"To achieve a threefold increase in production, we need to find ways to make money, because the price of Quyuan plow is not low, cattle and horses are even more expensive, and the investment in elevated water canals can bankrupt the Han Dynasty court.
And we in Mayi can earn a lot of money because we have a large number of factories, so that we can have money to hire people to help build canals, build roads, buy fertilizers, and manufacture various expensive agricultural tools for everyone to use.
And if we want to promote the Mayi model throughout the Han Dynasty, our factories will be hundreds of times more than now, and the money we will make will be hundreds of times more than now. Only the fields in the entire Han Dynasty can be built into water canals to become irrigated fields.
The imperial court subsidized farmers throughout the Han Dynasty so that they could use buckwheat plows, plowing oxen, plowing horses, and various high-efficiency agricultural tools."
Xu Wei had no choice but to bring it into the industrial system in this way. Who knows that there is no way to produce synthetic ammonia yet? He wanted to say that industry can increase food production, but no one believed it. But let everyone believe that industry can bring money.
Everyone can understand this point of using money to improve agricultural production! Because that’s what Mayi does!
Sure enough, everyone is convinced of this. Ma Yi invests more in fields than anyone else. Everyone can see this. The comparison between input and output per mu of field exceeds 20, which means
It takes 20 years for farming to pay back its investment.
And if you want to promote water canals throughout the Han Dynasty and increase the yield per mu of the Han Dynasty by more than three times, it will cost a huge amount of money. Without an industrial zone hundreds of times more powerful than Mayi, it is impossible to promote water canals throughout the Han Dynasty.
Dahan, once everyone has this understanding, they will have a very clear understanding of the country's land policy and industrial development in the future.
All high-level officials in Mayi agreed to abolish the land private system of the Han Dynasty, fully implement the nationalization of land, and realize that those who till the land have land, and those who do not till the land have no land.
It was possible to do this when the country was founded, but after a few decades the population grew and the free fields were occupied by wealthy and powerful nobles. Farmers could only become tenants or even serfs of these wealthy and powerful nobles! Therefore, we must isolate these rich and powerful people from overlords.
land!), and at the same time vigorously develop industry and commerce to increase fiscal revenue, and use the money earned from industry and commerce to transform Dahan's water conservancy facilities.
At the same time, we should attach great importance to agriculture. Anyone who can increase food production will be heavily rewarded. We should restore the lost field system of the Han Dynasty and allow those who are good at farming to become officials!
So this year's summer harvest was launched with great excitement! Announcements were posted all over the markets and villages in Mayi!
In a production brigade thirty miles outside Mayi City, everyone gathered around the notice to watch!
"Inform each production brigade in Mayi to select a member with the highest yield per mu and go to Mayi to participate in the commendation meeting on June 20th!"
The tribesmen in Mayi have all received literacy education, and most of the tribesmen can already read the notices in Mayi without even guessing.
"Recognition meeting? What does this mean?" A young man scratched his head curiously.
At this time, an elderly grandfather said: "In the past, when the imperial court recruited soldiers, they would bring big red flowers, beat gongs and drums, and parade around on horseback to inform the neighbors, so that everyone would envy these soldiers and know that these people are heroes.
, and then have a good meal, and the county captain will lead everyone to guard the border. If you are lucky, you can also go to the Luoyang Palace to guard the emperor. If you are favored by the emperor, you can become a Langguan, and you will become a
Become an official!"
"This commendation meeting should be similar. I think people who are good at farming will be asked to bring big red flowers and parade through the streets on horseback to let everyone know that this person is capable!"
Everyone's attention was immediately taken away by the old man who asked: "Being a soldier used to be such a good thing, why haven't we seen it in these years? Old man, you are not deceiving us, are you?"
The old man who was questioned said angrily: "I am old, do I need to lie to you? It's just that after the current emperor succeeded to the throne, such things rarely happen. The most recent one happened more than 20 years ago. You guys
How could these kids know!"
The young man was also angry when he was targeted as a child.
Questioned: "Our military service in Mayi is not bad. I went there twice and encountered no danger at all. Once I got 1,000 yuan, and another time a horse and two cows. The emperor of the Han Dynasty
Are you so generous?"
The old man was speechless and said for a long time: "This is about the commendation meeting. What's the matter of being a soldier! Speaking of which, the best farmer in our brigade is Zhao Gui. It is said that he has 4 shi and 3 buckets of wheat per acre, which is more than
Others have gained a little more than half, and everyone in the entire brigade envies him! The yield of the team he leads is generally more than 3 dan and close to 4 dan per mu, and he has more grain than others, enough to buy a cow!"
"Qushuai has done so many things because he wants us to pay more attention to Nongsang. I think Zhao Gui can meet Qushuai when he goes to Mayi. If Qushuai is happy and rewards him with a steward, Zhao Gui can't even say it.
Developed.”
