Farmer of Shu Han Chapter 959

Chapter 959 False and real

Lu Mao has always been a gentleman in Wu. As a member of a family, he made friends with the poor and ambitious, and even often shared his treasured things with them.

Even people in the county who don't know Lu Mao are willing to entrust their wives and daughters to him.

Such a person, if you say that he is a hypocrite, Governor Feng will not believe it.

But you want to say that Lu Mao, who lived for dozens of years, was entrusted with a heavy mission to go to the big man.

Now it's just for consultation on how to govern the country, and Governor Feng also doesn't believe it.

After all, it has only been a few years since what happened to Zhang Wen?

The most important thing is that Feng Cishi had a quarrel with Zhang Xiaosi only two days ago.

During the deep introspection of Governor Feng, he realized that apart from the veteran group left over from Sun Ce's period, among the big families in Jiangdong that Sun Quan had won over after he came to power, the Lu family was the most trusted.

After all, among the four surnames in Wu County, the Lu family's family style occupies a character of loyalty.

As Lu Xun's younger brother, Lu Hao is naturally a loyal minister of Wu.

So what Lu Hao said just now, asking for advice may be true, but in all likelihood, it is not just a simple request for advice.

Feng Inspector Feng's heart turned like lightning, but he didn't dare to neglect his hands: "Grand Lu, you really want to upset me, sit down, please sit down first!"

He helped Lu Mao sit down, then poured him a cup of hot tea himself, and then returned to his seat to sit down.

"Mr. Lu, it is said that if you are not in the position, you will not seek government affairs." He took a sip of tea, and then continued, "I am the governor of Liangzhou, and I focus on hunting down thieves."

"To tell you the truth, Lu Gong said that although I am a governor, I have never participated in the court meeting. Even the Marquis of Quanting in this street was actually worshiped in Longyou."

"So Lu Gong wanted to talk to me about the way of running the army. I can say a few words, but this is the way of running the country..."

Speaking of this, he smiled apologetically, a little embarrassed.

Lu Mao made a gesture to get up.

"Hey, hey, Mr. Lu, don't be in a hurry, just listen to me first."

Inspector Feng quickly suppressed his hand, "Although I don't know how to govern the country, I have served as an Inspector anyway, so I still know a little about the art of herdsmen."

"And Zhiyong has been reading history these days, and I happen to get something occasionally. It just so happens that Lu Gong came to ask, but I can talk to Lu Gong about his experience. But this is what Yong's family said. If there are omissions, I hope Lu Gonghai Han."

Hearing this, Lu Hao hurriedly cupped his hands and said:

"Why do you need to be humble? But please say it."

Governor Feng took another sip of tea, and then said:

"The so-called governing the country is nothing more than organizing the army, herding people and governing officials. The most important thing is money and food."

Lu Hao raised his eyebrows, as if he was about to speak, but he remembered something, his eyes flickered for a while, but he still didn't make a sound in the end.

When Inspector Feng spoke, although his eyelids were drooping, he tried not to let Lu Mao look into his heart.

But Lu Hao's subtle expression change did not escape his secret observation.

"Looking at the history books forever, after the countries have been established for a long time, there must be a long history of bad governance. Anyone who has aspirations will try to change to prolong the country."

Having said that, he pointed to himself, then to Lu Mao, and said:

"Whether it is Han or Wu, although it is said that the founding of the country was not long ago, in fact, it mostly inherited the system of the later Han, and its disadvantages are also inherited."

"Yongguan Wei's thieves have started to practice the Nine-Rank Zhongzheng Dharma a few years ago, isn't it a change?" He paused, and then said, "So in Yong's view, Han and Wu should also try to become a powerful country in order to defeat the thieves."

Although he did not agree with some of Feng Yong's remarks, but hearing the word "picture change" suddenly made Lu Mao enlightened.

I saw him blurting out:

"The old prince presided over the examination system in Liangzhou, is it a change?!"

Feng Inspector smiled slightly: "Duke Lu came to inquire about the way of governing the country this time, in fact, it is because of the exam, right?"

Lu Mao was secretly taken aback: "How does the Lord know?"

These days, you go to the gate of the school and squat every day. The concierge, Mr. Qin, already knows you.

