Chapter 133: Expansion

Zhang Xuanming nodded: "On one side is fine grains and braised pork, and on the other side is coarse grains and green vegetables." Feasible. ”

"The land of Western Xia is vast and sparsely populated, and there is a lot to be done in breeding, planting, manufacturing and other industries." Ouyang Dao: "When the time comes, refugees can be encouraged to enter Western Xia." ”

Zhang Xuanming nodded: "I will sort out these measures on the table." Now it's time to win. ”

Su Qian said: "We won't say this." The Yangping Chamber of Commerce will offer a heavy reward at that time. A left ear consistent money. The reserve investment of 500,000 yuan is enough to make our army like a rainbow. ”

Zhang Xuanming was overjoyed and said: "When the time comes, you can also borrow the Liao army, anyway, it is the same price, and every battle is over, I think the Liao army will definitely not refuse." ”

Ouyang smiled bitterly: "In this way, Song Liao is everywhere, and I am afraid that ordinary people will also die." ”

"You must not slaughter the city, but the people outside it...... Brother Xian was too worried. ”

Money has always been able to buy a lot of rice, and those who will go to the army are either ancestral heirlooms or forced by life. Other people's lives, their own money, Ouyang has already seen the scene of bloodbath. The army is everywhere, and there is not a single grass. War is ugly, but it is necessary. Not to mention Ouyang, no one can carry out ethnic integration without going through war. For example, Song Gou'an was temporary, but he could not be Gou'an I, and in the fragmented battles, Western Xia had occupied nearly 1,000 square kilometers of land in Song. Rather than someone else starting a war to destroy your own country, it is better to start your own war and burn the flames of war to other countries. I have to think about how to gather refugees after the war, maintain the economy, and improve living conditions.

Ouyang also likes to enjoy and doesn't like to fight. But no matter how selfish he was, he knew that Jin was going to die in the Northern Song Dynasty. At the very least, this will significantly reduce your own standard of living. And look at this prosperous Yangping, these kind people, can they bear to turn these into ashes? Ouyang said: "You can contact Tubo to send troops together, and we will exchange money or goods for the territory we occupy." If you don't have enough money, you can also raise it. Openly bribe enemy generals, and if the whole army surrenders to the city, you will be rewarded with a thousand times. can make Western Xia the target of everyone's siege. Coupled with the secondment of 40,000 elite soldiers from the Eastern and Western armies, such a battle was still won, and I personally killed Han Shizhong. ”

"Well, Han Shizhong's weapon order will arrive in a few days. He secretly believed to me that he did not want other reinforcements, but that he would seconded 12,000 people from Liu Qi's headquarters of the Western Army. In his heyday, the Western Xia was a soldier for all people, and I wonder if he would be too complacent. "Zhang Xuanming is very cautious, war is in the service of politics. The meaning of victory and defeat is not so simple. The Great Song Dynasty has not fought for many years, and winning the war was decades ago, so Zhang Xuanming could not be cautious. If he doesn't fight, he will always be a powerful and nameless six-rank official, and Li Han has to continue to go to the imperial examination. If he is defeated, he will not want to be promoted within twenty years, and the authority of the civil and official clan will be further expanded, and he may even override the imperial power. This battle must be fought, and if it is fought, it will be won.

"Han Shizhong can see that he is a steady general in the martial arts, and he will not be untargeted. Thinking about it, he is still young, and if he wants to mobilize generals from the east and west, people may not be convinced. And Liu Qi met in the martial arts, the same department, and respected him, so it was more convenient to use. ”

Zhang Xuanming nodded: "I hope so." ”

"By the way, forget about business." Ouyang took out a box and said, "Armament dry food, the results of research between the military factory and the grain processing plant." Cereals, beans, etc., five catties of dehydrated dry food can support a single soldier for five days of food, the disadvantage is that if the water is drunk too much, it is quite supportive, and the taste is not very delicious. However, the price is quite cheap, only 30 wen per catty, no need to cook, you can eat it directly. ”

Zhang Xuanming was silent for a while and said, "Shiwen! ”

"Not for sale." Ouyang was angry: "A pound of rice costs fifteen wen." ”

"Then fifteen." Zhang Xuanming is very generous.

