhi was mainly active in the Pingliang area on the west side of Guanzhong, where the water and grass are fertile, which is most suitable for war horses to survive and reproduce.Besides, to the north is Xiaoguan, and you can also observe Hu Xia's movements.

The Yong'an army led by Mao Dezu defended Chang'an and Xianyang and trained infantry.

Both of them are experienced veterans, and it is not a big problem to train some new recruits.

After Hu Xia's horses were delivered, the two thousand soldiers on both sides also took the time to train, after all, the autumn harvest was about to come.

The autumn harvest is really not easy for Guanzhong.

First, the Hou Qin himself continued to fight among himself for years, and then Liu Yu captured and harassed him vigorously.As a result, although Guanzhong has not encountered any severe drought or flood in the past few years, the harvest is pitiful.

If Liu Yizhen hadn't borrowed grain from Wang Zhen'e, and had deterred the aristocratic family from raising grain prices, Guanzhong might have been in chaos long ago.

But all the hardships are finally bearing fruit today.

Because under Zuyong's control, the government not only organized the people to build a new Chang'an, but also repaired most of the water conservancy in Guanzhong, which made the crops in Guanzhong grow gratifyingly this year.

At this time, Liu Yizhen brought Wang Xiu, Du Ji and other senior officials to a farmland west of Chang'an to observe the magnificent autumn harvest.

"Every year is rich, millet and millet are fragrant, and agriculture is important to strengthen the prosperity of the country."

Regardless of how fancy other things are, agriculture is the foundation of the dynasty.

Everyone looked at this golden field with joy from the bottom of their hearts.

"How much can you earn this year?"

Liu Yizhen intends to take the school exam.

Numbers have been popular in Guanzhong for more than half a year. As long as you are a little motivated, you can learn its simple calculation method. Immediately, an official reported: "There are 500 million mu of cultivated land in Guanzhong, and if two stones per mu are produced, there are 7000 million yuan in total. Stone food!"

Liu Yi was really happy.

Although the real output is definitely not 7000 million shi, it makes people happy to hear it.

The output of two stones per mu is an ideal situation, and on average, it is only about one stone per mu.

According to the tax rate of one out of ten, the government can theoretically receive 350 million shi of grain.

However, the depreciation can be deducted here.There is also the land annexed by the family of the big landlord, and it is estimated that there will be a discount in the end.

That is to say, the Guanzhong government will receive about 200 million shi of grain this year.

That's a lot.

Even enough for a large-scale Northern Expedition.

But the accounts are not calculated that way, including next year's seeds and the necessary reserve grain left behind, the 200 million shi of grain that Liu Yizhen can really control is estimated to be 100 million shi of grain.

Liu Yizhen also thought about the use of this part of the grain.

Take half of it directly to exchange horses and livestock with Hu Xia.

Money should be spent wisely, especially food.

The horses exchanged with Hu Xia can be used to arm the cavalry, the cattle can be used to reclaim the fields, and the lambs can be used as meat to strengthen the body.

"Inspector Wang, I remember that the batch of sheep sent by Hu Xia is still there?"

In addition to war horses, Hu Xia sent the most sheep.

Wang Xiu nodded: "There are about 3000 of them."

"Choose a thousand rams."

Although Wang Xiu agreed, he didn't quite understand what Liu Yizhen meant.

"I want to distribute it to the people in Guanzhong."

A thousand sheep are distributed to the people in Guanzhong, and it is estimated that the people will not be able to eat a mouthful of meat.

But Liu Yizhen's original intention was not to feed everyone, otherwise it is better not to think about each hundreds of thousands of sheep.

But some things can't just look at the results.

It also depends on the purpose.

The land has a good harvest, and the government divides the sheep.

It is an attitude to let the people in Guanzhong live a good life that they have not lived in for several years.

Tell the people in Guanzhong, and also tell those who still covet Guanzhong: Only the imperial court can make the people in Guanzhong live a good life.

"Once this autumn is over, my Dajin will have a solid foundation in Guanzhong!"

Of course, what Liu Yizhen didn't say was that he, Liu Yizhen, had a solid foundation in Guanzhong.

"Congratulations to the court, congratulations to Duke Chang'an!"

The other officials naturally bowed their hands and congratulated Liu Yizhen.

"Hahahahaha."

Liu Yizhen's hearty laughter resounded across the fields in Guanzhong.

As soon as the autumn harvest arrived, people all over Guanzhong began to pick up sickles to harvest corn and wheat.

Seeing the moment when the food arrived in their hands, the people really let go of the heart that they have been carrying for that year.

"This is food!"

There are also some people, perhaps because of poor harvests in the past few years or some accidents at home, many people hold the ears of wheat and cry loudly.

"Look at your unpromising look!"

Some people are talking about others, but they are also looking at the land and thinking a lot.

