Chapter 891 stopped
The twelfth lunar month has arrived. When Zhang Shuo is on duty, he sometimes meets with relatives and friends, such as Wang Bing who came from Bianliang.
He was actually a little confused. Sometimes Master Shao suppressed the nobles, and sometimes he was very kind to the nobles. He was beaten and pulled at the same time.
After thinking about it again, I understand.
If he hadn't studied martial arts, he wouldn't have been able to master writing and calligraphy at all.
The martial arts students in the previous ten periods were either refugees or war orphans. Who had the ability to read and write?
If you don't know how to read and write official documents and perform calculations, you won't be able to become an official.
However, Master Shao didn't do Wang Bing any favors, maybe because they had some quarrels before.
"The cold weather in Pingyang is really annoying." Wang Bing sighed and asked: "Chu Hou, why don't you want to buy property in Luyang? The king said that he would only land in the twenty counties of Liang State, and not in Liang State. There are countless people buying property. Look at Jiyin to the east of Jiyang. The forts are connected and the manors are facing each other. When the scholars gather together, it is like a grand gathering."
Zhang Shuo waved his hand and said: "The king has given you enough rewards."
He pointed to a carriage following behind him and said: "On Laba Festival, the whole army gathered together to eat red bean porridge, eat and take it. There were fifty bolts of silk, ten sand fox skins, and ten Fuyu beauty beads in the carriage. There are 10 pieces of gold and silverware, 20 pieces of celadon, and one horse. It’s so small that I don’t know if it can be sold.”
Wang Bing looked at it and said with a smile: "The reward is only temporary, but the industry is a long-term one."
"There are rewards for Zhengdan." Zhang Shuo said.
Wang Bing stopped talking.
He knew that King Liang especially liked to convene military schools for banquets, and then take the opportunity to give out rewards, including money, goods, and beauties.
"Chu Hou, I'm going to Mianbei after the Chinese New Year." The two slowed down and wandered on the renovated post road. Wang Bing looked at the vast snowfield and said, "The King of Liang has almost forgotten me. If I don't fight for it, It doesn’t matter what happens in the clan, but my own family is in trouble.”
"What are you going to do in Mianbei?" Zhang Shuo asked.
"Wang Dun and Wang Chuzhong are dead..." Wang Bing said.
"Oh? Really?" Zhang Shuo said in surprise. He didn't know the news.
"Of course it's true." Wang Bing sighed: "Tao Kan has been promoted to the governor of Jingzhou."
"Where's Xun Song?"
"The commander oversees the military affairs in Yuzhou Jiangbei." Wang Bing said: "Actually, he is in charge of Anfeng and Yiyang counties."
"Where is Ji Zhan going?"
"He's dead too." Wang Bingdao: "Chu Hou, you don't know anything about the outside world."
Zhang Shuo was a little embarrassed, but that was all. He was indeed not as well-informed as the Donghai Wang family.
"What position did the king give you?" he asked.
"The history of Shui Cao of the Mianbei shogunate is actually the same as that of Guanqiu Zongru, just in name." Wang Bing said: "I went there mainly to inspect the scenery of Jingzhou for the king, and to prepare for the future northern gentry who will move south to buy houses and build property. Make an outpost. Someone from the Wei family will go with me. Their family has a fiefdom in Jiangxia, so we might want to try to contact them.”
"If the king changes his position, the former dynasty's fiefdoms will be lost, right?" Zhang Shuo asked.
"Although it's impossible to do anything about it, it may not be impossible to take advantage of the situation and classify it as a Wei family manor." Wang Bing said.
"That's true." Zhang Shuo said with a smile: "So, if you want to build a manor, you'd better go south. Your Majesty promised wealth and honor. When we discussed the Tao in Jinyang, we clearly agreed on it, but we regretted it again."
Wang Bing was speechless.
Jinyang Lun Dao promises you wealth and honor. It is normal for the world's wealthy families to be dissatisfied.
When Wang Bing came from Bianliang, he heard that a wealthy family in Ruyin County secretly contacted Anfeng. However, Ji Zhan was dead, so he could not respond for a while, and then leaked the secret...
They had no choice but to take advantage of the fact that the army had not yet surrounded and suppressed them, so they packed up their belongings, took their family and a few Quzhuang guests, hurriedly went south, and were resettled in Jiangzhou.
