Why can Ye County develop? Because the most difficult thing in opening a factory is solved by the iron supervisor. The raw materials include iron supervisors, the technology includes iron supervisors, the talents include iron supervisors, the key components include iron supervisors, and even the most important markets include iron supervisors.

After hearing Du Zhongxiao's words, Wang Anshi said: "Over the years, what I have done in the local area is mainly based on what Zhongcheng did when he was on Jingxi Road. He opened a farm business, opened a shopping mall, and set up a savings office. After many years, I felt that I had roughly understood it. But I didn't expect that when I went to Beijing to become an official, I knew that opening a factory was so different from these."

Du Zhongxiao nodded: "It is true. The factory is different from the past. Now the market is open, and almost everything is missing on the market. Almost everything is needed. You can make money by opening a factory. For the outsiders, you can raise some money for opening a factory and go to Ye County. People can hire them, and the raw materials and parts they need can be bought from the Iron Supervision. What a good business. But for the court, these factories have never been managed before, and are different from the past. If you don't put in a lot of effort, problems will arise sooner or later."

After drinking, Wang Anshi was silent for a while, and looked up and said, "Why did Xiao tell me these things specifically today?"

Du Zhongxiao said: "Today, I will discuss and decide to make a major change to Ye County. Wen Xiang said that there must be effective officials there and let the officials recommend candidates. I think about it, you are the only one who can do this well, so I want to recommend you to Ye County."

Speaking of this, Du Zhongxiao seemed helpless and said, "In today's world, the iron supervision will become bigger. As long as it is stable for 10 or 20 years, everything will be different from before. The affairs there will determine how the court will govern in the future. But now it is limited to a state, and most ministers don't care and think it's just a small matter. In fact, how can it be a small matter? If Ye County does well and can make money, it will attract rich people to go there, and it will attract people who can only sell their strength and have no money to go there. Seeing Ye County doing this in other places, it will inevitably learn, and then the world will naturally be different. If possible, I really think about it, do it peacefully for three or two years to open up the situation. When other places learn Ye County in the future, they will know what to do. But it is impossible, and others can only do this."

Wang Anshi said: "I have been in the place for more than ten years, but I haven't encountered such a thing."

Du Zhongxiao said: "What's wrong? As long as you can be attentive, truly consider the people, the court, and be careful in doing things, you will always figure out the affairs there. How many people can do this in the court now? Apart from you, most officials are either enthusiastic about official positions and salaries, or are enthusiastic about the reputation of the world. There are very few officials who really serve the country and the people."

Wang Anshi hurriedly said, "The Chief Secretary is so honest. Now there are many famous officials, and it is the time for the inside and outside to be clear and clear."

Du Zhongxiao raised his wine glass and said, "Drinking. These topics are too heavy and involve others, so it's better to say less."

The two of them drank and ate a few bites of food. Du Zhongxiao said, "Jiefu, Ye County is a different place, different from other places. If you can manage it well, you will take the key to the future. The court officials did not realize this, but if they do not pay attention to learning what they don't know, they will end up suffering. If you are willing, I will officially recommend you to the court tomorrow."

Seeing that Du Zhongxiao was very sincere, Wang Anshi bowed: "It is really a blessing to be favored by Zhongcheng!"

Du Zhongxiao nodded: "If you go to Ye County, you will have a lot of things to do. In my opinion, there are two major things in the court now. One is to destroy the Dang Xiangping northwest, and then fight with the Khitan in Youyun, and get in the same place. The other is how to do the factory in Ye County, so that they can benefit the court, benefit the people, and make the world lasting and stable."

Wang Anshi smiled and said, "Zhongcheng, although the factory gathers manpower and makes a lot of money, is it that important?

Du Zhongxiao said: "It is important, of course, and it is not too important no matter how you look at its importance. The most important thing in the world is money and grain. You know that some of the goods produced in Ye County are specially used for farming. There are plows in the cultivated land, rakes in the flat land, sowing and harvesting also have machines. In the past, a man's house had no spare energy to cultivate 50 acres of fields. If all machines were used, there would be still remaining energy to cultivate 100 acres of farming. The farming land was not frequent. In the past, during the drought, the imperial court could only provide disaster relief, and the people were waiting for relief. Now the iron production was pumped, and water could be pumped in water during drought, so as not to have no grains to harvest."

After hearing this, Wang Anshi couldn't help but change: "In this way, can the factory goods be used by the people to make up for the time being?"

Du Zhongxiao said: "That's true. If one acre of land collects two stones of grain, the two acres of land can support one person. If a husband's family adds parents and wife, the remaining grain can still support more than forty people. In this way, it will be of great use."

Wang Anshi thought for a while and said, "It's just that from fifty acres of one man to fifty acres of one man to hundreds of acres of one man. Is it that big change?"

Du Zhongxiao said: "Of course, this change is not an exaggeration no matter how you look at it. Now the world's population is about 70 million. After the world promotes agricultural machinery, there will be 10 to 20 million people no longer farming, and the world will not be hungry and cold. Jiefu has one to 20 million more people and can do something else without having to farm. It has a great impact on the world, and I really can't imagine what will happen."

