Reclaiming Wasteland: Carefree Mountain Farmer

Chapter 251: Win 1
"Shan Nong Daily! Shan Nong Daily! Autumn Harvest Log!"

The autumn harvest logs went on sale, and many vendors came early in the morning pushing carts to buy the goods.

These include former communal households, as well as children from some communal households.

King Wu allowed children of public households without inheritance rights to engage in business, but did not allow them to hold two jobs at the same time; if discovered, their household registration would be cancelled.

Some teenagers without inheritance rights have no choice but to struggle to make a living.

Although my parents can provide some financial assistance, they have other needs besides food and drink, such as the need for work.

Not working and not having a legitimate job makes it difficult to find a partner and also increases the risk of being kicked out of the workforce.

The newsstands were packed with people buying supplies; it was a good day for the major newspapers to make money.

Simply by buying goods from the printing factory and distributing them to other people, one can make a fortune!
That's how valuable a household registration is.

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Autumn Harvest Log:

"As of the autumn of 12 AD, the total population of the country was 8117 million, and 1013 million newborns were registered this year, not counting captive slaves who had not been registered as Shan Nong citizens."

"There are 40 billion mu of public arable land in the whole country (Eurasia). This year, 8 million mu will be cultivated for training purposes, mainly to test the production capacity and the effect of large-scale cultivation, and will be mainly supplied to 200 million public households."

"The total wheat production for the year was 273 billion jin, averaging 13650 jin per household."

"The annual wheat production was 866 billion jin, potatoes 68 billion jin, and rice 194 jin, while the remaining vegetables, fruits, and oilseeds were negligible."

"The number of cattle in public households is 5280 million, with 550 million slaughtered in the north and 136 million in the south."

"The state-owned farms have a total of 1.2 million sheep, including 8000 million sheep and 4 million goats, and slaughter 2 million sheep every year."

"The public households raise ten million horses, mainly for sale and transportation."

"There are 1.2 million sheep in the country, producing 185 million tons of mutton annually."

“公元12年，全国人均可支配收入3两983钱，比上年提升3%。居民人均消费支出2两683钱，增长1%。”

"By place of residence, the per capita disposable income of urban residents in northern provincial capitals (including Luoyang) was 8 taels,406 yuan, an increase of 5%, and the per capita consumption expenditure of urban residents was 4 taels,16 yuan, an increase of 15%."

"Among them, the average income of non-local residents in Luoyang was 4 liang 650 qian."

"The total length of railways in the country is 1.5 kilometers, the length of highways is 2 kilometers, and there are 169 trains."

"Pig iron production reached 980,000 tons, steel production reached 60,000 tons, cement production reached 500,000 tons, coal production reached 34 million tons, firearms production reached 350,000, warships were built, and cotton textile products reached 1000 tons."

"The newly added public households numbered 25, and their sources were: public households that moved west, public households who possessed technical inventors, those who entered officialdom through the imperial examinations, railway and highway construction workers, and outstanding performers in construction teams."

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The autumn harvest log of the twelfth year of the AD was not much different from that of previous years.

Wages continued to rise slightly, grain production increased, and King Wu issued some decrees.

Those who were dismissed from public households were also given money for resettlement and sent to do business or become farmers in the border areas of Lingnan and Huanghuai provinces.

If the descendants are successful, they can regain public household registration through an examination.

Si Jiuba was looking at the newspaper, and the rest of the people in the shop were also reading today's autumn harvest log when they had free time.

The autumn harvest log was a major event every year, and in the days before television, newspapers were also a favorite among women.

As Hu Yan watched, her urge to share kicked in, and she said, "This year, over 100,000 households were fired, a total of 2.7 million people left."

Retired palace maid Tanibo bluntly said, "Those who are fired are all useless people. If you work hard, would you be fired?"

Fang Wen, a loyal servant of Beijiwu, echoed his sentiments.

"That's right, they don't work properly and all they do is drag the rest of the team down. Even a small matter requires the King of Wu to personally go and solve it."

"They gave us the design drawings, but we still couldn't build it. We deserved to be fired."

"Look at those people being fired in the newspaper, are any of them innocent?"

"I heard it. Those who were fired in the city were all people who smoked, drank, beat women, and extorted money. These people were born of Wen Chao, they were evil by nature!"

"They have infiltrated the ranks of the mountain farmers and are ruining their reputation!"

"Those people deserve to be taught a lesson. They were given so much time, and they can't even make a proper wheat harvesting machine."

"If King Wu isn't angry, he won't get to work. If he just got the machine out sooner, wouldn't everything be fine?"

