'Pa~~pa~~' "Hahahaha~~"
Accompanied by the laughter of the herdsmen's children, they lit small straw whips with sticks whose front ends were burned into charcoal and threw them into the snow, blasting out small craters in the snow.
But you are not allowed to throw it on the haystack, and you are not allowed to throw it into the manure pit, even if the manure pit is now frozen solid.
Firecrackers and fireworks have always been around, starting from the Song Dynasty and inherited by the Yuan Dynasty.
The children were born during the war. They had no money to buy firecrackers and they couldn't make them themselves.
For the first time since they were little, they have a little straw whip to play with. In addition, many precious things have been recently added to the home, as well as cloths given by His Royal Highness. The children are so happy every day.
"A little straw whip is having so much fun." Zhu Xi stood on the city wall, holding up a telescope to watch the children setting off firecrackers.
“What makes the children really happy is that the pressure of survival has been reduced, and the newly added household items are the basis for an improved living standard.
Thanks to the stove, the tent is warmer and there is less smell of burning cow dung.
I knew that earth forts would be built in the future, providing more shelter when grazing.
Everything ultimately comes down to a sense of security, which comes from a group of people doing things in an organized manner.
This is the most basic thing of a social system. Officials are responsible for organizing and others follow the arrangements.
This organization can specify who will do a certain thing, or it can be a large-scale organization that allows people to join and exit freely. "
The chief talked to Zhu Fang, and then to Zhu Biao next to him, that it belonged to the field of social relations.
"I'm in the fiefdom. I want to be the organizer and mobilize the people. The prefect and others, please step aside."
Zhu Fang wants to be a leader, change the fate of others, and lead people to live a good life. He thinks it is a very fulfilling thing.
Under normal circumstances in a fiefdom, for the sake of the people's livelihood, officials appointed by the court would work normally.
The sealed prince can only enjoy benefits in terms of land tax, taxation, corvee, etc., and does not directly intervene in local affairs.
Zhu Xi didn't agree, he had a reason! The previous prefect made a mistake, but he corrected his mistake and proved that he was better than the prefect.
Zhu Biao thought for a moment: "As an emperor, what you need to consider is organizing a hierarchical system?"
“His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is right, it is a question of organizational sociology and management, starting from the science of human relations.
For example, His Majesty, the aspect of interpersonal relations is reflected. Why can His Majesty be the emperor and a group of people support His Majesty?
Why can all the soldiers obey His Majesty's orders? This knowledge is very profound, such as marriage. "
In fact, the director himself doesn't know much about it, but he can teach Zhu Biao.
Zhu Biao and Zhu Xi fell into deep thought, yes! Why? We are all human beings. In the beginning, my father was someone else’s subordinate.
Then more and more people joined the father's team. What methods did the father use?
Seeing everyone's silence, the chief had to change the topic: "Due to special circumstances, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince and His Highness the King of Qin have arrived, so I want to give gifts to the herdsmen.
After that, whether it is Helin City or the earthen forts, they all need their own trading functions, that is, markets.
As long as there is a social relationship between people, there must be buying and selling, which can be barter or a mutually recognized currency.
There are many definitions of currency, the most basic one is that currency can be exchanged for actual materials, that is, means of production. "
"I know this. Someone proposed to issue treasure banknotes, but Xiaqiu Village seems unwilling." Zhu Xi understood.
"Your Highness King Qin, it's not that Xiaqiu Village is unwilling. Xiaqiu Village needs Ming Dynasty to perfect some things before it can use credit currency to replace physical currency.
It must be regulated so that people, especially decision-makers, understand the rationale. Only when the social foundation is stable enough will no major problems occur.
The monetary system is complex, and even physical currency can be unstable.
For example, during the Song Dynasty, Sichuan used iron coins to mint currency because copper was scarce.
In the early days of the Ming Dynasty, if one iron coin could buy half a catty of grain, how much grain can that iron coin buy now?
Iron mining increased and iron depreciated. If it is still mandatory that one iron dollar can buy half a catty of grain, it will be a credit currency issued with iron as the material.
If you don't learn these things clearly and issue treasure banknotes, the final consequences will have to be swallowed by the entire Ming Dynasty. "
The village chief firmly refused to admit that Xiaqiu Village did not allow the issuance of treasure banknotes and that the conditions for issuance could not be met for the time being.
"It's time to eat! I'm going home to eat!" A child lit his whip and ran away after hearing the shouting.
"I'm back too!"
"It's cold outside, but it's warm at home."
The children quickly disappeared into the tents, leaving the smell of gunpowder slowly wafting in the air.
"It is indeed different. Paper-making workshops consume a lot of grass. Is it enough for livestock?"
Zhu Biao found that the herdsmen's life had improved and thought of the paper from the grass whip.
There was wood in Helin City. The bark was peeled off, some scrap wood was added, and grass was added. The craftsmen made it into paper. It took more than a month.
It's cold, so it's fast. The quality of the paper is not very good, so I can barely write, and it's no problem to put gunpowder in to make firecrackers.
As for going to the toilet, herdsmen and soldiers do not use paper, but use grass, which is abundant.
“You can’t use all grass. The process is more complicated, so the amount of grass used is relatively small.
In the future, the first priority in various places will be to repair vegetable cellars and grow vegetables around the earthen forts.
There is no problem in growing wheat locally. The demand for water is lower than that of rice. This is a good staple food.
After spring begins, we will attract bees here, and there will be many flowers. Then we will use the honey as an exchange commodity for everyone to exchange. "
The mayor couldn't see the children playing, so he turned around and went down the city wall, and talked about the future arrangements.
Zhu Fang expressed his support: "Yes, we need to raise bees and send them to the greenhouse in winter. Our flowering things have to be artificially dipped in flowers, which is troublesome!"
"Chief, can herders bring beehives for grazing?" Zhu Biao had a sudden thought.
"No!" The head of the village shook his head: "We can only turn bees into herders. Bees are raised in earthen forts and cities in order to provide some nutrition to the herdsmen. The herdsmen turned into beekeepers, which is not suitable for the current situation.
Honey cannot be sold, transportation conditions are poor, it cannot be sold, and it cannot become a commodity necessary for survival, so its value is low.
There are rivers around to raise crabs, fish, and lotus. No, even digging ponds to divert water will have no use except increasing the burden on the people.
Local decision-makers must not make blind decisions, otherwise actions that benefit the people will turn into defrauding and harming them. "
"Is it just because the roads are not easy to travel?" Zhu Ping considered various modules to install locally and found that none of them were suitable.
"In addition to transportation, if the road is flat, steam engine vehicles will be the best combination. Don't think about it in ten years."
The village chief agreed that the roads were not good and only camels and horses were used, which would take too long to transport.
If a steam engine car could really be built, it would not be used in sparsely populated places, but in bustling cities.
So sometimes poor places cannot get rich, and good resources are given to rich places.
It's late again today. I went to sign the rental contract.
(End of chapter)
