With a clean cut, Feng Ji completed a performance of separation of heads with endless regret.
Yuan Tan's attack not only frightened his generals, but also made Yuan Shang realize the reality——
Yuan Tan is not a big scapegoat who wants to be picked on by them! If the situation is really not right, at worst, we can all play together!
At this time, Yuan Shang did not dare to sit leisurely and contentedly in Yecheng and watch the tiger fight.
However, Yuan Shang was still unwilling to provide his soldiers and armor to Yuan Tan, so he decided to personally lead the army from Yecheng to Liyang and join forces with Yuan Tan to resist Cao Cao.
Because Cao Cao actually sent troops in a hurry, seeing that Yuan Tan and Yuan Shang had barely built a bridge of cooperation, after hesitating for a while, Cao Cao also withdrew towards the south bank of the river.
Although He Yan in Xuchang was not brought to the battlefield by Cao Cao this time, he was not as indifferent as when he faced Cao Pi. He was always paying attention to the situation in the north.
After learning that the outcome of the war was indeed as he expected, He Yan breathed a sigh of relief.
"The rest will be left to brothers Yuan Tan and Yuan Shang themselves."
If nothing else, the scripts that the two brothers will perform in Hebei in the future can be described as bizarre. As long as Cao Cao is patient enough, he can eat Hebei into his belly bit by bit.
"Marquis Shen is having a good time these days!"
Yang Xiu, who had eaten beef once in Hewu, was completely obsessed with this bite, so he came to Heyan for a visit, hoping to eat it again.
"It's not that leisurely, but Yuan Shao is dead, after all, I can breathe a sigh of relief."
Yang Xiu didn't regard himself as an outsider. He sat directly in front of He Yan and asked: "Marquis Shen is brave and good at fighting. Why don't you go with Sikong this time? I heard that even the prince went with Sikong. If Marquis Shen also goes together,
If so, maybe we can capture Liyang!"
He Yan did not agree with Yang Xiu's blind optimism: "In terms of bravery, how can I not compare with General Zhang Liao and Le Jin who accompanied the army this time? This time Sikong sent troops to Liyang, he was trying to take advantage of it. Since he couldn't take advantage,
There is nothing to regret."
From the current point of view, Yuan Shao's group of staff were obviously correct in supporting Yuan Shang. At least they did not give Cao Cao an opportunity to take advantage of him, so He Yan was not surprised that Cao Cao did not achieve results.
"What Lord Shen said is true! Haha!"
Yang Xiu himself was also very smart. He could see that Cao Cao was taking a gamble when sending troops this time, so he did not get too entangled in the matter.
"Marquis Shen, actually I have one more thing to ask when I come here this time."
He Yan glanced at Yang Xiu across from him: "There are not many things that Dezu can come to "ask for advice" on. If there are, then it is probably only about newly learned things."
"almost."
Yang Xiu and He Yan have known each other for a long time, and they know that He Yan is a scumbag in terms of knowledge of classics and meanings. Discussing literature with He Yan is basically playing the piano to an ox. The two parties can talk on the same channel apart from eating, drinking and having fun.
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"The workshops near Xuchang are already fully open... This is a good thing, but when I checked the account books a few days ago, I found that the money I earned has decreased."
Of course, what Yang Xiuwei wants is not the small amount of money.
What he cares about is the potential of this model.
If the potential of the workshop model can only reach this level, then Yang Xiu himself has to consider how far this road can go.
"I went to ask my father, and he only said that he asked me to come find you. He said that you have a lot of creative ideas in your mind, such as improving textile machines or tables and chairs... Marquis Shen, how about you?
Give me some advice?"
He Yan touched his chin and thought to himself: "Is the market saturated so quickly?"
Also, although Xuchang was the imperial capital of the Han Dynasty, it was far less prosperous than Chang'an and Luoyang in those days, and its combined population was less than 100,000 households. This amount of people really can't digest much.
"Dezu, improving textile machinery, to put it bluntly, means improving technology. You can't rely on me or you for this, but on people like Ma Jun."
He Yan deceived Yang Xiudao: "Instead of coming to me, it is better to rely on the power of your Hongnong Yang family to find these skilled craftsmen and let them think about it."
Yang Xiu frowned: "Is this really effective? I think Ma Jun has been at your place for a long time, but he hasn't come up with anything new."
