Wei Ci looked at his lord and sighed with emotion.
In his previous life, the lord was best at war. Whoever provoked her, she would fight back even if she had to fight with everything she had. But now, the lord … seemed to be even better at painting a big picture? Her ability to pacify people's hearts was even better. If the lord in the past could be so shrewd, why did she have to be like that?
First, she used household registration and marriage to stabilize the hearts of the women in the female camp, slightly reversing the prejudice of the people in Xiangyang District against the female camp, and stimulating the female soldiers' desire to fight for fame and fortune. Now, she came up with this method of farming to appease the captives and stabilize the hearts of the people in the rear, so that they would work for her wholeheartedly.
The household registration of the female soldiers and marriage after retirement were not in sight yet, but everyone in the female camp was fighting to go to the battlefield.
According to Meng Hun of the Vanguard Battalion, these female soldiers were incredible. They were so ruthless in killing that even the men could not help but tremble.
Similarly, the method of farming was only a verbal plan. The captives needed to be 'mining observation period' for half a year, then they had to cultivate wastelands for the government. After the cultivation, they had to work in the fields and participate in other manual labor. Finally, they had to pay a high grain tax …
Based on this analysis, it seemed that the captives were at a disadvantage. But Wei Ci dared to guarantee with his head that if this plan was spread, they would not have to worry about the captives rioting or taking the opportunity to rebel. The captives would only work hard for the "one-in-ten" grain tax and be deeply grateful to the lord.
Sigh … His lord's painting skills were getting better and better.
Wei Ci complained that Jiang Pengji loved to paint big pies, but he also knew that the pies she painted could be eaten in the end.
"What do you think of this idea?"
Jiang Pengji spoke until her mouth was dry. She raised her hand to untie the water pouch at her waist and gulped down two mouthfuls.
Xu Ke pondered for a while. He was born a commoner, so his heart was naturally more biased towards the interests of the people.
However, he was also Jiang Pengji's strategist. He had to always put her interests as the first standard.
His lord had already spoken about the well-being of the people. Under such circumstances, Xu Ke naturally would not propose to increase the proportion of grain harvests.
He praised sincerely, "This is a very good plan. It can definitely restore the livelihood of the people in a short time. My lord is very kind."
Dongqing has been plagued by natural disasters in recent years. Last year, there was an earthquake, and there was an extreme shortage of food. In addition, the Red Lotus Group and the Tsing Yi Army were in a frenzy of fighting, causing the agriculture in the north of Dongqing to be greatly damaged. The people's livelihood was poor, and the people did not have enough to eat. Sometimes, they would exchange their children for food.
If Jiang Pengji's Method of Stationing Fields was implemented, not only could the people's livelihood be restored in a short period of time, but the people who had lost their land could also return to the fields to work. They could also hoard a large amount of military rations, and they would no longer have to worry about not having enough rations during the war.
This was just one of the benefits!
Another benefit was the effect of the Army Farming Law. It could attract a large number of refugees who could no longer survive!
In troubled times, the people in the territory were the capital. With a large population, would they have to worry about not being able to recruit enough soldiers?
Xu Ke and Wei Ci were both far-sighted people. They not only saw the benefits in front of them, but also the benefits in the future.
Not only were the two strategists deep in thought to further perfect the method that their lord had come up with on the spur of the moment, the audience in the livestream was also discussing endlessly.
Dijiu Nongcai: "You shallow people, you only love other people's faces, but I'm different from you. I only love the streamer's talent. Every time she seriously thinks and solves a difficult problem, that look … is so handsome that I can't close my legs."
Qiuyue Qiupiao: "The person above, don't interrupt me. Even a love-struck fool has to choose the right time. Why does the Army Farming Law that the streamer mentioned sound so familiar? It feels like it was Boss Cao's subordinates, Zao Zhi and Han Hao, who suggested Boss Cao to set up this Army Farming Law? "
Niang Eunuch Zhongma: "The person above, you're right, but the two seem to be very different, right?"
Tumi Dalao: "I checked on Baidu, it's really different, right? Boss Cao's Army Farming Law greatly restricted the freedom of the farmers. They were almost bound to the land, and their lives were very hard. The government collected a ratio of either 50% or 60%. In the later period, the exploitation was very serious, reaching a ratio of 80% to 20%. The farmers rebelled and fled. Later on, the land was heavily invaded, and the Army Farming Law was basically abolished. "
Shizuo Xinghuang: "How should I say this? After reading the information on Baidu, I only have one thought — leave a way out in life, so that we can meet again in the future. Even if the farmers were just captives, refugees, or slaves, they couldn't be 100% cut off from their livelihood. The tolerance of the people in ancient times was beyond imagination. As long as they weren't forced to the point where they couldn't live, they wouldn't resist at all. They would only choose to accept adversity. "
Yewu Yanling: "That's why I said that the streamer's ability to trick people is really strong, and it's worth learning. She asked them to reclaim the ownerless land, provided some small things during the reclamation, and waited for them to harvest a big share of the profits. The people were still grateful to her. "
Suifeng Xiaose: "It's not a trick, is it? For this chaotic world, the streamer is already considered a very good person. "
Jiang Pengji frowned, and her gaze drifted past the words "exploitation in the later period," "the farmers rebelled and fled," and "land invasion."
At that moment, a viewer asked her.
Yunshu Dabaobao: "Why did the streamer suddenly think of this?"
Jiang Pengji thought about it and shared her thoughts.
Streamer V: "My troops will help the people farm when they are busy with the spring plowing and autumn harvest. This can be considered an inspiration. In addition, there are many records of farming in the book given by Mr. Cheng Cheng, but the scale is very small, so farming in the field is not well-known."
To the common people of ancient times, the method of farming that she spoke of was perhaps astonishing.
But according to Jiang Pengji's thinking, this suggestion was logical.
As Wei Ci said, no matter how rich the iron mine was, it would be dug out one day. How would the captives be settled then?
There would be more and more captives in the future. Would they all be thrown into the mines?
Regardless of whether they were captives or ordinary people, they were all "on the same side" to her. She had the obligation to "take care" of these people.
Jiang Pengji's "taking care" of them was not to prepare food and resources and let them stay at home to eat and drink and wait for death. Her "taking care" of them was to exploit the labor force of the person to the greatest extent and develop their ability to contribute to society so that they could support themselves. If the person was useless, Jiang Pengji would give up on such a person.
This was the same as what Jiang Nongqin had said before.
Those who were willing to save themselves could be saved, but those who were unwilling to save themselves were hopeless.
From another perspective, this could be considered as an alternative interpretation of teaching a man to fish was better than teaching a man to fish.
If the captives had nothing else to do, they would help the army to open up wastelands and learn how to grow food.
In Jiang Pengji's previous life, the Federation pursued the idea that every citizen was a soldier. Every citizen had a certain amount of combat power.
Similarly, she hoped that her people were as valiant as them. They did not need to have high combat power, but they must be able to fight!
From this, it could be seen that they should learn how to fight when they were idle.
When the above ideas were put together, the embryonic form of the "farming method" could basically be formed.
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