At the evening banquet, Du Zhongxiao mentioned that the carriage was not allowed on the railway, and Li Fugui took it over gently. Du Zhongxiao had to wonder if it involved Li Fugui's economic interests. Now the railway transportation capacity is insufficient, and the transportation of valuable goods is still rich to make.

In fact, Li Fugui has nothing to do with this matter, he just doesn't pay attention to it. The railway is empty and there is no close inspection by the army, so the people cannot avoid it by using it for profit. The officials below used it to collect some money, and there are many places in it, and this kind of thing is unpleasant to be managed.

Even if a train hits a carriage, what if someone dies? This kind of lawsuit is clear and clear. Since the yamen has prohibited the railway, it deserves to be unlucky if they are hit and killed. In this era, the government has limited administrative capabilities and cannot do serious things, so there is no time to care about these people who are seeking death.

After receiving a reminder in the afternoon, Du Zhongxiao said nothing and said nothing. Li Fugui felt that the matter was redundant and did not take it to heart. The matter was gently exposed. In fact, what Du Zhongxiao was worried about was that the rich people who transported goods on the railway would not drive the train by themselves. There was a life lawsuit, and the one who was hired was the poor, and there would inevitably be disputes in the future.

This is because different backgrounds have different ideas. Li Fugui would not have such troubles at all. If he hits the poor, he will punish the banned goods and lose all his money. Even if he implicates officials in the state, he will do it together. This is exactly his ability. If he does things well, he can also gain a reputation for decisive actions and turn bad things into good things.

Those who are good at fighting have no great achievements. Du Zhongxiao is doing things first and preventively, and is not the same as Li Fugui. In terms of his ability to be an official, Du Zhongxiao is not as good as Li Futu. In terms of his ability to do things, Li Fugui is a little worse.

The results of the discussion were written into official documents, and everyone signed and approved the letters and left.

Ouyang Xiu was going back to Suizhou to see his uncle, and traveled with Du Zhongxiao and Xiang Zong, and went to Suizhou first.

Suizhou is close to Jinghu, with sparsely populated people, with many rivers, lakes and marshes. The largest production here is now plowing oxen, which is sold in the Central Plains at a very low price. People raise cattle, they are all stocked on the grassland around the ponds and swamps, and they are branded and ignored. When selling cattle, a fence is set up and the cattle is placed, so that the cattle herds will naturally gather. This method of raising cattle has almost no cost and the price is very low. You can buy a plowing ox for one or two minutes.

In this area, land and oxen are not a problem. The most lacking is iron farm tools. Most areas in this area still use wooden farm tools, which are very primitive. There is a lot of land, and it is widely planted and harvested.

Looking at the endless idle fields on the roadside, there are occasionally a few villages dotted. Ouyang Xiu said: "Yunju, there are more than 10,000 households in Suizhou, with countless idle fields and all oxen plowing oxen. It is a good place to buy fields. As long as you are good at politeness, you can collect countless grains in one or two years."

Du Zhongxiao said: "Yes, that's it. What is missing in this area is people. When people come, everything will be easy. Tangzhou Suizhou and Dengzhou are different from other places, because the rivers are south, not east, and most rivers flow backwards. This is because the transportation to the Central Plains is not convenient, and Jingxiang to the south is deserted, which makes this scene come true. It is not on the north-south road, it is too remote."

At this time, there were still many great zodiac areas in later generations, with different geographical structures. Go south to Xiangzhou, then go to Jiangling Prefecture, namely Jingzhou, and then turn to Dingzhou to enter Hunan. Therefore, the key to north-south transportation is Xiangzhou, and facing Dengzhou in the north, Suizhou happened to be bypassed. When Wuhan developed, according to the principle of proximity, the Central Plains went straight to Wuhan through Xinyang, and Suizhou was not on this road.

