Molested Zulong at the beginning

Hu Yan blinked blankly, his face full of doubts.

It is clear that each word has a meaning, but when they are connected together, how come it becomes incomprehensible.

After pondering for a while, Bai Su said, "To put it simply, the government provides clothing, food, and miscellaneous items, and pays a certain amount of remuneration to the people every month to encourage the people to take the initiative to work."

He was not surprised at what Hu Tan said that the local people gathered together to fight and were unwilling to perform hard labor.

After all, the work of building canals and running roads is very hard, and there are certain risks. They work for nothing for the government for a month, but in the end they don’t pay a penny.

If no one wanted it in their hearts, it would be reasonable for some people to resist the corvee and thus gather crowds to fight with each other.

"It's okay to eat and drink. I'm afraid that the large-scale remuneration will not be able to support it with the current court finances."

Hu Tan's slender eyebrows frowned, feeling that Bai Su's idea was a bit unrealistic.

Although my lord mother moved all the wealthy people from the six countries to Xianyang, and the treasury of the imperial court was greatly filled in a short period of time, but it was only a transaction after all.

Right now, the root of the leek is almost cut off, and the leek will not grow again in a while.

But the world has just been unified, and the court needs too much money, and the national treasury still seems a little insufficient.

If Bai Su really followed Bai Su's words and distributed money to every commoner who came to serve, I'm afraid the national treasury would be in deficit within a few years.

After all, the construction of official roads and canals almost always lost money in the early stage, and no results were seen at all.

It will take many years to gradually stabilize and the benefits will gradually appear.

However, Bai Su shook his head and said with a confident smile: "Copper mines have been scarce in the Central Plains since ancient times, and now the imperial court is spending a lot of money, and the copper coins are not enough. Since there is no way to distribute money, we can use grain and cloth instead."

"Switching to food and cloth, the pressure is less, but it's still a little troublesome." Hu Tan frowned with his slender eyebrows.

Bai Su chuckled: "Then just increase the amount of food and cloth."

Hu Yan was stunned for a moment, and looked at Bai Su in amazement: "Change... more, does it mean that the young master also understands the spells of turning stone into gold and throwing beans into ice?"

Bai Su didn't know whether to laugh or cry: "I'm just an ordinary person, how can I know any kind of immortality?"

"What does that young master mean..." Hu Yan became more and more confused the more he listened, and he didn't understand what kind of medicine was sold in Baisu's gourd.

Bai Su stroked his chin, thinking: "Didn't the army of the imperial court take down the land of Baiyue and take that piece of forest land into their pockets? There are two treasures there that can help you solve your worries. "

A trace of surprise flashed across Hu Tan's strange eyes: "What, there is a baby in that place where the birds don't shit!"

She once inquired from some generals who came back from the battle that the land of Baiyue is a miasma-ridden swamp, full of barbarian tribes, and there is not even a decent capital.

Such a barren and wild land, what kind of treasure can there be.

However, Bai Su smiled mysteriously: "Don't underestimate this place, there are two priceless treasures here, which moved even the first emperor."

"What the hell is baby?"

A trace of curiosity flashed across Hu Tan's face, what kind of thing could move the faces of mothers and adults.

Under her expectant gaze, Bai Su held an ink pen and drew two patterns on a piece of silk.

"Is this the baby you said?"

Hu Yan looked at Bai Su strangely, wondering if he was being tricked.

I thought I would find some treasure, but it turned out to be a piece of rag with two strange patterns drawn on it, one is the common rice, and the other is a strange looking tree. .

"Don't underestimate this thing, it is a treasure that can affect people's livelihood in the world."

Bai Su explained: "This rice is called Zhancheng rice. It is produced in the south of the Five Ridges. Compared with the rice species in the Central Plains, it is more drought-tolerant, drought-tolerant, and easy to feed."

"The yield of rice in the Central Plains is only [-] catties per mu, but this kind can yield [-] catties per mu."

"What's more, this kind of rice matures early. It can be grown three times a year in the south. Even in the Yangtze River area where there is not enough sunlight, it can be grown twice a year. Do you think it is a treasure?"

Hu Yan's eyes widened when he heard the words, and he subconsciously swallowed his saliva: "What, the yield is one-third more than that of the rice seeds in the Central Plains, and there are three crops a year!"

