Chapter 838 Li Chengqian returns to Lijiazhuang to ask for advice
A few days later.
Li Xuan Courtyard, a group of guests came again!
"Cheng Qian, Xuan Ce, Yi Zhi has met Master!"
Li Chengqian, Wang Xuance, Fang Yizhi, Changsun Chong and Yuchi Baolin respectfully bowed their hands to Li Xuan.
"If you didn't stay in Weinan County honestly, why did you come back suddenly?"
Li Xuan was a little strange.
"Master, I have visited Weinan County during this term of office. Now I have a general understanding of the situation in Weinan County, so I came here to ask Master, how can Cheng Qian lead the people of Weinan County to become rich?"
Li Chengqian directly explained his intention.
"oh?"
Li Xuan glanced at Li Chengqian in surprise. Only then did he notice that Li Chengqian and Wang Xuance had become much more stable after not seeing each other for two months.
"You all know my Lijiazhuang very well. Based on the situation in Lijiazhuang, what do you think the people of Weinan County can do to make money?"
"this……"
Hearing this, Li Chengqian and Wang Xuance were stunned.
It seems that my master's operation is different from what they imagined?
However, fortunately, when they were walking around the townships in Weinan County, they were actually visiting. They all had an understanding of the conditions in each township in Weinan County, and they also tried to think about how to develop Weinan County and make Weinan County like Confucius.
The Lijiazhuang is just like that!
Therefore, after just thinking for a moment, Li Chengqian spoke.
"Master, Weinan County has more than 20,000 households and more than 70,000 people. Among them, there are only more than 20,000 young adults, more than 20,000 children, and the rest are old, women and weak!
Weinan County happens to pass south of the Wei River, and the people in Weinan County can build water conservancy projects, irrigation canals and reservoirs to store water next to the Wei River to prevent the food grown by the people from being damaged when there is a severe drought in the pass next year!"
"Um!"
Li Xuan nodded slightly, without any expression on his face.
Li Chengqian continued: "In addition, Chengqian plans to take the people of Weinan to raise pigs and chickens. After the number of chickens and pigs is raised, the people will not only be able to eat eggs on weekdays, but also chicken and pig meat.
You can take these chickens and pigs to Chang'an or Huazhou to sell!"
"In addition, we can encourage the people to open up wasteland and plant sweet potatoes, potatoes, and corn. In this way, the people can not only save some food in the winter, but the excess sweet potatoes, potatoes, and corn can also be sold in Chang'an or Huazhou to make money.
!”
"Um!"
Li Xuan nodded again.
Li Chengqian and Wang Xuance and others beside him could not help but be stunned again.
"Master, I wonder if the policy Cheng Qian mentioned is feasible?"
"Um?"
Li Xuan, who was still waiting for Li Chengqian to continue speaking, couldn't help but be stunned, "Have you finished speaking?"
Li Chengqian, Wang Xuance and others were in a stalemate.
Inexplicably, I couldn't help but feel nervous, as if the teacher was checking the homework.
"Master, the policies Cheng Qian mentioned are all based on Master's Lijiazhuang and Zhuangzi like us. Is it difficult to implement them?"
"no!"
Li Xuan slowly shook his head, "Actually, the three methods mentioned by Gao Ming can all be implemented, and they are enough for a prince."
Hearing this, Li Chengqian couldn't help but feel slightly relaxed.
Unexpectedly, Li Xuan continued: "What a pity, you are still the magistrate of Weinan County!"
"Master, please correct me!"
Li Chengqian quickly raised his hands and asked for advice.
Li Xuan asked directly: "You want to build water conservancy projects on the Wei River and build irrigation canals and reservoirs for the people in Weinan. This is a matter of benefit to the country and the people!"
However, I wonder if you have ever thought about how you want to build water conservancy projects? Should you directly order people to be recruited, or should you hire people?
Moreover, you have to think that since ancient times, building roads, bridges, and water conservancy projects have been a waste of time and money! How can you guarantee that the people of Weinan County will actively listen to you, the Weinan County Magistrate, and do your best to build irrigation canals?
Build a reservoir?”
Hearing this, Li Chengqian, Wang Xuance and others couldn't help but fell silent.
However, Li Xuan did not stop, but continued to ask: "Also, do you want the people to raise pigs and chickens?"
"So, I want to know that the people in Weinan County have begun to get richer. Do they have extra food to feed pigs and chickens? Or, do they have extra money to buy piglets and chickens?"
"Furthermore, you encourage the people in Weinan County to reclaim wasteland and plant sweet potatoes, potatoes and corn in the wasteland? I don't know how many acres of land each of the 20,000 households in Weinan County needs to cultivate every year?
