Three Kingdoms

Chapter 3505 Land, Land

The two Zijing looked at each other and bowed.

I have admired you for a long time. I am sorry for your disrespect.

The two exchanged some meaningless politeness.

Fei Qian smiled slightly, stood aside, and did not comment.

Fei Qian's attitude towards the characters of the Three Kingdoms changed with the improvement of his cognition.

At the beginning, Fei Qian's self-awareness was actually very small. After all, his original identity was just a nobody, a company clerk who could not be more ordinary. At work, any boss could pick on him, and in the family, his status was lower than that of a dog.

Such people would naturally get excited when they saw the legendary characters of the Three Kingdoms, just like ordinary people seeing stars. As for keyboard warriors, they were naturally fearless and looked down on Fei Qian's cautious appearance.

Later, as time went by, Fei Qian also woke up from his blind worship, or empirical trust, and realized that these people in the Three Kingdoms were not simply a symbol or a fixed template.

They also have emotions, mistakes, shit, fart, swear, and get anxious and jump up and down and curse. It's not that they appear with full stats, full skills, and can use a big move at any time...

Until now...

First it was Ma Yue, then Lu Su, who finally made Fei Qian's attitude towards the characters of the Three Kingdoms move towards a more mature and stable direction.

These Three Kingdoms characters are first of all a person!

Not just a name, or a symbol!

People have seven emotions and six desires!

What are Lu Su's "seven emotions and six desires"?

History only notes the friendship between Lu Su and Zhou Yu, and the relationship between them and Sun Quan, but in fact, the friendship between Lu Su and Zhou Yu is really unbreakable, and the friendship is better than gold?

Obviously not entirely.

The relationship is good because Lu Su and Zhou Yu's interests do not conflict too much, and in a way, Zhou Yu is Lu Su's recommender...

However, what's interesting is that since Zhou Yu had already kidnapped Lu Su as early as the time of Sun Ce, why did Lu Su really enter the political ecology of Jiangdong during the time of Sun Quan?

It can be said that Sun Ce and Lu Su were not compatible, but Fei Qian believed that Sun Ce and Lu Su could not talk to each other.

For Sun Ce, it is possible that Sun Ce did not want to stay in Jiangdong for a long time at that time. He might want to join the competition in the Central Plains, or at least return to the Jianghuai area to develop and grow, so he was very rude to the Jiangdong gentry. This was also slightly reflected in Sun Ce's last words later. He was not very optimistic about Sun Quan, and even told Sun Quan to leave if he could not do it...

But Sun Quan was different.

Sun Quan's goal, everything, was to preserve the foundation of Jiangdong, especially when almost everyone was not optimistic about Sun Quan at that time, Lu Su appeared. Lu Su affirmed that Sun Quan had the appearance of a "great emperor", and offered a grand strategy of taking Jiangdong as the foundation, coveting Jiangbei, and looking for opportunities to compete for the Central Plains.

Although this grand strategy seemed a bit ridiculous in the later period, it undoubtedly gave Sun Quan a shot in the arm at that time!

Therefore, Sun Quan and Lu Su really got along well...

So in history, when Lu Su arrived in Jiangdong, he was not valued during Sun Ce's period and was unknown. It was not until the time of Sun Quan that he really emerged in the Battle of Chibi and became an important counselor and think tank!

And now, the Battle of Chibi is gone, and Lu Su's importance in Jiangdong is not as high as it was in history.

This is one of the reasons why Fei Qian felt that there was a chance to pull Lu Su over, but after actually meeting Lu Su, under Lu Su's respectful but distant words, Fei Qian realized that he was a little self-righteous, and Lu Su was not very willing to come to Guanzhong.

Fei Qian even thought about using Zhou Yu's illness to threaten Lu Su, but after careful consideration, Fei Qian also gave up this idea. First, it is somewhat despicable to do so, and second, can the friendship between Lu Su and Zhou Yu really be as close as the three brothers of Liu Bei?

Obviously not.

If Zhou Yu and Lu Su were really as close as brothers, then Lu Su should have been promoted during the time of Sun Ce, and he would not have to wait until the time of Sun Quan to get the opportunity for promotion.

