Like all the Song Dynasty officials who wanted to gain a deeper understanding of the situation in the Zhou Dynasty, the three He heroes also abandoned their boats and landed in Nanpi County, Cangzhou and crossed the border around Song Dynasty by land.

Moreover, he was also shocked by the huge difference between the two sides of the border.

On the side of the Song Dynasty, the land belonging to Qingchi County, Cangzhou was as desolate and broken as ever. Although it is the golden autumn season, except for the "weeds" that grow half a person tall and the occasional sight of cattle and sheep eating, there is no harvest.

But as soon as you enter the Great Zhou border, you will immediately have a pastoral scene of harvest and happiness. Even the official road is different, from a dusty dirt road to a stone road paved with bluestone.

Most of the travelers walking on the road are strong and rosy, and they are never as good as food. Even customers (tenants, hired farmers) wearing coarse cloth clothes do not look hungry and cold.

However, the fields on the roadside are not golden wheat, but half of the forage and half of the cotton. The cotton has bloomed and turned into white, snow-like balls, which are very pleasing to the eye.

Most of the people who are eating grass in the grass fields are tall horses, probably the famous Tianjin horses?

Unlike the reception method of the Song Dynasty court sent companions to accompany foreign envoys, Zhou State had no companion system, but just registered at the border checkpoint and sent a "foreign affairs passport", so He Li, Fengmingshan and others were allowed to walk freely on the land of Zhou State.

This open and honest demeanor surprised He Li and He Dazhao.

While surprised, He Li did not forget to use the "roughness" of Zhou State to go deep into the people of Zhou State to conduct some investigation.

Now a considerable number of scholars and officials in the Song Dynasty were keen on studying the Zhou system. Some were studied for criticism, while others wanted to take Zhou as their teacher. They wanted to learn Zhou skills to control Zhou!

The three heroes of the He family were swaying between "teacher Zhou" and "criticizing Zhou". On the one hand, they felt that Zhou's law was unkind and blindly sought to be rich, and ignored the people; on the other hand, they also admitted that Zhou's law was desirable, after all, the prosperity and strength of Zhou was obvious.

However, the previous "Shi Zhou" and "Criticize Zhou" were based on the unknown Zhou and lacked the basis. Now the three heroes of the He family finally had the opportunity to know Zhou.

In order to better understand Zhou, the three He family heroes deliberately changed their official uniforms after entering Zhou realm, slowed down, and stayed in a town called Aobao Town for a day.

The so-called township is the center of Baihu Township (usually four or five hundred knights). It is a town surrounded by walls. The town has town offices, village elders, village schools, town public warehouses, shops, wineries, hotels, blacksmith shops, etc. The former is a public facility, while the latter is a commercial operation.

While the group was having dinner in the restaurant, He Li found a waiter with a Hejian Mansion accent and started inquiring about it.

"Is my second brother a native of Hejian Mansion?"

"The guest official of Hui, Xiaodi is a native of Nandashu Town, Letao County, Hejian Prefecture."

"Nandashu Town, oh, it's near Nanpi County, on the edge of the Yellow River, right?"

He Li remembers that this town is a depressed town. The depressed one is the present, while the big one means the prosperity of the past.

"Yes." The little brother sighed, "It's difficult to make a living in my hometown, so I came out with my boss."

The situation in Hejian Prefecture is similar to that of most prefecture troops in the Song Dynasty. The pastoral economy of men farming and women weaving is disintegrating! The merchants who work in towns are also very shocked, and their minds are more active than farmers, and they know the principles of moving people and moving trees and dead. So they are the first to leave their hometown.

"Is this a happy place?" He Li asked again.

"It's natural for peace, but..."

"But after all, it's a foreign country, so there is no way to buy a few acres of land to settle down. The farmland of Zhou State can basically not be bought or sold. In the future, I will go back to my hometown, but my hometown is..."

In the Middle Ages, land was the first means of production. It was normal for merchants to buy a few acres of land after making money. The land system that could buy land was classified as a feudal land system, and at the same time, the land that could not be circulated and could only be granted military merits was described as a capitalist land system... It was strange!

However, after making money by the Great Zhou Dynasty, it was indeed difficult for merchants in the country to invest their capital in farmland. Because most of the farmland in Zhou State was the job land of military citizens, and it was not a seller!

Therefore, it is difficult for the merchants of Zhou to be transformed into landlords, and they can only continue to develop in industry and commerce unless they do not become merchants and join the army.

"Are the farmers in Zhou State richer than the farmers in Hejian Prefecture?" He Li asked again.

"I am rich," the waiter replied, "No matter how much money the host and guest have, they have, but they are not comfortable."

“Uncomfortable?”

"Yes, those who have fields must worry about their younger sons' future. Zhou's country's farm can only be inherited by their eldest son. Those who have fields have no fields have their eyes hot, thinking that one day they can join the army to fight a war and fight a farm... They will live a life for people!"

While they were talking, two men wearing narrow-sleeved round-necked robes came in outside the restaurant, with long swords hanging on their belts. They could tell at a glance that they were knights of Zhou.

