There are many plateaus in the northern part of Sanyuan, with many plateaus and crisscrossing ravines.
Looking up from the bottom of the plateau, it seems like there is a huge wall blocking the front, with mottled vegetation scattered and occasionally revealing the original color of the loess.
Climbing up the plateau is very strenuous, and even a horse would find it difficult to climb up in one breath.
"This Bailuyuan is also called Wanshouyuan, and the people are accustomed to calling it Dongyuan." Li Sian, Li Zheng, is the nephew of Li Jing in Lijiazhuang, and a concubine from the side branch.
He was quite polite to Wu Huaiyi brothers, "In the fifth year of Wude, your Majesty led a group of people to hunt on Wanshou Plateau. Suddenly, he encountered a white deer with a magic grass in its mouth. It was playing freely on the plateau. This deer had a whole body.
It was white as snow, and the antlers shone with auspicious light. Your Majesty was even delighted, thinking that this was a blessing for all the auspicious beasts sent from heaven, so he ordered the school hunting to be stopped and the white deer to be released."
It is said that wherever the white deer passed, thousands of trees flourished, grains were plentiful, livestock prospered, and thousands of families were happy. Emperor Li Yuan issued an imperial edict, and Wanshou Plateau was changed to White Deer Plateau.
Listening to this story, Huaiyu felt that it was full of tricks. Maybe he really encountered a white deer. After all, I heard that there are many deer in the north of Miyuan. It is not unusual to have a white deer, but it is said that where the deer passes is like a miracle, then
It's obviously just a deliberate attempt to create auspiciousness.
"Aye and I used to go hunting on this plateau and we hunted a few deer," Huaiyi said.
When they climbed up to the plateau with great effort, another scene appeared in front of them.
A vast expanse of land, criss-crossing dirt roads, villages clustered together, and crops growing vigorously in the fields.
"If everyone is willing to continue to rent this land, then I am also willing to do so. However, the court has issued an order that within three years of my land, twenty acres of Yongye Field must be planted with mulberry, elm, and jujube trees."
There are Jingfu on the south screen, Gao Mountain to the west, and purple air coming from the east.
It is said that Chang'ao Fort was originally built on a platform surrounded by a valley, but was later destroyed by war. Although the name of Chang'ao Fort exists today, the fort actually does not exist. There are only many families living in the valley.
"If the state or county government allocates money to the fields, the tenants will have to pay for it."
After everything was settled, the ten tenant households also breathed a sigh of relief. They were afraid that Huaiyu might have any additional requirements. Now everything is fine as before, and the rent has even returned to the original rent when they farmed the land for the Wang family, which is better than paying to the government.
The burden is lighter when planting.
This land was handed over to Huaiyu after the summer harvest, so this year's rent is only half of the autumn grain. From next year, the rent will be half of the summer grain.
Anyway, there is no need to take care of anything about the land of Wu Huaiyu. The summer grain is divided in half. As long as there is no famine, then at least a few dozen stones of grain can be harvested.
"Erlang, would you like to drink some water? The water is freshly brewed from the water cellar. It's sweet and cold."
When the people working in the fields saw them coming to look at the fields, they all gathered around.
Huaiyu's twenty acres of Yongye field, planted trees and interspersed with grain, only yielded half the normal harvest, so he only had to pay half.
Bailuyuan is dozens of miles long from north to south and more than ten miles wide. If you include the Jingyuan connected to the southeast, it will be even larger.
"Your piece of land is very good. It was originally owned by a village owned by a high-ranking official in the former dynasty. It was confiscated two years ago due to a crime. One hundred acres are in one piece. Not far to the east is the Zhaoshi River, which can be used for irrigation.
Good fields.”
In a good year, the maximum yield per mu is only two stones, eight buckets plus foot money, etc. In addition, there are still two liters of grain per mu to pay for the free warehouse grain. In fact, it is already over half. If there is some early frost and waterlogging, it will be difficult as long as it is not a major disaster.
How much is the reduction?
