Datang Nongsheng

Chapter 141 Lingnan's Development Plan

Seeing Wei Shuxie's excited expression when he got the method of making sea salt, Sun Xiangfu knew how easily his integrity was broken.

"Master Wei, the place where the salt is made must be arranged on an overseas island. Moreover, the salt produced must not be sold outside, but can only be used to pickle salted fish. Once discovered by His Majesty or the court, this The crime is serious."

Since Sun Xiangfu dared to hand over this brain-dead business, he naturally had some defensive measures. Sea salt can only be pickled for salted fish, and salted fish is only sold to sauce workshops in Yangzhou. However, the bean paste workshop in Yangzhou didn't know about salt making, they just paid for salted fish.

"The old man knows that in a few days, the old man will call Shen Tuyong over to arrange this matter, and there is no need to come forward..."

After chatting with Wei Shuxie some unnutritious words, Sun Xiangfu retreated from his room. It was already a bright moon, and it was inconvenient to go back to Baiyun Lake at night, so he wanted to go to his previous residence in Feng's residence to rest. But he was called to Feng An's study by the housekeeper of Feng's residence who had been waiting outside the door.

"I don't know what you want to order from Yuegong?" After seeing the ceremony, Sun Xiangfu knelt down opposite Feng An's desk and asked.

"Look! These are all, I don't know what Zhengming thinks, how should I deal with this old man?"

There were at least dozens of letters piled up like a hill, so Sun Xiangfu took one of them at random and opened it to read.

The content is very simple, asking about the authenticity of the eight-stone valley per mu, and asking for land in the south of the Five Ridges.

Moreover, after Sun Xiangfu opened several letters one after another, most of the contents were like this.

"It seems that this smoggy land in the south of the Lingnan is about to become a treasure land."

Seeing that the content is roughly the same, Sun Xiangfu has no intention to continue reading. Like Wei Shuxie, many people forget their integrity when they see the benefits. Feng An was an official in the Sui Dynasty for many years in his early years. He also had some contacts with some big families in Jiangnan and even Huainan area. In the past, Feng An sold them the cane sugar produced in Lingnan. Now, the news of the eight-stone valley per mu was released by the court. Those people are like blood. Mosquitoes rushed over one after another, all kinds of begging for favors and clinging to friendship.

"Do you know why the old man descended to Tang?" Seeing Sun Xiangfu's joke, Feng An said seriously.

"I'm short of wit, I don't know." Plant graduate students like Sun Xiangfu have never been very interested in history, so he said truthfully.

"At the end of the Sui Dynasty, all the heroes came together. The old man was in a corner in the south of the Lingnan, watching the battles of the rebel armies. It can be said that no matter who wins the world, it is not difficult for the old man to be the title of the king of Nanyue. However, the old man finally chose it. The strong Li Tang is willing to be a prince."

"Why?"

"Because other anti-Sui people from all walks of life just want to fight for power and profit, and become another power controller who can exploit the people of the world, but Li Tang is different. Even when they were weak, they did not forget to practice benevolent government and revise the law. It is because I really want to save the common people in the world, my land in the south of the Five Ridges is not enough to conquer the world, and only by obeying such a teacher of benevolence and righteousness can I die well."

"Of course!"

After listening to Feng An's words, Sun Xiangfu finally understood why the weak Tang Dynasty became stronger and stronger at that time, so heroes from all walks of life came to vote. There are many insightful people like Feng An in the world, and they are truly talented people , when a group of like-minded and capable people gather together, who can be their enemy?
"However, now that my wish has been fulfilled, this old man is extremely wealthy, but he has only one wish, which is difficult to fulfill in this life."

"Why?"

"Make the people of Lingnan, like the Han people, belong to the king, and no longer live a life of ruthlessness and blood."

Although Feng An's words were brief, just a short sentence instantly made his image much taller in Sun Xiangfu's heart. No wonder Li Shimin gave Feng An such high treatment in history, because he was a worthy person.

"Mr. Yue is truly a wise man in the world. Zhengming is willing to help Mr. Yue." Sun Xiangfu bowed down and saluted Feng An solemnly.

Everyone who promotes national integration and national harmony is worthy of respect, and Sun Xiangfu is willing to salute such a person.

In fact, Feng An just said what was in his heart truthfully, and he didn't think it was such a lofty thing. Sun Xiangfu saluted him so seriously, which made him a little embarrassed, and said, "There is nothing wrong with this." Decide, are you going to ask me about it?"

"Mr. Yue is hesitant. Do you want to agree to allocate land to these people?" Sun Xiangfu pointed to the pile of letters on the case table.