Can I still not know?

Inspector Feng muttered in his heart for a moment, his expression remained unchanged, and he said slowly:

“Whether it's an army or a herdsman, even if it's a government official, it needs to be done by people. And these things, if done by the good, can lead to good governance; if done by the mediocre, it's mostly bad governance.”

Lu Mao slapped his thigh and applauded:

"Wonderful, what the lord said is very kind!"

Governor Feng said modestly:

"Duke Lu is too famous."

Lu Hao waved his hand: "Your Majesty, please continue."

Governor Feng cleared his throat, and his index finger and **** formed a parallel sword, pointing to the void:

"So if you want to govern the country, you need good talents, and this is the way to find good talents." After a pause, Feng Cishi said again, "The time is different, so the method is different."

"For example, if you think about the abuses in the investigation, Mr. Lu is self-evident, so there is no need to say more."

As he spoke, he took another meaningful look at Lu Mao:

"As for the best way to seek talents in the Wu Kingdom, I will never go to Wu, so I dare not say much..."

Lu Mao nodded, sighed, stood up and bowed to Governor Feng:

"I have benefited a lot from hearing the words of the lord, please accept my obeisance!"

"Mr. Lu is really trying to beat me!"

Inspector Feng hurried forward and helped Lu Mao up.

The two talked for a long time, and they both felt something in their hearts. At this moment, they held hands and couldn't help looking at each other and smiling.

Feng Inspector secretly said in his heart: Nowadays, both Han and Wei are looking for changes in order to improve talents, but Wu has not moved, and Lu Hao will probably persuade Sun Quan when he returns this time.

With Sun Shiwan's character of being tolerant on the outside but violent on the inside, especially when both the Han Dynasty and the state of Wei have changed, Sun Shiwan will at least put on an appearance on the surface.

The so-called economic foundation determines the superstructure. At that time, if Wu wants to learn from the big man, he will not be able to get it. Learning from Wei will be a matter of great probability...

What Lu Mao thought was: Feng Mingwen really deserves the name of "Xiao Wenhe" and is extremely intelligent.

Fortunately, this person puts too much emphasis on profit, thinking that governing the country is to put profit first, but he is biased.

I think that Jiang Wan has the ability to govern the country but does not know how to fight, and Feng Mingwen knows how to fight but does not know how to govern the country. If the two can meet the master of the Ming Dynasty, the Han Dynasty will flourish.

However, the emperor of the Han family today is only a mediocre person, and he has no independent opinions. He is afraid that he will not be able to use it if he has a capable minister and a good general!

In addition, Zhuge Kongming is weak, and he is afraid that he will die soon. After his death, whether the Han Kingdom will still be as prosperous as it is today is still two things to say.

But it's okay, if this is the case, I, Da Wu, have no worries!

The two have their own thoughts, but their faces are full of sympathy for each other.

After having a pleasant talk, Lu Mao left contentedly after being repeatedly persuaded by Governor Feng to stay.

Not long after, the mission of the State of Wu packed up their luggage and set off for the south.

When they reached Jicheng, Longyou, the first heavy snow fell in Liangzhou.

The time has come to the winter of the thirteenth year of Jianxing.

Many members of the Wu mission had no way to adapt to the northwest weather. Under the erosion of the cold, nearly ten people were infected with the wind and cold on the spot.

Fortunately, the medicine of the Han Dynasty is relatively advanced, and in addition to the accumulated experience in the Northwest these years, it is easy to treat this kind of wind and cold.

Even so, Lu Mao and the others hurried on their way, not daring to delay any longer.

It was not until I returned to Hanzhong and felt the warmth different from Northwest University that I breathed a sigh of relief.

The son of the Han family summoned Lu Hao in person when he learned that the Wu mission had returned from Liangzhou.

Taking advantage of this spare opportunity, Qin Bo took the recommendation letter from Governor Feng and quietly went to visit Li Yi, who joined the army in the Prime Minister's Mansion.

When Li Yi got the news, he came out to greet him in person:

"I am very grateful for the letter sent by Lao Qin from my brother. Please, please, please!"

When Qin Bo saw Li Yi's enthusiastic appearance, he was overjoyed. He secretly heard that most of the young talents in the Han Dynasty followed Feng Junhou's lead, and now it seems that he is not bad.

