Three Kingdoms

The reason why Fei Qian in Guanzhong is preparing to purchase a large number of slaves is, on the one hand, the demand for labor, and on the other hand, the surrounding wars are gradually calming down, and the conflict mode must be transformed into a development mode. Therefore, in the process of development, naturally It is impossible to continue to use prisoners of war to obtain more cheap labor to promote sustained economic stability.

After all, we can't wait until there is a labor shortage, then turn off the farmers' lights and let them have more children?

Humans are born animals adapted to living in groups. A single human is no more than an insect in front of nature. But when the number of humans reaches a certain level, all tigers, leopards and insects will avoid humans.

The big man has been encouraging fertility, but it is still not enough. Agriculture, industry, and commerce are all short of manpower, and slaves can help the Han people free themselves from some simple, heavy and dangerous manual labor, allowing the Han people to do more technical work.

Even in farming, those who understand some technology and those who don't understand it at all are often two different things.

While Feiqian was continuously absorbing the population in Guanzhong, some special people also came to Guanzhong.

These people are Confucian scholars. .

Confucian scholar from Shandong.

Confucian scholars are not necessarily bad people, just as not all officials are necessarily corrupt.

Some people will think that Shandong here refers to Shandong in later generations, and there are also some people who don't know that Fei Qian is currently pushing the wheel of history in another direction.

During the Western Han Dynasty, it was the history of Jin, Zhang, and Xu, while the Eastern Han Dynasty was naturally between Hebei and Henan.

But now, it seems that the tide has changed

Those who smelled the smell earlier came earlier, and those behind who were confused by the wind also figured out some tricks. As for those who still can't figure it out, they will gradually be eliminated.

Huan Dian arrived in Chang'an.

He came with many tasks on his shoulders

Unlike Cao Shizi, Guo Jia, or other official envoys, he represents the more civilian part.

When Huan Dian saw Chang'an City again, he could hardly believe his eyes. Because in his impression, the city of Chang'an was dilapidated, decadent, full of chaos and blood. The ministers on the bridge died like heads of Guizhou, and the officials in the city were more like beggars.

Therefore, in Huandian's memory, Chang'an was not very good, and he did not want to come to Chang'an in the first place.

But Huandian was sick.

Then it happened that Chang'an, which he thought was not very good, had the Hundred Medical Clinic, and then among the Hundred Medical Clinic there were Hua Tuo and Zhang Zhongjing, and then it was like a magnet that attracted doctors from all over the Han Dynasty to go to Chang'an. Next, of course, Huan Dian If you continue to stay in Xu County, there may be no more

Why do these damn doctors have to go to Chang'an?

Huan Dian gritted his teeth, partly out of confusion and partly out of physical pain.

Of course, Huan Dian did not come here solely for the purpose of curing illnesses. He came to Chang'an with some other ideas, such as using stones from other mountains to attack jade.

As a traditional Han citizen, Huan Dian followed Liu Xie all the way from Luoyang to Chang'an, and then from Chang'an to Xu County. In his heart, he only had Han men, or the kind of Han men he recognized, such as Fei Qian. He simply doesn’t approve of evil demons and heretics.

But in the current situation, everyone knows that Chang'an Sanfu has changed. The trouble is not good, and the separation of the east and west will be light. It is impossible to say that in a few years, Fei Qian's butt will sit to the north.

Although the current Three Assistants in Guanzhong still fly the banner of the Han Dynasty and have not shown any unusual attitude towards the emperor Liu Xie, Huan Dian believes that among the Three Assistants in Guanzhong, even though no one has mentioned any people who have replaced the Han Dynasty. Words like Gao Ye, but within the Guanzhong Sanfu run by the hussar general, there must be many people who are holding back their energy and want to be ministers of the dragon.

In the past, Huan Dian was not willing to come at all. He often expressed consciously or unconsciously that I am a man of the Han people and will never collude with barbarians and rebellious subjects. But recently, he has not continued to express his political leanings in public. .

