If you want to select the most magical lines in history, "Don't bully the poor boys" will most likely be selected for Sandingjia. As long as any teenager says this, it seems that he will trigger the special effect of lightning and thunder, get a headshot with blood, and take off in his career.

It's a pity that Xu Yuanzuo opened it in the wrong way, such a classic word was not touching, and even Weng Di was not infected.

Mr. Weng Di was obviously angry when he left.

Xu Yuanzuo is not worried. In the original historical script, after Weng Di's death, there was certainly Shoufu Shen Shishi who wrote an epitaph for him, and the grief was infinite. However, his descendants were not angry, and even the decorations of his tomb were torn down and sold. What is there to worry about in this kind of family that has died and lost its family?

On the contrary, the rising star among the merchants in Dongshan now makes Xu Yuanzuo more interested.

During the Wanli period, the people of the time called "Weng Xu" and said that the Xu family was the big family that took charge of the Dongting merchant gang after Weng Di. With Weng Di's current stubbornness and arbitrariness, most of the Xu family is still a subordinate person.

Are they connected to each other? Is it possible to discrete? To what extent did Hui's support for Weng go? These are all things that Xu Yuanzuo wants to know.

There are also merchants from the West Hills.

Although the Dongting Merchant Gang covers the Dongshan and Western Mountains, the Dongshan Merchants are different from the Xishan Merchants. Dongshan merchants walked along the canal, and Beijing, Linqing, Yangzhou, Suzhou, and Hangzhou were their important towns. And the merchants of Xishan walked along the Yangtze River. From Suzhou to the west along the Yangtze River. Nanjing, Wuhu, Anqing, Jiujiang, Wuchang, Yueyang, and Changsha are all places where Xishan merchants gather.

Suzhou merchants are divided into north-south and east-west, and they are not deeply connected with each other, and they will form a bond when they are involved in the entanglement of interests. In the era of the birth of giants, there was still a lack of trust and tacit understanding between merchants in the East and West Mountains. This is also one of the factors why Xu Yuanzuo dared to declare war with Weng Di.

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The winter moon of the third year of Longqing is destined to be lively.

On the fifth day of Xu Yuanzuo's stay in Suzhou, the families of wealthy businessmen and magnates in Xishan came to the Lion Forest to "meet", "meet" and "date" Xu Yuanzuo.

In only three or two days, the Xishan Shen, Qin, and Deng families all sent their descendants to contact Xu Yuanzuo. On the one hand, how to unite the front with Hai Jui as a businessman, and on the other hand, it is also to seek Austrian aid to defeat Weng Million, so that Suzhou Capital will follow the Xishan merchants more to the two lakes between Chu and Han, rather than following the Dongshan merchants to the north.

Xu Yuanzuo did not continue to sell his theory of social deontology, but emphasized the autonomy and security of accounts, which is quite a kind of fear that the world will not be chaotic. This is not specifically to create the focus of conflict between Hai Jui and Su Shang. Instead, it is to prevent Suzhou businessmen from having nothing to do in the coming year and affecting his integration work in Songjiang.

Among these three families, the one who has the deepest resistance to the Dongshan people is the Shen family.

The Shen family is a big surname in the south of the Yangtze River, and the Shen family of Dongshan has no kinship with the Shen family of Chongming Changzhou. However, with the same surname, Xu Yuanzuo has the most cordial attitude towards the Shen family because of the relationship between his biological mother.

This time, the Shen family sent to negotiate with Shen Shaotang, the leader of the younger generation. This person is a figure in the family history of the Xishan Shen family, and he is said to be the younger generation, and he is almost thirty years old. Purely taking into account Xu Yuanzuo's youth, the Shen family was worried that there would be a gap in sending an old adult over. If you really send a teenager. It's too much of a joke again.

Xu Yuanzuo's impression of Shen Shaotang is good, and it can be seen that he is a down-to-earth person. In the original historical script, the Shen family was active from the beginning of the Ming Dynasty to the Republic, which is enough to prove that they have a unique vision in the cultivation and selection of people at the helm. The children of such families, even if they are temporarily frustrated, are unlikely to sell the things on the tombs of their ancestors, which is obviously more worthy of association.

Before Shen Shaotang went out, the elders also specially advised: "This Xu Jinglian has won the double case." It can be described as young and talented; is Xu Xiang's grandson again, and he can be said to be on top of people; It can be seen that business and business go hand in hand. And he is among Jia Ye, this is definitely a young talent. If such a character has a strange temperament, it is a normal thing, and you just need to follow him. ”

This is quite a tact, but in the final analysis, it is three words: coax him.

But after meeting and chatting. Shen Shaotang had a wonderful feeling.

It seems that the person who was coaxed to order it was him Shen Shaotang! It's not because of the interests in the field, it's more like a gentle brother to an innocent and innocent brother.

Xu Yuanzuo, who was half his age, forcibly seized his brother's position.

