It's messy, it's messy!

After tossing all morning, Sun Yuanhua felt his brain explode when he returned to the inn. In just two or three hours, what he heard and saw was too challenging to his past cognition, and his thinking was confused, and he had to be quiet. When he was in the capital, the evaluation of the 'revolutionary army' by the hundreds of officials in the DPRK and the central government was very strange. He felt that he should be able to learn more about the field visit, but when he arrived in Tianjin, he was also in the fog.

Sun Yuanhua came to Tianjin and brought more than 100 taels of silver on purpose. If the silver is robbed by the thief, he will be happy, and he will feel that the thief is nothing more than that, and he will be corrupted and degenerate in the long run. But the ordinary anti-thief defending sergeant was unmoved, and he thought that this was a small number of anti-thief backbones.

Until the Jinyi spy confided the truth, saying that the thieves guarding the city were divided into two groups to supervise each other. There are internal inspectors of the anti-thieves, who often pretend to be pedestrians and traders to investigate. It is said that this is a 'revolutionary army' set up to prevent corruption in the system - newspapers also publicize it every day, and people can go to the police station to report and expose corruption when they find it. Once confirmed, there are many rewards.

Sun Yuanhua listened with a chill down his spine, and he looked for the newspapers of the 'revolutionary army', and sure enough, he found that every day there were reports on the supervision of citizens, and every once in a while a group of public servants would be punished for various crimes.

Zhou Qingfeng even personally wrote a notice to apologize -- the foundation is grass-roots, and the ranks of our 'revolutionary army' are mixed with dragons and snakes, and ideological education will inevitably be negligent. I hope that the people will supervise more, improve every day, and never slack off.

Thinking of the down-and-out scholar he met in the teahouse, Sun Yuanhua asked the Jinyi secret agent about the official school in the city. The secret agent was both mocking and dignified about this, "The thief spent a lot of money to build a school and run a school, and it was really tens of thousands of dollars of silver scattered without blinking." But they recruited a wide range of students, from children of five or six years old to old men in their fifties and sixties.

Children are said to be educated free of charge and subsidized for three meals a day. Young people also go to school for free, and lunch and dinner are provided. Elderly people sit in and do not provide care. Those who learn well will also be rewarded with silver money, and they will be rewarded with silver for nothing.

It is said that someone can support his whole family just by reading books and exams. Even if you can't get a scholarship, you can keep getting a meal if you pass your studies. Just for a bite to eat, a large number of people around Tianjin have to come to school, after all, there are too many poor people who have no overnight food these days. Children can learn to eat all the time, but young people will be driven away if they fail the exam three times. ”

Detective Jinyi said that he hated and feared this education, "The school has been running here in Tianjin for a short time, and I can't see any impact." But Liaodong Siwei has been running a school for a year, and I heard that the results are outstanding. As long as you go to the anti-thief school, you are basically a hardcore thief. Our Jinyi Wei faction will definitely be reported for secretly plotting rebellion.

The anti-thief newspaper boasted proudly, saying that it had trained more than 20,000 junior and primary school graduates in just one year of schooling. These people can apply what they have learned faster and better when they go to factories, fields, and enlist in the army, so as to provide strong support for the great cause of the revolution. He also said that this year's investment in education will be increased to 500,000 taels of silver, and 50,000 junior and primary school graduates will be trained. ”

"Five hundred thousand taels?" Sun Yuanhua was stunned when he heard this figure, and he thought to himself: "Not long ago, the imperial court looted money everywhere to strengthen the army, but the military funds that could be raised were not so much. ”

The brocade agent nodded heavily, "This is true. Recently, the business of pen, ink, paper and inkstone here in Tianjin is particularly good. Many princes and princes in the capital tried their best to transport a large number of goods by water, and the ships from Caoyun in the south of the Yangtze River gradually increased, and there was a large amount of paper in the goods sold. In addition, Shandong's culture and education are prosperous, and businessmen who do this kind of business have also made a lot of money. ”

Sun Yuanhua was still puzzled by this, "The 'revolutionary army' has money and does not expand its armaments and war, but instead uses it to teach and educate people. They were originally in the barren land of eastern Liaodong, and it didn't take long to arrive in Tianjin, so they really had so much money? ”

Speaking of money, the Jinyi secret agent hated and scolded, and he had to beat his chest, "Master Sun, this anti-thief trick to collect money is really knocking on the bones and sucking the marrow." When they arrived at Dagukou, the governor of Jiliao persuaded the rich families in the city to donate money and defend the city together. But those ignorant people are iron roosters, and they don't pull out a hair. When the thieves came, they beheaded them, and all the money was confiscated.

For this reason, the thieves boasted triumphantly in the newspapers, saying that just by paying off the property of the local tyrants and inferior gentry around Tianjin, they would get 5 million taels of silver and more than 10 million stones of grain. It is enough to meet the financial needs of the 'revolutionary army' to transform the surrounding areas of Tianjin. The thief is so extravagant, and all he spends is the blood and sweat of my Ming officials! ”

Sun Yuanhua was even more shocked, "Five million taels, 10 million stones, so much silver, grain, and grass were confiscated when you plundered Tianjin?" Not long ago, the new emperor ascended the throne, and he asked the wealthy families in the capital to donate, and only when they got silver did they ....... "He was embarrassed to say that number, which was two orders of magnitude worse than what the 'revolutionary army' had obtained from raiding his home.

The brocade-clothed secret agent nodded sadly: "The founding of the dynasty, Tianjin is the only way to pass through Caoyun." After more than 200 years of accumulation, I don't know how many wealthy families there are. Five million taels of silver is not the upper limit, and recently the newspapers have said from time to time that the anti-thief police station has found someone's hidden silver, and it is tens of thousands of taels at every turn.

