Plowing in the spring and working in the summer, harvesting in the autumn and storing in the winter. All four are in season, and the year has passed like this.
The life of the ancients did not have much fun and highlights. Farming took up at least half of their life. However, with the development of equipment, this time is being compressed. With the improvement of farming methods, agricultural output is also increasing.
Less farmland, more efficiency, more output.
When the stomach is full, there is enough time and enough goods for consumption.... Production determines consumption, and consumption determines production. The two are prerequisites for each other.
Without consumption, there is no production. Consumption creates the driving force for production.....
Produce, accumulate, expand production, continue to accumulate....
The emergence of surplus products is the prerequisite for the development of society, and various social systems are based on this.
Yu Zai was still doing things. After Zize died, he locked himself in the oil mill for a long time, thinking about some new things, which seemed to be announced at the Autumn Harvest Conference...
Of course, soon, the Autumn Harvest Conference will arrive...
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Hongzhou, Chucun.
The autumn harvest is over, and the people of Chu Village gather together again.
There are more than 200 people, and their expressions are very excited. The new production methods introduced during the spring plowing season have successfully allowed these people to create miracles.
"What a great harvest! What a great harvest!"
Chu Fang grabbed the grains in the granary. There were so many grains that they couldn't fit them in. They didn't prepare a large granary at the beginning because they themselves didn't expect such a harvest.
And according to what they learned when they went to the market, other villages were not surprised by the bumper harvest, but the output of Chu Village still surprised people in other villages, because the total output of Chu Village was almost 2% higher than them. Around ten.
There are some doubters in the market.
The Chu people in Chu Village were very happy and exploded firecrackers to celebrate this event.
With the bumper harvest in Chu Village, questions from other villages gradually spread among the factories and markets.
"I didn't think they would change much, but now it seems to be much worse."
"Why is this happening? Did they pay less public property?"
Some leaders really couldn't figure it out, so they went to ask Yuzai, but Yuzai had already expected this.
Yuzai brought a basin of water.
The leader thought he was being asked to drink, but when he was about to take action, he was stopped by Yu Zai, who asked him to stare at the basin of water.
"Are you enlightened?"
No matter how the leader looked, he could only see an ordinary basin of water. Yuzai then pointed out that the water in the basin was a pool of stagnant water and was not flowing.
"The social system is the same, and the work is the same. Why does Hongzhou have a rule that after working on a job for two years, you can find another job to study again, and you only need to apply?"
"Repetitive work will gradually make people lose their enthusiasm, and the same goes for farming, so the system will contain goals. The big goal is a sign telling you what to do, while the small goal is a goal that is beneficial to you."
"When it comes to their own interests, people tend to be very motivated. From a time perspective, the shorter the time it takes to achieve this small goal, the better."
It is not surprising that the contract system in Chu Village, Niu Village, and our own Akagata clan can achieve gratifying results. This is just what should be achieved after all the conditions are met and their enthusiasm is mobilized. Condition.
A large amount of grain harvest is attributed to correct farming methods, suitable farming time, advanced farming equipment, and of course the most important thing is the enthusiasm for farming.
During the grain harvest, each village came to hand over public property. Those villages that implemented the new system basically saw a huge increase in grain production. It was not very understandable for people from other villages to return.
They plant the same ground, do the same work, and use the same tools and methods. Why is there such a big gap after the autumn harvest?
Because the people's labor enthusiasm is directly linked to the surplus output of labor results.
As the saying goes, "If the salary is in place, who will do the waste?" actually means the same thing.
Water conservancy, fertilizers, farm tools, seeds, natural conditions, social conditions... When these conditions are similar, maybe a normal job can produce 400 acres, but with a little more enthusiasm, it can be increased to 600 acres. The improvement is not big, but the improvement of a village is huge.
If you don't accumulate small streams, you won't be able to form a river or a sea.
In addition, Hongzhou's water conservancy facilities and production conditions have been getting better and better in recent years. Within ten years, except for the Houtian clan who suddenly visited early this year, there have been basically no major disasters.
