At the end of Qin, I became a son of the plane

Chapter 16, Two Kinds a Year and Bureaucracy
  Just when the Chen family was adding more children, Xu Fan discovered a strange thing. It was already mid-December, and the weather here in Yang County had not turned cold yet. It was still over ten degrees a day, and even exceeded 12 degrees at noon. temperature, you can still move around wearing a singlet.

This incident made Xu Fan realize that this period was still in the warm period. The reason why he didn't react was because it was summer when he traveled through time. The summer in this world is no hotter than the summer in later generations. So he was seamlessly connected and adapted to the environment of this era. He also naturally believed that the climate here had the same spring, summer, autumn and winter as in later generations.

But now he remembered that there was no heat island effect at this time. There was no cement and steel city with a population of tens of millions. That kind of extreme weather rarely happened. The temperature of 30 degrees here in Yang County was considered very high. There are also frequent rumors of crocodiles eating people in the county. Apparently this area has a subtropical climate.

Since the temperature was still okay, Xu Fan suggested that Chen Lin continue to open up wasteland and plant a season of winter wheat. Xu Fan seemed to remember that rice and wheat were rotated in the Jianghuai area in later generations, not to mention that double crops of rice could be grown here.

Chen Lin trusted Xu Fan very much. After listening to his words, he reclaimed his fields and planted winter wheat. The other villagers were a little dumbfounded when they saw this scene, although Xu Fan explained to them that the climate here can be different in a year. ,
  But these villagers still haven't learned. After all, they haven't grown food like this for thousands of years. Who knows whether they can succeed, and if they fail, it will be a big loss for them. For farmers, it is a matter of farming. They They are the most conservative existence, because they may starve to death if they take one wrong step.

However, the villagers in Chen's family are extremely concerned about Xu Fan's agricultural experiment, because if it succeeds, their land will be able to sow double rice and harvest double food. No one can refuse this temptation. Therefore, this batch of winter wheat sprouted and took root from the seeds, and the entire Chenjialing villagers watched.

The spring of the thirty-fifth year of the First Emperor.

The leisurely moments of winter are over. The Chen family is busy again. The villagers are plowing in their own fields. The three old oxen have been fattening for a winter and cannot stop in the fields now.

This year's spring plowing in Chen's family has been extremely smooth because everyone has replaced their straight plows with curved shaft plows, and the effect has been extremely significant. The land that used to take the whole family half a month to cultivate can now be plowed in less than 10 days. Not to mention that all the land has been reclaimed, there are still many people who plan to reclaim the wasteland and add some fields to their families. After all, there are more people in the family, and the villagers also want to save more family property for their children and grandchildren.

Among the piles of reclaimed land in the Chen family, there are two fields that stand out. One is Xu Fan's original soybean field.

He didn't expect to harvest at first, he just wanted to plant some soybean fertilizer. However, he didn't expect that the climate of this era was beyond Xu Fan's imagination. Even in winter, the temperature was more than ten degrees, and there was no frost or snow in the coldest time. The soybeans in the school field are about to be harvested.

There is also the 20-acre experimental wheat field at Chen Lin's home. After a winter of growth, the wheat has grown lush and green. The villagers are paying attention to the growth of the wheat every day. According to their calculations, at most there will be another year. In two months, these winter wheats can be harvested.

Winter wheat is harvested in April. At that time, there is still time to plant a wave of rice. This field really has two crops a year. The Chen Lin family’s 4 acres of land is equivalent to 20 acres of production capacity. The most important thing is to collect taxes. But only received half.

This is very important to the villagers of Chen's family. Although they spend twice as much effort, their production capacity can be doubled. If their family does the same next year, it won't be long before their family can become a small farm with more than 100 acres of land. landowner.

It's a pity that in this era when the First Emperor used bullwhips to drive the people away, these hopes of the Chen family villagers were just illusions.

Spring plowing had just ended when a county official came over and posted a notice on the notice board of Chen's house.

All the villagers gathered around to read the notice.

"Master Xu, you are the most knowledgeable person in our village. Please tell us, what is this notice saying?"

In the entire Chen family, excluding those students who just knew a few words, there were only two literate people, one was Li Changcheng Gang and the other was Xu Fan. In everyone's opinion, Xu Fan's knowledge must have come from Li eldest son, so they asked Xu Fan to explain. Xu Fan frowned and said: "The notice probably means that this year is the 35th anniversary of the First Emperor's accession to the throne. In order to celebrate this special period, the magistrate of Yang County plans to build a high-standard Chi Road to connect the county and the city. Our Chen family is going to go out." 40 young men served as corvees, and below are the names of those who served as corvees."

Xu Fan also saw his name. Soon he would become a civilian husband. Xu Fan was also speechless. In this era, he had to suffer the destruction of bureaucracy. He had traveled through time in vain.

As soon as Xu Fan said these words, the whole place was in an uproar.

"Didn't the government agree that we have repaired the coastal channel and will not collect corvees for the next ten years? How can they keep their word?" Bianzi said angrily.

"This is too irritating. We have only had a good life for half a year. We have to collect corvees again. I don't know how long it will take. Moreover, there are too many people. Almost every household has to collect a young man. The government is so They don’t care whether we live or die.”

There were only more than 40 households in the entire Chen family, less than 50. To recruit 40 famous men, almost one young man would be born in each family. This kind of corvee was really too heavy.

Chen Gang comforted and said: "The government has issued an order. What can we common people do? We can only think on the bright side. After all, we are recruiting corvees in the county, and our family members can also help. No one will die, and we After we finish serving the corvee in the county, it’s hard for the government to conscript us to a distant place hundreds of miles away.”

But this did not comfort the villagers. Everyone was still angry in their hearts, but what could they do? Their arms could not twist their thighs. They could only use Ah Q's spirit and do things in their own village, as the village chief said.

But what happened soon ignited the anger of the villagers again. This time the corvee levy was imposed, other villages had 20 quotas, and their village had twice as many. It was clear that they were being bullied, and many villagers wanted to go to the county. The Yamen asked for an explanation.

But something happened soon, leaving them speechless.

Because Qingxili is close to the mountainous area, it is one of the first-class poverty-stricken areas in Yang County. The local villagers are almost unable to survive, and naturally they are dissatisfied with the county's corvee work. The villagers gathered together and went to the county to ask for an explanation.

As a result, they were all arrested by the county magistrate and sentenced to prison. The family could not afford three thousand yuan, so they all had to be punished and became prisoners.

Qingxili was already poor, so it was impossible to get this money, so these people were devastated and became prisoners.

After the news came out, no one dared to say anything.

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