Chapter 1718: Birth from the ashes
"Brother Han!"
"Brother Han!"
When Han Yi returned to the mansion, there were already people standing inside. All the merchants were willing to come here in this cold weather. The charm of money was something that merchants could never resist.
But in Han Yi's opinion, they also have another identity, which is the creditors of the court, and they are here to collect debts. After all, lending money to the court is enough to get the rewards as soon as possible. The court always says that merchants are cunning. In fact, merchants generally talk about credit, and the one who doesn't care the most is the court.
"You guys are here."
Han Yi pointed at them angrily, but they looked different and couldn't help asking: "What are you? I think you all have a lot of worries."
Qian Dafang hurriedly said, "Brother Han, when we just entered the city, we found that the people here seemed to be eating people. It was very different from Baekje. Can we stay here?"
Now Pyongyang City is still carrying out a rehabilitation movement, and Goguryeo is already a tough folk custom, and now they are all like hooligans. Anyway, they don’t want to do things, and they are wandering around outside all day long, which is really scary to watch.
"If you don't have enough food every day, you will be like them."
Han Yi sat down and said, "You guys can sit down too."
"Let's stand up." Zhao Sijia said embarrassedly.
Han Yi was stunned for a moment, and suddenly found that the room was a little small and there were no people sitting there. So he stood up again and said, "You creditors are all standing. How dare I sit? Let's go, let's go and talk to the backyard."
He really didn't like to sit by himself. There were a group of people standing in front of him waiting for instructions. He didn't know what the people standing were thinking, but he would feel very restrained. He still liked a more comfortable atmosphere.
When I arrived at the backyard, I stood alone on the open space in the backyard.
Han Yi first introduced the situation in the city to them, and then said, "So you must remember one thing, you are here to save people, you are messengers sent by God, you are great charity, as long as you put away your businessman's face, you don't need to worry, and no one will take action against your parents of food and clothing."
Qian Dafang and the others were so happy that they had already practiced this in Baekje, and there was no problem at all.
Dou Yi suddenly said, "But this Goguryeo folk customs are so tough, they are not so easy to discipline."
Han Yi said: "If this is the case, they will not open the city gate to surrender. No matter how strong the people are, they are afraid of kitchen knives. However, this requires cooperation between us. This is definitely not an easy job, but doing business has never been an easy job."
"Brother Han said that." Yuwen Xiu said with great anticipation: "Why don't you know what surprises this Goguryeo?"
Han Yi said: "I really want to give you a mirror to show you the face of this businessman."
Yuwen Xiumi was stunned and then said awkwardly: "Aren't there no outsiders here?"
Han Yi nodded and said, "That's true."
"Ha ha!"
Everyone couldn't help but laugh.
Han Yi asked again: "How much food have you brought?"
Qian Dafang sighed: "Brother Han, your letter is coming so suddenly. In addition, it is winter now and the boat cannot pass. The food we bring is very limited, not a lot."
The other merchants nodded repeatedly, but smiles flashed in their eyes.
Han Yi smiled slightly and nodded slightly.
In fact, Baekje has food, otherwise, how could Han Yi dare to burn the granary? You know, the merchants above are all in Baekje. They are still increasing their investment in the peninsula. They have a lot of food, but scarcity is precious. You say you have a lot of food, so the court will let you bring all the food for their own face, which will affect the effect. This grain plus a big knife is two powerful tools that force the people of Goguryeo to surrender, but this has to be like milking, and you can squeeze them little by little, but you can't give them all, so that they can't move forward.
When they were in Baekje, they had already realized this. Therefore, they did not bring all the food, but only brought a part of it, and then transported it over after it was gone. Now they are looking for the support of the people of Goguryeo and let them become the owners here naturally.
Seeing that they could understand everything, Han Yi felt relieved and took out a map.
As soon as they saw the map, the merchants' eyes shone, immediately put away their smiles, and walked forward looking forward, because they knew that when Han Yi took out the map, it was the time to divide the spoils, which was the most wonderful moment in their life. They had never done such a business and directly drew the ground on the map.
Although Goguryeo is a tiny thing, it is only a little too big for the merchants like them, and they can't actually eat such a large piece of land.
Moreover, the situation of the sharing of spoils is different from that of Baekje. They choose Baekje by themselves, but in Goguryeo, Han Yi has already planned it for them. The land, docks, and minerals are clearly marked, but they have not distributed it for them, because each businessman has his own plan, so Han Yi still lets them choose for themselves.
This map is just for them to see and have a rough impression that everyone is an experienced driver, so it is impossible to make a decision based on the map and have to conduct on-site inspections. However, this map can save them time. If they don’t plan to find a ranch, they don’t need to go to the ranch to inspect it.
