Overlord!

Chapter 87
Sun Ce's idea of ​​4000 million yuan and millions of acres of fertile land is definitely not whimsical.

In fact, Jiangdong is in a situation where there are many fields and few lands. Many powerful families have fields connected to fields, and it is not unusual for a family to have thousands of acres or even tens of thousands of acres of fields.

Even for the most ordinary people, one husband and five people can manage a hundred acres of land, and it will be gradually realized in Wu County in the future.

Therefore, in the future, only [-] households are needed to reclaim one million mu of fertile land.A prosperous county like Wu County with tens of thousands of households, a land of abundance, and a rich land can definitely make one county equal to one country.

Jiangdong is indeed not well developed. Many places are steep mountains and forests, and there are even swamp miasma and thorns everywhere.

But these places absolutely do not include Wu County, or even several counties around Taihu Lake.

This is a vast Taihu Lake plain, which has been developed for nearly a thousand years since the state of Wu.

Even if Sun Ce has not crossed over, there are tens of thousands of households here, and the entire Wu County has a population of more than 70.

And Sun Ce's policy is entirely to liberate agricultural productivity, and intends to build this place into the land of fish and rice in history.

This is the Taihu Plain, the terrain is flat and the land is fertile. As long as the fields are reclaimed, almost all the fields can produce ten stones per mu.

It can be said that as long as the land in Wuxian, Wuxi, Piling (Changzhou), Yangxian, Youquan, and Wucheng counties around Taihu Lake is fully reclaimed, there will be more than a few million acres of fertile land, and the fiscal revenue will easily exceed [-] million yuan. loose.

Sun Ce then solemnly announced: "Then tell the counties and counties according to what Chang Shi said, the government will formally collect the national tax in October, and the money will be collected by the mu!"

Levy money by mu, that is, only Jiangdong Tongbao is collected for taxation.

This time it was enforced, and no matter the powerful family or the commoner Qianshou, they had to accept the fact that Jiangdong Tongbao was widely used.

This is also a further advancement of the reality.

In the north of Wu County, Tongbao has begun to show considerable influence.In counties such as Wu County and Wuxi, which focus on the placement of troops, Tongbao is already the main currency in circulation.In surrounding counties such as Qu'a and Lou County, Tongbao has almost equal status to Bubo.Especially in large transactions, many tycoons would rather bring a load of Tongbao than a few loads of cloth.After all, at worst, Tongbao can still be exchanged for cloth of equal value at the local county government to continue completing the transaction.

On the other hand, the big clans have also begun to secretly try to melt five baht coins and mint currency privately.This further enhances the universality of Jiangdong Tongbao circulation.

At least in the north of Wu County, Jiangdong Tongbao has already established a certain basis for its existence as the main economic currency.

And the formation of any such important economic model must have a symbolic event.

Sun Ce intends to use this mu-based levy as a sign that Jiangdong Tongbao has become the main economic currency.

Then Sun Ce said: "In order to prevent the low price of grain from hurting the farmers, the county government exchanged grain and silk Caosi, and officially converted it into a Changping warehouse. The grain price is guaranteed at [-] yuan per stone!"

The Changping Cang Han Dynasty has existed for hundreds of years. When the grain is cheap, it increases its grain and harvests rice to benefit farmers.When the grain is expensive, the grain is reduced and the rice is sold to benefit the people.Therefore, no one is surprised to implement the constant level warehouse in Jiangdong.

This can prevent the people from not having enough Jiangdong Tongbao to pay taxes, and having to sell their wealth to the rich.In the most embarrassing situation, people can also push carts, sell grain to Changping warehouses, obtain copper coins from the government, and then pay taxes.

Of course, the tyrants may also use the privately minted copper coins to buy food from the people at a premium, so as to put the copper coins in their hands into the market.

But this is not important to Sun Ce.The important thing is that through this method, he successfully achieved the price anchoring of copper coins and grain.

Any currency needs a stable anchor, sometimes gold and silver, sometimes oil.

But in the era of the end of Han Dynasty, or in the current situation of Wu County, the best anchor is undoubtedly food.

Using grain to anchor Jiangdong Tongbao has two unparalleled advantages. One is that the scale of grain is large enough to support the circulation of a large amount of Jiangdong Tongbao.

The second is that food is very scarce and has absolutely irreplaceable value.Especially in this troubled time, when a large number of people migrated south, food was urgently needed by the government, the powerful, and the common people.

Of course, food as an anchor may only last for two or three years.

Because Wu County is a fertile land, a land of fish and rice, once it is successfully developed and one county is recruited, several counties will forget their hunger for several years.In the later stage, the government must take the initiative to cut off the fixed price anchor of money and grain, and instead support its free trade and market pricing.The government only uses regular warehouses to guarantee the lowest grain prices.

