Liao Xiaoxiao clapped his hands and said crisply: "I can't sell it, official, those few formulas are sold, and the price of alkaline noodles has risen several times, and if I sell them again, someone will buy them, and if they want to open a glass workshop, they can't buy alkaline noodles, and even my glass workshop will be affected, and they can't sell it." ”

Kasli was still jealous, but when she heard this, her eyes immediately flashed, and she said in a casual manner: "Official, my ostrich is going to be sold out, is it that we also sell a few copies of the recipe to let people know this secret." ”

Zhao Xing patted his leg: "Yes, how did I forget the ostrich." My ostrich wants to expand its breeding, so people have to ask for it, well, you find a few Hu people in private, quietly sell a few formulas, and earn a little spare money yourself. ”

Kasri jumped up for joy and quickly turned to decorate. Zhao Xing wanted to ask Kou Li'er why she came here with Kasli, but Kasli was in a hurry, Zhao Xing endured it and suppressed the topic again.

Kou Li'er had agreed with Zhao Xing to identify the person who inquired about the castle, but she did not have time to receive information about the next attack, and subsequent developments seemed to indicate that the incident was understood. Since then, Zhao Xing has never seen Kou Li'er again.

Now, Kou Li'er suddenly appeared at home in Yangzhou, and Zhao Xing's servants were carefully selected because of the attack, and their net worth can definitely stand the test, Kou Li'er obviously does not belong to this category.

Kasli didn't bring many servants, six or seven people were placed in a small courtyard, Zhao Xing was too busy, and he left this matter behind him in a blink of an eye, waiting for him to finish selling Yangzhou land. It's already mid-October. His recital was sent to the capital, and the ministers were in an uproar.

Lu Dafang took the piece and muttered to himself: "It turns out that money can really make money, he did it, he actually did it, Su Laopo is a good disciple." ”

Liu Zhi hurriedly asked, "How did you do it?" ”

Lu Dafang raised the Yang Zhangzhang and replied: "Cai Jing and he will deposit the money from the sale of the workshop into the Industrial Bank. A sum of money was lent to buy wasteland, which, as soon as it was reclaimed, changed hands and turned into ripe land, and sold for several times the price......"

Lu Dafang looked down at the chapter and continued: "The chapter says that they earned an average of 3.4 times the money. Two percent of them repaid the loan from the ticket bank, one percent was used to purchase new fields, the remaining eight points were used to pay for the cost of road repairs, and four percent were used to support the officials. Feed the Yangzhou horse army. ”

Liu Anshi was furious: "The government loan reclamation - this is the new Miao Law; Leave the idle land to raise horses - this is the horse protection law; Hire a man to build a road – this is an exemption from military service. Can't you see? This kind of movement is full of new methods, but it is only changed in a different way, and it is not noticeable.

Cai Jing's house is really vicious, and now he has caught up with Zhao Liren, I heard that Liren is very good at doing projects, and whatever projects are in his hands, they are all completed quickly and cost-effective, no, you can't let the two of them get together like this and impeach. What these two men did. Although there is no proof of the new law, there is a new law, and it needs to be impeached! Impeachment is bound to happen! Liu Anshi was full of ambition, Liu Zhi was hesitant, Lu Dafang intended to be a peacemaker, and the political hall couldn't make a conclusion on this matter, so it went to the palace. Liu Anshi, the tiger in the palace, roared at the Empress Dowager Gao, and asked the Empress Dowager to punish the Yangzhou officials again. The little emperor Zhao Xu had a blank expression and couldn't see his expression. Empress Dowager Gao's eyes glanced at Su Shi and saw Su Shi's embarrassed expression, and she suddenly became angry.

"Stay together. I would like to ask: How is the harvest going this year? ”

Su Song was in charge of the household department, and he replied with a gloomy face: "No, this year there is a great drought in the north, and there is a locust plague, a flood in the south, and the spring snow is out of season, and the harvest in various states has decreased. Only Mizhou, Hangzhou, and Yangzhou. In addition, a few states and counties do not need to provide relief, and the rest of the states need the government to come forward to release grain. The minister predicts that there is a serious shortage of grain in the regular closed warehouses in various localities, and it is still necessary to purchase grain from overseas. ”

Speaking of Hangzhou, and when it came to buying grain from overseas, Empress Dowager Gao glanced at Su Shi appreciatively. Overseas grain purchase relief was opened by Su Shi, and the specific implementation was Zhao Xing. Since then, the court of the Great Song Dynasty has also learned wisely. In the past, there was not enough grain and grass in the country, and the price of grain soared, and the imperial court was helpless, but now that the grain and grass were insufficient, the imperial court stepped up the minting of a batch of new money, and entrusted the firm to go overseas to buy a batch of grain and grass back to enrich the treasury. Therefore, the Great Song Dynasty is not worried about food now, but only worried that there is not enough copper and cannot cast new money.