The three water veins from Xiwang'ao to Chang'ao are surging with great force, and they arrive at the plateau, where they are all collected.
"Congratulations Wu Erlang, that piece of land is good. In good years, the yield can be two dan per mu, but usually it is at least one dan and five dan."
The land he owned originally belonged to Zhuangzi, an official in the previous dynasty. His descendants committed crimes a few years ago and were confiscated from the government. When the official was in charge of the land, it was leased to the villagers for farming. Every summer and autumn, stewards were sent to collect the rent, and the rest was left alone.
After the land was removed from the government, it was still farmed by them, but the government only collected rent every year.
The land rent remained unchanged and was divided in half. Half of the output from the land went to the landlord Huaiyu. However, this half agreed to only receive half of the summer grain harvest, and wheat straw also had to be divided in half. However, the common people did not have to pay rent for the autumn grain harvest.
The condition of Bailuyuan is very good and the land is fertile. It was originally called Wanshouyuan. In fact, that name is not very old because Li Yuan's grandfather Li Hu was buried in the north of Bailuyuan after his death. After Li Yuan proclaimed himself emperor, he posthumously named his ancestor the emperor.
Rename this place Wanshouyuan.
The land is just to the north of the col. It is a very rare piece of land that is not broken. There are four boundary stones in the land, which are very clear.
"How can we let everyone spend money? Nowadays, food is expensive, and these chickens are also expensive. When the harvest is good, I will treat you all!"
At present, food prices are very expensive. A bushel of rice costs more than 300 yuan, a pound of salt costs 50 or 60 yuan, and a pound of oil costs 80, 90 or even 100 yuan. As for meat, it is even more expensive. It is called the Shang Dynasty by the Tang people.
For mutton, a sheep costs several thousand dollars, which could buy a cow during the reign of Emperor Kaihuang. Even pork, which is despised by scholars and nobles, now costs tens of dollars per catty.
The earlier name here was Chang'ao.
There are more than 6,000 acres of land in Chang'ao. Half of the land is in the hands of landlords and officials, and half of it is given to the common people. Most common people only have 20 to 30 acres of land in their homes. Therefore, most villagers still rent land from landlords and officials.
field.
"Congratulations, Erlang, this land can bring you at least sixty shi of grain and dozens of bunches of grass a year." He also reminded Huaiyu that according to the custom, when the tenant pays the rent, he is also responsible for transporting the grain and grass.
If the Wu family comes to collect the goods from Longqiaobao, they will have to pay extra freight per acre.
Secretary Zhao was very sophisticated and deliberately used his name to shock these farm workers, and then gave Huaiyu a chance to sell favors.
Chang'ao Fort is a big village. Although the fort is no longer there, the village is still there. After the chaos, the government recruited refugees, and there are still more than 100 households here. It is said that when the fort was still there, there were not only troops stationed here, but also a southern village.
It is a must-stop place for merchants traveling to and from the north. There are also shops and warehouses here, and nearby villagers come regularly to attend the market.
"arrive!"
The land allocated to Huaiyu by County Magistrate Zhang was in Chang'ao Fort. It was named because it was located on a long stretch of land from west to east. Legend has it that Fu Jian and Yao Chang fought in Zhaoshiwu, and Fu Jian was defeated and Yao Chang was defeated.
After being surrendered here, it was named Jiang'ao, and later gradually called Chang'ao. Because the local dialect pronounced it like Changniao, the people also used to call it Changniao.
"There used to be several cave dwellings in the col. They were originally owned by Wangjiazhuangzi, and now they are all given to Erlang." Zhao Shu took him back to an old cave dwelling in the col. This was considered an extra favor from Magistrate Zhang.
Huaiyu was surprised by this sight. This natural valley was long and wide, about several feet high. It was a good natural place for living. There were trees and houses in it, but it could not be seen at all on the plateau.
Only when I got closer did I realize that there was such a world here.
After a brief discussion, Huaiyu finally signed a new lease with the ten tenant households who came over. Each household still rented the original ten acres of land, but they needed to plant two acres of land with trees.
