Chapter 140 Business should be encouraged, and businessmen should be on guard!
Through this war against Xiao Yu and the blasting drill with added materials, Wang Ze fiercely shocked the Baekje nobles who were making small moves behind him, not to mention, and 'got' thousands of stone of grain from these people, Wang Ze was in a good mood after coming out of the dilapidated Xiao Yu Sailor Battalion, and he really had the feeling of 'looking up to the sky and laughing out of the door'.
They still took the dozen or so warships under Gu Bin's command, but the two or three thousand soldiers of the Blue Wolf Battalion under Cao An and the five hundred soldiers of the Ironclad Battalion under the command of Liu Wancheng did not follow Wang Ze this time, they had already been ordered by Wang Ze to go to Baekje Siyu City with the twenty warships under Du Sheng's command, and they were also responsible for the heavy task of engaging in military 'exchanges' between the two sides with the Baekje people.
Speaking of the more than 1,000 sailors under the command of Wang Ze and Gu Bin, they were the last troops to leave Baekje, and the thousands of prisoners of war and nearly 20,000 soldiers' families captured from Xiao Yu's camp before, together with the Han people transported by Jiang Chuan and the same fleet, have now been sent to Chang'men County, and Yang Ku, who is left behind in the East China Sea, is now arranging the lives of these people with joy and trouble.
Now that the matter with Baekje has come to an end, what Wang Ze has to do now is to return to Jeju Island as soon as possible, and now He Bo, Liu Qing, Chen Fuzi, Fan Wenzhong and others have long been looking forward to Wang Ze's return in the county guard of Jeju Island.
When Wang Ze entered the port, the port had already returned to its original prosperity after a few days of repair, and the sea ships kept going in and out under the guidance of the port pilot ship, and the loading dragon 'gantry' crane on the wharf began to work normally again, but the merchants who came and went in the port had a lot of talk about the war.
It is not surprising that Jeju Island resumed normal work so quickly, although this time it was attacked by Xiao Yu's army, but because of the timely return of Du Sheng's naval army, half of Xiao Yu's troops were contained, and Zhu Huang led 5,000 people to land and attacked for most of the day.
During this period, because of the containment of Jiang Tao, the militia defending on the shore, and the maintenance base department, there was no time to destroy the equipment in the port, and even the merchant ships of various countries in the port were all retained because Xiao Yu needed the wealth on these ships.
In fact, even if there is no Meng Xian and Yang Honghang's army, the militia inside and outside the city can combine to destroy Zhu Huang's thousands of people, of course, the casualties will be much larger.
After Gu Bin arrived in time and defeated Xiao Yu's troops with Du Sheng, the merchant ships in the port returned to the hands of their respective masters, not to mention, Xiao Yu became Wang Ze's prisoner, and even the old nest was given a head to end, so that the merchants who traveled to and from all over the East China Sea had stronger confidence in Wang Ze's side.
Just imagine, without dispatching a regular army, only relying on the militia on the island can defeat the remnants of Xiao Liang's 'elite' troops, so who else in the world is the opponent of Wang Ze's side? It's a hidden dragon!
As a result, many businessmen came to Jeju Island to buy some family businesses here, although they did not move from the whole family, but it was also a place to live in the future, or one of the three caves of the cunning rabbit.
When Wang Zegang came to the county guard's mansion, he was shocked by the crowd in the courtyard, it turned out that these were some merchants from Nanchen, Baekje and other countries, and Fan Wenzhong, who was the county guard of Jeju Island, was now dizzy and 'flowered' by these merchants, and these merchants all wanted to buy family businesses and land on the island.
After hearing Fan Wenzhong's introduction, to his surprise, Wang Ze was furious, and immediately ordered Luo Honghang, Meng Xian, Xu Ning and others, who had already rushed to hear the news, to disperse these businessmen. Seeing the anger of Xiahou in the East China Sea, who had already been famous all over the world, these businessmen who had always been good at observing words and 'colors' suddenly scattered like birds and beasts, and fled without a trace in an instant.
