When Tongluo trotted back, the third group of Turks also arrived. Field Director Sun saw him, threw him a uniform and told him to put it on, and immediately pulled him over to help. With him as a helper who could speak Turkic dialect
, the efficiency immediately improved a lot. When Tongluo was in Turks, he often dealt with Tang Dynasty businessmen, and he was considered a social person. It was just a registration, so he could handle it.
This made Field Manager Sun feel more and more that he was a talent and he wanted to cultivate him, so he asked him if he could write. Tong Luo shyly said no, and Field Manager Sun was not disappointed. It would be strange if Tong Luo could write.
On the contrary, I was worried about whether Tongluo was careful and did not dare to use him.
"I heard from the Marquis that after the new year, a school will be set up for us. I will write a letter of introduction at that time and recommend you to study. Once you study, you will be able to write. If you work hard in the future, sooner or later your collar will be able to
Change it to white." Director Sun encouraged.
After being busy until late at night, Tong Luo finally returned to his new home. Before leaving, farm director Sun stuffed him with three steamed buns, which he regarded as a working meal. He told him to rest early and come early tomorrow. The farm staff
There are still meetings to be held.
By the time Li Mu was busy getting everything ready, another half an hour had passed. Li Shimin had a long face, and he couldn't be blamed for it. After arriving in Yangzhou, Li Mu took Gu Yuan to his house.
He has never gone out. Li Shimin is not a person who can live idle, and he has long been tired of staying there. After all, no matter how good Gu Garden is, how can it be better to have a royal garden? The exquisiteness here cannot attract him.
When he came to the door, Li Mu told Eunuch Gao where he was going, and then got into the carriage with Li Shimin. He was not worried at all that Eunuch Gao would get lost. There were countless good sons and grandsons of Eunuch Gao near Gu Garden.
How can they let their ancestors get lost now?
On the surface, Li Shimin only brought less than 200 people. But with the bad guys and Dongchang's followers, there must be at least a thousand people. Li Mu's eyes are not blind. Even if he is blind, his hands
The Jin Yiwei below are not just for a living.
Li Mu diligently handed the dried fruit plate to Li Shimin, but was ignored. Li Shimin looked at Li Mu with a long face and said, "Did you deliberately not want me to go? What does it look like to push and hold me back?"
"Eh!" Li Mu corrected: "Your Majesty, we have agreed that when you come out, you will not reveal your identity. How can any accountant call himself me? You have to change your name."
"Change your name, then give me one!" Li Shimin laughed angrily, but Li Mu pretended not to notice and said, "Well, I'll call you Lao Li."
"You!" Li Shimin gritted his molar teeth, tried his best to hold back, and said to Li Mu: "Okay, since I said it, I will do it. Today I will let you call me Lao Li."
"There's one more thing." Li Mu conjured up a fake beard. He had just been delayed for half an hour to make this thing. Li Shimin is only in his thirties this year, and his beard is not very heavy, and Li Mu
This fake beard is made from the temples to the chin. Although it does not have the look of a "beautiful man", it is still a moderate beard. When wearing this beard, one third of the face is covered. Who can be sure?
I couldn't recognize Li Shimin either.
"What is this? I don't want it!" Li Shimin waved his hand to refuse, but Li Mu jumped on him and had to stick it on him. Li Shimin didn't struggle too much, and muttered in his mouth: "I shouldn't have come out, I have to suffer.
You kid is at your mercy!"
"Oh, this is all for your safety, Lao Li!"
"You!" Li Shimin was furious: "There is no one else here, how dare you call me Lao Li?"
"Do you want to get used to it in advance?" Li Mu said, and gave Li Shimin three more things and introduced: "Your identity today is the accountant, so you must bring these two treasures with you. The first one is the account book, the accountant does not bring the account book.
Is that still the accounting room? The second one is the abacus——"
"I don't know how to use this thing!"
"I'm not letting you use it. It's just a decoration." Li Mu stuffed it into Li Shimin's arms and continued to introduce: "This third pen is very powerful. Don't underestimate this pen. There is an ingenuity in it. First of all.
Saturate the pen with thick ink and then dry it in the sun. The advantage of doing this is that it will be used when." Li Mu stuck out his tongue to indicate, and Li Shimin frowned: "Lick the pen..."
"Isn't this just for convenience?" Li Mu also handed the pen to Li Shimin and said, "I probably won't need it today. Your Majesty will just use it as a decoration. If you need it, just make a show of it."