There are many Shandong gentry children and Confucian students like Huan Dian. At first, these people even felt that being contaminated with the four words "Qiusi Feiqian" was a kind of spiritual pollution, just like the gentry children during the Han Ling Emperor's period. They are too shy to talk about money and call themselves Aduwu. It seems that their fragrant bodies and souls will be desecrated if they are exposed to them for a little longer.

In the past few years, a clear-cut attitude like Huan Dian's was openly or implicitly appreciated and recognized by many people, but in recent times there have been some changes.

On the surface, there are fewer and fewer people who have a clear-cut stand and even heart-rending roars, and the official mouthpieces are still working harder to discredit General Hussar, while those who still agreed and echoed it a few years ago People gradually began to become silent and no longer even participated in official discussions.

Of course, there are still superficial objections, and Dahan's correctness still lies in Xu County.

But something is quietly changing.

Although in Yuzhou and other places, in public scenes, they still loudly advocated the perverse behavior of the Hussar General, the destruction of the Han system, the enslavement of the Han people, and the pollution of the Han spirit. The comments of others will still be promoted and sponsored by some official and unofficial efforts, but secretly, more and more people are beginning to be warned because these people said something that they should not say.

At present, the Hussar General's three assistants in Guanzhong are prospering day by day. Whether it is people's livelihood, military, government affairs, and commerce, everyone from ordinary people to dependent nobles have benefited from this prosperity, and as Guanzhong There are more and more products, and some people pretend that they have never said anything about mental pollution before, and silently put on embroidered sachets with gold fans and silver threads.

This change cannot be eliminated by the suppression of public opinion or by constant smearing on the official front, because this is the instinctive pursuit of human beings. My hands are used to holding gold-painted fans, but I feel that the original cattail leaf fans look so rough and crude. My skin, which is used to wearing fine silk clothes, feels that the original Gebu fine linen is so piercing, and so on.

At the same time, Huan Dian also noticed Fei Qian's forbearance and fearfulness from many things. For example, Huan Dian also heard about the Shaofu purchasing so-called tributes in the name of the emperor. If he were an ordinary person, he would probably be angry because of this and even cut off contact with Shandong, but Fei Qian didn't. It was even as if nothing happened and he didn't suffer any loss.

Will the young master keep these things he bought for his own use? Except for a small part that is supplied to the emperor to preserve the name, most of the things will be divided up by the people in these young mansions and then appear on the market quietly.

Fei Qian suffered a loss in this business of the young master, but he actually made money back in other aspects, and it is impossible to say that he made even more!

Even Huan Dian himself had to come to Guanzhong to see a doctor.

Of course, Huan Dian could not tell Cao Cao or others that he came to Chang'an for medical treatment and survival. Instead, he said that he wanted to see the evil magic that Fei Qian relied on and how to break it.

These evil arts and obscene techniques that were criticized and disdained by Shandong nobles were used to crack Fei Qian's tricks.

Although it is not the right way to fully despise Fei Qian's technique psychologically, the existence in Guanzhong is indeed becoming more and more powerful, powerful enough to confuse many people. Even those nobles who have read the poems and books of saints have begun to follow suit, even if they are On the surface, these people are still scolding Fei Qian and are unwilling to admit that they have fallen. However, Huan Dian still feels that this is a very terrible thing.

Huan Dian even doubted that if Fei Qian really entered Yuzhou, how many people would stick to the so-called orthodoxy?

Huan Dian didn't know, and he didn't dare to think deeply about it.

In order to complete the nominal crack, Huan Dian did not rush to the Baiyi Clinic to see a doctor when he arrived in Chang'an, but insisted on going to Qinglong Temple.

Some disciples from Yuzhou went to Qinglong Temple before. Of course, these children from Yuzhou are from poor families and side branches. In the beginning, these children from poor families would look for opportunities to send letters to their masters in Yuzhou every half a month or a month. On the one hand, they would report what they had seen and heard, and on the other hand, they would also He showed that he was still loyal to the clan and obtained support and money from the Yuzhou clan.

Some people even went to investigate and copied some of the basic knowledge that Fei Qian provided to the Bachelor of Agriculture and Bachelor of Engineering and sent it back as much as possible.

