When he arrived at the outskirts of the city, he saw the rumored rail carriage, and Yang Lin frowned.

There is still a big gap with what I think, just take the track as an example, in fact, it is fixed on both sides.

And it is very wide, and the carriage is almost equidistant from the length and width, so that the resistance is much larger.

The craftsmen in charge of this matter were greatly encouraged when they heard that Yang Shaozai was coming, and waited here early in the morning.

originally thought that Yang Shaozai was just coming to take a look, but he didn't expect to put forward a lot of practical and useful suggestions, which couldn't help but impress everyone.

Talking and talking, the awe decreased slightly, Yang Lin simply sat down on the wooden pier on the side of the road, and surrounded by a circle of people to listen to his explanation.

After chatting for a while, Gao Shante couldn't hold it at first, he couldn't understand it at all, so he looked for an opportunity and slipped away.

After finalizing a few important details, Yang Lin also clapped his hands, the things in his stomach were almost poured, and he would be clumsy if he continued to talk, so he got up and left.

A group of school building elites from all over the country looked at Yang Shaozai's back, their eyes full of admiration.

"So it will take at least ten years to put the steam engine on the railcar." Yang Lin said secretly in his heart.

Yang Lin, who was a little disappointed, still cheered up and ordered to reward these people and provide them with sufficient funds.

After returning home, he issued three orders in succession, asking his subordinates to formulate laws to regulate the two emerging professions of coal mining and iron smelting; The second is to abolish the law that a wife sues her husband and is imprisoned for three years; The third is that the four capitals will enjoy the power to independently handle local taxes for three years, which will be used to build infrastructure and attract people to settle in.

Bai Shizhong looked at these three orders and felt a little disappreciative in his heart, but he still carried out Yang Shaozai's orders firmly as usual.

After sending it to the Department of Culture and Education, Cai Jing read it, pondered for a moment, and said to the people around him: "Shaozai has the idea of encouraging production, and I should add firewood to him." ”

"It's all up to the Grand Master."

Cai Jing got up, got out of the yamen and got into the carriage, and came to Zhaode Fang.

Yang Lin, who was watching the play with several children, handed over the little son he was holding to the nurse and came out to meet the guests.

"When the master comes here, there must be good words to teach me." Before Yang Lin arrived at the flower hall, he said with a laugh.

Cai Jing was old and qualified, so he didn't get up, and said with a smile: "Wen Yuan, when I saw your three decrees, I have some ideas to discuss with you." ”

Yang Lin took the warm bucket from the maid's hand, refilled a cup of tea for him, and asked humbly: "Master, what do you have to say, Wen Yuan listened." ”

"You want to reassure the people and promote development, but do you know what is the first priority?"

Yang Lin thought for a while and said, "Light tax? ”

Cai Jing shook his head, and Yang Lin said again: "Isn't it encouraging cultivation and weaving? ”

"Not really." Cai Jing took a sip of tea, didn't let him continue to guess, and said directly: "Population." ”

"Only when there are talents can there be production, only then can there be labor, and only then can there be talents."

At this time, the population is indeed important, and there are 100 million people in the Great Song Dynasty, so the family background is far from being comparable to other countries.

The Southern Song Dynasty was able to resist the Mongols for 50 years, and the seemingly powerful Western Xia and Jin kingdoms perished in a few years.

In the final analysis, the population of the Great Song Dynasty is large, and the productivity can keep up, and the source of soldiers can also keep up.

Cai Jing continued: "Your new policy allows the people at the bottom to have food as long as they are willing to work, and if the wind and rain are smooth, there will definitely be surplus food." In this way, the people will have the ability to feed more children. ”

"The school system gives ordinary children from poor families the opportunity to read and write, and there is an additional way out."

"The medical school has trained countless Langzhong, so that the mortality rate of the people has decreased."

Cai Jing clicked on the table every time he said something, and at the end, there seemed to be a flash of light in his eyes.

Such a person, when he was young, did not have the pride and ambition to help the world.

It's just that the officialdom has been immersed for many years, grinding off the edges and corners, and only thinking about power.

Now that Yang Lin has given him a chance, Cai Jing seems to be rejuvenated, bursting out with a surging passion, and said in a condensed voice: "Wen Yuan, we already have all the conditions to encourage childbirth and increase the population. ”

"Now there is only one decree, and after three children, for each additional child, the court will reward some money, and the local yamen will distribute some food every year. In the future, this Great Song Dynasty will definitely be stronger and more prosperous. ”

When Yang Lin heard this, he said, this makes too much sense.

The vision of the old thing is longer than that of one or two lifetimes, and in this era, nothing can compare to the population.

With such a large territory, so many resources, and such a vast world, it is necessary for the people to develop, protect, and expand!

Yang Lin got up, bowed to Cai Jing, and said, "Taishi is really far-sighted and honestly a pillar of the country. ”

Cai Jing hurriedly gave a hand, Yang Lin took advantage of the situation, and said excitedly: "Encouraging childbirth is really a national plan, benefiting the country and the people, and the merit is in the future, but this measure of reward still needs to be decided by the Taishi." ”

Cai Jing finally bid farewell to his pen career and began to participate in the formulation of major social events, and his heart was also very comfortable, and he agreed to come down with a brushing of his beard.

Yang Lin sent him outside the gate of Zhaodefang, and when he turned around, he was still smiling, obviously in a good mood.

Cai Jing is so right, this era began to encourage the birth of babies, and in the future, there will be Han people all over the world.

Nowadays, the competitiveness of other nations is really a bit unacceptable, they just want to encourage it, and they don't have such a solid family background.

In fact, except for Yelu Dashi, who encouraged the Khitan people to keep more wives and concubines in the west and retain their bloodline, there was no ruling group at all that cared about the birth of children among the people at the bottom.

Yelu Dashi's encouragement of childbirth is to give birth to gather for ten years and restore the vitality of the Khitan; Yang Lin's encouragement of childbearing is a millennium plan to seize the world's resources and territory.

Yang Lin was full of imagination, and when he returned to the courtyard, when the corridor turned a corner, one of them was careless and almost bumped into Li Ning'er and Yin Qianqian, who were walking with their arms oncoming on.

The two of them snorted coquettishly, and when they saw that it was Yang Lin, Yin Qianqian couldn't help but smile and said: "Da Lang is thinking about something good, and he doesn't even look at the road." ”

Yang Lin grabbed the slender waists of the two people on the left and right, and said, "I just got a good policy for governing the country, and I am about to work hard with you." ”

Li Ning'er hurriedly waved her hand and excused herself: "We women can just serve the eldest man's life, but we don't dare to interfere in politics." ”

Yang Lin snorted, grabbed a handful on the buttocks of the two, rubbed it vigorously, and scolded: "You two said it yourself, who in the house has you followed me for as long?" I asked myself, I didn't sweat a lot on you, but now, I haven't given birth to a son and a half daughter, who is worthy of? ”

The two women were full of shame, red eyes and repeated accusations, Yang Lin worked hard with his left and right hands, one of them rewarded his buttocks and slapped him, and said majestically: "Useless things, I'm embarrassed to wander around here, let me go back and kneel side by side, let's try again." ”