The title deed handed over to Zhao Yunze by the household department, and the location of the corresponding field is in a village thirty miles south of Jingyang County.Coincidentally, the name of the village is Zhaojiazhuang.This made Zhao Yunze very happy, he can be regarded as having found his roots in Datang, maybe, this Zhaojiazhuang is still from the same clan as himself.However, in later generations, genealogy is basically incomplete.Zhao Yunze knows the names of his family's ancestors at most five generations, and it is not clear if he goes forward.Therefore, the so-called same sect is just Zhao Yunze's speculation of self-comfort.Zhaojiazhuang is not large, only forty or fifty households.In this era, the imperial court did not have a systematic administrative concept for the governance of the countryside as in later generations.A village like Zhaojiazhuang is basically self-governing by the villagers, and there are prestige elders in the village, who play the role of the village chief and maintain all order in the village.The "village chief" of Zhaojia Village, named Zhao Shouyi, is an old man in his sixties.Maybe it's because of the perennial work of the villagers, although Zhao Shouyi is quite old, his beard and hair are snow-white, but his body is quite tough.Zhao Shouyi accompanied Tan Geng and Zhao Yunze to the field."
Captain Zhao, this field is the Yongye field given to you by His Majesty."
Standing on a hillside, Tan Geng pointed to a large field under the hillside and said to Zhao Yunze.Zhao Yunze looked around and saw that the field was quite flat, and it was not a deserted place, but someone had cultivated it.There were no crops in the field at this time, but judging from some of the missing plant stems and leaves, the field should have been planted with millet."
Is this a hundred acres of land?"
Zhao Yunze asked."
No, it's one hundred and twenty acres."
Zhao Shouyi replied."
Why is there an extra twenty acres," Zhao Yunze said in surprise.Tan Geng said: "According to the usual practice, the Yongye fields rewarded by His Majesty should be high-quality fields.The high-quality fields in Zhaojiazhuang are all owner's land, and there is only this one piece of land left in the borderless land, so he gave Captain Zhao an extra twenty acres as appropriate. ”"I see."
Zhao Yunze nodded.Zhao Shouyi asked at this time: "Does Lang Jun want to plant these lands by himself, or rent them to others" Zhao Yunze smiled and said: "I can't plant it myself, so it's better to ask your old man to do it for you and rent this land to the people in the village to plant." ”Zhao Shouyi nodded and said, "This is the best."
This land, at the time of the previous dynasty, belonged to a family in the village.Later, when we had a riot here, the family moved away.At the beginning of the dynasty, the fields were re-measured and registered, and this land was listed as terra nullius.However, we, the villagers, can't look at a good piece of land and barren land, so I will make the decision and distribute this land to the families in the village to plant.Since Zhao Langjun wants to rent it out, then it will be as before, and each family will still plant the original land. ”"It's up to you, the old man."
Zhao Yunze pushed 625 and became the shopkeeper."
I don't know how to calculate this rent," Zhao Shouyi asked Zhao Yunze again."
This" Zhao Yunze looked at Tan Geng.Tan Geng understood and hurriedly said: "According to the practice of the imperial court, the officials divide the fields, grant land according to the quality, and rent the fields, and the imperial court pays the officials at the rent rate of six liters of corn per mu.However, these fields are different from the post fields, this is Zhao Xiaowei's private property, and how much rent should be collected has to be determined by Zhao Xiaowei himself. ”The so-called job division field is a kind of official in the Tang Dynasty.According to the grade of officials, the number of acres of land awarded varies from one to 12 hectares; The nine rank officials with the fewest fields are two acres and fifty acres.In ancient times, one hectare of land was one hundred acres, which is different from the fifteen acres of one hectare in later generations.However, the field was not really assigned to the officials, but the imperial court issued the corresponding amount of corn to the officials according to the amount of the field.Tan Geng's "grant land according to the quality, and rent the land" is this matter.Zhao Yunze listened to Tan Geng's words, and said without thinking about it: "Then let's rent five liters per mu." ”"Isn't that a little less?"
