"Those barbarians look pitiful, huh?"

"Pathetic? Hehe! ”

"It looks weird. You say, how can a man grow yellow hair, and his skin is as white as if he had lost too much blood. If you look at those guys who look like black charcoal, your whole body will be white. ”

"It's weird, it's just that it's too short? No wonder they broke the kingdom as soon as our army attacked them. ”

The people of Nanton County woke up and found that there were more strange people in the county, and those people wore uniform linen robes, which were black and white vertical striped styles, and it was said that later official slaves wore such strange clothes.

Striped suits are generally used as prison uniforms, in order to look conspicuous enough in black and white, and a large part is to let the guards see more clearly, so as not to be escaped or something.

Alien races, some have seen and some have not, but the people of the empire basically did not deliberately run over to watch, and their concept of alien races is relatively simple, probably a group of barbarians or weak guys, there is nothing to see.

The empire is very strong now, but there is no mentality of "heaven ~ heaven and country", and there is another national consciousness that is more fatal than "heaven ~ country of heaven", that is, "I am the only one".

What is the mentality of "Heaven ~ Chaoshangguo"? It's me who is the boss, and I have to have a little brother to follow, and then I, the boss, need the little brother to flatter in order to maintain a kind of arrogant vanity. Since the younger brother is willing to follow me, the boss, then I, the old nature, want to give the younger brother some benefits from time to time.

In the history of China, the idea of "Heaven ~ Dynasty and the Kingdom" has both good and bosom, the good is naturally the determination to maintain the regional hegemony, and the bad is that it often intermittently "makes mistakes" to cultivate potential enemies for itself.

Definitely not a joke, the weak ethnic group was armed by the "Heaven ~ Chaoshang Kingdom" is really not once and a half in Chinese history. "Heaven ~ Chaoshangguo" often inputs knowledge to weak and small ethnic groups, helps uncivilized ethnic groups to evolve, and even carves out territory in the name of "internal migration", giving foreign races a good piece of land to grow up.

When the "Heaven ~ Chaoshang Kingdom" is strong, the younger brothers will naturally be more docile, but once the "Tian~Chaoshang Kingdom" falls into a period of weakness. It is definitely the group of little brothers who pounce on it, such as the Southern Xiongnu at the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, the Uighurs (also known as the Uighurs) during the Tang Dynasty, and the Tunguska boar skin ...... at the end of the Ming Dynasty.

After the first lesson, the "Heaven ~ Dynasty" of the Chinese ethnic group in all dynasties has always been lacking in heart, and I really don't know how to understand it.

The empire under the rule of Lu Zhe was very clear from the beginning, the strong never needed allies, let alone some little brothers who were embellished to increase their arrogance and vanity, and the strong were always extremely lonely. I don't want or allow anyone to share in my own glory.

The world is not big, but there are so many nationalities, and it is not enough for oneself in the case of limited land, so I deliberately leave some aliens as little brothers for the sake of arrogance and vanity, which is not knowing the terrible degree of national competition.

Under Lu Zhe's deliberate propaganda and affirmation, "self-respect" at the national level is becoming the thinking of the general public in the empire.

The idea of "self-respect" has advantages and disadvantages, for example, this kind of thinking is to strive to be the strongest, and people with this concept will inevitably have a heavier desire to win. The competition between people will become more intense. At the same time, because we all need to strive to be the strongest. The dominance of the Lu royal family will also be affected in the future.

More than one person suggested to Lu Zhe that the idea of "self-respect" should not be cultivated in the people, and that the idea of "self-respect" should be implicitly or bluntly mentioned would inevitably cause unimaginable hidden dangers.

Lu Zhe knows very well what the idea of "self-respect" will bring, but he doesn't care so much in his heart, the strong will always be strong, if the strong are replaced, it only means that the strong have been surpassed. There is nothing to say about being replaced.

In fact, Lu Zhe has always believed that no ruler's family will be a ruler forever, and there is a kind of thinking that "even if the meat is rotten, it should rot in the pot".

