different devil life

Throughout the history of all powerful countries, no country was established when mathematics was bad.

First there were excellent mathematicians, and then there were physics, chemistry, and various scientists.

Math, is the key to building everything.

And this country's mathematics is terrible, and the only ones in the palace who are good at mathematics are a few gentlemen and eunuchs.

Don't wonder why eunuchs are good at mathematics. In fact, eunuchs have been high-level intellectuals since ancient times.

Because the eunuch is equivalent to the master's secretary, handling various things for the master.

Just like the eunuch How Taigao, he had to draw up the imperial decree, calculate the treasury money, read the memorial for Wang Zhong, and even when Wang Zhong was busy, he had to help with some small matters on the memorial.

How could he be a good eunuch if he was illiterate?

So Wang Zhong decided to reform education.

There are two subjects in Chinese and Mathematics.

Language, as long as you can read and write, the requirements are not high.

Mathematics, the ninety-nine multiplication table must be learned, and the abacus must be promoted later, and the advanced aspects of mathematics must be taught.

However, these things are not yet achievable.

The national strength is too weak, Wang Zhong can't become a fat man in one go, so he has to take his time.

"Bold, get out of the way, don't block the way of the master."

When He Taigao saw the child approaching Wang Zhong, he immediately scolded him.

Wang Zhong blocked He Taigao, frowned and said, "It's just a child, there is no need for general knowledge."

"Yes, sir."

He Taigao bowed his head and took a step back, but stared at the child who was close to Wang Zhong.

Once the child made any move that was unfavorable to Wang Zhong, he would do it immediately.

The child looked at He Taigao in fear, and naturally did not dare to approach Wang Zhong.

Wang Zhong said: "Do you want to eat candied haws?"

"En." The children nodded quickly when they heard this.

"Here you go."

After hearing this, Zhao Luan handed out the candied haws in his hand, bought all the candied haws by the way, and distributed them to the children.

Seeing how the children were devouring, Wang Zhong sighed softly.

The Great Yan Dynasty seemed to be a strong country, but in fact, people's grievances arose everywhere.

Because children are the hope of the family, most parents would rather starve themselves than let their children eat more to grow their bodies.

And these children, at first glance, are malnourished and often hungry. It is conceivable that the living conditions are very bad.

You know, this is the capital, the capital of a country.

Even the children here are not doing well, let alone some rural areas.

What Wang Zhong is thinking now is to build factories and manufacture ironware. Only when the productivity is developed, people's living standards can be improved.

Wang Zhong didn't buy these children's things, because it was a temporary solution, not the root cause.

"Big Companion, how did those children look like in the capital?" After walking a few steps, Wang Zhong asked.

Chapter 635 Increase Land Production (seeking a ticket)

"This... the old slave has been in the palace all this time, I really don't know about this." He Taigao said awkwardly.

"I probably know something. Those children should be from the countryside. The conditions in the countryside are more difficult. However, in recent years, many families in the capital have had a hard time. The main reason is that the weather in recent years has been relatively abnormal, and everyone's harvest has been poor. Good." Zhao Luan said beside him.

"En." Wang Zhong nodded silently, secretly thinking that he had to find a way to increase the crop yield of everyone's land.

After all, the Great Yan Dynasty was still in an agricultural society, and the harvest of crops was very important to farmers.

"Let's go eat something first."

Wang Zhong stepped into a rather large inn.

"Guest officer, how many are there?"

The waiter from the shop eagerly ran over, but before he got close to Wang Zhong, He Taigao stopped him, "Stay away from my grandfather."

"Yes Yes!"

The waiter at the shop knew that Wang Zhong was not an ordinary person. Such a character has a lot of money. If he meets a good one, he will feel comfortable serving him. He can reward himself with a few small silver at will, which can be regarded as a considerable income. up.

"Just us, give me a better seat downstairs." Wang Zhong said.

"Okay, let's go to the east side, that place is by the window."

"alright."

After being seated, Wang Zhong casually ordered a few dishes, Xiao Er smiled and went down to prepare.

Wang Zhong and Zhao Luan were the only ones sitting at the table, while He Taigao and the others sat at the next two tables.

A group of people blocked Wang Zhong and Zhao Luan's table to prevent other people from approaching.

This makes Wang Zhong a little funny, he is too tall and everything is good, but he is too careful in doing things.

At this time, I heard the storyteller in the inn speak.

Listening carefully, the storyteller seems to be talking about his ransacking of Lu Pingying's home.

The audience on the side all cheered and applauded.

"Mingjun is alive, ever since Lu Pingying died, those in the Lu Party have been terrified..."

What the storyteller said was mysterious enough, many things were wrong, that is to say, he knew the general idea.

But Zhao Luan listened with great interest, and asked Ning'er beside him to tip a coin.

"Luan'er, this person is just talking nonsense, what's the reward for him?" Wang Zhong laughed.