Ouyang Dao: "Think about it, if there are a thousand people carrying this thing, they can lie on the spot for a month without moving...... Of course, the premise is that they can endure hardship. These 1,000 people became wonder soldiers. Isn't this war about logistics? Besides, if one day the grain and grass are burned by someone. This thing is stored in tens of thousands of catties, and it will be burned when it is burned, who is afraid of whom. There is also eating this dry food every day, but it can greatly stimulate the fighting spirit of the soldiers, and when they see a city, they rush in like a wolf to find buns. ”

Zhang Xuanming gritted his teeth: "Sixteen texts." ”

"The emperor knocked me for a hundred thousand, enough to buy 10,000 catties."

"I'll tell you the truth, your money is in the treasury. Emperor Taishang has seriously damaged the southeast, and some states and counties in the southeast are still exempt from taxes, and some of them are also exempted. You royal newspaper will not be unaware. Money is needed everywhere to fight a war, such as after receiving your batch of war horses, the court plans to replenish another 10,000 horses. This horse is fifty guan, which is 500,000 guan. The number of weapons procured is more than one million, to say the least. It is also necessary to prepare for the recuperation of the occupied territory and the reward of military merits. Which is a small expense? And I don't count the money, I have to report to the emperor and find the household department, which also involves the opinions of the cabinets. ”

"Not for sale! In case this is listed by you as a military fund, I will have to pay 30% of the tax. It's a big loss. ”

Su Qian said: "Su feels that it is cost-effective, and the imperial court can save a lot of money and manpower needed to escort grain and grass. ”

"20 Wen, no tax."

“25！”

“20！”

“24！”

“20！”

"You won." Ouyang said bitterly: "Who made me love the country." ”

Su Qian sighed, Master Zhang, it's good for you to talk about things, but talking about money is not your forte. This rice is indeed fifteen, but do people say that it is made with rice? was fooled. Then people take advantage of your sympathy and pay millions of ransoms to get you...... The cost price of this thing is less than seven pennies per catty.

Zhang Xuanming asked: "Have you come out with any new weapons recently?" ”

"No, lately the focus has been on the power of gunpowder. I heard that the Tokyo Manufacturing Bureau has begun to imitate the things of the Yangping Military Factory, and immediately develop more advanced technology, so as not to be destroyed by Tokyo at that time. ”

"Huh!" Zhang Xuanming smiled embarrassedly: "Actually, this time I want to ask about the formula of this fire line." I tried it countless times in Tokyo, but I couldn't set the time. ”

"Recipe three million!" Ouyang smiled at Mimi.

"When I didn't ask." Zhang Xuanming: "When I turn around, I will ask the Holy Decree to come." ”

"Except for me, I am an old craftsman who has mastered the cooking recipe of the fire line. Even if he killed him, he wouldn't say anything. ”

"Alas...... I've always felt that you're not a money grubber. ”

"Xiao He is not greedy for money, but why should he occupy farmland?"

Zhang Xuanming nodded, very satisfied with Ouyang's reply: "After the matter is discussed, then I will leave first." ”

Ouyang sent the two of them out of the yamen and came back and instructed the officials on duty: "Please Liu Huilan and Lord Zhan come to my house for dinner in the evening." ”

"Yes!"

The Song Dynasty forbade the plundering of human beings as slaves, and the offender was guilty of death. However, it is permissible to enter into a contract in the form of employment. The term slave is officially denoted by a female envoy. In Song law, there was no such thing as a pariah, even if it was an official slave. However, the folk atmosphere is still the same, and the relationship between master and servant is formed according to the contract. In fact, this is already a progress, a transition from identity to contract, and although Liaojin learned Song things, he was still in a semi-slave society. In fact, the so-called female envoys are like selling themselves to their employers during the employment period, and have no autonomy. During employment, the employer may take possession of the body of the female servant, who has no sexual autonomy.

There were these two people in front of Ouyang, although the maid and servant woman he hired before were also in the nature of a contract, they were more modern contracts. And the contract in front of him was the standard contract of the Song Dynasty. The two prospective female envoys were not very old, thirteen or fourteen years old, very restrained, and did not dare to look up at Ouyang.

Ouyang tried a case of a slave who committed suicide after being forced by her master, and her sister sued her master. Although the master paid a considerable price, it was not the result of efforts in court, but Ouyang's small actions in private. Ouyang looked at the things that were quite deed-sold helplessly, their wish was very simple, that is, to find a good master. Compared with the official slaves, they have a little more expectations. For example, Uncle Ouyang's Xiaocui, when she met Uncle Ouyang, she was asked to marry when she was old, and she usually treated her like a daughter, this is luck. If you are unlucky, you don't talk about bullying your body, and you don't have food to eat if you are humiliated or beaten.

