Facing Guan Ning's questioning, He Bai smiled slightly, a million sets of books may be a big problem in the eyes of the ancients, but in his own eyes, it is nothing. Why don't you just get a block printing technique, and then use italic or Song characters as the criterion, you can get a million sets of books in two or three months. If you use movable type printing, I'm afraid it's faster. But He Bai can't pull out the seedlings in advance to help them grow, so let's use engraving printing first.

He Bai said with a smile: "I have a method that can make a million sets of books in a short period of time, and there is no need for people to copy them." ”

Guan Ning asked suspiciously: "Prime Minister of State, I don't know how to be so powerful?" ”

Everyone listened, because it was difficult to read at this time, relatively speaking, because of the rarity of books. Especially for the borrowing and copying of rare books, tens of thousands of words are fine, and hundreds of thousands of words are definitely a big project. And He Bai actually said that a million sets of books are a small problem, how is this possible?

When He Bai was about to tell everyone, it suddenly occurred to him that control and technical secrecy were important factors in the development of a force. Although engraving printing is nothing, it is of great benefit to a force to cultivate a large number of talents. At present, it cannot be exposed in advance, so as not to be used by others and increase the strength of others in advance. It is not too late to wait until the world is in chaos and the princes only pay attention to armaments.

He Bai said with a smile: "I won't talk about this method for the time being, as long as You'an can build enough schools within half a year and recruit enough teachers and students." Half a year later, I delivered a million sets of books on time. ”

Guan Ning's face turned pale, and he solemnly bowed his hand and said, "A gentleman's word." ”

He Bai laughed and said, "It's hard to chase the horse." ”

At this time, Zheng Xuancai said: "The "Beihai Rejuvenation Project Plan" written by the Minister of State, the old man saw the real implementation of the "Theory of Yin and Yang Five Elements" by the country. The construction of straight roads is mainly beneficial to the army and merchants; Dredging and reinforcing the river, renovating the pond, and irrigating the water conservancy are beneficial to the farmers; The construction of schools is beneficial to the scholars; Building hospitals and training doctors is beneficial to the world. It's just that the project is huge, and I am afraid that there will be a shortage of money, food and manpower, and it will be difficult to implement it for a while, and it will not succeed in ten years. If the prime minister compresses it to be completed within three years, I am afraid that there is a suspicion of impatience for success and profit. ”

Sun Shao frowned and said, "The Prime Minister's plan is for the benefit of all the people in Beihai, and if it can be completed on time, it will be a great blessing for me in Beihai." Peng Shouzheng, how much will it cost to implement these plans? ”

Peng Xuan bowed his hand and said: "According to the establishment of the Prime Minister, the straight road not only connects the counties, but also forms a straight road network among the counties. Xuan Fang only roughly calculated that Beihai needed a 10,000-mile-long and ten-step wide (nearly 14 meters) straight road, although it was smaller than the 50-step wide straight road in the pre-Qin period, but the length was not short, and it was not a simple project. A one-mile straight road requires 20,000 yuan of earthwork materials, and 10,000 miles requires 200 million yuan. In terms of manpower, 100,000 men need to be conscripted for March campaign. ”

He Bai coughed lightly and interjected: "Road construction needs to be a one-time success, and it cannot be delayed for a long time, and it is best to complete it within these three months in winter." ”

"March Battle of 100,000 People?" Bing Yuan was amazed and immediately shouted: "No, no, such a heavy labor, calculated in three years, 100,000 people a year and a month of forced labor are afraid that it will cause civil unrest in the whole county, let alone within three months." Prime Minister of the country, you need to know that there are still 50,000 yellow turban thieves in the country, and when the time comes, there will be yellow turban thieves who will take advantage of the situation to provoke, but I am afraid that the entire Beihai will be reversed. ”

He Bai smiled slightly: "This service is not hard labor, those who serve as conscripts are provided with food, and they are given a monthly salary of 600 yuan, which can be paid on a monthly basis, let me ask if anyone is not happy?" ”

Bing Yuan was stunned when he heard this, and muttered: "The government's conscription project still needs to pay for the conscription project?" ”

Everyone was stunned, yes, since ancient times, whether it is a court or a local government project, only labor needs to be levied, and where do you need to pay wages. And the money collected every year is only exempted from forced labor for one month. If it is necessary to serve conscription for several months to more than half a year, they must continue to serve after paying the money. If the quality is not up to standard, there is a possibility of death. Even death from exhaustion and illness is also a common thing. Therefore, there is a nursery rhyme that says that you are not afraid of heavy taxes, but only of servitude.

