Chapter 857 Arrangement of Government Affairs

It was clearly a planned sneak attack, but before they even reached the city wall, they found that the enemy had already lined up their troops outside the city waiting for them, and they had also prepared a large number of powerful lethal weapons in advance.

This is not an unfair loss!

The three elders, Mi, Dou, and Sheng, who originally thought that Tiezhu was good, were now afraid of Tiezhu. This man was too scary. When he was first brought back by Niuwei, he was really a little blacksmith. He was submissive under the hands of Elder Yuanjin and did whatever he was told. Unexpectedly, this boy with thick eyebrows and big eyes was actually pretending, and he secretly inquired about their intelligence and then told the Han tribe.

Ugh!

Several people sighed in their hearts. Tiezhu was powerful, but the leader of the Han tribe was not a good person either. He actually started to plan against them so early.

It was ridiculous that they had repeatedly discussed how to deal with the Han tribe, but the eyes and ears of the Han tribe were right next to them, leaving them with no secrets at all.

At this point in the meeting, basically everyone present had made the necessary arrangements, and there were still four county governors whose appointments had not been announced, so Xue Qingyao continued.

"Let's talk about the arrangements for the other four county governors!" Xue Qingyao paused, flipped through the documents in his hand and continued.

"The county governor of Xianfeng County will be Niu Wei, the former Shang elder of Xin Tribe, and he is currently on his way.

"The county governor of Guanhai County will be Jing Yunsheng, the former county magistrate of Dachang County in Dongxin County, and he is currently on his way.

"The county governor of Yashan County will be Jiang Xuan, the head of the Youjiang clan, and he is currently on his way.

"The county governor of Chaoyang County will be Zhan Mao, the head of the Zhan clan, and he is currently on his way.

"Before the above four people take office, the government affairs in their jurisdictions will be temporarily managed by the garrison Sima."

After reading out all the appointments, Xue Qingyao put away the manuscript, looked at the people in the tent with his hands behind his back, and spoke loudly again.

"All the government officials of the six counties of Qiongzhou will stay. The other military commanders can go to discuss the arrangements for tomorrow's public trial with General Yang."

After Xue Qingyao finished speaking, everyone in the big tent stood up. Xue Tu and Yang Feng bowed to Xue Qingyao, and then took a group of commanders to other tents to hold a meeting to discuss the time of tomorrow's public trial and the arrangements for various ceremonies. The only

ones left in the tent were Tiezhu, the elders of Zhupingzhu, the three fake counselors under the Farming and Animal Husbandry Department of the Governor's Office, and the acting governors of the other four counties.

Seeing that everyone was waiting for him to speak, Xue Qingyao prepared a draft in his mind before speaking.

"I've kept you here mainly to discuss government affairs for the next period of time. Our task is very heavy. After the public trial is over tomorrow, you will each lead the people in your jurisdiction back to your hometown and settle the people as soon as possible.

Especially in the three counties of Jiahai, Guanhai, and Xianfeng, the people in these three counties have basically been recruited as militias, and even their families have been taken to Qingquan Valley, so the county magistrates of these three counties must pay special attention.

Be sure to avoid reducing the number of people on the road, and the people's property, tools, livestock, etc. must be brought with them to reassure the people.

After the people are settled, the next step is the various censuses unique to our Han tribe. Let me tell you the order of the census work. The first is the population census, age, household registration, and whether there are relatives between residents. This is an important basis for our Han tribe to organize the labor force. I hope you can complete it rigorously and seriously.

Then there are houses, whether the people have a place to live. As I said, first do a good job of settling the people.

Then there is the arable land. How much arable land is there in the jurisdiction? What kind of arable land is it? Mountain land, dry land, or paddy field? How big is each area? You should count them carefully.

In the future, the farming and animal husbandry department of the governor's office will adjust the local crop varieties based on the data you report. Don't report it blindly, otherwise I will find out during the twice-yearly inspections, and your county governor will be done.

