Chapter 317: Cangjie Creates Characters

Spring returns to the earth, the entire world welcomes vitality, and Huaxia has also begun its new round of construction.

The increasingly vast areas of cultivated land are bustling with people and plow oxen; at this time, even the army is dispatched to carry out tasks, and the task is—plowing the land!

This is not unreasonable; it is simply so that Baifeng can ensure everyone has contact with this foundation of people's livelihood. Regardless of whether they continue to be soldiers or serve in the future, as long as they know how to farm, they will not starve in Huaxia.

Furthermore, this year, Baifeng has issued a policy: the Production Team and individuals with the highest yields this year will be allocated a piece of land belonging to them personally. Woodcutters and hunters will be allocated a piece of mountain forest, and fishermen will be allocated a section of a river or a small lake. Of the output within, they only need to hand over a portion; the rest belongs to the individual.

As for workers and the like, the reward is given to their families. This is the preliminary attempt Baifeng has made toward privatization and taxation. This attempt currently only grants a small portion to private individuals, with the projected output enough for one person's dietary needs for about a month. But since it can belong to them and the state cannot levy it, everyone's enthusiasm was raised infinitely upon hearing this news, because this means they have more opportunities to eat more food in the future, rather than eating the grain rationed by the state every day.

Some have even thought about planting some Wheat, so that they could eat white flour every few days.

As for the area to be rewarded, it was all carefully calculated by Baifeng and the people of the Ministry of Revenue, and then discussed by all officials together, ensuring that while stimulating everyone's production enthusiasm, the progress of their construction would not be slowed down due to a decline in state revenue. Of course, the working ability of the Ministry of Revenue was also factored into this.

Moreover, they have also set a plan for division in the coming years, which also accounts for population growth and territorial expansion. Currently, the territory of the entire nation is still dominated by unmanaged mountain forests, and the output is far inferior to cultivated land, so the degree of privatization of mountain forests is higher. Furthermore, the mountain forests intended for division are too dangerous for one person to enter alone.

Therefore, the division of forest land is currently symbolic, and the status of hunters in their nation is no longer too important; the importance of herdsmen has already surpassed them.

The reason for not allocating grasslands or livestock to herdsmen is that the value of livestock is too high, and it is currently not suitable for privatization. Furthermore, livestock have strong mobility; when you are grazing, how can you ensure your personal livestock will not run onto the state's grasslands? During the discussion, an official from the Ministry of Agriculture who was born a herdsman proposed the matter of privatization to Baifeng, but was rejected by Baifeng with this reason, though they will continue to receive rewards of grain and other supplies.

When the territory of Huaxia is more vast and the population is large enough in the future, the land will still have to implement the household contract responsibility system, because if the state's land is only cultivated by Slaves—although Baifeng himself has not had, nor has he intended for his descendants to abolish, the slave system in the last few hundred years—the number of Slaves and their proportion of the total population must certainly be a minority.

And there must be a stable and lasting system for Slaves to be promoted to Citizens; otherwise, the conflict between the slave class and the citizen class will erupt sooner or later. But as long as you give Slaves a chance and do not excessively oppress them, you can resolve this conflict gently and gently transition away from and eliminate the slave system.

There must also be a mechanism for upward mobility for the commoner class and the bureaucratic class; the classes cannot be solidified. This is the political classic Baifeng left for his descendants. This is how he wrote in the book he intended to leave for his descendants: he listed one by one all the problems that might occur in the future and threaten his rule, then wrote out solutions, as well as how to develop national power and predictions for the future.

These things cannot be taught in a classroom; they can only be passed down to his direct descendants. Even if his descendants are incompetent and stupid, as long as they act according to his book, it will certainly allow the dynasty he established to have several tens or hundreds of years more of life.

Of course, Baifeng will not tell Yulong these things now; it is not yet time for him to come into contact with these things. Moreover, his interests are still in Nature, and he himself is still very young; after all, he is not even thirty years old, and he is still decades away from being old, weak, and retired.

It is not too long until summer. Through the records of these years, Baifeng has basically figured out some laws of the calendar through the Summer Solstice. He can now roughly estimate and control the festivals within five days, which is already quite impressive and very useful for their agriculture.

During the period of Grain Rain, and it can only be said to be this period, the weather has been very dry. Baifeng is waiting for a good rain. As long as a good rain can fall in these few days, their crops will be able to pass through spring steadily and then welcome the ravages of summer.

In the Xuanyuan Tribe, in the cave where Cangjie is, Cangjie's emotions are becoming more and more agitated because he has thoroughly figured out the laws of creating "characters." No matter what character he writes, he can clearly recognize it, read it out, and provide an explanation; he no longer forgets it after creating it.

Even for things he has never seen, he can immediately create corresponding characters according to his own laws. He dances and shouts happily as he runs out of the cave.

The moment he goes out, the sky suddenly darkens, a great wind blows wantonly, and there is a strange and terrifying sound between Heaven and Earth, as if something is roaring and wailing.

Immediately following, a heavy rain pours down. In the rain, Cangjie runs wildly to find Xuanyuan, and at this time, Xuanyuan is also patrolling in the rain because he is worried about his tribesmen.

Cangjie runs to Xuanyuan and shouts loudly: "Tribal Chief, I have succeeded! I have succeeded! I have created 'characters'!"

After a brief moment of daze, Xuanyuan also laughs out loud, cheering loudly to celebrate for Cangjie and to celebrate for the Xuanyuan Tribe. The wailing sound between Heaven and Earth is also covered by the laughter of the two of them.

Baifeng is very happy because it rained when they needed it most. This rain cannot be said to be good, nor can it be said to be bad. It is said to be good because the timing was just right; it is said to be bad because the rain came too suddenly and too strangely. Even the strongest convective rain has never been seen to start like this in an instant, and it was accompanied by this unpleasant, hair-raising sound of the wind.

This rain does not matter to the Suiren clan. Baoxi let go of Wangzuo who deceived him and reduced his provisions; however, he no longer believes in ghosts and gods. Even this strange wind and rain today would not be the means of a deity. Just like how Sulfur thrown into a fire will turn blue and be poisonous, there must be a reason for it. Next time he asks Baifeng, he might know.

Chiyou hates the heavy rain, and he also hates Dayeze, which is full of water as soon as it rains.