After knowing the general situation of the major forces in the east, Wang Jing did not rush to send troops, but continued to stay on the island in the middle of the lake.
Because the next round of rice in the farmland is harvested again.
This harvest yielded more grain than last time.
As the people of Donghu County continue to reclaim land, there will only be more and more food in the farmland.
However, at this time, Shen Yi discovered two more important problems.
"The first problem is that the people's enthusiasm for reclaiming wasteland is gradually fading. According to my estimation, if the fields are still farmed according to the military settlement method, only rations are left for the people, and all other food is taken away, the enthusiasm of the people will be greatly affected. Suppression!"
The first time a problem is discovered.
Shen Yi, the magistrate of Donghu County and the second-largest person in charge of civil affairs under Wang Jing, quickly came to report.
"Huh? The people's enthusiasm is gone so quickly?"
Wang Jing was a little surprised.
Except for the first batch of people who left the beggar army to follow him, the other people were refugees rescued from the Murong family.
As the saying goes, life-saving grace is repaid by a spring of water.
Wang Jing doesn't expect them to be loyal to him, but helping him farm for a few months is not too much, right?
What's more, he also gave the people under his rule enough food every day and did not starve them.
Chen Yi said: "They are not the later refugees, they are the first batch of people who followed the lord! During this period, many men and women fell in love with each other and got married under the witness of the security chief."
"After these people get married, they want to own their own houses and land as the foundation of their family... These are human nature, and they are not dissatisfied with their lord, but their enthusiasm is not as strong as before!"
As the saying goes, when you are full and warm, you miss the best.
When people have food, they will have other desires.
After getting married, I thought about owning my own land and house, and thinking about having children to provide incense for me in the future.
It is normal for their motivation to weaken when their desires are not met.
This is human nature. In the source world, even a generation of great men cannot forcibly reverse it, and they can only compromise in the end.
The solution to this problem is very simple. As long as the current model of eating in a big pot is replaced by a small stove, and allocating fields to the people, no problem will be a problem anymore.
"The enthusiasm has weakened... If we divide the fields, this problem can be solved directly. But Mr. Shen, you know that the major forces in the east often have tens of thousands of troops, and hundreds of thousands in Dingkou."
"We want to expand eastward and fight against many forces, so we have to use every ounce of our strength! It's easy to say how to divide the fields now, but after dividing the fields, we need to establish a system to collect taxes."
"Can the taxes collected from less than 20,000 people support our military expansion and war?"
Wang Jing was very clear-headed.
The common people are a group of people who are very easy to be satisfied. As long as they have food to eat, they can endure it.
But the common people are a group of people who are not easily satisfied.
No matter how many benefits you give them, they may think you are good for a while in their hearts, but once you treat them badly, they will feel resentful in their hearts.
Since ancient times, people's hearts have been like water, which is very difficult to figure out.
It is easy to divide the fields, but how much tax will be collected after dividing the fields? If we collect too little, we will not be able to support military expansion and prepare for war. If we collect too much, we will easily hurt the people's hearts.
When the fields are not divided, even if the people's enthusiasm for farming weakens, as long as everyone is working, they will not say much.
But if the land is divided, they will treat it as their own. The food they grow naturally belongs to them. To harvest it is to draw their blood.
Therefore, Wang Jing would rather maintain this situation and wait until there are more than 100,000 people and enough food and grass savings before he considers dividing the fields.
"My lord, what I'm thinking about is that I was negligent!"
Shen Yi thought for a while and agreed with Wang Jing's point of view.
In troubled times, food and grass are life! With food and grass, you can build city roads with work in exchange for relief, and you can also recruit refugees to continue to grow.
The people under the rule are now less motivated, but there are not many complaints.
When the people are eager to divide their fields, decisively dividing their fields can win over the people.
"What about your second question?"
Wang Jing asked.
Chen Yi quickly came back to his senses and said: "I wonder if I am too sensitive, but I always feel that the rice growth this time is a little slower than the previous times. Well, it is about half a day slower. It is difficult to find out if you are not paying attention! "
"What? Are you telling the truth?"
A long time late?
Wang Jing's expression changed slightly and he asked quickly.
You must know that the plants and fish and shrimps in the lake are now blessed by world consciousness, and their reproduction rate is five times that of the original world.
Half a day's delay means that the growth cycle is extended by one forty. Of course, this little time is nothing, but it represents a very important trend.
That is the power of the world's blessings, which is likely to be slowly declining.
Chen Yi said: "This is what I personally observed, and it cannot be false! My lord, if the rice growth cycle is extended again, then the situation will not be good!"
He does not have the gift of insight, but through his recent observations of the world, he also concluded that the reproduction rate of all things in the new world is five times that of the original world.
Therefore, after he discovered that it took longer for rice to mature in the farmland, he solemnly came to Wang Jing to report the matter.
Make this a big deal.
"If it is extended by half a day this time, it may be extended by one day next time... At this rate, it won't be long before the five-fold reproduction rate returns to normal!"
Wang Jing murmured.
Half of the hundreds of millions of people who have descended on the world of China now rely on the fish, shrimp and beasts born at five times the reproduction rate, as well as the rice and cereals grown to survive.
The other half have become refugees under the constant war between various forces, and their lives are precarious.
In the future, when the reproduction rate returns to normal, the refugees who do not have enough to eat every day will inevitably become even more miserable. They may die of hunger if they change their children for food.
"Mr. Shen, now it takes longer for rice to mature... Do you think we should continue to immerse ourselves in farming and accumulate grain, or should we expand eastward according to the previous strategy?"
Wang Jing frowned at this time and asked.
Shen Yi said decisively: "Of course we will continue to expand eastward!"
He looked a little serious and said solemnly: "I also know the importance of food and grass, but now is a time of great war. If we cannot grow quickly, no matter how much food and grass we accumulate, we will only become the food of others!"
“We can’t stop cultivating and farming, but we can’t stop our external expansion either!”
Wang Jing suddenly thought of Yuan Shu's more than one million soldiers and his army of one hundred thousand in the north.
indeed. If I just focus on farming and put my body here, what if I keep farming and accumulate hundreds of thousands of tons of grain and grass?
Without powerful soldiers and horses, too much food and grass will only arouse the greed of others.
Apart from anything else, if Yuan Shu sent tens of thousands of troops to come, Wang Jing would be unable to resist with only three thousand troops.
