Datang Nongsheng

Chapter 412 Agreed Negotiation
The matter of the waterway transfer company was conceived by Sun Xiangfu when he was still in Chang'an. If he wanted Datang's economy to fully blossom, then the transportation network all over the country must be activated first. It's too long-term, and with the current national strength, it is impossible to realize it. Water transportation can be used first.

Let the samurai Xun grasp the economic lifeline of the Yangtze River water transport, and then help him solve the worries from Zhang Liang. I believe that he should be able to do better than in history in combating local tyrants, and what Sun Xiangfu has to do is actually Help him formulate some specific and efficient methods, so that he can avoid some detours.

"Little Meiniang, help Uncle Sun unfold this map."

Sun Xiangfu called up a waterway map of the Yangtze River from the Ministry of Industry early in the morning. On it, there were more detailed markings of coastal states and counties during this period. According to the above standards, Sun Xiangfu began to write the plan.

"Does Uncle Sun want to build docks in all the states and counties along the coast?"

"Why, you also guessed this?"

"Of course, didn't you just say that you want to collect all the goods in the hands of the common people and then sell them to the common people in need in other places? It's impossible without a dock. However, Mei'er thinks that it should not be given to those states and counties controlled by the powerful. Build a pier."

"why?"

"Because they can build it themselves! Why should we bother?"

Hearing this, Sun Xiangfu smiled, and looked at her with some approval. Combined with the distribution of powerful forces in the Shannan Road area that Samurai Yi explained to Sun Xiangfu earlier, Sun Xiangfu will take advantage of the trend to exclude some places from the project. Instead, he will pay more attention to those places on the map. , relatively poor areas.

Because he knew that what Wu Meiniang said was right, those aristocratic families saw the benefits brought by water transportation, so it would be strange not to follow suit. At that time, they would not need to do it themselves at all, and they would build the wharf in front of their house for large ships to transport.

In fact, since the end of the Han Dynasty, the water transportation in the Jingxiang area has been very developed. However, the civilian ships in the past were not large, and the size of the wharf was also small. They must not be used in the future. Sun Xiangfu will belong to the state of Shannan Road The county marked it out, and the samurai can rebuild it according to the actual situation, or choose a new place to build it. Anyway, someone will pay for it, and he only needs to organize the manpower to build it.

As for agriculture, Sun Xiangfu also has some ideas. The people here like to live near the water. As the saying goes, they rely on mountains to eat mountains, and rely on water to eat water. In the lake area, there are many lotus roots and lotus seeds. During the Southern and Northern Dynasties, it was widely spread and grown here, but it was basically almost wild, planted in a small area, and eaten by the local people in the commons. No one professionally planted it on a large scale and sold it to the whole country.

Sun Xiangfu, who was originally from Hubei, is very familiar with these two crops. He knows that lotus vegetables in Chang'an are very expensive in winter. Moreover, lotus seeds have always been regarded as nourishing Chinese medicine, and the price can be described as high. Of course, they The reason for the high price is mainly because the transportation costs of transporting these things from the south to the north are very high.

If some seed selection and scientific planting methods are taught to the local people in later generations, they will definitely be able to greatly increase the yield of these crops.

Like lotus seeds, in fact, there is no need for varieties. Through reasonable selection, the whole pond can grow more lotus pods and bear more lotus seeds. As long as the thinness of planting is mastered, it is not difficult to produce more than [-] catties per mu, because during this period The ecological environment is good, the light is sufficient, and the firmness will be better.

Now the price of lotus seeds in Chang'an market is at least ten times that of grain. In other words, the economic value of lotus seeds produced in one mu of lotus seed field is equivalent to more than 1000 catties of grain, which is more than ten stones!
Don't those tyrants want land to grow food?Let them grow it. Sun Xiangfu only needs to let the warriors organize ordinary people to plant lotus roots, water chestnuts and other crops in wetlands close to water. With convenient water transportation, they can quickly produce these crops. Ship it to the north and turn it into cash, and wait a year or two to see who is poor and who is rich.

By the time those tyrants reacted, the samurai should have allocated these wetlands to the people in charge of planting like fields. It would be difficult for them to use the original trick to seize the wetlands from the people, because Even in a disaster year, the common people can rely on the money saved in their hands to buy food shipped in from other places to survive.

Moreover, they also know that looking for the government can solve the problem of eating, you Caizhou, the government of Huangzhou doesn't care, I can take a ride at the pier, and then I can go to Jingzhou and directly go to the government office to solve the problem.

Do not directly conflict with these local tyrants, isolate them from ordinary people, and use economic development methods to make the lower-level people inside them not satisfied with their current living conditions, and to rebel against those clan controllers, using a more moderate and gradual approach It is the most beneficial way to deal with Datang under the current situation to solve this situation where the family is holding on to one place.

After all, the reason why local tyrants can become local tyrants is because a small number of clan elders have reached a deep-rooted control over a large number of young children of the same clan. Then they won't be strong enough.