Many things that seem incomprehensible have actually been changing a long time ago. Just like a few years after the grain harvest, there was a rush to open factories, the second-hand goods market also appeared, and the handicraft streets gradually prospered... …all because surplus products emerged in large quantities, and farmers freed up their time and hands from the land, so they could do small businesses for self-profit.
Hongzhou has never stopped it, but has always carried out effective control.
"In the past, there were not enough cattle, so several families shared one cow. Later, wild cattle were domesticated. It has been ten years now, and the breeding of domestic cattle has also expanded. Another batch was snatched from the Jinyun family, and another one was sent from the Central Plains. Batch, now every household, all the old Hongzhou people, and those who still take farming as their main job, almost have cattle."
Not to mention 100,000, there are still 10,000 to 20,000 cattle, all thanks to the work of agricultural and livestock stations and cattle and sheep factories.
Twenty thousand cattle sounds like a lot, and it seemed unbelievable in the tribal era, but Hongzhou is no longer in the tribal era.
And even tribes, or ancient states, tribes in the Western Wilderness, even small tribes have dozens or hundreds of cattle, while those big tribes that spread over thousands of miles have ten thousand cattle and sheep, which is less. of.
They themselves have cattle and sheep, and their vassals also have cattle and sheep. Their cattle and sheep are theirs, and the cattle and sheep of their vassals are still theirs.
Everyone calls Fat Tiger, everyone is Fat Tiger.
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The Autumn Harvest Conference began and ended, and before the party started, the leaders of Hongzhou summarized their work last year and expressed their expectations for work and development in the coming year. They then focused on praising some villages, followed by...
Tong Hong received a steel medal at the Wu Qiu Shou Commendation Ceremony. When his name was called, he was completely stunned.
The leaders of Hongzhou said that you have made contributions, so they will issue you a medal. This is the latest steel medal. First of all, thank you for your hard work for Hongzhou over the past ten years...
The words of praise were thrown at him, which shocked him to the point of confusion and trance...
Medals, there were things similar to medals in ancient China, but they were similar rather than identical. The most similar thing was the Alchemy Iron Coupon. This thing was not only a proof of the founding hero, but also a resurrection coin. Of course, it seems that you got this thing. Everyone has been banned by the official account of the old Liu family...
Medal rewards, this is the latest reward system customized by Yanzai. Just like what was said before, it gives people the motivation to make progress, not only materially, but also spiritually.
It is human nature to love vanity, especially among the ancient Chinese, who have the best reputation.
Needless to say, leaving a name in history is one of the highest dreams of the ancients, but if one had the choice to be famous or infamous for eternity, no one would want to be the latter.
But you have to see if this is true vanity or flattery.
As the latest product of Hongzhou, steel and paper must be seen by the public as having more than just fighting enemies and writing self-criticisms.
A steel medal does not need to be made to be as hard as a weapon, but it is still stronger than copper and less susceptible to rust, and a paper roll simply writes the achievements of the person who received the medal.
It is the so-called "Certificate of Honor".
The patterns of each medal are different. The agricultural production medal is a sickle and rice, the textile industry is wavy silk, the gathering industry is a pickaxe and a saw, and the metallurgical industry is two crossed hammers with fire patterns around them...
And animal husbandry…
There were some problems when Yu Zai was making the animal husbandry medal.
I originally wanted to use cattle. After all, cattle are an important means of production in the current era, but considering that the essence of animal husbandry is simply animal breeding, pigs are a stable source of meat and cattle cannot be eaten, so I thought about it and decided to use dolphins. The image was printed on it.
In the process, the cadres of the oil mill were protested by a goat courier.
Because Lao Zi works as a courier, he often gets first-hand information, so he catches the wind and comes here.
A certain tallest goat was very angry and said that he had paid too much for this land. Why did he always have tears in his eyes? It was not just because he saw the tribe sharpening their knives... but also because of his feelings for this land. The land is the depth of love!
Long live the lamb!
However, considering that there were too few sheep in Hongzhou and they were out of proportion to the number of cattle and pigs, they did not adopt Sheep Tou’s suggestion. They just said that they could consider it when there is a collective medal.
