Chapter 240 Guidance is needed for ancient officials
It is somewhat strange to talk about economics with the ancients.
However, this is the effect Yunchu wants.
Seeing mosquito coils starting to appear in Liu Rengui's eyes, Yun Chu thought that his goal had been achieved.
In the Tang Dynasty, any knowledge that others could not understand was considered advanced knowledge. Just like the teachings spread by Xuanzang, few people could understand it. This did not prevent the people of the Tang Dynasty from flocking to this kind of knowledge.
At this moment, there is no market for Bai Juyi's poems that can even be understood by illiterate old women. When people write poems, they still focus on gorgeousness. Therefore, in the Tang Dynasty at this time, except for Yunchu, no one
It is not surprising that several poets can be remembered.
Yun Chu's purpose was to let Liu Rengui know that Yun Chu's views on economics were long gone, while Liu Rengui was still crawling on the ground like maggots.
However, Liu Rengui had a strange ability, which was the ability to identify the authenticity of knowledge.
Although he understood every word of what Yunchu said, but not when they were put together, this did not prevent him from thinking that it was a very good thing.
Therefore, he behaved a little frivolously at the beginning. As more and more things he couldn't understand or understood, the guy became more pious.
It can be seen that he is trying hard to memorize these strange theories mentioned by Yun Chu, and is preparing to learn them carefully.
The entry-level social economics that every street director must learn was extremely precious in the Tang Dynasty.
Under normal circumstances, this kind of knowledge will only be passed down from family to family and will never be made public.
The weather in Chang'an was extremely cold today. The two of them were talking nonchalantly around a brazier. Outside, snow began to fall again.
The snow today seemed very heavy. Although there were not many snow particles, they were blown by the wind and piled up under the threshold. It didn't take long for them to accumulate very thickly.
"Why isn't such good knowledge written down in books and disseminated?"
After Yun Chu drank a bottle of water, Liu Rengui, who was silent, asked in a low voice. It seemed that Yun Chu's new knowledge had a great impact on this stubborn little old man.
"You see, the essence of the matter is like this. After seeing the essence clearly, the rest are just variations, and they remain the same.
I know you can't understand what I'm talking about right now, but it doesn't matter. You can slowly explore and verify it in actual application.
The truth is unclear, but I still insist that practice is the only criterion for testing truth."
Liu Rengui looked up at Yun Chu and said, "So, Jinchangfang, Qujiangli, and Wannian County are all the results of your practice, right?
Now, do you want to add Chang’an County?”
Yun Chu nodded and said: "Chang'an is one. It's just because of my low official position that I can only start from Wannian County. However, once Wannian County develops, it will consciously or unconsciously attract people from Chang'an County."
of blood.
Moreover, this kind of blood-sucking will not be affected by human will."
Liu Rengui nodded and said: "The strong will always be strong, and the weak will always be weak. This is the principle of heaven and earth. What you said makes sense."
Yun Chu looked at Liu Rengui: "When I first started developing Jinchangfang, I wanted to spread the stall. I hoped that Di Renjie could lead the people in Chang'an County to do the same thing as Jinchangfang.
As a result, Di Renjie failed because of too many constraints.
Later, after Pei Xingjian came to power, I hoped that Pei Xingjian could keep up with the development pace of Wannian County. As a result, Pei Xingjian was too arrogant and disdained to be inferior to others. Therefore, he also failed and left a mess to the boss of Chang'an County.
So, now I want to ask the county magistrate, if Chang'an County is allowed to follow the development pace of Wannian County, will it harm the county magistrate's reputation?"
Liu Rengui was silent for a moment and said: "Xiao Gui and Cao Sui did not leave a bad reputation, so what does Liu Rengui's reputation mean?
If Prime Minister Yunxian could make the people of Chang'an County live as prosperous as the people of Jinchangfang, even if Liu Rengui was cast aside by thousands of people, a certain family would be happy to do so.
So, will the visit of Prime Minister Yun County this time be beneficial to Chang'an County?"
Yun Chu took out a handful of cotton seeds from his arms and placed them on the low table.
Liu Rengui was obviously a farmer. After looking at the cotton seeds for a while, he asked, "What is this?"
Yun Chu said: "Bai Diezi."
"Cotton? Oh, I heard that the name was given by the Prime Minister of Yun County."
Yunchu left the official residence, took out his heating equipment from the horse bag behind the maroon horse, placed it in front of Liu Rengui and said, "Your Majesty, take a look first."
Liu Rengui opened the bag and spread out Yunchu's hat, cotton gloves, cotton socks, cotton kneepads, cotton shoes, cotton clothes, cotton trousers, and green military coat one by one.
Then he took off his clothes, leaving only his inner clothes, and began to put on these things.
After the little old man put on this set of equipment, a woman that Yun Chu had remembered appeared.
After Liu Rengui put on his equipment, he sat opposite Yun Chu like a bear again and said, "It's a good thing, warm and strong, that's why this white die is worth a lot of money."
Yun Chu smiled and said: "This has to go back to the term productivity. Dare I ask the county magistrate, how much grain can one acre of Chang'an County's top-quality fields produce?"
Liu Rengui frowned and said: "In summer and autumn, there are four loads of grain, and it is impossible to exceed five loads at most."
