A straight road, bringing about changes, is almost unimaginable.

With the resolution of the Jiaozi crisis, the biggest problem of currency shortage has also been solved, which is as if the second pulse of Ren Du has been opened and soared into the sky.

In the northwest market, there were originally only two or three percent of the Bashu goods, which were instantly enriched.

Millions of Shu brocade, not only the capital and Jingzhao Mansion to buy a large number of people, but even many merchants from the Western Regions also came.

These people are different from the merchants of the Great Song Dynasty, they all hold real money and silver, and they sweep the goods directly, without even looking at them, and their crazy energy is simply dumbfounded.

In addition to Shu brocade, there are lacquerware, bambooware, pottery, tung oil, bristle brushes, well salt, bacon, tea, and medicinal materials of Bashu...... In addition, a few years ago, Wang Ning'an opened up the trade route of Bashu and Dali, according to common sense, Dali took the southeast sea route, the speed is not slow, and the volume is large, the freight is low.

But don't forget, Dali is not near the sea, shipments must go through Jiaozhi, between the two countries, the contradiction is not small, and Dali's goods will be seized at every turn, making Dali very depressed.

Although the road to Bashu is difficult, fortunately, it directly enters the hinterland of the Great Song Dynasty and does not make it difficult.

Therefore, the merchants of Dali also trafficked their livestock, copper mines, timber, peacock feathers, rhino horns and other goods to Yizhou, and then transported them to Jingzhao Province through the straight road.

After having Dali's copper ingots, Yizhou, Jingzhaofu, and southern Sichuan added a total of three money supervisors to mint copper coins on the spot.

Although Jiaozi is popular, it must also be supported by metal currency, which at least plays a reassuring role. The direct consequence was that the tribes of Tubo and Qingtang also began to accept Jiaozi, they drove cattle and sheep, took felt, handicrafts, and precious stones, came to Yizhou and other places, exchanged them for silk well salt, and the cycle continued.

Speaking of which, in fact, the entire western trade route is open.

As the largest market and the largest production base in the west, Shudi has benefited the most in this round of development.

Therefore, Jingzhao Mansion, Luoyang and other places are all full of smiling Bashu merchants.

Su Xun and Su Shi's father and son, as well as Chen Xiliang and other officials in Beijing, Bashu and other officials, came to watch and participate in the grand event. In addition, the great Confucian Wang Fang also brought many disciples out of Sichuan, and wanted to go to Beijing to study, looking for opportunities and increasing his knowledge.

The two sides met in Jingzhao Mansion, and as soon as they met, they talked loudly and rejoiced.

"This road is well repaired, from Yizhou to Sichuan, it usually takes at least two months to walk, but now it is fast, and within half a month, you can reach the capital...... Think about it, in order to go out of Sichuan to study, we had to take the waterway, and the boat rocked, and the intestines were about to vomit. Wang Fang smiled and said: "Brother Lao Quan, Brother Gongbi, maybe you don't know that in the past two years, there have been more and more people planting mulberry and raising silkworms, with a minimum of four or five hundred acres, a maximum of several thousand acres, and even tens of thousands of acres...... As soon as the straight road is passed, the Silk Road will be opened again, and I am afraid that the number of mulberry trees will be doubled, and Shu will be considered prosperous. ”

Chen Xiliang was a little worried, and couldn't help but say: "What if everyone grows mulberry and silkworms, no one cultivates the fields, and the people don't have food?" ”

As soon as he said this, he immediately attracted Su Xun's eyes.

"What, Brother Quan, could it be that what I said is wrong?"

"Of course it was right in the past, but now it's different." Su Xun said: "The old man has observed in the past few years, the overseas land is fertile, take Jiaozhi as an example, it is actually three crops a year, and one-third of the grain in the capital over the years comes from Jiaozhi, and the grain is not enough, so it is transferred out!" As long as the food route is safe, there is nothing to be afraid of,"

"Something is wrong!"

Chen Xiliang became stubborn and argued: "If there is food, the land can be annexed, and the people have no land and become homeless, and they will also have chaos." ”

At this time, Wang Fang twisted his beard, shook his head and smiled: "Brother Gongbi, we Zhongyan Academy have thought about this matter for a long time, and we also sent an investigation report to Wang Xianggong. Land annexation is a necessity, the common people lose their fields, they can go to the city to work, on both sides of this straight road, aren't they all shops and warehouses! The more prosperous the economy and trade, the more people are needed, the more jobs they have, of course, there will be people who have no place to stand, in fact, they can go overseas, to the Western Regions, where the land is vast and the population is sparse, but there is a shortage of Han people! ”

Chen Xiliang shook his head again and said, "No, it's still not possible!" How cruel it is to be uprooted from home and separated from relatives! ”

Su Xun smiled, "Gongbi, having said that, but let me ask you, there are so many children in the Chen family, how can you be willing to let them study everywhere?" Go out and work hard. ”

"Well, isn't this for their good?"

Su Xun took the words and said with a smile: "The court is doing this for the good of the people of Bashu!" ”

Chen Xiliang was suddenly speechless by the question, he turned his head, looked at the bustling streets outside, the crowds of people coming and going, and couldn't help but be confused, maybe he was really wrong?

……

"Building straightways, digging canals, in fact, it's all the same." Su Shi sat opposite Zhao Zongyuan and Gouya'er, gnawing on his elbows and saying: "It's all infrastructure, it costs a lot of money, and a lot of manpower is used. ”

Zhao Zongyuan was not convinced, "Then, why did Emperor Yang of Sui dig a canal and die in the country, while my Great Song Dynasty repaired a straight road, but commerce and trade flourished, and the people applauded?" ”

"This ...... Of course, it's simple. Su Shi laughed and said, "Your Highness, do you know that Emperor Yang of Sui fought Goryeo?" ”

"Well, he was defeated, the national strength was consumed, the people's resentment boiled, there were rebels everywhere, and the second Sui Dynasty died, he was the culprit."

