Yang Wandi led Xichuan and his group to Xiangyang along the official road eastward.

Xiangyang is a hub for waterway transportation in the Central Plains. In the past, boats and boats travel frequently. If the river water is frozen in winter, there are usually no business trips.

However, when she arrived outside Xiangyang City, Yang Wandi found that there were a large number of young and strong people gathered outside the city.

These people were all wearing all kinds of robes, which should be stuffed with reed floss or animal hair to keep warm, and they were all very bloated.

Even if they were dressed like this, these young and strong people were still walking back and forth due to the cold.

"It's such a cold day, what are these people doing?" Yang Wandi asked the official leading the way next to him curiously.

The official who had just taken over the post station didn't speak much along the way, and was not a talkative person.

However, he knew that Yang Wandi was a VIP from Xichuan, so he naturally couldn't pretend not to hear it.

"Zhang Jun may not know that these people were all recruited by the imperial court to prepare for the river construction."

"Can the river repair in the winter be able to dig it?" Yang Wandi couldn't help but be surprised.

Since ancient times, all government officials have collected labor service in the slack farming period, that is, they have to do some labor without wages.

Corvee is almost as important as taxes.

Among them, repairing river channels is the most common corvee service.

However, this is the first time Yang Wandi has seen the corvee service in river work in the snow and ice. Shouldn’t he wait until early spring begins to melt?

"The court naturally knew about these things. These people could not dig much soil and stones for most of the day, but they still had to eat two big meals of porridge. It was just that the court took care of these poor people who had no food in their families." said the official from Xiangyang.

"Are they still serving labor service or your government providing food?" Yang Wandi said in surprise.

Generally speaking, corvee labor is not only free labor, but also common situations for people who need to carry their own food.

According to Yang Wandi's speculation, the Han Dynasty had been warring for several years, and there was definitely no excess food supply. It was inevitable that the people who needed to perform labor service brought their own food.

"Of course, the government provided it. Didn't I say it? The emperor actually didn't expect much work to do. He just saw that these newly resettled refugees had no food in their homes, so he saved their homes a mouth for eating."

When Yang Wandi heard this, he immediately felt full of admiration for Liu Yu.

"For more than ten years, refugees have been slaughtered and bullied like pigs and dogs. Now that the land has been resettled, the emperor is still afraid that they will not have enough food in winter, so he gave food in the name of corvee."

"That's how kind-hearted people love others."

After hearing Yang Wandi sigh softly, the official from Xiangyang County also said in a tone full of pride.

"Zhang Jun is right. Our Majesty is a benevolent government."

"Last month, Your Majesty issued an order not only to let these young and powerful families serve the corvee service, but also to require all counties to do a good job in the living life."

"The method of rebirth? What is the method of rebirth?" Yang Wandi asked immediately curiously.

Although it only took half a year, since entering Guanzhong, Yang Wandi has been overwhelmed with what he saw along the way.

First, there was the "Evergence of Rong" implemented in Guanzhong, which seemed to be disdainful of the young and strong populations of various Hu barbarians. When I arrived in Yuzhou, I heard of some "rest method".

This really made Yang Wandi feel more and more doubts.

"The method of rebirth, as the name suggests, is a method of the court encouraging rest and recuperation. As long as the people are allowed to save more, they will not allow the tyrants of the prefectures and counties to oppress the common people, but also require the officials of the prefectures and counties to raise the people."

"Oh, can you tell me in detail by Jun Li?" Yang Wandi remembered that the official's surname was Li, so he called him "Jun".

This Xiangyang official named Li became very happy when he heard Yang Wandi call him.

He knew that Yang Wandi from Xichuan was born into the Zhang family of Anding County, and that was a family of great officials of generations.

And I am just a farmer from Xiangyang County. Not to mention any high or poor family, I can’t even have a family.

So this sound of "Li Jun" made him very beautiful.

"The court has an order that starting next year, the two taxes of oral calculation will be cancelled. No matter how many people in the family members are, they will no longer be taxed according to the head. Even if there are many poor families who have children, there is no need to worry about taxing too much." said the official surnamed Li.

"What, cancel the two tributes of oral calculation?" Yang Wandi was shocked again.

The so-called two fu of oral calculation refers to the fu and fu of oral calculation.

Simply put, it is the "poll tax" levied by the government on the people based on population and age.

Anyway, as long as the people under the imperial court are still breathing, they will pay the two tributes of oral calculations.

Compared with other taxes, it is easiest to collect the two taxes orally, and there is no need to calculate any land and acres of property. As long as the people who can be registered, they will have to pay the poll tax.

As the court's expenses increase, this kind of capitation tax becomes heavier and heavier, often forcing the poor to surrender to the wealthy clans.

"After these two tributes and one cancellation of the slang, many powerful families are so angry that they are going crazy, but there is nothing they can do."

