Liu Song Hanque

Chapter 463 The Sage Poet and the Prodigal Son
There were countless explanations in Yanzhi's mind, but there was never the one that Chao Shangzhi said at this time.

"The Son of Heaven..."

Dao Yanzhi didn't know the emperor.

But everything he did when he moved the capital made Yanzhi render him as a cruel and heartless emperor in his mind.

But He Chengtian before, and Chao Shangzhi now, are constantly crushing the image of the emperor in his heart.

Such an emperor seems to be not the same person as the emperor he knows.

Hiko closed his eyes.

"Different road non-phase plan."

In the end, he chose to continue to believe in himself.

It's just about Chao Shangzhi, he no longer has the previous hostility.

"There will not be only one champion man in the world."

Chao Shangzhi was not upset: "But in this world, there is only one Chao Shangzhi."

To Yanzhi asked again: "Those children, do you want to support them to grow up?"

"Yes."

The lines on Yanzhi's brow became deeper: "How much is your salary? Could it be that you want to use Xie Kangle's money to support these students?"

This is also the reason why Dao Yanzhi didn't think Chao Shangzhi would succeed.

Chao Shangzhi himself was born in poverty and had no money left.

Although the salaries of officials in the Liu Song Dynasty were far higher than those in the previous dynasty, it did not mean that one Chaoshang could feed dozens of children by himself.

If Chao Shangzhi was using Xie Lingyun and Yan Yanzhi's people's livelihood to pool money to "save people from the world", then Yanzhi would only think that the other party is a complete hypocrite, and then immediately walk away.

"Why is the general asking such a question?"

"You already know about those children who went to the workshop to work in exchange for reward. You will naturally know that although these children are young, they can already support themselves."

Chao Shangzhi pointed to Yanzhi and said, "As for why such a young child works, doesn't the general know?"

Before Liu Song, the Han Dynasty, the Three Kingdoms, and the Jin Dynasty.

If poor people could not support their children, they would sell them to wealthy landlords.

This is still a good year.

If there is war or famine, even the landlord's family will have no food left.

At this time, the older child is fine, but the younger one will only have the fate of being abandoned.

But now it's different.

As for how it changed...

Chao Shangzhi didn't know what words to use to summarize the current changes, but judging from the steps he walked, these changes did exist.

"But no matter what, the general. With me around, it won't get any worse."

Chao Shangzhi also knew at this time that he was not the same person as Da Yanzhi in front of him.

Even though they came from the same background, something went wrong on the path they took.

Dao Yanzhi sighed deeply: "Excuse me, I will leave now, and I will not continue to disturb Zhuangyuanlang's plan."

"Not urgent."

Chao Shangzhi still tried to persuade him to stay.

"When you come, you are a guest. How can you let the guests leave without entertaining them?"

"And I have one more request."

"Isn't it Kanglehou?"

"Exactly."

Chao Shangzhi thought of all the things along the way, so he decided to speak out to Yanzhi for help.

"Kanglehou and us are not the same kind of people after all."

"He doesn't understand that there are people in this world who would kneel down for a bowl of bean soup, and he doesn't understand why there are parents in this world who abandon their children."

"He has accumulated too much hostility along the way. If this continues, I'm afraid something will happen to him."

Xie Lingyun's world is too far away from Chao Shangzhi's world.

However, Chao Shangzhi didn't want to drag Xie Lingyun into trouble.

"Besides..."

Chao Shangzhi seemed to have a good understanding of the shipping matter: "Bring Kanglehou, with the deterrence of Xie's family, no one dares to go to you and eat meat unscrupulously."

Dao Yanzhi suddenly became alert, and when he looked at Chao Shang again, his eyes changed.

Anyone can see the profit of sea freight.

If there is no accident in the future, the imperial court will definitely take the lead.

But for the rest of the meat, there has been no plan.

Among other things, those aristocratic families who are distributed on the east coast and by the big river can let these boats pass by so easily?
Roads are not only opened by boats, but also by money.

If it had been before, Dao Yanzhi might have made himself a little bit wronged, after all, he didn't have the appetite to eat the benefits of shipping.

But what is before Hiko's eyes is not only the interests of shipping, but also the huge silver mine deep in the sea!
Losing the sea will probably make Yanzhi lose his last chance.

