Chapter 388: The Best of Both Worlds
"Lord Wang, there are also many people injured in the villain's carpentry workshop, and it is very common to hurt their fingers and toes by seeing an axe every day. What really tires people and doesn't have much money is mining, moving, building roads, building houses, these industries that have no technology and have to work hard. I have made a preliminary estimate that there are about 500,000 coolies in each workshop in Henan alone, and if the prince continues to encourage workshop exhibitions, there will be no problem for the number of people to exceed one or two million within two or three years. â
Don't look at Wu Shouye is just an ordinary farmer, but this guy is really a bit of a hero, since he started business, he has calculated everything carefully, and now he is talking about it with his hands, and he analyzes it in detail.
"Now that the prince encourages the opening of the sea, I heard that foreign trade will increase next year, so that the silk factories and magnetic kilns in the southeast will definitely double. In this way, the number of looms, the number of ships, and the increase of steel will definitely lead to the rise of industry and commerce in various places. Not only Jiangsu, Zhejiang, Henan, but also Huguang, even Jiangxi, Fujian, and so on. The villain has the courage to build a prince, and he should try his best to formulate detailed specifications, otherwise he is afraid that there will be more and more sweatshops, and the people will complain. â
"No one does the business of losing money, but someone does the business of killing heads!" Gu Zhenhua sighed: "Staff Officer Wu, have you heard, there are more and more people who need it next, can you come up with a suitable idea, relying on overseas prisoners, can you get enough coolies?" â
Wu Kaijie rolled his eyes and said with a smile: "Lord Wang, I have estimated that I can get 30,000 coolies from North Korea, and with the ruthlessness of the 6 general soldiers, I can't get more than 50,000 people." In addition, I want to be humble. The only way to get the population is to get the population from the Japanese country. â
"Wa Guo? Is it easy? â
Wu Kaijie smiled: "It's easy, it's easy." Since Sakai Tadashi came, the prince has investigated the situation of the Wa Kingdom well. I heard about it a decade or two ago. The Wa Kingdom was still in chaos in the Warring States, and the feudal towns were divided. Later, the Tokugawa shogunate ruled Japan, and it was already in the third generation, and the horses were put into the south mountain, and the swords and guns were put into storage. Many of Japan's former samurai have lost their livelihoods. Didn't we also take in Yuhua Xiaosaburo and them, I heard that this kind of person has 100,000 people in the Japanese country! â
When Yan Yingyuan heard this, he finally showed joy. Hurriedly asked, "Staff Officer Wu, can you get all these people?" â
Wu Kaijie nodded: "When the samurai fight, it's a baby, but it's time for peace." They didn't like it, especially since these people only knew that they were fighting and making a mess, and the shogunate didn't like them. The Wa Kingdom had a deep vision of the Celestial Empire. We can induce them to take advantage. Get them here and work as coolies. â
Fang Jianming still had some questions, and couldn't help but say: "Old Wu, these warriors have all learned kung fu, if they all get it, will there be a recurrence of the chaos, this can't be guarded again!" â
Wu Kaijie nodded and said with a smile: "I have also considered this." I think I can do this to lure the Japanese people over. Dispersed to the workshop and strictly guarded. Let them work hard for three years, strive to exhaust them to death, if they don't die, they will be castrated, and they will have no life, what can these things do, nothing more than waiting for death! â
Listening to Wu Kaijie's words, everyone present couldn't help but feel cold, goosebumps came out, this one is really ruthless. I even came up with the idea of cutting off my children and grandchildren, I really can't help but give a thumbs up!
Gu Zhenhua listened, but agreed very much, no matter how he dealt with the Japanese, he would not have any psychological burden.
deceived first, and then squeezed blood and sweat, and in the end, it was cut across the board, and it saved the pollution of Chinese blood, and it also avoided gathering together to make trouble, can a group of eunuchs still turn the sky upside down!
