Three Kingdoms

"Xiliang wants to replenish its population, and migrating blindly is just a bad idea. ” Fei Qian said slowly, “Forced migration will lead to resentment, but letting the people make up for themselves will be smoother. There is no better way to drive away the people than through profit. Benefit is not a temporary benefit, but a lifetime benefit. 』

Zhang Liao stood aside and listened carefully.

Jiuquan’s problem is not big, but Xiliang’s problem is big.

As cultivated land, Xiliang does not have much room for development. However, if the thinking is changed and the Liangzhou Hexi Corridor is positioned as a transfer station and mining area, then the overall structure will undergo earth-shaking changes.

"If there was a mine, how much health could be gained?" 』

Fei Qian asked.

Zhang Liao pondered for a moment, "Looking for ore, mining, inciting, guarding, transporting... This depends on the size of the mine, ranging from hundreds to thousands." 』

Fei Qian nodded and said, "Not bad." Moreover, these laborers also have family members. If a family of five is considered, a medium-sized mine can support tens of thousands of people. 』

Zhang Liao should be.

Fei Qian looked into the distance and said, "Not only does the mine need people, but does the transportation also need rest and food along the way?" In this way, with the transportation caravan and many inns, it can support a lot of people. After the minerals are produced, they need to be smelted. How many people can be fed by refining coal, burning charcoal, and making iron and metallurgy? 』

"Such as this, all people need food and drink, grain, grass, cloth, and shelter. The shelter requires bricks, stones, and wood, so it can support craftsmen and merchants. However, not all the utensils used by these craftsmen and merchants are transshipped. There will naturally be additional income from planting and processing in the local area, and farmers will also benefit from it..."

"In this way, agriculture, industry and commerce will all benefit, and scholars will naturally benefit from it." The people have enough money to spend, and if they have property, they will become more and more stable, and then they will definitely want to eat, drink and have fun... Those who open restaurants, open restaurants, tell stories and sing operas, how many people can these support? If you can live, you will naturally have no intention of rebelliousness. Even if the big families in Xiliang want to do something, no one will listen to them..."

Zhang Liao was dumbfounded. He used to prefer military affairs and did not have much involvement in civil affairs. However, Zhang Liao was not stupid, but he had not had the opportunity before. Now when I heard what Fei Qian said, I immediately felt that this place in Xiliang really had a lot of potential.

For Feiqian, these are considered basic operations.

After all, there is indeed a big gap between the added value of agriculture and industry. Moreover, at this time, Dahan's industries were basically labor-intensive industries, which could solve the problem of feeding many people. As for the dangerous pollution caused by mining, no one has yet considered this issue.

Zhang Liao thought for a while and said: "But if the miners gather here...if there are people who are willing to fight and brave..."

Fei Qian laughed and said, "Did Wenyuan forget Yumen Pass?" 』

Yumen Pass?

Zhang Liao was stunned for a moment, then suddenly realized, "My lord, what you mean is... a way to draw courage?" 』

Fei Qian nodded, "No matter whether it is a farmer or a miner, there is always something a little unwilling to accept the ordinary. If you ignore it or impose strong supervision, it will not be appropriate after all. As the saying goes, it is better to block than to open up." Therefore, they should be drawn and used, and the brave men and women should be recruited into the army, firstly to make full use of them, and secondly to stabilize the people's hearts. 』

Miners have always been better than ordinary farmers in terms of organization and physical strength. It's not even a little bit higher. Many people like to use miners in rebellions or when recruiting soldiers.

Fei Qian looked at the distant mountains with a faint look.

Zhang Liao only thought about how to lead and stabilize the people, while Fei Qian thought more.

What attitude you take means what problem you are thinking about.

Fei Qian may be considered a worker now, but he should be considered more of a ruler.

For example, what Fei Qian and Zhang Liao said just now is actually a kind of information and a kind of knowledge. The biggest difference between rulers and workers is not the difference in physical strength, but the difference in intelligence, or the amount of information.

There is an essential difference between rulers and workers, whether in a feudal dynasty or in a capitalist society.

The emperors of the feudal dynasty also worked and went to the fields when spring plowing began every year. So the emperors could be said to be the same as ordinary workers?

