The Three Kingdoms Fight for the Deer

Chapter 219 Implementing New Strategies
In this era, it is already very good for the common people to have food, not to mention meat, those who can eat meat are generally wealthy families, and ordinary people often only eat meat during the Chinese New Year. To improve the physical fitness of the soldiers in the army, they specially ordered the kitchen to have meat for three days within five days, so as to strengthen the physical fitness of the soldiers.

Li Yuan's army has a lot of training, and it is basically difficult to survive without meat. Special barracks such as the Flying Cavalry Army, Tiger Guard Camp, and Trapped Camp have even more training. They basically have meat every day, so the body needs to Much stronger than the average soldier.

Li Yuan asked Mi's family to build a breeding farm a long time ago, specially used to raise chickens, ducks, cows and pigs. At the beginning, Mi Zhu didn't understand why Li Yuan did this, but he still followed Li Yuan's instructions. Afterwards, I found out that Li Yuan raised poultry, cattle and pigs on a large scale in order to increase the meat for soldiers. This was the first time he had seen such a practice.

Raising chickens, ducks and cattle can be understood by Mi Zhu, but raising pigs is incomprehensible, because people in this era seldom eat pork. Later, after Li Yuan’s vigorous promotion, everyone found that pork is so delicious, it’s incomparable. Chicken and beef are inferior, and pigs are easier to raise and reproduce, so more and more people in Xuzhou like to eat pork.

Li Yuan's move has greatly improved the living standards of Xuzhou people. In this era, beef is the most commonly eaten, but usually cattle need to be used to plow the fields, so few people are willing to eat them, so the price has become very expensive. It is so expensive that ordinary people can't afford it at all. Now pork has become a staple food, and the price is moderate, so many people can afford it.

Originally, Li Yuan ran the farm just to feed the soldiers, but now the farm is getting bigger and bigger, and the number of livestock is increasing, so Mi Zhu decided to sell some of the livestock to the people, so many people can afford pork , the first to become popular was Xiapi. Li Yuan continued to promote it to the surrounding areas, and now it has been promoted to Yuzhou. Many people in Yuzhou are also used to eating pork.

As expected of a business genius, Mi Zhu immediately saw business opportunities. He established a breeding farm in Runan, Yuzhou two years ago. The livestock he raised was not only provided to the soldiers in the army, but also sold to the common people. Now the business is getting bigger and bigger. He made a lot of money.

Now the development of Xuzhou and Yuzhou has reached a very high level. It can be said that the problem of food and clothing for the people has been completely solved, and the people will no longer worry about food.

Don't look at how easy it is to solve the people's food and clothing. At the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, the princes from all over the country were fighting. Only Xuzhou and Yuzhou under Li Yuan's jurisdiction had not experienced wars. Most people have houses to live in, food to eat, fields to farm and jobs to live and work in peace and contentment, so the people living in Xuzhou and Yuzhou are the happiest.

On this day, Xi Zhicai called Li Yuan to the governor's mansion. When Li Yuan came to the meeting hall, all the important civil servants under his command were already waiting.

"Zhicai, why do you need me?" Li Yuan sat on the main seat.

"My lord, I have established schools in various places according to your order, and I am still looking for scholars to teach, but I am afraid that I will be opposed by the gentry." Xi Zhicai expressed his worry.

Just half a year ago, Li Yuan asked Xi Zhicai to set up schools in various counties of Xuzhou and Yuzhou, and recruit educated people to teach them. There is a saying that is very classic in modern times. You can see how much a country attaches to education. Li Yuan knows that education is the foundation of a country. After five or six years of development, the material needs of the people in Yuzhou and Xuzhou have been solved, so it is time to pay attention to the development of education.

However, studying in this era is a very luxurious thing. Children of ordinary people rarely have the opportunity to study, and usually only children of noble families have the opportunity to study.

The so-called gentry is also called family, family, family and family, which refers to the famous families who have been officials for generations, and Yuan Shao's family is the most prominent representative.

The gentry had a great influence in the Han Dynasty. The important official positions of the country were often monopolized by the gentry. Most of the children of the gentry could become officials, and it was easier to become an official than the children of the poor. Because of the influence of family power, the children of the gentry just left It's just a process, and children from poor families not only have to pass the examination, but also have to bribe officials to have a chance to become officials, so very few children from poor families can be reused.

The so-called poor family is actually from a humble family. The children of the poor family need to put in a lot of effort to be able to study and become an official. The greatest injustice to them.

In order to solve this problem, Li Yuan decided to build academies in various places to provide opportunities for children from poor families to study, and held an exam every three years, and those who achieved outstanding results could get the opportunity to become an official and serve under him.

But Li Yuan's move will definitely be dissatisfied with the traditional poor family, because the gentry monopolize most of the official positions, Li Yuan's policy will affect their interests, and even shake Li Yuan's foundation, this is what Xi Zhicai is most worried about things.

"You don't have to worry about Zhicai. Just follow my orders. If there are dissatisfied nobles, just ask their patriarch to come to Li Yuan." Li Yuan knew that this move would definitely cause dissatisfaction among the soldiers, but he had to For the policies he implemented, he had to withstand the pressure for his future plans.

Xi Zhicai also came from a poor family, so he naturally knew that Li Yuan's move could help many children from a poor family, and he was very grateful.

Li Yuan looked at Mi Zhu, "Zizhong, will you gentry be very dissatisfied with me building a school for the children of poor families?"

The Mi family is the largest noble family in Xuzhou, and they are also very rich in the local area, and their influence in Xuzhou is second only to Li Yuan.

"The subordinates dare not have any dissatisfaction." Mi Zhu quickly cupped his fists and said, he knew how powerful Li Yuan was, so how dare he express dissatisfaction in front of Li Yuan.

"Hahahaha, don't get me wrong, I know Zizhong is a man with broad vision and won't be dissatisfied because of this kind of thing, I just want to see the views of the gentry." Li Yuan signaled Mi Zhu to rest assured that he would not intentionally target him. family, and Mi Zhu is loyal to him, Li Yuan will not target his subordinates without any basis.

Mi Zhu heaved a sigh of relief when he heard the words, the matter of Mi Fang had passed not long ago, he could not provoke Li Yuan with other matters, he had brought Mi Fang back from Langya to Xiapi a few months ago, and Mi Fang was not allowed to go to the army again I hope that Mi Fang can reflect on her, and at the same time, I want Li Yuan to forget the mistakes Mi Fang made.

(End of this chapter)