Fan Wenzhong, who had been a little troubled by the merchants, complained a little unhappily: "Didn't the little marquis always encourage me to value commerce everywhere in the East China Sea and protect the merchants? So many businessmen want to settle down on my Jeju Island, the little marquis should be encouraged, I don't know why he drove them all away? ”
Looking at the remaining high-level civil officials and military generals in the courtyard with suspicious and 'confused' faces, Wang Ze knew that he had to make things clear today, so he first ordered people to clear out the idle people in the county guard mansion before he said to everyone in a loud voice: "Gentlemen, the mercantilism of my islands in the East China Sea is still unchanged!" Please elaborate! ”
Seeing that everyone in the courtyard was listening quietly, Wang Ze said loudly: "Since ancient times, my China has been agriculture-oriented, and the so-called 'Cang Liao knows etiquette' is nothing more than this, so I Jeju Island is the first to take agriculture as the foundation, only with stable agriculture, we can have enough manpower to work in the factory, and then heavy business will circulate the wealth of various places!" ”
"But you must know that since ancient times, there are no businessmen and no 'traitors', although there are a few businessmen whose character is indeed noble, such as Zheng Guoxian Gao is an example, but there are too few businessmen with high moral character, and most of the other businessmen are hoarding, buying low and selling high, and making a living by absorbing the blood and flesh of ordinary people, although business is very important, but the management of businessmen needs to be strictly managed."
Speaking of this, Wang Ze looked at Fan Wenzhong and other civil officials, and solemnly said to them: "Now that all parts of the East China Sea are still in the initial stage, there are still many leaks in laws and regulations and in all aspects, and these businessmen have always been good at drilling leakage 'holes', so whether it is for the future of our East China Sea or for other aspects, we must impose some restrictions on them!" ”
Hearing Wang Ze's words, Fan Wenzhong finally figured it out, now Wang Ze's policy is that commerce should be protected and businessmen should be restricted, of course, the Donghai Chamber of Commerce and the Nanyang Chamber of Commerce on his side still need to be protected.
In the end, Wang Ze whispered to everyone: "Now the land everywhere in Jeju Island is the family business of the soldiers in my cottage, although most of them cannot be cultivated, but it is also a rare pasture, how can such a good place be coveted by others!" ”
Fan Wenzhong and the others didn't feel anything, but Meng Xian, Yang Honghang, Xu Ning and others cherished the land that their army shot down with a knife and a gun, although Jeju Island was beaten down by Jiang Chuan's gang, but everyone was already a family, wasn't it!
Although the land on Jeju Island is now allocated to each family, Wang Ze was not allowed to buy and sell land 'privately' in order to ensure the stability of the regime when the regime was first established, and the land price of Jeju Island is not high with the development of Qinjin, Changju and other places.
However, under the 'temptation' and 'bewilderment' of foreign merchants, if some people are short-sighted and sell the land that can be passed on to their descendants for a while, then it will be an unstable factor in the future, and those merchants are not nationals of their own country now, and how can they be qualified to buy these lands!
After getting Wang Ze's detailed explanation, Fan Wenzhong was relieved, it seems that his plan to attract foreign businessmen to settle here has failed, but the island's growing 'wool' textile and leather manufacturing industry is still very promising, and now there are more than a dozen workshops on the island with more than 100 workers.
After talking to everyone about his plans in detail, as soon as Wang Ze turned around, he saw Liu Qing and He Bo standing in the corridor looking at him with a smile on their faces, Liu Qing was still a fairy wind bone, and He Bo looked at Wang Ze with dark skin and smiled into a brilliant black peony.
The crown belt on Uncle He's head has already been taken off, generally as long as it is not in public, Uncle He does not like to wear too strictly, and he is wearing a summer coat made of good 'flower' silk from Qingzhou, or Wang Yong personally arranged for someone to send it at the beginning of the year, which is suitable for wearing this kind of clothes in this hot summer.
Wang Ze already knew that Uncle He had not been idle at all in the past year before he came to the county guard's mansion, plus Uncle He's deputy in the past, Yannan Tianyan, the boss in the past, was now in charge of agriculture in Qinjin, and Feng Jing, the disciple of Uncle He, was a technical nerd, and he was idle all day long and fell into his own research, so He Bo became more and more busy.
Under the guidance of Uncle Ho, the people of the island have improved their farming techniques according to the moisture of the land, and seed treatment technologies such as water separation and seed dressing have been put into use, and the use of farm manure produced by the mixing of livestock manure and crop straw has greatly improved the "fertilizer" power of the island's slightly barren land.
Although there are only 100,000 acres of arable land on Jeju Island that can grow grain, under the guidance of He Bo, nearly 200,000 stone of grain have been harvested this year, which is the grain demand of 150,000 people in the past six months according to the average consumption of one pound of grain per person per person on Jeju Island.
Nowadays, the dietary structure of the East China Sea is very different from that of Sanqi, that is, seafood, poultry 'meat' eggs and animal husbandry products occupy a large proportion of the people's diet.
Driven by Wang Ze back then, the demand for food from all over the country under the rule of the East China Sea is not so great, they all eat a large number of sea fish and sea vegetables, and each family has raised a large group of 'chickens', ducks and geese, and many children eat 'chicken' eggs and drink cow 'milk' every day are already afraid, sometimes Fan Wenzhong feels that this is the Datong society that the sages pursued at the beginning.
