The third emperor of the Sui Dynasty

Chapter 43 Sui Xingli

That night, the inner hall of Linshuo Palace was brightly lit.

Yang Tong, Yang Gongren, Yang Shidao, Fang Xuanling, Wei Zheng, Kong Yingda, Li Jing, Qin Qiong, Luo Shixin... and other civil and military officials planned carefully.

"Your Highness, the world will be chaotic in the future," the left servant shot at Yang Gongren and said, "The princes' segregation is the first to focus on the population. Only those who have the source of soldiers and those who can produce food and support the army...Nowadays, soldiers on the River East and Henan Roads are everywhere. It is easier to absorb the population if we increase the intensity, especially in Hedong Road, where Liu Wuzhou and the Turks have poisoned us!"

Yang Tong said with a smile: "After General Xue Wanshu arrived in Shanggu, he made preparations to accept the victims in the east of the river. Although there will not be too many people, it is a number. At the same time, I suggest that General Xue Wanshu go south immediately tomorrow. After arriving in Wu'an, send a large number of secret agents The Shangdang tried their best to exaggerate the speed and ferocity of Liu Wuzhou and the Turks, and described Jizhou as a clean man in a troubled world! In principle, we should break up the clans and set up ten households in one village."

"Here!" Xue Wanshu and Xue Wanshu responded loudly.

Yang Gongren said again: "Since ancient times, population has been the most important thing in wars in the world, followed by money and food! Nowadays, the population of Jizhou is not a problem, but the money and food needs are extremely huge. If there is no war, there is no fear. However, once the war expands or natural disasters come, it will be very dangerous. Great! Your Highness should continue to carry out "relief with work" in Jizhou, build water conservancy, strengthen river embankments, and widen roads! At the same time, rent the remaining official land to families with sufficient labor to cultivate, so as to obtain military support and tax food, and strive to achieve Self-sufficient!"

"I have eight methods to develop people's livelihood, Your Highness, please have a look!" Yang Gongren took out a memorial and handed it to Yang Tong.

Yang Tong quickly took it, opened it carefully, and looked at it carefully. After a long time, he praised it all over his face: "Zuo Pushe, you are a great talent!"

He didn't tell any lies. Fang Xuanling, Yang Shidao, and Wei Zheng are indeed people who assist the country, but Fang Xuanling is good at plotting the world and is good at seeing the overall situation; Yang Shidao is good at civil affairs, and Wei Zheng is proficient in law.

The three of them have some shortcomings in governing the country and enriching the people, and enriching the people and strengthening the army is just the foundation for conquering the world. Without this, they will not be able to reach the end.

Counselors who plan the world, conquer the four directions, and supervise hundreds of officials are valuable, but civil servants who can enrich the country and strengthen the people, and rectify internal affairs are the pillars of a country.

Yang Tong suddenly saw Jiang Xingben, the servant of the Ministry of Industry, hesitated to speak, and encouraged him with a smile: "Master Jiang, it's okay to say something."

Yang Gongren knew that Jiang Xingben, who was born as a craftsman, had a little low self-esteem, so he also encouraged him: "Everyone's original intention is for His Highness' great cause. As long as you feel that it is beneficial to the country and the people, you can speak freely, even if you are wrong."

"Thank you, Your Highness, Xie Pushe..." Seeing that everyone was looking at him with encouraging eyes, Jiang Xingben took a deep breath and said, "I have read many ancient books and materials, and found that the appearance of the plow and every improvement has increased the production capacity by a little bit. Moreover, in the same fertile fields, the grains produced with or without fertilizers are also different! It can be seen that the potential of the fields has not been brought into full play. Therefore, the minister thought that skilled craftsmen could be encouraged to invest more in agricultural tools, fertilizers, and grain seeds. article."

"Your Highness, I agree with Lord Jiang's opinion. If you can improve farm tools, fertilizers, and grain seeds, let alone double the production capacity, even if it increases by [-]% or half, it will be a great achievement!" Wei Zheng took the lead in supporting it.

