The big man has a living father

Chapter 81 Liu Che's Enlightenment
The Qinghai-Tibet Plan is still a long way from being truly implemented.

But Zhang Qian must tell the Emperor the whole plan.

Liu Che closed his eyes and listened to Zhang Qian's story. After listening, he raised his head and said, "You mean Huo Hai said that this war will not cost the court money? Even if you raise a lot of horses on the plateau, where will you get the money and food when the real war starts?"

How to attack without food?

Zhang Qian: "The other ministers know this, but I don't. According to what Lord Huo said, someone will pay for it when the time comes."

Liu Che became even more confused.

Zhang Qian bowed his head and said, "Master Huo said that every time we expand territory, people who have made contributions will be rewarded according to their merits. What if all the merits during the war are counted? What if providing money and food is also considered a merit?"

After he finished speaking, Zhang Qian shook his head and said, "I don't understand what this means either."

Zhang Qian didn’t understand, but Liu Che did!
After hearing this, Liu Che stood up suddenly.

At this moment, everything, from the Big Bang to the origin of mankind to the development of dynasties, was reshaped in reverse because of his ideas.

When Liu Che heard this, he thought of the word "shares".

Shares used in war?
Liu Che's mind exploded, and at that moment, his long-held values ​​​​changed dramatically.

After understanding the reason, on the map in Liu Che's mind, a pile of copper coins pushed the border of the Han Empire to expand wildly westward and southward until it swallowed up the entire land and reached the shore of the sea.

Afterwards, across the entire land, countless carriages and horses, dragging gold, silver, jewels, and agates, headed towards Chang'an.

What a pity, Liu Che's values ​​changed but his world view did not change, otherwise how could that pile of copper coins end up on the shore of the sea?
Liu Che, who stood up straight, had already seen the future in his eyes.

Coming back to his senses, Liu Che said: "Go ahead and do it according to the plan you discussed. I will appoint you as... Protector General of Qinghai-Tibet Protectorate."

"I'll give you some time to nominate a Southern Yunnan General. I want the South and Southwest to go hand in hand. I guarantee that the Han Dynasty's territory will reach the place where the ancient Shu Kingdom got the shells."

"If you don't understand anything, just ask Huo Hai directly. I only care about the results."

Zhang Qian came back to report on his work, and his status as the prefect of Shu County was changed, and he was also promoted to the governor of Qinghai-Tibet Protectorate.

However, Zhang Qian did not have time to stay in Chang'an to celebrate his promotion.

He now had three things to do. The first was to use all means, including force, to persuade the Qiang people west of Shu County to be loyal to the Han Dynasty and agree to go to the plateau to herd horses.

If you want money, give money; if you want fame, give fame; if you want official positions, give officials; if you want anything, give it to me, but you have to do it.

If you don't do it, you will die, and then someone who is willing to do it will do it instead.

No one can block the way to the plateau.

The second thing is to find people with language talent in Shu County, and quickly go to Qiang, Dian and other places to learn the local language. If there is local writing, then quickly learn the local writing.

Then, we would select those with talent as envoys and spies from among them, and send them to explore India and learn more written languages ​​from more distant countries.

The rest, after completing their studies, were sent to Chang'an to learn the unified accent and new simplified characters. After completing their studies, they were given official titles and were in charge of the south and southwest.

The third thing is to find a man who is both civil and military, has courage and talent as an envoy, to serve as the General of the Southern Yunnan Army.

Because there is no area as large as the plateau behind Southern Yunnan that requires a government office, so a General of the Central Army is needed to be in charge before it can be opened up.

But where can we find this person?
After coming out of Weiyang Palace, the carriage Zhang Qian was riding in suddenly stopped.

Zhang Qian: "What's going on?"

The driver said: "Sir, someone is stopping the car."

Zhang Qian lifted the door curtain.

In the cold wind outside the door, Su Wu saluted with a smile: "Master Zhang Qian, Marquis of Bowang, I am Su Wu."

Zhang Qian looked at the young man who dared to stop his car and said, "How dare you stop the car of an official appointed by the imperial court?"

Su Wu smiled and said, "Don't get me wrong. My father is Pingling Marquis Su Jian. I am just interested in the Western Regions. When you were in Chang'an, I was traveling in Qi and Lu. Today, I learned that you have returned to Chang'an from Shu, so I couldn't wait to come here and talk to you..."

Zhang Qian looked at Su Wu, observing him from head to toe.

While Su Wu was puzzled, Zhang Qian laughed wildly: "Hahahaha, let's talk about it in detail!"

Su Wu smiled. He didn't expect that he could convince Zhang Qian so easily.

Zhang Qian held Su Wu's hand and said, "I know your father. So you are no different from my son or nephew. Believe your uncle, the Western Regions are not auspicious for you! Your ambition should be in the South!"

Su Wu was puzzled: "Really? Uncle Zhang also knows this?"

Zhang Qian smiled and said, "Does Dongfang Shuo know?"

"My apprentice!"

At this point Zhang Qian didn't care whether he would be cursed or not, he had to convince Su Wu first.

……

Along the road, in the military neighborhood.

Huo Hai sat on a stool.

