The ancestor of the apocalypse is so cool after being reborn!

Chapter 134 The problem of food and clothing
The next day, Xia Jing took a small team of personal guards to go to the iron workshop. As soon as she left the mansion, she saw King Qian and Mr. Zhang standing at the door.

"Princess Wang is going out, where are you going?" When King Qian saw Xia Jing coming out, he greeted her with a smile, making it obvious that she was waiting here specially.

Xia Jing was slightly taken aback when she saw King Qian approaching enthusiastically, feeling a little uncomfortable.

After regaining her senses, she looked them up and down, "I have something to do when I go out, you two are robbing the guards of their jobs, are you standing guard here?"

After hearing this, King Qian looked around. In order to show that he was not here to grab the guard's job, he hurriedly took two steps forward to keep some distance from the guard.

Mr. Zhang bowed his hands to Xia Jing with a smile, "Wei Chen is here to accompany the prince to wait for you specially."

"Wait for me?" Xia Jing was slightly surprised, "Wait for me?"

Mr. Zhang looked back at King Qian, and explained with a smile: "The thing is like this, the prince and the minister have always been curious about the iron workshop of the princess, so they want to take advantage of the free time today, I wonder if it is possible?"

Xia Jing nodded, "Okay, I just want to go to the iron workshop today."

"Thank you, princess, let's go together."

Mr. Zhang cheerfully turned around and called Qian Wang to get on the car together.

A piece of wasteland in the northeast corner of the north of the city has changed its appearance now. The former wasteland is now an iron workshop.

The workshop has a large area and is surrounded by a high wall, which is strong and prevents outsiders from peeping.

King Qian followed him in and kept looking around. The blast furnace in the smelting workshop was taller than the furnace in his Bingzhangfang, and its scale was not inferior to his Bingzhangfang.

"Princess, your furnace of molten iron is probably the amount of two furnaces of this Wangbing workshop. You really have so much iron ore to refine in such a large building?"

The most important thing is what do you want to do with so much iron?
Xia Jing glanced at the row of blast furnaces, and said with a smile: "Nowadays, iron products are not popular among the people, of course, the more the better, even if you don't need it now, it's always safe to store more, and when it will be useful in the future, you How can it be too much?"

King Qian: "."

He didn't think too much, he was just worried that his princess was more ambitious than himself, and he was even more afraid that he would not be able to control her.

Mr. Zhang is not familiar with smelting technology, but when he entered the workshop, he was attracted by the craftsmen working in the workshop.

He looked at all this in shock, "Princess, the craftsmen in your workshop are in good spirits, and what's more, they seem to be very active and full of energy in doing things."

Upon hearing this, Xia Jing glanced at the workshop, pointed to a craftsman and said, "This is single blacksmith in our workshop, and the others are either his apprentices or colleagues he invited over. There are also invitations from colleagues." Come colleagues."

When he signed a labor contract with blacksmith Shan, Xia Jing asked him to introduce his peers or friends to work in the workshop. The master level is five or two months, and the apprentice is one or two months.

In ancient times, this salary was regarded as a high salary in such a humble industry as a craftsman.

To put it bluntly, the seventh-rank officials of the imperial court only had a salary of two to two months. In ancient times, the cost of cultivating a scholar was very high, especially those who passed the imperial examination and passed the imperial examination.

Since tens of thousands of people cross the single-plank bridge to become a Jinshi, only Xia Jing dares to be the first to be a blacksmith whose salary is higher than that of a county magistrate.

Mr. Zhang opened his mouth in surprise and asked, "How much money do you give them a month, or do you mean that they work for you for free? But it's not right, if they work for free, they can't be so active."

Xia Jing was speechless when she heard this, "Of course I paid the wages. I'm not like your government's overlord clause. Craftsmen don't pay wages for their work. It's considered military service, and they have to bring their own dry food to help you work. This is how to squeeze them. It’s a ghost to be able to do things positively.”

Upon hearing this, neither King Qian nor Mr. Zhang understood.

King Qian asked: "The craftsmen who work for the imperial court are regarded as serving. Isn't this how they have been here for thousands of years? Why do you still pay them? If it is difficult to do things in your own name, why don't you send this to the court?" The workshop is affiliated with the government?"

Xia Jing looked at him as a matter of course, and shook her head, "It is impossible to generate enthusiasm for people to work for free. Since you want the horse to run and don't want the horse to eat grass, how can there be such a cheap thing in the world?"

Mr. Zhang interjected, "But, if you do what you say, won't that increase the government's burden?"

"The government doesn't want to increase the burden, so let the people increase the burden?" Xia Jing's face became serious now, "The government's burden has increased, so it must be aggressive to reduce the burden, instead of reducing the burden by squeezing the people. The people have been expropriated year after year. Until you are overwhelmed, do you think they will turn against you?"