Yang Tong slapped his forehead and said, "Master Jiang reminded me of an irrigation tool that can replace overturned carts!"

As he said that, he picked up his pen and drew a water wheel, and said to Jiang Xingben who came over: "This thing is called a water wheel, and its purpose is the same as that of an overturned wheel. It is low in water and high in use, but the difference is Turning over the car requires manual stepping, and the water wheel is round like a wheel. With the help of the strong momentum of the water flow, it can automatically pump up the water for irrigation. However, if there is a water shortage, it can be used for farmland irrigation. In this way, The area that can be cultivated will be larger, while saving valuable manpower."

"And the plow..." Yang Tong then drew Qu Yuanli in detail!

When Jiang Xingben, who was deeply shocked by the waterwheel, looked at Qu Yuanli again, he calmed down and looked at the drawings carefully, thinking about the purpose of each scattered component.

Finally, he said excitedly: "The Qu Yuan... can stabilize the center of gravity of the plow at the top of the arc of the Qu Yuan. No matter how the cattle move, the center of gravity will not shift. The straight shaft used before required two cows to move forward at the same time. Okay... and the plow shaft changes from straight to curved, and only one ox is needed to pull the plow stick to plow the land. Your Highness's design is simply ingenious!"

Jiang Xingben was an expert, and he saw the great significance of Quyuanli at a glance!
The simplest point is to turn two cattle into one.

This means that under the premise of the same time and the same number of cattle, the speed of plowing the land is doubled!
Moreover, the curved shaft plow makes the plow frame smaller and lighter. On the premise of only one ox head, it is also easy to turn around and turn. It is flexible to operate, and even the corners can be plowed.

In this way, grain production will increase by at least [-]%!
The most serious thing is, what if all Jizhou uses this kind of Quyuanli?
Oh my God……

Jiang Xingben's hand holding the blueprint kept shaking, and he felt that the blueprint in his hand was as heavy as Mount Tai.

When everyone saw Jiang Xingben trembling with excitement, they couldn't help being surprised.

"Pfft!"

Jiang Xingben knelt on the ground and said in a trembling voice: "I implore Your Highness to hand over this Quyuanli to Weichen to make it. Three days, no, two days, as long as two days, the Quyuanli will definitely be made."

Yang Tong said speechlessly: "It was originally for you to do it, if you don't do it, who will do it?"

"Thank you, Your Highness!" Jiang Xingben was overjoyed.

He knows the meaning of this object, once it is as convenient as he guessed, it will immediately replace Zhiyuanli and pass it on to the world, and the first person who made this object can also compete with His Highness King Qin who designed it. Leave a name in history?
"Your Highness, I would like to..."

As long as he thinks that he is the maker of the first Quyuanli in a certain history book, Jiang Xingben is almost crazy with joy.

Yang Tong smiled and said, "Go! Make the water wheel by the way, and test it together."

"Here!" Jiang Xingben left excitedly.

Everyone looked at Jiang Xingben, who was like a gust of wind, and looked at each other in blank dismay.

"Your Highness, are the waterwheels and Quyuanli really so effective?"

"The waterwheel can pump water day and night without manpower; Quyuanli saves an ox, can be easily operated by one person, and digs the land about twice as deep! Do you think it is magical?" Yang Tong smiled and asked Yang Gongren who asked the question.

Yang Gongren straightened his eyes and said, "With these two things, a lot of manpower and animal power will be saved, and the yield per mu will increase by [-] to [-] percent?"

Yang Tong firmly said: "After saving half of the manpower and animal power, the common people can rent twice the official land, double the grain production, and double the grain tax from the government... I don't know if the production can be increased by [-] to [-] percent, but it will definitely increase. of…"

Everyone was surprised and delighted!

Intoxicated by the blueprint described by Yang Tong.

"A small improvement can double the income of the court and the people. If a skilled craftsman creates an epoch-making agricultural tool, it will benefit forever. Therefore, everyone must not underestimate and despise the craftsman's work in the future. value!"

At this time, it was Kong Yingda, who was submissive at this time, and didn't say anything about strange skills and obscenity.

