Chapter 874: The way of governing the country passed down from generation to generation
The only lesson that mankind has learned from history is that it has learned no lessons from history.
From Guan Zhong’s purchase of deer from Chu and the Hengshan plan, to the knife-drawing oil of the most powerful Blue Star country in later generations, the world’s largest grain exporter, to chips and the like.
It’s basically the same routine.
When we were raising leeks, we were a good couple, good brothers, and last but not least, a strategic partnership.
Come on, brother, let me tell you, if you produce these things yourself, you have to start from scratch, and the cost is too high.
It’s better to buy them cheaper from me, I have them all here.
If you still think it’s expensive, then rent, it’s cheaper.
If you want to harvest leeks well, it is necessary to make less money at the beginning of the layout. It doesn't matter even if you lose a little.
When doing business, isn’t it normal to invest principal?
When it comes to cutting leeks, it is the most basic requirement to be ruthless and to turn your back on others is a must.
Competitors are the relationship between ourselves and the enemy, the kind that fights to the death, and we do whatever is convenient.
Since we are already fighting to the death, do you still want to be shameless?
“The most important thing is to cultivate a group of compradors as spokespersons for interests...”
Feng Jishi emphasized.
“What is comprador?”
Zhang Xiaosi, who was working hard to take notes, asked for advice seriously.
Like a well-behaved female student asking a question to the teacher.
“Those aristocratic families in Wu who have caravan exchanges with us are compradors.”
Feng Jishi couldn't hold back his excitement for a while, so he had to make a nonsense, "They can get wool, brown sugar and other goods from the Han Dynasty and make huge profits. At the same time, sugar cane is grown in Jingzhou."
“They are the group of people who least want to see the conflict between the Han Dynasty and Wu State, but they have the right to speak in both the government and the public of Wu State.”
“So as long as we sell grain to them, we can easily induce them to plant Jingzhou with sugar cane.”
“When things really get to that point, Wuhu…”
Feng Jishi laughed strangely.
“Don’t laugh like that, it’s so weird!”
Guan Ji hit Feng Jishi and said angrily.
Then he thought about it again and said with some doubt, "The plan is a good one, but will those people in Wu State be fooled?"
Zhang Xingyi also looked over and saw that she had the same question as her sister.
Feng Jishi said sincerely:
“You are still too young to see through the essence of these so-called strategies.”
“Actually, these things play with people’s hearts, so there is no need for old tricks, as long as they are useful to people’s hearts.”
Thousands of years later, "Look, Amei" will continue to play with the leftover things that Guan Zhong played with. Isn't it still as enjoyable as ever?
Standing on the side of a bystander, or seeing through the scheme, it feels very simple. I feel that if I take part in it, I will definitely not be fooled.
But if you really become a client, you may not do better than others.
Because those who can get away with this situation are either lucky ones blessed by God. The only ones left are those with great perseverance, wisdom and long-term vision.
Why?
“Tai Shigong has made it very clear a long time ago: the bustle in the world is all for benefit; the bustle in the world is all for benefit.”
“If people from aristocratic families can really give up such huge interests, can they still be called aristocratic families?”
The giant Han Dynasty could be packed up and sold out by aristocratic families, not to mention the two kingdoms of Wei and Wu, which were trying their best to pamper the aristocratic families.
Sell it again, is there anything strange about it?
As for the price, it’s all negotiable.
Although the Han Dynasty was suppressing aristocratic families, it was only suppressing conservative aristocratic families.
If you don’t believe me, look at the six families of the Li family in Shu, the He family, the Li family in Longyou, and the Zhang family in Dunhuang. Aren’t they all living a comfortable life?
As long as you play according to the rules of the Han Dynasty, nothing will be a problem.
Can a family that grows sugar cane and sells brown sugar be called a conservative family?
It must be called the Transformation Family, right?
Everything makes sense.
The more Zhang Xiaosi listened, the more his eyes shone, and his hands kept swiping as he quickly wrote down these words.
General Guan, on the other hand, pushed King Feng Gui dissatisfied:
“Earlier you said you were not allowed to say these things in front of your children, but now you are going even further than me!”
Zhang Xiaosi immediately glanced at Governor Feng.
Feng Jishi clicked his tongue and said plausibly:
"What do you understand? What I call country-governing strategy, what you mentioned before is called trickery, can it be the same?"
“I don’t understand this! Anyway, in my eyes, they are all the same thing.”
This is unreasonable...
I saw Governor Feng glance at General Guan and said slowly:
“Isn’t this the way of governing the country that is discussed in the books passed down from generation to generation by the Feng family? Children will have to learn it in the future anyway, so why bother talking about it now?”
The book passed down by the Feng family that General Guan placed at the bottom of the box is a secret treasure intended to be left to the descendants of the Feng family.
Hearing what Governor Feng said, her eyes immediately looked at the notes in Zhang Xiaosi's hand.