She was startled, she didn't expect this rice seed to be so powerful.

You must know that most of the rice seeds in the Central Plains are harvested once a year. With this thing, the court's grain can be increased several times. Just thinking about it is terrifying.

Seeing her sluggish look, Bai Su just smiled, not too surprised in his heart.

After all, this is indeed something that can change the fate of the country.

Since ancient times, the population of the Central Plains has always had a bottleneck. Once it breaks through the scale of 6000 million, it has almost reached the limit of the Central Plains. Even if the current emperor reforms, it will be difficult to change the situation in the world.

It was not until the Song Dynasty that this problem was finally solved. Although the territory was smaller than before, the population exceeded the [-] million mark for the first time.

Of course, this is not the current emperor, how wise and mighty he is.

It is only because of the large-scale introduction of Zhancheng rice from the land of Lingnan to the Central Plains, which greatly increased the production of grain.

So many problems faced in the past are naturally solved.

"No wonder you said this is a priceless treasure." Hu Yan's eyes were full of surprises.

"Not one, but two..."

Bai Su continued: "Most of the clothes worn by the people in the Central Plains are made of linen, and the hemp used is called hemp in the Book of Songs. It is distributed in the Yellow River area, and flax is used in the Yangtze River area. host."

"There is only so much hemp planted in the Central Plains every year, and it is impossible to increase it out of thin air."

"And the thing I painted is called abaca, which is produced in Baiyue. The leaves of this thing rarely have a lot of fibers, and they can also be used to make linen."

"Furthermore, abaca is widely distributed in Baiyue, it can be said to be everywhere, but no one has ever understood how to extract usable things from it."

"After I write down the recipe for making abaca for you, you only need to form a caravan and take some common commodities in the Central Plains to the land of Baiyue, and you can exchange them continuously, one car after another. linen."

After finishing speaking, Bai Su sighed slightly.

His business can be said to be making a lot of money every day, and in just a few years, he can accumulate tens of thousands of wealth and become a wealthy party.

It's a pity that his character is too lazy, the land of Baiyue is so far away, the official road has not been repaired, the bumpy road is too hard, and he is really too lazy to go, fortunately, he gave this prescription to Hu Tan.

After all, she is my sister-in-law, so she needs to take care of her.

As the saying goes, if all the money is gone, he will come back, anyway, he will have plenty of ways to make money in the future, not bad for this one.

"No wonder you said this is a priceless treasure, you really gave me a big gift."

Hu Yan hugged Bai Su's arm excitedly, leaning his body on his shoulder.

Bai Su looked at the girl's strange-colored eyes, fair and delicate pretty face, and was slightly absent-minded.

"What's wrong with you, you look so strange?"

Hu Yan's strange eyes blinked suspiciously, and he didn't realize that he had just suffered a big loss.

Bai Su coughed lightly: "Ahem, it's nothing, I just told you to put away the things and don't drop them."

"Hey, I see." Hu Yan nodded lightly.

She looked at the silk cloth in her hand, her face was full of excitement, and she thought to herself: "Sister, just wait, I'm sure I'll win this time!"

Chapter 23 Proud Hu Yan

In the blink of an eye, it was already three days later.

Sister Zheng was wearing a black dragon robe, with delicate golden dragon patterns embroidered on the wide sleeves, her arms slowly spread out, and with the sound of a gust of wind, she slowly sat down, showing her grace and luxury.

Her phoenix eyes looked at Fu Su and Hu Yan who were standing below with great interest: "How is the task I entrusted to you two?"

"Reporting to my mother, the child has already thought of three good strategies."

Wearing a plain white skirt, Fusu spoke first.

She moved elegantly, rolled up her sleeves lightly, took out the silk cloth on which she wrote her opinion, and handed it to the messenger beside her.

The envoy presented the silk cloth with both hands, and presented it in front of Sister Zheng.

Sister Zheng took out the silk cloth, looked at Fusu's suggestion on local governance, a smile appeared in her phoenix eyes.

Since the imperial court's finances are not rich enough to recruit large-scale labor labor, the people of the six countries are forcibly recruited to work, fearing a civil uprising.

Therefore, it is possible to focus on military service and criminals first, supplemented by the common people, and reduce the original one-month service time to ten days.

