In late autumn, the weather has turned colder, but for the people of Bazhou, their hearts are hot, because the vigorous land teaching is about to begin, and only with the fields can there be hope for improving life.

The Zhou State implemented the equal-field system, which slightly improved on the basis of the equal-field system of the Northern Wei Dynasty. Those with households (married men) were given 120 mu of land, while those with unmarried men were given 100 mu of land.

The people need to rent and transfer. Those with households pay five hu (stones), ten pieces of silk, eight taels of cotton every year, and half of the unmarried people pay. All the people in the Zhou Kingdom have to pay taxes at the age of 18 to 64. Of course, this is just the basis, and they must be distinguished in detail based on the annual harvest.

Four cauldrons per mu (one pot and six dou and four liters) are harvested. At this time, the year is the previous year, and the whole tax is levied; three cauldrons per mu are harvested as middle-aged, and the tax is reduced by half; two cauldrons per mu are harvested as the next year, and one tenth is collected. The proportion of salaries of officials is the same as the levied tax.

Of course, this was more than 30 years ago, and the policies are constantly being adjusted as time goes by. However, the Bazhou Prefecture Office has issued a notice that the soon-to-be-grown land is carried out according to the following: "A person with a family (married man) has 120 acres of land, and an unmarried man has 100 acres of land."

The acres mentioned above are small acres, not the size of later generations, and these "fields" are still wastelands, waiting for the people to reclaim them. Even so, everyone is very interested.

The river embankment on the south bank of Santai River withstands heavy rainstorms and the ditches that clear the two large lakes outside the city are also very stable. Then the wasteland outside Xiyang City to the south bank of Santai River can be reclaimed with confidence.

Not to mention that at the beginning of the year, the prefecture yamen had organized people to put lime everywhere to extinguish the snails. The wastelands in the lower reaches of the Santai River were originally dirty and accumulated water, but now they have been drained and injected into the clear lake water, river water, and snails all died, so there is no risk of bloating disease.

The most important thing is that the state government has announced that these newly-governed fields will not have to pay rent and transfer next year. In other words, although they are reclaiming wasteland, they will have their own food to plant next year.

So as soon as the news of the teaching field spread, all kinds of thoughts arise. Some people want to falsely report their age and turn from underage to adult (Ding Man), some people are anxious to find a matchmaker to get married, and some people are anxious to split up immediately before they are separated.

Of course, no one has ever thought about old tricks. Some people lie about household registration and want to spend more money on land, and some people want to bribe officials to correct the files, but no one dares to do anything in front of Bazhou Governor Yuwen Wen.

Xu Shao personally led people to check the household registration to determine the number of land granted. During the period of the reign, Hao Wubo was in charge of the warehouse to guard the files. The master Bo Zhengtong was occasionally floating in front of the state officials, and the governor Yuwen Wen personally led people to the ground.

All wastelands that can be reclaimed have been surveyed by the state corpses, and the number of acres has been calculated and the drawings are drawn. The wastelands near the Tian family in the western suburbs of the city are also included. The land granted must be dominated by the state corpses, and no one is allowed to intervene under any excuse. All people who have been granted land must register carefully.

Not only are the local people in Xiyang County qualified to be granted land, but the people moved from Wuchang are also included. In comparison, the few people in Xiyang County do not have land, and thousands of Wuchang people are the big ones.

These new residents of Xiyang City lived in anxiety. The resettlement work of the prefecture yamen is very thoughtful. Their treatment is the same as that of the people of Xiyang City. Because there is no land, they have been organized by the prefecture yamen in the past few months.

Help farming, spinning and weaving cloth, building river embankments, digging ditches, protecting embankments in the rainy season, and helping with autumn harvests. They thought the government would always treat it as a hard worker, but they never expected that they would have the opportunity to give land.

For them, the government army (Chen’s army) was defeated repeatedly, and Wuchang could not go back. There was no need to think about the original land, not to mention that many people had no land outside Wuchang City. Now they were at a loss in Xiyang City, Bazhou, across the river.