Therefore, whenever feudalism says that officials and ordinary workers are the same, it is right to slap him in the face.

If the Han Dynasty wanted to develop and climb to the top of the world, it needed a large population, or in other words, a labor force.

Whether they are farmers or miners, they are all workers.

Human history is created by workers. Without workers, there would be no continuation and development of human civilization.

There is no doubt about this.

But workers, among the feudal dynasties of all dynasties, were the lowest and most neglected group.

Laborers, from ancient times to the present, have never been able to get rich and powerful. At most, they can only live in a small position with food, clothing, food and clothing. It is basically impossible for anyone who wants to advance to the next level through pure labor.

In the feudal dynasty, no emperor relied on his own hard work to cultivate fields or mines to sit on the throne. Even Dayu, the ancient model worker and flood control expert praised by the feudal dynasty, also used violent means to force his way to the throne. Yao and Zen are located in him.

"The Book of Bamboo" records, "In the past, Yao's virtue declined and he was imprisoned by Shun." Shun imprisoned Yao, and again Yan Sai Danzhu, so that he could not see his father again. 』Danzhu raised an army of three seedlings to attack Shun, and the two sides fought in Danpu. Unfortunately, Danzhu's general Kuafu fell into the swamp and died, and Dayu's Hou Yi happened to develop sharp long-range weapons...

Kuafu chased the sun, and Houyi shot it. This "sun" actually refers to the imperial power!

But violence cannot represent everything.

To evaluate the quality of workers, naturally, it is the quantity of their production, but what is the evaluation of the quality of rulers?

Rulers should let workers live better and produce more.

Instead of having a violent and murderous guy as the ruler.

This is a law derived from ancient primitive tribes.

The reason why Dayu was able to secure his position when he seized power was because he could bring a better life to the people, but Danzhu had no choice.

So when Danzhu also proclaimed himself emperor, no one cared about him.

Fei Qian can show violence, but he cannot rely solely on violence.

To recruit these big families from Xiliang, you always have to find a way out for them.

The development of farming in Xiliang is obviously not as good as that in the Central Plains, so mining and trade are the new roads for Xiliang. Although mining of ores in this era has a high disability rate, all technologies cannot be achieved overnight and can only be improved and gradually improved.

By increasing the death compensation of miners, it forces mine owners to increase their awareness of production safety.

Through competition between mines, mine owners are forced to improve production technology and develop new production tools.

Of course, it is more likely that the mine owners will not improve the production equipment, but squeeze the miners even more crazily, provoke conflicts, and cause riots among the miners...

Therefore, a powerful general like Zhang Liao was needed to garrison troops here.

Pain is always an excellent teacher of human growth.

Just like many fools in later generations are bragging about Western welfare, but they don't know that it is because of the threat of hammer and sickle that capitalism has improved the welfare of workers.

"I heard that there are copper and iron mines here..." Fei Qian said slowly, "I have sent officials to investigate..."

Fei Qian doesn't remember very clearly, but it seems that there are still a lot of coal and iron in Jiuquan. In addition, there are other minerals, such as gypsum and clay. There are some that cannot be mined at the moment, or they can be mined. Minerals that are not available.

Anyway, the land of Liangzhou is indeed not suitable for large-scale agriculture, but it does have a lot of minerals.

However, agriculture is the foundation of everything. Even the development of industry and commerce needs to be based on agriculture.

Feiqian's support for new types of businessmen is also based on the fact that agriculture can meet the needs of the military and civilians under his rule. If businessmen will harm the people's base, he will not hesitate to destroy these black sheep.

"As the population gathers, the need for food and grass will inevitably increase, and once the climate changes, it will inevitably lead to the young people who want to hoard and make huge profits..." Fei Qian continued, which can be regarded as giving Zhang Liao some advice, "So if there are such rats, Strict laws must be followed! In addition, there is a lot of salt and grain in Yangyi Mountain, so more caravans should be built to communicate with each other. Wen Yuan, the task is long and the road is long, so we should be cautious and pursue it diligently..."

Zhang Liao responded calmly.

