At dusk, the warrior Tong returned to the mansion, and with Sun Xiangfu here, he naturally wanted to entertain him, and at the same time as eating, he also happened to talk about business.

"Do you think those guys will agree to your offer?"

For these local heroes, the samurai Tong did not have the slightest good impression, they looked down on the samurai tong who was born in Shangjia, and the samurai tong was even more unaccustomed to these families who used clever means to rob the people.

Therefore, since Wu Shi Tong took office, he rarely intersected with them, after listening to some intelligence data explained to him by Sun Xiangfu, he was not surprised in his heart, not only in Shannan Province, except for Guanzhong and Anbei Metropolitan Protectorate, any area in the Tang Dynasty with local powerful forces, there are such large discrepancies, local officials, most of them are served by these people with family backgrounds, and they usually unite with each other to seek benefits together, but the situation on this side of Shannan Road is slightly more serious.

"If they dare to obstruct the great policies of the imperial court, after the beginning of the spring, Your Majesty will dare to raise a large army to destroy them, but they are not stupid, and what they are seeking is only interests, so it is very likely that they will agree."

Wu Shi Tong nodded and continued, "So, what the old man has to do is to wait for them to agree to the conditions, and find a way to control those laborers in the hands of the imperial court?" ”

Sun Xiangfu shook his head and said, "It's not in the hands of the imperial court, those people don't believe in the imperial court very much at present, they are under the management of the imperial court, and they have fallen to this step today, you just need to protect their rights and interests, I believe, seeing the benefits, their courage will naturally increase, only when they are bold, coupled with the protection of policies, can they dare to break free from the control of these powerful people." ”

"You mean, step by step, take your time?" Wu Shitong's IQ is not low, and in just a moment, he understood the meaning of Sun Xiangfu.

Sun Xiangfu nodded and said, "Yes, the local powerful forces are deep-rooted, if you practice the way of killing, or high-pressure policies, it will inevitably cause backlash from all over the world, you have been an official in the local area for a long time, you should know their temperament."

Now that the imperial court is about to start a war with the outside world, if there is chaos inside, it is easy to cause a catastrophe.

Therefore, although His Majesty sent me to solve the problem of Shannan Province, in fact, the local powerful forces all over the world are watching here, this is the first step of the new imperial court policy towards the whole country, we must be gentle. ”

It doesn't matter if the local tyrants want land, the court will give you the land, and give it to you at a low price, or even give it to you for free, the court wants the right to govern the people, and you give the management of the people to the court, then, the court doesn't mind if you make a fortune in the place.

But if you are fighting with the court for the right to govern the people, then the nature is different, this is a rebellion, and the court cannot tolerate it.

Judging from the current situation, Sun Xiangfu has accurately grasped the needs of local heroes, according to their previous development routes, these local heroes have always had a demand for land, the country is now less war-torn, and the population in their clan is increasing rapidly, if you want these people to live a good life, you need more fields that can produce economic value.

No way, in an agrarian society, the land is the basis for producing economic value.

As for those serfs, they are all people with foreign surnames, and their life and death, rich and poor, have little to do with the development of their own people.

What about the civil rights granted to them by the imperial court? When they have no food to eat, they still need to come to their own door to be slaves, because their past experience has let them know how bottomless these little people are when they have no food to eat, so they will not worry about them getting out of control.

Sun Xiangfu gave them land in exchange, there is another reason, there is too much land replaced from the hands of the five surnames and seven families, and many of the people who originally planted these lands in the Central Plains have been moved to the north by the five surnames and seven families, and these vacant fields cannot be planted by the imperial court at all, because there is no manpower.

Instead of letting it be abandoned and returned to farmland, it is better to use it to deal with these small and medium-sized families who are still rooted in the Central Plains, and at the cost of expanding the land holdings of small and medium-sized families, in exchange for the implementation of the new policy and the freedom of the people.

Immediately after that, it is to promote industry and commerce, as long as the labor force of the people is valuable, the land will become chicken ribs.

The situation is very different when the survival of the common people does not depend only on farming, and when they become richer by engaging in industry and commerce, then the whole social structure will be reshuffled.

The farming families will become poorer and poorer, and the people engaged in industry and commerce will become richer and richer.

Sun Xiangfubu's bureau is very large, almost trying to subvert the entire social structure, however, on the surface, it seems to be quite modest, because the whole process of evolution needs at least two or three years of development before it becomes a trend. In this process, the imperial court only did one of the most basic things, that is, to protect the rights and interests of citizens.

