In Guangzhou, it is the second harvest of rice in the three seasons of rice every year. The low rice ears are heavy in the wind, and there are large patches of paddy fields that cannot be seen at the end; it is like the golden sea ripples, which make people feel full of joy and pleasure at first sight.

As the sun was exposed and shining with endless energy, the scorching air was filled with mixed breath of soil and grains; even the originally intense sound of cicadas became weak as if it was heat.

Although the sun was scorching like fire, there were still a steady stream of traffic on the roads between the fields, with all kinds of sweating crowds and livestock, as well as large bags of grains filled with bulging bags of grain, or high straw bales and grass.

They were like hard-working and tireless worker ants, fighting with all the fields, with the threshing of various human and animal powers, and the rifting of the filtration machinery and the waving of the shaving fields;

Then they gathered in groups in the temporary city and supply and marketing offices at the intersections; here they lined up in turn to pass the hydraulic spring mill, divided the bran and the first road, and then divided the two brown rice channels according to the proportions into the transaction, the remaining house and the self-use parts, each carrying them back home.

Therefore, when it comes to rest and eating time at noon, the crowds sitting on the ground and taking out bowls and jars jingling will be filled with the aroma of oil and salt; and the discussions of comparison and comparison between each other will be heard.

What we usually see are rice dumplings with a strong and tightened tips or steamed rice dumplings with puff leaf buns. Some people have stacked breads and small cans of soup and flattened bean buns; and the best rice is to be stewed large pieces of marinated fish or reddish crumbs, and soft and soft-fried wax slices;

If there are only monotonous salt and soy sauce, or dried potatoes that have been dried to satisfy your hunger, people will only be ridiculed for raising a stingy lazy woman at home. If you can see a piece of oily canned meat or hooves, it means that someone at home joins the army, and it is also the focus of envy and jealousy.

At this time, people in various villages would cook large pots, including salted tea soup, and let people take it at will all day long. Some large villages with abundant products can even be extravagant to add charred and bitter coarse sugar to it, which makes people feel particularly energetic and refreshing.

When working at night, a lit charcoal cage will be lit, and additional roasted potatoes, salt-boiled beans and soy soup will be continued, and even a few gulp of homemade wine from the farm will be given to those who have contributed the most.

At this time, taking advantage of the cooler night, the old and weak children in the villages everywhere will join the sequence of labor, just to grab more farming seasons in front of the cool rain that may come at any time.

Although this is just a small harvest year, and even because of the surge in local summer, it is slightly lower than the average level in previous years; when the family keeps bringing back yellow rice and gray wheat noodles, the left-behind women and children can't help but smile and have a lot of longings, or they are eager to plan and count on their fingers one by one.

Although it has only been a few years. For most people, they can eat half full on weekdays as long as they give up their energy. During the festivals and collective labor, there are more food when working in other places. They just wish they could live for thousands of years.

And beside a parked ox cart, under a large banyan tree covered.

"The Lord's teachings were still issued, and it turned out to accumulate grain, build high cities, and slowly become kings... It's really concise and thought-provoking."

"Now you can be at ease, no longer have to go around day and night to persuade you to advance..."

"It's still ashamed to say that I'm in vain to speculate privately for a long time and measure it with ordinary people; I'm afraid of being constrained by fame and status. But I don't expect that this lord is more wise than most people, with a bright mind and a bigger picture and a scheming..."

"I am really fortunate to be able to be with you and be with this lord. I hope to be celebrated by you..."

"Good. Good. The military can think of this, obviously because it has seen through the confusion of fame, wealth, power and reality. It is only to return to nature and truly understand it. Isn't this a blessing for thousands of people and the blessing of the common people... "

He was ordered to attract and gather Tu people's Liaoli in Danzhou, Zhenzhou, Wan'anzhou and other places in Hainan, and to grow kapok (sea island cotton), oil palm, sisal and other economic crops, and Liu Xun, the director and professor of the tanned and thin farmer, was effective;

Because of urging summer harvest and subsequent sowing, top dressing and other matters everywhere, Guangzhou Changshi Fan Chuo, who looked dusty and red, looked black,

There are also people who are well-described as well as being responsible for training and distributing localities in Lingdong, and in various places and cities. They also stayed at the Sizan to remember the officials of Qiuyi.

The last person spoke was the mountain master of the Cantonese Buddhist College who always looked frowning and thinner, and the old monk Yixin, who was born in the Nanchan ancestral court.

