After thinking of a solution, Sima Yi immediately found relevant documents in the Protectorate's Office, and asked Chen Qiao, the deputy who was mainly in charge of civil affairs, to work overtime overnight and stay up late.

Several hours later, the two finally counted the list of the existing resting people in the entire Annan Protectorate's Prefecture and their residence locations, including their property statistics.

Since the Wei State opened the Western Regions and launched the Silk Road trade, about ten years after Yande, some Anxi merchants chose to live in the Western Regions of Wei State for a long time.

In order to facilitate business, or for some other reasons, such as liking the business environment of the Wei Empire, there are a large number of merchants from Anxue who come to live in the Wei Empire.

In addition, they also purchased houses in the Wei Empire, and reported their registration and property. Some even settled in the Western Regions with their families and paid taxes to the Wei Empire government in exchange for permission to live here.

Of course, the local governments are willing to pay more taxes and create wealth, so as long as someone is willing to live, they often allow resting merchants to settle here after registering.

The number of rest merchants in the West Protectorate is the largest, while the number of rest merchants in the Annan Protectorate and the Beiting Protectorate is relatively small, but it is also on a large scale.

Most of them live in the capital cities of the three prefectures, and have some connections and contacts with the official Wei Empire, and their economic activities are also inseparable from the official government.

The official usually lets them live in the same street, which is easy to manage and monitor, and prevents them from making any trouble.

These days, the Ariesans who could come to live in the Wei Empire thousands of miles away were all rich people.

They are very rich and live in the Wei Empire. Doing business locally can certainly bring wealth to the Wei Empire with relatively rich taxes. They have strong capital and do their business well. If they do their business well, they will have a lot of assets.

There are many assets, this is a good thing.

Sima Yi looked at the list and nodded slowly, his face full of smiles.

Chen Qiao looked at the smile on Sima Yi's face and suddenly realized what Sima Yi was going to do.

"Zhongda, will this... not be a good impact?"

"Influence?"

Sima Yi shook his head and said, "Do you want political achievements, future, and locals to be grateful to you, or do these resting people be grateful to you? How many locals are there? How many resting people are there?"

Chen Qiao was stunned.

And there seems to be nothing to choose from.

The resting people were not able to participate in the internal affairs of the Wei Empire. To put it bluntly, their life and death were not in the official's vision? The official did not care much about their situation, but just needed them to pay taxes to increase their income.

But he was still a little worried.

"But then, after the matter is over, there may not be too many rest merchants willing to come to Annan Protectorate to conduct business? Our reputation will be gone? In the future..."

"In the future? Are you still caring about the future? Don't talk about the future, can you take care of so much now?"

Sima Yi put down the list and sighed: "What's going on in the future? You and I don't have to be here anymore? What do you care about so much? The people are so ignorant, they only look at the front of them, not the future? Do you know this? Do you do good things in the long run? They won't remember you.

But they will remember that you did not bring them for a while? They may even resent you because of this? Do you give them long-term plans and future? They don’t understand? They care more about whether they can eat better in the next meal. If that’s the case, why should they care about their future?"

Sima Yi said it more explicitly.

After ten years of local administration, he knew the short-sighted and ignorant behavior of ordinary people.

What a great vision and arrangement, it is not as good as the next meal with meat.

They can't see that far, and they care more about the present? So you plan for them for the long term? They may not necessarily appreciate your affection!

If everyone in the world has a long-term vision? How could the Supreme Emperor still have such great resistance when promoting the construction of the Grand Canal?

Of course, this thing is indeed a bit too long-term.

But there are still some things he won't say - can the people from Annan Protectorate still have a meal in the future? It has little to do with him.

Anyway, his maximum term will be at the end of this year. Even if he cannot be promoted, his term will expire at that time? He will be automatically transferred to leave here.

Instead of leaving here with a grudge and resentment, transferring the same level, and wasting another five years, it is better to take advantage of this crisis to make a big wave of fame and political achievements, and be promoted to the governor of the state and even the central government.

The sequelae that only occurs several years later or even ten years later, can the foolish people at that time still remember what he did today as the reason for their decay?

No one remembers it.

Even if you remember, what can you do?

Traveling thousands of miles to chase him?

funny.

If they can help them solve the current problem, they will be grateful to him, and will say that he is a great man and a good man, and will think that this is a gift he gave them and an unexpected gain. They will be extremely surprised and grateful.

I don't care whether these gifts have been marked with prices or whether they need to pay an additional price to obtain.

No one cares.

So, there is no problem in doing this, only hard work, no mistakes!

