Chapter 881 Dowry

Floating rice is a magical crop. It is sown in January in Meizhou, when the water level in the swamp is lowest and the mud bed is exposed.

When the water level just passes through the submerged mud bed, the floating rice begins to take root and sprout, and then begins to grow as the water level rises.

It grows until November when the water level recedes and the floating rice matures.

The planting period is quite long, but the yield offsets the disadvantage. From one acre of water surface, about 600 kilograms can be harvested.

There is basically no need for management. Song people are a little more scientific than the locals. They just use big bamboos to surround them into large long baskets and trap the rice seedlings in the baskets to prevent them from being washed away by water.

The bamboo raft walked along for almost half an hour before arriving at a "suburban" area.

Between the polders under construction and the polder fields, there is a large area of ​​native swamp, but now the native plants in it have been removed and turned into bamboo baskets floating in shallow water. Inside the bamboo baskets, they are reddish brown.

thick rice seedlings.

Another advantage is that there is no need to fertilize, and it will not be retained even if fertilized.

The soil in the swamp is extremely fertile, and water flows every year to bring nutrients.

There are also water channels between the bamboo baskets, and the mud has been dug out to pile up the polder. Su You can see many bamboo rafts stacked with bamboo baskets busy transporting mud between the water channels.

Hard work is necessary, but it can be seen that the men have kept up with their nutrition. Nutrition and hard work have made them extremely strong.

Shen Kuo and Jia Quan received not only support but worship here.

Su You asked: "Have you ever considered saving money? How many acres of land can one person work here?"

Shen Kuo said: "There are three harvests a year. The labor intensity here is much higher than that of Liangzhe Road. For a family of two and five people, it is already very difficult to cultivate fifteen acres of land."

Su You nodded: "You can also use some less labor-intensive fish ponds, bamboo forests, mulberry forests, and firewood fields. A family must have thirty acres, which is far more than most households in the mainland, right?"

Jia Dan nodded: "That's right, the harvest is 30% more than that of Liangzhe Road. Now Liangzhe Road only has one tenth and five acres, and everyone is living a happy life!"

Su You looked at Dugang and Fudao, who could not see the horizon: "Cunzhong is right, it's time to divide their fields and find wives for them..."

Jia Quan said: "Shaobao, you can actually apply for policies for them. The imperial court provides rent-free land for seven years for land reclamation. If these lands can be counted as land reclamation..."

Su You said to Jia Quan: "Jia Gong, the first priority in government is to be fair. With a production area like Meizhou and our current development efficiency, we still need to use the land reclamation policy of the inland state government. That is a policy

imbalance."

"It is the country that suffers too much, and it will eventually lead to countercurrents and rebalancing. In the process, there will be repeated turmoil."

"Therefore, just like the Liangzhe Road, Sitong is responsible for developing it, and then handing it over to the government as cultivated land. The government will sell the land to the immigrants in the same way as official land. In order to encourage production, it will only need to provide certain discounts on the available area."

"As the old saying goes, good friends are better than friends. If this policy of attracting familiar households and immigrants is not effective, then we should find another way. It is better than opening the door too wide all at once and not being able to take it back in the end.

many."

Only then did Jia Gan understand why Suyou had set so many restrictions on the refugees and local households after the development of Taihu Lake. Now it seems that the suppression of mergers around Taihu Lake on Liangzhe Road is quite effective. The interests of the country, the interests of the rich, and the interests of the refugees

All interests are "balanced" to achieve maximum fairness and receive support from all parties.

Su Shaobao was indeed a talented official with far-reaching plans.

According to Su You's opinion, the land policy in Meizhou that is twice as loose as that in Liangzhe Road is already a sufficient discount. If we really want to treat the polders that can be used as cultivated land as land reclamation and give it to immigrants to enjoy the seven-year tax exemption policy, it will lead to problems.

question.

After occupying a land, it cannot be self-sufficient, and the government will have to bear the burden for seven years. According to the current mainstream of the court, this is to use the wealth of China to support the poor people, which is a loss-making business, and it is the border generals who are greedy for military glory and start provocations on the side, so as to promote themselves and make a fortune.

, the country bears the consequences.

If Su You really did this, he would definitely be attacked by a group of people.

The second generation of houses is already under construction. Song people still prefer houses with bricks, tiles, and wooden beams. The previous houses with bamboo reinforced cement walls and large wooden boards were of the type used in military camps and were purely for temporary emergencies.

The brick and tile factory was working day and night, and Shen Kuo began to build the houses of the executives.

