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Chapter 20 0019 [This emperor, I can't do it? 】

In the big house.

Under the dim oil lamp, ten people sat around the dining table, eating noodles in a sputtering manner.

At first, Chef Shen and the two little maids refused to sit down, but under Han Zhang's persuasion, they reluctantly sat down on the table.

After eating two mouthfuls of noodles, pick up the scallions on the table and take a bite, which is extra sweet.

Since Duke Huan of Qi conquered the Shan Rong and brought back green onions, green onions have become an indispensable vegetable for the people of Ludi.

Especially when eating pasta, some people will feel weak if they don't have two bites of scallions.

Of course, not all people in Ludi like to eat raw scallions. For example, Han Zhen and a few women can't accept it.

Seeing the two little maids holding bowls bigger than their faces and devouring them, Han Zhang advised softly: "Eat slowly, don't choke."

The little maid just nodded, but the speed of eating noodles did not slow down.

Han Zhen couldn't help asking: "Aren't you full?"

Fang Sansan bulged his cheeks, trying to swallow the noodles in his mouth, and replied: "Wang Yuanwai said that people will become lazy when they are full, and they will not work hard, so they don't let us eat."

Han Zhen was speechless.

In order to save money, this Wang Yuanwai is talking nonsense and nonsense.

I can't even eat enough to eat, so I don't have the strength to work.

After the meal, the monkey and the bug came to Han Zhen's side.

Han Zhen asked: "What's wrong?"

The monkey said, "Second Brother Han, we want to bring our family over tomorrow."

They killed officials and rebelled today, worried that their family members would be implicated.

"Why didn't you tell me earlier?"

It was only then that Han Zhen remembered that the two of them still had family members.

Chongzi scratched his head and said with a sneer, "I...I forgot."

He was imprisoned at noon, and after being rescued by Han Zhen, his blood rushed to kill Wang Yuanwai, but he forgot in a daze.

The two of them didn't remember until they had eaten and drank enough just now.

Han Zhen ordered: "Tomorrow you get up early, and catch the ox cart to pick up your family."

Their home is more than 20 miles away from Xiaowang Village, and there are still mountain roads. Now that it is dark, it is not safe to walk such a long distance at night.

At this moment, it is not like the later generations, wild beasts are rampant in the mountains, and you have to beware of bandits and robbers at all times.

After making arrangements, Han Zhen ordered: "I'm tired today, go to bed earlier."

Ma Sangou and the others nodded, and went back to the front yard to rest in the sitting room.

There are many rooms in the house, and Han Zhen asked them to choose a place to live, but the group of rammers chose the wrong house.

Carrying a bag of soybeans to the cowshed, Han Zhen poured the beans mixed with hay into the trough.

The war horse immediately lowered its head and started chewing.

War horses need to be raised intensively, and it is best to feed them a meal of coarse grains at night, so that they can grow fat.

After the war horse had eaten and drank enough, Han Zhen picked up a pig hyena brush and brushed its hair carefully.

The bristles can not only clean up the dirt and bugs on the horse, but also enhance the relationship between people and horses.

After serving the horses, he walked back to the main room in the backyard.

Walking into the study, after lighting the oil lamp, Han Zhen sat on the chair, took out the pen, ink, paper and inkstone, and wrote a line of simplified Chinese characters on the paper.

[Three-year Development Plan of Xiaowang Village]

The development of Xiaowang Village is inevitable, and he wants to leave a way out for himself.

It's good to be recruited successfully, but if the government has no intention of recruiting, then he will take advantage of the situation to enclose the land and become king and live his own happy life.

If the imperial court pressed hard, he might raise a rebellious banner.

As a traveler from later generations, Han Zhen has no awe of imperial power.

The princes and generals are so kind!

Your Zhao family deserves this emperor, but I, Han Zhen, can't?

If you want to develop a region, it is nothing more than population and economy.

With a large population, even if it is just farming, you can still enjoy enough demographic dividends.

At the same time, if you want to pull up an army, you also need a sufficient population base to support it.

For the population, Han Zhen's idea is to win over households fleeing from the mountains.

Linzi County was originally an upper county, governing 22 villages with a total of more than [-] households.

However, due to various exorbitant taxes and apportionment of corvee in recent years, many farmers have abandoned their land every year and dragged their families to hide in the mountains as fugitives.

Today, there are only [-] households left in Linzi County, which led to the downgrading from Shang County to Zhong County in the previous year's rating.

Han Zhen made a rough calculation, and there are at least tens of thousands of people who fled in the mountains.

Of course, with so many people, he must not be able to eat in one bite, so he has to take his time.

First attract a small group of escaped households, and when these escaped households live well, those escaped households on the mountain will naturally take the initiative to join them.

And those barren fields in the village were prepared by Han Zhen to recruit fleeing households.

It is estimated that within a year, Han Zhen will increase the population of Xiaowang Village to over [-].

After the population is resolved, there is the economy.

The economic construction of a region cannot be a one-time deal. It needs a long-term pillar industry, and then use this industry as the core to drive the development of other industries.

Only in this way can a virtuous circle be created.

