The eldest daughter of the emperor, she began to build a city wildly

Chapter 24
Back in the village, the villagers were drying some dried fish at the door of each household. It seemed that the harvest in the river was good, and some of them could be left for the family.

Xiao Che saw the well-organized life of the villagers in Fufeng Village, and did not suffer from the lack of food and clothing as he imagined, so he felt that he had underestimated this woman.

Su Tang invited Xiao Che into his yard and asked Yingyue to fetch a glass of water.

"I would like to thank Mr. Xiao for helping me find the ore this time," Su Tang said.

"It's easy to do, don't worry about it."

"I don't know if you farm land in Qingping Village?" Su Tang asked. She thought that Xiao Che had helped her so much, and she had to thank him. If there was land, she would buy some high-yield seeds from the system and send him point.

"Qingping Village occupies a hilltop, the terrain is dangerous, easy to defend and difficult to attack, so it is not suitable for farming." Xiao Che replied.

Sometimes he always feels that he can't keep up with Su Tang's topic.

"That's it, I will always remember Mr. Xiao's kindness."

"It's not a big deal."

Until Xiao Che left, he felt more and more unable to see through Su Tang, this was different from the weak woman he had imagined at first.

"Village Master, how is the investigation going?" Xiao Che had just left the valley where Fufeng Village was located when Huai An came up to meet him, apparently he had been waiting for a long time.

"It doesn't look like they were sent in by the government, but we still need to send more people to pay attention to their movements." Xiao Che ordered.

The stockade is full of common people, and few of them have kung fu. Even the eagerness and stubbornness to go into the mountains to find food, if they don't really need food, they can't pretend.

"Yanyang City was harassed by bandits last time, I'm afraid they will think of some way to deal with us." Huai An said.

"Let's be more vigilant ourselves. Don't follow the government's way. There are many villages here. There shouldn't be any major problems in a while."

After the two finished speaking, they left quietly.

Yingyue made a soft nest for Gun Gun in the house, put it in, and kept rubbing on its soft bear fur, moaning and chirping at the disgust of Gun Gun, not daring to offend its own. Feeder.

"Master, it's so cute, what do you usually eat?" Yingyue couldn't put it down, she didn't care about the eyes of protesting.

"I love bamboo, and I also eat vegetables, fruits, and grains, so I should also eat meat, right?" Su Tang asked uncertainly. She remembered that pandas seem to be omnivores. "Anyway, you can give it something to eat, and see if it eats."

Yingyue didn't expect this cute little animal to be easy to raise, "Should we give it a name?"

"Let's call it Jingtuan." Su Tang thought for a while, Jing described its ferocity as a wild animal, while Tuan said it was round and round like a dumpling, very cute.

"Sounds good." Yingyue looked for some food to feed it, and Jingtuan seemed to know that she would not have to wander around in the future, happily rolling around in the nest with her belly exposed.

Su Tang looked at its cute appearance, and found that its IQ was higher than what he imagined. At first, he felt that these small animals would gradually have feelings after raising them, and they would not hurt him in the future.

Looking at its appearance now, it seems to be able to think for itself, and found that after eating and living here, there is no resistance at all, and there is a tendency to get closer to the owner by being cute, and to get more food and drink.

That naive head, blinking cute little eyes, almost has an urge to hold you in your arms and never let go. Sure enough, Yingyue saw that it was not full, and was immediately impressed by its cuteness , went out to find something to eat for it.

Alas, girls really have no resistance to cute animals.

Su Tang turned on the monitor to observe the situation of Yanyang City and Fufeng Village. There is nothing wrong with Yanyang City now. With Lin Qing in charge, everything is in order, so there is no need for Su Tang to worry too much.

In the current valley, after half a month since they entered the mountain, a large piece of wasteland has been opened by the river, and it is time to plant crops.

Su Tang first asked Wu Chong to find someone to burn a batch of charcoal, which was not difficult for these experienced people, and then asked them to grind the sulfur, saltpeter and charcoal into powder separately, waiting for her to make the final charcoal. deployment.

