Chapter Seventy-Eight: The Wealth of Goryeo

He Xi said; "Yes, there is nothing surprising about these sackcloths alone. However, with the addition of this palace, it is quite unusual. In my opinion, this is the greatest wealth of Goryeo. It was built during the reign of King Gongsu of Goryeo. It's been more than 30 years. It's been in the dust for more than ten years. He flourished at his most when he was just established. At that time, King Gongchou had just succeeded to the throne, and there were powerful ministers inside, and the Yuan Dynasty interfered outside. He needed a lot of money, whether it was to arm himself or befriend the magnates of the Yuan Dynasty. But the throne of King Gongsu was given to him by the Yuan Dynasty after seizing the throne of the previous King of Goryeo. The foundation is unstable, where can I find money? The prince appointed merchants as officials and built a large fleet of ocean-going ships. I have a good relationship with the Pu family. Through the relationship of the Pu family, the items of Goryeo were exported to Tianzhu overseas. But the small country of Korea, how many fist products can there be. What is the least welcome product? ”

"Silla maid."

"Of course, King Gongchou knows that the population is the greatest wealth of the country. So he struck on the side. While figuring out a way. He found that in fact, the requirements of the West for Eastern fabrics were endless. Whether it's cotton, or silk, or whatever. Silk is also produced in Goryeo, but there is too little of it. So he found this thing, ramie cloth. After being processed by skilled craftsmen in Goryeo, it became what it is today. ”

Yao Guangxiao looked at the ramie cloth carefully and said; "Actually, that's not bad. It can also be called the best in the Central Plains. ”

"Not bad." He Xi sighed and said: "This is the palace built by King Gongchou, and the women here are all palace maids, but in fact, these people are all weaver girls, and at most, there are more than 10,000 people." Even today there are thousands. It is said that in the largest year, nearly one million catties of ramie cloth were produced. King Gongchou also promoted the conversion of bad land to hemp in various places to supply here. And before I came, I also checked the history books of Goryeo. At several critical moments. King Gongchou took out more than 100,000 catties of linen cloth to reward the army. Take linen cloth as a tribute to the Yuan Dynasty. As for overseas trade, I haven't found that account yet. In short, this place brought great benefits to King Gongchou to consolidate the throne back then. This King of Goryeo is really amazing. ”

Yao Guangxiao may not be able to understand what He Xi said.

What He Xi said was amazing, not referring to the tactics of this Goryeo king. Not bad. Throughout King Gongchou's life, he was a proton in Dadu when he was young. Life in Dadu is not satisfactory, not to mention poor. But it's also very tight. However, after the Yuan Dynasty was disgusted with the then king of Goryeo, he was able to seize the opportunity to return to Goryeo and become the king of Goryeo. And stabilize the political situation in a short time. Grasp the power, first to the Yuan Dynasty, and the Qi family. He sent people to visit key figures such as Totoh and Wang Baobao many times. After seeing the form of the Central Plains clearly, he immediately made a decision and jumped from the ship of the Yuan Dynasty to the ship of the Ming Dynasty.

Although it is not guaranteed in old age. Died at the hands of Xiao Xiao. But on the whole, he is still a qualified politician.

But He Xi felt that he was amazing, and he was keenly aware of the changes of the times. From participation in maritime trade, and then to the organization of production, this series of business activities. It doesn't look like an ancient man at all. Rather, it is an ancient time to which modern people have come.

Although, what he is doing now is to make money. Even in many places, it is done very cruelly. For example, the palace maids in this palace are all slaves and maids. There is no personal freedom. even used government channels to let the people pay taxes and hemp, etc.

However, this is still a very advanced initiative.

Of course, similar measures were also taken in the Ming and Qing dynasties, that is, the Weaving Bureau. He Xi didn't know what the Yuan Dynasty was like. But when he was in Nanjing, He Xi didn't notice this, because Zhu Yuanzhang was thrifty, there were few people in the palace, there was no need to consume so much cloth, there was no demand, and even if there was a weaving bureau, the scale would not be very large.

