Population is the foundation of everything.

Youzhou is located in the northern Xinjiang, has always been vast and sparsely populated, compared with the Central Plains states. When Liu Yuan first arrived in Yuyang a few years ago, the population of the entire Yuyang County was 300,000. After a year of development, consciously accommodating displaced people, coupled with the natural increase in the local population and prisoners of war due to policy and environmental changes, Yuyang is now a veritable county with a large population, with a total number of more than 700,000!

The total population of other counties in Youzhou is only around 900,000.

In other words, the total population of Youzhou has reached nearly two million today.

Two million people is already the limit of what Youzhou can accommodate.

The main reason is the limitation of food production.

Because the new wheat varieties have not yet been promoted.

If every county in Youzhou starts cultivating new wheat seeds, then its population capacity limit will be greatly increased, that is, 10 million people, and there will be no burden.

Therefore, the promotion of new wheat varieties is imperative and fast. Then it is even more necessary to measure and distribute the land quickly.

With the return of Liu Yuan, the development of Youzhou is on the right track, and various regulations and decrees have been issued one after another, and the entire Youzhou is full of vitality.

After two or three days, the piled up documents in the Assassin's Mansion were cleaned up and reviewed by Liu Yuan, and the military, economic and other policies were supervised by his mastermind, and he didn't have to worry too much, only the education part had to be done by him.

Because of the education popularization plan, the main figures involved are Zheng Xuan, Zheng Kangcheng, a great Confucian in China. In the name of Zheng Xuan, only Liu Yuan personally went on a trip, and it was not suitable for others to go.

Zheng Xuan is now staying in Panxi, leading dozens of his students, and is instructing the savage tribe.

Liu Yuan said hello to Guo Jia and others, and took Liu Qi and more than ten others to ride straight to Panxi.

In a courtyard in Panxi City, Zheng Xuan sat behind a desk, holding a ring ruler in his hand, and his face was solemn. Dozens of savages in the hall stared at Zheng Xuan intently, accepting the teaching. These savages are the leaders of various small and medium-sized tribes, and as for the giants such as the Savage King, they have long been arranged by Guo Jia in Yuyang City to teach them alone.

At this time, Liu Yuan arrived.

Walking into this small courtyard, Liu Yuan stopped the little guy who was about to pass through, and stood quietly in the corner, without saying a word.

After about half an hour, Zheng Xuan stopped, took a sip of tea, moistened his throat, picked up the ring ruler and knocked it on the table three times, and said, "Rest for a quarter of an hour." ”

Hearing this, Liu Yuan also came back to his senses, and his expression was a little unfinished.

Zheng Xuan is worthy of the great Confucianism at home, his lectures are based on classics, and the essence of each faction of Bona, the content is full and fascinating. Even Liu Yuan was attracted, let alone some Erosian savages?

These savages smashed their mouths, stood up and saluted Zheng Xuan, walked to the side in twos and threes, and exchanged words in not very familiar Chinese.

They are all tall and strong, with thick fur on their faces and hands, but they are wearing student clothes and talking about learning, how Liu Yuan looks at it and feels awkward.

Shaking his head, Liu Yuan stepped forward and saluted Zheng Xuan, who was flipping through the books, and said, "Kang Chenggong, student Liu Yuan greets." ”

Zheng Xuan looked up, a smile appeared on his face, and said, "Master Hou is here, sit down quickly." ”

"I don't know what the Hou Ye is here, what's the matter?"

Liu Yuan turned his face to look at the five groups of Eros, three in a bunch not far away, and couldn't help but smile, and said, "The students are here, one of them wants to see the level of education of the Eros, and ask Kang Chenggong if he has any requirements; Second, I want to discuss something with Kang Chenggong. ”

Zheng Xuan put down the book in his hand and said with a smile: "Where is there any difficulty." Although these Erosians are untamable, they are particularly eager for learning. The old man has only taught them for a few months, and they have all learned to communicate in Chinese, and from time to time they can quote scriptures and refute others, hehe"

"This is Kang Chenggong's teaching, if it is the students, maybe they will all riot, haha"

"Students are now struggling with the history of Youzhou and planning for the people of Youzhou, and if they want to establish an education system, they have to help Kang Chenggong."

