Longevity: Beginning from Becoming a Clan Leader

"Oh? Is it because there are not enough officials?"

"Well, the number of management personnel required for land reclamation is expected to be a bit too large, Chen Deng said so, and Long Yuan has also checked it."

Chen Nuo pondered for a moment.

Chen Nuo had no objection to the transfer of liberal arts children from the clan.

After all, there are liberal arts children who study all kinds of things, but most of them are still aiming to become officials, and this is indeed the case.

Graduated liberal arts children are generally assigned to the county government, starting as minor officials, and more than that.

Because of the limited scope of rule and Chen Nuo's lesson that the imperial power does not go to the countryside, officials are directly assigned to the township level with some disabled veterans, and when the time is right in the future, people are also prepared to be sent to the village.

As for the consequences of doing so?

The consequences are no consequences.

This larger clan or gang has long been wiped out by the Chen family.

The remaining small village landlords or township tycoons?

If you really have any objections, you have to hold them in, otherwise you can wait for the army to come and confiscate your property.

With a gun in hand, you can do anything with confidence.

Of course, such refined management has greatly strengthened control and increased fiscal revenue, but it has also brought a considerable burden of officials. The number of people who graduated from the liberal arts department of the Chen family is not enough, and they have to be transferred from other families, such as his father-in-law's family...

For a long time, because the population is not as large as that of the central and northern parts of Hexia County, it is enough.

Now Chen Deng reported it.

Chen Nuo immediately realized the problem.

If he wants to open up wasteland, he must have someone to manage it. There is only one requirement, at least he must be literate. Now, there is a shortage of officials.

This is why Chen Nuo is now hesitating.

"..."

"Let Chen Deng come to see me."

"Yes."

Chen Xiang disappeared like a shadow.

Chen Nuo's true qi turned into fire and slightly scalded, and the tea in the teacup suddenly became hot.

Take a sip.

Sweet.

That's right.

Chen Nuo added honey to it, artificial honey tea!

Drinking honey tea, Chen Nuo thought about the problem of the shortage of officials.

The best way is to let your own children take the lead, but this is unrealistic. There are not so many people, and you can't do it.

The second best way is to open a school for education. Not only can you produce the talents you want, but you can also gain the loyalty of a group of people, but this will cost a lot of money and time, and these people will definitely form a new interest group in the future.

The third way is to imitate the imperial examination and hold a small-scale recruitment of talents. This can solve this problem and unite a group of powerful people, but it is very easy to form interest groups and destroy the lower structure. You can't wait for the other party to get fat and then send people to harvest, right?

Wait.

It seems that it is not impossible?

Anyway, the knife is in your hand.

Chen Nuo was stunned, and then quickly shook his head and threw this good idea behind him.

Although it is tempting and convenient to do so, these guys have no ability to fight back under their butcher knife, but this will have an extremely bad impact, making later generations doubt the credibility of the Chen family, and it is easy to become a one-time business. Moreover, the people under your rule will suffer, which is not advisable.

As for the last option, that is to let the local government govern itself. Forget it. Chen Nuo knows very well how the Chen family made its fortune. For the local households, the tax system is a pure garbage system.

Choose one of the three methods.

The answer seems to have come out.

"How to build a school, where to build it, what level of knowledge to teach, what subjects to teach, whether to charge fees, how much to spend, which group to recruit students for..."

A series of questions came up.

At this time.

Dong Dong Dong.

The knock on the door sounded again.

"Come in."

A thin and handsome young man with bright eyes walked in. It was Chen Deng.

"Patriarch, you called me?"

"Just call me brother in private."

Chen Deng smiled, "Brother Nuo."

"Yes."

"This time I called you here because of the wasteland. Tell me what specific troubles the wasteland has now." Chen Nuo said.

Chen Deng, who knew the style of his family patriarch, did not hesitate and directly said what he needed.

"As for the situation in the wasteland, some people sneaked over to take a look at the edge of the area and were not very willing to go there. The wind there is too strong and the land is relatively dry. The grain yield must be low. Eighty acres is not as good as twenty acres of other people. It is also close to the barbarians, and everyone is worried about danger."

"There is also the problem of insufficient officials I reported. Even if we don't build a county town, there must be a lot of towns. According to our current regulations, the number of officials sent to the towns will not be small."

"As for the problems of housing, logistics, and migration routes, I have overcome them." Chen Deng said so.

Hearing this.

Chen Nuo thought about it.

"Don't worry about the problem of officials. Let people be willing to go first before talking about construction. Let me tell you a way of farming. You write it down and try it out."

In response to the problem of low grain yields due to dry and windy wasteland, Chen Nuo decided to try the wisdom of his ancestors from his previous life.

Daitian method

Dig furrows and ridges in the field, alternate between furrows and ridges, plant crops in the furrows, and push the soil on the ridges into the furrows one by one during inter-row cultivation and weeding to cultivate crops; in the second year, the furrows and ridges are swapped to plant crops in rotation.

In this way, the soil fertility can be effectively maintained and wind and drought can be resisted.

According to this method, Chen Nuo expects to double the crops. Although the land in this place is dry and windy, it is doubled!

Eighty acres is equivalent to 40 acres of land.

These days, 40 acres of land is enough for people to choose to leave their hometowns, not to mention that the wasteland is not too far from the southern part of Hexia County.

After saying this method, Chen Deng has already written it down on paper. Although he has a good memory, he still chooses to write it down.

"Okay, this problem should be solved as expected. For the official problem, you can take away this batch of graduates from the tribe this year, and then allow you to recruit talents from the best to alleviate it first."

"Yes."

Although he didn't know if this method would work, Chen Deng was very happy to successfully get people from Chen Nuo.

However, he didn't stay happy for long.

"So, I'll arrange something for you."

Then, he talked about the things that were immersed in school, and Chen Nuo also mentioned the various problems in it.

Then?

Then let him find a way.

Could it be that he still did it himself? This is not the time when the tribe was short of talents a few years ago.

Moreover, he, Chen Deng, is now the county magistrate!

??? ???

Chen Deng was stunned.

Good guy, a huge amount of work has fallen from the sky!

But when he heard what the clan leader said, he couldn't help but feel excited. This is definitely a pioneering work!

He also has the romance and passion of a literati in his heart.

But after all, he became a county magistrate at a young age, and his brain quickly calmed down, "Clan leader, we are probably a bit offended by the world."

"What are you offending?! They have built academies and so on, not to mention that they only built one in the south. This place is close to the wilderness and culture and education are not popular."

As he said, Chen Nuo clenched his fist unconsciously.

Chen Deng immediately understood.

"Brother Nuo, I understand."