Zhang Xuanming nodded: "One side is fine grains and braised pork, and the other side is coarse grains and green vegetables. It is feasible."

"The land of Xixia is vast and sparsely populated, and there is great potential for industries such as breeding, planting, and manufacturing." Ouyang said: "The refugees can be encouraged to enter Xixia at that time."

Zhang Xuanming nodded: "I will sort out these measures. Now I want to win the battle."

Su Qiandao: "We will not fail to express this. Yangping Business Association will offer a large reward at that time. A left ear is a permanent capital. It is ready to invest 500,000 yuan, which will make our army full of momentum."

Zhang Xuanming was overjoyed and said, "At that time, you can still borrow the Liao army. Anyway, it's the same price. Every battle is a must-have, and I think the Liao army will definitely not refuse."

Ouyang smiled bitterly: "In this way, when Song and Liao are in trouble, ordinary people may die in a bad way."

"The city must not be slaughtered. As for the people outside the city... I'm too worried."

The money can always be bought with a lot of rice. Those who will join the army are either inherited from ancestors or forced by life. Other people's lives and their own money, Ouyang has seen the scene of bloodbathing. The army passes by, no grass grows. War is ugly, but it is necessary. Not to mention Ouyang, no one can carry out ethnic integration without going through war. For example, Song Gouan was temporarily but could not live in peace for a lifetime. In the fragmented battles, Western Xia had occupied nearly a thousand square kilometers of Song's land. Instead of others damaging their own country, it is better to engage in war and burn the war to other countries. If you want to think about how to gather refugees after the war, maintain the economy, and improve living conditions.

Ouyang also likes to enjoy and does not like war. But even if he is selfish, he knows that the Jin Dynasty will destroy the Northern Song Dynasty. At least this will greatly reduce his living standards. And look at this prosperous Yangping, these kind people will have the heart to be ashes? Ouyang said: "You can contact Tubo to send troops together. We can exchange money or goods for the occupied territory. If the money is not enough, we can raise the transfer. Openly buy enemy generals, and if the entire army surrenders in the city, you will be rewarded with a thousand guan. This can make Xixia the target of siege. In addition, the East and West Army seconded 40,000 elite troops. If this battle is not won, I will kill Han Shizhong myself."

"Well, Han Shizhong's weapon order will arrive in a few days. He secretly wrote to me that he would not want other reinforcements, but he would second the 12,000 troops of Liu Qi, the Western Army. At its heyday, the whole people were soldiers, and I was worried that he would be too complacent. "Zhang Xuanming was very cautious. War was for politics. The meaning of victory and defeat was no longer that simple. The Song Dynasty had not fought for many years, and victory was even more decades ago. Zhang Xuanming had to be cautious. Without fighting, he was always a sixth-rank official with no name. Li Han had to continue to go to the imperial examination. If he defeated, he would not be promoted within twenty years. The authority of civil servants and gentry would be further expanded, and he might even be above the imperial power. This battle would be fought, and if he fought, he would be victorious.

"Han Shizhong can see that he is a steady general in the martial arts competition and will not be aimless. Thinking about it, he is still very experienced and may not be convinced if he wants to mobilize generals from both the east and west. However, Liu Qi met and had the same subject in the martial arts competition, and praised him, so he would be more convenient to use."

Zhang Xuanming nodded lightly: "I hope so."

"By the way, I forgot the serious business." Ouyang took out a box and said, "The results of military dry food, military factories and grain processing plants research together. Cereals, beans, etc., five kilograms of dehydrated dry food can support a soldier's food for five days. The disadvantage is that if you drink too much water, it will be quite strong and the taste is not very delicious. The ten people we tried were basically nauseous when they saw this thing after the seventh day. However, the price is quite cheap, only thirty cents per pound, and you can eat it directly without cooking."

"..." Zhang Xuanming was silent for a while and said: "Ten Wen"

"Not selling." Ouyang Nu: "A pound of rice costs fifteen cents."

"Then it's fifteen words." Zhang Xuanming was generous.

