A City of Infinite Winners in One's Life

After the population of Runan was close to saturation, Li Wei began to resettle people to the surrounding areas. However, there was a shortage of people. Li Wei still bought refugees and took in those who had fled to the local area. At that time, Li Wei began to spend money to buy slaves from the family, and then liberate these slaves.

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The development of Runan has brought a lot of wealth to Li Wei. Money only makes sense if it works. There is no benefit to putting it in the warehouse to get moldy, so Li Wei started the strategy of buying slaves.

Different from the strategy of refugees like gambling, after the intelligence officers have found out how many slaves are in which households, Li Wei began to operate and purchase slaves. Slaves brought him here to sell.Of course, if he is unwilling to sell, Li Wei will exert some pressure. Those aristocratic families will also relax the slaves they hold under pressure, and Li Wei will make another acquisition.

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The aristocratic families of this year have always been used to being domineering. Outside Yuzhou, the aristocratic families can even arrest people on the street and degrade them into slaves. Therefore, the aristocratic families have a lot of human resources in their hands. Li Wei Now is the time to start slaughtering the fat pig of the aristocratic family.

"However, talent is hope. Only when people do things can a place develop. Furthermore, it is imperative to cultivate the citizen class. In the future, there will be division of labor and changes in social structure. Now we are just making preparations in advance. It is very important to protect the survival rights of ordinary people. If a person lives in a precarious situation, then he will lose the motivation to go up. It is not terrible for a person to become like this, but when most people in this country become At such a time, then this country is doomed to perish. Look at the current imperial court, how long can it last?" Huang Yueying sneered.

As the most knowledgeable and far-sighted among the three women, she also has the deepest interpretation of Li Wei's policies, and even persuaded her father to take the lead in completing the transformation from a traditional clan to a knowledge-based association. Seeing it too clearly, I can understand the crisis that the entire Han Empire is facing now.

Liu Hong is not a plug-in party like Li Wei, so in the face of this empire that has begun to decline, he is powerless. .

Chapter 544. The pie in the sky

The hangout between Li Wei and the three girls didn't last long, because it started to snow again.

Although the continuous heavy snow can guarantee a good harvest for the next year's crops, for people who are celebrating the festival, except for children, few people will like this heavy snow, and the pedestrians on the street begin to gradually decrease. Li Wei and the three daughters also went home. Several families were happy and some were sad. While Li Wei was enjoying the warmth and relaxation of the Chinese New Year, Jiang Xia's Huang Zu was still anxiously waiting for Li Wei's reply.

In the lobby, Huang Zu sat restlessly on a chair, wearing a fur and roasting the stove.Although Li Wei's official business has not officially entered Jiangxia for large-scale development, the rich people in Jiangxia have already used all kinds of good things from Runan, such as the Taishi chair, fur coat and oven that Huang Zu is using now. They are all produced in Runan, especially the ovens. The "[-]" can't be copied well in other places. In the end, they got the authentic products from the merchants in Runan.

Although the temperature in the room is very warm, Huang Zu's heart is very cold. The few papers on the case are all the losses caused by the yellow scarves. Because Jiangxia is relying on the Yangtze River, the temperature is so cold. It is especially lower. The cold wind in winter is extremely cold, making the entire Jiangxia territory freeze like an iceberg.

Jiang Xia had already been damaged by the Yellow Turbans. Although he was not smashed into ruins, it was considered a serious injury to his vitality. It would take at least a while to recover.After Huang Zu took office, Jiang Xia recovered a little bit of anger under his hard work, but it was still far from before the Yellow Turbans raged.

The weather was freezing cold, and the yellow turbans in the mountains were unbearable, so they went out to loot, not only robbing merchants who passed by, but even launched small-scale siege battles to harass villages and towns far away from the protection of the city. Three villages and towns were destroyed by the Yellow Turbans, and the number of dead and missing people could not be counted at all. The behavior of the Yellow Turbans also made the whole Jiangxia panic. Whether it was aristocratic families or ordinary people, they were frightened enough.

Naturally, all this pressure fell on Huang Zu's shoulders, and the common people could only complain, but the wealthy family had already begun to put pressure on Huang Zu. about to trouble him.

