Overlord!

Chapter 92
Among the four famous brocades of Zhuxia, only Shu brocade has been produced. Although Yun brocade and Song brocade have not yet been born, the craft of brocade weaving has already existed.

If this guy had the brains of Liu Yu to move all the brocade craftsmen in Guanzhong back to Jiangdong, and build a brocade department like Liu Yu, maybe Jiangdong would have developed Yunjin long ago, why did Shujin come into being first.

But they are all brocade. In fact, there is not much difference in advanced technology in craftsmanship, but the interweaving sequence of warp and weft is different when weaving.

As long as the Weaving Department can mass-produce a large number of gorgeous Jinxiu in the same order, Zhou Cheng can call it Wu Jin, or it can be named Cheng Jin by the bank of Yangcheng Lake and supervised by Zhou Cheng.

So the most important thing is to be able to scale production.Most of the time, quantity itself is also a quality.

Apparently what happened in the Weaving Department made Zhou Cheng very happy, with a smile on his face all the time, he said: "Among the female workers in the Weaving Department, there are dozens of brocade craftsmen who have taken refuge in Jiangdong from the north. Thousands of dexterous women taught brocade weaving skills. But brocade weaving is not easy, and it takes a long time to embroider patterns on it. Up to now, only a few hundred pieces of brocade have been produced, and only a few new ones are added every day."

Not only was Sun Ce not dissatisfied when he heard the words, but he put down the crab, held Zhou Chengsu's hand excitedly, and said, "Madam is really my good helper! Every inch of brocade and every inch of gold can add several horses of brocade every day, which is equivalent to my Dozens of catties of gold can be added to the treasury every day. With this in mind, the treasury can be filled in just a few months!"

At least if the Jinxiu produced here is sold in the city's market, people will definitely be snapped up.

Even, with so many brocade forgings as guarantees, the release of Jiangdong Tongbao has no risk at all.

Among the Three Kingdoms, the currency reforms of Wei and Wu all failed, but the five hundred coins of Shu were the only ones that passed through the three countries. The reason is that Chengdu is known as Jinguan City?The imperial court set up brocade officials, and they have a large amount of Shu brocade in their hands, which can guarantee the value of five hundred yuan?
Although it is said that the Shu Han and the others engaged in seigniorage and harvested the world with money, this statement is far-fetched for future generations.As a traditional agricultural society, the Shu Han would not consciously promote such things at all.

However, as a reliable currency, five hundred yuan has indeed ensured the stability of the entire country's economic system and maximized its wealth and strength.That's why Shu Han was able to use one state to counter Cao Wei's nine states, and even take the initiative to attack.

Zhou Cheng didn't think so much about Sun Ce, and her cheeks flushed instantly. She still felt that such a thing as a husband and wife would never happen to her.Sun Lang doesn't care about etiquette and respect at all, but prefers skin-to-skin dating!

Of course Sun Ce likes it, this is his wife, she is not intimate, so should she be more polite?

Zhou Cheng tried to struggle for a while, but he could only let Sun Ce hold it when he couldn't free his hand, and then said, "What do Sun Lang plan to use these beautiful brocades?"

"There are many ideas, but I haven't decided on a specific direction for a while. What suggestions does Madam have?"

Zhou Cheng nodded: "I suggest that Sun Lang distribute these splendors to county magistrates."

"Distribute it to county magistrates?" Sun Ce asked curiously, "Why is there such a suggestion?"

Zhou Cheng explained: "When the Weaving Department was first established, it was very inconvenient to purchase silkworm cocoons and raw silk. It was the county and township chiefs who went to various villages to help instruct them to purchase raw silk from each household, and now the treasury is full. We are waiting for it now. The harvest is rich, and we should not forget that the officials have served. Therefore, I have been sending the cloth to the treasury."

"So that's how it is." Sun Ce suddenly realized: "Chang Shi is about to ask me to talk to you about this matter. How to separate the public warehouse from the private warehouse."

It not only includes these silks, but also the grain and grass purchased by the Sun family and the Chen family.

There is no distinction between public and private, and in the end it will definitely lead to using the public for personal gain!

Although Sun Ce is the lord of Jiangdong, the entire power is not only the power of Sun Ce alone, but also the power of all Jiangdong civil and military forces.