"Hahaha. His Royal Highness is wise, and the minister dares to ask His Highness to think about it, if Yang Guang wins, he will get the captives of Goryeo to the Central Plains and be responsible for repairing the canal. If you exhaust them all to death, use the bones of these people to pile up a canal, and don't damage the people of the Great Sui, what will happen to the world? ”

"This ......"

Zhao Zongyuan instantly fell into confusion, he wanted to refute, but suddenly remembered that he used a lot of Qingtang prisoners to cultivate the straight way. Even from Hebei, several groups of people from the Wa Kingdom and Goryeo were brought over by maritime merchants, saying that they were working for the Great Song Dynasty to make a lot of money, but they were all sent to Bashu to repair roads, and most of them were exhausted.

When Zhao Zongyuan was in the northwest, he also saw some surviving Japanese people, who were dragged to act as people's husbands and transport grain to Hengshan.

His Royal Highness the Crown Prince suddenly discovered that his most respected master, Wang Ning'an, who presided over the cultivation of the Sichuan-Shaanxi Straight Road, did what Su Shi said.

There is almost no difference from the actions of the tyrant Yang Guang.

If there is a difference, it is that the Great Song Dynasty won at the Qingtang Kaibian, while Yang Guang's expedition to Goryeo was defeated...... How could it be, how could it be? Zhao Zongyuan became more and more messy, he used to think that the kings who had always been faint, tyrants, and dead kings were all from the inside out, terrible, and incurable, and all he did was to harm the people, and his heart was as black as ink.

But he suddenly found that Emperor Yang of Sui may have the same idea as his master, but he was just unlucky.

Is Master a villain?

Definitely not.

What about Yang Guang!

Is he really Mingjun?

But why do history books have to be written like that?

Is it really a king or a loser, not asking about right and wrong, only about success or failure?

However, what is it that Kong said to be benevolent and Meng said to take righteousness? The two sages of Confucius and Mencius don't talk about success, they only talk about benevolence and righteousness, aren't they cheaters?

Zhao Zongyuan hugged his head in pain and fell into a tangle again.

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Su Shi finished biting his elbow and quietly withdrew from the private room, and the dog teeth followed him, pouting his cheeks, and said angrily: "Uncle, your nonsense is just Your Highness!" The construction of the Grand Canal started from Emperor Wen of Sui, and in the first year of Emperor Yang of Sui, he requisitioned the people to repair the canal, and as for the conquest of Goryeo, it was a matter of eight years of the great cause! If Emperor Yang of the Sui Dynasty is not a great achievement, he can really be like my father, use the captives and barbarians, step by step, repair the Grand Canal, and then concentrate his forces, pressure Goryeo, and swallow and encroach, maybe the prosperity of the Great Sui can be expected, and he will not have to die and the country will be destroyed! ”

Su Shi blinked his eyes, then took his oily hand and scratched the dog's head.

"This is worthy of what I taught, that is, smart!"

The dog's face was black, and he looked like he was going to eat him.

Su Shihun didn't care, he smiled: "Since you know, why don't you demolish me?" ”

"I, I don't want Your Highness to be fooled by those big turbans, is it useful just to be a good person? Can you make a straight? ”

"Clever!" Su Shi gave Gouya'er a thumbs up, "But, don't let your father hear what you say, otherwise wouldn't he say that he is a bad person!" ”

After Da Su finished speaking, he turned around and went down the stairs, and went to pat his father-in-law's ass with a smoke.

Dogtooth stuck her tongue out at his back.

"And say that my father, you are a genius who is also a liar, a villain, a villain!"

When Gouya'er returned to the private room, Zhao Zongyuan no longer held his head and worried.

Instead, he stood at the window and looked out.

"Your Highness, what do you see?"

Dog Ya'er walked over quickly, and Zhao Zongyuan pointed with his finger.

"Look, it's Bashu's infantry!"

Dogtooth leaned in, and sure enough, on the street, there was a group of people passing quickly. They are generally not tall, but they are very strong, especially their arms and legs, and each of them carries a long spear in his hand, and at the end of the gun carries an iron hook, which can hook the rocks and trees when climbing the mountain.

"Haha!"

Gouya'er stroked his palms and laughed, his eyebrows fluttering, "It's okay this time, let the mountain warriors of Western Xia be arrogant, their nemesis is here!" ”

Zhao Zongyuan asked in surprise: "Can they fight over the mountains?" ”

"That's nature!"

Gouya'er smiled: "Your Highness knows the strategy of restraint, right?" Our dynasty followed the old system of the Han and Tang dynasties, and implemented the fetters system in western Hubei and eastern Sichuan, and even in Lingnan, and the local native soldiers lived in the middle of the mountains, brave and good at fighting, and were not afraid of life and death. is a good soldier, my father and Di Shuai are full of praise. ”

"In the past, the road to Bashu was difficult, and people and horses could not be transferred. Now that the straight road has been repaired, the Sichuan soldiers have gone north, and the hard days of Western Xia have arrived! ”

Dogtooth's words are not accurate, the difficulty in the past is that the soldiers can be transferred, but the food and salary are insufficient, and now the straight road is repaired, which is equivalent to giving the people and horses in the northwest a big granary, which can supply more soldiers.

Looking at the endless teams of soldiers on the street, Zhao Zongyuan couldn't help but exclaim, "The straight road is really good!" ”