"That's really the case, listening to what you said, big brother, I also think that young people should go through training before they can be promoted."

"Huh! You also need this kind of experience, I wonder that the time when Jiangnan was radical has passed. Kill what should be killed, and kill what shouldn't.

The Donglin Party is now determined to be withering, and they can't get up from the storm.

Now it's time to build, you're still young. You can't handle the construction thing, let Strwinway do it. Next year, you go back to the capital and follow Zhang Huangyan's old fox.

This old fox, although deceitful and scheming, is not as dignified as Mr. Sun. But he is also a rare master in the world, you study by his side for a few years, and in the future, this first assistant will still have to be done by his own brother. ”

"Big brother, I've heard some rumors. Say yes......" Li Hao was a little speechless and stopped.

"Say what?"

"Say you want to be emperor!"

"Huh! Would you rather me be emperor, or not? Li Xiao looked at Li Hao with a smile.

"Of course I'm willing, you have become the emperor, and I can't run away as a prince."

"Huh!" Li Xiao didn't answer, just looked at the distance and laughed twice.

The sun was half hidden in the clouds, and a large shadow shrouded Li Xiao and his party.

Walking along the official road all the way to Suzhou, Li Xiao saw one village after another. Similar to Houjia Village in Kunshan, the landlords were killed. Now the fields are all government's!

Every year, the government goes to the countryside to buy grain. Then, the people paid the poll tax according to the number of households.

The taxes were not very heavy, and the people gradually had some spare money in their hands. Wealthy farmers began to buy bricks to build houses. However, in general, the affluence of the villages in the south of the Yangtze River is much worse than that of Shangliaodong.

The huge city of Suzhou can't even see a factory. The place that Li Hao called a factory, Li Xiao preferred to call that place a workshop.

The seowon was banned, and the private school was banned.

In its place, there are primary school halls, and there are secondary school halls.

Every child in every family has the opportunity to go to school. The officials not only distributed textbooks, paper and pens for free, but even had a free lunch at noon.

Those teachers from the north teach children to read and write.

In the classroom of the school, there is a portrait of Li Xiao. Under the portrait of Li Xiao, it is to study hard and go up every day.

The desks and chairs are all iron desks and chairs brought from the north, and they are riveted to the ground with rivets to prevent the children from moving.

Seeing the children doing their homework on the iron table, Li Xiao wanted to laugh.

At that time, Lu Xun carved an early word on the desk, but the whole country did not know how many desks were engraved with the word early.

Now that the desks are all iron, I want to see how you little bastards are carving words on the tables.

It is uncomfortable to sit on an iron chair, so the children's chairs are cushioned.

I randomly tested the child's homework, which was pretty good. The goose goose goose can be memorized, and the ninety-nine multiplication table is not bad at all.

The only bad thing is that when you enter the territory of Suzhou, the road seems to be a little bumpy.

But this is also easy to understand, after all, people want to go to Jinling these days. will take the train, not the horse-drawn carriage of Baba. Cargo transportation is also mostly carried by rail.

The railway along the Yangtze River has been built all the way to Wuhan. In the future, Jinling will be the hub, after all, the Jinling Yangtze River Bridge is about to close.

Suzhou gardens are now private residences. Of course, if Li Xiao wants to see it, the host is absolutely welcome. There was indeed money in the salt merchants, and the girls who did the laundry were as beautiful as the people in the paintings.

As long as the IQ is online, everyone understands what those salt merchants are going to do.

The salt and iron monopoly was liberalized, and the lifeblood of salt merchants was also broken. Now all the salt merchants are looking for another way out, if they can catch up with the commander, the most powerful person in the Ming Empire now.

So there's no fucking deal to do?

To serve the handsome, you must not use the girl you bought. After all, after the girl she bought becomes a handsome concubine in the future, she is likely to change her position.

Therefore, these laundry washers are the eldest lady of the family. There are several, and they are still the eldest lady. As long as Li Xiao came over with a look, the Lion Peak pillow that night was not a big deal.

When the word seduction is associated with the future and fate of the family, these big ladies who wash clothes with their eyes and arms like green lotus flowers look a little tragic.

Li Xiao ignored these eldest ladies, which made the salt merchants who followed Li Xiao very disappointed.

To be honest, the eyes of Suzhou salt merchants in these years are really not flattering. When giving a gift to Li Xiao, a piece of agate with a large human head was placed on the shelf of red sandalwood.

Li Xiao felt that these two things were reversed.

I don't even know what it's worth, and I still have the face to say that I'm a businessman?

In the smoke and rain in the south of the Yangtze River, the white walls and ink tiles, the black canopy boats, and the beautiful scenery like a painting in his imagination Li Xiao didn't see any of them, and there was a smell of nouveau riche everywhere.

Where gold can be used, copper is never used, and where silk can be used, cotton is never used. The small Suzhou garden landscape of later generations has no trace here.

The eyes of those salt merchants looking at Li Xiao were in awe, even if a handful of people of age stood behind Li Xiao, they were trembling, looking like they were walking on thin ice.

They looked at Li Hao's eyes with complete fear.

The gentry and rich landlords in the entire Jiangnan countryside have been swept away by Li Hao. Raiding the family and exterminating the clan has been the most frequently used word in recent years. Sometimes, it can be heard several times a day.

The salt merchants were terrified, fearing that it would be their turn next.

After all, when it comes to wealth, those countrymen are nothing compared to them.

One by one, they have fattened into pigs, and they are very afraid of the day when they will be slaughtered.

"The government will not deprive you of your property for no reason, and the Ming Empire protects private property, which I, Li Xiao, promise you here.

As for the salt merchants in Lianghuai, they became increasingly embarrassed because the state opened up the monopoly of salt and iron. There is no way to do it, the salt and iron monopoly state has been in charge for thousands of years.

By now, it has become a tool for the government to collude with you to knock out the bones and suck the marrow on the people. Therefore, Daming will give up the monopoly of salt and iron.

Of course, the people still eat salt. It's just that the profits are much smaller than you used to be.

If you want to enter other industries, the government welcomes you. I will also give you some support accordingly, but ...... You have to pay your taxes according to the law. ”

After Li Xiao finished speaking, there was a sound of conformity below. However, it is difficult to say how many of these people are sincere.

After all, the salt merchants in the past were all profitable deals. But now, a pound of salt only earns a few copper plates. This makes the stomach of big fish and big meat habitual, but how can you get used to it.

Li Xiao knew that these people were used to lying down to make money. Let them sweat like rain again, it will be more uncomfortable than killing them.

But there is no way, the history of mankind is a history of evolution, and those who cannot keep up with the pace of evolution are doomed to be eliminated.

However, although Li Xiao's words did not bring them benefits, they made them feel at ease. After all, for the time being, their life safety is guaranteed.

The premise is! These guys don't die on their own.

"I have heard the words of the marshal, and the court is not an unreasonable court. As long as you abide by the law and pay the court taxes on time, the court will protect your safety and property. After Li Xiao finished speaking, Li Hao followed closely to finalize his heel.

For Li Xiao's words, the salt merchants still believe it. After all, this is the supreme leader of the Ming Dynasty.

But Li Hao's words are less credible. After all, those squires and landowners in the countryside don't seem to have anything to violate the laws of the Ming Dynasty.

But those people sent out by Li Hao often raided their homes and exterminated their clans.

The word "dead family" has been heard quite frequently over the years. After all, many of those squires and landlords were relatives of the salt merchants.

When they heard about the tragic plight of their relatives, they didn't know how many nights they had been shivering in their beds. I'm afraid that tomorrow, a group of students will run over and point to their noses and shout: Fight the local tyrants.