The state of Chu also held Wei accountable for the looting of foreign races, but the state of Wei firmly denied the matter, attributing it to civil behavior and ignorance.

For the time being, it is not easy for the Chu State to overreact, but it has just begun to publicize the exploitation of craftsmen by the wealthy families in the north in the Chu State, so as to stimulate the sympathy of the Chu people, as well as the questioning and hostility of the Wei State Workshop.

And explicitly or implicitly reminded the old and new nobles of the Chu State that no matter where the laborers come from and where the workshop is opened, if there is anything contrary to the spirit of Chu Xue, even if it happens outside the Chu State, the roots here in the Chu State will be directly dug up, and there is no need to think about coming back!

At least Bai Tu wants to watch, the workshop owners of the Chu State have no intention of emulating it......

At the same time, it also focused on publicizing to the people that the harsh treatment and exploitation of craftsmen by workshop owners outside the Chu State is just like the new drama with the theme of the Chu State, no matter how good the woolen textiles of the Wei State are, it will also be watered by the blood and tears of the laborers.

For the workshop owners of the Chu State, it is both a commendation and a warning.

Of course, from a cultural point of view, even if the wealthy family of Wei was "blinded" by the interests that were expanding too rapidly for the time being, they would not easily attack Hermes-Epitek.

After all, if the "people's heart" is lost, it means that the King of Wei can directly harvest them.

Although Cao Cao made a bad start, his control over the country did not decline substantially.

Moreover, their yield per mu is basically only half of that of Chu, and the popularity rate of animal farming is less than one-fifth of that of Chu, so the proportion of agricultural population, no matter how compressed, the results are limited!

That's why they will set their eyes on those alien races in the north, the alien races, pastures, and wool that they couldn't look down on before...... suddenly became fragrant, and because of the strong industrial production of the Chu State, although the "plate armor" was expensive, it also "flew into the rich and noble".

Just like the big merchants in the pre-Qin period, there were often dozens or hundreds of chariots - now for the local tyrants of the Wei State, a pair of plate armor is equivalent to the chariot of the pre-Qin period.

Using this to fight an alien race is the same as bullying a trumpet, there is no difficulty......

As for those big tribes that are not easy to gnaw, they are also the objects of their trade, in the face of interests, people don't care, whether these woolen textiles are watered by the blood and tears of their own clan.

If you can grab it, you can grab it, and you can also produce products if you can't grab it, and make deals with those who can't grab it...... It's easy to harvest a lot of resources and hard workers, and it's simply addictive.

Bai Tu can't control Wei for the time being, and it's not good to cut off the deal with Wei because of this matter - after all, now that Wei has bought a lot of plate armor and ships have arrived, even if the deal is cut off, there is no essential loss.

On the contrary, the state of Chu is the party with an absolute surplus in daily transactions, and a large amount of resources flow from the state of Wei to the state of Chu......

Even because Wei now has the experience of sucking blood from those alien races, he began to question faster - am I being taken advantage of by Chu State? He sold me the finished product in exchange for more raw materials and money, and he still had to pay my taxes?

It is estimated that it will not be long before import taxes and even import restrictions will be imposed on the Chu State, and now the Chu State will pit him for as long as it can.

Bai Tu has discussed this matter with the cabinet several times, and has also mentioned it at the court meeting.

This time Ling Cao sent the information, which was actually the result of the fact that the matter had developed to a certain scale, and Bai Tu also held the palace enlargement meeting again - in addition to the palace scholars, several scholars also participated.

"Wang Shangshu has been worrying a lot recently, and the implementation of the 'Workshop Law' must be thorough, and the Ministry of Rites will also pay more attention to resist the unhealthy tendencies of the Wei State." Bai Tu almost showed Wang Lang clearly, and if there was no typical, he found a typical model to deal with him.

"King, many textile workshops have lost money recently, and they have begun to dismiss their workers, which has brought some shock to the people, and the ministers please increase the procurement efforts of the imperial court." Lu Su opened his mouth and asked.

"Well, the condolences to be distributed this year will focus on the brocade and cloth in our Chu country, but the quality must also be strictly checked, and ...... Temporary tax subsidies for textile workshops. Bai Tu answered.

Fortunately, the cheap woolen fabrics of the Wei State are only more suitable for the cold in the north, and considering the quality and transportation costs, at least in the Chu State, they are not very competitive.

It's just that the markets in Yongliang, Kanto and the north were squeezed......

"In addition, for unemployed female workers, the Ministry of Civil Affairs should also actively coordinate and take the initiative to assist in docking with other labor workshops and the Ministry of Rites...... It is also necessary to intensify the establishment of craftsman training, upgrade the industry more in official workshops, train in the training, and communicate more with those private workshops to popularize the benefits of craftsman training, and ...... A certain amount of preferential treatment will be given and subsidized by the household department. Bai Tu thought for a moment and then added.

In short, it is to help the shrinking female textile workers to re-enter the workforce, and at the same time ...... "Move" some craftsmen to the craftsman's school.

It not only lays the foundation for the future, but also alleviates the problem of unemployment for the present - after all, a part of the labor force has gone to the craftsman's school, so it is necessary to recruit another part of the labor force!

Of course, most of the tuition fees for craftsman learning are paid in advance by the workshop, that is, the commission training......

Families who are really not bad at money are more likely to choose the way to let the new generation study hard, rather than choosing to learn from craftsmen, and families who want to choose to learn from craftsmen often hesitate when they pay money.

