The Maojin knife from the late Jin Dynasty

Chapter 199 Cutting Industry
"Wang Wei..." Liu Tai's mind wandered a bit when he heard Chu Hui's words.

Liu Tai knew very well that as long as he became the lord of everyone, he must be responsible for everyone.

Needless to say, since I love charging into battle so much, it would be normal if I were unlucky and got an arrow in my knee.

Naturally, we must find a way to stabilize everyone's minds as much as possible, and only the existence of the heir can make everyone feel at ease.

Even if he really revived the Han Dynasty, he would eventually need a prince who could pass on his legacy.

Only by ensuring the inheritance of everyone's political power and accumulated wealth will everyone feel that their struggles in this life have not been in vain.

If you don't respect the common interests of everyone, someone will inevitably educate you and make you respect it.

As Wang Wei is the orphan left by Wang Mi, the position of his head wife can only belong to her. It is even better for Wang Wei to give birth to his eldest son. Only in this way can he ensure the stability of the group he manages.

"Is her period of filial piety coming soon?" Liu Tai couldn't help but ask after hearing Chu Hui's words.

"There's about half a year left!" Chu Hui said to Liu Tai, "My lord, you always like to plan things. You have a plan for the year, and a plan for each month. When you held the meeting in Youzhou, you didn't list this matter. Enter it, so I came here to remind you!"

When Liu Tai heard this, he couldn't help but breathed a sigh of relief and said: "That's still a long way off. In half a year, we will ask Mr. Wang Pei to go and propose marriage, and she will be the head wife with the courtesy of the county prince. Then you will be responsible for taking care of this." thing."

"No!" Chu Hui heard Liu Tai's words and responded very solemnly.

Liu Tai once again understood the importance of his marital status in the eyes of these people.

Even though it was still about half a year away, they reminded Liu Taijing to pay attention to this matter.

Because this is not just Liu Tai's personal emotion, but a political task related to the inheritance of the entire political group.

They can understand Liu Tai's intention to keep the position of his first wife until Wang Wei's filial piety is over, and then Liu Tai will marry her.

Liu Tai's decision was a dream come true for the remaining forces.

For Chu Hui and other resourceful people, a eldest son with a clear inheritance is what they hope for.

Because this can minimize internal friction.

But after Liu Tai took control of the three states, it was impossible to wait indefinitely.

Letting Wang Wei complete the three-year mourning period is the most concession they can make, so it is clear that Wang Wei has not completely passed the mourning period, but Chu Hui has begun to remind Liu Tai.

Liu Tai understood that before completing the six rites with Wang Wei, as Wang Wei's mourning period ended, such reminders would become more and more frequent.

Therefore, let's simply assign this matter to Chu Hui and let him be responsible for it.

Liu Tai continued to devote himself to his work. After all, with his current status, there was no woman he could not get.

Not to mention, that guy Yang Man seemed to want to return to his old career and give himself a daughter, but unfortunately Liu Tai refused.

Just think about the fact that the women of the Yang family have always been powerful, not to mention that since Yang Xianrong followed Liu Yao, I don’t know what kind of incense to use for Liu Yao. Anyway, Liu Yao has been completely fascinated. .

However, Liu Tai was not very concerned about these trivial matters, but continued to check the development of Qingzhou.

Compared with Youzhou, which is in ruins and waiting to be revitalized, Jizhou is dealing with the collapse of the army. At this time, Liu Tai, the factory in Qingzhou, needs to be readjusted.

As Liu Tai occupied Youzhou and Jizhou and brought all these areas into his sphere of influence, the original factories in Youzhou inevitably began to expand and reproduce production.

Compared with the industry that only catered to millions of people at the beginning, it has now suddenly increased several times. There is no doubt about the profits this brings.

And it must be mentioned that Liu Tai and Shi Le were originally hostile, but now that his overall strategy has begun to rectify and develop the three states of You, Ji, and Qing, the tense relationship with Shi Le will inevitably ease.

In other words, the economic cost incurred by the power of one state at the beginning can be further reduced as the company controls the three states and further controls a large number of labor forces.

As production costs dropped, Liu Tai began to develop two different business strategies for what he could industrialize.