This naturally made Huang Zu anxious, but the Yellow Turbans came and went without a trace, and it was so easy to clean up there. Those aristocratic families touched their lips and said it easily, and when they really achieved this position, they knew that the Yellow Turbans were How terrible.

However, Huang Zu's staff suggested a way, that is to ask the neighboring governor of Yuzhou for help. Huang Zu is a person with a bit of self-esteem. If it wasn't really in a situation where he couldn't do anything, he didn't want to ask for help. After all, this kind of thing is really It's too embarrassing. The prefect of a dignified county can't even subdue a group of yellow turbans. How can he convince the public?Moreover, this is Jiang Xia, his territory, this kind of thing invites the army to fight, it is really a shame.

The stubborn Huang Zu directly rejected the advice of his staff, but he couldn't bear all the staff to talk to him, asking the governor of Yuzhou to send troops.In fact, he had already admitted defeat in his heart, but he couldn't take the initiative to speak out because of his good face. The advice of his staff gave him a step down, so Huang Zu wrote a letter of help to Li Wei.

Huang Zu waited for three days, and the messenger did not return, which made Huang Zu extremely anxious. If Yuzhou next door refused to send troops, then he would not only lose his post, but even his career would be affected.

When Huang Zu saw the messenger rushing back in the wind and snow, his heart was full of excitement and anxiety.

"Quick! Quickly give me the letter!"

Huang Zu snatched the letter from the messenger's hand and quickly opened the cloth bag outside.When he read the full text, he was so happy that he smiled.

"The sky will never stop me! The sky will never stop me!" Huang Zu laughed out loud.

Huang Zu patted the courier's shoulder, looked at the courier's cheeks that had been cracked by the cold wind, and said with a smile: "It's hard work to transport urgent letters, and there's a reward. I'll give you three coins, go and rest."

Hearing the reward with three coins, the messenger was so excited that he almost lost his breath, shouting "Thank you, sir", and then Huang Zu waved his hand and drove him out of the hall.

"My lord, but Li Zhongxing is willing to send troops?" The headed staff laughed when they saw Huang Zu, and their faces also showed joy. They and Huang Zu were both prosperous and damaged, so they were very concerned about this matter. …  

Huang Zu nodded and said: "Li Zhongxing agreed to send troops, and before the end of winter, this army will be stationed in Jiangxia, and we do not need to pay other compensation. But in exchange, Li Zhongxing hopes to be able to build a port in Jiangxia, so that Use the Yangtze River to transport goods. You can pay as much commercial tax as you need to pay.”

"This..." The staff headed by it was a little embarrassed. Building a port is not a good thing.However, the commercial tax payment made him a little embarrassed.

The port is an important infrastructure in a region and must be in the hands of the government, but Li Wei is digging Jiangxia's flesh by doing this. Does Jiangxia not know how to build a port by himself?Li Wei had to build it, but it was a pity that Jiangxia had no money now, let alone a standard port, even a small fishing boat port could not be built.

Jiangxia is still in a state of rebuilding, and there are debts everywhere. Huang Zu is already in debt, but even so, it is not an easy task to complete the reconstruction of various facilities.Even the more important facilities are short of money, where does Jiangxia have the money to build the port.

One of the staff said: "My lord, I think that Li Zhongxing's business in Jiangxia is also beneficial to us. First, we can use the influence of the governor of Yuzhou to check and balance the local family, and second, the high taxes from business and trade will flow directly. If you enter the lord's pocket, you don't have to worry about being secretly intercepted by the local family. If Yu 5.9 states and Jiangxia establish trade relations, with the wealth of Yuzhou, Jiangxia will soon be able to drive, and the lord will have the money and food. Is it? And the lord can directly collect all kinds of war preparation materials by using real objects as taxes. For example, the food in Yuzhou is very cheap. Now we get the moon first, and if we have food, are we afraid that we will not be able to support soldiers?"

When Huang Zu heard it, it was really the case. Li Wei was a person who liked development. He would bring prosperity wherever he went, if he started trade.Then Jiang Xia can become his golden bag. At that time, he has money, food and soldiers in his hands. Who else should he be afraid of?Not to mention the remnants of the Yellow Turbans, even if he is a wealthy family, he has to give him enough face to Huang Zu.

