Wei Zheng said: "With this letter, it makes sense for the Yang family to hand over the operation of the salt farm to Changshan Village. But have you ever thought about why Yang Xuangan wrote this letter?"
Liu Ziqiu laughed and said: "Whatever, as long as we can get the salt farm back!"
Wei Zheng shook his head and said: "Who in the village understands the operation of the salt farm? Does Li Xian, the manager of the salt farm, listen to the Yang family or you? Who controls the sales of salt?"
The last question is the most fatal. Since ancient times, table salt has been a monopoly. No matter how much salt is produced, if there is no sales certificate from the imperial court, it can only be private salt.
Liu Ziqiu nodded and said: "That's right! Changshan Village has no ability to control the salt field. This salt field actually belongs to the Yang family. But so what? Our purpose is just to get what we should get, and this is enough."
Wei Zheng said: "Otherwise! If what happened a few days ago had not happened, this result would not be a bad outcome. Even if you kill Yang Heihu, if you stop threatening Yang Jishan, there will still be room for negotiation in the end. But now, the situation is different.
The Yang family can drive Changshan Village out of the salt field at any time. Can you really kill Yang Jishan then?"
"Liu listened to Brother Wei's words and paid attention. That's why he didn't directly hurt Yang Jishan, but he still didn't think carefully. The responsibility does lie with Liu."
Liu Ziqiu's voice lowered. He was indeed a little impulsive last night. The energy possessed by a behemoth like the Yang family was not something he could compete with. An impulse would probably bring disaster to Changshan Village.
Wei Zheng was very satisfied with Liu Ziqiu's courageous attitude towards taking responsibility. His expression softened and he said, "So, we have to find out why Yang Xuangan did what he did."
Liu Ziqiu was overjoyed and said, "Sir, have you already made some plans?"
Wei Zheng smiled and said: "Yang Xuangan's purpose in doing this is to make outsiders think that Changshan Village is the owner of the salt farm, at least in name."
"That's right! He wants to use Changshan Village as a shield."
Wei Zheng added: "Normally, with the status of the Yang family, running a salt farm is not a big deal. So what is Yang Xuangan afraid of? Who would make him afraid?"
"Haha, at least he's not afraid of me." Liu Ziqiu smiled mockingly, suddenly realized and said, "He's afraid of the emperor!"
"That's right! With the status of the Yang family, if there is anyone who can make them afraid, it must be the current emperor. Which dignitary does not have a few properties? If you don't do anything wrong, you are not afraid of the ghosts. Why is Yang Xuangan afraid of the emperor knowing? Explain
He has an ulterior secret in running this salt farm!"
Wei Zheng's thorough analysis has gradually brought him closer to the truth of the matter.
Liu Ziqiu pondered: "As long as we master this secret, we may force the Yang family to completely hand over the salt field..."
"No, you are wrong!" Wei Zheng interrupted Liu Ziqiu and said, "The power of Changshan Village will never be able to fight against the Yang family, so your wisest choice now is to show your kindness to the Yang family!"
"Showing favor to the Yang family?"
"Yes, Changshan Village only needs 20% of the dividends, and the rest will be given to the Yang family!"
Liu Ziqiu suddenly understood why Xiao Xin agreed to pay dividends at a rate of 35%. For the people of Changshan Village, being able to live a stable and prosperous life is the most important thing. Liu Ziqiu couldn't help but hesitated and said: "But this secret
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"Didn't he say something very important at the end of the letter?" Wei Zheng said with a smile, "What is a very important matter and you are worried that the emperor will know about it? The only way is to rebel!"
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Yang Xuangan, who was far away in Luoyang, suddenly sneezed.
A scribe sitting opposite him smiled and said, "The weather is getting colder, so Brother Xuangan should buy more clothes."
"This bit of coldness is nothing." Yang Xuangan muttered: "It's just that Yang can't make up his mind, so he wants to invite Mr. Pu to discuss it."
It turned out that this young scribe was Li Mi, one of Yang Guang's waiting officials. He inherited his father's title and became the Duke of Pushan County. He had always been on good terms with Yang Xuangan.
Li Mi stroked his beard and said, "Brother Xuangan, do you think those idiots can make it happen?"
Yang Xuangan frowned and said: "But Lu Mingyue asked someone to bring a message, saying that the Xie family and the Wang family in Jiangnan have agreed to raise their flags to respond. The Xie and Wang families are large families in Jiangnan and are quite popular. If Shandong and Jiangnan are in chaos at the same time, the whole court will be affected.
It's difficult to take care of, so we must deploy heavy troops to clear it out, but the opportunity is great!"
Li Mi said disdainfully: "There will be more opportunities like this in the future. Brother Xuangan has been planning for less than a year, so why rush it."
Yang Xuangan said: "Now that the world is unified, if we don't take advantage of the civil unrest, the imperial troops will not be mobilized easily. Where is the chance?"
"Yang Guang is so happy about his achievements. If there is no civil strife, we can persuade him to use troops abroad!"
"Using troops abroad?" Yang Xuangan shook his head and said, "Pu Shanggang followed Yang Guang on his northern tour. Didn't he see Qimin Khan personally weeding His Majesty's weeds?"
"The Turks cannot use troops. What about Tuyuhun? Tiele and Goguryeo?"