Zhang Xiaosi reacted very quickly. He quickly put the notes behind him and stood up:
“Sister, brother-in-law, I suddenly remembered that the secretariat sent a note to the inner courtyard this morning, saying that there was news from Yuexi, and I would go and take a look first.”
After saying that, without waiting for Guan Ji to speak, she just ran away with her notebook in her arms.
Angry, Guan Ji gritted her teeth and vented her anger on King Feng Gui. She lifted up a small piece of skin on his body with **** and applied hard force:
"You are not allowed to teach her these things in the future! Family heirlooms can only be passed on to the descendants of the Feng family!"
“Oh, I’m so scared!” The old **** Feng Guiwang, who was rough-skinned and thick-skinned, said to the ground, “How can you learn such things in a short time?”
“Do you know what productivity and production relations are? Do you know what the relationship between economic base and superstructure is?”
General Guan blushed. She understood every word, but she didn't understand the combination, so she became angry and said, "Speak in human language!"
“For example, everyone in the world knows that banknotes are good things and are made of paper, but they just want to do it. Can they make it?”
“Okay, even if they know how to choose paper pulp materials, know how to make ink, and know how to print tickets.”
"But after printing it, how do you let others recognize the note? Do they know? This is the fundamental thing."
Feng Gui Wang kept talking, and General Guan listened attentively.
Although she still doesn’t understand.
But as long as she knew that her family heirloom was so powerful, that would be enough.
After listening to King Feng Gui’s bragging, General Guan was satisfied and began to ask with concern:
“Six Niang said that there is news from Yue Xun. Would you like Alang to go and have a look?”
"What can happen to Yuexun? At most, it's just that we harvest more grain."
Feng Gui Wanghun said nonchalantly, "How much grain did the Xinghan Society invest in Yuexun so that the people of Yuexun can live as they do now?"
“Not to mention the entire Shu region, the imperial court has not treated the people badly over the years, right? Allocating fields, borrowing cattle, and grain seeds, just so that the people can have a full meal.”
“Now the imperial court just wants to buy more grain from them, and it’s not raising taxes and levying taxes. What big trouble can happen?”
Over the past few years, although things have not always been smooth in the Han Dynasty, it is an indisputable fact that grain output has hit new highs every year.
It is not only the promotion of new farming methods and new production tools, but also the imperial court has never stopped building water conservancy projects over the years.
Shanhe Weir is the earliest irrigation project built in Hanzhong when Emperor Gaozu was the capital of Han Dynasty in Nanzheng. It is also the most important irrigation project in Hanzhong.
So the grain produced in Hanzhong can not only supply the army stationed in Hanzhong, but some of it can even be sent to Longyou.
There are four major artificial irrigation projects in the world: Zhengguo Canal and Baigong Canal in Guanzhong, Dujiangyan in Shu, and Shanhe Weir in Hanzhong.
Hence, Guanzhong and Shu are both countries of heavenly abundance.
Although Sima Yi is currently working on farming in Guanzhong, Guanzhong has been in ruins for a long time, and it will take more than two or three years to recover.
Moreover, Guanzhong is now the front line of the battle between the Han and Wei dynasties. Even if Sima Yi maximizes his farming skills, it is impossible to compete with the rear areas such as Dujiangyan.
The Han Dynasty accounts for half of the four major irrigation projects, plus the early development of the Sunshui River Valley in Yuexun County, the second largest plain in Shu.
With advanced farming methods and production tools, a lot of food can be squeezed out just by squeezing.
This is why King Feng Gui had the confidence to sell grain to Jingzhou.
After all, now that Liangzhou is in hand, with green storage towers and pastures, large livestock can be used for farming instead of human labor. This must be the trend of the Han Dynasty.
As long as we really capture Guanzhong and work peacefully for a few years, we really have to consider the low price of grain and the harm to farmers.
After all, production methods have improved, food production has increased, but the population has declined. Who will eat this food?
Of course, this is on the premise that the Han Dynasty takes Guanzhong.
As for now...the only option is to buy grain at a high price.
The weather vane of grain prices in Dahan, the grain price at Nanxiang Exchange, has already exceeded 200 yuan.
In fact, this red line was crossed with Feng Yong’s tacit approval.
The copper mines in Nanzhong have officially produced copper. Coupled with the printing and issuance of things like banknotes, Dahan's economy has been improving in recent years. To say that there is no inflation would be to deceive oneself and others.
So letting the price of food exceed 200 yuan at this time can make some people relax their vigilance and make them more courageous.
As for leeks, remember to loosen the soil more and water them more after cutting them, otherwise how can you make them grow back quickly?
So, Feng Junhou was very sure: many people would be willing to sell the grain for more than two hundred yuan.
"Sir, sir, I heard that the warehouse collects grain, and it costs two hundred and thirty dollars. Can our family sell it?"
