I really don't want to be a rebel [infrastructure]

Luo Shixing didn't understand for a moment after hearing this, it shouldn't be, isn't cultivated land the guarantee of survival?

Moreover, the people here in Zhoucheng are not the same as those in Beidai County before. The Ouluo tribe and the nearby tribes really didn't farm land back then, and they really didn't know how to farm.

They are relatively far away from the state capital, and they don't communicate much. It is because they are too closed that they fall behind.

There is a tradition of farming in the state capital. Although the ethnic groups are different and the living habits and cultures are different, they are similar in terms of farming.

Why is no one farming now?This situation did not occur in the various counties. Is there something wrong with the state capital?

It can't be that their operations are not as good as those novice county magistrates, right?

Luo Shixing didn't understand, and when he and Wang Yan were looking at each other, Cheng Jingwei walked in and asked, "What's wrong? What problems did you encounter?"

Luo Shixing said things a little bit puzzled: "What's wrong?"

Cheng Jingwei immediately understood: "It's not a problem, but you treat the craftsmen very well. Everyone earns a day's money for a day's work. Farming is not necessarily the case. Even if you preach that today's grain can produce more Food, but they won’t believe it until they see it with their own eyes, and the smooth implementation in the county town is because the people have no other way out, they can only farm the land.”

After hearing this, Luo Shixing was very speechless. Could it be his fault that the salary was too high?

This problem is actually very easy to solve. The salary cut will make everyone realize that the pay is not proportional to what they get, and they will naturally go to farm, but in this case, all construction in the state capital will stagnate.

Luo Shixing touched his chin and said, "Actually, it's because the common people don't feel safe."

Because I don't believe that I can farm safely and steadily, I would rather get what I can get.

Cheng Jingwei agreed with his idea and asked: "What are you going to do? It's really not possible to let the army go to farm."

Farming by the government soldiers is actually a tradition. The recruitment system is that these soldiers are farmers on weekdays, and they are called to the battlefield when they need to fight.

On the contrary, now that Luo Shixing has made this professional soldier so that everyone doesn't know much about it, it feels a bit wasteful to support soldiers who rely entirely on military expenses.

Luo Shixing waved his hand: "No, the task of the army is to defend the country. There is no need to do these things. In fact, the handling is simple. I will contract the fields and recruit tenants."

The two of them looked at him together, thinking that this was also a solution.

Because Luo Shixing did this, those who came to farm the land did not need to bear the cost of contracting the land, but because the land was not theirs, the grain grown was divided in proportion after paying taxes, and Luo Shixing shared [-]% and they shared [-]%.

It is true to say that the common people have not read books, but when it comes to their own interests, they are still a little bit capable of calculating taxes.

Of course, this was also related to Luo Shixing's worry that they would not understand, so he sent someone to do the calculation for them.

Anyway, when recruiting tenants, Luo Shixing just asked people to explain clearly to everyone.

It's just that it may not be easy to communicate between those who have read the book and those who have not. Luo Shixing simply asked the people below to ask the approximate range of Jiaozhou's harvest in previous years, and then calculated the grain that those tenants could leave by planting a season of rice. how many.

In this way, the comparison is clear at a glance, and everyone only needs to do some calculations on this basis.

It has to be said that the fact that there is no contract fee has indeed lowered the threshold, and there are quite a few people who have signed up as tenants all of a sudden.

Most of them are women, and they are women who have established female households.

These women either have no one at home, or they are discouraged after being abandoned and realize that it is useless to rely on anyone. If they are placed in other places, they may only die of depression in the end.

Because I clearly understand the current predicament, but there is no way out, this kind of blow is very terrible.

And Luo Shixing provided them with another possibility. They didn't dare to come at first, but then one or two young ladies who had to raise children and couldn't go to the construction site for a long time came over and asked for registration. They were all prepared to be rejected, but they didn't expect that the other party just checked her household registration, and then agreed after confirming how many acres of land to rent and plant.

At the same time, Luo Shixing's manor also provides two options. The first is to rent the farm tools of the manor. The farm tools are rented according to the time. If you have money now, you can pay the fee directly. If you don't have money, you can wait until the harvest. The second is Naturally, use your own farm tools.

Luo Shixing wasn't worried that someone would default on his fees. If it was a commoner, the money might not be easy to get, but ordinary people would dare to owe money to the governor.

At the beginning, there were not many people who rented farm tools, and Luo Shixing did not force them. The promotion of Quyuanli was not easy. I think that when I was in Beidai County, some people kept useful tools for use. At that time, Luo Shixing was still very enthusiastic. Let everyone use it for free, and now he understands that this kind of thing has to change the minds of the people themselves.

However, we can't completely let nature take its course. Luo Shixing's land was not fully rented out, and he kept a part of it as a display field.

On the one hand, it is to display agricultural tools, and on the other hand, it is to display seeds.