The anti-thief handsome is also generous. Whenever the traitor Marcose behaved, he divided a part of the hidden silver he found to the police station. Nowadays, there are more and more police officers in the city, and it is said that a police academy will be opened. It is said that they received more than 20,000 taels of bonuses this month, and the first dozen or so minions who took refuge were already rich.

It is precisely because there is so much silver grain that the thief likes to do everything very big. In one fell swoop, they established more than 20 government schools around Tianjin, enrolling tens of thousands of people in their education. With a few meals, it attracts those foolish men and fools in the countryside to learn constantly. I've seen them learn rudimentary literacy and arithmetic, and learning is not to be blind. ”

The brocade agent said it lightly, full of disdain. Sun Yuanhua didn't think so in his heart. In the Ming Dynasty, the number of scholars was not much. If the 'revolutionary army' can keep tens of thousands of people from turning a blind eye in one breath, as long as it takes time, the number of people who can read and hyphenate will be incredible.

Thinking of seeing the sergeant who spoke clearly when he entered the city, and then thinking of the fact that this kind of coarse and literate people are everywhere, it is a scene of flourishing culture and education. Moreover, the 'revolutionary army' can train tens of thousands of people to get rid of illiteracy, and who can say that it cannot continue to train more advanced talents? It's almost a given.

It's just that......

Sun Yuanhua asked again: "The anti-thieves have invested so much in teaching and educating people, and I am afraid that the investment in other aspects will not be less." Five million taels seems like a lot, but I am afraid that such an expense will not last long. What if there is no money that day? The silver taels obtained from the plundering will eventually run out. ”

"Earn!" The brocade-clothed secret agent smiled bitterly and said: "The anti-thieves are not only good at exploiting the gentry, but also collect a lot of taxes. This inn used to pay thirty taxes, and if someone in the yamen took care of it, he would not have to pay taxes if he gave a few taels of silver. But the anti-thieves not only collect a lot of taxes, but also are very energetic. Not long ago, the shopkeeper here tried to make false accounts and not pay taxes, but he was found out on the spot and fined three times.

In addition, the thief is also good at doing business. Recently, they have brought a large amount of cotton cloth from Liaodong, which is thick and fine, tough and good, and has many colors. The price of anti-thief cotton cloth is also very cheap, and the listing will trigger panic buying. They transported cloth to the south of the Yangtze River, and then bought cotton from the south of the Yangtze River, making money back and forth. In addition to cloth, the thieves also bought and sold salt and iron, which made them even more profitable.

There is a big salt field in Liaodong, and I heard that they do not use stoves to boil seawater to fry salt, but use the method of drying to make salt, and there is a lot of salt. They shipped and sold salt in Tianjin, Shandong, Jiangnan, and the people everywhere rejoiced. However, the salt merchants in various places are powerful, and it is said that some people in the south of the Yangtze River are not happy and make some dirty trouble. But the price of the salt sold by the thieves is extremely low, and it is still sold very well.

Another major item to make money is iron. Adults should know that this anti-thief armor is excellent. But the ordinary knives they sell, and the iron tools are also excellent. The kitchen of our inn bought more than a dozen kitchen knives in one go, all of which are very easy to use, light and sharp, which can be called treasure knives. But for such a good thing, you can now buy a handful for only two dimes of silver.

There are also agricultural tools such as iron plows and hoes used by the villagers, and the anti-thieves sell them cheaply and labor-saving. What kind of manpower hand-cranked seeder rice transplanter do people still have? Ouch...... that thing is a good treasure, and farming can help a lot.

My subordinates have seen it with their own eyes, and what kind of seeder is a strange thing, but it is really fast and good to sow seeds in the field. The farm work that used to be tiring for a day can now be done in half an hour. ”

When it comes to the various peculiarities of the 'revolutionary army', the Jinyi secret agent said that his mouth is like a river, and the spit stars fly straight away. Sun Yuanhua listened even more distractedly, almost as if he was listening to the myth. Especially what kind of sowing and transplanting machine, that is unimaginable to Sun Yuanhua. Hearing the seedlings planted in an acre of land for half an hour, he said that he absolutely did not believe it.

"The world knows the hard work of farming, and it has not changed for thousands of years. If there is an object inserted in an acre of land for half an hour, this is an artifact. Sun Yuanhua shook his head and shook his head again, "If this is true, from this kind of place, the people will no longer work hard, and it is really Naize to be the world, benefiting the common people." ”

Seeing Sun Yuanhua shaking his head, the Jinyi spy lost his temper, "My lord, when others tell me about this, I don't believe it." If there are such good things in the world, it can save the old trouble. My family used to be a farmer, and it was extremely hard to plow in spring every year. Generations of a family have gone to the fields to sow seeds, and it is really necessary to break people's waists. But now the machine is pushing around the field and doing its job.

I heard that the machine was just a test product, and there was a machine that integrated ploughing and sowing in the back, which was more convenient. If you don't believe it, you can go to the collective farms outside the city. The thief not only did not hide it, but proclaimed it vigorously. What to say to encourage 'invention and creation', to make craftsmen from the bitter haha of the past to rich people. ”

"Can you still see it on the spot? If this is true, Sun will definitely go and see for himself. If I can learn the trick of it, I should dedicate this treasure to the Holy One. Half an hour, easily serve an acre of land, how can there be such good things in the world? ”

Sun Yuanhua's heart pounded when he heard this, and secretly thought that he had come to Tianjin this time to come to the right place. He is proficient in Western studies and is good at the way of mechanical casting. As long as he can steal the teacher and learn the arts, he is really likely to make a road to self-improvement in the Ming Dynasty.