Li Shui sighed and said to Chunyu Yue: "Sister-in-law, have you heard it? This is the voice of the people, this is the people's heart."
"What the people want most right now is not not to pick up lost items on the road or to not close their homes at night. But they want to have enough to eat, to see hope, and to feel that this life is worth living."
"Master Fu Su and Master Hu Hai did not pick up lost things on the road and did not close their homes at night. But what was the result? In one territory, all industries were depressed and people fled one after another. In the other, the punishment was strict and there were prisoners everywhere. This may not be a true governance."
The guy stood nearby, and the more he listened, the more something was wrong, and he thought: Who are these people? How dare you comment on the young master? If they talk nonsense like this, it won't implicate me, right?
The guy didn't expect that the people standing in front of him were the most powerful people in Da Qin.
I don't blame him for his lack of imagination. In fact, he is just a little boy. He never thought that he would encounter such a thing in his life.
Chunyu Yue stared, turned to the waiter and said, "Now that you can eat enough and make money, do you think this is brought by Mr. Fu Yao?"
The clerk said: "Of course it is. Our Beidi County is close to the Huns. In the past, the Huns often harassed the border, and the people were miserable. Although the Huns were destroyed later, there were still very few people, and the land here was barren and there were no products. .”
"The villain was originally a plower, but after paying the rent and taxes, there is nothing left. He spends every year carefully, but he can barely survive, and he doesn't dare to expect to have enough to eat."
"Later, the Shiroda method of banishing immortals was passed on, and they rented us cattle and lambs at a price that was almost free."
"Life for us people has finally gotten better. We can have enough to eat, and we can also eat meat during the holidays. But that's all."
"Such a good life must be lived carefully. If someone in the family is sick, injured, or encounters a natural or man-made disaster, they will still be brought back to their original shape. Even without these, marrying a wife and having children, what is not a big difficulty?"
"When I didn't have enough to eat before, all I could think about was where to get some food. Now that I have enough to eat, I have more to think about. Sometimes I think, what's the point of living like this?"
"Every day I sweat profusely and dig food from the ground to barely fill my stomach. Day by day, year by year, everything goes by until I get old and die."
"How is living like this different from pigs and dogs? It's not even as leisurely as those pigs and dogs."
Having said this, the boy's eyes became a little moist, and he continued: "Later, Mr. Fu Yao came."
"When Young Master Fu Yao first came, everyone was a little disappointed because he was only ten years old. How could such a child manage a county well? Some people even wanted to flee to other places."
"Unexpectedly, after the young master arrived, he immediately issued several orders to encourage the people to engage in business, encourage trade with Northern Xinjiang, and encourage merchants from Xianyang and Guandong to come to Beidi County to establish branches."
Speaking of this, the boy looked a little proud: "There are many mines and leather goods in Northern Xinjiang. These goods are either traded in our Beidi County, or processed in our Beidi County, and then sold by our Beidi County at a markup."
"The people here either help others process and batch goods, help others smelt iron, or open restaurants and hotels to entertain businessmen. Everyone is getting rich."
"After everyone has money in their hands, food prices will naturally rise. Those who work hard at home can also have a rich family income."
At this point, the waiter suddenly wiped his tears and said with a sob: "Originally, we in Guizhou, Beidi County, lived like cattle and horses. It wasn't until Mr. Fu Yao came that we started to live like a human being."
The more the waiter talked, the more excited he became. He suddenly knelt down in the direction of Xianyang City, worshiped devoutly, and shouted: "Long live the emperor, long live Mr. Fu Yao."
The courtiers present looked at me and I looked at you, and they were all a little confused.
Mr. Fu Yao...is he really so popular with the people?
Isn't this a drama?
Could this guy be hired by Huaiguzi?
By this time, the man had finished worshiping. He stood up and said to the courtiers present: "Dear gentlemen, there is something the saucer forgot to tell you just now."
"In Beidi County, in addition to being careful not to be deceived, you must also be particularly careful not to speak ill of Mr. Fu Yao. Otherwise, you may easily get beaten while walking at night."
courtier:"……"
The man bowed and left.
Li Shui looked at Chunyu Yue with a smile: "Sister-in-law, what do you think?"
Chunyu Yue waved his hand and said helplessly: "Who is your sister-in-law? Don't call me sister-in-law."
