It was not just Li Fumu who noticed it, but for Li Fuxin, it was obvious that this was the lice on the monk's head.

Li Fumu went to Yanshi County, but he came to Song County.

Its name is Songshan.

It is equivalent to Yanshi County, and Song County is particularly extraordinary.

There are few plains and many mountains here, and it is known as "Nine Mountains, Half Mausoleums, Half Dividing Rivers".

In such a place, the poverty of the people can be seen.

Such a large county town is just a thousand households, and ordinary markets are not as good as those.

The Dingkou in the county, together, only 20,000 to 30,000 people, and half of the households make a living by hunting. Herbs, animal skins, wood, walnuts and fungus are quite famous.

But, what's the use?

Without a few farmlands, Songxian cannot develop safely for a long time.

Since he is the eldest son of the emperor, he is the emperor's wishes that he understands the best compared to his other younger brothers.

It is not wrong to behave properly in this mission, but if you don’t excel, it will not be worth it to him.

"Your Highness, this spring plowing is extremely important for other counties, but the arable land in this county is only tens of thousands of acres, and half of the people are hunters. In spring, everything grows, and they don't hunt, so Dingkou is still very rich."

The county magistrate of Song County smiled bitterly and said, "If it is labor service, as long as you are willing to give up money, the mountain people will naturally be willing, and two or three thousand people will be fine."

"Two or three thousand people?"

Li Fuxin asked: "According to the rules, how much corvee labor is tributed in Song County?"

"In this county, when the farming period is slack, a thousand people can be recruited, but once they leave the county, they need to provide money and grain. The court is considerate and only three hundred are needed."

The magistrate of Song County couldn't help but say: "Even if these 300 people need two or three hundred trump card per month, if there is no court, the county will be in a dilemma."

Hearing the rule that there were only 300 people, Li Fuxin frowned slightly and was quite happy.

If I recruit two thousand corvee labor, wouldn’t it be several times more than the task?

However, it was thrown away immediately.

It's so simple, the court probably had already thought of it.

Where is your turn?

However, this matter is very likely to be the emperor's school entrance examination, so it still needs to be done.

However, there is really no breakthrough in the spring plowing journey.

“Is there any wasteland in this county?”

Li Fuxin still didn't give up.

"Your Highness, our county is really barren. The slopes on the mountain are not worth the loss. There are only those small valleys and a few acres of land to plant? But the road is narrow and only the mountain people can plant it."

The magistrate of Song County said helplessly.

Song County is a mountainous area with few arable land and a small population, but its finances are quite rich.

Because the mountain goods, fur, wood, herbs, etc. of the mountain people are all things with a wide audience, a market has gradually formed under the mountain.

Two or three months ago, occasionally a tiger, tiger skin, tiger bone, tiger whip was carried out, worth hundreds of stagnant.

The Transportation Office received a lot of taxes, and the number of people in Songxian County was small, so it was naturally abundant.

"Take some people, let's go to the mountains and take a look!"

"Ah?" The magistrate of Song County was stunned.

Helplessly, the prince made a decision and he could only obey.

He led a hundred and eighty patrol soldiers to the mountainous area.

He also knew the thoughts of the King of Qi, so the magistrate of Song County took him to a few small villages in the edge of the mountain.

It is said to be a copycat, but in fact it is just a wooden wall built in a narrow place, where 180 people live in the valley.

Compared with farmers, mountain people have light taxes and are not exploited by corrupt officials, so they are more relaxed and free.

The children fought in groups of three or three, drank mountain springs when they were thirsty, and went to the river to swim when they were hot. The peasant women sewed the animal skins, chopped wood, and took care of the vegetables.

Self-sufficient, seemingly extremely happy and free.

But the living conditions are far less than those of the farmers.

Ordinary children are covered in shabby fur, skinny and full of traces of insects and ants eating.

Fierce beasts, insects and ants, or even a small mountain torrent can eliminate this copycat.

Moreover, there is a very lack of life equipment.

There are not many iron tools at home and not even a hoe. The most are homemade bows and arrows.

Even in the entire village, there were almost no elderly people who died of illness early or fought with wild animals.

So for decades, the population has never increased.

However, in Li Fuxin's opinion, the most lacking is salt.

"Can you let them go down the mountain?"

Li Fuxin sighed: "Knowing that they are in the mountains, the merchants are expensive to eat salt and have to buy it, and they are exploited."

"Your Highness, there is no extra land at the foot of the mountain!" Songshan Ling was quite helpless by these words.

"But if you recruit more corvee labor, your highness, you may be able to improve them. Compared with the fight between beasts, corvee labor will be much more money and safer."

"It can only be solved for a while, but it cannot be changed for a lifetime!"

Li Fuxin's years of learning have not been done without him. He understood that it is better to teach him how to fish than to teach him how to fish.

Without plowing fields, if you wait for a rootless duckweed, it will not last long.

"There are not often mountain goods, animal skins must fight for life, and medicinal materials can live in a dangerous place. Moreover, these need to be attacked and cannot settle down and become rulers and people."

Mountain residents who migrate at any time are unable to provide corvee service and taxes, so they are naturally despised and ignored by the court.

Therefore, a long-term work is needed to ensure that they can settle down and have stable household registration.

...

Luoyang.

With the end of spring plowing, the emperor also received the feedback he wanted.

The nine sons were arranged to Gongyi, Dengfeng, Mianchi, Yanshi, Yichuan, Xin'an, Yiyang, Luoning, Songxian, and these nine counties.

It can be said that not only Wang Pu’s personal guidance, but also the Imperial City Department of the Sound of the Sound of the Sound of the Imperial City Department, which was carefully observed.

At present, it is basically Li Fuxin and Li Fumu, the most outstanding.

The other princes are only thirteen or fourteen years old after all, so it is already good to be able to calm down.

As for these materials and sentences, Li Jia started to read them seriously.

In summary, Li Fumu's excellence lies in his kindness, compassion for the people, and mourns the hardships of people's livelihood. Although his measures are in line with the rules, this idea is very worthy of admiration.

As for Li Fuxin, it is even more outstanding than expected.

Based on the abundant money and food in Song County, he asked him to buy a large number of cattle and sheep, and then lend it to the mountain people who were in charge, so that they could keep it.

Song County has few arable land and many hills, which is not suitable for arable land, but is suitable for raising cattle and sheep. After all, there is a lot of forage, so climbing hills is easy.

As soon as this move was made, although the treasury in Song County was empty, it had nearly 500 mountain households, adding two or three thousand people in vain.

Moreover, after having cattle and sheep, taxes can be paid, thus truly turning the mountain people into good people.

This really surprised Li Jia.

Adapt to local conditions!

Although lending is likely to cause the yamen to exploit mountain people, or the mountain people to flee with cattle and sheep.

But the flaws do not hide the merits.
Chapter completed!