Beautiful clothes cannot be used as food. While County Magistrate Li is engaged in generating income, he still has to bite the bullet and go to the countryside. The issue of rural areas and farmers is the top priority.
Don't be afraid if you don't have to sell silk, and have enough food to eat.
At present, Jiangyin's food sources are quite complicated, mainly relying on deception and abduction. In fact, the food grown by oneself is not much, and it can only supply the consumption of the ruling class.
The lower class, especially those who came here just to hang on to their lives, mainly relied on grains and wild vegetables to satisfy their hunger.
Fortunately, there is a good area in Jiangnan, where wild vegetables are abundant. After being made into dried vegetables, and with the emergence of soy products, it can be made into rations that can be stored for several days.
At the same time, because Li Jie is an outstanding graduate of the Textile College, he also knows a little bit about the fishing industry.
Of course, it’s mainly inland river fishing.
Sweep them all away and become invincible!
"Where are all the people who come here to buy dried salted fish recently?"
"Many merchants from the Central Plains princes came to Wudi."
Because Gongzi Ba was proficient in many dialects, he could entertain more than twenty people by himself. When he received the royal merchants of the Central Plains princes, the effect was quite good.
The results are naturally good.
Due to the surge in output, Jiangyin salted fish began to be exported to the outside world. However, the demand for salted fish in the Central Plains has been in short supply for hundreds of years.
Pickled and air-dried fish meat is a hard currency in many areas of the Central Plains. Especially in the "Four Wilds" of the Central Plains, there are still some barbarians who have not been hanged. They are mainly used to brush their heads, seniority and merit. In fact, they have already
I knelt down and licked it, but Emperor Zhou had deliberately reserved it to disgust certain countries, so he never agreed.
Recently, there has been a wave of tribes living together between Xia and Rongdi at the junction of Yan and Jin, and they are planning to jointly build a country. By the way, they have also formally requested a title from the Emperor of Zhou. The request is not high, just a viscount.
Just like this group of guys, in order to fill the bellies of their brothers, they ordered almost two million kilograms of salted fish and bacon in Biyang country.
County Magistrate Li peed at that time, oh shit, what the hell is this? Are you planning to buy two million kilograms of salted fish and bacon to celebrate the founding of the country?
But a big deal is about to pop up. Can we give it to others? Of course not.
As a result, County Magistrate Li didn't care about farming, and his main manpower was fishing like crazy in "Baisha".
As for salt, there is absolutely no shortage of it. Anyone who lacks salt will not lack it.
Whether it is Dongsha, Donglu City, Tan State or Ju State, he can have as much salt as he wants.
If you can't do it yourself, you can open up salt fields in the sea near Donglu City and just bask in the sun.
The technology of drying salt itself is not difficult, but planning in salt fields is difficult.
But this was not a problem for County Magistrate Li. When he was still working as a foreman, he once repaired a cement pond for a livestock farm for a self-employed salt field owner. After the work was completed, the boss had no money for a while, so he asked Foreman Li to drive a twenty-four-wheeler by himself.
Heavy trucks go to the salt field, and bulldozers push it by themselves, digging as much as they can...
Later, County Magistrate Li was sentenced to three months of detention for engaging in illegal sales. He was allowed to go home two or three times a month, but overall he was fine.
Therefore, County Magistrate Li can solve the main link in determining the sale of salted fish, but it only takes up too much labor and delays the development of Yinxiang.
But compared with the benefits, it's all worth it.
The transaction price in Biyang Kingdom is about two hundred catties of salted fish and bacon, which can be exchanged for a woman or child, and fifty catties can be added to exchange for a young man.
Then if you don’t want a woman, you can exchange one to five horses, and negotiate the price depending on the grade of the horse. Generally speaking, buying horses is not cost-effective. First, the northern horses at this time are not much better than the southern mountain horses; second, the northern horses are not much better than the southern mountain horses.
Horses are too delicate and can easily die on the road, but people are different and can endure handling.
Those barbarians weren't stupid, and they didn't plan to buy two million kilograms of salted fish and bacon in one go.
They also know about installments and know that they come once a month, so the pressure can be reduced.
However, County Magistrate Li also felt strange, why would he go all the way to ask people in the south to buy salted fish and bacon? Isn’t this a disease?
Then when I inquired about it, I found out that it was the three great powers of Jin, Yan, and Qi that completely blocked Yanba from entering the territory of the barbarians.
County Magistrate Li couldn't bear to see this kind of behavior of a big country bullying the weak. When he was still working as a foreman, every time he saw such news, he would be filled with righteous indignation and wish he could draw his sword to help.
So faced with this situation, County Magistrate Li cut off the price by fifty kilograms in response to the difficult situation of these barbarians.
Originally, two hundred kilograms of salted fish and bacon could be exchanged for a woman, but now it's different, one hundred and fifty kilograms can be done.
This is definitely a bargain. If anyone else had cut it in half, there would be no one as kind as County Magistrate Li.
After all, "loyalty, righteousness and courage" still have a bodhisattva heart.
However, County Magistrate Li did not believe in Buddhism, and thought that even if he were a Bodhisattva, he would probably be Namo Six-Guard Gatling Bodhisattva.