Zhou Cheng said with a smile: "It's easy. Sun Lang can give all the cloth and silk in the treasury to the chief officials. Sun Lang's new expansion of Jiangdong should be rewarded to his subordinates. It can also be regarded as a reward for all the chief officials. Help."

"Afterwards, if the government is going to buy silk, you can send the cloth to the government first, and then pay back the price when the country's regular tax is collected."

Sun Ce nodded: "However, I did not set up the Weaving Department alone. The government also contributed to the recruitment of female workers and supplies."

Zhou Cheng suggested: "Then divide the output into public and private shares, [-]% to [-]% or [-]% to [-]%."

"Then let's split it [-]-[-]." It's really hard to distinguish who contributes more, after all, Zhou Cheng's overall planning and arrangement are also very important during this period.

Government-run workshops, such as the Brocade Department and the Weaving Department, have historically provided imperial textiles for the monarch.

Sun Ce then said: "The splendor produced next month can be stored in the treasury. I plan to give a batch to Danyang."

Zhou Cheng happily asked: "Give it to my father?"

"Not only, but also everyone in Danyang County, to thank him for the money, food, and soldiers he once gave me." The old man will probably leave his post soon, and at this time, Sun Ce will naturally take the opportunity to buy a wave of people's hearts.When the time comes to recover Danyang, it will definitely receive more support.

"At the same time, I plan to negotiate a trade with the Danyang County Government, using silk and grain from Wu County to trade Danyang copper, iron, and Yue people."

Each county has its own specialties, for example, Danyang has a lot of copper and iron and mountains, and Wu County now seems to be silk and grain.Now there is only a temporary shortage of grain, and after the autumn harvest, the grain will inevitably be filled to the brim.

Zhou Cheng had a delicate mind, and immediately guessed what Sun Ce meant, and said with a smile: "Then I will write a letter for my father and Gong Jin on behalf of Sun Lang. I think they will be happy to see the result and communicate with each other."

"Haha, very good, I will entrust this matter to Madam. Jinxiu remembers to keep a few horses, and I plan to give them to my mother and siblings."

Sun Ce never thought that he would be harsh on his family because he was a monarch. On the contrary, he always felt that he had achieved something, so shouldn't he let his family live a better life?
Zhou Cheng nodded immediately, looked at Sun Ce who got up and asked, "Is Sun Lang going back to Wutong Garden?"

Sun Ce said with a smile, "No hurry, I'm going to look around and see where I can build roads for Madam."

Zhou Cheng's face flushed instantly, is the road going to be built now?Is it possible to go to the green grass?Although it is the time when the south of the Yangtze River is full of flowers, grasses and greenery, and the scenery is picturesque, it is too pure in desire.

But Sun Ce didn't think much about it at all, he just thought that Zhou Cheng was very moved.

He is really thinking about building roads. Thousands of weavers in the Weaving Department consume hundreds of shi of food every day, and a cart carries 25 shi of grain. The empty car travels [-] miles a day, and the heavy car travels [-] miles a day. .That is to say, more than ten or twenty carts are needed every day to transport the grain of the weavers.It will take more than ten carts to send the thousands of bolts of cloth produced by them back to the Wu County treasury.

If the road can be repaired, it will definitely save a lot of effort.

But Sun Ce hadn't gone far when he saw Zhao Jin running barefoot to the lake again, excitedly pulling out a big fish from the bamboo basket by the lake.

This catching sea and fishing are weakened versions of hunting, which can bring people the pleasure of catching prey.

Men with superb archery skills like Sun Ce and Cao Pi like to hunt, and women also like to collect shellfish from the sea, catch fish with nets, and pick river mussels.

Sun Ce walked over with great interest and asked, "Xiao Jin'er, what are you doing?"

Zhao Jin hugged a big fish excitedly, and said: "General, I set up several baskets to catch fish. This fish weighs at least six catties. We can cook fresh fish tonight."

Sun Ce couldn't help laughing, she was indeed a woman from Jiangdong, she was quite strong.If this were women from the Central Plains, they would never set traps and go into the water to catch fish.

Sun Ce smiled and asked, "How did you bring such a big fish back to the city?"

Zhao Jin said casually: "Why not? I put it in a wooden barrel and let the fishermen send it back for me with a cart. They specialize in this kind of work, sending fresh fish to the house, and by the way, sending a lot of crabs, river fish, etc. mussel."

He does not mean that.

A bright light flashed in Sun Ce's eyes, and he immediately asked, "You mean there are fishermen here who transport fish, crabs and shrimps to the city?"

