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Liu Yu said calmly: "As long as it does not affect the cause of the Northern Expedition, everything can be discussed. Judging from the management of Jiangbei during this period, the output of the entire village sent by the family and led by the village leaders is higher than that of the original land allocation.
The number of independent military households and common people in Jiangbei is much higher. This is something I did not expect. You are right. Only by concentrating production together can this efficiency be greatly improved. A single small household and a small farmer economy cannot compare with this kind of economy.
Produced manor-style.”
Liu Muzhi nodded: "This requires experienced people to organize, coordinate and manage. The kind of whole village immigrants who obey the orders of the village head can sometimes temporarily sacrifice the small profits of each family for the benefit of the whole village.
Therefore, rapid development, especially in fertilizer and irrigation, determines the upper limit of grain output. Now you need military grain output. I am afraid that the previously envisioned model of everyone farming by themselves and the state allocating land to households cannot be promoted for the time being.
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Liu Yu sighed: "There is nothing we can do about it, because facts have proven that collective farm-style production with everyone farming together is much better than small households. The question now is just who will lead this organization. At present, we can only
Relying on these experienced bankers who take orders from aristocratic families, I believe that as time goes by, these bankers can gradually accumulate property and redeem themselves for freedom. At this time, they can truly be used by the country."
Liu Muzhi smiled slightly: "Yes, during the Warring States Period, Shang Yang's reform was a farming war policy. If you are not a soldier, but you do good farm work and have high grain yields, you can still get ahead. These village leaders now owe the family
Money can only be driven by it, but now that they have arrived in Jiangbei, they will save money much faster than before. As long as we continue to provide policy support and help them redeem their lives as soon as possible, they will be appointed as village chiefs after becoming free citizens.
, just like Pengjia Village, so the whole village is in our hands."
Liu Yu said seriously: "But we must be careful that at this time, the aristocratic family will use various means to prevent the village leaders from redeeming themselves. If they find out that in the end Jiangbei emigrated, these places and people will no longer be theirs, and they will probably follow us."
They turned against each other."
Liu Muzhi said calmly: "As long as the military power is in our hands, we are not afraid of them messing around. Moreover, we can give some money to the aristocratic families, or to the industries and shops in the city, in exchange for their rural fields and population.
If the Northern Expedition succeeds, the land territory will be expanded, and the interests of the family will become greater and greater. I think there will not necessarily be conflicts. What I am most worried about is actually the education and printing we talked about last time.
Technically."
Liu Yu frowned: "Why, does anyone in the family realize that this will be very detrimental to them and want to stop it?"
Liu Muzhi shook his head: "I am working on printing in secret. The news has not been leaked yet. Some of the carved boards that can be engraved with thirty characters are barely ready for printing. Now I am further improving the technology and selecting inks.
You can print at least two hundred pieces of paper on one slab, which also saves manpower when carving. You know, carving a stone slab is still very labor-intensive now."
Liu Yu smiled slightly: "After the slate is finished, it can be carved into wooden boards. In the future, living wood blocks can be used to replace the entire board, so the efficiency will be much higher. You still have to hurry up and test it out as soon as possible. Once printed,
If technology can be done, we can quickly produce a large number of books, and comprehensive education can also be carried out."
Liu Muzhi nodded: "Those are things for later. Now we don't have a large number of books, but you have to ask Confucian scholars and scholars to promote your education. There is a lot of resistance. We have only rebuilt Xiangxu in Jingkou now.
We also recruited thirty Confucian students to teach, but few were willing to come. This is more troublesome."
Liu Yu was slightly startled: "What's going on? Isn't it originally decided that the children of meritorious officials should go to school first according to their title and merit? Now that Xiangxu has done it and all the teachers are in place, why don't they go to school?
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Liu Muzhi shook his head: "Most of us Jingba brothers are still martial artists and rough people who think that studying and practicing calligraphy is of no use. As long as we have such strength, a title and a land granted by the country, we can have enough food and clothing.
As for reading and practicing calligraphy, that is a matter for scholars. If you practice these things, you will not be able to practice martial arts or farm work. Then, like the children of those aristocratic families, everyone will be a waste who does not work hard and does not separate grains."
Liu Yu burst into laughter: "Do they just look down on scholars like this? But I remember that in our village in the past, anyone who could read and practice calligraphy was enviable and something to be proud of. Isn't it just because you have been literate since you were a child?
If you don’t know how to fight, no one will bully you?”
Liu Muzhi smiled slightly: "That was a thing of the past. In fact, in the past, people did not say that they valued scholars more, but because the people in power were all scholars from aristocratic families. In their impression, only by reading and practicing calligraphy can one be an official.
, only then can we have wealth and honor. But now it’s the other way around. The righteous men of Jianyi, these big bosses, all divided their fields one by one and gained wealth and honor. Now I think it’s of no use to read a lot and be able to read. As long as you have a good body.
With martial arts, as long as you are not afraid of death and are willing to fight tooth and nail, you can naturally maintain everything you have now."
Liu Yu frowned tightly: "Don't they know that studying can make you wise, polite, and broaden a person's horizons and mind? If you just rely on fighting, you can at most become a low-level officer without even a title.
Not necessarily, but only if you have mountains and rivers in your heart and know the ups and downs of the world, can you do great things and gain great wealth."
Liu Muzhi nodded: "You must have read a lot to make this sense. Now, isn't it just because you have read too little that you don't understand the truth? Many military men still think that children should develop muscles early, at the age of fourteen or five.
They can go to battle to kill the enemy, or even if they are not good enough, they can still farm at home, which is better than studying. Moreover, they are right to worry, that is, if the scholars study, they can be promoted to become officials, but their children will not be able to do anything after studying.
What? Can you get more land, or can you give it to an official? Jinu, if you don’t deal with the problem of what is the use of reading and literacy, I’m afraid that your good intentions will not be accepted by the brothers. "
Liu Yu breathed a long sigh of relief: "I understand, Fatty, it seems that before we go to Jiangbei, we have to meet with the old brothers. If it is in Jingkou, this place with the most brothers cannot allow brothers to send their children.
If you want to study, don’t even think about other places. Tomorrow, at the Grand Campus, you invite all the brothers who are qualified to send their children to Xiangxu to be present, and say, Brother Jinu invites everyone to have a drink and reminisce about old times!"
This chapter has been completed!