Zhao Shouyi said with some surprise.Zhao Yunze waved his hand and said, "As long as the villagers are not too many." ”"Five liters is not much at all, we rent land here to plant, and we rent it according to one acre and six liters."
Zhao Shouyi said."
Then it's decided."
Zhao Yunze clapped his hands and said.In fact, he had no actual idea of how much five liters of corn was.He's just being generous.He didn't want to be an unscrupulous landlord who was scolded behind the back of the tenants."
In the coming year, Lao Yu will collect rent for Lang Jun according to the agreement of five liters of corn per mu."
Zhao Shouyi said."
You have worked hard for your old man, and I will never let your old man suffer in vain, I will be thanked," Zhao Yunze said with a hand towards Zhao Shouyi.Zhao Shouyi smiled honestly and said: "What is not thankful, Lang Jun gave the land to the village households to plant, and also collected a liter of rent less, we should thank you."
Besides, the same surname in the world is a family, and Lang Jun is also surnamed Zhao, so it is a family with Zhuangzhong.The family doesn't talk about the two families, and the old decay is a matter of moving the mouth, and Lang Jun doesn't have to be polite. ”Suddenly remembering something, Zhao Yunze asked Zhao Shouyi again: "Why do you only grow millet and not wheat" According to Zhao Yunze's knowledge, wheat should have been planted in China for a long time.There is an allusion in the wild history, in the Spring and Autumn Period, the Duke of Jin Jinggong once asked a fortune teller about his life limit, and the fortune teller said: "The king can't eat next year's wheat." ”Jin Jinggong was furious and put the fortune teller in prison.After the wheat was put into the warehouse in the next year, Jin Jinggong ordered someone to cook a bowl of wheat porridge, and then released the fortune teller.In front of the fortune teller, Jin Jinggong picked up the wheat porridge and said, "Didn't you say that the widow can't eat this year's wheat, and the widow will eat it for you." ”But at this moment, Jin Jinggong suddenly felt uncomfortable in his stomach, so he put down the bowl and went to the toilet.This time, Jin Jinggong never came back, it turned out that he fell into the dung pit and drowned, and he really didn't eat new wheat.Jin Jinggong also became the only king in Chinese history to die in a dung pit.As for whether Jin Jinggong ate new wheat before his death, this matter is no longer available.However, judging from this allusion in the wild history, wheat was already widely cultivated in China in the Spring and Autumn Period.But what Zhao Yunze saw now was that not only did not grow wheat in the fields of Zhaojiazhuang, but most of the fields he saw were planted with millet when he traveled all the way from Chang'an.It is said that the yield of wheat is more than that of millet, and the wheat of later generations can produce more than 1,000 catties per acre, while millet only has an output of 4 or 500 catties per mu.It was an improved variety, the result of advanced cultivation techniques from later generations.During the Tang Dynasty, even if the yield of wheat did not reach the level of later generations, it should have been more than millet.Moreover, the climate and land quality in the Guanzhong area are also suitable for growing wheat, why do these people only grow millet Listening to Zhao Yunze's words, Zhao Shouyi sighed and said: "It's not that we don't want to grow wheat, but the wheat is too squeamish, and we can't afford to serve the land here." ”Tan Geng also said at this time: "Zhao Lao is right, wheat is too drought-resistant, although Jingyang County has Weishui, Jingshui and other rivers, but the terrain is high and uneven, villages like Zhaojiazhuang are in a high place, and there is no way to divert water for irrigation, so the people can't grow wheat." ”When Zhao Yunze heard this, he also felt a little regretful in his heart.It seems that if you want to grow wheat, you must first solve the problem of water conservancy.Thinking of water conservancy, Zhao Yunze's heart suddenly shook, as if something important had jumped out.But if you think about it carefully, you get nothing
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