Hearing Wang Xuance's words, Du Chuke said, "Do you think they gave up Gaoling corvee, gave up agricultural students, and even gave up. Can they do this grass planting plan that you originally found?"
"It shouldn't be possible!" Wang Xuance heard Du Chuke's words, thought for a while, then shook his head and said.
"No, the grass seed plan has been referenced. As long as they are willing to persevere, they will definitely succeed."
Du Chuke gave a different answer, but when Wang Xuance heard this, he was stunned and even a little unbelievable. However, it was not until Du Chuke said "But..." that Wang Xuance felt relieved.
Du Chuke said, "But they need to stand up for the continuous counterattacks of the people, and the aristocratic families are willing to give the prince enough time and money. At the same time, they have an unparalleled belief to implement this policy until they make a profit!"
"I don't understand!" Wang Xuance heard Du Chuke's words, but said, "Why did the people fight back? Can't the aristocratic family even wait for a year or two, and isn't this entire policy profit very simple?"
"One or two years~" Du Chuke smiled a few times, "Do you know how many years did Emperor Yang of Sui build the Grand Canal?"
"Seven years." Wang Xuance said with a little hesitation when he heard Du Chuke's words.
"This is just a link between the Grand Canal. They are now going to promote grass planting from scratch and replace merchants with administrative means. Do they think they have made a profit?
Look, this is a bottomless pit. In the first one or two years, these aristocratic families were willing to invest money, and the court was willing to support it.
After two or three years of no profit, I think they are afraid that people will get bored with dogs!" Du Chuke was full of disdain.
Because Du Chuke knew very well that taking the administrative path... Emperor Yang of Sui had proved that this path was so difficult to follow!
"Why is this happening?" Wang Xuance was a little confused when he heard Du Chuke's words.
Because in Wang Xuance's opinion, under the operation of Xu Jingzong, they have no shortage of technology, personnel, plans, and even funds, so how could they have problems?
"Their first problem is people!" Du Chuke said, "Any large-scale engineering project is indispensable!"
"But they can collect corvee labor, how could they lack people?" Wang Xuance asked back when he heard Du Chuke's words.
Du Chuke shook his head and said, "When you see the King of Yan working, you will always be the corvee he trained as the backbone.
Whether it is Gaoling corvee labor service or Tianjin corvee labor service, these people are more likely to use corvee labor service than to collect corvee labor service.
But if it is a corvee labor levy, have you ever seen corvee labor levy to open up land?
You should know that it is not easy to reclaim acreage. It would be okay if you promise to divide the arable land. If you don’t even promise this, do you believe it or not? If you use their administrative replacement to redeem it, someone will soon escape.
Moreover, the people in Longyou are brave and brave, and most of them go to serve as government soldiers. If they want to recruit corvee labor, they may not be as much as they think.
So soon they will fall into the problem of shortage of people, and they will be short of people!
Why did you think that the King of Yan had to do this? It was because Gaoling was the main force in the beginning and the local area was properly recruited to assist in the corvee work so that some barren land could be reclaimed.
The King of Yan considered human factors and knew that it was unsuccessful to rely on corvee alone and was willing to work hard.
Not only corvee labor itself, but also requires Gaoling corvee labor as the main body, ordinary people help, and even multiple cities need to support this plan!
There are not enough people, everything is empty talk.”
"This..." Wang Xuance was a little surprised when he heard Du Chuke's analysis and understood what Du Chuke meant.
Du Chuke continued, "Then they will encounter a second problem, because there are not enough people, so there is not enough land!"
"The land is not enough?" Wang Xuance couldn't help but be stunned and said, "Aren't Longyou all land?"
"Do you think that those land is not reclaimed. Do you think they can produce enough grass on a large scale?" Du Chuke shook his head,
"Without enough forage, it is a fantasy to raise livestock of a sufficient scale."
"Even if these forage grasses are not carefully cared for, they can grow grass when sprinkled on the ground. At most, they have to hire local people to cut them twice or three times!" Wang Xuance thought for a moment and said to Du Chuke.
"But this is not the farming and herds talent we Tang Dynasty want!" Du Chuke shook his head and said,
"The essence of the grass planting plan is to let the land in the north that cannot be cultivated, even if it is cultivated with grass, it doesn't matter.