Yunchu asked again: "How much is it worth?"
Liu Rengui frowned even more tightly and sighed: "Seven hundred articles."
Before he finished speaking, he waved his cotton-gloved hand and said, "Okay, five hundred yuan."
Yun Chu then pointed to the equipment on Liu Rengui and said, "The county magistrate is also a disciple of Gai Shizhong, so he doesn't know anything about military matters.
If such a set of clothes were to be used to equip the army for the expedition to Goguryeo, how much money would the county magistrate be willing to spend to equip the army?"
Liu Rengui took off the ** hat that made him feel stuffy, stood up and jumped on the spot a few times, did a few more squats, moved his limbs, and finally looked at Yun Chu and said: "One Guan Wu... Two Guan Qian is not the same."
Not negotiable."
Yun Chu clapped his hands and said, "Okay, let's just calculate it by five. Does the county magistrate know how many sets of this equipment can be produced from one acre of land?"
Liu Rengui did not embarrass Yun Chu this time. He cupped his hands and said, "I was about to ask Yun County Cheng for advice."
Yun Chu pointed to the set of equipment on his body and said: "These clothes weigh twelve kilograms in total. One acre of land can produce more than ten sets of such equipment."
Liu Rengui was startled when he heard what Yunchu said, no matter how good his attitude was. He stared at Yunchu and said, "Ten sets?"
Yun Chu smiled and said: "If the land where cotton is grown is irrigated land, then it is still possible to produce fifteen sets per mu."
Liu Rengui carefully took off the equipment, looked at it carefully, and kept tearing it, looking at the stitches, and trying to figure out the thickness. Finally, he carefully arranged the equipment and put it on the low table with a sigh.
Said: "Twenty times the profit of growing grain, even if the labor cost of making clothes is excluded, ten times the profit can be grasped."
Yunchu said with a smile: "A certain family came to look for the county magistrate this time just for cotton."
Liu Rengui: "Although this product is good, if we give up growing food, once a disaster occurs, the people in Chang'an County will only starve to death."
Yun Chu said: "The grain output of Wannian County can only supply the people of Wannian County with one month's rations. I wonder if Chang'an County is better than Wannian County?"
Liu Rengui sighed and said: "For one month and six days, the required food still needs to be transported in from outside, which is incredibly expensive."
Yunchu added: "No woodcutter is sold for a hundred miles, and no grain is sold for a thousand miles. This has been the truth since ancient times. Nowadays, Chang'an needs rice and grain for more than a thousand miles. This itself is contrary to common sense."
A family asked the transfer department that for every kilogram of rice grain transported to Chang'an, one kilogram will be consumed on the way. Including labor, shipping, etc., basically every kilogram of rice grain transported to Chang'an will cost three kilograms.
Rice grain.
However, Chang'an requires an astonishing amount of grain and rice from other places. As a result, transporting grain and rice to Chang'an has become a chore for the local government and a burden on the people.
Now with cotton, this situation can be changed."
When Liu Rengui heard what Yunchu said, he immediately asked with gleaming eyes: "How do you say that?"
Yun Chu smiled slightly, put his hand on the equipment on the low table, and used the ten times profit of cotton to reduce the burden of transporting grain by three times."
Liu Rengui's eyes glowed green again, and he held Yunchu's hand and said, "What the county magistrate means is to allow cotton growers to make seven times the profit, and use three times the profit to make up for the losses caused by transporting grain?"
Yun Chu shook his head and said: "That's not the way it is calculated. There is a lot of grain but little cotton. Therefore, at least seven times the profit of growing cotton must be used to compensate for the transportation of grain. The cotton growers will get twice the profit, the government will get double the profit, and the craftsmen will get
In addition to the ten times the profit, if the bonus is twice the profit, the government will get another double profit.
Only in this way can it be considered a good deal."
Liu Rengui did not appear as happy as Yunchu expected, but what greeted him was Liu Rengui's extremely serious face.
"This is a serious matter and should not be taken lightly."
Yun Chu nodded and said: "I think so too, so this year, we will plant a total of 10,000 acres of cotton in Wannian and Chang'an counties. Now, I have obtained the seeds through Hu Shang and the cotton fields in Shanglinyuan.
He also obtained a doctorate in agriculture from Sinong Temple who specialized in growing cotton.
Just wait for the county magistrate to say, we will start planting cotton in the spring next year. If things can be done, we will plant cotton on a large scale the year after next, and the two counties will give up growing food.
Going all out to make cotton the main crop in Chang'an and Wannian counties has also brought some benefits to the people of these two counties.
With 10,000 acres of land, there are only a hundred thousand sets of equipment to support them. The sixteen guards alone have no less than 300,000 soldiers.
The cotton produced is not enough for them."
Liu Rengui took a deep breath and said, "This is very good. We will plant 5,000 acres in Wannian County and 5,000 acres in Chang'an County."
Hearing that Liu Rengui finally agreed, Yunchu laughed and left Liu Rengui's mansion.
The set of equipment was left on the table. Liu Rengui wanted to call Yunchu to take the equipment, but in the end, he put down his hand and accepted the gift.
When Yun Chu came out of the Chang'an County government office, he looked back at this place and couldn't help but sigh: "They say Liu Rengui is as honest as water. Didn't you accept my gift today?"
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