Chapter 160 Busy reclamation in mountains, forests and rivers
Today is the day when the Lou family redistributes the land, and all the tenants from all over the country have arrived.
The whole village was filled with people and was very lively.
The land of the Lou family is fertile, with full grains of grain and excellent seeds, so the land rented by Lou family costs 10 to 20% more than other people's medicines. If the farming skills are better, it is not impossible to get 30% more.
What moved the tenants the most was that the Lou family rented less than others, and in the year of disaster, the Lou family would not beg for nothing to force the rent. Of course, the tenants would rush to rent the land of the Lou family.
Since last year, this big farm has been completely handed over to the big house from the old man.
Lou Qingyi had long been thinking about redistributing the rented land.
The main reason is that the tenants who rented land were uneven in the wealth and poverty. Some wealthy families even rented land from the land in the name of tenants, and made a fuss about the difference in the food price.
Zhuangzi naturally wanted to save grain for the Lou family, but Lou Qingyi didn't want the Lou family's kindness to be taken advantage of by bad people.
She had been considering the matter of redistribution of land for a long time, but it was delayed due to the recent marriage.
Now that an agreement has been reached with Chen Chang, there will be no too much ties in the short term. It is just right to deal with the land matter at this time.
Therefore, early in the morning, she took a car to the village.
The manager in the village had already prepared all the lists and land deeds, but these needed to be reviewed by Lou Qingyi himself.
Lou Qingyi sat behind the short table and looked through one by one.
Three managers stood solemnly opposite her with their hands down.
"Why are there so much land all at once?" Lou Qingyi asked in surprise as she looked at the numbers on the general account.
A manager named Liu took a step forward and replied respectfully: "Report to Miss, these were reclaimed later, and there are indeed many differences from the original digital acres."
Lou Qingyi gently put down the booklet: "It has expanded nearly a hundred times, are they all cultivated by themselves?"
“That’s right!”
Lou Qingyi nodded slightly.
The manager said again: "Miss, this kind of thing is not an isolated case of the Lou family. Now these wealthy families do this."
Lou Qingyi fell into deep thought, and soon she figured out the key.
As early as the time of Sun Wu, the power of the wealthy landlords in Jiangnan had rapidly grown.
When the Eastern Jin Dynasty Qiaoyu regime was established, they strongly supported it, and their vested interests would naturally not be damaged.
The wealthy families who migrated from the north also wanted to ask for land and houses in Jiangnan.
Like Wang Dao, Xie An and his family, it is common to be granted land and their affiliated population.
In addition, they also obtain land through other ways.
The great calligrapher Wang Xizhi said in "Writes with Xie Wanshu of the Ministry of Personnel": "We should travel to the mountains and seas with Anshi in the east, travel to the fields and see the right place, and enjoy the leisure time."
Sure enough, after Wang Xizhi and Xie Andong visited Kuaiji, they found a lot of land for their descendants.
Xie Xuan of the Xie family also managed the land in Kuaiji. After his death, he was buried in Shining County and had an old house and villa.
His grandson Xie Lingyun moved to Kuaiji, cultivated his business, and brought the river to the mountains and rivers, which was full of the beauty of living in secluded residence.
In his own notes on "Mountain Residence Fu", Xie Lingyun called this separation career because his grandfather "started the mountains and rivers, and was based on this." Moreover, he himself also "drilled mountains and dredged lakes, and had no end to his efforts" and sought more land from the government.
This type of wealthy family occupied a lot of land and had a lot of children and servants. He vigorously developed the manor economy and was a wealthy family.
The power of the Lou family cannot be compared with that of the Wang family and Xie family.
For ordinary gentry like the Lou family, it was much more difficult to start a wealthy place such as Jiankang, Sanwu, Kuaiji, and Jiangling, so they turned to other areas to reclaim land.
They occupied mountains, forests, rivers and lakes everywhere, opened up arable land and plantations, and conflicted with the previous policy of prohibiting private bans on forests.
