Cultivation of chastity

Chapter 38 The Goal of Gaoling

"In addition to these basic projects, the next step is to attract people to our Gaoling!"

Li Tai stretched out his hand, pointed to the map of the area where Gaoling was located, and said:
"We have established agricultural colleges. In addition to providing a large amount of labor for the students of agricultural colleges, they themselves will also attract people who yearn for knowledge to migrate to Gaoling.

This leads to the second point, to establish supporting facilities that allow them to stay.

In addition to the houses with heated kang system, and the chickens and ducks cultivated in poultry farms can ensure that they have enough meat and duck down jackets for the winter, what is more important is the big peacock shop!

The big shop established by Peacock aims to buy anything that can be bought in Chang'an City, then you can buy it in this big shop.

It does not seek exquisite things, but seeks complete things, so as to improve the infrastructure of Gaoling City, so that people who come here can live here.

This leads to the third point, that is, the area of ​​Gaoling is advantageously located in the center of Guanzhong.

In reality, this place is more suitable than Chang'an to become the hub of the entire Guanzhong, linking the entire Guanzhong's material transportation! "

Hearing Li Tai's words, Ma Zhou stroked his chin, took a sip of his drink, and said,
"Your Majesty is not thinking about the things we can buy in Chang'an that we have in Gaoling, but that we have things in Gaoling that Chang'an can only use!"

When Ma Zhou heard Li Tai's plan, he suddenly became clear about Gaoling's development.

"En!" Li Tai nodded,

"First of all, it is necessary to build a road that can directly lead to Chang'an and allow eight carriages to pass side by side.

Because Gaoling is positioned as a transportation hub, the avenue that meets Chang'an will become the top priority. "

"I'm afraid the money spent is not small!"

Hearing Li Tai's words, Ma Zhou frowned and said,
"Where does the money and food come from!"

No matter what you do, you must put money and food first, and planning without money and food is just a castle in the air.

Li Tai immediately replied:

"In terms of cost, the Gaoling area has been scoured by the Jinghe and Weihe rivers all year round. It is naturally rich in clay, sand and gravel. These are natural resources for paving roads, and they can be used directly on the spot to minimize costs.

Then the team that is going to be used for corvee service also needs to be tempered, so it is better to use this road to practice, so as to reduce labor costs.

In addition, the people who benefit from this road, we can also encourage them to help, so as to benefit the people of the whole road.

For example, as long as the people are willing to come to move bricks, shovel soil, and bury sand, then I am willing to feed them.

The common people haven't had a good life for a few days, especially last year when there was drought and locust plagues.

This year, it has only rained for a few days. I don't believe that ordinary people can really look down on this bowl of rice.

So the cost of building this road this year will not be too high, at least it will not be too high to provide enough food! "

"That's a way!" Ma Zhou nodded in agreement when he heard Li Tai's words.

Although winter wheat has been harvested this year, grain prices have not dropped.

For ordinary people, directly taking out food and letting them work can at least save the cost of a meal.

"But when it comes to the grain, the wheat has been harvested seven to eighty-eight this year, so we have to return the grain to Si Nong Temple!" Ma Zhou said to Li Tai when he thought of something.

"Repay, of course!"

Li Tai said decisively, "You prepare one-tenth of the real wheat, and the rest are all Kaiyuan Tongbao and cloth. It's better to be higher than the market price. You can go tomorrow...

No, tomorrow I will go to Sinong Monastery in person! "

"Do we still have enough food? Don't we just pay back the food?" Ma Zhou asked after hearing Li Tai's words, "Even if we hire people and pay with Kaiyuan Tongbao, isn't it the same?"

"It has not rained for more than 40 days, although the fields we have reclaimed are not short of water because they rely on the Wei River and the Jing River.

However, the vast majority of ordinary people's fields are mainly mountain fields. If there is no water for a long time, it will be very troublesome.

So we should store more food. As for money, if you can spend it, that is money! " Li Tai said.

"You mean that last year's drought will come again this year!" Hearing Li Tai's words, Ma Zhou's expression changed.

"I don't know!" Li Tai shook his head and said, "But there is food in hand, so don't panic!"

Li Tai is very clear, don't look at his duck farm has gradually transformed into a poultry farm, but in reality, if there is no feed supply, the duck farm may be returned to its original form immediately.

After all, food is the foundation of society.

