Chapter 321 [The population is difficult to feed? Plant some high-yield food! 】
Fang Xuanling turned to look at Li Shimin, then turned around and smiled bitterly: "Okay, the old minister will help the king settle a more scary account."
Li Yun looked at him and nodded, "You said, I'll listen!"
Lao Fang took a deep breath and said, "With the courage of the Bohai Kingdom to do things, a primary school must recruit at least a few hundred children. You just said you would have to be free of charge. This is the real terrifying expense."
After saying that, he looked at Li Yun again and said in a deep voice: "If Bohai builds thousands of primary schools, it will be hundreds of thousands of children studying. Each child needs pen, ink, paper and inkstone, and the cost is huge. If he offers two meals a day, it will be even more unimaginable. I am afraid that it will take millions of chunks a year. Does the Bohai Lord think he can make so much money?"
Fang Xuanling's words were considered a meticulous and polite statement.
Although the words were spoken from the old house, it was the old house who replaced the emperor to advise Li Yun.
Building a thousand primary schools and studying for hundreds of thousands of children for free is too expensive. This cost is too great. In ancient times, any dynasty would never dare to think about it.
It takes millions of dollars to build a school.
When recruiting Mengshi, it also costs more than 100,000 yuan a year.
The most frightening thing is that children are provided for free, and they will have millions of dollars a year. This is the reason why it was impossible to read and practice calligraphy on a large scale in ancient times. The funds required are too terrifying.
Whether it is the emperor or Fang Xuanling, Li Xiaogong who is staying aside and listening, the three kings and ministers actually have no bad intentions. The three of them are just worried that Li Yun will be crushed by this matter.
However, Li Yun smiled slightly and said, "I just heard Fang Xiang settle the score. It sounds really scary. However, money has a wonderful thing. Only when it is circulated can it be called money. The faster it is, the less money it is, you may not believe that I will not be under too much pressure to build a primary school. If I have hundreds of thousands of students in primary school, the wealth of the entire Bohai Kingdom will increase."
The three emperors were stunned.
Why do these words sound like fools?
Will you still make money after spending money?
Li Yun had known that the three of them would have such a reaction, but he could not make it clear to the three of them for a while, so he could only say: "This is the principle of economics, and I will tell you slowly in the future. Let's not mention the expenses and expenses now, let's only talk about the meaning of establishing elementary school."
Li Shimin's eyes were stern and said, "You say, I'll listen!"
Li Yun took a deep breath, his expression was unprecedentedly solemn, and said softly: "If Bohai has a population of 5 million, children should be in the 500,000 yuan, all of which should be admitted to school and learn knowledge. After a few years of reading, they will be students with a rough understanding of their knowledge. Choose one of the ten and continue to study further, and you can get 50,000 good materials and start the road to the imperial examination."
Li Shimin's eyes flashed immediately.
Five hundred thousand children, after several years of training, one out of ten is chosen. This is 50,000 students with strong knowledge, which is almost the same as the number of students from wealthy families in the world.
The most important thing is that these students were cultivated by Li Yun, and their hearts will be towards Li Yun.
The reason why the Tang Dynasty held the imperial examination and abandoned it was because the folk students were basically controlled by the aristocratic families. Even if the talents were selected through the imperial examination, the last one was chosen to be from the aristocratic family.
Li Yun continued: "Fifty thousand students passed the imperial examinations, and they could get 5,000 or 5,000 people. They could meet the grassroots official positions in the entire Bohai Sea. These five thousand people not only need to govern the local area, but also lead the 45,000 people who were defeated to do things. In addition, the 450,000 students who first received elementary school, I can see scholars everywhere in the Bohai Country. Once a person has knowledge, he will pay attention to order in his work. Once he is organized, he will do things twice the result with half the effort. In this way, the Bohai Country embarked on a fast and powerful road."
Li Shimin suddenly took a light breath and said thoughtfully: "The most important thing is that this is just the first batch of students to be recruited."
"Not bad! Just the first batch!"
Li Yun laughed and said, "As long as a couple establishes a family, they will inevitably have children. If we calculate the 100,000 new children in Bohai Country every year, the primary school will add 100,000 school children every year. In this way, talents will continue. In just over ten years, the Bohai Sea will become a country that everyone yearns for."
"With talents, there is no shortage of officials who govern the local area..." Li Shimin suddenly took a breath again, as if muttering to himself: "Since ancient times, the most difficult thing is not to expand territory, but to be the most difficult thing is actually internal affairs. Only by being well-off internal affairs can the people and support soldiers."
"yes!"
Li Yun smiled and looked at the emperor and said, "Second uncle, you often say that all the talents in the world are in the forum. I believe that you are eager for talents to reach the point where you are unable to control yourself. Why do you want me to support you? How about sending a group of children to Bohai to study every year? After they have finished their studies, they need to go back to the Tang Dynasty to participate in the imperial examination. In this way, you will also have talents..."
"Is it free?" Li Shimin's tone a little anxious.
Li Yun pondered for a moment and said, "The travel fee is not included!"
"good!"
Without hesitation, Li Shimin slapped Shuihua and said, "When I go back, I will do this and deliver 500,000 children every year to ensure that you have students to teach."
Li Yun was shocked and hurriedly said, "That won't work. Five hundred thousand can drag me to death."
Li Shimin thought about it and reduced a number with great pain, saying, "490,000." Only 10,000 yuan was reduced, but the emperor seemed to feel that the loss was huge.
Li Yun jumped three feet high and said furiously: "At most, 50,000, otherwise he will turn against each other immediately."