Ouyang said: "Think about it, if a thousand people carry this thing, they can stay on the spot for a month without moving... Of course, the premise is that they can endure hardships. These thousand people become surprise soldiers. Isn't this war just logistics? Besides, if one day a fire of food and grass is burned, it will burn it if it is stored tens of thousands of kilograms of this thing, who is afraid of whom? Eating this dry food every day can greatly stimulate the fighting spirit of the soldiers. When you see a city, you will rush in to find buns like a wolf."

Zhang Xuanming gritted his teeth: "Sixteen articles."

"The emperor knocked me over a million yuan, enough to buy ten million pounds."

"To be honest, your money has been replenished to the treasury. The Supreme Emperor has severely damaged the Southeast. Some prefectures and counties in the southeast are still exempted from taxes, and some are also exempted from some. Your Royal Report will not be unaware of it. You need money everywhere in wars. If you collect your war horses, the court will also plan to add another 10,000 horses. This 50 stag is 500,000 yuan. The weapons purchased are at least one million. You must also prepare for the occupied land to maintain health and rewards for military merits. Which one is a small expense? And what I said does not count. You have to report to the emperor and find the Ministry of Revenue, which also involves the opinions of the cabinet."

"If you don't sell it, if you are listed as military funds, I will have to pay 30% of the tax. The compensation will be huge."

Su Qian said, "Su thinks it is cost-effective. The court can save a lot of money and manpower needed to transport food and grass."

“…2o document, no tax.”

“25”

“2o”

"twenty four"

“2o”

"You won." Ouyang said heartbrokenly: "Who made me patriotic?"

Su Qian sighed, Lord Zhang, just talk about things, and talking about money is not your strength. This rice is indeed fifteen cents, but does anyone say that it is made of rice? He was fooled. Then he used your sympathy and a million-dollar redemption fee to conquer you... The cost per pound of this thing is less than seven cents.

Zhang Xuanming asked: "Have you released new weapons recently?"

"No, the focus recently is on the power of gunpowder. I heard that the Tokyo Construction Bureau has begun to imitate the Yangping Military Factory and immediately develop higher technology to avoid being destroyed by Tokyo by then."

"Haha" Zhang Xuanming was embarrassed to laugh: "Actually, I want to ask about the recipe for Fire Line this time. I have tried it countless times in Tokyo, but I can't set the time."

"Three million formula" Ouyang Xiao was confused.

"When I didn't ask." Zhang Xuanming: "If you look back, please come and say the imperial edict."

"Besides me, I am a veteran craftsman. Even if he kills him, he will not say anything."

"Oh... I always thought you were not a greedy person."

"Xiao He is not greedy for money, but why do you want to occupy the farmland?"

Zhang Xuanming nodded and was very satisfied with Ouyang's reply: "After the matter, I will say goodbye first."

Ouyang sent the two out of the yamen to order the yamen runners to listen to the yamen: "Please come to my house for dinner tonight."

"yes"

...

Song prohibited the plunder of people as slaves, and those who violated the crime were sentenced to death. However, the contract was allowed to be established in the form of employment. The term slave was used as a female envoy in the official form. There was no such thing as a untouchable in the Song law, even for official slaves. However, the folk customs remained, and they formed a master-servant relationship according to contracts. In fact, this was a progress, from identity to contract. Although the Liao and Jin Dynasties learned from Song, they were still in a semi-slave society. In fact, the so-called female envoy was like selling herself to the employer during the employment period, and had no autonomy. During the employment period, the employer could possess the body of the female envoy, and the female envoy had no sexual autonomy.

There were two people in front of Ouyang. Although the maids and servants he hired before were of contract, they were relatively modern contracts. The contracts he placed in front of him were standard contracts in the Song Dynasty. The two chaotic envoys were not old and looked thirteen or fourteen years old, very restrained and did not dare to look up at Ouyang.

Ouyang tried a case, saying that a slave was forced to commit suicide by his master, and his sister sued the master. Although the master paid a considerable price, it was not the result of hard work in court, but Ouyang's private move. Ouyang looked at the thing that was quite selling his body, and their wish was very simple, which was to find a good master. They had more expectations than official slaves. For example, Xiao Cui from Uncle Ouyang met Uncle Ouyang and asked her to get married when she was old. She treated her like her daughter. This was luck. She was not lucky, and she was bullied and she didn't give her food to eat.