The two lakes in Du Zhongxiao's memory are Wuhan and Changsha, which are Ezhou and Tanzhou of this era. At this time, swamps were everywhere in Ezhou and had not yet developed. Tanzhou left the city and was the Meishan barbarians. There were few Han people and rebellions broke out from time to time. Why did the rebellion? Because the development around Tanzhou seriously affected the interests of the upper class of the barbarians.

Thinking of this, Du Zhongxiao sighed: "It is because of the sparsely populated people and many indigenous families. The land responsibilities are coming, but I am afraid there will be no peace."

Ouyang Xiu smiled and said, "I have been worried about luck. The land here is vast and there are all idle fields. After opening it, the place will benefit. How come it will be uneasy?"

Du Zhongxiao shook his head: "Longtu, who gets the benefits of the local area? When the land camp is started, we must not only open up land and farm, but also teach the people to farm and educate the local area. Suizhou is remote, and many places are still slashing and burning. When the land camp comes, we will inevitably promote farm tools and teach the people to plant rice and mulberry trees like other places. With these, ordinary people can also open a piece of idle land and become a well-off family. The slaves of the local wealthy clan will definitely not be willing to be sent to others. How can they be happy as small farmers? In this way, wouldn't the indigenous wealthy clans resent? In this way, the indigenous wealthy clans are mostly done by the wealthy clans, so how can they gather like the people in the Central Plains? They have no shortage of land in these places, and they are different."

Du Zhongxiao only recently figured out this question. Over the years, the people of Jinghu and Guangdong and Guangxi have rebelled many times, with Qu Xifan in front of them, and now there are signs of Nong Zhigao. Why did they rebel? What they learned in textbooks are all called uprisings, in order to resist the tyranny of the court. However, if you carefully sort out the incident, this principle cannot be explained.

The real reason is that the Song Dynasty has been established for nearly a hundred years, and remote areas have been gradually developed before. When society was underdeveloped, it was difficult for ordinary people to survive independently, and most of them were slaves of local wealthy landlords. Local development, the power of the court came in, and backward people depended on slavery and were not recognized, thus getting rid of the control of the wealthy clans, or slave owners. The wealthy clans were dissatisfied, and rebellion occurred.

This process is actually very clear, and there should not be misunderstandings. There were examples in the past life that when Tibet was liberated, rebellions also occurred. How could such rebellions be called uprisings? Most of the rebellions in this era have the same nature. From the standpoint of the workers at the bottom, they are not legitimate.

Suizhou is different from Tangzhou. Because it is too backward, the population is largely controlled by local tyrants. The entry of land management will inevitably bring about a leap in productivity and social development level. Local tyrants will sit and watch and there will be ghosts.

Not to mention anything else, being able to raise cattle like this means how low the agricultural level here is.

Ouyang Xiu said: "I have been worried about the fortune and the land management business will inevitably promote iron farm tools and teach the people to farm. Even the local tribes will also get benefits. They used to hire people, but now they can only plant 100 acres. Now they can hire the same number of people, and they can plant 500 acres, and rent more."

Du Zhongxiao said: "Longtu, that's not what the words say. Why should the rich clan control the population? First, there are countless minions and they often do something privately, and the people dare not escape. But the most important method is to cultivate tools, seeds, etc. All living things are in their hands. Without them, the people cannot survive. Even if they are unwilling to give up, they can only let them serve. The rich clan does not lack food and drink, so what is the use of collecting more food? For them, even if the people are out of their control, even if they collect more money, they are not very useful, and they still cannot satisfy their desires."

What is the most effective way to exploit? Direct personal control is a low-level method. Society has long passed that stage. The most effective way is to control the means of production. Without means of production, ordinary people cannot survive without slave owners and can only let them be fish and meat.

There is no shortage of land in this area. The means by which the wealthy clans control slaves is to control agricultural tools, seeds and so on. The development of agricultural technology will immediately weaken their control ability. How can they support it? The same people will collect more money and grain, but what is the use of these wealthy clans?
Chapter completed!