Although the cold wind in the lake area is not as strong as in the north, this kind of damp cooling is more likely to penetrate into people's bodies, making people suffer from internal rheumatism.

Because the forest leopard brought more than 1,000 Miao people, this place seemed a little crowded, but it was barely enough, and everyone ate it.

The types of meals are not rich, the main dish is the fatty fish of Dongting Lake, but with salt and some seasonings, these fish meat is particularly fragrant whether it is stewed or grilled, but it makes the people in the lake area who usually eat fish and want to vomit have a great appetite.

Seeing that most of them were still using clay pots, Sun Xiangfu decided that today's meeting would start with these living materials.

When everyone had eaten almost enough, Sun Xiangfu asked the Zhang brothers to inform the leaders of the villages to come over to him.

"The imperial court sent its own officials here to solve the problem, what is the problem? Your production and life problems. Maybe some of you think that it is actually good to fall grass here, at least you will not starve to death, and in the future, as long as you fish, in the wilderness, cultivate some fields that the government does not know and plant something, you can live a good life.

However, I think that people who think this way are stupid, because you can live a very comfortable and even rich life. ”

As soon as Sun Xiangfu's foolish plan began, the interest of many leaders of the water village was aroused by him.

Who wouldn't want to live a comfortable, affluent life?

But they are ordinary people, they can't fight those landlords and heroes, let alone the government, as an exploited class, comfortable and rich, it is almost impossible to get involved with them.

"My lord, what are you talking about comfort, wealth, the grass people don't dare to hope, send those Miao people back, just want to pray for the government to give us a way to live, if the court can promise not to send a large army to exterminate us, the leaders of our various water villages can promise the court that they will never rob passing merchant ships again, and live their lives honestly."

Sun Xiangfu smiled when he heard this, "I remember, the first thing you said when you saw me was that the grass people were stupid. Now it seems that you are really stupid. ”

Sun Xiangfu's words made Wu Meiniang, who was holding a big bowl and sucking the fish brain marrow on the side, squirt out the fish brain marrow that had just been sucked into her mouth with laughter.

When Lin Bao and the others heard this, they were also embarrassed, waiting for Sun Xiangfu's next words.

"You people, all young and strong, not to mention the ability to sail on the water, even if you don't know anything, go to Weinan New Town in Guanzhong, find a construction site at will, move and lift, carry bags, sell your strength, you can eat and drink for a month, and earn a salary that is not less than the usual money, why do you need to huddle in these wilderness, eat meals with little salt and less rice, wear tattered clothes, live in a shack that leaks everywhere and can't afford rain?"

"Guan, is the money in Guanzhong so easy to earn?"

Not only Lin Leopard, but also many leaders of the water village, after listening to Sun Xiangfu's words, they also looked at him with a look of disbelief and questioned.

"Of course it's so easy to earn, over there, any ordinary person's home, there is basically an iron pot, and when cooking, there will be some spices I just distributed to you, not to mention that there is meat to eat every day, every three or five days, there is no problem to eat a good meal, because they can earn enough money for them to spend so much.

Now there are hundreds of factories over there are recruiting workers, not to mention that your villages add up to only tens of thousands of people, even if it is several times more, go over there, you can quickly find a job, there are two or three young and strong laborers in the family, it is easy to earn a few dollars a month, and men and women are counted as laborers, there are different jobs to do, the income I am talking about is to eat and drink, and even after clothing and accommodation, the remainder.

In fact, after the disaster, you don't need to come to this lake to settle for grass, as long as you go to Guanzhong and find a job, you can easily support your family, and even better than your previous life. ”

"You mean, let's move to Guanzhong?" Lin Leopard asked boldly.

He still had some suspicions that Sun Xiangfu was tempting them to go ashore and give up his water advantage.

You know, on land, they have become lambs to the slaughter, if they go to the pass, where the army gathers, then they have no ability to resist at all, and the court wants to kill or chop, and they have to suffer.

Sun Xiangfu saw the doubts in his eyes, shook his head and said, "No, what I just said about working hard to make money, it's just some small money, it's not worth it for you to earn, what you want to earn is a lot of money, if you don't make a lot of money, how can you be rich?" ”

"Make a lot of money?"

Everyone was stimulated by these three words, and the common people wanted to say that they didn't want to get rich, it was false, Lin Bao They were not greedy, they would not accept the benefits sent by a few powerful families to provoke the government, and if Sun Xiangfu didn't let them go to Guanzhong, then, for Lin Bao and these people, his words would be very credible.

As for why Sun Xiangfu threw out the temptation of making a lot of money, it was because he saw how reluctant Lin Bao's expressions were when he distributed the gold, silver and copper coins handed over by Lin Bao and them to those kidnapped Miao people.

Draw a cake for these people first, and thoroughly stimulate their greed, so that they will become very obedient next, as long as they can achieve some tasks set by Sun Xiangfu, Sun Xiangfu does not mind letting them live a rich life in the future.

