Chapter 638: Incitement and Conspiracy
The fight was over, but the field was not over.
For ordinary people, they haven't experienced such excitement for a long time. In the chaotic season, honestly hiding at home can't keep Antai, and still running around, is it too long?
But these days, there are not so many taboos, and this grand event has the xìng quality of the alliance of the two major forces. After the fall of Liu Bei's forces, the alliance between Qingzhou and Huainan can be said to be a great blessing for Xuzhou, Huainan, and even Yuzhou.
If the chaos is ruled for a long time, it will inevitably bring prosperity like venting.
No one can predict what will happen in the future, but for now, everyone can enjoy the long-lost peace openly.
Many of those who came from afar to watch the excitement brought with them local products and the like -- Dong Zhuo and the princes' behavior of minting money without permission greatly damaged the financial system of the Central Plains, such as Yuzhou, which was most affected by the war and lasted for the longest time, has long degenerated into a barter business model.
Bringing local products is equivalent to bringing money.
These people soon discovered that the value of the things they brought was much higher than they had imagined. In fact, this is a very simple law, the more people, the more demand, the market will become more prosperous, and the price of goods will naturally rise.
The Huaisi area has been a battlefield for too long, too long, and long before Cao Cāo raised his army, his cousins and cousins, such as Cao Ren, traveled between Huaisi and achieved prestige, which shows the chaos here.
The chaos led to the severance of exchanges between various places, and the goods naturally could not circulate, but this time there was a channel suddenly, and it was naturally very different, and even the commonplace things such as bamboo baskets and bamboo baskets became sought-after.
Of course, the most direct promotion came from the Qingzhou merchants who went south with the army.
They are the most well prepared, and the amount of goods in their hands is large, varied, and the quality is guaranteed, and it is full of gimmicks - those merchants who sell all kinds of snacks are not to make money from snacks, they just use this as a gimmick to attract more people to patronize. So, those snacks are sold very cheaply, and when people start to taste them, they start to introduce other products.
New paper, grain, fur products, new stoves for frying, everything is available.
The most exciting thing is that these Qingzhou businessmen not only brought a lot of things, but also did not reject the barter model, they did not refuse, they sold everything, and bought everything, and the price offered was extremely fair.
If it were a purely spontaneous market, it would probably prosper, but it would not have prospered so much, at least in such a short period of time.
And with the promotion of Qingzhou merchants, Yicheng suddenly changed, and his popularity has faintly overshadowed Shou Chūn, who is the governor of Yangzhou.
Many people living in the vicinity of Yicheng have begun to travel back and forth between their hometown and Yicheng, hoping to trade a few more times before the end of the market, but completely ignore that their homes are almost empty except for the four walls......
But this does not prevent them from being envied by those who live far away, after all, the merchants from Qingzhou are very kind, they will accept everything, as long as they exchange some new goods from their hands and take them back to their hometown, the value will be doubled, where to find such a good thing?
The wisdom of the working people is infinite, and everyone did not stare at and envy others, and those who were clever began to inquire and ask whether Qingzhou businessmen needed manpower, and then recommended themselves.
"Manpower, of course. My family monarchs often say that only people are the most important in this world, and among all the people in the world, only my Chinese people are the most noble. That's right, you haven't heard that the hussar general is talking about the word 'noble', don't look at the patches on your clothes, and don't pay attention to your yellow-skinned face, it's only temporary...... You don't believe it? ”
Yang Chao stood on the empty cart, waved his arms, and said: "Just two years ago, when the prince and Yuan Shao's thief were fighting in Hebei, I was a firewood seller, and the uncle who came to ask the price just now, I went to the mountain to collect firewood before dawn, and then guarded at the entrance of the village, and waited until it was dark, and I could sell it out, and I could eat enough at night, otherwise I would ......"
"And a few of them, Ergou is a butcher......" He pointed to a businessman not far away who was busy roasting beef and mutton skewers, sweating profusely from the smoke and fire, but still happy: "By the time the war started, he hadn't opened it for three months, and there were no cattle and sheep for him to kill, and he, a butcher, could only pick up dung." ”
Yang Chao intended to enliven the atmosphere, and the two dogs also cooperated with a smile, but no one in the audience laughed, even if someone provoked the corners of his mouth, what was revealed was a bitter and bitter smile, in the troubled times, who is not like this? Struggling to survive, with no tomorrow in sight.
"And him, he, he ......"
Yang Chao didn't mind, he could understand everyone's feelings, because he had the same experience, he pointed to a few familiar businessmen, and roughly talked about the other party's experience, which caused everyone to sigh, and then said: "It's not our fault that Rìzi is not doing well, because each of us is very hardworking and uses our own hands to support ourselves and our families......"
"It's the way of the world that's wrong!" His tone suddenly raised and became angry: "It is this world that forces people to not survive, forces people to take risks, and in the end, the world is in chaos, and everyone is in danger...... The Han Dynasty was sick and cured, and the rule of the world was in our Qingzhou, and I and them are the best proof! ”
Yang Chao's speech touched many people, but some people had doubts, and they didn't know why answering the question of recruitment well suddenly became like an incitement to encourage everyone to rebel.