So Lu Su and Zhou Yu should be close friends, with no conflicting interests, and related entities that can cooperate with each other to a certain extent, but they are definitely not brothers in life and death. It is obviously unsuccessful to threaten Lu Su with Zhou Yu.

So, what about satisfying Lu Su's needs in other ways?

After thinking about it, Fei Qian felt that it was inappropriate.

Fei Qian could indeed give Lu Su a very high treatment that exceeded the level of Jiangdong, but that was inappropriate.

Fame and ability are no longer the focus of Fei Qian's attention on the characters of the Three Kingdoms!

What Fei Qian needs now is "suitability"!

Or a more game-like term, called "compatibility".

This has to be thanked to Ma Yue.

It was Ma Yue who sounded a wake-up call for Fei Qian, allowing Fei Qian to wake up from the joy and pride of defeating Cao Cao.

Ma Yue is a veteran, but seniority does not mean that he will definitely think and move in step with Fei Qian!

So, how many more "Ma Yue" will appear?

Can introducing new talents change and solve this problem?

It is not bad to introduce talents, but if there is no idea or plan, and it is just for the sake of introduction, then there will definitely be problems.

Fei Qian thought of the companies in the future, which almost always called for the introduction of talents every year, treating the original old employees as cattle and horses. The salary of the new employees as soon as they came in was higher than that of the old employees, and then they called it the catfish effect, but in fact, there were complaints. Whether there can be a catfish effect depends on the specific situation of the old employees, rather than throwing catfish into the water casually.

Since the two emperors Huan and Ling, because of the nearly two hundred years of peace and prosperity, Shandong landlords and nobles gradually tended to indulge in wildness and enjoyment, until the Wei and Jin Dynasties reached a new height. Collective Wushisan was considered a refined thing, and a group of people danced naked in the streets. They were all romantic, and what they wanted was freedom and unrestrainedness.

In such an environment, although the family, country and the world were mentioned by the celebrities, there were not many who actually did practical things...

Many celebrities in Jiangdong and Shandong were like this. Does Lu Su have many such habits?

Fei Qian didn't know, but he could observe it again.

Fei Qian brought Lu Su here for this reason.

Lu Su Lu Zijing, Zao Zhi Zao Zijing.

Both of them are named Zijing, but they do different things.

Fei Qian is not sure whether Lu Su is admired by thousands of people and supported by the people in Jiangdong, but in Guanzhong, Zao Zhi's reputation in the fields is more popular than Fei Qian's cavalry!

Ordinary people respect Fei Qian, but they are grateful to Zao Zhi from the bottom of their hearts!

Because the agricultural and water conservancy affairs in Guanzhong are almost all handled by Zao Zhi, even including animal husbandry and forestry. After all, the "agriculture" of the Han Dynasty is considered together, and it is not divided so detailed.

Almost every year after the autumn harvest, there will be some old people in the countryside who will bring some agricultural products and walk ten miles to Zao Zhi's home.

Maybe it's just some corn, maybe just some wild fruits, which are not very valuable things, but every year, they deliver it, kowtow, put it down and leave.

Fei Qian laughed and said that this was because the people were worshipping Zaozhi as a god...

For the people in Guanzhong, Fei Qian was too far away, untouchable, and difficult to contact, while Zaozhi was the official they saw most often and who brought them to a truly prosperous life!

When an official truly serves the people, takes the people's sufferings to heart, and seriously solves them, the people will naturally support him, and there is no need for officials to scream on the stage.

What Fei Qian needs is an official who really does things, not an official who only shouts slogans.

As the saying goes, if you have never experienced it, you will not have experience.

After the Ma Yue incident, the collision of thoughts caused by Lu Su's arrival, coupled with Fei Qian's self-reflection, eventually made Fei Qian's attitude and concept towards talents more perfect and mature.

Everything is natural, just like a natural outcome.

"Zijing, why are you wearing so little? 'After the two Zijings exchanged a few words, Fei Qian stepped forward and held Zaozhi's hand. Feeling that Zaozhi's hand was a little cold, he naturally took off his fur coat and covered Zaozhi with it, not caring about the dirt and dirt on Zaozhi's hands and body.