These four people almost represent the iconic figures of the Annan faction and the Lingdong faction among the officials and clerks at all levels in the core territory of the Taiping Army outside the Lingwai.

Of course, more importantly, they all received requests from going north to assist in the development and governance of the outside world; therefore, this was a temporary meeting that took advantage of the situation.

"So, is the master already determined to leave the ridge and head north?"

Liu Xun asked again.

“That’s exactly that,”

Yixin nodded with his eyes and his mouth and nose

"How should the Buddhist undertakings that the master has emerged in the ridge?"

Fan Chuo asked in surprise.

"These are all sent by external things, and there is a reason for the success of the people. I only get a little reputation when I meet them. Now I have made my own rules and follow them, and I will not change it because of whether I keep it or not."

Yixin sighed, who was still frowning.

"I have a lot of insights in my practice (theory). I have given up my great wishes and used the Pure and Silent Buddhism to promote the 100-foot rule as my life's thought. Now that I have been attracted by each other, I hope to practice this body in all parts of the world."

However, another Qiu Huan present who didn't speak smiled. Compared to Fan Chuo, who was more focused on his own field and was more honest, he was trembling and determined to please Liu Xun; this old monk who was older than anyone else and had a lot of knowledge was the one who was the most flexible.

A few years ago, he still looked like he was not cooperating with force and could only make trouble for the sake of the monks. Now he has become a martyr who deeply understands the principles of the Taiping Army's compassion for the world and does not hesitate to do so.

Of course, this has not come from the White Lotus Sect, the Pure Land Sect of the same Buddhist Pure Land Sect, and is now accompanied by the hidden pressure and competition for preaching.

You should know that the Northern Zen School advocates gradual enlightenment by following the follow-up, while the Southern School advocates sudden enlightenment by accumulating strength. The Pure Land Lotus School is even more simple and regular in various schools. Once, it is said that as long as you recite the Buddha's name at all times, you will have the opportunity to transcend the six realms and be reborn in the Pure Land.

Nan Chan originally took the lead in the Buddhist rules and regulations; but it was obviously the Pure Land Lotus Sect's style of worshipping and flowing, which was more suitable for these Taiping soldiers who were humble or from the bottom of the grassroots, and their sustenance to the people under their rule.

Of course, he may not be able to get better.

Qiu Huan was getting older and stayed in Annan and was far away from war troubles. He should have taught his disciples and passed on his career without desires and demands. However, the arrival of this master gave him an opportunity; an opportunity to spread the "Qiu Xue" from southern Xinjiang in this era when the ritual system was corrupt and Confucianism was declining, and even to leave his name in the later generations, and even to record the grandfather's name.

Therefore, there is no need to point out or expose this thought. After all, for them, Guangzhou and even the entire two ridges are not only in a state of peace. Only by continuing to follow that person is the core of the times.

——I am the dividing line—

After receiving the statistics on the late summer harvest from Canton, Zhou Huaian let out a heavy breath. At least he didn't have to worry about the inventory clearance crisis caused by the flood in the Pearl River Basin or the flooding of the Hunan River Basin.

The grain surplus after the Thirteen Prefectures in Lingdong was 160,000 dan, plus the transportation figures in the Eight Prefectures in Lingxi, Annan and other places; because of the continuous expedition and subsequent pacification of local areas, and the maintenance of military control, the food reserves that have been hovering in the deficit state in the Taiping Army finally returned to the danger line.

In this way, there is no need to collect additional household registration surplus grains from the military farms and accumulate them with the public storage in collective farms; after all, things such as credibility and reputation that are popular among the people are consumed quickly, but it is not that simple to recover.

There is no need to continue to draw up material reserves for adjusting market and emergency preparedness, as well as preparatory preparations for large-scale projects; as well as project progress and suspended projects that have been delayed can also be quickly restored.

As of early August, the fiscal revenue in Taiping Shengku also reached 6.09 million yuan per guan. The largest part is still the surcharge of commercial taxes, ship taxes and other specialties obtained in ports and cities controlled by them.

As for the names of Ding Tax (rural) and household tax (urban), it can be said that it has been compressed to a ratio and level that is slightly better than nothing; the reason why it is still preserved is just to reflect the control of the regime and its daily presence.

In contrast, the transaction volume of ports and cities such as Guangzhou, Jiaozhou, Chaozhou, and Leizhou has continued to grow in recent years; but the returns of the two major sectors of the market and commercial dynasties have declined; of course, this is mainly because the Taiping Army's trade fleet has gradually intervened and deepened into various fields.