He looked around blankly, and then said hesitantly: "Master Fu Yao, what have you done? Can you have such a reputation in Beidi County?"
In fact, what Chun Yuyue really wanted to say was: This situation is wrong. Shouldn't it be Mr. Fusu who truly loves the people like a son and is respected by the people? Why did he become Fu Yao?
Li Shui smiled and explained: "Actually, what Mr. Fu Yao does is very simple. In short, it is just one sentence: let the people fill their stomachs."
"The people's requirements are too low. As long as they have enough to eat, they can tolerate some unfair treatment and tolerate some corrupt officials. As long as they get a little benefit, they will be grateful."
Ying Zheng pondered and said: "Yao, Shun and Yu's soup brought great rule to the world. So, is it enough to let the people have enough to eat?"
Li Shui bowed his hand to Ying Zheng: "Your Majesty, the facts are there."
Ying Zheng nodded, sighed, and said with great emotion: "Wanting to be a good king is so simple, just to make people's lives richer, but throughout the ages, which emperor has done this? Can they not do it? Arrived, still unwilling to do it?”
Li Shui didn't say anything, thinking: It's probably more likely that he can't do it. After all, they didn't get a powerful person like me.
Ying Zheng said with great satisfaction: "Fu Yao did a good job. He did a great job."
Hu Hai was a little anxious next to him: weren't we still discussing the liar just now? Why did the topic suddenly change and become a question of keeping the people fed?
He gritted his teeth and stood up and said: "Father, Fu Yao did make some people well fed. But at the same time, he also brought a lot of swindlers. Over time, the world's atmosphere has changed drastically, and everyone is not engaged in production. If you just want to deceive people and make profits, the consequences will be disastrous.”
Li Shui said calmly: "What Mr. Hu Hai said is that he stopped eating because of choking. As long as we spend some effort to crack down on the liars and publicize them hard to make people aware of the tricks of these liars, we can naturally put an end to these disasters."
"If we directly abolish all merchants without asking any questions, that would be lazy government."
Hu Hai wanted to speak, but Ying Zheng said calmly: "Let's discuss this matter in the long run. Let's see what Fu Yao says first."
Hu Hai had no choice but to agree reluctantly.
Just as everyone was about to leave the private room, Hu Hai suddenly said: "Father, I have a proposal."
Ying Zheng asked curiously: "What proposal?"
Hu Hai said: "Why don't we walk around Yiqu City without revealing our identity. By then, it will be clear at a glance whether this merchant is good or bad, much better or much worse."
Hu Hai said this for his own purpose.
Deep down in his heart, he did not believe in businessmen running the country. In his opinion, these merchants will only mess up the world.
Therefore, in his eyes, the entire Yiqu City was like a sieve with many loopholes.
As long as the emperor takes a turn here. The longer you spin, the more holes you see.
By that time, Fu Yao would be defeated without fighting.
Ying Zheng thought for a while, smiled and said, "Your suggestion is interesting, so let's do it."
Hu Hai immediately agreed happily.
Ying Zheng and his party only brought more than a hundred guards, and the rest followed from a distance.
If something happens, these one hundred guards can protect Ying Zheng for a while, and the large team of people can arrive in a steady stream.
In Yiqu City, there were quite a few wealthy businessmen, powerful people and dignitaries, so Ying Zheng and his party were not too eye-catching.
After they walked out of the teahouse, a person quickly came up to them, saluted them, and said with a smile: "Dear gentlemen, you are polite to me."
Everyone looked at this man warily, wanting to know what kind of liar he was.
As if he had read everyone's thoughts, this man smiled slightly and said very sincerely: "The villain is not a liar. He is one of the few honest people in Yiqu City."
Chunyu Yue chuckled: "Are there any kind people in Yiqu City?"
When the man heard Chunyu Yue's sarcastic words, he was not annoyed at all. He still said with a smile: "Yes, of course there is. The villain is a kind person. Because the villain is so kind, the Yiqu people even gave me a nickname. , just call me Zhenhou.”
Chunyu Yue said lightly.
At the same time, the courtiers were looking at Zhen Hou up and down, thinking hard in their hearts: What kind of liar is this Zhen Hou?
Judging from his words and deeds, it doesn't look like he is begging for money. It is even less likely that he wants to abduct women and children. Do you want to use fake babies to cheat money?
