Chapter 1106: East Becomes West (99)
"Sometimes, the power of the economy is more effective than war!" Dressed in civilian clothes, Gao Yuan, who was walking slowly on the street with Gao Zhiyuan, looked at Ye Jing'er beside him, and said with a smile. My favorite thing is to use money to kill my opponents, but from Fufeng to now, I seem to have been the most serious one, but now it seems that I have this capital."
Listening to Gao Yuan's words, Ye Jing'er smiled, "This has to be said twice, for example, a rich man, his money is too much to count, but against unreasonable robbers and bandits, no matter how much money you have, can you win the knife?"
Reaching out and touching the mustache that had just grown on his lips, Gao Yuan chuckled, "That's right, if you have money, you have to have strength, but the strength of our Han army is strong enough, as long as you have enough money, or the future war against Qin and Chu, it will not be like today, every battle will be bloody and fleshy. Well, human life is the most precious, and every time a soldier dies, it makes me extremely sad!"
"You're not heartbroken by the expensive pension, are you?" Ye Jing'er giggled. With the take-off of the Han economy, the rising tide is the pension for the army killed and wounded, which is a big burden for the Han Dynasty's finances.
"I heard Xin'er say a few days ago, now recruiting soldiers is much more difficult than in previous years, everyone has money, life is much better, you can live a good life without being a soldier, and there are a wider way to make money, some time ago, He Lanxiong's Dongye expansion army did not recruit many people in the mainland, most of them are Qidi people who have just been annexed, Helanxiong is very dissatisfied, you know, the local soldiers are stronger than those in Daijun." Ye Jing'er had a hint of worry on her face, "The richer you are, the more you must have a strong force to protect it, and if you go on like this, it's not a way. Qidi, Handi, and Weidi will become rich sooner or later with the promotion of our Han policy, and what should we do when the time comes? Xin'er said that the government hall is already brewing a compulsory military service system?"
"The political hall has this idea, but it is still in the making, and it is not bad for the people of Qidi to be recruited as soldiers, the people there are all tall and tall, and they are trained well, no worse than the local people." Gao Yuan said with a smile: "Compulsory military service, let them brew it first, maybe there is no need at all, or there are some other ways to solve this problem."
"What's the solution?"
"I'm going to get a new yamen to solve the problems of propaganda, public opinion, folk discussions, public opinion, this thing, I can't see it when I talk about it, but it's really important. In the past, we also made these things, but they were all carried out by the yamen with a hammer in the east and a stick in the west, without a clue, and a special department was put in charge of this matter, so that it could be carried out in an orderly and orderly manner, step by step."
"And a new yamen again?" Ye Jing'er said in surprise: "How many new yamen have you got, will it cause people to be floating in this way?"
"It's a must." Gao Yuan laughed and said, "Besides, now we are not short of money."
"Who says there's no shortage of money? Didn't Wang Wuyan come to you two days ago and call you poor again? The avenue from the three counties of Liaodong to Yuyang presided over by Guo Quan is a black hole that swallows money, and now Jicheng is going to expand outward, so don't you want a lot of silver?" Ye Jing'er muttered in a low voice.
"Wang Wuchang is used to being poor!" Gao Yuan laughed: "Even if there are mountains of gold and silver in the treasury, he is a little unaccustomed to seeing that I don't call me poor. He's a guy who always thinks about the worst of things, and he can't wait to have an endless amount of money in his hand, how can this be possible for a country?"
"I don't know much about these things anyway, but I know that I don't panic when I have money in my hand. Although we make a lot of money now, we also spend money like flowing water, once we have a big war with Qin Chu, can we deal with it?" Ye Jinger said.
"What? Are you short of money? We shouldn't be short of money. By the way, Wang Wuyan's old boy didn't deduct the money that should be given to the palace again, and now there are three kings in this land, I'm afraid that I, the king, are the most suffocated, and the money that should be given to me, the old boy dares to deduct it." Gao Yuan touched his nose, "Looks like it's time for me to collect a debt from him."
