Wang Xu is not Wang Hao after all, the situation is not in his prior expectations, he is a little at a loss, the meaning of the Wang clan elders is to take one step at a time, anyway, even if they follow Li Shimin's will, the Wang family can still be rich and noble, and when the sky changes, the wealth they have accumulated now will become their capital to take advantage of the situation.

Therefore, since Li Shimin set off for Lingnan, No. 1 Farmland has rarely entered a period of quiet time, and throughout May and June, the people are busy talking about those unfamiliar and unnamed vegetables in the vegetable field, as well as their cooking methods, etc., until the new season of seedlings is in the ground, Sun Xiangfu and everyone have time to rest for a few days.

"The second brother sent a letter, saying that the prince asked the Agricultural College to send students to Bozhou, Yuzhou, Jizhou, and Dingzhou to guide the planting of medicinal materials, and the junior disciples who led the team directly gave the official position of Wailang, a member of the Ministry of Agriculture." Sun Xiaomei waved the letter paper and said to Sun Xiangfu, who was fishing by the pond.

"They are all thirteen or fourteen-year-old hairy boys, and they are sealed as foreigners, and in the second quarter of this year, when the Agricultural College enrolls students again, the threshold is only afraid that it will be broken." Sun Xiangfu smiled faintly and continued to pay attention to the fish drift on the water.

"In three months, the second brother will get up and go to Chang'an to get married, and he wants me to go over to temporarily manage the Agricultural College."

"Your task is to plant all the crops brought back by Erli, and the Agricultural College will let Deshou train a few capable talents to be responsible for management, and if it does not affect the teaching, it is best to use non-agricultural disciples to do daily management, we can't give others a feeling that this discipline is controlled by our family, otherwise, with the importance of the Agricultural College, the head of the college, the professor, has long been a high-level official in the imperial court."

The reason why Shanyang Medical College can be included in the official education system of Datang is because it is not only a one-by-one doctrine, Lantian Vocational and Technical College, because of its share of overseas investment and exploration companies, is a state-owned enterprise background, and the management personnel are all subordinates of the Ministry of Commerce Shangshu Wushitong, and they are also high-grade officials, and so far, those that have not been included in the education system, in addition to the College of Agriculture, are the Engineering College of Hongnong, and the Business School of Yangzhou, these two colleges are invested and opened by the family, and there is a great Sun Xiangfu just said, The suspicion of a doctrine that serves one family at a time.

"Aren't we looking good now? Why do you want to be a high-ranking official in the imperial court? ”

For such a question, Sun Xiangfu thought about it and explained to him, "Because, in the long run, any academic, only when it involves official power, it will be chased by people, and it can be valued by people for a long time, for example, the imperial examination that began in the late Sui Dynasty, only those who have learned the scriptures well, can participate, and after that, they can be high-ranking officials, and the big officials in the court at that time are also the children of the classics family, in everyone's eyes, in addition to the scriptures, there is no other learning, this is the power and interests, the addition to the scriptures, And in real life, are those scriptures really suitable for governing the country?

Not necessarily.

At present, there are a large number of officials in the court, they do not know the scriptures, but they have the knowledge of agriculture and industry, and the facts have proved that their help to a country is no less than that of those who can only study the scriptures.

However, their status is still lower than those officials who studied scriptures, because scripture is the main teaching content of the country, and the sacrificial wine of Guozijian is the highest official of the Tang education system, and our agricultural college, if it can't even be included in the official education system of the Tang Dynasty, then the status of the children who come out will inevitably be relatively low, and over time, they will not be valued by others, after all, most people who read and learn knowledge are with the pursuit of fame and fortune. ”

"Big brother, you're thinking so far."

"People have no foresight, there must be near-term worries, big brother, I don't think too much about other things, about agronomy, I still have to think more."

Sun Xiaomei nodded in understanding and said, "Well, then I'll tell the second brother what you mean!" By the way, the people have been asking for the past few days, when will our folk studies class be held again. ”

Sun Xiangfu replied, "Now the busiest time is almost over, the workers in the north are not here, everyone's business should not be busy, let Zhang Ke notify the various villages, it is best to even Jinan County and Zhongxiang County to inform them, our civil science class time will be extended in the summer, every day when the sun is hot and hot, not suitable for work, then start the lecture until noon, and then teach for an hour and a half in the afternoon until the autumn harvest." ”

"Talking for two or three hours a day, aren't you very tired, big brother?"

"Whoever said that I will talk alone, a few of you will also go to the podium, these vegetables introduced from the Western Regions, you have to tell the people the same, each type of three times, a few months can not finish, after that, I will do some things in terms of summary speeches and troubleshooting."

"And fishing, right? Big brother, you only have one mouth left now. Sun Xiaomei flew a roll of her eyes at Sun Xiangfu and said.

Her expression made Sun Xiangfu a little surprised, his sister used to be a quiet school bully, and suddenly turned to a cute and playful girlish style, which made him a little uncomfortable, it seems that the adolescence of the little sister has inevitably come.

"Big brother, I need more time to think, do you think that so many letters asking this and that every day, without relying on calm thinking, you can reply casually?"

"Oh well! You slowly think about it, anyway, you shouldn't be at home now. Sun Xiaomei said, then turned her skirt and prepared to go home.

"Wait, why don't I like to stay at home?"

Sun Xiaomei replied with a smile, "Sister-in-law brought those orchids, a full twenty, and all the empty rooms in the courtyard were filled." ”

Hearing this, Sun Xiangfu's face darkened.

