My Backyard is the Tang Dynasty Chapter 169

Published at 27th of October 2023 05:55:46 AM

(Thanks to Erye Han of the Peng family, Fat Liang for the reward, and the monthly ticket for the snoozing pig)

"Mr. Sun, are you satisfied with the medical school?" Li Yin asked knowingly, who could build a school for them like Li Yin.

Sun Simiao didn't speak for a long time, looked deeply at Li Yin, and said: "The Tang Dynasty will flourish in the hands of His Highness in the future."

Li Yan was stunned, and said with a smile: "Mr. Sun is laughing, everyone should go back to the post house to rest. In a few days, I will send someone to tidy up the medical school, so that the medical school can officially operate."

Sun Simiao waved his hand and asked his apprentices to go back first. He still had a lot of details to discuss with Li Yin.

After everyone left, Sun Simiao said: "How does Your Highness plan to let the old man manage this medical school?"

Li Yin is also thinking, but he already has some ideas, he said: "Can all the apprentices brought by Mr. Sun be able to consult independently?"

"Old disciples are fine, but some of those disciples and grandchildren have just become apprentices, so I'm afraid they can't consult independently."

Li Yin thought about it for a while, and there were indeed a few young children, but the number was not many. He said: "That's good. The first step of this medical school is of course to recruit students. As for the qualification of students, it is up to Mr. Sun." Make up your own mind, hand over the medical school to Mr. Sun, I believe that Mr. Sun will be fair and just."

Sun Simiao's heart was warmed by what he said, and he said: "Your Highness, you can rest assured that this old man will never do that kind of villainous behavior."

This Li Yin believes in Sun Simiao, and Li Yin has already experienced his upright character, "There is also this medical clinic. I am not letting you make money, but allowing students to study on the spot. Of course, the money earned is also the same. It is up to Elder Sun to control it freely, whether it is a monthly salary, or improvement of food, etc., if it is not enough, you can ask the palace for it."

Sun Simiao nodded. He wouldn't want to be responsible for his own profits and losses.

"Of course, the most important thing for you is to study new medicine and improve the level of treatment. The medical books in this library are all collected by the king. Don't waste it." Li Yin urged.

Sun Simiao came to Yizhou so hard for this, needless to say, he nodded repeatedly.

The two discussed some details before leaving the medical school. Sun Simiao returned to the post house, while Li Yin returned to the palace.

As soon as he arrived at the palace, Jin Daqian also came back. The rice seeds had all been sown, and the people who came to buy rice seeds were basically gone. They bought everything that needed to be bought, but there were still a lot of seeds in the warehouse that were not used up.

Li Yan is relieved, this farming is finally over. This time, in addition to planting rice on the land where potatoes were harvested, there are also newly reclaimed fertile fields. In the past six months and the strong ability of the tractor to turn the soil, a total of 100,000 mu of land has been reclaimed. These lands are all planted with rice, and these lands are reclaimed along the Nanhe River, with convenient irrigation, and they are all rare fertile fields. The land of the Tang Dynasty is sparsely populated, and the land of Shu can be regarded as uninhabited for hundreds of miles. , a large amount of land is vacant. It is still a plain area, which makes Li Yin feel very distressed. If these lands are not used, he can't sleep at night.

As soon as Li Yin entered the palace, Shang Guanyi and Wang Yinlong came back.

"Your Highness!" Both of them saluted when they saw Li Yin.

These two guys are not people who like to flirt, and they are definitely not looking for Li Yin to get close. Li Yin originally wanted to go back to the south courtyard, but at this moment he changed direction and entered the main hall.

"What's the matter?" Li Yin took a sip of the tea ceremony. He spent a lot of saliva with Sun Simiao just now, and now he has to make up.

Shangguanyi said: "The lower official came to His Highness for farming!"

"Farming? What happened?" Li Yin looked at the two and asked.

Wang Yinlong said: "Your Highness doesn't know, His Highness has that Luo Anguo machine to quickly cultivate the land. But the common people don't have it, and they still have to rely on cattle. Since His Highness brought this high-yielding rice seed, the enthusiasm of the people to cultivate It has improved a lot, and a lot of new wasteland has been reclaimed, which is of great benefit to Yizhou, but the labor has become a problem. Although there is more land, there is not enough manpower. Now the price of cattle has fallen. It went up to ten guan, but it used to only sell for about four guan.”

"That's right, Your Highness, and most of the cattle were bought by the people of Yangshu Village. Not only that, the Yangshu villagers also competed with each other for the number of cattle. This businessman is only after profit, so he can't afford too high a price." Is it? In this way, the poor people who wanted to buy cattle with all their wealth can no longer afford to buy cattle, and their lives will not be improved at all, and His Highness also understands that these poor people are in the majority." Shangguanyi added.

The problems they mentioned are the actual problems that currently exist in Yizhou. Li Yin's purpose is to improve the lives of most people, not to make a few rich people richer. He does not believe that a few rich people can lead the majority of people. When you get rich, human nature is greedy, and when you get rich, you only want to get richer.

