As the saying goes, when a man is about to die, his words are good; The bird is dying, and its song is mourning. Although Shen Gui kept saying that he would never let Guan Beidou understand; But these unsolved doubts in Guan Beidou's heart have actually entangled him for many days and nights.

As early as when Shen Gui first came to Huayu Continent, he also had doubts and contempt for the three roads in the northern part of the country where materials were scarce and the people's wisdom had not been opened. The so-called savior complex, every person with a good nature, will exist in his heart to a greater or lesser extent; With Shen Gui's "extraordinary experience" as a person, as well as the identity of the Guo and Shen families, if he wants to lead the people of Youbei and turn a new page in history, it is not a fantasy.

With the big tree of the Gusu Shen family, there is a steady supply of silver; is close to the Dongyou Li family, and there is an inexhaustible granary and a wide range of network support; In addition, Guo Shuang, the young master of the Guo family, was murdered by Yan Day, the prince of Youbei at the time, and Lu Xiangyin, the chief eunuch of the Imperial Horse Prison; Then all the veterans of Taibaiwei also borrowed Guo Yunsong's ladder to have a natural subordinate relationship with Shen Gui.

If we take into account the relationship between him and the two great shamans, Li Xuanyu and Lin Siwei, shamanism will definitely give him a supreme "divinity", and he can easily gain a broad mass base. Therefore, Shen Gui pacified the three roads in Youbei, and then waved his army south to go out of the customs and unify the roads in the hinterland of the Central Plains; It is far easier and more justifiable than Guan Beidou, an old way to join the WTO.

When he was ten years old, Shen Gui and the Qi brothers left Taibai Mountain and broke into the red world. As he became more deeply influenced by the Huayu Continent, he gradually gave up the idea of "changing the Huayu Continent".

In fact, there are only two fundamental reasons why Shen Gui gave up changing the course of history.

Productivity is low, and people's wisdom is not developed.

It's just that this is a chaotic era of storms and heroes. Shen Gui gave up the idea of influencing Hua Yu, and planned to indulge in the mountains and rivers, squandering gold and silver, wasting time and wasted time in this life; But the waves of generations have swept him into this turmoil......

Xuanyue Dao Palace has three masters, except for the youngest Zhang Qingniu, who can also keep his heart; Guan Beidou and Lu Xiangyin entered the WTO one after another, opening the prelude to the Huayu War.

In this war, whether it is Guan Beidou, the culprit behind the war, or Song Xingzhou, who hopes to leave a name in history and suppress Bai Heng; It also includes the princes and royal families of Beiyan, Youbei, Nankang, Mobei, Sanqin, etc., and they all want to seek their own interests in this troubled world.

To put it mildly, it's called fishing in troubled waters; Of course, for the participants, this is called "heroes in troubled times"!

It's just that these people are either rich or noble, and their social environment is also very simple; Even those Xuanmen disciples who have realized the Tao and practiced also enjoyed the court worship of the Northern Yan Dynasty because of Guan Beidou's relationship. These people may not be diligent, but they must not be divided. For they have not been anxious about a meal since they were born. I don't know how every grain that fills my stomach grows and how it enters their rice bowl.

For those large merchants, grain is a kind of bulk commodity; On weekdays, the price fluctuates little, the profit is not high, and the storage is laborious; But once the situation is about to change, they can buy and hoard on a large scale, and then quietly sell at a high price in order to maximize profits.

For the decision-makers above the temple, food is a material to feed the population or wage war; Every time there is a catastrophe or a grain harvest, it will shake the basic livelihood of the people, leading to the tragic situation of starvation everywhere and changing children's food; If the grain harvest is abundant, the surplus grain will be used for foreign trade, which will play the role of enriching the country and strengthening the army.

So, what is the purpose of enriching the country and strengthening the army?

The harvest fails, and some people die; The grain harvest is also a good harvest, and some people are going to die. Therefore, for these people, the essence of food has changed from a food for the stomach to a basic tool.

And Guan Beidou bewitched Song Xingzhou to form Di Ting, and chose Nankang as a "pilot" to experiment whether his ideal new dynasty could achieve the desired effect. Time flies, time flies; Today's Nankang, if he wishes, has become the wealth center of Huayu Continent, and it is the best area in the world, it seems that everything is so perfect, and it also makes Guan Beidou more firmly convinced.

Before the snake molts and the cicada sheds its shell, it will go through a painful period; And the war he launched was the painful period before the Huayu Continent was reborn. So from Guan Beidou's point of view, no matter how much sacrifice he makes, it is also worth it.

However, the wealth of the Nankang Dynasty is as illusory as a hanging garden and a mirage; If he Guan Beidou remained as it was, the Nankang Dynasty would at least be able to maintain a golden period of about thirty years; But now he is full of pride and wants to settle the country in one battle; Even Shen Ju, the original hardcore ally and co-founder, was not optimistic about this plan at all!

