Jia Rudao was a little puzzled in his heart, knowing that he usually didn't pay much attention to the production and labor of Liuqiu Island.

For example, he didn't quite understand what the big iron bull was.

But when he heard that concentrated work would increase output------- he immediately understood why.

His family already had more than 100,000 acres of fertile land, and he understood that if he concentrated manpower and animal power to manage it, it would of course produce much more than a small household working alone.

When Jia Yidao heard that the price of the land there was only forty percent of the price of the folk land in the Great Song Dynasty, his face remained unchanged, but his ears moved quietly.

"It's so cheap, why don't you appear on the advertisement of the Liuqiu Times?"

"The owner of my family said that this sale of land is mainly sold to hundreds of large families in the Great Song Dynasty------ so I can ask people to come to the door one by one to contact, and it is of little use to advertise it."

Jia Rudao smiled, quickly turned around in his heart, and said: "You don't have to bother so much about this matter------ I'll help you personally------"

Ambassador Hou Dongfang also smiled in his heart, Zhang Daoist really expected it correctly, as long as they heard that there were good paddy fields to sell, it was impossible for them to give up!

"Then I thank Pingzhang for the owner of Zhang------ but there is a condition to explain in advance, the purchased paddy fields cannot be abandoned ------ cultivated paddy fields, we only collect one percent of the tax, and the abandoned paddy fields will cost one and a half!"

"Hehe, it's not easy for your island owner to reclaim the island, and it's understandable to claim to be the island owner. You are too careful, if you have a paddy field and abandon it, it is a tyrannical thing------ you will not do it. ”

Jia Rudao found that he could still do something in the matter of Liuqiu Island, and he could sell it to some big families in his own name, which invisibly added another means of wooing.

He looked at Ambassador Hou Dongfang again, and his heart was even more fond of it.

The two began to get back to business.

Jia Rudao asked tentatively, "How much labor do you need from the Great Song Dynasty?" ------ is not as good as it used to be, and there are not many soldiers left. ”

In the past ten years, God knows where to find so many jobs on Liuqiu Island, and they have always been circulated back to the Great Song Dynasty from Liuqiu Island not long after.

Even his Jia family opened a textile factory and hired hundreds of laborers.

Jia seems to be wearing Liuqiu-style underwear and vests made of home-produced cotton cloth in his official uniform------ as well as Liuqiu-style cotton socks, which are still closed and will not slide down his ankles after wearing.

Ambassador Hou Dongfang shook his head, now labor is not the main problem of Liuqiu Island, as long as the Great Song Dynasty still has the right to let the people move freely, whether Liuqiu Island can recruit more labor, that is the question of whether its own attraction is big enough.

Zhang once said that relying on executive orders can only be a temporary development.

Of course, the several so-called mainland-to-Liuqiu routes, which were set up by Liuqiu Island in the past, would rather lose money, also played a great role.

Ambassador Hou Dongfang looked at the group of amiable, but in fact, the extremely cunning Jia said: "Liuqiu Island hopes that the Great Song Dynasty can go north to attack the Tatar bandit group!" ”

Jia Rudao looked at the sharp-edged Ambassador Hou Dongfang, and smiled bitterly in his heart.

Any foreign military action is a matter of life and death for the country------ how can it be easily started?!

Ambassador Hou Dongfang said loudly: "I beg the guards to hold back their main force in Shandong!" The military strength of the bandit group in the south has not existed------ if the Great Song Dynasty goes north at this time, I will ask the guards to respond, and the two armies will be able to crush the Tatar bandit group into scum!! ”

"Hehe, that's what your island owner said?!"

"------ the owner of my family, Zhang Dao, said that the Great Song Dynasty can carry out some necessary military operations at an appropriate time under the leadership of Jia Pingzhang to adapt to the current situation at home and abroad."

"Uh-huh! Nice ------ owner"

That's right!

The two armies in the north and south participated in the war and became a millstone?! That was the imagination of young people------ the political situation of the Great Song Dynasty had not yet been unified and stable, and various constraints were emerging one after another; The strength of Liuqiu Island is weak, and there are only tens of thousands of people fighting around, where can you bet on it?!

If there is an unforeseen event, the future will be completely ruined!!

But do you know that, young man?

War is divided into two forms: one is real action, and the other is fought only verbally!

What is the right time?

That's right now.

What is the required military action?

That's a verbal war.

Just imagine, if the whole court is talking about the "imminent" war, then who will talk about me, and who will care about how I can rectify the hostile forces?!

Jia Rudao quickly ended his conversation with Ambassador Hou Dongfang------ and of course he made a slight request to the owner of Liuqiu Island------ which was absolutely secret, and it was not written down, but only verbal.

Ambassador Hou Dongfang, on behalf of Zhang Island, agreed.

He returned to Liuqiu Island to meet with Zhang Island, and after recounting the whole story, he felt that he had not completed the task.

Island Master Zhang also smiled and said, "You did a pretty good job!" ”

It's not encouragement, it's recognition.

Island Master Zhang himself understood that it had taken all his strength to get out of this step.

He told Ambassador Hou that Gnawing Dog and Nana were married------ and they were treated exactly as domestic boys, and everyone knew that Zhang had never treated them as natives.

Ambassador Hou Dongfang said excitedly: "Okay, wait for me to see them------ life after marriage must be different from ours!" ”

Zhang Island Master smiled but said nothing, and waved his hand to let him go.

It is said that after the two got married, Nana often beat him up for always biting the dog and doing things------ of course, in private, and outsiders should not know.

Zhang said to his friend Wang Defa: "Jia Laogou always thinks that he can control the overall situation------ I want him to guess the beginning, but not the ending!" ”

Wang Defa was a little worried, and said: "Will they ruin our basic market if they rashly participate in ------ war?!" We still need at least another ten years of stable development of the Great Song Dynasty-------"

Zhang said: "Do you remember the dispute between righteousness and profit related to the army? ”

"Remember, did that work?"

"It's so useful------ if the soldiers of the Great Song Dynasty find that they can benefit from the war, they may be more fierce than the Tatar bandits------ if we give us more support in terms of weapons, God knows what the outcome will be!"

The dispute over the righteousness and interests of the army was a deliberate controversy caused by Zhang Daozhu in the "Liuqiu Times".

In addition to weapons and military discipline, what does an army rely on to win?!

The mainstream people think that he is a teacher of righteousness ------ justice.

Zhang Daozhu took advantage of Yang Youxing's mouth to put forward profit, believing that righteousness and profit are two sides of the same coin, and even thought that at the current stage, more emphasis should be placed on the favorable side of the army!

The army must gain profits through war------ of course, this profit is not to let the soldiers burn and loot like the Tatar bandit group, but to distribute the profits to the soldiers in a reasonable way and in various ways.

For example, soldiers' allowances, military exploits and their material treatment after discharge, etc.

Someone has mentioned that this was the practice of the violent Qin back then.

Island Master Zhang smiled coldly and said, "We won't calculate profits according to the head------