Li Siqing took a long wooden pole with a sharp lower end, inserted it into the soil on the river bank, and released the small flag on the top of the pole.
The two eunuchs pushed the cart and walked along the river bank to both sides.
At this time, Li Siqing pointed his hand, and a group of eunuchs came over with Qingzhuang.
One of the eunuchs said: "Facing this flagpole, go inside and clear a way."
The other eunuch held Si Nan in his hand.
He walked forward carefully, and the young men behind him followed with long wooden poles on their backs.
When the eunuch pointed his finger, they inserted the wooden pole into the ground.
In addition to the eunuch pushing the cart, there are two eunuchs walking on both sides of the cart holding long wooden poles.
The eunuch pushing the cart was counting the numbers in his mouth, while the eunuch next to him was careful not to let the cart veer too far.
When the eunuch pushing the cart stopped after counting four hundred and eight, the eunuch next to him inserted the long wooden pole into the ground and released the small flag.
At this time, a group of eunuchs led people to the flagpole and began to clean it.
The process of the road.
Bi Zisu didn't understand why, but he was not ashamed to ask, and said to Li Siqing: "Captain Li, is this car for the purpose of calculating merits and demerits?"
Li Siqing replied: "Your Majesty, the imperial envoy Mingjian, one turn of this wheel is five feet, and when combined with one step, 408 turns equals 408 steps.
Eight steps are used to build roads.
The Holy Spirit said that such a long distance can ensure that every family can There are roads that lead to everywhere.
“The one foot he mentioned here refers to the construction ruler, which is about thirty-two centimeters.
Bi Zisu asked again: "Why don't those who go inside count their steps?"
Li Siqing replied: "Those who want to go in must first make the road straight.
This is the most important thing, and then make cross roads every 608 steps.
The cross roads are also eight steps wide.
Now we must repair the road first and open it."
It will take a long time to cross the road, and we will still use cars to measure the distance. " Bi Zisu nodded.
Since Li Siqing had done a good job in this matter, he didn't need to worry about it.
So he turned around and said to the Qian'an County Magistrate: "The Ming Dynasty can recruit as many young men as possible."
The county magistrate felt very sad.
One hundred cents a day was equivalent to three taels of silver a month, which was several times that of a soldier.
The pay of the Guards was more, and it was one tael and five cents a month.
The general salary of the frontier army was less.
It would be great to get seven or eight points, and it would also provide one meal.
Unfortunately, my county is only a middle county, so I replied: "Your Majesty, this county can provide a maximum of two thousand people."
Bi Zisu thought for a while and said: "That's okay, the Liao people will come soon.
People in your county will build the roads first, and then build some houses.
After the first batch of Liao people arrive, there will be more People built houses."
The county magistrate nodded in agreement.
At this time, Bi Zisu added: "As for the salary issue, we issue it every five days because we have to issue silver coins.
Otherwise, it would be too troublesome to issue a hundred copper coins a day.
Please tell them."
The county magistrate said, "Imperial envoy, can you ask your subordinates to give them money?"
Bi Zisu glared at him and said, "You want to resist the corvee, right?"
The county magistrate did not dare to say anything more, but Bi Zisu already understood what he meant.
The county magistrate had a good idea.
He wanted the young people from Qian'an to serve as corvees on the construction site, and the money Bi Zisu gave him would be received by the county.
Bi Zisu despised this kind of behavior, but he also knew that since the county magistrate asked him separately, he just wanted to receive the money from the county instead of pocketing it himself.
Besides, he would have to deal with the county magistrate a lot in the future, so he asked: " How many people still have to do corvee service?”
Free novels bring you joy and joy ---> storyskyline.net
The county magistrate said happily: "These people are all required to do corvee service, and they still have one month left."
Bi Zisu pondered for a moment and said: "Well, let's do this.
You charge sixty cents a day in the Ming Dynasty, but I still have to pay them forty cents.
After one month, when they have completed their corvee service, what do you think?"
The county magistrate was overjoyed.
Although he could only get sixty cents, the county could get sixty yuan for five hundred people a day, but it couldn't last for a long time.
It was only eighteen hundred yuan a month, not to mention that the number of people would increase.
Some of them People did not do corvee labor, so the income was pretty good.
So he saluted Bi Zisu and said, "I thank you, the imperial envoy, for your understanding.
It's true that small and middle-level officials in the county also have to support their families, and there is really no way to make money in this county."
Bi Zisu smiled and said: "Ming Mansion doesn't need to explain, I understand.
The emperor has also said that in the future, petty officials will also allocate money from the court.
Now it is really difficult for the petty officials to do their work with peace of mind, let alone prevent them from harming the countryside. " At this time, the income of petty officials was extremely low, and the so-called yamen servants were originally engaged in corvee labor and had no income at all.
In this way, of course they can only use their hands to make a living in their daily official business.
Xu Guangqi, Bi Ziyan and others all told the emperor about these situations.
The emperor said that it would be unrealistic for the minor officials to receive court salaries until the finances became more abundant in the future.
Bi Ziyan watched the road being cleared step by step.
The road occupied eight steps, and then formed a rectangle six hundred steps long and four hundred steps wide.
Each rectangle contains one thousand acres, which can be distributed to twenty families.
Canals were dug beside the roads, and trees were planted next to the canals.
Of course, the river bank has not yet been repaired, and the so-called houses are just simple shacks.
There is no way, no one, and no materials.
The people in Qian'an County can build a road, which is already very good.
After the roads were sorted out, the Liao people arrived in Qian'an.
The Liao people came in batches.
All of these Liao people had family members who joined the Guards.
Each family was allocated fifty acres of land and exempted from taxes for three years.
As soon as these people arrived in Qian'an, Bi Zisu had already allocated livestock and farm tools, one cow and two sets of farm tools for each family, and then distributed grain per person per month.
No matter how many people there are in your family, that's fifty acres of land.
As a result, some big families have to split up to get more land.
According to regulations, land cannot be bought or sold, or rented to others.
You can only plant it yourself.
If no one plants it, it will be taken back and distributed to others.
This was Zhu Youxiao's first attempt at land reform, which was to break the traditional big family.
The people of Liao have already lost their families, so it should be easier to implement it here.
After the Liao people came, they began to reclaim wasteland, because the officials made it clear that taxes would be exempted for three years, but the livestock, farm tools, seeds, and rations must be repaid within three years, but there is no interest.
People from the Liao Dynasty arrived one after another.
Those whose families did not join the Guards were still given various supplies, but they were exempted from taxes for only one year.
This made many people from the Liao Dynasty come to inquire whether they could let their boys join the army.
The answer I received was that troops would be recruited in the winter, but they would be militiamen who would be trained locally.
Those who performed well after training for a period of time would be directly selected into the Guards
.
: