The time has entered April, with the 100,000 head of cattle brought back by Lu Bu was waved by Liu Xie, sent to the county officials at all levels, and then assigned to the people to increase the intensity of farming, the whole Chang'an fell into a cheerful atmosphere, the war in Guandong, as far as Guanzhong is concerned, it seems to be two worlds, the princes are tense, but Guanzhong is engaged in production.
Ploughing cattle have appeared since the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, and have played a very important role in farming, but for a long time, ploughing cattle have been scarce, so most of the time, the people are still mainly manpower in farming and reclamation.
This time Lu Bu brought back 100,000 head of cattle, which was definitely a major breakthrough for the productivity of Guanzhong, although the 100,000 cattle, Liu Xie divided 40,000 to Xiliang to develop animal husbandry and reclaim wasteland in Xiliang, but the remaining 60,000 head of cattle were put into farming, which also played a vital role in Guanzhong's agriculture.
Add Hanxing plough, this year's harvest will be more than last year, agriculture piece, the development of this point, in fact, is already the limit, want to improve, can only be improved through the introduction of new crops, especially the introduction of some high-yield crops to improve.
It's just a matter of luck, and some of the high-yielding crops don't even know what the locals are, and they're in a wild state, let alone introduced.
You must know that many things that can be eaten in later generations have been improved from generation to generation, and after gradually removing the things that are not good for the human body, they can only be eaten after thousands of years of continuous improvement.
It is a good saying that the people regard food as the sky, but now that animal husbandry has begun, meat will gradually become popular, and when the time comes, the food matter will be further alleviated.
"Far away" In the Chengming Palace, Liu Xie looked at Zhen Yao, who had a dusty face, and frowned.
Last year, he asked the Zhen family caravan to help and inquire about Guishuang's affairs, when Guishan came, the two sides only reached a strategic alliance verbally, and the Guishan envoy had scruples, and Liu Xie was not, until now, he couldn't determine the specific location of Guishuang.
"Across the entire Western Regions, in the west of Dawan, and the language is not understood, the minister only heard that there seems to be a split within Guishan, but the rest is" Zhen Yao looked at Liu Xie with a wry smile: "Dawan alone, there are thousands of miles away from Chang'an, if you go further west, I'm afraid" Liu Xie walked to the wall, on the wall, there is a huge map, from the Central Plains to the Western Regions, can be found on the map, Dawan, Wusun in the border of the Western Regions, and further west is a blank, the map left by Zhang Qian has long been lost, just a general mark of the words Guishuang.
"Good work."
Liu Xie nodded, for the affairs of the Guishan Kingdom, he just wants to understand, after all, just like Zhen Yao said, too far, the Western Regions, is enough for the Han to establish a business network in the next few years, as for the farther Guishan and even rest, there is no need to rush for a while, the main focus at the moment is still to be at home, as for other countries, mainly to collect intelligence, maybe in his lifetime, he can't apply for it, but the goal still has to be there, in case it is achieved "In this regard, in the future, when you travel to the Western Regions, you can collect more intelligence, and you don't need to invest too much energy at the moment."
Liu Xie groped his chin and said, "By the way, the things at home have been arranged."
"Your Majesty Lao bothered, the family has been properly settled, and the family has been secretly brought over with the cooperation of the secret guards, and now the vacant houses and fields that remain in Zhongshan have been secretly sold."
Zhen Yao hurriedly said gratefully.
This time, the Zhen family made a big bet and secretly mobilized the entire family assets to Chang'an.
"That'll be fine."
Liu Xie nodded with satisfaction, looked at Zhen Yao and said, "I said, Qing lives up to me, I live up to Qing, I promised you to be rich and noble, and now, it's time to cash in." ” "The minister doesn't dare to ask for extravagance."
Zhen Yao hurriedly said in panic, the Zhen family made this gambling-like decision, half of it was forced, and the other half was also with the imperial court to capture Xiliang, Weiyang Saiwai, Guanzhong is even more prosperous, plus the name of righteousness, has already shown some prosperous weather, only to make a heavy bet, for Liu Xie's promise, but I don't care, after all, as a number of wealthy businessmen in the world, even if Liu Xie empties the treasury, it may not be more than the Zhen family.
"You don't joke."
Liu Xie waved his hand and said: "Don't be busy refusing first, I have a way to purify salt, you can try it, if it succeeds, I will allow your Zhen family to share 10% of the profits of the salt industry." ” "Salt Industry" Zhen Yao's heart trembled, and looked at Liu Xie incredulously, the salt and iron trade has always been controlled by the imperial court, and it is forbidden to sell it privately, of course, the world is in chaos, in fact, although selling illegal salt is a serious crime, but when the world is not in chaos, there are still people who take risks, and the profits are too great, big enough to make many people risk their lives to do it.
At this moment, Liu Xie told him this, which suddenly made Zhen Yao feel like he was hit by a pie falling from the sky.
"Don't get excited."
