As soon as Wang Zheng said this, the captains and deputy captains sitting below all showed happy expressions, as the land distribution was finally going to begin.

"According to Tang law, adult men can be allocated dozens of acres of land, but I don't have that much land to give you. I can only give you two acres of paddy fields and one acre of dry land for men, and half the amount for women. This should solve your food problem.

If you feel it is not enough, you can open up new land on your own. There are plenty of mountains and there are no restrictions. Whoever opens up the land can continue to cultivate it in the future.

As I said, if you want to farm, you must farm well. If you don’t farm well, I will take the land back. The same applies to reclaimed land. It doesn’t mean that if you dig two hoes today, the land will be yours forever.

I will send a student to each of your teams. He will teach you how to read, write and do arithmetic, and will also record some of the things you do. You can call them "secretaries."

The first brigade had nearly 4,000 men. Their leader was Liu Laoliu, a sturdy man in his thirties. He raised his hand and asked, "Can we decide what to plant in the fields?"

Someone nearby laughed and said, "The fields are full of water. What else can you grow besides rice?"

"We have to wait until you divide the land. Some land is good for planting, while some land is not sweet. I will tell you in advance that one mu of sugarcane seeds costs one hundred coins. If you want to plant sugarcane after the land is divided, you can come to me when the time comes."

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Compared to rice seeds which only cost a few cents per acre, sugarcane seeds which cost a hundred cents per acre are ridiculously expensive. However, as long as they dare to try, Wang Zheng can make them earn money.

Wang Zheng pondered for a moment and said, "Coal is a good thing. Let's go and have a look tomorrow."

I have never heard of any coal deposits in the city in my previous life, but after more than a thousand years of changes, the fact that there were no coal deposits in the past does not mean that there are no coal deposits now.

After you finish eating, just sow some seeds again. There will be no shortage of it all year round. It is people's first choice for famine preparedness.

After returning to the farm, he took some coke to the blacksmith shop and said, "Here is coke. Try to see if it works."

"You want to grow sugar cane?"

"What is lotus root?"

"We don't have any restrictions here. As long as we make sure the paddy fields don't become dry land, it's fine. You can plant whatever you want as long as you plant it well. Even paddy fields can be used to plant lotus roots."

Wang Zheng was a little surprised. This was a new thing and no one had grown it here before.

He found a slope and had someone dig a small cave. Wang Zhengxian refined several hundred kilograms of coke and took it away.

Wang Zheng nodded and said with a smile, "He is a smart person."

In the Tang Dynasty, there were regulations on what could be planted in the fields. In places where grains could be grown, you would never be allowed to plant fruit trees. Of course, the restrictions were not too rigid, so you could plant whatever grains you wanted.

Li Si smiled and asked, "He didn't wash it?"

Liu Laoliu immediately glared at the person who spoke, "You are the only one who talks too much. You clearly know that I am talking about dry land. Are you deliberately looking for trouble?"

Washed away by the rain, used up by others, anything is possible, time is the biggest surprise.

"The water is cold, and the water in the mountains is even colder. I said I would boil water to wash my face, but it didn't wash my face clean. There are still black spots on my ears and neck, like birthmarks."

Li Si was stunned for a moment and said, "What's the use of coal? It's hard to light and produces a lot of smoke, which can kill people. I heard that someone was killed by burning coal for a fire."

Blacksmith Wang's eyes lit up. "Boss, this coke is very useful. Where did you get it?"

"want to?"

Zhang San asked someone to bring up the food, which was fish cooked with sour radish.

"hey-hey."

The blacksmith's surname is Wang. He is in his thirties and his skills are not very good. He can only repair simple farm tools. He is just a tall guy among the short guys, so he thinks it's a bargain to be given a house.

Wang Zheng felt a little toothache, but it didn’t matter. There were not many seeds anyway. He could start by planting them himself and then promote them slowly.

Everyone was eating together, and Wang Zheng did not follow the rule of not talking while eating. After Zhang San drank a bowl of fish soup, he started telling jokes about Niu Lao San.

Liu Laoliu smiled sheepishly and explained, "I used to work at the dock and picked up discarded sugarcane heads. They are very sweet. Yesterday I asked around and heard that the manager can grow sugarcane, so I wanted to ask if we can grow some too."

Zhang San looked at Wang Zheng and said thoughtfully, "The master must have a way to make the coal different."

"When they were digging for the dam today, they dug up coal. Niu Lao San accidentally rolled into the coal. When he opened his mouth to speak, his teeth were very white."

"Niu Laosan sent someone to bring them back. He was building the dam in sections, starting from the top section. The river valley below dried up, and he caught a lot of fish, so he had someone send some back."

Wang Zheng looked at the huge fish pieces and asked in surprise, "Where did so many big fish come from?"

When Liu Laoliu heard Wang Zheng say there would be no restrictions, he immediately asked with interest, "Can we plant the sugarcanes that the steward has?"

Wang Zheng first scooped a bowl of fish soup and tasted it, and found that it was moderately sour and salty and tasted pretty good.

Without good skills, one would have no confidence. Blacksmith Wang, with a flattering smile on his face, took the coke from Wang Zheng and immediately put it into the furnace. He asked his apprentice to pull the bellows, and soon blue flames came out of the furnace.

Radish is a kind of radish. Now no one wants to buy ten kilograms at a penny. In Shuzhong, you can just clear a few square meters of wasteland, sow a handful of seeds, and eat the seedlings and tubers for several months.

After the meeting, many people left with thoughtful expressions.

When everyone heard that it was fruits and vegetables, they immediately lost interest. Someone muttered quietly: "Radishes can yield dozens of dan per acre, and they are easy to harvest."

The next day, Wang Zheng went to the mountain to take a look. He found that coal had indeed been dug out. He didn't know exactly how much there was, but the coal that had been uncovered was enough for Wang Zheng to make coke.

"I brought back a kind of fruit and vegetable from Chang'an. One acre of paddy field can produce dozens of loads, but it's a bit troublesome to dig."

"Hey, if the price is not too expensive, I would like to buy some."

"How much price per load can you accept?"

Blacksmith Wang thought about it and tentatively offered a relatively low price, "How about ten cents per load?"

Wang Zheng thought about it and nodded, "Okay, but you can only use it yourself, and you have to have a fixed amount every month."

Blacksmith Wang almost thought he had misheard. When he came to his senses, he quickly said, "Then it must be for me."