But what Huang Zu and his staff didn't know yet was that there was no free lunch in the world, and they earned it, which only meant that Li Wei earned more. .

chapter 545. society, society

Li Wei received a reply from Huang Zu, and Huang Zu had no opinion on Li Wei's request.

From Li Wei's point of view, Huang Zu did not have an opinion, but he did not dare to say it, because now Huang Zu had to wait for Li Wei to send troops to rescue him. You have to eat and walk around.Moreover, Li Wei was the prefect of Yuzhou, even if he did not directly govern Huang Zu, he was still a Shangguan.

The first-level official crushed people to death, not to mention the gap between the prefect and the governor, so Huang Zu could only recognize it when faced with this situation.Moreover, Li Wei did not go too far, at least it gave enough face in the commercial tax. Li Wei's agreement was to pay the commercial tax in full.

You must know that tax evasion and evasion is actually quite normal in this era, so when the government collects taxes, it can only collect the big head, and many details are not even thought of.Jiangxia wants to trade with Yuzhou, and the benefits involved are quite huge, and if Huang Zu comes by himself, it won't work, because he will have 19 sins against the local family in Jiangxia, and if Li Wei appears, it will become Li Wei to attract firepower , Huang Zu just sits and counts the money, what a good thing.

This kind of cooperation is for both sides to get what they need, but both sides have their own small abacus.

Li Wei began to draft the document. This kind of thing does not need him to go out in person. The people below have a lot of business experience and naturally know how to deal with this situation, and many important issues will be written in the document, so I am not afraid of the following The officials will make mistakes in execution.

Li Wei's goal is very simple, that is, to completely monopolize Jiangxia's various business activities, even if it touches the interests of the local family, he will not hesitate to be backlashed. At that time, he will control Jiangxia through business and trade, then Li Wei will With the foundation of the Yangtze River Navy.

As for the recruited troops, Liu Pilai, who has completed the quick literacy program, will lead the army. This is also an opportunity for him to gain experience. Everyone else can already be on his own. Only he missed the most crucial battle of the Yellow Turbans. Passable military strategy, so this opportunity will not let Zhou Cang, Deng Hong and others intervene.

Liu Pi was summoned, and this unfortunate child looked bitter and hated, which made Li Wei feel a little worried.

"My lord, Liu Pi is here to see you." Liu Pi, who has completed literacy, is finally not so rough/rude, and his personality has also restrained a lot, and he doesn't look rough when he is young.

"Well, you have been studying well recently. It seems that the official school still has an influence on you. I heard that your grades in the official school are very high, which is very good. Whether you are an official or a military officer, you must have knowledge to be able to have it. Prosperity." Li Wei is very satisfied, Liu Pi's seedling can be considered useful now, and he can achieve top grades in the official school, which shows that his ideological and moral character is very reliable, because in the official school, one must learn Yi Xue, and Yi Xue is not enough. If so, no matter what the other grades are, it will not be considered a pass.

"Everything depends on the cultivation of the lord." Liu Pi said calmly.

Liu Pi, this stunned young man, was also trained to be confused in the official school, but it also let him know how ignorant he was before and the importance of knowledge. As a special student, he has to learn all kinds of normal knowledge in addition to In addition, he still needs to learn the military strategy that can only be learned in college. At his age, Li Wei is still quite satisfied.

"This time, I asked you to go to Jiangxia to suppress the Yellow Turbans. There is one more thing to pay attention to. Let me cooperate with the shadow to stare at Jiangxia's aristocratic family, and let you fight the Yellow Turbans because Huang Zu promised me that Yuzhou officials and businessmen can do business in Jiangxia. This involves There is quite a conflict of interest, and there will definitely be many jealous people. The purpose of having you stationed there is also to deter these juniors. If someone dares to stretch out their hands, don’t be polite, and you have to clean up when you need to clean up.” Li Wei smiled.

"My lord, the family network is complicated, and the subordinates are afraid that they will fight like rabbits, so they fight for a nest." Liu Pi replied a little tangled.