The Maojin knife from the late Jin Dynasty

Chapter 142 Let’s work overtime together
In Liu Tai's view, during the time when Yi Guan traveled south, there should actually be a lot of good things in the family, especially in terms of technology.

Because both the Han Dynasty and the Cao Wei Dynasty respected Confucianism ideologically and culturally, and solidified classes through the Nine-Rank Zhongzheng System, the problem is that some schools and aristocratic families that were suppressed by Confucianism also found their place for survival because of the Nine-Rank Zhongzheng System. .

It seems that at most he can no longer climb to the top, but he has a small official guarantee since he was born.

To a certain extent, although the Nine-Rank Zhongzheng System eliminates the possibility of people at the bottom climbing up to the top, it also gives some small aristocratic families at the bottom who are suppressed by Confucianism some opportunities to survive. Especially in troubled times, this opportunity is even more precious.

However, human beings are not willing to be restrained after all, especially after someone shouted, "Princes, generals, prime ministers, and prime ministers are better off," who would be willing to just be a minor official forever!

In addition, every country needs weapon innovation, so the status of technological families in the Wei, Jin, Southern and Northern Dynasties is not low.

After all, these aristocratic families have their own family traditions, land and servants. For them, compared to the suppression of Confucianism in the unified and prosperous environment, this environment is more suitable for their survival.

However, Liu Tai was not independent yet, and he was in the name of the Huns and Han Kingdom. For these technical families, they had no need to consider Liu Tai at all.

There is a slight risk of being considered a rebel if you hang out with Liu Tai, but at least it is politically correct to hang with the Huns and Han.

Even if one day Liu Taizhen rebels and even kills the Huns and Han, he can just surrender when the time comes.

After all, we rely on technology to make a living, and the key is to pass down the technology safely. Who will refuse to take the initiative to seek refuge?

Under such circumstances, these technical families appear to be particularly calm. They are not like those top families who harbor the idea of ​​either expelling the Tartars or unifying the world.

After all, in their opinion, the state gave them no kind of treatment at the beginning, but now that they have changed their boss, their treatment is better, which makes them really have no motivation to resist.

For Liu Tai, Liu Tai didn't care at all whether these aristocratic families were loyal or not.

After all, we all want to unify the world, so isn't it wrong for you to care about whether others are loyal or not? You only care about whether the other person can use you.

The most important thing is that Liu Tai values ​​​​the various production technologies accumulated over the 400 years of the Han Dynasty and the Three Kingdoms' struggle for hegemony for more than a hundred years.

Logically speaking, a unified dynasty after a chaotic war would definitely experience a major explosion in productivity.

First, various production technologies that tended to be military-oriented in troubled times naturally began to be converted from military use to civilian use in a unified environment.

The second is that a stable environment will produce a large number of people, making it easier for peerless geniuses who can connect the past and the future to emerge in an astonishing number.

The third is the accumulation of hundreds of years, and it is easier to sublimate in a relatively peaceful environment.

But it happened that the Western Jin Dynasty looked like it was going to destroy the country from the beginning, let alone development.

And why ancient Chinese people seemed to respect ancient things more, one of the important reasons is that the 300 years of chaos in China brought about not only the danger of extinction of the Chinese nation.

Moreover, many aristocratic families who mastered various technologies became extinct in the era of Wu Huan Hua, and the technologies they inherited from the Warring States Period to the Eastern Jin Dynasty were really gone.

This made people in ancient times want to improve productivity, and as a result, they went to do archeology. Maybe there were ancient technologies that were better than modern ones.

These matters can only be left to Yangman to handle now.

Liu Tai's requirements are not high. As long as he finds out the large and small aristocratic families in his jurisdiction who are living in various corners, and allows him to retain as much as possible the technology inherited from the Han Dynasty, it can be regarded as a harvest to a certain extent.

Liu Tai took a deep breath when he thought of this. He wanted to take his time and take his time in harvesting the technology in the hands of aristocratic families.

At this moment, Liu Tai turned to Chu Hui and said, "Mouyuan, now that troubled times have come, it is even more necessary to rely on the help of others to restore Qingzhou's economy, to have enough materials to enhance Qingzhou's strength, and to provide soldiers with more comprehensive equipment.

