Destiny Only Han

Chapter 944 Liu Ying: Castration is recommended!
"Here, we must thank the Supreme Emperor for his brilliant grace!"

Jiang Shiqi said as he quickly raised his hands in the direction of Chang'an City and saluted.

Liu Bang once again felt that the boy in front of him looked particularly pleasing to the eye...

But this does not prevent Jiang Shiqi's actions in the eyes of money, which makes Liu Bang feel extremely contempt...

Lu Wan stepped forward and asked, "Why do you want to thank the current Supreme Emperor?"

Jiang Shiqi's eyes lit up: "Yo? The old man's accent sounds so familiar, isn't it from Fengyi?"

Lu Wan nodded.

Jiang Shiqi praised and said: "I really envy you all. You can follow the Supreme Emperor to conquer east and west, and you can settle in Guanzhong, the land of abundance, the capital of goodness..."

Lu Wan shook her head, pointed to Liu Ying and said, "Their family has settled down in Guanzhong. My family is in the north of the river, near Yanshan Mountain."

Liu Xi smiled and said, "My house is relatively close to him, in the north of Taihang."

No matter how aggressive you two are, it will be exposed... Liu Ying looked normal, but she was staring at Jiang Shiqi from the corner of her eyes.

But he was completely overwhelmed.

Jiang Shiqi didn't think about anything else at all, he shook his head with a smile and said:

"The third child in my family who was admitted to the Imperial Grammar University said that fortune and misfortune depend on each other."

"Although Fengpei people are exempted from all taxes and corvee, and they no longer have the opportunity to join the army to make meritorious service, but the Supreme Emperor has decreed that Fengpei people will only be demoted to the rank of nobility, and will not be confiscated by the government.

"This is the glorious grace of the Supreme Emperor."

"After all, the Great Han has laws and regulations. Only those whose rank is above Guanneihou, their descendants (successors) do not need to be degraded. The younger sons will all be demoted to the eighth level of public service, and as for the nine-level titles of 'Doctor' and 'Master', they will be lowered by two levels in turn!"

After Jiang Shiqi finished speaking, a sense of superiority flashed in his eyes.

He was showing off that his family had a son who was admitted to the Imperial Grammar University!
The Imperial Grammar University is similar to Peking University in later generations. The important thing is that they are not registered in the capital, nor are they specially recruited by the rich and powerful, and there is no extra points for minorities...

But what's more, it's because he is the pride of the Dahan Tianzi fellow!
Just like what he said, he was downgraded to a noble.

Although the rich people will lower their titles, they will not deprive them of illegal land!
But the common people in other places are different. Before obtaining the rare title of Marquis of Guannei and the status of "big man partner", the fields and houses they own are all imaginary. Once the father dies and the son succeeds, they will fall instantly A whole class!
After all, the rank of "Doctor" is the highest rank, and the holders of the titles of five senior officials can legally occupy 25 hectares of land and 25 "homesteads", but the rank of "Qing" is the lowest rank, and the holders of the rank of Zuo Shuchang can legally occupy the land and houses The number instantly soared to 74 hectares and 74 houses!
The latter, three times as much as the former!
This is the rule formulated by Shang Yang to train the people of Qin to "be happy when they hear the war" and "see meat like a hungry wolf"!

Well, the Han Dynasty inherited the Qin system, so this pot must be carried by the Qin State!

That's it!

Therefore, Jiang Shiqi's sense of superiority lies in the number of fields and houses owned by people whose household registration is still abundant at this stage, although not as many as those who followed Liu Bang to fight the world and settled in the north and south of the world. However, the number of fields and houses in the former is constant, and there will be no profit or loss due to the death of the father and son.

The latter is different.

What matters is that they have other perks.

No tax!
No corvee!

Gradually, Jiang Shiqi's vague sense of inferiority complex because the other party was a nobleman in Guanzhong disappeared.

In the past, you loved to ignore the abundance, but now you can't afford it!

Wonderful, really wonderful... Liu Ying wished she could applaud the guy opposite.

After all, Jiang Shiqi is just an uneducated Lizheng who is similar to the village chief. See through Jiang Shiqi's thoughts.

But what Liu Ying saw through in the next second was that Liu Bang who was standing by the side, as if he had let go of his thoughts and looked normal.

All of this was actually carried out under the leadership of Liu Bang.

As for Liu Bang's purpose, it is nothing more than to listen to other people's praise.

It's really full of evil fun!

Jiang Shiqi said that their current life depends on Liu Bang's brilliant grace, and the edict that does not degrade to the title was also written by Liu Bang himself.

Therefore, when Liu Bang asked the sentence "Shangzao's title does not change the title", he was completely asking the question knowingly!

The purpose is naturally to elicit Jiang Shiqi's follow-up words!

Liu Ying was silent for a while, and decided to take back the next dominant position.

He looked at Jiang Shiqi and asked: "Let's go, take me to see how your matches are produced. If there is no problem, let's sign a letter of intent for supply. After I go back, I will send someone to sign a formal agreement with you." supply contract."

Jiang Shiqi was overjoyed upon hearing this.

