Chapter 75: The development here is afraid of jealousy

The weather gradually became colder, and it was just cold. You just needed to add a piece of clothing outside. It was still possible to wear thinly during the day in the morning and evening. This was the temperature here.

The family members who followed Zhang Zhong were curious about this climate, except for Zhang Xiaobao and Wang Juan. Even though they knew it would be like this when they came, the fur transported from the capital could not be made into clothes, but could be made into various furniture.

Zhang Xiaobao and Wang Juan were originally planning to get a spring and then make a comfortable big bed. They found that if steel is good, it would be difficult to find it with good elastic iron.

The two of them discussed for a few days and found Li Xun and wanted to continue working with him to start a business. Xin'er didn't have to worry about it. She was still studying the dolls there. Although it was just a cover with cotton stuffed inside, it was not easy to make it. The main reason was that others would not just hold the dolls when they were ragdolls, and might even fiddle with them to make various moves.

The cotton stuffed inside cannot reach the skill where Zhang Xiaobao and Wang Juan were, and they could roll it up. This requires a lot of wire mesh to be fixed inside, which cannot affect the doll's movements outside.

Xin'er felt that it was the beginning of her success and would make more money than what she had done before, so she was very devoted and wanted to create a system for this kind of doll, and she also wanted to make more improvements in the future.

Li Xun has not been with Zhang Xiaobao and Wang Juan these two days, but has been guarding the cotton fields, wanting to see if growing such cotton is more beneficial than growing food. He is afraid that some people will occupy good fertile fields for the sake of cotton, so it would be fine if this thing is not allowed.

After watching these two days, Li Xun found that planting elsewhere might not be good, but it is still good here in Luzhou. The land here is vast and sparsely populated, far inferior to Chang'an. There are many lands in wasteland, and some places still have trees. If the family has a large population, those trees may be cut down and turned into fertile land. Such lands can be rented out in the past few years.

When Zhang Xiaobao and Wang Juan found Li Xun, Li Xun had already stuck a bunch of cotton and didn't clean up. He brought the cotton wool to the riverside of one of the two big rivers. Zhang Xiaobao and Wang Juan were in this place, thinking about how to raise fish.

As soon as Li Xun arrived, he said to the two people excitedly: "I decided to plant more cotton here, there are a lot of idle land there, and you can cut down the trees on the mountain and continue planting them. There are so many mountains behind, and there are too many trees to use up."

Zhang Xiaobao and Wang Juan have already discussed this kind of thing. They will not stop others from cutting down, but they themselves do not want to do this, especially the 100,000 mountains behind. Although the area of ​​the 100,000 mountains at that time was not small, there were many species of animals and plants inside, which was far worse than now.

The two of them wanted to protect this place and leave it to their descendants. There was no other way to make money, so why bother to destroy it? The two of them were planning to talk about the sofa when they came to Li Xun. The leather brought from the north was very good. If they made it out, they could sell it to the rich family here.

In this way, you can cooperate with the sale of cotton. Make some cotton mats, or pillows, and a sofa. It is not only comfortable to sit, but also uses cotton mats to absorb sweat. Then you can change the mats and even provide work to some local individuals, such as cotton mats.

When the two heard Li Xun make up their minds to the top of the 100,000 mountain, they looked at each other, and Zhang Xiaobao said: "It is okay to cut down trees, but you cannot cut down trees inside. Remember not to cut them out after they are finished. We only earn money from trees, which are used to make paper or furniture.

You have to calculate the growth time of the tree, divide it into pieces, and then cut it and replant one piece. Forget about cotton, there are still many open spaces here. You can improve these lands, and you don’t have to worry about saline-alkali land. Use a lot of water to repeatedly rinse it, which is enough to plant cotton."

"Ah? You can't cut the trees and plant cotton? You have to plant trees again? So many trees take up space, so it's better to make money if you keep them for growth. If you want to flush the saline-alkali land, it will take at least three years. By then, your father will not be here."

Li Xun was very confused about environmental protection matters, so he couldn't understand why the trees could not be cut down and turned into fertile fields. Now the court is encouraging the people to do this, but Zhang Xiaobao is in opposition to the court.

"Just thinking about myself?" Wang Juan spoke at this time. Seeing Li Xun looking over, he continued, "Do you know why few people died in the flood this time?"

"I know, it's because Xiaobao's father is here, otherwise many people will die." Li Xun did not deny Zhang Zhong's contribution, but this seems to have nothing to do with what he said?

"What rushes down from the upstream is water and trees, with only a little bit of mud and sand. If all the trees are cut off, the next time there will be a lot of soil, there will be a lot of soil. Not to mention the wood raft, even the iron raft cannot be stopped. They must be buried inside.