Although Chen Qiao is not from a poor family, he is not a big family. He has little assets and has more contact with ordinary people. Therefore, Chen Qiao still disagrees with Sima Yi's view.

People who have not had enough food for many years and don’t even know whether they can live until tomorrow, so how can they consider the future?

Those who have not settled for the next meal should of course consider what to eat for the next meal. Isn’t it funny if you ask a person who is about to starve to consider the development prospects in ten years?

It’s not your Sima Yi, you don’t need to eat every meal, and you don’t have any pain when you speak while standing.

If they are well-fed and well-educated, they will naturally consider longer-term things. Do you Sima Yi really don’t understand this principle or are you fake?

Old bureaucrat!

Although Chen Qiao still had doubts, Sima Yi had decided to do so, and Chen Qiao could not stop him.

When Sima Yi took advantage of the previous conflicts to obtain the residents who were generally dissatisfied with the Absian merchants, and first attacked the Absian merchants in Ningmi City.

He sent people to summon these resting merchants to the government, and threatened and induced them to pay for the farmers' fruits and vegetables.

"The people are already extremely resentful of the disasters caused by your defeat and are very angry. If you cannot pay for your money to calm their resentment, your safety will be difficult to guarantee."

"You must know that these merchants outside hate you with gritted teeth. If you don't do anything, are you waiting for them to seek revenge?"

Sima Yi threatened them, saying that if they did not use the money to settle the matter, they would instigate the people to attack them.

The merchants of Anxi were shocked and thought how could Sima Yi do such a thing?

What does the defeat of the Rest Empire have to do with them?

They are just here to do business, and it's not their fault!

Sima Yi doesn't care.

"I understand this. If you ask the people outside, do you understand? If you don't use money to buy things they can't sell, it will make it difficult for me to do."

"I think it's difficult, so I won't do it anymore. Let them do it. Do you think it's better for me to do it, or for the people outside to do it?"

"Choose yourself."

Sima Yi left a few words coldly.

The rest merchants were worried and afraid, and secretly scolded Sima Yi for not being a human being, but were also afraid of his methods.

They don't have much power to protect their own safety. Faced with the powerful force of the Wei Empire, they can't even raise the courage to resist.

Sima Yi then promised that as long as they bought fruits and vegetables that the farmers could not sell, they could get official protection from the Wei Empire to ensure their lives and property safety.

So the merchants in Anxiong could only swallow the bitter fruits in grief. A group of people gathered together to raise money and bought the farmers' fruits and vegetables, which solved Sima Yi's urgent need.

The perishable fruits and vegetables were sold, and some farmers were at ease, no longer causing trouble, and went home with peace of mind.

With money and things are sold, there will be no loss. At worst, you will not plant fruits and vegetables in the coming year and only grow food.

The economic crisis has nothing to do with them.

Sima Yi's pressure was a little less.

Then Sima Yi found that these rest merchants were really rich and had no support. They were soft persimmons, easy to pinch and easy to bully.

More importantly, they dare not resist.

He is stupid, has a lot of money, and is unable to protect himself. If he doesn't take advantage of such a good partner, he is simply sorry for himself!

Why not just use the property of these resting merchants as sacrifices to sacrifice your bright future!

So Sima Yi continued to bully these rest merchants.

He threatened and tempted them to pay for another batch of handicraft products, and used their money to subsidize some of the Wei traders who could not sell them, so that they could turn around and get out of their way.

Because of the accumulation of products, these merchants who make foreign trade orders for handmade products not only have no money to turn over themselves, but also have no money to pay the wages of hiring workers.

Workers gathered around them to ask for wages, but they couldn't afford it and wanted to use goods to pay off their debts. The workers gathered around and scolded - what's the thing? They couldn't sell it at all! They couldn't eat it! What did we want it?

These businessmen were blocked at home and didn't dare to go out, for fear of being caught and beaten.

They hope the government can help.

But where does Sima Yi have this money?

It turned out that there wasn't, but now it has.

Sima Yi smiled and asked these rest merchants to pay some money and do him a favor.

If he didn't pay the money and did not help him, it would be difficult for him to ensure the safety of their lives and property.

The merchants of Anxi were very sad and angry, thinking that Sima Yi was too unreputable.

I had agreed to protect them after buying fruits and vegetables, but now I have to pay more money to buy more things. Isn’t this a traitor?

Are the officials of Wei the likes of this?

Sima Yi sneered for a while.

I am such a person, what does it have to do with you?

Why did I bully you?

Do you want protection or money?

Want to die and money?!
Chapter completed!