If they sprinkle grass seeds casually, there will be no change in nature. The changes in the northern aliens from pursuing water and grass to cultivating land are not what our Tang Dynasty needs!
If only this is the case, why would our Tang Dynasty have to pay such a great price to do this?"
"This..." Wang Xuance did not expect that Du Chuke would say such a truth, but he was a little unresponsive.
Du Chuke continued, "If you save this step of clearing the land, you will inevitably compete with the local people for the mature acres.
Even if it is the lowest-class inferior field and cannot grow food, can’t weeds be planted yet!”
"They won't do this, right? This is Longyou!" Wang Xuance said in surprise.
"Who knows, it depends on their bottom line!" Du Chuke shook his head and said.
When Wang Xuance heard Du Chuke's words, he couldn't help but be silent. Should he believe that Xu Jingchong has a bottom line...
Du Chuke continued, "As long as the first two steps are not smooth, it will inevitably affect the last step, that is, the source of money.
As long as the scale cannot be increased, not only can we not make money, but we also have to continue investing money. The big family may be able to wait, but for the small family, they may not have so much capital to wait.
There will inevitably be disagreements at that time, and as long as a family withdraws, the entire project will fall into an irreversible vicious cycle. The more money is short, the harder it is to do, the harder it is to do, the less money it is to do, the less money it is to do."
"The livestock they raise can be sold for money, right?" Wang Xuance couldn't help but hear Du Chuke's words.
"No one robs business, it's a bit profitable, but as long as someone robs business, it's not necessarily true!" Du Chuke shook his head and said,
"Forget it, it's the prince after all, Taipu Temple should come forward to buy it in the end.
But really letting Taipu Temple end, it means that the entire Grass Plan is probably not far from bankruptcy.”
"Then what should I... do it?" Wang Xuance heard Du Chuke's analysis, but felt that this thing was handed over to Xu Jingzong to finish sooner or later. This made Wang Xuance a little confused and didn't know what he would do next.
"You have two choices." Du Chuke said, "The first is to wait.
Keep waiting and keep going slowly until the prince’s entire plan goes bankrupt.
I think I will have to take over the King of Yan in the future. If you are here to support me internally, it will be much more convenient for the King of Yan to take over!
However, the prince is the prince after all, and his plan has been hoped by too many people. I think whenever I can't stand it, I will find someone to help him.
This project will not be completely dead or alive, and no one knows how long it will last.
Of course, there is another point that when you fail in the end and need to find a scapegoat, you are the best candidate!”
When Wang Xuance heard Du Chuke's words, his face looked a little ugly.
Because Wang Xuance knew that if this happened, he might have to spend at least most of his life here. More importantly, if the plan fails, with the methods shown by Xu Jingzong, he would definitely be called a scapegoat!
"What about the second type?" Wang Xuance couldn't help asking again at this moment.
"The second type is to retreat!" Du Chuke said calmly,
"Exit this entire project and return to Youzhou to cultivate new pack horses according to what the King of Yan said.
Take advantage of the water transportation advantages to sell oxen and war horses to areas east of Luoyang.”
"Retreat?" Wang Xuance was stunned when he heard Du Chuke's words, and couldn't help but think.
Du Chuke continued, "You also attended the meeting at the beginning. I know that according to the plan of King Yan, our core development is Luoyang.
And everything we do in the next few years is to prepare for the future development of Luoyang by King Yan.
Therefore, if you retreat to Youzhou to develop animal husbandry, you can send livestock to Luoyang or even Yuhang through the benefits of the Grand Canal to ensure agricultural development in the Kanto region.
If you even have the spare energy, you can sell oxen and war horses to Chang'an, give the aristocratic families more choices, and force the prince and his team to more pressure on their projects, and this is the benefit of retreating."
Du Chuke said this and concluded,
"So, the King of Yan is not here, no one can compete with the prince. We are forced to collide with the prince, which is neither a minister nor a benefit.
Once you wait and retreat, there is no good or bad. It depends more on Xuan Ce’s choice.”
Wang Xuance heard Du Chuke's words but understood that if the King of Yan was here, he might be able to fight with the prince with his back on his back. If the lawsuit is in front of the saint, he at least has a chance to reason.
But now I can only wait and retreat.
