Chapter 246 A letter is coming from the south!
The moon and stars are sparse.
Xia Zhibai walked on the street.
There were almost no people on the street, except for the sound of the watch in the distance.
Xia Zhibai turned around and looked at the closed Li Mansion, his expression flashed with solemnity. He never thought of persuading Li Shanchang, but just wanted to make Li Shanchang loosen his mind. He and Li Shanchang, or maybe The fundamental reason why the civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty were different was in their philosophies.
Thousands of years since ancient times.
The place has always been self-sufficient, and the people’s geographical concepts are not deep.
Now that the south is developed and can even supply the north, in the eyes of many southerners, the south has done enough for the Ming Dynasty. The court cannot be too greedy, let alone suppress the south for the so-called national interests.
Under the influence of this ideological concept, in fact, one sentence from later generations is very suitable.
Even if it is a dog, it should have been born in the south.
His idea of relocating the population to fight against the mainstream is a big problem.
What he has to do now is to break the geographical barriers and achieve complete unification from economy to administration. This kind of thing that shakes the entire world structure by himself will naturally be opposed by the people of the world.
Today’s Ming officials are still stuck in the old thinking.
There is no thought of danger, retreat or change.
Although they knew about the existence of steam engines, their understanding was very partial. They simply believed that steam engines were used for making salt and would not have much impact on the world.
Even though he had previously publicized that steam engines could be used to build steam trains for transporting goods and use steam engines for other labor-intensive tasks, his ears were ultimately deceptive. Ming officials only wanted to believe what they saw with their own eyes.
What you hear will only become a joke.
They also fail to understand that the rapid development of steam engines has brought rapid changes to the world.
They always maintain the old concept of governing the world.
Focus on local areas.
Prioritizing development and consolidating existing advantages, and at the same time maintaining advantages by crowding out other places, this method of ultimate internal friction has been popular in China for thousands of years. However, times have changed, and today's production relations and productivity are changing.
The Ming Dynasty needs a political economy of its own!
Only when an outline is put forward and officials all over the world know it, the officials of the Ming Dynasty will take action.
Xia Zhibai strolled down the street, content about political economy flashing through his mind.
The main research object of this science is production relations, and production relations ultimately rely on productivity. However, it would be very difficult to explain these two concepts clearly to the officials of the Ming Dynasty. He is currently the only one What can be done can only be done in a simple and crude way.
Use real social changes to make these people feel and realize them.
Otherwise, no one will be interested in the concept of 'making cakes' in later generations. People nowadays are not interested in making cakes bigger, because no matter how big the cake is, it will only fall to the bottom of the cake. In the hands of the Ming Dynasty royal family, very little of the money would be distributed to them. Instead of working hard to make money, it would be better to consolidate oneself and make money honestly.
This comes easier.
Xia Zhibai stopped.
He raised his head, looked at the sky, and muttered: "Sail against the current. If you don't advance, you will retreat. As soon as you leave the shore and get on the boat, you will be involuntarily and you will never be able to stop."
"I also have no way of turning back."
"I can't go back either!"
When Xia Zhibai returned to the salt shop, it was already late at night.
As soon as he returned to the salt shop, Lu Cang handed over a letter and whispered: "Bachelor, there is a letter from the south."
"The south?" Xia Zhi Bai was stunned for a moment, then seemed to think of something, nodded, reached out and took the letter sealed with ink pad into his hand: "I understand, it's getting late, you should go and rest early."
"Remember to read more."
Xia Zhibai reminded, turned and walked towards the study.
Lu Cang did not leave. He hesitated for a moment and then said: "Bachelor, I saw Governor Zhou going out just now. Governor Zhou has been sneaking around late at night. I don't think this person has any good intentions."
Hear the words.
Xia Zhibai laughed, he stopped and said: "I know about Governor Zhou. He told me before that it was just a meeting with Li Sheng. What does this mean? Governor Zhou is already We are family friends with Li Sheng’s family, how can we completely waste our friendship just by working for me?”
Lu Cang was a little anxious and said anxiously: "Bachelor, but Li Sheng betrayed you before, and the blueprint was taken out by Governor Zhou."
Xia Zhibai said: "Things are over now It has been more than a year, and now that the world has been in turmoil, there is no need to rehash the past. Moreover, Governor Zhou has been working hard and has basically made no mistakes. How can people always hold on to those mistakes? "
"Nowadays, I am short of manpower. As long as I can do things and do good things, what do some small shortcomings mean?"
"People should be able to tolerate others."
"Besides, I can roughly guess what Li Sheng wants to ask Zhou Ning. It's just that the Salt Transportation Department came together with me recently. He suddenly became an outcast. He was frightened and wanted to ask Zhou Ning. Ask for some information, and the information Zhou Ning knows is actually nothing.”
"It was meant to be widely publicized over time."
"It doesn't matter whether we tell Li Sheng or not."