In a village on the edge of the Sunshui River Valley in Yuexun County, a boy of twelve or thirteen years old was carrying a shoulder bag, which was bouncing rapidly on his buttocks.
The "snap" sound is made, showing the anxiety of the owner of the satchel.
He trotted along with bare feet, and as soon as his black-gray left foot covered with dirt crossed the threshold, the child loudly told his parents the news.
“It’s still more than a month before the wheat is harvested. How can we get the extra food at home now?”
The adult of the baby was not at home, but the woman who was busy in the silkworm room heard the child's voice and quickly came out to stop her child's yelling:
"When you get back, go bring some water back and prepare for dinner. Just study hard in school. You don't have to worry about things at home."
The woman was wearing linen clothes. Although they were a bit old, she was still clean.
Although his face looked a little tired, his eyes were shining with hope for life.
Because this year's silkworms look better than last year's.
With these silkworms, children don’t have to worry about attending school, and they can even add some meat to the family during the New Year and festivals.
Because there are pastures in Yuexi, the family can also rent cattle from the government and plant more land.
So the food at home is not only enough for the family, but there is also some leftover.
But the experience of starvation in the past few years has made the woman regard food as her life, and it has almost become an instinct to carefully save the excess food.
It is impossible to sell.
The woman's family originally worked as tenants for a wealthy family in Guanghan County. In the year when Feng Junhou pacified Yuexun County, the head of the family said that the court would not allow him to support so many people, so his family was kicked out.
Finally, he was settled by the imperial court in Yuexun.
I originally thought this place was a barbaric land, but I didn’t expect that under Feng Junhou’s governance, I could actually be allocated fields.
Later, a school was built in Qiongdu.
Although Feng Junhou has left Yuexun, everyone's life is getting better and better because of the legacy he left behind.
Many newly built villages will have primary schools built around a certain location.
Children from several or a dozen nearby villages, as long as they are registered households, can go to school.
Shuxiu is definitely needed, and it’s not too cheap. It requires at least the output of a silkworm house for one year.
However, fortunately, the Xinghan Society vigorously developed mulberry and silkworm breeding in Yuexun, and the silk produced in Yuexun was much better than elsewhere.
The prosperity of the sericulture industry has allowed the people of Yuexun County to have a silkworm room in almost every household.
A housewife can raise silkworms for a year and then her children can go to school. This is like a dream for a young man.
More importantly, if the child succeeds, he can be recommended to study in a school in Qiongdu.
That means that this family will cross the Qianshou class and enter the ranks of wealthy families.
Because the students who graduated from Qiongdu Academy were at least managers of Xinghanhui industry.
If the child is more ambitious and can be recommended to Nanxiang Academy, it means that he will officially become a scholar.
if…
Too many what-ifs and too many opportunities filled the hearts of the people of Yuexi with hope.
Just like this woman, although it is a bit more painful and tiring, she is willing.
Every day before dawn, children from every village gather together at the entrance of the village and walk together to school several miles or even ten miles away. This has become a special landscape in Yuexun County.
The beginning of all these changes began with Feng Junhou.
People in Yuexi now call the mulberry trees planted in front of and behind their houses Feng mulberry.
Because I heard that this kind of mulberry tree was found by Feng Junhou at a great cost and could produce good silkworms.
And it was Feng Junhou who tried his best to allow the people to raise one more season of silkworms a year.
So the silkworms from Yuexi are also called Feng silkworms.
Even silkworm seeds are lent by the government to the people and will be repaid after cocoons are formed - this is also the policy set by Feng Junhou to govern Yuexi.
Before Feng Junhou came to govern Yuexun, let alone Cangtou Guizhou, even if wealthy people wanted to raise silkworms, silkworm breeding alone was a problem.
Unlike now, one woman can give hope to a family's turnaround.
School is a place for literacy, and literate children are one of the channels for disseminating various information to their families.
Only this time, the children who brought the news home did not get the feedback they imagined.
He responded somewhat gloomily, carefully put away his schoolbag, then picked up the pole and prepared to fetch water from the well in the middle of the village.
"This kid is so impatient? Aren't you tired after studying in school all day? There is half a steamed cake left on the table. Fill your stomach first, otherwise where will you have the strength?"
Wealthy people now have three meals a day.
But how can ordinary people be so particular?
Being able to send your children to school is already your best effort.
So basically we eat two meals a day.
Compared to before, the biggest difference is that I can have a full stomach.
Children get up early and go to school. For breakfast, they basically eat the leftover meal from last night.
Or add some water, make porridge, and eat some pickled vegetables or something.
Until after school, get home, and have dinner.
“Mom, I’m not hungry. Let’s eat together at dinner time.”
The child swallowed, but shook his head in response.
At home, we can only eat steamed cakes once or twice a month.
So this half of the steamed cake, where is the rest?
It must have been left to him by his parents.
The child didn't wait for his mother to speak again, so he picked up the empty bucket and walked out of the door.
(End of this chapter)