Picked up a copy of Romance of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 578
Hearing Hua Xiong's words, Liu Mastiff smiled, and said: "Thank you Uncle Hua for your help! There will be such a day!" Ma Jun was even more puzzled, seeing the appearance of the prince, he didn't look like a joke, just now he Tell the truth? ?Moreover, he really thinks what help Hua Xiong can do?

On the contrary, he felt that if he wanted to create such a prosperous world, the most important thing was to have less stupid people like Hua Xiong and more wise people.

The three chatted for a while, Ma Jun looked at Hua Xiong, as if he remembered something, he asked the two to wait first, and went into the inner courtyard by himself, not long after, he came out with a strange musical instrument, Hua Xiong didn't know What kind of thing is this? It seems that it was rounded with a piece of iron and left a hole. It is somewhat similar to a musical instrument. Liu Mastiff also frowned, not knowing what it was. Teaching, this thing will be of great use, this is made by the craftsmen under my command, it can magnify words!"

Hua Xiong smiled disdainfully, and said, "Can you amplify the human voice?? Is this going to be put on your mouth?"

Seeing Hua Xiong's disbelief, Ma Jun also smiled, waved his hand, and said, "Hua Jun, come closer." Hua Xiong approached him, looked at the thing in his hand, and it was just a matter of going to the top. the clock?He was thinking about it, but Ma Jun put the thing to his mouth, pointed it at Hua Xiong's ear, and slammed it suddenly, Hua Xiong trembled all over, covered his ears and jumped away, his eyes widened , looked at the thing in Ma Jun's hand, grinned, and said, "Shan, Dashan, come and see it with me!!"

Without waiting for Ma Jun to agree, he snatched it from his hand and looked at it carefully.

Liu Mastiff was also a little surprised, the two looked at it for a while, and then Hua Xiong said helplessly: "You have this thing, why didn't you give it to me earlier, but you have to take it out now, you know these days, I yell at you all day I almost lost my voice while teaching with the students.”

"I didn't know the general had such an ambition before, but now that I know, how could he hide it?"

"Hahaha!" Hua Xiong was very happy when he heard this, he laughed, held Ma Jun's hand, and said, "I misunderstood you, you are also a real hero!!", Ma Jun praised , just now added: "This thing costs five hundred dollars, and I am so familiar with the general, so I charge the general three hundred dollars!!"

Hua Xiong thought for a while, and he took advantage of it. He nodded and said, "Okay, I'll send the money later!"

Ma Jun smiled and nodded. The three of them were chatting when they suddenly heard a deafening thunder from the inner courtyard. Both Liu Mastiff and Hua Xiong were startled. Making thunder??" Ma Jun shook his head and said, "It's just something for alchemists. I haven't figured it out yet, so I can't tell you."

Hua Xiong nodded blankly, looked at Ma Jun, but became a little awed, and did not continue to ask, bid farewell to Ma Jun, left this strange place, just walked out of here, Hua Xiong was a little nervous Xixi asked: "Your Highness, Ma Jun is not transformed by a demon?"

"Ah?! Uncle, why do you say such things??"

"Look at his strange behavior, he can make thunder, maybe it will rain." Hua Xiong said, a little fear appeared on his face, Liu Mastiff shook his head, and said: "There are so many strange things in the world, you can't speak like this.", Hua Xiong was a little scared.

It's not his fault. Among the Han people, Liangzhou people's respect for ghosts and gods, and even their attitude towards these things are completely different from those of other regions. They respect gods very much and believe in these ghosts and ghosts. Many Liangzhou generals in the army have raised alchemists in the mansion. Before the battle, they will let the alchemists come to divination for them.
The same is true for Hua Xiong, a native of Liangzhou. Of course, he did not raise alchemists, but he still believes in these things, just like he has always believed in the kingdom of heaven. He thinks that everyone will go there after passing away. Those old brothers , including Yuan Shu and Dong Zhuo, will greet him there.

Liu Mastiff didn't say anything more, he was still thinking about those poor people in his heart, and he looked a little worried, but it was somewhat similar to when Hua Xiong had just arrived, and the two went back just like that, Ma Jun Standing at the door, watching them leave, the craftsman on the side wanted to speak, but he didn't know how to speak, and seemed a little entangled. Ma Jun saw his strangeness and asked, "What's wrong?"

"Magong, we sell this repeating crossbow for 500 yuan and give it to the prince. If he finds out, I'm afraid."

"What's the matter? It's in their hands, but I did it myself. Could it be that my craftsmanship is not worth the price? No problem, you can go on with your own work."

Hua Xiong bid farewell to the prince and left on the way. He held a repeating crossbow and left happily, still muttering incomprehensible words like who is afraid of whom, while Liu Mastiff returned to the East Palace all the way. , the carriage arrived at the gate of the East Palace, but saw a person lying in front of the gate of the East Palace, with his hands on his pillow, falling into a deep sleep, Liu Mastiff was shocked, and hurriedly got out of the car to look, but this person was Pang Tong, who was lying at the gate of the East Palace , sleep soundly.

A strong smell of alcohol emanated from him, and the pungent smell was really unpleasant. Seeing the prince's return, the soldiers on the side said helplessly: "Your Highness, Mr. Pang came here drunk a while ago. We have no choice but to stop him from entering the Eastern Palace to meet His Highness, and he is lying here again, unwilling to get up." These soldiers also have nothing to do with this Eastern Palace official.