If a son of the Cai family goes to work in a factory in Weinan, he is no different from an ordinary civilian. He is also contributing to the country's tax creation.

And how to make them break away from family control willingly?
That is to let them live a bad life within the family's sphere of influence, but go out and follow the trend, but they can easily live a good life.

When breaking away from the control of the family became a trend among the lower-level members of these clans, the foundations of these local tyrants collapsed.

Moreover, this kind of method is effective for all deep-rooted families, but it is not a strategy that can be accomplished overnight. Li Shimin is still young, and Sun Xiangfu is even younger. They spent more than ten or twenty years solving this problem, which is considered a success.

After writing a few plans for building the wharf and grasping agricultural production, it was time for dinner. Zhang Ke brought a few large grass carp weighing more than ten kilograms onto the boat. The bottom of the pot boiled with wild big fish is absolutely refreshing.

"Commander, the fish in Dongting Lake are almost mature. We just cast a few nets nearby and caught a lot of these big fish."

Watching Zhang Ke kill the fish on the deck, Sun Xiangfu was thoughtful upon hearing the words.

Fish is the food that water bandits rely on for survival. However, without salt and some seasonings, it is difficult to swallow. Therefore, for the people in the lake area, fish is not a good thing, and it is not as good as rice noodles. Food, there is no way, too much is cheap!
Now there are many fishing grounds in Guanzhong, which is Beidi. Under Sun Xiangfu’s scientific planning, many low-lying places have also been turned into water storage lakes, and fish are raised. With the current fish production in Datang, it will soon be able to Let everyone eat fish, which will make the economic value of the fish appear very low, and the low price can only be made by selling volume to make money. However, Dongting Lake District has the conditions for selling volume, and industrialize it. It is still profitable to sell food that is easy to preserve, such as canned fish and dried cured fish, to areas where aquatic resources are scarce.

Just like the salted fish bean paste workshop in Huainan area, now, in fact, a large number of freshwater fish produced in the Hongze Lake area are used to make salted fish, because Shen Tuyong and the others discovered that fishing at sea is risky, and these people use it by hand. It is better to make more money than to make refined salt if you come to fish.

Now that the imperial court has released the salt control, there is no need for workshops to make salted fish bean paste, just make some salty bean paste with cornel spices, sell it to ordinary people as seasoning, and wait for the output of refined salt When it gets bigger, the price will naturally drop gradually. If ordinary people don’t like salty bean paste, they can directly buy refined salt for consumption.

Salted fish and soy sauce can only be used as a buffer commodity before the price of refined salt falls, and it has also been responsible for the seasoning of common people's meals in addition to supplementing salt. After that, it may develop exclusively in seasoning .

The food industry can never be too much. Enriching the people's food is of great benefit. Sun Xiangfu has been promoting this matter. It is winter and the water is relatively cold. If it is summer, the rice field eels and loaches here will be produced. It is many times that of Guanzhong. Fishing it, or breeding it, and selling it to Guanzhong can earn a lot of money.

After all, Guanzhong is densely populated and will consume a lot of food in the future. Xingfu Village has long disdained to focus on making such small money. As long as there is no problem with the communication of commercial routes, these southern goods will all go north. , so that people in the north can eat it at any time, and it is cheap to eat.

A meal of fish hot pot made Wu Meiniang's tender nose sweat slightly. The seasonings brought by Sun Xiangfu's guards were better than those produced in Yangzhou. The past few days have worked hard to eat her mouth. It's getting worse.

The people in the water village who received the salt and seasonings from Sun Xiangfu also had a good meal. After nightfall, brothers Zhang Mu and Zhang Chong came to visit Sun Xiangfu's boat.

"My lord, today our brothers contacted more than 50 brothers in the surrounding water villages, and they all agreed to send people to discuss. If they are further away, they will be notified tomorrow or the day after tomorrow. They will all arrive at us within five days at the latest. Here to discuss the big things you said."

"Five days later? That's New Year's Eve. Just in time, we'll give the leaders of each village a decent banquet to entertain them during the festival."

Hearing that Sun Xiangfu was going to hold a banquet, the Zhang brothers were ashamed. There was not much food in their stockade, and the water bandits from all walks of life were hiding in the hundreds of miles of the lake area, but they were full of shame. There are more than a hundred troops, even if only a few people come to a team, there are hundreds of people, and a few meals and drinks are enough to eat almost their food reserves.

"Don't worry, although it takes a lot of ingredients to entertain them, you only need to contribute. Our official ship has new-style fishing nets. You recruit some people and follow my guards to catch a few more nets, which will be enough for the feast. Use it."

Talking about things at a banquet, especially something sensitive like this, the atmosphere will be much better. Sun Xiangfu can just tell them with delicious food that the changes outside have made them want to go out, make a fortune and live a good life.

(End of this chapter)