Zhao Zhen has been an emperor for decades and has seen all kinds of courtiers, but he has never seen Wang Ningan like this. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

Lingnan is a place that has always been a place where people who have committed serious crimes, made big mistakes, or lost in political struggles will go.

Even if it is a loyal courtier, as soon as he hears that he is going to Lingnan, he is crying and grabbing the ground, as if he is saying goodbye to life and death, but the little Wang Ning'an, not only is he not afraid, but he also does not hesitate, if the courtiers of the Great Song Dynasty can be so brave and do not avoid hardships and dangers, why not be happy!

Zhao Zhen sighed for a long time, but then remembered that the Liao envoy was coming soon, and there was also the field in Pingxian County, and then the Wang family's army had good combat power, and they were transferred away, who would deal with the Liao State?

Thinking of this, Zhao Zhen hesitated again, he still couldn't let Wang Ningan go south!

"Qingzhi's loyalty, I am very relieved, but you, as well as Ling Zun, have been in the office for too short a time and have shallow qualifications, I am afraid that you have the heart to kill the enemy, and you may not be able to serve the public. Lingnan is a mess, and my heart is also very chaotic! ”

Listening to Zhao Zhen's sigh, Wang Ningan secretly sighed, he had the intention to meddle in the sea, and it was best to open up the trade route to Nanyang, but a stall in Pingxian County had just started, and everything was waiting to be rebuilt, everyone knew the importance of the base, Wang Ningan was just taking a risk, but fortunately it was a false alarm.

He can talk about the strategy of counterinsurgency casually, but when it comes to the specific use of people, it is the power of the emperor and the prime minister, and Wang Ningan will not say a word.

The hall was silent for a while, and Zhao Zhen suddenly smiled: "I asked you to be the magistrate, there is a lot of criticism in the court, I ask you, how are the people under your rule?" ”

Wang Ning paused and said: "Weichen doesn't dare to hide it, the people of Pingxian County are living very hard, but they are also very fulfilling. ”

"Oh?"

Zhao Zhen was taken aback again, which local official didn't desperately praise himself, Wang Ningan actually took the initiative to admit that the people were living a very hard life, it was really wonderful!

"Tell me why it's bitter? Is it that you are not doing well? ”

"Returning to Your Majesty, Pingxian was originally separated from Cangzhou, and there are more than 350,000 people under its jurisdiction, of which two-thirds are poor and have nothing. Pingxian County is narrow and densely populated, the land is saline-alkali, the output is limited, and the endowment is so, so it is natural to have a hard time for a while. ”

Zhao Zhen nodded, the little guy was quite honest.

"I listen to you, it seems that I am sure that the people under my rule will live well, if there is any way to say it, I will listen."

"Without him, just work hard." Wang Ningan said: "Under the rule of Weichen, we built workshops, built roads, expanded maritime trade, and actively traded...... The people got up five watches, climbed in the middle of the night, and did not rest all year round, bringing in timber from outside, and the carpenters made furniture and sold it; Furs are purchased, made into coats, and sold to Tokyo...... All of this is just a hard money. ”

Zhao Zhen narrowed his eyes and sighed: "How difficult the people's livelihood is, I feel the same way. By the way, isn't Pingxian by the sea, how about I allow you to cook sea salt? ”

This pack is big enough!

Wang Ningan thought for a moment and shook his head violently, "Thank you, Your Majesty, for your kindness, but Weichen thinks it's not necessary." ”

"Oh?" Zhao Zhen was even more surprised, what others couldn't compete for, how could this little guy refuse, it was really incomprehensible.

Of course, Wang Ningan has his own abacus, he has not thought about the salt business, but the salt industry has always been intertwined, and with his current strength, he can't afford to provoke those people.

What's more, what can you do with salt? It's just one more way to make money, but Wang Ningan already holds spirits, cane sugar, Rongchang, and Qianzhuang, what he lacks most is not money, but a group of craftsmen and masters with strong production capacity.

Ordinary Liba can do it, and at most use some accounting, transportation, and the industrial chain that can be extended is very limited.

But what about other industries? In whaling, for example, you first need to build ships, you need weapons, and after you bring them back, you need to refine whale oil, make soap candles, make fodder, make armor, and process salted meat...... To develop a huge industrial cluster, each link requires a very large number of workers.

From farmer to worker, it is actually a very painful process.

Farmers work very hard, but they are completely responsible for planting in spring and harvesting in autumn, and they do not need to be controlled and constrained by others, and there is still a long time to farm every year.

As a worker, from morning to night, there is almost no rest, you have to be squeezed by the boss, you are afraid, once you lose your job, you have to starve, and the feeling of trembling is really uncomfortable...... Even in the early days of the Industrial Revolution, workers were oppressed, many died in their thirties, and there were child laborers in their teens, who worked hard for a day, but earned two slices of bread and a few potatoes, and were lucky to live to adulthood......

Phoenix Nirvana, very bitter, tired and helpless, but just to take this step, if you don't go, you can't do it!

Wang Ning'an easily got hundreds of thousands of labor, as long as he cultivated well, there will be the best boatmen, the best blacksmiths, the best leathermen, the best tailors, and the best winemakers...... With infinite possibilities, as long as the technology accumulates to a certain extent, Zhunping County will become the cradle of the Great Song Dynasty industry...... If you go to dry salt at this time, do easier things, and make easy money, you will ruin Pingxian.

