Chapter 54 The Trade Route Plan
"When you return home, modify the wedding slip slightly, and add your name after the qinyu. Luo Heng said to Zixue that he wanted to marry Qinyu and Zixue at the same time.
"Gongzi Xie loves him, and the slave family obeys his orders. Zi Xue's eyes were full of spring water, and her words were shy. Although she was later in the ranks, she was pleasantly surprised and satisfied with the result.
"Is there anything important for Childe to discuss when he went to the mansion this time?" Zixue asked.
"Indeed, I would like to grant amnesty to all the slaves in the county and abolish slavery in the name of marriage in a few days. Do you think this case is feasible or not?"
"As long as it is what the son wants, the slave family is willing to worry about it. Zixue fanatically worshipped faith. The reason why she is like this is not only because of love words, but also because of the effect of confusing the heart. It is difficult for love in the world to last long, and love is hard to beat time, but the heart Gu poison can extend its shelf life indefinitely. Although this matter is beneficial to the people, it is also impatient. The slaves who are still in the slave workshop and the slaves who are leased out by the government are naturally disposed of by the son, but those slaves who already have owners cannot be pardoned at will, they are already the property of the slave owners, and forcibly pardoning them is equivalent to forcibly seizing the property of the people, which will inevitably cause resentment and anger among the people. The dispersion of the people's hearts is only in the moment. "In the context of the legalization of the slave trade, slave owners are a group of reasonable, reasonable, and legitimate ordinary people.
"That makes sense. Listening to Zixue's analysis, Luo Heng was thoughtful. It is not impossible to directly oppress people with power, but because of this, the scattered hearts of the people do not know how many years it will take to gather back. More than 30% of the people in Yunyang County have slaves in their families, and many of them are powerful, and a forced amnesty will cause chaos on the foundation.
"Slaves are not to be pardoned, and slavery is not to be abolished. Yunyang is the border of the Liang State, but also the place of exile, every year the exile here is not less than 10,000 criminals, the abolition of the slave trade, not only will cut off a source of income, but also to pay greater material resources, manpower to detain them, in a short period of time is more than worth the loss. Zixue then analyzed. Once the slave trade was abolished, it would not be a few years before the prison in Yunyang could be expanded to be larger than the county seat.
After listening to Zixue's analysis, Luo Heng had a headache. Seeing Luo Heng's displeasure, Zi Xue hurriedly gave advice: "Slaves cannot be pardoned, but they are not unforgivable. Forgive those who are meritorious, and they will serve the people. ”
"Meritorious!" Luo Heng's heart was overjoyed, and his eyes lit up.
This can also benefit the slaves, giving money and food to the people, and giving freedom to the slaves, so that everyone can be happy and not complain. Zixue proposed. Kindness is easy to become resentful, and if you don't work, you won't get anything.
"My Zixue is really thoughtful. "In this way, there is also direct access to a large number of free labor.
Xie Gongzi praised. Taking advantage of the gloom on Luo Heng's face, Zixue gave him a sweet sneak attack and pecked at the corner of his mouth. What man doesn't like a woman who can get into trouble? unless he likes a man.
"The guts are quite fat!" Luo Heng's eyes showed an evil light. A light peck turns into a deep kiss.
Before the two of them could finish their fun, the carriage arrived in front of the palace gate. "The Marquis has arrived. The gatekeeper spread loudly, and Wang Yuanli, the consul minister, and Liu Chang, the counselor, came to greet them with everyone.
"I don't know what instructions the Marquis has here?" Wang Yuanli asked first.
After entering the inner hall of the palace, Luo Heng elaborated on the idea of "emancipating slaves" and the plan of "cash-for-work" with many serving officials. "What do you think?"
"I generally understand what Lord Marquis means, but the lower officials still have a question, the huge amount of money spent on cash for work is not trivial, and the current government inventory is only a few hundred thousand purple baht, I wonder if Lord Marquis has considered this?" asked Li Dianfa. The former county guard has almost emptied the treasury, and we can say if we can pay it back next month.
"You don't need to worry about this, tomorrow there will be 100 million purple baht into the treasury. "Luoheng has no waves in the ancient well, and his words are quiet. Of course, the public is public and private, and the 100 million purple baht is counted as what he lent to the government.
"100 million!" "It's really a big deal!" "Even in a good year, the treasury rarely exceeds 100 million." "You don't know yet, yesterday the Marquis's armory shop earned more than 100 million purple baht in just one day. ”......。 Luo Heng's 100 million purple baht stirred up a thousand waves among the officials.
"Lord Marquis, why do you want to gather such a huge amount of manpower and financial resources?" the officials asked.
"Build roads. "Luo Heng wants to open up a trade route between Zhongzhou and southern Xinjiang, so that the two sides of the Nanhua River can communicate with each other. Luo Heng informed the officials of this idea.
"Why does the Marquis want to trade with the Yi people in southern Xinjiang? They are not educated, they are all people who drink blood, and all kinds of industries are far inferior to those of Central Continent, and the land they hold is mostly the bad water of Black Mountain, which is simply undesirable. The officials were puzzled.
