Chapter 72 Overseas Offices
When Xu Yanzhi heard this, he rubbed his hands excitedly and said: "It turns out that brassica seeds have such a wonderful use, and the people are blessed now!" When the four families brought in the grain, their subordinates also asked them to bring together some flax (sesame seeds)"
Xie Yu nodded appreciatively and said, "Brother Zhong Yuan is really bothered, I don't know if there are people who miss their hometown among these people?!" ”
Xie Lingyun saw his uncle, he was quite excited, and when he heard about these wonderful things that he had never heard of, his heart surged with admiration: "Uncle is really like a god, these days, some people among the people have begun to form gangs and factions everywhere, and those big clans have also begun to communicate with each other, but their purpose is to go back to their hometown to see!" ”
Xie Yu shook his hand and said: "Don't be careless, life on the island is difficult, there will be no improvement in three or five years, now, we have to give the people more things to do, and when I go back this time, I will issue some decrees!" After speaking, he took out the paper from his arms, wrote a lot on it, and handed it to Xu Yanzhi.
"Divide the big clans, so that their status is the same as that of ordinary people, including the children of the Xie family, they are all equal!"
Hearing this, Xie Lingyun did not object, but nodded and said, "Uncle is very thoughtful!" ”
"Aren't you objected?" Xie Yu said with a smile.
"Against? The little nephew still wants to clap his hands! Uncle also knows that the little nephew has not grown up in the clan since he was a child, and he has seen a lot of the dominance of the big clan, although the scholars are very strict with their children, and their knowledge is good, but it can prevent the upward path of the scholars from the poor family. Xie Lingyun nodded and said.
Seeing that everyone nodded, Xie Yu took a breath and said, "Okay, this second article, implement the imperial examination system!" ”
"Wenju, martial arts, work, business, no age limit, small to young children, big to the elderly, any man and woman can participate, civil and military, once every two years, industrial and commercial, once a year, now there are more than 400,000 people on the island, many of them are capable, after returning, it can be promulgated, industrial and commercial lifting can be selected after planting brassica seeds, there is a detailed introduction on the paper!"
"As long as the civil and military are promoted, they can be officials in the county, and they can be promoted in the work, and they can enter the office of the instrument maker, and they can go to sea to do business, and the salt and sugar are beneficial to the people, and the people will compete for profit as long as they taste the sweetness, and when the time comes, they must be strict in taking people, and those who have committed crimes and made trouble are not allowed to be hired."
"Zi~~" Everyone gasped, but these methods are undoubtedly good things for the benefit of the country and the people, but both men and women can be tested, and the business moves have to give up the profits of salt and sugar with huge profits, which is a little too shocking.
Xie Yu saw Xu Yanzhi's face embarrassed, and opened his mouth and said: "Don't care about these small profits, after returning to Taipei County, you can study and consider it carefully, it will be implemented after October, and the civil leap will make the country strong, if you let the ordinary people participate, you can let them link their vital interests with the county, and a rich and happy life will settle them and they don't want to leave there, and they will bring more people, so this imperial examination system and salt and sugar concessions must be given to the people." ”
"Yes!" Xu Yan bowed straight.
"Is sugarcane starting to be planted?"
"Hmm~ The subordinates have now placed the people who fled by land to the south of the salt field, the roads leading to Taipei County have been opened, and the people have also opened up a large amount of fertile land, and this sugarcane is also implanted, almost 10,000 acres."
"Are there any other Han Chinese found around the island?" Xie Yu asked.
Xu Yanzhi nodded and said, "There are many Han people found at the southern end of the island, especially on a nearby big island, there are more than 10,000 people, and all of them add up to about 30,000 people!" ”
The nearby big island should be the Penghu Islands, Xie Yu nodded and said: "Send 5,000 soldiers to the south of the island, gather all the Han people to build fields in the south, don't let them worry about their livelihood, you can transfer it from Taipei County, you must plant all the fields with sugarcane by this time next year, and then harvest and transport it to Taipei County, where you can open a sugar farm." ”
"Yes!"
"The most important thing now is how to open up the market for salt, and build a large ship, not only to build a good ship, but also to be bigger, and more able to withstand the wind and waves, so that Zhao Ziwei's equipment can make some tools that can fight in the sea, and send ships to Silla Kingdom, Baekje, and Japanese slaves, and exchange salt, silk and cloth for iron, gold and silver, not for food! In particular, the prices were higher in the Japanese slave countries, where the price was higher than in other countries, and it was possible to set up offices in these countries and exchange salt and silk cloth for slaves. “
"Office?" Xie Lingyun asked with some puzzlement.
"Well, the full name is the Overseas Office, and there are 100 people in each place, responsible for the affairs of those countries, collecting information and manpower, and enriching the population of Taipei County!"
Xu Yanzhi was worried about how to sell the mountain of salt, and Xie Yu had already considered his feelings, and when he heard about these places, he opened his mouth and said: "General, if you want to go to these places, you must have a name, in the name of the dynasty?" Still is? ”
When everyone heard this, their ears couldn't help but stick up in unison, which was the most interesting thing.
