Three Kingdoms

Within the Hussar General's Mansion in Chang'an, there are two tasks that are updated from time to time over a long period of time.

Maps and sandbox.

Every once in a while, dedicated craftsmen will draw the newly discovered terrain on the map, and then modify and add it on the sand table to make it as close to the real situation as possible.

At the moment, Fei Qian was standing in the wing, looking at the sand table representing the nearby area of ​​Taiyuan.

"People are prone to prejudice..."

Fei Qian's fingers tapped lightly on the edge of the Taiyuan sand table.

Just like among people in Shandong, many short-sighted men do not think highly of women. They think that women have no talents, or that the best talents are to be husbands, raise children, and stay at home for a lifetime. As for the reason why they think so, most of them I feel that few women are self-aware, so they might as well just become a reproductive machine.

But this group of stupid people don’t know at all that even if women really only play the role of husbands and raise children, they still need to receive education, have knowledge, have certain abilities and have the correct outlook on life, otherwise it is really considered a job. When the male lead is outside and the female lead is inside, then every day he either criticizes one or makes trouble for that. He can't stand anything and thinks he is the center of the world. How did he appear?

In the feudal dynasty, most gentry families must marry women from high-ranking families. No matter how beautiful Xiaojiabiyu is, she can only be a concubine. Of course, this does not mean that women from wealthy families are necessarily good, but they are relatively likely to be better. Because the type of woman you marry is directly related to the next generation, the future of the entire family and family. Marrying a wicked woman and causing the whole family to be exterminated is not just a joke.

So if you value women, just talk about it verbally? Could it be that Shang Yang erected the log because the simple act of carrying the log has such a powerful effect? Or maybe the female officers don’t show much value now, so they simply don’t care about the future?

If you don't plan for the eternity, you can't plan for a moment; if you don't plan for the overall situation, you can't plan for a region.

not to mention……

Pang Tong stood aside, his hands folded in his sleeves. During this period of time, Pang Tong was a little thinner than before. Well, only a little. After all, it is easy to gain weight but difficult to lose weight. Of course, being extremely thin is not good for your health. Fei Qian also specifically told Pang Tong not to stop eating due to choking and ruin his body.

"We are now an area with strong traditions, and neither the changes in officials nor the propaganda in the countryside are enough. Apart from some general slogans, the people in these areas did not pay much attention to the changes in the outside world. Fei Qian's eyes looked at the sand table, as if he were looking down at the entire earth. "It is true that there are no problems for the time being, but problems will definitely arise in the future, and by that time, I'm afraid we will have no ideas or ideas." Motivation to change something...』

"We should seize this opportunity and take advantage of the vacancies and shortcomings of the officials themselves to pull out their original beliefs from the local squires..." Fei Qian said slowly, "This is the thought brought to me by the Buddhist monks. . The beliefs in snow areas need to be changed, and the beliefs in many places in our country also need to be changed..."

"This change is definitely not something that can be achieved by just setting up a dojo. ” Pang Tong nodded and said, “It must be bigger... Now I am a little worried that Wang’s daughter... may not be able to do it... ”

Fei Qian waved his hand and said: "If Wang Zhen and the two can do it, of course it would be best. If they can't do it... then they will make adjustments..."

The pilgrims came, and Fei Qian suddenly felt from the pilgrims that the technology tree on the superstructure was not enough. Simply relying on climbing the technological tree of industry cannot change the old ideas in many people's minds, and neither can the imperial examination. These can only be auxiliary, and more importantly, they are changes in one's own three views.

"The power of custom is very strong..." Fei Qian said slowly.

Customs and habits are very stubborn. If the social environment does not change significantly, then these things will hardly change.

"But... customs and habits will also change," Fei Qian gently knocked on the sand table, "The premise is that there must be strong force to attack this original structure... We need to attack this traditional structure now... 』

"Now is indeed a good opportunity. Pang Tong nodded and said, "Before, we used force to forcefully promote changes in a region. Now we use a softer method to gradually change a region... This is a completely different method..."

