Datang Nongsheng

Chapter 411 Ideas for Solving Problems

The conversation between Sun Xiangfu and Wu Meiniang hit Zhang Mu, Zhang Chong, and the villagers who accompanied them to this lake to fall grass like a thunderbolt. , driving batch after batch of common people to death.

"Brothers of the Zhang family, these tyrants deliberately offered benefits to one of you to hijack the Miao people who moved out of the court. They didn't have any good intentions. They just wanted you to anger the court and let the court send a large army to wipe you out. , They not only got your original fields for nothing, but also obstructed the implementation of the court's new policy of benefiting the people, they are really extremely vicious."

It is said that the two brothers Zhang Mu and Zhang Chong are so angry that their chests are pumping and their eyes are red. Over the years, every time the flood season comes, there will be some villagers in the village who have been framed by these tyrants. Many of them are their relatives in the village, and every pen is a blood feud!

"These big families are all raised by thieves, they are too black-hearted, brother, let's gather people from all villages and kill them in the city..."

Seeing that these villagers had been dazzled by hatred, Sun Xiangfu had no choice but to stop them. His purpose of coming was to solve the problem, not to create conflicts. If these water bandits really gathered to attack the city, then no one would be able to save them.

So, he interrupted the words of those angry villagers, "With your strength, you can't attack the deep houses and courtyards of these local tyrants. Even the imperial court has nothing to do with them for a while, let alone you.

However, I am here on behalf of the imperial court, and I want to unite with you to eradicate these cancers in the country. Therefore, you must cooperate with me and implement a series of plans. At least, first release the kidnapped Miao people and hand them over to the government for resettlement. To ensure the implementation of the imperial court's New Deal.

In addition, you must try your best to get all the leaders of the water villages to gather here, and let's discuss a feasible solution together, at least to ensure your future life is guaranteed. "

Now, the Zhang brothers no longer doubt Sun Xiangfu's motives. He has a great reputation, and in everything he says, he thinks about their hardships.

Moreover, he only brought two hundred people and three boats to the left and right. On this vast Dongting Lake, it is impossible to pose a threat to the water villages and tens of thousands of horses. Therefore, Zhang Mu quickly said, "Then please My lord will rest in our village for a day or two, and the two of us, the two brothers, will try our best to inform the leaders of the villages and let them come to discuss matters."

After it was decided, of course Sun Xiangfu had no intention of living in their shack where the wind was blowing, so he took Wu Meiniang to live on the boat again, and told Zhang Ke to bring a lot of food, salt, etc. that had been prepared in advance on the boat. Send it ashore and give it to the people in the water village, try to build a good relationship with them first.

Of course, during the waiting process, he was not idle, and he had to start thinking about how to arrange these water bandits and help the samurai to formulate a series of strategies to attack local tyrants.

"Meiniang, how can someone as smart as your father fail to see the inferior means of these local tyrants, and instead report this kind of matter that he could have solved by himself to the imperial court, and ask His Majesty to send me to solve it? "

Now Sun Xiangfu no longer regards Wu Meiniang as a child. Her quick thinking is even much higher than that of adults like Zhang Ke.

Wu Meiniang rolled her big eyes and replied, "Of course it's not convenient for my father to solve it!"

"inconvenient?"

Her seemingly thoughtless answer immediately made Sun Xiangfu aware of many aspects. The inconvenient thing for a samurai to do is naturally a matter of fighting for power with Li Shimin's hardcore. As Li Yuan's former minister, he has been avoiding this thing all the time. It's not hard to guess who he is avoiding this time.

Zhang Liang, who originally guarded the Yangtze River and the governor of the Dongting Lake area, was Zhang Liang. He was one of Li Shimin's stalwarts. When he competed with Li Jiancheng for the throne, Zhang Liang almost lost his life because he supported him. One of the few confidant generals who can lead the army for a long time.

Previously, he was demoted by Li Shimin once because he was in charge of the grain price war with the five surnames and seven families in the Tanzhou area, and he did not fight well. .

Every time those aristocratic families invaded the land, the navy would come forward to help clean up the first and last ends. It can be seen that Zhang Liang also colluded with them to a certain extent, at least, he took some benefits from them.

As the real governor of Jingzhou, the samurai Xun certainly has the power to appease or suppress local banditry. The reason why he played it to the court seems to be that he doesn't want to touch the interests of Zhang Liang, Li Shimin's confidant.

If a person is too smart, he tends to think a lot. Samurai Xun is a typical shrewd person. If Sun Xiangfu made a plan for him to make his anus bright, he probably would not agree, because he Afraid that Zhang Liang would go to Li Shimin and stab him with a knife.

Therefore, if you want the samurai to attack local tyrants with full firepower, first of all, you must not allow Zhang Liang to return to the Shannan Road area and become the commander of the navy. This is not difficult for Sun Xiangfu.