Do they have the energy to reclaim wasteland?
If 20,000 households plant sweet potatoes, potatoes, and corn, they will surely have a good harvest.
However, have sweet potato, potato, and corn seeds become popular in Weinan County? If Weinan County has not popularized them, how can they obtain sweet potato, potato, and corn seeds?
Or, you can spend your own money to buy sweet potatoes, potatoes, and corn seeds? Is it possible to give these seeds to the people of Weinan County for free?
Furthermore, do the people in Weinan County know how high the yield of sweet potatoes, potatoes, and corn are and how high their value is?
Will they be grateful to you? Are what you are doing inspired by yourself? Can the people realize how much benefit you have done to them?"
"Please master, please teach me!"
After listening, Li Chengqian's eyes lit up and he felt enlightened. He quickly stood up and saluted Li Xuan.
Similarly, Wang Xuance, Fang Yizhi, Chang Sun Chong and others on the side also looked at Li Xuan expectantly.
They have been in Weinan County for two months, and they already know a lot about the situation in Weinan County.
Fortunately, when they went there, none of the county captains and county magistrates in Weinan County had been promoted and transferred.
Li Chengqian, Changsun Chong and others just showed that they are the sons of nobles, and they are also the sons of top nobles.
The county magistrates, county lieutenants and others in Weinan County thought that Li Chengqian and Changsun Chong, these noble sons, came to Weinan County to gild, stayed for a year and a half and left. The county magistrates, county lieutenants and others in Weinan County,
I was respectful every day and just wanted to wait for the first half of the year and send Li Chengqian and Changsun Chong away.
As a result, Li Chengqian, Changsun Chong and others went very smoothly in Weinan County, and no one came out to cause trouble.
However, after what Li Xuan said, they suddenly realized that unless Li Chengqian revealed his identity as the crown prince to the county captain and county magistrate of Weinan County, it would be impossible for them to carry out their hidden plot in Weinan County.
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At least those county lieutenants and county magistrates will not let these noble sons and daughters do whatever they want!
After thinking for a while, Li Xuan said: "Winter is coming soon and the land is frozen. If you want to build water conservancy, you can only wait until next year."
"However, you can draw a water conservancy land map based on the land conditions in Weinan County and the river conditions in Weinan County. You can mark the locations of irrigation canals and reservoirs on the map.
Then, gather together the villages and people from the acres of land that canals and reservoirs can cover, and show them the benefits of building canals and reservoirs to them, especially the village leaders and clan elders of each village!
The people all rely on farmland for their livelihood, and all of this is closely related to them. You only need to show them the drawings to let them know that the water conservancy project can benefit their own homes. When it rains continuously for days, the reservoir can be used to store water, so that they can
Their crops will not suffer from waterlogging, and they can still water the crops with the reservoir during drought; and with irrigation canals, they can still water them through the irrigation canals even if there is a severe drought.
In this way, after they fully understand the benefits of building water conservancy projects, the morale of the people will be strong!"
"Moreover, can you show off your abilities as noble sons? For example, you can borrow bombs, and when you encounter land that is difficult to dig, you can use bombs to blow them up, so that the people can save more effort.
Alternatively, you can recruit strong men from those villages. Each strong man will be given five cents per day, two kilograms of grain, one tael of bacon, and one tael of salt. Moreover, they will be paid on a daily basis. As long as they finish their work for a day, they will be paid.
Give it a day.
In this way, without spending much money, the people can eat and drink, subsidize their families, and build water conservancy for their own homes. Naturally, they are willing to go, and they are all very willing to go!"
"In addition, who of you has a village in Weinan County? You can take advantage of these few days when the land in the fields can be replanted to build a ten-acre glass greenhouse in Zhuangzi in Weinan County to separate sweet potatoes and potatoes.
, corn, peppers, pumpkins and so on.
When the sweet potatoes, potatoes, corn, and peppers are mature, the county magistrates, county lieutenants, and a group of high-prestige village elders from Weinan County are invited to watch the harvest of sweet potatoes, potatoes, and corns.
After letting them see with their own eyes the harvest of sweet potatoes, potatoes, and corn, they will naturally be eager to plant sweet potatoes, potatoes, and corn.
At that time, you only need to go to Weinan County to buy some sweet potatoes, potatoes, corn and other seeds and seedlings, and the people in Weinan County will naturally rush to buy from you!"
“As for raising chickens and raising hogs, they are complementary to planting fields.
You can only encourage people to raise chickens and pigs, sell piglets and chickens to the people at low prices, and send people to teach them how to raise pigs and chickens!
