Chapter 112: Official Trade
Su Xiaoniang remembered the lyrics and songs in her heart, chanted them several times, and then gave Li Yanzhao a blessing and said with a smile: "I have this song today, I am happy in my heart, and I want to thank the general for teaching me." ”
"The last general's rhythm is shallow, and he gets an axe in front of the little lady, and his heart is really scared." Li Yanzhao was not embarrassed at this time, and smiled at Su Xiaoniang.
"Harvesting summer grain is a big deal, and I hope the little lady will allow me to return to the field and continue to work."
Hearing Li Yanzhao's farewell, Mrs. Su also bowed as a courtesy: "The general will do it himself." The slave family has a lot of troubles today, and I hope the general will not blame it. ”
"Wherever, it is a pleasure to have a discussion with the little lady."
After saying goodbye to Little Lady Su, Li Yanzhao returned to the field again, greeted his subordinates, finished resting, and got up to continue working.
Then, after more than ten days of intense labor, the summer grain was finally harvested. According to the orders of the county government, the soldiers of the Guangwu army remained in the fields to assist the households in the counties and rush to sow winter wheat before the arrival of winter.
Although Guangwu is south of the Great Wall, winter wheat can be sown. However, due to the low temperature, it is necessary to plow the field repeatedly to make the furrow as deep as possible before sowing. Moreover, when the temperature plummets in winter, the fields cannot be watered to prevent the wheat seeds from freezing and causing a reduction in yield.
This is because winter wheat is being sown for the first time in the whole county. Therefore, the government sent a large number of its own households, all of whom were farmers who had participated in the planting of winter wheat in the fields of the government in the past year. The prince ordered them to accompany the county officials to go down to the fields and pass on their experience of planting winter wheat to the households in the county.
Today, all the affairs of Guangwu County are on the right track. In addition to the original organization of the county government, the government has added several small departments, and the Sannong Department is responsible for agricultural production in the county government. The Instruments Department is in charge of craftsmen and is responsible for supervising the manufacture of civilian or military weapons produced by the county government. In addition to this, a cargo division has been added.
As the name suggests, this department is in charge of the official foreign trade of the county government. It was in the middle of the Fujun year, when he saw Li Yanzhao returning from the state rule, he had a discussion with him for a while, and then he was inspired by Li Yanzhao's reference to the development model of later generations and put forward such an idea of official control of capital.
At this time, because the family gate lord was in power and constituted the main body of the government, the capital controlled by the official was not abundant. Fang Zhen like Xin Fei who is diligent in his work and has little selfishness is really rare. Although the northern land fell, whether it was Liangzhou or the Jin court in the south of the Yangtze River, the high-ranking families of the various scholars were still addicted to extravagant pleasures. It is by no means uncommon to enrich one's own pockets.
The high families of the scholars are full of their own pockets, which means that the common people and the treasury are stretched. The same is true for Guangwu County. Although the profits from novelties such as horse harness and pencils enabled Gwangmu County to survive the refugee crisis that broke out this year. However, it was only enough to get through. If the treasury was empty at that time, Li Yanzhao really didn't dare to imagine what kind of chaos the situation would become.
Therefore, this refugee crisis is naturally deeply worrying for the government. Out of the intention of taking precautions, he listened to Li Yanzhao's advice, set up this small cargo and colonization department, and found a few agents in the Liangzhou business community, in exchange for the huge productivity and policies of the county government, and acquiesced to them to take a cut of these official transactions in exchange for the support of these merchant families in the county government, and the implementation of this matter.
When it comes to this, these businessmen naturally have nothing to follow. After all, the county government gives supply convenience and policy support. It's a good thing for these people. However, some people rejoice and some are worried. Suo's hearing the news of this matter couldn't sit still, and went to the county government several times to lobby the king, and brought out the Taifu who was in a high position in the state to join the army Suofu, and finally forced the prince to back down and acquiesced to Suo's participation in the matter.
