Chapter 62: The Prudent Man
When he returned to the office, the soldiers reported that the day before yesterday, Li Yuan had just left the river and had come from the summer capital. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. biquge。 info waited for a day, but didn't see Jiang Hexing come back, so I went to Zhao Guang's house.
Jiang Hexing ordered someone to inform Li Yuan immediately. After a while, Li Yuan hurriedly ran into the office.
Jiang Hexing looked at Li Yuan panting and said with a smile: "Uncle, you are really fast, I just sent someone to inform you, and you came over." ”
As he spoke, Jiang Hexing poured a cup of tea, brought it to Li Yuan, and pulled Li Yuan to sit down.
The room was very warm, Li Yuan took off his black coat and drank a large glass of warm water, as if he had just rested.
Li Yuan's breath slowly calmed down, and he looked at Jiang Hexing with a smile and said: "He Wang, I just happened to walk on the road and met the person who delivered the letter, so I was desperately driving the carriage just now, so I was a little anxious." ”
Jiang Hexing stood up, pacing and walking back and forth in the room with a teacup in his hand.
After a while, Jiang Hexing turned his head and glanced at Li Yuan, who was also looking at Jiang Hexing, as if waiting to ask.
Jiang Hexing said: "Uncle, it's a cold day, it's not easy to come from the summer capital, right?" ”
Li Yuan said: "He Wang, it's a little difficult to come over. But even if you call me over, no matter how difficult it is, I will rush over. ”
Jiang Hexing paced while thinking about how to ask Li Yuan and Zhao Li's canvas business, and also wanted to give him a warning, pay attention to his identity, even if he is a relative, he can't help indiscriminately, and use the power of the government to help people do business.
Maybe Li Yuan saw what Jiang Hexing was thinking, but asked directly: "He Wang, there is something I want to ask?" ”
Jiang Hexing stopped, looked at Li Yuan and said, "Uncle, just say something." ”
"Can a cautious man be a soldier?" Li Yuan looked at Jiang Hexing and asked cautiously.
Jiang Hexing was a little surprised, and thought that Li Yuan would talk about immigration, food, etc., but he didn't expect that he would start with the army.
Jiang Hexing nodded and said, "Why not, but you have to say the same thing, otherwise what is the use of not understanding the military order at that time." ”
Li Yuan said: "He Wang, I have thought about it for a long time. Now many cautious people are under my jurisdiction, and some people want to come to serve as soldiers, but I refused at first. Same as you think, but I don't think so now.
These prudent men were formerly hunters and fishermen, and they were strong and especially good at archery. Now I deal with us a lot, and I gradually learn some Chinese. But in order to assimilate them completely, you have to treat them as one. Now they don't have people to serve as soldiers, we take them in and transform them through the army.
At first, he could only speak a little Chinese, but in the army, there was a Chinese-speaking environment everywhere, and speaking in a few months was at least not a big problem.
And Wang, think about it, if these people make more military exploits in the future, what kind of impact will they have when they return to their own tribe? ”
Hearing this, Jiang Hexing immediately walked in front of Li Yuan and put down his teacup in front of the black table in front of Li Yuan. slapped the black table and said, "Uncle, this method is good." In the future, when these people go back, they will be the seeds of our assimilation of the prudent, our thoughts, and our culture will be brought to the tribe of the prudent. ”
Jiang Hexing sat down opposite Li Yuan and looked at Li Yuan to see if he had any other good ideas.
Li Yuan also said that under the influence of trade in the past two years, the Sushen people began to go out of the mountains and forests, some of them had settled in the area of Hejiang City, and some of them had started business in the summer capital.
For the prudent people, hunting and fishing is their previous habit, life is actually difficult to guarantee, in case of bad weather, hunting sometimes does not often catch prey, starvation is almost commonplace.
Now I can often use fish, animal skins, and all kinds of animal meat to exchange food with Pingzhou merchants, and my life has settled down all of a sudden. This grain can be stored, and there is no need to worry about not being able to hunt the prey and starving.
As a result, more and more people came to trade with merchants in Pingzhou. They also had no idea about the region, and now Li Yuan had set up an official government near Hejiang City to handle Han immigration and trade with the Sushen people.
Han immigrants have come a lot this year, and their special hobby is farming, but the Sushen people have no concept of the land, so now more and more Han people are coming to the territory of the former Sushen people.
The Sushen people used to wear animal skin clothes, and in the past two years, there have been people selling canvas in Hejiang City, which is especially suitable for hunting, and the Sushen people are particularly popular. Therefore, Li Yuan asked Zhao Li to find someone to set up a sales point in Hejiang, exchange with Su Shen people, and exchange prey. They then sell the prey they have bought in exchange. The business is very good, and the money is very good, and the prudent people have no concept of the price, so they make a lot of money this year.