In addition to the protection of their basic rights and interests, in fact, they still need to make a living by working for local tycoons, because the imperial court does not have a policy of distributing land to these people who have re-registered their household registration, and even directly disposed of the vacant land to these wealthy families at a low price, so that the people have no way to return to being yeoman farmers.

Sun Xiangfu's approach will play an exemplary role for other regions, which is a great thing for those Haoqiang, they may take the initiative to strive for such benefits, in this way, the work of the various restructuring inspection teams will be easy to do, those local Haoqiang not only will not make it difficult for them, but also treat them as guests, deliberately currying favor with them, who will not want it! The common people without land are slaves to be exploited by them!

However, when they soon found that after the gradual development of industry and commerce, they could not keep these people and the fields at all, and could only leave them to cultivate themselves.

"Then old man, where exactly do you start?"

Wu Shi Tong also agreed with what Sun Xiangfu said, which is also another reason why he reported to Li Shimin when he could clearly solve the problem, he was worried that his pace was inconsistent with the pace of the center, and what kind of chaos would happen.

"First of all, it is a lecture on the rights and interests of citizens, while the reform inspection team of the imperial court is reforming, you must urge the officials under the local yamen to tell these people to the greatest extent what rights and interests they have in the future, and then, concentrate on the development of our waterway transfer company, as well as some industries I designed for you."

Sun Xiangfu said, took out some of the things he had written on the boat during this time, and pushed them to the samurai Tong on the other side of the case.

The largest output of the Jianghan Plain is fish and rice, and now, the field has been given to the family Haoqiang, then, in terms of rice, in addition to the new fields made of the wall, the bulk is basically let out, and the rest is fish, of course, it can be extended to see, that is, aquatic products, or wetland products.

Sun Xiangfu, who came from later generations, knew that here, in later generations, it could produce duck necks, salted duck eggs, preserved eggs and other foods for more than a billion people to eat, and it was also the most developed area of aquaculture industry in the country.

Therefore, these industries must be launched.

In addition, it is the cultivation of aquatic plants such as lotus root, lotus seeds, and water chestnut, canned fish, and large-scale production of dried preserved fish.

Of course, these industries can only play an auxiliary role in local development, and the most that can be solved is the employment problem of tens of thousands of people.

The real big head is in the waterway transshipment company, the establishment of docks, warehousing, shipping operations, and ensuring operations, which require a large number of manpower.

Where are the people?

In addition to the water bandits who were recruited, they were recruited from these people who had obtained new household registration but had no land.

Moreover, once the waterway transfer company is established, then the number of traders needed will be greatly increased, and with communication with the outside world, there will be more labor output.

Moreover, those who are from a wealthy family cannot restrict their freedom after that, because the new civil registration system gives them the right to go out freely.

When Wu Shi Tong talked about business, he was also a more serious master, so he didn't raise his head until Sun Xiangfu had eaten enough and was about to leave.

"Zhengming's ability to germinate, the old man can only be seen with his own eyes today, if you follow the implementation of your booklet, within two or three years, there will be no more poor and hungry people in the entire Shannan Dao."

"It is easy to have an idea, but it is difficult to implement, just these initial construction of fields, planning wetlands, and building docks, it is a great test of people's organizational skills, and it is actually much more difficult to do than to think."

"It's not difficult, it's not difficult, Mei'er will help Daddy."

I don't know when, Wu Meiniang, who was carrying a pot of hot tea, also appeared in the living room, thinking about it, she learned that her father was back, and wanted to please her in advance, so as not to be punished too harshly next.

"Hmph, you girl, you are lawless, do you know how worried you are about running away and hurting your father and your mother? It must have caused a lot of trouble for your Uncle Sun outside, and he didn't pour tea for your Uncle Sun to apologize. ”

Wu Meiniang also nodded apologetically, lifted the small teapot, and carefully added some tea to Sun Xiangfu's teacup.

Pretending to enjoy a sip of the tea that Wu Meiniang poured for herself, Sun Xiangfu said with a smile, "Ling Qianjin is very smart, I can't say that in a few years, I can really become a big helper for Ying Gong!" ”

Hearing this, Wu Shitong's face was a little gloomy, and his tone was slightly sad, "It's a pity that it's a girl, the old man's two bastard sons, hey, don't mention it!" ”

The nine sons of the dragon are still different, under the poor education of Wu Shi Tong, Wu Meiniang can completely rely on talent and grow into a generation of empresses, which shows her extraordinary, Sun Xiangfu still can't understand the pain in Wu Shi Tong's heart, in his opinion, when Wu Meiniang grows up, perhaps, the political stage of the Tang Dynasty can already allow women to intervene.

"Xiao Meiniang, if you really want to help your father, but you have to study more seriously, you can't be greedy!"