Yao Guangxiao has been following He Xi for a long time, and the two often communicate. I also saw some clues, and said: "The loom here." It seems to be very backward, not as good as what Yang Yu made. If you add the loom that Yang Yu came out of. ”

"Not bad." He Xi said; "Everything is ready here. Just a slight change. Immediate mass production capability. Is it just that hemp is easy to obtain, or is cotton easy to obtain? Is it easy to dispose of hemp or cotton? ”

Yao Guangxiao said; "Liaodong can grow cotton. In addition, there is a record of cotton cultivation in Goryeo. In the past, it was possible to produce linen on a large scale, and it was easy to get hemp from the local area. The climate of Liaodong is not much different from here. It can also be promoted in Liaodong. Adults don't have to worry about the details. Just let the Faculty of Engineering send some people. ”

He Xi said; "Not bad. All the people here must be transported to Liaodong. No one is missing. This is the greatest wealth I have gained in Goryeo. ”

Talent is the greatest asset.

These thousands of palace maids, in the eyes of others, are just slaves and maids. But in He Xi's view, it is the number of textile workers, although it is said that the previous processing is hemp material, and the use of textile machines is not the same, not the most advanced. But as long as these people are the seeds, the rest are easy to cultivate.

Yao Guangxiao said: "Don't worry, your lordship, I'll leave it here." ”

Someone immediately relayed He Xi's order. However, there was a cry from below.

He Xi frowned slightly.

He frowned not because he heard the cry, he knew that the hundreds of miles of migration in this era were enough to make people fearful. Not to mention the panic after the death of the country. Again, they are all women. It's normal to cry a bit.

He Xi planned that after they arrived in Liaodong, they would be released as free people.

Therefore, the slaves and maids who migrated to Liaodong had this policy.

Of course, this policy was also informed to the people below, but when they heard the order to relocate, they still couldn't help but cry. This is also unavoidable.

The reason why He Xi frowned was that the order he gave needed to be conveyed.

In this era, there is no dynasty-fresh talk. But the upper echelons of Goryeo spoke Chinese. And the lower class of the people of Goryeo spoke all the local dialect. There is mutual penetration between the local dialect and the Chinese language, but most of them are still disconnected. During the reign of King Xian Sejong, Yanwen was invented, that is, to phonetize the Chinese language to help learn Chinese, and finally became an independent Chaoxian dialect.

Although, these things haven't happened yet. However, the Goryeo dialect is too different from the Liaodong dialect. Liaodong local dialect is probably a variant of Shandong dialect, since ancient times, Shandong people have never been less than Liaodong. And the Goryeo dialect is a school of its own, and He Xi can't understand it at all.

He Xi secretly said in his heart: "With the large-scale resettlement of the Goryeo people in Liaodong. We must find a way to let Koreans learn Chinese as soon as possible. No, it should be for people in other places to learn Chinese as soon as possible, otherwise it is impossible to maintain peace and stability for a long time. ”

"Something is going to happen."

"It seems that the Hanyu Pinyin scheme should also be taken out. It's just that the Chinese language of later generations is centered on the northern official dialect. But now the official dialect of the Ming Dynasty is based on the official dialect of Nanjing. I'm afraid there is a big problem with rash use. ”

During the Ming and Qing dynasties, there was not much difference between Chinese and later Chinese. It's just a little different in a lot of the wording. For example, later generations used numbers, easy to use three or five, what three or five in groups, but in the early Ming Dynasty, they liked to use five or seven. Such a difference in details.

However, the reason why Zhu Yuanzhang made the capital of Nanjing was that the official language of the Ming Dynasty was the official dialect of Jianghuai. Later, after the capital of Bei-Beijing, it was combined with the local dialect for a long time to have the later official dialect. Therefore, the Hanyu Pinyin of later generations was directly used in this era. No, it doesn't. However, let He Xi take the Chinese pinyin scheme of later generations as the foundation and revise the first version of the Ming version. He Xi really didn't have this to do.

Phonology may seem simple, but it's actually boring. If you don't put in a lot of effort, it's hard to achieve anything.

In any case, this matter has been taken to heart.

He Xi took Kaijing as the center, and the speed was fast, and before and after the spring ploughing, it was almost done. Of course, in fact, in He Xi's view, there are also such and such problems, for example, he only divides them according to the land accounts of Goryeo. I didn't do it, and I guess there are a lot of things that are wrong. But now that time is at war, there is not so much time.

You can only hurry up.