Ye Jing'er looked at Gao Yuan with a bitter face, and chuckled, "When are we short of money, our shares in Wu's Liquor Industry have an annual dividend of up to 100,000 taels of silver, didn't you give Wu's Liquor any beer and wine recipe some time ago?" A few days ago, Mrs. Wu came to see me in the palace and said that their family has gathered dozens of experienced masters to study this matter, and they already have eyebrows, and when it comes to promoting the market, the one-year bonus will be doubled!"
Gao Yuan raised his head and looked at the blue sky and white clouds in the sky, "I really miss the days of drinking beer and eating fried chicken!"
"Well, big brother, what did you say?" Ye Jing'er asked in surprise.
"Oh, I mean, it's mine, I've got to get it. This is also the spirit of my great man's law! Why did he, Wang Wuyan, detain what I deserved? Himself, he dragged the government hall to reduce the cost of the palace by 10%, the reason is that I have an estate outside, right, and now he even has to deduct this share, which is not good."
"Okay, okay, you can ask for it if you want, but I think Wang Wuyan's words are also reasonable, the entire Han Kingdom is yours, what is the difference between putting money in the treasury and putting it in the palace!"
"It's a big difference!" Gao Yuan smiled faintly, "It is said that the country is the country, if we really regard the country as our home, sooner or later there will be problems, home is our family, you, Yanzi, Xin'er, Zhiyuan, Mingzhi, Ning'er's home, but the country is the country of the entire Han people, I don't want to make the Han really a family!"
Ye Jing'er looked at Gao Yuan in surprise, but didn't say anything, Gao Yuan's thoughts sometimes made her really uncertain, especially now, Gao Yuan's path in governing the country seems to be getting farther and farther away from the governance in her image, even Xin'er can't understand it, but it seems that the big man is getting stronger and stronger.
Or what Gao Yuan did was right, it was because of his difference that Dahan was strong today.
"Daddy, there's a fight over there!" Gao Zhiyuan, who was leading, suddenly jumped up excitedly, "Oh, what about dozens of people?" Good kung fu!"
Gao Zhiyuan is in the palace, and his favorite is Helan Yan, because the second mother's favorite thing to do is to pull the eldest prince to ride horses, shoot arrows, and fight, but his own mother always forces him to study.
"Fight?" Gao Yuan looked up in surprise and looked ahead, the security of Jicheng is excellent, and there are very few such group fights.
"Let's go, let's go!" As soon as Gao Zhiyuan was involved, Gao Yuan strode forward, Ye Jing'er wanted to stop it, but when she saw the excitement of Gao Yuan's father and son, and looked at the front and back of him, He Weiyuan had already quietly scattered the guards into a circle, protecting his group in the middle, and he didn't say anything.
Or it is that Jicheng has not had such a scene for too long, it was already bustling, and the endless streets were suddenly crowded, Gao Yuan had not taken a few steps, and he had already been squeezed together by the flow of people, a group of palace guards held hands in a circle, and it only left a little space for Gao Yuan and a few people, Gao Yuan didn't see it well, and quickly hugged Gao Zhiyuan, and pulled Ye Jing'er to his side with the other hand.
"Look at the lively mentality, ancient and modern, Chinese and foreign, nothing can be outside!" Gao Yuan lamented in his heart, he finally went out of the palace, and it was not easy to see the excitement.
A sharp whistle suddenly sounded at the end of the street, and a group of fast catchers from the Jicheng City Guard Mansion appeared, and one of the catchers who led the team shouted loudly to separate the crowded crowd and ran towards the scene of the fight.
For the official errand, the people of Jicheng still have a sense of awe, although they are crowded with their chests and backs, they still try their best to make way for these headhunters.
"Jiang Dalang, it's you again, this is the second time in three days, do you want to be in prison?" When the head catcher saw the fighting side, he immediately became angry." Whoever comes, take them away, and bring them back to the yamen."