After the population of Xiliang increases, there will inevitably be a shortage of food, but Yang Fu is in the snowy area, which is almost no man's land. The supply of salt and grass exceeds demand, which can just make up for the gap in Xiliang.

From the end of the Han Dynasty to the end of the Tang Dynasty, the snowy area experienced rapid development. A large number of herdsmen who fled to the snowy area because of the Little Glacier brought more advanced production technology to the snowy area. At the same time, the temperature returned after the Little Glacier. As a result, the area of ​​highland barley cultivation in the snowy areas expanded rapidly, feeding more Tibetan people, and the Tibetan people had the power to invade the Tang Dynasty. Until the Little Glacier struck again, the temperature in the snowy area dropped significantly, and a large number of highland barley died, making the Tibetan people suddenly weak and unable to expand further.

Now, Fei Qian can control the food reserves in the snow area through commercial means, which is equivalent to suppressing the disorderly growth of the Tibetan people in the snow area. Controlling the grain production of a region, such as controlling seeds, fertilizers, etc., to control a region or even a country, Mi Di is very skilled in this aspect, and Fei Qian can naturally learn from it.

Agriculture is no longer the most important industry here. Animal husbandry and industry are the focus of Xiliang's skeleton, and then trade is added to enrich its body and make it healthy.

At this point, the entire Xiliang industrial chain has been initially completed. Once this new form of production and living model can take root in Xiliang and develop well, it will have a profound impact on the thinking of the entire Han Dynasty and even the future dynasty. Change is an immeasurable driving force...

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Cao Zhen obviously also wanted to make an immeasurable boost to the Han Dynasty, or the Han Dynasty controlled by Cao Cao.

But the closer he got to Beiqu, the more doubts Cao Zhen had in his heart.

It's not that he went the wrong way or encountered any danger, but Cao Zhen found that there seemed to be something wrong with the guide who led the way...

The old guide seemed not to like money.

This made Cao Zhen very uncomfortable.

Generally speaking, Cao Zhen is a worshiper of money and violence.

Money is not everything, so when money doesn't work, Cao Zhen will use violence. This habit, or the development of this kind of three views, is caused by Cao Zhen's family environment.

Cao Zhen is Cao Hong's eldest son and a legitimate high-ranking official. Logically speaking, Cao Zhen should have received a better education, but he did not. The reason was that Cao Hong's background was not good, so neither Cao Hong nor he had any background from a big family.

Cao Hong's father was a collateral descendant, and Cao Hong was an illegitimate son, so he couldn't even keep his mother's name.

If it hadn't been for Cao Cao blowing the war horn for the whole clan, Cao Hong would have had no chance of promotion. Perhaps he would have served as a steward in a certain manor and lived his life in obscurity.

During the period of Cao Hong's rise, Cao Hong did not have much energy to improve his self-cultivation. Therefore, the family education that Cao Zhen could get must be quite limited, and the formation of three views was closely related to Cao Hong's behavior.

Cao Hong likes money, very much, even to the point of obsession. This may be closely related to Cao Hong's extreme lack of money when he was a child. For illegitimate children who come from a wealthy family, the obsession and desire for money formed in childhood will inevitably greatly affect their adulthood.

The same is true for Cao Zhen.

When he was a child, Cao Hong's family had little money.

If an ordinary farmer's family is short of money, there is no problem. After all, most people in the Han Dynasty are relatively poor and have poor material resources. They have very few materials for production and living. However, Cao Hong's Cao family is a big family. family.

There must be some prominent people in the family, just like Cao Amo, who has so much money that he has no place to spend it, and he often sets some small goals, and then look at himself so close at hand, but he has to think twice about buying an extra piece of cake...

After all, there was no stall in the Han Dynasty that could earn nine thousand a day.

Cao Zhen's life circle was not large, and his main activities were at home and in the military. He also envied those gentry children, their literati character, etc., but he couldn't blend in. After all, he had never read any books, and he couldn't understand those gentry children at all when they were around. Because of the extreme lack and desire for money in his childhood, coupled with the extreme violence he has experienced after joining the army with Cao Hong, Cao Zhen naturally formed the three views that nothing cannot be achieved by money and violence.