For example, after planting potatoes and sweet potatoes, you can use potatoes and sweet potato leaves, or ragweed, and mix them together, and the hogs will especially like to eat them.
As for chickens, corn, and pumpkins, you can feed chickens and pigs, and you can also feed chickens and pigs with leftovers!”
"You can also send people to teach the people in each village to build special manure tanks. The excrement of pigs and chickens can be specially used, turned into fertilizer, and sprinkled on the land to improve the soil and increase fertility!"
"Also, I don't know how many cattle there are in Weinan County, right now?
However, you can send people to Shunzhou, Yuzhou, Huazhou, Changzhou, Dingxiang, and Yunzhong. Now they have a large number of cattle. You can buy a large amount of farmland from them.
Cattle, raised in Weinan County!
If there are people or villages who can buy it, you can sell it to them.
If no one buys it, you can raise it yourself, and then rent it to them every year when you cultivate the land. You can charge two or three pence for cultivating an acre of land, or you can set the price yourself. Anyway, you only need to combine the purchase of cattle with the annual
The cost of raising cattle can be paid out!"
"besides……"
After finishing speaking in one breath, Li Xuan lay down on the sofa, picked up the teacup beside him, and drank slowly.
Li Chengqian, Wang Xuance and others had shocked faces and bright eyes.
After a while, several people slowly came back to their senses.
"Thank you, Master!"
Li Xuan waved his hands indifferently and said: "If you really want to thank me, just find more delicacies in the world for me in the future!"
Li Chengqian, Wang Xuance and others could not help but laugh with ridicule.
"Master is joking, all the delicacies in the world can be found in Master's Manor!"
"That's just a lack of knowledge on your part!"
Li Xuan said angrily.
"Okay, do you have anything else?"
Hearing this, Li Chengqian quickly laughed and said: "Master, we want to build cement roads and concrete houses for the people of Weinan County. I wonder if you have any good ideas?"
"Um?"
Li Xuan turned his head and took a deep look at Li Chengqian.
"You have all built cement houses for your respective households. How much money does it cost to build a house? You all know the amount in your mind. Do you think the people of Weinan County can afford it with their current financial resources?"
Li Chengqian hurriedly said: "Master, Chengqian remembers that Master said before that after the bank is opened, the Housing and Construction Department can borrow money from the bank to build houses, and then after the construction is completed, the people..."
Before he finished speaking, Li Chengqian was stunned!
Li Xuan chuckled lightly, "How much money do you think it takes to buy a cement house? How many families in Weinan County can afford it?"
Li Chengqian couldn't help but sigh helplessly.
"Gao Ming, banks are opened for wealthy aristocratic families and wealthy businessmen. As for cement houses, only wealthy aristocratic families and wealthy businessmen can afford them!"
Li Xuan said quietly, "As for the poor people, at most they only work as hard labor when building cement houses and paving cement roads, earning some hard money from it."
"Gao Ming, at this stage, as long as the people have enough food at home and have more children, it is a serious matter. If they want to afford to live in cement houses, they will need at least five, even ten or fifty years of hard work.
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However, the lives of the people now are much better than ever before, at least they won’t go hungry!
If you, the crown prince of the Tang Dynasty, work harder so that everyone in the Tang Dynasty has enough clothes to wear and no longer suffers from the cold, they will all be satisfied!"
"Master, Cheng Qian knows!"
Li Chengqian's spirit was shaken, and he cupped his hands and fists.
Then, he remembered something and asked again: "Master, if we teach the people in Weinan County to grow sweet potatoes, potatoes, corn, and raise hogs and chickens, it won't be enough for all the farmers in Cheng Qian and others' villages combined!"
"No problem!"
Li Xuan looked relaxed.
"At that time, I can lend you some manpower from the village. Or, the farm next door to Lijiazhuang is the Twelve Guards Farm. You, the prince of the Tang Dynasty, can borrow a hundred people from the farm who can grow sweet potatoes, potatoes, and corn.
Pawn, you should still be able to borrow it!"
"Thank you for the reminder, Master!"
Li Chengqian, Wang Xuance and others immediately relaxed.
Li Xuan said again: "However, if you want to borrow people to teach the people in Weinan County to grow sweet potatoes, potatoes, corn, and raise hogs and chickens, you will need to pay tuition!"
"tuition fee?"
Li Chengqian couldn't help but be stunned.
"Exactly!"
Li Xuan nodded slightly.
"Whether it's the people in my village or the veterans from the farm next door, they go all the way to Weinan County to teach the people to grow sweet potatoes, potatoes, corn, and also teach them to raise poultry and livestock such as hogs and chickens. This is all knowledge and communication.