Li Yuan considered that there were a lot of immigrants who came this year, and for a while, it was difficult to resettle, so he discussed with Zhao Li's family to open a factory in Hejiang and absorb some immigrants, so that their newcomers, at least one of the family can have something to do and have a bowl of rice to eat first. Slowly open up the land and farm again.
When Jiang Hexing heard this, he was a little speechless for a while, he originally thought that the collusion between officials and businessmen, Li Yuan said this is understandable. Let's take a look at this matter.
Listening to Li Yuan's introduction, the area around the summer capital is now full of vitality, and when the spring of the next year arrives, more farmland can be cultivated, and more immigrants have land to plant, and they can be regarded as taking root in the local area.
Jiang Hexing asked: "Uncle, just now you said about the Su Shen people joining the army, how many recruits do you estimate you can summon?" ”
Li Yuan scratched his head, tilted his head and glanced at Jiang Hexing: "He Wang, it's hard for me to say how much, I haven't tried it yet, I also want to ask you what reward you should have if you become a soldier." Han people, it's okay to give land, but these cautious people are not interested in land? ”
Jiang Hexing said: "We are the same as the Han Dynasty here, and the rewards for military merits are extremely high, but the rewards are not changed because they are not interested now, and it is more important to unify the government decrees." It is important to attract the Su Shen people to become elite soldiers, but you must also remember that the more important goal is to make them assimilate into the Han Chinese, and if we change because we are Su Shen people, we will still create our own barriers and create barriers in the future. ”
Li Yuan nodded and said, "I understand, after they have been soldiers for a few years, they naturally understand our hard work." ”
The two also discussed for a long time the assimilation of the Su Shen people and the resettlement of new immigrants, focusing on the construction of schools, the immigrants came from the new dynasty, and the local natives were all Su Shen people, and it was actually difficult for both sides to accept the teaching materials of Pingzhou.
In order to make them accept the school more quickly, it is necessary to implement some kind of binding policy for the children's schooling, such as the children who do not go to school, they are not allowed to farm, and the children are forced to go to school. There are rewards for children enrolled in school, and a child enrolled in school, rewarded with food every month, not much, a few dozen catties a month is enough, which is still very tempting for newcomers. The specific amount depends on the local situation, in short, to actively assimilate people from all over the world, children are fundamental, some of the views of adults are difficult to change, more can only be tempted to benefit, pressure on the threat.
Li Yuan also assured Jiang Hexing that within three years, the entire place of prudence would be managed by people, and in another two years, the grassroots level would gradually be able to select talents from the veterans who had retired from the army to carry out self-assimilation.
Jiang Hexing thought about it carefully, there shouldn't be too many problems, such a pace is already fast, and it is necessary to absorb immigrants as soon as possible, Li Yuan's work in the next few years does not seem to be light.
Thinking of this, Jiang Hexing smiled at Li Yuan and said, "Uncle, in the next few years, you will have to work hard." ”
Li Yuan smiled and said: "What is the hard work of duty?" He Wang, I have been living at your father-in-law's house for the past two days, chatting with him a lot, and I also met Fan Jia, your other father-in-law, who also talked to him. They all told me that if you told them about the trading theory, I would like to ask you about it. ”
Jiang Hexing laughed and said, "Uncle, I told them that it was about business, are you also interested in business?" ”
Li Yuanyi waved his hand and said: "I haven't been interested in business since I was a child, my family, as you know, used to be a businessman, but I still like to read." I'm not talking about this today to discuss any theory of trading, I just want to know, what is the use of your statement for ordinary people? ”
Jiang Hexing said: "There is no theory for eating, I don't think anyone has delayed eating, some theories are just summaries after the fact, but if there are things, you can see it more clearly." It is said that it can be used from the starting point, if you are interested, I will tell you about it. I told others that they were not very interested, and I told Fan Jia's father-in-law that if he didn't say that he could make money, it was estimated that he would be able to fall asleep on the spot. ”
Li Yuan pointed to the river and said: "Hewang, you are actually a literati, unlike their businessmen, they can make money, how can we think about why we make money." All the deals you talked about, they told me. As I can see, they are not interested, and they are just perfunctory to me. It's just that when we were chatting, they brought it up, and then I asked about it, and they couldn't understand it.
However, I am very interested, and the king, can you tell me more about it, at least you can use your thing to tell me how the people can live a better life. You know, we've had a lot of people there this year, and some of them haven't settled down yet, and I'm busy coming and going, worrying about them every day. ”
Jiang Hexing smiled and said: "This is just my own idea, everyone is not interested in anything, if you are interested, I will talk about it in detail." ”
Li Yuan said: "Hewang, wait a minute, I'll go find a pen and paper, write down what you said, and go back and study it slowly." ”
Jiang Hexing saw him solemnly, smiled slightly, waved his hand, called his own soldiers, took the brush, brought the writing paper, and put it in front of Li Yuan.
Li Yuan grabbed the brush in his hand and laid out the paper. looked at Jiang Hexing, waiting for Jiang Hexing to talk about his research experience on trading. (To be continued.) )