But it happened that it was during this operation of Beiqu that Cao Zhen met this old guide. It was such an old guide who showed Cao Zhen another attitude towards life.

The old guide is poor, no matter in terms of his living habits, clothing or food. Although Cao Zhen didn't know how old the old guide was, his slightly rickety body and thick, calloused hands and feet were enough to prove something.

According to Cao Zhen's understanding, it is best to control such people. Give them wine, meat, and money, and you can make such poor people burst into tears of gratitude, kneel on the ground, tell them to roll around, and let them imitate the barking of dogs. I can’t imitate the rooster’s crow…

But the old man's attitude towards meat and money was extremely indifferent, just like seeing stones and weeds.

It's not that the old man doesn't eat meat, but it doesn't look much different from eating black pancakes. He won't be happy because he has an extra bite of meat, nor will he feel uncomfortable eating black pancakes mixed with dirt and gravel.

At the same time, the old man was indifferent to Cao Zhen's authority and had almost no emotional fluctuations. Sometimes Cao Zhen felt that the old man was leading them like a flock of sheep, neither sad nor happy, neither impatient nor impetuous. Cao Zhen and others walked faster, and the old man walked faster. When Cao Zhen and others couldn't walk, the old man wouldn't urge them.

This made Cao Zhen feel very awkward.

On the one hand, Cao Zhen needs such a guide. On the other hand, Cao Zhen also feels guilty because he cannot control this guide with money and violence.

Under normal circumstances, Cao Zhen would not have any interest in such people, nor would he have the heart to observe them. After all, there is no conspiracy between different Taoists. Although Cao Zhen can't talk about any conspiracy, he doesn't have much interaction with people like the guide, but now he has to stay together for a long time...

The feeling of not being able to control everything made Cao Zhen anxious and irritable.

The old guide also seemed to be aware of Cao Zhen's thoughts, and told Cao Zhen simply and straightforwardly that if Cao Zhen didn't believe him, he could kill him directly and then return along the original route. When the old guide said this, he was not pretending to be fierce and inwardly angry, but he was truly fearless of life and death.

The old guide was not afraid of the force of Cao Zhen and others because he was powerful. The old man's body is thin, and any of Cao Zhen's men can easily kill the old man, and the old man's sidearm is just a knife, if it is a weapon. Most people in the North have this kind of knife, which is used to cut some vines and ropes, and is also used to cut and insert food inside.

What is the purpose of guiding the old man? What do you want?

When Cao Zhen couldn't bear it anymore and asked the old guide, he got an answer that Cao Zhen couldn't believe.

Loyalty.

Of course, the old man's original words were not these two words, but that he had received a favor from Fan Xian's father, so he acted as a guide to repay the favor...

This...isn't this a fool?

Cao Zhen looked at the old man as if he were looking at a fool, and then he seemed to see the same look in the old man's eyes.

In this world, are there really people who do not seek money or care about life and death for the sake of loyalty?

Confused, Cao Zhen arrived near Beiqu.

The old guide seemed to have completed his final mission. He pointed to a large row of chimneys emitting black smoke in the distance, "This is the Beiqu Gongfang Camp." 』

That night, Fan Xian received the signal and hurried over to meet Cao Zhen.

Cao Zhen felt in Fan Xian that the sense of control he had lost before returned again.

But just when Cao Zhen and Fan Xian were discussing some specific matters, soldiers came to report that the old guide had committed suicide.

The old guide used the knife used to cut grass and eat to cut the skin and muscles of his neck, cut off his trachea and blood vessels, and died silently and quietly.

The knife was actually very dull, and it was very difficult to cut cooked meat.

Cao Zhen really couldn't imagine what kind of firm will it took to cut his neck with such a dull knife without making any sound...

Moreover, the guide has completed the task, shouldn't he receive payment, or...

Cao Zhen can understand being killed and silenced.

He committed suicide so inexplicably?

Why?

Cao Zhen frowned.

"Old stubborn man, he doesn't want to leave here..." Fan Xian sighed, "Just bury him here." 』

"his name? ” asked Cao Zhen.

Fan Xian shook his head, "No name." He has a stubborn temperament and everyone calls him Old Stubborn. 』