Li Tai comes from modern times, and he clearly knows that the prerequisite for large-scale industrialization is that agriculture has reached a certain level, with a certain number of out-of-production population, and finally relying on industrialization to feed back agriculture.

If the level of agriculture does not meet a certain standard, it is easy to just make some luxuries that make you rich overnight.

But if you really want to build a complete industrial chain, as long as you scale up, you will find that agriculture and energy will restrict you in all aspects.

If you expand the scale willfully, it will even trigger the counterattack of the entire feudal society.

The most typical ones are luxury goods such as perfume. Even if such things are produced as luxury goods, the upper limit is too obvious, and it is very difficult to form other derived value systems.

Even if modern civilization is quite developed, the global output value of the perfume industry before the epidemic was only 200 billion euros, but the total output value of the food industry in China alone exceeded [-] trillion yuan.

More importantly, the grain industry can derive new industrial systems according to needs, such as the wine industry, such as cash crops.

Therefore, in Li Tai's view, it is normal for the traversers who want to get rich and have a little money by buying some luxury goods.

But if you really want to change the entire feudal society, there are only two ways to start:

One is energy and the other is food.

In terms of energy, Li Tai is really unable to help them complete the industrialization of energy.

This requires the ability to build an industrialized system from scratch, and more importantly, not only must he understand it, but also let the successors understand how to build it from scratch.

Those systems, what kind of plug-ins, simply put, if you can’t let your successors create such a complete system from scratch, then after you die, these things will return to ashes at a speed visible to the naked eye .

At most, it will leave a little legend in the future, or become a worshiped totem, or become a story in mythology.

But Li Tai took a different path. What Li Tai wanted was to walk out of the road of agricultural industrialization.

Because Huaxia's agricultural foundation is absolutely sufficient, Li Tai wants to integrate the agricultural power of the Tang Dynasty.

Farming technology is almost engraved in Huaxia's genes, so what Datang lacks is not some top-notch planting technology, but a farming system that is constantly being studied.

This allows Huaxia to provide stable agricultural results, so that there will be more people in this society who can be out of production, so that more people will not be bound by the land, so that they can engage in other things, thus successfully completing the transition from agriculturalization to industrialization.

Ma Zhou nodded and said, "Then I will organize the corvee team as quickly as possible."

Li Taidao: "The construction of this [-] to [-]-mile-long road connecting Chang'an will strengthen the regional connection between us and Chang'an, and naturally it will be the next step to strengthen the connection in the entire Guanzhong!

At this point, I think we need to build a port in Gaoling District, and build a ship that specializes in researching dual-use waterways.

Otherwise, shipping in the entire Weihe region will definitely be restricted. "

"Boats can still walk on the road?!" Hearing Li Tai's words, Ma Zhou couldn't help but said.

"I don't know!" Li Tai shrugged,
"Otherwise, the Jingwei and Wei rivers flow smoothly, but if you want them to go upstream, small boats are fine, but for those big boats, as long as the dry season comes, I usually see horses and manpower forcibly dragging the boats upstream.

In this way, the cost of going up the ships will be high, and even if we build a port, we will not be able to attract the flow of people. "

"Okay..." Hearing Li Tai's words, Ma Zhou smiled wryly, "I'll ask Chu Ke to see if he can figure this out."

"In fact, we can combine things like keel waterwheels and bobbins with ships to see if we can borrow power from the water flow or wind power. I believe we can solve one difficulty after another in the end!"

Li Tai encouraged Ma Zhou.

"It's better to build the wharf and the shipyard first, and it's up to Chuke whether we can research it or not!" Ma Zhou said.

Li Tai nodded and said: "All in all, we build Gaoling County with the agricultural college as the fundamental point, improve the supporting infrastructure of the entire Gaoling, and finally find a way to connect Gaoling with the entire Guanzhong area, making Gaoling the hub of the entire Guanzhong!
This is considered to be a comprehensive plan for the Gaoling area. If you need to change anything in actual work, you can also modify it according to local conditions.

After all, I only care about planning, and you need to implement the specific operations! "

"Don't worry, Your Majesty, your Majesty has made a clear plan for this matter, and it will be up to me!" Ma Zhou said to himself.

Li Tai also breathed a sigh of relief when he heard what Ma Zhou said, and the two continued to discuss the details, but at this point it was basically Ma Zhou who was talking and Li Tai was nodding.

The two discussed until the cock crowed, and Ma Zhou went to sleep with red eyes.