Su Shi still looked embarrassed there, because the matter involved Zhao Xing, and many of the techniques used by Zhao Xing were also used in Hangzhou, so it was difficult for him to speak for the time being...... Well, anyway, everything has a high queen mother.

Empress Dowager Gao was a little curious, she opened her mouth and asked: "The situation in Hangzhou is good, I know this, I heard that Su Qing renovated two rivers in Hangzhou, dredged the West Lake, and left more than 200,000 yuan in the treasury when he left, so Hangzhou is in a good situation this year, but what is going on in Mizhou?" Isn't that place nine droughts in ten years? ”

Su Song continued to answer, and he hummed like squeezing toothpaste: "Zhao Liren, he introduced mochi from Ma Yi during his tenure in Mizhou, and he planted Pingpo fruit everywhere, both of which are drought tolerant. This year's mochi production is amazing, and Michigan is not worried about food shortages. In the autumn of this year, the Pingpo fruit began to bear fruit, and it is said that the concubine Chen was still worried about it, and sent people to Mizhou to make jams, juices, and wines using the Pingpo fruit, so although the weather was drought, the farmers in Mizhou were still fed and clothed. ”

The privy envoy Liu Zhi stroked his beard and said with a light smile: "There is also the utility of Mizhou." Zhao Liren once established a utility army in Mizhou regimental training, with the rank of general, this group of generals mainly escorted caravans, and engaged in horse trading from Liao. This year, Mizhou supplied 30,000 war horses to the imperial court, and the six armies of the forbidden army have all been equipped with war horses. Because of the huge profits in this horse trading business, I heard that half of Mizhou is now a general, according to Zhao Liren's words: throw it away and turn your head out, you can smash six generals and four ordinary people.

The staff department reported that because the mochi and Pingpo fruit are easy to raise and do not need to be taken care of, even the children in Michigan are learning to sail boats, everyone sells horses, and the natural income is very high, so it is not surprising that the tax in Michigan has risen by several percent this year. ”

As soon as Liu Zhi said this, what else was Liu Anshi fighting for, Empress Dowager Gao glanced at Su Shi, and Su Shi was already full of excitement. Her lips squirmed, as if she was about to gush out with rebuttals, but Empress Dowager Gao didn't want Su Shi to come forward, she waved her hand to stop everyone's argument, and said, "So, what about Yangzhou's taxes this year?" ”

Su Song replied weakly: "Zhao Liren...... This year, 50,000 displaced people have been relocated. Although these 50,000 people are exempt from taxes, Yangzhou has dredged several canal tributaries, so that the number of ships has increased several times, and as a result, the annual commercial tax has risen by one to five, and these tens of thousands of Dingkou will continue to be reclaimed next year, and it is expected that they will start paying taxes the year after tomorrow, so it is also expected that the tax will be doubled. ”

Empress Dowager Gao looked even more reasonable. She waved her hand and said, "Zhao Liren, the taxes in the places where he stayed are rising, aren't they?" If there are continuous disasters and famines, there should be such officials to share the worries of the imperial court, what are the secretaries fighting for? Edict: Cai Jing and Zhao Xing are diligent for the country, Zhao Xing went to build Mizhou, and rewarded Chen's first product; The two of them plan to continue to open up the wasteland, Xu. Zhongqing's family, take advantage of the winter leisure. Hurry up to select the displaced people and send them to Yangzhou, and the matter will be reported and heard. Edict: Officials from all over the country think carefully about the example of Yangzhou, and if there is wasteland in each state and county, they can also try to reclaim the wasteland like Yangzhou and share the worries with the imperial court. ”

Officials stopped talking, but several ruling officials were still wondering. Why did Empress Dowager Gao say this while waving her hand. They retreated in wonder and drafted an edict.

They didn't know that Empress Dowager Gao waved her hand. It's not that she denies her words, she is signaling Su Shi, a broken stabber, not to speak, so as not to cause others to attack. The ministers retreated, and the Empress Dowager Gao left Su Shi alone, and asked with a pleasant face: "What are the new words of the Qing family recently?" ”

Su Shi arched his hand: "Sage, the minister has been busy recently, and he has not composed new words. ”

Empress Dowager Gao shook her head regretfully. The little emperor Zhao Xu was still sitting on the chaise longue like a puppet. Frequently rolled his eyes at Su Shidi's back.

