Chapter 123: Drawing Salary from the Bottom of the Cauldron
In just a few hours, a thousand eight-oxen ploughs were soldβall for two thousand five hundred dollars.
The income is 2.5 million yuan!
More than double the one million asked for by Liu Che!
The ownerless wasteland in Shuofang has also been reduced by hundreds of thousands of acres in half a day.
This is still just the family and Haoqiang in the Jingzhao region!
If it weren't for the fact that the Han army could really fight, General Wei would be able to run around with the Huns' butts, and the imperial court probably wouldn't know where to get so much land!
Similarly, with these lands and eight oxen ploughs as the foundation, the family's resistance to the imperial court's inventory of acres of land has also been eliminated.
As long as it is not exaggerated to the point of shaking the foundation, it is a big deal to find out how much, let's go to the northland border county circle!
And the so-called shaking of the foundation, in addition to not going too far in the inventory, mainly refers to the recovery of the field, so as not to let their own children be implicated and convicted, and delay the future.
Liu Che has always been indifferent to this kind of thing.
Tang Qi looked around, thinking that the families present should have already been taken care of, and were about to move on to the next topic.
Suddenly, Gongsun Hao clenched his fists in front of everyone: "Da Nong Order, can you say two words alone?" β
Tang Qi is indispensable.
The two walked behind a big tree, Gongsun Hao looked left and right, and saw that no one could see what was happening here, so he took out a few pieces of cloth from his arms.
Tang Qi took a look, and it was actually a land deed of a total of 50,000 acres of land around Jingzhao!
Although they are all Nakata or even Shimoda, as long as there are a very few Ueda, it is enough to exaggerate!
"Boss Gongsun, what is this?" Tang Qi asked.
It's not always for yourself, is it?
Gongsun Hao is indeed not so whimsical: "These lands were contributed to the court by the old man, and they are all innocent fields accumulated by my Gongsun family for generations. Now that the court is in difficulty, my grandson has received the emperor's grace, so he naturally wants to share his majesty's worries. β
"Also, the clansmen of the Gongsun clan are all over the Han Dynasty, and the old man received a report from the clansmen that the family took in thousands of homeless people last year, and they were all raised in the clan, and now they must have completed the handover with the county officials in various places."
"In addition, the Gongsun family also subscribed for 100,000 mu of wasteland in Shuofang."
Gongsun Hao smiled: "I don't know how many eight-oxen plows can be exchanged for these actions?" β
What a big deal!
Tang Qi gasped.
It is worthy of a family that can produce a prime minister and a bunch of generals and court officials, look at the political consciousness of others!
Not only is he loyal to the royal family, but he also speaks without leaking!
The most important thing is that people can see at a glance the determination of the imperial court to develop and consolidate the frontier, and know that the future of Shuofang is definitely not just farming!
For this reason, the Gongsun clan is willing to make a big gamble!
Don't ask, as long as this matter is reported, Liu Che's favorability towards the Gongsun family, and even the Prime Minister Gongsun Hong, will directly explode!
"Mr. Gongsun is dedicated to the country, and the younger generation is ashamed of himself." Tang Qi sighed with emotion, "In this way, the younger generation would rather lose money than let the righteous man chill." The eight-oxen plough was sold to the old gentleman for 2,000 yuan each, and there was no limit! β
Gongsun Hongda was overjoyed: "In this way, thank you for the Danong order, my Gongsun family is willing to buy 500 planes, and I am willing to buy more at the original price in the future!" β
Both parties are satisfied.
Of course, Gongsun Hong also knows that it is impossible to lose money.
But the important thing is not the five hundred dollars that are cheap, but the political posture made by Tang Qi, the emperor's spokesperson!
With this gesture, it means that his Gongsun clan's actions are indeed to the itch of the Son of Heaven.
The benefits in the future are only a lot more!
In this way, Tang Qi received 3.5 million yuan in one day.
With eight days left before the ten-day deadline, the task was overfulfilled.
The heads of the family and the patriarchs who were full of thoughts when they came were also satisfied at this time, and discussed with each other that the capable children of the clan would go to Shuofang as soon as possible, so as not to be unable to grab good land.
Everyone was happy.
I thought that this was the end of the matter, and everyone would forget it after eating.
Tang Qi once again ascended to the high platform, and this time he was accompanied by someone everyone knew.
Guerrilla general, Pingling Hou, Su Jian!
"Ladies and gentlemen, wait a minute, there is something else to inform you here." Tang Qi saw that there was silence below, so he arched his hand towards Su Jianyi, "General, please speak." β
"Don't dare."
Su Jian returned the salute, then stiffened his face and pressed his knife towards everyone: "Since I counterattacked the Huns, the army has captured countless captives, especially prisoners!" The general sent a message to Your Majesty a few days ago, there are too many prisoners, please come up with a protocol for dealing with it! β
Everyone immediately held their breath and thought about what would happen.
Gongsun Hao even sighed in a low voice: "Our majesty, acting one link after another, is really not to be underestimated." β
Wei Cheng disagreed: "Anyway, we don't need to bleed, and the things that benefit the court will not be done in vain." β
The crowd agreed.
Su Jian did live up to everyone's expectations: "Your Majesty has ordered to open the labor lease of prisoners of war, and the price varies according to time, men and women, and fitness. If you are interested, you can wait for the news from the imperial court, and then go to the designated place to trade! β
"Boom ββ!"
There was an uproar.
It's not a reward, it's not a sale, it's a lease?!
Someone with a quick head immediately thought of the benefits: "Doesn't this mean that in the future, we only need to rent some prisoners when the farm is busy, and return them when the farm is slack, and there is no need to raise idlers?" β
"yes, I didn't think of that!"
"Your Majesty is really sage, if this is the case, it doesn't hurt to give the court some hidden households!"
"Your Majesty still treats us as your own!"
"I thought the court was going to take advantage of us, but I didn't expect it to be doing business with us, if we said it earlier, we wouldn't have misunderstood!"
"I just don't know if the Huns can do farm work, and they have to be taught if they can't say it."
There was laughter in the courtyard.
As for whether the trafficking of prisoners is a violation of human rights, it is not a question at all in the Western Han Dynasty, where large families can openly buy slaves and maids.
What's more, the general consensus of the Han people is that Hu people, that is also a person?
"Whewβit's finally over." Su Jian breathed a long sigh of relief and smiled bitterly in a low voice, "I said the Great Agricultural Order, can you not let this kind of thing in the future, how good is it to find someone who is good at words?" β
Tang Qi smiled and said: "Who doesn't know that General Su was ordered to build Shuofang City, and he is His Majesty's confidant, if you don't let you come, can't you let the general come?" β
Su Jian could only smirk.
For Tang Qi's proposal to rent out Xiongnu prisoners of war, a hundred people in the army were also in favor.
Nothing else, there are really too many captives!
Wei Qing fought like others, and paid special attention to the destruction of the enemy's living forces, and often liked to bypass large troops and go straight to the lair of the Huns.
Then they brought back a large number of cattle, sheep, horses, and captives.
You can bring back tens of thousands of people in one battle, let alone go out every year?
Even if they are all dragged out to work, don't they have to be fed? What a waste!
Now I can have a place to go, and I can make money for the army, and I will oppose it if I have water in my brain!
Looking at the smiling heads of the families, Su Jian touched his nose and asked in a low voice: "Da Nong Ling, do you and the Hu people have a deep enmity in the sea of blood?" β