After telling his staff to take Liu Zhaoji and Huang Degong to inspect the garrisons selected for the three divisions of the Luzhou Army outside the city, Shi Kefa sat down with peace of mind.

"The current situation in Yangzhou is good, everything is going smoothly, Xinghua, you don't have to worry about it." When Shi Kefa said this, a smile appeared on his face.

"Oh, what happened to the captives?"

When Luo Jian left, he left more than 10,000 captives to be disposed of by Shi Kefa, but in fact, he was always worried that if these captives were not handled well, it would cause a series of problems.

"Yibang only selected three or four thousand people among the captives, all of whom were young and in good health, and the rest were all picked up by a few factories.

The current factory needs a large number of manpower, especially the mining requires more prisoners, which makes Luo Jian have the desire to fight again.

"But I still killed more than 200 people, all of whom were in a lot of blood debt, and after killing these people, all the captives were much more honest."

The mild-mannered Shi Kefa didn't feel uncomfortable at all when he talked about killing, which shows how much these people deserve to be killed.

"The sweet potatoes and corn seeds you asked Liu Zhaoji to send people to the south to buy have arrived, and they have already been planted."

"Oh, planted? I'll have to check it out tomorrow. ”

During the Xiaoice period at the end of the Ming Dynasty, the population of many countries in the West decreased by 70%, and although Daming suffered from war, the population decreased by less than 50%, which is quite beneficial to the introduction of these drought-tolerant crops, but potatoes are said to have entered Daming, Luo Jian has not heard anyone talk about it, and this will also be promoted in the future.

The Kangqian prosperous era mentioned by later generations is actually the end of the Xiaoice period, the rapid rise in temperature, the large increase in crop production, coupled with the promotion of sweet potatoes, corn, and potatoes caused rapid population growth, some people call this period "Kangqian prosperous era", but Luo Jian believes that the policies implemented by the Manchu Qing dynasty in these two periods are impossible to produce the so-called "prosperous era".

Although the Xiaoice period is almost over, the current pass must be passed, when crop yields are extremely low, and the rush to introduce and promote sweet potatoes and corn is to minimize the burden on the people.

"Xinghua, what are you going to see? You know this kind of crop? Shi Kefa was a little surprised.

"Brother Xian, this kind of crop is a university question, and the same land in later generations has fed more than 1.3 billion people, relying on the research of growing crops."

Speaking of this, Luo Jian remembered hybrid rice, but unfortunately it was impossible to succeed with the current conditions.

"Then we will also organize people to conduct special research in the future."

"Brother Xian, can all those ownerless fields be settled now? And how is it placed? ”

After the Qing troops crossed the border in the north of Yangzhou, a large number of ownerless fields were left, and Luo Jian had some thoughts on the treatment of these lands in Liuhe, which was basically contracted to the peasants in the name of the government in the way of military reclamation.

"Now that there are so many displaced people, these lands can only be allocated to them for cultivation first, and Shi Ze has been busy with these things these days."

Luo Jian heard Shi Kefa say that it was just like this, and felt that something was wrong, so he told Shi Kefa his thoughts.

When Shi Kefa heard this, he thought for a moment, but said, "Xinghua, do you want to clear the universe within ten years?" ”

"Hehe, Brother Xian, you're thinking too much, this ten years is just an approximate time, there will be nothing wrong with it as our goal, in case it doesn't work for ten years, you can renew it according to the situation."

Hearing Shi Kefa say this, Luo Jian smiled.

"Also, if within 10 years there are people who don't want to farm and are willing to work in factories, what about this situation, we have to do some research, and we have to work out practical policies."

"There are still people who don't want to farm, and are willing to work in factories?" Shi Kefa does not believe at all that the Chinese people are the root of their lives, and no one is willing to sell their land until they are ruined.

"Hehe, this can't be said, Brother Xian, if you don't believe it, let's see, when the field is not cultivated, don't worry with me."

Luo Jian thought of the large barren fields in his hometown in later life, and of course he knew that it was too possible.

"Can the people who work in your factories feed their families?" Shi Kefa was obviously not a nerd, and immediately thought of the possible reasons for this situation.

"Yes, of course, and you can do better than farming." Luo Jian replied in the affirmative, these are some of the most basic facts in the later generations, of course, there is no hesitation in saying them.

Shi Kefa stayed for a long time and didn't speak, as a high-ranking official of the imperial court, Shi Kefa is pragmatic, he won't ask the kind of "everyone has gone to work, what do you eat without food?" and so on.

"When factories like glass factories pop up, our officials won't be able to handle it, right?"

At the end of the Ming Dynasty, capitalism had already sprouted to a considerable extent in the economically developed areas of Jiangsu and Zhejiang, and at this time some primary capital had begun to look for their spokesperson in the superstructure, and Zhou Yanru, the first assistant during the Chongzhen period, was a typical example.

The so-called party struggle, the deep-seated background behind it is actually the competition for various interests, and the final result ended with the compromise of Emperor Chongzhen, and the consequence was that the Ming court's finances could not make ends meet.

Of course, if the situation is stable, this phenomenon will come far earlier on the premise of sufficient knowledge reserves.

"It's not just in the future, now I can't handle it, Ren Minyu has been overwhelmed by Xiao Liu." Shi Kefa said with a sigh.

"Oh, why is Brother Shi Ze anxious again?"

"Xiao Liu asked Ren Minyu to discuss how these factories collect taxes, which made Shi Ze confused, I don't know what to do?"

"Oh? And what's going on? Xiao Liu has never told me."

