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3. The method of diverting muddy fields

The next explanation of Master Mingxuan made you suddenly realize.

"This method is called turbid and silted fields, which is most effective in dealing with hazel-drink land."

Master Mingxuan described that in spring and summer, the Baoshui River rose sharply due to rainfall, and the mountains flowing through Baoshe Road brought a lot of soil, like a black dragon. Ordinary people do not think the silt in these waters is beneficial. In fact, this thing is the most fertile soil and can kill salt. As long as it is put into the salted ground of Shanhewei and Chiyaguan, it will form a backflow. After the water recedes, the land will be covered with a thick layer of silt. If rice and wheat are planted on it, the yield will increase greatly.

Although Gao Yue has traveled through time since modern times, this method is the first time he heard about it. He also felt ashamed. He used to concentrate on studying and did not understand the matter of Jiafeng.

At this time, Jie Shanji asked the master, where did the master know about this method of scattering turbid and silting fields?

Mingxuan said that he had entered Heshuofang Town before, and the people there knew how to dig Zhang River and Ming River to silt the fields after the wheat was harvested, which was quite effective.

Gao Yue couldn't help but sigh that the Tang government only knew how to collect two taxes from the people and hu of rice, and demanded tribute from all walks of life. In terms of reforming agriculture and giving benefits to the people, he did not do as good as Wei Bo, Chengde and several rebellious Fangzhen Jiedushi who were in Youzhou.

Mingxuan then added that the wheat harvest in the entire Xingyuan Mansion is almost over, and after the shipyard is completed, Tan Yue can collect two thousand poor households from Xingyuan, Yangzhou and Lizhou to collect stones from the mountains and refine limes.

What is the best way to make lime? After the silt field is completed, it can be thrown on it, which can more effectively turn the brine into fertile fields.

"Okay, there's no problem at all." Gao Yue, who was standing in the wind and rain in a straw raincoat, was very happy to find the convenient way to military camp.

Time is endless. Now there is still two months left before the emperor requested to send troops. At this stage, 6,000 Baicao Army must be mobilized to complete the city wall and Tianhan Tower, and then according to the mage, the mountains, rivers and dams are broken and silted fields!

Two days later, at the southwest corner of Xingyuan Prefecture, under the guidance of the masters of Zijiangyuan, the poor households in the lower third-class were busy digging lakes, building stone weirs, building boat sheds, and suspensions.

On the side, more Zijiang and Baicao soldiers were building the Tianhan Tower.

In the entire Xingyuan Prefecture, there were 3,700 poor households in the lower third-class. In order to avoid labor service, Gao Yue registered all of them in the book. Then he asked the county officials You Yi to hold a list of five groups, each serving ten days, while the wealthy households in the upper third-class had to pay for the servitude and the middle-class households in the middle third-class had to pay for the servitude and rice. In this way, "the servitude per capita" could be free of the money in the mansion.

The poor households in Lizhou and Yangzhou were also mobilized. The former was responsible for transporting the rice and silk transported into the Western Han Dynasty, while the latter was responsible for transporting the Yangzhou section of Shangjin Road, which made it very exciting.

As the sound of gongs and drums, the poor households who were working in labor heard this sound and knew that it was the prefect who came to inspect. They hurriedly stopped their work and welcomed them together.

Sure enough, Gao Yue rode a white horse, and Wei Tuotian and another famous Zhonghouguan were walking in front of him, holding two long poles with silver paint. At this time, Xingyuan Shaoyin's identity and power symbols, "Two poles, two poles..." The poor households who came to work whispered.

Of course, what surprised them even more was that Wei Tuotian was pitch black and had huge nostrils. It was said that he was a Kunlun slave. Although he had seen it before, he still found it interesting to see it a few more times.

Next, Gao Yue wore a breeze shirt and climbed up to a dirt platform, and immediately spoke to the poor households who were respectful and restrained, saying:

After the project on the boat is over, you will go to the mountains in Chenggu and Tanniu to burn lime.

As soon as these words were said, the poor households suddenly became noisy.

Obviously, most people are reluctant to go.

"Silent!" The officials of Youyi County around Tutai shouted, holding sticks and horizontal swords on their waists, maintaining order.

Gao Yue, who was standing on the earthen platform, understood why these ragged people were unwilling to burn lime during the slack farming period, but he still announced the "hiring standard": "You are all poor households in Xingyuan Prefecture, so I will not be able to get you to wait without any rush to pay for the service. When you build the boat yard, you should know that the treatment is equivalent to the Baicao Army, which is stronger than the united children of the prefectures and counties. After serving ten days of labor and completing the award, each person can get four dou of rice. In addition to eating from work, you can also bring one dou of rice.

Go back to Run's house. In addition, the soldiers of the Baicao Army receive clothes twice a year in spring and winter, with a total of eight sections of medium-sized silk cloth, with a discount of twenty-four jin coins, which is spread to two cents per month, and then spread to six hundred and sixty cents per month. Now, you can get four dou of rice when you earn one tenth day, but you can get six hundred and sixty cents of clothes. When you go into the mountains to burn lime, you will also get the same employment order. Burning one month is one stone and two dou of rice, two cents of rice, and burning three months will give you three months of money. There are other miscellaneous rewards during festivals."

Half of the poor households began to be moved, but the other half were still stubborn.

"Why don't you go?" Gao Yue suddenly started to shout.

Many poor households were so scared that they bowed down. Some were more courageous and walked to the foot of the prefect, saying that their families still had industries that needed to be repaired and they didn't have that much time to be rich.

Gao Yue laughed loudly and pointed at the group of poor households and said, "Since you are a lower-level poor household, where is there any industry? Tell me, do you have fields, or orchards, workshops, or ponds?"

What this said seriously stimulated the self-esteem of the poor households, and many people began to make noise, with dissatisfaction in their tone.

But Gao Yue was not polite. He continued, "Before you come to serve, the elders of the village party had a message to me. You wait for good wine, play games, and wander around. With these three good things, even if you get some money and food in the boat, you will soon be sold out! How can you buy extra rations and money for your wife and children? Once you are desperate, you have to join the army to eat from the court. How rich the people are and how strong the army is!"

Well, Gao Yue is so familiar with him now. When he was in Jingyuan camp, he discovered the bad habits of the soldiers, and these poor households also had them.

Then Gao Yue immediately said that after these poor households completed the construction, they would ask your family to collect the extra bucket of rice and an additional 660 cents. They would not use it without permission. If they were a bachelor, they would have to tell the military government how to use it.

Many poor households are even more angry now - although we are poor and have no place to stand, we are also interested and dignified. Why should the prefect abuse the people's power and deprive us of our leisure time?

Just when the crowd was in a state of great turmoil, Gao Yue, who had already made plans, pointed at Mingxuan beside him and said to all the poor households, "Wait, know who this mage is?"

"Don't know!"

"He is a cloth bag monk." Gao Yue pointed to Mingxuan who was carrying a large cloth bag and said that it was indeed Mingxuan's funding equipment. "He once told Ben Yin that according to his expression, Ben Yin was a Bodhisattva of the Pure Land Congregation!"

Now not only the poor households started to make excuses in an instant, but even Mingxuan was a little embarrassed.
Chapter completed!
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