"Exactly, if the old man grants their land, they will definitely organize Han tenants to come to Lingnan to cultivate. If there are more Han people in my Lingnan land, the aborigines can learn a lot of Han customs and farming techniques from them... ···”

Feng An said several points about the benefits of allocating land to these people and letting them come to the land of Lingnan to farm, but Sun Xiangfu shook his head the more he listened.

"Have you ever thought about the identities of these people who want to come to Lingnan? The big clans from all over the country, they care about their own interests. When they come to Lingnan, they will ask Yuegong to allocate the best place to them as below. They farm, but this will make the aborigines have no good fields to cultivate, and make their living space smaller for the already poor, which is not a long-term solution.”

"Well, the old man is also worried about the level you mentioned. Since the Han Dynasty, it is not that there are no Han officials who have tried to manage the land of Lingnan, but no one has succeeded. The environment of the land is a factor, and the main reason is not The reason is the rule of man. The Han people governing Lingnan inevitably favor the Han people. When the Yi people are oppressed, they will definitely resist. "Feng An shook his head a little depressed.

"This matter has to be done slowly. From my point of view, this is a question of going out and coming in. The land in the south of the Lingnan has many mountains and long roads, but relatively speaking, it is not as difficult as the road to Shu. However, the development of China can follow the footsteps of Chang'an, but that of Lingnan cannot! It is because the tribes in Lingnan do not have the courage to go out.

Business is not booming and there is a lack of communication. This is a major factor for the people in Lingnan to quickly integrate into the Han people. The second factor is that they cannot realize the first factor because of the division of tribes.

People in Lingnan can't go out, Han people outside can't know more information here, so naturally they don't dare to come in easily, such as overcoming miasma, repelling mosquitoes, and dealing with beasts, Han people don't know, they only know here It is dangerous, so I dare not come, which led to the closure of Lingnan.

Therefore, the first direction of Yuegong's efforts should be to break the control of the tribal leaders over the barbarians under his banner, let these barbarians go out, learn the culture of the Han people, bring it back, and spread it. "

"How to break it?" Feng An felt that what Sun Xiangfu said was reasonable, and asked.

"First recruit young men from them in the name of hired workers, and give them certain benefits. I believe these leaders should not have any objections."

"and then?"

"Then these recruited people, do you think they will be willing to go back? In your workshop, they only need to pay a certain amount of labor, and they can eat well. There are no poisonous insects and beasts threatening their lives. They Why do you want to go back? Do you think the residents of Baiyun Lake Peninsula are still willing to return to their original tribe?" Sun Xiangfu's series of questions made Feng An thoughtful.

"However, with round after round of recruitment, how many workshops do I need to satisfy them? Moreover, with fewer strong men, the survival of the tribe will be difficult to maintain, and those leaders will not agree to the recruitment." Feng An asked a question.

"It can be rotated! Let all the young and strong in the tribe take turns to work in the workshop and receive education in the workshop. After half a year or a year, they will return to their original tribe and replace the next batch. After several rounds of replacement, If you can do it, there should be no young and strong willing to listen to their leader.

Also, don't think that you can't accommodate those young and strong. Your Lingnan Road is thousands of miles from north to south!How many good fields are there for cultivation in this land of thousands of miles?Let alone a million dollars!Not counting the output of those seasonal melons and fruits, just these fields, do you know how much wealth will be produced in a year for the Champa rice that was planted and introduced?I think that at that time, you can leave half of the people to farm in Lingnan every year, and the other half will take a boat to Chang'an to travel, specifically to go to Chang'an to learn Han culture. "

"Uh······"

The world Sun Xiangfu described to Feng An required too much brain power to imagine. Feng An couldn't imagine it for a while, but he felt that it seemed feasible. The original residents left by Sun Xiangfu in Baiyun Lake really didn't I want to go back to the original tribe. Since the house on the peninsula was built, they would work in the fields for a while before the sun came out every morning and after the sun went down every afternoon. I feel very leisurely.

If there are hundreds or thousands more places like Baiyun Lake in Lingnan, then the whole thing will be easy to manage, after all, the population here is small.There is a proper place.

This is a model, just like Xingfu Village is to Datang, Feng An feels that he seems to have found a clue, this may be a way to change Lingnan that he can't think of, so he entered into meditation .

Seeing this, Sun Xiangfu carefully retreated from Feng An's study. It is not difficult to manage the population of hundreds of thousands. Moreover, the people here will have endless food in a short time. After Sun Xiangfu's fleet is built, he will take batches of Lingnan people back and forth to Chang'an, so that they can learn more. I don't believe that they will not yearn for the colorful world outside, and will willingly return to the tribe and accept the leaders. rule of reason.

Moreover, when Han businessmen knew that the good fruits in Lingnan could be sold at a good price in Chang'an, they didn't believe that they would not come to do business. Before Lingnan people were fully civilized, they didn't need those landlords, but they needed merchants to inject vitality into this place.

(End of this chapter)