Is there any realistic rationality for Xu Lie's claim? If you really carefully analyze the behavior of the bandits in Baoqizhai for more than half a year, which time was provoked by the imperial court, that is to say, Xu Lie and the bandits in Baoqizhai have been full of "self-defense" from beginning to end. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

The first attack on the county seat was Xu Lie's "saving his father", which in the eyes of traditional culture, was the act of filial piety, although many people were killed and injured, but in the end he did not kill Zhixian. The second attack on Sun Qicai's family is also an act of revenge, and it is understandable that there is no revenge and no gentleman. The third time was to fight back against the encirclement and suppression of the Qing army under the Baoqian Mountain, and the fourth time to fight with Zhang Rumei, the governor of Shandong, all of which belonged to self-protection and self-defense, and in addition to killing the only Yuxian, Xu Lie and the Mengshan Army of Baoqian Village did not take the initiative to kill any court officials.

The most shocking one was to attack the bandit Chen Harizi in Aotou Mountain, killing all 800 people on the other side and building a Jingguan, but the premise was that the other party had bloodied the people of Mengyin Dengwal Town, Xu Lie's behavior can be called "protecting the territory and the people" and belongs to the righteous side.

If the imperial court can see the situation clearly, it can "recruit An" to Xu Lie. It's just that the imperial court doesn't know what Xu Lie really thinks in his heart.

Perhaps it was to reflect what Xu Lie said that it could delay the attack of the imperial court. After entering September, Mengyin's business first made a major breakthrough.

From the shade to the outside, it can also be called "extending in all directions". From Mengyin to the east, it is Yishui, and then all the way to the east, it is Wulian, Zhucheng, and Qingdao; From Mengyin to the southeast, it is Yinan and Yizhou (Linyi), and from Yinan to the east, it will be the sunshine of Juxian County and later generations; Mengyin to the north, then Xintai, Laiwu, and Laiwu can be west to Tai'an, north to Zhangqiu, Jinan.

The only direction that Mengyin is not accessible is to the west, and the distance in a straight line to the west is only 40 kilometers to Pingyi, but in the 21st century of the original time and space, there is no road between Mengyin and Pingyi because of a big mountain.

Lv Xiang, Minister of Industry and Commerce of Mengyin, and Mengyin merchants, there are two main business routes opened before, one is to the southwest to Yizhou, because Yizhou is further south of Haizhou, Xuzhou and other places, and goods can enter northern Jiangsu; The second is to the north through Xintai, Laiwu to the Jinan line. Commercial sales to the east to Yishui are also available, but they do not seem to be thriving in either of the above directions.

But no matter how prosperous it is, before August, the weekly sales were only a few thousand taels of silver. After entering August, sales began to enter about 10,000 taels per week.

In September, sales increased to 20,000 taels a week, and they are still growing rapidly.

Some people may doubt the authenticity of this figure, Nima has to pay so much military salaries and labor expenses, is that little sales enough to cover expenses?

This suspicion is not true. The reason is that this is only a transaction of cash silver, and there are some goods that have been discounted back, and even if it is a few thousand taels of silver per week in the early days, it is actually a "pure profit", because Xu Lie does not need to pay silver taels to the original time and space.

And the capital of these goods from the original time and space, Xu Lie had a little money before, and he didn't dare to say how much that money was, and there were still tens of millions of soft sister coins.

Then Xu Lie made a lot of root carving materials, those things are not worth much in the new time and space, but they are quite valuable in the original time and space, because those huge and tangible tree lumps, not to mention the tree material, just say that their huge volume and shape belong to the treasure that can not be found, those things, in the new time and space, may be worth tens of thousands of taels or at most 100,000 taels of silver, but in the original time and space, it was estimated that the sky-high price of 600 million soft girl coins.

"Why is there such a sharp increase in sales lately?" This question naturally has to be asked to Lu Xiang.

"Commander, I was about to report back to you. Because since the Mengshan army completely annihilated Zhang Rumei's Qing army in the Pig Waist Valley in mid-June, the nearby counties have not only adopted a 'turn a blind eye' attitude towards our Mengyin merchants, but also their county magistrates have mixed in our business through their masters or family members. So, it's no wonder that this business is not good. ”

Lu Xiang said with some pride.

"These county masters won't be insatiable, right?" Xu Lie is a human being, how can he not know that the bustle of the world is for profit, and the world is shouting, all for profit, as long as it is beneficial, no matter which era and which country's businessmen, they dare to take all kinds of risks, even if it is the risk of cutting off their heads, as long as the benefits are enough.

"Of course, their asking price is relatively high. However, I'm talking about how if the asking price is too high and it affects Mengyin's business, maybe one day the Mengshan army suddenly drives to your county, don't say that I didn't say hello? In the end, these guys were probably scared of the commander, and they ended up taking eight percent of the goods as their taxes and personal compensation. ”

"Hehe, they're scared of you, right?" Xu Lie said with a smile. Xu Lie was not disgusted by Lu Xiang's self-assertion, because this kind of proposition was beneficial to Mengyin. Moreover, the counties near Mengyin have eaten so much, so when their army really drives to these counties, it will be easier for everyone's interests to be tied together.

Here, it involves Xu Lie's views or ideas on the grassroots bureaucrats of the new time and space, including the so-called gentry. The radical concept of the original time and space is to overthrow and deprive all these propertied people, first equalize the rich and the poor, and first completely destroy the society, and then develop. And then it turns out that approach isn't the best way to do it.

Of course, due to the lack of foreign aid in the original time and space, the method of depriving the propertied is not only supported by some theories, but also has a practical need, and if the propertied are not deprived without compensation, the country's starting goods may not be found.

However, Xu Lie suddenly inserted into this new time and space, and the conditions were different. Because Xu Lie has strong foreign aid! In Xu Lie's view, the old bureaucracy of a county's prefect obtained only tens of millions of taels of silver a year through legitimate means (including commerce), and the so-called three-year Qing prefect and 100,000 snowflakes of silver are of course greedy.

Tens of millions of taels of silver, if you look at it from the perspective of the poor, it is indeed a huge wealth, but from the height of the original time and space, it is just a rich man. And new business enterprises can easily exceed that level of goods.

Because of this, Xu Lie is not particularly repulsive to the old bureaucrats, and can even take the initiative to absorb them into his camp. Of course, there are prerequisites, first, you must accept Xu Lie's concept; Second, the rules set by Xu Lie's forces must be followed.

In Xu Lie's view, those who meet these two items belong to his camp and his allies.

Accepting Xu Lie's philosophy is not just words, but must be embodied in action. For example, if Xu Lie encourages industry and commerce, restricts landlords, and especially restricts the production methods of landlords who employ long-term laborers, but you are in Xu Lie's system, but you continue to annex land and hire a large number of long-term laborers, such people will inevitably be ruthlessly attacked by Xu Lie.