This question is easy to answer. The farmers replied: "The land over there is so good that it is useless for us to plant it now. In a few years, noble people may come to buy it. By then, won't we have been farming for a few years?"
"It's better to choose a decent piece of land now to plant it and raise it."
Although the land is good, it is still very labor-intensive to burn or pull out the grass. They are also afraid that once the land is planted, the nobles will come and circle the land they have planted with a wave of their hands.
This is nothing. What if there is still food growing in the fields and the food is directly enclosed?
It's not like this has never happened.
This kind of thing is one of the reasons why more people tend to sell themselves into slavery.
But selling themselves into slavery would make them more involuntarily, so they didn't want to sell themselves as long as there was still some hope.
The farmer who chose to sell himself did so to get money from selling himself to treat his mother's illness.
Zhao Hanzhang understood what he wanted to know and said directly: "You can just go and choose the land of your choice for farming. As long as the land can be used to grow food, I will ask the county government to make a land deed for you."
Then he said: "Are you enough seeds? If not, go to the county government to apply. I will have some sent over, and you can go directly to the county government to get it."
The farmers frowned when they heard this, while Zhao Hanzhang lowered his head and glanced at their farm tools.
They directly used hoes to loosen the soil, and then spread the wheat. This was not only slow, but also made it impossible to cultivate deeply and carefully.
However, it is understandable that there is not enough labor force and there is no animal power, so I have to carry the hoe to loosen the land by myself.
It may not be easy for Zhao Hanzhang to find a few cows to send them at once, but it is not difficult to send some farm tools.
She said: "I will give your county government some more farm tools and strive to have twenty plows per mile. Don't be rigid. You have a small family, so you can help neighbors."
Zhao Hanzhang said: "Three families form a pair. Today they will plow one family's land and tomorrow they will work on that family's land. Wouldn't it be faster and more efficient for three people to work together than one person?"
Zhao Hanzhang looked down at the wheat seeds that had just been sown, and said with some disgust: "Not to mention that the clod of soil is so big that it is difficult to bury it, but even if it can be buried, will the wheat seedlings survive the winter in such a shallow pit? It will not be easy to apply fertilizer next year.
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The farmer's face turned red, and everyone looked at her in shock.
They quietly moved their eyes to look at her, swallowed their saliva, and asked anxiously: "Who is the girl?"
"I am Zhao Hanzhang."
The peasants knelt on the ground with a thump and kowtowed, "Your Majesty~"
Zhao Hanzhang was so frightened that he took two steps back. When he realized what he was doing, he quickly stepped forward to help the man up, "It doesn't have to be like this. I can't make you feel at ease as a good citizen. It's my fault that you have to sell yourself to survive."
The man she helped up was trembling all over, his face was covered with tears, and he was speechless.
In fact, there is another reason why they chose to sell themselves. This year's hard labor is quite heavy. They have just served for one month. Although the government has not announced it, they feel that next year's hard labor will be even heavier.
But the heavy labor force did not mean that they did not respect Zhao Hanzhang.
Although it is difficult to live as good citizens anymore, they are still grateful to Zhao Hanzhang for giving them a relatively stable place to stay.
In the past, there were fights in this area, and they were also robbed. The imperial court had robbed a group of East China Sea kings, and the East China Sea kings had robbed the Huns. After the Huns had robbed the refugees passing by, they would encounter bandits when they came out...
Their parents, brothers, and even wives and children basically died in the process, were separated, and are rarely seen again.
But now, there is only one Zhao Hanzhang above them.
It sounds good that taxes can no longer be levied on them, and there are no Xiongnu invasions. Occasionally they encounter refugees and bandits, and the officers and soldiers from Luoyang and Chen County occasionally come out to suppress bandits, and they can also protect them.
They only need to deal with Zhao Hanzhang alone.
Therefore, her labor this year was a little heavier and she was a little tired, but everyone could still accept it.
If it weren't for the fact that there were so few people in the family and it was difficult to harvest anything from farming, they would be very willing to become common people under her rule.
Zhao Hanzhang's apology made them cry even harder. They raised their hands to cover their faces in shame and said, "We have no shame to see you."
A farmer explained: "It's not that we don't want to be envoys and subjects, but that life is really too difficult. There are only me and my 12-year-old sister in my family. She broke her hand when she fled, so I have to rely on myself to breed."
The land really can’t support two people.”
Zhao Hanzhang held back his tears, supported the man who wanted to kneel down again, nodded and said: "I know, it's not your fault. It's because the court can't protect you, and it's because I can't give you a stable life."
Who wants to be a slave like an animal, whose life and death depend on another person if he can be a good human being?
Zhao Hanzhang asked: "I will give you the land deed to ensure that you can cultivate the good land you want; I will provide you with grain seeds and farm tools so that you can cultivate more fields; you will pair up with each other and help each other.
Under such circumstances, are you willing to continue to be my citizen?"
Several farmers looked at each other and immediately knelt down and said: "The common people are willing!"
Zhao Hanzhang breathed a sigh of relief, wiped away the tears on his face, pulled the man up and said: "If one person cannot reach the place where the flowers are in full bloom, why not team up with others on the same journey and help each other?"
The efficiency of one person cultivating three acres of land is different from that of three people cultivating nine acres of land together. The former is much slower than the latter.