Before Liu Mastiff opened his mouth, Cao Pi on the side was furious. The relationship between Pang Tong and them was already bad, and his attitude is still the same now. Cao Pi said: "Your Highness, please let me lead someone to beat this guy out with a stick. , This is an insult to His Highness the Crown Prince!! This guy has completely disgraced the East Palace, and I hope His Highness will punish him severely!!"

Liu Mastiff sighed and said: "Forget it, if you want to punish him severely, you have to wait until he wakes up and carry him into the palace." Cao Pi had no way to refuse, so he asked the soldiers to carry him in. Sleeping here, Liu Mastiff also walked in, ordered the soldiers to settle Pang Tong, Liu Mastiff also entered the study, and wrote a memorial. This is a memorial to the emperor, and it is naturally about what he saw today. those poor people.

He was writing. After a while, there was a knock on the door, "Come in!" Liu Mastiff said, and it was Pang Tong who came in. Pang Tong's face was still a little red, and he was not fully awake yet. Seeing the prince in front of him, he still wanted to pay his respects, but almost fell to the ground.

"Hey, Mr. Pang, why did you eat so much wine and go back to rest quickly?" Liu Mastiff said helplessly, Pang Tong shook his head, sat in front of the prince, looked at Liu Mastiff, and asked suspiciously: "Your Highness, I don't drink, what can I do??" The crown prince still had no words, and he continued: "All the things I need to do, Shaofu arranged before he left."

"Everything is handled by Shao Fu, and I can only eat and drink, and occasionally praise Shao Fu. Now that Shao Fu is not here, I can't praise him anymore, so I went to drink in the huge East Palace, all of which are mediocre. Senior, look, Your Highness, what can we accomplish without a young master?? Nothing can be done!! I think a young master is enough for the East Palace!!”

Hearing Pang Tong's words, Liu Mastiff didn't understand what he meant. Liu Mastiff was silent for a long time, looked at Pang Tong, and asked, "Mr., I don't understand something. Could you explain it to me?"

Pang Tong seemed to wake up at this moment, his eyes were bright, he looked at Liu Mastiff, and said with a smile: "I have been waiting for His Highness's words for a long time. In the East Palace, if Zhuge Liang is missing, everything can be done." No, nothing can be solved, what's the matter, His Highness just give orders!"

"I'm going to Jiangzuo's mansion today." Liu Mastiff told what he saw and heard at Ma Jun's place, and said with some sadness: "I heard that there are countless poor people in this world. I thought that today's I don’t know if such a situation still exists.” Hearing what Liu Mastiff said, Pang Tong nodded, and he said with a smile: “Your Highness, today is indeed a prosperous age.”

"A prosperous age is not about how well the people at the bottom live, but how strong the country is. In your opinion, between Xiaowu and Xiaowen, which one is the prosperous age?" Pang Tong asked rhetorically.

"This"

"Hahaha, people in the world regard Xiaowu as the great prosperity of the Han Dynasty, but they don't know that the people in the Xiaowen period actually lived more prosperously. Why is this? It is easy to understand. After all, it is not the people who are in the prosperous age. The final decision is still up to the officials, the emperor has the final say, and if they live well, it will be a prosperous age." Pang Tong smiled, and said again: "I hope your Highness can't blame your drunken words."

Liu Mastiff shook his head, didn't say much, and asked: "Then how to make the people rich?" Pang Tong said: "There are many ways. From the perspective of my filial piety, such as reclaiming cultivated land and reducing taxes are all It can make the common people rich, but ah, more and more people are born, and most of the land is distributed to the eldest son, it all depends on whether the elder brother can be benevolent and righteous."

"However, even if he is benevolent and righteous, the cultivated land will be less and less. Sooner or later, more people will be like them."

"That's what Mr. Pang saw??"

"I think the method is very simple, but I don't know if His Highness will agree." Pang Tong said, looked at the prince, and said, "Does Your Highness know about silk spinning machines?"

"Of course I know, this is what the horse will do."

"That's right, and Ma Jiangzuo will definitely make more things. This thing, I think, can change a lot of things. Has Your Highness ever thought about building a mansion in one place and placing thousands of people in the mansion?" Set up this kind of silk spinning machine, let the rest of the family come here to work, and give food and money for the rest of the month, and then sell the woven cloth and fill it outside the Great Wall."

Hearing Pang Tong's words, Liu Mastiff was taken aback for a moment, and asked back: "Do you want me to learn from local tyrants???"

What Pang Tong said is very similar to what the local tyrants did. The tyrants established large-scale cultivation lands such as tea and herbal medicine in some areas, and let the farmers practice and make them for them, and then dumped these to various places to obtain a large amount. Profit, such an act has always been opposed by the officials. This is an act that delays Nongsang and is detrimental to the state system of the Han Dynasty.

"That's right, if you let me be a Situ, I will cultivate powerful people everywhere, let them mobilize the people to smelt iron, mine, make tea, herbal medicine, and even weave, let them give these people money and food on a regular basis, so that they can survive, At the same time, it can enrich the treasury of the big men, the more money they have in their hands, the more taxes they will pay."

"Supporting these new tyrants is the way out for the big man!!!"

Liu Mastiff's eyes widened and he was stunned for a long time, before he said: "Mr. Pang is drunk. Let's go back and have a rest earlier."

(End of this chapter)