Sun Ce is not Zhu Yuanzhang, he would not expect a system to operate for a hundred years and solve all problems.

On the contrary, he admired even more that although Zhou was an old state, his life was restored.

Only by taking the initiative to change the past and reform the new can the power be kept full of vitality.

It is enough for grain to help Jiangdong Tongbao establish its economic subject status for two or three years!
Two or three years later, Jiangdong Tongbao can completely re-anchor its own value by relying on one or several items of brocade, salt tea, and even more industrial products.

What deserves more attention now is how much grain can Jiangdong produce?

Sun Ce looked at Sun Shao and asked, "Is the land registration in Wu County clear now?"

Sun Shao took out the field book and reported in detail: "General, now Tian Cao clearly counts only four counties of Wu County, Qu'a, Wuxi, and Piling. Even if Tian Cao goes all out, at most ten The counties to the north of Wucheng County will be completed before the month, and the complete counties will be counted by the end of the year.”

This statistical efficiency is indeed not high, mainly because today's calculation level is relatively backward, and the professional skills of officials are not strong.

Sun Ce did not criticize Sun Shao, but comforted him: "The four most prosperous counties in Wu County are these four counties, and the area of ​​fertile land may reach half of the whole county. If we can clearly count the land records of these four counties, the officials will be able to grow more and more. If you are proficient, the field registration statistics will become more convenient and faster in the future."

A power is not achieved overnight.Slowly cultivated, sooner or later there will be a group of professional land statistics officials and tax officials in Wu County.

"It is enough to complete the tax collection before the end of the year, and there is no rush. How many cultivated fields are there in these four counties, can the grain collection support expenditures, and even force to pacify Kuaiji?"

Sun Shao reported in detail: "Among the four counties, Wu County still has the most extensive arable land. Wu County has 64 mu of upper farmland, 39 mu of middle farmland, and no lower farmland. Even if the 39 mu of middle farmland can be built and improved, the water conservancy will be improved. Enough to translate into Ueda."

"The remaining three counties have a total of 110 million mu of upper field, 26 mu of middle field, and [-] mu of lower field. The situation in these three counties is similar. If water conservancy can be improved, the output of farmland will definitely increase."

Sun Ce nodded. After all, these four counties are located on the Taihu Plain. The plain is vast and the land is fertile. There is no possibility of barren land.

It's just that the level of agriculture at the current stage is backward, and many farmland facilities are insufficient, and water conservancy cannot be irrigated, so the output is not enough.

But even so, Sun Ce did a quick calculation and found that these four counties also have nearly 180 million mu of upper farmland, more than 65 mu of middle farmland, and about [-] mu of lower farmland.

It can produce more than 250 million stones of grain.Fifteen taxes and two, that is more than 650 million stones.Converted into money, it is more than [-] million yuan.

This scale was quickly figured out by everyone in the hall.In the army, it is absolutely not without effect to study the ninety-nine table and implement counting.

A group of generals were overjoyed, millions of stones of grain, this is a huge scale that they have never been exposed to before!Sure enough, as long as the production can be stable, the wealth output will be far beyond the troubled times.

And Sun Ce was also very excited, the land of the Three Wus, the Land of Abundance, really deserved the reputation of Su Hushu, the world's best.

Only 300 million mu of fertile land can equal the output of other counties and countries.

The total area of ​​cultivated land in Dahan was more than 8 million mu at its peak, and the average of hundreds of counties is about [-] million mu of cultivated land in each county.

But their output is incomparable with Wu Jun.A county can produce 2000 million shi of grain, which is considered a good year.It is comparable to the four counties in the land of fish and rice in Wu County.

Compared with others, this is very satisfactory, but Sun Ce is not satisfied.

Instead, he said solemnly: "Wu County, Wuxi and other counties in the north are blessed with unique geographical advantages. They can be called fertile fields and land of abundance. But at present, the cultivated land is barely on par with the world average level, with more than [-] mu of cultivated land."

"However, in terms of the geographical advantages of Wu County, the land of abundance, this level is undoubtedly extremely insufficient for agricultural reclamation. You must not be complacent and self-sufficient just because of the little achievements in front of you. When will the output of one county in Wu County be equal to several counties in the north? If the county has a good harvest and the world is rich, it can barely be regarded as an initial success."

Preliminary success, that is, the initial reclaimed wild land in Wu County has reached the standard of a qualified small-scale peasant economy.