He Bai straightened his clothes, and then said solemnly: "Since ancient times, the Son of Heaven and officials have believed that people's power is something that can be levied at any time. I am not very opposed to this. Sometimes large projects such as the Great Wall and the tombs of emperors require the efforts of many people to complete. If we do not levy the whole country, it will be difficult to gather a huge amount of manpower. ”

"However, to conscript the people to serve in the conscription, it is necessary to let the people put down their own things and come to serve the public. However, sometimes the amount of work required several months or more than half a year of labor, so that the people were bound to not be able to return home to take care of the family business. And after the people have lost their most important labor in their families and missed the agricultural time, how will they live in the next year? ”

"I heard that the first emperor built the Great Wall, and there are white bones under the Great Wall. Such a tyrannical act, even if the Great Wall is beneficial to the country, what is the use of building it, the first Qin is not the second to die. Therefore, I think that it is feasible to levy conscription, but it needs to be levied with the idea of benevolence. It is necessary to divide military service into civilian service, military service can be forcibly conscripted, and civilian service needs to be lured by profit and moralized. Punishment shall not be inflicted on the people. As long as the losses are compensated, even if it is a whole year of forced labor, I believe that the people will not oppose it. ”

Everyone was impressed, and Zheng Xuan bowed: "The prime minister is really a benevolent and righteous king, and I can get what kind of king in Beihai is really my great luck in Beihai." It seems that what the old man had hoped for before has finally come true. ”

Peng Xuan said heavily: "In this way, it will cost 250 million yuan to eat just one piece of labor money." With the addition of earthwork materials, it will cost 450 million dollars, which is more than this year's tax revenue. The dredging and reinforcement of the river, the renovation of Pitang, and the construction of farmland water conservancy are not less than the straight road project; The construction of schools and hospitals, the recruitment of good teachers, and the training of doctors will be another big expense. Xuan roughly calculated, I am afraid that it will not be possible without a billion dollars. ”

Cui Yan said at this time: "The dredging and reinforcement of the river, the renovation of the pond and the construction of farmland and water conservancy will be of great benefit to the people, and the construction of schools and hospitals will also be of great benefit to the people. ”

Peng Xuan breathed a sigh of relief and said: "In this way, we can reduce wages by three or four hundred million yuan." ”

It's just that He Bai disagreed, and said: "If the government's money is taken from the people, it should be more for the benefit of the people." Although the purpose of conscription is to benefit the people, it is not allowed to take advantage of the interests of the people because of conscription. ”

Guo Yuan said hesitantly: "It's just a billion dollars...... Even if we and other officials do not receive half a liter of money, it will take ten years of tax revenue to collect it. ”

Xi Wei bowed to He Bai and said: "Xiangjun, your subordinates think that it may be possible to summon the wealthy families of Beihai to come to discuss the matter, and let them pay money and grain, which can reduce the pressure on the government." ”

Zhao Shang and Gongsun Fang, who were born in poverty, shook their heads and said: "Most of them are people who forget their righteousness for profit, and their small money is acceptable, but they are afraid that everyone will push away the huge amount of money." ”

Guo Yuan nodded in agreement: "I expect that there will be righteous and wealthy families in the country who will help each other, so you can give it a try." ”

Xi Wei refuted his own proposal and said: "Compared with a billion huge funds, I'm afraid it's still too little." ”

At this time, Peng Xuan, who was standing on the side, said heavily: "Xuan has a method, or can he gather most of the money?" ”

"How?" Everyone turned their heads to inquire.

Peng Xuan said solemnly: "The king of Beihai is dead, and there are only a lot of money, grain and treasures in his name and in the palace......

"Hiss......" Everyone gasped, and He Bai also looked at Peng Xuan in surprise, not wanting to rumor that Peng Xuan, who was a square person, would also do the thing of carrying the black pot for the lord.

Everyone lost their minds for a moment when they heard this, and stretched out their hands to the belongings of the newly dead Beihai King's palace, which was not much different from rebellion. It's just that this ill-gotten gain is not for the sake of profit, but for the benefit of the people, and everyone can't help but feel a little moved in their hearts.