One type is a luxury product, selling stories and vanity, specially formulated for the nouveau riche and aristocratic families.

The other is a strategy of small profits but quick turnover, which aims to directly drown out the surrounding similar companies that want to compete with itself, thereby forming an absolute monopoly.

To be honest, when Liu Tai got Jizhou and Youzhou, he didn't dislike them at all because they were relatively dilapidated due to the war.

On the contrary, because they acquired Jizhou and Youzhou, they just absorbed the production capacity of Qingzhou industries that had been suppressed due to the peace of the Qingzhou market. .

It's just that Liu Tai didn't make too many long-term plans for the original industry. In other words, based on the conditions at the time, the layout itself was the most suitable for the development of Qingzhou.

But now, with the development of time, the original layout is a bit unsuitable for today's society.

Needless to say, the opening of the commercial waterway in the Bohai Bay alone has destined that the economic development of the three states of Hebei, Hebei and Qinghai will revolve around the Bohai Bay.

There is no other reason, just because water transportation has the lowest cost and the fastest speed to reach the other three states.

Therefore, Liu Tai believes that this waterway will become the most important economic waterway in the north for a long time.

Naturally, under Liu Tai's deliberate promotion, various industries such as salt, weaving, papermaking, etc. will settle in each county in Qingzhou instead of all being crowded in Linzi.

Of course, judging from the productivity of this era, it would be very good for a county to undertake a technical type of work and complete technical integration while solving the agricultural population. Even if Liu Tai wants to give more, I am afraid it will not be enough. The population is taken over.

Compared with the barbaric growth of these industries that was not even planned at the beginning, now through their own planning and the support of local policies, I believe they can develop better.

The most important thing is that whether these industries want to purchase raw materials or sell their goods, they are all close to the ocean and shipyards, and can quickly travel to Youzhou and Jizhou by water.

At the same time, they will also repair roads and improve corresponding supporting facilities to facilitate their further development.

At the same time, things like land cannot be moved by themselves. After all, food is the foundation of the entire society. Without enough food, it is unrealistic to do anything.

But in the end, he wants to work hard to cultivate a new class, and the trade that is beginning to flourish will naturally drive the development and demand of the navigation industry around the Bohai Sea, because transportation is the most basic need for business.

Under the cover of this prosperous business, Liu Tai hoped that the people's plan to go fishing in big boats would go smoothly. “Starting this year, ports should be allowed to dig ice cellars to store winter ice and snow. If we want to develop fish food, this ice is absolutely indispensable.

No matter how many fish are caught, in the end they can only be treated with salt and made into dried salted fish! "

Liu Tai couldn't help but sigh, and began to write down something beside him to prevent him from forgetting.

Liu Tai knew that the most important reason why the status of fishermen in this era cannot be compared with that of farmers is that fishery production cannot keep up.

Otherwise, if the annual output of the fishery industry is not only to support a population of [-] million in China, but even to support only half of the population of Youjiqing, even if I am no longer here, let’s see if the subsequent imperial court will ban this fisherman from going to sea.

In the final analysis, it is still the same sentence. For ancient society, any industry must be able to feed a large number of people like the primary industry, agriculture. Only then is this industry important. This is everyone’s treasure and everyone wants to make money. A fortune.

As for ancient fisheries, ancient fishermen could not reflect this value at all. Even if they caught fish, most fishermen would not be willing to eat it. Instead, they would sell it to wealthy families in exchange for money and food for their own lives. This is basically a luxury product.

So what significance does this kind of fishermen have? For the government, even if it wants to unite the front, it has no united front value.

In order to truly become a political force in China, the most important thing is that the entire class has the ability to rebel.

For example, farmers have the most sense of resistance and are most willing to bring down the emperor for a bite, so they naturally have corresponding united front interests.

It's just that they are exploited by the landlords, their rights are stolen by the landlords, and they become the spokesperson for their apparent interests.

The emperor didn't know this. The emperor thought that he was aligned with the landlords, which meant he was aligned with the people, but in reality it was completely different.

Because the landlords don't care who becomes the emperor. Anyway, as long as they don't prevent themselves from being landlords and exploiting the people, it doesn't matter whoever wants to take the position of emperor.