Shen Gui's pro-uncle Shen Ju is not only the president of the Presbyterian Church! After Shen Gui's father Shen Ang faked his death, he assumed the identity of the helmsman of the Shen family. He knows very well in his heart, don't look at Nankang today, which is changing with each passing day and is thriving; However, the amount of food that can be produced by every acre of land and the food that every bite of people needs to consume has not changed from the past. Since grain was originally a crop grown by farmers; And what about wealth? Where does it come from and where does it come from? Why do you prosper and why do you fail?

Therefore, the reason why Shen Ju suddenly defected was not out of personal feelings; And Shen returned to the game world and did not want to change the pace of progress of Huayu Continent, which was also due to this consideration.

Throughout the ages, throughout the history of Huayu Continent, there are not just a few smart people. In the final analysis, the fundamental reason why the Northern Yan Dynasty and the Youbei Three Roads all emphasized agriculture and suppressed commerce was not that they were stupid and did not know that trade could bring additional benefits; Rather, they know that gold and silver are merely symbols in themselves; However, those materials with real value have strict restrictions on production and cycle.

In other words, even if business is prosperous, there are simply not so many goods to sell in the market! Or rather, there should not have been so many goods to sell!

So looking back, where did the huge wealth of the Nankang Dynasty come from? Is it the new South Kanglu implemented by Guan Beidou? Or is it a simplified and now increasingly redundant bureaucratic environment? Or is it a blessed dock trade?

In fact, the final answer to this question is only two words

Plunder.

The dynasty of Huayu Continent has changed several times, and the emperor Lao'er is also ushered in, you sing and I will take the stage, and each will lead a coquettish; But no matter what the name of the dynasty is, and which royal flag it is playing; Counting the proportion of tax revenue in the national treasury, it has always been agricultural tax and firmly occupies the top position.

The new Nankang Dynasty founded by Guan Beidou did the opposite; Farmland taxes have been significantly reduced or eliminated altogether. This kind of unheard-of great change soon reaped the admiration of the people of Nankang and the gentry and the gentry; Otherwise, it would have been absolutely not so easy for Nankang to row the river and stand on its own.

Thanks to the factors of climate and geography, the southerners are generally delicate, mild-mannered, and relatively affluent. In addition, the scenery is beautiful and the water source is abundant, so there are more skilled craftsmen and literati who choose words and sentences, which are very close to the ability of the wind and snow. Over time, the overall aesthetic orientation of Huayu Continent is more inclined to the fine workmanship and micro-carving of the southern school; And the northern faction's ingenuity, roughness and heroism are despicable.

Erudite and Confucian, most of them will write books and pass them on to future generations; Therefore, it is natural for readers to control the right to speak and interpret. Over time, the preferences and aesthetics of these people have always been popular in Huayu Continent.

They say that Su Xiuyun brocade is high-class and elegant; Then the price of Su embroidery Yunjin will rise all the way, and it will naturally be penniless for the northern Lu embroidery and run; They say that the porcelain of the Longyuan kiln in the south of the Yangtze River is simple and elegant, and it complements the gentleman's style respected by the literati; Then the Zhongzhou Jun porcelain, which is bright and rich in color and earthworm and mud pattern, will suffer a cold reception in the market.

To this day, both the true disciples of saints and those who are vassals and elegant people are self-absorbed by the preferences of the southerners; Then the trend of market prices will also follow the pursuit or depreciation of these people, and make natural feedback and adjustments.

Between heaven and earth, one loss and one compensation, has its own laws; Since the Nankang Dynasty greatly reduced the agricultural tax in order to win the hearts of the people, it was inevitable to raise the commercial tax and tariff to fill the gap in taxation. In this way, due to the increase in shipping costs, the price of goods produced locally in Nankang will inevitably rise significantly.

Until today, the handicraft and manufacturing industries north of the Huajiang River have collectively withered and become lonely. In addition to Zhou Yuanqing's confiscation in the name of "Heavenly Family Monopoly", the craftsmen and time-honored brands left behind; The rest have either changed careers, or they have crossed the Huajiang River south and taken root on the territory of Xinnankang......

Craftsmen also have to eat, and where they can make money, they will go, which is human nature.

Without the assistance of high-value-added industries, then both the Northern Yan Dynasty and the Youbei Third Road can only enter a vicious circle of mutual price reduction and competition for trade, and carry out loss-making trade with unequal value with extremely cheap raw materials and manpower. Moreover, this trade route is still in the hands of the Nankang people.

To take an inappropriate example, it's like a Nankang man throwing a bone and fighting two hungry dogs. The price of a flawless fire fox skin at the foot of Taibai Mountain is about five taels of silver; About ten furs, which can be made into one fur; If you sell it back to Youbei Third Road, if you don't have 1,500 taels of silver, the shopkeeper will not pay attention to you.

These high premiums have nothing to do with the laborers who transport goods, the leather craftsmen, or the craftsmen who sew robes.

Those who are all over the world are not silkworm breeders.

At least for Shen Gui, this is definitely not a perfect new world.