"My family's main business now is blue indigo from the southwest." When Shen Shaotang was hesitating to explain what blue indigo was, he heard Xu Yuanzuo nod and said, "Excellent dye." ”

- Sure enough!

Shen Shaotang secretly praised in his heart and said, "Now I'm also thinking about putting some effort into it." Make some crude drugs. ”

Crude drugs are a major category of medicinal materials that distinguish them from finished drugs. Including plants, animals, minerals, and has always been lucrative. The two lakes of Jingxiang, and even the Yungui of the Xiangjiang River, were still a barbarian land filled with miasma in the Song Dynasty, and now it is also a place with an excellent natural environment. The mountains and forests are reckless, and the natural reserves of crude medicinal materials are huge.

Xu Yuanzuo exclaimed: "This is an excellent deal. ”

Shen Shaotang looked proud, and was about to be modest, but he heard Xu Yuanzuo take a turn: "It's not ......"

"Dare to ask?" Shen Shaotang looked suspicious.

"It's just that the purchase is shipped to Jiangnan, and the profit is not thick enough." Xu Yuanzuo paused: "Have you ever thought about it: set aside land in the local area and ask the old farmers to cultivate medicinal herbs; Musk deer are stocked in the mountains and other animals that can be used for medicine. Wouldn't that be a constant and reliable source of goods? Xu Yuanzuo said.

Shen Shaotang's eyes lit up, obviously very tempted.

The corners of Xu Yuanzuo's mouth rose slightly, and he said secretly: If I do this business, I will have to buy off the local royal clan, government and county officials, and Tusi leaders, and prohibit others from entering the mountains to collect medicine and enjoy the benefits of monopoly.

It's just that the words are shallow and deep, and Xu Yuanzuo didn't break it. If Shen Shaotang is really as miraculous as recorded in his family history, he should be able to realize it in a few years.

"Jingxiang nine counties since the end of the Han Dynasty has been a place for soldiers, and now Jingxiang is the granary of the key point, east, west, north and south in all directions, if carefully managed, it is a golden mountain." Xu Yuanzuo said again: "Just looking at the imperial court's Yunyang Fuzhi, it is enough to be circumstantial evidence." ”

From the twelfth year of Chenghua, Yunyang has leapt from a nameless small town in the mountains to a giant town of the Chinese Domain, precisely because of the Yunyang governor and admiral set up by the Ming court. An important minister of the court who reads poetry and books. With the official body of the third and fourth grades, he sits in Yunyang, and has jurisdiction over five provinces, eight prefectures, nine prefectures, and sixty-five counties in the adjacent areas of Hubei, Henan, Sichuan and Shaanxi, and clamps the 3,000-mile basin of the Han River.

The governor of Yunyang is similar to the governor of Yingtian and Shuntian, both of which are provincial-level institutions. It is not attached to the province, and is simply based on the region. And because the people here are fierce, the transportation is inconvenient, and the culture and education are backward, so the governor and the rank of admiral are equivalent to political and military affairs, which is far from being comparable to other governors.

Xu Yuanzuo's words touched Shen Shaotang's heart, and he was so excited that his whole body trembled: "Brother Jing Lian is really wise!" Although the land of Jingxiang is not comparable to Jiangnan, it is also unique. If it takes time. It may not be impossible to become the second Gangnam. ”

Xu Yuanzuo smiled: "That's exactly what I said." I think that in the Tang and Song dynasties, Jiangnan was the granary of the world, not a commercial place. If today's granary has been transferred to Huguang, who said that Hanyang and Changsha will not be able to become key points and places for businessmen to gather in the future? ”

Looking at Shen Shaotang's excited face, Xu Yuanzuo added another sentence in his heart: It's a pity that you can't see it mostly.

"Speaking of the governor of Yunyang...... The younger brother thought of an old man. Xu Yuanzuo said.

"Oh? But Ouyang Taibao? "Shen Shaotang is also a smart person, and the most famous of the governors of Yunyang is the crown prince Ouyang Bijin.

Xu Yuanzuo is talking about this person.

Ouyang Bijin was twenty-two years old when he took the Zhongxiang test, and at the age of twenty-six, he entered the Shi and the first. He and Yan Song were close friends and in-laws - Yan Song's second daughter married Ouyang Bijin's eldest son. He can only be said to be mediocre as an official. Even because of Yan Song's recommendation of him to be the secretary of the ministry, it caused Emperor Jiajing to be displeased.

However, when he was the governor of Yunyang. Rinderpest was encountered, leaving the fields without cattle to cultivate. So he improved the design of Wang Fangyi in the Tang Dynasty and created the "substitute cultivator". It is said that this kind of substitute cultivator greatly alleviated the impact of the cattle famine, and did not produce more serious consequences.

Since Xu Yuanzuo considered the issue of improving productivity last time, he hated that there were no enough people at hand to borrow power. Although Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon is among the craftsmen, how can he have time to search? And the scientist and science enthusiast who left a name in history. Either it has been made ancient - Ouyang Bijin died in the first year of Longqing, and he was given the official crown prince Taibao; Either that or that they haven't stepped onto the stage of history yet.