On the other hand, the existing shipping trade volume and market size, as well as the corresponding production capacity scale, have stabilized and become a long-term bulk exchange, and it is necessary to continue to explore more emerging markets and trade space overseas.

In fact, although there are many names of income, the Taiping Army's fiscal accounts have always been in a deficit from a small amount; because as long as the income and inputs accumulate to a certain level, they will immediately be invested in the preset order, schedule to do things and projects.

This is certainly a waste of money and money, but it is a method or measure to quickly create the upper limit of economic scale and market potential in the short term. Only when products and wealth flow frequently can more derivative value be created in the process of transforming into other things.

Xunzi's attitude towards national taxation and application is very clear in the "King System".

The monarch who is king of the world makes the people rich, the monarch who is dominating the princes makes the soldiers rich, and the country that barely exists makes the officials rich, and the monarch who is destroyed only enriches his own boxes and fills his own warehouse.

If your own boxes are full, your warehouse is full, and the people are poor, this is called "the top is spread out and the bottom is leaking. Such a country cannot defend itself and fight outside, so its collapse can be immediately waited.

Therefore, those in power plunder the people's wealth and perish, and the enemy gets these property and becomes rich and powerful. Purchasing the people's wealth actually leads to invaders, fattening the enemy, destroying the country, and endangering one's own path. Therefore, a wise monarch does not follow this path.

Under the traditional feudal agricultural system, most self-sufficient small farmers do not spend money; if a large number of people in a country do not spend money at all, it means that most people in this country are outside the court system responsible for issuing currencies.

That means the lack of huge resource utilization and mobilization capabilities, as well as the fragility of the ability to bear accidental risks such as natural disasters and man-made disasters. The collapse of any dynasty at the end is the continuous superposition of these factors to the beginning of quantitative change.

Today, the end of the Tang Dynasty is the best example. The world is full of disasters and social contradictions, but there is no corresponding channel for complementary resources, and the top-down adjustment ability of the regime;

Therefore, the peasant uprising army was able to gain enough home court and follow the trend in the transition, and then learn lessons and supplements in the failure, and continue to grow like a snowball, and the court with strong soldiers and generals was suppressed endlessly.

Having said that,

Today, the registered population outside the ridge has reached more than 970,000, mainly concentrated in the east and northwest of the ridges and villages in various places. One third of them are distributed in the villages and villages in various places. This is also the base of young and middle-aged population that can be mobilized and mobilized at any time.

About half of them are high-quality soldiers with collective education and primary military training, but they will be fully mobilized at the cost of production pauses only when encountering major crises or continuous serious losses.

The remaining population is mostly distributed in hundreds of cities and towns and several times the number of times the number of cities; as long as certain resources and social functions are reduced, the cost of missing can also be mobilized, and the short-term collective labor and local garrison forces can be supplemented.

As for some of the lower-level populations scattered in remote rural areas and mountains, the Taiping Army will not have to rely on them as a source of troops for a while. It is enough to ensure that under indirect control and limited influence, it can pay taxes and provide labor and labor mobility on time by setting up customs offices at key intersections and intersections.

Then after arriving at most of the seven prefectures actually controlled in Hunan, the number was reduced to about 410,000; while in the five prefectures of Jiangxi and three prefectures where wars were frequent, there were about 290,000 heads;

However, there are a little more numbers in Jingnan. In Jingzhou alone, there are 170,000 yuan of registered taxes; although from the books, there are 22 states and millions of households in the ridge, which is already the foundation of a five-generation separatist power.

But no matter what, relying on the current output and division of labor in these places, it is already very difficult to maintain the garrisons of nearly five armies in the three routes within the Lingnan area and their resources required.

Now I have carried several big burdens including Xiangzhou, Suizhou, Yingzhou, and Fuzhou on the east side of the mountain road. Therefore, for a long time in the future, continuous blood transfusion and supplementation outside the mountain will be needed to promote various measures such as stabilizing order, restoring production, and enforcing households and civilians.

Until the day he regained his feed back from these places. So he had to save money and continue to carefully maintain his military and local income and expenditure and financial balance.

For example, after reorganizing and deregulating the local armed forces in the turmoil, some will be selected and supplemented by the main force, some will be organized into production garrisons or garrison troops, and some will be sent to their original place for a fee.

However, continuing to act low-key and focus on developing production does not mean that we cannot give our subordinates and their broad followers some hopes and expectations; so Zhou Huaian quickly summoned the generals in Xiangzhou City and announced a decision.
Chapter completed!