Cultivation Starts From Planting Sweet Potatoes

After the Great Zhou Dynasty experienced the drought that lasted for several years and the turmoil of the refugees, the population dropped sharply.

At least in the next thirty to fifty years, we will face underpopulation.

Especially in the territory of Lu country, all major forces are secretly preparing for war, and the population will probably be even smaller by then.

In the past, although the nobles did not treat the tenants as human beings, the population was too small to do so.

At least there must be a race, the family needs servants, and the army also needs a lot of civilians and cannon fodder.

Therefore, although it is one thing to look down on tenant farmers from a personality point of view, one has to admit that tenant farmers are an important strategic resource.

Now that the three towns of Heishui can keep tens of thousands of refugees, it has become a coveted wealth.

For example, in the Guliang family, Gu Liangyu was exchanged from Zhang He for an ordinary foundation-building pill, successfully completed the foundation-building, and his prestige in the family increased greatly, and he was finally able to speak straight.

Patriarch, the drought is over now, and the land can be cultivated after this winter. Unfortunately, the population of tenant farmers is seriously insufficient. There are only more than 10,000 people in five towns.

Gu Liangcheng is Gu Liangyu's staunchest supporter, now that Gu Liangyu has established the foundation and successfully controlled the family, he handed over the management of the family to Gu Liangcheng.

Third Grandpa, I don't know anything about farming. I don't know how many people should normally have in our five towns?

As a candidate for the head of the family, Gu Liangyu has always focused on training, so naturally she doesn't need to pay attention to such trivial matters as farming.

Even if the family fortune fell later, he was still busy with training and intrigue, and now he has no idea about population.

Reporting to Patriarch, in addition to Heishui Town, we still have five towns. Under normal circumstances, there must be at least 20,000 to 30,000 people. If there are more, 50,000 to 60,000 people are also acceptable.

For example, Heishui Town, only one town has a population of 20,000 to 30,000, and the three towns of Heishui have a combined population of more than 60,000.

We have more than 10,000 people, and there are only more than 2,000 people in each town on average. We can't grow much land, and we can't collect too much rent.

Since Heishui Town has so many people, can we borrow some from Heishui Town, or buy some people?

Third Grandpa, why don't we both go there in person to see if we can buy people from Heishui Town.

The two left as soon as they said they would,

Immediately, Gu Liangyu controlled the flying sword, took Gu Liangcheng with him, and arrived at Heishui Town in only a quarter of an hour.

After the two entered the city, they looked at the prosperous scene of Heishui Town, and were envious in their hearts.

They used to have a city, but now they end up like a rich man in the country.

The worst thing is that now there is not even a spiritual vein or a spiritual field, and many immortal cultivators in the whole family have no source of spiritual power, and they don't know where to go?

But Zhang He was only a tenant under their family's rule at first, but now he can own such a family property.

Under the contrast of each other, both of them are a little bit self-satisfied.

After the two met Zhang He, they explained their intentions, but Zhang He refused without even thinking about it.

As long as those who are willing to stay in the three towns under his jurisdiction are the people under his rule.

Although he never thought he was a good person, he still had a certain bottom line. He would never do something like buying and selling the people under his rule as commodities.

The two were rejected by Zhang He, but they didn't dare to resent.

Now that they are all here, the two of them simply sold some ancestral inheritance, and exchanged a batch of dried sweet potatoes with aura from Zhang He with a jade slip that is convenient for alchemy.

As far as the Guliang family is concerned, there is really no other way now, but to keep selling their ancestral inheritance. Fortunately, Zhang He is not picky and accepts any jade slips.

Not long after the two of Gu Liangyu left, Ye Jun from Dehua County also came to Heishui Town with his sword.

The purpose of Ye Jun's visit here is also for population.

He has just taken over Dehua County and is about to make a big splash, but now he has few people under his rule, and no one is farming the land. How can this be done?

Now Dehua County doesn't even have a decent army. How will we deal with wars in the future?

Moreover, the formation of an elite army also requires a large population base in order to select suitable sources of troops.

Sorry, Blackwater Town does not do human trafficking. If you can pay a higher price and let them go with you automatically, I will never stop it.

Brother Zhang, why don't you think about it?

Ye Jun was in a very upset mood, it seemed that Zhang He refused to give any face.

Feel sorry!

Zhang He arched his hands, expressing his apologies.

You do it yourself! Farewell!

After Ye Jun threw down a sentence, he walked away in a huff.

In fact, Ye Jun had already sent people to try to recruit tenants from here, but the residents who stayed in Heishui Town were dead-headed.

It seems that everyone has identified Zhang He, no matter what he says, he just doesn't want to move to other towns.

After comprehensive consideration, it is better to buy people from Zhang He, and then send an army to take them away forcibly with knives and pine, which saves trouble and worry.

Unexpectedly, Zhang He, like those tenants, was dead-headed.

After seeing Ye Jun leave, Zhang He asked the Black Water Army to step up patrols recently to prevent accidents.

He didn't have any fear of Ye Jun, but Ye Jun was only a member of the Ye family. I heard that the Ye family had more than ten foundation-building monks, and the patriarch, Ye Jing, was a strong Golden Core.

Otherwise, a mere Ye Jun would really be ignored. He is even thinking now whether he should send Xiaokulou to go there again, and let Ye Jun follow in Ye Fei's footsteps.

Three days later, Fugui and Fat Hu returned to Heishui Town at the same time. As soon as Fat Hu entered the door, he said:

Young Master, Dehua County has sent a special envoy to conscript 15,000 people from Duihe Township.

Fugui also nodded at the same time: We in Shangling Town have also received the same notice, and we need to go to Daxing Township, 40 miles away, to build a canal for half a year.

These two towns are under the jurisdiction of Dehua County, so they are naturally obliged to submit to corvee.

The Great Zhou Dynasty had some corvettes every year, and there were various types of corvee, such as helping the nobles to chop firewood, build houses, raise cattle and horses, clean the courtyard, and dig out manure...

It is also a kind of corvee to conscript civilian husbands to escort food and grass in wars.

Anyway, anything can be conscripted to do corvee, and there is no need to pay any compensation.

When tenants serve corvee, they need to bring their own dry food and quilts. If they are injured or sick during service, it is their own bad luck, and there is no such thing as work-related injury.

In the past, when the Guliang family ruled, corvee would be conscripted from time to time, but not on such a large scale.

Ye Jun had a good idea this time, he asked you to work for him, and you had to bring your own dry food, which was more cost-effective than buying people.

Young master, let's go against each other too!

Fat Tiger urged nonchalantly, Fugui was also watching Zhang He at this time, waiting for Zhang He to make a decision.

Zhang He tapped his fingers on the table and fell into deep thought.

This time the corvee is definitely not allowed. Nearly half of the population of the three towns of Heishui will never return.

And if there is a first time for this kind of thing, it is easy to have a second time.

I ask you for some population today, collect some food tomorrow, and collect some gold and silver the day after tomorrow. It may be endless.

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