After sorting out these things, the repairs of the county government office were finally completed. Seeing that the cement had solidified and became harder than stone, Liu Wei was extremely shocked.
After finally repairing the county government office, Zhao Feng also encountered a new situation.
It is early spring, and everything is recovering. Some fields have even begun to be plowed in preparation for the new year's work.
Zhao Feng looked at the order Yu Ruhai sent over in his hand and couldn't help but sigh.
"Why would you give us such an order?"
"It's so weird!"
What this order says is very simple, that is, this year's taxation will not only be increased to fifteen thousand taels of silver, but also the inspection of officials in these places will need to focus on agricultural production.
The explanation given above is that there was a drought here last year, so we must vigorously develop mulberry farming this year.
But the problem is that in this era, we basically still rely on the weather. If God does not provide good weather, how can we improve the level of agriculture?
Yu Ruhai didn't explain too much about this matter. He just asked Zhao Feng to find ways to improve the agricultural situation of the state capital.
Zhao Feng couldn't help but shook his head, just remembering that when he was a master before, he had not conducted a detailed investigation of the entire city's agriculture.
At that time, Zhao Feng really wanted to investigate the land situation and population of the entire city, and then use these data to collect taxes.
But later he became the county magistrate easily, so the matter was delayed. Although he is no longer a master in the government office, if he can investigate the agricultural situation in the county, he should be able to make a big difference. s help.
After all, the Zhou Dynasty was still a very primitive model, mainly based on farming. This model was not bad. After all, in this feudal dynasty, agriculture was the foundation.
If we do not vigorously develop agriculture, there will be no way to develop in any aspect, whether it is commerce or industry, it is all based on agricultural development, because agriculture represents the population to a certain extent.
It's just that agriculture in this era is really too backward. Not to mention the agricultural machinery of later generations, even farm tools and so on are still in a very ancient condition.
Maybe these people think these farm tools are not that difficult to use, but in Zhao Feng's opinion, these farm tools are simply primitive tools!
Zhao Feng's family didn't have any land before, so Zhao Feng didn't deal with this matter, but now that he has become a county magistrate, he should think about it carefully.
The above did not stipulate that he should use whatever output he could produce per mu, but in order to make his official career prosperous, Zhao Feng decided to use as much force as he could.
Zhao Feng walked out of the county government office and directly called several government officials, intending to inspect all the land in the county.
Zhao Feng already knows the situation in Zhaojiazhuang relatively clearly, but other places still need to continue to measure.
For half a month, Zhao Feng and these government officials have been running in the fields, constantly measuring the land, and at the same time registering the population of each village, especially the amount of labor and land in each village. .
What Zhao Feng didn't expect was that according to his investigation, the average land holding per household in Zhao County was less than three acres, which was a very small amount!
The yield per mu in this era was not as high as in later generations, so a family of four or five people only had less than three acres of land, and the grain produced was not enough to meet the family's food needs!
No wonder that when she first came here, Chen Rou often had to go out to hunt wild vegetables to meet her family's needs. That is to say, this place is in the mountains, and there are a lot of wild vegetables and mushrooms even in the periphery. Otherwise, I'm afraid these people would We go hungry every year!
If we encounter some drought or other severe weather, the situation of these people will be even worse. I am afraid that after working hard for a year, they will not be able to support themselves at all.
After seeing these situations, Zhao Feng couldn't help but sigh, but Zhao Feng decided to continue doing what he had in mind.
"Sir, why have we been inspecting these lands for so long?"
The government officials finally couldn't help but ask. Zhao Feng turned to look at the government officials and explained with a smile.
"Of course it is to make this county more prosperous and stronger!"
"Okay, you go and call all the people in this village. I want to tell them something."
At the last stop, Zhao Feng took these government officials to Zhaojiazhuang, where he lived. The government officials called out all the villagers in Zhaojiazhuang. The villagers were shocked when they saw that it was Zhao Feng who came here. .
"Isn't this the little brother of the Zhao family? How did he become the county magistrate?"
"I have long seen that he is a promising person, but I didn't expect that he would become an official so soon!"
"Master County Master, you must take more care of the villagers in the future!"
Hearing the words of the villagers, Zhao Feng smiled and nodded, then he cupped his hands and said to them.
"I cannot be where I am today without the help of my fellow villagers. Everyone, sit down and let me tell you something."
The villagers agreed and found a place to sit down. Zhao Feng also sat on a stone without any image, and then pointed to the land and said to the villagers.
"Dear fellow villagers, I have been examining the per capita land holdings in this county for a while, just to see how much land each family owns!"
"Now I have discovered that each family's land cannot grow enough food to feed the family. Do you also want to solve this situation?"
The villagers nodded quickly when they heard this. Who doesn't want to be able to support themselves with their own hands?
But there is only so much food grown in the fields, and each household only has so much land to grow food.
After paying taxes on the grain, there is even less food left, which is not enough to meet their needs for a year, so it is common for these villagers to go hungry.
There are even many people who can only survive by digging wild vegetables without even thinking about eating enough.
The villagers couldn't help but sigh and said to Zhao Feng.
"Mr. Zhao, if it hadn't been for the waterwheel you built for us before, we wouldn't have been able to eat enough."
"But even if the weather is good, we may not be able to grow that much food!"
Zhao Feng nodded. Since there are mountainous areas here and there is not much arable land, this is a limitation of the geographical environment.