First build the road leading to Yanzhao, mainly official roads, to increase the imperial court's ability to control remote areas, and the rest of the projects can be slowly advanced.

After reading it, she nodded with satisfaction.

As expected of the eldest daughter of today, she is regarded as the successor's daughter, with a personality that favors benevolent government, and has unique insights into the governance of the government.

Under normal circumstances, Fusu would be the most suitable candidate to be the crown prince.

After she conquered the world, Fusu will be the one to defend and rule the world. There is no problem with Fusu's ability.

Unfortunately……

Fusu's idea of ​​governing the country was contrary to her thoughts and shaken the basic national policy she formulated, so she did not establish a reserve for a long time.

But it doesn't matter, if she is in charge of the government, there will be no problems in the court. As for Fusu's character, she will have to experience it slowly in the future.

Sister Zheng put down the silk cloth in her hand, and looked at Fu Su with her phoenix eyes: "You did a good job this time, within three days, it's good to come up with such a suggestion."

"Thank you, my lord." Fu Su said with a happy face, and cupped his hands hastily.

Hu Yan snorted lightly: "My lord, there is me."

Sister Zheng took a surprised look at the silk cloth in Hu Tan's hand: "Have you thought of a way too?"

Hu Yanyao had a pretty nose, and a smug look appeared on her delicate pretty face: "Small things are nothing to worry about, sister, I'll show you right away what it means to be a hundred times stronger than you."

Hearing her arrogant words, Fu Su couldn't help being stunned for a moment, and then couldn't help shaking his head.

Obviously, he didn't take Hu Yan's words too seriously.

A smile appeared in Sister Zheng's phoenix eyes: "Okay, I'll just take a look at you, the so-called method that is a hundred times stronger."

Even though she said that, the thoughts in her heart were similar to those of Fusu.

After all, Hu Yan is often lazy in reading, and in terms of talent, he is definitely far inferior to Fusu. With her ability, it is not easy just to think of a way.

As for defeating Fu Su, it was almost impossible.

Sister Zheng picked up the silk cloth with her left hand and spread it out with her right hand.

brush!

The silk cloth was spread out on the table.

The first thing that catches the eye is a row of neat ink marks, with a strange name written on the left side, which is for work.

"With food and cloth as rewards, will you encourage the people to come?" After Zheng Jie finished reading, a trace of surprise flashed in her phoenix eyes.

Originally thought that Hu Yan was just perfunctory and wrote down some dumbfounding methods, but he didn't expect it to be true, and he thought of a good method.

Not only can it greatly increase the enthusiasm of the people of the six countries, but also reduce the dissatisfaction in the hearts of the people, which can be said to kill two birds with one stone.

"Hu Yan, this method of substituting work for relief is good, but food and cloth are also a lot of expenses. You can't win your sister with this method alone."

Sister Zheng looked at Hu Yun with a smile on her face.

Hu Yan was not surprised at all, and a confident smile appeared on his delicate pretty face: "This is just the first one, there are more to follow."

Sister Zheng was stunned, and looked down at the silk cloth in her hand, only to find that there was another piece behind it.

After uncovering the spread on the table, I found this strange painting, with two strange plants painted on it. One is a bit like a rice seed, but it is slightly different from the common rice seed in the Central Plains in many subtleties.

The other one is a strange looking tree.

Under these two patterns, there are densely written words about the origin, yield, and use of these two plants.

"What... what, how is this possible!"

Sister Zheng's phoenix eyes froze for a moment, as if she saw something unbelievable, her body froze for a moment.

Fu Su wondered, "Master, what's wrong?"

In her impression, her mother always looked calm and calm, and it was the first time she saw her losing her composure like today.

Sister Zheng handed the silk cloth to Fusu: "You should take a look for yourself."

Fu Su took the silk cloth and looked down, the smile on his face froze suddenly.

"The yield of Champa rice is [-] catties per mu, which is one-third more than that of rice seeds in the Central Plains, and it can be cropped three times a year."

"Abaca, the leaves contain a lot of fiber, which can be used to make cloth. Due to the land of Baiyue, no one has developed it for thousands of years. It can be said that it is everywhere. The difficulty of picking is much simpler than that in the Central Plains."

"As long as there are enough skilled workers and a complete formula, the cloth production in the Central Plains can be increased several times."

She finally understood why her mother was so surprised just now.