The Maojin knife from the late Jin Dynasty

Chapter 157 Chapter 57 Liu Tai is short of people

"Ah Qiu!" Liu Tai, who was dealing with government affairs, felt a chill for some reason and turned to Chu Hui and said:
"Mouyuan, do you feel cold? Do you want to get some humidifying boiler to warm you up?"

"My lord, it's only July!" Chu Hui couldn't help complaining after hearing Liu Tai's words,
"Even if you want to use the boiler, you have to wait until winter comes to have such a need. If you really feel uncomfortable, why not ask the two doctors, King Meng, to come over and take a look at you."

"No, it's just that my nose is a little itchy!" Liu Tai shook his head after hearing Chu Hui's words, "How are you in Qingzhou recently? Has anything happened?"

When Chu Hui saw what Liu Tai said, he didn't say much. He took out a document and handed it to Liu Tai, saying: "This is the recent stability maintenance report. The disputes between the rural people, especially the villages, have obviously increased. "

"Huh?" When Liu Tai heard this, he couldn't help but take it from Chu Hui's hand and said with a slight frown,
"Have rural people voiced so many disputes? Is our local governance inadequate?"

"Um..." Chu Hui looked at Liu Tai with some doubts, "Doesn't this mean that the people below are doing a good job?"

"Two villages fought over water sources, affecting at least 3000 people. Is this a good job?!" Liu Tai didn't understand.

"Of course, due to the locust plague and drought in the past few years, the people could only survive on their own land. Now that they are fighting for water, it shows that their land reclamation has reached a certain scale. How can it not be a good thing?"

Chu Hui looked at Liu Tai in confusion and said, "Besides, it's normal for villages and villages to fight for water sources. After the fight is over, they can just distribute it according to their strength. We can just maintain order as a government official."

"..." Liu Tai heard Chu Hui's words, but didn't know where to complain.

I have to admit that this may be the national situation of this era. The most important thing is that the villagers are fighting for water sources, which at least shows that the local village has reached a bottleneck to some extent. If it wants to continue to develop, it must plunder from outside.

"My plan was wrong!" Liu Tai sighed and said to Chu Hui:
"Let Chen Yuanda take the doctors from the medical camp to express condolences and give him whatever treatment he needs."

Liu Tai thought about it and followed the script in the Hong Kong movie.

It's really inconvenient for an official like me to come forward directly, so I'd better do a little good work to deal with the aftermath!
"How is the planning of the entire water conservancy facility construction in Qingzhou going?" Liu Tai took a deep breath and asked.

"Chunjing is still surveying, I'm afraid it won't be implemented this year!" Chu Hui said to Liu Tai, "And we also lack a water conservancy expert with enough experience around us. We can only wait until Guanggu City is completed and let Cao Youshi take over!"

"I know!" Liu Tai nodded, "Then let's wait until Guanggu City is completed!"

"In addition, you'd better help Uncle Cao with the preliminary preparations so that he can take over the water conservancy project immediately after completing Guanggu City!" Liu Tai thought to Chu Hui.

“In terms of materials, there are factories being built one after another by the general, so I’m not too worried.

On the other hand, in terms of manpower, it would be easy to say if we don’t fight Wang Jun next year, but if we fight Wang Jun, we might not be able to spare enough manpower! Chu Hui looked at Liu Tai and said, "Of course, some places are not without manpower!" "

"Who do you want to hire?" Liu Tai couldn't help but ask after hearing Chu Hui's words.

"Fishermen!" Chu Hui expressed his opinion seriously at this moment.

Liu Tai sighed when he heard this and changed the topic, "How is the fishing situation of the fishermen on the beach?"

"When the fishing season enters this year, the officials will come forward to buy dried fish with salt coupons to encourage people to fish..."

When Chu Hui said this, his face was a bit hesitant to speak. He looked at Liu Tai, but at this moment he didn't know whether he should say something or not.

"What's wrong?" Liu Tai looked at Chu Hui's posture with some confusion.

"Report to the Duke." Chu Hui looked at Liu Tai and said, "I feel that avoiding the conversation may not be the right decision.

Nowadays, the plain areas in the interior of Qingzhou are being developed greatly. These fishermen living on the seaside can completely guide them to become farmers.

At least compared to the precarious fishermen, if they can become farmers, it will be a good thing for us and them! "

"It is indeed a good suggestion!" Liu Tai heard Chu Hui's words, but shook his head and said, "But I need them to be our cover. Without a sufficient number of fishermen to assist, the dock built on the seaside will be too conspicuous. !”