Liang Hongyu said on the side: "Officials, they turned out to be maids outside the Shouzhou family, and a few days ago, the family was broken because of his son's gambling, so I thought about selling them again." They are all young, hardworking, handsome, and can do heavy work, and the most important thing is to know a few words. ”

Ouyang looked at the contract, the contract was ten years, and said that the two of them volunteered to go to the European Mansion as female envoys, and then it was all the rights and interests of the master, the master basically had no obligations, and they basically had no rights. Even whether to extend the contract or not is up to the owner.

"Are the officials dissatisfied?" Liang Hongyu said.

"Let them eat first! I'll go to the next room. ”

Ouyang didn't want it, but now he was a role model for this Yangping, and Yangping was a role model for others. After Liang Hongyu explained, she came to look for Ouyang, waved her hand to the official on duty, and walked into the study. Put his hands on Ouyang's shoulders and rub them gently: "Official, if you don't want it, forget it." Hongyu is not without hardships, and with Ou Ping's help, this family can be rectified. ”

"How can my wife be a housekeeper." Ouyang patted Liang Hongyu's hand and said, "I'm writing a contract, so the contract can't be completed." Written, the contract will be published in the royal newspaper tomorrow. This law is one set and the folk practice has to be changed. ”

"Official, this ...... I'm afraid something is wrong, right? "Ouyang, this is a challenge to folk customs, and there are also scholars.

"Your man has a strategy. Every issue of the Royal Newspaper has a law popularization, and when this law is mentioned, the contract is put on the show. Of course, this contract cannot be changed drastically, only to ensure their basic rights first. ”

"Fundamental rights?"

"Yes!" Ouyang nodded: "Eat, rest and have sex." According to the Old Testament, even the body belonged to the master during this employment, which is too much. Finally, I'm still thinking about whether the time expires and both parties have the right to terminate the contract. ”

"My lord, sister!" Liang Hongyu was still thinking, Liu Huilan came in after greeting her at the door and said, "Zhanming still has some trivial matters, maybe I can come later today." ”

"You've come just in time." Ouyang put the old contract together with the several contracts he had screwed up and said, "Look at it! ”

Liu Huilan looked at it a little and said, "My lord, I'm afraid that even if this is reported, the effect will not be great." The law is very vague, but it is detailed about coercion, deception, and plunder, all of which are capital crimes. And for the sale and purchase contract, the imperial court did not prohibit it. And adults don't know that the identity of the tenant is the same, the only real difference is that there is an additional right to terminate the contract. Therefore, the landlords mostly kept people in the form of loans and usury. In fact, the opening of Yangping Qianzhuang has already made the landlords very dissatisfied, otherwise they would not have made a statement to the imperial court, asking the imperial court to force Qianzhuang to raise the loan threshold and increase the loan interest rate at the same time. At this time, if you talk about the contract again, I am afraid that not only will it not be imperceptible, but it may also be incompatible. ”

"Yes!" Ouyang nodded: "Quite reasonable, then what do you think of this contract?" ”

"Eating and resting as written earlier are fair, and no one dares to pick on these two points. This bully body...... My lord, to be honest, although there are a few who are unwilling, many are still willing. Some slaves fantasize that they can become concubines or even wives by sacrificing their bodies. I don't say that this article is bad, but this article is on the contract, and there will be more lawsuits in the future. It's not that slaves and maids are good people, and there are many treacherous and slippery people. For example, the female envoy of the adult sued the adult for indecent behavior, and then created some evidence...... My lord, the law of this dynasty requires you to show that you have not committed any indecent acts, but how can you verify it? This one is difficult! The last one, the termination of the contract, may not be implemented. ”

"Then I'm not a dead brain cell."

Whelan had an idea. The contract stipulates that it must be stated whether or not the body is included. To tell the truth, this bully is generally rarely planned by the owner, and is mostly a whim. If there is more of this, it can at least have a certain effect. Adults can also go to the court to explain the reason, and force this clause to be added to the contract according to the court regulations. ”

Liang Hongyu asked: "Sister, if people say that they don't agree and won't buy it, then even if the regulations are not a dead letter?" Ouyang appreciated that Liang Hongyu has the idea of the State Administration of Radio, Film and Television of China, in order to prevent violence, online game PK must obtain the consent of the person concerned. Of course, if you don't agree, you won't be able to play the game. The IQ of that thought is really not high.

