Brother Xun once said that all the problems that money can solve are basically not problems, and the biggest problem is often the lack of money.

Later generations of peasants could still work without money, whether it was a construction site or a shabu-shabu, as long as they were willing to work hard, they could always earn some money, and they would not go hungry no matter what.

However, for the peasants of the Ming Dynasty, it is impossible to go out to work, not to mention that this fucking mode of transportation is likely to never return home as soon as you go out, and it is not so easy for ordinary people to run to handle the road guide.

In addition, Shandong is flooded this year and drought next year, don't say whether you live well or not, it is already God's eyes open to God and the emperor Shengming if you can barely survive.

Of course, no matter how holy the emperor is, he is useless, and he will do the wrong thing when he should do the wrong thing.

For example, Zhu Laosi exempted the people from paying taxes, on the surface, it is true that the state treasury does not collect taxes from the people, but those landlords who hold a large amount of land in their hands will not be exempted from rent, but will increase their rents by a few percent because the state treasury does not collect them, and in the end, only those yeoman farmers who have land at home will suffer.

Is Zhu Laosi wrong? A heart of love for the people, no matter what, it can't be said wrong, after all, the flower growers of later generations were not exempted from all agricultural taxes at the beginning, and the word retention is a pain that can never be erased in the hearts of many older generations.

Are the people wrong? The hard work of farming and harvesting grain was originally to see God's face, the emperor and the court have a trace of kindness to the people, and the people can remember it for a lifetime, what is wrong with the people?

Are the gentry wrong?

In Yang Shaofeng's view, it is naturally a big mistake for these fools to stare at that little bit of land and the grain in the field, but in the eyes of the environment at that time, what else can they expect if they don't expect the land?

Counting on business? Not everyone can play with this thing, and the examples of entrepreneurial failure and death are endless after hundreds of years, and the business environment of Daming is naturally even more unfriendly.

Counting on industry? In an era when everything is inferior, only the book is high, industry and commerce can be equated, both belong to the original sin with the smell of copper, and are despised by everyone.

Note that it is everyone, not only the scholars who look down on industry and commerce, but also the peasants who are so poor that they have little money in their hands that they also look down on industry and commerce.

There is no way to change this, and the problems that have been handed down for thousands of years cannot be cured in a day or two.

The general environment is like this, Jimo as a county town in the Ming Dynasty, naturally it will not be stronger than other places, because of the sea, there is not much fertile land available for cultivation, coupled with this kind of fucking environment, as well as frequent droughts and waterlogging, the final result is that Jimo is very poor, so poor that even the herdsmen in the border cities can not compare.

Of course, there are still a lot of rich people in Jimo, especially those who have the fame of Jinshi, and the donations received in previous years plus the land obtained by various means are enough to ensure that these people eat and drink well, and even have money to have fun.

This extremely obvious contrast can be seen through the noisy restaurants and Qinglou on both sides of the main road in Jimo County, as well as the people with vegetables on their faces.

After shopping for most of the day, almost the entire Jimo County, Yang Shaofeng and Zhu Zhanji found a noodle stall and sat down.

After a bowl of noodles that didn't know what taste was, Zhu Zhanji couldn't help but pat his belly: "Now I really know that it is an extremely happy thing to be full." ”

Yang Shaofeng drank all the soup in the bowl, and also burped before he spoke: "Look at the people of Shuntianfu, and then look at the people of Jimo." I don't regret that now. ”

Zhu Zhanji hummed and said, "What is there to regret?" When they raise their butcher's knives against ordinary people, they deserve to die!

Now it's just that while they are still useful, let them get rid of more garbage, so that more people can live better, what is there to regret?

Don't worry, I have already arranged the arrangements, the files of the two children have been destroyed, and someone sent them to study in Shuntian Mansion, whether they will be officials or business in the future, no one will know their origins. ”

Yang Shaofeng nodded and said in a low voice, "I don't want to either." Wouldn't it be too much to trick them into doing my errands for me, and then send them to die? ”

Zhu Zhanji laughed, shook his head and said, "What's too much? If they do not die, to whom will the people who died because of them go to reason? You are hypocritical, if the imperial grandfather is here, it will be good to slap you twice. ”

After uncovering this stubble, Zhu Zhanji continued: "Do you have any thoughts about Jimo now?" Jimo County is not big, and if you want to make Jimo like a border city, it is estimated that it will take a lot of effort. ”

"It's not that it can't be done," Yang Shaofeng said thoughtfully: "It's still the same sentence, if you want to get rich, you must first build roads." The Ministry of Industry has not yet planned the road from Jimo to Jinan and Shuntianfu, which means that the seafood in Jimo cannot be transported, and the end of the seafood that cannot be transported is to feed chickens and ducks, and there is actually no use for birds. ”

Patting his head violently, Yang Shaofeng said, "Stupid." Take the duck fed with small fish and shrimp, the duck eggs produced must be more fragrant, marinated into salted duck eggs, and then hang the name of tribute, it shouldn't be a problem to sell more than one penny or two, right? ”

As soon as he heard the word tribute, Zhu Zhanji's face darkened: "Tribute fish, tribute salt, tribute duck eggs, is there anything else that can't be tributed?" Wouldn't it be better if you carved the whole Jimo with a tribute character and then moved to Shuntianfu? ”

Yang Shaofeng didn't bother to pay attention to Zhu Zhanji, anyway, the name that should be hung still has to be hung, and if you can't hang the name of the royal tribute, you have to hang the name of the household department designated for procurement, Xia Laoli is definitely willing to cooperate.

