Zhao Ziliang checked some of the farmland around Baishui City.
They were all intensively cultivated, which made him quite satisfied.
Since he implemented intensive cultivation in Beiting, Liu Tiao and others have promoted intensive cultivation to the entire Western Qin in recent years.
Farming is still a waste of time.
After a lot of effort, the benefit of implementing intensive farming is that grain output has been greatly increased, which can feed a larger population.
Many people who did not have enough to eat before can now not only have enough to eat, but also have a surplus of food.
During Zhao Ziliang's inspection, farmers in the fields were harvesting crops.
He asked some farmers about grain output and learned that this season's grain output was pretty good, not much different from previous years.
When returning from the field inspection, Zhao Ziliang asked the county magistrate Wu Daguang: "I saw that there seems to be some drought in the fields.
I wonder if you have thought of anything to do about it."
Wu Daguang said: "Your Majesty, the rain this year is no different from previous years.
There is a period of drought here every year.
We have been thinking about digging canals to divert water, but the project is too huge and costs too much.
Just our county wants to open it."
It is almost impossible to divert water from the canal.
Xiaguan once He wrote a petition to the prefect's office, requesting him to come forward to do this.
Several surrounding counties would contribute part of the money, and the prefect's office would contribute another part.
First, they would dig a main canal to divert water from the Talas River, and then each county would contribute another part.
We dug diversion canals to divert water, but there has been no response from the Prefecture.”
Zhao Ziliang nodded and said nothing.
After inspecting the pasture, Zhao Ziliang was quite satisfied.
Although the desert was relatively serious, there was still a considerable area of pasture.
Zhao Ziliang had also issued a decree to protect the pasture, controlling the number of livestock per unit area of pasture, and preventing overgrazing that would damage the land.
Desertification, the implementation of this decree has been relatively effective in recent years, so the grassland in Western Qin is better protected, especially in areas near rivers.
As long as proper control is carried out, the grassland will soon recover to be lush.
After Zhao Ziliang inspected the workshops in the city, he was not satisfied.
He said to Wu Daguang: "The number and scale of the workshops are too small to bring big income to Baishui County.
The county government should pay more attention to the construction of these workshops."
Merchants who produce goods provide certain support For example, on the condition of exempting them from taxes for one year, allowing them to expand their scale, the government will support them, and introduce foreign merchants to them to buy their goods.
The bigger the business of these merchants is, the more taxes the government will receive.
You should Only if you understand this truth” Wu Daguang agreed: "Yes, your Majesty, the county government will formulate relevant decrees on this matter later."
That afternoon, Zhao Ziliang's inspection in Baishui City had ended.
When he returned to the county office and asked, he found out that Yang Yuhuan had taken two maids out of the city.
He rushed to the river outside the city with his personal guards and found Yang Yuhuan and others.
People, several soldiers stood in the distance to protect them, and the three of them were playing by the river.
Zhao Ziliang jumped off his horse and walked over and asked, "Yuhuan, why did you come here?"
Yang Yuhuan looked back and saw that it was Zhao Ziliang, and smiled and said: "I asked them what was interesting here.
They told me that this is the site where General Chu led his troops to raid the Dashi Army, so we came to take a look."
Zhao Ziliang asked as he walked: "Have you finished reading, how do you feel?"
"not bad" Zhao Ziliang said: "Let's go, I will take you to see the lions.
This used to be the Stone Kingdom, and there were lions in the mountains and forests of the Stone Kingdom.
At that time, the king of the Stone Kingdom also presented a male lion to the emperor, but because the palace people did not raise it well, In the end, the lion died within a few months Dead.
After we established the government here, we ordered all the mountains, rivers and mines to be returned to the public.
We sealed off the mountains and forests where the lions lived, banned hunting, and sent special personnel to feed and care for the lions.
We also raised a few animals in captivity.
Free novels bring you joy and joy ---> storyskyline.net
You go and see” Yang Yuhuan is also very playful.
When he heard that there was something fun, he immediately agreed: "Okay, where is it?"
"It takes half an hour to ride a horse.
Hurry now and you can get back to Baishui City before dark."
"Then let's go" Yang Yuhuan had never seen a lion before.
She was surprised when she saw a lion for the first time.
How could a lion look like that?
She was frightened when she saw a male lion hunting a wild antelope.
The next day, everyone was on the road again, and Yang Yuhuan asked: "Where should we go next?"
Zhao Ziliang said: "Go to the administrative office of Dawan County and Tuozhe City."
There are five governorates in the entire Western Qin Dynasty.
This is the largest administrative area.
The next level of administrative organization is the county, and the next level is the county.
In the past, any small country with the nine surnames of Zhaowu was classified as a county, and its territory was small. , with a small population, it was classified as a county directly under the jurisdiction of the Duhu Prefecture.
The entire land of Western Qin now only has a population of seven to eight million.
Such a large number of people would not be as large as the population of a big city in later generations, but in this era they occupy a vast land with a radius of thousands of miles in Central Asia.
Two days later, Zhao Ziliang and his party arrived at Tuozhe City.
The group of people walked to the city gate.
At the city gate, there was a large group of people and business travelers preparing to enter the city.
Some government officials were guarding the city gate, blocking the business travelers and people entering the city.
To enter the city, they must pay the city tax.
