No matter how the outside world changes, Chen Cheng has made up his mind to "keep it calm".
With the gradual development of the silver mine, there was finally a sum of money in the treasury. Gold and silver are natural currencies. Everyone smiled when they saw those heavy silver nuggets. Chen Shijun has always been generous and will reward those who have merit.
This year's summer harvest went smoothly and it got off to a good start. Are we still worried that we won't get any rewards?
Sure enough, it didn't take long for officials at all levels to receive the newly minted silver coins. The least was only one, and the most were more than a dozen or dozens of coins. The one who received the most was Yan Zhong, who had a hundred silver coins.
These silver coins are beautifully made and substantial. There are no square or round holes in the middle that are common on coins of this era, but they are a solid piece.
According to the exchange ratio launched by Liangzhou Bank, which was just listed in Yinchuan, one silver coin can be exchanged for two thousand copper coins, that is, two coins. Although Liangzhou Bank is named a bank, it currently has very few staff and its business is even greater.
It's missing. For the time being, it's just a place used by Chen Cheng for primary school students to practice their skills.
After being combined with the abacus, elementary school students are also very useful, as long as they are not some kind of elementary school students.
Time has entered autumn from summer, and the damage caused by the war seems to have gone away. Both sides of the road are lined with neat crop fields. The rice, sweet potatoes, and corn in the fields make people feel happy. The lower class people in this era have very low requirements.
It's enough to have a full stomach, or in other words, as long as you can be 70% full and don't go hungry most of the time.
Although the autumn harvest has not yet begun, it is already certain that this year will be a bumper harvest. Songs such as "Chen Shijun, with his bow and arrow, defeated the Xiongnu, and the people are safe" began to be sung everywhere in Liangzhou.
At this time every year, the Northland will start to prepare for autumn, mainly to prevent the Huns from the north coming to rob. But now the Huns have been defeated, and only some dead ones are lingering in places such as Yunzhong and Shangjun. The government does not need to
Then many people were recruited to prepare for war, so that all the people could be devoted to the autumn harvest.
In addition, most of the molten iron flowing out of the blast furnace near Helan Mountain has been turned into farm tools such as sickles, shovels, and plows. The steel-clad sickles are extremely sharp, and the harvesting efficiency is far higher than in the past. One person can lift three or four people.
.Although it does not seem to be an exaggeration, it is equivalent to a lot more labor force out of thin air, and there is no need to eat so much.
In the past, the most ideal situation for a family of five was to have one hundred acres of land, half of which was rested and half cultivated. Based on the best annual yield, it could harvest two hundred shi of grain, deducting losses and taxes, as well as the tools used.
, after making new clothes and other various expenditures, seventy dan of rations can be left. After excluding the grain for the animals, there will still be 50 or 60 dan left. After feeding a family of five, there will still be some leftover.
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If we can have such a good harvest every year, if we save for five or six years, we can marry the younger brother in the family or marry the daughter to a good family. But once a wedding or wedding happens, this little savings will soon turn into nothing.
Nothing happened, and he returned to a state of abject poverty overnight.
Besides, where can such a high harvest really be achieved? Natural disasters, man-made disasters, soldiers, bandits, officials, gentry, all these things are weighing on the heads of the people, making them breathless.
But, but! I can finally have enough to eat this year!
After collecting all the grains in the fields, including wheat and other miscellaneous grains, many farmers cried with joy, and then knelt down in the direction of Yinchuan. Even the Qiang people who were half-cultivating and half-grazing were similar to these farmers. The promotion of silage technology,
Not only does it make livestock grow faster, it also greatly reduces the loss of livestock in winter.
The Qiang people's own culture was very backward, and they preferred to believe in the power of ghosts and gods. Soon, the saying "Master Chen is the descendant of a god" spread from the naturalized Huns, and spread like wildfire in the north.
The spread spread in Dijun, Anding County, Wuwei County and other places, and spread to other places in Liangzhou, and even expanded further outwards. Many places in Guanzhong and Bingzhou began to have worshipers.
Chen Cheng, who didn't know that he already had many followers, sat firmly on Diaoyutai and gave various orders to the minister who was gradually getting more hands.
"Same as last time, the Household Department is the leading unit for the autumn harvest," Chen Cheng said to Xu Chao: "You have the heaviest burden. You not only have to take care of the autumn harvest, but also some things of the Works Department, but I can't relax because of this.
The requirements of your Ministry of Finance."
"yes!"
"First count the taxes of Yinchuan, Pingluo and Yongning, then Lingzhou, and then count the rest of the entire Northland."
"yes!"
Chen Cheng was very satisfied with Xu Chao's ability and said warmly: "I know that Xu Qing has done everything by himself these days and is very tired. After the tax statistics of the three counties on the west bank of the Yellow River are completed, Qing can just sit in charge of the household department and do the rest.
The people below will keep statistics on local money and food."
Xu Chao is the most useful person he has at this time, even better than Yan Zhong. If it weren't for the help of this powerful man from the north, he might still be thinking about how to feed so many soldiers under his command.