As for now, the first thing to start is definitely to build roads.

It's just that Yang Shaofeng then began to have a headache about which road to build first - Jimo is a county seat, and the people of the entire county and all the surrounding villages and towns are combined, and there is no way to support such a big project for three roads to be built at the same time, so he can only build one of them first.

So here's the problem.

If the road from Jimo to Yishanwei is built first, then the most direct consequence is that the seafood from Jishanwei can be quickly transported to Jimo City, but there is no way to quickly transport it to Shuntianfu, and it is the same for other things, including salt and the imaginary Jimo salted duck eggs.

If you build Jimo to Jinan Mansion or Shuntian Mansion first, then the seafood and other things that you get from Yishanwei will not be able to be quickly delivered to Jimo County, and it will also delay time.

Zhu Zhanji looked at Yang Shaofeng's brows that had been frowning for a long time and didn't speak, so he couldn't help but ask, "What do you think?" Are you really going to engrave Jimo with tribute? ”

Yang Shaofeng waved his hand and said: "I'm thinking, which road should be built first, after all, the situation here in Jimo is obvious, what can really produce fast results is seafood, and the timeliness of seafood transportation is particularly important." ”

Zhu Zhanji laughed and said, "The fastest is your so-called sea duck egg." This thing can be done now, and it is easy to transport, and it is not afraid to put it, so it is naturally the first choice among the first choices.

As for the seafood with the most profits, it's actually the same as the sea salt in your plan, and it can be put on for a while.

First make money by relying on sea duck eggs, and then build roads, as for which one to build first, you can just throw a copper coin?

However, I think the most important issue at the moment is not so much the question of which road to build, but how to get the people to be willing to build it. ”

Yang Shaofeng was stunned: "Isn't this a good thing that can make them money?" And the duck eggs can be seen immediately, plus the road construction is paid, can they not be active? ”

"It doesn't necessarily go anywhere." Zhu Zhanji said: "Tang Sai'er cleaned up all those people for us, do we have to return all those lands to the official or distribute them to the landless people?" You planned it from the beginning, right? ”

Yang Shaofeng nodded and said, "Sure." I asked Wu Ming to secondment Jinyiwei's manpower to prepare, and now I will wait for Bai Geng to be transferred to be the county minister, and these things can be started. ”

Zhu Zhanji snorted and said: "A sixth-grade Hanlin, you brought someone over to be this eight-grade county leader, and I don't know what you think." ”

Yang Shaofeng said: "Don't know what to do, this is cultivating talents for you."

Being an official in the court is different from that of a locality, and only those who have local experience can be regarded as truly aware of the people's suffering, and they will not make big mistakes in the future.

Those who just came out of the imperial examination and went to work in the Hanlin Academy looked noble, but these fools didn't know what the people were like, and the decisions made by beating their brains could be real good governance? Who will carry this infamy when the time comes? ”

"Okay, you are reasonable," Zhu Zhanji didn't bother to argue with Yang Shaofeng about these useless things, but turned the topic back again: "You divide the land for those landless people, and they can't figure out how to farm?" Will you still want to build a road for you? Make your spring and autumn dreams!

There are also those people who have land, it is good to have a drought in this broken place for one year and two years of flooding, but the more this happens, the more these people will think about how to plant the land well, where are they in the mood to work and make money?

The money left and right is used to buy food, how can it compare to growing it from the ground? ”

Yang Shaofeng suddenly had a headache: "If you really tell you like this, how can the people of Shuntian Mansion and the people of Hejian Mansion be willing to come out to work?" ”

Zhu Zhanji said unceremoniously: "How many people in Shuntianfu City are people who make a living from farming? The people of Hejian couldn't survive at that time, and if they didn't come out to work, they could only wait for death. ”

"What then? Raise wages? Yang Shaofeng frowned and said, "Don't say whether I'm willing or not, even if I'm willing, is he willing to give money?" ”

"Definitely not!" Zhu Zhanji said with great certainty: "Including the money for road construction, you still have to think of a way, Xia Laoli can't give you a penny, and if you can intercept all the taxes of Jimo for five years, it is already the best condition he can give!" ”