"The Five Directions God Cult should also follow suit, but don't make too big or eye-catching moves..." Fei Qian said thoughtfully, "The key point is to let Wang's daughter...let Wang's daughter attract everyone's attention..." …』

There is a saying that existence is reasonable. In fact, this sentence has some flavor of social functionalism. The so-called functionalism is to regard society as a system with a certain structure and organization. This orderly interconnected system of various social organizations plays an effective role in society as a whole.

Social functionalism means that all social phenomena, no matter how immoral, absurd, evil, or should not exist, appear to be, as long as they do exist, then this social phenomenon must play a certain social function in society... …

Religion actually has certain social functions. Religion is a way for people to release their stress, vent their emotions, and helps stabilize the social organizational structure. If the original social pressure structure does not change or disappear, then people will inevitably choose some channels to vent their emotions.

Religion is an outlet and channel for social emotions.

Even in later generations this was true of religion, and at the same time...

In the future of the Han Dynasty, or in other words, within a considerable period of time, the people of the entire China will not be as happy as future generations. Well, or even if technology develops to a certain extent, for ordinary people, the entire society will not be as happy as the future generations. It is impossible to have a heaven-like system, and social pressure will continue to exist. Providing some spiritual ** to ordinary people in a timely manner is a product that naturally arises out of demand.

Before the Five Directions God Sect, these spiritual cures were provided by local squires and primitive religions. Taoism originally wanted to take on this responsibility, but history gave it the opportunity, but it failed! In history, Taoism obviously did not play enough role in this aspect, so it gave up its territory, which eventually led to the prosperity of Buddhism. But now, Fei Qian wants to let the Five Directions God Religion make up for this, and first replace some of it. A functional structure vacated by local gentry.

It is really better to cultivate for the next life than to cultivate for this life.

The power of the landlord class needs to be weakened, and this weakened part cannot be left vacant at will, otherwise it will still be absorbed by the next new landlord class, just like many dynasties in history did. The old landlord class died and lay down. Warriors scavenging on corpses became the new landowning class.

At the same time, religious authority also needs to be limited. After all, there are many examples in ancient and modern times, both at home and abroad, of secular power and religious power first cooperating and then fighting. When the church becomes too powerful, it will inevitably tend to interfere with secular government. Travelers have learned enough lessons in this regard.

*****, if it is really done well, it is actually very good. It can even stimulate the enthusiasm and strength of the people more than the emperor system, but it is also very dangerous. A little carelessness will lead to the collapse of the entire regime. source.

Even if Fei Qian himself is confident that the first generation of cooperative government will be successful, as time goes by, the second generation, and at the latest the third generation, will definitely have various problems, fighting for power and profit, calculating against each other, and for their own interests. Self-interest does not hesitate to sacrifice public interests, and even betrays the country and defectes to the enemy camp...

Balance and checks and balances.

Nowadays, the landlord class is too big, so if we don’t take action against the landlord class, how can we still celebrate the New Year?

Pang Tong was on the side, seeming to be calculating the probability of success of the overall plan. After being silent for a while, he said: "But... if it is the Five Directions God Cult... I'm afraid there is still a problem..."

Fei Qian frowned slightly, "Shi Yuan, are you saying..."

Pang Tong nodded and said: "I have received some news... That's it, I will sort it out first, and then I will show it to the lord for review..."

"good. 』

Fei Qian nodded, and then looked beyond Taiyuan to the more northerly direction of the sand table.

His eyes are deep, like the stars in the night sky. Although they are not very dazzling, I don’t know how much time has passed...

……(￣▽￣)~*……

Whatever is lacking, I eat whatever I feel I can make up for.

It seems very simple and makes sense.

For example, some people feel that they are lacking brains, so they eat pig brains to make up for it...

Well, it seems like something is wrong.

Forget it, Cao Cao is short of war horses now, so he has to buy some war horses. Of course, he doesn't really eat them, but he purchases them.

Cao Chun planned to have a good talk with the Jiankun people and buy some war horses.