Liang Hongyu said, "Officials, they were originally maids from a Shouzhou family. A few days ago, the official was ruined because of his son's gambling, so he thought of selling them again. He was young, hardworking, handsome, and able to do heavy work. The most important thing is to know a few words."

"..." Ouyang looked at the contract. After ten years of contract, he said that the two of them voluntarily went to the Ou Mansion to be female envoys, and then they were all the rights and interests of the owner. The owner had basically no obligations, and they had basically no rights. Even whether to extend the contract or not is the final say.

"Are the officials dissatisfied?" Liang Hongyu said.

"Let them have dinner first, I'll go to the study."

Ouyang also wanted it, but now he is the role model of Yangping, and Yangping is the role model of others. Liang Hongyu gave an explanation and then came to Ouyang, waved his hand to the yamen runner on duty, and walked into the study. He placed his hands on Ouyang's shoulder and rubbed gently, "Officials, forget it if you don't want it. Hongyu has not suffered any hardships. With Ouping's help, this family can be done."

"How can my wife be a housework person?" Ouyang patted Liang Hongyu's hand and said, "I am writing a contract, but such a contract cannot be completed. After writing it, this contract will be submitted to the Royal News tomorrow. This law and the folk practices must be changed."

"Officials, this...is something wrong?" Ouyang challenged folk customs and gentry.

"You man has a strategy. The Royal newspaper has laws that are popularized in every issue. When this law is mentioned, put the contract on the ground and act as a model. Of course, this contract cannot be changed significantly, and they can only guarantee their basic rights first."

"Basic Rights?"

"En" Ouyang nodded: "Eat, rest and have a room. According to the Old Testament, even the body belongs to the master during the employment period, which is too much. In the end, I am still considering whether the time expires and both parties have the right to terminate the contract."

"Sir, sister" Liang Hongyu was still thinking. Liu Huilan greeted at the door and came in and said, "Zhan Ming still has some trivial matters, maybe he will not come later today."

"You're coming just right." Ouyang put the old contract and several contracts he had set together and said: "Look at it."

After reading a little, Liu Huilan said, "Sir, this may not be effective even if it is reported. The law is very vague, but it only makes detailed provisions on forced, cheated, and looted methods. These three are all death rows. The court does not prohibit the contract for sale. Moreover, the government does not know that the identity of the tenant is the same. The only real difference is that there are more entries to terminate the contract. Therefore, the landlords and powerful people mostly retain people in the form of borrowing and usury. The opening of the Yangping Money House has actually made the landlords very dissatisfied, otherwise they would not submit a statement to the court, asking the court to force the money house to increase the loan threshold and increase the loan interest rate at the same time. At this time, it is probably not impossible to talk about the contract at the same time, but it may not be subtle."

"En" Ouyang nodded: "It makes sense, then do you think of this contract?"

"The food and rest as I wrote before is a fairy and authentic way. No one dares to pick on these two points. This domineering body... Sir, to be honest, although there are a few who are unwilling, many of them are still willing. Some slaves fantasize that they can become concubines or even wives after giving their bodies. I don't say this is bad, but this one will have more lawsuits in the future. It is not slaves or kind people, and many of them are cheating. For example, the female envoy of the adults sued the adults for making inappropriate acts and then created some evidence... Sir, this dynasty law requires you to explain that you have not done inappropriate acts, but how to verify it? This is difficult to terminate the contract, and it is probably impossible to implement."

"Then I'm not wasting my brain cells."

"Huilan had an idea. This contract stipulates that it must state whether the body is included. To be honest, this kind of dominance is usually rarely a matter of being deliberately thoughtful, and it is mostly a whim. If this is too much, it will at least have a certain effect. Adults can also submit to the court to explain the whole story, and force this article to be added to the contract according to the court's regulations."

Liang Hongyu asked: "Sister, if someone says he doesn't agree, then he won't buy it, even if the regulations are not just a piece of paper?" Ouyang praised that Liang Hongyu has the idea of ​​the State Administration of Radio, Film and Television. In order to prevent violence, online game PK must be approved by the parties involved. Of course, if you don't agree, you can't get on the game. The IQ of the idea is really not high.