Fang Wen's current privileged life is all thanks to Bei Ji Wu. King Wu is currently purging disloyal people.

All the remaining public accounts are now exceptionally loyal!
If King Wu stirs up trouble, it can really escalate.

Arctic weapons will expand on their own without needing to be expanded by others.

If its subordinates want to expand, Arctic Armed Forces will expand.

Neither past nor future bureaucratic thinking can cope with the changes in the officialdom of this era. This era needs officials who have survived multiple purges by sheer luck.

Under an autocratic imperial system, the least feared thing is expansion, so it's perfect to wipe them all out at once.

Whether it's manipulating public opinion or forming alliances for self-preservation, if it's discovered by a powerful emperor like Beiji Wu who has conquered the country, the result will be the deaths of a large number of people.

If mutual destruction is impossible, then it's like throwing an egg against a rock.

Arctic military forces have never needed public opinion or bureaucracy.

The people who feed the Mountain Farmers Kingdom are the Mountain Farmers, the servants of King Wu, not the free people who grow their own land and eat their own food.

498 had no opinion on the matter of the Arctic Army expelling people; such matters were not something she could interfere with, nor could she shake the laws of the Empire.

The contents of the newspaper are certainly more interesting than the gossip of one's companions.

[If a person studies hard and works diligently, everyone can afford to buy a house, wear clothes, travel by horse-drawn carriage or train, and even have spare money to buy ribs, chicken legs, pig's trotters, and sweet fruits for themselves, their parents, and their children.]

No need for loans, no worries about repayment, wages are paid on time, there are free subsidies and benefits every year, and if you encounter bad people, there will be someone to uphold justice.

We have enough food, clothing, shelter, and transportation. We can change into a nice new outfit every year, and we can give the whole family a new outfit once a year. The youngest child doesn't need to wear the hand-me-downs of his older siblings.

They had no idea where to spend their money, so they could only use it for investment and savings, pooling their money to build roads, houses, and water conservancy facilities, to buy food, to establish schools, or to invest in inventions and creations.

Those who don't work, are disloyal, ungrateful, and start acting like big shots as soon as they get a little better off, don't deserve to stay in the ranks of the mountain farmers.

498 himself lived such a life, even better than what was described in the newspapers.

Not only did Sijiuba himself enjoy this good life, but almost everyone he knew also enjoyed this good life.

Even if you don't have a good life yet, it's okay, things will get better slowly.

Thirteen years ago, most people lived a hard life, even worse than the poorest people in Luoyang now, but things gradually improved after following King Wu.

Farmers in the mountains naturally prioritize taking care of their own people. They would definitely give their own food to their own family members first, and they would not give it to beggars if their own children had not eaten enough.

Of course, the people of the mountains and the countryside would not hand over the national city they had built to outsiders to enjoy.

King Wu's differential treatment seemed normal to everyone, including Si Jiu Ba.

The emperor of the mountain farmers doesn't allow them to live a good life, nor does he give them or his subordinates preferential treatment. Does he expect those who have no merit but only know how to shout to enjoy such privileges?

Everyone's life is getting better step by step, so they all believe that others can also gradually achieve a better life.

As long as you listen to King Wu.

Those who don't obey deserve to be expelled.

As the group was reading the newspaper, an elderly woman came in for a visit.

"Have you heard?" the old woman said, "This year, King Wu saw that so much land was being wasted if it wasn't planted, so he planted some of it. As a result, he couldn't finish eating all the grain he harvested."

"Many hereditary nobles and farmers outside are unable to sell their grain."

Upon hearing this, 498 immediately replied, "Impossible!"

"We will definitely buy grain from those outside. It's clearly stated in the newspapers. This time, we'll mainly buy public land in the three northern provinces and the granaries of Eastern Europe. We'll start buying grain from the fertile lands in the Indochina Peninsula once to see the effect. It won't affect the purchase of grain from hereditary and ordinary people."

Sijiuba firmly believes in Beiji Wu, and that King Wu will definitely give those honest and obedient people outside a way to survive.

Upon hearing this, the old woman who had been sharing the gossip said awkwardly, "So that's how it is. I knew King Wu would definitely accept it."

After grumbling about her child for a while, the old lady left casually.

After the person left, Tanibo asked directly, "How did this person become a public household?"

Hu Yan cracked sunflower seeds, "It's just that we caught a good time! We did nothing at home, and after King Wu attacked, we became a public household!"

The women in the house disliked this kind of lazy, opportunistic person and had no sympathy for those who were removed from the public household registration.

(End of this chapter)