Wei Tieniu was stunned for a moment, thought carefully and said, "Your Highness, although Tieniu doesn't know how many such villages there are, there must be a lot of them."

"It's not certainly a lot, it's the vast majority. They are not as lucky as your Yangshu Village. They make a lot of money by growing potatoes. They all expect that this season of autumn rice can fill their stomachs. It's a pity..." Li Yan did not continue.

Wei Tieniu vaguely understood something. He was not unaware of the rumors now, "Your Highness, are you talking about plowing oxen?"

Li Yan looked at Wei Tieniu with a stern look, "What do you think? Now your Yangshu Village is rich, and the whole family can afford four or five plowing oxen. The price of plowing oxes in the entire Yizhou City has been raised by your Yangshu Village. Your Yangshu Village is full of spring breeze, but Tieniu cannot forget its roots, and cannot forget the poor people like you before just because of money."

Wei Tieniu's newly bought clothes were soaked in cold sweat. Li Yan had never spoken to him in such a stern tone and expression. Every sentence of Li Yan was true. After the Yangshu Village people had money, they were indeed much more impetuous. He also felt that the plowing ox was wrong, but when they saw that the villagers were like this, he couldn't say anything. Now they finally caused trouble.

"Your Highness, Tie Niu will go back and let the neighbors sell the excess ox to other villages at the previous price." Wei Tie Niu said firmly. Compared with the ox, he cared more about Li Yan's trust. Now the people don't know that only Li Yan can get the things like potatoes and sweet potatoes. Without Li Yan's protection, Yangshu Village will become the same in a few years.

When Wei Tieniu said this, Li Yan's mood eased a little. Shangguan Yi came to him to tell him about farming, but he also came to report Wei Tieniu's case to Li Yan. But he didn't say it clearly. Shangguan Yi and Wang Yinlong certainly felt that it was inappropriate for Yangshu Village to destroy the overall farming, but they did not want to punish him directly. After all, Li Yan took care of Yangshu Village for many times, and they couldn't figure out Li Yan's pulse, and wanted to see Li Yan's attitude.

"It's unnecessary to sell it to the neighboring village, so as not to cause trouble again. If you go to Shangguan Yi, they will allocate the plowing ox to you reasonably." Li Yan said.

Wei Tieniu said carefully: "Yes, Your Highness!"

After saying this, Li Yan asked Wei Tieniu to leave. After leaving the palace, Wei Tieniu hurried to the official office, and his body was chilly. Li Yan was approachable on weekdays, and when he was angry, he couldn't breathe. At this time, Wei Tieniu's understanding of Li Yan became deeper. Li Yan was familiar with him, but Li Yan was the prince of a country and the master of ten states in Shu. He had the power of life and death over them. Those wealthy families dared not act rashly in front of him, and even more so, a small Yangshu Village could not understand other principles, but he still understood the obedient children who would not be beaten.

Wei Tieniu's arrival made Shangguan Yi and Wang Yinlong smile understandably. Li Yan must have heard their implicit sound.

"Governor Shangguan, just say whatever order you have. Yangshu Village will definitely do as it should!" Wei Tieniu Weng said.

Shangguan Yi said: "In the next period of time, Chengdu Prefecture will establish a rural cooperative, that is, the villagers in each village will be divided into multiple teams. This kind of team is called a production team. The ox and farm tools in each production team are managed uniformly by the team. When farming, the entire production team cooperates with each other to cultivate land. It is no longer responsible for its own fields, but the fields in the production team. When harvesting, they will take their own families."

"That is to say, the land in the entire village is cultivated by the entire village, and after harvesting, it is divided according to the fields of each family?" Wei Tieniu understood the general meaning.

"That's right, but we need to divide it in more detail. For example, if fifty households are divided into one production team, your Yangshu Village is divided into four teams with 200 households, each team plowing ten oxen and ten ploughing. This will avoid the waste of oxen and allow farmers who cannot afford to buy oxen to benefit from the convenience brought by oxen." Wang Yinlong continued.

Wei Tieniu nodded, "This is a good idea. Yangshu Village is willing to be the first to establish a cooperative."

Shangguan Yi and Wang Yinlong were both happy when they heard this. Shangguan Yi said, "As for those extra oxen, the government will purchase them at the original price. Even if you Yangshu villagers spend more money, you Yangshu villagers will punish you. Now go back and talk about this with the villagers. In a few days, I will go to Yangshu Village to help you build a specific cooperative. After success, I will call the Lizhenghe County Magistrates from other counties and townships to study in your village."

"Okay, no problem!" Wei Tieniu said excitedly, let everyone learn how big their Yangshu Village has to look.

Wei Tieniu discussed some details with the two and returned to Yangshu Village. The task he took on was not light.

"What! I'm not happy to sell the plowing ox to the official office at the price of four jin!" Wei Tieniu summoned the villagers to tell the story of the cooperative. The previous one was still very smooth, but when it comes to the plowing ox, some villagers began to be reluctant.

