"My husband is so blessed!" Liu De also praised when he heard it.

"I don't know how much land my husband has?" Liu De also sat on a bluestone by the river and asked.

"The old man's house has three hectares of land, but unfortunately only one and a half acres are upper fields, and the rest are middle fields and lower ......fields," the old farmer replied.

Liu De nodded, and saw that the family of this old farmer should belong to the typical yeoman peasant class at this time.

The so-called Ueda, Nakata, and Shimoda, Liu De still knows.

Ueda is a farmer's favorite land because it is fertile and does not need to be fallow and can be cultivated year after year, but unfortunately, there are not many such fertile lands, and because of the limitations of agricultural technology, many Ueda gradually deplete the fertility of the land after years of cultivation, and it is reduced to a middle field or even a lower field.

As for the middle field, after two years of cultivation, it must be fallow for one year, otherwise, the soil in the land is not enough, and the crops planted will not grow well at all.

Go to the field, plough for a year and rest for a year.

However, the wisdom of the working people is infinite, and I don't know who discovered first that planting soybeans on fallow land not only does not waste soil power, but also effectively fertilizes the land, so soybeans will be planted on generally fallow land.

It's just that the Han people are the heaviest corn, and at this time, even wheat is a heresy in the land, not a staple food, let alone soybeans.

Generally speaking, agricultural and sideline products such as wheat and soybeans are not worth much.

Wheat may be used as food by the poorest families in disaster years, but soybeans are generally used as feed for livestock at this time unless the year is really bad......

The reason for this situation is also known to Liu De.

The reason is simple - this is due to the backwardness of culinary technology and food culture.

At this time, the cooking techniques of the chefs were relatively primitive, and there were basically no other tricks except cooking, steaming, and boiling.

Moreover, like a mill or something, it was not invented at this time.

So like buns, steamed buns, noodles, rice noodles, tofu, and tofu brains, none of them exist at this time

Regardless of wheat and soybeans, if you want to eat them, you can only boil them.

And how bad the taste of wheat and soybeans is when eaten after cooking, everyone who has eaten it knows it!

Soybeans, in particular, can cause bloating after eating......

Therefore, the tofu invented by Liu De's cousin Liu An is really a great invention that is meritorious in the present and beneficial in the future!

"Uncle, how is the harvest in the field?" Liu De asked again: "What are the difficulties at home?" ”

"Thanks to the blessing of the Holy Son of Heaven, the harvest at the old man's house was not bad, and more than four stones of corn were harvested in one acre of land!" When the old farmer talked about last year's harvest, his mouth couldn't close his mouth, but then he said with some distress: "But last year, corn could only be sold for 40 yuan per stone......

Liu De was also indifferent when he heard it.

Compared with the Warring States Period, the agricultural technology and land yield of the Han Dynasty can be said to have made great progress.

In the early years of the Warring States Period, Li Kui said when he changed the law in the Wei State: Today, one husband and five people rule a hundred fields, and the annual harvest is one and a half stones......

When it came to the Han Dynasty, the yield per mu of farmland was generally increased to three stones, like the time of the first emperor, Chao Cuo had the famous Guisu Shu Zhongdao: the family of five farmers today, its service is not less than two, its cultivators are only 100 acres, and the land of 100 acres is harvested 300 stones.

The yield per mu of Han agriculture has more than doubled compared to the Warring States period!

However, although agricultural technology has progressed, the problems encountered by farmers are still the same problems that Li Kui encountered back then.

The grain is cheap and hurts the peasants, and the grain is expensive and hurts the peasants.

The harvest was abundant, but the price of grain fell, so the money received by the peasants was not as good as in normal times.

When a disaster occurs, the harvest is not good, grain prices are high, and the peasants cannot afford to buy grain and seeds, so they can only sell their fields, sell their land, sell their sons and daughters, and eventually go bankrupt.

In the long feudal society of more than 2,000 years in China, there are many heroes and heroes who have tried to break their heads and put a lot of effort into this problem, but they can only treat the symptoms but not the root cause.

Of course, Liu De cannot surpass those great names that shine in the long river of history.

