Why was Ye County able to develop? Because the most difficult things to open a factory were solved with the help of the iron supervisor. There are iron supervisors for raw materials, iron supervisors for technology, iron supervisors for talents, iron supervisors for key components, and even the most important markets have iron supervisors.

After listening to Du Zhongxiao's words, Wang Anshi said: "Over the years, what I have done in the local area is mainly based on what Zhongcheng did when he was on Jingxi Road. Open a farm, open a shopping mall, run a savings bank, and so on. After many years, I feel that I have roughly figured it out. But I didn't want to, when I went to the capital to be an official, I knew that opening a factory was so different from these. ”

Du Zhongxiao nodded: "That's true." The factory is different from everything before. Now the market is open, and there is a shortage of almost everything on the market, and almost as long as the factory is opened, it will make money. For outsiders, what a good business it is to scrape together some money to open a factory and go to Yexian County, where people can be hired, and the raw materials and parts they need can be bought from the iron supervisor. But for the imperial court, these factories were not managed before, and they were not the same as the previous ones. If you don't make a lot of effort, sooner or later something will go wrong. ”

After drinking, Wang Anshi was silent for a while, then raised his head and said, "Why did you tell me this today?" ”

Du Zhongxiao said: "Today's meeting decided to carry out a major reform of Ye County. The minister said that it is necessary for competent officials to go there and let the officials recommend candidates. I want to think about it, only you can do this well, I want to recommend you to Ye County. ”

Speaking of this, Du Zhongxiao looked a little helpless, and said: "In today's world, the iron prison is bigger, as long as it is stable for one or two decades, everything will be different from before." The affairs there will determine how the imperial court will govern in the future. It's just that it's confined to one state now, and the minister doesn't care about it, thinking it's just a trivial matter. In fact, how can it be a trivial matter? Ye County has done a good job and can make money, which will attract rich people to go there, and it will also attract people who can only sell their strength and have no money to go there. When other places watch Ye County do this, it is inevitable that they will learn, and the world will naturally be different at that time. If possible, I would really like to go there, and do it in peace for three or two years to open up the situation. In the future, when other places learn from Ye County, they know what to do. But it's impossible, and someone else has to do it. ”

Wang Anshi said: "I have been in the place for more than ten years, but I have never encountered such a thing. ”

Du Zhongxiao said: "Then what's the matter? As long as you can work hard, really think about the people, think about the court, and do things carefully, you will always figure out the affairs there. Now in the DPRK and China, how many people can do this? Except for you, most officials are either enthusiastic about their official positions or worldly fame, and there are very few officials who truly serve the country and the people. ”

Wang Anshi hurriedly said: "Zhongcheng is serious. Now that the celebrities are gathered, it is the time for internal and external clarity. ”

Du Zhongxiao raised his glass and said, "Drink." These topics are too heavy and involve others, so it is better to say less. ”

The two drank and ate a few bites of food, and Du Zhongxiao said: "Jiefu, Yexian is a different place, different from other places. If you can manage it well, you will hold the key to the future. It's normal for courtiers not to realize this, but if they don't pay attention to learning what they don't know, they will suffer after all. If you wish, I will formally recommend you to the court tomorrow. ”

Seeing that Du Zhongxiao was very sincere, Wang Anshi gave his hand: "It is really a blessing to be favored by Zhongcheng!" ”

Du Zhongxiao nodded: "If you go to Ye County, many things will be much easier." In my opinion, there are two major events in the imperial court now. The first is to destroy the party Xiang Ping in the northwest, and then fight a decisive battle with the Khitan in Youyun, mixed with a universe. The second is how to run the factories in Yexian County well, so that they are beneficial to the imperial court, so that the people can get benefits, and the world can be stable for a long time. ”

Wang Anshi said with a smile: "Zhongcheng, although the factory gathers manpower and makes a lot of money, is it so important?"

Du Zhongxiao said: "Important, of course important, no matter how you look at its importance, you can't overdo it." The most important thing in the world is money and grain, and you know that some of the goods born in Ye County are specially used for farming. There is a plough for the plough, a harrow for the flat, a cocoon for sowing, and a machine for harvesting. In the past, the family of a husband cultivated 50 acres of land, and there was no longer any strength left. If all the machines are used, there is still room for cultivating 100 acres. Drought and flood are not common in cultivated fields, and in the previous drought years, the imperial court could only provide disaster relief, and the people sat and waited for relief. Now there is a pumping machine for iron supervision, which can pump water to irrigate the field when it is dry, so that the particles will not be harvested. ”

Hearing this, Wang Anshi couldn't help but change: "In this way, the goods of the factory are used for the people, isn't it possible to use manpower to make up for the sky?" ”

Du Zhongxiao said: "That's right. If one acre of land receives two stones of grain, two acres of grain is enough to feed one person. If you add your parents and wives, the rest of the food can still feed more than 40 people. In this way, it can be very useful. ”

Wang Anshi thought for a while and said, "It's just that from a husband of fifty acres to a husband of one hundred acres, has it changed so much?" ”

Du Zhongxiao said: "Of course, this kind of change can't be overstated. Now the population of the world is about 70 million, and after the world popularizes agricultural machinery, there will be 10 million or 20 million people who will no longer farm, and the world will not be hungry and cold. Jiefu, there are 10 or 20 million more people, and they can do something else without farming, and they have such a great impact on the world, I really can't imagine what will happen. ”