Empress Dowager Gao asked again: "Qing family, there are many disasters and famines in the world. Zhao Liren frequently shared worries for the imperial court, and Qing pondered, can Zhao Liren's method be promoted to the world? ”

Su Shi shook his head: "When the minister was in Hangzhou, he found that many things could not be done without others. Yangzhou reclamation, leaving people can be done without spending a single dollar from the imperial court, but if others go, it may not be feasible, and if it is not done well, it will become a government that disturbs the people. ”

"Why, tell me more."

When the minister was in Hangzhou, he dredged the two rivers, dug the West Lake, and repaired the roads, all of which were handled by Zhao Liren. According to the minister's knowledge, Zhao Li's subordinates have hundreds of people just by calculating.

Every time the minister formulates a project, he will calculate with the students in other places, arrange which sections of the road are constructed in sections, and there are several rotations, and each team needs to take a few steps to calculate the foot, the daily food supply is calculated to two, and the time of the people's labor is calculated to the hour. The minister's little Shi Gaoyu once looked at the account book of the departed person, and said that he couldn't understand it.

The minister didn't understand, but the minister observed that the reason why the minister used so little money to do several major things in a row was inseparable from Zhao Liren's command and deployment. The minister thinks to himself: to live the same way, let the minister do it, it costs several times, and it takes several times more than that.

Zhao Liren has a skill, he can use the least amount of money, do the most things, and do the same thing to others - for example, this Yangzhou wasteland reclamation matter, if it is done by its county, it costs several times more, and the officials work together, a little greedy, then the displaced people reclaim the famine for a year, not only have nothing, but also sell their children and daughters, and finally they can't bear it, and they flee into the mountains and forests as bandits......

In addition, leaving people's wealth and wealth, they did not make a living by this point, so they could take nothing from people, and they were not unreasonable people, and they could always reveal some leftovers from their fingers afterwards, share the fat with others, and let the officials and subordinates follow it.

This latter skill is quite difficult to grasp, originally separated from people are good at saving money, however, both for the group of officials to share the fat, but when the distribution is too much, it becomes unconscious, but falls into corruption and misdeeds, and the group of officials are satisfied, the people are satisfied is quite difficult to grasp, but if there is a little selfishness, it is inevitable to fall into corruption. Therefore, the queen mother's words about the promotion, the ministers thought about it carefully, and they were very worried. ”

Empress Dowager Gao looked at Su Shi with a more cordial gaze: "You said that you are good at doing big things with little money, and some of the money you save, without hurting the official body, also has some colleagues on the other hand, and colleagues on the other side are more supportive of each other, however, if this matter crosses the line a little, it is greedy, right?" - Historian, there is no need to record this. Delete. People say that what your disciple has learned in his life is from what you teach, and they all say that you have worked hard in Huangzhou for several years and taught a good disciple, so it is better for you to teach what you have learned in this body to the instructor's family. ”

Su Shi screamed in his stomach, but he couldn't deny it. Because Zhao Xing has always been so provocative, he used to admit it complacently. So he can't deny it at the moment.

What's more, there is also a secret involved in Zhao Xing's knowledge, Su Shi once heard Cheng's disciples vaguely talk about Zhao Xing's learning is the legacy of Wuhou, the legend that Zhuge Liang is also a master of organization, and he personally decides on the criminal law of more than ten boards in the army, so you can imagine how strict the administrative system established by Zhuge Liang is.

In this sense. Zhao Xing's performance is in line with the introduction of the students, and Zhao Xing occasionally speaks a few words of Sichuan, which is very reliable to tell about the scenery of Sichuan, which shows that Zhao Xingwuhou's statement is quite credible.

But this knowledge has always been taboo by the king, so Su Shiti didn't dare to mention it, he only retreated from the dynasty with a sweat, stayed up restless until he went home, and hurriedly wrote a letter secretly and sent it to Zhao Xing.

Zhao Xing didn't know about the dispute in the court. On this day, the sale of land in Hangzhou was over, and the season entered winter again, and the operation of the government slowed down, and he also had time to squat at home to relax. Kasli brought a few ostrich feather headdresses, more than one meter long ostrich feathers woven into a necklace, worn around the neck, the long feathers are one meter above the head, and the whole person is like a peacock on the open screen to show off. Kasri wore this crown once at an official banquet. danced a Fla Mingge dance, Liao Xiaoxiao immediately fell in love with it, and she wanted to make a fuss.

Zhao Xing was disturbed by her noise, and he was wondering whether to pluck a few hairs on the ostrich's tail for the past few days, but now that he was free, he quietly ran into the yard where the ostrich was raised with his hands behind his back.

An ostrich that is more than a person tall is not afraid of people, and it is said that it has a force of two tons with a single kick. This pedaling power makes it a runner among animals, and it has always been the only one who bullies people, and no one bullies it, so it rubs against people when it sees them. Quacking and asking for food, dare not feed it, nag you.