"Do you think it's about laying an egg? If you squat over there, a golden egg will be laid for you?"
After insulting Yang Xiu politely, He Yan explained to Yang Xiu in detail how to use these technical talents——
"These people are the kind of people who have been eating and drinking for free for ten years, but as soon as they get their brains straightened out, they can bring you endless profits! You have to be patient with them!"
Yang Xiu still didn't understand: "What if their brains are not clear all the time?"
"If you don't get enlightened, you won't get enlightened! As long as they can persevere, their results will always be useful, and maybe his disciples and grandchildren will get enlightened!"
Yang Xiu smiled bitterly: "Good guy! Isn't this cycle a bit too long?"
"What Xinxue has to do is to change the day. If our generation can finish everything, it only shows that Xinxue has limited potential and cannot place the hopes of all of us at all."
He Yan expressed his understanding of Yang Xiu's complaints.
China pays great attention to "applying what you learn", wishing you could dig out a talented prime minister and assistant from any state or county, and find a general who can fight in hundreds of battles from the ranks... As for training? Even if there is one, it will take a few years to train him.
A few times is enough, who would give you that much time and opportunity?
In fact, when it comes to training people, a few times a few years is enough. But if you want to train a technology or even a knowledge, it will take a hundred years to succeed.
It is estimated that they will realize this only after the Hewu Seven Courtyards are completely established and those aristocratic families are made aware of the "cruelty of capital".
"Marquis Shen, isn't it the same as what you said and what you didn't say?"
Yang Xiu spread his hands: "Can I just wait and wait? When will they make something new?"
"..."
He Yan was speechless at Yang Xiu's slowness.
And Yang Xiu obviously saw the idiot look in He Yan's eyes. After all, he often looked at others with that look.
"Dezu, why do you have to take the hostage?"
"Although quality control is definitely the final path for the workshop, if you don't have enough money and resources, how can you guarantee that you will survive until the day when new things come out?"
He Yan's words were very explicit. Yang Xiu immediately widened his eyes and blurted out to He Yan: "Go ahead!"
"bingo!"
The market in Xuchang is only so small, so it’s not surprising that He Yan is saturated.
But besides Xuchang, there is Yingchuan County! There is also Yuzhou! There is also the Central Plains! There is also Jiuzhou!
Not to mention the market saturation in Kyushu, even if the market in Central Plains is only saturated, the profits will be beyond everyone's imagination. Is Yang Xiu still afraid that Xinxue will have no future?
"At this time, we need businessmen."
Let merchants form a network all over the world, then explore the needs of various places, and finally stimulate production.
In this process, the profit earned by the businessman was even greater than that of the workshop owner, so He Yan did not think about not eating this piece of fat.
At this moment, Yang Xiu suddenly realized something, his eyes lit up and he said, "So that's what it meant! I knew that Marquis Shen really had a back-up plan!"
"It's not a backhand. Even if I didn't say it, everyone would have discovered it sooner or later."
He Yan slightly propped up his chin with his hands.
"The reason why I didn't say it before is because most of the people in the Central Plains have experienced the ravages of war and can't even afford to eat...Such people obviously don't have the money to buy produced goods."
"But now that the manure method has been promoted, not to say that all the people in the Central Plains have already lived and worked in peace and contentment, but at least they have enough capital to resist the disaster, so now is actually the best opportunity to start."
Let the people create domestic demand. The first thing to do is to make the people rich!
If the people can't even afford to eat and are about to starve to death, no matter how exquisite utensils you put in front of them, they will still be indifferent.
"In addition, we must make people richer and richer so that they will buy more things."
"As for the way to make people rich, farming is impossible. After all, I have never seen any people save money by farming."
"This is the time for our two grain stores to exert their strength."
By using the resources at hand to acquire farmland, a large number of agricultural people can be converted into workshop people.
But there is a degree to this.
When Zhongyuan Grain Store and Guanzhong Grain Store have a large amount of farmland in their hands, they must also plant these fields. They cannot say that they will take away the land and not plant it. Otherwise, it will be a devastating blow to this new and fragile ecology.
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To solve this problem, we must either promote a large increase in population so that there is no shortage of people in both farmland and workshops, or we must make a breakthrough in planting technology and replace quantity with efficiency.
