Chapter XVII

The Zhuangzi of Mao Qiuluo and the Zhuangzi of Duanduan are not far apart, and they walk about five or six hundred meters on foot; But in the difficult and dangerous mountain, it is also a large span.

He did not meet them directly, after all, he was the head of the clan, and there were countless government affairs to deal with every day. He ordered them to wait in a side room, and that his two sons would serve them.

If only one of them had come, he would have sent only one of them; But the two came together, and Qiu Luo expected that something big would happen, so he let his two sons explore the limelight first, which could be regarded as a training for the two of them.

And this time, there is a problem.

The four of them sat at separate tables, and Changdi, as the eldest son and the temporary master, naturally wanted to come out to speak. And as soon as he spoke, he began to target Taijia, and even his face and eyes were full of unkindness.

"I heard that Shenzi went to the Qiang people to sell paper, I don't know if this matter is true or not?"

Thai Jia was still very polite: "Naturally, it's true." ”

Mao Changdi's face had a hint of hideousness: "Hehe, Jun is a member of the Di tribe, what good things have to be sold by other tribes?" What's more, the Qiang people and my clan are already at odds, don't you have a lot of popularity, and our people have no money? ”

Biya only glanced at him, and didn't even bother to speak; Du An quietly wiped the sweat from his forehead, not intending to get into a dispute.

Taijia smiled: "How dare you? If this thing has not been tested, it is against the heart of the marquis, how dare you sacrifice it at will? The Qiang experiment was successful, and only below did he dare to sacrifice to the patriarch. Three days ago, he dedicated all the remaining papers to Bi Ya Gongzi, how dare he say that he is hiding his secrets? ”

Hehe, look, if it was really sold according to what Geng Wu said, he wouldn't be caught in the ear and scolded by this guy today?

Taijia's answer was seamless, and Mao Changdi couldn't find fault if he wanted to. In fact, he didn't bother to mention it, but the face he lost eight months ago still makes him haunted.

So, this guy is in the limelight, but he is obsessed with a small thing, how can he become a big thing? As soon as Qiu Luo tried this, Changdi exposed himself.

"So, why are you here now?" Changdi sat down and said in a cold voice, "Do you still have to bother Du Anjun?" ”

Mo Biya took over the conversation: "Presumably you want to promote papermaking technology in the tribe, right?" ”

"Hahaha, the virtuous nephew is really smart, that's exactly what happened!" Du Anduan said with a smile.

Mao Changdi snorted coldly and scolded: "If you don't speak, no one will treat you as a dumb person!" ”

Sure enough, Biya stopped talking.

But this made Taijia feel admired, Mao Biya not only has superb martial arts, but also has an extremely good head, and also knows when to say something - Mao Changdi can't compare at all.

Taijia arched his hand and said: "It is precisely this matter that I plan to teach this technology to the people, and then cooperate with the merchants to let them sell paper to various tribes and even the Central Plains, forming a regular industrial chain and common prosperity." ”

"This method is very good, so I came with Taijia to persuade the Marquis." Du Anduan said.

Mao Changdi didn't give Du An any face, and directly poured cold water: "You are so easy to solve when you are a businessman?" People have money, how can they make money with us? What a man, so naΓ―ve in his mind! ”

Mao Changdi's words had no scruples, which made Du Anduan sink his face.

"It's rude...... "Taijia sneered in his heart.

And Mo Biya took over the conversation at this moment: "Everything that can enrich the people should be tried." What's more, businessmen are heavily profitable, as long as they can enjoy the sweetness of this transaction, they will choose to cooperate with us. ”

Among the four people present, only Changdi was still opposed. However, he is not really against it, he is simply unhappy to watch the Thai armor.

How smart is the Thai armor? Judging it just by looking at his expression, he couldn't help but smile bitterly - this guy doesn't talk about petty grudges, and he is also happy and angry, compared with the indifferent Biya, the latter obviously has a better chance of inheriting the patriarch.

And there is only one confusion in front of Qiu Luo's eyes - what reason to abolish Chang Lixian?