"Of course he deserves to be rewarded for speaking of you in such a majestic way."

Soon, the food is on the table.

The taste of the food here is not bad, but it is much worse than that in the palace.

It's no wonder, the palace doesn't say that the chefs are carefully selected, but that the ingredients are not ordinary things. It would be strange if they were not delicious.

"Sir, where shall we go after eating?" Zhao Luan asked.

"Take a carriage and go out of the city to visit the countryside."

After seeing the lives of the people in the city, it is natural to go to the countryside to see it.

Wang Zhong has always had an idea, that is how to increase land production.

In this society, no one is lazy, and everyone works hard.

But because of the weather, the crop yield is not high.

But is it really because of this reason?

Wang Zhong remembered that his fertile royal land had a good production, and there must be something tricky in it.

The biggest trick is most likely the uneven distribution of land.

There are too many landlords, and the grain produced is too much in the hands of a few people.

Those who rent land can only work for others, and they can't save any money after a year.

In this way, once there is bad weather, disasters or something, there will be victims.

So Wang Zhong thought: hit the local tyrants and divide the land.

But this involves too much, so we have to take it step by step.

"Xiaoer, this is your reward."

After eating, Wang Zhong handed the waiter three pieces of silver.

The waiter in the shop was overjoyed: "Thank you, Lord."

"I want to ask you something, how is your business here recently?"

"Returning to your son, the weather is cold recently, and there are fewer people coming to drink." The shop waiter didn't know why Wang Zhong asked such a question, but he answered truthfully.

"Master, do me a favor and give me something to eat."

"My child hasn't eaten for several days, please give me a steamed bun."

At this time, a few beggars came to the door, looking miserable.

"Go, go, where is the beggar coming from, get out of here." The shop waiter went over to chase him away.

Wang Zhong stopped him and said, "Hey, they are all poor people. What are you doing driving them away? I bought as many buns as you have here and sent them over."

"Young Master Zhai has a kind heart, the little one knows it."

The shop clerk didn't dare to neglect, and hurried over to clean it up.

The diners at the nearby tables shook their heads secretly after seeing the beggars, "Hey, what's the use of copying so many corrupt officials? I don't know how many people will freeze to death this winter."

"Isn't it? It's better not to copy, at least those corrupt officials sometimes show kindness in hypocrisy, hey..."

"I heard that the river in Liucheng is frozen. Many people can't survive and have come out to beg for food. If things go on like this, the world will be in chaos."

"The border has not been peaceful these days. A lot of people have fled and said that there are bandits who rob and kill people from time to time. The key is that the guards don't care. Hey..."

"The emperor is too confused."

"Keep your voice down, now the emperor has reused the East Factory again, and the people in the East Factory have heard about it, and they can't eat it anymore..."

Hearing these people's words, He Taigao went to Wang Zhong's side and whispered: "My lord, let's punish them."

"No need, let's go."

Wang Zhong shook his head. What these diners said was actually correct. The arrest of a few corrupt officials was certainly a joy to the hearts of the people, but it did not help to improve the lives of the people.

After walking out, Zhao Luan sighed: "Don't worry, Mr. Xiang, I believe it will get better and better in the future."

"It's a pity that time waits for no one. As those diners said, in such a cold weather, I don't know how many people will die."

As he said that, Wang Zhong's eyes flashed coldly. There is no way to solve it right now, but to guard against those bandits and robbers, at least the situation can be stabilized.

Secondly, it is disaster relief.

Wang Zhong read it a few days ago, and there is still a lot of grain and grass in the treasury, which can be considered open.

In addition, he remembered that according to the previous national system, every big city had to have a granary reserve in case of emergency.

Thinking in his mind, Wang Zhong and his party left the city.

Sure enough, Wang Zhong saw many beggars along the way.

"Master, please do me a favor. This is my daughter. She's very smart. It's okay to feed her and let her be a maid."

"This is my son, who cares, I can't support him anymore."

Along the way, there are many prostitutes.

Zhao Luan who watched this scene was also secretly startled, if this continues, the Great Yan Dynasty will indeed be prone to chaos.

Soon, Wang Zhong came to the edge of a village, and was about to enter. An incident happened at the entrance of the village, which made Wang Zhong's face down.

In front is a young man in brocade clothes, leading a group of his own dog legs to pull a girl.

"Wang Xiaoni, your parents owe my family a year's land rent. Since there is no money to pay it back, you will pay off the debt."

Brother Gongzi shouted with a smile, many people stopped to watch this scene along the way, but no one dared to step forward.

"Young master Ye, the harvest in the field is not good this year, please be tolerant and let my Xiaoni go, she is only 12 years old..."

Next to the girl, two middle-aged men, a man and a woman, cried and shouted.

"Special!"

A dog with sharp eyes and quick hands kicked the man to the ground: "What are you, are you still owed land rent?"