Chapter 323 Eating persimmons
"Brother Peng, you have wronged me by saying this, although my family property is not as good as you, my family also has a slight property, like you, there are seven hectares of land, but only more than 200 acres are recorded in the field book, one is a downgraded household, and the other is hidden tax. [You have lost your property, but have I not lost it?] β
"What are you afraid of, don't you have a promising son!"
"Brother Peng, how can you speak to wronged people, okay, I'll just say a few words, I'll leave immediately, now say the first sentence, although that little comment is ruthless, but have you ever been greedy, have you ever been favoritism?"
Zhao Yuanwai asked the point.
Why did Wang Ju give everyone a headache, that is, he was not greedy or greedy, even if there was something at home, he would not accept gifts from anyone, I heard that in Huachi County, he also paid some money for the country out of his pocket, and asked his grandfather to also advance some money.
So I can't catch any tricks on this, or I'm entangled in the drainman, but the drainman is really involved?
This oil and salt do not enter, which makes everyone uncomfortable.
So it seems impossible to go through the back door because of Zhao Du.
Peng Yuanwai was only then seized: "Then Brother Zhao came, I believe it was not really to visit Zeng Yuanwai." β
After saying that, they twisted their bodies, and they beat lightly, but they were also broken in the back, and it still hurt.
"To be honest, Du'er was called over to help by that little commentator, and I was really uncomfortable in the middle, so I called Du'er home to ask, who knew that Du'er's words made me stunned."
"What made you pause?"
"Everyone, think about it, why can Zheng Baiqu only penetrate our counties?"
"Zhao Yuanwai, aren't you talking nonsense. Further north. It's all mountains. How to repair the canal. Zeng Yuanwai exhaled.
His statement is not quite right, yes, the whole Shaanxi is mostly a plain area in Guanzhong, west to Yixian, east to Tongguan, south to Qinling, north to the north of Huayuan, just this small area. It has become one of the important cradle lands of Chinese civilization.
However, this relatively flat area is also divided into high and low, for example, the terrain of Nanbai Canal is relatively low, and it is easy to get water, and the terrain of Taibai Canal is relatively high, and it is difficult to get water. There is also the downstream area of Beiluoshui, which is also mostly a flat area, because of the high terrain, although Wang Ju took the high water level of the Zhengqu route in the third stage, that is, the site of the original Zhengguo Canal, but could not send water to Beiluoshui. That is to say, two-thirds of Zheng Guoqu has actually completely lost its benefits.
After this repair, what can the Song Dynasty have the energy to repair again?
to the Hereafter. Maybe the technology is more developed, but there is not enough water, how to repair? This means that the real Zheng Guoqu has lost the last chance to restore his original appearance.
This, a few outsiders are not very clear, but it can also be said that although Wang Ju has walked a period of high water level, he may not be able to go north and higher? It's all mountains, how to repair it.
"Isn't it all in the north of Jingshui?"
"You don't want to sell it, just say it." He was a foreigner. This is all nonsense, to the west it is the Xianyang area, to the south it is the Chang'an area, it can be repaired, but does it belong to Zhengbaiqu?
"This repair is nearly 40,000 hectares of cultivated land, and most of them are first-class fertile land, how many people have to be fed, hundreds of thousands of households."
"The hundreds of thousands of households that came?"
"What if the imperial court sends 40,000 soldiers? Isn't it more than 100,000 households? At least 100,000 households. β
"Don't mention this again," several of them said in disgust.
In fact, there is another internal reason for them to enclose the land, that is, tenant farmers, this repair, every household has allocated enough arable land, and immediately they will even have a headache for tenant farmers, who is willing to plough the land for them? Even if some officials come and some people bring land into the tenants, the income will be limited.
With more than 40,000 hectares of land, it's a big head when you think about it.
"You only see the income of the land, but you don't see other income, which county is the closest to Jingshui Weishui? Once 100,000 households have good land in their hands, it means that there will be a harvest, and there will be surplus money when there is a harvest, and those military households and the imperial court will continue to pay more than ten yuan of wages every year, even if a household buys more than a dozen yuan of goods and things a year, it is also a transaction of more than one million yuan. Besides, once the Zhengbai Canal is completed, it will become the main food supply location on the front line, how much trade will it bring? Earn this money, how much rent is it better than? I don't know what you guys think, anyway, I bought about ten acres of land by the dock, and I plan to repair the store in the future. β
"Oh, that's the top priority," Zeng got up from the bed and lay down in pain: "Mother-in-law, look at how much money is still in the family." β
"Brother Zeng, don't worry, this is the first thing I said, and I'll talk about the second thing, so Zheng Baiqucheng, it's good for all of us."
As soon as this came out, several people looked at him suspiciously.
"Don't look at me, if the king asked me to come, I wouldn't tell you about this benefit."
This statement was re-explained by several people.
In fact, Wang Ju also thought about this benefit, but considering that there is not so much money to operate and return, if it occupies an area, this is another era when the land price is underestimated by YanzhΓ²ng.