The roots of trees will capture the soil. Only when there are too many trees will the mountain be stable. It will be divided into several years of cutting and planting, and you will be able to obtain the resources of these trees. Don’t underestimate these trees. You can make boats, make paper, and make furniture. Cut some of them every year, cut them and plant them again. This will never be extinguished.

Otherwise, if you cut some, others will cut some, and only cut them but not seeds. When our descendants cry and scold our ancestors, you will have no chance to regret it. Even if you change the governor here, it will be nothing. We can buy these places when Xiaobao's father is still in office.

Several of our families paid for it, and the place belonged to us. The money will be entered into the state government office for infrastructure construction. Then you won’t worry anymore. Don’t you still want to treat this place as a place to visit?"

Wang Juan really didn't want to move 100,000 mountains. That would be too much of a prodigal person. How many people does the entire Tang Dynasty have now? How many land can be used? The land here can actually be residing, which means planting for a year and resting for a year. Is there not enough land to grow food?

Now there is no need to worry about low grain output. There are Sinong Temple to study and Zhang Family's research. Then we can just combine the research results. I heard that Sinong Temple has already studied a lot of good seeds, but one is that transportation is inconvenient, and the other is that the seeds will degenerate.

With the development, this is not a problem. The transportation aspect can be solved. Isn’t it just road construction? What a simple thing. As long as you are willing to pay, you can just start to build roads across the country when you make more money. After a few years, you will start to build roads across the country. After a section of the construction, you will open the store and guide local logistics.

Things are done by people. If you and Xiaobao know what you will do in the future, it is a pain that the soul cannot bear. If people nowadays do not have this consciousness, then cultivate them and always leave something for their descendants, and there are rules.

Li Xun's head still couldn't turn around for a moment, but this didn't matter. He believed that what Zhang Xiaobao and Wang Juan said would not be wrong. Since the two of them had such plans, let's listen to them.

Thinking of this, Li Xun said to the two of them: "Then do what you said, and now we will start to lure the water from the two big rivers into some saline-alkali lands, soak them first, and then plant things when the soak is almost done. If it really doesn't work, let's go to other places to plant them."

"Yes, go to other places to plant, such as in other countries, buy a piece of land, or buy a place with trees, cut off the trees, and then turn them into fertile fields. Those woods can be used as things and can produce in the fields."

Zhang Xiaobao still recognizes this aspect. He is not from the Environmental Protection Association. He just feels sorry for his country. The good or bad of other countries has nothing to do with him. He is not so selfless that he takes world peace as his responsibility. As long as he lives well, what if everyone in other countries dies?

Wang Juan knew what Zhang Xiaobao was thinking when he heard what he said. It was too early to mention such things now, so it would be better to do what he should do first.

"Mr. Li, this time I came to you to discuss some things. We already know the saline-alkali land and the approximate location is clear. We don't plan to brew it with fresh water immediately, but want to dig out a large pond in that place and raise the fish here."

When Wang Juan saw that Li Xun mentioned the place where cotton was planted and salt-alkali land was mentioned, let’s talk about this issue first, and the matter of making sofas was really delayed.

Li Xun didn't expect that the two of them came here to discuss the fish raising. He asked in confusion: " Raise fish in the sea? Do you have to get the sea water there? There are already fish in the sea, so what else can you raise? There are so many that you can't catch them."

"The breeds you raise are not fish you can see casually. For example, some fish have red and yellow bodies, and some fish that can't catch a few days, so raise them."

Wang Juan introduced the fish farming incident. She felt that new varieties were produced every day and the original varieties were destroyed every day, even if humans were not destroyed, it was just that human development accelerated this process.

It contains animals, plants, and some microorganisms. Since it is not able to retain all varieties now, it will cultivate new varieties as much as possible and then exchange them for money.

This is what Zhang Xiaobao and Wang Juan are here. Zhang Xiaobao added: "The water from this river is fresh water. You can use a net to block the large fresh water fish, so that you can eat two kinds of fish that come out of the water here.

When you reach the sea, you don’t have to worry about the part you enter. If you have a fish that can withstand the sea water, then swim over. If you can’t withstand it, you will naturally stay here. The same is true for the fish in the sea. Both sides can be integrated together. When the egg spawning season, new fish may appear.

Especially for fish of different colors and different lengths, we raise these fish separately, and the small fish that are grown after the fish lays eggs are the same. Then we can cultivate them bit by bit and turn them into ornamental fish. As long as we prepare them, it is easy to sell one of them thousands of stagnant ones.

Is Mr. Li willing to join in? Maybe he has invested a lot in the early stage and will not see any profit in a few years. If he is willing, Mr. Li will take out two thousand guan, which is 10% of Mr. Li."

