1029. Chapter 1029
During this period, the Ministry of War did an exciting thing, and the strength of the Speed Division was invested in disrupting Xingqing and burning down the granary. The strength of the staff division was relatively weak, but it had developed its power among the noble chiefs of various ethnic groups early, and the envoys of the Shaanxi Fang of the staff division were ordered by the military department to choose to assist the Song clan to flee.
With the help of some people, they took advantage of Li Renxiao's suppression of Li Renzhong and the chaos in Xingqing City, and even rescued some of the descendants of the Xiyu family and the Weili family and rushed into Helan Mountain to hide.
It must be said that the performance of the staff division is outstanding, the merit is by no means under the speed division, it is not difficult to destroy, the difficulty is to rescue, whether it is the timing or the candidate, they all grasp the appropriate benefits, and an envoy desperately brought out the news, which made those great patriarchs and important people of the great clan who returned to him breathe a sigh of relief.
When they returned to the imperial court, they considered the worst outcome, but they did not expect that some of their clansmen would be rescued. Although it is only part of the descendants, it is also the blood of the family, which still makes them feel the sincerity of the Great Song Dynasty, they are really sincere to each other, and they still do their best, some of the thoughts that are not very smooth, and the unhappiness when returning to obedience has also been diluted a lot.
The war has been going on for many months, and now it is the height of summer, and it is not easy to fight at this time.
Under the scorching sun, wearing dozens of catties of iron armor, but also wearing several layers of thick linen clothes, a line of armor in the linen clothes, but also a layer of thin cotton clothes, good people are also covered up, although cotton is still a high-end luxury, not ordinary people can use, but there are a lot of equipment in the forbidden army. It is to reduce the friction of the iron armor.
Midsummer was not suitable for large-scale military operations, Qu Duan did not carry out operations for the time being, but to pacify the people, and it was correct to bury the bodies of the war dead, and even the attack on Xiping Mansion was much weaker, and it was only a siege attack, not a forced attack, at least with Wang Xiu's tacit approval.
Wang Xiu was not idle in Kaifeng, contacting the big businessmen in the two capitals, and using his influence to build momentum for the implementation of the two silver laws.
The big businessmen from the two capitals gathered, and even the Wang family of Hangzhou and the Wang family of Wenzhou came.
I hope to get a piece of the pie, Kaifeng's restaurant business is booming, the price of high-class rooms has skyrocketed, and the customers who speak with accents from all over the world and spend money generously are full of customers, and those shopkeepers are happy, and their eyes are squinting all day long.
Wang Xiu discussed with Wang Qingchang and the Wang brothers, asking those businessmen who want to benefit to give some blood, can't always give them benefits, don't pay at all! Also, if you want to get benefits, then give me support for the implementation of the two silver laws, anyway, you don't take land seriously, most of them buy land to start a school. Leaving a good name is also earned.
The reason why the Great Song Dynasty did not lack food was that the main areas were rich in products, and there was no burden of barren land in the Han and Tang dynasties.
Now that the imperial court is gradually recovering these areas, it is necessary to have a strategy to deal with it, and the relative concentration of land may not be much, at least to carry out the plan that he has been planning for a long time, which is to carry out large-scale co-cultivation to experiment with certain new grain varieties.
Under the conditions of small-scale peasant economy, it is impossible for agriculture to develop greatly, and only by developing manor-style agriculture can we renew varieties, develop animal husbandry and breeding, and develop meat deep processing, and form a stable industrial chain.
He said some ideas, which caused Wang Qingjiao to roll his eyes for a while, saying that Brother Xiu'er was too treacherous, that is, taking money from other people's money bags, and making people happy.
The corners of the Wang family's brothers twitched, Wang Xiu's method was very simple, so simple that they didn't even think about it, but careful consideration was the most effective way. The most important thing is that Wang Xiu gave them an idea, which is to restore the manor economy of the scholar family in the two Jin Dynasty eras, which is of great significance to the growth of the family.
It's a pity that they see the surface, but they can't recognize the deep things, Wang Xiu promoted the relative concentration of land, not the restoration of the manor economy of the Fรน Shi clan.
Overseas mining began to develop, the huge benefits brought by the sea, people crazy, it is a pity that the most profitable mining trade, but by Jiangyou, Fujian and other places businessmen control, the mainland military state businessmen are powerless, not the dragon really dare not cross the line.
This gave Wang Xiu a very good opportunity, he wanted to go out of the overseas mining mines, according to different minerals into different types of grains, without the need for the mainland military businessmen to personally operate, with these tools, he can share the huge profits of a shipload of mine goods.
It's as simple as you pay money to support the imperial court, and you also have to take the lead in supporting the local government in the implementation of the Two Silver Law, not only can you buy land, but you can also share a certain percentage of overseas profits according to the amount of war bonds you buy.
This practice not only gives the mainland big businessmen a chance, but also will not cause fierce opposition from the big businessmen in Jiangyou, Fujian and other places, after all, people participate in the form of war bonds, and the imperial court should give benefits to others, and it is the right thing for everyone to earn money.
Those big businessmen were also big landlords, and in the face of huge commercial interests, everyone understood that although the value of land was high, it was not as fast as commercial money, and the two-silver method was to convert into acres, that is, to pay some more taxes, which did not constitute much loss to them, but bought overseas war bonds at a low price, and the benefits obtained were very high, and they could not refuse it.
As for whether you can get benefits, just look at the eating appearance of those big businessmen in Jiangyou, you can understand that this is an inexhaustible piece of pancake, as long as the Great Song Dynasty guards and naval forces continue to expand their territory, they can bring them rich benefits.
At least, with the reign of the prince and the prince, their interests can be protected, and the benefits of both, a fool will refuse.
Walking in the dog days of Jiangning, it is really like a steamer, the hot and humid air makes people extremely uncomfortable, the rich put ice cubes to cool off, and the well-off people also enjoy the shade at home, only the small people of Shengdou walk the streets and alleys to beg for life.
However, even the small people of Shengdou, most of them wear silk shoes, buy a bowl of chilled sour plum soup when they are thirsty, and hire a carriage when they are tired, which is not a miserable image of ragged clothes at all.
Zhu Lian also moved out of the inner hall and came to the Yuyang Palace on the shore of Xuanwu Lake, around her dormitory, there are towering trees to block the scorching sun, and she feels a little shaded in it, and the Xuanwu Lake under the night breeze has an intoxicating coolness.
She likes to sit quietly in the high platform pavilion at night, watching the boat fire in the distance on the lake, and enjoying the refreshing cool breeze.
Today, she and Li Qingzhao and Youqin Mo Yan sat on the high platform around the gauze tent, with a few goblets on the table, each with half a cup of red fruit wine, and a few plates of plain fruits, but they are fresh fruits nowadays, which are not usually available on the market.