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The clerk ran out to find two yamen servants who had not yet had time to leave the yamen, and asked them to find the county magistrate.

Oh, the county magistrate is still outside the city. A corner of a rice field owned by the Dong family in Qijia Village was gnawed, and it was said to be the work of the Xi family, because the cattle in the village had been used by the Xi family the day before.

The Xi family refused to admit it, saying that the rice field had been gnawed when he saw it the day before, and that his family did not go out to graze the cattle, but cut the grass and fed it to the cattle after mixing it with beans.

The two families were at loggerheads, and the quarrel got worse and worse. The lawsuit was brought to the county magistrate. The county magistrate had no choice but to go to Qijia Village to settle the case.

The clerk finally waited for the county magistrate before sunset, immediately went up to him with a jade pendant, and whispered to him about Fu Yong.

Fu Yong and others who stayed in the county government office had already seen everything they could see in the county government office. The clerk sent a government servant to watch them. They could not enter the office, but they only looked at the lobby and canteen of the county government office, as well as The small salt-selling house that was open to the public was enough to shock them.

Fu Yong touched the high tables and chairs in the lobby and sighed: "Is the Hu stool and Hu table so popular?"

Before they entered the mountain, most of the time the county government office still had a low desk with a mat behind it.

The yamen officer looked at them as if they were country bumpkins and said, "Nowadays, tables and chairs have been replaced in restaurants. Even in big cities like Luoyang, some restaurants and hotels still use table seats."

Fu Yong went to see their canteen, but he only had time to take a look before he was stopped, "There is no food in the canteen."

Fu Yong opened his mouth wide when he saw the Salt Institute, and asked hurriedly: "Salt comes from the county government? What is the price of salt now?"

"Seven cents per catty is official salt now. Salt can only come out of the county government. Our county government has special salt officials." The government officials looked at them puzzledly. "This matter was announced before because it is an important national policy." , every village is upright, every village elder is called to recite it and convey it to the villagers, and students also go to the countryside from time to time to promote it, how could you not know?"

Fu Yong took the opportunity and said: "We took refuge in the mountains due to the war and have not been out of the mountains for more than three years, so we are unaware of the great changes in the world outside."

When the officer heard this, he was shocked and asked, "Are you from the mountains?"

Fu Yong nodded, and the Yamen servant quickly asked: "Are there many of you? Do you want to settle in our Liang County?"

Most of the people who are still wandering on the roads and streets have been plundered by them. As soon as they see them, they will be taken to the county office to register, and they will be given land, food, farm tools, seeds, and houses, just so that they can live in the county. Settled in this county.

The county next door is particularly annoying. They have announced that they will give them mud-brick houses, but their county's current ability can only give them thatched houses. The brick shop is a bit far away from their county, and they have to queue up for a long time to buy bricks. However, there is currently no brick-making shop in their county. soil.

Alas, the county magistrate is right. If you look up to others, you will suffer some injustice. They can't rob the people next door.

It is already foreseeable that after this year's autumn harvest, the total population of their county will be less than next door, the new population will be less than next door, and the tax revenue will be less than next door.

The yamen servant looked at Fu Yong eagerly and asked: "How many of you are in the mountains? Are there many young and strong people? Hahaha, it doesn't matter if you are not young and strong. We also like the old people very much. As long as you come, we will build a You don’t have to worry about the house, land, grain planting and farm tools, the yamen will give it to you directly..."

The people behind Fu Yong were so excited that they couldn't help but look at Fu Yong.

Fu Yong, however, looked indifferent, looking away from the salt shop, and asked: "Is it a land occupation system? How much tax do people have to pay every year? Are seeds and farm tools rented? How much is the interest, or how long does it take to return them?"

The Yamen servant was stunned for a moment and hurriedly waved his hand and said: "Don't talk nonsense, our general's current decree is different from the previous land occupation system of the court."

He frowned in distress and said: "I don't know what kind of system this is. The county princes and others mentioned it last time, what is it called average? The land we gave is really good land, and we will organize people to cultivate it. It’s not like before, where taxes were directly levied and you could make up the majority.”

The land occupation system promulgated by Emperor Wu of the Jin Dynasty allowed people all over the world to occupy reclaimed land. Men could occupy 70 acres, women could occupy 30 acres, male males could occupy 50 acres, and females could occupy 20 acres.

Wasteland, as the name suggests, is land that has never been cultivated. People need to seize and cultivate it by themselves. Regardless of whether they can cultivate enough fields, they need to pay taxes of fifty acres and twenty acres.

Therefore, in order to have enough food, the people had to work hard to cultivate and cultivate.

The land owned by the gentry and local tyrants is still their own land, and the country's tax revenue still depends on ordinary people. They have worked hard all their lives to open up land to make money for the country and the landlords.

Because there are no restrictions on the purchase and sale of land, the land they cultivate and fertilize will always flow to the gentry and local tyrants in various forms.

The yamen officer occasionally stood outside the magistrate's door and heard him talk about this topic with the college students in the school, so he had some impressions.

He said proudly: "Our general's land system is different. All the land in the world is the king's land. Therefore, if it has been abandoned for more than five years, it will be considered ownerless. The court will directly take the ownerless land back to the state and distribute it to the people."

"Everyone of us can be granted land. According to the new decree issued last year, newly registered households, regardless of male or female, as long as they are over fourteen and under fifty-five, can be allocated a sufficient amount of land. and Yongye field." The government officials often go to attract people and register people for land allocation, so they are most familiar with this national policy and know it by heart. "In our county, you can get 40 acres of Kou land and 20 acres of Yongye land. "

Afraid that they would not be able to distinguish between the Koufentian and the Yongye field, he explained on the side, "The Koufentian is for you to cultivate, and it must be returned to the country after death. The Yongye field can be passed on to future generations, but it cannot be sold privately."

"By the way, you don't know, right now, not only can't the land be sold, but it can't be bought either. Even officials and wealthy families can't buy or sell land. If you want to get land, you have to settle down!"

Dong Shu exclaimed: "One person has sixty acres, so a family of two can have one hundred and twenty acres of land? Can they finish planting?"

"Of course we can't finish planting," the Yamen servant glanced at him and asked, "Have you never planted the land? This land needs to be cultivated. It is best to plant for one year, and it is best to leave it idle for one year. This is called substitute planting. Therefore, one person In fact, only thirty acres of land are cultivated in a year, and a few acres of land must be allocated to grow mulberry and hemp."

Having said this in a hurry, the Yamen servant looked around and said in a low voice: "I have inside information. The general also feels that the land allocated is too small. There will be more land allocated later. If we want to encourage us to grow more mulberry and hemp, we will not We know if this land can be passed on to future generations.”

Living in the mountains, every piece of land must be cultivated intensively. Dong Shu, who has only four acres per capita, was shocked. No, if this is the case, unless the population in the mountains is always more than a hundred, the number of newborns will be greater than the number of deaths. Isn't it true that they don't even have four acres per capita? Not even a mother?

When the population in the mountains increases to a certain number, will they still be able to live in the mountains?

There is no way the number of people dying is higher than the number of people born, or even the same.

Therefore, the county gentleman and his family never thought about living in the mountains forever. They wanted to come out!

Dong Shu looked at Fu Yong with a shocked expression.

Fu Yong's heart finally beat violently because of this different land system.

He murmured: "Everyone has land, this is equal land system——"