Chapter Seventy-Four: Initiating the Abduction Scheme
The two old men looked at Ji Yan with their mouths open. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info
"What's wrong? Questions? ”
Yan Shu wiped the cold sweat on his forehead: "It's a big problem!" ”
"Tell me."
"First, the royal family has less than 100 oxen, and it is not enough to cultivate the king's field, and many times the farmers have to go to the fields to pull the plows; Second, our iron plough is not rich; Third, the officials are still hungry, even if they are as noble as my king, they now need to cut back on food and clothing. Therefore my king said that he would be able to send oxen, iron ploughs, and rations, and I am afraid that none of them could do it. Yan Shuo shook his head as he spoke.
Ji Yan nodded and said, "Hmm! The question that the old lady said has been thought about by this king a long time ago. The biggest problem is actually the house, which we have solved, and the rest of the problems are minor. First of all, the iron plough is not a problem, the new furnace has officially produced iron, and the king asks the craftsmen to build it; As for the rations, the king left a total of 100,000 taels of grain in the warehouse, and 10,000 hu for the training of the forbidden army, and now there are 90,000 hu, which is enough to supply 100,000 people according to the standard of 100 catties of rations per person. ”
"The biggest problem is the farming cow, this thing can't be conjured out of thin air, even if it is domesticated immediately, it will take a long time, we need to think of a way."
Li Gui's eyes were round and said, "It turns out that the 100,000 grains left by my king are actually prepared for recruitment!" ”
"What do you think?" Ji Yan said with a smile: "Hurry up and think about it, how can we have ploughing cattle for these people who defect to Luoyang." ”
Li Gui thought for a while and said, "Lao Chen has thought of a place where there are a lot of cattle. ”
"Where?" Ji Yan asked excitedly.
"O countrymen, almost every household has a ploughing ox."
"Countrymen?" Ji Yan said with a headache: "But the power of the subjects is in the hands of the local government!" ”
Ji Yan now has a true understanding of the local government, he wants to develop Luoyang, but almost every aspect is subject to this place. It's not a way to go on like this, you must take this key position in your own hands, Wang Xu, Wang Xu, you hold the lifeblood of my Great Zhou, but you don't stand on my side, this is the way to die, don't blame this king for being ruthless!
Li Guidao: "As far as the old minister knows, the people of the country have nothing to do all day long, and they love to gather and feast, and they have a great demand for wine. Nowadays, the internal affairs superintendent produces far more wine than other wines, and if we give some exchange with the countrymen, these alcoholics are probably willing to exchange anything for it, including ploughing cattle. ”
Ji Yan's eyes lit up: "Yes, yes, yes!" Exchanging wine for ploughing cattle, the old general's good idea! ”
Yan Shu poured a basin of cold water: "Ploughing cattle is the lifeblood of every countryman!" Now that there are few farmers, if there are no more cattle, how can the land of the people of the country be cultivated? Lao Chen can be sure that although they are addicted to alcohol, they will never exchange ploughing cattle for farming, which is equivalent to taking their own field harvest as a child's play! ”
Ji Yan thought for a while and said, "What if we don't exchange the ownership of the cultivated cattle, but only the right to use it?" Do you think they want to? ”
The two looked at him in bewilderment, apparently not understanding what he meant.