When the polder was still soft, we used the technology provided by Su You, using wood as the base, pressing stones on top, and then covering it with soil to build houses.

Su You inspected Meizhou City and found that except for the lack of city walls, everything else was perfect.

Although Shen Kuo did not have enough emotional intelligence to understand the intrigues of politics, his ability to do practical things was one of the best in the Song Dynasty, and there was nothing to find fault with.

Su You asked the fleet to return first, and he inspected Meizhou for a few more days, focusing on the physical problems of the civilian husbands.

One sentence above and one sentence below. Since the Queen Mother has promised to care about the plight of immigrants, it must become a key part of the work here in Suyou.

Due to the strict implementation of health regulations, not many people got sick, but many were injured on the job. Hundreds of people were killed by tigers and crocodiles alone. Only Su You took the blame.

After collecting and sorting out detailed information, when Shen Kuo and others were rushing to harvest the first crop of rice in the first year of Yuanfeng before the rainy season, Su You returned to the Feiyu, which had been rebuilt back to its original state, and returned to Jiaozhou.

As for the ballistae on the ship, they were left to Shen Kuo. Anyway, the fort at the port was already under construction, which was better than nothing.

After such a large patrol, it was already mid-March when he returned to Jiaozhou. Li Daocheng came to meet Su You and mentioned the first imperial examination in Jiaozhi.

Su You slapped his forehead, pulled out a few strategy questions from the Su family's question bank, handed them to the old man, and then said: "As for the meaning of the scriptures, it's up to you, old man, to figure it out. You will also be in charge of the exam, and you will be the one to mark the papers.

We are all here to help you.”

This imperial examination is about selecting talents and candidates, and it would be a joke for the candidates selected from Jiaozhi Road to go to Bianjing to take the Jinshi examination. Su You has made sufficient preparations for Li Wensheng and Yang Shu, letting them act as the faces of Jiaozhi County, but for the sake of

To improve their future, they were not allowed to take the examination in Jiaozhi. They had to go to Bianjing to take the examination and obtain the qualifications.

Recalling the question Shen Kuo told him, Su You asked Li Daocheng carefully: "Among the families of soldiers who died in the battle before Jiaozhi, are there many daughters who are waiting to leave the palace?"

Li Daocheng was filled with indignation: "What do you want to do? Are you worthy of Lord Shijun by doing this? Are you afraid that if the news spreads, the people of Jiaozhou City will not obey?!"

Hiss - this...

Shi Wei's reputation in Jiaozhou City was unparalleled. Everyone from the county prince Li Qiande to the infant orphans had received her favor. Li Daocheng thought that Su You was going to hold a talent show and immediately raised objections.

Su You quickly interrupted: "Mr. Li, please don't frame me falsely. It was Shen Cunzhong who said that there are too many bachelors in Meizhou City, and there will be no life in the sun. His magistrate is not easy to deal with..."

Li Daocheng's face looked better now: "That's true, even if all the people in Meizhou City are refugees, my daughter from Jiaozhi County will also suffer if she marries there..."

"No! Never!" Su You said sternly: "They are all the people under my rule, and I will never favor one over the other!"

"Shen Cunzhong said that if Dingkou gets married over there, the government is going to give fifteen acres of good land and another fifteen acres of water to build basic board houses and give out pigs, chickens, and ducklings. If the daughter of Jiaozhi gets married, she will be a well-off person.

Home!"

"That's what I think. Since my husband's family is so generous, our mother's family can't be weak, right? When our daughter from Jiaozhi passes, our government will send her a dowry! Pots and pans, large bowls and chopsticks, and a complete set of cloth boxes and cabinets! Plus three

How about inserting copper coins into a press box?"

I have so much mine now, I can afford it!

Li Daocheng's brows twitched: "Really? Then...can you become a widow?"

Su You thought about the group of young men who were going crazy because they were probably feeling happy when they saw the sows. The custom of the Song Dynasty did not care about the second marriage of widows, so he decided on the spot: "Why not, it's the same for widows and daughters!"

Li Daocheng said: "Then leave this matter to me! I will definitely handle it properly for Shaobao!"

Next, Jiaozhou City became lively and full of festive atmosphere.

Many mothers from poor families simply gritted their teeth and became cruel and even married themselves and their daughters.

This has led to many migrant workers in Meizhou City who were still co-workers when they finished work in the evening, but ended up becoming their son-in-law when they got up overnight, which also became a strange joke under the special policies of this special period.
Chapter completed!