It seems that Jiangnan will not be able to go back for a while. It is a good thing to divide the land in Zhou Kingdom. However, after a few years of cultivation, the raw land becomes mature. What should I do if I am moved back then? Many people are confused.

"There is nothing to worry about. Go to our store to rent an iron plow and a hoe and return it in time. It doesn't matter if you drag it for three or five days, don't charge more money!" A fat and big-eared shopkeeper shouted loudly, surrounding many people in front of him.

"If you don't have money to buy seeds, you don't have money to buy iron plows, and you can rent them from our store. Except for the ox that our store has to take away, you can take everything else directly!"

"Don't worry that our store fools you. The contract is to go to the state yamen and let the state yamen be a witness before placing a secret!"

"It doesn't matter if you don't know the word. The contents of the contract are read to you. Even if you can't trust me, can you still trust the envoy Yuwen?"

"Don't be afraid that we will come to our door to urge us on weekdays. Our store promises to settle the bill with you after the autumn harvest!"

"Are you worried about breaking the iron plow? It doesn't matter. Just take the things back in a whole and you will get new ones for you to use immediately!!" The fat shopkeeper shouted at the top of his lungs.

One after another, shouting sounded in front of various stores. This was the shopkeepers who used to lend money to usury in the past, and now they have changed their minds and have to lend money seriously. The large-scale land reclamation that will begin after the land is a business opportunity.

To open up the land well, you must have farm tools, iron plows, shovels, iron hoes, and seeds. Most people have no money to buy these things, so they have to "give back to the village" under the organization of the state government.

Of course, this is lending or renting things, but the profits and rents are not as exaggerated as before. Although the profits of a single transaction are lower, the profits are greater. Yuwen Envoy has implemented "market access". Only registered merchants can do this transaction, and have set guidelines to strictly prohibit vicious competition.

The number of land grants and households obtained from the state yamen is a sure profit after each shopkeeper calculated it himself, so before spring came, it began to attract popularity. They all hoped to make the contract before the New Year. Anyway, if the state yamen is the leader, they are not afraid of the other party playing rogues.

The various newly built farm tools in the military weapon prison were bought and rented before they could cool down. The rice seeds were also ready, and the rice transplanting method that will be widely promoted is also a business opportunity.

To transplant seedlings, you have to cultivate seedlings first. The people don’t know much about seedling cultivation, so the shopkeepers contribute collectively and concentrate on growing seedlings under the guidance of the state government. Then the people pay for these absolutely fine young seedlings to go back to transplant seedlings. It doesn’t matter if you don’t have money. This is a “green seedling loan” and will be paid back after the autumn harvest.

Just in case, every batch of green seedlings will be left in the official fields to plant them. If the rice grains are not harvested in autumn, the shopkeepers will resist the rent that cannot be paid, and they will be responsible for paying the rent.

The contract must be signed under the witness of the state government. The content of the contract will be read out in advance for the people to figure it out. They will no longer be fooled by others to sign the contract as before. Once a dispute arises, there will naturally be a case that is as fair as a god.

In view of this, the people who were about to give land were eager to try it out and went around in every store to "compare the goods" and those people who already had land were also attracted by "Qingmiaodai".

You can plant rice without spending money, and you will pay it back after harvesting in autumn. If it was a rainstorm that it was a bad harvest, it would naturally not dare. But now with river embankments and ditches and a good harvest is guaranteed, it will be different.

Besides, the rent for those iron plows, iron hoes, and shovels is not expensive. After all, it seems that buying is worse than renting. Originally, these iron tools were hard to even think about, but now they seem to be at your fingertips. Who wouldn’t be moved?

In the past, I used wooden plows, and hoes and shovels were not used. It was also exhausting to plow the fields that were not large. If I could use these iron tools and rent oxen, at least the family would not have to be tired every day when they were purging the land.

The most important thing is that there is a state jail as a security guard and a Yuwen envoy is watching. I think these shopkeepers dare not cheat people, so more and more people have also begun to "inquiry" to prepare to rent farm tools or even plow oxen. Everyone is looking forward to a big fight next spring.

For nothing else, it is worth fighting for the land you have always dreamed of!
Chapter completed!