Chapter 331 The General's Mansion under the New Year's Festival
The folk festival atmosphere in Yangzhou becomes more and more festive every year.
This year, guidance on the use of "Shennong Essence" has begun, especially in Guantian, almost all of them use "Shennong Essence".
Coupled with Bai Tu's passive strategy, Yangzhou's average yield per mu has now increased by nearly 50% compared to before the Jian'an Year, and the private grain tax has also been reduced to five to one - already lower than during the Yellow Turban years.
, before the Yellow Turban Rebellion, there were no additional wars, and during times of famine, the court also imposed one tax per ten, and local officials might even levy some more privately.
Although the tax rate has increased by 10% now compared with that time, the output has increased by 50%. In the end, the harvest left in the hands of ordinary farmers is 30% more than in previous peace years!
As for comparison with other princes of the same period...
Even Hanzhong and Yizhou have no comparison with Yangzhou at this time!
At the same time, due to the salt import policy of the General Government, a large amount of grain was recycled by salt merchants and used in exchange for salt import from the government, which also ensured that the price of grain did not plummet.
The government's grain, especially chaff, was invested in raising livestock. Some people who had spare money were preparing to save money to buy cattle. After all, although the government's cattle were enough to rent, they also required rent, and...
…Things from other people’s homes are not as reliable as your own.
The Ministry of Civil Affairs also encourages farmers to buy cattle and have their own cattle, which will also facilitate farmers to improve their farming efficiency.
Ordinary farmers can purchase cattle from the Ministry of Civil Affairs as long as they pay a 30% down payment, and then repay the loan in three years.
Of course, only for ordinary farmers without cattle...
There are also quite a number of people who are appropriately "chic", especially during the Chinese New Year, buying meat and silk cloth are all part of the right thing.
In fact, during the Western Han Dynasty, the protein intake of the Han people was also very high among the feudal dynasties, making the Han people's physical fitness significantly better than that of the surrounding countries, so there is a saying that "one Han is like five barbarians".
It's just that during the Eastern Han Dynasty, the national and people's strength was declining, and meat became increasingly rare on people's tables...
However, in Yangzhou, people can already taste meat every now and then, and during the Chinese New Year, they can even eat a lot of fish and meat. The sales of various other light industrial products that are not usually necessary have also increased - if Liu Bei was in Jinling now
If you sell straw sandals, you can probably keep your wife and children warm on the bed in two years!
At the same time, civilian workshops have gradually sprung up, which is a sign of the gradual recovery of the small commodity economy.
On the contrary, compared to the private sector, the Jiangjun Mansion has become a bit "deserted" this year.
Sun Ce and Zhou Yu in Jiangxia could not come back, Gan Ning in Donglai could not come back, and Zhao Yun in Nanyang did not come back. Only Jia Xu came back to report on the work of the Northern Route Army. As for Jingnan, not to mention - the transportation is inconvenient, so it will not be easy.
I came back specifically to catch up with this New Year's Eve party.
Judging from the war situation in various places this year, the General's Mansion is not only no longer outstanding, but also has a "slump". Jingzhou's offensive has been blocked, and it has not reached the edge of Nanjun until now. Even Jiangxia is about to be counterattacked.
The four counties of Jingnan, which in the eyes of most Central Plains people are considered remote and remote places where barbarians are rampant, actually held back the general's offensive in Changsha County!
Instead, in Qingzhou, the general's office took advantage of it. When the navy returned, it picked up Donglai County. Now it is very unhappy with Xuzhou because of this...
And Cao Liu from the Central Plains will make great profits this year!
Cao Cao enjoyed the glory of defeating Yuan Shao's "millions of troops" in the eyes of the world. Xudu, which usually had a lot of "noise", became much quieter at this time. Many courtiers in the court who originally disliked Cao Cao,
They were all removed by Cao Cao without any care.
Originally, Cao Cao was still concerned about some influence, and he understood best that most of these people were just "Yan Yi saved the country", so they could just be monitored and there was no need to pay too much attention to them.
It's just that this time he defeated "Yuan Ni", his reputation was unparalleled, and he became even more assertive in the court!
Liu Bei defeated Yuan Tan in Qingzhou. Although it did not cause as big a response as Cao Cao's defeat of Yuan Shao, it did benefit. Now that he has most of Qingzhou in his hands, the strategic depth is finally thicker, and he is not as frustrated as he was in Xuzhou.
It’s just the opposite of last year’s situation where the Central Plains had “no harvest” and the General’s Mansion had a “great profit”...
Therefore, compared to last year, the staff of the various departments of the General Mansion have restrained their attitude of looking at others with their nostrils. It is not that they were arrogant last year, but that each of them felt that they had made great contributions to the General Mansion under the source of the rainbow. This year...
...The battle situation in the General's Mansion is not going well, so naturally their arrogance has weakened a lot.
Even the Ministry of Industry has reached a bottleneck in many projects this year.
Although there are many new things, after all, there is no eye-catching guy like the Zhenqi Crossbow...
On the contrary, the Ministry of Civil Affairs, which was somewhat low-key last year, is proud and proud this year.
Projects in various places are carried out step by step, grain production has increased significantly, people's per capita meat intake has increased significantly compared with last year, and the income from workshop tax and commercial tax has increased significantly...
Coupled with the support from other departments, the eldest cousin Lu Su can be said to be very proud of himself this year.
Jian Yong originally used the general's failure in the crusade in Jingzhou this year as a bargaining chip. Liu Bei even asked him before he left to try to persuade Bai Tu to stop the army, at least not to touch Nanjun, and to withdraw from Jiangxia!
If Bai Tu agrees and spreads the word throughout the world to form an alliance with Liu Biao of Nanjun, Liu Bei will not only be willing to cooperate with Bai Tu and assert his control over Nanyang and Jingnan, but also give up the entire Donglai County to Bai Tu to station the navy.
Of course, Jian Yong is not that naive. He understands that Bai Tu has not been forced to negotiate peace with Liu Biao!
Besides, why should you give up your own Donglai for Liu Biao?
If he dares to negotiate like this, isn't he afraid that next time he meets Mr. Guan, he will be stared at with squinting eyes and make a cold sweat break out on his back?
Instead, it was Jian Yong's plan to use the General's Mansion's unfavorable battle situation in Jingzhou as an introduction to straighten his back when fighting for the interests of the Xuzhou Mansion.
only……
The "gloom and gloom" that Jian Yong expected did not appear, or rather... it only appeared on the faces of some of the general's staff!
Generally speaking, unfavorable battle conditions not only mean the casualties of the generals, but also mean that the princes have to further squeeze the potential of the people to maintain and increase the strength of the front line. This will also cause the people to be worried and the people's strength will be weakened.
However, in Jinling, or rather on the road Jian Yong saw along the way, this scene did not appear. Instead, there was prosperity and peace everywhere.
It even made Jian Yong wonder, could it be that this Jinling man didn't care about the war on the front line? Or was the news blocked by the general's office?
However, within two days, this possibility was removed from Jian Yong's mind, because... on the 23rd of the twelfth lunar month, the day of the Little Year, Bai Tu held a grand ceremony at the Humin Temple outside Jinling City!