Yang Yuhuan, disguised as a man, sat on horseback and looked at the queue at the city gate.
She couldn't help but said: "We started from Hengluosi to here.
We passed several cities along the way, and there was no one who needed to queue to enter the city.
I have never seen anyone collecting a city gate tax.
At that time, I was still wondering.
Every city in the Central Plains collects a city gate tax.
Why is there no city gate tax here?
It turns out that not all cities do not collect city gate taxes."
Zhao Ziliang's face was a little ugly, and Cen Shen on the side said: "Back then, the king had already stipulated that the city entrance tax should be cancelled, and other places have been implementing it.
However, I didn't expect that this place would defy the king's decree and levy the city gate tax without authorization.
This Tuozhe City's Who is the governor so bold?
Why did those businessmen bypass the city?"
"They are planning to bypass Tuozhe City and go to Cao County.
They don't want to be slaughtered here."
Zhao Ziliang said indifferently, raised his whip and hit the horse, and said: "Let's go into the city and have a look."
The team of more than 300 people was a large team.
The appearance of Zhao Ziliang and others quickly attracted the attention of the government officials at the city gate.
When the people at the city gate saw a large group of soldiers approaching, they all ran aside.
The government officials But they were not afraid at all, not worried about these soldiers and horses seizing the city.
It turns out that since Zhao Ziliang took charge of Western Qin, he ordered the garrisons in various places to no longer defend the city and the city was no longer fortified, because after wiping out the bandits and robbers in the territory, no one could threaten the security of the cities in Western Qin.
The role of the garrison was only Government officials and police officers were responsible for deterring and fighting off foreign enemies, as well as the security within the city.
"Hey, stop where are you from?
What are you doing in the city?"
A yamen leader shouted at the city gate with a sword in hand.
Free novels bring you joy and joy ---> storyskyline.net
Zhao Ziliang stopped and asked: "Who asked you to collect the city tax here?"
The squad leader looked like a ruffian and said, "You have nothing to do with this.
If you want to enter the city, you have to collect taxes."
Zhao Ziliang turned to look at Chu Ge and asked: "You are the deputy commander in charge of general lawsuits.
Who is the general stationed in Tuozhe City?"
Chu Ge said: "Liu Chengye, the second general of the Seventh Army" Zhao Ziliang said: "Send someone to call him over."
"Nuo" Chu Ge agreed and immediately sent people to the garrison to summon Liu Chengye.
Zhao Ziliang stared at the squad leader and said, "Let me ask you, who asked you to collect the city tax?"
Seeing how powerful Zhao Ziliang was, the squad leader felt a little timid.
Before hesitating, two personal guards jumped off their horses and rushed forward with a punch.
The squad leader was beaten until the squad leader cried for father and mother.
When his boss was beaten, he immediately rushed to help, but the guards behind Zhao Ziliang jumped on their horses and pulled out their weapons to control them.
After all, government officials are just government officials.
It's okay to bully ordinary people.
But if they really want to do it with real swords and guns, they don't have the courage and guts to fight the army.
"Stop beating, stop beating, I said, I said."
The head of the government office was beaten so badly that he couldn't bear it anymore, so he had to shout loudly.
Zhao Ziliang waved his hand, and the two soldiers who were beating the people stopped.
The head of the Yamen team had been beaten until his face was swollen, his nose was bleeding, and his eyes were crooked and his nose was crooked.
"After all, my patience is limited."
The head of the Yamen team lay on the ground with his hands and feet curled up, and said: "It was the prefect who asked us to collect the city gate tax."
Zhao Ziliang asked: "Where did the collected money go?"
"Of course I will hand it over to the prefect."
Zhao Ziliang snorted coldly and shouted: "Tie up all these people."
"Yes" The soldiers and guards rushed forward.
After all the government officials at the city gate were tied up, a dozen knights ran over from the side, led by a general.
This man reined in his horse and stopped, jumped off his horse, knelt down and bowed to Zhao Ziliang and said, "Liu Chengye, the last general."
Meet the King” "Get up, I want to visit your military camp.
I wonder if you welcome me?"
Liu Chengye said quickly: "Your Majesty, I will lead the horse for you."
Zhao Ziliang smiled and said: "There is no need to hold the horse, just go with me."
"promise" "Take all these government officials to the military camp and imprison them."
After Zhao Ziliang said this, he turned around and headed towards the garrison military camp, and everyone else followed.
After entering the military camp, Zhao Ziliang reined in his horse and stopped.
He saw a large group of soldiers training on the school field.
Liu Chengye introduced: "Your Majesty, these are the new conscripts training.
There are more than 3,200 people in this period, and they have been training for a month and a half. " Zhao Ziliang rode to the edge of the school field and watched for a while, then asked: "According to this training progress, how long will it take for the new recruits to complete the training?"
"It will take about half a year."
Zhao Ziliang asked again: "How do the people react to the compulsory military system?"
Liu Chengye said: "Many people objected and refused to let their sons join the army.
When the prescribed deadline came, a considerable number of people still did not sign in.
The general had no choice but to send people to the government and ask them to arrest people by force.
Fortunately, although the people had Many people objected, but they did not dare to really fight against the government.
Those who should join the army still joined the army."
Zhao Ziliang sighed: "It seems that it is still very difficult to get people to join the army voluntarily":