"Don't worry too much."
"I never hide technology-related things. They are meant to be promoted. If one more person knows or one less person knows, it won't have much impact on me. You should be more open-minded and don't always focus on me. You should take a long-term view and see what is happening in the world."
Xia Zhibai gave a few words of persuasion, then turned and returned to the study.
Lu Cang muttered, looking a little unwilling.
He can't trust Zhou Ning now. Qingzhi came over, crossed his arms, and teased: "Er Gou, I told you before not to ask, but you still don't believe it. Now you know, how could Brother Xia not know about Zhou Ning? Zhou Ning could not know before I contacted Brother Xia in advance."
Lv Cang snorted and said angrily: "I am thinking about Brother Xia."
"I'm not afraid. Ten thousand, just in case.”
"Who knows if Zhou Ning will stab someone in the back again this time."
"What happened last time wasn't harmful enough?"
"If Brother Xia hadn't Ying Tianfu long ago The salt market is under control, otherwise the salt shops in Kyoto would be in danger. This time Brother Xia has recruited hundreds of engineers from the north. These people are all in the salt factory now. With so many people, if they really research something good , was handed over to Li Sheng by Zhou Ning, didn’t Brother Xia suffer a big loss?”
“I can’t believe it anyway”
“It’s like what the book said, the intention to harm others. You can’t have it, you can’t be on guard against others.”
"Brother Xia is just too kind."
Hearing Lu Cang's words, Qingzhi looked at Lu Cang suspiciously and asked, "Did you do something in private? Otherwise, just like you, there is nothing He kept talking."
"Say."
"What did you do behind your back?"
Qingzhi put her hands on her hips and asked Lu Cang.
As the eldest sister among the people in the past, she still had a strong suppression power over Lu Cang.
Lv Cang seemed to have been exposed, and his face turned red.
Lv Cang lowered his head, not daring to look directly into Qingzhi’s eyes. When he saw Qingzhi walking towards Xia Zhibai’s study, he panicked and quickly reached out to hold Qingzhi, saying uncomfortably : "After I saw Zhou Ning go out, I went to find a few beggars I knew before and asked them to help look after him."
"What else?" Qingzhi asked coldly.
Lv Cang smiled awkwardly, scratched his head while looking around, and whispered: "I will tell those people that if you see Li Sheng, give me a good beating. It's best to give him a good beating." He was stripped naked, which can be regarded as giving Brother Xia a bad temper."
Qingzhi rolled her eyes at Lu Cang and said angrily: "You are really good at it."
"What did Brother Xia say before?"
"Don't cause trouble, don't cause trouble, you are better." , Go and stir up trouble yourself.”
“I’m so angry. I can’t keep being jumped on like this. Then Li Sheng is not a good person. Sister Huaque, just do it and show your respect. Don't tell Brother Xia, I promise you, no one will ever think that we did it." Lu Cang said in a low voice.
Qing Pheasant snorted coldly and said: "Then you'd better pray that Li Sheng doesn't sue the official. If he does, you can wish yourself good luck."
"As stupid as Li Sheng is, I don't think he would dare." Lu Cang said nonchalantly.
Qingzhi shook his head speechlessly, too lazy to respond.
Xia Zhibai is not aware of the episode outside the house. He is currently reading a letter.
This letter from the South.
The letter writer is Yuan Gong who is staying in Yuhang.
The letter did not contain much content, but simply described the current chaotic situation in the south.
Of course, it still focuses on describing the coping methods of various states and counties.
Basically, they are held high and put down lightly.
The main thing is to scare.
But there is no actual punishment, as if it is intentional indulgence. Even among those kitchen households, various rumors spread from time to time. Now, the kitchen households’ dissatisfaction with the salt factory has gradually spread to It's on him, the initiator.
Many kitchen households in the south know of his existence.
There is no shortage of bad words.
Zhaohu's mood has been instigated by all kinds of things, and has been completely stirred up. Even more evil people have openly shouted that when Xia Zhibai comes to the south, Xia Zhibai must not be able to eat anything. He walked away, and even threatened that he would never leave his homeland.
The hostility towards Xia Zhibai in the south is expanding.
Xia Zhibai chuckled lightly.
Governments in various parts of the South have good tactics.
Before he took any specific actions, he had already made public what he wanted to do in advance, thereby instigating the mood of the kitchen households, directly diverting the disaster to the east, and reverting the original local contradictions. The child was transferred to his head.
Xia Zhibai said: "Since the local government is so famous for me, if I don't go to the south in person, wouldn't I miss the goodwill of the local government?"
"The matter must be resolved after all. "
"Now all the contradictions are focused on me."
"How can I escape?"
"And there is a very profound knowledge in political economics."
"It is propaganda!"
"To be true It must come from the people and go to the people, and more importantly, it must be recognized by the people.”
(End of this chapter)