Wang Wu, captain of the production team, came to Zhao Gui's house happily and shouted: "A Gui, A Gui, you kid is lucky!"
At this time, the door of the room opened, and Wang Wu found that there were more than a dozen people gathering in Zhao Gui's area.
Wang Wu smiled and said: "You also know the news about Agui!"
At this time, Zhu Min said respectfully: "It turns out to be the captain! Are you also looking for brother Agui?"
There is no one in Beixiang who is dissatisfied with Captain Wang Wu. Captain Wang Wu was among the first batch to follow Commander Qu. He experienced hundreds of battles along the way and dared to fight hard. He became a military commander of the Tengjia Army. Unfortunately, he
In a battle with the Xianbei people, half of his hand was cut off, and he could no longer hold weapons. He had to retire from the army and became the captain of Mayi, Beixiang, and Team A.
But Captain Wang Wu has a very good relationship. It is said that he has a close relationship with Qu Shuai. Naturally, the whole brigade does not dare to look down on such a captain. In addition, after Captain Wang Wu came to Team A, he got a lot of farmland from Mayi.
The cattle, plowing horses and farm tools have brought a lot of benefits to the entire A team, so they have a high prestige in the entire A team.
Zhao Guize said with a gloomy look on his face: "What does the captain want from me?"
Wang Wu looked at Zhao Gui who looked unhappy and asked, "What's wrong with you?"
Zhu Min whispered: "We want to separate from Brother Agui and no longer be in the same team!"
When Wang Wu heard this, he immediately became furious and said: "You are so ungrateful. The rest of the whole team only has about three shi of wheat, but your team has almost 4 shi of wheat. This is all made by Agui's hard work.
Now that you have harvested the grain, you want to separate your family. Is there such a thing in the world?"
Zhu Min said with a grimace: "We are also grateful to brother Agui for his help. This year our family has 30 more grains. If this was done two years ago, our family may not be able to harvest so much grain in a year."
Zhu Min continued: "But it's too hard to work with brother Agui. You see, I've been so tired in the past two years that I can't even straighten my waist. Captain, look at my hands, my feet, and my tendons."
We are so exhausted. Captain, look at us brothers again. Some of us are so tired that we can’t even straighten our waists. Yes, following brother Agui, we have made a lot of money from farming in the past two years, but we only have our lives to make money.
What’s the point of having a lifeless flower? We can’t bear it any longer, so we came to Brother Agui to break up the family!”
Wang Wu was a little dumbfounded when he heard this. Although Zhao Gui's production team has the highest grain output, few people envy it because everyone sees the hard work of Zhao Gui's team. They are really used as cattle among men and among women.
Men use them, but the women have to take care of the animals.
Other teams of farmers still have time for leisure, but Zhao Gui's team is busy all year round and is busy almost every day. There is always endless farm work to do. The farmers in Team A feel that it is better to go to work than to be busy in the fields like this.
Ma Yi could earn more by working part-time, and even Wang Wu himself felt that Zhao Gui and the others were too busy.
So when Wang Wu heard Zhu Min's complaint, he couldn't say anything. He could only say to Zhao Gui: "Forget it, they don't know good people, so just leave them alone. With your ability, just say hello, and there will be many people following you!"
"By the way, I forgot to tell you a piece of good news. Qu Shuai said that he will gather all the farming experts in Mayi to attend the commendation meeting in Mayi on June 20th. There is someone better than you in our entire team A.
A good farming expert! So I will report your name and go to Mayi in a few days to attend the commendation meeting!"
Zhao Guiwei said: "I still have a lot of things to do in the field, so I don't have time to go to Mayi!"
Wang Wu patted Zhao Gui and said: "You are stupid. You really thought you just went there, rode a big horse, had a meal and came back. My Qu Shuai knows better than to give you any prizes. If I reward you with a cow,
, This can save you a lot of time, and my old superiors in the military have said that I should pay special attention to this commendation meeting. The people selected must be experts in farming. Lao Wang, I think that this commendation meeting
It’s not that simple.”
Wang Wudu said this, Zhao Gui, Zhu Min and others bulked up first, and then rode their old horses towards Mayi!
Half a day later, Zhao Gui arrived outside the city of Mayi. At this time, Mayi was very lively, with huge crowds of people and red flags waving. Zhao Gui, who had not been to Mayi for half a year, was a little confused.
He found the soldiers guarding the city gate and asked, "I'm here to hold a commendation meeting. I don't know where I'm going?"
The soldier looked at Zhao Gui curiously. He looked like an old farmer. He was a veteran in farming, so he said: "Go straight ahead from the city gate. The commendation meeting will be held in the conference hall. You can just walk to the conference hall!"
"
Zhao Gui followed the soldier's instructions and kept looking at the meeting hall as he walked past. Then he saw many people gathered outside the meeting hall, all of them older people. There were very few people around 30 years old like him. No.