Liu Xie took out a small bag from a compartment, handed it to Zhen Yao and said, "Let's take a look first." ” Zhen Yao was puzzled, but he didn't dare to ask more, so he hurriedly opened the small package, but saw that the small package was filled with a pile of white powder, which looked shiny.
"This is" Zhen Yao looked at Liu Xie puzzled, puzzled.
"Taste it."
Liu Xie sat down and smiled.
"Whoa."
After hesitating for a moment, Zhen Yao dipped his finger in a little powder and put it in his mouth.
His complexion gradually changed a little, and he looked at Liu Xie incredulously: "This is salt" This is too different from the salt in the impression, in Zhen Yao's impression, the salt is a piece of black bumps, and it is really difficult to associate it with the one in front of him.
"Refined salt, to be exact."
Liu Xie shook his head, pointed to the salt in Zhen Yao's hand and said: "The people from the Ministry of Industry have recently researched it, and the workmanship is not too difficult, I can hand over this method of making salt to you, but" "Your Majesty needs something, but please command."
Zhen Yao hurriedly bowed down and said, he didn't care much about it before, but now he was excited in his heart, if the Zhen family could master this method, it wouldn't take a few years, not only could the loss of this family migration be made up, but it would not be a problem to even multiply it several times on the original basis.
"The output of this thing is no problem, and in the future, the world will be unified, there will be more ways, only your Zhen family can't eat it, I mean, the Zhen family, the Su family and the Zhang family jointly operate, not only sold to the Central Plains, but also the Western Regions, as the main commodity of the trade network established by my imperial court chamber of commerce."
Liu Xie groped his fingers and said: "With this thing, in all parts of the Western Regions, even Wusun, Dawan, and Kangju have a firm foothold, as for the profits, in addition to various expenses, the Zhen family can take one percent, and another one percent, which will be divided equally between the two Zhang and Su families, and the imperial court will appoint three divisions of tax officials, supervisors and executive officers to supervise this matter, I just hope that Aiqing will remember that I can give you things, but I can also take them back at any time." ” Excited, instantly like being poured down by a basin of cold water, sobered up a lot, although it sounded like it was under their control, but in fact, the real behind-the-scenes control was still the imperial court, Yicheng's profits didn't sound much, but as a wealthy businessman's family, Zhen Yao knew how terrifying this profit's profits were, if it was all, even if his Zhen family could get down, I am afraid he wouldn't be able to swallow it.
What the imperial court wants is a business network, although the Zhen family has it, but it is not the only one, the Su family and the Zhang family also have it, there are too many families in the world who can establish a business network, the Zhen family is not irreplaceable, but the resources in the hands of the imperial court are the Zhen family or any family, which is not capable of matching.
Thinking about these clearly, Zhen Yao also calmed down, and the greed that rose in his heart at that moment was also suppressed, and he hurriedly arched his hand and said: "Please rest assured, Your Majesty, the minister will never dare to have the slightest second heart." ” Looking at Zhen Yao's expression, Liu Xie smiled, didn't say anything more, and continued: "The market, I will leave it to you to handle, the third division of the salt industry, I have already prepared manpower, just wait for the market to open, and then I will enter the Chamber of Commerce, you need to know this." ” People are the most untrustworthy, especially in the face of huge interests, the three divisions of the salt industry, just preliminary, with the gradual rise of commerce in the future, the supporting laws and regulations must gradually keep up, this is a big cake, completely belonging to the imperial court, at least in this era, even if it is completely controlled by the imperial court, it will not affect the commercial structure.
Of course, people are the creatures who are the most capable of exploiting loopholes, Liu Xie is detailed, and in the future, as business gradually flourishes, there will be more and more problems, but when the time comes, the business environment has been established, and the imperial court can also defend, only grasp the monitoring, price control and quality problems, and the others can be let go, the imperial court is a manager, not a participant in the game, even if the Zhen family really becomes a relative of the emperor in the future, Liu Xie will never allow any line to have a monopoly or even a monopoly situation, but this is a later story, for now, Liu Xie needs these things to bring him an endless source of wealth to enrich the people and strengthen the country.
Whether it is industry, commerce or agriculture, the ultimate goal is to become a strong country, but these things have to come little by little, and now Guanzhong has set a good example, and if it is implemented to the world in the future, there will be much less resistance.
"Your Majesty rest assured, the minister knows what to do."
Zhen Yao nodded in agreement.
Liu Xie wants to revitalize business, but at the same time to avoid the negative impact of business, the degree of which is difficult to grasp, the life experience of the previous life is useless here, how to grasp and regulate, but also a little bit of exploration.
Seeing that Liu Xie no longer spoke, Zhen Yao hurriedly bowed down and retired, Liu Xie asked people to send the production method of refined salt, as for how to operate, it was Zhen Yao's own business, and the court was only responsible for collecting money.
Watching Zhen Yao leave, Liu Xiecai stood up, looked at the sky outside the window, and a smile appeared on the corner of his mouth. t1706231537: