Chapter Three Hundred and Fortieth: Getting Rich and Going to a Well-off During the Day)
Before Li Min and Shen Wei left the yard, they heard the sound of the door opening behind them.
The two of them turned around and saw Lu Zhaolin staggering out of the study with a long sword in his hand. There were drops of blood dripping from the long sword.
Li Min and Shen Wei looked at each other and nodded slightly.
Li Min walked forward and patted Lu Zhaolin on the shoulder.
Bang!
Lu looked at the long sword in his neighbor's hand, but it fell to the ground unconsciously.
Li Min couldn't help but said: "Let's go, I'll drink with you today."
Lu Zhaolin nodded and followed Li Min out.
That day, Lu Zhaolin was very drunk and was carried back to his room.
Early the next morning, someone suddenly came to report: "To inform the Governor, the governor, Lin Jue, committed suicide in prison."
After reporting the news, the official lowered his head deeply and did not dare to look into Li Min's eyes.
Under their care, the governor Lin Jue actually committed suicide or was even killed. This was a serious dereliction of duty on their part.
If the Grand Governor really wants to pursue the case, all their jailers will be punished.
There is even a possibility of being beheaded.
However, Li Min was silent for a long time and said: "Okay, I know this, the governor knows, you can go down!"
"Yes, Grand Governor!"
After the jailer retreated, he felt cold all over and was soaked in cold sweat.
This was obviously a big deal, and the jailer had even prepared for the worst.
But for some reason, the Governor didn't intend to pursue them.
For them, it is undoubtedly an unexpected surprise.
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For Li Min, it was foreseeable that Lin Jue would commit suicide in prison.
Of course, Li Min definitely didn't believe that Lin Jue committed suicide.
Lin Jue's death must be closely related to the forces behind him.
Even he was assassinated by an assassin yesterday, let alone Lin Jue?
In fact, if Li Min really wanted to save Lin Jue, it was not impossible to do so.
However, after Lin Jue is saved, he will also face a lot of troubles.
The current game with the forces behind Lin Jue is actually not in line with his current development goals.
If that's the case, let them get rid of Lin Jue.
Things came to an abrupt end when it came to Lin Jue.
The next step is to vigorously develop Yizhou.
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On that day, Li Min ordered someone to find Wang Heng and teach him the papermaking technology.
Of course, Li Min's papermaking technology in Chang'an was mainly due to the machine.
This time, Li Min also exchanged for a machine similar to the one in Chang'an and gave it to the Wang family.
At the same time, the manufacturing technology of movable type printing was also passed on to the Wang family.
After obtaining these two techniques, Wang Heng, as if he had found a treasure, immediately sealed these two technologies in secret.
At the same time, someone was sent to transport the paper machine away.
On the same day, the factory was built, raw materials for papermaking were purchased, and preparations for papermaking were made.
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Li Min and Chang Shi Guanyi were discussing the future development of Yizhou.
The development strategy given by Shangguan Yi is to pay attention to water conservancy, encourage farmers and mulberry farmers to take classes, make punishments clear, and educate the people.
Yizhou benefits from Dujiangyan, and most of its fertile farmland can be irrigated.
However, these fertile lands are basically concentrated in the hands of aristocratic families, and only one-tenth of the fertile lands are truly in the hands of the common people.
Moreover, even the use of Dujiangyan was not really utilized at that time.
The development method given by Shangguan Yi was indeed an effective method at the time.
However, in Yizhou, if this is all that can be done, it is actually far from enough.
In the final analysis, the most serious problem facing Yizhou is the land issue.
In fact, it’s more than just Yizhou?
At this time, the entire Tang Dynasty was facing such a problem.
The land distributed to the people in the Tang Dynasty was divided into Yongye Field and Koufen Field.
In the Tang Dynasty, men over the age of 18 were granted 80 acres of land and 20 acres of Yongye field.
The land divided by the mouth must be returned to the court after the death of the person.
However, Yongye Field does not need to be returned.
Moreover, the system at that time did not strictly manage Yongye fields and Koufen fields, and they could be granted and received privately.
This brings great convenience to land annexation.
In the early Tang Dynasty, because the war had just ended and the population was sparse, the court had a large amount of land, which was enough to support the distribution of Yongye fields.
However, as the war subsided, the population increased rapidly. Due to the principle of only dividing Yongye fields but not harvesting, the land was not enough to support it.
What followed was the serious problem of land annexation.
The demise of the Tang Dynasty was inextricably linked to the collapse of the land system.
In fact, the demise of most dynasties in ancient China was related to the collapse of the land system and insufficient productivity to feed the population at that time.
Of course, in the early Tang Dynasty, this contradiction did not appear.
But it is obvious that this is like a cancer growing on the body.
If it is not removed, sooner or later the disease will break out and kill people.
The problem in Yizhou is that because Yizhou is located in a remote area, land annexation in Yizhou occurred earlier and more violently than in other places.
If the people do not have enough fertile land, it will be difficult for them to live a prosperous life.
Therefore, we must first solve the field problem.
And if you want to solve the farm problem, you can only take action from the aristocratic family.
Among the aristocratic families in Yizhou, the most disobedient and the most bottomless family in doing things is the Zhao family.
In the past, the Zhao family had opposed him many times.
Well, this time, Li Minjiu decided to operate on the Zhao family.
At that time, the land seized from the Zhao family can be contracted to the people for farming.
There is another problem that restricts the development of Yizhou, which is the road problem.
The road to Shu is difficult, and it is difficult to reach the blue sky.
Because of the difficult roads, even if there is a good harvest of food, they cannot transport it.
It is not appropriate to transport goods from outside.
Traffic problems will seriously hinder the development of Yizhou.
What Li Min wanted was not just to feed and drink enough for the people of Yizhou.
It is about allowing the people of Yizhou to live a well-off life.
In order for the people of Yizhou to become rich and prosperous, we must first solve the problem of roads.
"If you want to get rich, you must first build a road. You must open a road from Yizhou to Chang'an."
Shangguan Yi seemed difficult to understand and disapproving of the idea proposed by Li Min.
But this is not Shangguan Yi’s fault.
This creed, which was regarded as a golden rule in later generations, did not have much market in the Tang Dynasty.
It is normal for Shangguan Yi not to understand.
Moreover, it is unrealistic for Yizhou to open up a road to the outside world.
Shangguan Yi couldn't help but said: "Your Highness, the road from Yizhou to Chang'an will take at least fifty years to build based on the current economic conditions and current situation in Yizhou."
Well, there seems to be nothing wrong with what Shangguan Yi said.
However, Li Min said meaningfully: "It's very simple. Since it is difficult for us to build this road, we might as well ask these aristocratic families of the Five Surnames and Qiwang to help us build this road."
