Johime Three Kingdoms

Chapter 137 Gan Ning takes office
Bai Tu was surprised. Although the previous "interrogation of Pan Zhang" would not cause these big families to completely put him on the opposite side, it should still be a deductible...

But now, just after the "Trial of Pan Zhang", the Gu family of Wu County and the Wei family of Kuaiji, who were originally lukewarm, actually came to join the team immediately?

Could it be that the Gu family and the Wei family have such high ideological consciousness?It doesn’t make sense!

Seeing Bai Tu's confused look, Lu Kang smiled slightly and said, "My lord, are you hesitating about their purpose?"

"I think it was Mr. Lu who urged us to talk to them with affection and reason with them..." Bai Tu. When in doubt, lick first as a sign of respect.jpg.

"My lord, I'm sorry, the old three-point thin noodles are not so useful." Lu Kang said modestly.

"Then... I guess the Gu family and the Wei family understand the righteousness well?" Bai Tu knew that Gu Yong and Wei Teng were the mainstays of their respective families.

If the talents from the side branch stand in line, it does not represent the will of the family behind them, but Gu Yong and Wei Teng... definitely came with the support of the two great families!
"This is one of them." Lu Kang said.

Afterwards, Lu Kang stopped trying to be too pretentious and reminded Bai Tu: "The reason why our aristocratic families can continue for generations without losing their prominence is not just because we are familiar with the classics..."

Bai Tu also understands this. No aristocratic family or wealthy family can rely on "Great Confucianism" to support itself. It is true that Confucianism is the only official official learning of the Eastern Han Dynasty, but which of the major aristocratic families does not have some other academic inheritance?
Whether it is a military strategist, a legalist, a political strategist, or a Mohist...

For these big aristocratic families, the core concepts of each school are no longer important. The aristocratic families that can be passed down for a long time are true "pragmatism", and their core will always only have the word "profit".

Now that Confucianism is the dominant school, it will naturally all behave as Confucianism. It will be the same if another school takes over in the future.

A pure Confucian scholar can only be a mascot after all. This is true in the imperial court and in aristocratic families.

Lu Kang glanced at Lu Su as he spoke. As for the other reason, he couldn't say much. He could only tell Lu Su, who was closer to him and was not from a noble family.

Lu Su said bluntly: "The lord's previous actions did mean that he was sitting on the opposite side of the family, but it was also like this... that made them worry that if they did not move closer to the lord, there might be unforeseen disasters."

Bai Tu was taken aback when he heard the words...

When those ordinary wealthy families discovered that Bai Tu was on the opposite side, their instinctive reaction was to stay away. But when the big family of chicken thieves discovered this, they wanted to get closer instead?

Of course, this is not simply "submission out of fear." The Gu family and the Wei family stepped up their efforts to release goodwill at this time, also because Bai Tu did not really violate their interests, but began to have differences in philosophy.

I am optimistic about Baitu's future, affirm Baitu's current strength, and... I know very well that anyone who wants to shake Baitu in terms of popularity will only have to make a fool of himself, so in order to avoid Baitu's further extreme actions, They made the most advantageous decision - but got closer to Bai Tu!

These families of chicken thieves are never either friends or enemies logically.

It doesn't matter if the favorability decreases, the benefits are eternal.

On the contrary, some wealthy families with no deep background directly expressed their dissatisfaction with Bai Tu. It is estimated that when they turned around and found that the big men who thought they were in the same camp as themselves were all compared to the chicken thieves, their expressions would be very funny.

Bai Tu even had some sympathy for these "rich families"...

Otherwise, we are from an aristocratic family and you are just a wealthy family?

The large number of talents emerging from the Naxian Hall channel also allows Bai Tu to temporarily not worry about the shortage of grassroots officials.

Just taking advantage of their dissatisfaction, they supported a large number of "newcomers" who did not have much background and too many interests, and filled the vacancies.

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At the same time, Gan Ning has arrived in Kuaiji, and it is said that a batch of raw material silk has been imported from Shu... and craftsmen!
And I heard from Yu Fan that because Gan Ning encouraged sericulture breeding, there were some discords between Gan Ning and the local wealthy families.