Not only the price of land, but also the price of housing.
Many scholars complained about the housing prices in the capital.
It's expensive, a decent house costs more than a thousand dollars, but isn't it really expensive?
At least as Wang Ju, including people nine hundred and fifty years later, he is not qualified to say it, such as Lu Duan's mansion, pavilions, such a large area, the core area of the capital, the price is geometric, five thousand! It's probably worth more than 10,000 by now. That's only a few million yuan. In the future, if there is such a house near Zhongnanhai, how much money will it cost, and one billion yuan will not be able to take it!
Its value is not in the ground, not even in the house, but in the benefits of the business.
If you allocate a little money on it and wait for next year's return, there may also be a return, but in that case, it will attract more criticism, so Wang Ju decisively gave up.
Of course, these people definitely didn't know Wang Ju's thoughts.
Zhao Yuanwai continued: "Everyone, I came here with kindness, if you have any ideas, then I will leave." β
"Don't go, Brother Zhao, let's believe, you can go on."
"We're going to go hard now. Is that Wang Pingshi hard? Think about it. Can it be harder than the 100,000 army of Western Xia? β
Just one sentence. Just ask a few people.
"Then why don't we change the means and negotiate with him, we don't want the land we occupy this year, and find a way to recover more hidden fields."
"How do you chase this? It's one thing in the field book, but it's another thing in fact, some are much hidden, and some are less hidden. And it's not easy to check. β
"Let's negotiate and take the initiative to cooperate. Try to recover some of it, right? β
"I don't agree," Mr. Lu said.
"Brother Lu doesn't agree, I can't help it, anyway, I'm going to do it, it just so happens that my son is doing things under him, it's easy to communicate, time flies quickly, and now summer, autumn is coming in the blink of an eye. You're going to have to hit your head and bleed. I'm not going to do that. Think about it again, and force the officials of the great court out of the city to live in thatched huts. When it is spread to the capital, will the real official family speak for you? I don't care if you agree or not, don't blame my son for doing things for him in the future. After Zhao Yuanwai finished speaking, he left Zeng's house.
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"This is the means," Hou Ke served.
Wang Ju was also complacent and smiled slightly. Indeed, this is the means.
When he came down, he didn't think about this conflict, and he was bent on the technology and money to repair the canal. But I found out and had to make a choice. If we stand in the position of Haoqiang, we can only focus on persuasion and make concessions to each other, then the contradiction will not intensify to this point. If it is from the position of the common people in the imperial court, it is the method that Wang Ju has chosen now, and the contradiction will inevitably intensify.
There are three major groups, the common people are supportive, and the sergeants are supportive.
The tougher Wang Ju is, the more confident the sergeant is, and the less he will worry about the collusion of the officials and gentry to occupy the fertile land.
There was only one group left, the squires, that is, the various landlords, large and small.
But even the squire is not an iron plate inside, almost every family has a hidden field, a question of how much, can not be overly aggressive, encroachment on state-owned property, in that dynasty, rarely think it is a scandal.
If it is not handled well, these people will be able to form a group, even if they use violent means to solve Jingyang Haoqiang, but can they solve all the Haoqiang in these counties?
However, the mentality of those who are more hidden and those who are less hidden is different, the mentality of those who are strong and those who are weak are different, and the mentality of those who are soft and those who are hard are not the same.
Wang Ju felt that it was a breakthrough and never found an opportunity.
Zhao Du came, euphemistically put forward the central request, my family also has hidden fields, but my family is a good brother, never made trouble, can you fall lightly, do not expect hundreds of acres of hidden fields to be able to get all in the end, as long as you get back more than half, then you will be satisfied.
This invitation is actually the mentality of most squires. If we can take out most of the hidden fields, because they have all been irrigated, including the original dry land, which has also become fertile land, the actual benefits have not been damaged, and many people are timid and weak, then we will be satisfied.
This part of the squires is divided, and what remains is just some thorns, just to deal with the thorns, it's not easy?
So he asked Zhao Du to go home and conveyed these words.
The first is the contradiction between the differentiation and transfer of business, the second is to persuade everyone to correct their mentality, and the third is to take a look at the dynamics of these families by the way. The actual effect is good, even among these families, some people are moved, and there are even more people in the city who are moved, and some people even directly recommend Zhao Yuanwai as a representative to negotiate with Wang Ju.
"Hou Zhixian, you can't take it lightly."
"That's," Hou Ke took a sip of tea, but his face was still full, anyway, in this way, the trouble after the autumn would be reduced by half, and his pressure would be much relieved: "This tea is also weird." β
"How does it taste?"
"The incense is fragrant, but how to say it......"
"Don't underestimate it, I asked my eldest brother to buy the best Mingqian tea tip in Hangzhou, and then sent someone to stir-fry it and consigned it."
Wang Ju also took a sip of tea and said.