With the recommendation of Feng Junhou, it seems that Jingzhou's food business can be worry-free!

While thinking, he followed Li Yi to the front hall.

"School Qin, please sit down. When Qin Jun came to Hanzhong a few months ago, Yi didn't know that Qin Jun had a good relationship with his brother, so that he missed him. It is really disrespectful."

"Li Jun said seriously. The so-called guests do as they please. When I arrived in Hanzhong, I was really rude if I didn't come to visit."

The two of them were polite, and after the conversation, Qin Bo proposed the purpose of this trip to Li Yi.

Unexpectedly, Li Yi frowned upon hearing this.

Qin Bo originally thought that with Feng Mingwen's endorsement, there would be no major problems in this trip, but he didn't expect Li Yi to show embarrassment.

This made him feel a "thump" in his heart.

Li Yi only heard a "tsk", then sighed again, and then said:

"Oh, Qin Jun is late!"

Qin Bo quickly asked:

"What does Mr. Li mean by this?"

Li Yi looked at Qin Bo and asked:

"Mr. Qin, do you know what is the price of grain on the Nanxiang Exchange?"

"I just came to Hanzhong, how did I know?"

Li Yi raised three fingers.

Qin Bo was taken aback: "Three hundred dollars?!"

Li Yi nodded.

"Why is it so expensive?"

Three hundred coins are naturally not Wu's Daquan fifty, nor Han's straight hundred coins, but the actual five baht coins.

In fact, caravans traveling between Han and Wu, in many cases, would rather receive a hundred dollars from Han than fifty dollars from Wu.

The reason is also very simple. In recent years, the Han Dynasty has long stopped casting hundreds of coins, and the value is real.

But Wu's Daquan Fifty, there are more and more, and they are getting thinner, and there is even a lot of iron mixed in, so the quality is extremely poor.

In the Nanxiang Exchange, five baht is the only standard for measuring the prices of various bulk materials.

Old fritters who resell all kinds of materials know that there was a rumor circulating in the past few years:

That is, when there is no war, the grain price shall not increase by more than 200 yuan.

Because after two hundred dollars, some of the people may be starving.

After three hundred coins, the real famine will begin.

Of course, there have been changes in the past two years.

Food prices seem to be higher than in previous years, often fluctuating at 1780 yuan, and sometimes reaching 199 yuan.

This does not mean that the people of the Han Dynasty are hungry. On the contrary, in recent years, many people have much more food in their homes than they did ten years ago.

Why does the price of food increase?

One is because the imperial court guarantees the price of grain and protects the enthusiasm of the people to grow grain.

The second reason is that more and more copper mines in Nanzhong are being developed.

But no matter what, the food price reached 300 yuan, which is indeed too high and not a good thing.

If the local food price in central Sichuan is already as high as 300 yuan, then adding the cost of transporting it to Jingzhou, the cost may be more than 400 yuan.

Thinking of this, Qin Bo's face turned ugly.

Wool monopoly, according to the plan, it will be available in the next year;

Brown sugar monopoly must find new sources of sugar cane, the supply of food is the premise.

In this way, wouldn't the three great achievements in hand be flying away?

I came out this time precisely because the whole court regards the school administration as a thorn in the side. If I can't produce results in time to consolidate my position in His Majesty's heart, who knows what will happen later?

"Li Jun, I heard that the food price in Sichuan has not been high, how could it suddenly rise so much?"

Qin Bo asked anxiously.

If it wasn't for Feng Mingwen's presence in Liangzhou, Qin Bo would suspect that Xiao Wenhe was playing with him, or wanted to take the opportunity to raise the price.

"To tell you the truth, Lord Qin, these days, people from the north and west want to buy a large amount of grain and stockpile it for the winter, so the price of grain has risen a lot."

"North? That's not Wei..." Halfway through, he felt that something was wrong. How could the Han people sell grain to Wei thieves?

And west?

Li Yi coughed: "It's the Qiang Hu. Qin Jun, you don't know something. I, a big man, treat Han and Yi as the same. Over the years, many Hu and Yi have gained a lot of benefits, so they are prosperous."