"That's right, it's to make a lot of money.

You have the ability to sail on the water, which is exactly what the court needs.

Your Majesty, Fang Xiang, and this official, want to invest in the establishment of a waterway transfer company in Jingzhou, to transfer the goods and commodities of the entire Yangtze River waterway, you people, just for its use, once this Yangtze River waterway transfer company is established, the entire Chang'an, as well as the surrounding tributaries along the towns of commodity export, purchase, will be in our hands, you as the actual executor, you can get a certain share, how big the profit in this, it is estimated that you can't think of it, however, I can tell you for sure, you can think bigger, Don't say it's consistent for a month, it's a small thing to say a few times. ”

In the early summer of this year, when the water of the Yangtze River had not yet risen, the big ships of 10,000 stones from Guanzhong, they had seen it, and they had made a lot of money just by transporting melons and fruits, and if there were salt, iron, and other substances, then this business would definitely be more profitable.

Of course, Sun Xiangfu knew that with these people's brains, they couldn't imagine how big this business could be, they just felt that if someone could give them some similar goods and let them sell them, it should be better than fishing and secretly planting some wasteland for a living.

"Uncle Sun, I think they are so stupid, they must not be able to do a good job." Wu Meiniang, who wiped her mouth and fingers clean with a handkerchief, couldn't help but interject.

Hearing this, Sun Xiangfu is embarrassed, what Wu Meiniang said is indeed a problem, these people's brains are really a bit difficult, if you do a big business, you have to be able to write and calculate, and they are estimated to be only responsible for supporting the boat.

But stupid people, there is a benefit, that is, it is easy to control, looking at many embarrassed and unconfident Shuizhai leaders, Sun Xiangfu said with relief, "You just have less knowledge, and how stupid you really are, of course, it is really difficult to do all such things to them, so I plan to leave this matter to her father, they just need to obey the orders, be responsible for running the boat, and build the dock." ”

When Sun Xiangfu said that Wu Meiniang was the newly appointed governor of Shannan Province and the governor of Jingzhou, many water bandits were in an uproar.

The project invested by the emperor and the prime minister is specifically supervised by the governor of the province, and the specifications of this Yangtze River waterway transfer company are so high!

"That, my lord, we are familiar with the hundreds of miles of waterways around Dongting, what goods do you need to transport, as long as there is no major flood, keep it safe······"

The leaders of these water villages are not subordinate to each other, and after hearing what Sun Xiangfu said, most of them had their own ideas, and they talked about it one after another, for fear that Sun Xiangfu would not hand over this good thing to them.

"Be quiet and listen to me."

Sun Xiangfu waved his hand, signaling silence, and when everyone shut up, he said, "It's still the same sentence, what I just said is to let you make a lot of money, not to use your small boat to go around some bulk cargo."

In the next few years, I want you to build water transportation docks and warehousing for 10,000 stone ships to dock in all the cities along the Yangtze River and the major tributaries of the Yangtze River, and the imperial court will also equip you with enough 10,000 stone, 20,000 stone, or even 30,000 stone ships that can sail against the current during this period, and after you can skillfully control these ships, your task is to ······"

It took Sun Xiangfu a long time to describe the big scenes to the leaders of the water village, and after more than an hour, when Sun Xiangfu spoke a little dry, they knew that the court was looking for them to do something, for the water bandits in the Dongting Lake area, Sun Xiangfu did not let go of the meaning, want to do the scene he depicted, only tens of thousands of people, may not be enough, because the business radiation scope of the Yangtze River waterway transfer company is from Shuzhong, to dozens of states and hundreds of counties along the Hangzhou estuary, just the wharf, there will be hundreds, and it is estimated that thousands of ships will be needed to support the entire line, not to mention them, even tens of thousands of people may not be enough.

And the types of goods he mentioned, there are many things, they have never heard of it, the lotus vegetables, lotus seeds, tea, hairy crabs, canned fish, dried preserved fish, etc., which will be produced in the Dongting Lake area in the future, will bring hundreds of thousands of yuan of income to the people here every year.

Of course, for these little people who don't know what canned food is, it is too difficult for them to imagine those pictures, so Sun Xiangfu doesn't expect them to understand everything, after all, most of them are just obedient and work.

Xiao Nian's meeting lasted for two days, and in two days, Sun Xiangfu had a round of communication with all the leaders of the water village, and on the twenty-sixth day of the lunar month, he took more than 1,000 Miao people, as well as the people and horses of the water village where the Zhang brothers were located, and began to sail to Jingzhou.

Before leaving, Sun Xiangfu has agreed with the leaders of many water villages to contact and communicate, once the warriors are ready to receive and settle them, these people will all move out, and begin to build wharves and cargo storage for big ships in Yuezhou, Jiangling, Jingzhou and other big cities, before the summer of next year, there will be the first batch of water steamers to mobilize over, and in the future, they will continue to open up wharf freight business along both sides of the river for the imperial court.