Spring is here.

Everything revived, the flowers and plants gradually became green, and there were more chirping birds in the forest.

Under the warm sunlight, the frozen land and roads became muddy.

Many changes have quietly taken place in Glen, a territory located on the eastern edge of the Kingdom of Wares.

For example, Lord Lord, from the original Baron Connor to the younger Baron Downey, the steward of the territory, from the original Baron Bunold to the young and terrifying steward of the young and terrifying, was only 18 years old like Baron Downey.

The Glen Leaders were talking about these two young characters in private, wondering what fate would be waiting for them?

Will Baron Donnie, like Baron Conner, give them a better spear when encountering war, give them a piece of bread that will not starve them to death when encountering famine, and send knights to drive them away when encountering large beasts.

Everything is unknown. Many elderly leaders even pray in their hearts that they do not need much kindness from the new lord, but only hope that they can leave a way out for them like the previous Baron Connor.

Now it is spring again, and the spring sowing season is coming. All the people who are about to run out of surplus food at home want to hear the most when sitting at home is the new lord who can allow them to continue to cultivate the land they rented for the previous year, so as not to delay the spring sowing this year.

...

In the castle chamber.

Sitting on the upper main seat, Downey, wearing a big bear fur, held a parchment proclamation in his hand, and his brows furrowed heavily.

"Lian, if these "Agricultural Reform Ordinances" you wrote are really implemented, will Glenn lead the lazy farmers, really not be lazy?"

In the enlightenment education that Donnie received since childhood, his inherent impression of the farmer was just two words, laziness.

Because farmers are lazy, they have to do weekly work for three days a week and do various loving work. They have to collect all their spare money through various taxes so that they will not be idle and wander around the territory.

"Donny, I have explained to you many times that those poor farmers have no chance to be lazy in the end of a year. Is it lazy to rest for a few days when they are tired of working? Absolutely not! On the contrary, in order to solve the problem of food and clothing for a year, to raise children, and to pay rent and taxes, the burden on them is already very heavy. Now we will reduce some burden for them to have extra grain to supplement nutrition and have sufficient rest time to restore their physical strength, so as to cultivate the land with higher efficiency, thus forming a virtuous cycle and increasing the agricultural output of the territory..."

"Donny, I'll give you a guarantee. After the implementation of this Agricultural Reform Ordinance, if the growth rate of the total agricultural output collected by Gran this year does not exceed 30%, or the tax collected by the tax officials will be less than 10%, these reform doctrines will be abolished immediately! But if these growth goals are achieved, then continue to be implemented and revised and adjusted!"

"this……"

Donnie was still a little hesitant. He was completely contrary to Zhou Ming's thoughts, believing that after the implementation of the "Agricultural Reform Ordinance", the farmers' enthusiasm for labor will not only not increase, but will immediately decrease and become more lazy.

The survival goal of these farmers is nothing more than to ensure that they will not starve to death. The surplus food at home is only enough for one year's food and seeds for the next year. If the extra food is released, it will basically be donated to the church and there will be no more left in their hands.

If, according to the provisions of Ryan's "Agricultural Reform Ordinance": land rent is reduced by 20%, oxen and farm tools are reduced by two-thirds, and the weekly work system is abolished, just these three, farmers who greatly reduce the burden will soon wander around the territory and will not focus on farming at all. After planting almost enough food for a year, they will do nothing.

but--

To change the way, from Ryan's perspective, what he said seems to be a little more reasonable, and Ryan did not fail to consider this issue, so in the "Agricultural Reform Ordinance" he formulated, in addition to these three core articles, there are six additional clauses that play a role in supplementary role.

They are:

All the farmers' miscellaneous taxes will be cancelled, and prey in the territory shall not be caught randomly and trees shall not be cut down indiscriminately.

If there is a large-scale abandonment and abnormal production reduction in farmers' fields, the lord will take back the land use rights.

The excess grain produced by the farmer's fields should be purchased by the lord at a reasonable price.

Farmers can use grain to buy cattle, sheep, horses and other livestock from the lord, as well as hoes, sickles, heavy plows and other farming tools.

Farmers are allowed to trade goods, exchange their respective goods, and are not taxed.

The farmer's private property is recognized and protected by the lord and not deprived of it at will.

According to Ryan, these six points are to increase farmers' enthusiasm for production while also ensuring their enthusiasm for consumption.

Only when farmers consume their additional agricultural products in various forms will they have the motivation to expand production and increase production!

Such as a few strong oxen, a set of easy-to-use farm tools, and a sturdy house... they are all the goals that prompt these farmers to increase production and make consumption.

If farmers have achieved all these goals and collectively entered a well-off society, and there is no other need, then it is OK to encourage children to have two, there are punishments, and there are rewards for three. The more children, the more rewards they have, the more people will be rewarded, and the more people will increase, and the demand will increase, what should we do? We can only continue to increase production.

There are also many new consumer projects in the fields of education, medical care, entertainment, etc.

In short, according to Ryan's "production-consumption spiral rise theory", Glenling's agricultural production will only appear as an upward straight line, constantly improving, growing, and expanding.

Donnie was indeed deeply attracted by this theory, but he was also worried that it was still an unknown whether farmers would really enter the behavioral logic of this production-consumption theory as Ryan had expected.

If farmers only seek food and clothing, no desire, and no motivation to consume, then wouldn’t they be wasted all the “prices” he paid?

"How can you know if you don't try it, Donnie, don't you think we are doing something that no one has ever tried in this era? If we succeed, what will it mean? If the experiment fails, it will only be a small amount of money and food. We are all still young, why not try it?"

Zhou Ming's words ignited the ambition in Donnie's heart. Yes, it's only one year. Just the money and food are just equivalent to a very small part of the food accumulated in the castle granary. He could still bear this slight loss.

"Okay! Just follow this Agricultural Reform Ordinance for a year. If it is easy to use, continue to implement it. If it is not easy to use, then forget it."

Donny finally nodded.

the next day.

Zhou Ming personally took more than a dozen tax officials and rode his horse to send the "Agricultural Reform Ordinance" to the villages and towns in the territory. He stood in front of the thin farmers and read them word by word.

The land rent has been reduced from 50% to 30% now?

The rental price of oxen farm tools has been reduced to one-third of the original?

Cancel the weekly work for three days a week during busy farming?

Just these three lines were like a series of powerful thunders that made all the farmers stunned. Whether it was the villagers of Qiangwei Town or the farmers in ten other villages, after hearing the content of this rule, they seemed to have hallucinations, either shook their heads desperately or looked at each other, saying that such a good thing could not happen to them.

After the butler Ryan finished reading and left the village, there were still many farmers who were stunned and thought they were dreaming. After pinching themselves hard, they found that the dream was so real. So he pulled someone else and asked, did I hear it wrong just now? What did the butler Ryan say?

Zhou Ming was also troubled by similar problems. Several farmers who knew him plucked up their courage when they saw him and went up to ask similar questions. Zhou Ming answered several times at the beginning, but was too lazy to explain later. What orders did the lord issue? You just need to follow the above and don’t ask so many questions.

Whether the farmers believe it or not, the nine contents of the "Agricultural Reform Ordinance" were completely cleaned up the old tax system, and Zhou Ming established and controlled the new tax system, and began to strictly implement these regulations one by one.
Chapter completed!