"So I have a lot of good things in my hands. Hu Yi, who is not good at farming, is going to go through the winter, so I have to quickly replace the cattle and sheep that have been raised for a year with grain..."

When Qin Bo heard this, his eyes widened.

Is there such a thing?

How did Hanzhong get started?

How did Nanzhong Ghost King get its name?

Do you really think I don't know?

I just came back from Liangzhou, you know what?

Really think I don't know what a two-legged animal is?

Now you tell me that the Han and Yi are the same, and the Hu and Yi are prosperous, but you can still fry the price of food?

Xingsheng, you grandma!

It's just that Qin Bo saw that there was no trace of deceit on Li Yi's face, and such things can be found out as long as he inquires about them, and there is no way to hide them.

This made him suspicious again: Could it be that such a coincidence really happened?

Li Yi was very determined in his heart.

That's right, the increase in food prices this time does have the shadow of Xinghanhui behind it.

But the white gloves are indeed Hu Yitou.

With Feng Guiwang's appeal in Longyou, the Wudu of Yinping, he wanted to take a few Hu Yi tribes over to wipe his ass, and some people rushed to come up and lick them.

What's the matter?

Hu Yi is not a man of the people?

Can't buy food?

As long as the government does not intervene, Xinghanhui will be the biggest banker of grain transactions.

Those who sell grain wish for the best daily price increase!

When Qin Bo came to Hanzhong, at most he went to Nanxiang for a visit, to see the rumored place where ghosts danced wildly.

He doesn't even know the trading rules of the exchange, so how can he know how many twists and turns there are in the place where ghosts dance?

Seeing Qin Bo's appearance, Li Yi also had a bit of shame on his face, as if he was ashamed that he could not fulfill his brother's entrustment.

I saw him comforting:

"In my brother's letter, it is said that Qin Jun intends to seek financial resources to supplement the treasury, and he is dedicated to sharing the worries of the king. Yi also admires it very much."

After a pause, he continued, "There will be no way to solve this food issue for a while, but Yihui will always help Qin Jun to watch over it. Whenever the price drops, Yihui will immediately send someone to notify Qin Jun."

Qin Bo's intentions faded a bit:

I don't know what will happen to the school affairs office...

Unless one more credit can be found to allow the school administration to survive this crisis.

"The so-called money and food, there is no way to deal with food now, but there is another way to lose money..."

"Oh!" Qin Bo cheered up, "Please Li Jun teach me!"

"Qin Jun, please follow me."

Li Yi brought Qin Bo to the door of a room, and ordered the servants guarding there:

"Light all the candles in the house."

Then he led Qin Bo into the house, and Li Yi ordered his servants to close all the doors and windows.

"Mr. Qin, please take a look."

"This this…"

But seeing the bright candles in the house, row after row of flames danced on the nine lamps, and the red and yellow interlaced flames blazed suddenly, making the inside of the house brighter than the outside.

Even though Qin Bo has been in and out of the palace all year round, he has never seen so many candles being lit at the same time.

That is to say, even the Son of Heaven would not burn so many candles at once.

Because candles are very precious as tributes.

Qin Bo swallowed hard, his eyes were blurred.

"Mr. Qin, please take a look."

Li Yi opened a box, and there were candles neatly arranged inside.

He took out one and handed it to Qin Bo, "Qin Jun touch it, is it round?"

"round."

"Is it slippery or not?"

"slip."

"White or not?"

"white."

"Is it beautiful?"

"beautiful!"

"How did Li Jun get this thing, it is round, smooth, beautiful and white..."

Qin Bo couldn't put it down, he had never seen such a candle.

The tribute candles of the state of Wu are all yellow, and there are light yellow, dark yellow and mixed yellow, and there is less than one piece of yellow.

It's not like the top grade in your hand, smooth as fat and white as jade.

Li Yi smiled:

"Don't worry about this Jun Qin, I just ask, if this item is monopolized by the school office, will it relieve Jun Qin's worries for the time being?"

Qin Bo suddenly raised his head, and tightly held the round, smooth, beautiful and white thing in his hand:

"How many of these items does Mr. Li have?"

"Not many, about 30,000 to 40,000 branches will be divided into Jun Qin next year."

Isn't that much? !

(end of this chapter)

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