In this era, farming really depends on experience. How can you become a veteran without more than ten years of farming experience?
Then a steward took them into the largest hall of the conference hall, which was decorated according to the style of a modern conference room by Xu Wei. The farming experts No. 200 sat here quietly!
Soon Xu Wei, Wang Laohan, Niu Laohan, Zhang Baiqi and other high-level officials from Mayi all appeared here.
When these farming experts saw Xu Wei, they all excitedly shouted: "Qu Shuai!"
Xu Wei happily waved to them and said: "Hello everyone!"
Then he asked everyone to be quiet and said: "This time we are asked to come to Mayi to hold a commendation meeting because Mayi is short of food, and all of you here are the best people in Mayi farming. You can help Mayi increase food production, so
I have called you to come to Mayi just to perform in front of all the tribesmen, reward you, and let everyone learn from you! Work hard to increase the grain production in Mayi!"
"Don't worry, Commander Qu, we will harvest more grain in the future and won't embarrass Commander Qu!" shouted a farming expert.
Xu Wei continued with a smile: "In addition to these, I also hope that you can lead more people and pass on your farming experience to more people. It doesn't matter if one person has a high yield. If a brigade has a high grain yield, a
The county’s output is high, which is really high!”
"So after you come to Mayi this time, you don't have to go back. You can directly learn the knowledge of handling government affairs in Mayi. Then you will be assigned to the various counties of the Tengjia Army and become township heads, brigade captains, and even county leaders.
Commander, you must pass on your experience to a brigade, a township, or a county!"
These farming experts were all surprised: "Let us become officials?"
Xu Wei smiled and said: "Yes, let you be officials. You know how to farm. This talent is exactly what Mayi lacks. Why can't you become officials?"
Zhao Gui also said: "I'm worried that I can't do it well!"
Xu Weidao: "No one is born to be an official. If you don't do well, you can learn. And I'm not asking you to be an official. I'm asking you to help other tribesmen increase food production! It's just to make things easier for you to become."
officials.
And this kind of thing is also common practice in the Han Dynasty. In the past, the Han Dynasty had Litian, which was to guide everyone to increase grain production. Those who did well could become a prefect with a salary of 2,000 dan. Since people in the past could do it, why can't everyone do it!
As long as everyone works hard, don't be afraid if you make a mistake, and we will correct it if we make a mistake."
After saying these words, the commendation meeting began, and a large amount of supplies began to appear outside the meeting hall.
The top 10 people with the highest grain output can get a horse and a carriage, as well as a stone of wheat, a barrel of oil, and half of mutton! The bottom 100 people get an ox cart, and the last 100 people get a wheelbarrow to push them.
prizes!
Then, with the help of Xu Wei and other senior officials, the top ten were brought with big red flowers. They got into carriages, and Xu Wei helped them lead the horses and started to praise the streets!
Xu Wei's appearance caused a sensation throughout Mayi. Lei Gong, who led millions of people, actually led a farmer's horse in person. This kind of thing has never happened in ancient times. Behind Lei Gong was Old Man Wang.
Horses, everyone looked at the longer and longer team and found that the entire Mayi leadership was holding horses for you. The entire Mayi people were excited. For the first time, everyone felt Xu Wei's emphasis on agriculture.
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"We will also find ways to cultivate good fields in the future, and one day we will let Qu Shuai help us lead horses!" A young man said excitedly.
His partner beside him laughed and said: "You see, the people above can be our father-in-law. They are all veterans of farming. You haven't even farmed for a few years, and you still want Qu Shuai to lead a horse!"
"Thirty years in Hedong, thirty years in Hexi, don't bully young people into poverty! Back then, Xiao Yan could become Dou Emperor, and one day I will become the most powerful person in farming in Mayi!" Well! This is not a time traveler, but a time traveler.
A young man who was led astray by Xu Wei.
The commendation meeting was held with great fanfare. Xu Wei let more than two hundred agricultural experts roam the streets of Mayi, displaying their prizes on each street. At the same time, there was a loudspeaker in front of him that continuously selected the achievements of these agricultural experts.
Xu Wei's master farmers have a yield of 5 shi per mu, and the rest are around 4 and a half shi. Even the bottom 100 are above 4 shi. This kind of publicity is to let everyone know why they are commended.
Sure enough, these commended people were the envy of the whole Mayi. What an honor it was to be led by Qu Shuai, not to mention that they were also rewarded with carriages, wheat, oil and mutton. These things are worth tens of thousands of dollars. More importantly, they were rewarded with carriages, wheat, oil and mutton.
What happened was that everyone soon knew that these people would become officials in Mayi in the future, which caused even more sensation among everyone!
It seems that people who farm will be successful in the future! Many people are wondering whether they should also get some fields to plant some kind of crops. After all, Qu Shuai attaches so much importance to farmers!