When Wu Meiniang's publicity is over, the next specific matter is for Han Yi and Cui Jijian to do it.

The pattern is actually the same.

It's engineering construction.

Not to mention the road and river construction projects of the imperial court, let's talk about the investment of merchants, and the first step must be construction.

Why is it best to build a disaster area, because manpower is cheap, and it is not difficult to find, it is everywhere, if it is normal times, who is willing to build roads, it must be very hard, but now it is different, now it is enough to give food to eat, and if you don't go to work, you will starve to death, so you can't stop working. Now because the market is still under construction, there is no need for consumption, and there is no need to pay wages, but when it comes to the autumn of the next year, it will have to be paid, and by that time, the market will be almost built.

Moreover, the speed of road construction is very fast, because there are too many manpower and it is very concentrated, and where the food is, the people are there, and they can do everything quickly.

But Han Yi believes that this is not exploitation, these roads and rivers will benefit the local people for a long time, and they are working for themselves.

This has attracted many businessmen to enter the disaster area, and some businessmen who are still waiting and watching have seen that these wealthy businessmen have invested a large amount of money in the disaster area, which proves that this is definitely profitable, and this opportunity cannot be missed.

More and more food is entering the disaster area.

This is also thanks to the Caoyun restructuring, an important part of the Caoyun restructuring is the warehouse, the warehouses of these intermediate stations are basically full, and businessmen can temporarily dispatch grain into the disaster area.

But at the same time, many people in the disaster area have also left their hometowns, and some craftsmen with craftsmanship have been directly recruited to Chang'an and Luoyang, and now the businessmen's desire for manpower is very great, but the vast majority of them are following the merchants to a distant place, that is, Lingnan, and even farther South China Sea Islands.

And this has also invisibly helped businessmen solve an urgent need.

Because a war belonging to merchants is coming, that is, sending troops to the Buddha and passing away from the country, which requires a lot of material support, and the goods in Shandong and Guanzhong are going south, and the manpower is very tight, and these people will also send those materials by the way.

For these people, as long as they step on the canal boats, this food is not a problem.

At the same time as construction, agriculture is also being planned, and the reform of industry and commerce and agriculture is carried out at the same time.

Xiangzhou Mansion.

"Brother, I'm killing you this time!"

"Oops! How did I know this would happen. However, don't worry, Brother Han must have a way. ”

Han Yi was in the lobby, studying the geography of Xiangzhou, when he suddenly heard someone talking outside the house, and couldn't help but look back, only to see He Ruohan and Yuwen Xiumi walking in with a depressed face, and couldn't help asking, "Why did you come here?" ”

The two of them were originally in Weizhou.

He Ruohan said with a depressed face: "It's not all my brother's fault. ”

Yuwen Xiumi cried and said with a sad face: "Brother Han, you have to help us!" ”

Han Yi asked, "What's wrong?" ”

Yuwen Xiumi glanced at Han Yi embarrassedly, and then said: "Don't hide it from Brother Han, when we were preparing to enter the disaster area, in order to save trouble, we just... We wanted to buy grain directly from the landlords here like the previous expedition to Goguryeo, so we didn't bring much grain here, and it was relatively successful to go to Weizhou, but when we came to Xiangzhou, it didn't work! ”

Han Yi said: "Why? ”

Yuwen Xiumi said: "Brother Han doesn't know? ”

Han Yi shook his head.

Yuwen Xiumi said: "Some local gentry in Xiangzhou have been advocating a new agricultural community recently, saying that they want to change the model of traditional agricultural cooperatives, which has led to many large landowners who are unwilling to sell grain and land to us, and are still fighting with us for the land of those farmers. ”

"New Rural Society?"

Han Yi was curious: "What new farmer's society?" ”

He Ruohan said: "It is said that this farmer and the big farm have a very similar place, that is, everyone's land is merged, the business model of the big farm is adopted, and the unified management is carried out, but this new farmer's cooperative is not a private one, but everyone shares, in terms of shares, and must be invested in the land, now many big landowners in Luoyang want to buy, have encountered a lot of obstacles, those farmers if they join the farmer's cooperative, they can also get grain relief, which leads to those big landlords are preparing to build a new farmer's cooperative, unwilling to sell grain to us." ”

In fact, the Tang Dynasty has always had a peasant cooperative, with a strong gentry background, like what to persuade the peasant mulberry these work, is the peasant community to complete, and to provide a mutual help for the villagers to provide an institution, if the family is poor, the peasant community will organize everyone to help the family, but not market-oriented, and the ancestral hall has a great connection, and the concept of the new peasant cooperative, is obviously aimed at marketization.