"This winter, people won't freeze to death! Next year, we can also have a full stomach!"

What could be more satisfying to the people than this?

"Not only that, I heard that Lord Chang'an also gave away a thousand sheep! Some people call that sheep "Thousand Fu sheep". Maybe we can taste meat!"

The mention of meat makes everyone drool.

Nowadays, apart from the families of the rich and powerful, ordinary people want to eat meat, except for their own chickens, ducks and geese, and they secretly go to catch a fish or hunt a deer to satisfy their greed.

What is the taste of this sheep, most people are actually not very clear.

A group of common people were looking forward to a bright future while working like this, but at this time they saw many monks actually coming in front of them.

The old Buddhism still had some influence among the people in Guanzhong. When the monks came, the people immediately offered fasting meals.

"Amitabha, the poor monk and all the brothers and sisters are not here for alms."

After politely rejecting the commoners, the head monk lifted his robes suddenly, revealing his muscles.

"Now that the autumn harvest is in Guanzhong, we are ordered by our teacher to come down the mountain to help everyone."

"Everything has a cause and effect. The poor monk helps you cut the wheat. If you have the heart, go to the master monk to sit down and listen to the teachings. Just expand my Dharma."

Immediately, this group of monks actually picked up sickles one by one with shirtless arms to help some elderly people start to collect wheat, and the common people were dumbfounded.

"Is this a monk?"

"Why don't I look like it?"

Aren't monks all non-human?
Doing farm work for the common people, no matter how you look at it, it is different from the monks in the past, right?

There are still many such scenes in Guanzhong. In the past, the monks who were not active in the five bodies actually began to take the initiative to help the common people with farm work, even if they did it, they did not receive any compensation.

"We have the Buddha field given to us by Lord Chang'an, and the food grown on it is enough for our Buddhist disciples to eat. How can we accept charity from the people? Besides, we are only doing self-cultivation when we help the people. Buddha nature, hoping to understand the truth of becoming a Buddha. This kind of help is not without desire or demand, so how can it be praised by others?"

For a time, the monks of Zen Buddhism had a great reputation in the eyes of the people in Guanzhong. Many people took the initiative to send their nephews to learn Zen Buddhism after learning the meaning of Zen Buddhism.

In this way, a thought different from the past spread irresistibly in Guanzhong through the shell of Zen Buddhism.

Everyone becomes a Buddha.

Maybe it really can be achieved.

Just as the seeds planted by Liu Yizhen began to germinate one by one, Wu Ti and Chigan Ali also came to the door.

"Congratulations to Chang'an Public Relations for a good harvest, but...is the mutual market going to start?"

The current domestic situation in both countries is very bad.

Hu Xia was hustled by Liu Yizhen, and Rou Ran was hustled by Tuoba Tao.Now the domestic conflicts are very sharp, and if they still can't get assistance from Liu Yizhen, the two countries are afraid that they will explode from the inside first.

Of course Liu Yizhen didn't want to see that situation either.

Otherwise, if Hu Xia Rou ran into chaos, it would definitely not be Liu Yizhen who would benefit the most, but the Northern Wei Dynasty.

Even if the Northern Wei Dynasty is disgusting, Liu Yizhen will help the two countries.

So this time Liu Yizhen didn't run on the two of them, and promised to trade with them as soon as the food was harvested.

The same goes for clothing, salt, and utensils.

As for iron and weapons...

This stuff is obviously forbidden, but Liu Yi really doesn't believe that some aristocratic families would refuse to eat this cake.

There will definitely be smuggling.

But Liu Yizhen intends to turn a blind eye and close one eye, and even take a share of the action himself.

Although iron and weapons will improve the combat effectiveness of Hu Xia Rouran's army, the Jin army's army should not conflict with the two countries in a short period of time, so let the Northern Wei Dynasty have a headache.

Moreover, to a certain extent, this will also stimulate demand.

After stimulating demand, we must expand production.

Liu Yizhen's waterwheel and stove were placed in the kiln so brightly. If no one from the family discovered the function of those gadgets, Liu Yizhen just wanted to say that this kind of pig teammate is not worth mentioning.

As soon as the production of iron increases, Liu Yizhen has a thousand ways to improve the combat effectiveness of his army, so Hu Xia and Rouran hide away.

This is conspiracy.

Sometimes the effect of taking the initiative to do it may really not be as good as passive waiting.

Even Liu Yizhen didn't mind selling some to the Northern Wei Dynasty after the production of iron increased.

When the time comes to see both sides hacking at each other with low-end iron weapons, and the Jin army appearing equipped with weapons of a level or even two levels higher than theirs, Liu Yizhen can't help laughing just thinking about it.

Hey?
Am I not a rabbit?How do you do all the work of Ying Jiang?

sin sin.