King Qian: "."

Xia Jing snorted coldly, and said again: "The government has a heavy burden to find a way to solve the problem, just like the cleaning up of hidden households, re-measurement of land, and registration and bookkeeping that are still being implemented in other areas of Lingnan. When this decree is implemented to the end, then This year's autumn harvest, the government's taxes will double."

"In the same way, the people work for the government, and the government pays the wages. With the money to work, the people can improve their lives at home. If they accumulate slowly, and the people's lives are rich, then will they still think about rebelling against you? ?”

"Remember, if the country gentry is powerful and powerful, it is not considered rich. The real wealth is the wealth of the people, and the wealth of the people is the wealth of the country. Probably this is the reason why the country is rich and the people are strong."

Xia Jing's words were deafening, and directly shattered the three views of King Qian and Mr. Zhang, which subverted their cognition too much.

In their understanding since childhood, imperial power is prepared to protect the royal family, gentry and officials, and they have never heard it mentioned that the interests of the people should come first.

King Qian was a little excited when he came back to his senses, and asked quickly: "How can the people get rich? Is it possible that the people can get rich if they serve as wages?"

Xia Jing rolled his eyes at him, "Stupid!"

King Qian choked, and immediately blushed. No woman had ever dared to say that he was stupid in front of him. The Xia clan was challenging his bottom line!
Mr. Zhang watched anxiously from the side, fearing that the couple would quarrel, he hurried up to the stage and asked, "Princess, what should you do?"

Talking about the people's livelihood, Xia Jing became a little patient, "According to the current situation of Dayu, the people can't even eat. How can we talk about being rich? It's too early to talk about being rich. What needs to be solved urgently is the problem of food and clothing for the people. Neither can solve the problem of development, are you right?"

Mr. Zhang was a little excited when he heard this, and he nodded repeatedly, "The princess is right, but I really don't know what to do to solve the food and clothing of the people."

Xia Jing pondered this question in her mind for a while, and then said: "This question is a bit profound, but in short, it is to increase food, mulberry and hemp, weave more cloth, and vigorously develop productivity. Only the more materials produced , the common people don’t have to worry about having nothing to eat and no clothes to wear. Only when people are full and strong will they think about making progress, and Dayu will have vitality.”

King Qian pointed to the craftsmen working in the workshop, "Just like them, they have the energy to work actively when they get paid and can eat enough?"

Xia Jing nodded: "It's almost the same reason."

During the following visit, neither King Qian nor Mr. Zhang asked any more questions, but both of them were carefully observing the craftsmen, and it was not difficult to see from their subtle expressions that they were very satisfied with their current lives.

Satisfied with life and motivated to do things.

Maybe this is the vitality that the princess just mentioned.

Xia Jing didn't accompany them until the two left, because she had something to do when she came to the iron workshop, and it was impossible to spend time with them.

Leaving the iron workshop and getting into the carriage, King Qian thought about the state of work of the craftsmen in Bingzhanfang, and compared it with the iron workshop, the difference was too obvious.

Let him sigh with emotion for a moment: "Perhaps what the princess said is right, sir, do you think we should change the current situation in Bingzhangfang?"

Mr. Zhang smiled, "My lord really wants to change the status quo of Bingzhangfang?"

"Well," King Qian continued: "If the status quo remains unchanged, perhaps in the near future, there may be shoddy incidents in Bingzhangfang."

Craftsmen do not get rewards for their hard work, and there may be shoddy things.

Don't think about it, if the food and clothing of the craftsmen is not solved, this kind of problem will definitely appear again.

Mr. Zhang affirmed it, but he also raised the actual problems to be faced, "My lord's idea is very good, but you have to consider the actual situation. The money in our official warehouse is useful. These things that need to be solved urgently, the spare money here is It is impossible for you to embezzle it."

King Qian shook his fan, "I know what you mean, since the money in the official storehouse is not usable, then we will follow the example of Princess Wang and Xiao Wu, and pull all the new recruits recruited in the defense out to hone and hone them, so that they can adapt to the next stage." What does a brutal battlefield look like. Don’t wait until you get on the battlefield, you will vomit and have weak legs when you see the bloody battlefield.”

"Alright, let's do as the prince said. Let's try it out at Bingzhangfang for a period of time to see if there is any change." Mr. Zhang agreed, but he left room for what he said, so as not to lose the face of the prince if it doesn't work out.

For the sake of money, the two discussed the details of pulling out recruits to suppress the bandits.

Talking dry, King Qian picked up the teacup and took a sip of tea, but before the teacup was put down, the carriage shook, and all the tea in his hand spilled on his brocade robe.

