The Great Industrial Ming Dynasty Started from Beiping

Chapter 207 The Plan Against King Yan
Taihang Mountains.

In a ravine, a military fort could be seen not far away. An old man was driving a dozen sheep and grazing on the hillside.

The old man was wearing a sheepskin jacket and a felt hat on his head. He was lying on a boulder with his eyes closed.

There was a sudden movement in the distance, the old man straightened up vigilantly, opened his eyes to look around, and then lay down again.

The mountains rise and fall one after another.

Since this place has been controlled by the imperial court, the enemy has disappeared for many years. It is not easy to pass troops from here. The enemies outside the Great Wall are not so stupid.

"Old Liu, the guard asked you to retire, why don't you retire?"

"It's up to you."

The old man turned over.

The person who came was also an old man. Hearing the old man's rude tone, he was not angry, but showed a flattering expression.

"Let's give way, such a big stone is occupied by you alone." The people who came came squeezed towards the old man.

The old man got up helplessly, and gave up a seat for someone to sit on.

"What are you doing here?"

The old man complained unhappily when his dream was disturbed.

"Old man, tell me the truth. Some people say that you are not willing to give up Zheng Ding's position and let your boy, as Yu Ding, go to work in the factory because of your kid. Is it true? ?”

"Nothing, I have served half my life in the guard, so I don't want to leave." The old man explained a few words seriously.

The visitor stared at the old man for a long time, and the old man got impatient and turned his head away.

"The two of us have been soldiers together for more than ten years. We are not very capable. We are still small soldiers. You can hide this from others, but can you hide it from me?"

"Every two or three years, the barracks will release a group of soldiers, lay off the old and weak, and make up for the young and strong. Last year you said that your boss would replace you. After waiting until this year, you changed your mind again."

The visitor knew the old man well.

The old man has four sons in his family. Farming was hard work in the past, but it was easier. Now that the four sons have grown up, the labor force is abundant, and life is not easy.

People, it’s not enough to just eat a full stomach, you have to marry a daughter-in-law.

If you want to marry a daughter-in-law, the family's situation must be good, otherwise no one will marry a daughter.

How do you see the situation?

The objects in the home can best explain everything.

But things are expensive, the hard-earned food can only be sold for one tael of silver for two stones of grain, and how many things can be bought.

In addition, the young and old in the family eat, married a wife and gave birth to a baby, and added a few more mouths.If all four sons marry daughters-in-law, there will be more than a dozen mouths.

The grain harvested in the fields, after paying taxes, is enough to feed the whole family.

Serving in the barracks always has a mouthful to eat, saving a mouth is a mouthful, as for the old man after returning home, he just needs to eat less.

Seeing that the old man ignored him, the old man directly exposed the old man's thoughts.

"We don't know about the factory run by King Yan. You are tempted and skeptical, so let your boss try it."

"If the situation is good, you will retire and let your second son be the main son. If the situation is not good, you will retire too, then your eldest must come back to serve."

"You came up with this idea, right?" Someone pulled the old man to sit up and asked forcefully.

"What do you want to do?"

The old man scolded with staring eyes.

"Your boss has been away for more than half a year. Whether it's good or bad, there must be an idea, and you still hide it from me? I saved your life back then."

"fart."

The old man cursed.

He didn't admit it, but the old neighbor insisted on it, insisting that his life was saved at that time.

"Give me a correct sentence."

There was begging in the visitor's eyes, and he couldn't speak soft words.

The old man knows the old man.

We have been neighbors for decades, when we were young, there were times when we were like brothers, and there were times when we turned against each other and quarreled.

"It's very good over there." The old man gave a correct sentence.

The person who came patted the old man's arm, and said nothing more, everything was kept silent.

Zhonghua Heavy Industry recruited workers in Zhuwei, Daning. After more than half a year of running-in, from doubt and apprehension, it suddenly became a fragrant bun.

Coupled with the cooperation between the military household economic cooperative and various companies, some invisible and intangible influences are gradually eroding.

It's just a Juren, and Liu Zhen is actually by his side.

The two walked side by side, followed by a dozen soldiers leading horses.

What Liu Zhen valued was the background behind Juren, while Juren took a fancy to Liu Zhen's strength in Daningwei, and it hit it off.

"Beiping is called Yanjing together, and the place name comes from the state of Yan, the vassal state enfeoffed by the Great Zhou Dynasty during the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period."

"Because it is close to Yanshan Mountain, it is also called Yandu."

Liu Zhen introduced it with a smile.

On a hilltop, looking at the majestic mountain, Li Xueyan sighed: "The ancients said that reading thousands of books is not as good as traveling thousands of miles, and I don't deceive me."

"Just talk about Da Song, no wonder it is difficult to resist the barbarians. Without controlling this place, they have lost their strategic advantage. They can only defend but not attack."

"As the saying goes, there is no reason to guard against thieves for a thousand days. This place is so dangerous, and the pass is like a pass that cannot be opened by one man."