"Not happy? Well, I'll give you the difference of six guan per head. In the future, your family should not think about growing any potatoes. Let's plant rice that was less than one stone acre in the past!" Wei Tieniu said angrily. Wei Tieniu is now in the limbs, considering the interests of the entire village. He gritted his teeth for some villagers who only care about themselves.

"Tieniu, don't be angry. Now that I have lost six guan of money, who doesn't feel sorry for me? No matter how hard we say this is the money we earned from farming, right?" An old man said. He was the former Li Zheng from Yangshu Village and had a high prestige in the village. He said this and his voice became higher again.

Wei Tieniu didn't expect that the resistance would be so great. He suddenly felt a little depressed for a moment, and even wanted to leave them alone and let them do whatever they wanted.

"I'm not conscience when I say this." A voice sounded, and Wei Tieniu said: "Mom, why are you here?"

"I heard that some people without conscience are making trouble here, but they are so angry!" Wei's mother looked at the old man and snorted, "The old woman wants to ask, what did you eat before my son made this Lizheng, and what did you eat now? You said that this money was exchanged for you through hard farming. Why didn't you see you farming for so much money before? Ah?"

The old man was blushed and red when his mother said this. "Tie Niu is an honest child. When he entered Yizhou City, he made money by using coolies. He thought that he could also let the neighbors in the village have enough food. He had some extra money, so he went back to the village to bring you all. His Highness said he wanted to find a village to grow potatoes. He originally planned to let the iron Niu try planting them. Tie Niu begged your Highness to plant them for you. The potatoes have been harvested. Do you have any tricks to sell them? Didn't your Highness specially hold an exhibition?"

"Mom, stop talking!" Wei Tieniu didn't want to mention these things.

"Mom wants to say, I'm not going to do it here anymore. Whoever wants to do it, Tieniu, don't run back and forth in Yangshu Village and Yizhou City to ask about the crops that make money." Wei's mother wanted to pull Wei Tieniu back as she spoke.

The villagers were anxious now. Wei Tieniu could get to know the King of Chengdu in this village. Others found the royal palace, but they ignored it. Wei Tieniu ignored it, which was equivalent to cutting off the road to wealth. What's the use of raising more oxen? "Tie Niu, don't be anxious. Isn't this a discussion? We are just nagging. We can't listen to you, so we will drive the cow to the official office." The old man stopped the Tieniu, and whoever was willing to spit out the meat he ate into his mouth was just complaining, and they didn't dare to really go against the official office.

"Really!" Wei Tieniu made a move to leave, and stopped hearing this, "That's right. You won't be wrong when you hear Your Highness's words. The little money you lose now will be earned several times in the future."

Wei's mother also breathed a sigh of relief. Wei Tieniu discussed this show with her when she was at home. Wei Tieniu knew that they would definitely not be happy to ask the villagers to sell their plowing ox at a loss, for fear that Yangshu Village and the government office would have annoyed Li Yan, so he planned to persuade him first and perform a bitter meat show.

At this time, the villagers who bought more than a dozen plowing oxen could only shake their heads and sigh, and there was no other way to suffer.

The matter of plowing ox was resolved, and Wei Tieniu said excitedly: "Let's discuss the division of production teams..."

The next day, the villagers of Yangshu Village drove the plowing ox into Yizhou City. Shangguan Yi bought it at the price of four guan as promised, and praised the villagers of Yangshu Village, which always made the villagers feel a little more comfortable.

At the same time, Wang Yinlong also began to sanction those merchants who took the opportunity to raise the price of oxen, and unified the price of oxen to Siguan. Li Yan also asked Tong Nian to purchase oxen and other livestock from other places in the Tang Dynasty to alleviate the shortage of oxen in Yizhou.

A month later, Shangguan Yi and Wang Yinlong convened all the officials of Chengdu Prefecture to hold a collective meeting in Yizhou City. The content of the meeting was about the establishment of cooperatives in various villages and counties. After the meeting, they also took the officials to Yangshu Village to visit the production team warehouse and public cowshed, and explained the composition of the production team and the distribution of work on the spot.

After the meeting, under the overall control of the government office, all townships and counties immediately took action. A new agricultural model began to be promoted in Chengdu Prefecture, and agriculture achieved orderly management, rather than the original small peasant economy.

In addition to new crops, Li Yan also encourages the cultivation of mulberry, tea and hemp. Shu brocade cannot be lost. Next year's spring tea plum will adopt the skill of tea stir-frying, and the tea shop will be built and it is time to start production.

After rectifying agriculture, Li Yan turned his attention to the well salt mine in Yizhou. During the Tang and Song dynasties, the well salt output in Sichuan and Yunnan was not small. This treasure was in Li Yan's fiefdom. How could he not use it? Moreover, he had an official name.

In the early years of Zhenguan, the salt industry in the Tang Dynasty divided into two types: public salt and private salt, which was not an official monopoly. It only imposed taxes on some salt merchants. The salt industry was relatively loose, which was when Li Yan showed his strength.
Chapter completed!