Now that grains had become the top priority for Weiji General in the theater of operations, Zuoqiu Mingyue the commander-in-chief, those Weiji envoys and commoners were paying attention to it. As a Weiji General, of course, Zhang Tie would not be careless about it. Thankfully, Zhang Tie had long prepared for it. When Taixia Country was facing a grain shortage last year, he had already made many arrangements in Fire-Dragon Bounty Territory. Now, these arrangements could be put into use. Additionally, Zhang Tie was most confident that Fire-Dragon Bounty Territory continued to have a bumper harvest last year. Besides Fire-Dragon Bounty Territory, even the official fields of over 100 million mu in Ninghe Prefecture which he had just taken over for less than 1 year also had a bumper harvest.
The bumper harvest of the official fields of over 100 million mu in Ninghe Prefecture shocked the entire Northeast Military Region. Since the second half of last year, many official fields in Ninghe Prefecture continued to fail in yield or even reduced in yield. Only the official fields in Ninghe Prefecture which were contracted by Zhang Tie realized a miraculous reversal, which was utterly different than that in other regions.
Through Zhang Tie's multi-pronged measures, the official fields of over 100 million mu in Zhang Tie's name had a bumper harvest of soybeans since June last year. Additionally, the autumn wheat that was planted in September was growing well and was about to have a bumper harvest.
With such experiences and the support provided by Fire-Dragon Bounty Territory and Ninghe Prefecture, Zhang Tie had long been confident about the grain production in the theater of operations.
Besides the resources within the territory of Northeast Military Region which he could use, the key to the grain production in the theater of operations was within the theater of operations. Therefore, after the welcoming banquet, all the officials in Huanzhou Province, Kangzhou Province, Ningzhou Province and Military Province had started to run like herding sheep at Zhang Tie's order.
Zhang Tie arrived at Kangzhou City on January 11th. On January 12th, over 200 Weiji envoys who had just arrived at Kangzhou City had left hurriedly and returned to their own places to preside over affairs. As January would end in a bit more than 2 weeks, on February 2nd, when the dragon raised its head. According to the farming season of Taixia Country, on this day, the earth would thaw and become vigorous once again. All the plants would start to grow vigorously here. All the provinces and prefectures would start their spring ploughing on February 2nd. As the new grain seeds had been distributed, of course, the agriculture officials at all levels had to hurry back to preside over the spring ploughing and grain seeds.
In previous years, this would have been an ordinary matter, and the agricultural officials of the prefectures and counties would naturally not be so anxious about such a matter.
However, it was different this year. Because the first order of the newly appointed Weiji General was "Equalization of Rewards and Punishment".
The so-called Equalization of Rewards and Punishment meant that from this year on, the Peacewest Farming Administration would calculate the average grain yield per mu of the official fields within the four provinces and award or punish the Weiji envoys according to the total average grain yield per mu of the official fields within the four provinces and prefectures. Those officials whose yield per mu of official fields was higher than the average grain yield per mu of the official fields within the four provinces and prefectures would be rewarded in terms of money, salary or qualifications and promotion. Those officials whose yield per mu of official fields was lower than the average grain yield per mu of the official fields within the four provinces would be punished. If there was no natural disaster, those officials whose yield per mu of official fields was lower than 80% of the average grain yield per mu of the theater of operations for two consecutive years or 60% of the average grain yield per mu of the theater of operations would be beheaded.
For instance, the average grain yield per mu of official fields within the four provinces was 3,000 kg. According to this base, if the average grain yield per mu of a prefecture in Military Province was lower than 1,800 kg, the Weiji envoy of this prefecture would be beheaded. If the average grain yield per mu of a prefecture in Ningzhou Province was lower than 2,400 kg, half of the Weiji envoy of this prefecture would be beheaded. If the average grain yield per mu of a prefecture in Ningzhou Province was lower than 80% of the average grain yield per mu of the entire theater of operations, the Weiji envoy of this prefecture would be beheaded.
So did the four Weiji envoys of Huanzhou Province, Kangzhou Province, Ningzhou Province and Military Province who were in charge of the Peacewest Farming Administration. If the average grain yield per mu of a prefecture didn't meet the requirement, all the Weiji envoys of this prefecture would be beheaded.
After hearing Zhang Tie's order of equalizing rewards and punishments, besides those officials in the Peacewest Farming Administration who were a bit relaxed, all the officials of the other prefectures and prefectures hurriedly left Kangzhou City as if their butts were on fire.
Zhang Tie pinched these officials' heads with the order of equalizing rewards and punishments. When these officials returned, they would also pinch the heads of the officials in the Peacewest Farming Administration and the Peacewest Farming Administration. Due to the pressure, all the officials in the Peacewest Farming Administration across the theater of operations started to prepare for the first battle of spring ploughing this year.
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On the afternoon of January 12, Zhang Tie was strolling leisurely in a crisscrossed field 30 miles away from Kangzhou City …
After hearing that there were 300,000 hectares of official fields outside Kangzhou City, Zhang Tie became interested in it. Therefore, he asked Lu Yanyu to take a look here and investigate the level of official fields in the theater of operations. The two people left Kangzhou City in two vehicles with some attendants instead of taking airboats.
When they came to the region where this official field was located, Zhang Tie had the driver stop the vehicle on the roadside. After that, he got off the vehicle and started to stroll in the field, closely followed by Lu Yanyu.
Before the new year, there had been a light snowfall outside of Kangzhou City. However, the light snowfall only lasted for two days before vanishing without a trace. In the middle of January, although the temperature outside of Kangzhou City was still a little low, there was already a hint of warmth when the sun came out.
Zhang Tie was still twirling three walnuts in his hand. After last night's banquet, Zhang Tie had returned to his residence in the Peacewest Farming Administration. Even though he was lying on the bed, Zhang Tie had taken 17 more fruits of redemption from the gratitude of golden uangs. As a result, his physical strength increased by over 1,000 kg. Therefore, he had to continue to adapt to it.
After Zhang Tie announced the order of equalizing rewards and punishments in the public last night, Lu Yanyu became more silent today. When the two people approached him, if Zhang Tie didn't ask them, this finance minister of Peacewest Farming Administration would remain silent as he looked pretty meticulous.
There were two items in Lu Yanyu's sleeves. His hands were pinching the corners of the two items, hesitating whether he should take them out or not. In many matters, once it involved personal interests, it was inevitable that he would be swayed by considerations of personal gains and losses …
(To be continued.)
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