Ten years early or ten years later, you will not have this feeling of loneliness.

It can be seen that God wants Xu Yuanzuo to be the founder of modern science!

"Is Ouyang Taibao's cultivator really as practical as rumored? Why hasn't it been promoted? Xu Yuanzuo asked.

As a businessman, Shen Shaotang's sense of smell and vision have made him more sensitive to technology. He had already thought about it. If it is really true to the rumor that "one person and one force can be worth two cows". Then who still raises cattle! Isn't it okay to use a cultivator directly?

"Hehe, Jing Lian doesn't know." Shen Shaotang said: "One person can't use the cultivator, so one person on the left and right must help each other." Therefore, the so-called 'one person is worth two cows', in fact, only the people who push are counted, and the people who help next to him are not counted. After counting, three people can be worth two cows. ”

"Human endurance is certainly not comparable to that of oxen." Xu Yuanzuo added.

Shen Shaotang stroked his palm: "Yes, in this way, there must always be six or seven people to be worth the acres cultivated by two oxen." This is really a workaround when there are no cattle available, so it cannot be promoted. ”

Xu Yuanzuo nodded.

In the era of intensive farming, farmers can be regarded as skilled talents, not just individuals who can cultivate the land. No matter how the ownership of the land changes, whether it is to yeoman farmers or tenant farmers, whether it is government land or private land, the number of farmers in need is constant. Because even if the landlord occupies the land, it is impossible to carry out industrial and commercial development, and it is bound to carry out agricultural cultivation.

Why did the Ming lose Annan? Why did you abandon Hercynian (the area east of Heilongjiang to Sakhalin)? Why not develop the island of Taiwan? It is precisely because there are not enough farmers. If there are enough peasants, so much that the land cannot carry it, the southwest, northeast, and southeast will all become population discharge areas, and the Han people will naturally take root in Annam and Taiwan.

Therefore, compared with the little cost of cattle ploughing, manpower is more valuable. Once the rinderpest disaster is lifted, the tool that occupies more labor is shelved.

"I heard that the Jingxiang Miao family has many cattle, and the Han family needs to plough cattle, but it can never be compared, what is the reason?" Xu Yuanzuo asked again.

Shen Shaotang thought for a while and said, "I think it will not be the same as the custom of bullfighting in the Miao family." Every year, the king of cattle is decided for breeding. Over the years, every family raises cattle, and the cattle breed is good, so there are many cattle and many good cattle. As for the Han family, there were not many people in the first place, unlike the village tribe in Jiangnan, most of them were small families, and they couldn't afford to raise too many cattle, and the cattle breed was not good. ”

Xu Yuanzuo asked: "If you open a cattle farm and breed cultivated cattle and beef cattle separately, is it profitable?" ”

Shen Shaotang's face was embarrassed and said, "I haven't thought about this. However, if you want to transport cattle from Jingxiang to Jiangnan, you will definitely lose money. ”

The profit of a boatload of cattle is definitely less than that of a boatload of indigo, not to mention precious medicinal materials such as deer antler velvet and musk.

Xu Yuanzuo touched his chin and said, "If you raise cattle in Jiangnan, the cost of land is too high." ”

Jiangnan basically said goodbye to the concept of wasteland. Good fields can naturally grow food; The second-class land should be planted with cotton and linen; Mulberry trees were planted on the so-called wasteland; Even the tidal flats are used to raise ducks. All of this has greatly increased the value of land, and if the land is vacated for large-scale cattle breeding, the land cost is high and the risk is uncontrollable.

Once rinderpest comes to you, you're gone.

"Why is Jing Lian so concerned about this cow? But do you want to buy it at home? "Shen Shaotang is ready to lose some capital and bring some good cattle back for Xu Yuanzuo.

Xu Yuanzuo said: "I need to make the work of farmers in Songjiang easier. ”

Only in this way can the peasants be freed from the land and pour into industry, transportation, and services.

The most important thing in Xu Yuanzuo's Songjiang layout is the opening of Jinshan Island. Once the port is opened, a large number of surplus labor will be needed to provide support in all aspects. Just as he analyzed with Kang Pengzu that day, from porters to boatmen, from coolies unloading goods to hawkers providing firewood and rice, more than 100,000 laborers were needed.

The reason why Fujian's smuggling industry developed in those years was also because Fujian had eight mountains, one water, and one farmland, and naturally there were enough laborers to provide support for smuggling.

From Songjiang to Nanhui and Jinshan, there are few people and many lands, and there are large mulberry gardens and tobacco fields, even in the late Ming Dynasty, there is no large-scale surplus labor. This is tantamount to choking Xu Yuanzuo's throat, making him unable to achieve his goal of sitting on the Golden Mountain, and unable to resist the formation of the Dongting Merchant Trust.

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