Because Sun Xiangfu is more optimistic about the Tang Dynasty's war against Goguryeo. Moreover, even if Goguryeo is over, the war in the east is not over yet. Silla and Baekje will also be wiped out, and even start to attack Japan. This series of wars will be dominated by the navy. Zhang Liang, as one of the main generals of the navy, will never return within three to five years.

Of course, those who cannot come back may still be Jingzhou's soldiers. Therefore, it is absolutely impossible for the samurai to attack local tyrants and force them. They can only use economic and political means in a subtle way.

"Meiniang, do you know what Daddy's greatest skill is?"

"Business!"

Wu Meiniang, who was playing with Sun Xiangfu's telescope, looked like a child at this moment, but even this kind of thoughtless answer seemed to be very accurate.

"Yes, your father's greatest skill is doing business. The land of Jingxiang is located in the middle reaches of the Yangtze River. Water transport can radiate half of the entire Tang Dynasty. If you entrust this water transport company to your father, it will definitely play its role. It works." Sun Xiangfu agreed very much.

Although the prefectures and counties radiated by the Yangtze River waterway during this period were not as rich as the prefectures and counties radiated by the Grand Canal waterway, they were also very dense. At this time, Jiangling, one of the important towns in Jingzhou, was Wuhan in later generations, and it was the center of freight transportation for the entire central port. For the transfer station, if the south of Datang wants to develop, the Yangtze River Water Transport must be developed, and if the Yangtze River Water Transport wants to develop, there must be a large enterprise that drives the development of the entire water transport business and activates the local economy.

Hearing a new term, Wu Meiniang stopped playing with the magic telescope and asked curiously, "What is a waterway transfer company?"

"It is an industry that can collect the output of all the people, pull it to the place where there is demand, sell it, and transport all the materials needed by the people and sell it to the people. With its existence, the people It will become easier to make money, and it will be easier to get what you need, such as daily necessities such as salt, which will be very cheap in the future..."

The benefits of revitalizing the entire region cannot be explained in a few words. First of all, if there are too many people coming in and out, the information of the common people will not be so blocked. As long as they are young and strong with healthy limbs, if they can go there and earn a consistent amount of money every month, why should they come to this remote place to live a life of poverty!
Wu Meiniang listened to Sun Xiangfu's narration without blinking her big eyes, and when he gave dozens of examples and his mouth was dry, she obediently poured a cup of hot tea into his teacup, Then he said, "Uncle Sun means that this waterway transfer company can make a lot of money."

"Well, you're right to understand it that way, and it can make the people on both sides of the Yangtze River and the towns near many tributaries rich."

With the existing shipping technology, ordinary people's small boats dare not run in the Yangtze River, and they do not have the ability to run long distances.

Sailing against the current usually requires a large number of boatmen or trackers. Only big merchants or the imperial court have the ability to run freight on the Yangtze River waterway.

However, Weinan's shipyard will produce a large number of ships that can sail against the current in the future. When these ships are supplied to the waterway transfer company, then the water transportation of the entire Yangtze River will be activated and even opened to all civilians.

The Yangtze River is much wider than the canal, and larger boats can be used. If you go down the river, the speed of exporting goods is much faster than that of the Grand Canal. The poem "A thousand miles of Jiangling is returned in one day" is in the Yangtze River. Sailing, the most intuitive embodiment of speed, from the middle of Shu, to Jingxiang in the middle, and then to Yangzhou, go north along the Grand Canal to mobilize goods to Luoyang, Guanzhong, or continue down the river to the estuary of Suzhou and Hangzhou. Fast and convenient.

These people who are determined to be water bandits must have some ability to sail on water. It is perfect to gather them as the foundation of the Yangtze River Waterway Transshipment Company. If they are handed over to a warrior who is good at doing business Reasonable, he will be able to use this resource to create huge benefits for the shareholders who invest in this project.

Of course, let’s not talk about the benefits for the time being. In addition to stimulating the economy, this water line can also allow the samurai to have more ways to operate when attacking local tyrants.

Didn't you disobey the imperial court's order? Then, my brother will not sell your family's output for you. Moreover, I only accept cash when I sell things to you. It is impossible to grow copper coins in your fields!

You have to do water transportation yourself, yes!Can you buy the boat?
If you rely on primitive boats, your speed will be very slow, and you need to raise a large number of boatmen and trackers. The cost is high, and you are not competitive. Are you selling your own products just to exchange some of your own? Need living items back?
If you don’t do business, there is no profit at all. If you are in business, your cost and price can’t compete with others, and you will be abused. Whether it is in ancient times or in modern times, ordinary people like to buy things with high quality and low price, and high-priced brand products. That's something that people who are rich to a certain extent think about. Besides, they don't have a brand. What they have is just the hostile eyes of ordinary people.

(End of this chapter)