Like agricultural tools, seeds are not bought by everyone with higher yields, not to mention that agricultural tools are all placed on the surface for people to see, while grain seeds are only the state government saying that the yield is high, and no one buys them. I know.

For a moment, Luo Shixing regretted making a fortune too silently when he was in Beidai County. Except for the people in Beidai County, almost no one knew that their Linu No. [-] grain variety had a higher yield.

Oh, the code name Linu was created by Wei Ziyao, and the number one was added by Luo Shixing. He felt that he could not count on the ability to name the people below. In order to avoid code names such as tigers appearing in the future, he simply ranked them according to the serial number, unless Different series appear.

For example, Wei Ziyao has researched other types of grains that can be grown in saline-alkali land or in deserts.

But the two Luo Shixing didn't have any hope, because there was no such place for Wei Ziyao to experiment.

The price of the grains they produce must be slightly higher than that of ordinary grains. If they are all sold at a low price, they will not be able to earn back the patent fees.

People will definitely choose cheaper grain types at the beginning, unless they are sure that this grain type is really high-yielding.

After women devoted themselves to various constructions, their pace of construction has obviously accelerated a lot.

First of all, reclamation has become extremely fast. Of course, this is also because the cultivated land itself can be regarded as cultivated land, but because it has not been planted for two or three years, weeds are overgrown, and these weeds need to be cleared before plowing. land.

It was at this time that Qu Yuanli attracted everyone's attention. Nowadays, the farm tools in the hands of the people actually don't even have Zhiyuanli.

These common people were still plowing the land with tools like hoes. To be honest, this was beyond Luo Shixing's expectation.

He knew that some places with small cultivated land were not suitable for plows and could only use these tools, but the cultivated lands were all rare plains, and even if there were some undulations on the ground, it was not obvious, and the efficiency of using plows must be higher.

At first he thought it was because of the impact of the war, but he didn't expect to find out that the people here have always plowed the land like this after asking.

In this way... Luo Shixing can understand why the people here revolted because they had no food to eat. The output was really low, coupled with the high tax, no one could survive.

Luo Shixing was a little anxious seeing the efficiency of these people plowing the land. Most of them couldn't do much work even if they were tired for a day. According to their progress, they might not be able to catch up with the planting time of the second season.

But the policy he gave is already very favorable, and it can't continue to be favorable, because it will easily cause them to look for the state capital for everything.

Of course, this idea is correct, but unfortunately it is not suitable for the present.

Just when Luo Shixing was worried that these people would rather be tired than use new farm tools, a few young ladies rented Quyuanli directly.

And without exception, these little ladies who rent farm tools are all literate!

Luo Shixing discovered this matter when he couldn't resist going out to inspect. He found that there were several young ladies carrying a child on their backs while plowing the field, and teaching the child some jingles or other things while plowing the field.

Those children are not in very young grades, about two or three years old, and they are already speaking relatively fluently, obviously they are in the process of enlightenment.

But such things as enlightenment are generally rare in common people's homes.

Luo Shixing could feel the local customs after listening to these, but those little ladies said with some anxiety: "Master, I... I won't delay my work with my children."

In fact, it will be delayed to some extent, and the weight of the child is not light. She is very worried that she will be kicked out because of this matter.

You must know that the inside of the manor provides them with a place to live. Although the place to live is relatively ordinary, the fee is very small. Some homeless women are very grateful for this, and some women have houses left by their families. After female households, the house naturally also belongs to them.

These women were quick-witted and lived in the manor directly, and then rented out their houses. The rent outside the manor must be much higher than that inside the manor, so they can still have a little income a month.

If there were not enough people in Jiaozhou City in the past, it would be extremely difficult to rent them out. However, recently, many people have come to Jiaozhou City one after another, and the accent seems to be from the area north of Jiaozhou.

The people who came were not only from Beidai County, but also people from other counties who came out to find a living.

Luo Shixing smiled after hearing her words: "It's okay, I'm just strolling around, I heard what you said just now... Have you ever read a book?"

The little lady hurriedly hugged the child and nodded: "Those who have read can also read."

This is very rare. At the beginning, all the people in Beidai County were illiterate except Alezhen, but when they arrived in Jiaozhou, all the women here could read and write. It can be seen that Jiaozhou was much better than Beidai County in terms of economy and culture before. Now this situation is embarrassing.

Luo Shixing sighed and asked casually: "Since you can read and write, why did you come here to be a tenant? Why didn't you take the official examination?"

The little lady's eyes widened in surprise: "I... can we take the exam too?"

Luo Shixing was stunned for a moment, and turned to look at the secretary next to him: "Didn't women be allowed to participate in the exam back then?"

The recorder also looked confused: "Huh? I... I'll ask."

The recorder trotted over, and came back panting after a while and said, "Master, Mr. Pei said he forgot to mention it."

Luo Shixing: ...