"Everyone, I think you've probably heard that Zhao Zhizhou wants to concentrate the land for use. In this way, it is very effective to pay for the grain of the public land. Sima Kao had a stiff face, and his voice was also very cold.

When the landlords who attended the meeting heard this, their faces almost appeared frosty. When it comes to the reform of public fields, these people have negative emotions in their hearts. If it weren't for Sima Kao, who made them a lot of money, the hot-tempered people in this gang would have scolded loudly.

Seeing that the situation of the meeting could still be controlled, Sima Kao continued: "I am not making this request to you to work for Jia Yidao. This is Zhao Zhizhou's request. In terms of patriotism and love for the people, I am afraid that no one in the court can compare to Zhao Zhizhou. ”

The participants below were already very angry about the reform of the public fields, and when they heard Sima Kao's explanation, everyone broke out.

"If Zhao Zhizhou really loves the country and the people, he should get rid of Jia Rudao's traitor!"

"Love the country and love the people! Are we not the people if we are stumped? ”

"Getting rid of Jia Rudao is the biggest good thing!"

……

When the shouting fell down slightly, Sima Kao smiled and said, "Didn't you make any money by following Zhao Zhizhou?" ”

The room fell silent, and all the participants changed their faces. The threat in Sima Kao's words is too heavy, and no one likes to be threatened, especially when it comes to making money.

In order to ease his emotions, Sima Kao showed a smile, and he said loudly with a smile: "Zhao Zhizhou has never threatened others, and the so-called twisted melon is not sweet. It's just that you have not been to Jiaxing Mansion, Zhao Zhizhou engaged in intensive agriculture in Jiaxing Mansion. All the local landlords are doing a better life than before. If you think that Zhao Zhizhou makes everyone make money in silk and embroidery, why not listen to Zhao Zhizhou's meaning in farming. ”

These words reduced the hostility and soothed the expressions of the others. Then Sima Kao continued: "Everyone, if you want to bring down Jia Rudao, you must have people who have made great contributions to the country. Jia seems to have today's status, isn't it because he has made great contributions in Ezhou. If you can listen to Zhao Zhizhou's words, do a good job in the local area. Zhao Zhizhou has credit, can't he also rise to the position of prime minister? Then...... Hehe! ”

Saying this, the landlords showed expressions of understanding. The smile on Sima Kao's face became even brighter. Because the landlords did not know Zhao Jiaren's political views, Sima Kao knew very well. In order to solve the financial difficulties, Jia Yidao carried out public land reform, and Zhao Jiaren's land concept was much more radical than Jia Yidao. At a study meeting of a group of cadres, Zhao Jiaren openly stated that he was opposed to land rent and supported the state ownership of land. That is to say, all the land should belong to the state, and those who want to cultivate the land rent land from the state to cultivate.

Imagining how the landlords would react when they learned about Zhao Jiaren's idea, the smile on Sima Kao's face became brighter and brighter.

The landlords looked at Sima Kao's infectious smile, and also felt that their confidence in resolute non-cooperation was inexplicably shaken. Anyway, Jiaxing Mansion is not far from Gusu, and tens of thousands of miles away in the South China Sea have sent inspection delegations, and Jiaxing Mansion hundreds of miles away is considered a Mao.

As far as the landlords were concerned, they did not understand the state ownership of land. However, Zhao Jiaren understands that this is why he can't hate the public land reform because Jia Yidao messed up the public land reform. The follow-up of the land state ownership system is generally intensive management, and the core of intensive management is the efficient management of land into patches.

In the age of agriculture, labor was the least valuable. The long agricultural cycle, frequent natural disasters, even if the rice is ripe and the sickle is not cut in time, a storm can cause the cooked duck to ride away.

If the risks are so great that every link is immediately paid in money, the results of long-term statistical calculations show that agricultural investors who profit solely from the fruits of their cultivation will inevitably go bankrupt. Agriculture is the primary industry, and industry is the secondary industry. The distinction between the first and the second was not made up by economists, but Zhao Jiaren, who had studied socialist economics at a Chinese university, transferred the surplus labor force in Jiaxing Prefecture to handicrafts and animal husbandry.

Of course, the landlords could not understand this deep theory, and what touched them greatly was the reality that they could understand. Zhao Jiaren built a lot of hydraulic equipment along the river. One of them is the rice machine, as well as equipment related to the processing of wood in the shipyard, as well as equipment for processing coal.

These machines were not open to the landowners' tours, and the landowners saw rope rolling machines and rollers. Straw shoes are a very common item in the Great Song Dynasty, and reed mats are products that every household in the Great Song Dynasty has. The landowners who visited saw a steady stream of hydraulic equipment producing straw ropes suitable for straw sandals, and the sun-dried reeds were pressed into very convenient flat sheets by rollers. Many women are on the factory grounds near the equipment, making straw sandals or weaving reed mats on those custom-made molds.

Because of the assembly line model, everyone is only responsible for one part of the process. Someone is responsible for checking each link and paying by the piece. Although some landowners secretly looked at the large crowd of female workers to see if there were any good-looking women, most landlords still paid most of their attention to the products.