A large tea stain was left on the light-colored brocade robe, and King Qian's face turned completely black.

Today's light-colored brocade robe was specially worn to accompany Xia Jing, so it's all right now, I don't need to see anyone.

Mr. Zhang noticed the expression on King Qian's face, he lifted the curtain of the car first and asked, "What's going on?"

As soon as the words fell, the coachman's aggrieved voice came in, "Report to the lord, there is a lady blocking our way, which caused the little one to brake urgently."

So everything is the fault of this woman who stands in the way.

Mr. Zhang frowned slightly, and looked towards the front of the carriage, only to see a woman blocking the way, his eyes flashed with surprise.

"Why is she?"

King Qian wiped off the tea stains on his body, and when he heard his muttering, he held back his anger and asked, "Who?"

Mr. Zhang turned around, "It's a girl from the Mou family."

"The Mou family?" King Qian didn't remember which Mou family it was for a moment.

Mr. Zhang explained: "It is the Mou family in Jingzhou who came to Lingnan with us halfway when we were fleeing. Their eldest wife is considered to be from the same hometown as our princess."

King Qian was stunned, but it made him covered in tea stains, so he still had a bad temper and said: "Since the princess knows each other, why doesn't she go to the princess to find the king?"

Mr. Zhang raised his eyebrows: "." How would he know, the most important thing is how to answer this question?

Fortunately, King Qian didn't want him to answer, but glanced out of the car.

With just this one glance, it happened to meet Mou Guangzhen's eyes.

This expression of eagerness and reluctance directly made King Qian stunned, and it took him a while to recover, and then he remembered who this girl was.

Isn't it the girl I saw at the princess's place last time, it seems that at that time
After such a short period of time, King Qian thought a little too much.

"Mu Guangzhen, a civilian girl, has seen the prince, and she offended him today, and hopes that the prince will forgive her."

King Qian looked at Mr. Zhang.

Mr. Zhang understood in seconds, cleared his throat, and asked, "I don't know why Miss Mou stopped the prince's carriage?"

Hearing that the voice was wrong, Mu Guangzhen looked up at the carriage in surprise, and found a skinny old man's face at the door of the carriage.

She didn't know how to react for a while, she didn't expect that there would be someone else on the king's car.

"Girl, girl!"

Mr. Zhang frowned, and was very dissatisfied with Mou Guangzhen who was in a daze. Although the prince is a prince, he is also very busy.

This time I came out to take time out of my busy schedule to accompany the princess, how could I have time to deal with other women?

Mou Guangzhen greeted the ceremony: "I met you, sir. Is it a little girl? I disturbed the prince and my husband. In order to make amends, can you please treat me to a cup of tea?"

"Huh?" Mr. Zhang pointed to his nose, dumbfounded.

He turned his head to look at King Qian, "My lord, are all the women in Lingnan so unrestrained?"

Even he, an old man half buried in the ground, wouldn't let him go?

King Qian glanced at Mr. Zhang's gray hair, which was thinner than his own, and couldn't help laughing.

After a long while, the smile on his mouth disappeared, and he said loudly to the outside of the carriage: "Okay, it will save you the apology. If we still have something to do, let's go ahead. The girl is self-respecting."

Mou Guangzhen seemed to have been hit, took two steps back, and said sadly: "The daughter of the people was abrupt today, and delayed the trip of the prince. I hope the prince will not take it to heart."

Hearing this, King Qian's mouth twitched. He never took what he said about insignificant people to his heart.

As for the women outside the carriage, they are not as good-looking as the maids in the palace. He really doesn't like this kind of appearance.

Well, thinking that the princess also intends to match the two of them, this matter can't be forced.

As long as I live up to her good intentions, I hope that next time I explain to her, she will not be angry.

If Xia Jing knew what was going on in King Qian's heart, she would definitely question him, "This concubine is not a pimp, when did she reveal that she wanted to match you up?"

King Qian was aggrieved, and rightly pointed his fingers: "The last time I met you, didn't you bring the mother and daughter of the Mou family with you? The daughter of the Mou family revealed such a little meaning, and you didn't object at that time?"

"My lord!"

Mr. Zhang can't understand what King Qian is thinking. The daughter of the Mou family is waiting for your reply delicately outside. Why are you in a daze!
King Qian collected himself, and said to the outside of the car: "Don't delay any longer, go back to the palace immediately!"

This was evidently addressed to the coachman.

That night, when Xia Jing learned of King Qian's affair today, she sneered and stopped paying attention.

The captains of her personal guards had captured a lot of bandits and brought them back. It took a lot of energy and time for these bandits to be transformed into their own personal guards. How could she have time to deal with such erotic news.

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