Although Lao Zi is not willing to give in, it's okay, as long as he has a chance to be printed on the medal.
The collective medal is also a medal.
But after Lao Zi left, someone in the oil shop said that if Lao Zi's face was printed on the medal, the recipient of the medal would probably think it was a humiliation, right?
In this way, the animal husbandry medal went through some twists and turns, and Douzi became the first pig in Hongzhou to be printed on the medal...
The real "number one!"
Lambo passed by at this time and saw the old wizard of Niu Village wearing the pig's head medal. He was filled with grief and anger and was very unwilling to accept it.
Cows, sheep, and pigs are obviously the same class of livestock. Why can I, a goat, only be a group performer on a collective medal?
Only the world where the lamb was injured has been achieved.
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Chu Fang also received a medal, but his medal was a collective medal, which was very large and made of steel. The pattern was six ears of rice surrounded by three sickles.
Chu Fang heard that these three sickles, namely stone sickle, copper sickle and iron sickle... symbolize the Stone Age, Bronze Age, and Iron Age.
"The individual medal only has one sickle, and the collective medal has three handles. The second level of meaning expressed is unity and cooperation..."
After the Autumn Harvest Conference, the people of Chu Village and Chu Fang returned to the village with large medals and certificates of honor. The words "Advanced Production Village" were written in black ink. They looked as ordinary as those self-reflections, but let People understand that what is special about this certificate is the bright red steel seal.
Seal is not a special thing. It appeared together with talismans and deeds. From the late Neolithic Age to the Shang Dynasty, its role was naturally as a "goods bribe" and a voucher for transactions. Later it developed into "zhang". , Xi" stage, that was a matter of the Zhou Dynasty.
When this thing developed into the Qing Dynasty, a big figure emerged, that is, Qianlong. Because he stamped too many stamps, he was called the "Barrage Master" and the "ancestor of the psoriasis advertisement" by later generations. It is said that Qianlong stamped many stamps. Everything has depreciated...
The words Yu Zai put on the steel seal were very simple - [Seal valid/Hongzhou Administrative Oil Factory].
The reason why it is an oil mill is because everyone works here. Now the old oil mill is no longer a place to pump oil, but has become a small government annex.
And in order to prevent anyone from imitating it, not only did the large characters not use the current era's characters, but simplified characters, there was also a circle of strange small characters around the seal, which is Xiaozhuan.
Anyway, they are all made by pouring molds, but the person who made the mold was confused at the time and had no idea what these words were.
The people of Chu Village made a wooden frame to protect the certificate of honor, and hung the collective medal in the most conspicuous place at the door of the village chief's house.
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Hongzhou, Niucun.
He has not yet recovered from the surprise given to him at the Autumn Harvest Conference two days ago. Not only did the whole village receive collective medals, but he also received a personal medal for advanced producers, including a certificate of honor.
On the Animal Husbandry Medal of Honor, a four-toothed little Dangkang smiles cheerfully on the steel medal.
The old wizard seemed to be possessed these days. He took the medal with him wherever he went. He also went to the market to buy a glass plate, hoping to use the glass plate to press the certificate.
Recalling every bit of what I experienced back then, step by step, I have reached the present day, and the reputation of Niu Village has finally spread throughout this land...
I had chosen to work with Chu Village, and it was indeed the right thing to do. Not only did the food harvest increase, but it also strengthened the village's productivity, and even received a great honor.
The old wizard suddenly remembered the transformation of his family, from being incompetent and furious at the beginning, to determined to overthrow Yangcun, to catching up and working hard to produce...
The old wizard bought something from the market, returned to the tribe, took a sip of wine and meat, sandwiched salted beans, and looked at the cow totem that had returned long ago.
"With the loss of God, we have no choice but to cut off our dependence on God. Looking at it this way, could it be that what Yangcun did back then was helping us?"
"Of course it's impossible, but I always feel that everything that happened has some kind of vague connection..."
The old wizard of the Tong Hong clan lowered his head, took off the medal, looked at it, and rubbed it carefully in his rough palms.
Although this steel medal is an intangible honor rather than food and drink, it contains a great power.
Like steel, strong and resilient.