When he thought of the fake baby, Chun Yuyue felt very uncomfortable. After all, he had just been deceived by that piece of shit.
The copper bowl is still with Chun Yuyue. He originally wanted to throw it away, but then he thought about it, what if it was picked up by that Ma Bian after it was thrown away, and he then lied to others to do this?
Therefore, Chunyu Yue endured the nausea in his heart and kept the copper bowl with him.
Consider it a warning.
However, Zhen Hou didn't seem to intend to lie. Instead, he looked at the courtiers with sympathy and said regretfully: "Everyone, I'm afraid you don't know that you have just been fooled, right?"
The courtiers were slightly stunned: "Really? Were we fooled just now? No?"
Zhen Hou said: "Everyone, please follow me."
Courtiers, you looked at me, I looked at you, and finally decided to follow Zhenhou.
Anyway, I have the strength in numbers, not to mention the more than a hundred masters beside His Majesty, so I don’t have to worry about anything.
They followed Zhen Hou for two steps and arrived at the back alley of the teahouse.
Zhen Hou hissed, and then invited the courtiers to stick their heads out and watch quietly.
The courtiers discovered that the saucer was standing with the waiter in the teahouse.
The waiter took an abacus and calculated for a while, then said to the saucer: "Based on the head count, is this number correct?"
Saucer nodded.
Then the waiter took out a money bag and handed it to the saucer: "You deserve these, count them."
Sauter laughed dryly and said, "No need to count, we have cooperated so many times, what else can't you believe?"
The waiter smiled and said, "That makes sense. Please pay attention these days. If there are any rich people from other places like this coming, you must guide us to the teahouse."
The saucer nodded repeatedly: "Yes, yes, yes, the villain understands. By leading them to the teahouse, the villain can make money himself, so why not do it?"
When the courtiers saw this, they felt a little uncomfortable. They had vaguely guessed that they had indeed been deceived just now, but they had not yet figured out how.
Zhen Hou pointed to the street outside and said, "Dear gentlemen, come with me. Let's go to a nearby restaurant and chat while eating."
The courtiers shook their heads in unison.
Zhen Hou was stunned for a moment, and then laughed dryly: "Nobles, don't worry, I am not a saucer and I will not lie to others."
The courtiers still refused to go.
Zhen Hou had no choice but to touch Kong's deflated belly and said, "Then let's find a secluded place and have a good chat."
Everyone arrived at another deep alley.
Now all the courtiers, even Ying Zheng, felt a little annoyed.
I thought this saucer was a kind person, but I didn't expect that he would treat everyone together.
Everyone is either worried about money, or they feel their intelligence has been insulted, feel aggrieved, and feel ashamed.
Li Xin whispered to Li Shui: "Do you think this saucer will survive?"
Li Shui shook his head slightly: "That's not necessarily the case. If the saucer dares to do such a thing, he must have the ability to escape unscathed."
At this time, Zhen Hou had already started to speak.
He said to the courtiers: "Dear gentlemen, I know that saucer. He was originally an idle young man from a nearby village. He didn't even have a name. He was just because he was born darker and had a second job, so everyone called him Erhei. .”
"Erhei originally lived in poverty. By chance, he went to Yiqu City and made a saucer, and then he made a fortune. From then on, everyone no longer called him by his real name, but called him saucer."
"When locals hear the word saucer, they know what it is. But outsiders don't understand."
"Therefore, when he does things, he often announces his family name first and calls himself saucer. If he is a local, he will be very wary after hearing this and turn around and leave. If he is a stranger, he will look confused and ask endless questions."
"In this way, the saucer even saves the time of testing. You can quickly distinguish who can be deceived and who cannot be deceived."
Everyone asked uncomfortably: "How do you know I've been fooled? What did the saucer lie to us again?"
Zhenhou chuckled and said, "You don't know something. The word "tuo" means pretending to be innocent and helping the liar to deceive. In other words, he is the liar's helper."
"The saucer means helping the teahouse to cheat."
"If my prediction is correct, did you spend a lot of money in the teahouse just now? Think about it carefully, if you didn't have this saucer, would you have spent so much money for no reason?"
"Saucet, he deliberately led them into the teahouse and deceived you into spending money. He will split the bill with the teahouse later. My noble lords, have you seen the scene of them sharing the money just now?"
All the courtiers were so angry that they wanted to kill the saucer immediately.
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