Chapter 174: Urgent Report
At the same time, the Ou Pijiang in the Lu State is no worse than the temple, the Lu State is a recognized cultural power among the vassal states, and even the national history of the Zhou Dynasty was compiled by the Lu State. Lu is a state of etiquette, and no one in the whole country does not abide by the weekly etiquette, which is also the main reason for the prosperity of Lu culture. Ou Pijiang brought more papyrus to the Lu State than Yu Miao in the Qi State, but this Lu State, which is inferior to the Qi State in terms of national strength and territory, is even more crazy than the Qi State.
It only took seven days for Ou Bijiang to sell out the straw paper in Qufu, and the monarch of Lu State and the actual ruler of Lu State, Sanheng, hoped that Ou Bijiang would provide straw paper for Lu State on a regular basis, and it didn't matter if it was a little higher.
For this reason, he made a certain concession on the price of slaves, so that Ou Bijiang easily purchased 600 slaves in the Lu State and hired 80 doormen. In addition, there are more than 30 scholars who hope to go to the Han Kingdom to have a look, this country that is so magical that it made papyrus paper and founded the country in a year, but defeated the old power Yue Kingdom.
Sugarcane is similar, under the sales of Qi Donglai, it has become a good product of the Central Plains vassal states, and Yang Zilu's brown sugar is filtered through gauze to filter the impurities in it. Moreover, Yang Zilu made it into bricks to make it easier to transport, and also reduced the cost to a certain extent. Compared with the small brown sugar output of the Chu State, it is more loved by the people of the Central Plains.
In particular, Qi Donglai also brought a few copies of the recipes written by Yang Zilu, and these recipes all use a lot of sugar without exception, and of course they taste good. Although the materials are not very good, in the Spring and Autumn Period, which is relatively simple in the food culture, it was favored by many nobles and earned a lot of money.
At this time, Yang Zilu didn't know that he had earned a lot of money. He is now busy inspecting the spring ploughing in various places without touching the ground, to show that he attaches great importance to spring ploughing. For this reason, the local officials made even more efforts to strictly abide by the laws and regulations stipulated by Yang Zilu, and every commoner and citizen's family had to cultivate at least ten acres of land.
This is also because the land of the Han Kingdom is small, and it can be said that it is half a mountain and half a water, and half a field. There are not many basins suitable for cultivation like Juyi, otherwise Yang Zilu would want everyone to cultivate at least thirty acres of land. But even if such scarce land is cultivated, many people are resistant to Yang Zilu's order. Needless to say, the common people are more or less uncomfortable for anyone who changes their way of life all of a sudden, but the resistance of the common people means a few words of scratching, but there is no such thing as a demonstration or a lawsuit, after all, for them, the impact is there, but it is very small.
The biggest resistance comes from doctors such as Kan Pingtian, Jugu, and Black Bear. Even the doctor Ou Li, who has always hugged Yang Zilu's thigh, was silent, neither opposing nor agreeing, but I am afraid that he is against it in his heart, but he is afraid of losing Yang Zilu's favor, so he remains silent.
The reason for their opposition was simple: once the way of life changed to farming, the combat effectiveness of the Han soldiers would naturally be greatly reduced. As long as a family has 100 acres of land, it can live a good life, which also causes the farmer's surname to be relatively mild. But the people of Shanyue are different, they have to haunt the mountains and forests every day. Fighting with wild beasts, often seeing blood, unlike farmers, the first time they go to the battlefield, they vomit when they see blood, and they don't have much strength to fight at all.
But the people of Shanyue are not without their shortcomings, and hunting is a very dangerous thing. As far as the territory of the Han State is concerned, there are definitely no less than ten Shanyue people who die in the mouths of wild beasts every year, and many more are disabled, but then again, if it weren't for such an environment, I'm afraid it would be difficult to raise a strong Shanyue people.
But Yang Zilu also has his thoughts, the population of the Han State is too small, relying on the acquisition of slaves, it is not a good thing for the Han State, how slaves will not have any sense of belonging to the country he is in, so the best way is to increase the population.
No matter how strong the people of a country are, if the population is too small, it is difficult to achieve great things. In the case of the Yuan Dynasty. The Mongol Iron Rider is strong enough, right? The fortunes of the country are only a hundred years, and except for the conquests in the early years of the founding of the country and the turmoil in the later period, the truly stable reign period is only a few decades!
Although the Qing Dynasty's national fortunes were long, thanks to the Yuan Dynasty and the Eight Strands of Wen castration of the literati's blood surnames, coupled with the wanton co-optation of the landlord class, they barely consolidated their political position, but it was only reluctantly! The prosperous Kangqian era advocated by the pigtail party was not stable at all, and the Kangxi period was not to be said to the outside world, the three feudatories and Taiwan have always been advocating anti-Qing and Ming restoration, and Tibet and Mongolia are also making trouble with reading, so they will bully you The population of the Manchu Qing Dynasty is only hundreds of thousands, and the country is unstable! Qianlong is no better than Kangxi, Miao Jiang, Jinchuan, Tibet, Xinjiang Province is a clear proof, to Qianlong's son even caused the White Lotus Rebellion, it can be said that every emperor Yanjing in the Qing Dynasty experienced several large-scale uprisings.
That's why Yang Zilu is trying his best to promote farming, otherwise how will you conquer the world in the future? Of course, martial arts are also required, but it is not necessary to hunt, and veterans can be taught the martial arts of going into battle to kill the enemy. What's more, the Han Dynasty and the Tang Dynasty were both countries with agriculture as the main body, and you didn't see them establish great martial arts?
In order to prevent the officials below from getting instructions or hints from the doctors above from being perfunctory, Yang Zilu personally inspected the spring ploughing. really let Yang Zilu find a few officials who are not long-eyed, even if Yang Zilu is not a murderous person, in order to kill chickens and monkeys, Yang Zilu will also kill them. Let the officials be awe-inspired, Yang Zilu can be regarded as 'benevolent' in Han.
Of course, this is because of the general environment, in this era, people who commit crimes have money to pay with weapons, and if they don't have money, it is normal to cut off their noses and legs. A person with normal body is suddenly disabled, both physically and psychologically, it is not uncommon to commit suicide. Yang Zilu used labor to replace it, and more importantly, a huge stone will be erected in the center of the city, which will simply record some important laws, such as murder, theft and other crimes that occur more frequently.
Yang Zilu's actions naturally succeeded in the end, but when people are happy, it seems that God will see you unhappy, obviously Yang Zilu is this kind of person now. In April, Yang Zilu had just finished inspecting the spring ploughing, and was still halfway back to Jiukui City, when he received an urgent report from the minister.
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