After the first month, the north wind blows tightly, the geese are frightened, the weeds by the river gradually become haggard in the wind, and the mountains and barren forests outside the city become more and more desolate.

Only a few keel waterwheels erected in the Zhanghe River are still tirelessly feeding the people.

So much so that in the first month, many farmers spontaneously came to bow to the waterwheel, and placed sacrifices by the river, thanking them for their kindness and taking it as a gift from the gods.

There were also a lot of ragged people wandering in front of the Gonggaohou Mansion, and the old peasant was tired and bent over, full of vicissitudes of life, wrapped in the smell of earth, and waiting with a bamboo basket full of anticipation.

Seeing that there were people coming in and out of the Hou Mansion, he looked around as soon as possible, and found that it was not the person he wanted to see, so he was somewhat disappointed, so he had to wait a little longer.

Han said that he was an idle character, and he went in and out of the Hou Mansion many times a day, and everyone didn't know what he was doing, let alone ask more, and he got used to it.

In the first month, Han said that he often received gifts from the people inexplicably, such as eggs, flatbread, vegetables, hand-polished stone bracelets, and so on.

The giver did not speak much, nor did he come closer, probably for fear of soiling his silk robe, but looked at him with gratitude, and to make sure that it matched the description of others, he knelt on the ground and kowtowed deeply, and then put down the gift in the bamboo basket and left.

There have been many times like this, and Han Shuo has gradually understood that the simple people are not very good at expressing gratitude in words, and can only take out their best things to thank the eldest brother for their contributions...... Even if it's just two flatbreads and five eggs, that's all they saved by gritting their teeth.

Han said that these things were deserved, everyone sent them to the wrong object, but he couldn't ask for them, and every time he would personally hand over the people's gifts to the eldest brother, even if he still had to send them to the fire room in the end, but this transfer ceremony, Han said that he felt that it could not be less.

Once again, he went to the eldest brother with half a basket of vegetables, and only Xi'er closed the door tightly in the room, crawling outside the bed and teasing the little fox under the bed, and wearing thick coarse cloth gloves on his hands.

This is taught by Han Yan, in case you are accidentally bitten by a raccoon cat, rabies and tetanus are terminal diseases in ancient Han and cannot be cured.

"Where's the big brother?" Han Shuo pushed it away and took a look, and felt a black shadow shoot at him from under the bed like lightning, so frightened that he instinctively raised his foot and kicked it.

"I want to ......" A shrill scream of the little fox sounded, and he saw a thin little shadow fall to the ground, quickly turned over, and ran back under the bed, successfully avoiding Xi'er's touch.

"It's a tough little thing."

Han Shuo laughed and scolded, and then heard Xi'er say, "Yan Shizi went to find Master Hou." ”

"Oh, then I'll go find him." Close the door and leave.

In the living room of the Hou Mansion, the grandfather and grandson once again had a disagreement, just because of the salary of the employees.

The paper-making workshop under the city walls began yesterday, and the enrollment was expanded to 50 people, 5 men and 45 women.

Han Yandang's salary is very low and very low, almost oppressing the people, only 100 yuan per month, which is not enough for the price of one stone of grain, and he can only earn 10 stone of grain a year.

You must know that the smallest official in the Han Dynasty fights for food, and he earns 36 stone of grain a year, and he can only feed a family of five by saving food and frugality.

There are old parents and children, you don't want people to live, Han Yan is very angry.

"Grandpa, are you going to starve to death for 100 dollars a month?"

"A hundred dollars is already a lot, otherwise how can you hire fifty people?" Han Yan didn't care.

"You are the king of the Gonggao Marquis Kingdom, you have to hire people, and the county will have to get you people even if you rob them."

"!" Han Yan slapped the table suddenly, his eyes widened, "You know a fart, if you give three hundred yuan a month as you said, believe it or not, within a few months, there will be a large number of barren fields outside the city that are uncultivated, and the people are complaining." ”

"How can you complain?" Han Yan scoffed, you and I are a ghost?

Han Yan slapped the table and glared, eager to press this ignorant grandson into the crack in the ground.

"If you pay 300 yuan a month, you don't have to worry about hiring people, and the people also want to serve our family, but this price is higher than the income from farming, what do those farmers think? Do they still have the heart to farm? When our paper is sold all over the world, the paper workshop will definitely have to hire a large number of people, and it is not a problem to use a thousand people, and a hundred dollars will become three hundred dollars, how much expenditure is this? At that time, even the peasant households will not want to farm, there will be no food, how can the world be peaceful, and what will the common people eat? ”

"Grandpa, you think too much, you are not the emperor, you are not the third prince and the ninth secretary, and even your own family is the bottom of the princes, so much care? You are eating gutter oil, blindly the emperor's heart, you are just a small prince, take care of yourself and the people under your rule, even the people of your Gonggao Marquis have not become rich, so you have to worry about whether others have food to eat? Think more about whether your own people don't have a meal at all, think more about how they sell themselves into slavery, think more about how the old mother can't bear to eat, and only wants her grandson to eat half a bite more, so she starves herself to the bones, and thinks that these are the love of the country and the people. ”

After a pause, Han Yan also took a sip of tea and said, "According to what you said, we will use a thousand people at that time, and your monthly salary of 100 yuan can recruit talents." Capable people will lead everyone to be prosperous together and live a worry-free life together. People who are incapable of squeezing their own people, full of righteousness, talking about the people of the world, I give others less wages in order to have food to eat, I am very patriotic, right? Without the people of your Gong Gao Marquis Kingdom to farm, the Han Dynasty would not be able to do it? ”

"You, you, you ......" Han Yu was angry, gritted his teeth, and wanted to teach him a lesson, but he thought that this guy would go back to Chang'an the day after tomorrow, and he didn't know when he would see him, so he couldn't do it.

