Chapter 1192: Rich Merchant
In the capital, a woman dressed as a man quietly slipped out of the general's mansion.
Li Xianyi looked at the city gate behind her, her eyes were full of determination, her father was stubborn, and now the people are resentful, his father is still loyal to the cruel queen mother to suppress the good people, and her stepmother, taking advantage of her father's absence, even wants to marry her to the courtiers in the court, but even if her father is at home, it is estimated that he will not object.
Li Xianyi has now lost confidence and hope in this family, so she chose to leave, and in the future, she will be called Bai Xianyi with her mother's surname, and there is no such person as Li Xianyi in this world.
Bai Xianyi left the capital but didn't know where to go, her initial destination was actually Linshan Mansion, because she heard that the King of Linshan was the most merciful to the common people, and it was also the place with the least refugees.
But recently, Linshan Mansion was surrounded by the people of the King of Xichuan and the King of Donghe, although she had practiced martial arts since she was a child, she still felt unsafe, and finally she thought of King Ye, who had suddenly risen recently.
She didn't know what the details of this Ye King were, but she knew that this Ye King must be very powerful, and his Ye family army made Bai Xianyi even more curious, what kind of army was it that developed in a short period of time without being known by everyone, and then made the people of the Donghe King have no power to resist?
Curious, Bai Xianyi stepped in the direction of Xindu, what she didn't know was that her talents were actually put into the best play here.
Ye Qiu did not discriminate against women, on the contrary, he was very respectful and committed to improving the status of women, and also encouraged women to participate in the work, and provided them with a considerable number of work units.
At the beginning, his decision attracted a lot of opposition, and even because of his insistence, he was so angry that the two strategists left, bluntly saying that they were not the same.
But Ye Qiu did not retain, and further promoted the enthusiasm of women to participate in the work, and it turned out that his decision was right, and restraining women only improved the status and self-esteem of men, and did not have the slightest effect on the development of society.
Although women are weaker than men in marching and fighting, they are born with delicate minds and quick work, and can play a good role in many positions.
And because women are not easy to be suspected, Ye Qiu also specially established a women's battalion, and the women who entered here enjoyed the same status as male soldiers, but what they did was not to march and fight, but to arrange logistics or inquire about military intelligence.
Because Ye Qiu gave them enough respect, in this era of conservative oppression, these women were especially loyal to Ye Qiu, so they didn't need to worry about rebellion at all.
Gradually, the men also recognized their role after being rewarded, and the entire Yeqiu territory has changed, and the women here can go out on their own and participate in the same work as men, although their status is still not as good as that of men, but compared to before, compared to other regions, there have been unprecedented changes.
As the saying goes, women can hold up half the sky, and suddenly there are so many laborers, and society has naturally developed, and now it is difficult to see refugees on the streets of Ye Qiu's territory.
Although there are still many people wearing patched clothes, although there are still many people who cannot afford to eat refined grains, at least they can eat enough food after eating coarse grains, and the most important thing is that they have hope in their hearts, they have expectations for the future, and they are no longer as lifeless as before.
Liu Dong is still the city lord of Jing'an City, today he came to Xindu to report to Ye Qiu, he was not shocked when he walked on the street, why didn't he work for the king of Donghe before? Isn't it because the king of the East River doesn't treat people as human beings?
But King Ye is different, how long has it been? How much has changed like this? He even heard that some small groups of thieves in the nearby capital had taken the initiative to take refuge with King Ye with weapons, what was this? This is what the people want, this is support, if King Ye is not successful, who else deserves to succeed?
Liu Dong was so arrogant at this time that he could even imagine the moment when all the people would support King Ye as emperor in the future.
But at the same time, Liu Dong also has a trace of worry in his heart, most of the reason why the people can eat enough now is because the Ye family has invested money in it, but no matter how rich the Ye family is, how long can it last? We can't go without taxes all the time, but once we start collecting taxes, won't the people have to suffer again?
Liu Dong has this worry, hasn't Ye Qiu thought about it?
Of course, he knew that Ye's money would run out one day, but he had already had a way to deal with it at the beginning of the implementation of this plan.
In fact, the Ye family is not completely indebted, first, there are not a lot of things left by the king of Donghe, the Ye family secretly made a small fortune, second, the Ye family gave free food to the poor people, but those landlords and rich people did not, and Ye Qiu also made a merit card, as long as a certain amount of food and other materials were donated, they all left their names on the merit card.
These people are not short of money, but they have power, and smart people can see that Ye Qiu's achievements in the future will not be small, but they just take out some food, so that King Ye can remember his name, why not?
And everyone else has donated, if you don't donate, you are still on King Ye's territory, aren't you afraid of being troubled?
The Ye family is still the third if it doesn't lose money, Ye Qiu's territory has grown and grown, and natural commerce has also prospered, who has the biggest business in this realm, of course, it is the Ye family, so there is no deficit at all.
However, Ye Qiu also thought that the wealth of the country could not be completely in the hands of one family, not even the royal family, so after he ascended the throne, he would give the Ye family titles and glory, but the power of business should be gradually decentralized, and his ability to rise as a businessman is one of the lessons.
But it's too early to say these things, different periods will have different policies, Ye Qiu knows the truth well.
After Bai Xianyi walked into the realm of Xindu, she couldn't believe her eyes, the development situation here, the appearance of the people here, is it really in the midst of war?
But at the same time, she also smiled, because when she saw that the women here could also go out to work, she knew that she was in the right place.
Bai Xian came to a place of conscription according to the instructions of the local people, because she heard that women here can also be soldiers, she clenched the long sword in her hand, and felt that her martial arts were not bad, so she would be recruited!
Ye Cheng happened to come down to inspect today, and happened to see the scene of Bai Xianyi showing his martial arts, and he was immediately shocked and wanted to introduce her in person.
"Second Master!" Seeing the staff here respectfully calling an extraordinary man, Bai Xianyi was rarely nervous.