The li in the Qin State was equivalent to the residential area in later generations and was a closed structure.
Each one is surrounded by an "inner wall" that is about seven feet tall, about the same height as an average adult man.
There is a door on the inner wall, which is guarded by a special inner gate.
This prison door is equivalent to the security guard in later generations. His daily job is to open the door in the morning and close the door at night. He is also responsible for fire and theft prevention, but this job is not easy.
Qin's law stipulates that if a fire burns down the inner gate, he must be punished with a shield.
After entering the inner gate, there is a passage with a fixed width, called the inner lane. There are residences arranged in long strips on both sides of the lane.
Those on the left side of the lane are called Luzuo, where poor people live.
The one on the right is Luyou, where wealthy people live.
The residence that Zhao Tuo was assigned was deep in Luyou, and it was a residence of an official.
He opened the door of the house with the key given by Lidian and walked in with Heng Heng.
This mansion is very large. Inside the courtyard wall is not only the house where you live, but also a large courtyard outside the house.
There were more than twenty mulberry trees planted in the open space of the courtyard, opening their bare branches to welcome the arrival of the new owner. A gust of wind blew by, picking up the thick fallen leaves on the ground and flying in the air.
There was a well in the clearing, and a collapsed barn not far away.
There is a drainage pipe in the corner of the yard specially used to discharge sewage, but it has been blocked long ago.
Although the house in the middle did not collapse like the barn, it appeared to be in disrepair because the original owner was punished as a slave and had no one to take care of it. The earthen walls had cracked many gaps in the wind and rain. The door was covered with cobwebs and the ground was covered with dust.
Although it looked dilapidated at first glance, Zhao Tuo was very satisfied.
Here, he finally has a home and is no longer a rootless duck wandering around.
Behind him, Heng Yi stared blankly at the house.
Without hesitation, Zhao Tuo and Heng immediately started cleaning the long-abandoned residence.
In the afternoon, the two of them finally cleaned the house. Although it still looked dilapidated, it was barely habitable.
As long as we add some furniture, keep a guard dog in the front yard, and add two pigs to the pen behind the house, we will immediately feel like a home.
Zhao Tuo even had the idea in his mind to settle down and live a normal life.
But the idea just popped up and was immediately killed by him.
impossible.
In this era, it is impossible for ordinary people to survive!
Not to mention the great boom in corvee work after reunification, which caused countless people to run for their lives in a hurry. It is said that if Zhao Tuo does not change this era and everything develops according to the original history, then in the chaotic times of the late Qin Dynasty that will come twenty years later, the overlord will personally plow the entire Guanzhong.
Burning Xianyang, burning, killing, plundering, which Qin people can escape?
Therefore, Zhao Tuo must climb up while there is still time and work hard.
Only by climbing higher and gaining more power can he have the ability to change history and gain a chance of survival in the troubled times of the future. This is why he wants to join the army and perform meritorious service.
When Zhao Tuo and Heng finished cleaning the house, the gray-bearded Lidian came again.
This time, Tian Dian, who is responsible for managing agricultural affairs, came with him.
This Tian Dian has a noble title and has a red bun on the right side, which is different from the brown turban on Zhao Tuo's head. He glanced at Zhao Tuo and Heng, and said in a businesslike manner: "Follow me to see the fields."
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Zhao Tuo was slightly excited, it was time to divide the fields!
After all, it is the first piece of land that I have owned in this era. This is my own land!
But Zhao Tuo's excitement did not last long, because he and Heng followed Tian Dian out of the inner wall and shuttled through the large farmland for a long time. After walking for nearly three miles, they saw their allotment near the forest. field.
too big!
Qin system, one hectare and one hundred acres.
Zhao Tuo successfully settled down and was allocated a hectare of land according to the Qin State's policy of promoting the people. After he was upgraded to the title of Duke, he was rewarded with another hectare of land, which added up to two hundred acres!
What is this concept?
Originally, according to the weekly system, an acre of land was 1 step wide and 100 steps long.
But when Shang Yang carried out the reform, he believed that "if one man has enough energy to spare, the land's benefits will be endless, so he restructured the land into two hundred and forty steps, and gave one hundred acres to one man."
An acre in the Qin Dynasty became 240 steps long.
Zhao Tuo calculated that a step in this era was six feet long, which was approximately equal to 1.38 meters in later generations. The area of one acre of land is almost 457.056 square meters.
And 100 acres is 45,705 square meters. Zhao Tuo owns 200 acres of land, which is 91,410 square meters!
Zhao Tuo's eyes started to feel dizzy again. If the land allocated to Hengshen was added in, the area of the fields owned by the two of them was terrifying, covering hundreds of thousands of square meters!
He still only has the title of Duke. If he continues to upgrade his title, he will get 45,000 square meters of land for each level... It's terrible!
But soon after Tian Dian's popularization of the law, Zhao Tuo's hot heart gradually cooled down.
So many fields are not for white people, you have to pay taxes.
Qin's tax system included land rent and custards levied based on the number of acres of land.
As well as oral money and taxes calculated on a per capita basis.
Finally, every Fu man must serve one month of corvée every year.
After all, if an ordinary family digs food in the fields, most of the harvest will be taken away, and there will not be much savings left after a year, let alone if they want to make a fortune from farming.
"Productivity is still not good. There are no fertilizers, pesticides, or advanced technology. The yield per mu is too low. In addition, the environment is not stable, and there is not much future for farming in this era."
Zhao Tuo soon gave up the idea of farming. Although the farmland in front of him was large, he had no intention of farming it himself.
On the contrary, the eyes of Heng Kan on the side were shining. The Zhao country where he lived had been in war for years, and coupled with the serious land annexation, there was no chance of getting so many fields at once.
After seeing off Tian Dian, Zhao Tuo and Heng returned to their house in Chaoyangli.
As they walked along, the residents in the middle of the road looked at them curiously. However, because the two had just settled here, no one took the initiative to say hello before they got acquainted with each other, so the man who guarded the inner gate gave them some advice. I set the opening and closing times and asked them not to run around at night.
Heng originally also disposed of a small house in Luzuo, but this guy now considers himself Zhao Tuo's servant and voluntarily lives here with Zhao Tuo, following him day and night.
Zhao Tuo was also happy to talk to more than one person, so he agreed.
At night, because of all the hard work during the day, Heng had already fallen asleep in the hut.
Zhao Tuo couldn't sleep, however. He walked in the yard in front of the house, looking at the half-waning moon in the sky, with fire burning in his eyes.
"Although the land and house are good, they are not suitable for me. Now I should take advantage of Qin's opportunity to destroy the six kingdoms and win military merits, so that I can have the ability to speak in the future. I just don't know when King Qin will send troops to destroy Yan?"
Zhao Tuo's wait did not last long.
A few days later.
King Lang Wei, whom they had met once, left his relatives and went to Chaoyangli, and he brought the king's life.
Zhao Tuo was ordered to enter the palace and meet the King of Qin.
