As soon as there is a proper profit, the capitalists will be bold. With a 50 percent profit, it takes a risk; For the sake of 100 percent profit, it dares to trample on all human laws; With a profit of 300 percent, it dares to commit any crime, even to the risk of being hanged.

Marx's words were very well understood, which is why he no longer showed any preference for businessmen after he first promulgated some policies in favor of businessmen. Because he understands that compared with businessmen who dare to take risks for the sake of profit, a family with a big family and a deep abyss of family education is more credible.

Compared with the short-sighted capitalists, Yuan Shu trusted these families more. This is not a prejudice against businessmen, but a fact. It is not advisable to emphasize agriculture and suppress business, but it is not a good policy to indulge businessmen.

The reason is simple, the cost of treason by a merchant is simply too low. is not like the family still has the bond of land, even now Yuan Shu has also given them the bond of fiefdom. Merchants had a lot of money in their hands, but they couldn't own as much land as the family, and they didn't even think about fiefdoms. With only money in their hands, they can still live a comfortable life in a different place. So money is almost their only pursuit.

Just like the fall of the Ming Dynasty in history, merchants played a big role. Chongzhen was so poor in the end, but these fat businessmen who were raised in the name of "not competing with the people" did not talk about fornication, and colluded with the Donglin Party. It is enough to see how terrifying a businessman would be if there were no restrictions.

After all, patriotic businessmen are a minority, and most businessmen are capital without borders, and as long as there are enough interests, they dare to do almost anything.

The reason why Yuan Shu built a money village and allowed merchants to store a large amount of wealth in it was to increase the cost of their betrayal. lest they run away after making money.

But that didn't stop the profit-seeking nature of the merchants. Over the past few years, Yuan Shu has caught hundreds of smugglers, and a small number of them have fled to other princes. Under the protection of Liu Bei, Cao Cao and others, Yuan Shu didn't have much to do with them.

Therefore, Yuan Shu now basically only allows state-owned merchants and families to purchase materials on a large scale. Such a small businessman can't smuggle much material even if he is smuggled, and once he is caught, he will be greeted by a small life of coolies. But even so, there are still many people who take risks, because the benefits of smuggling are too great.

The price of grain in the Central Plains was at least ten times that of Jiangdong, and this was still the situation that Jiangdong's merchants smuggled out a lot of grain, plus Yuan Shu traded people and sold a lot of grain. I can't complain that so many businessmen have taken such a big risk to go forward.

Yuan Shu thought that the families could be more credible, but he didn't expect that there were so many families who chose to betray for money.

Although they were very cautious, they bought a large amount of grain and sold it to merchants, who then changed hands many times and slowly spread to the Central Plains. But he was still slowly caught out of the horse's feet by Yuan Shu. There is no way, there are only so many people who buy a lot of grain and grass, and these grains and grass end up flowing to only a few places.

Although these merchants have nothing to do with these families on the surface, Yuan Shu doesn't care. For such a long time, the final source of so much food is that some families would not believe it if there were no cats and fools. Although Yuan Shu couldn't find much direct evidence, Yuan Shu didn't need any of this, and it was enough to be suspicious.

There may also be a few of them who have been wronged, but Yuan Shu doesn't care. He can still be used as a gun by others stupidly under the circumstance that he strictly forbids it, what is the use of this stupid family keeping him?

Looking at the document in his hand, he only felt a blockage in his heart. Jingzhou, which has been calm for a long time, seems to be unable to escape this time, and a bloody storm is inevitable. Yuan Shu estimated that he would have to cut down nearly a quarter of the family in Jingzhou this time.

"Plus!" Yuan Shu pondered for a moment and added, "Tell Kuai Liang that there are some things not to be overdone. Not an example! ”

He was stunned for a moment, but he immediately understood what Yuan Shu meant, and after reacting quickly, his face was slightly ugly: "Yes." ”

Yuan Shu nodded in satisfaction, and then took out two more pieces of paper.

"The above part is written about the people who can be promoted among the officials in Jingzhou, and the other part is some people who have no talent, no virtue or have ghosts, you can deal with it as appropriate after a little investigation! As a Jingzhou thorn history, I believe you can do a good job. ”

Frustrated and looked at the two pieces of paper in his hand in shock, and then raised his head and looked at Yuan Shu in surprise: "Lord! This, isn't it? ”

Yuan Shu smiled and nodded: "That's right, go down!" ”

There was a huge wave in his heart, but after all, he was a calm person, so he quickly calmed down, and turned away after making a respectful gesture.

Yuan Shu sat alone in the room, picked up another piece of paper on the table, glanced at it twice, and burned it.

"Kuai Liang is a talent. It's a bit condescending to be under the frustration, and it seems that it's time for him to leave Jingzhou. ”

His temperament and thoughts, those families in Jingzhou may not know, but Yuan Shu doesn't believe that someone as smart as Kuai Liang will not know. So many Jingzhou families have taken risks for these petty profits, if there is no encouragement from Kuai Liang, Yuan Shu will definitely not believe it.

Money may be the only pursuit in the eyes of merchants, but in the eyes of the family, it is really just numbers, and fiefs and land are the real wealth. With their connections and savings, they shouldn't be as hungry as these businessmen.

just thought that Yuan Shu would compromise, and they shouldn't have done it so sloppily and with such "fanfare".

With Yuan Shu's understanding of these families, that is, they covet these interests, they should also be gradually tempted, and they should slowly play the side ball first. These families seem to have lost their minds, and they just get started. There must be other reasons behind this.

And those who have the ability and motivation to do this kind of thing, Yuan Shu can only think of Kuai Liang alone.

At the beginning, the dispute between Jingzhou and Yangzhou over Zhu Yizhou's fiefdom caused the Jingzhou family to suffer a big loss, and the fief they shared was far lower than their estimates. It can be said that if this quarter of the family disappears, then the Jingzhou family will benefit the most. Because they can take the vacant fiefs.

After all, compared to Yangzhou, there are too many families in Jingzhou, and it is reasonable for Kuai Liang to want to clean up some. And Kuai Liang should also have a lot of complaints about these pig teammates. The most important thing is that there is only one Kuai Liang in the entire Jingzhou who has such a big deal.

Yuan Shu didn't care about this, and was even happy to see it. Eliminating more brain-damaged families is also conducive to the progress of the entire family group. weakened the family, and it was even more conducive to his control of Jiangdong.

It is estimated that Kuai Liang also saw this, so he would do this kind of thing. He was also afraid that Yuan Shu would do something to the Jingzhou family, because compared to the Yangzhou family, which lost most of the number, and the Yizhou family, which suffered even more heavy losses, there were too many families in Jingzhou. is destined to be a thorn in Yuan Shu's side.

Instead of waiting for Yuan Shu to come over and suppress it, it is better for him to do it himself and eliminate a group of pig teammates first.

Yuan Shu believes that there must be a lot of old foxes in Jingzhou behind this. His information was too timely and comprehensive. Kuai Liang directly handed him a knife, and took the initiative to let him stab the Jingzhou family.