He Bai saw that the atmosphere in the audience was dull, so he said: "The proposal of keeping the right is also the strategy I have in mind, but I can't make a decision after hesitation. I don't know if you have any different suggestions? ”

Everyone shook their heads and said nothing, no one can give birth to a billion dollars out of thin air.

In the end, He Bai could only say: "Since it can't, let's vote together by raising our hands to keep the upright." If the incident occurs, the responsibility can be shared together, and there is no need for one person to bear the responsibility. If there is not a majority of those who agree, then the proposal is cancelled and no further discussion is made. With that, first raise your hands.

He Bai looked at everyone, and saw that Luo Pei, who served as a soldier, raised his hand first, and it seemed that the loyalty of the person who followed the time was high. is willing to advance and retreat with himself, not afraid of the punishment of the court. Unexpectedly, the second person was Zhang Zhao, he was not from Beihai, and he was only a temporary guest under his command, and he did not hold a position.

Zhang Zhao seemed to see He Bai's question, and couldn't help laughing: "I have been stubborn since I was a child, the more impossible things are, the more I will do them." He Jun's plan is very good, and I want to see the results, so I naturally agree with this policy. ”

After a long time, Zheng Xuan sighed again: "The old man is over sixty years old, and he is afraid that there is not much time left, he can do something beneficial for the villagers, and what is there to fear if he dies." The old man agreed with the idea of keeping upright. ”

He Bai, Zheng Xuan, Zhang Zhao, and Luo Pei took the lead, and even though the others were afraid of the court's condemnation, they did not dare to speak out against it because of their righteousness at this time. I just want to raise my hand in agreement, but I can't act for a while. When I saw that Cong Guan Ning, Shi Yi, Wang Xuan, Sun Shao, Cui Yan, Sun Qian, Zhao Shang, Gongsun Fang, Bing Yuan, Guo Yuan, etc., raised their hands one after another in agreement, and finally even Xi Wei, who had always been slippery, was forced to agree. As a result, none of the more than 20 people in the hall expressed neutrality or opposition, and unanimously passed.

He Baiyu was secretly happy in his heart, and this time he let everyone express his position, not only for the money and food treasures of the King of Beihai. It's more about letting everyone gather around themselves, and don't pay too much attention to the majesty of the Han court. In the long run, even if they replace the Han family, they are afraid that they will acquiesce and agree.

He Bai patted the case and said: "Since all of them have passed this proposal, then the private property of the King of Beihai will be mainly composed of Peng Shi Shouzheng, supplemented by Cao Xi Hongyu and Peng Shi, and report to me that they will be aware of it." Gong Cao Sun Changxu, Bing Cao Luo Zengzhi, Wei Cao and others prepared to levy the people's husbands, and they needed to explain clearly to the people's husbands that this conscription was paid, not pure hard labor. The eastern and western departments supervised Wang Shuzhi, Shi Ziyu and the thief Cao Liu Zheng patrolled the four borders to guard against the incitement and sabotage of traitors and yellow turban thieves. ”

Cang Cao can go to Xuzhou to find Xuzhou Don't drive Mi Zizhong, and ask him to help buy 1 million stone of grain from Xuzhou and deliver it to Beihai in batches within three months. Jin Cao prepared all kinds of construction tools to make sure there was a shortage. The five senses can summon the patriarchs of the wealthy clans and the rich in the country to discuss matters, which is a major matter for the blessing and the entire county, and they cannot be allowed to benefit in vain. You can collect money from them in my name, no matter how much. The name and amount need to be recorded, which can be used as the basis for promotion and commendation in the future, and Jin Cao can also buy tools and goods from the wealthy who have raised more donations. ”

"The others can help the school officials to manage You'an, Tian Cao Guozini, and will make Peng Shi, Shui Cao, Cao Cao, Fa Cao, Medical Cao and other specific things. All kinds of projects can be divided into dozens of sections, and the construction is carried out in sections. It is important to be clear and visionary, and not to lose its due role in three or five years. ”

Everyone immediately responded in unison, and He Bai turned his head to Zheng Xuan and Zhang Zhao and said: "This plan to rejuvenate the country is also very huge, and it is no less difficult than the famous generals to fight a large-scale battle. I asked myself if I was not capable, so I asked Mr. Kang Cheng and Zibu to help me. ”

The two also arched their hands and said: "The old man (me) is also honored to be able to participate in such a grand event, and I should work hard to help him." ”