Chapter 157: One Hundred and Fifty-Six Ancient Times Are Not Friendly:
readx;? Ah Li and his wife do not forget their old relationship so much, Wei Jue naturally doesn't want them to suffer. Pen Fun Pavilion wWw. biquge。 info
It is certain to help the respective families of Ah Li and his wife get rid of slavery, although the Wei family has never regarded Ah Li's family as slaves, but because they are indeed slaves, because of that little bit of Hu blood. They are servants and slaves, but the Wang family, as the head of the house, governs the family very strictly, and does not allow people to speak casually, which does not arouse too deep class contradictions.
When Wei Jue told Ah Li about this idea, Ah Li said: "I know that Lang Jun is kind-hearted, but ...... My father and mother may not be able to accept it. ”
"En?" Wei Jue was stunned, he didn't understand why he didn't want to accept it, "I'm not trying to drive you away, I'm just changing my identity and cooperating in a more equal way, do you understand what I mean?"
"I understand. As his knowledge grew, Li understood more truths, "But I'm afraid my father and mother won't be able to understand." ”
In the eyes of Ah Li's father, Ah Li went outside to work for the main family, no matter how much wealth Ah Li brought back, it was also the foresight of the main family and the ability of the main family, and his daughter and son-in-law just fulfilled their duties and completed their own work. If the main family is happy, appreciates something, and raises their status in the house, it means that the main family has a good heart and has given a great face, so how can they gain an inch? Moreover, where can they go without the Wei family? He Ah Weng is a servant of the Wei family, his father is a servant of the Wei family, and he and his children and grandchildren are also servants of the Wei family, and he does not want to change this kind of life.
Even if Ah Li explained to her father and mother that they were not leaving the Wei family, they would still work for the Wei family, but they would just change their positions and move to a better place outside, her father still couldn't understand it. He was born as a member of the Wei family, and died as a ghost of the Wei family, although it is a bit disrespectful to say this, but the Wei family is his home, he was born and grew up in Si, and he will die in Si, how can there be a reason for people to leave their homes?
Wei Jue and Ah Li were unruly, and in the end, Wei Jue went to beg him Ah Niang Wang's family to solve this problem.
Ah Li's father has been loyal to his duties all his life, but he is old, and his daughter and son-in-law have made so much contribution to the Wei family.
This home is naturally a house in Luoyang City under the Wei family's reward, and Ah Li's father and mother's family are going to move over.
Ah Li's younger brother, who raised horses for Wei Jue, was transferred to Wei Jue's side and sent him, and he was treated the same as the guards. And Wei Jue's guards all have their own homes outside, and they only live in the dormitory in front of Wei's house during their shifts.
Ah Li's father and mother accepted it, they are old, and they really can't do any work to help the master's family, of course they have to follow their son after they retire, and their son lives in the house given by the lord's family outside, and they must also follow him. After thanking the Lord's family for a thousand kindnesses, he is all kinds of orders to his children and granddaughters, and he should serve the Lord's family more dedicatedly.
Ah Li's attitude towards her father and mother is - you can just be happy.
Ah Li's younger brother is actually not suitable to be a guard, he has no strength, but he doesn't know much kung fu, his brain is not very flexible, the only advantage is that he is honest and loyal enough, and he belongs to the kind of tendon who is willing to be a knife for Wei Jue at any time.
Wei Jue didn't want Ah Li's younger brother to block the knife for him, so he reassigned Ah Li's younger brother a new job: "You go and help me work with your sister and brother-in-law, it's fast to pass back and forth, some news is confidential, I can only trust you, can you complete it?"
"Yes!" Ah Li's younger brother is a straight man, and he has one thing to say, and J will never lie. When others praise him, he will not say where and where, generally there will only be two answers: if the other party's praise is true, he will admit it with a smile, or I also think I am very good; if the other party exaggerates, he will seriously correct the other party for saying something wrong. How can I say it, it's a pretty cute honest man.
However, honest people are not easy to fool: "Lang Jun, my sister hasn't done anything recently, what am I doing with her?"
“…… There will definitely be something to do in the future. "Wei Jue is not a lie, Ah Li and his wife do have a new work arrangement, but they have to wait for a while and are preparing.
"Then I'll help her when she starts. "Ah Li's younger brother looked at Wei Jue with a serious face, and the meaning was obvious, before my sister stopped working, I will continue to protect you.
In this regard, Wei Jue can only say, it's good if you're happy.
Ah Li's husband's family has managed the Zhuangzi for the Wei family for generations, and they also insisted on not selling the deed, and only gave a few children in exchange for a free body, and they still worked for the Wei family on the Zhuangzi, but more freely.
Treat different people with different attitudes, and Wang also gives different treatment.
"It's not that Ah Niang wants to take care of anyone, it's just that Ah Li's contract is still in hand, and Ah Niang is more assured that they will get you those overseas things. Ah Li's husband doesn't have a young son in their family who is very smart, if he is angry in the future, Ah Niang will find a way to send him to Taixue to study, but the matter in the mine must not let their family get involved. Wang told his son in detail, for fear that Wei Jue would misunderstand, and it could be regarded as teaching Wei Jue the truth of being a man again.
On the one hand, Wang was satisfied with his son's kindness, but on the other hand, he was afraid that his son's innocence in his bones would harm him.
Wei Jue nodded as if he didn't understand: "Everything is up to A-Niang." ”
"Good. Wang's attitude towards Wei Jue is always like he is still a child who needs to be coaxed, carefully cared for and coaxed, which is more delicate than that of his eldest grandson Wei Chong.
