Although Xu Wei was surprised by Niu Gui's opinion of Xiangkai, he did not express his opinion immediately.
After all, he had been away from Jixian for almost a year, and he didn't understand what happened. He still wanted to hear what Xiangkai had to say, and then investigate it himself.
So Xu Wei said to Jia Xu: "Please tell Master Xiangkai that I want to meet him tonight!"
Jia Xu nodded and said: "No!"
Xu Wei first returned to his home, had a warm relationship with Zhang Ning and Xu Hao, and guided Xu Hao in his elementary school homework.
It was not until evening that Xiangkai arrived at Xu Wei's home.
Xu Wei looked at Xiangkai and said with a smile: "Master, I haven't seen you for a long time. Your style is still the same!"
This is really not what Xu Wei is being polite about. When Xu Wei saw Xiangkai before, although he had an air of immortality and was like a god, his decadence could not be concealed.
After becoming the Speaker and having a career, I look refreshed and energetic. Now I look more than 10 years younger. To exaggerate, I can say that I am a middle-aged man. In short, I am full of energy.
Quite completely different from when Xu Wei first met him.
But Xiangkai said with a wry smile: "How can I still have any charm? I have been disliked by everyone this year. I am afraid that many people hope that I will die early."
Then he looked at Xu Wei and said, "Have you heard from Niu Gui and the others that the old man wants to increase the fields and desert pastures of the tribe?"
Xu Wei nodded and said: "Niu Gui and the others just told me that many people don't agree with your opinion and think that doing so will affect Daqian's financial income, especially in the current disaster year. It has already overspent 200 yuan."
billion, and I’m afraid it will be close to 30 billion by the end of the year. This number would be enough for the Han Dynasty to bankrupt the Han Dynasty 10 times.”
"The imperial court is already in such a difficult situation, and the master still wants to divide the official farms and pastures. Now that Niu Gui is in charge, of course he will have objections to the master."
Xiangkai said: "Niu Gui has an opinion, and the old Taoist understands it, but I don't know if the ruler also has such thoughts?"
Xu Wei shook his head and said: "If you don't have the right to investigate, you have no right to speak. I don't know much about this matter. I want to hear everyone's opinions first."
Seeing that Xu Wei did not object resolutely, Xiangkai breathed a sigh of relief and said: "The burden on the people of Daqian is too heavy. Thirty acres of land can barely support a family. This year, there have been many locust plagues in the drought year."
The tribesmen began to sell the fields in their hands to make a living. If this kind of thing continues to develop, the powerful noble families will appear again, and the big officials will become big men again, so I want to increase the income of the people!"
Hearing this, Xu Wei was extremely surprised. In just a few years, people started selling their fields, and this landowner was about to appear again!
Then he continued: "I'm going to settle an account for the government. Now a big family has 30 acres of land, but 10 acres of it is for us to farm with a lot of money. After all, we charge 30% of the tax, which almost takes away the people's income."
one-third of.
Now one acre of land can harvest 3 shi of grain, and only about 60 shi of grain actually reaches the hands of the people. According to my calculation of 100 yuan for one shi of grain, the maximum cost of these grains is only more than 6,000 yuan, but this requires deducting 300 yuan.
The seed money of RMB 10,000 is only 5,700 yuan left!”
"At the same time, in recent years, the amount of guano dug has become less and less. Now you have to travel far away to dig it, so the price of struvite naturally rises. And the further inland you go, the longer the transportation distance, the higher the price. Now The price of one stone of struvite in Bingzhou is about 6 stones of struvite per acre of land. The struvite costs 1,200 yuan. In this way, a farmer has only 4,500 yuan left in his hands. If the cost of farm tools and livestock are added, If you go up, 500 yuan will definitely be more than 500 yuan. The real money you get is probably no more than 4,000 yuan. With this little money to support a family of five, one person can only get 800 yuan.
But now the monthly salary of any job in our country is not less than 800 yuan. The tax is too high. It is no longer profitable to just farm. Especially this year's drought, many tribesmen lost their money. It happened this year. There are a large number of tribesmen who need to sell their land."
"Judging from the data I have obtained, the lives of farmers in Youzhou and Liaodong are slightly better. Most of their land is newly reclaimed land. One family has about hundreds of acres of fields. In addition, the locust plague and drought have not affected them. Here, life is slightly better.
That’s why I came up with the idea of allowing one household to have a hundred acres of farmland. Only with three times more land can everyone’s lives be better, and their ability to fight drought and locust plagues will be stronger!”
"But these lands are my large-scale state-owned farms. If they are really handed over to them, the fiscal revenue will be greatly reduced, and these burdens will be added to the people through taxes again!" Xu Weidao.
Dagan government-run farms are all large-farm-style production methods, using livestock instead of machinery. At the same time, they are equipped with a large number of advanced agricultural tools such as eight-oxen plows and columbuses. The efficiency is not much lower. A Dagan agricultural worker can probably Taking care of 100 acres of land, excluding their monthly salary, the benefits of such a farm are very considerable, especially providing a large amount of food and various cash crops. It can be said that Xu Wei has made great contributions to these farms and pastures during his military campaigns in the north and south in recent years. .
But Xiangkai disagreed and said: "Now I want to develop the desert and Liaodong at the same time. In recent years, tens of millions of people have immigrated to the desert and Liaodong, especially this year when the Japanese discovered Treasure Island, and This year there has been a severe drought, and a lot of land has lost its harvest. A large number of people from Youzhou, Jeju, and Bingju took boats across the sea to Wodo.
Coupled with the people who died in the war, in fact, the land in Hebei is now not less but more. Every state and county has a large amount of wasteland.
Don't look at Daqian when you are in power. A large amount of land in counties and counties is owned by state farms, but in fact the utilization rate of these lands is very low. That is, in places with flat land close to water sources, more farms are built. These farms are large. Some of them are in places with flat terrain and fertile land such as Jizhou and Yanzhou. In fact, most of the land in state-owned farms in Youzhou and Liaodong is empty, and there are simply not enough manpower to develop it. A lot of land is not highly profitable. They will all be in ruins.”
"And if these lands are in the hands of the people, they will not dislike them. If we give these lands to the people, our income may actually increase."
"The same goes for herdsmen in the desert. 1,000 acres of pasture seems like a lot, but it can only raise about 20 cattle and sheep. In recent years, due to the drag of the textile industry, the price of wool has not been high, and there are even many
Many merchants no longer come to the desert to buy wool.
At the same time, because herdsmen can go south for the winter, the price of mutton and beef is slightly lower at this time of year. But if the weather is good, everyone can still make some money. However, in recent years, the desert has also suffered from drought and locust plagues. Most of the herdsmen
They all make money every year and lose money every year. On average, the income is not too high.”
"As far as I know, there are already many herdsmen who bring their cattle and sheep to government-run pastures for grazing, and their pastures are used to make silage fodder. This is how
This way, the herdsmen can barely survive."
"That's why I came up with this idea. Instead of leaving those pastures empty, it's better to find ways to expand the pastures of each herdsman. The difference between a thousand acres of pasture and a ten thousand acres of pasture is not very big. One person can still take care of it.
Come here, but the herdsmen can have 10 times more cattle and sheep, and their income can increase immediately!"
Xu Wei was surprised and said: "Master Xiangkai, where did you get this information?"
This needs to be more rigorous and have a formal format. It can be called an investigation report. Even Xu Wei doesn't know these circumstances.