Tarsal maggots.
These are the four words Li Ning said to evaluate his strategy after returning to Pang Ji.
Unexpectedly, after learning about snakes, this guy went to learn about maggots.
But he didn't say much.
Now that we have understood the benefits of Li Ning's plan, we should not intervene too much.
But Li Ning soon made an excessive request.
"I need some money."
"What?" Pang Ji knew that such a plan would definitely require money, but he didn't expect that Li Ning said it without any euphemism.
Moreover, something even less euphemistic is yet to come.
"I need a bunch of money, a bunch of talent, a few storefronts, oh, and an army."
"Dreaming!" Pang Ji looked livid, "I'm still saying the same thing. This thing of yours is just a border settlement. The settlement must be owned by an official (public), and the caravan can be private, but I'm not interested. . Having said that, you have an official status now. You still need to be more careful about this kind of thing."
"No!" Li Ning frowned and said, "Since you know that the relationship between the market and the caravan is dynamic and static, you should know that they cannot let go even if they sleep."
"Fart. Just build that city to defend against the bandit army. There is no need to go to war with them. This is the idea of all nighters. If you want to return to Yi, I can give special permission. But my colleagues will not agree with your rashness. plan!"
Li Ning was shocked: "Have you... talked about it?"
"Yes, after you leave."
"This is too efficient, unlike our officials in the Song Dynasty..."
Pang Ji narrowed his eyes and his face instantly turned livid.
Pang Zhidao on the side covered his mouth and snickered, followed by several heartbreaking coughs.
Pang Ji and Li Ning both stood up and looked at him. Unexpectedly, he turned out of the study, leaving the two of them behind and continued to quarrel.
After a long time, Li Ningfang said: "Besides being timid, what else are those people afraid of?"
"I'm still afraid of what you said. You have to set an example. How many people do you want to make someone die for you as an example?"
"Why die?"
"What a dangerous place it is."
"It's not dangerous. Let's use the army to escort us and make some extra money. Didn't I suit you?"
"That's a caravan from the Transportation Department, so it can naturally be escorted by the army. But how can a caravan of ordinary people be...?"
"That's even better." Li Ning said decisively, "It is our duty to protect them."
"Then you still charge money?"
"Collect, not only collect money, but also educate them about what the outside world is like. Let them know what they know."
"Popular science? What does this mean?"
"Just tell them. Tell them generally."
"Why?"
"An extra pair of eyes and ears, of course."
"Ah You!"
Pang Ji finally understood that Li Ning's spying plan was not limited to official power, but was preparing to mobilize the entire private sector.
"This won't work, it's a serious matter."
"Lord Cao Si, the official power is limited, and the common people will always follow the fishy smell and get into this business. For the sake of their heads, you might as well give them a way out."
"You are so kind-hearted! Well, I will just treat it as doing good deeds and accumulating virtue."
"Your Excellency, it is more than just doing good deeds and accumulating virtue. This is a great cause for the benefit of the people and the enlightenment of the barbarians for the Song Dynasty."
"Ah!" Pang Ji shivered in fright, "You actually have such a big plan. Tell me, what is going on?"
Li Ning sighed: "Didn't I tell you? We want to train veterinarians and sailors..."
"Does this have anything to do with educating the barbarians?"
Li Ning understood that emotional vocational education was not considered orthodox at all in the Imperial Song Dynasty. But it’s no wonder that even thousands of years later, students in vocational high schools still focus on entertainment.
After high school students enter university majors, they quickly become replicas of professional high school students.
Isn’t it vocational education?
Of course not, it’s because his background is too poor.
Li Ning still remembers that one of his colleagues in the sixteenth century studied classical Greek at the University of Leipzig for several years, but he finally fell in love with the study of minerals and became the father of mining and metallurgy. This man was Georg Wu. Agricola.
In other words, the social division of labor brought about by exam-oriented education does not always fail completely. If vocational education is provided from the beginning, although it will definitely compromise the freedom of career choice, it may also bring convenience to the Emperor and Song Dynasty more efficiently.
However, how to explain this truth to Pang Ji?
In his eyes, the so-called vocational education still remains at the level of mentoring from master to apprentice, and although education has not been completely locked up by the Four Books and Five Classics, it happens to be at a time when Confucianism in the Han and Tang Dynasties collapsed and New Confucianism has not yet formed. Interval.
Not to mention educating the barbarians, even teaching his own son, he still doesn’t know what teaching materials to use.
Therefore, Li Ning could only find another way to explain in the end.
"The bustle of the world is all for profit; the bustle of the world is all for gain. Greed for money is the nature of human beings, but if we let them know that knowledge is the source of wealth, then do you think they will flock to knowledge?"
"How can there be knowledge in this world related to something that smells like copper?"
"Let them think that yes, at least they can learn Chinese. As for whether they are willing to learn more advanced knowledge, then we will think of other ways. As the saying goes, if the barbarians enter China, China will lose it. When the time comes, the imperial examination will be opened."
"Well, that makes sense."
Seeing that Pang Ji finally nodded, Li Ning breathed a sigh of relief.
But he was deceiving after all. How far the characters can go depends on their own efforts, but it is definitely not what he described to Pang Ji.
"In this case, I will go and persuade those colleagues."
"Lord Caosi, you only need to tell them about the military escort. As for the matter of educating the four barbarians, we have to learn their language first, so I'm afraid they won't be accepted immediately."
"You seem to be wrong. Since it is not accepted, then the tone should be higher. This will save them from gossiping."
"Yes. Your Majesty is right." Li Ning suddenly realized that he almost made a mistake, "Those bastards, I'm afraid they will directly object."
"I only talked about educating the barbarians, not the specific methods. That group of people must be the same as me, and they can't think of so many tricks. Just letting them make money together, I'm afraid it will attract the attention of the court."
"There's nothing you can do about it. Just say it up front. At the worst, it's a support activity to civilize the barbarians. As for whether the imperial court agrees, that's their business."
"You're right. But it's a bit risky."
"That can't be helped. If we don't let those bastards make money, who will care about us? This is because we are afraid that they will be stupid and mess up, so we use money to hang on. I can also find an excuse by the way to save some people from saying that our measures are useless. But things To reach this point, there is such a logic that needs to be paid attention to. Things that can make bastards make money, why can't the officials also get some benefits? This business needs to be opened, and taxes must be levied. This place in Quanzhou should have had it for a long time There is a city shipping department. Now that a powerful enemy is on the side, the coastal defense has to take care of it. If they want to make money, they have to pay an extra tax to the government. As for the official caravan, the same is true. But we don’t have to pay all the costs. Semi-official and semi-private, low costs are shared. Let the young people invest in some shares, so that they know that the money is not only for the official family. After all, it is a fool's errand to go there."
When Pang Ji heard this, his mind changed 180 degrees: "Good idea. Just do as you say. I will tell you to go down and have some money come from the public account and buy some at home. Where are my colleagues? Go and persuade me, it is always not good for a family to live alone. Oh, by the way, you, a little official, just feel aggrieved and go to be the leader of the caravan. This is a government appointment, remember to get some information back, and don't follow the facts. "
"Got it." Li Ning responded and was about to leave happily, but suddenly remembered something and turned around and said, "By the way, Mr. Caosi, I have a bold plan that I want to ask for your opinion."