Han Yi frowned and thought for a moment, and said: "You come to me for this matter, I can't help it, I can't force people to sell grain to you, instead of complaining here, it's better to go to the surrounding states and counties to buy grain, however, I advise you to go to Luoyang, I guess other states and counties are the same." ”

Yuwen Xiumi said depressedly: "In this case, when we bring the food, I'm afraid we won't even have soup to drink." Otherwise, let's take credit first, how about the court vouch for us? We're not going to pay our bills. ”

He Ruohan nodded straight.

Han Yi shook his head and said: "This is not good, if you take credit, then people will also come on credit, but what the court hopes is that more grain will enter the disaster area." If it weren't for this, your investment wouldn't have been so convenient. You'd better figure it out for yourself. ”

The two fools looked at each other and left with a disappointed expression.

After they left, Han Yi immediately said, "Someone! ”

"Humble duty."

"Go and inform Cui Zhongcheng and ask him to go with me to inspect the agricultural area this afternoon."

"Whoa"

In the afternoon.

"Xinnongshe, hehe, this is the idea you came up with."

Han Yi walked on the edge of the field and smiled at Cui Jijian on the side.

"So that's what you asked me to come for." Cui Jijian smiled.

Han Yi nodded.

Cui Jijian asked again: "I don't know what Shang Shuling thinks?" ”

Han Yi said: "I don't know much about this, and I'd like to hear about it." ”

Cui Jijian said: "In fact, I also learned the concept of this new agricultural society from Shang Shuling. To put it simply, the establishment of a small agricultural group similar to Guanzhong and Shandong Group, the land of everyone as a share to join in, the integration of cultivated land resources, first, will be related to management and cultivation, second, will have greater competitiveness. In the future, Henan will become a big market, then the grain will naturally be put on the market, which leads to the impact of Henan's grain also facing the impact of Jiangnan farmers, if the farmers sell it piecemeal, the price of grain will be controlled by those big farmers, and the farmers are obviously not the opponents of the landlords.

But if we form a farmer's cooperative, we will become more competitive in the market in the future, and we will be able to bring more wealth to the farmers, and in the new farmer's cooperative, we will also implement the liquidation method and hoard some grain to deal with this sudden disaster, so that we will not be like now, and we can only rely on the merchant's breath and live humbly. ”

Han Yi laughed and said: "You still haven't said something, that is, this can increase the influence of your Shi clan in this area, your Shi clan already controls a lot of land, and has a very high reputation, if you take cultivated land as a shareholder, your Shi clan is naturally the largest shareholder, then the people here are almost united around your Shi clan." ”

Cui Jijian didn't deny it, and said lightly: "Shang Shuling hasn't said his opinion yet?" ”

Han Yi pondered for a moment and said: "How to say this, if you want to do a good job, of course it is a good thing, but you also carry all the responsibilities on your own shoulders, so if you don't do it well, your scholar clan will face a major crisis, but I am not very optimistic about your scholar clan." ”

Cui Jijian snorted softly: "If we scholars don't do business, it doesn't mean that we won't do business, under the leadership of our scholars, the farmer's life will get better and better." In fact, the difficulties faced by farmers are not only natural disasters, but also oppression, and it will not be so easy to oppress farmers in the future. ”

Han Yi smiled and groaned: "You dare to say this in front of me, aren't you afraid that I will say it?" ”

Cui Jijian smiled: "I, Cui Jijian, am frank in my heart, since I dare to say it, I am not afraid that it will be known." ”

You bastard, you really put gold in your face, if you didn't know some of my secrets, how dare you say that. Han Yi said with a smile: "I finally saw the beautiful style of your Qinghe Cui clan today. ”

Cui Jijian couldn't hear his sarcasm, but said with a smile: "Awards, awards." ”

But then again, Han Yi really admired Cui Jijian and came up with such a trick.