However, after achieving such a good grain yield, He Bo is still not satisfied, because Jeju Island has relatively little arable land, in order to better improve grain production, He Bo is now researching new rice germination technology, hoping to promote rice planting in Jeju Island and Qinjin Province, in addition to the use of green 'manure', rotation and multiple planting, fruit tree cutting and grafting and other technologies are also researched.
Looking at Uncle He, who was already quite old in front of him, Wang Ze felt a little 'agitated' in his heart, he took Uncle He's rough hand and complained to him: "Uncle He, look at you, you're 'worrying' about it again during this time, you can guide the affairs of the Agricultural College a little, and let everyone do other things!" And it is so close to Liu Daochang's temple, you should learn the art of health preservation with Liu Daochang, you see Liu Daochang's immortal wind bones, he is almost a hundred years old and still so 'spirited'! ”
Liu Qing had not eased up for several days since he had treated hundreds of injured teenagers and soldiers in succession a few days ago, but as soon as he heard that Wang Ze had returned, he immediately rushed over. Hearing that Wang Ze was joking with himself, he also smiled slightly: "Brother He, I'm afraid that I won't learn from an idler like me!" ”
Hearing Wang Ze's complaints to himself and Liu Qing's jokes, Uncle He laughed happily, the folds on his thin face were squeezed into a large piece, and he laughed: "How can I compare with Liu Daochang, Liu Daochang is the reincarnation of an immortal, and I will help you a little more while I can still help you now, but I haven't seen He Liang for a long time, and I don't know when he will come back!" ”
After all, Uncle He is an old man, and now he lacks nothing, just because he has not married a wife and had children, he is naturally very concerned about He Liang, a nephew who grew up with him since he was a child.
It's just that it's really hard to say what He Liang went this time, Wang Ze just told He Liang to let him lead that group of armed merchant ships south to explore the trade route, go as far as he can, and withdraw as soon as he can't do anything.
Since Wang Ze set off for Nanchen at the beginning of the year, He Liang also led the merchant fleet to follow all the way to establish a supply stop, after the two sides separated in the north of Yizhou, Wang Ze went to Jian'an County, He Liang led most of the armed merchant ships to continue south, and set up a supply point in the south of Yizhou, it has been half a year now.
Looking at Uncle He's worried face, Wang Ze comforted: "Big brother has gone far this time, and he will almost come back in a few months!" He Bo might as well learn physical guidance from Liu Lao Immortal every day, so that he can prolong his life and let the eldest brother rest assured when he goes out! ”
Seeing that Wang Ze's face was full of concern for himself, Uncle He, who had always had no children and no 'daughters', felt warm in his heart, and he laughed and said: "Okay, I'll follow the old fairy to practice more, train my body well, live well, and I will see Da Lang you get married and have children in the future!" ”
Seeing that Wang Ze had brought a large number of fine silk from Qingzhou, He Bo said to him with a smile: "You won't have to ship these silks here by this time next year!" ”
Seeing the joyful expression on Uncle He's face, it seemed to be good news, and Wang Ze also asked with a smile: "Could it be that Uncle He also planted mulberry hemp and silkworms on Jeju Island?" "No, there is not much spare land on the island now, and it is okay to carry out small-scale mulberry and hemp sericulture, but it is not possible to meet the needs of more than 100,000 people on Jeju Island and surrounding countries.
He Bo said with a smile: "Where is there extra land on Jeju Island to grow these, it is Boss Yan who found that there is mostly mountainous land in Qinjin, and it is definitely not possible to use it to grow food, but it is too 'wasteful' to empty it, and it happens that the climate there is humid and there is a lot of precipitation, so it is simply used to plant mulberry trees and raise silkworms!" ”
It seems that the mountains in this place are just right for planting mulberry trees, and most of these mulberry lands are gentle mountains, and other steep slopes still need to be protected, otherwise the heavy precipitation brought by the typhoon passing nearby every year will cause mudslides and landslides, since it is their own territory, it must be well protected.
After He Bo's introduction, Wang Ze knew that Yan Boss's ambition was to develop this place into a silk fabric center, because Wang Yong occupied the convenience of Sanqi, and after relocating a large number of silk craftsmen in Sanqi, Dawen Aya, Lianzhu Peacock Luo, and Axian Yuan, which originated in Shandong, have been imitated.
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Awesome, awesome! Just as Wang Ze sighed, Uncle He seemed to remember something, and said to Wang Ze: "Feng Jing seems to have something to find you outside, you can talk to Feng Jing and them, this kid said that there is good news!" ”