But what I didn't expect was that Chigan Ali would dig a hole for himself to jump in next.

"Mr. Chang'an, I would like to invite some Zen monks to preach in the north. I also ask Mr. Chang'an for permission."

This request was beyond Liu Yizhen's expectation.

There are so many good policies and novelties in Guanzhong, but they actually have their eyes on Zen?

In fact, it was Liu Yizhen who misunderstood.

Some things can't be done just by thinking about it.

For example, Han and Hu Ping.

Hu Xia dares to do this unless Helian Bobo is crazy.

In Hu Xia, it was the Huns who exploited other nomadic peoples, and then exploited the Han people together.

If Han and Hu are equal, doesn't it mean that other nomadic peoples except the Huns have no exploitation?
It's no wonder they don't jump.

Of course, the same goes for Rouran.

As for Kinta...

Don't make trouble, there are not many fields and the fields are equalized.

The nomads don't know how to farm, so the only ones who can really equalize the land can only be the power of the Han people, and the final result is the same as above.

So Chigan Ali focused on Zen.

In his opinion, these monks are silly and cute.

Helping others for free?

If everyone in Hu Xia can believe in Zen, doesn't it mean that Hu Xia will become a country where everyone is willing to do good and can be ruled by the Huns at the lowest cost?

Liu Yizhen looked at Chigan Ali with strange eyes.

Let Buddhism preach to nomads...

There are no conditions for monks to survive stably.

Nor is there a civilization strong enough to contain and improve some of the dross of Buddhism.

Not to mention that Liu Yizhen used the advanced ideas in his mind to guide the monks on the grassland.

The Zen Buddhism over there is probably completely different from the Zen Buddhism in Guanzhong.

The biggest possibility is to integrate with Shamanism and produce a product similar to Plateau Tantricism.

That thing... can be very harmful.

But Chigan Ali took the initiative to find a hole, of course Liu Yizhen wanted to satisfy him!
After talking about this with Master Seng Dao, Seng Dao decisively sent his disciple Dao Rong to Hu Xia to preach.

Well, the one who went there was still half-baked.

I hope that Helian Bobo will not take all his anger on Daorong in the future.

soon.

A large amount of old grain was sent to Hu Xia and Rouran, while new grain was injected into the granary.

This year's harvest is about the same as Liu Yizhen's estimate, at 240 million shi.

Liu Yizhen also deliberately took out [-] shi of grain and sent it to Zhu Lingshi.

People treat themselves as air, Liu Yi really can't treat others as air.

Besides, there is nothing wrong with inviting the soldiers of the Jin Dynasty to eat new food.

And with the autumn harvest, New Chang'an naturally stopped working.

The winter in Guanzhong is too cold, and this year's construction period is basically over.The rest of the work will have to wait until next year.

Liu Yizhen also took time to take Gao Yun to see the new Chang'an during the final construction period.

Gao Yun has been stunned by learning geometry these days, and when he saw New Chang'an, he started gesticulating constantly.

"This is wrong! You should use a triangle, which is the most stable structure."

"And there! How can you make a circular foundation?"

"This design is interesting. Let me see if I can calculate its area."

Wang Maide, who was in charge of the work, looked at Gao Yun suspiciously, and then at Liu Yizhen.

The meaning is obvious.

Where did you find such a madman?

"Ignore him."

Liu Yizhen brought Gao Yun out because he wanted to take him out for a breath, and he would go crazy if he wanted to.

"Please look, Mr. Chang'an, the main streets have been repaired now, and now only the houses and palaces are missing."

Wang Maide introduced the construction situation of the new Chang'an to Liu Yizhen. Generally speaking, the project was not delayed, and it was basically similar to the design drawing.

"It's been hard work."

Wang Maide devoted a lot of effort to the new Chang'an, most of which was the sadness that others did not see. At this time, Liu Yizhen's words made Wang Maide feel all kinds of feelings in his heart.

"When the new Chang'an is finished, I'll be on the table as a prefect. At that time, I can get a prefect of a county no matter what."

When Liu Yizhen was painting cakes for Wang Maide, Wang Maide's eyes were a little strange.

"Mr. Chang'an, you still don't know?"

what do you know?
Liu Yizhen looked puzzled.

In the past few days, he has been busy how to cheat Hu Xia, ah no, trade with Hu Xia, and build a beautiful Hu Xia.It's been a while since I paid attention to anything else.

"Mr. Chang'an, the Taiwei has become the Duke."

"Oh, don't you just call yourself a public servant!"

I thought it was something, it turned out to be Liu Yu...

But suddenly, Liu Yizhen's voice raised an octave: "Have you become a public servant?"

"Well, it's public."

In the 14th year of Yixi, Liu Yu accepted the official positions of Xiangguo, Chief Baikui, and Yangzhou Mu.

(End of this chapter)