Li Shimin nodded in agreement, picked it up and looked through it curiously, and found that the account book was empty. It seemed that it was just for show.
Yesterday, in order to cheat, he asked Li Mu to take him out. Li Shimin didn't sleep well for half the night. Now sitting on this four-wheeled carriage, the blanket from the Western Regions was soft and comfortable. Li Shimin was really sleepy. He yawned and lay down.
I took a nap.
Li Mu lifted the car curtain and took a look. It was still a long way to go, so he also lay down, closed his eyes and entered the system space.
The system repair work has not been completely completed yet, and countless codes are waiting for him to type.
…
It was almost noon, and we finally arrived at the first location of today’s itinerary.
This place is called Luan County, and Mingzhou Port is here. Luan County is a very large county, with an area five times that of an ordinary small county. There is only one reason why it has such a large area. There are not many people in this place.
, the land is vast but the population is sparse. The most important indicator looked at by the imperial courts in the past dynasties when governing a place was not the territory but the population. In a place with a large population, a county may be divided into two counties, while it is common for places with a small population to be merged together.
thing.
It's better here in the south of the Yangtze River. In the northwest, there are even counties with a state. Take Dingxiang as an example. If you call it a county, it is a county. If you call it a state, it can also be a state or a territory.
Enough.
When Li Mu developed Mingzhou Port, he divided Luan County into four counties according to geography. Cixi, Wengshan, Fenghua, and Luan County were the prefectures. Mingzhou City Shipping Office was also located here. In order to organize the port
After freeing up the land, he asked Gu Sizhi, who was in charge of the construction here, to build a resettlement village and move all the households where the port was located to this resettlement village. He then counted the cultivated land in Luang County to prepare for subsequent resettlement matters.
When Gu Sizhi heard that Li Mu was coming, he had been waiting at the intersection early. Seeing the carriage from a distance, he quickly waved his hand to signal the people behind him to start playing.
Li Shimin was sleeping soundly when he heard the noisy gongs and drums and the blast of firecrackers. Anyone who was woken up after a good sleep would definitely be upset. Li Shimin frowned and looked as if he wanted to kill someone. He opened the curtain
, seeing the blowing and beating outside, he became very angry: "This little old man deserves to die for doing these useless things."
"You promised -" Li Mu reminded in a low voice.
"Just don't tell me!" Li Shimin snorted and closed his mouth. When he was about to arrive, Li Shimin picked up his three treasures and was ready to get off at any time.
Finally arriving at the place, Li Shimin got out of the car. Everyone waiting to greet Li Mu was stunned. Gu Sizhi asked in surprise: "Who are you? Where is the Marquis?"
"You?" Li Shimin got even angrier and didn't bother to respond. Eunuch Gao's dog-leg instinct exploded and he said for him: "This is the accountant newly hired by the Marquis. I am the groom. The Marquis is resting in the car. You guys wait."
Gu Sizhi hurriedly waved his hand to tell the gong and drum guy to get away. It was self-defeating, right? If this woke up Li Mu, he wouldn't be able to walk around!
"Oh, it's really hard to get some sleep -" Li Mu's strange and sinister voice came from inside: "I got up early to come to this wretched place. I wanted to catch up on some sleep, but I didn't want to let him sleep.
Come on, whose family is getting married, disturbing my good sleep?"
Gu Sizhi had no choice but to bite the bullet and said: "Master Hou, it's not because someone is getting married, but because the people love you. When they heard that Master Hou was coming, they all spontaneously came to greet you."
"Oh, really?" Li Mu sneered, noncommittal. Gu Sizhi did not dare to say anything and led the way, leading Li Mu to a house at the entrance of the village.
Li Shimin followed Li Mu, and felt strange when he looked at this village. He had fought in all directions, and he had never seen any villages. But he still felt very strange about the village in front of him. There was a house at the entrance of the village that was larger than the other houses.
The house looks like a government office, but it is not a government office. There is a small square at the door, but I don't know what it is used for.
Walking into this house, there is actually a lobby inside. Looking at the area of this lobby, it can accommodate at least one to two hundred people.
Li Mu walked into the lobby and took his seat at the head of the table. Gu Sizhi and others sat down one after another. Those who had no seats at the door stood at the door. Li Shimin frowned slightly, this was like a small court.
,What is Li Mu doing?
