Zhang Yue heard this and said: "Brother Pingfu, these are the things you said you were doubtful about before!"

Wang Anguo said seriously: "Yes and no."

Zhang Yue said: "I think what Pingfu actually wants to say is that profit does not go to the people, but only to the merchants, so it is shameful to talk about profit."

Wang Anguo clapped his legs and said, "Yes, Sanlang, that's exactly what I meant."

Zhang Yue smiled and said: "This is just like the land owned by landlords in the countryside. What do you think will the local officials do to the people by building canals to irrigate the farmland? Don't the farm laborers have to rent it to the landlords?"

Wang Anguo shook his head and said: "Otherwise, the farm laborers will also benefit. Originally, if you harvested two stones per mu, you would give one stone to the landlord and one stone to yourself. If you can irrigate and harvest three stones per mu, you will get one and a half stones."

Zhang Yue said: "No matter how high the harvest per mu is, the farm laborers can only get one stone."

"How?"

"You think about it again?"

Wang Anguo was startled, thought for a moment and then said, "It's really a snake's heart..."

Finally, Wang Anguo said: "People's hearts are not like this, but I think there are still kind-hearted people, otherwise we wouldn't have to talk about kindness."

Zhang Yue said: "No, the landowners can get more land due to irrigation and get more money, so they can sell more fields. As for more people who sell their fields, they can only become farm laborers."

"In the past, the farmhands might have been able to earn one and a half dan, but as more and more farmhands became available, they finally had to earn only one dan, or even half a dan. In the end, they could no longer make ends meet and had to sell their sons and daughters."

Wang Anguo was stunned for a long time and could no longer speak.

"Is it a good thing or a bad thing for officials to build canals to irrigate farmland?"

Wang Anguo said: "Of course it is a good thing, but it can only be slowed down for a while. In the end, the rich will still be in the fields and the poor will be dead."

Zhang Yue said: "Exactly, why there was great governance after great chaos? Because in the early days of the country, household registration was rare and there were idle fields everywhere. If the population increased, the people would just go and cultivate the idle fields. If the family had land to cultivate, they were called yeoman farmers."

"There will be no free land anymore. In years of disaster and famine, people will sell their land and become farm laborers. If there is a lot of land, farm laborers will work it, and they will become landlords."

"What is the difference between farm laborers, landowners and landowners?"

Wang Anguo thought for a while and said: "If there is no land, if there is land, there will be more land."

Zhang Yue said: "Of course. This is what Mencius said: Those who have permanent property have perseverance, and those who do not have perseverance have no perseverance."

"It becomes increasingly difficult for those without permanent property to buy land, and they will eventually either starve to death or become thieves and bandits. Those who have land will sell their land when faced with natural disasters, and they will also become landless. In this way, the landowners will only have more and more land. This is today's

In the Song Dynasty, what should I do if you become an official in the court?"

Wang Anguo said: "Fields should be limited and annexation should be restrained!"

Wang Anguo thought for a moment and asked, "What does Sanlang advocate?"

Zhang Yue thought in his heart, of course he should restore Wang Mang's old system and turn all the fields in the world into Wang's fields.

However, Zhang Yue said on his face: "Suppressing annexation can only slow it down, but it is not enough to remove the firepower. As long as there are more people who have no land at home, sooner or later..."

"How to remove the firepower?"

"We should use the technique of Shen Shang (Shen Bu Hu Shang Yang)!"

Wang Anguo couldn't help but said: "Are we going to go to this step? Sanlang said, if you use the art of Shen Shang to divide the interests of those who have vested interests, where can you make up for the worries?"

Zhang Yue said: "It comes from building ditches to irrigate farmland, and it also comes from churning rail cotton."

Wang Anguo was dumbfounded after hearing this. It turned out that Zhang Yue was just trying to clear his name for his own benefit after going around for a long time!

This guy is really too cunning.

But Wang Anguo thought about it again and couldn't help but feel that what Zhang Yue said made sense.

That day Zhang Yue returned to Taixue after studying at Chen Xiang's place.

A few days later, Zhang Yue was eating at Imperial College when he heard from his classmates that a businessman named Li Chu was looking for him outside.

Zhang Yue expected that the other party would come looking for him.

The two met at a teahouse next to Taixue.

Li Chu ordered a pot of tea and took money to ask the idle man sitting in front of the door to buy some food from the restaurant.

Zhang Yue knew the customs of Bianjing, and there were such idle men in teahouses and restaurants.