If Yang Xuangan realized something, he said: "Most of the civil and military officials in the imperial court are generals under my late father's command. There are many people who are friends with a certain person. I should try my best to tell him and persuade your majesty to go on an expedition."
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Liu Ziqiu knew that Yang Xuangan did rebel in history, but it should have been during Yang Guang's second expedition to Goguryeo. Unexpectedly, Wei Zheng inferred that Yang Xuangan had rebelled just from a letter from home, and Liu Ziqiu couldn't help but wonder about this most famous person in history.
The admonishers were impressed and saw that he was not only an upright man, but also a wise man.
"Everyone respects me as much as I respect others. I have no objection to reconciling with the Yang family." Liu Ziqiu hesitated, "But, can my people enter the Yang family's tall compound?"
Wei Zheng smiled and said, "You can't get in, but someone can."
Liu Ziqiu suddenly said: "You mean Li Xian!"
Li Xian was overjoyed when he received the news. He immediately wrote a letter and sent it to Luoyang on Pegasus. He arrived one day earlier than Yang Jishan. Because of Li Xian's letter, Yang Xuangan scolded Yang Jishan.
Jishan had no choice but to temporarily suppress the idea of revenge, and Changshan Village could finally live a peaceful life for a few days.
But since then, Liu Ziqiu has never arranged for villagers to work in the salt field. Since the actual control of the salt field is still in the hands of the Yang family, why does he have to let the villagers do hard labor? Just get 20% of the dividend every month.
Yes, this is also settled in the new agreement.
Li Xian is also very happy. He is a very dedicated person and has many own ideas about the salt field. Now that there is no one above him to tell him what to do, he can carry out the construction of the salt field in a drastic way according to his own ideas, and the salt field is actually
has been further developed.
Dongyue got back his dividend, although it was only 20%, but it was a full one thousand two hundred taels, much more than before. Liu Ziqiu still continued the rules set by Xiao Xin, each household received three taels, and the rest was used as the village
public.
Money is easy to do, and within a few days, the primary school in Changshan Village was built. Liu Ziqiu also asked Uncle Li and Third Aunt to go to the city and use the remaining money to buy paddy fields. The best paddy fields per acre
Twenty taels can buy fifty acres. Liu Ziqiu knows very well that this is a farming society after all. Only by saving more money and buying hundreds of acres of land can the villagers have a stable source of livelihood.
After the school was built, Liu Ziqiu immediately announced that all boys under the age of twelve and girls under the age of ten in the village must go to the school to study. The young men and teenagers in the village were divided into two groups. The young men were in charge of the village.
As daily guards, forty-eight teenagers were organized by Liu Ziqiu to train during the day and learn to read at night.
Except for a steel knife that Liu Ziqiu snatched from Yang Heihu, there is no real weapon in the village. However, Liu Ziqiu is not in a hurry. He is currently mainly engaged in formation and physical training, as well as enemy-catching boxing, military body boxing and
Bamboo spear assassination three items. But Liu Ziqiu pays special attention to actual combat. He will set aside an hour every afternoon for the teenagers to either fight in pairs or in groups. The actual combat training is very realistic. Teenagers are injured almost every day, but Liu Ziqiu refuses to relax for a moment.
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Another training is riding. Liu Ziqiu brought back five horses from Jiangdu and asked everyone to take turns to practice. The teenagers were most interested in riding horses, but now they suffered a lot for the five horses. People could rest, but the horses didn't.
At that time, these five horses were not good horses, and one of them was exhausted in just two days. Liu Ziqiu had no choice but to reduce the time for riding training.
Not only did the horses collapse from exhaustion, Liu Ziqiu noticed that the teenagers were also starting to lose energy. After asking, they found out that these teenagers only ate vegetables and rice porridge at home every day. It was just when the teenagers were growing, and they didn't have enough nutrition. How could they eat well?
High-intensity training? Liu Ziqiu immediately decided to gather the teenagers together to eat, ensuring that they had meat every meal, and adding an egg every morning.
The public silver coins in the village have been put to use, and Liu Ziqiu can only use the money that Liu Ziqiu brought from Xu Tingfu. The daily food for forty-eight teenagers is a huge expense, and the money is spent like water, which makes Gao Xiuer feel distressed.
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However, the effect of this was immediate. In just five or six days, the mental state of the young men had greatly changed. Each one of them became more lively and vigorous. They performed boxing exercises and assassinations with great success.
Everything seemed to be going smoothly, except for one thing. Every time it was time to read and write at night, the teenagers were all yawning, which was far worse than the children during the day. Wei Zheng's voice was hoarse, and the teenagers didn't listen much.
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After suffering for half a month, Wei Zheng finally couldn't bear it anymore and went to Liu Ziqiu to complain: "I really can't teach them, and the evening classes will be cancelled."
Liu Ziqiu's grades were average when he was in school, but he knew the importance of studying and refused politely: "That won't work, you must continue teaching."
"Why?" Wei Zheng asked puzzled, "Aren't you already in contact to buy land? They will be farming anyway in the future, and it doesn't matter whether they are literate or not."
Liu Ziqiu waved his hand and said: "I regard them as my brothers and family members. They cannot farm all their lives!"
Wei Zheng suddenly laughed and said, "I knew you were not that simple. Now you can tell me what your plans are!"