Speaking of this, Du Zhongxiao shook his head, raised his glass and said, "If we don't go to morning tomorrow, let's talk while drinking and talking about Ye County."

Wang Anshi raised his glass and said, "I dare not obey the order as requested by the Chief Secretary!"

After drinking, Du Zhongxiao put down his wine glass and said, "In fact, the farmer planted less than 50 acres of a man. In the past dynasties, the 50 acres mentioned above, not all mulberry fields, vegetable fields, and other kinds of food. After the general use of agricultural machinery across the country, one man 100 acres refers to pure-bred food. Compared with the past, the number of people supported by a man has exceeded one double. In other words, if everyone in the world eats and drinks, there is no need for so many people to grow food. What do so many people do? For the court, this is a matter of life and death. If there is nothing for him to do, it will naturally become the source of chaos."

Wang Anshi nodded after hearing this: "There is nothing to do, these people are refugees."

Du Zhongxiao said: "Yes, if you have nothing to do, you are refugees. The millions of refugees in the world are naturally the source of chaos. If you want peace, you must have what these people do. What should you do? Or factories. In addition to producing farming equipment, the factories in Ye County also produce various daily uses, such as enamel products, various enamel pots, bowls, floating pots, etc., produce daily lamps, mats for sleeping, various furniture, various vehicles, and many other things. In other words, a large number of people are needed here."

Wang Anshi couldn't help but frown: "Zhongcheng, according to this, in fact, there is no need for so many people in the world to eat and wear and clothing. As such, the more developed it continues, will there be fewer and fewer people farming and enough food?"

Du Zhongxiao nodded after hearing this: "Yes, that's true. If you want to do this, the factory must be able to develop healthily. There is no factory in the world, what are the extra people doing? There is nothing to do, either make trouble, or be a slave or a servant, enslaved by others, and do some useless end-of-life."

Wang Anshi still didn't understand: "The factory can accommodate so many people? Can the things made in the factory be sold?"

Du Zhongxiao said: "As long as there is enough food and free trade, there is always a way to get out so that people can live safely."

This question is very complicated. I haven’t really seen it. Who can think of how much people will break free from food? There are 10 to 20 million people with 10 to 20 million people who do not engage in agriculture. From the experience of later generations, there are indeed not many. And as long as the economy is normal, people who do not engage in agriculture will have jobs and society can operate normally. But for people in this era, it is incredible.

Wang Anshi thought about it and shook his head. He couldn't figure it out for a moment, so he had to drink. There was no hunger in the world, so he felt it was impossible. Even if there was enough food, what would those who did not farm? Is it like the army that the court paid for?

Du Zhongxiao smiled and said, "If you can't figure it out, you have to go to Ye County to see how people there don't farm, so how can they eat, wear and spend. In fact, if you only ensure food and clothing, you don't need much farming. Normally, a man with fifty acres, or two stones, a family must feed more than a dozen people in addition to their own expenses. But in fact, all the officials, soldiers and industry and commerce in the world are all counted. Where is the excess grain? This is a big problem. If you think about it, you can solve countless difficulties in the world now."

Wang Anshi said: "The rich are all over the fields, the poor are not allowed to stand a land, the farmer has no land, and the farmer has no land, and the farmer has no land, which is not allowed to cultivate. This is a great disaster in ancient and modern times. The disaster of annexation has occurred in ancient and modern times, and today is the most important thing. If you want the people to be rich, you must suppress the mixed situation."

Du Zhongxiao said: "So how to suppress mergers? Someone has money in his hands and it is profitable to buy land. Wouldn't they let them buy it?"

Wang Anshi said: "It is like the previous dynasty that the land is equal, and over time, it is inevitable to suppress mergers. It is not like the public and private fields in ancient times, and farmers work together to solve this disaster."

Du Zhongxiao said: "Jiefu, in life, there should be descendants. According to normal calculations, a man has two or three sons. After three generations, he will be a family of dozens of people. There are still so many fields, what should I do if there are more people? Places with a large population and a small land are like Fujian Road, which often have the act of drowning babies. Isn't it because there is really no land and I can't afford to support it? The population will grow, but the land will not."

Wang Anshi said: "All idle fields in the world are available. As long as they are cultivated, they should be several times the present."

Du Zhongxiao said: "How long can it be supported? How many times can the population grow in several generations? How many fields can grow? Jiefu, for thousands of years, after reading history books, we can see that in two or three hundred years, the people will be out of place, and chaos will arise. The causes of chaos in each dynasty are different, but in the final analysis, it is nothing more than that the bottom class cannot survive, and finally a major chaos occurs. A major chaos will lead to a huge decline in the population, and the new dynasty will have a prosperous era."

In fact, in this era, the population growth was not that fast, more than doubled in a century, and it was not as far as the land in the world could not be supported. But the problem is that the world was uneven. Places with early development were denser and grew faster, and they could not be transferred out in time, and the contradiction between people and land was prominent. The disaster of annexation was just an amplification of this problem.
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