Huilan replied: "Then you are at least mentally prepared in this regard. There will be no such thing as seeking death. Adults often say that you cannot become fat in one bite. There are too many injustices in this world, so how can you achieve perfection in everything?"

"It's done, that's it. Hongyu, please sit with Huilan, I'll go get a barbecue."

When Ouyang went out, Liang Hongyu pulled Huilan and said, "Sister is so capable."

"Isn't this possible or not because of working in a newspaper? Why? Do you still want to help your sister, or concentrate on being a concubine who you only like?"

"Yeah, I'll come tomorrow. Otherwise, the officials will look down on me in the future." From a sudden remark from Yangping, and a small matter, Liang Hongyu didn't know what Ouyang was thinking since he was a child. In comparison, he was not even as good as the yamen runners. At least the yamen runners know what they can do, what they can't do, what is Ouyang's bottom line, and what they can do even if they do illegally.

...

"Leave a chicken for Zhan Ming." Ouyang said: "Don't worry Huilan, this barbecue is very hot, but pregnant women are not afraid of being angry. Let Zhan Ming walk with you more and talk to your baby if you have nothing to do."

Liang Hongyu smiled and said, "Can the baby still hear it?"

"It's possible." Ouyang greeted: "Ou Ping, why are you going to be slow? Come here."

"Here's here."

Huilan smiled and said, "Sister, you have to let the adults show you some skills. The adults have good cooking skills."

Liang Hongyu smiled bitterly: "I'm not bad at all."

Huilan knew what Liang Hongyu wanted to change the topic: "Sir, it's not as simple as just treating me to barbecue today, right?"

"It's really a bit of business." Ouyang said: "From the next issue, a new column will be launched. The introduction of the geographical introduction of the Song Dynasty. Start with the place where we have a stationed reporter station, the customs and customs of various places, whether there are natural disasters, etc. It is best to have an interview with local officials, and say a few words."

Huilan asked: "Sir, let me tell you my purpose, I can review the manuscript."

"Incite national sentiment, and then write about Lingzhou and Yongle, two places occupied by Xixia. It is estimated that it will appear in about two months."

Huilan nodded: "I understand whether to add prints or remove other content."

"Print the printing but not increase the price." Ouyang said: "The first batch of reporters have gone out, and the second batch will also need to speed up the training. Some of this group of people will be sent to the borders of Xixia, Songliao, Liao and Jin in the future. In addition, there are still too few people in the Song Dynasty, so Zhan Ming will draw 300 people from the Xiang army. It will be divided into small teams to dispatch places with reporters stations, which will be managed by the president."

The first step of the expansion plan of "En" has been implemented, and printing stations have been established in the surrounding four prefectures. For example, after receiving Yangping Express newspapers, Tangzhou must copy them the next day and require them to be supplied to the Tangzhou county level within three days. Tangzhou is on the west side of Shouzhou and must be delivered to the first prefecture, Junzhou, the west side, within three days, and the content will be added to the Tangzhou part. For the time being, they can only be delivered. When the reporters are trained, they will open a press station and a printing factory in Junzhou, and then the four routes will fly together to bring all the territory of the Song Dynasty.

Coverage. Although the expenses have increased, the sales of newspapers have also increased. For example, Tangzhou has expanded, Ouyang can eat up the needs of Tangzhou by paying the expenses of a printing factory and a reporter station. It turns out that Yangping General Station is responsible for all the consumption of dispatching reporters, delivery and printing in the surrounding areas. Invisibly, sharing the efforts of interviewing reporters to other places, which is equivalent to reducing costs and increasing sales. There are 50 million people in Song Dynasty, but only one newspaper. If the literacy rate reaches 30%, Ouyang will make a fortune.

Expansion is also beneficial, such as the media talks about brands and human resources. Once the network is formed across the country, even if the emperor wants to take back the royal newspaper, he may have to consider the impact. After all, the feudal lords cannot offer high rewards for journalists to be bad people like this. Another point is that this is a kind of self-worth. Why is Li Yifeng so desperate? The reason for money is only part of the reason. The honor of journalists' social identity was trained by Ouyang, and Ouyang also lets them know what the difference between them and the people and officials. The morality of journalists directly affects the credibility of public opinion and the sales volume of newspapers.
Chapter completed!