Chapter 44: The Great Tribulation
Being teased by Zhang Huansheng like this, Sen Xuanji's old face was embarrassed for a while, and he hurriedly explained: "Your Majesty, you don't have to bow down to everything in a comprehensive agricultural matter, you just need to follow the solar terms to the common people..."
"Sen Gong doesn't need to say it," Zhang Huansheng sat behind the stone wall, waved his hand and interrupted Sen Xuanji's words: "Everything is reasonable, and all those things that require painstaking labor must be done well by being proficient."
Listen to me to set up another farm under the government hall, and then choose a person who knows how to farm, and do the main work. ”
Sitting and talking between the monarch and the minister, there is still a distinction between respect and inferiority, not to mention that although Zhang Huansheng's resolution does not conform to the Yanhuang system, it is definitely not a tyrannical government that requires the death of his subordinates, Sen Xuanji can only helplessly give his hand and say: "In this case, your subordinates know." ”
Seeing that Sen Xuanji catered to him, Zhang Huansheng unconsciously showed a satisfied smile on his face, looked around and said, "What political affairs do you have to discuss next?" ”
When the words landed, Zhou Moke, Li Shuimiao, Du Jinshi and others respectfully told them about the government affairs they had done in recent days, but they were just some small things that didn't matter much, such as soldier drills and arrest and theft, and Zhang Huansheng was simply drowsy when he listened.
It wasn't until everyone finished speaking that Sen Xuanji spoke again: "Your Majesty, although I, Zhangyi, am in ruins, but the people are already at peace and prosperity, but there is still a huge hidden danger unsolved, and there may be great harm in the future." It made him a little interested.
With a shock in his spirit, he asked, "What hidden danger?" ”
"There is an imbalance between men and women." Sen Xuanji replied in a deep voice: "Today, I only have 3,214 men and women in Zhangyi, but there are 1,260 households.
Among them, the 420 people who originally belonged to the border army of the Quanguo State had an average of more than 5 dings per household, while the more than 800 young men rescued from the lower three floors of the slave trading ship were one family.
Now everyone is fighting for survival, and there will be no chaos, but after a long time, I'm afraid..."
"Shhh ”
"That's it." Hearing this, Sen Xuanji looked at Zhang Huansheng and said with a wry smile: "Inheritance is human, and love between men and women is nature, which can only be sparse but not blocked..."
And the two of them looked worried, but Li Shuimiao, who was frightened, broke out in cold sweat.
At the beginning, Li Shuimiao was because he saw the wind and steered the rudder, and he knew the opportunity quickly, so he kowtowed early and begged for mercy, and Zhang Huansheng wanted to let the remaining sailors on the giant boat operate the boat in the future and take him back to Dongzhou, so he picked up his life.
Later, because he was the only one on the isolated island who had awakened the power of destiny except for Zhang Huansheng, he couldn't let him be a farmer and end his life, plus Sen Xuanji didn't want to let the six offices of the government hall be in charge of his previous subordinates.
Moreover, the matter of internal punishment under the jurisdiction of the criminal center needs to be handled by a vicious and fierce person, so in the end, he pinched his nose, showed that he did not avoid revenge, and recommended Li Shuimiao to be the head of the criminal center.
In this way, a slave trader who should have followed his two righteous brothers who had lost their conscience and was killed by Zhang Huansheng with his magical powers, not only did not return to the West Heaven by chance, but turned around and became the chief minister above Zhang Yi's three or two people, and above thousands of people, which can really be described as a head of fortune.
It's just that this good luck not only did not make Li Shuimiao secretly complacent, but made him feel uneasy in his heart from time to time.
He knew that he had survived until now and was in a high position on the isolated island by chance.
I feel that if there is a change, even if it is a little thing, there will be no one to relieve my cheeks, in case the account is turned over because of the small and large, the unexpected disaster will occur immediately.
Therefore, Zhang Huansheng and Sen Xuanji felt embarrassed, obviously it had nothing to do with him, but Li Shuimiao suddenly became extremely nervous, and said hesitantly: "Your Majesty, I, I have an idea to solve this problem." ”
"Yes, then you might as well talk about it, and if you can really succeed, you should be credited." Hearing this, Zhang Huansheng's eyes couldn't help but turn to Li Shuimiao.
When Li Shuimiao heard this, he no longer hesitated, stood up, took out a few thin pieces of gold leaf paper from his arms, walked to Zhang Huansheng, and offered his hands to say: "Your Majesty did not cultivate virtue in the first half of his life, and he met people who were not ladylike, and he did a lot of things that were lost in the heavens.
Here is the 12,000 gold beads of the Great Chu 'Dragon's Head Flying Money', which can be exchanged within the borders of all countries, and it is the wealth of the subordinates' lifelong savings.
Now dedicated to the king, the king can use his magical powers to travel across the sea, go to the land of Dongzhou, and use this money to buy female slaves and transport them to my Zhangyi..."
"You want me to do the slave trade?" When Zhang Huansheng heard this, he asked softly with a smile.
"Your Excellency, the land of Yanhuang is not forbidden to be bought and sold by slaves, but it is only sold to a foreign country that it violates the law," it is strange to say, as soon as the words were spoken, the uneasiness and fear in Li Shuimiao's heart disappeared without a trace, his head became clear again, and he said like a river: "And those slaves were bought and sold."
Most of them work hard all their lives, but they still don't have enough food, no clothes, and they are really miserable.
Your Majesty, you bought them and brought them to Zhangyi, so that these miserable people can enjoy happiness from now on, and they will no longer be slaves and maids for generations, which is equivalent to saving people from fire and water, which is a great good deed.
And why care about the slightest stigma of buying and selling slaves? ”
After listening to this explanation, Zhang Huansheng laughed, took the flying money from Li Shuimiao's hand, and said softly, "Your words are reasonable." After that, he asked curiously and casually: "Then how many girl slaves can I buy at the market price of these twelve thousand gold beads to come to my Zhangyi?" ”
"If you go to the big countries of Jin, Wei, Shang, and Yan, you will be able to buy a three-thousand-year-old female slave in the harvest year," Li Shuimiao saw that Zhang Huansheng took his flying money, and finally put it back in his stomach, knowing that there would be no future troubles, according to the complicated feelings of loss in his heart but he couldn't help but be happy, and said in a deep voice: "There are more people who buy, and there are even fewer people."
In a famine year, you can buy at least fifty percent more people, but this is the price of buying in Yanhuang, and if it is shipped out of Dongzhou, the price will be twice as high..."
After patiently listening to what Li Shuimiao said about the doorway of buying and selling slaves, Zhang Huansheng stuffed the flying money into his arms, and said with a smile: "That being the case, if there is really an accident in Yizhong in the future because of widows and men, I will go to Dongzhou to buy 800 female slaves." ”
After that, he looked left and right, "It's dark at night, and I'm tired of practicing in black and white for the past few days, if there is nothing else to do, let's go our separate ways and rest." ”
When the words landed, Sen Xuanji looked at Zhang Huansheng and said, "Your Majesty, the servant still has something to report." ”