Lu Zhe's real idea is relatively simple, no one can lack competition, losing competition is equivalent to having no motivation to move forward, and the ruling family itself already has unimaginable advantages. Even being surpassed can only be really no longer suitable as a ruling family, so if his children and grandchildren are not angry in the future, the country is also deserved.

However, Xiao He, together with Zhang Liang, Shusun Tong and others, had to pay attention to the little warning issued to Lu Zhe.

A group of Wenchen warned Lu Zhe that once the "self-esteem" had an effect, then their race would be in a state of scattered sand, and they would lose more than what they had gained.

Wenchen suggested to the emperor that it was possible to cultivate a competitive spirit, but not too drastic behavior, but rather a gentle and rational competition, and the idea of teamwork was required.

Lu Zhe also came a little suddenly in the end, he was not worried about his family being replaced, but he was always afraid that the nation would become good at infighting, and soon accepted the suggestion, inclined to cultivate a sense of teamwork, but did not give up the cultivation of the idea of "self-respect", but was targeted at the national consciousness ~ knowledge ~ shape ~ state.

Isn't it weird to form a country ~ family ~ society ~ society ~ lord ~ righteousness in BC? But there is another name for the country ~ family ~ society ~ society ~ lord ~ righteousness, that is, the people ~ clan ~ lord ~ righteousness.

Later generations will often hear that the people~clan~lord~righteousness is the cradle of fear~terror~lord~righteousness, but in fact, any powerful country has had a time when the people~clan~lord~righteousness has risen, and no one is an exception. It has been until the 21st century, any strong country still has the people~clan~lord~righteousness, that is, the development under the premise that its own interests are guaranteed, and even in order to achieve its own interests, it does not hesitate to carry out political ~power~subversion of other countries, etc., only some inexplicable people will be stupid and naïve to think that there is no people~clan~lord~righteousness in the country.

The people~clan~lord~righteousness is used to unite its own nation, and it has been proven to be the most effective shortcut to a strong country, which is a kind of crazy love ~ country ~ lord~ righteousness, if it is properly guided, it has an unimaginable effect on the country's strength.

It is not difficult for the ruling class, which holds the power to govern the country, to instill ideas into the people, perhaps in times of national hardship, or if it can give the people dividends. Implantation of ideas is always accompanied by various demagogues.

"I heard that the Li family has been mixing quite well recently?"

"Yes, it's to join some slave hunting team over there in the South Seas."

"Then it's no wonder that the government now needs labor, and many factory owners are happy to buy cheap slaves."

"Well, yes, the slaves over there in the South Seas are the cheapest."

"It's not a good thing to have more slaves. More and more workshops and factories are choosing to buy slaves to work, which will cause many people to lose their jobs. ”

There is no way to do that, compared to a one-time buyout of slaves, the cost of hiring people from the empire to work is really too high. As the empire's slave hunting business became more and more developed, for more and more imperial people who hoped to get jobs, the booming imperial industry was constantly flooded with slaves, and their hearts were actually clouded.

The factory owner hired the workers of his empire, and he was required to pay a reasonable salary each month, and he also needed to bear the necessary risk of work-related injuries for them; Slaves were purchased as labor. The factory owner had to pay a one-time fee, which would later be nothing more than the cost of food and clothing to be provided.

People who know a little bit about numerical calculations don't need to spend a lot of brains to calculate, as long as they think a little bit about it, they should know which way is the most cost-effective.

It is precisely because of the high cost of employing the law-protected citizens of their own country as workers, and at the same time being bound by the law, which of these guarantees and that, which the factory owners prefer is a matter of simple self-preference.

"These guys coming here, it won't make any difference to us, right?"

"Those are official slaves. I'm going to come and build roads. ”

"Oh, that's good. That's good, don't rush into the factory and block us. ”

"Why don't you just like the elder brother of the Wu family said, petition the government?"

"Don't make this kind of joke, there is no such thing as gathering people to petition in the empire, and it is normal to mobilize people you know to write letters to the government."

Nanton County is not a big county, with a population of more than 8,000 people. When the state did not plan the road to this side, there was actually no factory built here, it was confirmed that the national highway would pass through Nanton, and some quick-witted outsiders came to buy land first, which made the local squire of Nanton a little trance.