So the question is, which industry should be the core?
Han Zhen snapped his fingers, and began to search for the traveler's guide to making money in his mind.

Soap?

Not to mention that there was already one in the Northern Song Dynasty, and there is not enough animal fat for people to eat these days, so how can there be any leftovers for homemade soap.

cement?

Even if this thing is fired, it will be regarded as a strategic material, who is stupid enough to sell it.

Glass?

This is possible. The profit ranges from tens to hundreds of times. It belongs to the real profiteering industry, but it is also the most difficult.

The workmanship is fine, mainly because of the material.

Soda ash is needed to fire glass!
Moreover, the temperature of the kiln is also a major difficulty, requiring a high temperature of 1700 degrees, otherwise the temperature is not enough, the sand will not melt completely, and the finished product will be impure.

Thinking of this, glass was also denied by Han Zhen. Even if glass is to be made, it has to wait for some industrial foundation to proceed.

After thinking hard for a while, Han Zhen finally decided to focus on the most profitable and relatively simple things at the moment.

Salt!
But he doesn't intend to go the low-end route.

During the Northern Song Dynasty, the salt industry was very developed. There was well salt in the middle of Sichuan, mineral salt in the two lakes, and sea salt in the coast, and the output was extremely high.

This caused private salt dealers to be everywhere, and even many officials began to sell private salt. It would be difficult for him to get involved.

Therefore, Han Zhen intends to take the high-end route and manufacture refined salt.

Coarse salt and refined salt are not distinguished by particle size. Strictly speaking, all salt in ancient times was coarse salt.

Only salt that has been chemically purified to remove impurities is considered refined salt.

Many people may not know that it was not until the 80s that our country really popularized refined salt among the people.

Before that, a considerable number of people were still using unrefined coarse salt.

Coarse salt that has not been chemically purified contains elements such as magnesium, calcium, and potassium, and has a bitter and astringent taste.

These elements cannot be removed by physical purification alone.

So even the tribute salt eaten by Song Huizong still has a bitter taste, but the magnesium and calcium content in the tribute salt is less, so the bitter taste is not so obvious.

Therefore, there is no bitterness and peculiar smell, and the fine-grained snow-white refined salt is not worried about selling at all.

Salt is also a consumable, a long-term transaction.

In addition to refined salt, you can also get some refined white sugar, which is even more profitable than refined salt.

Yes, he remembers that there are many coal mines in Qingzhou. If open-pit coal mines can be found, briquettes and iron stoves can be integrated, which is another long-term industry.

Before he knew it, Han Zhen had already filled several sheets of paper with the moon in the sky.

"Dong Dong~"

There was a knock on the door.

Immediately afterwards, Han Zhang's soft voice came from outside the door: "Uncle, are you asleep?"

Hearing this, Han Zhen got up and opened the door, and asked, "Sister-in-law, why are you still awake?"

"Can't sleep."

Han Zhang sighed slightly.

First, my uncle was framed, and then my uncle killed the officials and rebelled, killed the landlord and took over the village...

She is a little woman, she suddenly encountered so many things in one day, and now she is in a strange environment, how can she sleep.

"Sister-in-law come in and sit down."

Han Zhen turned sideways, led Mrs. Han Zhang to sit down at the desk, and then said apologetically, "Sister-in-law, I'm really sorry, if it wasn't for me, I wouldn't have troubled you."

Mrs. Han Zhang hurriedly explained: "Uncle, don't blame yourself, that's not what I mean. I'm just... feeling bored and flustered."

Han Zhen understands Han Zhang's mood very well.

Originally an honest, law-abiding peasant woman, she suddenly became a member of the bandits who murdered officials and rebelled. Fear, uneasiness, apprehension, and confusion about the future accumulated in her heart instantly.

"Sister-in-law!"

Han Zhen stared at Han Zhang in front of him, and said seriously: "At the beginning, I promised my elder brother to take good care of you, and I will definitely do it. Don't worry, I have everything!"

Han Zhang was flustered by Han Zhen's scorching gaze, and hurriedly turned his head, humming lightly.

She found that her brother-in-law seemed to have changed in the past few days, but she couldn't say exactly what had changed. She just felt that he had a different temperament than before.

His eyes have also become more aggressive, and he didn't dare to look at her directly before...

For a while, the atmosphere in the study was a little silent.

At this time, Mrs. Han Zhang suddenly found that there were several sheets of paper full of words on the desk. The ink on the paper was still wet, and it was obvious that they had just written it.

Thinking of this, she couldn't help asking curiously: "When will uncle be able to write?"

Han Zhen casually made up a reason, and prevaricated: "Recently I learned from Li Xiucai in the county."

Before crossing, Han Zhen knew how to write calligraphy, but only if he could understand what was written.

"It's good to be able to read some words."

Mrs. Han Zhang got up slowly, and said: "I'm going back to sleep, and my uncle will go to bed earlier, don't let it be too late."

"Ok!"

After sending Han Zhang out of the room, Han Zhen put away the papers on the table, and then went to the inner room to sleep.

(End of this chapter)