"Oh? Building an education system? When Zheng Xuan heard this, his eyes lit up. The education system of the Han Dynasty was very chaotic, and most of them served the great families, and the common people were basically illiterate. Zheng Xuan, as a great Confucian, how can he not know the drawbacks? Now that Liu Yuan has proposed the establishment of an education system, he can't help but be impressed.

"Yes. According to the students' ideas, this educational system is divided into four stages and two parts. ”

"The first stage is the rural primary school. Establish schools in various villages to popularize enlightenment knowledge for a period of three years; The second stage is the town-level middle school. Each town is required to establish a secondary school, and those who have passed the third year of primary school can enter the secondary school and continue to receive advanced education for a limited period of three years; The third stage is county-level high schools. Each county must establish a high school, and those who have passed the three years of secondary school can enter the high school and receive a deeper education, with a time limit of three years; In the final stage, a university will be established in the state capital to admit those who have passed the high school for education, for a period of three years. ”

"The deans of the schools at all levels are in the same position as officials at all levels. For example, the principal of the primary school, the status of Yulu is equal to that of the village; The dean of the middle school is the same as the mayor of the town, and the high school is the same as the county magistrate. ”

"The two parts are for the civil and military. The Ministry of Culture and Culture trained civilian officials for the Empire, and the Ministry of Martial Arts taught martial arts and tactics to train officers for the Empire. Of course, students of the Ministry of Education should also be involved in martial arts, after all, the body is the capital of everything, the body is strong, the spirit is good, and the spirit is full to do more for the country and the people; Martial arts students also have to learn culture, and I don't want military attachés to be all reckless. ”

After Zheng Xuan listened, he fell into deep thought, and his right hand unconsciously tapped on the desk.

"Master Hou is high, the old man admires!" Zheng Xuan thought for a moment, his face was full of admiration, he sighed: "After the old man resigned, he devoted himself to preaching and teaching, but he always felt that he was unable to do it, but because there was no political axe to support it, now Hou Ye fully supports education, and has come up with a set of watertight systems, Zheng Xuan is happy, and is willing to make a contribution to support Hou Ye." ”

Liu Yuan was overjoyed when he heard this, and said: "In this case, the student implores Zheng Gong to serve as the first dean of Youzhou University, and asks Zheng Gong not to resign." ”

"The old man agreed," Zheng Xuan happily agreed, and said: "Hou Ye's education system has broken the concept of door valves, and I am afraid of being blamed, so Hou Ye must be careful." ”

"Haha, I, Liu Yuan, have received a lot of responsibilities, not much of this, not much of him, haha, but the education system is huge, and there are too few teachers in Youzhou, and Zheng Gong has to take action to succeed."

"Master Hou can rest assured that the old man has not many others, but there are still many students. Wait for the old man to write a few letters, and recruit all the students who are idle at home to contribute to education. Zheng Xuan said, a flash of smugness flashed on his face. Indeed, Zheng Xuan, as a great Confucian in the sea, has taught not a thousand but eight hundred students over the past few decades. Except for some of those who were recruited by the imperial court to be officials, there are still hundreds of idle people at home.

After talking to Zheng Xuan for a while, Liu Yuan left satisfied.

When he returned to Yuyang, he reported that the major commercial houses of Dahan that had received Liu Yuan's invitation had basically sent representatives to Yuyang, and had already arranged a place to live, and asked Liu Yuan when he would hold a tea party.

Liu Yuan pondered for a moment and told Fu Zhi to let him inform the representatives of the chambers of commerce that since everyone had arrived, then he would hold a tea party in the Assassin's Mansion early in the morning.

Frustrated, he was given the order to go down.

The next morning, Liu Yuan washed up and came to the living room, which was already full of people.

When these representatives of the Chamber of Commerce saw Liu Yuan arrive, they all got up and saluted.