Ji Yan explained: "For example: a pound of outsiders can be exchanged for the right to use the cattle for three days. The ploughing cattle still belong to the countrymen, but they are only borrowed for three days, and they will be returned when the time is up. ”
When Li Guishang was confused, Yan Shu's eyes lit up: "My king is very good!" Ploughing cattle are only ploughing the fields when the farm is busy, and the rest of the time is relatively free, my king's method is equivalent to using the idle time of ploughing cattle, which will not affect farming, but also obtain the wine of outsiders, and the old minister thinks that the people must be happy. ”
"Okay, that's it!" Ji Yan said with a smile: "After the old lady goes down, he will immediately form an official document on the recruitment method we discussed, and post it to all parts of the city and countryside, and let your wine go to discuss with the people of the country about the exchange of the right to use the cattle from outside the world." Of course, the generous conditions that the king has just spoken of are limited to the first hundred families; After 100 households and before 500 households, the distribution of iron ploughs and the free loan of ploughing cattle were abolished; After 500 households and before 1,000 households, the distribution of seeds and rations will be abolished; After that, even the houses had to be built by themselves. ”
Of course, whoever cultivates the land owns it. Only by dividing the gradient will people try to come as soon as possible. The newly arrived personnel were sent by the old lady to manage the officials of the Tianguan Mansion, and in the early stage, they were mainly responsible for the distribution of houses, the distribution of seed rations, and the registration of records. By the way, in order to accommodate as many people as possible in a limited number of houses, a family of at least five or more people can get a house. ”
Yan Shu frowned and said, "But there must be less than five people, don't we want these people?" ”
"If there are less than five families, they can make up five families together with two or several families!"
Yan Shuo nodded in agreement.
Suddenly, "Smack! With a bang, Ji Yan clapped his hands suddenly, stood up excitedly, and said loudly: "This king's abduction plan has officially started!" ”
Yan and Li couldn't help but look at each other and shook their heads and smiled.
Until he left the Son of Heaven's bedroom, Li Gui still asked Yan Shuo in a daze: "What does the so-called right of use and ownership of the Son of Heaven mean?" ”
Yan Shu explained: "The right to use is to borrow, and ownership is to own. Got it? ”
Li Gui suddenly said: "Understood! It's like the old man, a general, who only has the right to use the army; And the captain who holds the tiger talisman has ownership of the army. As a result, he was unwilling to return the tiger talisman to the Son of Heaven! ”
Yan Shu smiled: "Rotten wood can also be carved!" ”
As soon as the two old ministers left, a small chamberlain reported that Ji Fang had asked to see him and had been waiting outside the palace for a long time. Ji Yan asked him to notify Ji Fang to come in.
After a while, Ji Fang walked quickly into the front hall. "See my king!"
Ji Yan looked up and found that this guy, who had always been a big grin, had actually had a bit of the cautious restraint unique to secret agents after being an intelligence leader for a month, so he nodded with satisfaction and said, "Get up, sit and talk." ”
Ji Fang found a place to kneel down and said, "Qi Qi my king, that female assassin has recovered, and she was taken to the intelligence prison by the last general yesterday, and she has been interrogated twice, but this person's tone is very tight, and he has not yet asked anything useful." The last general has come to ask for instructions, can he be tortured? ”
Ji Yan thought for a while and said, "Later, this king will go and see it himself." Changing the subject, he said, "How's the training of carrier pigeons?" ”
"The last general had already found two people who were proficient in this way half a month ago, but they said that the old pigeons they bought were not suitable, and that they needed to be domesticated from the youngsters. So the last general bought another batch of youngsters back, so that in a short time I am afraid that we will not be able to train usable pigeons. ”
"It doesn't matter if it takes a long time, as long as you start doing it, you will have a successful day. No one else knows about this, does it? ”
"Absolutely not!" Ji Fang puffed up his chest and promised: "These two people were personally searched by the last general, and after finding them, they were put in a secret place, and they would not be allowed to leave half a step until the carrier pigeon was successfully trained." ”
"Hmmm! They should be as generous as possible, and they should take care of their families. ”
"My king can rest assured, the end will have his own measure!"
"Is there any reinforcement on the intelligence staff?"
"The personnel sent out have developed some members in the local area, and some have also been recruited here in Luoyang, and at present, we have a total of 38 official members of the CIA, and there are 23 during the inspection period."
"Okay, you're doing a great job." Ji Yan praised him with a smile, and then explained: "Recently, I have been keeping an eye on things for two weeks, but there is any abnormal movement, come and report it immediately!" ”
"No!"
"Let's take a look at this female assassin now."