Seeing his expression, Sun Xiaomei glanced at him gloatingly, and then walked to the residence.

All right! Sun Xiangfu didn't have any thoughts about fishing, and he only thought about how to run away from home.

And he has the same thoughts, as well as Wei Shuhuan, now, the imperial court is going to announce the law of salt production to many coastal states and counties, the entire Wei family, are urging him to find a way, at the beginning, this industry, but he got it from Sun Xiangfu, now, has already become the Wei family, one of the two main sources of income, once this business is gone, the Wei family's income will be immediately reduced by half, their clansmen, it is strange if they can agree!

No, from the speed of the awning boat he was on, Sun Xiangfu knew how anxious he was.

"I just went to the nest, you drove all the fish away for me, how can I catch it."

"You Sun Zhengming want to eat fish, there are a hundred ways to catch fish faster than one by one, what are you wasting this time for, let's talk about business!"

"I, a grass man who was imprisoned by the emperor in Jiuyuan County, have anything to talk about with you?" Sun Xiangfu put away the fishing rod and changed the position to hook the road.

"You can't say that, Meng Jiang is going to get married to Deshou soon, and our two families can be regarded as relatives! You can't see the outside. The boatman brought the boat to the shore, and Uncle Wei jumped onto the shore with one foot, a man in his forties, but he didn't have the demeanor of an elder at all, squatting next to Sun Xiangfu's bamboo horse and talking.

"You don't see me at all, why, are you here for the medicine industry? I estimate that this matter is the fastest news that your Wei Shangshu received. ”

Jingzhao Wei is now the leader of the Guan Long family, the key is that they do not recruit the eldest grandson to hate, because Concubine Wei only gave birth to two girls, and she does not pose a threat to the eldest grandson at all, and usually, they are also the little brothers who cheer for the eldest grandson.

"Wei Ting's Ministry of Agriculture Shangshu is just an empty shelf, it's okay to manage people, I don't know how to farm at all, I won't look for you in this officialdom, four places, you can point to one at will, I will be able to run a state thorn history to take charge of the whole place, the key is, you have to send me a few people who can really help us grow medicinal materials, and help us grow the most valuable medicinal materials, at least, let us make up for the losses in the salt industry."

Sun Xiangfu glanced at Uncle Wei with some confusion and said humorously, "Don't say anything else, our Tang Dynasty's Shangzhou Thorn History is not so worthless!" If your Wei family wants to operate, you will operate it immediately? ”

Shangzhou Assassin Shi is from the level of the third grade, which is equivalent to the current ten squires, and they are all members of the ranks of high-ranking officials, but it is not something that can be finalized by anyone who finds some relationships.

"Hey, before I came, the clan had already finalized the matter of the family's shareholding reform, and in addition, we handed over the secret recipe for making salt, which can be regarded as meritorious service to the imperial court, Your Majesty has promised us a place, and I will personally serve as the assassin."

"Shareholding reform? The strength of your Wei family has already entered the quasi-first-class ranks, and this movement is not small! Sun Xiangfu looked at Uncle Wei with some surprise and said in a humorous manner.

It has been less than a month since Li Shimin went to Lingnan, and it should have been less than 20 days since the news reached Chang'an, and the Wei family had already made a decision, which was really resolute.

However, thinking that Concubine Wei accompanied him to Shannan Road this time, Sun Xiangfu knew in his heart, but he was afraid that there was Concubine Wei's suggestion.

"That's natural, just the liquidation of property, I'm afraid it will take a few months! The final share distribution will be discussed by all the clansmen, and it will be implemented before the beginning of spring next year, even if it is fast. ”

"Yes, it seems that your Wei family has no objection to this kind of reform at all! This has begun to count the property, estimate, how much money can be had? ”

"Not much, not counting the housing industry that must be allocated to the clansmen, a total of 20 million yuan is enough, in fact, we have to choose reform because of the rapid development in recent years and many internal contradictions."

The current top Wang family in Datang has assets of more than 50 million yuan, and the Wei family has nearly half of their assets, which is already very rare. Sun Xiangfu estimated that among the five surnames and seven families, the other ones are slightly stronger than the Wei family, it would be good to have more than 30 million yuan, and it will definitely not be able to go up to 40 million yuan, except for the five surnames and seven families, there is no one family who can give Wei family financial resources, but Sun Xiangfu was a little surprised by the problem of 'internal contradictions' that Uncle Wei said in recent years, and their Wei family's development momentum in recent years belongs to the strongest echelon in the entire Tang Dynasty.

So he asked, "Is there a contradiction within the Wei family?" ”

Uncle Wei nodded and replied without hesitation, "Of course, the problems you said when you held a meeting with the sons of the family, our Wei family has them, mainly focusing on the distribution of interests, like the coal factory in Weinan, more than 100,000 workers, and millions of profits every year, but this is in charge of a more capable side line in the clan, and it was found out at the beginning of this year that he was greedy for nearly one million yuan of money in the family, the reason is that what he got from the Wei family is not much better than before, and his sons are not talented, he is worried, After he comes down from the management position, their family is estimated to live the same life as ordinary low-level clansmen, and he is unwilling. ”

Wei Shuhuan didn't finish all the problems one by one, but Sun Xiangfu knew that there would definitely be many unwilling people like that corrupt steward, and besides, this was also the case with some other families.