Seven counties in the west, a certain county seat

After a lot of hardships and nearly half a year, the father and son of the Li family finally came to Yancheng from Shudi. This is because both father and son have cultivation, otherwise, if another person walks so far, he may be eaten by a monster on the way.

"Sell newspapers, sell newspapers!"

"Yancheng's new newspaper, the first issue of Yancheng Bond Trading Newspaper was officially launched, as long as a penny, a penny!"

"There are about to be major changes to the Yancheng Bond Exchange, do you want to know? Spend a penny on a copy! ”

"Yancheng Bond Trading Newspaper, tentatively scheduled to be issued every ten years, all within three months, as long as a penny!"

"Little brother, buy two copies." As he spoke, Li Erlang took out two Yancheng copper coins from his arms.

This copper coin was exchanged by Li's father at the money bank, and one or two golden sands could be exchanged for 10,000 yuan. Since you have come to Yancheng, you naturally have to follow the customs.

However, at this moment, the father and son have just come to the seven western counties, and they have just entered the country, and they are unfamiliar with everything in Yancheng.

"These seven western counties should have been fought last autumn and winter, right? But how can it seem so calm, I can't see that the war has just ended less than a year, and it is even very energetic! Li Erlang said directly.

Immediately, he handed a newspaper to his father on the other side, and read it himself.

At this moment, in front of Li Erlang, there are already dozens of newspapers, and Father Li is also reading them slowly, and sometimes Father Li will read a newspaper several times.

"The price here is very stable, the price of grain is stable at 15 yuan a catty, the price of pork is stable at 15 yuan a catty, mutton is slightly more expensive, you get 50 yuan, and beef can be sold in a grand manner, and it only costs 50 yuan." Li Erlang recounted what he had seen and heard, and felt that everything was fresh, puzzling, and curious.

"It is said that every township has a grain store and meat store directly under the jurisdiction of the monarch, and each county has a cold storage center, where there is a Taoist priest and dozens of warlocks, and their main task is to maintain the operation of the formation and freeze the meat inside."

"Every few days, a large number of live pigs, cattle and sheep are transported by rail car to the slaughterhouse in the county for slaughter, and then transported to the counties and even the townships on the same day. It can not only guarantee the supply of meat, but also ensure the price of meat. ”

"It's so extravagant, the people here are really enviable. The people in our fiefdom can't live such a good life, right? ”

Father Li thought about it for a while, then nodded: "The people in our fiefdom are not short of food and will not starve to death, but in terms of other meat and living materials, they are much worse. ”

"For example, the clothes here, in addition to coarse cloth, there are a lot of silk and satin, and there are many types of clothes, many styles, and colors, Yancheng is likely to have solved the ability to produce pigments on a large scale and low cost, just like purple, purple clothes were very expensive in the past, but here, purple clothes are not a rare item."

"Moreover, this is called the leveling system, which was done when the pipe was reformed. In Hanoi County, where Wei's Gongzi Si is located, Li Kui has also adopted a similar system in the past few years, basically building warehouses all over the country, and when the price of grain is high, it will sell grain on a large scale to bring down the price of grain. When the price of grain is low, it will be purchased at a higher price and the price of grain will be raised, so as to keep the price of grain stable for a long time. ”

"As for Yancheng, it has a lot of money, and every county has built a large number of warehouses, some to store grain, and some to store meat. Moreover, I heard that a large number of wooden tracks have been built in Yancheng, and a large number of materials are going to various counties along these rail cars every day. ”

"Yancheng's material production capacity and transportation capacity are enough to ensure that the vast majority of prices remain stable for a long time!"

"The national power contained in this is terrifying when you think about it!" Father Li said calmly.

How much does that cost!

Thinking of this, Father Li looked at the Yancheng Bond Trading Newspaper that Li Erlang had just bought, and after taking a few breaths, Father Li subconsciously closed his eyes, rubbed his eyes, and then watched them again, and then closed his eyes again.

Li's father's reaction made Li Erlang very curious, so he picked up the bond trading newspaper and read it, and after a while, a gasping voice sounded: Hiss!

