Chapter 23 The lower limit means there is no lower limit
Author: Mr. Xiong Er
Chapter 23 The lower limit means there is no lower limit
"In a state of war, men are responsible for fighting and women are responsible for farming. Children are uniformly admitted to kindergartens, and the elderly are responsible for teaching."
"This system sounds fine, but in practice it is very problematic. For example, women are responsible for farming, but women are not as physically strong as men. Once time goes by, large-scale production reductions are inevitable."
At first glance, it was so green that there was no end in sight. This large farm had at least 100,000 acres of land. Looking at the scene in front of him, Jiang Hua squatted on the ground, picked up a piece of soil and squeezed it.
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"In the past, we also tried to allocate land to each household. Especially those county soldiers. When they joined the county soldiers, they were directly given 100 acres of land. But later we found that this still didn't work."
"Not to mention the occasional cases where the powerful oppressed the county soldiers and deprived them of their income. When the county soldiers went out to fight, the family lost a strong labor force, which affected the income from farming."
"If this expedition is successful, enough spoils are obtained, and the county soldiers themselves receive enough rewards, then this expedition will be worthwhile."
"But many times, county soldiers form teams to patrol the territory for three months at a time. It is normal for everything to be peaceful and peaceful. At this time, there are not so many rewards to distribute. By the time the county soldiers return home, the farming season has passed."
"Later, we no longer directly rewarded the county soldiers with land, but instead rewarded the profits from the land. We specially hired people to plant the land of the county soldiers, and directly gave them copper coins or grain during the autumn harvest."
"And it will be distributed by the county magistrate or the young master personally!"
When the county magistrate Yu said this, Jiang Hua remembered that he had indeed personally distributed money to the county soldiers. So many copper coins were packed into boxes, and it was not easy to move them around.
Moreover, by distributing it yourself, you can prevent others from having empty pay, or the military pay being wasted by 20% as soon as it is allocated from the county magistrate's treasury.
"Farming has always been a very physically demanding task with not much gain. Ordinary people can cultivate ten acres of land without the help of oxen, which is considered a strong labor force. Even with oxen, a family wants to cultivate one hundred acres.
The land is also very difficult, and we have to fight for time. When harvesting, we have to hire a few people to help. Otherwise, if we are not careful, the farming season will be over."
"So, in order to save manpower and improve farming efficiency, we have introduced many large-scale agricultural tools, such as the eight-oxen plow. It is said that eight cows pull the plow together, and it can easily cultivate hundreds of acres of land."
Jiang Hua rubbed his hands, and a lot of the mud on them fell away, and stood up. Looking into the distance, he did see a large plow, but the eight cows pulling the plow were not the eight cows he imagined.
But a strong man.
This strong man wore no clothes on his upper body, and his lower body was also worn short. His feet were in the earth, covered with mud, and he was pulling an eight-oxen plow with one hand. His progress was not slow at all.
Looking at the strong man pulling the plow, County Chengyu smiled slightly: "He is a warlock, and a warlock who has understood the true meaning of the three five elements. His physical body has evolved several times, and there is no problem for one person to support several cows.
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"There are many sorcerers in the territory who do this. To understand the true meaning of the Five Elements, don't they just need to observe the nature of the world? Going deep into life and observing life is also a way to understand the true meaning of the Five Elements."
"Many sorcerers realized the true meaning of earth or fire while pulling a plow to plow the fields. Some sorcerers realized the true meaning of wood or metal while harvesting rice, wheat, and rapeseed with a sickle."
"Li Sheng once said that Taoism is natural. But most of our Taoists in Yancheng are more down-to-earth. They don't think they are superior to others, nor do they think that becoming a Taoist means they are superior to others, so they don't have to be human."
Jiang Hua smiled and nodded: "What is nature? Isn't it just every aspect of life, every bit of it?"
What made Jiang Hua even more delighted was the extremely harmonious atmosphere in front of him. This kind of atmosphere was difficult to see in the territories of other nobles.
"This war will not be short-lived. We must be prepared for ten or even twenty years."
Not to mention anything else, let’s just say that when the capital of Chao Kingdom was besieged by the Wu Kingdom next door, it was directly besieged for thirty years.
The capital city of Chao Kingdom itself is connected to the Chao River and can draw on the power of the river. Unexpectedly, in the tenth year, the Chao River near the capital was cut off by the state of Wu. Chao Kingdom could also connect to the earth veins and use the power of the earth veins. As a result, the
Twenty years ago, the earth's veins were also cut off by the masters of Wu State.
If it hadn't been for the Yue State's surprise attack on Wu's rear, the capital of Chao State might have actually fallen.
"The competition in this battle is about each other's foundation, and it also includes each other's determination."
"For example, next we will ask people to reduce the scope of their activities and move as much as possible in villages and in places with a large number of people."
Why?
Unable to figure it out, Jiang Hua began to recall the history books he saw in his mind.
History books are very precious knowledge in Chao Kingdom. They are only stored in the territories of real nobles. Of course, they are available in the capital, but they are not open to the public.
Since the founding of Yancheng, they have been collecting history books. Jiang Hua recalled for a moment and came up with the answer: "Is it because they will directly send monks to slaughter the scattered people?"
County Prime Minister Yu nodded seriously: "Three thousand years ago, the Liu family opened up the land of three counties, and everything was prosperous. At that time, the head of the Liu family was about to completely tame the blood in his body and become a genuine second-generation noble clan.
But at this critical moment, a ferocious beast suddenly ran out."
"The bloodline of this ferocious beast is very similar to the bloodline of the monarch. If nothing else happens, it should be an old senior in the monarch's lineage at that time who could never break through. He sacrificed himself and forcibly swallowed the elixir to improve his bloodline.
In the end, he was completely controlled by the desire in his blood and turned into a ferocious beast!"
"Actually, this is not the first time that the monarch's lineage has done this. When the Chao Kingdom was besieged by the Wu Kingdom, everyone thought it was the Yue Kingdom that sent troops to attack the Wu Kingdom's rear. But in fact, it was because a first-generation pure-blood beast suddenly appeared in Wu Kingdom.
Near the national army camp. After many masters of the Wu Kingdom killed the pure-blood beasts, the Wu army's strength had also lost less than half."
If at that time, Chao Kingdom continues to sacrifice a second-generation strength foundation to greatly improve the purity of his bloodline, and eventually completely loses control, what will Wu Country do?
Who knows how many more secrets Chao Guo has?
What if there are ten or eight more? Although this is theoretically impossible, it would be unexpected to have one, but I don’t dare to bet and I can’t bet!
"So, when they are unable to break through Dashi Pass head-on, it is possible for them to release ferocious beasts, or simply come to slaughter the village, or use magic to destroy our farmland on a large scale before the harvest. We cannot underestimate their lower limit.
,So, we must be as prepared as possible!”
Looking at the sun in the distance, Jiang Hua squeezed the soil in his hands hard: "Even if Yancheng is completely destroyed, we must resist to the end!"