The particularity of this era determines that these profitable things will not lack the noble family to intervene. After Suo's intervention in this matter, the few businessmen originally selected by the county government were quickly marginalized by Suo's huge strength. Since then, the official transaction of Guangwu County has almost been dominated by the Suo's family. Those who have chosen a good businessman can only get some soup to drink.
The scholars came to intervene, but Li Yanzhao didn't expect it. His original intention was to bypass these nobles and achieve the purpose of enriching the treasury through official control of capital and the commercial market. However, the gentry came in and intervened, which he did not expect.
Since the scholars are involved, the plan that he originally envisioned to make the treasury abundant will obviously be greatly reduced. Although Sogs will not be able to monopolize the fruits of these official trades, it is obvious that the income of the county government will be greatly reduced for their involvement. It must be known that although most of these noble families are not very good, the resources required to maintain their family's expenses are far from a small amount.
Li Yanzhao meditated all night, but he didn't sort out a clue about these complicated things. He is not good at scheming, but now in the face of this situation, he really does not have a better way.
Among the nine counties in Liangzhou, Guangwu is a county that was established relatively late. The only person in the Shi clan county who looks at this place is the Suo family, which has caused the situation of the Suo family dominating the county in front of them. Even if you want to form a balance with Soxh, it is impossible.
After thinking about it, Li Yanzhao could only say that the cargo division would set up a caravan on its own, and it would be directly managed by the county government. The "collaboration" with Soxhlet continues. lest they sin against the family of scholars. However, the amount of goods that were given to circulate was greatly reduced from the amount previously planned, and the reduced goods were handed over to the caravans under the direct command of the county government for trade.
The Xin family is also a high-ranking family in Liangzhou, and many of his children serve in the counties and counties of the state. Although the state did not have a central reinforcement, the division of the towns in various places also paved a convenient route for the upcoming official trade.
After finishing the harvesting and sowing chores, the Guangwu generals finally got back on track. After this spring ploughing and autumn planting, the image of the soldiers of the Guangwu Army in the eyes of the people of this county has been raised a lot. This is also something that both Fujun and Li Yanzhao did not expect, which can be regarded as an unexpected joy.
Now that it was winter, the prince of the prefecture was in charge of the county's commerce and trade, and Li Yanzhao led hundreds of soldiers under his command to pick up swords, guns, bows and arrows again, and devoted himself to the hot training.
Now the school yard of the cavalry camp has also been set up outside the camp. The size of the hundreds of cavalry is a problem with the small school yard in the battalion, let alone making these cavalrymen gallop back and forth, robbing and archery.
Three miles outside the camp, the cavalry of the Guangwu Army were all riding horses, holding halberds in their hands, and hanging bows and knives from their waists, and they were neatly staring at the newly opened school field in front of them.
On the edge of the school field, there is a row of neatly arranged straw men. On the side of the cavalry phalanx, under the call of Li Yanzhao, a few horses slowly walked out of the team.
"I haven't held a bow and knife for a long time, but everyone's skills have been unfamiliar?" Li Yanzhao pressed the reins of the horizontal gun, raised the horsewhip in his hand in front of the queue, pointed to the straw man on the side of the school field, and asked his soldiers in a loud voice.
"General Hui, I know the skills well, and I have never seen anything wrong!" Li Yanzhao raised his head and saw that the person who replied was Song Qing, the head of a hundred people. smiled immediately and said: "The skills are not sparse, and I have seen the real chapter on the school field." Remember that the bow and sword in your hand, the garment and the armor in your body, and the food in your mouth are all from the people. ”
"These things are the foundation of our lives, and we should never abandon them for no reason! With skills, it is to kill thieves, protect the safety of one party, and also protect the parents, wives and children of your brothers' families! Practice, killing skills, don't waste it! Remember! Remember! ”
"Subordinates remember the general's teachings!" More than 300 cavalry soldiers shouted out loud. Sonic boom clouds.