The two men continued to drive on the road, but there was a widow and a half-old boy in the team.

The widow sat in the carriage of Guo Ying and Cao Zhen, and half-old rode a docile donkey in fear and followed the guards.

By the way, the donkey belongs to Zhuangtou family. There were two donkeys in the house, one of which was killed by Cao Zhen and turned into donkey meat and eaten with him, while the other became his cheap son's mount.

Not only do you have to eat, but you also have to take it. This old killer and old hooligan's nature is undoubtedly completely exposed.

There are some villages along the way, not very large in scale, but they all seem very calm. Occasionally, you can meet a few villagers on the road, and sometimes the old man will deliberately stop the car and chat with them.

The life of the country people is far from being rich, but it is not a problem to have enough food and clothing after a year of hard work. If the family is strong and labor-intensive, life will be better.

"Da Sun, do you want to investigate the population in the world? How many people are there in our Ming Dynasty now?"

The car drove slowly on the road, and the carriage swayed slightly. The old man asked slowly with the stove in his hand.

"The yellow population list counted by the Ministry of Revenue in autumn is more than 76 million people in the world." Zhu Yunxiu said, "more than 10 million more than Hongwu's 26 years."

In fact, stating the population is a complex and difficult task, and the time is extremely long. The empire only has a rough outline of population statistics, which is far from being accurate.

This is also true in the arable land area.

The old man nodded slowly, "Well, there are so many more people in just a few years. I don't have to hurry up now. It must be the hidden population that has emerged!" As he said, he smiled in praise, "It is still effective for you to make that dime into the acre!"

"The grandson has ordered the provincial governing departments of the local provinces to census the population every five years and register the Ministry of Revenue." Zhu Yunxiu continued, "It is strictly forbidden to hide people in various places. If there is no complaint, he will be severely punished!"

"You are just soft-hearted." The old man smiled, "Those big families with hidden people will kill them directly. If they go against the court, they will kill them!" As he said that, he looked at the scenery of mountains and fields outside the carriage and sighed, "At the beginning of the founding of the country, there were only more than 50 million people in the world. The population growth of nearly 30 million in thirty years is reasonable!"

Population growth is actually the most basic condition for measuring whether it is a prosperous era. Only when enough food is enough to eat and the world is peaceful can the population grow.

"Actually, the people in the world are grateful for your virtue and politics!" At this time, Li Jinglong, who was driving the car, smiled.

"What do you know?" Zhu Yunxi smiled and scolded.

He knew that Li Jinglong must have a superb flattery to say, so this laughter was like telling Li Jinglong to quickly shoot it and make the old man feel comfortable.

"Although I am a military official, I have deep feelings about people's livelihood."

Li Jinglong smiled and said, "Take the small villages in front of you as an example. I followed my father and escorted the former crown prince back to Fengyang to worship his ancestors. There was also a large area of ​​wasteland along the way, with a sparse population."

"How many years have passed now? There are fertile fields everywhere along the way and there are farms everywhere. Although the people are still a little hard, they are not panic after all. The Supreme Emperor, you have issued edicts for years to allow the people to reclaim the land, and the government issued land deeds. The people are full of hope and enthusiasm. Who doesn't thank God for the kindness?"

"There are few labors in our Ming Dynasty in all dynasties. You did not build the Great Wall or the Palace. All the energy of the people is used on your own fields. And you set less taxes for the Supreme Emperor, and you will get one ten taxes, let alone the Yuan Dynasty, which is much less than the previous Song Dynasty!"

"You are wrong!" Zhu Yunxi smiled, "How can you have the intention of whitewashing peace? Since the 14th year of Hongwu, the court has recruited nearly 120,000 civilians every year, so why hasn't they worked hard?"

"That's a good thing!" Li Jinglong continued to smile, "That's the development of water conservancy! The Supreme Emperor cares about the people of the world. In the early years, he often said that just giving the people's land and not promoting water conservancy would be like giving rice and not giving pots."

"The Supreme Emperor Jinkou once said that the people who reclaimed unowned land were exempted from three years of taxes, and ditches and lakes were built everywhere in the world to dig up water to irrigate farmland. The poor people at home gave them seeds and even animals."

"Such virtuous politics is rare in ancient times!"

"Okay!" The old man laughed heartily, "Don't sing together to support us, haha!"

"Grandpa Emperor, how can you praise you? It is indeed your virtue!" Zhu Yunsheng smiled and said, "In the end of the previous dynasty, the world was in chaos, and there were almost all the red cirrus, and you took over a mess."

"Everyone said that Emperor Gaozu of Han was difficult, and no matter how difficult he was, he was not as good as you. The Tartars were always a big trouble in the Central Plains. It was said that Emperor Taizong of Tang was difficult, but the warehouses of the Great Sui Dynasty were eaten until the reign of Emperor Gaozong of Tang. As for Emperor Taizu of Song, the wealthy Great Zhou Dynasty was taken over.

You have been the most difficult in all dynasties. Starting a business is difficult to build a country in the south. The country is broken and the population and land are even more confusing. On the Ming Dynasty, we have to go north to fight the Tartars, and we have to eliminate barbarians in the south, and we also have to immigrate to farmland and build cities. Grandpa Huang, it’s not easy for you!”

The old man looked out the car window again and said with some sigh, "We have just done something we should do! If we win the world, the world is our family. We can't go to death and let the people of the world know the goodness of our Zhu family."

"We are a peasant family and know what the people value the most and need most. Haha, the emperors' civil and military skills are not as good as the people's full meals. We know how much we weigh, so we only have three words, so we don't bother!"

"Grandpa Emperor, resting and recuperation will lead to prosperity in the country. However, it is not without hidden dangers!" Zhu Yunxi smiled, "Look, the population has grown so much in just 30 years. If there are another 30 years, how much will the world be? Now we will promote Hongshu to the land, which has given the people more food. If this continues to grow, will the land be insufficient again?"

"Get out!" the old man cursed with a squinted look, "Don't dig a hole for us, we know you're thinking about fighting this and that all day long, and you can take up a place here and build a port here!" As he said, he looked at Zhu Yunxiu, "We are old, the country is yours, you will make the decision. But we still say the same thing, it's easy to talk to the outside world, don't bother with the inside."

"The people's family background cannot withstand the trouble. Remember, the country must support the people, and the people are rich and the country will be stable. The descendants of future generations must not think about scraping the people!"

Just as Zhu Yunxi was about to speak, suddenly, a confrontation between Guo Ying and Cao Zhen came from the carriage ahead.

"Cao Sha Zi, I'll endure you all the way!"

"Guo Laosi, you scolded me all the way, I can't stand it anymore!"

"What? Get out of the car and gesture?"

"Come on, who is afraid of who?"

There was also Widow Liu's persuasion voice, "Master, please calm down!"

"What are these two killers making trouble?" the old man frowned and cursed.

The guard Deng Ping rode over and bowed his head and whispered, "Reply to the two masters, the two marquises are fighting because... two eggs are being beaten!"

"Egg?" The old man was stunned, "Because what are you beaten with eggs?"
Chapter completed!