Chapter 377 The Beginning of Private Ownership (Please vote and subscribe)

The population of Fuma Pass will be 4,000, but Luo Chong obviously cannot throw all the two tribal alliances that have just moved there, which is no different from letting them be independent.

A group of new tribesmen who have come here have not been able to live in Hanyang City, and they do not have a deep understanding of the Han tribe. If Luo Chong directly puts them in Fuma Pass, they may think that Luo Chong does not regard them as his own people.

In other words, they have not yet identified with the Han tribe, have not had time to develop a sense of national pride, do not regard the Han tribe as their own tribe, and have no national consciousness. Similarly, it is not conducive to Luo Chong's control over them, which is equivalent to directly enfeoffing them with a piece of land, which, of course, is not acceptable.

Therefore, Luo Chong will directly disperse the 4,000 new people and mix them with the existing tribesmen of the Han tribe, so that the assimilated tribesmen can influence them around, but this is obviously difficult.

It is easy to let new people move into Hanyang City. After all, no one would object to moving directly from their original shabby place to such a high-end city. However, the population limit of Hanyang City has been filled, and there is no extra space for them to live. In other words, some residents need to be moved out of Hanyang City.

But in this way, the problem arises. The original clansmen live well in Hanyang City. It is as convenient as it can be. Why move to a place with nothing to rebuild?

Not only do they have to rebuild their houses, but they also have to reclaim their farmland. Moreover, because they have lost a lot of river water resources, they can only switch from the original high-yield rice to planting low-yield wheat. More importantly, they have to worry about the risk of enemies knocking on the gate all the time. Only a fool would be willing to move out of the city.

But it is definitely not possible not to move out. In this way, Luo Chong needs to solve this problem, which is the beginning of the transformation from public ownership to private ownership mentioned earlier.

Excluding the important talents who cannot be moved away, such as blacksmiths, carpenters, kiln workers, and important construction technical talents, the remaining pure agricultural households are among the candidates for relocation.

In order to get them to move out on their own initiative, Luo Chong could only come up with a generous reward system, such as distributing livestock. All the people who were willing to move to Fumaguan would be given one livestock per family, including cattle, horses, donkeys, and even pigs, sheep, and chickens, and this would become their private property.

From then on, they had their own livestock, and they could decide what to use them for, as long as they didn't kill the large animal power resources such as cattle, horses, and donkeys. Well, it seems that the ban on killing cattle should also be introduced accordingly.

In addition, they could also get private homesteads and land. In order to make them actively move out, their houses in Fumaguan would be larger than those in Hanyang City, and would belong to them forever, and even if they died, they could pass them on to their descendants, which is what is called the inheritance system in modern times.

The houses in Hanyang City were all built according to unified standards. All the residents were ten meters long and wide, with only three brick houses to live in, but they had to accommodate ten people. Although they slept on a kang, they were all large bunk beds, and the yard was too small.

In a yard that is six meters wide and ten meters long, if you build a dry toilet and a shed for storing firewood, there will be basically no space left. It is okay to raise rabbits and chickens, but if the livestock are also privatized, then space must be reserved for pig pens, sheep pens, cow sheds, and stables. With this calculation, each family's residential land must be very large.

The livestock in Hanyang City are all raised collectively, so the residents naturally don't have to worry about these things, but the villagers in the village must have them, otherwise where can they put their own livestock?

Considering the specific distribution situation, Luo Chong decided to allocate the area of ​​the homestead according to the number of people. The homestead of a male clan member is 40 meters long and wide, which is about 2.4 acres of land, 1,600 square meters; the homestead of a female clan member is 20 meters long and wide, about 0.6 acres, a total of 400 square meters, which is four times smaller than the male homestead.

It looks much smaller than that of men, but in fact it is four times larger than the area of ​​​​residents in Hanyang City. A household in Hanyang City is only 100 square meters. After

all, houses in rural areas are big, and every inch of land in the city is worth a lot of money. In fact, there is no use for these women to have land. After adulthood, they are destined to marry men and form a new family. At that time, the homestead will also be merged together, otherwise they can't build a house somewhere else specifically, after all, the couple has to live together.

The reason why women were given land was actually to balance their status. Even if the two could not get along and divorced, women would have their own place to live. After getting used to the modern system of gender equality, Luo Chong naturally would not want women in his territory to become inferiors. The ancient system of male superiority and female inferiority would not appear in Luo Chong's Han Empire.

Women have their own houses and fields. Whether they live, farm, raise livestock, or work in textile factories in the city, they can support themselves through their own labor. Independent women will not be oppressed. With such a foundation, the status of men and women will naturally be equal. As for compulsory measures, Luo Chong does not need to worry about it at all. As long as his basic planning is in place, society will naturally evolve into what he wants.

After the homesteads are divided, the next is the farmland. This is mainly determined based on the output. Luo Chong cannot just report a number. The main crop planted in Fumaguan will be wheat, so the output of the fields allocated to each person must be enough to feed themselves. The specific data cannot be calculated now. It must be calculated based on the latest expanded wheat output this year. Therefore, the specific amount of land allocated to each person can only be determined. Anyway, there is no rush this year.

However, one thing to note is that farmland is different from homestead. As a place that can produce food, it is naturally impossible to give it to them for free. Therefore, the output of these fields must be paid as agricultural taxes, that is, a portion of the food must be handed over to the tribe.

After the beginning of private ownership, the distribution of their own fields will definitely change their minds. They feel that they have been separated from the tribe and can only support themselves. They have nothing to do with the tribe. This is of course not allowed.

By paying taxes, they can realize that they are still part of the Han tribe. They must not only take care of their own family affairs, but also contribute to the tribe. After all, they are members of the Han tribe. People should not forget their roots and always remember who created such good living conditions for them.

As members of the Han tribe, or citizens of the empire, they have the right to enjoy the protection provided by the empire, but they also have the obligation to contribute to the tribe. Farmers hand over food, merchants pay business taxes, and people must serve in the military. These are all obligations and responsibilities that a legal citizen should bear.

(End of this chapter)