Datang Nongsheng

Chapter 414
Although the cold wind in the lake area is not as strong as in the north, this kind of damp cooling is more likely to penetrate into the human body, causing people to suffer from internal rheumatism. In order to prevent everyone from blowing cold wind, Sun Xiangfu chose a place for meals and meetings. Windy col.

Since Lin Bao brought more than 1000 Miao people, the place seemed a bit crowded, but it was barely enough, and everyone ate.

The variety of meals is not rich, the main course is the fat fish from Dongting Lake, but with salt and some seasonings, these fish are very fragrant whether they are stewed or grilled, which makes these lake areas that usually eat fish feel like vomiting The people have a big appetite.

Seeing that most of them were still using clay pots, Sun Xiangfu decided to start today's meeting with these living materials.

When everyone was about to eat, Sun Xiangfu asked the Zhang brothers to inform the leaders of the villages to come closer to him.

"The imperial court sent this official here to solve the problem. What's the problem? Your production and living problems. Maybe some of you think that it's actually quite good to fall grass here. At least you won't starve to death. In the future, you only need to fish. In the wilderness, they can live on by reclaiming some fields that the government doesn't know about and planting something.

However, this official feels that people who think this way are stupid, because you can obviously live a very comfortable and even rich life. "

As soon as Sun Xiangfu's tricky plan started, he raised the interest of many water village leaders.

Who doesn't want to live a comfortable and affluent life?

But they are ordinary people, and they can't compete with those powerful landlords, let alone the government. As an exploited class, they are comfortable and wealthy, and it is almost impossible to get close to them.

"My lord, what do you mean by comfort and wealth? The grassroots dare not expect extravagance. They sent those Miao people back. They just want to pray for the government to give us a way to survive. If the imperial court promises not to send an army to destroy us, the leaders of our various water villages will You can assure the court that you will never rob passing merchant ships again, and live your life honestly."

Sun Xiangfu smiled and said, "I remember, the first thing you said when you saw me was that Caomin is stupid. Now it seems that you are really stupid."

Sun Xiangfu's words made Wu Meiniang, who was holding a big bowl and sucking fish brains, spit out the fish brains just sucked into her mouth with a smile.

Lin Bao and the others were also embarrassed when they heard the words, waiting for Sun Xiangfu's next words.

"You people, all of you are young and strong, not only have the ability to sail on water, even if you don't know anything, go to Weinan New City in Guanzhong, find a construction site, move, carry bags, sell your strength, If you can manage food and drink for a month, and earn no less than usual wages, why do you need to huddle in these wilderness areas, eat meals with little salt and little rice, wear tattered clothes, and live in a house that is leaking everywhere? , a low-grade shack that can’t afford rainwater?”

"Guan, is the money in Guanzhong so easy to earn?"

Not only Lin Bao, but also many leaders of the water village, after hearing Sun Xiangfu's words, looked at him with disbelief and questioned him.

"Of course it's so easy to earn. Over there, any ordinary person's home basically has an iron pot. Moreover, when cooking, they will also put some seasonings that I just distributed to you. It is no problem to eat meat every now and then to have a good meal, because they can earn enough money for them to consume like this.

Now there are hundreds of factories over there that are recruiting workers, let alone tens of thousands of people in your villages, even if there are several times more, you can find jobs quickly when you go there. There are two or three young people in the family. For those who are strong laborers, it is easy to earn a few dollars a month. Moreover, men and women are counted as laborers, and they have different jobs to do. The income I am talking about is food, drink, and even clothing and lodging. , the remainder.

Because of the lack of news, you don’t know the outside situation at all, and you think you can survive, and that’s fine. In fact, after the disaster, you don’t need to come to this lake to shed grass at all. You just need to go to Guanzhong and find a job. You can support your family, even better than what you were used to. "

"You mean, let us move to Guanzhong?" Lin Bao asked boldly.

He still has some doubts now that Sun Xiangfu is tempting them to go ashore and give up his water advantage.

You know, on land, these people became lambs waiting to be slaughtered. If they went to Guanzhong, where the army gathered, then they would have no ability to resist at all.

Seeing the doubts in his eyes, Sun Xiangfu shook his head and said, "No, what I just said about working hard to make money is just a small amount of money, not worth it for you to earn it. What you want to earn is big money. Why don't you make big money? rich?"

"Make a lot of money?"

Everyone was stunned by these three words. If the common people say they don’t want to get rich, it’s a lie. If Lin Bao and the others are not greedy, they won’t accept the benefits from a few tyrants and provoke the government. If Sun Xiangfu didn't let them go to Guanzhong, then for people like Lin Bao, his words would be highly credible.

As for why Sun Xiangfu threw out the temptation of earning a lot of money, it was because he saw how reluctant Lin Bao and the others looked when he distributed the gold, silver and copper coins that Lin Bao and the others had handed over to the kidnapped Miao people.