"This requires Xun Lingjun's efforts."
To promote population growth, the government is definitely an expert in this regard.
When a large number of businessmen start to take action, the tax revenue from the government will definitely be indispensable.
As long as Xun Lingjun takes a little part to encourage production, the population of the Central Plains will definitely usher in an explosive growth in the future.
Once the population is reached, 90% of the problems in the development of new learning will basically be solved. All He Yan can do is wait.
After Yang Xiu listened to He Yan's step-by-step plan, his eyes looked a little hairy.
"Marquis Shen... I just came to ask you about the development of the workshop. Are your plans too far ahead?"
"Is it far?"
He Yan scratched his head: "It seems a bit far away... Come on, let's continue talking about the company!"
The wealthy merchants of the Eastern Han Dynasty were far superior to those of the Western Han Dynasty in both quantity and quality. This was all because these wealthy merchants had powerful forces behind them.
Even if not, these sophisticated businessmen will immediately provide themselves with a protective umbrella when they see something is wrong, sacrificing money to buy peace.
For example, Wei Zhen's father Wei Zi was to Cao Cao, Mi Zhu and Mi Fang were to Liu Bei, and Lu Su was to Sun Ce and Zhou Yu in the early years.
Since the Hongnong Yang family is behind Yang Xiu, he must have some ready-made big businessmen at his disposal, which is very convenient.
On the contrary, He Yan... has not received help from a rich man so far, so he can only start from scratch.
But facts have proven that as long as there are resources, no matter how "made from scratch" things are, it will not be so "made from scratch".
He Yan and Yang Xiu are both celebrities in Xuchang City. Whenever they make any trouble, others will automatically gather around them.
After learning that He Yan wanted to form a caravan, everyone immediately sent people to send people, money to those who had money, and information to those who had information. It only took less than half a month to create a caravan with a scale of a thousand people.
He's Firm has basically been established.
Naturally, He Yan handed over this business name to He Kui, the family member who came to join him from Nanyang.
After getting along with each other these days, He Yan also found that He Kui was indeed a good person, and leaving it to him would save him a lot of trouble.
But all this undoubtedly drove Cao Pi, who followed Cao Cao back from the expedition, crazy!
With a sad face, he walked on the floor of He Yan's house and played rogue: "He Yan! Every time you secretly make money behind my back! Last time you said you wanted to help me make money, you didn't say anything! You liar! 嘘嘤
Wow!"
Speaking of being sad, Cao Pi was rolling on the ground alone, completely ignoring He Yan standing in front of him.
"Okay! Stop howling! There are countless people staring at you in the court. If you also reach out and touch the caravan, will you still have a good life in the future?"
In any case, while the old school forces still have the upper hand, it would be better for Cao Pi, Prince Sikong, to avoid being contaminated by these things as much as possible.
“Uuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu
He Yan: "..."
Helplessly squatting down, He Yan said to Cao Pi, who was rolling around: "It's true what I said before that I would help you make money! And now is the right time. If you don't get up, I won't take you to play!"
brush!
Cao Pi looked like a ghost, and he stood up straight immediately. In this short period of time, he even bounced off the dust from his body!
"How short of money do you have?"
"Stop talking nonsense! He Yan! Tell me how to make money?"
He Yan pointed out a clear path to Cao Pi——
"In the future, businesses will definitely have to travel around major cities, and they will definitely use a lot of copper coins every time they buy and sell goods... But carrying copper coins is not only heavy and time-consuming, but also very unsafe and easy to be robbed by bandits.
Can you figure it out?"
"certainly!"
Cao Pi nodded heavily.
In fact, his grandfather Cao Song was targeted and killed by thieves because he brought too much money. Cao Pi was not too familiar with this!
"Then why don't you open a kind of shop in various places and let the caravans exchange money in this shop?"
"For example, when a businessman sells goods worth 10 million yuan in Chang'an, he can choose to hand over all the money to your shop and go on the road with only a voucher. Then when the businessman arrives in Xuchang,
Just use this certificate to withdraw your own money."
"As for your shop, you can rely on charging handling fees... You can think about how much you can make from such a no-cost business!"
My throat finally feels better today, but my head hurts again, but it feels like it’s coming to an end and I’ll definitely be able to recover before New Year’s Day...right?