Urban Sims

Spring is coming.

Everything is recovering, flowers and plants are getting greener, and there are more chirping birds in the forest.

Warm sunlight irradiates the frozen land and roads, and becomes muddy.

The Grand Domain, a territory located on the eastern edge of the Kingdom of Wallis, has quietly undergone many changes.

Lord Lord, from the original Baron Conner, to the younger Baron Downey, the housekeeper from the original Bunod Housekeeper, to the young and terrible Lion Butler, the same age as Baron Downey, Are only 18 years old.

For these two young people, the leaders of the Grand Colleagues all talked privately, and I do n’t know what fate will be waiting for them.

Baron Downey, like Baron Connor, give them a good spear when they encounter war, and when they are famined, give a piece of bread that will not starve them to death. When the big beasts arrive, they send out knights to drive them away and protect their livestock.

Everything is unknown. Many elderly leaders even pray in their hearts. They do n’t need the kindness of the new lord. They just want to leave them a way like the last Baron Connor.

It is now another year for spring, and the season of spring sowing is almost approaching. All the leaders who are about to run out of surplus food at home now want to hear the most from the new lord, who can allow them to continue farming for one year. The tenanted land will not delay the spring sowing this year.

Uh ...

In the castle hall.

Sat in the first main seat, dressed in a bearskin fashion Donny, holding a parchment notice in his hand, his eyebrows twisted heavily.

"Ryan, if these" Agricultural Reform Orders "you wrote, if they are implemented, will the lazy farmers in Gran Collar really be more lazy?"

Donny's enlightenment education since childhood, the inherent impression of the farmer is two words, laziness.

Because the farmers are lazy, they have to let them do weekly work three days a week, and do various kinds of caring work. They have to pass all kinds of strange taxes to collect their spare money, so that they will not be idle. , Wandering around the territory.

"Donny, I have explained it to you many times. Those poor farmers have no chance to be lazy at all times of the year. Is it lazy to work and rest for a few days? Absolutely not! On the contrary, in order to solve the problem of the year Food and clothing, in order to raise children and children, in order to pay tax, their burden is already very heavy, now we give them some relief, so that they have extra food supplement nutrition, have sufficient rest time to restore physical strength, so as to higher Cultivate the land with a high efficiency to form a virtuous circle and increase the agricultural output of the territory ... "

"Downey, I'll give you a contract here. After the implementation of this Agricultural Reform Order, if the total agricultural output of Grand Collar this year does not exceed 30%, or the tax collected by the tax officer will increase, If the rate is less than 10%, these reform orders will be abolished immediately! But if these growth targets are achieved, then continue to implement this order and then revise and adjust it! "

"This……"

Downey is still a little hesitant. He is completely contrary to what Zhou Ming thought. After the implementation of this "Agricultural Reform Ordinance", there is no doubt that the farmer's enthusiasm for labor will not only increase, but will immediately decrease and become more lazy.

The survival goal of these farmers is nothing more than to ensure that they will not starve to death. The surplus food in the family is only enough for one year ’s ration and the seeds of the next year. The extra money is basically donated to the church and will not be left in hand. How many.

If according to Ryan ’s "Agricultural Reform Ordinance": land rent is reduced by 20%, cattle and farm tool rents are reduced by two-thirds, and the weekly work system is abolished, these three are the only ones. Farmers who greatly reduce the burden will soon I would just wander around the territory, and I would never put my mind on farming. After planting enough food for a year, I would do nothing.

But——

To change the way of thinking, from Ryan's perspective, what he said seems to have some sense, and Ryan did not take this issue into consideration, so the "Agricultural Reform Ordinance" he formulated, in addition to the three core articles, there are six Supplementary terms.

Are:

All miscellaneous taxes of farmers are abolished, except for the prey in the territory shall not be arbitrarily caught, and the trees shall not be cut indiscriminately.

If there is a large-scale desertion of farmer fields and abnormal production cuts, the lord will reclaim the land use rights.

The surplus grain produced in the farmer's field should be purchased by the lord at a reasonable price.

Farmers can use grain to buy cattle, sheep, horses and other livestock from the lord, and farm tools such as hoe, sickle, and heavy plow.

Farmers are allowed to trade commodities and exchange their own commodities without taxation.

Farmers' private property is recognized and protected by the lord and is not deprived of at will.

The six articles, according to Ryan's statement, are to increase farmers' enthusiasm for production while ensuring their consumption enthusiasm.

Only when farmers consume their extra agricultural products in various forms, they will have the motivation to expand production and increase production!

Such as a few strong cattle, a set of useful farming tools, a sturdy house ... are the goal of these farmers to increase production and consumption.

If the farmers have achieved these goals and collectively entered a well-off society, there is no other need anymore. Well, the time to encourage childbearing has come. Two, three, three, reward, more rewards , The more rewards, the population increases, and the demand will increase, what should I do? Can only continue to increase production.

There are also fields such as education, medical care, entertainment, etc., which can open up many new consumer items.

In short, according to Ryan's "production-consumption spiral rising theory", the agricultural output of Grand Collar will only appear as a rising straight line, constantly improving, growing and expanding.

Downey is really deeply attracted by this theory, but there are some concerns about whether farmers will really enter the logic of behavior of this production-consumption theory, as Ryan expected. It is really unknown.

If the farmers only ask for food and clothing, no desire, no motivation for extra consumption, then he paid so much "price", isn't it all hit the water float?

"How do you know if you do n’t try it, Downey, do n’t you think we are doing something that nobody has tried in this era? If we succeed, what would it mean? If the experiment fails, it ’s just a loss. After a small amount of money, we are still young, why not try it? "

Zhou Ming ’s words ignited the ambition in Downey ’s heart, yes, it ’s just a year, just that a little money is just a small part of the food stored in the castle granary, which slightly lost him It can still survive.

"Okay! Just implement this" Agricultural Reform Ordinance "for one year, if it is easy to use, continue to implement it, if it is not easy to use, then forget it."

Downey finally nodded. UU reading www.uukanshu.com

the next day.

Zhou Ming personally took a dozen tax officials, rode a horse, and issued this "Agricultural Reform Order" to the villages and towns in the territory, standing in front of the thin farmers, one by one, for them. It was read out.

The rent has been reduced from 50% to 30% now?

The rental price of farming cattle and agricultural tools has been reduced to one-third of the original?

Cancel the weekly work three days a week when the farm is busy?

Just these three, just like a string of powerful mines that bombed all the farmers, no matter the township residents of Rose Town, or the farmers in other ten villages, after listening to the content of this order, it seems to appear In the hallucinations, or shaking their heads desperately, or looking at each other, they all said that such a good thing could not happen to them.

After the housekeeper Ryan finished reading, after leaving the village, there were many dumb farmers who thought they were dreaming, and after pinching themselves hard, they realized that the dream was so real, so he asked others to ask. , Did I just hear it wrong? What did Ryan Butler say?

Zhou Ming was similarly troubled. Several farmers who knew him were brave enough to see him, and they stepped forward to ask similar questions. Zhou Ming answered a few times at first, and he was too lazy to explain it later, Lord What order has been issued, you just have to follow the instructions above, don't ask so much.

Regardless of whether the farmers believe it or not, the nine contents of the "Agricultural Reform Ordinance", after thoroughly clearing out the old tax system, the new tax system established and controlled by Zhou Ming began to strictly enforce these regulations one by one. Go down.

In this drastic agricultural reform, all the farmers in the Grand Collar soon noticed the obvious changes that occurred to them.