The emperor glared and scolded, "Do you dare to kill the price?"
How could Li Yun be afraid? He shouted: "It's you who asked for a lot of price!"
The uncle and nephew were about to start arguing again, one was the Emperor of the Tang Dynasty and the other was the princes of Bohai. They had a high status and no one could bear to admit defeat. Fortunately, there were Fang Xuanling and Li Xiaogong. The two ministers were there and persuaded each other: "One hundred thousand students, one hundred thousand students a year. Your Majesty should not offer too high prices, and the lord should not kill too badly."
Li Shimin and Li Yun each snorted, barely making the deal.
At this time, Li Shimin suddenly laughed and said, "I came to Bohai to watch the ceremony this time, but I didn't expect that there would be any unexpected gains. Hahaha, it's not bad. There are 100,000 students every year, and 1 million scholars in ten years. When I am full of talents, am I still afraid that the imperial examination will not be opened?"
As he spoke, he became proud of himself as a child and said to Li Yun: "The most important thing is that someone will help me train for free."
The emperor's behavior made Fang Xuanling and Li Xiaogong laugh.
Only Li Yun spoke in a stern tone and suddenly said, "If you want to accomplish this, there is actually a big premise."
The emperor and the other two suddenly looked solemn.
Li Yun slowly looked up at the river bank and said softly: "Mihe people, millions, Shandong people, 500,000, Hebei Road, another 500,000, in less than two years, the population has been rising..."
He is talking about the current population problem in the Bohai Kingdom.
In addition to the Marines who surrendered to the clan, there were also the people whom Li Zhi and Li Ke had previously recruited him, and the people who had migrated with the Tang Dynasty convoy this time, the population base of the Bohai Kingdom was already extremely large.
Li Shimin suddenly spoke, and said with a serious voice: "Are you referring to a problem of eating?"
Li Yun turned around and looked at the emperor and said seriously: "If people can't eat enough, how can we talk about free primary schooling..."
Li Shimin took a light breath and said, "I have always wanted to ask you about this when I was on the road. Now that you mentioned it yourself, I will take the opportunity to ask!"
He stopped and then asked extremely seriously: "What do you want to support millions of people!"
Li Yun slowly looked up at the sky and murmured: "White mountains and black waters, fertile fields thousands of miles. Once the land is opened, the fertile fields will be in large areas. However, this can only satisfy the needs of filling the stomach, and there is no need to say that there is enough food and clothing..."
He suddenly sighed and said in an extremely low voice: "There are no high-yield species in this era!"
His tone was slightly depressed.
A hint of care appeared on Li Shimin's face.
The atmosphere suddenly became depressing.
After a long time, the emperor spoke again, as if he was deliberately trying to change the topic, and said loudly: "I came to watch the ceremony, but it was hard to listen if I didn't come. The Liaohe River has arrived, and your Bohai City is not far away. You have almost taken a bath and washed it. The heat should be gone. You are a great man. Don't hum and whisper. Put on your clothes and go ashore with me. The road is made by people. Let's start with your Bohai Kingdom. Otherwise, the reputation will be unreasonable. The ministers call you the lord every day, and it will be inappropriate."
The emperor wanted to set off and continue his journey.
Li Yun quickly calmed down his mind, and Zheng pointed at the key point: "Your Majesty is right, I should focus on the serious matter first."
Li Shimin reached out and patted his shoulder, then pulled him to the river bank. Fang Xuanling and Li Xiaogong looked at each other, and followed him to prepare to set off.
After the few people left, suddenly a figure flashed in the woods by the river, but when Taoist Tong and Old Man Qi walked out slowly, the two older generations watched them leave from afar.
"You disciple wants to be the emperor?"
Old man Qi suddenly spoke, and said in a strange tone: "I heard that he has a great ambition, but he is worried even if he supports the population! Hey, I think he wants to worry about himself..."
The Taoist boy looked at him and said lightly: "Maybe he is worried about death!"
Old man Qi was stunned and said in surprise: "Do you know how much food do you have to eat in a few million people?"
The Taoist boy's tone was still faint, and he said, "Just plant some high-yield ones."
Old Man Qi curled his lips and said, "There is no high-yield food in this world. It would be good to keep ten acres of fertile land. Your disciple is quite the emperor, and I think he will be exhausted by the people under his command first..."
This time the Taoist boy did not answer, but looked at the sky slowly, as if muttering to himself: "There was an emperor in the Shang Dynasty. Do you know what the emperor in ancient times was called? That was called the Human Emperor! The human emperor was in charge of the matter in the world. If the Heaven intervened, the hand of the Heavenly Slaying."
What a domineering language, but it sounds light and fluent.
Old Man Qi subconsciously looked at the sky and suddenly murmured to himself: "Although I have been cultivating immortals all my life, I have never heard of anyone becoming an immortal. Old man, tell me, are there really gods in the sky?"
The Taoist boy withdrew his gaze to look at the sky and smiled, "I have never been there before, how can I know if there is one? You, King Qi Ren, is known as the number one Hidden Sect devil in ancient times. Do you have any records of gods in your Hidden Sect?"
Old man Qi was so worried that he suddenly turned to look at Li Yun and the others' disappearing backs, and said fiercely: "If you old guy dare to mock me again, believe it or not, I will beat your disciple to death now..."
The Taoist boy smiled faintly and said leisurely: "You can kill him, as long as you can bear to be a widow."
"Dry!"
Old man Qi was so angry that his face was bulging!
This is the weakness of the big devil for the rest of his life!
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Chapter completed!