Now that the entire Chengdu is his fiefdom, what Li Yin needs to consider is the overall situation. The lives of most people are what he needs to change. After thinking for a while, he thinks that rural cooperatives should be established to collectivize production tools and farmers help each other. In this way, it solves the problem of how some poor people who cannot afford farming tools cultivate the land. When they are able to independently afford the purchase costs and increase their own productivity, this cooperative system will also be self-sufficient. Disintegrated.

Thinking of this, Li Yin explained the idea, composition, and implementation method of the cooperative to the two of them.

Both of them were quite surprised when they heard this, and they praised in unison: "Your Highness is really wise!"

"Don't be so busy flattering, I just put forward such an idea on this matter, as for the implementation, it's up to you and the county magistrate, so you must strictly implement it, and those who make trouble can be severely punished, and don't need to report to me! "Li Yin didn't want to play any kind of democracy in a feudal society like the Tang Dynasty, and he had to listen to him in his territory, not to mention that it was a good thing.

After talking about the rural cooperatives, Li Min said again: "In addition, you should also encourage the common people to raise cattle, sheep, pigs and the like in addition to farming. You can also reward some big cattle farmers with some money. Rice and wheat are grown, and these livestock and poultry are also part of agriculture.”

As Li Yin said, both of them took notes carefully. Although both of them were local parents' officials, they were indeed inferior to Li Yin in some respects, which they also admitted.

After talking with them for a long time, Li Yin described his idea to them. Generally speaking, it is to implement rural cooperatives for the poor and encourage the people to develop the breeding industry. , there is no need to force them to join, and it doesn't make any sense. Equalizing the rich and the poor is something that can't be done in modern times, let alone the Tang Dynasty.

Satisfied with the solution to this problem, Shangguanyi and Wang Yinlong bowed to Li Yin and bid farewell. Before they had gone far, they heard Li Yin say, "Call me Wei Tieniu, and if you make some money, your tail will turn up." Woke up!"

Shangguanyi and Wang Yinlong looked at each other, thinking that Wei Tieniu was out of luck.

In Yangshu Village at this time, Wei Tieniu was grinning to feed his two cattle. After earning money from selling potatoes, Yangshu Village's enthusiasm for reclaiming wasteland suddenly increased. Every household wanted to have more land for farming in the coming year. To reclaim wasteland, the cattle are indispensable, otherwise the speed of reclamation will definitely be much slower.

So the rich and powerful villagers of Yangshu Village began to buy farm cattle everywhere. If your family buys one, I will buy two;

Wei Tieniu was feeding the cattle when an official sent him to the palace, saying that Li Yin wanted to see him.

Hearing this, Wei Tieniu immediately put down the grass in his hand, and said, "Mother, I'll go to the palace and feed this cow."

Wei Tieniu's mother came out and said, "Put on the newly bought clothes before going, it's not ashamed to see His Highness in this state."

Wei Tieniu looked at his muddy trousers, smirked, and went back to the house and changed into brand new clothes. Although the clothes were not expensive, they were much better than the clothes he usually wore. I bought it a few days ago from a tailor in Yizhou City.

After changing clothes, Wei Tieniu and the official sent all the way to Yizhou City. The official and Wei Tieniu were quite familiar with each other. Wei Tieniu asked, "Do you know what your Highness is looking for me?"

"I really don't know about this, but after Lord Shangguan and Lord Wang went to the palace, they asked me to come here to find you when they came back. Judging by their expressions, it seems that it is not a good thing!"

Wei Tieniu was silent, a little puzzled, did he make any mistakes recently?

Since he couldn't figure it out, Wei Tieniu didn't think about it at all, but went to Yizhou City talking and laughing with the officials.

Arrived at the palace, Wei Tieniu reported his name and matters, a servant went to report, and asked him to wait in the main hall when he came back.

In the south courtyard, Li Yin is discussing with Cui Yingying about setting up a breeding farm. Since he advocates breeding, he has to be the leader. First, he is setting an example, and second, he is also cultivating cattle to alleviate the problem of insufficient productivity.

"Cows, donkeys, horses, all these livestock are needed!" Li Min wrote and drew on a piece of paper, "Poultry like chickens, geese, and ducks are also needed. Take your time with these things. Cattle are the most important thing. of."

Cui Yingying nodded, "Is this also included in the management of Shengtang Chamber of Commerce?"

"That's right, don't underestimate the breeding industry, it's very important." Li Yin said as he got up and went to the main hall.

In the main hall, Wei Tieniu waited for a while and saw Li Yin walking in.

"Your Highness!" Wei Tieniu looked at Li Yin's serious expression, feeling a little uneasy.

Li Yin asked him to excuse himself, and said, "Tie Niu, the village has made a lot of money growing potatoes this year."

"It is thanks to His Highness's grace that Yangshu Village can be what it is today." Wei Tieniu replied, not understanding why Li Yin suddenly mentioned this.

"Yangshu Village used to be very poor, but now they all have spare money. The people in the village are very happy!" Li Yin asked again.

"Yes, Your Highness, they all remember His Highness's kindness!" Wei Tieniu became more and more confused, thinking that Li Yin would not want to chat with him.

Li Yin asked a few words, then turned around and said, "Then do you know how many villages are as poor as Yangshu Village before?"

Chapter end