"A few days ago, I just returned from southern Xinjiang, but what I saw and heard was different from you. Southern Xinjiang is rich in forests and rich in precious timber and medicinal materials. The Haisheng tribe has a good relationship with the mermaids and is born by the sea, and they have sea salt, shark pearls and other seafood; the Abu tribe has countless body refining elixirs, which can improve the cultivation of warriors; the Kunge tribe is good at controlling insects and beasts, and the livestock production is abundant; the Nashi tribe is good at Gu arts, and there is no shortage of capable people and ....... Luo Heng recounted his experience in southern Xinjiang to everyone after a little polishing.
If that is the case, there is a great profit to be made. Most of the people were moved by Luo Heng's words. Not to mention anything else, just three kinds of sea salt, medicinal materials and body refining medicine can make hundreds of millions of dollars.
"During my trip to southern Xinjiang, I saved the lives of several of their tribes, and they repaid their kindness and respected me as the Lord. Now everything is ready, just wait for the trade route to open, and the financial resources will inevitably roll in like the water of the Nanhua River. Luo Heng performed in public the essential skill of a leader - drawing a pie.
"We will do our best to carry out the plan of the Marquis as soon as possible. The officials expressed their intentions, and the resolution was reached. Meeting.
As soon as she left the mansion, Ya Zixue said diligently: "Is the son feeling tired now?"
"I'm not tired, what's wrong?" Luo Heng asked rhetorically.
"Lord Lu Wenzheng Lu has already handed over his three properties in the county town to us, if the son is free, the slave family can take you to visit first. Zixue, who has ulterior motives, did everything possible to create opportunities to be alone with Luo Heng, so as to wait for the opportunity to cook raw rice into rice.
"It's fine. Finding Zixue's thoughts, Luo Heng raised his eyebrows, and his heart was moved.
The carriage made a detour and drove into a side alley in the outer city. "Childe has arrived. The carriage stopped, and Luo Heng Zixue got out of the car one after another. I saw a wooden plaque hanging on the forehead of the house, with the words "A Corner House". Couplets on both sides: a corner of Gou's life, sending leisure in the alley.
Push the door in, and the eyes are all small and elegant, finely crafted. This is a small house in the style of four waters, surrounded by four rooms, with a patio in the middle. Luo Heng, who was accustomed to living in a big mansion, suddenly felt a novelty when he first entered it. There is a lotus pond in the center of the small courtyard of two zhang square, and there is a stacked stone rockery in the center of the lotus pond, and there is a green orchid planted on the rockery, and there are bees and butterflies flying around between the green orchids. The water of the pond is shallow, the swimming fish are leisurely, the breeze is silent, and the air is light and far away. This party has become a place of cheating today.
Entering the room, the swaying purple snow always touches Luo Heng intentionally or unintentionally. How could Luo Heng, who had eaten the marrow and knew the taste, resist such a temptation? He hugged Zixue into the bed. Just as the two of them were about to open the door one after another, news came from the source realm: Bai Xiaoyi woke up.
The day before yesterday, Luo Heng sent Jia Cao, who has amazing spiritual talent, and Bai Xiaoyi, who is a distant half-blood, into the Source Realm to develop genetic abilities, and after that, everything is complicated, and he has no time to take care of the two of them, but he didn't expect Bai Xiaoyi to wake up at this critical juncture and disturb the good things between him and Zixue.
Damn stinky rats, this Liang Ziben girl wrote it down. Zixue, who was forced to interrupt her good deeds, felt ashamed in her heart, and hated to strangle Bai Xiaoyi. Zi Xue was annoyed, why not Luo Heng? I hope Bai Xiaoyi can bring him a surprise, otherwise this matter will not be so easy.
After calming Zixue a little, and waiting for her mood to settle down a little, Luo Heng entered the Source Realm with her. When the two appeared, Bai Xiaoyi had already come out of the dormant warehouse by herself, looking at everything around her like a curious baby.
At this moment, Bai Xiaoyi is dressed in white plain clothes, with pink and white soft hair, two big white and fluffy ears on her head, and a pair of white and tender little feet, like a white elf in this pure white world.
"Childe. As soon as he saw Luo Heng, Bai Xiaoyi ran towards him with small steps on tiptoe.
"Wake up. As soon as he saw her cute appearance, Luo Heng couldn't complain about her.
"Sister Xiaoyi, you are so cute. Zi Xue squinted her eyes and touched Bai Xiaoyi's ears, and the sound seemed to be squeezed out of her teeth.
"Oops! it hurts, it hurts. Childe save me. Bai Xiaoyi broke free from Zixue's clutches and hid behind Luo Heng, covering her left ear on the top of her head, crying in pain.
"Oops! it doesn't hurt, it doesn't hurt. Luo Heng took the petite and delicate Bai Xiaoyi into his arms and comforted softly. He knew that Zixue's hand was straining, so he glanced back at her. "Your sister Zixue didn't mean it, she hasn't been able to fully adapt to her genetic ability recently, so she doesn't have a weight in her hands. ”
"Yes, Sister Xiaoyi, it's all my sister who is not good, I couldn't help it for a while when I saw you so cute, I hurt you, I'm sorry. Zixue was full of apologies, and her heart was secretly refreshed. Tell you to do me a good thing.
"Are you stupid to me? You just mean it. Childe, you must call the shots for me and punish her severely. Bai Xiaoyi was about to cry angrily.
"By the way, Xiaoyi, what is your genetic level? What is your genetic ability? Let's test it quickly. Luo Heng hurriedly changed the topic. Otherwise, the two of them will have to pinch each other in a while.