Above the court of the Shang Kingdom.

The king said disdainfully: "I heard that Zhou Guo has set up an official house? Hmph, hum, all fools are still learning, you just need to obey the king's order. ”

At this moment, in the Shang Kingdom, Wen Zhong and Huang Feihu are still fighting outside, and the only one who has been favored by the king of the court is Shen Gongbao, he understood what the king meant, and immediately said with a smile: "The king is right, you are the lord of the four seas, you only need to obey your royal order, it is enough, as for the rest, you don't have to care about it at all." ”

"Well... What the national teacher said makes sense, reward. The king hugged and said with a smile.

"Thank you, Your Majesty." Shen Gongbao looked at the ministers triumphantly.

The ministers bowed their heads and didn't dare to say anything, seeing the appearance of the king of Zhou, although there was no shortage of discerning ministers among the ministers, knowing the benefits of Zhou's move, although they wanted to make a strong statement to the king and explain the pros and cons clearly, so that the Shang State would also choose to implement the royal decree, so that the Shang State could also take this opportunity to develop things that were conducive to the future, but now the ministers, no one dared to speak, it was because they saw that the king of Zhou favored Shen Gongbao and rewarded him for his confused words.

This shows that the king can't hear clearly at the moment, and any other opinions, if you say those things in this way, wouldn't it be boring to say those words again? Maybe not only will there be no benefit, but he will also be punished by the king, so there really won't be any benefit. The ministers thought to themselves.

As a result, the ministers did not speak at all, and the king naturally did not hear any words of loyalty, and soon left the court of the Shang State.

And the king of the Shang returned to his wine pond meat forest at this moment, not caring about the suffering of the people of the Shang country, so that the matter passed like this, although the ministers were unwilling, and wanted to do something for the people, after all, they took the money of the Shang country, but there was no way, they were afraid that the king would not obey and would find harm for themselves, so the ministers did not dare to speak.

So it was only the people who suffered, and the people were very happy to learn of the new decrees imposed by the Zhou state, and they all hoped that their great king would also carry out the royal decrees, so that they could get advantage, but the officials who followed dispersed the people who were surrounding the yacha.

"What about the Salt and Iron King's Order we want? What about our food? Have we reduced our taxes and forced labor? The people of Shang have voiced their hearts.

People are like this, there is nothing to be done peacefully, once there are people from other countries, they have improved, then they also want, if they don't get it...

"Get out, get out of here, a group of untouchables think it's quite beautiful, the king didn't issue any proclamation at all, and the royal decree didn't say anything at all, I can tell you, this month's tax is almost the day, and you have to pay it to me when the time comes, and if you don't pay it, it will be a violation of the law." The cool officials said.

"Tyranny, tyranny." The people were instantly disappointed and furious.

"Bang" In an instant, a rotten vegetable leaf smashed on the head of a cool official, and he was staring at the eyes, he took off the rotten vegetable leaf and threw it to the ground, shouting: "All bold, dare to make trouble, and blow away this group of untouchables." ”

Then the officials sent soldiers to come and forcibly disperse this group of people, and the people were even more unhappy, picking up clods and stones on the ground one after another, and throwing them at the soldiers and officials.

The head of the official said angrily: "Daring is really a mob, arrest all these troublemakers and escort them to the prison." ”

As soon as the official leader gave the order, the people fled one after another, and the soldiers chased after the expulsors, some of the people ran slowly, and they were directly caught, and some were beaten, and the wails of the people, as well as the hatred of the cool officials of the Shang State, really did not stop for a moment.

Du Yu of Shu Kingdom heard that Ji Fa had implemented a new decree, and said with a smile: "It is worthy of the king of Zhou, there are new tricks every day." ”

The ministers asked Du Yu: "What should we do about the king?" ”

"What to do? Of course, learn from Zhou Guola, how they get it, we will do it, if you don't understand, send someone to ask them, we are his vassal country, there is no reason not to teach us. ”

"Pick carefully, choose one, it seems that what we can learn, what we can learn, what we can implement, seriously ask people for advice, learn to implement in our Shu country, rest assured that I have a reward, as long as I can really learn, the reward is great." Du Yu, the king of Shu, directly issued a royal order.

"Oh King." The ministers of Shu are very happy, they know that the king has always done what he says, and he keeps his promise, and what the king has said will never change.

Therefore, the ministers of Shu began to think of tricks one after another, learning the royal decree of the Zhou State, didn't they open an official house? Shu does not have the size of Zhou, so in each city, there is an official house, according to the form of Zhou, ask Mr. Teacher, recruit more Mr. Teacher, his tax and conscription are exempted, if you teach well and diligently, you can also let your family not have to pay conscription and taxes, but you will not give money.

Of course, the children of Shu State, when they reach the age, they have to be sent to the official house to study, do not charge money but have to bring their own meals, Shu State only provides a place for the official house, and at the same time can only use the ring ruler, and the other ten points are not used, as for the assessment method is the same as that of Zhou State, but take money to buy questions from Zhou State, which is used to assess the children of Shu State, so that the same effect can be obtained.

