Chapter 63: Experience (II)

"Transporting grain? Lord, please forgive Berwyn for being stupid! Liu Bowen was pondering how to take advantage of the drought in the north to kill the killer, and suddenly heard that his lord actually wanted to take the initiative to help the Mengyuan court resolve the food shortage crisis, and couldn't help frowning and asking.

"Without him, I don't want the Mengyuan Imperial Court to make a trade-off!" Zhu Chongjiu smiled and explained very confidently. "It is said that there are 30% more grain boats heading north on the canal than in previous years. I'm afraid it's not entirely because of the drought. and those princes competing to fence the land to raise sheep, presumably inseparable. In this case, why don't we help Ha Mahjong stabilize the price of grain in the capital, so that those princes can be more active in turning fertile land into pasture? ”

"Then when the time comes, the lord will suddenly make it difficult to cut off the canal, and the food on Mengyuan's side will immediately be unsustainable!" After hearing this, Liu Bowen suddenly felt a pang in his heart, returned to China to look at Zhu Chongjiu, and said in a daze.

This was ten times more vicious than the strategy he was thinking about just now. First, provide a large amount of food to the north to cover up the food shortage crisis that has gradually emerged. Until the crisis is so big that it is completely uncontrollable, there will be another bottom of the kettle. At that time, the Mengyuan Imperial Court may not even be able to take out the most basic relief food, and can only watch the soldiers and civilians starve to death!

When did his lord become so ruthless? Did he give him a poison plan and sacrifice too much, so that he completely changed him?

In an instant, Liu Ji and Liu Bowen felt a cold air "swooping" from the soles of their feet to their top doors. However, at this time, Zhu Chongjiu smiled again and added inadvertently, "If you let the grain prices rise in the north now, in case Tuhuan Timur notices it, he will definitely forcibly turn the pasture back into farmland in the coming year." As long as the fluctuation of grain prices is not so severe, the Mengyuan court will not take drastic measures. However, the yield of wheat fields in the north is not high, and raising sheep is far more cost-effective than growing wheat. In this way, those Mongol princes and nobles were more willing to find people to graze cattle rather than grow crops. And the bigger the ranch they open up, the more reluctant they are to turn their faces with our big buyer. If Tuhuan Timur wants to intervene in the war between us and the Pujia family in Fujian, the more vulnerable he will be to the elbows of those princes and nobles."

It turned out to be to avoid fighting at both ends! Liu Ji and Liu Bowen heard that the cold air that was surging up from the soles of his feet immediately dropped a lot. But is it true that the lord of his own family is just trying to avoid fighting on two fronts? Really didn't think about artificially creating a great famine in the north? Raising his head, his gaze quickly swept over Zhu Chongjiu's face. It's still the harmless smile of humans and animals, familiar and unfamiliar.

This is a commercial method, just like "Liu Bowen was seen by Liu Bowen for no reason, and Zhu Chongjiu explained casually. However, halfway through his words, he suddenly realized that he could not continue the conversation at all.

In Zhu Dapeng's memory, there are similar marketing methods. For example, sell the printer at a price below cost, and then sell toner and cartridges at a tenfold or more profit. Another example is to use free software to occupy the market first, and then use derivatives of guò software or entrainment advertising to recover funds. There are all kinds of things, and they are far more complex than the relationship between grain and wool.

However, there is no second person in the whole world who has the same memory other than himself. Therefore, no matter how you explain it to anyone, it will inevitably make the problem more complicated the more you explain it.

This sudden hesitation fell in Liu Bowen's eyes, and it turned into a conscience, or a desire to cover it up. Therefore, the latter immediately shook his head with a smile again, and preemptively said: "The two countries are in confrontation, and they will do everything!" The lord doesn't need to say much, just leave it to Weichen to do! ”

"That" Zhu Chongjiu opened his mouth and wanted to add a few more words, but he couldn't think of where to start after all. So, he also shook his head and said with a smile: "Then there is Lauberwin!" Taking advantage of the recent opening of various ministries to cross the river one after another, the two of us can still be idle in Yangzhou for a few days. You ask the staff to come up with a strategy, show it to me, and put it into practice immediately! ”

"Yes!" Liu Bowen put away his smile and solemnly saluted.

Zhu Chongjiu nodded at him, and walked to the front door of Yangzhou Road Huke with a smile. He should have seen it, he had already seen it. Some things that I was not sure of in the past now have a solid foundation in my heart. Therefore, there is no need for him to continue to stay in Toko. Otherwise, not only will the local officials feel too much pressure, but he himself will feel uncomfortable.

