The trees on the nearby hills are still green, the rice in the fields is golden, there are cattle grazing not far away, and a line of geese flies in the sky from time to time. Everything is thriving, the earth is full of life, and the people who work in the fields are smiling. This is the scene of the people's happiness and the country's peace and security.

Wang Anshi stood in front of a row of bamboos, looking at the scene in front of him, his heart was surging.

In Yinxian County for several years, Wang Anshi organized the construction of water conservancy and the establishment of schools, and worked diligently, hoping that such a scene would appear. When he left from there, he felt that he had done it, but compared to the camp here in Zaoyang, he had not done it.

There were no poor people under the farms. There is endless wasteland outside, and the yamen can borrow seeds, farm tools, and even help build houses, how can there be poor people? What should I do if I don't repay the loan? People are resettled in the village, the seeds borrowed are planted in the fields, the houses are surrounded by neighbors, and the farm tools are used every day to go to the fields with the villagers, and the crops are immediately repaid with grain, and it is not easy to run.

In Du Zhongxiao's words, the money and grain loaned by the yamen were immediately converted into fixed assets, and as long as the seeds were planted, the crops in the field had already decided that they would not lose their capital. It's not that there are no floating waves, who plant the land for a few months, eat and clothe themselves warmly, and then stop drying, and flee with bags of grain on their backs and don't know where to go. It is nothing more than the crops in the field that the villagers take care of together, the house is still there, and the harvest is enough to ensure that the yamen will recover it with interest.

Why is it so hard to learn here when it is so hard to learn elsewhere? Because the yamen has money. Even if there is an occasional shortfall, the money earned elsewhere is enough to make up for it, so that there will be no arrears. Moreover, there are no large households in the countryside, mainly small homesteaders, and social stability.

Wang Anshi has his own understanding. Cultivating wasteland and repairing water conservancy is a measure for developing agricultural production, and cracking down on large households is a way to ensure the authority of the government and social stability. When you arrive in Shuzhou, you should learn the practice of doing farm work, take away the customers first, and let the big households go bankrupt. There is only one difficulty, and the state does not have such a strong capital as farm work.

Therefore, we should first set up shopping malls, establish village communities, and if the state and county have financial resources, everything will be easy to do.

He Da carried the burden and walked leisurely on the road. There were a few big grapefruit trees on a small tree on the side of the road, and the branches hung low, and a bird squatted on it, looking at He Da who was coming vigilantly.

He Daocheng straightened up and said to Wang Anshi: "Official, this is He Da who collects eggs in the village." Every day, he gets up early to collect duck eggs and comes back to the fields. At noon, I went to the neighboring village to collect all kinds of sundries and sell them to the shopping mall to earn some money to supplement the family. ”

Wang Anshi looked at He Da who came over, and nodded slightly: "This is a diligent person, and he can't rest in the morning and evening." ”

He Daocheng said: "We countrymen rely on our two hands to earn food, how dare we rest?" When He Da came to camp in the fields, he had no long things, a small basket on his shoulder, and he didn't even have a change of clothes. Now, in addition to the fields for farming, I still have a few acres of land and dozens of mulberry trees, all of which have been earned day and night. As long as you are willing to work hard, your life will get better day by day. ”

Wang Anshi said: "Yes, as long as you work hard, life can get better, which is very rare." In most places in the world, even if you work all day without rest, your life can only be difficult to maintain, how many people can gradually get better? ”

When I talked to Du Zhongxiao two days ago, Du Zhongxiao once said that when the world is peaceful, there will be general poverty. The man who works will always earn less than he will spend. Life will get better and better, expenses will also get bigger and bigger, and it will be more and more difficult to save money in your hands. The same is true for those who farm the land, if the harvest is good, the price of grain will fall, and if the harvest is not good, unless the court provides relief, everything needed for farming will rise rapidly. The field business has just started, a large number of fields have been cultivated, and the big families in the countryside no longer farm, which is called a dividend. For the people under his rule, this time is the time when the dividends are the fullest. At this time, there will be what He Daokai said, as long as you are willing to exert your strength, life will be better.

When one day comes, the red land is exhausted, and there is no wasteland to open up, even if the family still has so much land, and the days of hard work will be like that. No matter how much grain is produced, the selling price will fall, and the people who farm the land will not make much money. The only way for them to continue to earn money is to establish village communities and transfer labor out of agriculture. In fact, industry and commerce feed agriculture and eat the dividends of industrial and commercial development. When there is no labor transfer, or the dividends fed by industry and commerce are eaten up, they will enter a state of general poverty again.

Regarding the general poverty that Du Zhongxiao said, Wang Anshi will be skeptical. Logically, this statement makes sense. But on the other hand, the wealth of the world is always increasing, and the people of the world are generally poor, where is the extra money?

He Da's village is very typical in the camp field. There is a battalion field and an army, and there are the original customers in the vicinity, which are mixed. He Da is the most typical family in the village who lives a good life, and while farming, he has been turning over all kinds of small businesses. Wang Anshi came specially to listen to what such a person would say. In his eyes, what is the camp and field work really like?

Seeing that He Da arrived in front of him, He Daocheng said: "Da Lang, this one is an official from the imperial court, ask you something." ”

He Da put down his burden, went to Wang Anshi and saluted: "Xiaomin He Da, I have seen officials." ”

Wang Anshi said: "We talk on the side of the road. ”

When he arrived at the bamboo repair on the side of the road, Wang Anshi said: "I heard that when your family came to camp in the fields, they had nothing to do and were destitute. In less than two years, he has a land and a house, and he also does a small business on weekdays to earn some money to supplement his family. How are the days, can you tell me about them? ”

He Da was a little embarrassed, and He Daocheng urged again and again before he opened his mouth. He didn't know what Wang Anshi wanted to know, and he didn't know what to say, so he had to start from his own work in the camp and how to slowly get better.

Last year, the village only organized the construction of canals and paved roads, but did not farm the land. He Da planted some grain on his family's private land, and the harvest was passable, and he collected a few stones of grain. With this grain as a foundation, his family now receives less grain and more money from the fields.

Small businesses usually don't make much money, and the advantage is that they always have money in their hands. In the language of doing business, there is running water. If you have living money in your hands, you can seize opportunities. What others can't buy because they lack money in their hands, he can buy it at home. Little by little, the land was planted better than others, and dozens of mulberry trees were planted around the private fields. When his wife returned, she raised silkworms. In addition to weaving silk with his wife at home, he can also sell silkworm cocoons, and even sell mulberry leaves to other families, and the money in his hands is getting more and more abundant.

All things add up, and the funds in He Da's hands are much more abundant this year. He has been collecting local products and sundries in the surrounding villages, and with channels and more funds in his hands, he can collect some things that he couldn't collect before. For example, precious furs, precious medicinal herbs, and so on. If you can do these businesses, you can make a lot more money than before. Keep scrolling, it's not like it used to be.

Wang Anshi listened and nodded. I listened to many negative words from Du Zhongxiao, and finally found words to encourage me in He Da. This is a typical example of a small farmer, who is both a farmer and a businessman, and lives a better life step by step. Everything he has has been accumulating slowly, and he has not suddenly gained foreign wealth, and he has slowly become a well-off family. From nothing, in a year or two, he became a rich peasant in the countryside.