Then the Yuzhou clan would also write back, and most of them told the children of these poor families not to forget the words of the saints, not to be blinded by evil heretics, and to adhere to the orthodoxy of the Han family.

But I don’t know when they started, these children from poor families gradually reduced the frequency of letters, often using various excuses to delay, and some even just wanted money, instead of describing the three stories of Guanzhong as before. The evil government of the auxiliary has become worse, and there are many people who have even been cut off from the news.

At the beginning, the old guys in the Yuzhou clan thought that the children of these poor families were being persecuted by Fei Qian, and they were very angry and publicly criticized Fei Qian on many occasions. From that time on, the so-called Fei Qian's green face and fangs began to be eaten at every meal. The words that eat people's hearts and minds are becoming more and more popular.

It wasn't until later that some people traveling in the caravan discovered that the poor people who had disappeared were not captured and killed as previously said, but had become tutors under Fei Qian, bachelors of agriculture and engineering, and even local bastards. official

After receiving the confirmed news, the old man in the Yuzhou clan remained silent for a long time, and gradually stopped saying in public that Fei Qian was a man-eating monster.

The so-called children from poor families in the clan generally have problems with their parents, especially those whose fathers died early, and then the family declined. In the process of the decline of these families, although the clan will give these children some support and benefits, but the same It can also cause harm. This is inevitable. Just as bullying is inevitable in schools in later generations, bullying within ancient clans was even more cruel and terrifying.

If the wealth in these families can still be maintained, then they will not become poor families. After the collapse of their family pillars, their original property will be deprived of it in various names. The most common ones are custody and management. , and then after a period of time, these originally managed industries will go bankrupt due to poor management, and perhaps the same store with a different brand will appear in the same place.

So, are these children from poor families loyal to the clan?

There is no need to exist.

Just like the young emperor's feelings of gratitude and respect for the regent.

After Huan Dian arrived at Qinglong Temple, he discovered that there were not only scriptures, debates, and speeches that he was most familiar with, but also arithmetic that he was slightly involved in but had never studied systematically, and even some astronomy and geography. , astrological calendar, something that the Cavalry General called the study of things.

For example, on the day Huan Dian went there, someone happened to be saying that ships can float on the water because water can carry them. When the ship presses the water downward, the water will also lift up the ship. In other words, the more water the ship presses down, the more water it presses down. The greater the force that lifts the ship upward, the greater the force

While Huan Dian was dumbfounded, he couldn't help but mutter some nonsense in a low voice.

In Huandian's cognitive world, the reason why boats can float on the water is because boats are made of wood, and wood itself can float on the water, so of course boats can also float on the water. .

However, the news Huan Dian learned later made him a little shaken. In the Xuanwu Pond, there is actually a building boat that is faster than ordinary boats! Travel without a paddle!

Huan Dian initially thought it was a rumor, but more and more people confirmed this. Could it be a cover-up trick by the Cavalry General? Just like Fei Qian did a lot of auspicious contributions back then

Then more and more things happened that made Huan Dian feel novel and weird, and he began to doubt whether his judgment was accurate.

Huan Dian did not see the boats in Xuanwu Pond. He first saw the public carriages operating between Qinglong Temple and Chang'an, as well as the counties around Chang'an.

There are private carriages and horses for rent in Chang'an Sanfu. This is normal. There are also private carriages in Xu County. However, Chang'an Sanfu also operates public carriages. At a fixed location, fixed route, and scheduled departure, a carriage can seat up to ten people. If you are willing to squeeze in, you can stand a few more. As long as there is room, you can stand on the side of the street and wave. , the speed is not fast, after all, the carts are pulled by old horses.

After the initial feeling that Fei Qian was a prodigal subsided, Huan Dian really thought about the benefits of these public carriages. Ordinary gentry children would not ride this type of public carriage, nor would they be willing to squeeze in with others, but ordinary people were willing. Perhaps people who originally lived near Chang'an would not take this public carriage, but other people in more remote areas liked it very much.

