According to general rules, after the productivity develops, the old production relations are no longer suitable for the new productivity. Then after a long running-in period, the production relations will slowly adjust to the extent of adapting to the productivity. Then again
Enter the next cycle, or stop there.
However, what made Chen Cheng better than people of this era was not his IQ, but more than two thousand years of experience. As soon as he discovered the signs of chaos, he immediately took measures. He originally thought it would take two or three years to solve the problem.
When this happens, people who have been oppressed for a long time will burst out with great strength once they have hope of turning over.
Where there is oppression, there is resistance.
Chen Cheng and Yan Zhong discussed it and promulgated a "Marriage Law" in less than two days. The articles were very simple, with only a few articles, mainly to protect the rights and interests of women. For this kind of nonsense law, the majority of people
The masses of the people, or more accurately, the male compatriots among the broad masses of the people are very dissatisfied and think this is nonsense.
What's wrong with the old men beating their own mothers-in-law? This is how everyone has been living for thousands of years!
People in the middle and lower classes have mixed opinions about this, because half of the women agree, although most of them dare not say it out. Among the upper classes in Yinchuan, they greatly praise this law. Why? Because of textiles
Factories make money! Women work hard every day to make money for officials, the army, princes and powerful men. In the face of money, they naturally have to support their own money-making tools.
But soon, they began to complain. Because Chen Cheng then created the "Labor Law" and the "Women's Rights and Interests Protection Law", which stipulated that workers should not work more than six hours a day, which is twelve hours.
Violators will be fined.
The development process of the British textile industry was filled with the blood and tears of workers. Although Chen Cheng decided to develop the textile industry, he never thought of squeezing manpower to that extent. The two new laws set a big framework for Chen Cheng
Later, Yan Zhong found someone to fill it, and Yan Xing contributed a lot of effort in this process. After it was introduced, officials and powerful people all felt uncomfortable, but they could still accept it.
Under the strong pressure of the state pastoral government, everyone just pinched their noses and admitted it.
In order to ensure that these laws would not become a dead letter, Chen Cheng established a new police department, under the name of the Forbidden Army, to monitor the situation in various factories. In this era, the wealth that the countryside can produce is very limited, and what can be provided
Only the resources of soldiers and food and livestock can really produce wealth, but it still depends on the city.
Inspired by the rebate system, those policemen wearing black uniforms and white leggings ran around Yinchuan, Lingzhou, and Fuping all day long, just to make big news. Soon, these guys were crowned by the powerful.
He was given the title of "black-skinned dog".
New things appear rapidly in Yinchuan, and many locals are stunned by this. They have lived here for generations, and their lives have remained unchanged, but their old habits have been shattered in just a few years. New
Things always cause a lot of friction when they first start to run. Many officials wrote letters asking for order to bring order to the chaos, and wanted to return to the previous life of men farming and women weaving. In the end, they were reprimanded by Chen Cheng.
Officials can get benefits in the factory. Chen Cheng is not a harsh person to his subordinates. He would rather go hungry than fill the bellies of his subordinates first. But after the officials get the benefits, they also feel
The restrictions are getting bigger and bigger. They are not opposed to building factories, they are just opposed to putting a halter on themselves. In other words, these people have not watched "Let the Bullets Fly". Otherwise, they will definitely say, "We just want to stand and spend money."
Earn it!"
After hitting a wall with Chen Cheng, these people did not give up and began to complain to Xu Chao, Yan Zhong and other big figures in the civil service, describing the inconveniences and harms caused by the new laws and new departments. Some even said plausibly:
"The new law is competing with the people!"
When these words were said, those ordinary people who had earned money were probably expelled from the ranks of the "people". But this is not surprising, anyway, officials and powerful officials have always believed that many people are not the people at all.
But who are Xu Chao and Yan Zhong? The former is as hard as a stone in a latrine, not only hard, but also smelly. Xu Chao is better than Yang Qiu, Hou Cheng, Chen Cheng, everything he believes in
, even nine cows can't pull it back. Although the latter is not smelly and hard, it is a pragmatist.
Yan Zhongcai doesn't care about traditions and pastoral poetry. It's enough to open factories so that the government can collect taxes. The output of the factories can enhance his own strength. He is a ruthless man who can set fire to the palace. What does it matter if the powerful are uncomfortable? He also
He once suggested to Chen Cheng that he should "use them first and then kill them" for Liangzhou's powerful people and scholars. Therefore, when facing the civil and military officials and powerful people from all over the country who came to complain, Yan Zhong's attitude was "do it if you like it, but don't do it if you don't"
roll".
The more powerful Yan Shangshu gathered all the opponents together, and then said sternly: "If you are not convinced, you can try it and see whether your head is stronger or the government's steel sword is stronger!"
The people of Xiliang have been disobedient to the king for a long time, and it is normal to be unruly, but it depends on who you compare with. Now the Prefectural Mufu has money, soldiers, food, and a "Thunderbolt Chariot" that can quickly smash open Wubao.
"If the arm really can't twist the thigh, then I have to accept it.
Is Han Sui ruthless? Is Ma Teng ruthless? Is Yang Qiu ruthless? Zhang Heng, Cheng Yin, Song Jian... These people have all given up. Although the powerful men of Beidi County have some soldiers and horses,
, it is still incomparable with the princes from all walks of life. Those people have voted, how can they still make a comeback? They gathered together in the spirit of "if there are dates but no dates, hit three poles", now since there is no benefit
, then it’s better to go home and earn money honestly.
