Therefore, people in later generations often say that what is so great about the gentry is that the gentry only knows a few words and has some status in the countryside. The earth cannot rotate without the gentry, and so on...

However, in the Han Dynasty, completely abandoning the gentry, it meant that all civil affairs matters would be placed on local administrative agencies. Not to mention other things, the collection of grain taxes alone would not be possible without any modern transportation and equipment.

Under such circumstances, it is a rather tedious and terrifying workload to collect grains from various farming settlements and return them to the warehouse bit by bit.

You must know that in the Han Dynasty, there were no cars, ships, trains, airplanes, cranes, or harvesters. Everything basically relied on manpower or the power of oxen and horses. Under such production conditions, it was necessary to complete the production in a large number of counties within a certain period of time.

How many manpower and time are needed to collect grain that matures at almost the same time within a certain area, completely separate from the gentry's children, and rely only on the personnel of local administrative agencies?

Grain and grass are not other things, like cloth, you can put them away as much as possible. If the grain and grass are not collected in time, whether it is damp or eaten by rats and insects, the damaged part will be counted on that person's head?

Originally, Feiqian only had Pingyang and Yong'an, and everything in Pucheng was handled locally, so it was somewhat simple. But now it has expanded to a vast area stretching from Yinshan to the north, Huguan to the east, Diaoyin to the west, and Sucheng to the south.

In this area, some counties have recovered but do not have enough officials, and some have just begun large-scale farming and production. When it comes to this year's autumn harvest, although the harvested grain and grass will definitely be much more than last year, various types of management are needed.

The number of officials and assisting officials is also much greater...

"The forest is getting bigger now, and all kinds of birds will probably appear..." Fei Qian said quietly.

Xu Shu heard this, thought about it, shook his head and smiled bitterly: "...junhou, if the water is clear, there will be no fish. In this forest, if you are too careful, there will be no birds..."
Chapter completed!