Ah Li and his wife have no objection to this, the two have already discussed, and when they come to rest, one will stay in Beijing to cooperate with Wei Jue, and leave with a large number of people later, and the other will go back overseas to supervise first, after all, it is a gold and silver mine, and the matter is not trivial, and they have to pay 10,000 yuan to be careful.
This "large number of people" is Wei Jue's arrangement for Ah Li and his wife.
On the night that Ah Li smashed the pure gold statue, Wei Jue knocked on the door of his grandfather's study with the statue and a plan to "establish an imperial merchant".
The grandparents and grandchildren talked in detail all night, and finally reached a consensus on the future.
The more Mr. Wei looks at Wei Jue, the more satisfied he becomes, his little lady can always think of some whimsical ideas, although it seems a bit deviant, but it is a good way to solve the problem if you think about it. is like the examination system proposed by Xiao Niang after entering Taixue, and the imperial examination system that is being partially piloted is extended, and it is also like today's imperial merchants.
"Shi Nong Industry and Commerce" is a class idea that has been handed down to this day since the Spring and Autumn Period "Guanzi", because the country is short of food and people, and most of the people need to settle down to grow crops and feed the population of a whole country.
However, it seems that the people will only become poorer and poorer, prosperous, and the people will suffer, and when they die, the people will suffer even more.
Sometimes Wei Qian also thinks about whether it is time to change the old thinking, different times need different doctrines, suitable for the ancients, but must be suitable for them now.
Ah Li was unable to bring seeds for high-yield crops from abroad, saying that the countries she went to were much more backward in growing food than the Jin Dynasty. But Ah Li also brought back a new idea for Mr. Wei overseas, saying that at the end of the Silk Road, there was a powerful empire as extensive and sparsely populated as the Jin Dynasty, and it was recorded in the Book of Han that the country was called "Great Qin" (ancient Rome), and the Great Qin people were warlike, but they were not very good at growing grain, and basically let another country that accepted their rule (ancient Egypt) plant it for them.
Although Mr. Wei felt that it was unreliable to rely on another country for all the grain, he also felt that it was not a bad idea to take only one or two, they gave money, and the poorer small countries around gave grain, and trade might be able to alleviate the border contradictions.
As for how the money comes from, it is naturally a gold and silver mine to be developed in the overseas market.
To put it simply, as long as the operation is done properly, the Jin Dynasty only needs to spend some effort on sea and land transportation, and the rest will come in vain. Use the free money in exchange for food that does not require the hard work of the country to feed the population of the country. Free up a large number of laborers to invest where they are needed more.
"We can also let those ethnic minorities who are good friends with us go to the south to cultivate more arable land, anyway, there are many places in the south that have not yet had time to be developed. When these restless few privately-funded neighbors take root in the south, get used to this kind of farming life, and subtly feel that they are from the Great Jin Dynasty, what else do they need to worry about? Wei Jue's idea is based on the vague history of the United States -- the westward expansion movement has greatly promoted the development of the American economy.
Of course, specific issues need to be discussed in detail according to different national conditions, but at least there is a direction.
The "heavy reward" is naturally money from overseas, and after you have money, you can really do everything happily, and you don't have to think about it as lavistly as before.
"The premise of all this is that Ah Li and his wife can really bring back gold, silver, salt and iron that are far from being available for the Jin Dynasty. ”
"Absolutely. "If the West can't do it, it's still the Americas, and even better to go to the Americas, the high-yield grain crops corn, potatoes, and sweet potatoes are all waiting for them to discover in Peru in the Americas," Li said that the country they had been to provide food to Daqin would call them Egypt for the time being, Egypt has a large amount of high-quality cotton, which is cheap and easy to use. ”
Buy it directly with local gold and silver, and after transporting it back, it can improve the winter life of many Chinese people, of course, it can also be used as military supplies, no loss, anyway, except for freight, it is basically for nothing, and it is much cheaper than buying cotton from your own country.
Having said the benefits, all that remains is how to make the benefits happen.
Old Man Wei sent a part of the gold and silver sent back by Ah Li to the Luoyang Palace. There is no deliberate cover-up, and there is no fanfare all over the city, he just needs some people who should know.
At the same time, Shi Chong, who had been waiting for Wei Jue to contact him to help resell fresh things, also came to the door.
"San Lang is not going to sell it, although the whole world knows that these overseas things that flow out of me must have been brought back to Lang Jun by Ah Li, but the world just needs a fig leaf, and if you turn my hand, no one will say that you are competing with the people for profit. "Most of the people who want these things are the Maisons
Wei Jue cooperated with his grandfather and said to Shi Chong mysteriously: "I have been friends with Ji Lun (Shi Chong's character) for many years, and there are some things that should not be hidden from you. I don't sell these things, not because I'm afraid of a bad reputation, but because I sell them, I can't earn back their value. ”
"What do you mean by that?" Shi Chong was stunned.
Wei Jue gave Shi Chong a part of the draft of "A Li's Travels" that had been preliminarily written. Shi Chong is a natural money-making material, and he can always see business opportunities at a glance when he looks at things. But this time, after reading it, he was so frightened that he almost threw the manuscript in his hand: "But, but really?"
"Naturally, it's true, Your Majesty already knows. Why did Your Majesty intend to seal up overseas imperial merchants? ”
The rumor that Emperor Jin Hui wanted to establish an overseas imperial merchant has also spread in a small area, and many conservative families feel that this is simply nonsense, how can such a lowly profession as a merchant add an emperor.
But I'm sure they'll shut up soon.