Don't underestimate this new peasant society, this can really ensure that the gentry class will not be eliminated by this great era, at least temporarily, it can alleviate the impact of merchants on the gentry class.

Because the main influence of the gentry is mainly in the countryside, and the countryside is all peasants, where Han Yi will be urbanized, the number of citizens will definitely increase, and the population of the countryside will decrease, which is certain, and now the rural population in many areas is decreasing, so the influence of the gentry will definitely be greatly weakened.

In fact, the plan of the New Rural Cooperative is to directly change the villages from the ancestral hall system to the group system, which is essentially commercialization, which means that these scholars directly change from a landlord to the boss of a group. Although they could not prevent the population of the countryside from decreasing, the land would not decrease, and the new peasant societies would control the land, that is, they would control the grain, so that they would not only be able to maintain a strong influence in the countryside, but also be able to compete with the merchants in the market, and even increase the conditions for negotiations with the imperial court.

It can be seen that Cui Jijian is not bragging, you Han Yi wants to be commercialized, no problem, we are also commercialized, but even if it is commercialized, our scholars can still maintain their authority and status.

Although this was unexpected by Han Yi, Han Yi did not object.

Because the gentry class at this time and the squires of the Qing Dynasty are two different things, can not be confused, during the Qing Dynasty, most of the squires are some small landlords, they do not have an independent personality, because the thoughts at that time have become numb, in fact, there is no thought, they are difficult to contribute to the society, but the gentry class in these years, most of them are nobles, for hundreds of years, they have been leading the trend, promoting the progress of the country, they have a very great contribution to the society, These scholars have produced a lot of prime ministers, the key is that they have very free thoughts, so this also leads to many factions among the gentry, and their ideas are different, some are very conservative, and some are very open-minded.

A very simple truth, if the scholars are very conservative, just like the Qing Dynasty, then the Tang Dynasty cannot be enlightened, because the Tang Dynasty is the higher the class, the more enlightened the thinking, the ordinary people are more conservative, and the highest divorce rate and remarriage rate is the upper class.

It's just that this conservative faction has always had the upper hand, because the traditional Chinese thinking is to prioritize seniority, and the elders must be conservative, and the young people are suppressed, and they can only follow the opinions of the elders. However, the change brought about by Han Yi led to Cui Ji's sword and their enlightened scholar class, and gradually gained the upper hand, and young people began to take the position.

This is all because of external pressure, just talk about this, of course, the scholar class is dissatisfied with the disaster relief policy of the imperial court, but they don't dare to say anything, because in the disaster area, there is milk is a mother, you can't take out so much food, then shut up for me, there is no use for any big reason, you have to eat first, before you can talk about benevolence and righteousness.

Conservatives can't come up with a way to deal with the changes in the whole society, so Cui Jijian and their ideas have gradually been recognized by everyone, especially the Shandong scholars, because they still have traditions to support, that is, Guan Zhong's business ideas, don't you respect the ancients, then Qi Huan Gong and Guan Zhong are not also our ancestors, their ideas also belong to us, and when we are the most powerful in Shandong, isn't it the industrial and commercial era of Qi.

You must know that Confucius was not recognized at that time.

In fact, it is the same as Han Yi's routine, that is, Togu reform.

Han Yi is taking the opportunity to commercialize Henan, and Cui Jijian is silently using this to integrate the scholar class. Don't look at Cui Jijian is very low-key in the court, more low-key than Changsun Yan and Di Renjie, and he rarely speaks, but his current status in the scholar class is no longer the same.

This is why Cui Pingzhong saw that Han Yi was changing from the bottom up, and Cui Jijian did not focus on the court, but on the inside of the Shi clan.

The emergence of the new peasant cooperatives did catch some grain merchants off guard, but it did not harm their interests, because many people, especially those with rich experience or skills, were attracted by the rich remuneration and were unwilling to farm anymore, and the local landlords and foreign landlords were still consolidating the land on a large scale. Moreover, because of the emergence of the new rural cooperatives, this may lead to the farmization of the entire Henan region, which is more thorough than Huainan and Jiangnan, because here the gentry began to take the lead, which is equivalent to the beginning of integration in the remote villages, which is not available in the Jiangnan area, because the Jiangnan region is mountainous, and it is difficult to fully integrate, Henan is a plain, and its integration speed is much faster.