"That's right." Zhao Jin was still excitedly taking care of the big fish he caught: "There are about 200 fishermen in this big swing, and they fish every day, and the first choice is to give it to the Weaving Department. The ones that cannot be sold are strung up with straw ropes and sent to the towns of Wu County in the west or Lou County in the east. There are several small fishermen who have not yet been crowned, and they have a very good relationship with me. My fishing skills, That's what they taught me."

"They always give us the biggest catch. Madam said that it saves a lot of transportation costs. Hehe, so the Weaver Girls have very good meals, not only fish and shrimp, but sometimes soft-shelled turtles."

The food was not only good, it was the envy of the refugees from the troubled times in the north.

Sure enough, it is to rely on the mountains to eat the mountains, and to rely on the sea to eat the sea.Sun Ce remembered reading a newspaper saying that during the Anti-Japanese War, the people around Yangcheng Lake had no food to eat and were forced to eat crabs from Yangcheng Lake to satisfy their hunger.

So it is reasonable to say that Yuan Shu's troops were forced to feed on snails and mussels.

But only the army of mussels and shrimps and crabs is destined to be skinny.What really makes the weaving bureau rich is that some people provide them with fish and shrimp, and some people continue to provide them with grain.

The real strength of Wu County is also here, this is the real land of fish and rice.

Not only fertile soil can produce a large amount of grain, but also dense water networks and lakes can provide a large amount of fish.

Just as Sun Ce was thinking about this, three small boats rushed out from the reeds in the middle of the lake.

A few black teenagers in short brown clothes sat on the bow of the boat, and they waved and shouted excitedly when they saw Zhao Jin with snow-white lotus root arms from afar.

"Xiao Jin'er, we are here, guess what good things we brought you this time?"

"Xiao Jin'er, look at mine first. My mother asked me to give it to you."

"Don't argue with me, or I will beat you with my fist. Let me talk to Xiao Jin'er first."

The speed of the boat was extremely fast, and the voices of a few green youths were still floating in the depths of the reeds. They were already approaching this place, and they were all descendants of fishermen in the big swing. The other one is about the same age as Zhao Jin, fifteen or sixteen years old, in short, they are both Mu Shaoai's age.

So seeing Sun Ce standing next to Zhao Jin in fresh clothes and angry horse, everyone had obvious hostility and guard on their faces.

Sun Ce couldn't help but smile, this is really a misunderstanding.I have always treated Zhao Jin like a little girl, and I don't have any strange thoughts at all.

But don't look at him thinking that he and Zhao Jin belong to two generations, others don't see it that way at all.After all, he has just been crowned, only four or five years older than Zhao Jin.Standing together, the two are indeed the golden boy and jade girl in the eyes of others.

That's why these teenagers have such great hostility.The few people who were still fighting among themselves just now huddled together and decided to speak out together.

They leaned the boat on the shore, and placed all kinds of goods in front of Zhao Jin, only talking enthusiastically around Zhao Jin.

A sturdy young man was the first to speak: "Xiao Jin'er, I caught an otter, I heard people say that the otter sacrifices the fish on ice, it seems to be a very valuable sacrifice, just like a cow. It weighs more than 20 kilograms, so take it home and eat it."

Put the fish on ice, and the otter sacrifices the fish from "Book of Rites."Moon Order": "The moon of mengchun, the east wind thaws, the stinging insects start to vibrate, the fish go on ice, the otter sacrifices the fish, and the swan geese come."

In fact, this is a festival song to guide Zhuxia in agricultural production, not a sacrifice.The main purpose is to remind the fishermen that the otter sacrifices the fish, and then the Yu people enter Zeliang.

Apparently, the production level in Wu county is a bit behind, which is why this young man has only a half-knowledge of festival songs and guesses based on the meaning of the words.

But Zhao Jin is also a husband. Hearing this, he immediately became interested and said, "If it's such a good thing, then I'll buy it and go back and steam the meat to eat."

After all, she took out more than 50 pieces of Tongbao from the cloth bag she carried with her and handed them to him: "I haven't bought this thing before, but I think I can't exchange two stones of grain. If I give you this money, if you go to the market It should be enough to exchange for [-] catties of grain. If your family has a field, if it’s not too much, it’s enough to pay taxes this year.”

The young man obviously often made deals with Zhao Jin, happily took the copper coins from Zhao Jin's hands, and put them into his arms without counting them.