"Since its establishment, Yancheng Bond Exchange has undertaken the development bonds of 20 counties, and in the past three years, the total amount is 6 trillion yuan, and the guarantee methods of different counties are different, which can be roughly divided into three categories...... The second type is typical of the Wei family's sons, using family prestige as a guarantee...... The third category is ......"

"Today, exchanges have tens of billions of transactions per day. For a long time, a large number of people have written from people saying that there are too few types of bonds, the total amount of bonds is too small, there is too little room to choose, and there is no place to invest money......"

"To this end, we decided to start releasing new projects in half a month."

"This time, there are hundreds of projects, ranging from one billion to tens of billions, with a total amount of about 300 billion dollars."

"The following is a brief description of hundreds of projects, and the detailed description can be found at the Yancheng Bond Exchange."

"Obediently, the money in Yancheng is not money, more is like running water, and more can't be spent!"

After Father Li saw one of the projects, he shook his head directly: "It's just a mess!" ”

Li Erlang glanced at it and asked, "Why is it messing up?" I don't think it's good? ”

"You see, once this project is completed, one million acres of dry land can be transformed into paddy fields, and after this transformation, it is possible to produce ten stones per mu, and the grain harvested this year is one billion yuan. This time, they raised 5 billion yuan and used future grain income as a guarantee, and they paid it back. As long as the interest is not too outrageous, it will definitely be repaid. ”

"Moreover, after raising five billion, directly hire Taoists to cast spells to create rivers, sort out the earth veins and water veins, and the plan seems to be operational. Although it is a little difficult, but Taoists can indeed find the earth veins and water veins, and if they can't do it, they can also cast spells to directly change the environment, what is this called? It's called conquering and transforming nature. ”

Father Li did not answer directly, but casually drew a map of the entire Chao Kingdom: "The most critical thing in the Chao Country is the Chao River, and the Chao River has transformed the entire Chao Country. ”

"Chaohe River water control, not just look at a certain county, but should be considered as a whole, should be around the Chaohe River, or even around the Yangtze River."

"If Yanjun doesn't want to continue to expand in the future, and only wants to live his own life behind closed doors, then it's no problem to build. As long as the Salt Monarch only occupies the territory of the Chao Kingdom in the future and does not continue to expand outward, then it will not be a big problem. ”

"And if Yanjun wants to open up to the outside world in the future, then this water control must have an overall concept, not limited to a certain county or a certain county, to see the Chao River, to see the Yangtze River, but also to see the sea."

"To control water, we must understand the vitality of water and the changes in underground water veins, and we must make good use of water power. A truly suitable water conservancy project should not only take into account the current decades, but also the next few hundred or even thousands of years! ”

"A good water conservancy project must fully take into account the changes in topography, and it must be persisted for at least three to five hundred years."

"As far as this county is concerned, it's not that I maliciously curse, but I think that such a construction method will have problems in 30 years, and the problems will be obvious in 50 years, and it will be completely ineffective in 100 years."

Hearing this, Li Erlang touched his head and said helplessly: "Father, is there such a possibility: It's not that people don't think about it so far, but people don't need to think about it so far at all?" ”

"Moreover, it is the norm for water conservancy projects to persist for decades, and as you said, if a water conservancy project persists for hundreds or even thousands of years, it is called abnormal!"

"People in Yancheng have money, and they have a lot of money. Now, in order to control the water, hundreds of Taoist priests and thousands of warlocks can be directly mobilized to work together, just to build water conservancy projects in a certain county. ”

"Thirty years from now, Yancheng may be even richer. At that time, even if something goes wrong, it's a big deal to continue to spend money, and this time let the prime minister or Yushi be responsible. Anyway, 30 years later, the 5 billion bond money has already been repaid, and the local people have enjoyed it for 30 years, so what's not to do? ”

Father Li thought about it, but still shook his head: "No, if I didn't see this, then I would also think it's a good thing." But when I saw it, I just felt like it was a waste. So much money is used to control the water and use it to build water conservancy projects, the intention is good, but it has caused a big waste, which is very inappropriate, and I want to advise the salt king. ”

"Oh, father, it's not appropriate for us to give advice to Yanjun when we first came to Yancheng, right? Let's learn more about it, and then talk about it after visiting more, right? ”

"Moreover, as mentioned above, it took half a month to start raising money. Let's do a field trip first. Hundreds, thousands of years is too exaggerated, who can decide how the future will change......"