Whelan replied, "At least that's what you are prepared for." There will be no death-seeking. Adults often say that you can't become fat in one bite, there are too many injustices in this world, how can you seek perfection in everything. ”

"Yes, that's it. Hongyu, you sit with Whelan, and I'll get a barbecue. ”

Ouyang went out, Liang Hongyu took Huilan's hand and said, "Sister is really capable." ”

"It's not because I work at the newspaper because I can't do it, why can't I? Do you still want to help your sister, or concentrate on being a concubine who will only please men? ”

"Well, I'll be here tomorrow. Otherwise, the officials will look down on me in the future. "From an abrupt sentence just returned to Yangping, and then a small thing, from childhood to adulthood. Liang Hongyu didn't know what was going on in Ouyang's head at all. In comparison, he is not even as good as the servants, at least the servants still know what they can and can't do, what is Ouyang's bottom line, and what can be done even if they are illegal.

"Leave a chicken for Zhanming." Ouyang said: "Don't worry about Huilan, this barbecue is very hot, but pregnant women are really not afraid of big fire." And let Zhanming walk around with you more, and talk to the baby if you have nothing to do. ”

Liang Hongyu smiled: "Can the baby still hear it?" ”

"It's possible." Ouyang greeted: "Ou Ping, what are you rubbing, come here." ”

"It's coming, it's coming."

Huilan smiled: "Sister, you have to ask the adult to show you another day, the adult's cooking skills are not bad." ”

Liang Hongyu smiled bitterly: "I'm bad at everything." ”

Huilan knew what Liang Hongyu wanted to change the subject: "My lord, it won't be as simple as inviting me to barbecue today, right?" ”

"It's a bit of a business." Ouyang Dao: "Starting from the next issue, a new column will be launched. Introduction to the geography of the Great Song Dynasty. Let's start with the reporter stations we have stationed, the customs and customs of various places, the mountains or the water, whether there are natural disasters and so on. It's better to have an interview with a local official and put a sentence or two. ”

Whelan asked, "My lord, let's talk about the purpose, I'm good at reviewing the manuscript." ”

"Inciting national sentiments, when the time came, the pen turned and wrote about Lingzhou and Yongle, two places occupied by the Western Xia. It is estimated that it will appear in about two months. ”

Whelan nodded: "Understood!" Whether to print or exclude additional content. ”

"Print! But don't raise the price. Ouyang said: "The first batch of reporters has gone out, and the second batch will also pay close attention to training, and some of these people will be sent to the border of Song Xixia, Song Liao, and Liaojin in the future." In addition, there are still too few people in the Great Song Dynasty, so Zhanming asked Zhanming to draw 300 people from the Xiang Army. It is divided into small teams and stationed in places where there is a reporter station, and is managed by the president. ”

"Yes!" The first step of the expansion plan has already been implemented, with the establishment of printing stations in four surrounding states. For example, after receiving the Yangping Express newspaper, Tangzhou must make a copy of it the next day, and it is required to supply it to the county level in Tangzhou within three days. Tangzhou is to the west of Shouzhou, and must be delivered to the first state in the west, Junzhou, within three days, and the content is increased by Tangzhou. For the time being, it can only be delivered, and when the reporter is trained, a reporter station and a printing house will be opened in Junzhou, and then all four roads will fly together, covering all the territory of the Great Song Dynasty. Although the cost has increased, the sales of newspapers have also increased. If Tangzhou expands, Ouyang only needs to pay the cost of a printing house and a reporter station to eat Tangzhou's needs. It turns out that Yangping Terminus is responsible for all the expenses of stationing reporters, delivery, and printing in the surrounding area. Invisibly, the cost of reporting reporters is shared elsewhere, which is equivalent to a reduction in costs and an increase in sales. Song has 50 million people, but there is only one newspaper, and if the literacy rate reaches 30%, Ouyang will die.

Expansion also has one benefit, such as the media talking about the brand, and the second is human resources. Once the whole country formed a network, even if the emperor wanted to take back the royal newspaper at that time, I am afraid that he would have to weigh the impact. After all, it is impossible for the feudal lords to pay a high salary for a reporter who is an emperor and has no character. Another point, this is a kind of self-worth, why is Li Yifeng so desperate? The reason for the money is only partial, the honor of the journalists' sense of social identity is trained by Ouyang, and Ouyang also lets them know what is the difference between them and ordinary people and officials. The ethics of journalists have a direct impact on the credibility of public opinion and the sales of newspapers.

Although there are many good drafts, Ouyang has temporarily withheld them. At present, the newspaper is still in its infancy and cannot be too sensitive, just as the early CCTV focus interviews made almost all officials afraid and blocked, being banned in feudal society is just a matter of one sentence. In China, there are people who speak their conscience, but they are generally at the bottom.