After all, even if Wang Jun and Shi Le really join forces, in the end they will still be seen as their respective fronts on the battlefield! "

"What do you think, Duke?" After hearing Liu Tai's words, Chu Hui couldn't help but said with a little curiosity.

"The only way to defeat the enemy is to rely on Jin'er!" Liu Tai said very solemnly, "This is what Zhuge Wuhou once said.

When the Han Dynasty was able to rely on one state to conquer Cao Wei in the north, Shu brocade played a very important role.

Therefore, we need to create our own Shu Brocade. Even if there is no effect in a short time, over time, we will eventually get a lot of benefits! "

"What does the Duke value?" Chu Hui couldn't help but ask after hearing Liu Tai's words.

"Cloth and salt!" Liu Tai looked at Chu Hui and said,
“It’s just that Shu brocade has already made a name for itself, and if we want to make it famous again on cloth, I’m afraid it will be even more difficult.

So I would rather put a little more effort into the salt, make the salt we produce finer and whiter, and create our own snowflake salt, so as to make profits! "

To be honest, not everything can become similar to "Shu Brocade" and become a decisive asset for the Shu Kingdom.

Because this thing first needs to be profitable enough, but at the same time it must be owned in large quantities, and more importantly, this thing cannot be cherished enough.

Because if it is too precious, it will not be conducive to trade. The most typical example is horses.

To be honest, horses will definitely sell well if they are put out, but the problem is that normal forces will not put horses out for sale.

Snowflake salt, a kind of fine salt derived from coarse salt, is very suitable as a special material similar to "Sichuan brocade".

First of all, the quantity of this kind of thing is larger. For Liu Tai, it is just a few more steps to collect the IQ tax.

However, the mainstream edible salt in this era inevitably contains impurities. Liu Tai uses the corresponding knowledge of physics or chemistry to process the originally colored salt into a unique white color as much as possible. Then the price of this snowflake salt will be high. .

When Liu Tai thought of salt, he quickly thought of another thing, which was MSG.

Of course, it may not be easy to get MSG in this day and age, but it shouldn’t be difficult to get some kelp and some shredded kelp!
This kind of spice that can enhance fragrance has been a hard currency that can be sold since ancient times, not to mention that the price difference between spices and gold in this era is not big.

All in all, relying on the sea, Liu Tai discovered that offshore resources are actually inexhaustible.

"Snowflake salt? This is indeed a good thing!" Chu Hui heard Liu Tai's words, thought about it and agreed.After all, after Liu Tai made the sea salt, he asked the craftsmen to process it again, filter it and filter it. Even soy milk was made specifically to filter the snowflake salt. This made Chu Hui feel like Liu Tai A bit extravagant.

So even Chu Hui recognized snowflake salt as a luxury product!

But the problem is, if the snowflake salt is produced for sale now, then Chu Hui feels that Liu Tai has some foresight.

After all, no matter how you say it, you can be considered to have mastered a competitive product that can be sold.

Table salt has no problem selling, let alone this special snowflake salt.

Chu Hui couldn't help but asked with a little worry at this moment, "But if a large amount of beans are needed, will a large amount of grain be occupied?"

"We can try to develop in the south. We sell their high-priced snowflake salt, buy a large amount of beans from them, and even share part of the profit with the southern family. Maybe we can use it one day!" Liu Tai said.

Liu Tai knew very well that he could completely guide the south towards the development of plantation economy, while he himself could guide towards industrialized civilization.

And with this kind of civilizational duel, if he really successfully unifies the north in the future, it will be easier to attack the south.

"But in this case, we also need to slow down the binding of merchants to a certain extent in our territory!" Liu Tai said.

"What do you mean by the Duke?" Chu Hui didn't expect that Liu Tai's mind would jump so quickly and circle around to the merchant.

"I don't think it may be helpful to directly relax the conditions for merchants to guide the people." Liu Tai looked at Chu Hui and said,
"Please sort out the taxes of the people in Qingzhou and show me, especially the various exorbitant taxes and miscellaneous taxes. I think there are too many taxes.