The four of them did not quarrel about this matter, because Mao Changdi's rebuttal was very weak, so the rest of the time was Du Anduan chatting with Taijia, Mao Biya closed his eyes and recuperated, and Mao Changdi still stared at Taijia.

It wasn't until half an hour had passed that he slowly arrived.

In just three minutes, the tribe was ready to cooperate with the merchants, and even directly skipped the discussion of the whole clan's papermaking. Obviously, someone had already told this to Mao Qiu Luo, so that Mao Qiu Luo had already prepared in his heart.

But as the owner of the patent, Taijia will definitely not do it if it is so cheap, otherwise where will he get the money?

When he was asking when he was going to visit the merchant tribe, Taijia suddenly said, "Patriarch, can you listen to Taijia?" ”

Qiu Luo was stunned for a moment and said with a smile: "Let's talk about it." ”

"I wonder what the patriarch thinks that after the paper is fully made in the ethnic group, can they be legally restrained?"

"Legal?" Qiu Luo was stunned, "What is that?" ”

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Well, there are no relevant laws in Shu, and everything is based on the mentality of the superiors, which is the so-called dictatorship. And these remote tribes are even more so, who don't even know what the law is.

Taijia said: "What I mean below is that the people should not only make paper for the purpose, we must determine how many families to make paper, how much paper each time they make, how much paper each family makes, how to punish those who have less, and how to punish those who have more?" The things that bind these are called laws. ”

Qiu Luo understood a general idea, but he didn't understand why he wanted to make this law, but he couldn't ask, but fortunately, his eldest son "solved the problem": "Pedanty!" Of course, the more paper you make, the better, and every household makes the best! Why set limits? ”

Not only do they not understand this matter, but even Biya and Du Anduan don't understand, isn't it better to get as much as possible?

"Of course not!" "First of all, we can't abandon other industries because of paper; Secondly, the amount of paper we make cannot be greater than the demand of the market, nor can it exceed the range that the businessman can accept, otherwise it will be unsalable! If it is unsalable, the paper will not be sold, and the price of the paper will drop significantly, which is not a good thing for us! ”

This is not because Thai Jia wants to hide his smuggling, because the less paper, the higher the price, if a large amount of paper is made, it is easy to cause the depreciation of paper. The depreciated paper-faced common people can afford to use it, but now the common people can't write, what can they do with paper? It's better to sell it all to the nobles at a high price.

"The people are ignorant, if they don't know the upper limit of papermaking, it will lead to an imbalance in the entire tribe's industry, should they be punished? Some tribesmen are lazy and can't hand over the required amount of paper, resulting in heavy losses for the tribe, should they be punished? Each household has a different population, should there be a different amount of paper to distribute the benefits? ”

The four of them were fascinated by what they heard, and even Changdi, who wanted to find fault, couldn't speak. Because the more they listened, the more they felt that it made sense, and they could not refute it.

Having said so much about being useful, it's time for the Thai armor to mix in a little private goods: "Finally, how to distribute the money earned?" How many are attributed to the patriarchs? How many should go to Du Anjun, the elders, and me? How many shall be to the people? ”

The Tygar sandwiched his name among the nobles, lest these guys forget their contributions when they make money, and save themselves from working in vain and not making any money at all.

He didn't notice Taijia's careful thoughts at all, and fell into deep thought. Du Anduan took the opportunity to ask, "Taijia, what do you mean......?"

"Compile a "Paper Bill", and do everything about paper in accordance with the requirements of this Act! Whether it is the distribution of benefits, the program of punishment, the requirements of papermaking, etc., they must not violate the essentials of the bill! ”

"This is an innovative idea...... "Qiu Luo said softly, turning his head and asking, "Bi Ya and Chang Di, what do you two think?" ”

Biya took the lead and said: "Father, as Taijia said, this matter is troublesome to manage, and it is impossible to report everything to Father. In my opinion, not only can this so-called bill be established, but also a group can be established to deal with this matter, saving my father a lot of trouble! ”

Taijia was suddenly shocked, this Bi Ya's head is really good! He hadn't even thought of using groups to curb the matter; And Mao Biya mentioned it, if he really set up this group, most of him would be the boss, and he would have great power, far more than Mao Changdi!

