One sentence instantly brought people's hearts closer. Lu Daoyuan was a little excited and sat down with his family restrainedly.
Yang Qian waved his hand, and Yi Lingxue took out the beer from the Bingjian and poured it for everyone.
Lu Hongguang said in surprise, "Isn't this the latest beer in Yuntong County?"
His voice was a little loud, a little harsh in the empty living room.
Lu Daoyuan's eyes widened and he said angrily, "Why are you so rude? Your voice is too loud."
Lu Hongguang immediately covered his mouth, his face full of horror.
I don't blame him, mainly because so many people were executed today, and the level of cruelty almost exceeded the currently known range.
Smelling the smell of burnt paste and hearing the shrill screams, any normal person would have the hairs all over his body standing on end.
Yang Gan smiled and waved his hand.
"Master Lu, there is no need to criticize him too harshly. As a young man, he is naturally full of energy. This is the man of my Xia Kingdom."
Under Yang Qian's politeness, everyone picked up their wine glasses, bowed to him, and drank down the wine in one gulp.
Then they all burped, and the four of them immediately covered their mouths desperately.
Yang Qian laughed loudly when he saw it. He could come wherever he wanted on his own territory, and Yang Qian had no intention of hiding it.
"Tell me, the whole family is here today. It's not easy. You must have something to tell me?"
As soon as these four guys came out, Yang Gan immediately understood that they had just killed a group of people today. These four guys came over eagerly, obviously frightened.
But Yang Qian did not criticize them and watched their performances carefully to see what medicines were sold in their gourds.
Lu Daoyuan cupped his hands with respect on his face.
"Your Majesty, our whole family is coming here this time to give you our thousands of acres of fertile land."
The corners of Yang Gan's mouth twitched, and his originally smiling face gradually shrank.
Everyone clucked and thought to themselves, this is not good. Is this flattering someone on the horse's leg?
Xiang'er rolled his eyes and said immediately.
"Today we went to the execution site and were horrified. Your Majesty, our whole family is here to show our loyalty."
Yang Gan took a deep look at the woman and smiled.
"Master Lu, this is your bride, she must have said something sincere."
"Just now, I thought that now that the county governor's mansion is in such a state of decline, a merchant is needed to take pity on me, and a merchant is needed to give away fields to save his life?"
"Don't dare!"
Yang Gan took a sip of wine and curled his fingers. Ao Ying immediately lit a cigarette and stuffed it into his mouth.
He took a deep breath and spit it out in a long breath.
The smoke rushed towards the four people, causing them to cough continuously, but they did not dare to show any displeasure.
"Master Lu, do you know why I demand that all land be nationalized?"
Lu Daoyuan hesitated, shook his head and said, "What you did must be right."
"Tell me." Yang Gan looked at Xiang'er and nodded.
Xiang'er looked at her father-in-law, and when she saw the look in his eyes, she thought about it again and said.
"The state ownership of land should be related to scholar-bureaucrats."
"Pa~!"
Yang Gan snapped his fingers and said, "Yes or no, you only got a small part of it right."
“What would a merchant do if he had money?”
Lu Daoyuan said, "It is natural to increase the variety of goods and make it bigger and stronger."
"Then what?"
"Of course I'm buying land!"
Yang Qian said lightly.
"Scholar-bureaucrats disdain to do business as merchants, so naturally they need merchants to attach themselves to them."
"Gradually, a chain of interests based on money and power will be formed. At that time, they will find ways to annex a large amount of land. If there is more land, they will hide their labor."
“What happens when people who don’t own less than 10% of the land own 90% of the country’s land?”
The four of them shook their heads. This question was beyond the scope of the matter.
Lu Daoyuan was also helpless. After all, he didn't go there and didn't know much about the method of frightening merchants.
Many merchants kept silent after returning. After all, it was not a glorious thing. Besides, who knew whether they would be liquidated by Lord Wu An if they spoke out.
“Land annexation has led to uneven distribution of wealth, with the rich getting richer and the poor getting poorer.
"The rich are in crowds, but the poor have no place to stand."
"At that time, a small incident may cause riots among tenant farmers, common people, and the capital of Guizhou across the country. If some thoughtful people are instigated and provide some money, will some people rebel?"
"When the country is in chaos, if foreigners invade, what do you think will happen?"
The four of them gasped, and Lu Daoyuan asked hurriedly.
"Your Majesty, will those Guizhou farmers really rebel? They are just farmers. Although they are more important than merchants like us, they don't look like people who would rebel."
Yang Gan shook his head. Obviously this topic was too high-end and the structure restricted these people. Lu Daoyuan's attitude also represented the attitude of all ordinary businessmen.
"Don't think I'm being alarmist. Life is pretty good now, but the situation outside is different."
"I nationalized the land naturally to stabilize the domestic situation. The land will be distributed equally to everyone. I will also use part of it to reward soldiers and officials who have made meritorious services. Of course, if some skilled craftsmen invent equipment that is helpful to the country, I will also give it to them. Reward."