However, this policy continues with Baekje's policy. Basically, resources are obtained from here, and only some manufacturing industries lacking in the Central Plains, such as pharmaceutical factories, leather, and wool fabrics. These can be produced here, and all mulberry forests have to be destroyed.
As soon as the merchant arrived, it was to declare that Pyongyang's rehabilitation movement was coming to an end. The main reason was that all the ones that should be arrested were arrested. There was no point in rehabilitation. However, this was limited to Pyongyang. Han Yi planned to carry out rehabilitation movements in every place in Goguryeo. Therefore, Han Yi also transferred the rehabilitation army's ability to rehabilitate the situation to other places. On the surface, this person was the decision, but in fact they were all under the control of the Tang army, because they had to rely on the Tang army to do things, Han Yi was very relieved about this.
So Han Yi officially posted a notice in the city. In order to solve the problem of food shortage, the government decided to attract investment and cooperate with merchants to help everyone overcome difficulties.
The people are very welcome. As long as there is food, everything is fine. Without food, there is nothing.
After the merchant arrives, he will do two things first, and the first thing is to recruit people.
When is it not recruiting people at this time? The manpower is the cheapest at this time, just give it a meal, and the contract is unified for a lifetime.
This slave contract is not very nice. If you just lose your country, you will let others become slaves. Isn’t this the same treatment as the prisoner? Of course, this is not possible.
Lifetime system is much better than slavery. First of all, the status is still ordinary people, and the children are not restricted, but the merchants do not lose much. Now they only care about food, which is much cheaper than the manpower in the Central Plains. However, the contract also states that wages will be paid based on the benefits in the future, and if they are old and cannot do anything, they will also care about food and clothing. At the same time, craftsmen with craftsmanship now have wages. Now the merchants of the Tang Dynasty have become aware of it, and it is difficult to find talents. If you don’t pay wages, then there will be no consumption. If others can’t afford clothes, then who will sell the clothes from Laizhou?
Han Yi also abolished Goguryeo's slave system and occupied other people's land, so he had to give him some positive energy.
Of course, this is limited to the people who remained in the local area, those prisoners and those arrested by the rehabilitation movement, all of whom were transported back to the Central Plains as slaves.
As soon as the notice was posted, a large number of people came to apply for the job. As Han Yi said, they regarded these merchants as messengers sent by God. They liked this lifelong system. What is the lifelong system? It means that they are not afraid of having no food for life. They are already very afraid of hungry days and never want to live such a lifelong life.
The second thing is to quickly inspect the surrounding land and divide the Pyongyang first. After recruiting so many people, they must be effective immediately, and they must be allowed to work and not stay.
But now I am eager to divide the land, which is too much. I have to divide it secretly first. First, I will build the road first. At present, the road in Goguryeo is too bad. The road is blocked, so I can't do this business. It just so happens that everyone is here, so everyone can share the cost of building the road. Besides, if you don't build the road, there is no work for the people I just recruited.
The local people are also very willing. Although it is winter, they are all working very enthusiastically because they can have enough food after working. This is really a blessing, and the roads are built for the good of the people here.
Let’s look back at what Han Yi’s fire burned out.
First of all, with cheap productivity, burning all the food, these people have no food to eat and can't wait for spring plowing, so they have to go to the city to find food to eat, and then they have productivity.
Secondly, the means of production, because of the fire, led to the expansion of rehabilitation and arrested the rich, landlords and nobles. Those protected by Han Yi will also be sent back to the Tang Dynasty in the future. Then the land, forests, and minerals they own will be in the hands of Han Yi, and Han Yi can sell these land to merchants to pay off their debts. Then, the merchants have the means of production and productivity at the same time, and the capital will be developed.
Finally, to dismantle the local forces and rehabilitate them is to use the hands of the people to eliminate the old forces in Goguryeo. If these old forces are not eliminated, they will always make trouble and have to eliminate them all, so that the merchants and governments of the Tang Dynasty can completely take over here.
Han Yi was so bold because this deal was a sure profit. Moreover, even if it was wronged, it was wronged by their own people. It had nothing to do with Han Yi. He had never intervened in rehabilitation, and he didn't even ask, and he didn't need to ask. He was too familiar with this trick. As long as he incited everyone, everything would come naturally.
In a few days, the city of Pyongyang immediately became calm. During this period, everyone was so keen on rehabilitation movement, mainly because they had nothing to do. Now that they had something to do, who would still want to start a movement? Moreover, Yoon Gaisuwen's power in Pyongyang was completely eliminated. Han Yi's rehabilitation movement would rather kill the wrong one than let it go, and he would feel at ease to open the city gate.
Chapter completed!