"Okay, that's it." Gu Zhenhua did not hesitate to make a decision, he said: "The Celestial Empire is too good-looking, too concerned about some useless things, and you must be ruthless when dealing with foreign races, and you must show the courage of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty." It was like water, and the offensive was endless, and it fought for decades in a row, completely crippling the Huns. On this issue, Tang Taizong was confused, although he defeated the Turks, but immersed in the ghost words of the Heavenly Khan, he actually moved the alien races inward, retained their habits, and allowed them to live and multiply, which resulted in the Anshi Rebellion, and even the loss of the sixteen states of Youyun in the future. Speaking of the congenital deficiencies of the Song Dynasty, the responsibility lies with the Tang Dynasty! â
Yan Yingyuan said with a smile: "Taking history as a mirror, you can know the gains and losses." It is true that you have to be careful when introducing alien races, although the idea of Staff Officer Wu is ruthless, but it is also a good way, whoever has let the Japanese invaders make trouble for many years, they should also be punished! â
The attitude towards Japan was unified, and with a source of coolies, it was easy to do the following.
Gu Zhenhua thought for a while and said: "There are also many levels in sweatshops, such as those managers are relatively safe. Therefore, as long as the most dangerous and difficult work is handed over to the Japanese and North Koreans, the proportion of casualties can be greatly reduced. â
"The prince is wise, but how to operate?"
Gu Zhenhua rolled his eyes and said: "This king does not make mandatory regulations, we rely on the leverage of interests." Require twice as much pay for hazardous work as for other types of work, and then set a high standard of compensation. With these two items, no one dares to use craftsmen to the death. However, there is a loophole left in the regulations, that is, there is no requirement for Yiren, that is, the use of Yiren can be regardless of salary or compensation. â
"Good!" Wu Kaijie gave a thumbs up and said with a smile: "Merchants seek profit, so as to ensure that the merchants will compete to use Yiren, and then make arrangements for lowly positions, and get more Japanese and Koreans back from overseas." When the sea trade route is completely opened, you can still go to the South Seas to loot the Yiren. With their blood, sweat and tears, support the Celestial Empire Workshop Exhibition, I am happy when I think about it! â
After discussing the strategy, all that remains is how to implement it. Gu Zhenhua also breathed a sigh of relief, and they all got up and prepared to leave the Shen family's carpentry workshop.
As soon as they reached the outside, they saw a large black press, and the crowd was consciously divided into two parts, and on the left side there were one or two hundred people, all dressed in silk and satin, and some people were wearing thick leather robes, and there were young men behind them.
The situation on the right was completely different, all of them were a crowd of ragged people, numbering in the thousands, and they were still pouring in behind, each with a shovel and a pickaxe in his hand. Glowered.
In the middle of the two groups, there is a human wall opened by the An ** soldiers, and they are also loaded with guns. I'm afraid there will be conflicts. The two groups of people just stood distinctly, just like the society of Henan, which had been faintly divided into two worlds.
Gu Zhenhua and Yan Yingyuan had just walked out, and those businessmen reacted the fastest, and they all knelt on the ground, crying bitterly.
"Lord Wang, we have been wronged. You're going to call the shots for us! â
On the other hand, the man was so angry that he stomped his feet and scolded: "You black-hearted profiteers. Dare to shout injustice, we are the real wronged. Lord Wang, they disregard people's lives and don't treat us as human beings. Do you want to do the same? â
The silk merchant Javin pointed at the people. shouted loudly: "Maniac, you dare to coerce the prince, how mad you are! They all patted their chests and asked their consciences, if it weren't for the prince's redivision of the land and the weaving of you in the grange. I'm afraid that you will starve to death a long time ago, and the great grace of heaven and earth will not know how to repay, and you dare to shout at the prince. It's just crazy and doesn't deal with it. There is no Heavenly Principle King Law! â
The other businessmen also shouted, they didn't leave Gu Zhenhua every word, and all the momentum of those people was suppressed, and these people all showed smug smiles on their faces. A bunch of mud legs, and they still want to fight with Lao Tzu, they don't know whether they are alive or dead!