Cao Chun knew that the Jiankun people had war horses, and the horses were pretty good. Compared with the Xianbei and the Xiongnu before, Jiankun's war horses were taller, more beautiful, braver, and more loyal.

Well, yes, loyalty is often one of the important criteria for humans to domesticate animals, but humans themselves...

Ahem.

Because Jiankun had mixed with the Semu people from Western Europe before, it was natural that some Western European horse breeds were introduced.

Among these Western European horse breeds, the most common and widespread are the Yinbiglia horses.

Compared with Mongolian horses, Jiankun horses, which are more inclined to the Yinbili horse series, are particularly beautiful.

The Imbilia horse breed is the descendant of the Solea horse, and they appear in The Big Whore 2 full of charm. Its head is of medium size and looks very well proportioned to its body. Coupled with its height and slender legs, and its thick and lush mane and tail hair, which are often wavy and curly, it looks like a fashionable person. The avant-garde models will make anyone's eyes light up when they see them.

Including Cao Chun. Cao Chundu had imagined more than once how impressive he would be riding on such a horse...well, majestic...

But the problem is that war horses are not cheap, especially the Jiankun horses with some Yinbili horse characteristics, which are even more expensive. It's not that the Mongolian horses are so bad, but on the battlefield, if there is a competition of endurance and long distances, then the Mongolian horses will definitely win. However, if it is a face-to-face confrontation, the dwarf Mongolian horse will suffer a certain amount of losses.

This is something that all cavalry generals know, so Cao Chun is eager to have such a group of war horses, and then improve the combat effectiveness of his cavalry.

The person negotiating with Cao Chun was Wang He who came again.

Cao Chun and Wang He sat down separately, and when they were about to exchange polite words, Wang He spoke first and said, "General Cao, there is no need to elaborate on the friendship between you and me... I sincerely admire the general. But this war horse... I still have one thing to say, the price cannot be reduced just because of my friendship with the general... After all, even if I have this intention, I can't make the decision. Can the general be considerate? 』

Cao Chun was stunned.

If he denies it, he means that he is not eager to get it, so as to lower the price of the war horse. Cao Chun does not have the confidence.

That's right, there is no confidence.

Is it possible that no one in the Cao family or the Xiahou family wants to march into Chang'an and capture Fei Qian alive?

They never dreamed of it.

But the problem is that all they can do now is dream.

Everyone knows that if you want to confront Fei Qian's soldiers head-on, it will be impossible to resist. The generals are weak, the soldiers are weak, the equipment is weak, the logistics are weak, and the morale and fighting spirit are also weak. How to fight?

Cao Chun was silent for a while, and then said: "So, this price..."

Wang He looked at Cao Chun and said in a steady voice, "Excellent war horses cost 1.5 million yuan each. Rare war horses cost 3.5 million yuan each... Ordinary horses? Fifty, forget it, 450,000 yuan." Just money..."

As soon as Wang He opened his mouth, he almost scared Cao Chun.

Simply put, war horses are also a commodity, so market demand and supply will affect the price of horses.

In the early Han Dynasty, as an emperor, he could not even get four white horses together for major national sacrificial activities, which is enough to know how rare the number of war horses was at that time. At that time, a decent ordinary war horse probably cost about 30,000 yuan.

Subsequently, the price of war horses continued to rise due to the demand for fighting against the Huns. By the time of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, the price of a stallion was as high as 200,000 yuan. There were cases where someone secretly sold a horse at a low price and then received a benefit of 500 yuan. However, when found out, he was dismissed from office and punished...

By the Eastern Han Dynasty, the price of horses had dropped a bit. A horse used to pull a cart was worth about 10,000 yuan, and riding a horse basically cost 30,000 to 40,000 yuan. During the Jianwu period, Ma Yuan asked his son to give Du Lin a horse, because Du Lin was not only his hometown friend, but Du Lin's horse had just passed away. After Du Lin later returned, he was asked to pay back 50,000 yuan. Of course, this does not necessarily reflect the horse price at that time. A horse from a horse source may be better. In addition, there is some hint of human relations, and the price given may deviate from the market price.