If you want to get rich first, building roads is not something that too advanced people can understand in the empire. There are too many examples for people's reference, some originally poor counties and townships, the state built national highways through them, poor counties and townships because of the convenient transportation, even if they take out local products for sale can improve their lives, and then it is still outsiders who run to buy land to build workshops or factories, which has caused a greater ideological impact on the locals.

It is common knowledge in modern times that factories are built in convenient places, but it is not so easy for people in 206 BC to be reminded of this.

Originally, even if they found the convenience of transportation, most people did not have the funds to set up workshops or factories, but didn't the empire encourage industrialization? The government repeatedly adjusted the interest rate on loans, and many people gritted their teeth when discussing what kind of workshops or factories they should open, and took out their land or some fixed properties as collateral to make loans to the government, and a workshop or factory was established.

It was also thanks to the emperor that encouraged the industrialization process, formulated a policy of low-interest microloans, and then asked the ruling government to provide the necessary guidance and technical support. In addition to these, the emperor issued executive orders for the ruling government to plan business outcomes and formulate a rational acquisition policy.

Yes, it is the official purchase policy of private workshops or workshops, and the government will use convenient channels to transship and sell after purchasing at a reasonable price.

Of course, the emperor knew that this kind of policy had great hidden dangers, such as the emergence of government officials (or relatives) taking advantage of their positions to carry out economic crimes, but that was purely a matter of no choice, and could only strengthen supervision, otherwise he had to tell the truth, and if he wanted to rely on private workshops or factories to produce and find sales on his own, it was an extremely difficult thing for a strong man.

The fact is that the process of developing industry in a country at the pace of nature takes very, very long time. This process may take decades, but it is not ruled out that it will take 100 years or more, but Lu Zhe knows that it took nearly 300 years for Western industrialization to really develop, and it was based on the plundering of the whole world.

Because of a series of changes and needs, the procuratorate led by Yan Bi has grown again and again, and now it has swelled to more than 300,000 employees.

"Are those Confucian scholars at peace?"

"It's a little active, but it's not too much to expect."

"What have they been doing lately?"

"A Huang Ye and a Confucian named Li Qi, they often went into the slave camps, gathered a few slaves who could understand the imperial dialect to preach, and then also learned the Altaic language and Greek."

"What are you talking about?"

"It's something like hard work, working together, and so on."

"Huh?!"

On the one hand, they declared to their slaves that it would lead to some improvement in their treatment. On the other hand, they frequently sought Zhao Ping, the warden of this slave brigade, to seek Zhao Ping's support and give some better to those slaves who worked hard and behaved cooperatively. ”

Huang Ye and Li Qi are grinding Zhao Ping again at this moment, some of their previous requests have actually been met, but they have new ideas recently.

"Did I hear me right?" Zhao Ping was surprised, and he plucked out his ears: "You ask for some slaves to go to the county seat?" ”

Huang Ye nodded extremely seriously, and he said, "Yes, give those slaves who have behaved particularly well the opportunity to go to the county seat, so that their obedience will be rewarded, and at the same time, let them know about the prosperity of the empire." In this way, it helps them to develop a stronger sense of obedience to the empire. ”

There was something else Huang Ye didn't say, and he also hoped that the slaves he selected would respond more actively after getting the sweetness, such as bringing more people to learn the imperial dialect.

"It's not impossible...... Zhao Ping has changed his opinion of Huang Ye a little recently, and finally doesn't think that Huang Ye, a Confucian disciple, hates it, and even likes this somewhat different Confucian disciple. He hesitated for a moment and said, "It's a bit worth the loss, there are more than a dozen slaves, and the army needs to arrange two people to accompany and monitor." However, since you feel the need to do so, do that. ”

Huang Ye looked happy and was about to say thank you, but Zhao Ping spoke again.

"Those slaves came all the way over, because they were not afraid that they would come all the way back again...... "Zhao Ping said more and more serious face: "But you have to ensure that they can't escape, once they escape and something bad happens to the people, not only will you be unlucky, but I will also be affected!" (To be continued.) )