Draw a cake for these people first, and completely stimulate their greed, so that they will become very obedient, as long as they can achieve some of the tasks set by Sun Xiangfu, Sun Xiangfu doesn't mind letting them live a prosperous life later. life.

"Yeah, it's about making a lot of money.

You have the ability to sail on water, which is exactly what the court needs.

Your Majesty, Prime Minister Fang, and this official want to invest in the establishment of a waterway transfer company in Jingzhou to transfer goods and commodities throughout the entire Yangtze River waterway. The output and purchase of goods in the towns and cities will be in our hands. As the actual executors, you can get a certain share. The profit in this is probably beyond your imagination, but I can tell you with certainty, You can think about it a little bit bigger, let alone consistent in a month, a few times are trivial. "

People who run boats know some things about business. In the early summer of this year, when the water in the Yangtze River had not yet risen, they had seen the huge ships with thousands of stones coming from Guanzhong. Less money, if there are salt and iron, and other materials, then this business will definitely bring in more money.

Of course, Sun Xiangfu knew that with the brains of these people, they couldn't imagine how big this business could be. They just thought that if someone could give them some similar goods and let them sell them, it would be better than fishing. It's better to sneak a little bit of wasteland to make a living.

"Uncle Sun, I think they are so stupid, they must not be able to do anything well." Wu Meiniang, who had wiped her mouth and fingers clean with a handkerchief, couldn't help interjecting.

Hearing that, Sun Xiangfu was embarrassed. What Wu Meiniang said was indeed a problem. These people's brains are really not working. It can only be responsible for punting.

But stupid people have an advantage, that is, they are easy to control. After looking at many embarrassing faces and no confidence in the leaders of the water village, Sun Xiangfu said in relief, "You are just less knowledgeable, not really Silly, of course, it is really difficult to entrust all such matters to them, so I plan to entrust this matter to her father, they only need to obey the orders, be responsible for running the ship and building the pier."

Many water bandits were immediately curious about who Wu Meiniang's father was. When Sun Xiangfu revealed that Wu Meiniang was the newly-appointed chief executive of Shannan Road, the governor of Jingzhou and warrior Xun, many water bandits were in an uproar.

The projects invested by the emperor and the prime minister are specifically supervised by the chief supervisor of the road. The specifications of this Yangtze River Waterway Transshipment Company are so high!

"Well, my lord, we are familiar with the hundreds of miles of waterways around Dongting, what cargo do you need to transport, as long as there is no major flood, it will be safe..."

The leaders of these water villages are not affiliated with each other. After hearing what Sun Xiangfu said, most of them had their own ideas and talked about it one after another, for fear that Sun Xiangfu would not entrust this good thing to them.

"Be quiet first, and listen to me."

Sun Xiangfu waved his hand, signaling for silence, and when everyone shut up, he said, "It's the same sentence, what I said just now is to let you make a lot of money, not to use your boat to take some bulk cargo around.

In the next few years, I want you to build water transport terminals and warehouses in all the cities along the Yangtze River and the major tributaries of the Yangtze River that can berthing ships of thousands of stones. The imperial court will also provide you with enough equipment to sail against the current. The [-] shi, [-] shi, or even [-] shi ships, after you can skillfully control these ships, your mission is..."

It took Sun Xiangfu a long time to describe the big scenes to the leaders of the water villages. After waiting for more than an hour, when Sun Xiangfu spoke a little dry, they knew that the court was looking for them What is he going to do? For the water bandits in the Dongting Lake area, Sun Xiangfu has no intention of letting go. If he wants to achieve the scene he has depicted, tens of thousands of people may not be enough, because the business radiation range of the Yangtze River Waterway Transshipment Company , from the middle of Sichuan to hundreds of counties in dozens of states along the coast of Hangzhou estuary. It's them, even tens of thousands more may not be enough.

And the types of goods he mentioned, there are many things, they have never heard of them, the lotus vegetables, lotus seeds, tea, hairy crabs, canned fish, dried fish, etc. that will be produced in the Dongting Lake area in the future will be given to them. The people here bring hundreds of thousands of income every year.

Of course, for these little people who don't know what canned food is, it is too difficult for them to imagine those pictures, so Sun Xiangfu doesn't expect them to understand everything, after all, most of them They are just obedient and work hard.

This meeting in Xiaonian lasted for two days. During the two days, Sun Xiangfu had a round of communication with all the leaders of the water village. The people in the water village began to sail to Jingzhou.

Before leaving, Sun Xiangfu had already agreed with the leaders of many water villages on how to contact and communicate. Once the warriors are ready to accept and resettle them, these people will all move out and start living in Yuezhou, Jiangling, and Jingzhou. Wait for a few big cities to build docks and cargo storage for large ships. Before next summer, the imperial court will mobilize the first batch of water ships.

(End of this chapter)