In recent years, although Zhao Xing has also cultivated some ostriches, because of the enthusiasm of ostriches, there are frequent injuries among the breeders, so that the main breeding force is still those black slaves hired from Africa.

The small courtyard door was closed. A female voice inside was shouting to feed the birds. He speaks the Song language, and it seems that he is a rare Song Dynasty breeder. Zhao Xing knocked on the door. The sound inside stopped, and then a male voice shouted: "Who told you to stop, I didn't say stop, how dare you stop?" ”

Immediately after, there was a sound of fists hitting the flesh, and the beaten woman did not call for help, but only a snort of pain that lowered her voice.

Zhao Xing was furious: "Open the door, how can there be such an evil servant in my yard?" Hitting a woman is really hateful. ”

There was a sound of Suo Suo in the door, and after a while, the door opened, revealing a face with a blue nose and swollen face, she respectfully saluted Zhao Xing, and then retreated backwards, retreating to the door with small steps, and shouted to the courtyard at the same time: "Official, the master is here." ”

Zhao Xing was stunned for a moment, and pondered for a long time before distinguishing from the words tattooed on the other party's hand that the pig-headed face in front of her belonged to Kou Lian'er, because she had two words tattooed on her hand: Gyeongju.

There was a sound of a bench at the door, and after a while, a thin, white-looking man clenched his fist with one hand and spread the other, not knowing where to put it. The hand that clenched his fist was still trying to hide behind his back.

The man looked weak and weak, with clear eyebrows and beautiful eyes, Zhao Xing recognized this child, he was a native of Hangzhou, when the bandits raided Zhao Xing's castle, he and several dock people assisted Zhuang Ding to close the castle gate, taking this opportunity, he was promoted from dock worker to Zhuang Ding, and entered Zhao Xing's inner courtyard.

This person's name is Wu San, and after entering the castle, he was renamed "Wu Xin" - the servants of the Song Dynasty were named after "loyalty, righteousness, benevolence, wisdom, courage and faith, courtesy, righteousness, honesty, shame and filial piety".

This guy is literate, once learned arithmetic from people on the dock, knows some basic bookkeeping, and is smart and clever, very eye-catching, so he followed a group of Cheng's children and did some inventory work, Zhao Xing couldn't imagine that people who are usually so docile also have a vicious side.

Zhao Xing usually treats the people in the mansion very kindly, but the servants all know that once this master gets angry, it is very terrible, and many servants who follow Zhao Xingjiu are privately rumored that Zhao Xing is brave in the Seven Seas, and also talks about the killing during that time, so although Zhao Xing has a smiling face all day long, no one in the servants dares to be presumptuous in front of him.

Especially in recent days, Zhao Xing slaughtered the bandits of a village, which made the servants extremely afraid of Zhao Xing's murderous aura, and now, the face that was usually full of gentle smiles was covered with frost, and Wu Xin was frightened and trembling like a lotus in the wind.

"I can't think of it, I can't think of it, the servants in my family also have such a vicious person, beating a woman is like beating an enemy for the ages, yes, although you are weak, you can not panic when you see the bandits, and you know that you close the door, and you are naturally not small.

It seems that you not only have the ability to beat women, but also have the courage to face the bandits, but the bandits are not women, in my family, beating women like this, what will others say when they see it, will they think that I beat them?

Is my Zhao Liren a woman beater? Am I Zhao Liren a harsh person for domestic servants? When did I, Zhao Liren, ever move a little finger to a woman? Your hands are itchy, why don't you go to the martial arts training ground to compete with those martial artists, but beat women here to practice your strength? Bastard! Knave! ”

Zhao Xing was furious, thinking about how to deal with Wu Xin, at this time, Wu Xin had been frightened by his anger and collapsed to the ground, the hand that was trying to hide behind his back also let go, a sock in his hand fell to the ground, lying down he exposed his feet in his clothes, sure enough, this guy wore socks on one foot and bare on the other foot. It seems that Zhao Xing knocked on the door in a hurry, and this guy was in a hurry to put on socks, so he only had time to put on one.

Looking at the place where Wu Xin had been just now, a stool fell to the ground, and there was a stepping chair in front of the stool, inferring from the situation at the scene, the two of them were closing the door just now, and Kou Li'er was pinching Wu Xin's feet, and Wu Xin was enjoying it while beating Kou Li'er casually.

Zhao Xing made the above inference, but it took a few seconds, and before he could open his mouth to say the punishment for Wu Xin, Kou Lian'er suddenly knelt down in front of Zhao Xing, knocked her head on the ground, and shouted in her mouth: "Master, spare my husband, my husband has been in a bad mood recently, and he has offended the old man Huwei, please raise your noble hand, poor and pitiful." ”