'I just moved around a bit, so I didn't feel very cold...' Zaozhi smiled, not particularly excited by Fei Qian's action of taking off his clothes and pushing food, 'Why did the lord come here? '

'I heard that you were repairing here, so I came to see... the progress of the canal repair...' Fei Qian asked.

Zaozhi stood on the earthen hill and pointed with his finger, 'The section near the Baiqu over there has been repaired almost, and now we are rushing to work on this section...'

Fei Qian listened and looked, nodding from time to time, 'Where is the hot soup? We also need to light a fire under the canal to keep warm... We must prepare enough firewood and coal. '

'All. 'Zao Zhi said, 'We just pulled two or three carts here a few days ago, over there...'

'Where are the straw raincoats? Are there many people with frostbite?' Fei Qian asked again.

'Not bad. Slight frostbite is inevitable... We rotate every hour and go back to the earth house to warm up by the fire and drink hot soup...'

'You should also wear something thicker... Where is your old fur coat? '

'It got wet by accident, and I'm warming it...'

'Then you can wear this one first...'

Lu Su was watching the interaction between Fei Qian and Zao Zhi on the side, and for some reason, he suddenly felt a little uncomfortable in his heart.

Lu Su subconsciously shifted his attention to the Zhengguo Canal in the distance.

It was already quite cold in Guanzhong in winter, but the Zhengguo Canal in front was still bustling with activity.

The Han Dynasty did not have a strict safety management system for canal repair, so the dispatch and arrangement on site were very important. Once an official who only wanted to gain political achievements appeared, the death and injury of laborers would inevitably occur in large numbers...

Lu Su looked slowly, but did not see any labor casualties.

Stones, wood and other items were piled up on one side of the canal in different categories.

The transport vehicles and people had trampled a road on the land beside the canal.

On the other side of the canal, some temporary sheds were built, and the hot smoke was coming out.

From afar, the melodious sound of laborers came. Although it was unclear what they were shouting, Lu Su could hear that there was not much resentment, anger and other negative emotions in the shouting, but a feeling of vigor and optimism...

This...

is completely different.

In Jiangdong, every large-scale labor is a good opportunity for officials to make money, and it is a disaster for ordinary people.

Lu Su vaguely heard Fei Qian asking about the casualties of laborers...

Lu Su was stunned for a moment and turned his head.

'When moving the stones, two people didn't hold them firmly, one broke his leg, and the other was crushed to death...' Zao Zhi sighed, 'The doctor said that the one with the broken leg couldn't be reattached, so he just cut it off...'

'Have you issued the compensation...'

'Someone has been sent to issue it...'

Lu Su found it unbelievable to hear Fei Qian and Zao Zhi's words.

What a joke, such a big project, only one death and one injury?

And there is a compensation? !

This...

Isn't it fake?

When will the Han give compensation to laborers?

Isn't life and death determined by fate?

However, the topic that Fei Qian and Zao Zhi talked about next not only did not dispel Lu Su's doubts, but made him even more confused.

'Did you find any talents during this period? '

'There are a few, and I plan to let them go to the Institute of Technology to study for two years...'

Fei Qian smiled and nodded, 'Good! I think we can add another course, focusing on hydraulic engineering... like these canals and bridges, docks and mudflats, mills and water wheels... maybe there is some overlap with the construction department...'

'Remove the mill and add a ship? 'Zao Zhi said.

'That makes sense...' Fei Qian said, 'try it for one or two sessions first, and then adjust it... Uh, this... Jiangdong has complicated waterways and many bridges and canals. Zi Jing might as well ask this Zi Jing to take a look and give some suggestions...'

For the second half of the sentence, Fei Qian turned his head and gestured to Lu Su.

Zao Zhi's eyebrows moved, "Zhengguo Canal?"

Fei Qian nodded, "Zhengguo Canal."

Zao Zhi smiled and said, "I understand."

So Zao Zhi stepped forward and invited Lu Su to go to the Zhengguo Canal construction site to take a look...