Li Tai opened his eyes and saw that Bai He was already preparing things for himself to wash up, Li Tai said,

"Bai He, did you record the minutes of the meeting I discussed with King Bin yesterday?"

"It's been recorded in detail, but Your Majesty wants to see it?" Bai He replied while helping Li Tai to comb his hair.

"You transcribed two copies of this today, and the original is kept in my study.

The other two copies, one was sent to King Bin, and the other was placed in the county office of Gaoling County, so that I always remember this thing. "

Hearing Li Tai's words, Bai He replied, "I will handle this matter properly today."

"Also, wait until King Bin prepares the property that needs to be returned to Sinong Temple and prepares the car for me, I will go to catch up on sleep first!"

Li Tai yawned as he spoke. To be honest, this kind of night-by-night talk was too hurtful.

Bai He said calmly:

"Mafuyan has already settled this matter early in the morning, and I have already prepared the ox cart.

If your majesty wants to go to Si Nong Temple, you can do it anytime! "

"Do you need to be so curt..." Li Tai muttered, "Okay, I'll sleep in the car, let's go now!"

At this time, Ma Zhou came to the agricultural school and recruited the other six department heads, saying:

"The King of Yue was named the magistrate of Gaoling County, and I was entrusted by the King of Yue to temporarily act as the magistrate of Gaoling County.

Therefore, some teachers and students will be transferred to serve as officials of Gaoling County temporarily, so that the administrative work of Gaoling County can run normally. "

"Oh?!" Hearing this, Lu Cai immediately regained his energy and looked at Ma Zhou eagerly.

Ma Zhou looked at Lu Cai's firm eyes, naturally nodded to Lu Cai silently, and said:

"Yan Wenxue, Lu Cai, Liu Shenwei, you are responsible for continuing to preside over the normal work of the school and make the work of the school run normally.

Chunfeng, Mr. Du, you two will be with me, and another ten people from each science will be transferred to assist in handling various chores in Gaoling County. "

"Me?" Li Chunfeng couldn't help being somewhat stunned when he heard that he had a role.

But Du Chuke didn't panic at all, he clasped his fists and said to Ma Zhou, "Thank you, Chuke."

"Hey, hey!" Lu Cai looked at Ma Zhou and said, "Ma Zhou, are we friends who have had flower wine together?"

"Ahem!" Ma Zhou coughed a few times and said, "I'm not in the academy anymore, so you will take care of me a little bit more.

The King of Yue has entrusted you with the entire Agricultural and Agricultural Institute. Isn't it enough to see that the King of Yue attaches great importance to you? ! "

Lu Cai was very helpless when he heard Ma Zhou's words. After all, he really wanted to be an official.

Even if it is from the ninth rank, I don't care. Although the agricultural school was run by the King of Yue, this school is not an official after all!
It's like modern times, who wouldn't want to be in the establishment!
Ma Zhou said, "Of course, the King of Yue still has something to entrust to you. If you do it well, don't have to say, at least there is no problem in becoming a doctor in Gaoling County!"

"Oh? What's the matter?" Lu Cai's attention was immediately drawn to Ma Zhou's words.

Although the Ph.D. has no rank, it is considered an official establishment, and the status of the professors and students is quite high, and even if they do a good job, they might be considered by Li Shimin to enter the Chongwen Museum. After all, it is close to Chang'an!

"To edit the identities of the people in Gaoling County, you need to be accurate to the people, and have their household registration, occupation, property, etc.!" Ma Zhou said, "As for the staff, they will be selected from the non-local students of the agricultural college. It depends on how to do it. is you!"

"Okay, leave this matter to me!" Hearing this, Lu Cai gritted his teeth and agreed directly.

When Du Chuke heard Ma Zhou's words, he took a deep look at Ma Zhou. As the target of Du Ruhui, he knew clearly that this matter was definitely a big pit.

Because if the population of Gaoling County can be cleared, to a certain extent, the population of the entire world can also be cleared.

It's just that the specific population will become more difficult to check as the scale of the check becomes larger.

"We work together to build Gaoling County well. For those who want to enter politics, this is the best name for everyone in the future!"

Ma Zhou looked around, his eyes fell on Du Chuke and said, "Mr. Du, Chunfeng, let's talk about the details next!"

As Ma Zhou began to recruit people from the Agricultural Institute, Li Tai also came to Sinong Temple to return the grain he had borrowed!
"Ha, it's here."

Li Tai on the carriage yawned and saw the signboard of Sinong Temple.

(End of this chapter)