"Two thousand guan is 10%?" Li Xun was attracted by this plan, but when he heard the money, he hesitated again. If he used two thousand guan to calculate 10% of guan, it means that the Zhang and Wang families would have to take out at least 18,000 guan. He didn't know whether it was appropriate to use 20,000 guan to raise fish, which seemed a bit expensive.

"Xiaobao, so much money is just to raise fish? This money is enough for us to eat fish for a lifetime. How could it take 20,000 guan?"

Li Xun continued to ask.

Zhang Xiaobao smiled and said confidently: "Twenty thousand coins are not much, so it is better to consider that there will be output while doing it, otherwise more will be needed, because it is not only necessary to raise it in this place, but also in other places. This requires a lot of manpower and material resources. How could it be simple?"

Now Li Xun understood that the Zhang family wanted to expand their business directly, and to do it, it would be bigger, instead of doing it little by little. The Zhang family has money, and perhaps they just don’t care whether it fails or not.

When he thought of the business that the Zhang family had done before, it seemed that only after arriving in Luzhou this time, he lost part of it due to natural disasters. He had never lost money at all at other times. Li Xun had an idea and nodded and said, "Okay, then I'll make up for the two thousand guan in a while. Remember it's 10%. Don't regret it at that time."

Li Xun said this, but in fact he had already understood that he had taken him once. Otherwise, if he did it himself, he would make more money. Why bother to share a profit of 10%? Don’t look at it only 10%. After the transaction is expanded, 10% can even exceed the money he invested in.

"Don't worry, Mr. Li, we will never regret it. After our glass industry comes out, the fish will not be sold alone. Although glass is good, it is not easy to burn fully transparent. In this way, it is better to have glass than to raise fish."

Zhang Xiaobao didn't care whether Li Xun agreed or not. It would be better if he didn't agree. He made money by himself, but if he didn't say it out and let Li Xun choose, it would seem a bit unfaithful, and Li Xun would find fault.

When Wang Juan thought of Liuli, she felt that she had a new idea and said, "You can spend a lot of money to buy a Liulifang. At that time, based on the fish we bought, try to make Liuli that can match colors and scenery, so that the price will be higher when sold."

"Do whatever you want, it's the final word for you two. Oh, I have something to tell you. My uncle wants to repair the canal and connect more places. But the court is short of money now, so I'm going to send it to you 100,000 yuan. Will your family send it with me?"

Li Xun mentioned this matter as he spoke. He also received the news that his father had just received. He knew that he had money and had not lost much money. That means he wanted him to give the money to his younger brother, Li Longji.

"This matter needs to be discussed. Mr. Li is here and will come back later." Zhang Xiaobao threw down a sentence and pulled Wang Juan away.

The two of them rode out about ten miles on horseback, and then stopped and asked the horse to find something to eat on their own. The two sat under a big tree and discussed the matter.

"Xiaobao, did the Tang Dynasty build a canal at this time? Why don't I remember it? There is also this flood, and it seems that no record is left in the books I have read before."

Wang Juan asked Zhang Xiaobao when she pulled up a few grasses on the ground and weaved a rabbit there.

"There are too many things that I don't remember in the book, so how can I write everything in it? But I think the matter of building the canal should be our reason. We walked several boats in a row and made a lot of money there. The emperor was jealous. Fortunately, he gave him enough gifts, and my father was also very capable.

He may think this road is good, but there are still too few places connecting the canal, so he thought about repairing it more. Although it was Kaiyuan at this time, it was not the most prosperous period. It was just the beginning. The court did not have much money. I decided to pay this money. I don’t know how much money can be taken out in all the transactions over there."

Zhang Xiaobao analyzed that it was hard to say about the flood, but the canal seemed to have something to do with them. The emperor was considering not only how much money there was in the treasury, but how much it could make the people better in this process.

Xiao Li is pretty good now. He knows that he is good to the people. In the future, he will be too old. Otherwise, no one would have evaluated him like Xiao He. Success is Xuanzong, and failure is Xuanzong.

Wang Juan actually knew that if he could make some efforts at this time, he would get more rewards in the future. When he thought of Li Longji, he sighed and said, "Just like Yang Guang, this person is actually not good. At least he built the canal. Many people say that he is for fun, but it is not the case.

No one did not want to govern his country well after becoming an emperor. It was just because of different abilities and different levels of efforts, so there were different results. The Grand Canal. Perhaps when Yang Guang was practicing, he could not imagine what he, the person who was infamous behind his back, left behind for his descendants.

There are countless stories circulating in the Grand Canal, which are dreams that span thousands of years. The ancients are gone, but the water in the canal is still surging. I decided to go to Hangzhou to build the embankment and not wait for Su Shi, but then it will be called the Juan Dike."

"Why not called Baodi?" Zhang Xiaobao was in a relaxed mood.