In the second year of Xiankang, Emperor Cheng of the Eastern Jin Dynasty, the "Renchen Edict" was issued, which was the first law prohibiting the occupation of mountains, forests, rivers and lakes.
The edict was very tough: "The mountains and rivers are occupied, and the robbers are ruled on the law. The stolen goods are more than one meter away, and they are abandoned."
However, the ban has little effect after it was issued.
From the late Eastern Jin Dynasty to the four dynasties of Song, Qi, Liang and Chen, similar bans were still issued.
A concessional decree by Emperor Xiaowu of Liu Song during the reign of the Ming Dynasty.
The person in charge believes that the control of Renchen is too strict, and it has become a routine to occupy mountains and seal water. Moreover, it becomes a predecessor, and once it is gone, it is easy to complain.
It is advocated that all the mountains and lakes that have been reclaimed are "not pursuing" and that it is also stipulated that the officials and the nobles occupy 1-3 hectares of the mountain (the people and the ninth rank also occupy one hectares).
"If you have already occupied a mountain, you must not be able to occupy more; if you have occupied a small amount first, you must occupy enough according to the limit. If you have not been the old business in the previous article, you must not be prohibited. If you have violated the crime, you will have to calculate the stolen goods for more than one foot of the water and soil, and the theory of the common theories will be based on the law of stealing."
These orders were approved by Emperor Xiaowu of Song and were announced to the world.
This "mountain occupation law" recognizes the legitimacy of private possession of mountain lakes in the form of law for the first time, and determines the amount of mountain occupied by the height of social identity.
This is how 90% of the land in Loujiazhuangzi gets.
Since this is the case, Lou Qingyi felt that the land should be allocated better.
After all, she is a kind-hearted woman.
Xiao Yuer followed Chen Chang all the way and brought the furry tiger girl.
This guy ignored Chen Changai, but his butt was facing him, and his huge dog head was facing the rear of the car, and he grinned from time to time.
Xiao Yuer whispered: "Hu Niu must have discovered something."
Chen Sing nodded, someone must have followed them.
But because Hu Niu was on one side, the man dared not follow too close.
This big dog was also a powerful weapon to counter-stalking. He couldn't help but touch the north of Hu Niu, but the group twisted their bodies and avoided it.
Chen Chang was depressed, I am your temporary master, no matter how you are, you are really a little bitchy.
Xiao Yuer giggled at Chen Chang's cramped expression.
Hu Niu was at home and only listened to four people, that was the lady and her family of three. Even Sister Ziling, who had been with her all year round, Hu Niu sometimes didn't buy it.
After the son-in-law touched him like this, it was already good that the tiger girl did not turn against him.
Chen Chang was bored, so he opened the curtain to see the scenery outside the car.
The weather is good today, with blue sky, white clouds, clear water and green grass, which makes people feel refreshed.
Xiao Yu'er's eyes fell on Chen Chang's face. The son-in-law looked pretty and looked quite attractive.
Now that she is no longer pretending to be sick on the couch, she now has a very special feeling in every move. Well... this special feeling is like she was a romantic and elegant person who accompanied the lady on her outing with her before and saw her husband in the He family for the first time.
Why didn’t my son-in-law not find this feeling on him when he was lying on the couch?
The more Xiao Yuer looked at her, the more she became happy. She remembered the gentle and dignified appearance of the lady, and she was really a natural couple with her son-in-law who was in a beautiful place.
There is nothing wrong with this son-in-law, why do the lady and Zi Ling just don’t like him very much?
The little fish was a little confused.
Chen Chang turned his head and looked at Xiao Yuer curiously. Seeing that she was looking up and down with her double-scrutinized eyes, it seemed that she had just met him. What's wrong?
"Little Fish, do I have flowers on my face?"
"It's okay, it's okay!" Xiao Yuer quickly denied.
Chen Chang shook his head and smiled helplessly.
Chapter completed!