On weekdays, if you want to call a geisha when you want to have wine and tea, or if you want to eat some food and wine in a big restaurant, you will give a small tip to urge such an idle man to run errands to buy it. Zhang Yue initially mistakenly thought that the Song Dynasty was so developed.

There is a takeaway boy.

Li Chu smiled and said: "It was very presumptuous to meet me for the first time that day. Let's get to know each other again. I am Li Chu. My mother's surname is Yang. She is the niece of Yang Xiuyi, who is currently an official."

Zhang Yue knew that the other party had some background, so this was a confirmation, and he wondered if he had any other trump cards.

Zhang Yue said: "It turns out that brother Li, a relative of the country, has been disrespectful and disrespectful."

Li Chu said with a smile: "I don't dare to take it seriously. This time I took the liberty to come to Sanlang for the purpose of the car-churning matter. I am willing to increase it to 800 guan to buy this car-churning plan, and I will pay 80 guan every month."

Zhang Yue smiled when he heard this but did not agree. At this time, the idle man had already crossed the street with his food box and brought back a plate of fried liver and a plate of shredded chicken to the tea house.

Li Chu rewarded the money and said, "Sanlang, what else do you have to worry about?"

Zhang Yue said: "Brother Li, since you have a churning truck, where do you plan to track the cotton?"

Li Chu said: "Of course it is in Shaanzhou City."

Zhang Yue said: "Are there any other cotton cloth merchants in Shaanzhou?"

"have."

Zhang Yue said: "Then if you build it in Shaanzhou, you will either be stolen from others or smashed by envious people."

"Who dares to do this?" Li Chu said sternly.

Zhang Yue said: "Of course I believe in Brother Li's ability, but you have cut off other people's livelihood. You can do it five times faster with a truck mixer than without. In the future, if you are a skilled mechanic, it will be more than eight times faster. By then, won't you be hurting others?"

rice bowl?"

Li Chushu said: "Yes, this is ruining people's wealth!"

Zhang Yue said: "Yes, unless all merchants use the truck mixer, if you only use it, it will ruin people's wealth, and if it spreads to others, it will be ruined soon. Therefore, I advise you to stay away from the city.

At the same time, keep the secret strictly and never let it out."

Li Chu thought for a while and said seriously: "Sanlang really has a far-reaching plan. Thank you very much for your advice."

Li Chu was still a little unconvinced by Zhang Yue before, but now he is somewhat convinced by him.

"What about the picture of stirring up the car?"

Zhang Yue said: "One thousand guans, and another 100 guans every month."

Li Chu's expression changed upon hearing this: "Too many, a thousand strings, do you know how many there are?"

Zhang Yue said: "I know, but I can't afford a room in Bianjing."

Li Chu laughed when he heard this and said: "Sanlang, although I really want to make you a friend, a thousand strings is too much!"

Zhang Yue said: "In that case, I will take my leave. Brother Li can come to me whenever he figures it out."

Li Chu stood up and said: "Sanlang, I don't have that much cash, how about I give you some shares?"

Zhang Yue thought that it would be a good idea to start a cotton cloth business in partnership with Li Chu. If he expanded the scale, he would definitely be able to earn more money. But Zhang Yue's focus was still on studying, and running cotton cloth would involve too much for him.

Much energy.

The risk of joint venture is too high. If you have support, of course you are not afraid of joint venture, but if you don't have support, it is better not to get involved as a member of a poor family.

It’s not that I can’t believe Li Chu’s character, it’s because I never intended to believe it. Without any means of restriction, would I really be willing to give you a large sum of money every month? Work for you? It’s better to take the benefits that are visible in front of me.

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"Sorry, Brother Li, I'm not interested in stocks."

Zhang Yue walked out of the tea house and was about to enter the Imperial College when he felt someone hit him on the shoulder.

It turned out that Li Chu had already caught up with him, and said with a livid face: "A thousand guan is a thousand guan!"

Zhang Yue said with a smile on his face: "Okay, we need to establish a written evidence and ask Wang Pingfu to be a witness."

Li Chudao: "Pingfu hates Yanli the most, Sanlang, don't be afraid to come to him..."

Zhang Yue smiled and said: "It doesn't matter."

A few days later, the two signed a written agreement.

Zhang Yue handed over the plan to stir up the truck, and Li Chu also gave Zhang Yue a thousand guans, and promised to give Zhang Yue another 100 guans every month after it was put into production.

Zhang Yue also had many emotions.

I have money on my body, a thousand guan!
Chapter completed!