Brother Li was born into a farmer and had been an refugee. Naturally, he hated those bullies who bully others with their power.

"If the two taxes on oral calculations are not collected, how can we collect taxes?" Yang Wandi immediately asked.

However, this question obviously goes beyond his perception.

"We are just following the laws of the court, but these things are not clear." The official surnamed Li shook his head.

"Is there anything else in the method of rebirth?" Yang Wandi asked again.

"Of course, the emperor also has an order that any Han people's homes, as long as they have babies, will be reported to the government and the government will arrange for the production matters."

When Yang Wandi heard this, he couldn't help but look black, "Does the government still have to take care of women having children?"

"It depends on the will of a woman to have a child. She will always go through the gates of hell. Even if the government has any solutions, the government can give you money to find a stable lady or some money to find a stable lady."

Yang Wandi thought this method was very feasible. After all, it would cost only 10 or 20 yuan to find a stable lady, which was very cheap.

However, if the whole world's mothers are like this, it will be a very large expense.

"Not only that, if a woman from a family gives birth to a child, no matter whether she is a man or a woman, she will have two pots of wine, a pig and a chicken that the government rewards."

"What a cost."

When Yang Wandi heard this, he couldn't help but frown.

If it were really as described by this minor official, I would not know how many people would have to give birth to children in the entire Han country under Liu Yu's rule, and how much would it cost.

Yang Wandi even estimated that he might have collected all the chickens, ducks, pigs and dogs in every prefecture and county, and it would not be enough to reward the living.

"The cost is naturally great, otherwise we wouldn't have to say that our emperor is benevolent and righteous." The official surnamed Li said naturally.

But Yang Wandi stopped talking.

He had already thought of the story of Goujian, the King of Yue, a domineering spring and autumn.

"At that time, Goujian endured humiliation and rested for twenty years, gave birth to a husband, two pots of wine, one dog; a woman, two pots of wine, and one pig, and was also encouraged to have children at any cost, and finally he achieved the feat of destroying Wu and revenge."

"Now that Liu Yu has been in power for ten years, he has dominated the Central Plains, but he has used this method of rest and recuperation, and even does not hesitate to financial and material resources. How big is his goal?"

"I'm afraid at most, only ten years later, Liu Yu will be completely confident. How can Xichuan be immune to the world by that time?"

Yang Wandi immediately fell into deep thought.

The entire Xichuan River has gradually become a natural meaning.

But according to his current speculation, Yang Wandi's actions at Xichuan were probably not a good sign.

"If Liu Yu really governs like this, then we, Xichuan, would have been better off sincerely as soon as possible, and we will definitely be able to protect our grand encounter of 2,000 stones in the past lifetimes."

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Yecheng.

Liu Yu looked at the long document in his hand, and the smile on his face was no longer covered.

"Okay, that's great. With these horses, there will be 100,000 soldiers in ten years."

This document is a list of horses sold by Zhang Shi from Xichuan to Liu Yu.

Almost every horse has detailed records above. Liu Yan, the governor of Yongzhou who was in charge of this matter, sent someone to report it to Liu Yu.

So much so that before the Xichuan envoy Yang Wandi arrived in Yecheng, Liu Yan's report had already reached Liu Yu's hands.

"Your Majesty, these Xichuan horses are good, but they are all horses that cost a lot."

Hua Xiu next to him immediately said with a frown.

"Now the imperial court has placed refugees and the cost of rest and recuperation is huge. It has just been conquered by Tuoba Pugen, and the cost is huge, and there is even a deficit. If it is used to maintain these Xichuan Mountain Horses, I am afraid that it will be even more ineffective."

"If they were all arranged to be raised in Yongzhou, it would probably be even more unfeasible."

Hua Xiu is now responsible for the expenses of the court, and he has gradually become accustomed to complaining about the money he needs in all aspects.

"Yes, Your Majesty, since ancient times, the imperial court has consumed a lot of horses. If the financial resources of one or two counties are exhausted, it would be difficult to raise the tens of thousands of Xichuan Mountain Horses that Your Majesty wants." Xi Jian next to him also reminded.

He never thought that Liu Yu really wanted to breed military horses by himself, and even counted tens of thousands.

"If the imperial court runs Ma Yuan, let alone one or two counties, even if it is a state, it is probably not enough for corrupt officials to embezzle them."

After hearing these two people's words, Liu Yu couldn't help but complain in his heart.

Since Emperor Wu of Han ordered the people to raise horses, it has fully demonstrated that raising horses in the Central Plains is absolutely feasible.

Not only can you raise war horses with tall horses, but you can also raise enough numbers.

After all, the war horses that supported the Northern Expedition of the Huns were measured in ten thousand.

"I do not plan to own these horses for the court."

"I will be rewarded to the military soldiers and let them raise their own horses. These Xichuan Mountain Horses will be theirs in the future."
Chapter completed!