This several-mile-long Chang'ao has many branch valleys and several villages scattered around it. These villages make up Chang'ao Township.
"Right in that col."
"Hello, Erlang."
"After this land was not transferred to the government, the county levied six dou of grain per mu, plus fodder and foot money. But in fact, in the past few years, it has levied eight dou of grain plus grass and foot money every year, which has greatly exceeded
Half of the summer grain is gone. Now that Erlang has set the rent, they will get a lot of bargains."
The county also sent a clerk from Hucao to lead the way. He took everyone to the entrance of the Aogou with ease and walked down the long slope to the Aoli.
Yong'an Town, the old county seat of Sanyuan in Wudezhong, is just eight miles southeast of it.
Huaiyu was a little confused, seeing nothing but fields and crops in front of him.
Secretary Zhao pointed at Huaiyu to the villagers and said, "Listen up, everyone, this Wu Erlang is from Longqiaobao, Qinghe Township, this county. He is a son of Yuan Cong's imperial army. His father is the commander of the camp brigade with a rank of five.
His elder brother is the Forbidden Army's garrison with hundreds of horses. From now on, your land belongs to Wu Erlang, and it is up to Wu Erlang to decide how to deal with it."
Huaiyu thanked him, but he couldn't use it for the time being, but after all, it was just a few cave dwellings.
"These are villagers from Chang'ao Village. Because their families have little land, they rent the land for farming. Erlang's land is cultivated by them."
Correspondingly, Huaiyu only provides land, but does not provide cattle, seeds, farm tools, etc. The tenants need to pay for watering the land, etc. themselves.
Huaiyi told him that there are many loess hills and ridges further north, and the three plateaus in Sanyuan are all large and flat. Only the edges of the plateaus have many high ravines and deep ravines. In fact, the three plateaus in Sanyuan County are originally
It is bounded by Qingyu River, Zhuoyu River, Zhaoshi River and Ishikawa River.
The scribe first went to Rizheng and Muramasa and explained his intention. Both of them were very enthusiastic about Huaiyu.
This obvious intention to please made Huaiyu feel a little burdened.
Huaiyu's piece of land has always been farmed by ten households of villagers, each with ten acres. When they heard that this young man was the new landowner, they all came up to say hello with some uneasiness. They were worried that the land would be taken back or the rent would be increased.
For them, they also don’t want to hear bad news that is difficult to accept.
They took Huaiyu directly to see the land.
Later, when the mulberries, dates, etc. matured, Huaiyu sold the mulberry leaves, etc. to the tenants.
They discussed pooling money to buy a chicken and treat Huaiyu to dinner.
They need to continue to lease the land.
It is hard to imagine that there is such a flat land on that high loess plateau.
Secretary Zhao helped draft the new lease, and under the witness of Rizheng Cunzheng, the landlord and tenants pressed their fingerprints together.
Everyone came forward to say hello respectfully.
In his impression, a high loess slope should have thousands of ravines, ridges, ridges, and ridges, and the terraces here are so good that people admire them.
Chang'ao Fort was built on that long col.
Ao is a unique landform on the loess plateau. It is a wide and shallow dry ditch formed by rain erosion. This kind of dry ditch on the plateau is very suitable for people to build houses in the ao or dig cave dwellings on the ao ditch.
And live.
The cave dwelling was somewhat damaged, but with a few repairs, it was still in good condition.
Huaiyu didn't intend to be pretentious. Today he just came to take a look at his land and confirm it before applying for the lease. He won't be able to manage this land by himself for the time being. With Father Wu here, according to the law, he can't separate the property from another.
However, the land is still planned to be leased by the tenants.
An egg costs several pennies, and a chicken is not cheap either.
He also couldn't bear to add a burden to the people who were also having a hard time these days.
After chatting with everyone for a while, he said goodbye and returned.
He couldn't help but think of historical records. In the third or fourth year of Zhenguan, there was great prosperity in the world, and a bucket of rice only cost two or three cents. In comparison, the people's lives are indeed still in dire straits now.
