I will be the master of Xuande

Chapter 343 Supporting Small and Medium Enterprises in Youzhou

"My lord, you are born, you are born!"

With the cry in the room and the excited shout of the midwife, Liu Jian, who was standing outside the door, breathed a sigh of relief.

To be honest, today's situation is really dangerous.

It has been more than two hours since the childbirth. During this period, Wen Po and the maids were busy in and out. I don’t know how much hot water was used in the pots, and the blood cloths that were taken out of the house from time to time also made Liu Jian terrified. Shocked.

In the political arena and on the battlefield, Liu Jian may be a rare handsome figure in ten years.

But outside the delivery room, he is just an ordinary man who is helpless and can only silently pray in his heart that his wife and children are safe.

The medical and health conditions in this era are completely different from the era that Liu Jian traveled to.

Women who give birth in this era are like walking through the door of hell, and they don't count as giving birth until they lose half their lives.

Now, hearing that Zheng Ci finally gave birth to the child, the burden on Liu Jian's heart was finally relieved.

He hurried to the stable woman, and asked patiently: "How is my wife? Is she okay?"

Wen Po was a little confused by Liu Jian's attitude.

She has also worked as a pick-up worker in Yecheng for more than ten years, and there are very few people like Liu Jian.

Ordinary men, after seeing themselves, most of the first words they ask are: "Male or female..."

Although surprised in her heart, Po Wen still replied with a smile: "Madam Antai, you can rest assured."

"Okay, very good, come here, reward!"

"Thank you, thank you for your reward!"

"I might go in and see my wife now?"

"Yes, yes!" Wen Po nodded hurriedly.

Liu Jian hurried into the house.

Zheng Ci was lying weakly on the bed at the moment, when he saw Liu Jian coming in, his eyes turned red, as if he was about to shed tears.

"Husband..."

Liu Jian was startled when he saw this.

"How can you cry?"

Zheng Ci said in a low voice: "This concubine is incompetent... gave birth to a baby girl..."

When Liu Jian heard this, he didn't react at first.

Soon, I saw him smiling.

"Ma'am, don't we already have a son? Besides, if you still want a son and you can have one in the future, why should you care about this one?"

"Besides, what's wrong with daughters? I just like daughters. Compared with the heroism of boys, women are more considerate to parents."

After finishing speaking, Liu Jian turned to the maidservant and said, "Bring the child here!"

The maid hurriedly carried Liu Jian's daughter in front of him and Zheng Ci.

The little girl was just born, she was thin and small, her eyes couldn't be opened, her facial features were almost all twisted together, and she couldn't tell whether she was beautiful or ugly, or who she looked like.

In this era, pregnant women can eat a limited variety of foods, and the nutritional supplements are not so comprehensive. Coupled with the relationship of evolution, babies in this era are very different from those in later generations.

Being able to give birth to a child who weighs five or six pounds is considered to be relatively heavy and healthy.

It doesn't look like a baby in the later generations, who weighs nine catties and ten catties when he is born, he is so fat and cute.

Liu Jian said with a smile: "Oh, if this girl is still so ugly when she grows up, she won't be able to marry in the future."

Although Zheng Ci was weak, after hearing Liu Jian's words, he still smiled and scolded him.

"Husband Xu is old, why can't he be good for the children if he is so unrighteous?"

After hearing Zheng Ci's words, Liu Jian felt a little melancholy.

I'm only 25 years old, okay?How did you become so old?
At this moment, I saw the child in Liu Jian's hand stretch out his hand and clasp Liu Jian's big hand in a drowsy sleep.

The moment the child's little hand touched the father's finger, something seemed to be touched, which made Liu Jian's thoughts become a little erratic for a moment.

For some reason, Liu Jian never seemed to have such a feeling in contact with his son.

For a father, having a daughter and having a son are two completely different experiences.

Boys need exercise and girls need protection.

Seeing Liu Jian's mind wandering off, Zheng Ci couldn't help being curious: "Husband, what's wrong with you?"

Liu Jian's thoughts were flying wildly, and he said, "Let's call it Kou'er...the baby's name is Koukou."

"what?"

Zheng Ci was a little restless when he heard this.

"It's fine, a girl, why is she called by such a baby name?"

Liu Jian smiled and said: "Look at this child, he clasped my fingers as soon as he saw me. It's really a father-daughter bond. It's just right to call him Knuckle."

Zheng Ci didn't want to agree at first, but seeing Liu Jian's smiling face, he knew that he couldn't resist, and besides, it was just a boudoir nickname, which was not hurtful.

However, Zheng Ci hoped that Liu Jian would listen to his suggestion and name the child Liu Li.

Liu Jian thought it sounded good, so he agreed.

Thus, Liu Li became Liu Jian's first daughter.

