Overall, the situation in the Tang Dynasty was better than Li Ke had imagined, or even better than the period just after the founding of the country more than a thousand years later.
The key here is that the main contradiction is not outstanding, or that the main contradiction has almost dropped to a certain level. In addition, the Tang Dynasty really has no shortage of arable land. Almost all people have arable land to plant, unless they give up.
As there is no shortage of farmland, there are very few civil conflicts in the Tang Dynasty. For example, it is basically impossible for several villages to fight for water in later generations, even killing people, or even pulling out cannons. of.
Because the population here is too dense due to insufficient irrigation water or other reasons, the local government has long begun to encourage these villages to relocate as a whole.
Who would choose a place to fight over water when there is better land, better options? nobody.
Again, people just want to live a good life. For some people whose land is relatively fertile and whose lives are relatively stable, it is difficult for them to change their lives, or to relocate.
But for those villages where the land itself is very poor and there is even insufficient water for irrigation, it is simple to let them change places, not to mention that the court now provides them with travel expenses and food.
Although previous dynasties have always restricted population migration, in fact population migration has never stopped. It was just passive before, because people could no longer survive and migrated on their own, but now it is active.
It was a process in which the imperial court uniformly redistributed the cultivated land throughout the Tang Dynasty. Some rich and easily irrigated land was allocated in advance and prioritized.
When arriving in Qinghai, Li Ke was probably aware of this situation.
"Xu Song." Li Ke said.
"I'm here."
"Send someone back and deliver a document to the Ministry of Finance, asking the Ministry of Land and Resources to work with the Ministry of Agriculture to re-register the current Tang Dynasty state-owned land. In particular, re-register the relatively poor land that was replaced."
"To avoid the loss of state-owned assets, and all state-owned land is not allowed to be sold privately, and each county is allowed to register and grade the land under its own county, especially high-quality land, when it is responsible for population redistribution."
"Officials in each county must be well aware of the land under their county's name. As the population increases and state-owned resources and land continue to be allocated, these lands will definitely have to be redistributed." Li Ke said.
"yes."
In fact, this is not what Li Ke is thinking about. These problems are just about preparing for a rainy day and registering some formerly barren farmland to allocate the land for large-scale planting in the future.
Today's Datang does not have much mechanized planting, but if mechanical products such as walking tractors are produced in another 20 to 30 years, there should be no problem, right?
At that time, large-scale farming also had some foundations.
Putting aside the issue of land for the moment, after entering Qinghai, Li Ke and the others entered directly from the Huangshui Valley, also called the Hehuang Valley, which was an important arable area in Qinghai in later generations.
In fact, almost from the Tang Dynasty onward, if all dynasties wanted to target the Western Regions, the Hehuang Valley was a battleground for military strategists, because the large amount of cultivated land here could feed a large population and provide a large amount of grain and grass. It has become an important logistics supply point to support the front line.
But now, the land utilization in the Hehuang Valley is not very sufficient. The population here is sparse. Although the Yongye farmland of each household has increased to 50 acres, the number of people who have moved here is still only about 100,000 households.
And there are quite a few of them who were originally Tuyuhun herdsmen and became people who cultivated the land.
However, there is an advantage here, that is, due to tax exemptions and other issues, as well as the previous allocation of cattle, sheep and other livestock, the people here are at the forefront of livestock breeding in the Tang Dynasty.
After Li Ke entered the Hehuang Valley, he passed by some villages and could see the chickens, ducks and other poultry raised in the villages. It was obvious that the people here lived a better life than at home.
Although they have only joined Datang for a few years.
But this is the advantage. After the herdsmen on the grassland allocate cattle and sheep to themselves, as long as they can provide them with food and arable land, their property will be stronger than that of ordinary people before the Tang Dynasty.
After all, there was no shortage of livestock power, livestock, and poultry here. After having cultivated land and adding the most important piece of land, they quickly began to become rich.
In addition to these, Li Ke saw a large amount of alfalfa being planted here. Apparently every household used part of their own fields to plant alfalfa to raise poultry and livestock.
After entering the Hehuang Valley, Li Ke was able to wander around at first, but soon he had to stop these actions because... he was recognized.
When Li Ke left Qinghai, almost all the Qinghai herdsmen who saw him off on both sides of the road had seen him, and here, there were obviously the same people who saw him off.
After Li Ke was recognized, the entire Hehuang Valley was completely boiling.
It is impossible to hide the news. When one person knows, it means that the whole family knows. When their whole family knows, the whole village knows. When the whole village knows.
Anyway, Li Ke didn't know how many people rode horses and left as if informed from all directions. Many of these people were herdsmen before, and almost every household here has pack horses.
So the news that he came to Qinghai spread quickly throughout Qinghai, almost as if he had wings.
Li Ke had to give up his original plan. He could only speed in and continue along the original road towards Chihai City.
But on both sides of the official road, more and more herdsmen and people came, just to see Li Ke.
They are all very orderly, even more orderly than before, because they all know the direction His Highness is heading now, so they don't have to crowd together, they just wait on the road that Li Ke must pass.
Their thoughts are also very simple, they just want to see His Highness who has brought them their current life, that's all.
When His Highness left, he said he would come back to see them in a few years, but now, His Highness has really come back, just to see if their lives are going well, and to see if they are living better than before.
And they also want to see whether His Highness has gained weight or lost weight. It would be better if they could listen to His Highness say a few words.