"If you can't take this place, it's useless even if the Song Dynasty wins the battle. The barbarians can rest and recuperate for a few years. With the help of this place, they can continue to launch offensives and seize the opportunity."

"As for Da Song, who is passively defending, it is located in the plains, and there is no place for defense. It only needs one failure, and everything is over."

"Mr. Li has a high opinion."

Liu Zhen laughed.

Li Xueyan shook his hand in embarrassment, he knew himself, "No wonder King Yan can't let Daning go."

"Daning is integrated with the Northern Plains. The south is a plain where food can be obtained. The north is a mountainous area with the Taihang Mountains and Yanshan Mountains. It has a strategic advantage."

"The princes of the court saw it clearly, so they separated Daning from King Yan. It was like leaving a knife behind King Yan. How could King Yan be safe?"

"Hahaha."

Li Xueyan couldn't help laughing, her face full of pride.

It doesn't matter that King Yan can fight, but he can't stand the calculations of the princes in the court. One move can make King Yan passive.

"It has been like this for the past few years. Until the eldest son of King Yan established China Heavy Industry, no one paid attention to it at the beginning, but after a few years, it has been incredible."

Liu Zhen looked at Li Xueyan, and continued: "With this thing, King Yan has regained control of people's hearts."

"But the truth behind it, I still can't figure it out, why China Heavy Industries has so much money, and where did it get the money from?"

Li Xueyan secretly admired it.

Although the person in front of him is a general, he has excellent vision and cannot be treated like an ordinary general. Thinking of this, Li Xueyan became more and more happy.

With this person in Daning, with this person's ability, it would not be so easy for King Yan to win over the guards of Daning.

"Students often listen to economics when they are in Beijing. They come from China Heavy Industry, so they have studied a lot of kung fu."

"Ask for advice!" Liu Zhen cupped his hands.

"It's not a good idea, it's just a student's random idea. General Liu will just listen to nonsense."

Li Xueyan shirked for a while before explaining.

"The way of China Heavy Industry's economy, I have observed it, such as the case of military households in General Liu's guard station to garrison fields."

"If the output of the Weisuo field can enrich [-] people and support [-] people, then China Heavy Industry will draw [-] people and only keep [-] people to cultivate the land."

Liu Zhen frowned even more, unable to understand.

Li Xueyan continued: "Fifty people are farming, and fifty people are doing other things, such as joining China Heavy Industries."

"For example, people who join China Heavy Industries earn more than ten taels of wages a year, some of which are used to buy grain from farmers, and the rest are used to buy commodities."

"Fifty farmers will sell their grain and exchange it with other workers."

"If this cycle continues, there will be more and more commodities, and people will become richer and richer. This economic method is really incredible."

"Students still can't understand how Prince Yan came up with this idea."

Liu Zhen still couldn't understand, and asked, "But where does the food come from?"

"Hahaha."

Li Xueyan laughed loudly, and then sighed: "General Liu's confusion is also the student's confusion for many days, and I only figured it out recently."

"Commodities are commodities, not food. No matter how many commodities a hundred people get, the food they can eat will not change."

"With such a big stomach, a hundred people can eat that much, so as long as the grain in the field is enough for 100 people, then there will be no problem."

"The same reasoning."

"If you don't use this economic method, then a hundred people will depend on the fields for food, and the final result will be economic poverty. Except for one bite of food, the house will be clean."

"With this economic method, apart from one bite of food, there are countless commodities at home."

What Li Xueyan said was clear and easy to understand.

Liu Zhen on the side suddenly realized.

It turned out to be like this.

"It's really... speechless." This economic method was thought up by the prince of King Yan. Liu Zhen was surprised by how old he was back then.

"It's no wonder that King Yan is extremely indulgent to his family's eldest son. With such ability, I'm afraid other families are like this."

Liu Zhen murmured.

Li Xueyan nodded, ever since he figured this out, he never dared to underestimate the Eldest Young Master.

In his eyes, Eldest Young Master is more difficult to deal with than King Yan.

However, the officials in Beiping were unwilling to tear themselves apart with the palace for their own future, and Li Xueyan thought that the government's land reclamation plan was also promoted by Prince Yan.

This person's wrist is really dreadful.

"Do you think King Ning dares to wrestle with King Yan?" Li Xueyan finally asked the purpose of this trip.

"Prince Ning's time as a vassal is still short, so it's hard to fathom." Liu Zhen replied.

"Using the vassal to control the vassal is the only way I can think of at the moment. General Liu is in charge of protecting King Ning, so he divided King Ning and King Yan. This task is entrusted to General Liu. All the princes in the court look at General Liu."

Liu Zhen nodded.

"King Yan has a way of winning people's hearts, General Liu has to guard against it."

"indeed."

Liu Zhen agrees.

When there was no more China Heavy Industries, the entire upper echelon of Beiping Guards had already been won over by King Yan in sevens and eighties.

Now with China Heavy Industries, Yan Wang and his son will be overwhelmed.

(End of this chapter)