"Actually, I just want to tell you that you must have a direction in your efforts, and if you are still as ignorant and ignorant as before, then you can only watch the sky and eat, unless you take the road of great luck, life will not change anything. This time, we came with the hussar general, whether we were doing business or doing short-term work, maybe we could have a little more time, but what about after we left? Doesn't anyone want to think of a long-term plan, to become like us, or better than us? ”
The crowd moved.
People looked at Yang Chao uneasily, and then looked at each other, and from each other's speeches, they felt full of hints. However, how can the decision to leave the country be made so easily?
"My Zhang family ancestors have lived in Yicheng for generations, if cigarettes are cut off from my generation, how can I have the face to meet the ancestors of the Zhang family in the future?"
"Yes, it's not a good thing to be uprooted, let's ...... Alas, if only the army of the hussar generals didn't leave, wouldn't we be the same here as Qingzhou? ”
"Shhhh You can't talk nonsense, General Yuan's men and horses are also in the city, if they are heard, then ......"
The people were not psychologically prepared for Yang Chao's initiative, although they also longed to be like Yang Chao, but some deep-rooted concepts stood in front of them, making them hesitate.
"Mr. Yang, I heard that Qingzhou's reclamation order has been revised, and now those who move to Qingzhou can only be granted five acres of land per ding. Although this is also a moral policy, how can five acres of land be enough for a family? In addition to hesitation, there are also well-informed and knowledgeable people who have raised questions about xìng.
In the first two or three years, Qingzhou was able to recover quickly, thanks to the reclamation order, which absorbed a large number of displaced people for Qingzhou. The reason why Cao Cāo happily gave up the eastern county and several counties in the eastern part of Yanzhou is not unrelated.
Because of their proximity, these places were most affected by Qingzhou, Liu Dai lost control after the fiasco of Chiping, and the people fled east in droves, until Xu Huang sent troops to pacify Lu and Jibei, and started a confrontation with Cao's army, and the immigrants who flocked to Qingzhou did not weaken.
After accepting so many displaced people, Qingzhou's land was soon insufficient, and although the revised reclamation order still had a certain appeal, it did not have the effect of making people abandon their homeland and be like moths to a fire.
"It's definitely not enough to live just by giving land, but in Qingzhou, there are many other options."
Yang Chao smiled and said: "Those who are good at craftsmanship can go to work, those who are good at dealing with people can do business, those who have courage can join the army, those who have read books can go to teach or become officials, they can cāo boats, and those who are brave can go to sea to fight for wealth...... With so many choices, isn't it too aggrieved to live on dozens of acres of land? ”
"Don't mention anything else, let's take us businessmen as an example......"
He briefly described several of the most distinctive contents of Qingzhou's business administration, "Now doing business, it is different from before, high status, but also safe, take this time, let's act with the army, we provide food and grass supply to the army at the same time, but also get the protection of the army, the world is big, where can not go?" Also, our children can go to school for free, and there is an accident......"
said a thousand things and ten thousand, and his words boiled down to nothing more than preaching the high status of farmers and the good life in Qingzhou. In the eyes of discerning people, it is a very clumsy performance, but in the ears of ordinary people, it is enough for them to be excited.
"As for the native ...... Sooner or later, the whole world will be the territory of the Han Dynasty, since it is the people of the Han Dynasty, where can't the world go? Your ancestors must not have lived here in the first place, right? It's just that at that time, Yicheng was more suitable for their lives, so they stayed here, and now that they have a more suitable choice, why stick to it? It's a big deal to become famous in the future, and then return to the roots. ”
Yang Chao spoke hard, not noticing, just when he asked the question, the jīng Ming man who asked the idea had quietly left, and together with his companions, he had already gone far away.
"What does Wang Yu mean by this? He really wants to hollow out Yuzhou and Huainan like this? Isn't that a good idea? Yuan Yin said indignantly.
"Not really." Yu shook his head with a solemn expression: "What kind of person is Wang Hussar?" How can it be so naïve? There must be a deep meaning in this, but a certain is not sharp enough, but it cannot be understood for a while. ”
"Are you saying that he is not just to incite the ignorant people, absorb the population, and deal with Yanzhou?" Yuan Yin looked at Yu Xuan suspiciously.
"Of course not, Brother Jizhi, you have seen it yourself, although there are many articulate people among the merchants of Qingzhou who are instigating everywhere, but those who are really willing to go with them can't even talk about one or two out of tenth. After all, the two sides are allied here, and the war disaster has been eliminated, how many people are really willing to leave their hometowns? ”
"That ......"
"In short, there may be a deep meaning in it, and it is better to ask in person than to speculate secretly." Yu turned his head and looked at Tian Sè, and said with a smile: "Look at the time, General Wang should be almost busy, you and I should still be able to see you together." ”
"He's the biggest, obviously this is the ......" Yuan Yin pursed his lips and muttered faintly, but he still didn't raise any objections after all: "Zhong Xiang is reasonable, then let's go and see him." (To be continued.) )