In addition to knowing how to pay installments, these barbarians also know how to put on a vest and use a small size to purchase.
County Magistrate Li is also happy to see the results. If someone helps him with orders for free, why shouldn't he?
In the name of merchants from Song and Chen countries, these barbarians were active in Biyang Kingdom quite frequently. Although everyone knew where they were from, no one tried to expose them. Between Song and Biyang, there were also
Then a fight.
When the time comes when the wool of Song and Wu is no longer available, it would be a good idea to dig out a few handfuls of fat from the barbarians.
From the beginning of spring to the present, an average of about a thousand slaves have been sold from the north every month. Most of them are women, but there is a high probability that they were snatched from weaker tribes, or even from the northwest of Yan State.
mouth, and then went to the larger grasslands in the north to trade.
As for young people, there are few transactions, which is a pity for Li Jie.
Although women and children are good, they are troublesome to feed. Heavy manual labor is given priority all over the world, and women play more roles as reproductive tools. Except for a few big countries that have the ability to mobilize women to arm themselves, regional powers and below do not have the strength to organize women.
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For example, when the Jin State was building the Great Wall in the North and the Fort in the Northeast, one-third of the labor force was women. This was a mobilization ability that the princes of the Central Plains could not envy. Moreover, during the period when the Jin State was hegemonic, there were many
Women armed.
The most classic example of a battle was when the Jin State cooperated with the Qin State in encircling and suppressing the tribes in Hetao. The Qin State fought hard to the death. As a result, the Jin army on the eastern front was just a group of old ladies working there.
After digging the pit and building the camp, when they saw the Qin army coming, the ladies of Jin suddenly burst into laughter: Here we go, brother!
At that time, the king of Qin was so angry that he almost wanted to fight with Jin. Unfortunately, Jin still blocked their eastward entrance. Even the current capital city of Xianyang had to be built under the threat of Jin.
Xianyang City plays the role of a logistics base most of the time. You can imagine how the situation there is changing.
It is common sense that Jin ladies are not inferior to men.
And unlike what County Magistrate Li had imagined, the manor economy of the Jin State was extremely developed, and there were a large number of manor owners among them, all of whom were ladies from the Jin State.
To put it bluntly, the reason why Jin State formed its current strange system was also determined by its economic foundation.
This led to another situation: any married Jin woman had a good status in foreign countries.
Take Chu State as an example. Jin State and Chu State fought against each other for a hundred or two hundred years. Generally speaking, Chu State was surrounded and suppressed, and then gradually became stronger during the suppression.
It's always a bit unpleasant to become stronger again.
Therefore, the grievances and hatreds between Jin and Chu were much deeper than those between Wu and Wu.
However, even so, the status of Jin women is still quite high among the senior officials of the Chu State. Even now, Zhao Ji, who was originally the concubine of the King of Chu, actually has an influence that overwhelms many local mountains in the Chu State, and her son is likely to become a subordinate.
A generation of kings of Chu.
Compared with the Jin State, the Wu State was far behind.
Maybe in the plane that County Magistrate Li didn't travel through, Wu girls might be gentle and made of water. But Wu girls in this plane never use cold violence after quarreling with their husbands, because they use violence.
If I really can’t beat him, I’ll ask my mother-in-law’s family to make a comeback...
That's right, Wu Nu was so brainless in the Chu Kingdom, she was always low-profile, arrogant, and extremely savage.
It's not surprising that Wu Nu behaved this way, it was actually the king of their natal family who was so pissed off.
Compared with the established overlords like the Jin State and the newcomers like the Wu State, they were so far behind.
Moreover, most of the Wu girls who married outside at this time were not very good at it, and they never considered what to do if the king of their natal family had a fart. If no one from her natal family was available, you can imagine the tragedy.
It's just that Wu Nu, who recently married into the Chu Kingdom, became arrogant again.
The Long Aojiao people all said that it was just "Chixia", and it was not a matter of minutes to let the family buy some at will? In other words, you Chu people are the ones who make such a fuss.
The people of Chu, who had already been criticized by the princes of the Central Plains for being rustics, suddenly felt that in this world, how could there be people from Wu who were such rustics?
However, the complaints in my heart are complaints. "Chixia" has such a great influence. If the Wu Nu in China really has channels to get thirty or fifty horses, what will I do? You rub it, rub it, just rub it.
It’s not like there are no dignitaries in Chu State who are itching their teeth with hatred, wondering why I need to beg you stinky bitches to get hot? I won’t go to Wu State to buy it myself?
Then he went home and calmed down, and sighed: How could I, a fucking doctor from the Chu State, have the nerve to directly go to the Wu State to buy "Chixia"? It's shameful, it's such a shame, the ancestor's revenge has not been avenged, and I must not ask Wu State for it.
People bow their heads!
With the channel of Xiacheng of the Song State, the officials of the Chu State are still worried. One more friend and one more road. The arrogant Wu Guolong in China can be regarded as "one of their own" after all.
Okay, even if they have bad personalities and are domineering and barbaric, is this the point? No!