It's just that this plan is too big, and even Zhao Zhen can't say much.

"Your Majesty, although the people of Pingxian County are bitter, they know what they are doing, they have to eat the food one bite at a time, and the money has to be earned one copper plate at a time. Although boiling salt is profitable, only a few salt merchants are rich, and most salt workers still can't fill their stomachs. Weichen is sure that within three years, all the people of Pingxian County will live and work in peace and contentment, and within five years, they will become the richest place in Hebei! Wang Ningan said confidently: "Your Majesty mentioned salt, but Weichen has a suggestion. ”

"Speak."

"Weichen hopes that His Majesty will allow Liao Yan to enter the Great Song Dynasty."

"No way!"

Zhao Zhen categorically refused: "Salt is the foundation of people's livelihood, an important source of wealth for the imperial court, I have thousands of miles of sea salt in the Great Song Dynasty, there are sea salt, pool salt, and well salt." I don't need the salt of the Liao Kingdom, I can't send the lifeblood of the Great Song Dynasty to the Liao Kingdom! “

Wang Ningan smiled bitterly, sure enough, the concept is not so easy to change.

"Your Majesty, Weichen thinks that the purchase of Liao salt is instead holding the lifeblood of Liao in the hands of the Great Song Dynasty, which has a hundred benefits and no harm."

Zhao Zhen was puzzled, but still shook his head.

Wang Ningan continued: "In fact, even if Liao salt is not imported, Liao State also smuggles a large amount of salt privately, and they take salt directly from the salt lake, which is cost-effective and of good quality, which cannot be stopped. ”

"Wechen just rejected His Majesty's kindness, it's not that Wechen doesn't care for the people under his rule. The love of parents is cared for and complemented by sticks...... As for the political people, the same should be true, not only for the immediate good of the people, but also for the long-term. Take Weichen as an example, my father forced me to practice martial arts, and I never relented. Weichen doesn't want the people to make salt, but he doesn't want them to develop the habit of being lazy. Weichen hopes that the people under his rule can have a skill, no matter when, they can earn food with their real skills, instead of working hard and begging others to eat! ”

Wang Ningan's words really subverted Zhao Zhen's understanding for decades.

For a long time, everyone told Zhao Zhen to love the people, take care of the people, and rest for the people...... In the past few decades, Zhao Zhen has indeed always put the people in his heart. But Wang Ningan's words threw out a question that Zhao Zhen had never thought about.

What is good for the people, how can it be considered good for the people?

He thought of salt profits, and Wang Ningan thought of cultivating the skills of the people, boiling seawater to make salt, which is obviously much easier and faster to make money. In contrast, learning a craft, practicing skills, paying a lot, having to endure hardships, sweat and tears, is very bearable. However, as long as you learn the craft, a craftsman will definitely earn more than a Liba who boils salt, and you will have an easy life!

Parents love their children, they can work hard for the long-term, ten years of cold windows, but the court governs the people, and if they suffer a little, some people will jump out and point fingers, some are right, but some may not stand up to scrutiny...... It is not easy to be a good parent official, and it seems even more difficult to be a monarch of tens of millions of people.

The more Zhao Zhen thought about it, the more he felt that his brain was chaotic, and he couldn't figure it out, so he shook his head, let's talk about Liao Yan!

"I guessed right, do you want the people of Liao to get used to making easy money? I'm right, right? ”

"If the Great Song Dynasty opens its door and imports more Liao salt, it will be profitable, and the Liao country will definitely increase the number of people who exploit and traffic salt, if Liao salt can feed 200,000 Liao people, the cattle and sheep business can feed 500,000 Liao people, and the rest of the wood, fur, medicinal materials, jewelry, etc., and feed hundreds of thousands of people, adding up to millions of people, counting their families and relatives, this number is very scary. Your Majesty, if two or three percent of the population of the Liao State lived by trading with the Great Song Dynasty, would the Liao State dare to easily use troops against the Great Song Dynasty? I'm afraid that I don't even have the capital to ban trade, this is called economic bondage, and my Great Song Dynasty can give Liao a way to live, or I can suddenly cut off trade, let Liao fall into civil strife, and completely destroy the economy of Liao! Although we will also be damaged, the foundation of the Great Song Dynasty is thick, the population is large, and the market is large, we can afford it! ”

At this moment, Zhao Zhen was not just shocked, he was simply dumbfounded.

A little Liao Yan can be played by Wang Ningan to this extent!

Zhao Zhen thought about it for a long time, and suddenly saw "Pipe" on the table, isn't this Guan Zhong's method! It's just that Wang Ningan changed a little and started with Liaoyan.

After thinking about it, it's very feasible and it's a really good idea!

Zhao Zhen's generous palm pressed on Wang Ningan's shoulder.

"Qing is really my Guan Zhong!"

Wang Ning'an's face was feverish, "Weichen is just a small skill of carving insects, and he can't be on the stage, let alone His Majesty's praise." ”

"No!" Zhao Zhen stubbornly insisted: "You deserve it, the civil servants of the Manchu Dynasty, talking about the past and the present, poetry and songs, are all a belly of knowledge, and they can only encounter the national economy and people's livelihood, internal and external troubles, and they are helpless one by one." Zhao Zhen turned his head and said to Chen Lin: "Go, prepare the imperial meal, I want to treat you." ”