Each of their households has a small number of people, so they can definitely form a pair.
Zhao Hanzhang pondered, how many people in Luoyang and Yuzhou are left to survive alone because their families have been separated?
If you don't have any tribesmen to help you, you can definitely find someone to form an alliance on your own.
The same goes for her. In addition to Xiliang and Gou Xi, she should also seek more help from Shu, who has been away from home, Chang'an, who is frightened between her and Xiliang, and Jiangnan, which is now the financial and food support of the imperial court.
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Zhao Hanzhang began to think deeply, while Zhao Hu on the side blew his beard with anger, "Zhao Hanzhang, just forget about arresting people, you won't even sell me the land now!"
Zhao Hanzhang came back to his senses in an instant and comforted him: "Seventh Uncle, let alone the people here, even the birds can hardly poop. Why did you buy this land? You don't have enough land?"
She said: "Look at the land I asked you to buy, Chen County and Luoyang. They are all first-class good places with a large population. They will become prosperous as soon as they are put into operation. It will not be a loss then. If you buy this land now
, in the end we couldn’t find anyone to farm it, so we had to leave it abandoned here.”
"I'm going to say something ugly beforehand. Even if you are my uncle, you must abide by the rules I have set. If you don't cultivate the land you bought for three consecutive years, I will still take it back." Zhao Hanzhang said very sincerely: "I won't let you
You bought the land here for your own good."
Zhao Hu felt better now.
It is indeed remote here, and although the land is good, it is difficult to find people to farm it. It is useless to buy it if there is no one to cultivate it.
Zhao Hu finally calmed down.
Zhao Hanzhang also withdrew his gaze from this large wasteland and asked Zhao Hu to buy this land. At most, this land was cultivated by people. It was remote and few merchants came. It could support people and bring economic benefits.
Not much.
If Zhao Hu has this kind of money, he might as well open more shops and build more workshops in other places.
The group of people returned to the road, and the carriage behind them happened to arrive. Zhao Hanzhang did not ride any more, but directly got into his own car, but he asked Fu Tinghan, Zhao Cheng and Wei Jie to get in the car together to discuss matters.
This discussion did not end even when it stopped in the evening. Several students of Zhao Cheng and Zhao Zheng worked as secretaries for them and wrote down their orders one by one.
Zhao Hanzhang and Fu Tinghan formulated several political orders. When they arrived in Luoyang, they would be familiar with both places. At the same time, the Ministry of Industry would be responsible for sending some farm tools to various places.
They agreed on the quantity one by one in the car. Thanks to Fu Tinghan, he could only remember how many townships there were in each county without flipping through the books.
Asking Zhao Zheng and others to take notes, Zhao Hanzhang sat by the fire and turned to look outside.
There are more than a dozen scattered thatched houses and mud houses there, but they are all in dilapidated condition. A few houses are crumbling and appear to be toppling in the cold wind.
The house they are staying in now is considered the best one in this small village, but when they look up, they can see the moonlit sky with few stars, and through the broken thatch, they can see the twinkling stars in the sky.
This is an abandoned village.
In Sizhou and Yuzhou, there are many villages like this, and in Jizhou and Bingzhou areas outside the two states, there are only a lot more.
Just as she was feeling sad, she heard He come in with a blushing face, and whispered in her ear: "Girl, I have asked someone to set up a curtain in the house not far away."
Zhao Hanzhang glanced at her, changed the situation when it was convenient, and returned the curtains. Wouldn't it be convenient for her to be in the field when leading the army to fight?
Zhao Hanzhang stood up directly.
Tinghe followed behind and waited on her, complaining in a low voice: "When I came out, my wife had already arranged for the curtains to be set up, but they were not used along the way. It was finally used tonight, and Zeng Yue didn't even blink.
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Zhao Hanzhang said nonchalantly: "The reincarnation of grains is normal, but you are so elegant and unwilling to declare it openly and cover it up, which makes it even more embarrassing."
She said: "If you say it openly, who dares to look into it?"
Zhao Hanzhang said: "If there is, tell me and I will dig out his eyes for you."
Tinghe: "...I'm afraid that the girl will be embarrassed."
"I'm not embarrassed at all," Zhao Hanzhang said: "If I were embarrassed, I shouldn't be the commander-in-chief of the Zhao family army."
Zhao Hanzhang walked into the house, which was a mud house with even more leaks. At this time, there was a curtain surrounding the house, and a respectful bucket was placed inside.
Zhao Hanzhang twitched her lips. In fact, she wanted to dig a hole in the wild to solve the problem, otherwise Gongtong would have to be washed...
She untied her belt and was about to take action when she heard He scream outside the curtain. Zhao Hanzhang opened the curtain with a swipe of his hand, stepped forward and pulled the person behind him, looking sharply ahead.
People outside were also shocked. Zeng Yue drew out his long knife, ran to the door and asked loudly: "Girl, what's wrong with you?"
Fu Tinghan also ran out, "What's wrong?"
Zhao Hanzhang had already seen clearly what scared Tinghe, and said in a deep voice, "It's okay."
I reached 6,000 words today, I’m so happy, and everyone can go to bed early.
Keep working hard tomorrow and hope to complete the task