This happened! You said why should you?
In the end, didn’t he still go to Jiangnan? Most of the family property is still in Ruyin and cannot be taken away, so the loss is huge.
But this is the thinking of some wealthy families. They are not clear-minded and cannot swallow this breath.
"Farewell." When they reached the fork in the road, Zhang Shuo cupped his hands toward Wang Bing and said.
"Farewell." Wang Bing returned the greeting and said: "The matter of Lu Yang's property purchase is actually nothing. It will be many years before the king conquers Jiangdong. I will not blame him for buying property now. When Jiangdong is conquered, I don't know how many years have passed. After that, the worst thing is to spit it out.”
Zhang Shuo smiled, turned and left.
Wang Bingze shook his head.
He didn't mean to hurt Zhang Shuo, that's what he thought.
After buying a property, you will have stable income for two to three years, and you will make money every additional year.
The only disadvantage is probably that when the land is expanded to Luyang in the future, these disciples of King Liang will have a taste of the flesh-cutting of today's wealthy families in Liang.
You might feel resentful because of this.
However, Zhang Shuo may have seen this, so he was too lazy to bother.
As a group of warriors, there are more and more smart people.
Wang Bing couldn't help but think of Lu Chen, whom he met a few days ago. He heard that he had tried his best to convince the rich people of Youzhou to give up their private soldiers and serve as garrison soldiers. However, he was rejected by the King of Liang because he did not have enough qualifications.
In fact, Wang Bing felt that the King of Liang was not too taboo about recruiting wealthy tribesmen as soldiers.
After becoming a soldier, will those songs really be of the same mind as you? This may not be the case.
The "most outrageous thing" that King Liang did was to slowly awaken the warriors.
In the past, the term "soldier" was a derogatory term. Even if a scholar became a soldier, he would still be discriminated against.
Nowadays, "Bingjiazi" still has a derogatory meaning, but it is not as exaggerated as before.
Wang Bing was a soldier from a scholar's family, so he was very aware of the changes. If he was the main lineage of the Donghai Wang family, it would be absolutely impossible for him to join the Donghai Kingdom's army. It would be too cheap.
The soldiers of the military family had been talked about by the scholars for three hundred years, and they were so low-spirited that they even thought that the soldiers of the military family should belong to the aristocratic family because they were engaged in a lowly service profession and were not worthy of a higher status. .
The King of Liang woke them up. From then on, it was impossible for the scholars to come and drink and drive them around at a small price.
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After parting with Zhang Shuo, Wang Bing came to a manor backed by mountains and forests, overlooking the plains.
This was a gathering of scholars from Xuzhou, and it was mainly the younger generation. Wang Bing was considered the older one, so as soon as he showed up, everyone greeted him one after another.
Wang Bing bowed to his master first, then sat down and looked at the furnishings in the house. He secretly thought that the Mi family had followed Liang Wang for many years and were accustomed to using high-end tables, wooden beds and other utensils.
"What are we talking about today? Could it be medicinal materials?" Wang Bing picked up the white and raw dendrobium on the table, looked at it, and said with a smile: "When has this been discussed?"
Mi Qu, the second son of Mi Huang, the leader of the army, and the younger brother of Mi Zhi, the governor of the general's palace, smiled and said: "Hongli has good eyesight, so this is it. The king thinks that the style of chatting is very good, but the things discussed are mostly empty and have no substance, so they should be changed." Today, everyone from Xuzhou is here, discussing the trade of medicinal materials.”
"Where is this product produced?" Wang Bing asked casually: "It should be south of the Huaihe River, right?"
"Exactly." Mi Qu said: "The book "Fengtu Disease" has not yet been compiled, but some chapters have been circulated. Some people read it and broke out in a cold sweat. Nowadays, the price of medicine is rising every day, and some rich households, Even if no one in the family is sick, they are still willing to buy some to keep in their homes or to steam and fumigate their homes.”
It's no exaggeration to break out in a cold sweat.
Since the end of the Han Dynasty, people have always been unable to escape the nightmare of epidemics.
Far away, five of the seven sons of Jian'an died in the epidemic. What level of disaster was that? It is not an exaggeration to say that 10 to 20 million people have died from the disease worldwide.