"Xiao Liu said that you have to focus on the military, and these things can be done with him, and I don't want you to be distracted. How did you get this tax so complicated? Not only did Ren Minyu not understand, but I was also confused after listening to it a few times. ”

Shi Kefa briefly talked about the various tax systems that Liu Weimin told him, in fact, Luo Jian also didn't know much about the tax system of later generations, this Liu Weimin ran a factory at home, and it was not surprising that he was proficient in these things.

"Just these factories are not so complicated, Xiao Liu thinks about the problem for a long time, he thinks about the kind of factories I just said after a large number of appears, now get off to a good start, take a good step, there will be a lot less trouble in the future, I don't know much about this, and when Xiao Liu has time in the future, he has to let him hold a special training class."

"Oh, I see, this kid didn't make it clear to us, and he confused me and Shi Ze. However, after listening to Xiao Liu's words, I realized how unreasonable the Ming Dynasty's thirty taxes on industrial and commercial taxation were. ”

Seeing that Shi Kefa ignorantly felt the unreasonableness of industrial and commercial taxation, this made Luo Jian realize that the Donglin Party in the late Ming Dynasty was later regarded as the spokesperson of capital interests, which may be a bit biased.

It cannot be ruled out that some of them in the Donglin Party were indeed the spokespersons of the big conglomerates in the late Ming Dynasty, such as Zhang Pu, the head of the Fushe Society, who had planned to let Zhou Yanru regain the position of first assistant, and there was obviously a background of big salt merchants behind this.

Luo Jian shook his head, feeling that he was thinking too far, and quickly put his thoughts back.

The two talked enthusiastically, and Liu Lan sat next to her and watched without speaking, not knowing what she was thinking.

"Brother Xian, I heard that there are a lot of people in your Jixian Pavilion?" Luo Jian remembered what Liu Lan said.

"Where are you coming to me, you are all here to Xinghua, aren't you not in the mansion, a girl's family in Liulan is inconvenient in the mansion, so I will let them live in Jixian Pavilion temporarily."

"Brother Xian, I'll tell you the truth, don't be angry." Luo Jian stared at Shi Kefa and said.

"Xinghua, why did you get up with Brother Foolish? Is there anything you can't say directly? Shi Kefa looked at Luo Jian with some anger.

"Brother Xian, these people are the elites of this era, this is true, but they are still too far behind to deal with the new situation that will emerge in Yangzhou in the future." Luo Jian said very sincerely.

"Alas, the more I get in touch with Xinghua, the more I feel that I am old, let alone them?" Shi Kefa agrees with this.

"Then charge them!" Luo Jian said firmly.

"Charging? Same as that walkie-talkie? Shi Kefa looked puzzled.

"Hehe, charging means adding new knowledge to them." Luo Jian pointed to his head.

"Hmph, recharge them? They're going to brainwash you! Liu Lan heard the two of them say this, and said angrily.

"Miss Liu, what's going on?" Shi Kefa didn't seem to know that some scholars had already come to the house.

"Hmph, the son is silent, the strange power is chaotic, the strange skills are ingenious, it is useless to learn, it is better to learn the avenue of the saint to educate the people, and the world can be governed." Liu Lan said in the tone of those scholars, and she couldn't help laughing after speaking.

"Hehe, you are a girl's husband, it's normal for them to be unconvinced, Liu Lan, you print out some books on some subjects of political science and economics, and give them to Brother Xian to take a good look at first, and when Brother Xian, the little sage, tells them, they will be convinced." Luo Jian couldn't help but laugh when he heard Liu Lan's words.

"Oh, Xinghua, you said you still have books to read here? Why didn't I see it in your study? "Shi Kefa is very interested in reading.

"Hehe, it's all in that computer, and if you bring all the books of Daming, it's only less than one-ten-thousandth of the books in it." Luo Jian said with a smile, and after speaking, he looked up at the hall again, and did not see anyone else present.

"Huh? Really? Then your computer is a real treasure compared to the warrior car and rifle! Let's go, Xinghua, go to your study, Brother Fool wants to pick a few books and read them first. Shi Kefa couldn't wait, and Liu Lan giggled.

"I said Xinghua, you didn't say it earlier, you delayed so many days in vain." Shi Kefa stood up and complained.

"I said Brother Xian, don't worry, most of my books are in simplified Chinese, and you may not be able to understand them. Liu Lan, you go up and type a comparison table of simplified and traditional Chinese. Luo Jian hurriedly asked Shi Kefa to calm down.

"What is Simplified Chinese? Is it your words with missing arms and legs? You guys are good at everything, just make up and change words randomly, which is not good. "Shi Kefa had seen some simplified Chinese characters on the computer screen before, and he was a little unimpressed.

"Hehe, Brother Xian, what is the purpose of our ancestors to create words? Isn't it just to record the language and better inherit the knowledge and culture accumulated from generation to generation, but in later generations the knowledge and culture have been greatly developed, and the Chinese characters used now are too complicated, if they can be clearly expressed after simplification, and all people learn more easily and quickly, so why not simplify it? ”

Luo Jian said with a smile. This question is not very difficult to understand, but in this era, people have a natural worship of writing and culture, just as the law of the ancestors is not easy, and it will take time to completely change these concepts.

Shi Kefa thought for a moment, nodded and said, "Hearing Xinghua say this, it's acceptable. ”

"In the same way, the vast majority of the later generations of writing are in the vernacular, and this brother of the constitution must also adapt to it."

In fact, what Luo Jian is most worried about is the acceptance of vernacular literature by current readers, and later generations will gradually promote vernacular literature after the New Culture Movement.

Sure enough, as soon as he finished speaking, he saw Shi Kefa frowning.

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