The excitement was not seen, the passers-by dispersed in disappointment, and Gao Zhiyuan, who was excited, couldn't help but be proud." Daddy, I'm hungry, I want to eat a barbecue." Gao Zhiyuan pointed with a small hand, there is a barbecue restaurant opened by the Huns on the side of the road, Gao Zhiyuan often follows Helan Yan to mingle, but he also has a soft spot for this grassland barbecue.
"Okay, barbecue!" Gao Yuan nodded. Now the barbecue restaurant in Jicheng with Kou Shuguang's overseas voyage, a series of spices such as chili, cumin and some other spices into the Han Kingdom, the flavor is more rich and diverse than before, and the Huns have a unique advantage in this aspect, and the barbecue restaurant they opened in Jicheng is always the best business.
Sitting in the store, the business was really not ordinarily good, Gao Yuan finally found a table in the corner, and He Weiyuan, the guards, could only stay outside the door and pretend to be idlers.
"Boss, bring you a portion of your favorite dish!" Gao Yuan shouted to Xiao Er in the running hall in proficient Xiongnu language, and when Xiao Er looked at it, he was a Hun man.
"Yo, the guest officer is from outside the customs, right?" As soon as Xiao Er heard the Xiongnu language, he was obviously much more enthusiastic.
"Well, I've been outside the gate for many years!" Gao Yuan smiled. Just came back!"
"That guest officer is really lucky, our restaurant is the most authentic prairie barbecue restaurant in Jicheng." Xiao Er came over and wiped the table diligently, "Does the guest officer know why our store is doing so well?" The recipe in our store is flowing out of the palace, and it is the recipe for our king's vegetarian barbecue, you are from outside the Guan, you should be very familiar with our king's deeds, right?"
"You're a liar!" Gao Zhiyuan crisp voice on one side. He also speaks Xiongnu really well, of course, this is also the credit of Helan Yan.
"Ouch, the little guest officer will also say what we say!" The smile on Xiao Er's face was even worse, "How can I deceive people, our Princess Helan is the princess, and these barbecue recipes were brought out by Princess Helan from the palace to teach us to the host, so our shop is the most expensive in Jicheng, but the business is also the best, who doesn't want to eat the recipe prepared by the king himself?" Otherwise, we can afford to rent a shop here?"
Gao Yuan smiled, "Yes or no, you go and get it, I'll eat it first."
"That's that, the guest officer waits, there are too many people, and he can't be busy, the guest officer first drinks this cool herbal tea, which is also specially concocted by our store."
"It can't be from the palace too, right?" Takato joked.
"Not really." Xiao Er smiled awkwardly, turned around and went to greet the other guests.
"No, this shop really has something to do with swallows, right?" Ye Jing'er looked at Gao Yuan suspiciously.
"Look at the swallow's big grinning temperament, is it the material for business? It's just a tiger skin to make a big banner, and the owner of this shop is really a talent."
Ye Jing'er chuckled and said, "When I go back, tell Sรน Yanzi to go, and let her take a look."
Gao Yuan smiled and was about to answer, but his attention was attracted by the conversation of the others.
"That Jiang Dalang is really pitiful, I heard that after investing thousands of taels of silver, he finally developed a formula for making soap, and only produced samples, and the master was poached by the Ke family at a high price.
"How do you know it's soap?"
"Ahem, this lawsuit went to the Jicheng Primary Court, but Jiang Dalang lost the lawsuit. I heard that it was the king who encouraged free competition in business. The judge sentenced the Jiang family to lose, do you say Jiang Dalang is convinced, this is not three days to go to the Ke family's shop to make trouble, I think if it takes a few more days, Jiang Dalang may really go to prison."
"Poor and pitiful, but this incident also reminds us that when we turn back, the master of the family has to make a good living, and we have to guard against digging the corners of the wall outside, otherwise it will be difficult to come up with something new, and it will be gone in a blink of an eye."
"That's right, my family is dyed, the master who specializes in the study of color ingredients, I am better to him than to my father and mother, you think, if he poachs people, my secret recipes will be gone in a blink of an eye. Do you think I'm not afraid?"
Listening to the conversation between the two next door, Gao Yuan's brows gradually furrowed. (To be continued......)