When the morale of Emperor Ling of the Han Dynasty was reduced, in the fourth year of Guanghe period, Emperor Ling of the Han Dynasty was obstructed by local wealthy families when he recruited horses. The price of a horse was as high as two million yuan. "In the first month of the spring of the fourth year, for the first time, the chief minister of Luan Ji was appointed to accept the mobilization of horses from the county. Hao Yougu Guan has one to two million horses. "However, with this price, it is very likely that the local tycoons at that time were causing trouble. After all, the relationship between the Han Ling Emperor and the local gentry tycoons was not very good at that time. Within a few years, there was the Yellow Turban Rebellion...

Therefore, Wang He's current statement of 450,000 yuan for a rogue horse is indeed on the high side.

As for high-quality war horses, the prices of rare war horses have increased more than ten times.

Of course Cao Chun couldn't be taken advantage of, and he immediately expressed his disapproval.

Wang He didn't pay attention to Cao Chun's anger. He slowly counted on his fingers: "General Cao, as far as I know, the price of war horses in the west will indeed be lower, but those horses are castrated... If they are not castrated, In fact, the prices of war horses that have passed before are similar to ours... If we can replenish the number of war horses for General Cao at one time, then in one year, even if only half of the mares give birth to foals, it means that the price of the war horses will increase again. It’s a bit cheaper... And one horse can give birth to at least four or five. Calculating this, General Cao, you should actually have taken a big advantage..."

Cao Chun shook his head, "How can you calculate it like this?" There are horses that have been raised to death, so why are they not included? If life counts, why doesn't death? Moreover, raising horses also requires money, such as fodder and horse herders. It doesn’t cost money, but it also costs a lot of money! Why don't these count? 』

Wang He opened his eyes wide, "But we don't need fodder money... We don't have much money for horse herders, we all raise our own horses..."

"Fuck..." Cao Chun was suddenly speechless.

After being silent for a while, Cao Chun rolled his eyes and said, "In this way, on your side, the price will be lowered again... Then on my side, I will also get some good things for you... Of course, if you can help facilitate this deal, We will definitely thank you for your business..."

No anti-theft

Wang He smiled, "Thank you, General Cao, for your kindness, but...but we don't need your utensils, as long as they are converted into money..."

"Why? ” Cao Chun’s eyes widened, “How troublesome is it to settle with money? You still need to spend money to buy. Not to mention that the price of scattered purchases will be higher, and you may not be able to get really good things... Don't worry, the products from our Cao's workshop will definitely be better than those on the market. Ordinary utensils are better! 』

Wang He nodded, "I know this... But, hey, General Cao, let me tell you the truth, your stuff is indeed good, but the price is a bit more expensive, and besides, compared to... Well, the ones over there are still a little bit inferior... So we think it's better to use the money to buy over there... It's more cost-effective... General Cao, do you think this is true? 』

"No! no! ” Cao Chun wanted to get angry, but he didn’t know where to direct his anger. After all, what Wang He said was true. Guanzhong's industrial development has now clearly surpassed that of Shandong. The integrated scale effect has led to lower costs and higher quality. This has had a huge impact on Shandong's workshops, which are dominated by traditional handicrafts.

Ordinary people do not know the political meaning of things. Most people only look at the quality of things. Therefore, even if the Cao family, Xiahou family and others impose political orders and use Han dynasty gimmicks to require the people to purchase products from Shandong workshops, It was just a flash in the pan. When the people discovered that the products of these workshops in Shandong were treated as fools, and the products were not easy to sell and expensive, the enthusiasm they had naturally dissipated.

So Cao Chun now not only wants to purchase Jiankun's war horses, but also wants to find a way to sell his own products.

"no! ” Cao Chun frowned, “This is absolutely not possible! 』

Wang He waved his hands, not afraid of the breakdown of the negotiations at all, "General Cao, if that's the case... General Cao will think about it again. If there are any changes, it won't be too late for us to continue talking..."

"..." Cao Chun's face was as dark as water, and his expression was uncertain.