Three Kingdoms: Liu Bei seeks the master and seeks to conquer the world

Chapter 61

County government.

The talkers of the big households in the city are in groups of three or four, whispering.

Different from Gaotang County, when there are seats for the rich and powerful, this time when the big households in the city are called to speak, everyone just stands and waits in the courtyard of the county government.

The time Zheng Ping gave was too short, and there were so many people called, Guan Zan didn't have time to prepare seats for the reception.

"I have relatives who work at the gate of the city. I heard that the old and weak Yellow Turbans outside the city will be resettled, and there are also fleeing Yellow Turbans who have heard the news and want to ask for food and rice from the fields."

"Field grain and rice? The field is okay, does this county government have enough grain and rice?"

"The county magistrate has already borrowed food from us once, so he won't continue to borrow food this time?"

"Our food and rice didn't come from strong winds, so we can't borrow all of them to house those muddy legs, right?"

"Even Mr. Jun Cheng came to Ande City in person. If you don't borrow some grain and rice to go out, it will be difficult in the future."

"Hey, this yellow scarf is really damn! If there is no yellow scarf, I will still be happy at home with my arms around the little beauty."

"If you want me to say, all the yellow scarves should be killed once and for all."

"Kill them all? Do you know how many people there are in the Yellow Turbans? Nearly 5000 people! How many households are there in Ande County? If they're all killed, how many people can there be in Ande County?"

"Stop arguing, Mr. Jun Cheng is here!"

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Amidst the discussion among the crowd, Zheng Ping had already walked forward.

The white robe and scale armor, with a long sword hanging from his waist, showed a murderous aura, which made everyone feel a little uneasy.

The county magistrate is a civil servant, but now he is wearing armor and wearing helmets like a general, walking with a sword, which inevitably makes people fearful.

"Everyone, military affairs are cumbersome, so I will speak bluntly."

Zheng Ping stood in a high position in front of the hall, his starry eyes swept over everyone, his tone was calm but there was an unquestionable power.

"The people of the Li people in the nine counties rebelled, only because they were instigated and coerced by the Yellow Turban bandits, and it was not true."

"Your Majesty Liu's order is to punish only the chief evildoers, and not to treat the surrendered Liming people as yellow turban thieves. Officials in the nine counties should have a heart of benevolence and love for the people, help them restore their homes, and prepare supplies for the winter."

"Anyone who violates the order will be punished with a cane at a milder rate, or sent to prison for questioning if he is more serious."

"However, due to the shortage of money and food in the counties, Mr. Liu also hopes that those who have money and food in the city can contribute money and effort, so that we can advance together and retreat together."

"Of course, this money and food can't let you spend it in vain."

"In the spring of next year, Lord Liu will provide you with a new type of plow named Quyuanli, which can change the current farming method of two oxen and one person into one oxen and one person, and the field that can be plowed at the same time is also the same as in the past. several times."

"At the same time, Lord Liu will also provide the "Book of Si Sheng" and "Monthly Order of the Four People" annotated by my father for you to transcribe."

"All of you are people with a lot of fertile land at home, and you all understand how important intensive farming is to increasing food production."

In today's era, the average yield of the fields is around three stones, as evidenced by Xun Yue's "Records of the Former Han Dynasty" and "Zhong Chang Tong Zhuan".

However, there are also those who use the area planting method recorded in the "Book of Bo Sheng" to carry out deep-rooted and meticulous cultivation, so that the yield of good land can reach ten stones per mu, and the method of using deer seeds can make the yield of good fields reach nineteen stones per mu and middle fields thirteen stones. , Susukida ten stone high yield.

But whether it is the area planting method or the deer seeding method, intensive cultivation is required, and ordinary people cannot use this method.

Farming cattle alone has already made ordinary people look back.

Even if it is the farming cattle of a large family, it is difficult to intensively cultivate every field.

However, the emergence of the new type of plow, the Quyuan plow, can directly increase the utilization rate of the cattle several times!
This means that once the Quyuan plow is adopted, these large households will be able to intensively cultivate more fields and increase the grain output of the fields.

When he was in Gaotang County, Zheng Ping could use some power tactics to let the powerful lease the land to the government, but that was just an expedient measure considering Liu Bei's insignificant reputation.

And now it's different.

Liu Bei's official position and reputation are different from those two months ago.

Zheng Ping no longer needs to use the almost empty-handed calculation of "letting the powerful to rent land to the government" to achieve his goal.

Science and technology are primary productive forces.

Zheng Ping not only has a new type of plow, the Quyuan plow, but also has complete agricultural classics such as "The Book of Si Sheng" and "Si Min Yue Ling".

And these big households have land and money and food, but only old-style plow tools. Even if they have some agricultural experience, not everyone has such agricultural classics as "Book of Si Sheng" and "Si Min Yue Ling".

Even if there is, it is not complete!

Liu Bei is in a different position, Zheng Ping can come up with different means to solve the problem.

But now, Zheng Ping doesn't need to play empty-handed white wolf tricks with these big players.

Although the powerful and powerful families are often dubbed the reputation of "eating people, tigers and wolves", it is impossible for the powerful and powerful families to be eliminated.

Existence is reasonable.

For Zheng Ping, using an extreme method of elimination is the most stupid bad strategy.

Although tigers and wolves are vicious, they can be deterred by martial arts and driven by wisdom.

Military is law, wisdom is technology.

Use strict laws to restrain the words and deeds of powerful families and big families, so that they can reduce the harm to ordinary people.

Use advanced technology to expand the interests of powerful families and big families, so that they can increase their support for Liu Bei's administration.

Then use the balance of power to make the torrent of the whole society run in the predetermined direction.

In this way, it will not cause opposition from all walks of life like Wang Mang's reform of the ancient system.

No decree can be perfect, but only one can not go wrong.

The prosperity of the world is all for profit; the world is all for profit.

The benefits offered by Zheng Ping moved the hearts of the rich and powerful families in Ande County.

As Zheng Ping said, how could this group of powerful households who depend on the land for their livelihood not understand the importance of intensive farming to increase grain production?
However, due to the fact that the cost of intensive farming is too high, the benefits outweigh the losses, and many powerful households habitually choose conventional farming methods.

Only on a small number of good fields, intensive cultivation will be carried out.

But now, Zheng Ping promised that in the spring of next year, Liu Bei would provide the new plow tool Quyuanli and agricultural classics such as "Book of Si Sheng" and "Monthly Order of the Four People".

The price that the rich and powerful households have to pay is only some temporarily unsold grain and coins piled up at home.

No matter how you look at it, these rich and powerful households are not at a loss!
"Master Juncheng, Mr. Kang Cheng is a great Confucian in the country, and I will not doubt that he can annotate the complete "Book of Si Sheng" and "Monthly Order of the Four People."

"But the plows are different. There are not no new plows with one cow and one man. However, it has been proved that these new plows with one cow and one man can't improve the speed of plowing. Is this curved shaft really so magical? "

The evolution of plow tools did not happen overnight. In the early years of the Western Jin Dynasty, the farming method of one ox and one man formally appeared and was widely adopted.

Zheng Ping also saw a new type of plow with one man and one cow when he was traveling in various states and counties.

However, the conception of these new plow tools is still very shallow, and it cannot greatly improve the speed of plowing.

Facing the questioning, Zheng Ping just smiled lightly: "Since six years ago, the Zheng family has been testing and improving Quyuanli in their private field in Gaomi, and it has already been perfected. If anyone doesn't believe it, after the Yellow Turban is calmed down, they can send someone Go to my Zheng family's private field to see the results."

(End of this chapter)