Chapter 1066: The nagging Taoyuan County Guard
"Boss, have a pot of tea." A slightly hoarse voice sounded in Qin Feng's ears, Qin Feng, who was talking to the horse monkey in a low voice, raised his head, but saw Ben Kuan, who was still dancing on the table to promote Taoyuan County, had already walked into the tea shed sweating profusely, and his shed was now crowded by countless people, and the voice of an official came faintly.
"Don't squeeze, don't squeeze, register one by one, as long as you are registered, we are responsible for bringing you to Taoyuan, don't want everyone to pay a penny for the journey, eat and drink all the way, all by our Taoyuan County."
Ben Kuan looked at some tea sheds with a slight interest, but saw that they were all full, and there was only one seat left in front of Qin Feng, so he walked over and arched his hand, "This brother, can you take a seat?"
"Please, please!" Qin Feng smiled and stretched out his hand. I just heard Lord Ben's tongue and lotus flower, it should be really eloquent, but as far as I know, Taoyuan County is not as good as you say!"
Ben Kuan's face changed slightly, he sat opposite Qin Feng, lowered his voice and said, "You are a Ming person, silence, silence, isn't this also forced?" But I'm not lying, those promises will be fulfilled."
Qin Feng laughed, and saw Ben Kuan lift a pot of tea sent by Xiao Er and pour himself a big bowl, and drank it clean in one gulp, and couldn't help but say: "Lord Ben is also the guardian of a county, if I hadn't listened to your previous speech here and met you elsewhere, I really wouldn't have recognized you as a party leader?"
Ben Kuan waved his hand, "Ahem, any party is a big man, they are all doing things for His Majesty."
"Lord Ben's guards are busy over there, you sit here alone, you are not afraid that someone will be unfavorable to you, as far as I know, this tiger prison city is still unstable, every day there are fine works are caught, just last night, there were several assassinations." Qin Feng said with a smile.
"It's daylight, what's so scary about this." Ben Kuan disagreed, and glanced at Qin Feng's Qianmian and horse monkeys, both of whom were tall and big guys, "You are a big businessman, no wonder with guards, you have money, and your life is expensive, by the way, what do you do, are you a businessman or a worker, if it is a workshop, we are a good place in Taoyuan County, if you are willing to go there to build a workshop, I will give you a piece of land for nothing, how about it, the conditions are good, right?"
Qin Feng laughed, "Now the most valuable thing in Taoyuan County is land, right?" If I really drive the workshop there, will anyone work for me?"
"Not now, won't there be in the future, people have to look forward." He smugly pointed to the crowded shed, "Look, it's not a human being!"
Qin Feng pursed his lips, the one in front of him was obviously a wolf with red eyes, and he had to catch anything.
"If you want to talk about the gold and the money, how can we merchants have the gold and money of your officials, you are the guard of a county! Proper feudal officials, those assassins, it is not worth killing you more than killing me."
"Then you're wrong!" Ben Kuan smiled: "Killing people requires motives, I am a county guard in a remote place, I have no influence, why did they kill me?" Do you want to make money? I don't have a few taels of silver in my pocket, kill me Liwei, hehe, without me in Taoyuan County, the Ming Imperial Court can send another person over immediately, and he won't be worse than me."
"Isn't that likely to find someone more capable than you?" Qin Feng said." It seems that what we are lacking now is officials!"
"You, a businessman, are quite concerned about current affairs, if you want to say that in the past, it was true, but now it is not necessarily Luo, the Jingshi University Hall graduates every year, these people, if you want him to write articles and poems, it must be bullshit, but if you want them to be officials, ho, that's really not bad." Ben Kuan smiled: "Today I have a few in Taoyuan County, and I can do it very well, although I only have a specialty in a certain aspect, but this is enough!" Our emperor is really wise enough, such a way to train officials, haha, eye-opening."
"So do you think it's good or bad?" Qin Feng asked with a smile.
"For now, of course." Ben Kuan said: "You said that I sent a person who is good at water conservancy, uh, the above can send you one like this, I send a person who is in charge of money, and the above will send you another one, ha, he can't do anything else, but he specializes in accounting, although they can only do one thing, but he can do it well. It doesn't make sense. His Majesty the Emperor said it well, let professional people do professional things. This is too right, let's just say that the war, that is the general's business, if I am asked to command the battle, it will definitely be the loss of the division and the land, but if the general wants to do my part, it will definitely be a disaster for the country and the people. Therefore, although our Emperor Majesty was born in the military, has not read any books, and is a rude man, he does things directly to the essence, but does not have those pedantic hearts, haha, this is the blessing of those of us who are only good at doing practical things!"
Lao Tzu has never read any books, but he is not illiterate, let alone a rude man! Qin Feng was so angry that he was a little smoking, and the horse monkey and Qianmian on the side lowered their heads and pretended to drink water, and they couldn't help but laugh and endure it very hard.
"If you talk about the emperor so much behind your back, aren't you afraid that he will clean you up after it reaches the emperor's ears?" Qin Feng said with a cold face.