Su Tang is not afraid of making raw materials, but the final preparation stage must be kept secret. She does not want to spread the production of gunpowder and cause greater disputes.

What kind of raw materials to use, what proportion, these Su Tang feel that when the time comes, they will find trustworthy people for secret production, and there are not many people needed. Su Tang only intends to make enough for his own use, and will not mass-produce.

The earliest appearance of gunpowder was discovered by accident in alchemy. Probably, the people here did not have an emperor who wanted to seek the elixir of life, nor did they have alchemists who made all kinds of strange pills, so they have not discovered gunpowder yet.

The people here are already proficient in making ironware. If they get gunpowder again, I am afraid they will soon know its power. Combining two and two, mass production and putting them into war, I am afraid that the world will really be in chaos.

Therefore, the confidentiality measures for making gunpowder in the future really need to be carefully considered.

After Wu Chong left, Su Tang asked him to call Liu Zhonglin to arrange farming for the villagers.

"Calculate the number of people in the village, implement private ownership of land, divide the existing land that has been developed, one mu of land per person, and whoever develops the wasteland will belong to him."

Before, the people in the village were poor, with no food, drink or money, so in terms of food, it was Wu Chong who tried to find a way to get food and distribute it uniformly so that everyone could have food.

With the development of Fufengzhai, such a one-pot porridge-like approach is definitely not acceptable. As the amount of food assets increases in the future, the disputes caused by this will also increase.

It is better to formulate a good system from the beginning, which can save a lot of trouble in the future.

Liu Zhonglin thought for a moment after listening to what Su Tang said, "This is good, but there are still many lonely old people in our village, and even some sick and disabled people. They can't support themselves without relatives. The things at home are all their own, so there is no one to support this group of people.”

"So I plan to collect taxes from them, and use one-tenth of the mu yield as a tax to feed this group of people who have no ability to work."

In the future, the construction of cities will cost money in many places, such as schools, nursing homes, and the army. These are places of net expenditure, and tax collection is essential.

"I'm afraid this is not good." This made Liu Zhonglin a little embarrassed. They followed Wu Chong and hid in this mountain. Apart from the harassment of the bandits, there was also the imperial court's overwhelming pressure.

I thought that I could breathe a sigh of relief and live a good life when I came here, but I didn't expect that there would still be bandits here to rob, and it would be fine to avoid the fate of not paying more taxes. The villagers would inevitably have complaints in their hearts.

After all, this group of people is gathered from all over the world, all for the sake of profit, and there is no cohesion.

Su Tang sighed. She naturally knew what Liu Zhonglin was thinking, and asked Yingyue to bring him a cup of tea before continuing, "I know that the villagers want to eat and wear clothes. I will provide the first year's seeds for free. It is estimated that they can The yield per mu is fifty shi, so I don’t know if they are willing to pay taxes.”

Su Tang wants to plant a batch of sweet potatoes before winter. Not only are sweet potatoes better than potatoes, but their leaves can also be eaten as vegetables. This is very suitable for Fufeng Village, which is short of food and clothing.

More importantly, Yanyang City grows potatoes, and when they are harvested, many people will pay attention to and marvel at its yield. If Fufeng Village also grows the same crops, it will inevitably make people think about it, which is not conducive to her lurking in the Lingyun Mountains .

"Five, fifty shi." Liu Zhonglin choked out the tea he had just drank, coughing again and again, and took a long time to recover, "I'm afraid the owner of the village is not joking. I used to farm, and one acre of land can harvest Five shi is enough to reach the sky, and fifty shi is worth ten years' production."

Liu Zhonglin looked at Su Tang's indifferent expression, then looked at Yingyue who was still hugging the shocking group and basking in the sun and shook his head, thinking that these two young ladies with delicate skin and tender flesh didn't know how to farm at first glance. This nonsense, standing and talking does not hurt my back.

(End of this chapter)