In Jiangdong, there are many pretentious things. What they say is beautiful and what their subordinates actually do is completely unrelated. So Lu Su was skeptical about what Fei Qian was doing at the moment.

Whether it is horizontal or vertical comparison.

All of this, all the situations in Guanzhong, are unbelievable.

Zaozhi invited Lu Su to follow Zaozhi, and Lu Su was confused, so he followed Zaozhi back to the construction site of Zhengguo Canal.

Fei Qian watched Lu Su follow Zaozhi forward, and signaled Huang Xu to ask the guards to take care of him carefully.

Although Lu Su has been very honest since he met Fei Qian, even if Fei Qian invited him to go together, he was respectful and kept one or two steps away from Fei Qian, neither too far nor too close, showing good etiquette, but he still can't take it lightly. Even though there is no record in history that Lu Su has the habit of being a part-time assassin, he still needs to be protected and cautious.

At this stage, collecting the characters of the Three Kingdoms, Fei Qian feels that it is no longer an important issue.

Instead, how to manage the current foundation, formulate corresponding strategies, and plan the direction of future development are more important matters!

Fei Qian stood on the earthen hill and looked at the surrounding Guanzhong land.

In the history of China, in the feudal dynasties, there was not much awareness of land and water conservation. Therefore, by the end of the Tang Dynasty, both the vegetation and the fertility of the land in Guanzhong were gradually exhausted. Without sufficient agricultural products, Guanzhong could not support a strong core circle of the empire.

Therefore, after the Tang Dynasty, the population gradually moved eastward and southward. The south had fewer disasters and wars than the north, and the Huaihe River, Jiangsu and Zhejiang areas were greatly developed and became an important granary supporting the entire country. Jiangnan became a place of wealth and taxation, and taxes could account for half of the national income. After the Southern Song Dynasty, it was even better, and even money could be spent to buy life...

Then in the Southern Song Dynasty, foreign maritime trade was also launched. These are indeed the advantages of Jiangnan and the contribution of Jiangnan to the entire country. There is no need to doubt or deny it.

With the further development of the south in history and the introduction of higher-yield rice varieties, Jiangnan's position as an agricultural support has become increasingly unshakable, bringing about the rise of the landlord class of all sizes in Jiangnan, as well as the landlord class bureaucracy that has been constructed for such a long time from the Song Dynasty to the Qing Dynasty.

That's right, for some or some people in the landlord class system in Jiangdong and Jiangnan, they have not awakened to the concept of so-called class, but more subconsciously stick together, fellow villagers, fellow students, or cliques. But what they do is actually to maintain the interests of the landlord class in Jiangdong and Jiangnan, using land to parasitize on the country and suck blood, intertwined with each other, and cruelly exploit and oppress the people.

Even in the Qing Dynasty, after the change of dynasties, the gentry children group in Jiangnan quickly found their own position, continued to use land to make peace with the Qing rulers, and exploited the people to the greatest extent, and continued to live a life of drunkenness and dreams.

Land, land.

As we all know, China is not actually a country with rich products. The early propaganda in later generations was nothing more than to boost national self-esteem, but it was distorted by some scholars and experts to mean close to the "Heavenly Kingdom"...

Especially China lacks precious metals.

This is very fatal.

The two most convenient sources of precious metals closest to China are East Japan and Persia.

However, the landlord class, which made its fortune from land and used land to hold the country's citizens hostage, hindered the development of Chinese navigation and burned the navigation drawings...

They don't want to leave the land.

Of course, an empire, like a person, will also grow old.

This is true for the Han Dynasty, the Tang Dynasty, the Song Dynasty and the Ming Dynasty.

Fei Qian knew that Guanzhong must be the same.

So what he has to do now is to prolong the youth and prime period as much as possible, so that the decline will come later.

And the key to delaying decline is not one person, but a group of people.

The larger the number of this "group", the more powerful it is.

Otherwise...

"My Lord..." Huang Xu whispered on the side, "Does Lu Zijing... want to stay?"

Fei Qian pondered for a moment, then smiled and shook his head, "No need... If he is willing to stay, he will stay naturally. If he is not willing... why force him to stay? 】