Firstly, the common people cannot understand the taxes, and secondly, the officials below are even more willing to pay taxes privately. I want to coordinate all taxes and let the common people know as much as possible that they only need to pay a unified tax, thereby reducing the common people's tax burden!
When the tax arrangement is clear, tax adjustments can be made to merchants instead of directly relaxing conditions. "

Chu Hui nodded when he heard Liu Tai's words and asked Xi Jian to record these things one by one. After all the information was sorted out, he handed it over to Liu Tai.

As he chatted with Chu Hui, Liu Tai also began to take the documents in Chu Hui's hand and began to handle the affairs step by step.

However, seeing Liu Tai staying to handle government affairs instead of letting himself and others go, Xi Jian, Yang Man, Xi Canjun and others also sat down obediently and started working.

And they suddenly discovered that the official duties that they and others had thought were somewhat complicated began to become easier!
Chu Hui handed each document to Liu Tai skillfully. After Liu Tai looked at it, recalled what happened in history, he wrote a framework and handed it to Chu Hui.

Chu Hui made a more detailed plan based on the framework written by Liu Tai.

When this plan fell into the hands of Xi Jian and others, they only needed to add details.

Because of this, with Liu Tai coming to the Interior Department, the efficiency of government affairs in the entire Interior Department has been greatly improved.

The various government affairs that had been accumulated due to Liu Tai's expedition to Wang Jun now seemed to be less burdensome now that Liu Tai was taking the lead in working overtime.

In the evening, Liu Tai asked Xiao Zao to add food, and everyone continued to work after eating. Finally, it was almost midnight, Liu Tai finally reviewed the last document, and Chu Hui took it conscientiously for planning.

As for those who were doing the details, they were all yawning and almost lying down!
Liu Tai stretched himself and said, "Okay, everyone, thanks for your hard work, I finally settled the backlog of government affairs today.

Everyone will have a day off tomorrow and have a good rest. We will come back to the Interior Department the day after tomorrow. I will go back and rest first! "

"Farewell, Duke!" The crowd's sparse voices showed that everyone was really tired.

At this time, Xi Jian was a bit incredulous and said, "Are our county officials really omnipotent? Isn't this a task that we have accumulated for several months? How on earth did we finish reviewing it!"

"I don't know, I want to go back to sleep!" Yang Man tried to push himself up and muttered,

"This is the first time I have worked like this. I didn't even have time to drink a sip of water. After filling in one detail, the next memorial came.

Don’t county officials need to think twice when handling government affairs?I’m so tired. Next time I encounter so many memorials, I will definitely visit my friends! "

"What do you have to complain about? I just came here to deliver tax reports. Why do I have to stay and work till the end of the day!"

Gou Chun felt particularly wronged at this moment. He just came here to submit a tax report, so why was he left to fill in various tax data.

Especially the income from city gate tax in each county. Is this kind of thing under my own control?
Haven't I always been responsible for the family's thousand-acre tax and corvee tax?

Chu Hui couldn't help but feel funny when he looked at these guys who were just filling in the details and wailing in anger.

They always thought that they were the most powerful person in the entire power system, but the real king of Juan in Qingzhou was not themselves.

After all, even if he retakes the exam, he still needs to sleep for four hours a day. But the problem is that Liu Tai is extremely talented, and he will be energetic if he sleeps for two hours a day.

No matter how hard you try, you can't beat this person's physique. Now I'll let you see it.

Thinking of this, Chu Hui finally picked up the plan he had written and looked at it, sorting it out along the way.

All I can say is that because I was following Liu Tai's ideas when planning, many things passed through my head almost instinctively, and I wrote them down along the way.

Looking back now, I also find that although the framework provided by the county office is not the optimal solution at the moment, it more or less avoids certain pitfalls, as if the future development will be better.

Looking back and sorting out the plans, Chu Hui was even a little confused. Did he really make these plans by himself?

It can only be said that as Liu Tai left and exited from that special workaholic state, and then looked back at the plan he had made based on the framework Liu Tai had formulated, he was a little surprised as to what he had thought at the beginning!

Just as Chu Hui was sorting out the documents one by one, his eyes fell on the treatment of Xianbei prisoners - the Xianbei transformation plan.

"My lord, you really want to resolve the differences between Hu and Han!" Chu Hui couldn't help but sigh.

(End of this chapter)