Words such as letter of intent for supply and contract did not exist in ancient times, but they are the most fashionable and modern expressions in the Han Dynasty today. After Liu Ying said these words with "Guan Pu", he became more determined to this group It is the belief of big customers!
So, he nodded and bowed again.

But when Liu Ying walked towards the West Wing, he said hesitantly, "My lord, don't go there..."

Liu Ying asked: "Why? Isn't that part of the workshop?"

Jiang Shiqi hastily explained: "Young master is right, but the west wing room is not suitable for someone like you to enter... Well, I don't mean anything else, it's just that there are a group of women working there, so I'm afraid it will be a hindrance."

He said with a look of embarrassment on his face.

Liu Ying understood in seconds.

The so-called unsightly must mean that the women who work are not wearing clothes.

Or rather, without a coat.

After all, when working, it is inevitable that the clothes will be torn and dirty. When the room is full of the same gender, it doesn't matter if you don't wear clothes.

Liu Ying nodded and did not speak.

Lu Wan asked from the side, "Is this match made by a woman?"

Liu Xi explained on a whim: "Fire is yang, and women are yin. Let women make matches. It may be that yin is used to overcome yang, so we can prevent Zhu Rong!"

Liu Bang nodded: "It makes sense!"

But Jiang Shiqi was stupefied.

What the hell?

He shook his head and said: "Of course it's not for women to make matches. Don't look at us as far away from Guanzhong, but Fengmei is the ancestral land of the emperor, and there are no taboos. We all use machines to make matches... Well, it is powered on, and then it will be on its own. The kind of iron lump that moves!"

"Those women are just folding matchboxes and putting the finished matches in the box..."

Liu Ying asked: "Can a machine be used to make matches? Why not use a machine to fold matchboxes, pack matches and pack them?"

Jiang Shiqi had an expression of 'why don't you eat minced meat'.

But when Liu Ying turned his gaze around, he quickly changed into a flattering expression, and said very respectfully: "Young master doesn't know something. The machines you mentioned are too expensive, we can't afford them, and With the machines, where will these women workers go?"

"Without a job, how do you support your family?"

Liu Ying nodded to express her understanding.

But he was two steps behind without showing any trace, allowing Jiang Shiqi to lead Liu Bang, Lu Wan and Liu Xi to visit the match production workshop over there, but only held back Zhang Buyi who wanted to go together.

"Why?" Zhang Buyi looked down at Liu Ying's hand grabbing his sleeve, full of vigilance.

Is that day finally coming?

However, he is not ready yet!
Liu Ying: "..."

After a long time, Liu Ying frowned: "I always feel that you are thinking about something very rude."

Zhang Buyi was bewildered.

He struggled to break free: "If you have something to say, don't move!"

Liu Ying asked: "Do you want to use cheap female workers?"

Zhang Buyi suddenly realized: "Are you talking about those women who folded matchboxes?"

Liu Ying nodded.

Zhang Buyi was full of reserve: "This, isn't it kind? After all, I'm also the son-in-law of Pei County, so it's not good to do anything that hurts the elders in my hometown..."

Liu Ying snorted coldly with contempt on her face: "Business is business. Are they only allowed to exploit their own women and not allow outsiders to build factories and recruit workers? At worst, you can raise the wage standard set by female workers in Pei County a little bit!"

"It's not that I maliciously speculate on them. Even if you set the salary standard for female workers in Peixian County at two-thirds of that elsewhere, the women waiting in line to work in the factory can block the roads in front of your factory!"

"Do you believe it or not?"

Zhang Buyi nodded heavily: "I believe it!"

In this tax-free Pei County, women are not even willing to wear clothes when they are working. One can imagine how low their income must be!
After all, at the current point in time, tens of millions of cotton farmers are providing Dahan with cheap cotton, and with the advanced textile machines driven by electric energy, the price of cotton cloth produced by Dahan's textile factories is basically the price of those hand-spun One-tenth the price of linen!

Therefore, one can imagine the heavy exploitation here!

Liu Ying said with a smile: "In order to prevent obstruction by people like Jiang Shiqi, I suggest that you can directly expand the textile factory in Liuhou country. Just need to buy some four-wheeled carriages to use as shuttle buses!"

Well, Liuhou Country is the original Liu County, which is located in the southeast of Pei County, Xuzhou, Jiangsu Province in later generations. However, the original Liu County has been submerged by Hongze Lake.

Zhang Buyi gave a thumbs up: "Small, you're the thinner!"

You are smart, you are a enoki mushroom... Liu Ying's eyes widened and she was furious.

Zhang Buyi frowned, not knowing where he said something wrong.

He spread his hands: "I'm really complimenting you! After all, here, I belong to a foreigner, and this place is Tang Muyi, the Supreme Emperor. If there is a trouble, even if I move out of Zhiyang, I can only end in regret."

"But it's different in the waiting country..."

Behind him, Liu Bang crossed his arms and sneered again and again.

"Why is there a different law? The prince broke the law and committed the same crime as the common people. You are a little heir who is not even as good as a cat in Weiyang Palace. Are you still planning to be a domineering?"

(End of this chapter)