Du Yu, the king of Shu, said with a smile: "As for the salt and iron**, our Shu Kingdom is already going on, we only need to proceed step by step, and then recruit more craftsmen, and there is no need to adopt the form of a master with an apprentice, you only need to take out money and grain, and those who are willing to teach the craftsman skills will bring the craftsmen over to teach him the technology, let him make the technology of salt and iron, and once he is qualified, he will reward the money and grain to his master." ”

In this way, there will be more craftsmen involved in the manufacture of salt and iron, and then let the money and grain warehouses in various places take out a part, and those who are willing to participate in the manufacture of salt and iron will not worry about food and drink for life, and all the problems of food, shelter, and shelter will be built by the local government and the national treasury will be built at the expense of the national treasury, and at the same time sell salt to the people, as well as agricultural tools made of iron, and the knife coins that make a profit, all of which are used to learn technology from the Zhou State, and are stored in the treasury.

Because Du Yu, the king of Shu, relied on the help of the clan tribe to wipe out the mountain bandits, when a batch of iron farming tools was built, in addition to selling them to the people of his own country, he also took out a part of it and gave it to the people of the clan tribe, as well as a part of it to the Zhou State.

"Although I know that they may not be lacking, the people who help my Shu Kingdom are all friends of my Shu Kingdom, and we all remember them." Du Yu, the king of Shu, said.

Relying on this idea, soon the salt and iron production of Shu began to rise, and at the same time, the treasury became more and more full, and the efficiency of the people in cultivating the fields also improved.

"In this way, it is in line with Ji Fa's idea, he has studied before, with an appropriate amount of salt in the rice, after the people eat, they can have more strength, because sweating consumes and loses salt during work, so salt must be added to the meal, not only to make the food more delicious, but also more beneficial to the human body, so it is better."

The people were happy, and they all thought that the king of Shu was doing the right thing, and he should learn from the Zhou State, so in an instant, the whole country of Shu was set off, and the frenzy of learning from the Zhou State was soon a thriving scene in Shu, and the people lived and worked in peace and contentment.

After learning that his eldest brother Ji Fa had recently issued a series of royal decrees, he also began to follow suit. Although there were many decrees, he didn't understand what was going on, and he didn't know what it was for, but the people of Ji understood that what Du Yu, the king of Shu, and Ji Fa, the king of Zhou, had done, it would definitely not be a bad thing, so he ordered the ministers to go to the Zhou State to study, and after completing the study, they began to implement the royal decrees in the ten cities of the Ji Kingdom, and they all began to be implemented.

Ji Fa felt that the national strength of the country was limited, and he was afraid that it would be difficult to implement it, so he sent some ministers and craftsmen to the country to teach them to learn techniques. At the same time, he also subsidized some money, food and knife coins to help them develop.

Ji Fa knows very well that the country of Ji has experienced many wars before it has developed, so every step is very difficult, and it is very much in need of support and help, of course, Ji Fa is not stupid, although it is free help, but it will allow the country to receive kindness and develop and restore the country with peace of mind, so that the western border of the Zhou country will be stable, and the people will be able to live and work in peace and contentment.

Zhou Guo also does not have to consider the problem of the west, which is also in line with Ji Fa's overall view, after the west is stabilized, consider the affairs of the north and the south, and when these are settled, you can rest assured to deal with the threat of the east, that is the Shang State itself.

Ji Fa knows very well that the real enemy of the Zhou State is the Shang State, as for the other vassal states, they are not opponents at all, only the Shang State is worthy of being the opponent of the Zhou State, and only by defeating the Shang State can the Zhou State unify all the countries and save the thousands of people who are in dire straits, and only in this way can the people be saved from the abyss, and can they become the real monarch and king.

"There's still a long way to go, and at the moment, it's really a long way off." Ji Fa laughed at himself.

But that's all an afterthought, soon the country of Ji also began to develop according to Ji Fa's ideas, and soon gradually became a trend, the eight hundred vassal states near the Zhou State, after knowing this situation, began to pay tribute to the Zhou State, and some directly brought tribute, began to come to the Zhou State to study, in this way, the vassal states have come to the Zhou State to worship, and soon the Zhou State was very lively for a while.

This made Ji Fa unexpected, but Ji Fa quickly thought about it, accepted their tribute, and then enthusiastically taught them techniques, so that the dependence of countries on the Zhou State was deeper, and the connection with the Zhou State was strengthened, and they were called the vassal states of the Zhou State.

"Hahaha, it's worthy of being a big brother, the orders and the king's orders are beneficial to the country, and they must be implemented immediately." He said with a smile.

The output of salt and iron reported by the lower official really made the people very happy, and the output doubled directly in a short period of time, and the output of the previous three months was now completed in one and a half months, and the quality was better than before.