"As the governor of a county, I have the power to adjust the local industrial structure, as long as it does not affect the local grain tax and the food and clothing of the people."

Faced with Yu Fan's remarks about "complaining", Bai Tu had no intention of mediating. He believed that Gan Ning, who came from a noble family, should know what he was going to face.

Although Gan Ning usually behaves like a dog and easily irritates others, he rarely does bad things. Instead, this is his unique way of dealing with things.

"As for whether the others are willing or not...hehe, I haven't gone out of my way to fight against my Kuaiji governor. Do you still expect me to make Xingba restrain himself for their selfish motives?" Bai Tu curled his lips.

Yu Fan also realized that although Gan Ning's stay in Kuaiji had touched the interests of some people, Bai Tu's "acquiescence" was to support Gan Ning. Maybe... if Gan Ning suffered a loss in Kuaiji, Bai Tu's mediation would be About to arrive!

Because of the lack of necessary conditions, Yu Fan didn't understand why Bai Tu would accommodate Gan Ning. In Yu Fan's view, Gan Ning's current behavior was full of selfishness.

"The Yu family...should be involved in the shipping business, right?" Bai Tu suddenly asked.

"Some, mainly selling sea salt to Qingzhou and Xuzhou." Yu Fan admitted openly. After all, there were only two people, Bai Tu and Yu Fan.

"Let's not mention the matter of Haiyan. Your shipwright is your own, right? Lian Qi led people to send a batch to Gan Ning... Tell your family members that after these people are sent out, no one can interfere, otherwise... ...Everything will be handled by Xingba." Bai Tu was also not polite to Yu Fan.

They didn't even say what they would exchange for this group of shipwrights.

This is not only because of the willfulness of the relationship between Zuzuzu...aunt and grandma, but also because Bai Tu knows that the Yu family can understand what he means.

Similarly, Bai Tu asked the Lu family to hire a group of shipwrights before. The big families in Wujun and Kuaiji are basically involved in some shipping business, but they are all along the mainland's offshore routes, usually north to Xuzhou, the farthest To Qingzhou, as for Liaodong... the current level of Hainan Airlines is not up to it.

Gan Ning should also ask for a group of shipwrights from home - Shu County can go out of Sichuan via the Three Gorges waterway. When Hanzhong is blocked, this is the only channel between Bashu and the outside world. Therefore, as a big brocade owner in Shu, Gan Ning They must have mastered the convenience of waterways, but their shipwrights should be better at building river ships, but Gan Ning was more comfortable in using them.

With Gan Ning's identity, even the Gan clan in Shu would not abandon their family and career to join Bai Tu, but dividing some tribesmen and craftsmen to join Gan Ning would be a way of sharing risks, which is what a family should do. .

In this way, Gan Ning has a working foundation for a group of ships and can slowly carry out the main tasks assigned to him by Bai Tu!

As for the Shu brocade...or rather the Jiangdong brocade that will be released soon, it can be regarded as Bai Tu's allocation to Gan Ning.

After all, the Ministry of Household Affairs cannot afford such a large sum of money for shipbuilding, and the industrial and commercial tax has not yet been officially implemented. After Ganning's Jiangdong brocade is produced, it is still "tax-free" for the time being, and it happens to be used to fill the shipbuilding hole.

Although Yu Fan didn't know what Bai Tu Shipbuilding wanted to do, he also vaguely understood that Gan Ning started to weave brocade after arriving in Kuaiji, but I'm afraid it wasn't all for himself...

Immediately after returning home, he notified his clan members not to provoke Gan Ning on this matter. The shipwright had allocated half of it, and he was not allowed to spy on the information. Otherwise, he would leave it to the dog-faced Gan Ning, who knew he had an agenda. Support me, I can do anything!

Gan Ning's personality was placed there, and although it made many people dislike him, it also provided him with convenience...

Yu Fan has also made up his mind to convince the Kuaiji family to have a good relationship with this prefect who may have a secret mission!

(End of this chapter)