"Huh?"
The more Feng Jing saw the scene on the street, the happier he became. After all, the people's lives were obviously much better.
Everyone's face was filled with happy smiles. This smile from the heart made Feng Jing, who was used to being a censor, look really comfortable from the bottom of his heart.
But soon he discovered something strange. An old man in ragged clothes actually carried half a pig leg in his backpack.
You must know that in this day and age, if any farmer's family can eat meat, he is really a wealthy family!
But looking at the old man's clothes, he really didn't look like someone who could afford meat, and looking at his thin appearance, he didn't seem like a butcher.
"Old man, I wonder if I can detain you for a while. I see that you have bought a lot of pork. Is there any happy event at home?"
Feng Jing simply stepped forward to stop the old man, and after cupping his hands, he asked with some confusion.
"Sir, you are too polite. Judging from your appearance, you must be from out of town, right? It's not like there are any happy events in the old man's family. It's just that thanks to the king's blessing, several of the grandsons in the family are about to go to elementary school, so why not Buy some more pork back to satisfy their cravings, and by the way, I also bought some bundles for the gentlemen!"
Hearing what the old man said, Feng Jing's curiosity was immediately aroused.
The old man just mentioned a few. When did there become so many elementary schools around Jinyang?
"If that's the case, then my father-in-law's family is full of well-to-do people, right?"
"Your Majesty, you don't know something. If it were two months ago, the old man's family wouldn't even have food for the night. Let alone send his grandsons to go to elementary school. After a hard year, the most he could do would be to make ends meet!"
Seeing that the old man started chatting, Feng Jing simply took the old man to sit in a small restaurant nearby, asked the waiter to prepare two dishes to go with the wine, and ordered a bottle of wine, and then took the old man to inquire in detail.
"You don't know, since our king won the war, cement kilns have been built everywhere. One was built next to our village. The old man has three sons in his family, plus a healthy cow. In the past month, all the cement kilns have been built. I work in a cement kiln and I can get a full 15 yuan!"
"So much? In that case, if we continue like this, I'm afraid my father-in-law's family will be able to buy a few more acres of land!"
"In the past, the old man would have thought so too, but now!"
When the old man said this, his eyes were fixed on the plate of stew in front of Feng Jing.
"What now?"
Feng Jing hurriedly pushed the plate towards the old man in a sensible manner. The old man picked up a large piece of fat and stuffed it into his mouth, making his mouth full of oil.
"Now, my old man has made it clear to the kilns that our king has never planned to let these cement kilns idle. After the king completes the academy, he will start to repair the roads in the entire country! The cement kilns on this The work is constant all year round! If you pay 15 guan a month to buy food, this month's wages will be enough to feed the whole family for a year!"
The old man took a good sip of old wine and then continued to speak.
"From what my father-in-law said, this is really a good deal!"
"Who says it's not? You don't know, not only is this cement kiln hiring, but the newly opened papermaking workshop in our village is also hiring now! Moreover, the work is not heavy. Even women’s families can do it, and if one person from that family goes there, all the children and nephews in the family can go to the elementary school they open to study!”
Hearing what the old man said, Feng Jing's eyes straightened.
Are there still such righteous businessmen in this world?
This doesn't look like a businessman's method at all...
"Is there such a kind person in this world? I wonder if the old man knows the name of that businessman?"
Feng Jing's heart moved. If there was such a righteous person, he could really introduce him to Liu Deng.
"A kind man? Bah!"
Feng Jing also didn't expect that the old man would spit on the ground just after hearing the three words "Great Good Man" he said.
"Old man, this is your fault. Since someone did such a benevolent thing, how could you do such a hurtful thing behind his back?"
Feng Jing was stunned. Why did this old man act so like an ungrateful villain?
"You don't know. Do you really think that boy is a good bird? The opening of the school has nothing to do with him. This is all forced by the king. If he wants to open a papermaking workshop, he must open an elementary school. !”
After hearing what the old man said, Feng Jing was stunned on the spot, and for a moment he didn't know what to say.
He suddenly realized that what the old man was talking about just now was a paper-making workshop!
My own king is really ruthless!
You must know that in the market of Yanmen now, a knife of paper is worth fifty-five guan, and you can't bully a child or an old man.
But now, it seems that his own king has even sold the art of papermaking. This is really draining the bottom of the pot!
Moreover, this is the salary of King Wu Liu Bi!
"I'm sorry, noble man, I have other matters at home, so I'll take the first step!"
The old man was not idle. While he was in a daze at the scenery, he ate up the whole plate of stew. Then he raised his hand to Feng Jingyi, wiped his mouth, and ran away with the pig leg on his back...
After the old man left, Feng Jing fell into deep thought again. It seemed that in the few months since he left, his king had quietly done a lot of big things.
He had heard about cement, but he didn't expect that the salary from the cement kiln alone could actually make a farmer's family earn more than ten guan a month!
However, if Liu Deng does this now, he is suspected of valuing business and suppressing agriculture!
If things continue like this, will everyone in the world go to work? Who else is going to farm?
Without people to grow food, what's the use of having so many workshops?
No, it looks like I have to give the king some serious advice tonight.
Emphasizing agriculture and suppressing business is the national policy of the Han Dynasty!
And this is also the foundation of the entire Han Dynasty. If there is not enough food, what is the use of having more money?
What's more, the seven major vassal states are now united to boycott the Dai Kingdom. Someone has already announced that not a single grain of food will flow into the Dai Kingdom.
What the king is doing now is just adding insult to injury!
For a moment, the little bit of joy he had just aroused was directly thrown out of the sky. Feng Jing's heart was filled with worry again. Maybe this is the so-called wise man who thinks a thousand times and will make mistakes...