The little brother quickly greeted him with a smile on his face, saying that he was the king and the king.

It turned out that this was a pair of brother knights, and the fields were all in Aobao Township.

"My second brother, get some good wine and meat soon, ask for beef, cut it into four or five kilograms and put it on a plate, and then cut it into ten kilograms and wrap it in paper. Let's take it away."

Unlike the prohibition of slaughtering in the Song Dynasty, the cattle in the Zhou Dynasty were not protected and they were killed casually and ate meat, and it was not expensive.

When the waiter heard that the other party was going to bring ten kilograms of beef on the way, he asked, "Are the two high-ranking officials going to Tianjin?"

One of the officials Wang smiled and said, "Yes! It's time to get a collection!"

"Ding episode? Is it the two of you the turn to play?"

Another high-ranking official smiled and said, "How could it be? I just returned home last month."

"Isn't that..."

"Hahaha, what? Brother Xiao, are you going with me? You can't do cavalry, but infantry can still take responsibility. If you make contributions, you will have a farm of hundreds or dozens of acres!"

"I, can I really do it?"

"Hahaha, as long as you go, you can practice it until you can't!"

The waiter gritted his teeth, "Then I'll go and talk to the boss..."

A pretty good little brother turned into a soldier brother like this!

This scene made the three brothers of He a little stunned, but Fengmingshan was not surprised.

He Li is also a very good at chatting with him, so she came over to meet with two knights surnamed Wang.

These two people are also from Hejian Mansion. They were local tyrants. They were recruited by Wu Haogu more than ten years ago and have been in the army. They have been on the battlefield many times, but they are not injured at all! So they are not afraid of going to the battlefield.

The two of them also planned to take their son as a knight entourage (that is, auxiliary cavalry) so that they could see blood.

As for whom to fight with, the two great officials of the king don’t know, and they won’t say it even if they know it.

He Li didn't just ask, but also introduced herself. She claimed to be a scholar at Songyang Academy in Song State and wanted to go to Tianjin to find an opportunity.

"There are so many opportunities in Tianjin!" One of the officials Wang Daren said with a chatty smile, "Recently, the Doctoral Group has been recruiting scholars to Annan Prefecture. When they go, they will be given citizenship and field."

"Where is Annan Prefecture?"

"Jiazhi Country, we have cut the fatest piece of land in Jiaozhi Country and set up Annan Prefecture... How can the gentleman thinks that Annan Road is far away? The rural education in the hometown is also a good place. Although we can't get any land, the salary is not low. As long as we have real skills, hundreds of knots a year are not a problem, and it is much better than being a small official."

It turns out that Annan Prefecture is still developing greatly. On the one hand, the title of knights and samurai is the one hand; on the other hand, the opening of academies and spreading the principles of nature is the other hand. The latter requires scholars to go up!

Therefore, the Doctoral Order has been recruiting people for this period and is preparing to form the Annan Doctoral Order Academy.

However, He Li was not interested in Annan's affairs, and he also found out the income of the cavalry of Zhou Kingdom and the farmland.

After inquiring, He Li realized that the knights of Zhou were not out of business. They were both farmers, soldiers and peasants, and they were very busy. If the knights had not many people in their family, they would usually rent out part of the land for tenants to manage. If the family members were prosperous, they would hire farmers to manage.

As for income, it is that the rent is collected and the self-operated one is high. If the farm in Tianjin is well managed, it can have a net income of more than 2,000 yuan a year! It mainly comes from raising horses and selling cotton. It is so rich that it is incredibly rich.

However, such a family business cannot be divided equally among the descendants, and can only be inherited by the eldest son. Therefore, the knights of each family can only spare no expense in the education of the second son and young son, which is considered to be a compensation for them.

It is precisely because the knights are willing to invest in the education of their descendants that the villages in each township are well built and they are willing to hire knights who graduated from Yuntai Academy at high prices without paying taxes, but they will pay donations to the villages and pay a lot. After all, these villages are to educate their own descendants!

Therefore, the annual income of teachers in the Qi Shi Township of Zhou State exceeded that of middle and lower-level officials! Even in the Song Dynasty, this income was worth more than that of parents in a county...

Therefore, the Zhou State, which had no imperial examination system, invested much more in national education than in the Song Dynasty, which was famous for its civilized governance.

Of course, only the sons or persons of military citizens, or businessmen who can pay high tuition fees.

In other words, for the vast majority of ordinary civilians in the Zhou State (excluding merchants and technicians), becoming military citizens is the beginning of a better life!

As long as you become a military citizen, land, real estate, wife and son, you will have all the education!

To become a military citizen, you must join the army!

Therefore, the Great Zhou never worried that no one would join the army. The military mobilization to send troops to Goryeo was just beginning, and civilians who wanted to join the army lined up in front of various military stations in Tianjin.

Of course, now, civilians in Zhou State will not pay military pay when they serve in the army. If they do not pay military pay, they will break their heads and want to squeeze in. If they pay military pay again, they will be a waste of money.

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