To put it bluntly, corvee means that the feudal court exploited the labor force of the common people, did not pay them, and even used them to death.
Building roads, digging rivers, building dams and other fortifications, as well as looking after the homes and courtyards of the officials, acting as guards, etc., are all part of the service content of men, and the government can assign them with confidence and boldness.
In the Tang Dynasty, it was stipulated that an adult male could only work for twenty days a year, but it was common for various places to extend the labor time without authorization.
After all, the roads built and the cities built are all the achievements of the officials themselves, and mobilizing the people to perform labor does not cost the government anything. It is all unpaid labor. This kind of free labor should not be used in vain.
Therefore, every year when the time comes to receive the labor service notice, the local people always become worried, and Linjiazhuang is no exception.
After Patriarch Lin informed the matter, he drank the tea in the cup and called Lin Mengbo to continue leaving. He had to inform the next family. He had to inform the one hundred and three families within this mile.
After seeing off Patriarch Lin and Lin Mengbo, Lin Wanwan sighed for a while. All the achievements of ancient officials were inevitably based on exploiting the common people. Whether they contributed money or effort, they all took advantage of the common people.
Although Lin Wanwan possesses the time and space gate, she has nothing to do about this. It is not like she traveled through time and became Wu Meiniang.
Three days later, Lin Wanwan sent Kunlun to bring a folded book full of useful information to Xiao Chong and send it to the county government.
Xiao Chong got the folded book, and at first glance, he felt that Lin Wanwan was his lifelong confidant, and they coincided with him.
Whether it is the design of the weir being thick in the middle and thin on both sides, or the idea that the bottom of the weir body is slightly poured five degrees to hook the river bed; whether it is filled with clay and gravel under the strips of stone, or the entire river weir body should be in an arc shape
This concept seems to have been written by looking at his design drawings.
Some of them even gave him new inspirations.
Xiao Chong looked at this folded book and couldn't help but smile. Is there really such a coincidence in this world? What I am thinking is exactly what you are thinking too?
"Wanwan, Wanwan, what kind of famous teacher can teach a student like you?"
Xiao Chong showed Lin Wanwan's folded book to his aide Xiao Ce, who was also greatly surprised and couldn't help but ask: "Zifang, have you shown the design draft to Lin's cousin?"
Xiao Chong said with a smile: "It's just that the heroes have the same views. Look at the precautions she wrote above. They also make sense. We can really refer to them when we are building."
Xiao Ce returned the folded book to Xiao Chong and couldn't help but sigh: "It's too evil. You two are too evil."
Xiao Chong touched his chin and said: "When we have more time, let's take the time to visit this cousin. Maybe we can get an unexpected surprise."
Xiao Ce smiled and said, "How dare you disobey your orders."
The two discussed other political matters for a while, and the slave who was guarding his field outside the study asked for an audience.
"Come in." Xiao Chong put down the case file in his hand and looked at the person coming.
"This humble slave respectfully wishes to be safe, Mr. Lang."
"But have you harvested the new vegetables in the fields?"
The tanned Zhuangtou slightly raised his head and looked at Xiao Chong, and said proudly: "Yes, Langjun, according to the farming methods you taught, with intensive farming, this winter's cabbage, radish and winter wheat are better than in previous years."
The harvest from planting in Jinling will be three times greater! It’s a bumper harvest, a good sign!”
Xiao Ce clapped his hands and said cheerfully: "Okay, okay! Zifang, you have been so steady every step of the way here! You are right, that Lin Wanwan and her master are indeed mysterious and unpredictable.
Transform decay into magical power.”
Xiao Chong was also very happy. After all, he had used his job as an experimental field, and now he has achieved success. In any case, it is a happy event worthy of a special mention.
"Where are the potatoes? My cousin said they are very productive." Xiao Chong asked again.
Zhuangtou replied: "Back to Sir, the potatoes have not yet been harvested. It will be in January or February. However, the roots of these potato vines were ordered by the masters to be sprinkled with plant ash by the farmers. Now
The growth is very good, and the yield will probably not be worse than that of water spinach."
Xiao Chong nodded, expressed satisfaction, asked Zhuangtou a few more questions, and then sent him down to receive the reward.
Xiao Chong pressed the desk, stood up and said, "Brother Shiheng, let's go and see the fresh vegetables delivered by Zhuangtou."
Xiao Ce readily agreed: "Okay."
Xiao Chong's field had a bumper harvest, and the people in Linjiazhuang were naturally not lagging behind. Seeing the harvest that was three or four times more than in previous years, everyone in Linjiazhuang wept with joy.
It's a pity that they have too few fields, just a small area next to their home. If they had as many fields as Lin Wanwan, then these vegetables would be enough for them to eat until spring.
But now, they are reluctant to eat it themselves. Winter vegetables are so expensive and very popular in the town. Naturally, they want to sell them all and exchange them for more affordable grains such as corn.
The harvest from Lin Wanwan's fields is the best among all. Without him, she would have smuggled chemical fertilizers from modern times.
Because Lin Wanwan had dumped messy things in the fields before, and everyone had become accustomed to it again. Lin Wanwan didn't want to make a career out of fertilizers, so when a curious tribe member asked, she casually mentioned a high price.
, scare people away immediately.
I thought that after all, Wan Niang was still a big landowner. She was willing to pour such expensive things into the fields. The vegetables grown were not enough to cover the fertilizer money put into the fields. They should just rot some manure!
Now there is a horse in the clan, and the cakes it pulls out every day are all good things from the farmers, and they dare not waste any of them.
The news about someone planting new seeds and changing farming methods and resulting in a bumper harvest spread quickly. The work in the farmland is always the most concerned thing among the farm workers, and no one needs to publicize it. Word of mouth spreads
Next, everyone will naturally hear about it.
The local squires in Luan County are naturally not deaf or blind.
This time, in order to make sure that Xiao Chong was not cheating, many people sent spies to Xiao Chong's field to conduct field inspections. After confirming that it was a real good harvest, everyone couldn't sit still and divided their troops into two groups to start the strategy.
One way is naturally the county government office Xiao Chong's place, and the other way is the house of Hou Taolin's Lin Wanwan.
It's a pity that Lin Wanwan doesn't have a male in her family, so she rejects all requests from outside men.
The squires were too powerful, and they were all old and cunning. She did not want to deal with them. She did not think that she could subdue these old and tough squires with her short twenty-two years of experience.
On the contrary, she felt that she was likely to reveal her fault, so she might as well avoid it. Anyway, there were Lin clan members and Xiao Chong standing in front of her, so she could be a hands-off shopkeeper who didn't care about everything.
For the Hou Taolin family, Lin Wanwan invested a lot of money, and of course she needed them to protect her from disasters.
Whether it was growing grain or vegetables, building docks, borrowing grain, or opening a school to take care of her children, she never frowned. All this was not because she was blind and generous, but because she knew very well that she wanted others to stand by her without hesitation.
On your side, you have to give people enough benefits!
No matter what dreams or family ideals, there is nothing more practical than giving food and borrowing food. The middle and lower class poor peasants should accept this simple principle.