Liu Yuan sat down, looked at it carefully, and then said: "Today, representatives of chambers of commerce from all over the Han Dynasty have gathered together, which can be described as a grand event for businessmen, and it is an honor for Yuan to preside over this tea party." ”

"Among all of you here, there are probably many people who have to come because of Yuan's official position and status. But I tell you that this tea party will not disappoint you. ”

"As you all know, it only took one year for the Central Plains Commercial Bank under my command to develop rapidly and become one of the few chambers of commerce in the Han Dynasty. Have you ever wondered why this happened? The support of official uniforms? Hehe, that's just one of the factors. Yes, because of my reasons, the official uniform does take care of Zhongyuan Commercial Bank, but what do you think, what is the quality of the goods of my Central Plains Commercial Bank? Nice, isn't it? We are in business, businessmen, the first priority, pay attention to integrity; The second is the quality of the product. ”

"If your things are good, you won't have to worry about not being able to sell them, and you will naturally make a lot of money and develop rapidly."

"But this quality involves secret technology. And I, I have the technology! ”

"The development and growth of the Central Plains Commercial Bank may make you jealous. And I, Liu Yuan, am not an unreasonable person, so I can let everyone get a piece of the pie. ”

As soon as these words fell, the hall suddenly became noisy. The representatives of the Chamber of Commerce looked at Liu Yuan tightly, like a wolf seeing a sheep.

"I can sell paper, printing, and even brewing technology. But these three things are just a drop in the bucket, and I still have a lot of advanced technologies, as long as I come up with one, I can make a lot of money! ”

"So, what price is Master Hou going to sell!?"

Someone in the hall asked. Liu Yuan looked at it, but it was a middle-aged man in brocade sitting in the first row. Zhen Yi sat beside Liu Yuan, and whispered in his ear at this time: "Bajun Yan family." ”

When Liu Yuan heard this, his eyes flashed, and he said: "It turned out to be the representative of the Yan family, one of the four major businesses in the world, hehe, papermaking and printing technology, I have long been ready to open up and promote it for the benefit of the world. ”

After speaking, Liu Yuan said: "Everyone knows that business mainly involves the four major industries of food, clothing, housing and transportation, as for salt, iron, grain and grass, let's ignore it first." ”

"Let's talk about this first. Everyone must have eaten the dishes of the Hero Building of the Central Plains Commercial Bank under my command, I don't know what you think? ”

"Good!" A young man sitting at the top of the first row said: "In the Hero Building, not only are the dishes diverse, unheard of, but also the color, flavor and flavor, which can be described as the leading wine shop in the Han Dynasty. ”

"Mi family Mi Zhu" Zhen Yi said softly at the right time.

"It turned out to be Mi Zhu," Liu Yuan said secretly.

This Mr. Mi's words must also be agreed by everyone. My hero building is very profitable, and some people are probably very angry. I want to open the hero building all over the Han, I'm afraid everyone is unwilling, but I have to do it, which is a contradiction. I thought about it and finally came up with a solution. ”

"In the future, every time a hero building is opened in various places, I will cooperate with the local chamber of commerce. The Chamber of Commerce provided the land and helped build it, and I gave him 20% of the profit! ”

"Even your various chambers of commerce can be represented. Anyway, I can give you the recipes for all kinds of dishes, and you can build a restaurant. But this restaurant must be called the Hero Building, and it will give me 30% of the profit every year! ”

Seeing that all the delegates were pondering, Liu Yuan ignored it and continued to talk about clothing, housing, transportation, and so on. New looms, bricks, transport systems, and so on were thrown.

Textile machine, Liu Yuan threw out the water-powered spinning wheel that appeared in the Song Dynasty. This textile machine is fifty or sixty times more powerful than today's textile machines. Once used, the profits are immeasurable.

Bricks, naturally, are blue and red bricks. At this time, most of the houses were made of wooden structures or loess, and the city walls were paved with large bluestone. With bricks, it will be much more convenient. Moreover, the cost of bricks is not high, the technology is simple, and the scope of application is wide, so it is also a huge cake.

Transportation. Liu Yuan called on the major trading houses to unite and establish a reasonable transportation system according to the post station system of the imperial court. You can help major commercial banks transport supplies and even help people deliver letters. Among them, the profit is distributed according to the pay.

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