Chastity Layman

  Chapter 742 Wind Rises

It is clearly the history of the Three Kingdoms, but it has been completely changed by Qin Lang's pen. In the past, people worshiped Wei Wu and Cao Cao. Teach me to bear the world, don't let the world bear me,' Cao Cao, who killed Lu Boshe's family, was scolded by countless people, and the three brothers Liu Bei were the protagonists, the halo was full and extremely dazzling.

  The red-faced Guan Gong and the black-faced Zhang Fei are even more popular among the people. It is said that now Tu Xing has directly invited the statue of Zhang Fei in to worship them as their ancestors.

  And Guan Erye is more popular...

   Originally, Qin Lang thought that the pig butchers would confess to the general He Jin. After all, through the ages, there were very few pig butchers who could reach He Jin's position, and even Fan Kuai, who butchered dogs, was not so good.

   But everyone still likes Zhang Fei who is furiously whipping and supervising mail, a true lover.

   "I've read Romance of the Three Kingdoms countless times, but I've never written it as wonderfully as yours." Lao Fang sighed, "Your writing is really amazing."

   "Three Kingdoms is a history book that records history. I am adapting a novel story based on history. It is different. The focus of history books is to record real history, while the focus of novels is on the splendor of stories."

Lao Fang still admires Qin Lang very much, "The same story, written from a different angle, is completely different. I don't know how future generations will write about us a hundred years later. When we are in that history book or story, are we loyal or not?" rape?"

   "Mr. Fang, you must be a loyal minister who left your name in history, or a powerful minister, the founding minister, and a famous minister for generations!"

   "As for me, maybe I, Qin Sanlang, will be called a lucky minister or a treacherous minister in the future? In fact, it doesn't matter. At that time, I won't be able to see it."

   "Fang Gong, how about going fishing together tomorrow?"

Lao Fang shook his head, he came to the theater today mainly to listen to Mr. Wu’s latest talk about the Three Kingdoms, as for tomorrow, how could he have so much time to hang out with Qin Sanlang, “If you have time, why don’t you write three more episodes of Three Kingdoms at home. "Old Fang said, "As for me, the autumn wind is blowing, the vegetation is withering, and the autumn harvest is coming soon. I am going to visit my Zhuangzi in the suburbs of Beijing."

   "The autumn harvest is still early, it's only August."

  Qin Lang rarely goes to Zhuangzi now. The main reason is that although there are many Zhuangzi, he does not need to manage them. Anyway, the management will manage them for him. What he needs is to formulate a framework and set rules.

"Your fief will be able to make a lot of money this year, right? Your fief is really a treasure. I heard that the land can be harvested twice a year. You can also grow sugar cane to refine sugar, grow white flowers and weave cloth, and there is also a large coal mine. ?”

  Qin Lang knew that this matter was already known to the whole world, and there was nothing to hide.

   "Actually, I won't hide it from you, Mr. Fang. It's been three years since I got the seal, and I've still been throwing money into it. The money I put in back and forth is worth 30 million pieces of silk. It's a net loss!"

  Thirty million pieces of silk, even if each piece of silk is worth 200 yuan now, it means that it is worth 6 million guan. If these copper coins are piled up, it is estimated that Chang'an can be flooded.

   And if it is replaced by grain, 30 million stone grains, and a population of one million in Chang'an, will have to eat for ten years.

  Lao Fang was even more surprised that Qin Lang invested six million coins in three years. How much money he made in other places, and how rich his net worth is.

   "Hey, I'm really old, I can't keep up with you young people." Lao Fang shook his head.

   "Fang Gong has something to say directly."

  Old Fang was a little embarrassed, and after a long time of twitching, he said, "It's my wife who asked me to ask Saburo, can we share more with the Lu family for this year's frosting sugar, and we also want some of this white cloth!"

   "Of course no problem." Facing Fang Xuanling's proposal, he readily agreed, isn't it just to order sugar and cotton, the Qin family is now the largest sugar merchant, and also the largest cotton merchant. The Fang family and the Lu family have joined forces to do business, and they have also dabbled in a wide range of businesses in the past few years. They can do whatever they want to make money. Naturally, they are also doing things like sugar and cotton, which are valuable and in short supply.

"In recent years, white sugar has become more and more popular. Now not only sugarcane gardens have sprung up all over Annan Lingnan, but also sugarcane has begun to be planted in large quantities in the south of the Yangtze River. Many rice fields are now planted with sugarcane. This has already aroused the attention of local officials. Note that some officials in the DPRK and China have also discussed this matter. Now there is a discussion that planting sugarcane can only produce sugar, and sugar is not a commodity that everyone needs, but a luxury enjoyed by wealthy families. Sugar, this is robbing the people of food rations, think it is a bad thing, ask the emperor to ban sugar cane."

  Of course, Qin Lang has heard of this kind of discussion.

  In fact, from a certain point of view, growing grain is to maintain stability and ensure food security, that is, to ensure the stability of the country’s dynasty. After all, people depend on food.

  But on the other hand, planting itself is also an economic act, and the market will affect people's cultivation.

Just like this kind of sugarcane and cotton, the same piece of land, especially in the south of the Lingnan, the income of growing rice is very low, because there are few people in the south of the ridge, but the rain in the south of the ridge is abundant, and two harvests can be harvested a year. It's not that there is too much food shortage. The long distance and high cost of transporting food to the Central Plains means that less food is transported abroad, so that the local food is more abundant and the price of food is less volatile.

However, emerging economic crops such as sugarcane and cotton, refined sugar and processed cotton cloth are now expensive luxury goods. The increasing demand in the foreign trade market has also made the price of raw materials continue to rise. Planting sugarcane and cotton income is getting higher and higher.

   Planting one acre of sugarcane or cotton is far more than the harvest of one acre of rice and two crops. The common people are not stupid.

  So everyone has increased the production of these cash crops.

  The acreage of sugarcane, cotton, and even mulberry and hemp is increasing, while rice and wheat are decreasing.

  Of course there will be danger if this goes on, Fang Xuanling reminded Qin Lang that it can be regarded as reciprocating the reward, so that he will be prepared early so that he will not be caught off guard.

"Mr. Fang, I think there is still room for discussion on this matter. The imperial court really needs to intervene in management, but it can't be done across the board. Under the condition of ensuring basic farmland, rations and imperial grain, developing some economic functions can not only increase the income of the people, It can also allow the court to increase taxes, which is a win-win thing.”

   "The south has always been poor, especially the lands of Lingnan and Annan. Now, taking advantage of trade and adapting measures to local conditions to ensure local food production and supply, we can develop cash crops and increase income. This is a good thing!"

  Fang Xuanling laughed and said, "I know that you never fight unprepared battles. In this matter, you have to take the initiative. As long as you can convince His Majesty with sufficient reasons, I believe His Majesty will support you."

  (end of this chapter)