Other teenagers also presented some strange things like offering treasures one after another, including bird eggs, snails, pheasants, and even several pearls.

Sun Ce finally understood why Sun Quan gave gifts to others, and there were several baskets of pearls as soon as he gave them.This thing can't be circulated to distant places at the moment, and it just can't be sold at a price in Jiangdong.

Sun Ce returned from the south, Zhao Jin was going to have a sumptuous dinner today, so she bought quite a lot of things. After the transaction was over, she had already strung three lake turtles, one otter, and more than a dozen catties beside her. A basket full of fresh fish.

Sun Ce was moved by seeing it. If the fishing industry can develop in this land of fish and rice, the people under his rule will definitely be richer.

He took the initiative to ask, "Is this what you harvested today?"

Although the young men were hostile to Sun Ce and were unwilling to talk to him, they were children after all, and someone immediately raised their chests proudly: "We caught them today. You must have never caught so many good guys in robes." something?"

Sun Ce smiled, when I shot the tiger, you were still playing with mud!
However, Sun Ce didn't compete with the children for any desire to win, but asked, "Then why don't you look very tall? With so much harvest, it should be enough for you to be full."

"My father said it was all because of the various exorbitant taxes levied by meat eaters. We were reluctant to eat the good things we caught, and if we exchanged them all for money, it would not be enough to pay all kinds of tributes and tributes."

In an instant, Sun Ce had the deepest understanding of heavy taxes in the late Han Dynasty.

Then he asked: "Now that the government doesn't collect household taxes, you should be able to eat meat, right?"

The child didn't have much in mind, and someone immediately said proudly: "That's right, so the number of fishermen in Dadang is increasing every day, and there are already more than 200 households. Maybe there will be [-] households in the next month."

A slightly mature boy next to him immediately blocked his mouth and scolded: "What are you talking about? Hurry up and help Xiao Jin'er move the things to the car."

"I'm not talking nonsense, this is what my mother told me... um, um!"

Looking at the teenagers dragged away with their mouths covered, Sun Ce showed a faint smile.There is no exclamation because of the fact that the fishery does not pay taxes.

In a land of fish and rice, if you want to develop this fishing industry, you don't just need to move your mouth.

The law of economics is that whichever industry you want to develop, you can exempt it from tax, and usually it can develop rapidly.

The current development is obviously operating spontaneously according to economic laws.

Regarding the fishing industry, Sun Ce really has not devoted much energy to it.

But the common people have shrewdly shifted to the fishing industry along with convenience.Spontaneously put a lot of energy into fishing, so as to develop another way of making a living to subsidize the family besides farming.

This will put a lot of manpower into the fishing industry, promote the scale development of the entire industry, and make the Land of Fish and Rice truly deserve its name.

Of course, even if someone gave up farming and relied entirely on fishing for a living, Sun Ce didn't care too much.

After all, fishing is not farming, and the harvest cannot be stored for a long time. It must be traded in the city or the grass market. The collection of commercial taxes can also make up for their taxes.

However, the matter of taxation is not in a hurry at all. At present, Sun Ce's most important thing is to truly develop the land of fish and rice, so that the people can really produce a lot of food!
With the output of these fishermen, Sun Ce was even more determined to build a majestic road between the town of Wu County and Yangcheng Lake, which would not only facilitate the transportation of cloth and materials by the Weaving Department, but also facilitate the fishermen to send their catches everywhere.

While Sun Ce was thinking, several teenagers had already moved the goods to the car.Seeing Zhou Cheng approaching, they immediately saluted warmly and respectfully.

Zhou Cheng waved his hands calmly, then walked up to Sun Ce, and asked, "Why did Sun Lang go to the lakeside?"

"Sun Lang?" All the teenagers took a breath in an instant. This man who has been squeezed out by them with a smirk on his face is the current Lord Wu?

Sun Ce said with a smile: "I took a look at their transactions when I passed by. Now it seems that a fishing boat wharf should be set up here to facilitate fishermen and marketers. What Zhang Changshi said is very reasonable. Wu County produces a land of fish and rice, and the output There are a lot of them. It’s just that the scholars and people don’t have the convenience of commercial transactions. They stick to a village or a mile, or even a dock.”

More generally speaking, private wealth has not been circulated at all, and the government has no way to harvest much wealth from closed small-scale peasant production.

(End of this chapter)