And hearing Sun Ce's words, everyone in the hall was dumbfounded, Wu County is rich and rich, and the world is rich!What kind of rich and prosperous scene is this?
And this is the initial success? !
Faced with the shock of the princes, Sun Ce cheered everyone up and said: "The current situation in Wu County is already quite surprising. The powerful tribes and the homes of the common people have turned their land into fields one after another, so that there are millions of fertile fields, far away from Myron. wait."

"The land in Wu County is flat. With the ancient method of plowing, the soil is soft and the soil is [-] mu for one ox, and the soil for hard soil is [-] mu for one ox. According to the fertile fields in Wu County, it can be [-] mu for one ox. Two thousand plows With cattle, one hundred thousand mu can be reclaimed every year, and within ten years, there will be a million mu of fertile land.”

"That's the case with two thousand cattle, not to mention the tens of thousands of households in Wu County. As long as the government's decree is enforced, the wealthy families and the people in Guizhou will actively cultivate fields, raise cattle and cultivate them. What's the point of expanding hundreds of thousands of mu a year?"

Seeing Sun Ce so excited, everyone was deeply motivated, and looking at all this, it seems that it is indeed not difficult to achieve.

There are thousands of farm cattle in the hands of the government alone, and the number is always more than that of war horses and pack horses.

And in the hands of the Hao family, every household has a lot of farming cattle, so they have to hire cowboys to graze.The famous general Deng Ai was a cowherd boy when he was young.

However, the Hao family has cattle and a new Jiangdong plow, which will inevitably lead to a substantial development of agricultural production, and it is no problem to produce a large amount of grain.

Sun Ce has great confidence in all this!
Instead of the land system, the production relations were adjusted to the most appropriate system.

Jiangdong plows and farming cattle have improved the production tools to the best.

A large number of people moved from the north to the south again, and the hidden trilogy in the hands of the tyrants was also counted. From military conquests to agricultural production.

At this time, production relations, productivity, and production tools have all entered the best state. Why doesn't Wu County's agriculture take off?The agricultural level in the south of the Yangtze River will inevitably enter an unprecedented new height.

Throughout history, the productivity level of the Han Dynasty is not as good as that of the Tang and Song Dynasties. Isn't that the difference?
Sun Ce helped the people make up for the production tools, and adjusted the production relationship to a more advanced and reasonable model. As long as the people are given time, they will increase the productivity level as quickly as possible and reclaim the barren land.Otherwise, it will continue to develop slowly, so why should Dahan expect his productivity to take off like Dasong?
Of course, to completely catch up with the Tang and Song Dynasties will not be achieved overnight.Not only does the reclamation of barren land take time, but also the improvement of grain cultivation needs to be explored. Even the construction of water conservancy and irrigation facilities for farmland must be improved step by step.

Sun Ce immediately paid attention to this aspect, saying: "The improvement of internal affairs must not only rely on the development of the people, but also pay attention to the governance of the government. The county magistrates, chiefs, and county farmers must also actively persuade farmers to teach mulberry and breed good varieties for the people. .At the same time, organize the young and strong, build water conservancy, and irrigate the farmland!"

"Now that the north of the county is peaceful, we should focus on developing agriculture. I plan to leave a sum of money to the county government, and the county government will coordinate the construction of a number of water conservancy projects. How much money is there in the government treasury now?"

Lu Fan helped Sun Ce manage the money and food, and immediately replied: "General, there are 600 million yuan in the treasury, [-] catties of gold, [-] catties of silver, [-] bolts of cloth and silk, and [-] grains. stone."

This number caught everyone's eyes.There are nearly [-] stones of grain in the treasury!

Even if the grain and grass raised by Sun Ce and Hongzi are removed, there are still more than 5 shi of grain purchased from various tyrants.

It seems that there is still wealth in the hands of the powerful, and direct robbery must be difficult to count.But as long as they are used properly, exciting wealth can still be reaped from them.

If the [-] shi of grain was used for battle, it would be enough for tens of thousands of troops to fight for half a year.

The generals were in a hurry at the first moment, and Cheng Pu had no choice but to speak on behalf of the generals: "General, wouldn't it be a waste of time to use this [-] shi of grain to develop government affairs? If you let me wait for the soldiers, it won't take half a year for me to wait. Conquer Kuaiji County, and Yangzhou will win!"

"Haha!" Zhu Zhi, the prefect of Danyang, laughed and said, "Demou, don't worry. The one hundred thousand shi grains cannot be given to you soldiers."

Ling Cao was irritable and didn't care about his dignity, so he immediately asked, "Who is worthy to snatch the hundred thousand shi of grain from the soldiers like me?"

Zhu Zhi was not happy, and angrily scolded: "If you can conquer the world immediately, you can also rule the world immediately? The whole Wu County is under the general's command. Are the officials of the thirteen counties in this county not the general's subjects?!"

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