At this time, if Xie Lingyun could be pulled over, relying on the big tree of the Xie family, it would undoubtedly add another layer of insurance.

"If Kang Lehou is willing, there is no shortage of him on my boat."

In an instant, Dao Yanzhi had sorted out his ideas, knowing that Xie Lingyun would do him no harm, so he naturally agreed to Dao Yanzhi.

"That's good."

"in addition……"

Chao Shangzhi also set a red line for Dao Yanzhi: "Kanglehou is an old friend of the emperor when he was young. The general must protect his safety. If something happens to him, there is no guarantee that the emperor will not be furious."

"I still understand these rules."

When Yanzhi sat down again, anyone could see the depression on his face.

"Never mind."

Chao Shangzhi walked out of the wooden door of the firewood room, and extended an invitation to Yanzhi again: "If you don't mind the general, come out with me for a walk."

The two walked to the front hall and saw Dai Faxing was still wiping the table by himself, so they called him to join them.

This county is not big, but it is very clean.

After leaving the post station, I walked up three streets and arrived at the market in the county seat.After walking through five streets, we left the city gate.

In addition to the small size of the place, there is another phenomenon that makes Yanzhi puzzled.

There are surprisingly few people on this street.

"Don't be in a hurry to get to the general."

After leaving the city gate, after walking only a few miles, when they arrived at Yanzhi, they saw several huge huts built in the open space by the stream.

As soon as I got close, I could hear the noise inside.

Dao Yanzhi in the south naturally knew that this was a small workshop opened by the family.

This new thing, until Yanzhi can't tell whether it is good or bad.

But it allowed the imperial court and the family to earn money, and the common people didn't have to rely on the little harvest in the field to survive the unknown year after year.

"Those children are working in it?"

"Yes."

Chao Shangzhi pointed to those workshops: "The workshops here are just the tip of the iceberg."

"A place close to the sea, there is also a larger workshop, where the work is drying and making salt, and even mining and iron smelting."

"Salt? Iron?"

"Isn't that necessary for the official camp?"

"It must be government-run, but it didn't say it had to be government-made."

"In the past, the government used labor to force the people in the Qingzhou area to work at the seaside. But now, they are cooperating with those aristocratic families. The local government only needs the last salt and iron, and they don't care about anything else."

"How can this be?"

"Is not it good?"

Chao Shangzhi pointed to the workshop in front of him: "In the past, these people were also dragged by the government to make salt and iron. But they didn't get anything at all, and after leaving for several months, their wives, children, and mothers couldn't get them. care."

"Now with the reduction of imperial labor, there is even the existence of "subsidy regulation", which allows these people to use money to exempt themselves from labor and let them stay with their families..."

Yanzhi still didn't understand: "Then who will do the original things?"

"The salt and iron smelting you mentioned are all profitable, so those aristocratic families are willing to build workshops and hire these people."

"But what about the rest?"

"Repair water conservancy, open up wasteland, and even defend the country?"

"None of these will generate income. How could those aristocratic families do these things? Don't they rely on the government to recruit these people to do it?"

After Chao Shangzhi heard this, he knew why Dao Yanzhi was different from his own way.

In his eyes, the enemy is still the enemy.

Enemies are born to be destroyed.

Suddenly, Chao Shangzhi missed the emperor who was far away in Chang'an.

Talking with the Son of Heaven, you can be wise; but talking with Dao Yanzhi, you will only be led into the ditch by him.

However, after struggling for a while, Chao Shangzhi still informed Yan Yanzhi of the final result——

"The government is rich."

"Ok?"

"I said, the government can collect money through these."

"The general may not know that the finances of many places are much more than before."

"The government can use this money to hire these people to repair water conservancy, open up wasteland, and even defend their homes and the country."

"joke!"

To Yanzhi once again felt that his worldview had been impacted.

He was even a little furious!

"Officials are officials! People are people! Officials take money to ask the people to do things! Is the official you want still called an official?"

Disappointment flashed across Chao Shangzhi's eyes again.

Some people obviously came out of here, but he didn't want to admit it.

Some people obviously came out from here, but he finally became them.

Whether they are from aristocratic or poor families, they just want to continue to ride on the common people now, there is no difference.

Chao Shangzhi shut up.

Now is not the time.