In addition, the Ministry of Industry should also ponder how to upgrade the industry - Chu State has an opponent for the first time in the textile industry, although it is not very strong, backward technology and backward concept, but it is a business without capital.

Bai Tu is not worried, after all...... Before, it was just because there was no upland cotton, so there was no hurry to upgrade the textile industry, and the technical dividends in the "hard disk" still had a lot of room for excavation.

Especially now, small and medium-sized true gas machines and personal true qi driven textile machines are gradually civilianized, and the industrial strength of Chu has steadily increased, and there is cotton from the Golden State waiting for Ganning to bring it back.

If there is upland cotton and cotton spinning is started, Chu can even collapse the wool textile industry of Wei in a wave, after all, the warmth effect of cotton is better, and Jiangdong is more suitable for cotton planting, and cotton is more suitable for textile machines.

Even now, only the low-end market has been squeezed, and the mid-to-high-end Chu State is still at ease.

Bai Tu was more worried that Wei had made a bad start......

In fact, in the opinion of Lu Su and others, Bai Tu was a little overly nervous in this regard.

Even the wealthy family of Wei State did not dare to attack the Han people now, and more plundered foreign tribes and ...... the Han people It's just that it didn't make them better, and it wasn't so bad that it was even more oppressive.

After all, there is no "prior knowledge" of Bai Tu, and in the eyes of other Chu Chen, it is a ridiculous thing that after the technology has been greatly improved, the people will have a worse and more difficult life.

However, Bai Tu seems to have been nervous about this?

Whether it is unfounded or not, in fact, Bai Tu himself can't say for sure, after all, whether it is the Chu State or the late Han Dynasty itself, from the environment to the culture, it is completely different from the place where industrialization began in another world.

However, the direction of Wei State sounded the alarm bell for Bai Tu - whether it is groundless or not, he fundamentally restricts it first, emphasizing that the ultimate goal of Chu Xue is "four good as one", emphasizing that "benevolence loves others", and it is definitely not wrong to improve technology to benefit ordinary people and prevent problems before they happen.

Otherwise, they will make a mess and let mankind enter the era of industrialization in advance, and the result will be to make all kinds of tragedies in the early stage of industrialization come to another place?

Bai Tu Kezhi is not here......

Of course, he said so, but when Lu Bu proposed to directly intervene by force, Bai Tu still chose to postpone.

In fact, Lu Bu didn't have a good impression of foreign races, and even knew that the "people" of Wei State were still very good at plundering the Xiongnu and Qiang people in Bingzhou, Lu Bu felt a little dark in his heart.

But......

If there is a chance to start a war with Wei, Lu Bu will support it!

Of course, this does not mean that there is a direct war with the Wei State, otherwise Liu Xie will wake up laughing in his dreams, but it refers to going to the north and fighting the slave catchers - didn't the Wei State say that it has nothing to do with him? Then treat it as irrelevant......

However, Bai Tu still did not agree immediately.

After all, if you want to land from Liaodong, Gongsun Kang will definitely not agree - what? Are you here to administer justice to Wuhuan and Goguryeo? Still want to borrow the road? Do you think I believe it?

"First pass on the letter to Ling Cao, let him try to open up a suitable port in the south of the fried seafood peninsula while patrolling the sea area on a daily basis...... And within the scope of his ability, he actively cracked down on the capture of slaves by Wei and established a positive image of the Chu army. ”

Bai Tu did not immediately agree to Lu Bu's request for war on behalf of the Privy Council, but had to prepare first.

First, if you interfere in the northeast of Youzhou on the fried seafood peninsula now, it may also bring pressure to Gongsun Kang, after all, if Chu wants to make a move, it will not be like the "folk" of Wei, run with a shot, but run to stabilize the position and win people's hearts, and there is the back garden of Gongsun's family, he can tolerate Wei to "pick flowers", but he will not tolerate Chu to "grab the garden";

Second, after all, it has only been less than a year, and the longer the time, the worse the reputation of the Wei State will be, and the prestige of the Gongsun clan in these places will be affected, and the more serious it will be, as long as it drags on, many problems can be solved;

Three to ...... Bai Tu may not have thought about it in his heart - it is much easier to educate the slaves liberated from the Wei State than to educate a group of alien races with iron heads!

Wei State first dressed up the black face enough, and even the part that was not good for enslavement has been "cleared", and the Chu State came from the sky at this time, with thousands of golden lights, and accepted them as the people of Chu, if Chu is fully transformed, it is not easy to be able to retract it?

Of course, the third point, Bai Tu will not admit on any occasion.

Although Bai Tu has always emphasized that the people everywhere are the people, even if they are not Chu people and do not have the treatment of Chu people, but at least they are all within the restrictions of national laws and military regulations, and Chu State will not harm them, and the generals of the army are also taught in this way, but ......

Bai Tu is not a saint after all, if he can reduce resistance and reduce the casualties of the Chu army, Bai Tu still can't sacrifice himself.

As the king of Chu, Bai Tu was first responsible for his own army and people, followed by other Han people, and then everyone.

Bai Tu can only guarantee that after joining the Chu State, everyone is a Chu Min, and insists on "benevolence and love" as the core, as for "eight wildernesses and six combinations, four good as one"...... After all, it is a distant end goal, and you can't just ask yourself for it now.