"Then wait until the plan is fully implemented!" Chu Hui looked at Liu Tai and said,
"The general always takes precautions in everything he does.

Whether it was the water conservancy facilities waiting for the corvee after Guanggu City was built, or Mr. Wang Pei's study of "Essential Art for Elevating the People" to guide the people to learn farming, or the plan to develop the Qingzhou Plain... these all show that the general has a long-term vision.

But there are only these fishermen. Although I saw that the general occasionally provided support, he mostly allowed these fishermen to be free. "

"Isn't it good to let them go?" Liu Tai was a little confused when he heard Chu Hui's words.

“The county prince wants to use people to death, so how could he leave such human resources unused.

Now Qingzhou is full of waste and needs manpower almost everywhere. Chu Hui feels that after the plan is completed, it is better to give these fishermen to me for use.

Whether it is to become a corvee for construction or to become a farmer cultivating fields and producing food, it is better than letting them go. "

Chu Hui said to Liu Tai seriously.

To be honest, if Liu Tai had not implemented any policies to develop Qingzhou, these people who depended on the sea would have been idle. After all, there was not enough land and channels, and ordinary fishermen could not pay a few taxes at all.

But now, since Liu Tai has proposed a policy of comprehensive development of Qingzhou, Chu Hui, as the general manager under Liu Tai, naturally cannot keep these fishermen and waste their manpower.

Of course, Chu Hui also knew about Liu Tai's plan to surprise Youzhou from the sea.

So there is no intention to use these human resources immediately, but it will be completely different after the surprise attack on Youzhou is completed.

At least in Chu Hui's view, it would be a disgrace to his status if he continued to let these laborers go after this.

Seeing that Chu Hui had seen this step, Liu Tai shook his head and said to Chu Hui: "I wanted to seize Pingzhou, and running Bohai was no joke.

When we capture Youzhou and Jizhou, these people will become our important force in the Bohai Sea. "

"Is it prepared to develop the Bohai Sea?" Chu Hui was thoughtful when he heard this.

However, Chu Hui still said to Liu Tai: "Although you have your own ideas, Lord, I must remind you that the risk for people to go fishing at sea is very high.

Those small sampans in the hands of ordinary people are difficult to withstand the wind and waves, but farming is at least not that dangerous! "

"I know!" Liu Tai saw that Chu Hui still recommended people to farm the land, and understood Chu Hui's thoughts.

But Liu Tai said calmly, “So just change their fishing boats to the big boats retired by our army.

The correct way to fish is to use those big boats that ride the wind and waves in the sea. What can those small sampans do! "Those warships that were finally built with great difficulty will be returned to civilians for use?" ! "Chu Hui couldn't help but be shocked.

Liu Tai said calmly, "Sell the ships that are about to be obsolete to the people, and you can use the money to build new ships. If the ships are not updated every year, sooner or later they will be destroyed because there are no maritime opponents." Eliminated!"

"The general seems to attach great importance to the navy!" Chu Hui couldn't help but say after hearing Liu Tai's words.

"It's very simple. If I can successfully attack Youzhou, I can also attack Jinting Sima Rui by sea next year."

Liu Tai shrugged and said, "After all, Youzhou only needs to defend the coastline of Yanguo County.

But the Jiangnan area has a long coastline. Unless they also have a navy that can fight against it at sea, they only need to attract Jiangdong's troops in Jingzhou and Hefei, and then use the sea cavalry to penetrate Jianye. The battle can be determined. .

Therefore, this navy must be maintained, and since the navy must be maintained, we must find a way to support it. We cannot continue to provide money.

Of course, it doesn't matter if we keep giving money, but if this is the case, it will be difficult for the navy to develop to the point where it can attack Jiangnan from the sea!
It would be better to use this method first for military use, then convert military use to civilian use, and then use the money collected from the private sector for military use again! "

At this moment, Liu Tai explained to Chu Hui quite seriously why he valued the navy.

Chu Hui nodded in approval when he heard Liu Tai's words and stopped expressing any opinions on Liu Tai on the navy.

Because Chu Hui also understood very well that if the Battle of Youzhou was really just a preview, then the navy would have the value to continue investing in it, and even investing ten or twenty years in it would be very worthwhile.