"Our emperor is no ordinary man." Ben Kuan slapped the table and laughed: "It is said that the prime minister has a boat in his stomach, our emperor has the four seas in his chest, and I am afraid that no matter how many ships can fit in. Ma Gong once said that our Emperor Majesty is a person who values practical interests and ignores fame, as long as you can do good deeds and do practical things, it will be fragrant and sweet, on the contrary, you can't do things, even if you praise His Majesty the Emperor as a flower, the emperor will only spit on you on the face."
Praising people is also uncomfortable, what is the importance of real profit and false face, Lao Tzu also wants to save face! Qin Feng shouted in his heart, old man of the dead horse, go back and clean you up. The horse in Ben Kuan's mouth is naturally Changyang County's horse guarding to the south. Qin Feng felt a little itchy in his teeth.
"I've heard that the number of immigrants assigned to you by the imperial court in Taoyuan County is only 10,000, Lord Ben is doing such a thing, I'm afraid that it will be far exceeded, and when the Qin people are big in Taoyuan County, don't you worry about accidents?"
"What's so scary about this!" Ben Kuan smiled indifferently: "What kind of place is Taoyuan County, it is aligned with the front line, there are tens of thousands of troops stationed there, do you think these Qin people can afford to make waves?" As long as I give them a year or two, then I can educate them, so that they can only know and not talk about Qin."
"So sure?"
"Of course." Ben Kuan said proudly: "The common people, who can let them be fed, warmly clothed, and have a good life, who has nothing to do to make trouble with their heads?" This world is in turmoil, most of it is because I can't eat enough, you say I'm going to starve to death, and I won't rebel? The reason why the Qin State is falling apart now is that it hasn't done this matter well!"
"You're absolutely right." Qin Feng nodded.
"You businessman is very well-informed, look at you staying here, are you also in the business of getting people into the country? If you want to say that this business is actually hurtful, but for the current Qin State, it is a good deed, seeing that we are about to fight the Qin State, and getting them to Daming will save their lives. But you can't do this in the Tiger Prison, now the Tiger Prison is already the territory of the Ming Dynasty, if you go to the hinterland of the Qin State to do this, how many people do you get, how many people I will take, how about it, the price is negotiable, and you will not suffer."
Qin Feng smiled and said, "Just eat and dress warmly, I'm afraid that I can't let them only know something, don't talk about Qin, after all, they have been Qin people for hundreds of years."
"And edification!" Ben Kuan nodded Qin Feng, "So you businessmen, you still don't read much, our Majesty has seen this many years ago, and the compulsory education that is now being implemented throughout the country is for this purpose. You said that those Qin people, in the future, eat the rice and grain of the Ming Dynasty, read the books of the Ming Dynasty, and use some small means, they will naturally be able to achieve their goals. Of course, you businessmen don't understand this kind of thing. Our Lord Xiao, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, is doing this now!"
"Xiao Shangshu?" Qin Feng was a little surprised, "He has always been stable in his work, but he has merit, but he has no fault, why did he forget to sleep and eat?"
Ben Kuan smiled and said, "You, a merchant, if you promise to get me a hundred Qin craftsmen to Taoyuan County, then I will tell you a secret, but first make it clear, you have to listen to this secret, these hundred craftsmen, even if they repay me, I will no longer pay."
The muscles on Qin Feng's face trembled, this county guard was really slamming the door! One secret for a hundred craftsmen, the price is high.
"Okay, isn't it just a hundred craftsmen!" He turned his head and glanced at Qianmian: "Didn't we get a group of craftsmen out in Danyang, are there a hundred?"
Qianmian's face turned a little purple, and after listening to Qin Feng's words, he coughed a few times and said, "Almost, almost."
Qin Feng spread his hands: "Look, I happen to have it in my hand, you tell me, maybe when you go back, you can take these hundred craftsmen with you."
"Yes, very good!" Ben Kuan Daxi: "I like you businessman, refreshing, refreshing, atmospheric, not to be a baht, it seems that he is really a big deal."
"Where's your secret?" Qin Feng lowered his voice.
"Our Lord Xiao is a reading seed, everyone, and the existence that the entire Ming Dynasty scholars look up to, such a person has to be offered to the Emperor of Qianyue, and when it comes to the Ming Dynasty, our emperor still has to be offered, right? A person like him, he lacks nothing else, he has money, fame, what does he want most? Going down in history, face, these things are what he wants."
"Just for the sake of face?" Qin Feng was a little surprised.
"Ahem, of course, when our Ming Dynasty's royal officials and immortals go, what kind of battle is it, Your Majesty sends the spirit, and the first assistant supports the coffin, this kind of honor, throughout the annals of history, who has ever gotten it? It's just one of our royal officials! Our Lord Xiao's eyes are red! He is a lot older, he also thinks, I don't know who gave him a bad idea, saying that if Xiao Li is in office, he can make Daming Village have the sound of reading, and every family has a reader, His Majesty the Emperor will definitely give him this honor, you say that our Xiao Li Department can not work hard! Now it's my Taoyuan County, and there are also disciples sent by the Xiao Officials Department to sit in town! Haha, I'm happy to see it come true, since the Xiao Rite Department has such a great wish, I naturally want to take advantage of it, this matter of education, I can't say that it will fall on our Xiao Rite Department." Ben Kuan triumphantly authentic.