"When these people grow old and die, the land can come back and be redistributed, as long as the state ownership of the land can be maintained."
"I can't guarantee anything else, but Xia's national destiny will be greatly extended."
"Are you still planning to give me the land now?"
Yang Qian looked at Lu Daoyuan with a sarcastic look. After this incident, he finally understood why scholars, farmers, industry and commerce were ranked like this.
Scholars, farmers, industry and commerce are the pillars of the country.
In fact, more than a hundred years ago, people did not particularly despise businessmen, and believed that scholars, farmers, industry and commerce were all indispensable to the country.
As for social status, it is naturally a matter of opinion.
It was only after the Xia Dynasty's political reform more than a hundred years ago that the status of merchants gradually declined.
But Yang Qian was very wary of merchants, even more wary than craftsmen.
During the Spring and Autumn Period, scholars could also work part-time as merchants, unlike later dynasties where there were various restrictive regulations for merchants.
For example, Confucius had disciples who were engaged in business and were called "Confucian businessmen."
Of course, according to the industrial and commercial food official system in "Zuo Zhuan", the government controls monopoly business, and ordinary businessmen do not have the right to operate independently. The state has strong control over this aspect.
However, this system mainly served the nobles of aristocratic families. As the times changed, this system was broken and more and more businessmen operated privately. From the late Spring and Autumn Period to the Warring States Period, private businessmen had become the main body.
During the Warring States Period, it was also because of a large number of private businesses that the economies of various places circulated with each other, promoted economic prosperity, and made great contributions to society. However, everything has two sides.
In particular, businessmen are a group that attaches great importance to "profit". Among the private businessmen who are good and bad, there will always be some speculators who want to make huge profits, and even some profiteers who will find it difficult to make a fortune.
The current era happens to be in the Warring States Period.
Once a national crisis strikes, merchants can liaise with foreign enemies because they have enough resources and money.
Craftsmen can run away, after all, their entire possessions are their toolboxes and craftsmanship.
Only the scholar-bureaucrats and tenant farmers could not escape, because their wealth was in the land and they could not escape anywhere even if they wanted to.
Yang Gan just gave them the land, but he didn't give it completely to them. He gave them something to think about, and used the land to hold them tightly, but it didn't completely prevent them from loosening.
This is like providing 30% of the food for all people in the country to themselves. This means that even if you don't want to be rich, you can't do it.
Coupled with commercial taxes, Yang Qian felt that the best way to make money was to make money while lying down.
Lu Daoyuan cupped his hands.
"I am willing to dedicate my family's thousand acres of fertile land to your Majesty."
Yang Gan smiled and nodded, "Not to me, but to the court and the county governor's office. These lands will have nothing to do with you from now on. I will rearrange the tenant farmers for farming."
The four of them breathed a sigh of relief.
Yang Gan took two puffs of smoke.
"Well, there is a shortage of manpower on the canal side now. The steward there is called An Pengpai, who is from Yue. You can go to him and see if there is any business that can be done."
"After all, water transport is more profitable than land transport, so I'm reciprocating the favor."
The four of them were so excited that they could make a fortune by doing any business on the pier of the Grand Canal.
This is also the wealth that pours into the sky.
When Yang Gan looked at Lu Daoyuan's expression, he wondered, "Is the Lu family still dissatisfied?"
"No, no, no, no dissatisfaction."
Lu Daoyuan was horrified and said, "Your Majesty, I don't know what the future holds for us merchants..."
Yang Gan waved his hand, "Don't worry, merchants just need to do their own thing well and obey the orders of the county magistrate at critical moments. In ordinary days, no one will restrict you."
"But you also have to know that you can touch what you should touch, and don't even think about what you shouldn't touch. After all, your life is at stake. What do you think, Master Lu?"
Lu Daoyuan immediately became calm and kept raising his hands and bowing.
After bidding farewell to Lord Wu An, the four of them went back contentedly.
Xiao Yu walked out of the study, a little puzzled.
"Master, do you need to tell the Lu family so much?"
Yang Qian put out the cigarette butt in the ashtray and didn't care at all.
"Anyway, idle time is idle. The Lu family is quite interesting, especially the bride of his family who is also a somewhat knowledgeable woman. Don't you think that such a person would be a good businessman?"
"Have you decided?"
"It's early. After all, you didn't come out with me. All aspects still need to be investigated, but there is no rush. The infrastructure in the county is in a hurry. After I connect all the land roads with official roads and rails, the commercial transportation The speed will be greatly accelerated, and it will be too late to say anything at that time.”
Yang Gan stretched and felt so good. The golden nest and silver nest are not as good as his own doghouse. He can't eat or sleep well outside, and he has to deal with a lot of military affairs every day. It's so good now that he can have everything at home.
"Yu'er, have you agreed to what Chaoxian wants?"
Xiao Yu immediately took out a box from the study. Her face slowly became calm, but there was a trace of confusion.
