Wei Yi was stunned for a moment, and then he quickly thought of something and took a breath of cold air. This...this...this matter...is not difficult to figure out.
Because what he knew was that the shopkeeper Hu in front of him was not the Wei family that he contacted in Huayin County. The other party also contacted several other small families, and these small families together could basically cover the entire Huayin County.
If all the families have signed contracts with His Highness... This means that Wei Yi did not dare to say anything more, because His Highness has already leveraged the most critical things of those powerful families!
It is true that the powerful families have mastered knowledge, so they can control the court and have such a profound influence. This is correct.
But equally, they also need resources! All, not to mention all, of their sources of income were cut off, and most of their sources of income were cut off... It can be said that His Highness directly dug up their foundation!
Wei Yi was deeply shocked. Is this the work of His Highness King Qin? So it turns out that things like this in Datang Weekly are nothing more than a small fuss? His Highness uses the world as a chessboard. Wei can't see how much of a threat the powerful families have posed to the past dynasties, but he is also from a powerful family. Although he is lonely now, he is unwilling to break this system.
But now, when His Highness came to visit, Wei Yi knew that times were changing, and the wealthy family had to make changes, otherwise they would be eliminated.
How glorious was the Wei family in Hedong hundreds of years ago? Why has it fallen to this point now? Isn’t it just because we didn’t adapt to the times?
Hu Zheng naturally saw the change in Wei Yi's expression, but he was not surprised. If these family heads couldn't understand this, then they were not worthy of His Highness's preliminary investigation for so long to find them as partners.
"Master Wei, His Highness once said that in today's general trend of the world, the class of the Tang Dynasty has long been solidified. If you don't seek changes, you will inevitably be eliminated. The people of the world, including you poor families and merchant families, are just like that winter The fish under the frozen lake, the common people are ordinary small fish, you are just a larger school of fish, if the water surface is the dragon gate, and the really big and powerful families have crossed the lake and evolved fishing people."
"And now, the water surface that was originally the Dragon Gate has been turned into solid ice by them."
"They feed on the flesh and blood of you and the people in the world. It seems that one or two families occasionally rise up, but they are just holes dug by fishermen on the ice under their control. Because there is a hole, these groups The fish will swarm around and eat each other. Then they won’t be able to concentrate their efforts to break through the ice.”
"So, if you want to rise and cross the water dragon gate, what you have to do is not to find the pothole, but to break through the frozen lake!" Hu Zheng said calmly.
Wei Yi took a deep breath: "Shopkeeper Hu, you have learned a lesson."
"Master Wei is being polite. This is what His Highness said. Therefore, before we can gather enough strength to break this ice, we ask Master Wei to keep it a secret." Hu Zheng said with a faint smile.
"Don't worry, Shopkeeper Hu, this matter is only known to you and me, and I will never reveal anything to the outside world." Wei Yi said with a serious face.
"Well, I believe that the head of the Wei family is smart enough to see clearly that His Highness the King of Qin has no shortage of means to break the ice, but His Highness the King of Qin wants to give you and the people of the world a chance to participate. After all, in this process, there is always a sequence, If we set some examples, the fish schools under the lake will be more powerful." Hu Zheng said with a smile.
Wei Yi nodded silently, his words were threats and encouragements. The threat was to tell him that even if he told the big families the news, His Highness the King of Qin wouldn't care, and there were plenty of ways to eliminate their influence. It goes without saying that encouragement is given. People or families who stand out in this process will always be rewarded.
"If your Highness has any orders in the future, shopkeeper Hu can just tell me directly." Wei Yi bowed his hand.
While Hu Zheng was discussing with the Wei family, hundreds of miles away, in Shijiawan Village, Dahe Township, on the outskirts of Shu, Shi Laojiu was listening to the village chief.
"This time, His Highness the King of Qin's trading firm wants to sign a contract with us. Each of our households can plant fifteen acres of hemp crops, and then harvest them regularly and sell them to His Highness the King of Qin's caravan. There is no need for everyone to spin and weave. For the sale of linen, the guaranteed purchase price His Highness gives you is 2 dan 5 per mu of land!"
"The so-called guarantee is that these hemp crops will be purchased at a unit price per kilogram. If by the end of the year, the unit price of an acre of land sold to His Highness exceeds the price of grain at two and a half stone, then the actual selling price will be used. If it’s less than two stones and five stones, then His Highness will make up for everyone!” the village chief said to everyone in the village.
"This... village chief, is this okay?" Shi Laojiu hesitated and asked.
"What's the problem? Don't you believe His Highness King Qin?" the village chief looked at him and asked.
"No, the village chief looks at what you said. I don't believe others. Can I still believe His Highness the King of Qin? The few curved shaft plows our village bought last year allowed us to cultivate more land. Everyone knows that His Highness the King of Qin is Our savior, how could we not trust His Highness King Qin?" Shi Laojiu said quickly.
"It's just that I think it's not good for His Highness the King of Qin. After all, this linen is worthless. Even if we weave it into linen ourselves, we won't have much money in the end. Is it okay for His Highness to buy it at such a high price?" Shi Lao Jiu was a little worried.
He didn't understand the big truth, he just didn't want His Highness King Qin to lose money. In his heart, if His Highness King Qin didn't lose money, he might be able to provide them with more good things, which would be a good thing in the long run.
Although he is uneducated, he also understands the principle of being satisfied after one meal.
"Yes, village chief, in this case, His Highness King Qin will have to spend a lot of money just in our village, not to mention that there should be similar policies in all the villages in the ten miles. How much money will His Highness King Qin have to spend in the entire Tang Dynasty. "Another villager couldn't help but ask.
"What? Your Highness, King Qin, gave you the wrong money?" the village chief laughed and cursed.
"No, I'm not that ignorant person. I just feel that His Highness has lost too much money... What if there is no money to continue to develop agricultural tools in the future... Didn't the carpenter who built the Quyuan plow for us say Have you? According to Datang Weekly, His Highness King Qin also spent a lot of money on developing these agricultural tools!" The man said a little embarrassed.
"I can understand everyone's worries, but since His Highness asked us to do this, it must be for His Highness's reason. Maybe His Highness wants these hemps to do bigger things. We can't delay His Highness's affairs, right? Besides, , think about it, His Highness gave you such a high purchase price, doesn’t it just make us people live a better life?”
"We can't live up to His Highness's good intentions."