However, Liu De is standing on the shoulders of these giants.

Therefore, he looks further.

After fully absorbing the thoughts of the political families of the past dynasties, after more than ten years of tempering in his previous life, Liu De had vaguely found a way to alleviate this problem to the greatest extent at this time.

So he comforted: "The old man doesn't have to be sad, the Holy Son of Heaven is always concerned about the suffering of the people in the world, and is already preparing to deal with the matter of the grain and the peasants, and the future will definitely get better and better!" ”

"Really?" The old peasant's eyes widened, but the reputation of the Han family's Son of Heaven was still good, so he immediately said happily: "If this is the case, the old man will rest assured, the Son of Heaven is really still facing us!" ”

Liu De was a little sentimental when he heard it.

The peasants living on the land under their feet will always be the backbone of the country and the nation.

However, from ancient times to the present, there have been very few rulers who have truly put the suffering of the peasants and the lives of the people in mind.

Just like later generations, shouting to serve the people every day, how many people really put the people in their hearts?

Just like now, I'm afraid that the cheap father's mind is more on the Kwantung princes than on the people, that is, Liu De himself, most of this thing is also to brush up his reputation, and he does not really regard the suffering of the people as his own suffering!

But the common people at the bottom have always regarded the rulers at the top as their saviors, until the credibility of the rulers is exhausted, and the people can no longer bear to be oppressed and deceived.

"Let's get this done!" Liu De thought about it, and his attitude also changed.

"Haven't asked my father-in-law's surname yet?" Liu De asked.

"A cheap name is not enough to be respected!" The old farmer smiled freely: "It's just that the nobleman wants to know, and the old man doesn't dare to hide it, the cheap surname is He, and he has lived in this pass for generations......"

Bidding farewell to the old farmer surnamed He, Liu De, accompanied by Zhang Tang, visited several more farmhouses.

There are good and bad situations to see.

However, the peasant families with the best family background only have farming cattle at home, and there are more laborers, so they have more grain in stock.

And the poor family is extremely miserable.

For example, in a peasant family, when the husband was serving in forced labor, he was seriously injured, and after returning he barely managed to raise his body, but he was disabled, and since then the burden of the family has fallen on the wife, and the wife of the family is quite diligent, and has worked hard to pull the three sons and two daughters up, but the family is surrounded by four walls, and there is a debt of more than 1,000 yuan, generally speaking, once the peasant owes the debt, it is difficult to pay off, and sooner or later he will become a tenant farmer or slave of others.

Liu De really couldn't see it, and the habits brought from later generations, so he ordered someone to take more than 1,000 copper coins and give them to the peasant woman to pay off the debt.

The family was naturally grateful to Dade, kowtowed vigorously, and even the peasant woman intended to give her young daughter to Liu De, but Liu De refused.

Out of that house, Liu De's mood was quite heavy.

You must know that this is Guanzhong, at the feet of the Son of Heaven, the sons of heaven of the Han family in the past dynasties have been very diligent in buying people's hearts, lightly paying for meager endowments, and constantly reducing the burden on farmers.

But the peasant is so fragile that an accident can lead to the ruin of a happy family.

Just like this family, everything was fine, but once the pillars of the family fell, the whole family was immediately wiped out, and it was not the person's wife who supported it, otherwise, it would have been the rhythm of selling children and daughters.

"Zhang Tang ......" Liu De turned his head and asked, "You said, I helped them, will their situation get better?" ”

"Your Royal Highness is benevolent, the situation of this family will definitely improve greatly, and in a few years, it will definitely be a well-off family!" Zhang Tang lowered his head and said.

"Hehe......" Liu De knew that Zhang Tang had misunderstood, and this Zhang Tang would definitely give special care to this family in the future, exempt from taxation and exemption from military service.

In this regard, Liu De is too lazy to care.

It's just that there is a question lingering in his heart.

"I can help one family, I can help ten, but I can't help the world!"

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Huhu, thank you, it has been on the historical classification recommendation list 00

In addition, I would like to inform you of the good news that there is a strong recommendation 00 next week

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