"Okay, let's go investigate first, it's not far anyway!"

"By the way, you can also take the rail car on the road, observe and observe, and have an in-depth understanding of Yancheng."

"Next, write about my father's experience in water control by the way, and submit it to the journal of a hundred schools of thought, and see if it can be published, and you will know the success of this hundred schools of thought."

"Father rest assured, King Dayu was successful in controlling the water and became the co-owner of the human race. For countless years, there has been no one who has not been able to control the water. ”

"First of all, water control is where the righteousness lies, and the people's aspirations."

"Taking the opportunity of controlling the water, the monarch can justifiably infiltrate the power into the fiefdom of the feudal monarch, and the feudal monarch can't say anything, but anyone who disagrees, or openly expresses opposition, will be killed by the monarch on the spot, and others will only say that they deserve to die!"

"Secondly, water control can gain huge prestige, regardless of personal morality in other aspects, as long as the water control is successful, it is a Ming monarch and virtuous minister, and there will naturally be people in other aspects to defend you and help you say good things."

"Finally, water control can really increase the food production under the control. Tyrants and faint kings may not care about the lives of the common people, but they certainly care about the total domestic grain production. ”

"Moreover, in the process of controlling the water, you can also kill the demons by the way, kill many water demons, and finally control the water veins. After controlling the water vein, there are many benefits. ”

"In my opinion, after my father's article is submitted, if this salt monarch is really half as obvious as the legend in the outside world, I will definitely invite my father to control the water."

"When the time comes, the entire Chao River, as well as many tributaries of the Chao River, can be stationed in the name of water control or Taoist squads. At that time, the remaining sixteen counties among the twenty-six counties in Chaohe slowly fell into the hands of Yancheng. ”

"At least, when the time comes, we can use the name of water control to transport the common people and savages of the sixteen counties to other places."

"When the common people and savages are gone, and only a group of nobles and countrymen are left, hehe, this scene is funny when you think about it. At that time, it is estimated that without the help of Yanjun, these nobles themselves will take the initiative to surrender. The most powerful thing for the nobles is the ability to understand current affairs, that is, the ability to see the wind and steer the rudder. At that time, it will be time for them to betray the nest and welcome the salt king into the nest city. ”

Father Li shook his head slightly: "I didn't think so much about my father, I just think that the topography of Chao Country is very typical, everything revolves around Chao River, if it is properly managed, it can make the entire Chao Country go to a higher level." Even, not only to control the water, now a relatively mature land reclamation technology has been born on Dongning Island, and my father feels that this technology can also be taken into account. ”

"For example, Dongning Island!"

At this moment, Father Li only felt that his mind was full of infinite inspiration!

"My father has always said that water control should look at the overall situation, have a broad vision, consider the whole, and consider the changes in the terrain and terrain in the next hundreds or even thousands of years."

"A new idea was suddenly born in the mind of the father just now, and this Dongning Island is only five hundred miles away from Yancheng."

"Moreover, today's Dongning Island has mastered a relatively mature land reclamation technology, in this case, we can build two super dams, one from Huo County, the northernmost sea in Chaoguo, to Dongning Island, and the other from Dongning Island to Yancheng, so that a super lake about 500 miles wide and about 3,000 miles long can be formed in the middle."

"Then, using the flow of water from the Yangtze River estuary, the lake is washed day after day, and after a few years to decades, the lake will turn from a saltwater lake to a freshwater lake."

"At the same time, the dam can be strengthened day after day and turned into counties. Eventually, the great lake will be turned into an inner lake......"

"However, this is just a new idea, and whether it is actually feasible or not depends on field research, not a day's work."

"However, if Yanjun really does this, he may not be able to continue to expand outward in a short period of time, but I don't know if Yanjun is willing to ......"

(End of chapter)