"That's called Baojuan Dike. No, if you want to call Juan Baojuan Dike, it's all caused by you men. When people think about their names, they will put the man's name in front of them."

Wang Juan just said a name and suddenly changed it. She felt that even if some men listen to women in many cases, men and women are still unequal, especially in some cutting-edge industries and officials' choices. Although many women become officials, there is no way that women's ability to reach the best level.

Zhang Xiaobao understood a more thoroughly and said: "A capable man will never be equal to a woman. A man without a capable man will be suppressed by a woman. This depends on the ability to acquire productivity and the status of a woman in the family. At that time, we had to look at the background and how much means of production were obtained.

Men get less and have no ability, so they naturally have to listen to women. Wu Zetian is so powerful. How much does she pay when she gets a position? If she had a man, she might not have the same chance, but if she really had the same chance, she would definitely pay less than her.

The incompetent man regards women as human beings, and the capable man regards women as a resource, which can be exchanged and purchased. Forget it, let’s not talk about this matter, let’s talk about how much money we can take out. It can’t be less than Li Xun.”

As Zhang Xiaobao said it, he felt bored, but Wang Juan didn't think so. He stared at Zhang Xiaobao and asked, "Then are you a capable man or an incompetent man?"

"I think you are a capable woman. Don't look at me, but I am a more traditional person. The so-called tradition is not this ancient tradition, but a tradition that should not be used as a traditional tradition in modern times. That's what it means. I respect myself and women, after all, my mother is also a woman."

Zhang Xiaobao did not directly answer Wang Juan's words, but instead went around to express his thoughts.

"This is almost the same. Let's donate 110,000 yuan. Some industries over there should have made a lot of money, as well as goods shipped there. I think we can raise the money."

Wang Juan was satisfied now. The money she said was 10,000 more than Li Xun's side. She knew that the money would not be spent in vain and might get some convenient conditions, such as taxation, or some profits, which would have to be put on her father and Zhang Xiaobao's father.

Zhang Xiaobao didn't feel sorry for this little money. As long as he could do something for the kind people of the country, he was very willing to invest money. He had already invested a lot before. When he was about to ask for it, he also arranged several funds to operate, and he would be able to help the country do a lot of things.

It’s not that he is selfless, but that people must always have a spiritual pillar when they live. Those who are capable will put this pillar in their hearts. For the sake of the entire nation and for themselves, those who are incompetent believe in various religions and seek a pillar in these sects.

Seeing that Wang Juan was willing to give out ten thousand more guan, Zhang Xiaobao agreed: "Okay, that's it, Li Xun won't be angry. After all, he is not on the same level as us. His identity determines that his efforts and rewards are not proportional to those of others. Even if he only gives out ten thousand guan, it will be more appreciated than what we are."

"Yes, sometimes identity is like this. It's fair or unfair, and there is no way to explore it. Then we have to wait a while, and we can almost go back and forth from here to the prefecture before we can go back and forth to see Li Xun. After all, we can't directly decide on such a thing. Well, Li Xun thinks like this."

Wang Juan put the woven rabbit into Zhang Xiaobao's hand and said as he looked at the grass blowing in front of him.

The two of them estimated the time and sat there looking at the surrounding scenery. It was still a certain distance from the sea and could not see the sea, but it did not affect the two of them's feelings about the sea.

As Wang Juan judged, Li Xun felt that Zhang Xiaobao and Wang Juan left home and wanted to ask their family about this matter. After all, there was too much money involved. If it was a few thousand guan, I think the two of them could make the decision directly.

While waiting, Li Xun thought about what effect the money given this time would have. It would be like a hundred thousand yuan. How many people would be jealous? At least his cousins ​​and brothers and sisters would be thinking about it, but so what? He wouldn't even give it to him. With the emperor's uncle there, he couldn't just grab it openly.

It is not possible to fight secretly. As long as you are caught and sent to the emperor's uncle, whoever moves the move will wait for it to be cleaned up. Except for the prince, if someone else takes action, the emperor will definitely not leave too much affection. After all, this is considered a tragedy between brothers, and the prince will not dare to do it. What does it mean to do it to himself?

Before he became the emperor, he started to attack his brothers. If he became the emperor, then there was a good thing? Well, yes, that's it. Then I can get more benefits. For example, if you go somewhere else, you will be willing to stay in the capital. If you don't want to, just use the benefits to exchange for the followers of the Zhang and Wang families, and transfer Zhang Zhong to the fiefdom to be an official.

"Haha, with the people of the Zhang family here, are you still afraid that the fiefdom will not be managed well?" Li Xun thought about it and said what he said. At this time, a fish jumped up from the river, shook its tail, turned around and drilled back, leaving only the water droplets that had not yet fallen into the water in the air and the rippling waves.
To be continued...