The key point is that their natal family can go directly to Jiangyin City or even to Gusu City.
No matter how difficult it is to get some "red clouds" out of your mouth, can it be more difficult than being mentally insulted by Long Aojiao?
Then the doctors of the Chu State shamelessly asked the Long Aojiao to go back with a message, saying that the Chu State was very sincere. Jiang Yinzi, for the sake of his neighbors, would he give it a convenience?
When County Magistrate Li was busy organizing young people to play fishing experts, he learned such news about the Chu State.
He was shocked at the time, thinking that these officials from the Chu State were really interesting. The damn State of Qin was going to marry the sisters to the State of Wu. Do you still have the idea to open up new business channels?
Do you know that both Qin and Wu are going to attack Chu?
Do you have professional ethics? You are the officials of the State of Chu, not the uncles of the State of Chu.
Then the Long Aojiao people came to Jiangyin from the Chu State in person. When they saw Li Jie, they called "Brother Li" and explained to Brother Li: Brother Li didn't know something, and the official of the Chu State was the uncle in the Chu State.
Brother Li immediately understood that he had received kickbacks from Long Aojiao. Brother Li promised to smuggle two hundred horses of "Big Red 01", which is also known as "Chixia" in the country of Chu. Brother Li said that the payment method is
There are two types: one is to use gold, and the other is to use slave labor.
The reason why Chu State has slave labor is related to the expansion of Chu State. Its expansion efficiency is extremely high. And because of the geographical fragmentation, there are many mountains in the area. Relatively speaking, the officials in the border towns of Chu State have great power. It can even be said that they are
The smaller "princes" are the least powerful, but they are also warlords with profound background.
The central methods of the Chu State to prevent local expansion were marriage, family division, and locking down technology. Among them, there were many ways to lock down technology. Among them, they gathered the elite survivors of the original country in Bianyi, demoted them to slaves, and then concentrated them in Ying.
Capital Region.
A typical case is Ying Jian, whose salary is now paid every month and who enjoys a little comfort in Jiangyin City.
Ying Jian's hometown was fucked and bombed several times. Qunshu's life was similar to that of the Six Kingdoms, Zong Kingdom, England, and Chao Kingdom. He was destroyed at every turn, and then he was supported, and then he was destroyed again, and he was supported again...
Even if an elite runs fast, they will always miss. Ying Jian was tricked once, and then failed in the struggle, and then there was nothing more.
Fortunately, he was lucky. Before being transported to the capital of Ying, the young master Ba Gang took some bad money from the state of Wu and returned to his hometown to show off.
The first thing he said was that he was a senior executive at Dawu International. His monthly income exceeded 10,000 yuan and he was highly regarded by the chairman. He also had a private car and a high-end villa...
Ying Jian and his gang originally thought they would rather go to Chu State, but they were deceived by Young Master Ba Yi. In addition, Young Master Ba did pay for people, and hired a high-level slave laborer for twenty pieces of skin. No matter how he looked, he looked like he was rich.
The rich guy has nothing to do.
So Ying Jian and his gang, apart from the slaves who really had no choice but to be free, were all deceived and deceived.
When I arrived in Wu State, I discovered what a special car, not to mention the horses, the cows were all eaten! What a villa, built of bamboo!
But when they arrived at the end of the field, a group of people were too embarrassed to turn around and leave. The main reason was Gongziba's real boss. He was really not a thing. He liked to carry an ax when talking to people. Who could stand this?
But there is one thing to say, Gongziba’s boss is very reasonable, and they are not afraid of anyone that’s why they stay.
As for the unlucky ones like Ying Jian, there are actually many more in Chu State.
If you want to stand out in the Chu State, you have to wait until a war is launched, or the internal fighting reaches a point of endless fighting, then you will have a chance to stand out.
Things are different now. The "Mighty Man" is also very famous in the Chu State. In addition, the top dignitaries of the Chu State now have a feeling of "the scarlet clouds cannot come out and the clothes are not covered". They have grasped the important
A tough guy with hard currency, this is a potential boss with great depth.
At that time, the boss of Chu State liked to ask how many kilograms the big pot in Emperor Zhou's home weighed, which led to all the arrogant scholars to try to figure it out.
In the final analysis, it is just not enough to bully the current Emperor Zhou.
Ever since, when Long Aojiao returned to Chu State's husband's house from Jiangyin and mentioned "Brother Li's" request, the men in her husband's family immediately clapped their hands and said: Take it, take it, take it, even to feed the slaves.
It's food.
These words were a bit hurtful, causing many slave intellectuals to secretly resent: I don’t want to keep my master here, I have my own place to keep my master. I’m hanging out with a tough guy, so be careful when I come back to demolish your kitchen!
After a lot of busy work, while Li Jie was busy making salted fish, he also secretly obtained a lot of good stuff from Chu State through Wu Guolong's arrogant people.
Doing business with the barbarians, that is, getting some reproductive tools and producing benefits, will be a matter of more than ten years.
Can County Magistrate Li wait? What he wants is immediate combat power!
What is immediate combat power?!
Ying Jian is such an instant combat power that he can work when pulled out, comparable to Li Tiegen!