Chapter 343 Supporting Small and Medium Enterprises in Youzhou
Chapter 343 Supporting small and medium-sized enterprises in Youzhou
Author: smug eyebrows and droopy eyes
Chapter 343 Supporting small and medium-sized enterprises in Youzhou
"Your Majesty, you are born, you are born!"
Following a cry in the house and the excited shouting of the midwife, Liu Jian, who was standing outside the door, breathed a sigh of relief.
To be honest, today's situation is really dangerous.
It has been more than two hours since the birth. During this period, Mrs. Wen and the maids were busy in and out. I don't know how much hot water was used. The blood cloth taken out from the house from time to time also made Liu Jian scared.
Trembling.
In politics and on the battlefield, Liu Jian may be a rare and handsome figure in ten years.
But outside the delivery room, he was just an ordinary man who was helpless and could only silently pray in his heart that his wife and children would be safe.
The medical and health conditions of this era are completely different from the era when Liu Jian traveled back in time.
Women who give birth to children in this era are simply as if they have walked through the door of hell. If they don't lose half of their lives, they don't have a child.
Now, after hearing that Zheng Ci had finally given birth to a child, the heavy burden on Liu Jian's heart finally fell away.
He hurriedly walked towards the stable woman and asked patiently: "How is my wife? Is she okay?"
Po Wen was a little confused by Liu Jian's attitude.
She has also been working as a caregiver in Yecheng for more than ten years. There are really very few people like Liu Jian.
Most of the first questions most men ask after seeing themselves are: "Are they male or female..."
Although she was surprised, Po Wen still smiled and replied: "Madam An Tai, you can rest assured."
"Good, very good. Come on, I'll give you a reward!"
"Thank you, thank you for the reward!"
"Maybe I can go in and see my wife now?"
"Yes, yes!" Po Wen nodded eagerly.
Liu Jian hurriedly entered the house.
Zheng Ci was lying weakly on the bed. When she saw Liu Jian coming in, her eyes turned red and she seemed about to shed tears.
"Husband..."
Liu Jian was shocked when he saw this.
"How can you cry?"
Zheng Ci whispered: "I am incompetent...I gave birth to a baby girl..."
When Liu Jian heard this, he didn't react at first.
Soon, I saw him smiling.
"Madam, don't we already have a son? Besides, if you still want a son and you can have another one in the future, why should you care about this one child?"
"Besides, what's wrong with daughters? I just like daughters. Compared to boys who are heroic, women are more considerate to their parents."
After saying that, Liu Jian turned to his maid and said, "Bring the child here!"
The maid hurriedly brought Liu Jian's daughter to him and Zheng Ci.
The little girl was just born. She was so thin and small that she couldn't open her eyes. Her facial features were almost twisted together. It was impossible to tell whether she was beautiful or ugly, or who she looked like.
In this era, the types of food that pregnant women can eat are limited, and the nutritional supplements are not so comprehensive. Coupled with the relationship between evolution, the babies of this era are very different from those of later generations.
If you can give birth to a baby that weighs five or six pounds, it is considered to be relatively heavy and healthy.
It's not like the babies of later generations. They weighed nine or ten pounds when they were born, and they were so white and fat that they were so cute.
Liu Jian smiled and said: "Oh, if you are still so ugly when you grow up, you won't be able to get married in the future."
Although Zheng Ci was weak, after listening to Liu Jian's words, she still smiled and scolded him.
"My husband, Xu, is very old. Why is he so dishonest? Why can't he be a good example to his children?"
After listening to Zheng Ci's words, Liu Jian felt a little melancholy.
I'm only twenty-five years old, okay? How can I become so old?
At this moment, the child in Liu Jian's hand reached out to grab Liu Jian's big hand without even realizing it.
The moment the child's little hand came into contact with his father's fingers, something seemed to be touched, causing Liu Jian's thoughts to become a little erratic for a moment.
I don't know why, but Liu Jian never seemed to feel this way when in contact with his son.
For a father, having a daughter and having a son are two completely different experiences.
Boys need exercise, girls need protection.
Seeing Liu Jian distracted, Zheng Ci couldn't help but wonder: "Husband, what's wrong with you?"
Liu Jian's thoughts were racing and he said, "Call me Kuo'er... my nickname is Koukou."
"ah?"
When Zheng Ci heard this, he felt a little uneasy at the time.
"How come a girl is called such a nickname?"
Liu Jian smiled and said: "Look at this child, he clasped my fingers as soon as he saw me. He is really a father and daughter who are connected. It is just right to call him Kuo'er."
Zheng Ci didn't want to agree at first, but looking at Liu Jian's happy face, she knew that she couldn't resist. Besides, it was just a nickname from a girl, so it didn't hurt her elegance.
However, Zheng Ci hoped that Liu Jian would listen to her suggestion and name the child Liu Yue.
Liu Jian thought it sounded good, so he agreed.
As a result, Liu Li became Liu Jian's first daughter.