Speaking of which, although the people down there have made some money, they are the ones who make the most money. Now in Beidi County, especially on both sides of the Yellow River near Helan Mountain, you can make money from anything you do. The government is expanding its armaments.
A large number of orders were placed with civilians, ranging from clothes, shoes and socks to wooden bowls and kettles used by soldiers. The purchase volume was unusually large, and they had to pay in cash.
Due to the shortage of manpower, the newly appointed Northern Governor Yang Hao even began to organize an army and went to the northern grasslands to capture the nomadic Xianbei remnants. The coal mines, copper mines, silver mines, and iron mines in the Helan Mountains all require a lot of manpower.
If you catch a Xianbei man and sell him to the mine, you can get twenty or thirty guan, which is faster than opening a factory.
In fact, Lu Fang was already doing this when he was the captain of the North. It was just a small fuss at that time, but now it has developed into an industry. After Chen Cheng learned about it, he was silent for a long time, and then
Only then did he reply with the words "I understand" in the memorial, and then nothing happened about the matter.
In the past, Chen Cheng had to save money and cut down the army to make some investments. As time goes by, these investments are beginning to pay off. The mines and smelters have just returned to their original investment, and the textile mills have begun to produce profits.
Huge profits. The local people have slowly become accustomed to this chaotic yet orderly life, and are accustomed to the scenes where workers have to line up to enter the factory, line up to eat, and line up to do this and that every day.
Like clockwork, amidst all the commotion, the time soon arrived in May and June. People in the government became nervous again, busy with the summer harvest. Cities and factories can produce wealth, but they cannot produce food.
Come. Peasants working odd jobs in various factories ran home one after another and started a busy robbery.
The entire Northland began to grow rapidly in a brutal and energetic way. People elsewhere did not feel this deeply, but the locals could clearly feel that life was getting better. Last year was better than the year before.
, this year is better than last year. Suddenly everyone can eat enough and have some extra money in their hands.
There are a lot of things that people are not used to. For example, there are more and more government rules. Even when walking, you can only walk on the right side. This is really unreasonable. Why should we just walk on the left side?
Two black-skinned dogs ran over whistling and yelled: "You idiots, didn't you read the sign over there? Keep to the right for pedestrians, vehicles and horses! What? You can't read? You can go against the grain if you don't know how to read?"
If you accept the punishment, you will go to the mine to dig coal for ten days, and if you accept the punishment, you will be fined one hundred yuan!"
As soon as he heard that he was going to be sent to the mine to dig coal, the driver couldn't help but shudder, and he quickly said with a smile: "Accept the punishment, accept the punishment!"
Isn't it just a hundred dollars? You can earn it back in a day or two in a factory. If you are sent to a mine, won't you have to shed a layer of your skin?
When the summer harvest was over, Chen Cheng came up with something like a hydraulic forging hammer. The principle of a hydraulic forging hammer is similar to that of a water-powered mill. It converts the kinetic energy of flowing water into gravitational potential energy, and then into kinetic energy. After a period of time,
After running it, he found that although this kind of machinery improved a lot of efficiency, the hammered iron ingots still needed to be further beaten by craftsmen before they could be made into qualified armor.
Although it is not as easy to use as imagined, and it cannot directly explode plate armor, the efficiency has indeed improved a lot. In the past, sixty pairs of iron armor and two hundred pairs of simple armors for miscellaneous soldiers could be produced in a month, but now the number is
They have been increased to 200 and 400 respectively. At this rate, 10,000 people will be able to be equipped with armor with stronger defense before the end of this year.
By next year, 30,000 people will be fully armed. With 30,000 troops from the headquarters as the core, plus 30,000 troops from the Xiliang princes, we will be able to attack Guanzhong again. With better and stronger troops
With armor, they can fight head-on with the heavy infantry of the Han army in places like Chencang.
But just when Chen Cheng was about to conquer the soap production process, two unexpected things suddenly happened. One was that the imperial court sent an envoy to consecrate Chen Cheng as the shepherd of Liangzhou, and ordered Chen Cheng to lead troops to attack Bingzhou.
Dong Zhuo. As soon as Chen Cheng heard that the imperial court had offered such a price, he knew that He Jin's military operation this year was not going well. Otherwise, he would not have adopted such a method.
Chen Cheng's countermeasure for this kind of sugar-coated cannonball was to eat the sugar-coated shells and hit them back. After accepting the canonization, he said to the angel: "Please go back and report to the general. I will send troops to the county and land on the Yellow River to frighten the people of Bingzhou."
Rebellious ministers and traitors!"
Everyone who heard this shook their heads secretly. Although Shangjun was Bingzhou's territory, it had already fallen into Chen Cheng's hands. Now that he is going to attack Shangjun, does this mean that everyone is being regarded as a fool?
The person who came to deliver the imperial edict was Wei Li, Chen Cheng's subordinate in Luoyang. He was confused at the time and said with a wry smile: "Why do you want to trick me? The commander has already fallen into the hands of the commander. What are you saying about sending troops to the commandery?"
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Chen Cheng raised his eyebrows and said with a smile: "What the angels don't know is that Shangjun is still occupied by the Huns. I plan to appoint Xu Rong as General Zhendong and order him to lead troops into Shangjun."
Although Rizhu was regarded as a traitor by many Huns, he was indeed a Huns and had the support of many tribes. Now letting Xu Rong take charge of them would kill two birds with one stone.