However, when the footsteps had just left the gate of the household department, I saw the long queue in front of the yamen of the military department next door to sign up for the army. He suddenly remembered another thing, stopped his steps, and asked Xu Hongsan, who was following closely by his side: "Has the Privy Council already started to do the matter of the detachment of the auxiliaries from the legions?" What is the progress of the process, and how did the auxiliary regiments under the Guards Brigade react? ”

Xu Hongsan has long been accustomed to working as a personal guard and a part-time personal staff officer, thought about it, and responded loudly, "Lord Qi, Liu Zhiyuan has already started to do it again." But the action is not big. At present, the teams that go south are still matched with the original auxiliaries. It's just that in terms of amount, some cropping has been done. The remaining auxiliaries were temporarily left in the barracks outside Yangzhou. First of all, we will try to unify the reorganization and training. And then according to the specific needs, it will be transferred outward one after another! ”

"Ziyun is cautious!" Zhu Chongjiu smiled and nodded, and then ordered in a low voice: "Tomorrow you go to the Privy Council and inform him." Let's just say that I found that Han Lao Liu can speak well, and he can help train auxiliary soldiers! ”

"Yes!" Xu Hongsan didn't think about it, and agreed without hesitation. Then, only to realize the content of this sentence was stunned, and a trace of surprise welled up on his face.

The governor is still the same governor, no matter how powerful the newcomer is, he has never forgotten the old brothers who fought the world together in his heart. No matter how disappointed the old brother's expression was, as long as he could change his ways, he would not hesitate to give the other person another chance. Let the other person return to his side and continue to fight side by side.

You can fight the country together, and you can also enjoy wealth together. With such a lord, who can bear to abandon him? Such a lord, who can still follow him without giving up after meeting him?

was sighing with emotion, but saw Liu Bowen chasing after him quickly, and reminded in a low voice: "Lord, there are quite a few young people who came to join the army today. Wechen should have congratulated the Lord. However, if so much land is divided, won't there be many people who will have to farm? This policy seems to be inconsistent with the Lord's previous strategy of supporting industry and commerce! ”

"Berwyn really sees the long term!" Zhu Chongjiu listened, just thought about it for a while, and shook his head with a smile. "It doesn't matter, the benefits of farming are limited after all. And to be strict zhòng is affected by the climate and the season. And as long as the river continues to flow, the workshop can continue to operate. Wool and cotton can be spun into thread, woven into cloth, and then marketed all over the world. Therefore, the general trend of the world in the future is that farming is not as good as raising sheep. And raising sheep is not as good as opening factories and workshops after all. As long as I, Huaiyang, is not captured by the enemy, this is common sense. And the common people, eventually, will completely change their way of making a living, forced or voluntarily moved from the land to the city! ”

"This?" Hearing Zhu Chongjiu say so confidently, Liu Bowen was slightly stunned, and his eyes showed a little confusion.

Another question that could not be explained to the other party, Zhu Chongjiu smiled and sighed softly. The enclosure movement and sheep cannibalism, in the memory of another time and space, are not legends, but bloody realities. The so-called "pigs in industrialized countries eat better than the people in purely agricultural countries!" And it's not just a joke.

In another time and space, there is a more vivid example of package production to households. How joyful the peasants were when they were once again given the land. In less than 30 years, farming has become a chore. A large number of fields have been abandoned, and a large number of farmers have preferred to go to the cities to do the simplest jobs and receive the lowest wages than to return to their hometowns.

As soon as industrialization began, traditional agriculture quickly lost its place. This is an empirical talk about the development of human civilization, but unfortunately, no one around can understand it.

Thinking of this, Zhu Chongjiu turned his heart sideways, and suddenly made a bold decision, "Berwyn, I have a few books, which are the secret of the master's sect. If you're interested, you might as well find a time to pick it up at my house. ”

"The secret of the master's sect?" When Liu Bowen heard this, he was slightly stunned, and then his face was full of ecstasy. Take a half step forward, bow down and bow, "Thank you, lord!" The lord knows the grace of the encounter, Berwyn is broken to pieces, and it is difficult to repay it! ”

He never believed that Zhu Chongjiu was just a simple pig killer, and his self-esteem did not allow Zhu Chongjiu to be really an illiterate butcher. A butcher who can't read big characters can't write a wonderful word as domineering as "Qinyuan Spring"! It is impossible for a butcher who cannot read big characters to make so many ingenious artifacts.

The only explanation is that Zhu Chongjiu once secretly worshipped a hermit as a teacher like Zhang Liang, and got his hands on it. This is the answer that Liu Bowen can most accept and most in line with his imagination. And today, Zhu Chongjiu actually took the initiative to reveal the secret, and was willing to share what he learned with himself, how could he not be excited?

"Berwyn, please get up!" Zhu Chongjiu held Liu Bowen with both hands, and added with a smile, "These things are originally going to be spread out sooner or later." So, let's just start with you. ”

As he spoke, he quickly turned his head to Xu Hongsan, "You will ask the Privy Council to give Wang Kerou and Wu Yongchun an order tomorrow, and from now on, if there are people in the north who flee across the river, they will be allowed to do their best." Since we Huaiyang are not short of food, it doesn't hurt to take in a few more groups of displaced people! ”

"Yes!" Xu Hongsan has never questioned his father-in-law's decision, and immediately took orders loudly.

Liu Bowen quickly calmed down from the excitement, looked at Zhu Chongjiu from the side, and shook his head lightly: "While making the people in the north have no land to plant, we are also recruiting them to work in Huaiyang." The lord's methods are really getting more and more sophisticated! Could it be that this is also one of his masters? The person who can come up with such a ruthless idea is the real poisoner. Let others do all the bad things, and I will do the good things myself. Compared with him, Liu's so-called vicious ideas before are simply an axe! ”