With the birth of their first daughter, the entire Liu family is happy, but this does not mean that Liu Jian's affairs at home are over, because Bian Yu'er is also close to giving birth.
After one child was born, a second child was about to be born.
Bian Yu'er is also his woman. Although she is a concubine, since he has the opportunity, Liu Jian still has to fulfill his husband's responsibilities towards her and her children.
Liu Jian is really not busy enough.
During this period, the situation in the north was also constantly reported to Liu Jian's location.
Xun Yu has successfully assumed the post of governor of Youbeiping. At the same time, he began to coordinate the government resources in Youbeiping area. In the name of the government, he began to coordinate the mining and graphite industry in Wuzhong County.
The Hebei Chamber of Commerce and Trade began to mobilize all its efforts to implement mining in Youzhou.
Youzhou is now in a state of war, and all the governors are recruiting troops and uniting the major families to compete with the Zhang family. However, Xun Yu decided not to take the unusual path and wanted to develop iron ore and graphite at this juncture.
Isn’t this just a disease?!
But as a result, when rumors spread about the content of Wuzhuan iron ore and graphite, as well as the industrial chain that this huge iron ore could drive, all the people in Youzhou were dumbfounded.
The specific quantity is difficult to estimate, but it is said...the quantity contained in it and the output after vigorous mining - enough to support the Han Dynasty for half the world!
What huge benefits will there be behind this?
But it is a pity that the Animal Husbandry Department headed by Liu Jian acted too quickly.
This mineral right, which contains huge benefits, is now completely owned by the Han Dynasty, both nominally and actually.
When the Han Dynasty was founded, although there were some omissions in land policy, the protection of non-cultivated land resources such as mountains, rivers and lakes was still in place.
Except for the land that can be cultivated and can be traded privately, all other natural resources in the Han Dynasty belong to the Han government.
At this point, Liu Jian was very grateful to his Liu ancestors.
Without this rule as the basis for hundreds of years, it would be really troublesome to deal with some things.
The development of Youbeiping Mining has allowed many families in Youzhou to see the huge chain of interests. At the same time, families with foresight have gradually begun to understand that industries that can break the original interest pattern in Youzhou have emerged.
However, what all the rich people in Youzhou didn't expect was that after Xun Yu got the profit baton, he actually used the sword in an eccentric way.
Although graphite and mining are mined under the leadership of the government and constructed by the Hebei Business Association, the downstream industry still requires many people to undertake it.
To put it bluntly, the state provides raw materials and leads industrial processing, but downstream private companies still need a variety of private companies to derive industry terminals based on raw materials and put them into the market. Only in this way can a hundred schools of thought contend, while revitalizing all walks of life and promoting the industrial chain.
Expand consumption and let the benefits generated by this pool be distributed to the private sector to form a virtuous cycle.
Of course, in this era, there is no so-called company in later generations. The capital in this era is the family.
According to the original habits of the Eastern Han government, if there were good projects and good resources, it would naturally have to cooperate with the big families.
After all, the big family has enough manpower and resources, and the family also occupies many important positions in the officialdom.
But this time, Xun Yu did not trade with those big families.
Xun Yu actually handed over most of the downstream industries to the local poor families in Youzhou.
In future generations, this would be called "focusing on supporting the rapid growth of small and medium-sized enterprises."
It is indeed a good policy.
Although it will block the production speed for a while, in the long run, it can produce good social benefits.
For the Jizhou government, it can allow various private industries to develop in a balanced manner and create a certain degree of competitiveness with each other. This is naturally a good thing for a country.
But for some people who habitually feel that they belong to the "priority" class, this is naturally not a good thing.
In particular, some powerful right-wingers who have attached themselves to Zhang Ju and Zhang Chun have rebelled.
These people felt that Zhang Ju and Zhang Chun should send troops to attack Youbeiping at this time, especially the mines in Wuzhong County, and take them all into their own hands.
Zhang Ju and Zhang Chun were not idiots. They could see that the reason why Xun Yu wanted to focus on developing the endless mining industry at this juncture was to disrupt the structure of Youzhou and create a new political and interest environment.
Because Xun Yu was a foreigner after all, no matter how capable he was, his control over Youzhou and his understanding of the transfer of interests to various families in Youzhou were far inferior to that of the Yuyang Zhang family who had been operating here for generations.
That's why Xun Yu wanted to use this method to remove fuel from the bottom of the cauldron, directly control the largest chain of interests, and squeeze the Zhang family from the top of the chain of interests in Youzhou.
Since he has seen through the opponent's methods, of course Zhang cannot stand idly by and watch his opponent get stronger.
Therefore, Zhang Ju and Zhang Chun began to secretly gather troops and horses, preparing to storm Wuzhong County, seize the mining area, and take control of the initiative.
According to Zhang Ju and Zhang Chun's plan, although Huang Zhong could assist Xun Yu, Zhang family in Yuyang did not know Huang Zhong well before, so Qiu Liju suffered a big loss in the hands of Huang Zhong.
But this time, they won't make the same mistake again.