"Such a sharp weapon that benefits the people, please name it, Your Highness."

"This plow can provide a mountain of grain and can make a great contribution to the revival of the Sui Dynasty. It is called Sui Xingli."

Sui Xingli?
What could be better than this name to show everyone's will to revive the Sui Dynasty?
What else can make the name of Da Sui pass down through the ages more than this name?

When everyone heard it, they all agreed.

"Pu She talked about population and food, so should money be next?" Yang Tong asked with a smile.

"That's true!" Yang Gongren nodded and said, "For the past six months, Jizhou has hardly received any income! But the money and food used to resettle the victims every day and provide relief with work have been spent like running water... If this continues, there will be big problems. .”

Yang Guang stored mountains and seas of money, grain and military equipment in Liyang Cang, Zhuojun Cang, Beiping Cang, Huaiyuan Town in Western Liaoning, Tongding Town in Eastern Liaodong, Gongcang City in Linshuo, and Gongcang City in Linyu.Before Yang Tong went north, he moved Luokou Cang and Huiluo Cang on Henan Road completely.Therefore, Jizhou can easily accommodate millions of disaster victims and raise hundreds of thousands of troops without any income.

After preliminary statistics, everyone generally believes that if all these reserves of money and food are used to support more than 600 million people in the country, they can be supported for several years.But Yang Gongren, Yang Shidao, Fang Xuanling, Wei Zheng, Kong Yingda, and Jiang Xingben agreed that the material should not be moved.

They agreed that no matter how hard or poor they are, they have to survive by themselves, and don't always think about getting something for nothing, just pretending that they don't have those materials.

Yang Tong was also quite depressed when he couldn't use the money and food, which was obviously as large as mountains and seas.But he also knew they were right.At the beginning of the business, if the core circle of power did not have the determination to live a hard life, let alone achieve a great cause, I am afraid that death is not far away!
At this time, when Yang Gongren mentioned the old story again, Yang Tong said with a smile: "We have confiscated gold, silver, and countless rare treasures from the rebels. The sum of all of them is an astronomical figure! This is what we have gained in the past half a year. I think it can be used! What do you think?"

Yang Gongren said frankly: "This is what we got, it's completely fine."

Yang Tong said: "Take out the gold, silver, and jewelry, and use the ratio of 1 tael of gold = 10 taels of silver = 100 pennies to sell Zhuojun Cang, Liyang Cang, Beiping Cang, Linshuo Gongcang City, and Linyu Gongcang City. The money was exchanged. The money piled up in the treasury was rotten, and some copper coins even turned green! If you don’t use it, you can’t use it anymore!”

"The most important thing is that copper coins are becoming less and less valuable. I am worried that copper coins will become a pile of waste in a short time. Therefore, in terms of copper coins, we must not stick to the old rules. Even if we owe money, we must spend it in the shortest possible time. When we have something to gain, it will not be too late to add one by one, and we can even use the purchased grain, cloth, iron ingots, etc. to pay back... This world is in chaos, only real things are priceless. "

The currency in circulation in the Sui Dynasty was five baht coins for the first emperor, with a hanging of one hundred coins. When Emperor Wen was alive, he was cautious about currency issuance, strictly controlled the standard of five baht coins, and the court's credibility was established.Due to the small amount of Kaihuang five baht, the currency value is very high, and most people can spend a month with a few hanging coins.

However, after Yang Guang succeeded to the throne, he issued bad new money indiscriminately. In terms of value, the new money was far inferior to the "Five Baht of the Kaihuang", but Yang Guang demanded that it be of the same value as the "Five Baht of the Kaihuang". The trend of casting became more and more intense, the quality of money became worse and worse, the common people's confidence in the imperial court was shaken, and prices rose wildly.

Sui Wuzhu's credit system has come to the brink of collapse, sooner or later it will be replaced by new money, spend them while they still have a little residual value!

No one objected to Yang Tong's decision.

Although everyone is not proficient in finance, they also know that money is becoming less and less valuable. It is very necessary to exchange it for real goods first.

(End of this chapter)