To be honest, Wang Xuance knew that he had to choose to withdraw.
As for waiting, I am not the kind of person who can sleep under the other person's nose for a few years, then wait for a few years, or even more than ten years.
"I choose to withdraw! I will submit my resignation tomorrow!" Wang Xuance said angrily,
"I rejected my entire plan and kicked the student, so what else can I do.
I want to see how they can implement the "Seed Plan"!"
"Don't be angry, it's normal for struggles in the court to come and go, one goes and the other goes down."
Du Chuke looked calm and calm. With his brother Du Ruhui, he was calm.
"We just watched him build a tall building and entertain guests, and then the building collapsed.
In this world, when the saints are alive, the court should not flatter and be down-to-earth and willing to work hard.
No matter how high Xu Jingzong is, he will eventually fall into doing things. If he can’t do it well, it doesn’t make sense no matter how beautiful his wrist is!"
Wang Xuance and Du Chuke were relieved when he said that, and even took the initiative to pay for the drinks and went home with ease.
On the second day, Wang Xuance's resignation was delivered. His words were fierce and his emotions were full. The summary was just one sentence.
"With a fool like Xu Jingchong, I can't do it. I have to continue this project, either with me or him or me!"
The letter was delivered to Xu Jingzong, and Xu Jingzong sneered, "The king has made a request, so he will naturally satisfy him!"
Then Wang Xuance, the pioneer and actual founder of the "Grass Plan", was kicked out of the game.
However, the fool-style farming and pastoral manual written by Wang Xuance was kept by Xu Jingzong and read it from time to time.
After all, in Xu Jingzong's opinion, you have already taught all these techniques, so why do you still keep them for you? Kick them off sooner, and you can do something big sooner.
Then, on the first day of Wang Xuance's work, all plans were overturned, and at the second point of work, he submitted his resignation and left.
After completing the shortest time record of the term from a local official to a Beijing official, Du Chuke took action to re-schedule Wang Xuance back to Youzhou and began to accumulate strength again.
Du Chuke was a sensible person. He knew that the King of Yan was not here now, and he insisted on collide with the prince who was at the peak of his life. He was brain disease.
We must have to wait until the King of Yan comes back before we have the chance to fight with the prince.
Otherwise, be honest, the court is not a place where you and others act recklessly, and of course it is not a place where others can act recklessly.
"There is a meeting in the mountains and rivers." Du Chuke also rode his horse to become his own Luoyang Order.
But Li Tai, who was climbing in ice and snow, didn't know that when he was not in Luoyang, Du Chuke helped him handle the finishing, preserved his strength, and waited for him to be like accumulating his strength.
Generally, one order comes out and one punch comes out.
At this time, the military music proposed by Li Tai had been held for almost a month.
This has almost become the most anticipated time for the entire legion after marching every day.
Although due to the limited number of personnel, only more than 10,000 people can perform in the military band led by Lu Cai at a time, even so, such a performance has soothed a lot of people's hearts.
"The King of Yan's military band has some tricks!" Li Daozong listened to Lu Cai and others using war drums, gold and suona, and other props that played very loudly, making people feel very excited, as if they were just wind and snow, but
There is nothing scary anymore!
"It stabilizes morale very well!" Li Jing sighed at the military band,
“In fact, it’s not just a military band, but also a medical camp.
After the camp is set up every day, the soldiers of the medical battalion will ask the leader of each team to report the frostbite situation, and then arrange for the medical battalion members to undergo orderly rehabilitation treatment, and even prepare for frostbite medicine.
Originally, the non-war loss should be huge, but with the team of King Yan, I hardly need to worry about non-war reductions!”
"The King of Yan has also prepared frostbite medicine?" Li Daozong was a little surprised when he heard Li Jing's words.
"I prepared a lot!" Li Jing replied, "And, whenever I go to a town where I settled, King Yan would ask Liu Shenwei to find local doctors as soon as possible, buy local medicinal materials, and even buy coal.
It can be said that King Yan brought too much money!”
Li Daozong pulled the corner of his mouth, but he didn't know how to describe Li Tai.
Li Jing said, "However, compared to this kind of small method, should you wait until night to see the tent of the King of Yan!"
"Huh?" Li Daozong couldn't help but feel a little curious when he heard Li Jing's words.