It is impossible to spend several months on the construction site just to solve the problem of substandard molten iron produced from the blast furnace.
Chen Cheng felt that among the civil servants and generals under his command, Yan Zhong was the strategist, Xu Chao was the leader in raising grain and grass, and Zhao Yun, Xu Rong, Lu Fang, Yang Qiu, etc. were the leaders in the war. Such a luxurious lineup was inferior to that of Liu Bang, the great ancestor of the Han Dynasty.
All that was missing was Chen Ping, who had many ingenious plans.
Xu Chao said in a deep voice: "These are my duties, why do you have to work so hard? My lord, please rest assured, I will definitely handle the autumn harvest properly!"
Chen Cheng stepped forward, patted Xu Chao on the shoulder, and said with a smile: "I can rest assured that you are doing the work!"
He did not interfere too much with the autumn harvest. He just randomly checked a few places. Seeing that things were going well, he didn't pay too much attention to this matter. The agricultural production in the North is mainly based on the manor economy. Here,
It is the edge of the civilized world. Before Chen Cheng arrived, barbarism and chaos were the mainstream here.
The barbarian invasions that occur every few years, as well as the government's excessive taxation, make it impossible for the small-scale peasant economy to operate here. Those who survive can only voluntarily or involuntarily sacrifice themselves to join the powerful.
They went to their castles and manors, selling their labor in exchange for a chance to survive and some food.
Here, if you don’t join the group, you can’t survive. This is always the case and has always been the case.
After Chen Cheng defeated the Huns' army, he divided a lot of land near Lian County, which was then known as Lian County, equally among his soldiers. These soldiers built new villages according to their organization, then bulldozed the ruins and reclaimed them together.
They built the land together, built the fortifications of the guardhouse, farmed together, and harvested together. Now, a year later, they have been firmly tied to Chen Cheng.
It doesn’t matter whether they were Han, Qiang, or even Huns before. It doesn’t matter whether they were a powerful tribe of Xiliang or soldiers under the princes of Liangzhou. Now they have their own land, their own houses and
Food, they will never be able to go back to the past, unless they are willing to hand over everything they have now.
Vomiting out the fat that has been eaten will be more uncomfortable than never getting it. They have swords and guns in their hands, and armor and crossbows in the guardhouse. Even Chen Cheng cannot take them away casually.
everything.
When the land was allocated, it was not that no one jumped out to object, but the powerful people around Lian County were severely hit by the Huns' invasion. Many villages and Wubao were reduced to ruins, and some powerful people were even killed by the Huns.
Once empty. Their strength has been greatly weakened, and there is no future for armed confrontation. After receiving the guarantee that Chen Cheng would not move the interests of other local powerful people, the resistance of the local powerful people quickly disappeared.
After the temptation failed, the local powerful turned to Chen Cheng's sect. This is not surprising. It is human nature to worship the strong. The logical chain is also very clear. The Huns who they could not defeat were defeated by Chen Cheng with a small number of troops.
If the hammer blows up, how can they still play? If you can't beat them, then join. This is the human survival philosophy.
Besides, Chen Cheng has always been generous to his subordinates, right?
It's not that no one saw Chen Cheng's intention in doing this, and they also knew that after he stabilized his position, he would probably take back all the rights he had given out. But so what? In the long run, everyone will
Damn it, maybe Chen Cheng will choke to death tomorrow? People always have to think of the best.
September in the golden autumn always makes people happy. No matter what kind of person they are, no matter what their stance is, after the warehouse is filled with food, their mood will become happy.
The summer harvest stabilized the morale of the army, while the autumn harvest made the vast majority of the local people, including powerful people and lower-class civilians, turn to Chen Cheng's side. Chen Cheng was also very happy. After the silver mining was on the right track, he again worked in Helan Mountain.
Two small copper mines were found on the edge.
Soon after, when there are more shovels and other tools, these two tung mines can also be mined. In that case, the prefecture and animal husbandry can issue their own copper coins. Luoyang is becoming more and more excessive, and the "big money" from "
"When one thousand" has evolved to "when two thousand", and now it has developed to the astonishing "when five thousand", which means that a "big coin" made of copper and iron can be used as five thousand coins. This is too exaggerated.
After Chen Cheng heard about this kind of thing, he felt very incredible. Even if he had no knowledge of economics, he couldn't be so reckless! He had met He Jin. Although the pig-killing general was not considered to have superior intelligence, he was not
Idiot!
But that's what happened. Chen Cheng weighed the extremely inferior "Dang Wu Qian", shook his head and said, "What do you call this?"
Opposite him, Wang Yue said: "One more thing. News came back from Luoyang that General He Jin sent troops to surround the residence of Weiwei Dong Chong, and Dong Chong committed suicide. At about the same time, Bohai King Liu Xie and the Empress Dowager
They all died suddenly and mysteriously. After that, Yuan Shao, Yuan Shu, Cao Cao, Chunyu Qiong and others all left Luoyang."
The movements of Chen Cheng's hands stopped. He thought for a while and asked, "Does the princess know about the sudden death of Marquis Dong?"