Because these public carriages provide convenience, they also shorten the transportation time in surrounding counties. In the past, when going to the market, most people had to walk. They had to get up early in the morning and then go to the market late. They often arrived at the market at noon. To buy something, they had to walk back in a hurry. After a little delay, it would get dark. I can't get home either.

Under such circumstances, people living further away are reluctant to go out to the market unless it is really necessary. And with a fixed public carriage, you can go out in the morning and get home faster at noon. At the same time, you don't have to worry about being robbed on the way. After all, you are riding a public carriage under the name of Qiusi.

As a result, more and more people participate in the market, and the market becomes wider and wider. Most of the counties in Guanzhong and Sanfu have increased their number from two to four, and some even to eight. , and then the shops and goods under Fei Qian's name became more and more popular.

Then the farmers and people in Sanfu, Guanzhong, began to come out. When Huan Dian saw some farmers starting to collect some handmade items in the village, taking a public carriage to sell large packages and large boxes, he felt that the people of the Qiaoqi territory were declining, and at the same time, he also felt a faint sense of excitement. of fear.

Although he doesn't know exactly where this fear comes from?

It's like Huan Dian couldn't understand that the Cavalry General actually let people learn some knowledge at will.

How can a peasant boy learn scriptures? !

This was such a ridiculous thing in Yuzhou, but in Sanfu, Chang'an, Huan Dian saw the reality happening. On the long bluestone in front of the bookstore, there are copybooks and sandboxes that can be borrowed for free. You can use branches or simply use your fingers to learn to write in the sandbox.

What made him feel even more uneasy was that there were actually some children near ordinary houses. When they gathered to play with each other, they shouted out some sentences in a clear voice, similar to what you know, what you say, what you say, etc., etc. Huan Dian almost felt an inexplicable panic, as if he had lost something very valuable without knowing it.

Then Huan Dian began to understand a little bit about those poor children who gradually lost contact with their own clan, because this place is indeed a heretic. The longer he stays, the more he feels the difference from Shandong.

Because in the final analysis, this is just the pursuit of profit by human nature. Those children from poor families are also human beings, so naturally they cannot escape the word human desire. The so-called "learning and excellence will lead to officialdom", most people superficially say that it is for the country and the people. But in fact, it is more about his own fame and fortune.

It is basically difficult for these children from poor families to succeed in studying and becoming officials in the original clan, because these children from poor families are subject to too many restrictions. As long as there are children from the master's family in front, even if they are very good, You may not get a chance to show off, let alone get a high position. But now being under the Third Assistant of Chang'an has given these poor disciples a brand new path, no, many brand new paths.

In the past, there were only scriptures, but now it is not just scriptures, but also agriculture and industry, arithmetic, astronomy, geography, etc. Even if you are not interested in these, if you go to Hu Di to be an envoy, you will definitely be able to work as a preacher when you come back in three to five years. Junior officials, to live a decent life, no longer have to look at the faces of certain people within their own clan, take care of certain people's children, and give up opportunities and positions that should originally belong to them.

Suppressing bandits, carrying out disaster relief, relieving refugees, repairing water conservancy, building bridges and paving roads, rewarding industry and commerce, supporting farmers and farmers, building schools, promoting education, public welfare, etc. These are all very costly and may not be possible in a short time. How much profit is produced. If the local officials in the past could conscientiously do one or two things like this when they were in office, even one-tenth of what Fei Qian is doing now would be enough to show that he is a good official and make the whole county The people were so grateful that they gave him umbrellas and built a shrine to worship him.

Not to mention that since General Hussar came to Guanzhong, the people of Sanfu Land have been getting better and better day by day, and not only the people of Guanzhong have become better, Fei Qian has also taken in a large number of refugees from other places, allowing They can settle down, settle down again, have food to eat and clothing to wear. Nowadays, although Guanzhong Sanfu is still not a place of saints and sages who can avoid picking up lost items on the road and never close their homes at night, the lives of the people have indeed become better. This is a fact that cannot be denied.

Huan Dian felt a lot of pressure, and the so-called search for a solution became an unparalleled worry in his heart, which made his condition even more serious.