Looking at the look of everyone's expectation, Du Zhongxiao said: "Actually, I said a few days ago that you, the inmates with many fields, cannot support you without the farmers. How can you grow so much land by yourself? The court's taxes have to be paid, and there is only one way to sell the land in your hands. Now Zaoyang County can buy so much land, only the only way is to buy land. It is clear that the land in the field does not want to buy these land. There are idle land outside and there are people. How convenient is it to open it? Why spend money to buy other land? But for you, you must keep such a way. After you sell the land, you can buy real estate and do some small business, and the money you make is better than before."

Ruan Degong said loudly: "Although the officials are right, how many generations of us, how many generations of farmers, can we do business?"

Du Zhongxiao said: "As long as you have money, what's the difficulty of doing business? You can just hire a few reliable supervisors to run it for you. The place where Yingtian Office is located has thousands of households, only 60 miles away from Xiangzhou District. In the future, the population will inevitably be gathered and prosperous. You can buy some land here early, or use in-house cargo yards, or trafficking in Zaoyang County's local products. I tell you that this winter, the train will be connected to Xiangzhou. At that time, from Xiangzhou to Kaifeng Prefecture, it will only take a day and a night, and you can make money by transporting anything at will."

After hearing this, Ruan Degong laughed and the outsiders: "The officials were joking. Kaifeng Mansion is thousands of miles away, how can it arrive day and night? Besides, it is the capital city, the most prosperous place in the world, and everything is everywhere. What good things can be sold in remote areas like us?"

Du Zhongxiao said: "There are too many local products that can be sold to the capital. Citrus, fresh lotus root, water chestnuts, and all kinds of aquatic products are all short of them."

The outsiders shook their heads repeatedly, not believing it at all. How could the capital be so prosperous, and these things still lack?

Du Zhongxiao had no choice but to say to everyone: "I have pointed out the road to you, how can I go to your own home? If you have free time, you can go to Tangzhou and take the train to Ye County Railway Supervisor to see where. More than a year ago, it was also a deserted place, and it is so prosperous now! What kind of business they do to make money, and those who are willing can learn it. However, if someone stops the patrol customer and causes trouble, the county must punish it severely!"

Ruan Degong and the members said no, and spoke in a low voice, not very much. Their purpose today was to make the rice in the autumn, and as for the future, everyone has not thought so far.

In general, even if it is developed, even if the land is vast and sparsely populated, there are still 20% or 30% of the customers, and they will not all become the main households mainly self-cultivated farmers. For various reasons, people always lose their means of production and have to sell their labor. In Zaoyang, the big households suddenly broke the foundation and could not even keep their own fields because the field management has dug their roots and been hit by the dimensional reduction.

The land is vast and sparsely populated, and there is no shortage of land. It is also a place where oxen produces. The main means of agricultural production are agricultural tools. Without agricultural tools, the land cannot be reclaimed at all. In addition, there is a lack of infrastructure, no roads, no ponds, dams, and dams, and rice cannot be grown. The field business has a large number of high-quality new agricultural tools provided by the iron supervisor and excellent seeds provided by the field business. All of these are not problems.

Ten or twenty years later, landlords and tenants will appear here. However, by that time, productivity had already turned upside down.

Seeing that the members of the staff were grateful to Du Zhongxiao, Shi was only angry and furious. He usually called him brothers, but everyone was as happy as if they were alone. Unexpectedly, when something happened, they would be sold so easily.

Ruan Degong signaled several powerful people to pull Shi Yuanwai, thanked Du Zhongxiao, and left together.

Seeing everyone leaving, County Magistrate Lou said, "Xie Yun was judged as a subordinate to solve the problem. Then he left and dealt with Shi Daqing as soon as possible. After being punished, he sent home. Shi Yuanwai was unwilling to do so, and he could only accept the treatment of the yamen."

After saying that, he took his followers and followed the wealthy people and hurried back to the county government.

Seeing that the crowd was gone without much time, Ma Zun smiled bitterly and said, "I still wanted these people to buy some tickets, but I didn't expect that they didn't even want to do business. These rich people in the countryside have very short-sighted eyes."

Du Zhongxiao said: "For generations, these people have been making money from the fields to eat, and it is common for them to be unable to adapt for a while. After a few days, they will see the outside world, which will be another idea. However, there was no such a good opportunity at that time. We will speak later."

When the two arrived at the Houya, Du Zhongxiao ordered to place tables and chairs under the big loquat tree, and drink tea with Ma Zun.

After the tea came, Du Zhongxiao said, "Fa Judgment, I just thought that the money for railway construction should still be settled on the shipping department."

After hearing this, Ma Zun asked hurriedly: "What do you mean? The shipping department has a lot of goods, but not much cash."

Du Zhongxiao said: "In addition to money and grain, what are the most prohibited items under the transportation department? Tea and salt. This area, including Jinghu, transports tea to the capital and salt, right?"

Ma Zun nodded: "Yes, Jinghu Road eats salt removal. Tea merchants have always transported tea to the north and changed salt back."

Du Zhongxiao said: "If you say you have money, who else is richer than these tea and salt merchants? In the past few years, the wars in the northwest continued, and merchants entered the country. They took the opportunity to estimate that they had made no money. They had trafficked thousands of miles away. In the past, the imperial court had difficulty controlling the whereabouts of tea and salt men, and there were many missed tea benefits. Although the imperial court changed the tea method many times, in a few years, the tea profit was all obtained by merchants, and the court had no profit. With the railway, tea merchants could have to sell tea from the railway to the north. The tea method was greatly simplified, and the court spared no profit. Merchants saved the hardship of long distances and saved travel expenses. These tea merchants were all under the control of the shipping department. Will they not buy tickets for them? How much money is needed and how many years the tickets were sold to them. The salt merchants could also be like this."

Ma Zun thought about it and said, "This method is feasible, but it is hard to escape the suspicion of restraint. It was a good thing, but it was done badly."

Du Zhongxiao smiled and said, "Don't think so when the verdict is issued. Now that the railway is not open, most people don't know the benefits, and tickets are difficult to sell. When the world sees the benefits, merchants gather in Xiangzhou and it is difficult to get a ticket, the tickets that are given may be very rare."

The Xiangzhou area belongs to the Huainan tea farm, and the Xinyang Army is an important production area not far away. In addition, the Dongting Lake area in the south is also an important tea production area. From here to the north and salt removal, these two most important prohibited materials have just become the bulk of trade between the north and the south.

Tea merchants and salt merchants have always been a shortage of wealthy people. However, the Song Dynasty officials were not as eye-catching as those in the Ming and Qing dynasties. The purpose of official sales was not for convenience, but for the court to gain the benefits of tea and salt alone, and there was no saying that it would be rich in the people. The less tea tax and salt tax was a legacy of benefiting the people and the court did not allow it. In recent decades, tea laws have changed again and again because the tea tax has been reduced.

Although there are official guides and tea merchants are required to transport tea along fixed routes, and many inspections are set up along the route, it is still difficult to control. If transported by railway lines, reducing smuggling will undoubtedly be much more convenient. Railway transportation can indeed significantly reduce freight costs, and as long as the price is reasonable, merchants are welcome.

It is ultimately difficult to sell train tickets to the society. Most people have not seen the benefits of railways, so it is not easy to let them voluntarily buy tickets. So, use the simplest method to distribute them to the heads of the tea and salt merchants. It can also be bound to the qualifications of the tea and salt merchants. It is not a big deal for selling them for ten or eight years. Build the railway first and solve the problems in the future slowly.
Chapter completed!