Although Sun Quan met his lifelong enemy in Hefei, the Jin Dynasty was also the last to overthrow the Soochow regime. At least with the tactics of attacking Jiangdong by sea, the Yangtze River was no longer a natural danger.

The only way Jiangdong wants to deal with itself is to invest enough technical resources to build a fleet like here.

But if Jiangdong did not pay attention to the threat of the maritime navy, and Jiangdong was unable to compete with the navy when it launched an attack on Jiangdong, then even if Sima Rui really separatized Jiangdong, there is no need to be afraid, because Jiangdong's destruction is basically just around the corner. .

"Since the navy is so important, it is necessary to deploy some fishermen to cover it!" Chu Hui said.

After receiving Chu Hui's approval, Liu Tai breathed a sigh of relief.

Although this is somewhat different from his ultimate goal, in any case, it is enough to use Sima Rui's regime as a mid- to long-term goal.

And this is why Liu Tai has no interest in the Southern Expedition.

Because in Liu Tai's view, although Sima Rui in the south established the Eastern Jin Dynasty in history, he could be regarded as continuing the Jin court to some extent.

But in Liu Tai's view, the Eastern Jin Dynasty did not feel any pressure at all. As long as the fleet at sea was successfully trained, it would be basically a matter of chance to destroy it.

But it's different in the north. The southern regime can be solved through sea strikes, but the horses of the northern regime are always a problem that Liu Tai can't get around.

Moreover, before the Southern Song Dynasty, the economy of China as a whole was always strong in the north and weak in the south. Even if he took over the south now, if he wanted to go back and conquer the north, the energy and price he would have to pay would be unbelievable.

Therefore, it is better to follow the general trend of history and honestly follow the path of conquering the south from the north.

It is indeed a little harder to chew Wang Jun now. Wang Jun has always had the initiative.

But now, as long as I pass the Wang Jun level, I will have my own horse farm, and the future road will naturally become smoother and smoother. Compared with this, the current hard work will naturally be nothing.

"In addition to fishermen, the next ones include salt industry, textile, steel, coal..."

At this moment, Chu Hui calmly took out reports one by one and said to Liu Tai,
"These half-year reports on the people's livelihood industry have all been compiled, and you need to take a look at them."

When Liu Tai heard what Chu Hui said, he said helplessly, "Okay, bring them all over and show them to me!"

As he spoke, Liu Tai put the half-year reports in front of him and looked at them one by one. Then Liu Tai suddenly raised his head and looked at Chu Hui and said, "How come the income of the coal industry has increased so much?"

“The heated kang technology you promoted was quite comfortable for people to use last year, so it also boosted coal sales.

Especially the special type that can use honeycomb briquettes to burn the kang, because it is more convenient to use and easier to accept.

In addition, people have gradually begun to accept the use of briquettes to boil water and cook.

After all, briquettes are easy to use and less troublesome than firewood! "

Chu Hui said to Liu Tai, "So the sales of coal are much better."

"Not bad!" Liu Tai nodded with satisfaction after hearing this, "If we develop well, coal still has a bright future!"

"But there is a bit of a problem now!" Chu Hui said to Liu Tai hesitantly.

"Huh?" Liu Tai asked with a little doubt when he heard Chu Hui's words, "What's the problem?"

"There are not enough people!" Chu Hui said seriously, "It was no problem originally, after all, there are Xianbei people who are constantly mining.

But as the demand for coal increases, the Xianbei people are no longer mining enough.

In particular, you allowed the Duan brothers to select people from among them, which made our mining manpower even more scarce.

I predict that there may be a shortage of coal this winter. "

"So, what are your thoughts?" Liu Tai couldn't help but ask after hearing Chu Hui's words.

"Can we allow Qingzhou's adopted son-in-law, criminals and rangers and other people who are not doing their job to dig coal?" Chu Hui said seriously.

"Is this... okay?" Liu Tai felt like he had refreshed his knowledge after hearing Chu Hui's words.

"Aren't these people meant to do hard labor!" Chu Hui said matter-of-factly, "Now that the imperial court needs them, they should feel honored to be able to work for the imperial court!"

"Okay..." Liu Tai looked at Chu Hui's matter-of-fact look, and his guilt disappeared instantly, and he nodded, "I will do as you say!"

Liu Tai couldn't help but press his temples, and couldn't help but think, "Why do I always feel like there aren't enough people for such and such!"

　It’s better to exchange your 30-month ticket for an extra chapter, and you’ll start paying it back next month, and the statistics will be collected on September [-]th.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)