Under the epidemic, people are decadent and feel that if there is no tomorrow, it is better to enjoy themselves in the present. The style of clear talk in Cao Wei was prevalent, and there were many topics discussing life matters.
On the one hand, the scholars were afraid of disease, but on the other hand, they did not know how to get rid of it. However, after the collection and compilation of "Endemic Diseases", many people read it and discovered that many times when they contract the epidemic, they actually seek death by themselves!
For example, "Tuberculosis" (consumption, tuberculosis), I have already told you the name, and you went to the home of someone who died due to the infection to express condolences. The host's family is also busy, there are a lot of things going on, there are many guests, and it lasts for many days.
These are all human-made messes.
Of course, many people don't understand, so the book describes the symptoms in detail, which is easy to understand and you can compare it yourself.
"Is medicinal materials really in such short supply?" Wang Bing put down Baiji and Dendrobium and asked.
"The Five Soldiers Cao requisitioned and purchased medicinal materials and sent them to Jinyang to prepare for war." Mi Qu said: "The counties are also collecting. If so, won't the price go up?"
"But this thing was born in the southern country." Wang Bing said.
"That's right." Mi Qu smiled and said, "We are discussing whether to build a medicine garden when we go to Jiangdong in the future."
"Good idea." Wang Bing praised politely.
Unlike others present, his focus was: Has Qing Tan started talking about the business direction after capturing Jiangdong?
It’s not too strange to talk about this, because we will definitely go there in the future, so it’s definitely right to talk about going south in advance. But the problem is that the prerequisite for discussing this is that they are willing to go south.
The prerequisite for being willing to go south is to be willing to give up - at least partially give up the land and bankers in the north.
Have they all given in?
Because there were four wealthy families in Yecheng, one in Yanzhou, and one in Yuzhou fled?
Since the invasion of the fields many years ago, there has been a large-scale rebellion in Hebei, which was suppressed by Li Chong, Liu Ling and others.
Runan is experiencing constant turmoil.
Some people from Ruyin, Qiao, and Pei presented their cities and surrendered...
Today, are you finally scared?
The few months after Jinyang discussed Taoism should have been the final climax of rebellion.
The next time there is another rebellion, perhaps we will have to wait until Liang's twenty counties also start to cultivate their fields. However, when the time comes, how many people would dare to rebel?
The young people in the room discussed which medicinal materials were more profitable and where to plant them better. When the conversation was in full swing, they even took out maps to make comparisons, and then inquired about each other's information, asking if any of their clan friends were officials in Jiangdong. All in all, they sounded very serious.
Wang Bing listened and couldn't help but join in. He even seriously considered doing a thorough investigation while he was an official in the Mianbei Shogunate to prepare for the future relocation of the family property.
It wasn't until the lanterns came on that Wang Bingcai left the manor regardless of his master's request to stay.
At that time, it was snowy and windy, and there were groups of barbarians in the fields heading towards Pingyang.
Wang Bing walked alone in the wilderness, his eyes could hardly see the way forward, just as he couldn't see in his heart where the world was going.
It is really difficult to grasp the pulse of the current situation.
If you can't grasp it accurately, it will turn into powder.
If you grasp it correctly, all the heroes in the world will not be able to compete with it.
Did King Liang get it right? Wang Bing didn't know.
But when he discussed Taoism in Jinyang, he had already elaborated on his ambitions and made it clear what kind of country he wanted to build.
Regardless of whether he agrees with it or not, he gave his own plan. It is actually very rare to be able to achieve this step, let alone do it against huge resistance.
Wang Bing felt that he could follow, follow the king of Liang, walk around and have a look, and leave in the middle if he didn't agree, just like how he led his troops to leave Fan County and return to the East China Sea many years ago.
A few days later, the new year (Ten Years of the Turtles, 326) arrived quietly.
It was also at this time that Bixing entered the Purple Palace, and Emperor Sima Chi avoided the palace and reduced his meals, crying bitterly.
Since Yao and Shun, everyone has called heaven to do things.
As the proverb goes, "When a bad star appears, disaster will arise." The purple palace is the image of the imperial palace, which means removing the old and bringing in the new.
The Ten Years of the Turtles may be an extremely critical year.
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