Li Mu caught a glimpse of Li Shimin frowning from the corner of his eye, and thought it was because he didn't have a seat, so he hurriedly coughed. Gu Sizhi heard it and didn't know why, but it was the people behind him who reminded him that he realized that Li Mu's two followers didn't have seats, so he quickly ordered people to move
Two chairs were brought and extra seats were provided for Li Shimin and Eunuch Gao.
After sitting down, Li Mu took a sip of tea, yawned and said: "Come on, let's get started. Who is responsible for everything? Let me stand up and say it one by one. The ugly words come first. This is the first time I have told you.
If someone fails to handle something, the next time it happens, it won't be your responsibility, so you can take care of it yourself."
After saying yes, Xu raised his hand to indicate that it was time to start.
Gu Sizhi was the first to stand up and said: "Your Majesty, I have been ordered to correct the population and household registration of the four counties of the original Luan County, present-day Cixi, Wengshan, Fenghua, and Luan County. Now I have four household registration books.
"With that said, Gu Sizhi handed over the four household registration books. Li Mu didn't even look at them, and then handed them to Li Shimin. Li Shimin was stunned for a moment, then remembered his identity, took them and pretended to read them.
Li Mu spoke over there and said, "I am too lazy to read, so you can simply tell me."
"Yes," Gu Sizhi responded and introduced, "According to the original household registration of Luang County, the entire Luang County has 37,841 households and 56,720 people."
Li Mu laughed out loud and said: "If this number is true, then every family in Luang County will be wiped out."
If a family has less than two people on average, can they still live together?
Gu Sizhi laughed dryly. In fact, it is common knowledge that the household registration is fake. For no other reason than to avoid the head tax. Li Mu's new policy has not been fully implemented in the Guanzhong area, especially in such a remote place along the coast.
Forget it. The local officials were still doing things according to the old system inherited from the Sui Dynasty. Naturally, there would be differences in household registration. But Li Mu didn't expect that it would be so exaggerated. He didn't even bother to make false accounts.
But when it comes to this population, is there an accurate number?
In fact, there are some, but what you need to ask is not the government, but the local wealthy families and country gentry. Most of the people farm their own land, and each family reports the number of tenants in their hands, plus their own
People are mostly inseparable.
This is also the reason why Li Mu asked Gu Sizhi to do this. The Gu family occupies most of the land in Luan County, and many people who are not included in his family are also related to his family.
"Master Hou Mingjian, there are naturally discrepancies in this number. For more than ten days, the old man counted all the people in the county and registered them one by one. The final number was 42,720 households, with people
One hundred and fifty-seven thousand six hundred and eighty people, labor force, twenty-four thousand seven hundred and eighty men. If two or three women and children are counted, it can be converted into more than ten thousand laborers."
When calculating labor, usually only the prime-age men in a household are counted. But those who are not prime-age men are not unable to do the work. For example, women and half-grown children can all work. It is just relative to
For a complete labor force, they only do less work. That’s why there are algorithms such as two-in-one and three-in-one.
But even if calculated this way, the labor force in the entire county is less than 40,000. After subtracting the labor for building the port and the labor for sailors in the future... Li Mu suddenly realized that the small population was a bit exaggerated.
Li Mu nodded and motioned for Gu Sizhi to sit down, "Just don't tell me!" Li Shimin snorted and closed his mouth. Seeing that they were about to arrive, Li Shimin picked up his three treasures and was ready to get off at any time.
Finally arriving at the place, Li Shimin got out of the car. Everyone waiting to greet Li Mu was stunned. Gu Sizhi asked in surprise: "Who are you? Where is the Marquis?"
"You?" Li Shimin got even angrier and didn't bother to respond. Eunuch Gao's dog-leg instinct exploded and he said for him: "This is the accountant newly hired by the Marquis. I am the groom. The Marquis is resting in the car. You guys wait."
Gu Sizhi hurriedly waved his hand to tell the gong and drum guy to get away. It was self-defeating, right? If this woke up Li Mu, he wouldn't be able to walk around!
"Oh, it's really hard to get some sleep -" Li Mu's strange and sinister voice came from inside: "I got up early to come to this wretched place. I wanted to catch up on some sleep, but I didn't want to let him sleep.
Come on, whose family is getting married, disturbing my good sleep?"
Gu Sizhi had no choice but to bite the bullet and said: "Master Hou, it's not because someone is getting married, but because the people love you. When they heard that Master Hou was coming, they all spontaneously came to greet you."
"Oh, really?" Li Mu sneered, noncommittal. Gu Sizhi didn't dare to say more.