Finally, it is to assign production to individuals, that is, to register the households of our tribe, and to remember clearly how much land each person should be allocated according to age, how much taxable land, and how much tax-free land.

If you don't remember clearly, you will not be able to collect taxes in the future, and you will delay the leader's important work. At that time, the leader will deal with me, and I will deal with you first.

There is another point that needs attention. I have a general understanding that the terrain and economic industry of each county are different. We cannot force all the people to farm. For example, in Xianfeng County, the local people mainly make salt and don't plant any land. So how many households in your place make a living by drying salt? This also needs to be well counted and then reported, and we will handle special matters specially.

There is also Chaoyang County, where the main residents are the Yu clan. I heard from the leader that they make a living by fishing, so how many fishermen and how many farmers there are should also be distinguished and counted, so that the local economic industries can be planned in advance. "

Xue Qingyao arranged various recent census tasks. After he finished speaking, Tiezhen, who had just been promoted to the governor of Xinhua County, had already entered the role. Although he had not yet taken office, he had already begun to think about the future work.

He suddenly raised his hand and asked, "Sir Governor, our Xinhua County has a large population, sufficient water resources, vast plains, and fertile land. Since ancient times, it has been the agricultural area of ​​the entire Qiongzhou Island. Now that our Han tribe has taken over, I estimate that we may need a lot of oxen, farm tools and various seeds. At that time, I hope that Sir Governor can replenish us as soon as possible.

Another thing is, I estimate that according to the inherent population and farmland ratio of our Han tribe, Xinhua County may have an overflow of farmland. When the land is distributed according to the household registration, what should be done with the extra arable land? It is impossible to abandon the good arable land, right? "

Faced with the question raised by Tiezhu, Xue Qingyao was stunned, and he asked back in disbelief.

"You mean that the people in Xinhua County have more arable land per capita than the people in our Han tribe? How is this possible? In our Han tribe, an adult has 20 mu of land, and children have tax-free land. If all are added together, the per capita arable land of the labor force is at least 30 mu. This is only possible when our Han tribe has sharp agricultural tools, advanced technology, and relatively popular agricultural livestock. How can the people in Xinhua County have a per capita arable land that exceeds ours? Are their farming skills better than ours? "

Xue Qingyao looked at Tiezhen with an expression of disbelief on his face.

Tiezhen smiled bitterly and explained, "Sir Governor, it is because they don't have good farming skills. They just scatter the seeds and leave them alone. They don't cultivate the land as carefully as we do, so they can plant more land than us."

"Oh, so that's how it is!" Xue Qingyao suddenly realized that after all this fuss, the people of the Xin tribe spent less time than the Han tribe on a unit area. No wonder they could plant so much land.

He thought for a while before saying, "How about this, you go back and count first. After the statistics, you report to me how much arable land there is due to the overflow population. At that time, I will take a comprehensive look at the situation and see if I can relocate some people from Xianfeng County. Arable land must not be wasted.

As for the method of drying salt in Xianfeng County, I guess according to the temper of the leader, it must be optimized. By then, the living space of many salt drying households will be reduced, and these extra people can be sent to Xinhua County to farm. "

Actually, Xue Qingyao's thinking was right. Most of the salt ponds in Xianfeng County were formed naturally. A small number of artificially modified salt ponds used natural seawater tides and sunlight to dry salt.

Such salt ponds have low salt production efficiency, but they use a lot of labor. They are typical backward industries that occupy a large number of laborers but do not produce much.

According to Luo Chong's character of loving inventions and optimizing industries, if Luo Chong were to upgrade these salt ponds, one worker could do the work of ten people before, wouldn't a large number of laborers be liberated?

At that time, these people who lost their jobs in drying salt can do other things. Even if they don't want to farm, they can do other industries, such as papermaking, etc. There are plenty of bamboos on Qiongzhou Island. Wouldn't it be a pity not to make paper?

(End of this chapter)