I seek economic hegemony in the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 49 Tell Dong Ziling, I want 1 people!

After walking around for a while, Yang Yi turned around and said to Li Heng: "You only have this little territory, but you still want to recruit six to seven hundred people today?"

Li Heng said: "Can't the county magistrate decide how many people to recruit?"

"You made your own decision. Do you know what responsibilities you have to bear after causing bad consequences?"

"Does Yang Changshi still need to bear this responsibility?"

"You are responsible for what you do!"

"That's it." Li Heng said with a smile, "If anything happens, I will bear it myself."

Yang Yi is such a person. He does not target Li Heng intentionally. He treats almost everyone with this attitude.

"Yang Changshi, please come this way. I will ask someone to make a crocodile for you."

"Jian, you are too young, don't be too frivolous and ruin your future!"

"Yes, yes, Yang Changshi's teachings are correct!"

Li Heng had a grateful smile on his face.

After saying that, he arrived at the Yamen.

Not long after, Wang Fugui came over with fish.

After a while, several plates of fresh fish were served.

Yang Yi took a bite and couldn't help but nodded, but then she looked into Li Heng's bowl and asked, "Why is yours steaming?"

Li Heng smiled sheepishly and said, "Xiaguan comes from a humble background and is not used to eating squid, so he can only eat it after cooking it."

"It tastes delicious after cooking!"

"Yang Changshi's teachings are correct."

Yang Yi ignored Li Heng and started eating by herself, nodding in admiration while eating.

After eating, Yang Yi threw down her chopsticks, patted her butt and left.

"Will Yang Changshi stop sitting around?"

"No, I'm busy."

"I will send Yang Changshi to you."

"No need."

After Yang Yi left the Yamen with his people, he said to Liu Cuo: "The method of raising fish in rice fields should be recorded and implemented in all states and counties in the future."

"Here."

"Go and tell Fa Ji that this Li Heng is recruiting people aggressively and problems will arise soon, so he doesn't have to worry at all."

Liu Cuo said: "I heard that Fei Sima gave Li Heng another thousand shi of grain a few days ago."

"How long will one thousand dan be enough for you?" Yang Yi sneered.

"Mr. Yang, this Li Heng is pretty good. Why don't you want to promote him?"

"He's just a man who is looking for fame and reputation. He has some talent, but he thinks he can win the favor of the prime minister!" Yang Yi flicked her long sleeves, "Let's go check the Xianshui..."

Before he finished speaking, Yang Yi's expression changed and she held her stomach.

"Mr. Yang, what's wrong with you?"

"I have a stomach ache!"

Li Heng turned around and returned to the Yamen, and said to Dong Hong and Xue Liang: "You are not allowed to eat turtles in the future. They will be cooked and eaten."

"Why?"

"Listen to me." After saying that, he turned around and walked out, "Let's go see Du Langjun."

Li Heng went all the way outside the city and met Du Yu on the bank of the Weishui River.

"Du Langjun, we meet again."

"Mr. Li, you are fine."

"You got a tan."

Du Yu was stunned for a moment and said, "Mr. Li seems to be tanned too."

Li Heng smiled and said: "Du Langjun, please come here. I will treat you to fish today."

"Mr. Li, let's take a look at the goods first."

"Oh?"

"Here." Du Yu walked to the back, behind which was a long motorcade.

Du Yu took some grain from a sack and presented it to Li Heng.

"As Li Gong said, there are two thousand shi of grain in total." Fei Yi allocated one thousand shi before and gave another thousand shi a few days ago. In addition to Du Yu's two thousand shi, another batch of rice will be harvested in September. Gain at least five thousand stones.

Five hundred stones have been consumed in the past two months. According to this calculation, there are still a total of eight thousand five hundred stones.

It will take until next spring to plant seeds and then harvest wheat in summer, during which time the staple food will not be available for seven months.

"Can I exchange it for another two thousand stones?"

"can."

If this is the case, the amount of food will increase to about [-] dan.

It can supply nearly [-] shi of food every month.

In addition to planting some vegetables, raising poultry, fish, etc. during the period, it will be enough to feed 2000 people until May next year.

In ancient times, the standard population of a county was about [-] to [-], but most of the population was in the countryside outside the city.

After thinking about it in his mind, Li Heng felt that 2000 people were enough for him to do more things.

Of course, the food consumption cannot be so full. He thinks it is enough to recruit a total of 1 people.

"There is Mr. Laodu Lang."

"Can Mr. Li answer my question now?"

"what is the problem?"

"papermaking."

"I'm afraid that Papermaking cannot give Du Langjun a satisfactory answer at the moment, but the promise we can give Du Langjun is that Du Langjun will come to us for all the paper sold to Chang'an, and we will share the profits [-]%."

"Half and half?"

"Yes."

"Mr. Li gave up such a big profit, but there are other things?"

"There is nothing else, I just want to make friends with Du Langjun, that's all."

Du Yu smiled slightly and changed the subject: "I came all the way and heard that Wei Jun was immigrating."

"Yes."

"It seems that the Prime Minister made Sima Zhongda feel uncomfortable." Du Yu shook his head.

"Then our business is still going on?"

"Of course I do."

Li Heng couldn't help but sigh: During the Three Kingdoms period, it was indeed a two-way choice between talents and separatists.Zhou Yu once quoted Ma Yuan's reply to Emperor Guangwu of the Eastern Han Dynasty: In today's world, not only does the king choose his ministers, but the ministers also choose the king.

In the final analysis, the contradictions during the Three Kingdoms period were the contradictions between the Liu, Cao, and Sun families, not class contradictions, let alone macro-national contradictions.

They are all from China, and all three families claim to be destined by fate, and it has nothing to do with our ministers!

If the Lord treats you politely, you will definitely repay it.

If the Lord regards someone as a piece of grass, he will definitely abandon it.

After Cao Pi ascended the throne, he wrote a book "Discussing Shu Brocade with the Officials", advising the ministers to use Shu brocade less, and there is no use for it.

From this point of view, not only is the official buying and selling blatantly, but private smuggling is also not very common.

"Mr. Li, I still have matters to deal with at home, so I won't disturb you any more and take my leave."

"Farewell."

Li Heng was not in a hurry. He knew that he and Du Yu were on the same line.

When the conflict between Du Yu's father Du Shu and Sima Yi becomes public in the future, he may even take the opportunity to win over Du Yu.

After accepting the food and making proper arrangements, Li Heng asked Xue Liang: "How many people are registered in our county now?"

"If you count today, there are already two thousand."

"Only two thousand?" Li Heng suddenly became more confident, "Go and tell Dong Ziling that I want 1 people!"

"1 people?"

"Yes! 1 people!"

It’s time to dig a lot of mines, build a lot of canals, and bake a lot of bricks!

In the evening of that day, on the north bank of the Wei River, in Chencang County of the Great Wei Dynasty.

"Have people been arrested?" Liu Zhi of Chencang County asked doubtfully, "Didn't I say that Shu Army Qiu did not commit any crimes? Where are the other dozen people? Didn't they make trouble together?"

"There was no commotion. I heard that the Chencang County Magistrate came out and arrested him himself! He was slapped more than ten times, and he was beaten so badly."

"Nonsense!" Liu Zhi said angrily, "He is the Magistrate of Chencang County, who am I! This is unreasonable! Who am I, the Magistrate of Chencang County!"

(End of this chapter)