Of course, when the people are so oppressed by the landlords that they can no longer survive, it is time to rebel against Tiangang.

Although Liu Tai could also see the problems involved, Liu Tai knew very well that shipping based on the prosperity of commerce and trade had no foundation at all in terms of political interests.

Because businessmen themselves are prone to compromise and weakness, naturally this seemingly important commercial channel also has such characteristics. Such a channel cannot be passed down forever.

Liu Tai can be sure that even if this road becomes very prosperous, as long as he says a word, this business road will be banned.

For the vast majority of refined egoists, they dare not disobey orders from the top.

The merchant class is such a class. They are eager to take away the last copper from the weak, but when faced with people who are more powerful than themselves, they are willing to give up their flattery, just to get more benefits for themselves.

After he said that the trade routes were banned, the merchants could only curse a few times, then turn around and go overland to buy and sell goods at increased prices.

But the problem is, what I want is not a business path where people are in ruins and the government is in ruins, or where a group of sophisticated egoists control the business.

What I really hope is to make the Bohai Sea the cradle of the ocean for China, so that the Chinese people can know that the ocean can also be beneficial to the survival of the Chinese people.

Compared with the second-hand traders who have a spirit of surrender, the real fishermen who allow the common people to use boats to become producers are the new class that Liu Tai hopes to develop.

They have the value of being united because when the annual fishing output exceeds [-] million kilograms, the fish they hunt will definitely become an important food ration for coastal states and counties.

In a broad sense, fishery also belongs to agriculture in a broad sense, and they must be valued by the rulers.

When the time comes, who says the sea is forbidden? Let alone the counties in Youzhou, Jizhou and even Qingzhou that have no food to eat, they are afraid that they will immediately trigger riots. Since ancient times, such local uprisings can severely damage the central court, or change the world.

By then, no one would dare to ignore the political power represented by the ocean.

"In the final analysis, the people along the coast are too poor. I just want them to collect some money to buy and sell fourth-generation ships.

But the problem is that they don't have any money, so they have to find a way to get some money first.

Only when they have money can we sell the army's fourth-generation ships to them. Then all the navy will be able to upgrade to fifth-generation ships! "Liu Tai couldn't help but scratch his head.

Yes, the important reason why Liu Tai wants to support these areas is to make the local people have money, or at least to gather the strength of the entire county to purchase fourth-generation ships in the army.

After all, what I expect is that fishermen should at least fish offshore, not just offshore.

Is it really possible to use those small sampans to fish? It is definitely impossible. It requires dozens or hundreds of people to work together on a large boat to fish!

Of course, Liu Tai also understood that at the beginning, people bought and sold ships just to facilitate their own transactions, or they wanted to do shipping business.

But as time goes by, if the fishermen he is looking forward to do not appear by then, the first batch of military members who retire from the navy will be arranged by Liu Tai to join the officially established fishery administration ship.

Then he taught the veterans how to fish step by step, thus guiding the local people to learn this technology.

All in all, Liu Tai is currently adjusting various factories in the Qingzhou area and divesting some assets.

But the actual purpose is not only to promote commercial trade, but also to prepare for the emergence of future maritime political groups.

But the next day, Chu Hui looked at the report he took from Liu Tai with some confusion, raised his right head and looked at Liu Tai and said

"Aren't these factories developing well? Why were they abandoned? It feels like a pity!"

"Is that so..." Liu Tai thought for a moment and said, "I need the people in this factory more.
You can ask the aristocratic families in the Qingzhou area who is interested in taking over these factories.

I will take away the skilled workers, but those who want to learn the skills can learn them. At least until I complete the transfer, these factories can still make a profit.
And when their people learn how to do it, even if our official people leave, they can still operate these factories, as long as they pay taxes! "

"Are there any restrictions?" Chu Hui couldn't help but said with interest after hearing Liu Tai's words.

"It's just for the aristocratic families. Let's use the auction situation. Who can find all the aristocratic families in Qingzhou?" Liu Tai asked.

At this time, Yangman, who was burying his head in the copywriting to catch up on his sleep, suddenly felt a gust of wind.

He suddenly raised his head and saw everyone looking at him.

"Huh? What happened?" Yang Man slightly thought with some confusion.

(End of this chapter)