Xie Yu nodded, frowned and said: "You can trade in the name of Huaxia Kingdom, create official documents, and after a few transactions, let the weapon maker create a battle armor that is different from any country, just like the drawing of the general last time, you can reduce the armor pieces and make it into light armor and heavy armor." ”
"Yes!"
Xu Yan remembered something and arched his hand: "General, the fields of Taipei County have now been opened to the north, and there are craftsmen who are good at prospecting for minerals who have found mines in the mountains to the north, including gold, silver, and iron, as well as a large amount of stone flow yellow (sulfur). ”
"Really?" When Xie Yu heard this, he couldn't help but be a little excited, although he didn't know how the ancients surveyed minerals, but when he heard this, he knew that the craftsmen on the island had discovered the land of gold melons and stones.
"Where there are rocks flowing yellow, there will be a spring of warm water, soaking in it, can make diseases!"
Xu Yanzhi had to admire the general's knowledge, but when he thought of the warm water spring, he said with a smile: "General, I found a lot of spring water, but the water in it is very hot, it is like boiling water, and people can't soak it!" ”
"Oh~" Xie Yu scratched his chin with his fingers, thought about it and said: "That can attract river water, repair some large pools that can be washed, and let the people soak in them!" ”
"Yes!"
Since it was trading in the name of Huaxia Kingdom, everyone's hearts couldn't help but boil a little and they were full of enthusiasm.
"After planting the brassica seeds in October, I carved out a place in Taipei County to build Taipei City, and in exchange for the silver used as wages and workers to pay for the work."
Xie Yu said this, and took out a piece of paper from his bosom and said: "This is the method of coinage, collect the copper in the island, the people will mainly use iron in the future, and those who privately hide bronze will chase it by law, exchange one thousand copper coins for one or two silver coins, and create silver coins, silver coins should be one penny, ten pieces for one tael, and after trading with the Japanese slave country, there will be a large number of silver taels, after making, it will be cast on Huaxia Yinbao, Huaxia Copper Bao, don't care about the cost, exquisite and practical is fundamental!" ”
"The Han people like to use gold and silver as ornaments, if there are merchants in the county who want to open gold and silver jewelry shops, strictly control them, and if they find that the people or collude with officials to mint money privately, they will be severely punished."
"If the craftsman discovers the newly discovered mine, he can send a small number of people to mine it first, and the agricultural work should be given priority and priority!"
"Yes!"
Coinage is the foundation of the circulation of goods, it is impossible to exchange goods in the future, starting from the coinage, little by little groping, complete system, is to take a solid step.
Xu Yanzhi and Xie Lingyun excitedly exchanged ears, and Xie Ying and Xie Ju also talked, which shows that the real-time of these ideas and decrees will definitely drive people's lives.
Xie Yu thought about it again and said, "Is there a kind of tea on the island?" ”
Xu Yan was stunned, thought for a while, and said, "No! ”
"Well~ Tea and flax can be planted together, flax is mixed under the tea tree, when the time comes, I will send a roasted tea maker, tea is also a good object for trade!"
"Uh-huh!"
"For example, after the construction of the city begins, all the people's dwellings and government offices must be built of bricks and stones, and no logging is allowed, so that the brick kilns can be opened along the island to the south, and a road connecting the North Island to the South Island will be built, and the hills that are not large will be excavated for the purpose of making bricks, and every thirty miles, the soldiers will be built, so that the new people on the island can live around the soldiers."
"Yes!"
"By the way, there are merchants in Jin'an County who are poisonous countries, Zhong Yuan wants to send soldiers and ships to the south of the hundred miles to win the trust of the other party, let them go to Taipei County to do business, and the most important thing is to get an item in their country, called cotton." Xie Yu said as he explained the shape of cotton and how to plant it.
After saying this, everyone was perfect with you and me, until the sky was slightly dark, Xie Yu asked the soldiers on the boat to shoot thousands of arrows at the flat-bottomed boat, so as not to let that Huan Shisheng suspect, so that he got off the boat with Xie Ying and Xie Ju and drove back to Jin'an County.
Huan Shisheng was naturally still waiting anxiously in the army, seeing the ship returning, the strips were shot like hedgehogs, and after the other party got off the ship, he asked about the casualties worriedly.
Xie Yu frowned and sighed: "Lord Taishou, these anti-thieves are well-armed, the warships are tall, I wanted to get closer, and let the Zhengnan army climb with a four-claw hook, but the arrows and rain are intensive, and many soldiers have been injured, so they can only return first, it seems that if you want to quell the anti-thieves, you have to build a bigger ship." ”
Huan Shisheng nodded and said: "I told the general early that these anti-thieves are good at water warfare, and the weapons are good, these days you only need to defend the coast, and when the warship is built, it is not too late to attack." ”
"Uh-huh! Lord Lao is too bothered! Xie Yu bowed his head, and his heart was really happy.