With the birth of the first daughter, the entire Liu family enjoyed themselves happily, but this does not mean that Liu Jian's affairs at home are over, because Bian Yu'er is also close to giving birth.

After one child was born, a second child was about to be born.

Bian Yu'er is also his woman. Although she is a concubine, since she has the opportunity, Liu Jian still has to fulfill her husband's responsibilities to her and her children.

Liu Jian is really not busy enough.

And during this period, the situation in the north continued to spread towards Liu Jian's location.

Xun Yu has successfully assumed the post of the prefect of Youbeiping. At the same time, he began to coordinate the government resources in the Youbeiping area. In the name of the government, he began to coordinate the mining and graphite mining of Wuzhong County.

The Hebei Chamber of Commerce and Trade began to go all out to implement mining in Youzhou.

Youzhou is now in a state of war, and all the prefects are recruiting troops to unite the major families to fight against the Zhang family, but Xun Yu does not take the usual path, and wants to develop some iron ore and graphite at this juncture.

Isn't this purely sick? !

But in the end, when the gossip spread about the content of the endless iron ore and graphite, and the industrial chain that this huge iron ore could drive, all the people in Youzhou were dumbfounded.

It is hard to estimate the exact quantity, but it is said...the quantity it reserves and the output after vigorous mining—enough to support the big man for half the world!
What huge benefits will be behind this?
But it's a pity that the animal husbandry department headed by Liu Jian acted too quickly.

This mining right, which contains huge benefits, is now completely owned by the Dahan state, both in name and in reality.

When the Han Dynasty was established, although there were some omissions in land policy, the protection of non-cultivated land resources such as mountains, rivers and lakes was still in place.

Except for the arable land that can be traded privately, all other natural resources in the Han territory belong to the Han government.

At this point, Liu Jian is still very grateful to his Liu ancestors.

Without this rule as the foundation for a hundred years, it would be really troublesome to deal with some things.

The development of Youbeiping Mining has made many families in Youzhou see a huge chain of interests. At the same time, families with foresight have gradually realized that industries that can break the original profit pattern in Youzhou have emerged.

However, to the surprise of all the Youzhou clansmen, after Xun Yu got the benefit baton, he actually practiced the method of slanting his sword.

Graphite, although the mining industry is led by the government and constructed by the Hebei Chamber of Commerce, the downstream industry still needs many people to undertake it.

To put it bluntly, the state provides raw materials and dominates industrial processing, but the downstream still needs various private companies to derive industry terminals based on raw materials and put them into the market. Expand consumption and decentralize the income generated by this pool to the private sector, forming a virtuous circle.

Of course, in this era, there are no so-called companies in later generations. The capital in this era is the family.

According to the original habits of the Eastern Han government, with good projects and resources, it is natural to cooperate with the big family.

After all, the big family has enough manpower and resources, and the family occupies many important positions in the officialdom.

But this time, Xun Yu did not deal with those big families.

Most of Xun Yu's downstream industries were handed over to poor local families in Youzhou.

In later generations, this is called "focusing on supporting the rapid growth of small and medium-sized enterprises."

It is indeed a good policy.

Although it will block the production speed for a while, in the long run, it can produce good social benefits.

For the Jizhou government, it is naturally a good thing for a country to allow various private industries to develop in a balanced manner and to have a certain degree of competitiveness with each other.

But for some people who habitually feel that they belong to the "priority" class, this is naturally not a good thing.

In particular, some Dahaoyou classes who have already attached themselves to Zhang Ju and Zhang Chun have rebelled.

These people felt that Zhang Ju and Zhang Chun should send troops to attack Youbeiping at this time, especially the mines in Wuzhong County, and they should take them all under their own hands.

Zhang Ju and Zhang Chun are not idiots either. They can see that the reason why Xun Yu wants to develop the endless mining industry at this juncture is to disrupt the structure of Youzhou and create a new political and interest environment.

Because Xun Yu is an outsider after all, no matter how capable he is, his control over Youzhou and his understanding of the benefits of various families in Youzhou are far inferior to those of the Yuyang Zhang family who have been operating here for generations.

That's why Xun Yu wanted to use this method to draw on the bottom line, directly control the biggest interest chain, and squeeze Zhang's family from the top of Youzhou's interest chain.

Now that he has seen through the opponent's methods, of course Mrs. Zhang can't stand by and watch the opponent sit back and forth.

As a result, Zhang Ju and Zhang Chun began to gather troops secretly, preparing to storm Wuzhong County, take down the mining area, and take control of the initiative.

According to Zhang Ju and Zhang Chun's plan, although Huang Zhong could assist Xun Yu, the Zhang family in Yuyang didn't know Huang Zhong very well before, so Qiu Liju suffered a big loss in Huang Zhong's hands.

But this time, they will not make the same mistake again.

(End of this chapter)