Chapter 467: If you want to get rich, build roads first
Li Shilong carefully chewed Qin Mo's words. If someone else said it, he would definitely say that this person had the will to rebel.
He finally centralized power and took great power into his own eyes. Wouldn't he shoot himself in the foot?
But his trust in Qin Mo is better than that of his parents and children. He is the destiny of the destiny mentioned by Yuan Tiangang, and a lucky star who can change his fate for the great cause.
He picked up the teacup and took a sip, "Tell me carefully."
"Take the current prince as an example, Father, I'll give you an example without any other meaning." Qin Mo explained, and then said: "The prince has grown up under the gaze of everyone, not to mention anything else, Food is indispensable, and I have a lot of people. Although I have talent and knowledge, the knowledge from books can only make him talk a lot and quote the sufferings of the people in the classics.
Does he know why the people suffer?
Those teachers who taught him were all from aristocratic families and still had a wealth of food and clothing. Can they know the suffering of the people?
Such teachers may be polite and open their mouths to be classics, but they do not have the people in their eyes.”
Qin Mo paused, "The son-in-law thought that if God is going to give a great responsibility to this man, he must first suffer his mind and mind, exhaust his muscles and bones, starve his body, and disturb his actions!
A luxurious person cannot have compassion, and they have no empathy, so it is difficult for people to live.
The son-in-law said that officials were released from the outside world actually wanted those officials to see the sufferings of the world, rather than standing in the court every day and talking loudly, citing classics.
To do practical things, you must possess and bend over. Their shoes must be covered with mud, and the cracks in their nails must be covered with mud.
Their skin should be dark, so let them taste rice bran, and let them taste what it means to stir-fried tree roots with wild vegetables!"
Li Shilong was shocked.
He murmured: "Heaven will give great responsibilities to this man... OK, well, if you say it, how can you enter the ceremony without going through hardships?"
"Father, if you are wrong, there will be problems at the root. If you don't need three generations, the second generation will inevitably make mistakes.
I heard from my father that any dynasty is the most tiring of the founding emperor, and the descendants of the emperors lie on the founding emperor's credit book to sleep.
So if you want to change the wealthy princess and princesses, let them do more housework. Not to mention going to the hall and the kitchen, at least you must be able to take care of yourself after leaving the servants.”
Li Shilong nodded, "Then tell me the second one!"
"The son-in-law said that he would make a general outline of what the court should do in the future. Whether it is three or five years, the domestic people's livelihood included in this general outline can be divided into bridges and roads, and taxes can be reduced if it is divided into bridges and roads. , increase grain production, etc.
There are also external strategies, such as how many troops you need to increase in a year, and it will create an absolute deterrence to that country.
There is also the imperial court that expects to pay taxes this year, set a goal, and summarize it every year.
In this way, everyone knows what they should do and what they should not do, instead of everyone making up a piece of it, they know that it is easy to improve and make the country and the people safe.
As soon as you sit down, you say yours, I say mine, and you're all the dog's brains!
In this way, as long as the task is divided, the father will continue to improve the details and control the general direction, which will not only greatly improve efficiency.
You can also terminate the contract time cost and do more things."
Li Shilong thought seriously and finally asked the biggest doubt in his heart, "After delegating power, how should we take it back if there is a problem?"
Once you get involved, you will become addicted.
"Father, let's say that, if you delegate your rights to the prefecture and county level, it's useless, and the local villagers are the actual statisticians.
Clan law is greater than national law, but if one day your rights are delegated to the rural level and the people will feel your care, do you know what this means?"
"Impossible, power cannot reach that level." Li Shilong vetoed it. He knew very well that his decree was basically useless after 800 miles.
We still have to rely on local families, which is an unsolvable problem.
This is what the whip is beyond the reach.
In fact, it may be of little use after 500 miles.
But he was embarrassed to say it.
"Not necessarily!" Qin Mo smiled, "Father, do you still remember the business story we mentioned before?"
"Okay, don't press it, sit down and talk!" Li Shilong picked up the teapot and poured a cup of tea for Qin Mo. "Moisten your throat, Gao Shilin, get some pastries, my son-in-law is hungry!"
Gao Shilin brought the pastry, and Li Shilong said, "If you can let the imperial power go to the countryside, you want the moon in the sky, and I will find a way to pick you off!"
"No need, my father will give me two years off!" Qin Mo smiled, took a sip of water, and said, "Now the envoys are still holding their stomachs. After the military parade, they will probably be left with a cold heart.
We have to bring them warmth.
Trade is inevitable. There are so many roads in Daqian, choose the most prosperous one, and then build the direct road of the official road. This road has all the roads, county governments, and villages.
As long as the road is open and the soldiers arrive in the morning and night, will they dare to do whatever they want?
A large number of post stations are built on these roads, and the sons are recruiting for investment. In the past year, it will become a vibrant road of wealth, which can bring hundreds of taels of silver to the court, and can also drive the local government.
The people get rich.
The father’s policies can also be favored by the local government. It seems to be decentralized, but in fact it is consolidated!"
"Building roads is never a trivial matter. So wouldn't it cost hundreds of thousands of corvee labor? I don't know the money spent on Fanfan, but one road is thousands of miles away." Li Shilong felt that Qin Mo was too whimsical.
"Father, if you want to be rich, you should build roads first. And who said that you must collect labor service when building roads?" Qin Mo said: "There are tens of thousands of prisoners in the capital city, and there are probably no more people in the country, right?
Aren’t there many war criminals who were defeated and refused to bow their heads in Jiaozhi? Just pull them over and act as hard labor and give them food.
In this way, you can even save wages, and you will die if you die, and you will not have to work hard for the people and get rich.
If the court wants to send troops and rescue the people in the future, it can speed up greatly.
If it could be reached in ten days, it would be reached in five days, does the father know what this means?"
Li Shilong's pupils shrank, "Is it really feasible?"
"A nephew of a clan has developed something called cement. This thing can solidify in one day with sand and gravel. In a few days, it can be as solid as a rock. It can be built high-rise buildings and city walls, and can also be used to build bridges and pave roads."
“Similar to glutinous rice juice limestone?”
"Yes, but the cost is very low, and it is harder than it!" Qin Mo said: "The materials are enough, the staff are enough, and you can pave seven or eight miles a day. It takes only four or five days to pave it from Jingcheng to Jingzhao Mansion.
Chapter completed!