Qiu Luo did not speak, and motioned for Mao Changdi to express his opinion.

Mao Changdi obviously didn't realize the threat of Mao Biya, and said eloquently: "Ah Father is the head of the clan, and everything should be based on Ah Father, how can such a law be set up and treat Ah Dad as nothing?" Regardless of the distribution of benefits, rewards and punishments, they should be based on the father's point of view! ”

"If this is the case, whether the punishment and reward are light or heavy, there will definitely be people who are not convinced!" Taijia refuted, "As long as there is a bill, even if the people are not satisfied, they will not dare to disagree with the bill!" ”

Mao Changdi sneered: "In my opinion, you just want to control the so-called law yourself and fill your own pocket!" ”

"Huh."

The Tygar didn't bother to talk to this simple-minded guy at all.

There are a lot of things that Mo Qiu Luo deals with every day, and if he has to take care of some more, he will definitely be exhausted! The Act on the Establishment of the Thai Armor and the Observation Mission that he intended to set up were exactly what he wanted.

And he's getting old, it's time for his son to take care of some government affairs, and this bill and the establishment of the Observer Mission came at a good time.

The rest of the time was spent discussing the setting of the law.

In the end, after the discussion of four people except Mao Changdi, the "Paper Act" was divided into three major sections. The first plate is to divide the tribe into two major areas, sixty percent of the artificial paper, four adults continue the original industry, the profits are distributed to the common people, and the remaining sixty percent is divided into three by Qiu Luo, Du Anduan, Gong Changqiu, and the Thai armor is divided into three percent, which is the result that the Thai armor is more satisfied with, after all, he has made the most money.

As for why the common people only earn forty percent - it's okay to give them money to earn, and the existence of the common people is to make money for the nobles, otherwise why would the commoners be so poor?

The second section deals with the amount of distribution for each household and the punishment agency. The quota should be negotiated with the merchant tribe first, as they do not know the amount of demand from the merchants. However, each household is proportionally distributed according to the population, and there is no big problem. As for the punishment aspect; One percent of the profit will be deducted for each additional achievement, and two percent of the price will be fined for each less achievement. Because it is better to use more for your own use, you can't reduce the amount of sales sold by merchants, otherwise there will be problems.

The third section is about the observation group, which has a total of ten people, with Mao Qiuluo as the supreme judge, and unless the remaining nine people cannot be judged, he cannot be allowed to interfere. And the real person in power is still Mo Biya, the following are the three CEOs of Taijia, Gong Changqiu, and Duanduan, and then select five highly respected people from the common people to serve as parliamentarians.

Originally, the people were reluctant to let the civilians interfere in this matter, even though the Thai Armor repeatedly stated that they would share a little power and the benefit of the people. They are aristocrats, how can they sit on an equal footing with commoners and discuss important matters?

In the end, the Taijia made a compromise, that is, these five commoners only helped the tribe to deal with small disputes, and the real big things were handled by the nobles, so they reluctantly gave in.

When all was done, the bill was written in two copies, one on paper, which was kept by Murcho Lo; One copy was engraved on the bamboo slip and handed over to Gong Changqiu for preservation. In fact, Gong Changqiu didn't care about this matter, just a name.

But this really scared Gong Changqiu, as soon as the bill was established, Gong Changqiu attached more importance to Taijia, how could he have such an idea if he wasn't a son of God? Who would be willing to teach the paper industry to the people?

This dedication alone is enough for Gong Changqiu to respect.

Not only that, but many people, including Mao Biya, are in awe of Taijia, although it is only a small law, but it means that the entire tribe has a system, and it is not a wild man who drinks blood.

Of course, there is one exception, and that is Mao Changdi.

Because the establishment of this observation mission completely excluded him, the Thai family completely offended him.