Less skilled farmers start by kneading straw ropes, and may be able to make a pair of straw sandals a day. According to the observations of the landlords, each of these women, who were far less powerful than men, produced at least one pair of straw sandals on average in just one hour. Judging from the straw sandals taken out of the basket where the final product was stored, the landlords found that they were the straw sandals that had been sold at a conscientious price in Gusu since last year. Whether it is better than the straw shoes produced by ordinary farmers in terms of quality or style, this thing completely impacted the market in Gusu and basically collapsed the local straw shoes industry in Gusu. After reading the straw sandals, and then looking at the reed mat, the landlords determined that the conscience price of the reed mat that was sold in Gusu was also a product here.

After leaving the factory, Sima Kao, who led the team, told the landlords that the daily salary of the female workers was 100 yuan.

Hearing the news, all the members of the visiting group looked at Sima Kao in amazement. Sima Jinshi's appearance, if not considered beautiful, is at least quite normal. Now everyone found out that Sima Guanren's heart was darker than the bottom of the pot.

In Gusu City, a worker can earn 100 copper coins a day, which is considered food and clothing. Before the Gongtian reform, because of the large-scale issuance of banknotes during the war, the ratio of banknotes to copper coins at that time was that banknotes could always be exchanged for 220 copper coins. Now Jia Rudao is frantically issuing banknotes, and the current Jiaozi price has plummeted all the way in the areas where the public land reform has been implemented. A hundred wen can be exchanged for ten copper coins, which is considered Amitabha. Exploiting by such means, the landlords sincerely admired the methods of Sima Guanren.

"Those women don't earn a penny for a day at home." Sima Kao's voice was straightforward, and just such self-confidence made the landowners feel a little unreasonable.

"The landlords of Jiaxing Mansion have money in their hands, but they can't spend it. And we found a way for them to spend their money, which was to build factories and pay for their laborers. Of course, those of you who are engaged in silk or embroidery are angry that the land has been taken away, but do you make money by farming? You have planted for a lifetime, and the money you earn can be more than that of transporting a boatload of embroidery to Tianzhu and Dashi? ”

Speaking of this, Sima Kao stopped speaking, and his sharp gaze swept back and forth over the landlords several times, and then he said in a high-minded and arrogant tone: "Everyone, if you are only people who know how to be angry, I can't help it. But I must say to you, it's useless to be angry! ”

Visit, meet, visit, meet. After a month, the first to succumb were the landlords with silk and embroidery industries at home, and the next to succumb were the silkworm breeders. As more and more Gusu landlords chose to cooperate with the wealthy, the landlords who planted mulberry trees also gave in. In the end, there were a few complete landowners left, and although they did not want to give in, no one really took these people seriously. Sima Kao put forward the final condition for them, promising to let all the children of the landlords study in the school run by Zhao Jiaren, with no tuition fees for food and drink, and as many people as they wanted. Except for a very small number of diehards, the landowners also succumbed.

Xu Yuanzhi was puzzled by Zhao Jiaren's method, "Zhao Zhizhou, you have said that the twisted melon is not sweet, and there will be a lot of troubles in this way." ”

"There must be a lot of people here who will follow us, and when the aftermath erupts, just get rid of those who can't cooperate. And even if we take 10,000 steps back and the cooperation fails, we still have a lot of children. Zhao Jiaren looked calm and looked gentle.

Xu Yuanzhi felt a murderous aura from Zhao Jiaren's words, and he sighed: "They are the head snakes of the ground, and Zhao Zhizhou, your strong dragon, also fights with them." ”

Hearing this, Zhao Jiaren rolled his eyes, "Mr. Xu, your idea is to freeze everything in the present at a certain time, hoping that it will continue for thousands of years." As the saying goes, it is said that the land of a thousand years is exchanged for 800 masters, and your idea is not in accordance with the law. We let the landlords in Gusu earn a penny, and we earn at least five or even ten wen from it. If they can't cooperate, they go back to farming. It is very easy to go bankrupt by simply farming, and when they go bankrupt, can we buy land at a low price? There are thousands of landlords in the world who can cooperate with us, but the landlords can only cooperate with us. They turned on us and we? We're going to have to turn the other cheek with them! ”

Xu Yuanzhi was silent. He felt very uncomfortable in his heart, not because he heard Zhao Jiaren's arrogant words, but because Zhao Jiaren told the truth.

Seeing Zhao Jiaren's knowledge, Xu Yuanzhi just admired it very much. Seeing the various schools set up by Zhao Jiaren, Xu Yuanzhi faintly felt that the intellectuals of the Great Song Dynasty were facing a terrible challenge.

Seeing Zhao Jiaren's Navigation Guild, Xu Yuanzhi also just admired. Seeing Zhao Jiaren's management system, Xu Yuanzhi also faintly felt that there was a thick cloud over the heads of the landlords and gentry of the Great Song Dynasty.

For the future, Xu Yuanzhi couldn't be happier.