Zhang Daozhu's remark that "the army is mainly profit-oriented" published in the "Liuqiu Times" through the mouth of Yang Youxing has caused a lot of controversy.

There were ------ who privately opposed him, and such people were mainly some literati in the Great Song Dynasty.

First of all, the Great Song Dynasty itself had a social tradition of suppressing martial arts and promoting literature.

In fact, the tradition of a society is mainly promoted by those in power, which is of course what the rulers of the Great Song Dynasty wanted to see.

As mentioned earlier, in the Great Song Dynasty, the social status of military generals was not high, let alone soldiers.

In fact, strictly speaking, the treatment in the Great Song army is quite good------ but the low social status is relatively rare.

When the people of the Great Song Dynasty scolded people, they liked to scold each other as "thieves with troops", which has already shown the attitude of the people towards soldiers------ since criminals can be used as soldiers, and those who fled the desert can also be used as soldiers, such an army can imagine his combat effectiveness, and will be looked down upon.

The literati of the Great Song Dynasty begged for the treatment of the soldiers of the Island Guard.

They couldn't have imagined that being a soldier on Liuqiu Island could actually have the income to support a large family, and they actually had the number of years of service!

And I heard that after they finish their service, they can also be turned into officials according to their military merits!

That's infuriating!

The literati of the Great Song Dynasty could not see the hardships of the training of the Liuqiu Guards, nor could they see that their lives would be in danger when they went to the battlefield to fight for their exploits, and they forgot that it was this army that dragged the Tatar bandit group in Shandong, so that they would have time and life to make irresponsible remarks about the remarks of the island lord Zhang.

Now in this world, perhaps only Zhang Daozhu, his wife and his friends know that the three of them have changed the fate of the Great Song Dynasty in more than ten years.

Of course, they have also changed themselves.

At that time, six unwalled cities had been built out of thin air on the west coast of Liuqiu Island.

Not counting the Shandong region, the permanent population and floating population on Liuqiu Island have exceeded 700,000, and there are all kinds of people!

Zhang is confident that within three years, the permanent population of Liuqiu Island will exceed one million!

Because going to Liuqiu Island to make a fortune is already the consensus of the people of the Great Song Dynasty.

The wages of Liuqiu Island are high, and the goods of Liuqiu Island are very profitable to sell!

On the wharves of the six major cities of Liuqiu Island, more than 3,000 passenger and cargo ships of more than 100 tons can be transported on average a day.

The trade from the west coast to the major seaside cities of the Great Song Dynasty was continuous, and it is an exaggeration to say that the number of ships on the sea route has made the sea route a sea sail road.

The literati of the Great Song Dynasty liked to enjoy, and they liked to seek new objects from the island; And they are never xenophobic, and they don't think it's an output outside the Great Song Dynasty and belittle it at will.

However, they can't touch their bottom line: whether it is literary or martial arts, this must be clarified!

Many of the literati of the Great Song Dynasty wrote articles and lyrics, satirizing the remarks of Zhang Daozhu, or ridiculing his superficiality------ and some even asserted that Liuqiu Island would sooner or later fall into a military rebellion.

There were also literati on the island of Liuqiu.

But they either came from the northern Tatar bandit group, or they were the down-and-out literati of the Great Song Dynasty, both of whom came to Liuqiu Island to find an errand------- although the owner of Zhang Island liked craftsmen, of course he did not reject them.

Literati can do business, the Great Song Dynasty society is originally not separated from literature and business, they can also take the civil service examination------- of course, even if they are admitted, they have to accept the training of Zhang Island.

The literati who came to Liuqiu Island fully accepted this------ the so-called salaries of civil servants made them dizzy, and if the Liuqiu coins were converted into the Great Song Dynasty banknotes, it would be as much as twice as much as the Great Song Zhixian County.

It moves the hearts of the military and the literati.

Zhang Daozhu once said that a society that is ashamed to talk about money and only mentions morality must be a shameless society.

The literati of Liuqiu Island are a little strange in their hearts, where is there a society that is ashamed to talk about money?!

But for the sake of such a high face, everyone nodded and thought that no one questioned him.

The literati on Liuqiu Island were also not accustomed to the words and deeds of those literati in the Great Song Dynasty, who could only write with a brush, but they were new literati with a fountain pen!

The new literati on Liuqiu Island also began to write words to mock them------Well, in fact, the debate between the literati was the most boring, and Zhang Island Master said that he didn't care.

In fact, he was concerned about the military spirit of the Great Song army and the popular heart in their society.

Unless it is attacked, the current Great Song army may be the least willing to war.

The people of the Great Song Dynasty society were also the most reluctant to regain their homeland, and they even feared that their quality of life might be reduced because of the reconquest.

Will there be more taxes? Will you still care about those poor relatives in the north??

It can be said that they are not enterprising------ or more accurately, they are not able to benefit from the war.

The soldiers or civilians who followed the Tatar bandit group might get something out of the various looting------ but what did the soldiers of the Great Song Dynasty get?

It's all from the superiors, and the generals have to listen to the civilian officials.

In terms of willingness to fight, the Great Song Dynasty really lost to the Tatar bandit group.

Zhang Daozhu's intention was to let the Great Song Dynasty not only see that the army could protect the country, but also benefit from it.

Their actions in the Shandong region can be seen as an example.

After the Liuqiu Guards occupied the Shandong region, they did spend a lot of money at first, but after the investment period, their profits there began to grow larger.

Not to mention the gold produced there, Zhang Daoist and they didn't care about it in the first place------ they directly exchanged it for various means of production in the Great Song Dynasty.

The corn, wheat, potatoes, sweet potatoes, sugar beets and tobacco produced in Shandong have directly increased the grain output of Liuqiu Island, not to mention those cash crops, which can be exchanged for more materials from the Great Song Dynasty at any time.

In particular, the coal and coke produced in Shandong have completely made up for the shortcomings of Liuqiu Island!

Shandong coke is second only to Wenlai kerosene processed on Liuqiu Island, and has also become a hard currency in the Great Song market.

Moreover, it is one of the important passages for the migration of people on the island------- and this hidden importance may be greater than anything else.

The Song Dynasty may have only looked at it, and many of their officials may have only looked at the gold in Shandong, and could not see the cause and effect of the war gains.

Zhang Daozhu took the opportunity to put forward what he believed to be the benefits of war.

However, only the literati in the Great Song Dynasty reacted, which did not meet the expectations of Zhang Daozhu.

Liuqiu Island may be a cheetah, and the Great Song resembles a huge, weak, unresponsive herbivorous dinosaur.

Without the presence of the island of Exile, the herbivorous dinosaurs would not be a match for the wolf-like Tatar bandit group.

But when the time came, Jia Rudao was attacked by political forces that wanted to divide power and gain profit.

Zhang saw an opportunity, and he thought of a way to use the method of war to divert the hot spots in the country for Jia Yidao.

What better way to divert the Great Song from top to bottom than the threat of war?!

When Jia Rudao replied to the method of Liuqiu Island, Zhang Daoist thought to himself, haha, Jia Laogou, you guessed the beginning, but you won't think of the end.

In fact, in the end, Zhang also guessed the ending wrong.