Xun Yu was overjoyed. Yang Biao has been an official for many years, and his family background and ability are all first-class, and it is definitely not an ordinary person who can make him praise him so much. He bowed his hand to the young man. "Yingchuan Xun Yu, if the words are ruling, dare to ask the name of the high surname."

The young man stood up and bowed in return. "It turned out to be Xun Lingjun, who has been admired for a long time. Lingling Liu Ba, the beginning of the word. The first father was too guarded by Cangwu, and the first father was too guarded by Jiangxia and General Xiang. ”

Xun Yu was startled, not quite daring to believe his ears. He knew that Liu Xiang, when Shandong Prefecture was fighting for Dong, Liu Xiang and Sun Jian raised troops together, Sun Jian killed Nanyang Taishou Zhang Zhi, Nanyang people raised troops to fight back, and Liu Xiang died in battle. According to common sense, Liu Ba should go to see Sun Ce, he came from Lingling, he must pass through Wancheng, how did he come to Wancheng?

Shi Sun Rui is right, although the world is chaotic, people's hearts are determined, and there are still a few people like Yuan Shao and Sun Ce who want to establish a new dynasty on their own.

Xun Yu felt a strong sense of happiness in his heart, his nose was sore, and he almost burst into tears. He bowed to Liu Ba again. Yang Biao invited them to sit and said with a smile: "Zichu, you test Xun Wenruo with those questions." Let me tell you the truth, although Situ Fu is promoting the change of the law, he is the initiator. He knows best what you said. ”

Liu Ba's eyes lit up, he looked at Xun Yu again, and said a few words modestly, but Xun Yu was a little excited and rolled up his sleeves. "It's okay, it's rare for Yang Gong to be interested today, let's talk about it, even if there is something wrong, Yang Gong won't laugh at us juniors."

Yang Biao smiled but did not speak. Seeing this, Liu Ba was not polite and cleared his throat. "I heard that Guanzhong changed the law, built a workshop, and wanted to compete with Nanyang, I have three puzzles, and I want to ask Xun Lingjun for advice."

"Don't dare, but please speak up."

"First, agriculture is the foundation of the country, and industry and commerce are the last industry. Nanyang Xing Industry and Commerce is because Nanyang has many people and little land, and there is no idle land, so it can only prosper Industry and Commerce. And Nanyang has Huyang and Yucheng, and there is no shortage of food. Guanzhong is vast and sparsely populated, and food is still not self-sufficient, if labor pours into the workshop, how to solve the food shortage? ”

Xun Yu said: "As Zichu said, Guanzhong is vast and sparsely populated, and the reason why it is unable to be self-sufficient is not because there is no land, but because of the lack of population, the fertile land has been destroyed by years of war, and the hasty cultivation of land cannot solve this problem." The establishment of the workshop, one is to let the displaced people from Luoyang have the skills to make a living, and at the same time solve the various materials needed by the court and the people, ordnance can be used for conquest, agricultural tools can be used to open up wasteland, all kinds of living materials can make the people live in peace, and the surplus products can also be exchanged, or exchanged with Shandong for food, or with the Liangzhou Qiang people for livestock, and grazing in Guanzhong. With livestock, the land reclamation will get twice the result with half the effort, and the people can also eat milk and cheese and solve part of the rations. Now that the livestock and farm tools have been basically prepared, a large area can be opened up in the spring of next year, and in two to three years, Guanzhong will be able to achieve self-sufficiency. Although business is the last business, it can help agriculture to consolidate its foundation. ”

Liu Ba bowed slightly. "Were these workshops built by the imperial court, or by private individuals?"

Xun Yu hesitated for a moment. "Owned by the imperial court, built by the family."

"If my guess is correct, when the imperial court uses the taxes of the next few years as collateral, and then knights and resurrections, and its own insufficiency, it will reinstate its subordinates and slaves."

Xun Yu nodded. "What Zichu said is very true."

"How many years of taxes has the imperial court owed, ten years, twenty years?"