Emperor Jing of the Han Dynasty was simple and set an example for the world, and Han Yuan naturally followed suit.

The curtain in the living room was withered and faded by the sun, the screen was old, the full moon painted on it was dull, and the fur blanket on the ground was dusty, like three thousand small worlds in the sun, and the dust was flying, spreading to the door before it could be seen, the shadows of the trees outside the window swayed, and the fluttering jackdaws flew by, making a sad croaking sound from time to time.

Han Yan sighed, the people of the Han Dynasty are patriotic enough, and all they think about is the righteousness of the country, but in fact they are pedantic, and there is no small family, where can everyone come?

Why doesn't Han Yan understand the importance of valuing agriculture and suppressing business?

In this ancient Han Dynasty, productivity was low, and commercial development would affect agriculture, and if there were fewer people who farmed the land, there would be famine, and the world would be unstable.

However, the peasant households have just been able to eat enough to eat after putting all their energy into the 100 acres of land all year round, but when there is a natural disaster, they have to live a life without food, and they have to pay the payment, calculation, land tax, and unpaid labor every year.

In other dynasties, it's okay to say, it's a big deal to ask for food if you don't have food, just be a beggar, and if you don't have dignity, you have no dignity, but the Han Dynasty has no beggars, and no matter how poor you are, you have to pay population taxes, otherwise you will be beaten as an official slave and forcibly squeeze your surplus value and labor.

In this environment, isn't it ridiculous to say that if the peasants of the Gonggao Marquis Kingdom do not farm, the common people will have no food to eat, and they will be able to influence the people of the world?

Let's feed your people first, and then talk about other things, and the most important thing is to think about improving productivity.

In Han Yan's view, the thinking of the ancient rulers was very problematic, just blindly emphasizing agriculture and suppressing business, allowing the people to work hard to cultivate the land for survival, and did not pay attention to improving productivity and inventions and creations, so feudalism did not grow for more than 2,000 years, until the Industrial Revolution, foreigners broke the country in just a hundred years, and then they repented.

The ancients had a problem with their thinking, so Han Yan decided to break them and straighten out his thoughts first...... Let's start with grandpa, starting with the Marquis of Gonggao.

He didn't want the people of the world to engage in inventions and creations together, otherwise it would shake the emperor's rule, as long as the people of the Gonggao Marquis Kingdom did it.

The grandfather and grandson were in a stalemate, and they both felt that they were right, until Han Shuo came in with a basket, and seeing that the atmosphere was tense, he hurriedly ran over and said, "What's wrong with you two, weren't you okay yesterday?" ”

"Ask him." Han Yan sulked, pointed at Han Yan hard, and then turned his head away, ignoring it.

"Big brother, you see you're angry with grandpa." Han Shuo tugged at his sleeve and motioned for you to apologize quickly, otherwise be careful Grandpa clears the door.

Generations of emperors of the Han Dynasty ruled the world with filial piety, and the law even stipulated that the son's lawsuit against his parents was a "non-public lawsuit", which was not accepted by the judicial organs.

Under the convention, many places deeply influenced by Confucianism have begun to implement the crime of unfilial piety, disobedience to parents and elders is unfilial piety, disagreement and disobedience will also be punished, Lao Tzu wants to teach you a lesson, try back?

The Han Law stipulates that beating a parent is a death penalty under any circumstances.

Mom and Dad are not there, Grandpa is the closest person, and Han Yan dares to talk back to Gong Gaohou, which is also quite bullish......

Before the crossing, he was a wild child, he had no father or mother, he was raised by his grandmother, and he was also a wild child after crossing, except for his brother Han said that he was a grandfather, what am I doing with him?

Thinking so, Han Yan's heart softened, "Grandpa, I ......"

Before he could speak, he was interrupted by Han Yudang, "No need to say more, let you go for two more days, hurry up and get out, I will have to live two years less when I see you once, and I haven't thought my life is long." ”

"Then I wish grandpa a long life than Nanshan." Han Yan said with a smile.

"Hush." Han was disdainful.

Seeing that everyone was in harmony, Han Shuo put the basket on the table and said, "Big brother, there are people who have given you gifts, you are very powerful in our Gong Gaohou Kingdom, and the farmers respect you more than the gods." ”

"I'll take it to the fire room for cooking and eating later." Han Yan said with a slight expression: "Grandpa, why don't we issue a notice in Hou Guo to encourage invention and creation, if someone invents something that is conducive to agricultural production, he will be rewarded with ten thousand dollars." Inventing small things is also successful, as long as it is useful, you can come to our house to receive money, and if you continue to do this, sooner or later someone will create something like a keel waterwheel, and the merit will be in the future. ”

"No one dares to issue this kind of proclamation, and they don't think about farming, but they encourage the people to specialize in strange skills and tricks, and you feel good when it reaches Your Majesty's ears, and you stuff horse dung in your brain?" Han Yandang stared.

"......" The emperor can't cross the hurdle, but Han Yan is not reconciled, "Then I will pass the word in private and let the people know that there is such a thing, but only the people of our Gonggaohou Kingdom can receive money." ”

"Whatever you want, I'm too lazy to talk to you." Han Yan waved his sleeves and left sulkingly.