Gu Yuzhi's series of questions immediately stumped Xie Changshi, clearly indicating that neither of them had considered this issue before.
The disaster victims have been surviving on relief food supplies for some time now, and they have all forgotten the fact that they have no food reserves left.
Just then, the seeds sent by Consort Liang arrived. The experienced old farmer who had come earlier confirmed that the seeds included important food crops such as rice, corn, chestnuts, and millet, as well as cash crops such as peanuts and rapeseed.
Looking at the seeds, Gu Yuzhi smiled and said, "Plant them all! We'll open a grain store next year and force Li's Grain Store to close down!"
He still remembered Qian Kang's bad idea of having Huang Fu deal with Wen's Pharmacy.
In his opinion, Qian Kang was the worst one!
Chief Secretary Xie immediately pulled Prefect Qi aside and revised the policies for the people in the fiefdom. The land reclaimed by the people belonged to His Highness, and the produce also belonged to His Highness. However, His Highness could give them a monthly allowance. The people who moved to Xinliang could also receive grain per capita in the first month, but from the second month onwards, they would have to buy it themselves.
At the same time, they also encouraged the people to cultivate wasteland during the off-season. The produce from this wasteland belonged to the people. This land was exempt from tax for the first three years, and His Highness would collect land tax from the fourth year onwards.
Gu Yuzhi listened from the side and nodded repeatedly, thinking that Chief Secretary Xie was really smart. He hadn't even mentioned that the grain could be given first, and Chief Secretary Xie had already thought of it.
With the final plan for land reclamation finalized, the next step was housing rental. Like food, the disaster victims certainly wouldn't have the money to build houses. Therefore, in order to help the disaster victims settle down in Xinliang and develop a sense of belonging, the houses in Xinliang would be built uniformly by the royal palace, and the people would use them through rental.
Of course, these people can buy the houses later if they have the money, but this is only for those whose household registration is in Xinliang.
This series of combined punches left the people outside the city completely bewildered; they never imagined such a good thing could happen!
You must register!
Having a house to live in, food to eat, and a monthly allowance—this is truly a windfall!
As long as you don't slack off and work hard, you can live a good life with a house and food in Xinliang.
Despite his young age, Prince Wen is a very kind person. When Prince Wen arrives in Xinliang, they must kowtow to him!
Did Gu Yu know that once these policies were announced, he gained a lot of public support? This was beyond the expectations of Xie Changshi and others, and they were naturally happy to see it happen.
The news that Xinliang was going to collect disaster victims for reconstruction spread not only in Changzhou, but also in neighboring Qingzhou and Quanzhou. It was because of this that Chief Secretary Xie dared to tell Gu Yuzhi that the number would exceed one thousand.
In the vast and sparsely populated northern desert, the fact that the first migration can exceed one thousand is truly a good omen!
Having won the dinner prepared by Granny Xu herself and received such good news, Gu Yuzhi walked with a bouncy gait, appearing extremely happy: "Once Prefect Qi's men who are serving in the government have assembled, let's all go to Xinliang together. During this time, we'll have to trouble Chief Secretary Xie."
There are indeed many things to do, such as registering household registrations and counting grain.
Chief Secretary Xie coughed lightly: "It's Chen Dianyi and the others who are quite busy. I'm just a steward, how could I be so busy?"
He appeared before everyone last time during the disaster relief effort as the Wen family's steward. Now that Xinliang is recruiting people, it's inconvenient for him to show up. Chen Dianyi, who had been teaching in the mansion, was sent out instead.
Gu Yuzhi looked up and saw the mischievous look in Xie Changshi's eyes. He covered his mouth and chuckled to himself. Chen Dianyi disliked talking to outsiders the most, so asking him to handle household registration matters was really putting him in a difficult position.
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As dusk fell, the night air in the northern desert was still quite chilly. Xie Changshi followed Gu Yuzhi into the main room, and while helping him dress, he said, "Your Highness, do you still remember that farmer, Yu Xing, who accompanied Xin Liang with us last time?"
Gu Yuzhi tilted his head and thought for a moment, a dark face flashing through his mind: "I remember, what happened to him?"
Xie Changshi said, "Yu Xing is also among those who signed up this time, and his whole family is going."
Gu Yuzhi's mouth gaped open slightly, and she asked incredulously, "But didn't Prefect Qi say that Yu Xing is very good at farming? If he wants to go to Xinliang, will his master agree?"
After the last inspection trip to Xinliang, Chief Secretary Xie sent someone to contact Yu Xing, but Yu Xing refused.
Because of their experience in farming, their family lived a relatively good life among the tenant farmers in Changzhou. They owned a house and had grain. Over the years, they had saved some money and were planning to buy some land, hoping to stage a story of serfs rising up and singing songs of liberation.
Who knew that a snow disaster would occur in winter, causing grain prices in the city to rise again and again, even though Yu Xing's family had surplus grain, they were still worried.
What finally convinced them to go to Xinliang was the landlord of Yuxing's family. The pickled mustard greens had barely thawed when the landlord came to collect the rent, which was much higher than last year.
Not only that, they also have to pay land tax. Even if the weather is good this year, they won't have much grain left after deducting these taxes by the end of the year. What if there is another snow disaster this winter?
The Yu family dared not gamble, fearing that their house would collapse next year. Just then, Xinliang's policy came out, and after discussing it for several days, the family decided to follow Prince Wen.
They still have some surplus grain at home, and His Highness Xinliang will provide them with grain and money. Their family is also hardworking, so their lives will definitely not be worse than in Changzhou.
As soon as this talent went to register, he naturally attracted attention. Chen Dianyi sent someone back to inform him early on, and Xie Changshi then found Gu Yuzhi and talked about the matter: "I don't quite agree, but the Yu Xing family has made it clear that they will not rent land this year. The landlord can't force them to rent, can he? On the contrary, because of this matter, the previously increased rent has been reduced again."
Xie Changshi really didn't expect this matter to bring such benefits to ordinary tenant farmers, and couldn't help but chuckle.
As he spoke, he pulled out a few sheets of paper from his pocket: "These are some farming experiences summarized by Yu Xing. Chen Dianyi has already agreed that Yu Xing's family can have more land for their own use."
Gu Yuzhi took the paper and read it carefully. There were still quite a few words he didn't recognize, but by adding up the meanings in the context, he could understand the whole content.
He asked silently, "Teacher Shu, are all these things useful?"
Shu Xiaohan found it quite difficult to read. The layout was vertical, and it was all in classical Chinese, but the key issue was that it was all in traditional Chinese characters!
She's not a calligraphy enthusiast, so how many traditional Chinese characters could she recognize?
Shu Xiaohan felt increasingly overwhelmed by what she saw, so she simply turned her head to the side and stopped talking.
Gu Yuzhi blinked her big eyes at her, and when she saw that she had turned her head away, she instantly realized: "Are all these experiences fake? Hasn't Chen Dianyi been deceived?"
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