4110. Chapter 4110 The princess proposes marriage! 【01】
How the house was used and purchased, and how the fields outside the city were used and purchased.
Shen Mingzhu and Xiao Xian had already made preparations for this. The soldiers from Daizhou did not go back, but directly settled here and reclaimed wasteland.
In addition, poor people from Daizhou were recruited to cultivate fields, and they were exempted from taxes for three years. After three years, the tax was only a quarter of the output.
However, other places in Daqin levy half of the tax, and it is still half of the amount in good years. In bad years, many places refuse to reduce or reduce taxes, resulting in many people selling their children and daughters, and many people would rather run away than farm.
As soon as Daobei announced the policy, people from nearby places such as Daizhou and Shunzhou immediately came to sign up. Those tenants from large households had poor harvests in the past few years, but the rent and taxes for many households were still very heavy, and many tenants abandoned their fields.
Ran away.
There were also some homeless people who heard that Daobei had such good policies and wanted to come and have a look. Suddenly, a large number of people poured into Daobei.
At first, everyone was worried that Shen Mingzhu and Xiao Xian implemented a work-for-relief policy, so that the common people who came to seek refuge would participate in the construction of the city, and then they could have enough food to eat, and then they could also divide the fields, etc.
wait.
In order to ensure everyone's interests, as long as every household that stays has signed an agreement, signed and pledged in triplicate, the interests of the people can also be protected.
As the first batch of residents to move in, they also have many benefits. For example, they can have priority in choosing a place to live, and can participate in urban construction and planning. Everyone can put forward their own opinions and requirements, giving them a sense of ownership.
Because this city will initially build infrastructure and some necessary buildings, and the rest can slowly fill in the plan, so in the beginning it is only necessary to build the city walls, palaces, yamen, markets, etc. For residential buildings, the common people can also participate.
, they do not need to spend too much manpower, material and financial resources, which also saves time.
Calculated in this way, with enough labor, money and food, the prototype of this city can be completed in only three years.
Then the rest can be completed slowly after the people have settled in. Farming will be done during busy farming periods, and cities will be built during slack farming periods.
There are also some garrison troops here who practice half a day every day and build the city half a day, or alternate one battalion to practice today and build the city tomorrow. This can speed up the construction.
After completion, the city will cover an area of almost 80 square kilometers. In fact, at the beginning, the inner city only had more than 30 square kilometers, and a large part of the outer city was fields.
In addition, the city wall was built according to local conditions and the terrain, so a lot of natural moats and trenches were used, which saved a lot.
However, some topography and landforms must also be changed according to the Five Elements Feng Shui and other issues when building the city.
Some excessively high soil slopes may need to be dug out and the soil used to mix the mud, while some depressions may need to be filled in. In short, they must not only comply with Feng Shui requirements, but also make people's lives comfortable and more humane.
For Shen Mingzhu, although she doesn't understand Feng Shui, she feels that when you go to a country, you have to follow the customs. People in ancient times were very particular about it. If she doesn't let them, then they will be suspicious if there is any problem. It is better to just let it go.
If they go, there won't be much hindrance anyway.
Anyway, they were satisfied with what she asked for, so it was up to them to do whatever they wanted regarding Feng Shui.
