Nowadays, only the Central Plains area can move people out. The other places, Jiangnan, Lingnan, Northland and the West are all vast and sparsely populated. How can people move out?
But if you move from the Central Plains...
Ning Yushi raised his head and looked around. Not only was it demeaning for people to leave their hometown, but most people in the world did not want to leave their hometown. He just said that coming from a prosperous place in the Central Plains to a poverty-stricken place, many people could not accept it not only psychologically, but also physically.
accept.
The prince's character is inherently domineering. If he were to relocate the people, I don't know how many families would be separated.
It will be bad when the time comes to cause the family to break up and people to die.
Therefore, Yushi Ning was very dissatisfied with Bai Shan's slander that the prince allowed him to use the back door to relocate the population.
Bai Shan could only suppress the matter first and took the prince and Governor Guo to visit Jiawa. By the way, he also visited the nearby villages and learned about the folk customs.
There are very few nearby villages. Xiaowa Village is the nearest one. Besides Xiaowa Village, there are two other small villages. One village has only a dozen or so households, and the other has only about twenty households. The remaining land is covered with
No one.
Because the three villages are close to the sea, they all make a living by fishing. They rarely plant crops, and even if they do, the harvest is very small.
The new salt farm opened in Jiajiawa. Not only young men can work in the salt farm, but women can also work in the salt farm. Therefore, they have a lot more extra income. Now they can support their families even if they don't go to sea.
Of course, in order to make life easier, except for those who are recruited to work in the salt field, other members of the family will still go to sea.
Although it is dangerous to go to sea, fishermen also have their own experience. Generally, they will check the weather one day in advance and decide whether to go to sea the next day.
Of course, sometimes they are not accurate, and then it depends on luck.
Their fishing boats are not skilled enough to compete at sea, so they can only rely on luck.
The prince stayed for two more days and watched them go out to sea to fish despite the wind and waves. Sometimes they went out to sea at dawn and came back when it was almost dark, but the fish they brought back may not be many.
Since Dajiawa is some distance from the county seat, the fish that can be caught are kept in sea water and then sent to the county seat or Qingzhou City for sale.
Of course, now that there are noble people like the prince, people who have never eaten sea fish can just wrap it up. But in normal times, most of the fish is eaten at home, and the rest is processed and made into salted fish, which is dried outside.
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Every time the prince walked by, he smelled a strong smell even before he got close.
This made the prince sigh in a rare way, "People's livelihood is very difficult, and there is a lot of open land in this area. It is obvious that they can directly open up wasteland for farming, but they did not open up wasteland. Obviously, for the common people who farm, land alone is not enough, and the land must be
It would be great if we could grow food."
He reminded Bai Shandao: "Don't just focus on the salt field. This land still needs to be managed and managed. If these wastelands can be reclaimed and planted into fertile fields, it will also be of great merit."
Bai Shandao: "...Your Highness, do you know why we can't grow enough crops in this flat terrain?"
The prince shook his head simply, "I don't know."
"Because this place is close to the sea," he said, "sometimes the sea has strong winds and waves, and when the tide rises, the sea water will pour in. The soil is salty, so the food production is very low."
Prince: "Is the earth still salty or salty?"
"Of course, the earth has soil strength, and naturally it is also divided into salty and light." Bai Shan thought of something, paused and said, "It should be divided into salty and sour."
The prince asked curiously, "Does wheat like salty soil or sour soil?"
Bai Shan kicked the soil under his feet and said, "No matter what kind of soil it likes, it definitely doesn't like this hard sand."
Raising land is much more difficult than building saltworks and ferries, because it takes longer. If there is no shortage of fertility, it will take ten years to grow this kind of land.
But this does require someone to start doing it. He will work for six years first, and his successor will work for another four years and they will be almost ready.
So after hesitating for a while, he nodded to the prince, "Your Highness said that I will try my best to nourish the soil, but in this way, I will need more manpower."
We still need people.
The prince turned and left.
Bai Shan quietly glanced back and saw that Yushi Ning had not followed him. He was probably guarding the allocated salt field in the salt field.
Bai Shan immediately followed the prince and whispered to him: "I also know that your highness can't forcefully order people to move now."
The prince who was caught and admonished by Ning Yushi last night looked at Bai Shan and said, "Since you know it, why mention it again? I have already promised you to allocate two hundred soldiers to you."
He emphasized: "Don't worry, we are all bachelors."
Bai Shan: "...Your Highness, I don't mind married soldiers. If they are willing to drag their families over, I will not only give them land, but also money."
The prince raised his eyebrows, "Split the money?"
Bai Shan responded immediately and said: "Your Highness, this is exactly what I want to say. You cannot force it. We can use inducements."
"I have been to Qizhou. There are many young people working as part-time workers because they have no land after adulthood. Due to various reasons, they have lost their land and have no way to survive. There are also many farmers who have to work as sharecroppers. If I am willing to give
They will allocate land to them and give them a settling-in allowance, so they should be willing to come to Beihai County."
Prince: "...Didn't you and Tang He come back with a large batch of land? The newly arrived Governor Yu divided all the land."
Bai Shan: "This is a drop in the bucket. There are still many people who have lost their land in Qizhou, and there are many places like Qizhou in the Central Plains.
The Central Plains stabilized relatively quickly, and with its good land and developed economy, many people stayed in the Central Plains after the world was at peace, and the people in the Central Plains were also particularly productive.
There were many aristocratic and wealthy families, and they had more children. They competed with each other for land, and in the early years when Yongye Field was divided, they were unable to make ends meet.
There are not many natural disasters every year, but there are always people who lose their land for various reasons and wander around in order not to pay taxes. These are refugees.
As soon as the prince heard his hint, he couldn't help but narrow his eyes and asked: "Where do you want to start?"
Bai Shan felt that this kind of thing should start from a familiar place, so he said: "The capital, Yongzhou and Qizhou are good, especially Qizhou."
Pick the persimmons soft and pinch them.
Prince: "Can Governor Yu agree? Or are you going to let me become enemies with Governor Yu?"
"Your Highness, this matter was done by me. All you have to do is mediate. How can it be possible for you and Governor Yu to become enemies?"
Prince: "Tell me first, what will you give me in exchange for Governor Yu?"
He robbed people from other people's territory. How could Governor Yu not hate him?
Bai Shan cleared his throat and said, "I have some friendship with Governor Yu."
The prince looked at him suspiciously.
"Okay, Your Highness, Feng Zongping will be placed in Taibai County, Qizhou."
After all, having been classmates for several years, Bai Shan felt that this matter could still be discussed with Feng Zongping.
The prince suddenly understood. After thinking for a while, he nodded and said, "Okay, you go ahead and do it. If Governor Yu gets into trouble, I will mediate for you."
Bai Shan was overjoyed, as he and Man Bao had listed all the places and people who could rob people last night.