Maybe there was roasted tea in the Song Dynasty, but there were very few, anyway, Wang Ju didn't see it, and the tea he saw was all tea cakes. The popularity of tea cakes also has the reason of the times, that is, the problem of transportation. Although the roasted tea is fragrant, it has strict requirements for sealing, and the storage time cannot be too long, and it is fragile and not easy to transport. Although the tea cake is troublesome to make, it has a longer storage time, and the sealing requirements are not strong, so it is easy to transport. Of course, you can't find this problem without coming to the Song Dynasty. So in the Ming and Qing dynasties, there were still tea cakes in circulation.
The tea I drink now may be regarded as high-quality green tea, and it may not be regarded as green tea, but white tea. What is white tea, that is, in the process of processing, it is not fried or kneaded, dried in the sun or simmered, and the white hairs are retained on the leaves, so the soup color is relatively light. I probably didn't make it clear that after Li Zhen bought the tea tip, she didn't dare to stir it vigorously.
There are more types of tea in the back, green tea, black tea, oolong tea, white tea, yellow tea, and black tea, most of which are almost impossible to see in the Song Dynasty.
"Work should be like drinking this tea, and you will come only after the bitterness."
"Not necessarily, if it is indeed sweet after bitterness, many people will drink it. But I'm afraid that after the bitterness, it will still be bitter, and it will be bitter and astringent. β
"So I asked them to take a look at Gan."
"Hahaha," Hou Ke smiled and rode away on the old horse.
Wang Ju beckoned and asked Hu Quan, "Do you understand?" β
Hu Quan shook his head.
"Do you miss home?"
"I miss my mother."
"So what to do?"
"I want to study hard, and I will be an official like my uncle in the future, so that I can take my mother to my side and enjoy happiness."
"Then study hard, and when you wait a little longer, I will also arrange you to study in a good state school or academy." Wang Ju said. Hu Qian died in battle, Wang Ju asked his wife, and his wife asked her son to choose essays, which is a very normal mentality. Wang Ju also agreed, if Hu Quan grew up and failed to pass the test, Wang Juju would not be able to make up for the qualifications.
Wang Ju looked at Zhu Jun again.
Zhu Jun said with a smile: "Da Lang, I'm not a child, I'm really afraid I don't understand, Da Lang is saying that there is no bitterness in bitterness, how can I know that sweetness is sweet." However, Hou Zhixian said that after suffering from hardship, there may not be sweetness in the future. Therefore, most people are shallow and choose the vested benefits in their hands, rather than making concessions. β
"Yes, Erlang, in a little while, you can go home."
"Da Lang, no matter what, during this time, I am very affectionate."
Zhu Jun hasn't seen a lot of things in Huachi County, but during this time, Wang Ju and Zhu Haoqiang's battle of wits and strength dazzled him.
"Well, but I still have to say, why does Xixia dare to bear my Great Song, if it is really Xixia, it can also destroy our Great Song?"
"They have a bandit mentality."
"Why don't they dare to deal with Liao?"
"The Liao country is strong."
"Is the Liao Kingdom really strong?"
"Isn't it powerful?"
"Zhu Erlang, you have to look through the history books, yes, my two Northern Expeditions failed, but what kind of opponent did I meet? Empress Dowager Xiao, Han Derang, Yelu Hugo and Yelu Xuan. Just as Tubo has a discussion on the Qin Tomb and no discussion on the Qin Tomb, it is immediately two different things. β
"Jeruhuko was also defeated."
"It was defeated twice by our dynasty, but the world underestimated Li Jilong, this is the real undefeated famous general, even if Qigou Pass is defeated like that, Li Jilong still tries his best to ensure that his subordinates are not lost. Of course, this does not mean that Li Jilong is more powerful than Yelu Huge. Think about it again, where did Li Jilong beat Yelu Xiuge twice? β
"Dingzhou."
"Which country is Dingzhou from?"
"Our Great Song."
"Know the reason, Brother Yelu Xiu failed twice, it was the same as my two northern expeditions, and he went deep into my territory, the time and place are favorable, and the people are not conducive to the Liao army, and the two are opponents, so Brother Yelu Xiuge will fail. Therefore, our dynasty is not weaker than the Liao state. The reason why I am weak is that I take the initiative to seek weakness. This is true of the nation, and so it is with the people. Eat persimmons and pick soft ones to eat, and I am also eating persimmons. In short, the powerful squires in the area of Zheng Baiqu are not strong. If I go to Gyeonggi Hebei, even if it is in Chang'an, I can't use such a forceful method. β
Zhu Jun was stupid again at that time.
Therefore, at that time, Gao Tao did not exclude Zhao Ji from associating with Wang Ju.
But she still underestimated a little, underestimated the ability of the scholar, and underestimated Wang Ju.
Zhu Jun inherited the family business, he had to have a black-bellied mentality, and as an emperor, he couldn't have a bad heart, but he had to maintain a black-bellied heart.
Zhao Ji was missing this black-bellied heart, and he began to jump again. (To be continued......) R752