The road is long and far away, and I will search up and down.

Simply, my way is not alone.

When Yanzhi noticed Chao Shangzhi's change, he stopped talking.

The two just looked at the workshop in the distance, as if it had become a tool for their game, just waiting for an unclear result.

The sun sets in the west.

A team came from the direction of the county seat.

Everyone in this team is wearing Sichuan brocade, riding a tall horse, and their faces are frosty.

The emperor's minion, Jin Yiwei.

When Yanzhi saw these people, he dodged his eyes subconsciously, not giving them a chance to look directly at him.

As soon as these Jin Yiwei arrived next to the workshop, they heard the bell ringing from the workshop to start work.

A man who looked like a butler appeared at the door of the workshop, holding a money bag in his hand and crackling at the abacus.

"Fan Xiuzhi, four hour work, five money."

"Liu Daoyuan, working three and a half hours, Qian Siwen."

"Gong Wu, work four hours, Qian Wuwen."

"..."

The people in the workshop lined up neatly, excitedly watching the small coins in the butler's bag fall into their hands one by one, as if the hard work of the day was wiped away by these few copper coins.

At the end of the line was a group of bouncing children.

When they walked up to the butler, they all looked at the butler's bag anxiously, fearing that some of their wages would be missing from the somewhat flat bag.

The housekeeper looked up at these children, and then at Jin Yiwei not far away, and then continued to shout.

"Chao Xingguo, work for two hours, and money for two."

"Chao Xingbang, work for two hours, and money for two."

"Chao Xingshi, work for two hours, and money for two."

"..."

When it was time for the last child, the butler put his hand into the purse, but took nothing out.

The child panicked, tears of grievance swirled in his eyes.

Unexpectedly, the housekeeper smiled and took out three copper coins from his body as if by magic.

"Here, I know you are the children who follow Zhuangyuanlang. Buy more food, so that you can grow up properly."

Putting three Wen coins on top of the child's head, the butler locked the shed, put the utensils on the carriage, and walked towards the city humming a little song.

Around him, there was a group of noisy children, some were discussing which restaurant had the most food, and some were discussing who had the greatest strength. text" of...

"Some people can do things with a penny, but others can't buy them with ten thousand taels of gold."

Dao Yanzhi seemed to be healed by the scene in front of him, and no longer continued to be angry with Chao Shangzhi.

Turning his head, Dao Yanzhi didn't look at Chao Shangzhi, but replied the previous question to Dai Faxing: "You asked me what I did when I was young."

"When I was young, I was helping those high-ranking officials pick up shit."

Regardless of Dai Faxing's astonished eyes, Dao Yanzhi was already walking towards the county seat alone.

"I still don't agree with your approach."

"but……"

When Yanzhi didn't take two steps, he stopped again.

"These children are indeed better off than I was back then."

Chao Shangzhi smiled knowingly: "It will get better and better."

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It was already a starry night when the three of them returned to the inn. Xie Lingyun got angry when he saw the three of them: "I didn't say a word when I went out! This fish cake is delicious just after it's made, if you come back later, it will be spoiled!"

Yan Yanzhi was just like an old sister-in-law, trying to smooth things over while busy: "It's not too late, it's not too late, this fish cake is still edible, and the fish soup is just ready to drink."

Several people sat down, only to find that there was only a plate of green shrimp, a plate of fish sticks and a pot of fish soup on the table.

These things are not enough for a general like Yanzhi who is full of vigor and blood to fill his teeth, but the other literati did not dislike the list of meals, and gathered around the table to share their own interesting stories.

Naturally, Xie Lingyun continued to brag about his "prestige", but he and Yan Yanzhi said the same thing, and the process inside was often a thousand miles away, which made He Chengtian snicker from time to time.

But when He Chengtian arrived, he told everyone about everything except the silver medal.

Xie Lingyun and Yan Yanzhi were known for their literary talents, and after hearing the majesty and magnificence of the East China Sea, the continuous sound of the waves seemed to ring in their ears.

Just when the two of them reached a climax of interest, several loud noises from the table made them look sideways.

I saw several large and small silver medals on the table, and with the appearance of these silver medals, Dao Yanzhi's voice also became the accompaniment of this temptation——

"Xie Kangle, do you want to visit the East China Sea?"

(End of this chapter)