Just when the merchant was triumphant, Gu Zhenhua strode to the middle of the two groups, waved at the soldiers, and said, "You all go down!" â
"Lord Wang, you have to be careful, these mud-legged people are crazy, in case, in case..."
Before Jia Wen finished speaking, Gu Zhenhua waved his hand impatiently.
"This king is the prince of all the people, not the prince of your merchants, much less your servants. Everything is pushed on this king, you are so bold, this king said to be kind to the people, this king said to work together, this king said to recover the Central Plains. Why don't you say that? It is true that this king values business, but that is because it was unfair to businessmen in the past, and industry and commerce can create zĂ o wealth. Some people regard the king's encouragement as connivance, as a shield for you to harm the people, and they still want to make the king carry the black pot and delusional! â
Gu Zhenhua's voice was like a bell, every word was like a thunderbolt, and after Jia Wen and the others heard it, they were weak and collapsed directly on the ground.
Only two words flashed through my mind: It's over! Gu Zhenhua is such a ruthless lord, when he said this, I am afraid that he is going to kill!
Without paying attention to these businessmen, Gu Zhenhua turned his head again and bowed to all the people, so frightened that all the people were at a loss, and some simply knelt on the ground and kowtowed.
"Folks, this king knows everything, many businessmen are ruthlessly oppressed, you are busy almost every day, some people are injured, some people are tired to death. These are all things that this king has not thought through, and this king has asked everyone for their guilt! â
These people usually scolded Gu Zhenhua a lot, but at this time, they were embarrassed. Indeed, no matter what, without Gu Zhenhua, I am afraid that they would have become starving long ago!
"Lord Wang, the villains don't deserve your big gift!"
"Yes, you are far away from the emperor, how can you blame what these profiteers have done!"
"That's right, my lord, I just ask you to give us justice."
The people wept and cried, and their tears soaked their clothes, like a bunch of wronged children.
Gu Zhenhua sighed deeply and said, "No matter who is guilty, this king will not let it go, Shen Degong has been arrested by me." The businessmen present, as well as those like Shen Degong, don't even think about running. But at the moment, this king wants to discuss one thing with both of you, do you think this workshop should continue to be run, and how can the farm be maintained! â
After Gu Zhenhua finished speaking, he sat on the ground, and Yan Yingyuan and the others also sat on the ground.
"Everyone talk freely, what do you have to say!"
When Jia Wen and these businessmen heard this, they were all dumbfounded, and let these mud legs finish speaking, who is not a cheap bone, but I am afraid that the workshop will be completely finished.
At this time, a little old man stood up tremblingly from among the people, and he thought again and again and said: "Lord Wang, without the workshop, where can we work, the family still has to live!" â
But a young stunned boy stood up on the side, and he said loudly: "Old Wangtou, you know how to carpenter, no matter who you are, they will look up to you, and your salary is never short." But what about us, just with the strength of one arm, Old Man Shen doesn't pay any wages at all, and he works two cakes a day, who can stand it on this cold day! â
Carpenter Wang looked embarrassed and said, "You can't just count it like this, when we built the grange, we didn't have farm tools, no seeds, and no cattle. These are all borrowed by others, and they should be repaid, otherwise even the Grange will be gone! â
"Paying off? That can't be repaid with your life! â
After a few words, the people quarreled, Gu Zhenhua smiled and waved his hand: "Big guy, be quiet first, let's listen to what the businessman has to say!" â
As soon as Jia Wen saw that Gu Zhenhua was still allowed to speak, he hurriedly stood up.
"Lord Wang, the villain helped build the farm and lent them materials, and he set the rules at the beginning, asking them to work in my workshop when the farm was slack. The villain didn't ask them for more land rent, shouldn't they sell some strength? If you are not convinced, let's take a look at how the original documents were ordered! â
Gu Zhenhua smiled slightly: "Don't worry, this king is looking for a way to get the best of both worlds today, do you want to hear this king's thoughts?" (To be continued......)
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