This kind of attention itself was not noticed by anyone, but the effect it produced was still very obvious, that is, there began to be signs of skyrocketing prices and the rise of thieves in China.
Although it is only a sign and is far from reaching the stage of "surge" and "swarm rise", the situation has emerged after all, and the most important thing is.
This situation has not happened for a long time since the first year of Zhenguan and even since the founding of the Tang Dynasty.
Naturally, it was reported in the end, and officials from various prefectures and counties were also quite surprised. They had never heard of a famine and a bad harvest, so why were there so many thieves and soaring prices?
While the prices of key commodities have skyrocketed, food prices have inexplicably dropped a lot. Farmers have also begun to complain, because although farming now provides a stable source of food and clothing, if food prices drop even slightly, they will no longer make money at all.
So under this situation, many farmers naturally came up with the idea of buying melon and fruit seeds to plant them, because after all, planting melons and fruits replaces the food that falls on the ground, although this may seem a bit unorthodox.
As a farmer who has been digging in the soil for generations, I always feel uneasy, but there is nothing wrong with it when I think about it.
Didn’t you see that the educated gentlemen in the city say that humans are killed by birds? Does this mean that if you can make money, you can grow anything you want without taboos?
But when this kind of thing spreads to the ears of state and county officials, something doesn't sound right. Farmers are planting fruits instead of growing food.
Taken in isolation, that's all. It doesn't matter what you plant...it doesn't really matter.
Because the current prosperity of the Tang Dynasty was not due to the substantial increase in grain production, but because of the increase in the entire agricultural production capacity, which was based on this thing.
In other words, no matter what farmers grow today, as long as everyone goes back to growing food when there is a shortage of food, after all, the production capacity itself is there, so it won't be a problem.
But this thing,
Taken together with the increase in thieves and rising prices.
It makes people feel that something is wrong!
But what exactly was wrong, the officials from various states and counties in the east and west, this group of traditional scholar-bureaucrats could not tell, so they had to report it first.
Obviously, although this situation is not a catastrophe, in the world view of the scholar-officials in China, this is a prelude to a catastrophe. Although they can't figure out what is wrong here, it soon became clear that it was
Along the way, I reported to several prime ministers and ministers.
But Wei Zheng and others, like Li Er, have been focusing on the submarine issue recently, so naturally.
And then again, although there are sporadic but actually serious people's livelihood problems among the people, this does not ultimately affect the "ism" of Wei Zheng and others.
The so-called "ism", any kind of "ism", the popular version of these two words itself is "core KPI", and the core KPI of Wei Zhengfang, Du Chang, Sun Wuji, Lao Qin and Lao Cheng, these ministers have always been
Let the entire empire continue to be aggressive externally, and the so-called "enterprise" simply means making profits.
In other words, even if there are clearly visible livelihood issues, their work content will not change.
Naturally, the people are full of resentment and boiling secretly, and accordingly.
On the surface, the eyes staring at things on the seaside do not exist. Except for Li Er and his group, no one from all parties pays attention to this strange new thing called "submarine", but in fact there are still people who care about it.
of.
Not only do you care, but you care very much!
Li Er and others had never seen this kind of situation before, so they instinctively skipped these situations, subconsciously thinking that this was an accidental situation that would inevitably result when the strategic game reached a certain level of intensity. However, in the eyes of others, this was not the case.
So simple.
These "other people" are naturally the younger generation of scholars in various states and counties.
After observing these scholars, their mentality was not as stable as that of Li Er and others, and a lot of thinking began. However, before any conclusions could be drawn, new changes had already taken place.
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Although Wang Jing, Pei Ji and the others decided to join the Romans.
Moreover, I had already calculated in advance that the decision to join the Romans was not necessarily reliable.
As for why it is unreliable, it can only be said that the human species has such a personality.
Therefore, we still need to have our own army. Although it is not easy to build an army on land, the key point is that Li Er, a swordsman, is too powerful to mobilize these Guizhou leaders. This kind of guy has the most precious stones, so as a brother with the fifth surname and Qi Wang, how can he
Even if a team could be formed, it would be nothing in comparison. What's the use of building an army whose combat effectiveness can't keep up?
But armies in the world are not limited to those on land. Armies can also be established at sea, and to be honest - at least for Wang Jing and others, an army composed of sea ships is obviously more useful.
Because this thing can not only increase the united front value of the Five Surnames and Seven Hopes to the Romans, but it can also be used to continuously obtain economic benefits!
The key point is that Li Er has nothing to do with such an army. The sea is vast and it is too easy for everyone to be invisible. They are not afraid of Li Er's heroic soldiers at all.
To build an army, Wang Jing and others naturally need to recruit troops!
Although the main body of this maritime army is ships rather than people, after all, it cannot be without people. Ships always have to be driven by people.
As for this selection.
Originally, Wang Jing and others planned that this special army was of course a violent machine. Since it was a violent machine, how could they not control it in their own hands?
But in a second thought, everyone realized that this was obviously impossible, because there were not that many children in the Qiwang family with the fifth surname.
It's not that the absolute number is not that large, but being a ship boss requires ability, and there are really not enough people among the family members who can take on big responsibilities. At this time.
Originally, if this army was Li Er's army, if time went back to when everyone was still in control of the court, it would be very simple for Wang Jing and his gang. They could just cram people into the key positions inside. No matter what happens, problems would arise.
It's Li Er's fault - of course, this operation is difficult to achieve, because the princes and generals in the early Tang Dynasty are still there, and the most terrible thing is that Li Jiancheng, a birdman, is also a boiling fog, and even the purges can't figure it out.
But the general idea is that, but now this army is drawn by everyone themselves.
The issue of winning or losing is not under Li Er's control. He has to be responsible for it himself, which is more troublesome.
After thinking about it, for Wang Jing and others, it seems that there are not many choices available. They can only think of ways to recruit soldiers, and the specific question is who to recruit.