"Five years. Five years later, the workshop was owned by the Maison. ”

"The most difficult thing about the workshop is to start, five years later, the operation of the workshop has matured, and it is the time to make profits, but the imperial court has given up the workshop, watching the family gather profits, it will inevitably make the family sit big. Ling Jun's meaning is probably to use the Wood School as the center, control the technology of the workshop, and with the power of the combination, they can contain each other and balance the strength of the family, right? ”

Xun Yu's eyes rolled. "In my first opinion, is it feasible?"

"This is the second of my three puzzles, why does Ling Jun think that Guanzhong can also build a wood school, and he can compete with Nanyang. Do you know how much a craftsman earns in Nanyang Wood Academy? ”

"I know a little bit about it, it is said that ordinary craftsmen have a hundred stones, step by step to two hundred stones, three hundred stones, and until two thousand stones."

Liu Ba smiled slightly, with a bit of ridicule. "That's just basic income, and more of their income comes from the rewards after selling technology, which is about two to three times the basic income, and even ten times higher."

Xun Yu's face changed slightly. "So many?"

"I have traveled in Nanyang for more than ten days, traveled all the way west, and talked with more than ten craftsmen who have returned to their hometowns, which should be the truth."

Xun Yu clenched his fingers and was silent for a while. This was more than he expected. His news came from Simbi. When Xin Bi was in Nanyang, he would write back to Yecheng every once in a while, including the establishment of the Mu School Hall and the Lecture Martial Arts Hall. Most of the basis for his change of law came from this. If there is such a big error, it is doubtful whether Guanzhong can build a wooden school. It is impossible to give an ordinary craftsman a hundred or two hundred stone to open a hundred or two hundred stones, and he can barely convince those ministers to open three or four hundred stones, which is equivalent to the salary of a county magistrate.

He glanced at Yang Biao, who was still smiling, but smiling a little meaningfully. Xun Yu suddenly breathed a sigh of relief. Yang Biao is not in a hurry, which shows that Liu Ba has a solution.

"Dare to ask the third."

Third, Nanyang is located in the Central Plains, with Jingzhou and Jiaozhou in the south, Yuzhou and Yanzhou in the east, and Yizhou in the west, so there is no worry about sales. Where are the products produced in Guanzhong going to be sold, Liangzhou or the Hu people outside the Saiwai? If it's just self-sufficient, how can it compete with Nanyang? ”

Xun Yu's eyes flickered. He also knew it was a problem. Originally, he thought that there was still a chance to compete with Nanyang, but now he knew that the craftsmen of Nanyang Wood School were so high, he knew that this was a big problem, even if Guanzhong built a wood school, he could not compete with Nanyang, and sales became a big problem.

"Please don't hesitate to teach Zichu."

Liu Ba smiled smugly. "Lingjun, get rich with poverty, agriculture is not as good as work, industry is not as good as business, embroidery is not as good as relying on the city. The construction of workshops in Guanzhong is not as convenient as Nanyang, but there is an advantage in heavy business, one point is beyond the reach of Nanyang, if you can make good use of this, even if you can't solve all the problems, you can solve most of them. ”

"Which point?"

"The Western Regions." Liu Ba raised three fingers and said word by word: "There are good horses and beautiful jade in the Western Regions, and a lot of silk is needed. Good horses can strengthen troops, and the Kanto region is in great demand. Beautiful jade can be a gift, and the Kanto family is indispensable. Silk can be exported and the profits far exceed those of weaving mills. If the imperial court can grasp this trade route, no matter how many workshops are built in Kanto and how many products are produced, it will only be to make wedding dresses for Guanzhong. ”

Xun Yu's eyes lit up, and he turned his head to look at Yang Biao. Yang Biao smiled: "What does Wen Ruo think? ”

Xun Yu got up and bowed. "Congratulations to Yang Gong. Yang Gong has this good material, and ZTE has another hope. ”

Yang Biao laughed.