Speaking of this, Du Zhongxiao shook his head, raised his wine glass and said, "It's not early tomorrow, let's talk while drinking, and talk about Ye County." ”

Wang Anshi raised his glass and said: "Zhongcheng invited, dare not obey his fate!" ”

After drinking the wine, Du Zhongxiao put down the wine glass and said: "In fact, the farmer is planting far less than one man and fifty acres. In the past dynasties, the fifty acres of land mentioned are not all used to grow grain, regardless of whether the acres are large or small, including mulberry fields and vegetable fields. After the widespread use of agricultural machinery throughout the country, one husband and one hundred acres refers to purebred grain. Compared with before, the number of people a husband can provide for has more than doubled. In other words, if everyone in the world is fed and satisfied, there is no need for so many people to grow food. What are so many people going to do? For the imperial court, this is a matter of life and death. If there is nothing for him to do, it will naturally become a source of trouble. ”

Wang Anshi nodded: "If there is nothing to do, these people are homeless." ”

Du Zhongxiao said: "Yes, if you have nothing to do, you are a homeless person." The tens of millions of displaced people in the world are naturally the source of trouble. If you want to be peaceful, you have to have something to do with these people. What to do? Or a factory. The factory in Yexian County not only produces farming equipment, but also produces all kinds of daily use. For example, enamel products, all kinds of enamel pots, bowls, floats, basins, etc. We produce daily lamps, sleeping mats, furniture, vehicles, and more. That is, a large number of people are needed here. ”

Wang Anshi couldn't help frowning when he heard this: "Zhongcheng, according to this, in fact, there is no need for so many people to farm in the world, so you can be fed and clothed?" It seems that the more it develops, the fewer and fewer people will cultivate the land, and there will still be enough food? ”

Du Zhongxiao nodded: "Yes, that's right." And for this to happen, the plant needs to be healthy. There are no factories in the world, what are the extra people doing? There is nothing to do, either to cause chaos, or to be a slave, to be enslaved, to do some useless last karma. ”

Wang Anshi still didn't understand: "The factory can accommodate so many people? Can everything made in the factory be sold? ”

Du Zhongxiao said: "As long as there is enough food and free trade, there is always a way to come out and let people live in peace." ”

The question is complicated, not really seen, and who would have thought to what extent a person would break free from food? Of the 70 or 80 million people, there are 10 or 20 million young people who are not engaged in agriculture, is there a lot? Judging from the experience of later generations, it is indeed not much. And as long as the economy is normal, people who are not engaged in agriculture will have jobs, and society will be able to function normally. But for people in this era, it feels incredible.

Wang Anshi thought about it, shook his head, and couldn't figure it out for a while, so he had to drink. So many people don't farm, and there is no hunger in the world, so I don't think it's possible. Even if there is enough food to eat, what do those who do not farm buy it for? Is it the same as the army, which is paid by the imperial court?

Du Zhongxiao smiled: "If you don't understand, you have to go to Ye County to have a look, and see how the people there don't farm and how there is no shortage of food and clothing." In fact, in the world, if you just ensure food and clothing, you don't need much land. Normally, one man and fifty acres, according to a small amount of one acre and two stones, in addition to their own use, a family has to feed more than a dozen people. But in fact, where are there so many officials, soldiers, and businessmen in the world? Where does the surplus food go? That's a big problem. If you think about it, you can solve the countless difficulties in the world now. ”

Wang Anshi said: "The rich have no land, the poor have no land, the cultivator has no land, and the land does not plow, this ancient and modern disaster." The scourge of annexation has existed in ancient and modern times, and today is the most important. If you want the people to be rich, you must refrain from annexation. ”

Du Zhongxiao said: "So how to suppress the merger? If someone has money in their hands and it is profitable to buy land, don't they let them buy it? ”

Wang Anshi said: "Just like the previous dynasty Juntian, after a long time, it is always inevitable to inhibit the merger." It is not like the public land in ancient times, the land is not privately owned, and the peasants work together to solve this disaster. ”

Du Zhongxiao said: "Jiefu, in the world, there should be children and grandchildren. According to normal calculations, a husband gives birth to two or three sons, and after three generations, there are dozens of families. There are still so many fields, and what should I do with the extra people? Where there are many people and little land, it is like Fujian Road, where there are often acts of drowning babies. Isn't it because there is really no land and I can't afford to feed it? The population will grow, but the land will not. ”

Wang Anshi said: "There are all idle fields in the world, as long as they are reclaimed, they will be several times as many times as they are now." ”

Du Zhongxiao said: "How long can it be supported?" How many times can the population grow in a few generations, how much can the field grow? Jiefu, for thousands of years in history, reading history books, it can be seen that in two or three hundred years, the people will be left without them, and there will be chaos. The reasons for the chaos in each dynasty are different, but in the final analysis, it is nothing more than the inability of the bottom to survive, and finally there is a big chaos. A great chaos, the lives are ruined, the population is greatly reduced, and the new dynasty will have a prosperous era. ”

In fact, in this era, the population growth is not so fast, it has more than doubled in a hundred years, and it has not reached the point where the land in the world cannot be supported. However, the problem is that the world is uneven, and where the development is early, the population is dense and the growth is faster, and it cannot be transferred outward in time, and the contradiction between man and land is prominent. The scourge of mergers has only magnified the problem.

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