A few days ago, Huo’s Furniture launched tables, chairs and benches.

At first, it didn't cause any commotion.

After all, people throughout the country are used to sitting on their knees.

Many people even went to watch the fun and mocked: "What's the use of this thing?"

"Hahaha, showing Big Bird?"

"I am dying of laughter. Every time Lieutenant Huo launches something, everyone is enthusiastic about it. But this time, it is really useless."

However, a noodle shop owner was deeply worried because his business was not as good as that of his neighbor.

He observed that the business next door was good because it was surrounded by many big trees and mounds. After the driver bought noodles, he would eat them leaning against the mounds and trees.

Could it be that the driver was eating next door because it was too tiring to eat while standing?
After thinking about this, he remembered the useless tables, chairs and benches launched by Huo’s Furniture.

Instead of leaning against a tree or a mound, why not just sit on something high?
But, will there really be a driver sitting on it? Isn't this action too indecent?

However, the noodle shop business was not as good as others, so the owner of this noodle shop bought a batch of benches with the mentality of giving it a try.

As a result, the noodle shop became extremely popular that day!
What's indecent? It turns out that the drivers had been wearing crotch-covered pants that had just become popular in order to make their work more convenient!

As his business became popular, smart people went to observe and soon discovered his secret.

As a result, a large number of stores began to bring out benches and benches. Some people even knew the role of tables!

The bowl of noodles is filled with soup and it must be very hot. Wouldn't it be better to just put it on a high table and eat it?
When you kneel down, you should use a table. When you sit up high, you should use a high table! High! It is really high!

"The Second Young Master is really too tall, really tall!"

"At least as high as the Star Picking Platform!"

It would be fine if it was just one or two stores, but after so many stores changed their tables, chairs and benches, their business improved, and even the dumbest person would have noticed it.

As a result, Huo’s Furniture, which had stockpiled these high-end products, directly took up the first batch of the market.

Of course, the other carpenters were not fools. They immediately observed the appearance of tables, chairs and benches and began to imitate them themselves.

However, Huo's furniture is well-made, with high specifications, good materials and high quality, so everyone prefers it.

After tables, chairs and benches became popular in noodle shops and other stores, transportation workers also discovered their appeal.

I usually deliver goods home all day and am exhausted, but I can't sit on the bed because I'm dirty.

So when we got back we could only sit on the ground, on rocks, and on tree stumps.

These things cannot be moved into the house, and it would be quite uncomfortable to sit in the cold wind for a long time.

Wouldn't it be a good idea to just buy the bench and take it home now?
At present, there are more than 40,000 professional delivery workers in Chang'an alone. The things that spread among these people quickly became popular throughout Chang'an.

"Second Master Huo is indeed smart. I thought what he came up with this time was useless, but it turned out to be a hundred times more useful than I thought."

Whenever they get home exhausted from delivering goods and their butts touch the stool, they know that they will never be able to live without stools or chairs again in their lives.

Although I was used to sitting on my knees before, only everyone knows how tired I feel when I kneel like a dog.

Tables, chairs and benches, which Huo Hai did not spend much effort to promote, quickly swept Chang'an County. Even people in Lingyi began to customize more advanced tables, chairs and benches on a large scale, and many people in Wannian County also started their own tables, chairs and benches business.

However, no one was interested in the pig-raising method that Huo Hai strongly promoted.

Although the bulletin board listed the benefits of raising pigs, the benefits of eating pork, and how to avoid the fishy smell of pork.

But there was no movement in the Chang'an piglet market, and it didn't look hot at all.

However, what the world lacks most is smart people.

Those who first discovered the benefits of tables, chairs and benches were the ones who reaped the first wave of benefits and were reaping the benefits!
Many people even started the table, chair and bench business and became rich overnight.

Because the production volume is so low, we have even started accepting pre-orders, and the pre-orders have been accepted until after the New Year.

What are the benefits of pig farming now?

But no matter how smart you are, you are not as smart as the Second Young Master Huo. What the Second Young Master Huo thinks of, you can’t think of.

No matter how smart you are, you still need to find connections, find someone who can find the Second Master Huo, and find out the secret of pork.

There are many smart people like this, but not many of them have the connections to find Huo Hai.

They are basically all in the military camps.

These people got together and finally asked Zhao Bolu's wife to go find Huo Hai.

Zhao Bolu brought so many people to become small shareholders of Huo Hai's coal mine. They found Zhao Bolu and then found Huo Hai, so Huo Hai of course gave them face.

It was definitely because of Zhao Bolu's face, not because he heard that the pigs in the military village were raised with grain and so he came here to eat and drink for free.

It’s definitely not because Zhao Bolu’s wife, Zhao Chen, had set up the stove and skewered the meat that she came!

Zhao Polu's wife, Zhao Chen, also learned to recognize characters and learn the Mandarin accent with phonetic symbols. At this time, she held a piece of paper and said, "Second Master, on behalf of everyone, I have summarized some questions about pig farming. Please answer them."

Huo Hai smiled and said, "No problem, go ahead and ask."

Zhao Polu's wife, Zhao Chenshi, asked: "Excuse me, after frying the pig, does it really not have any fishy smell anymore?"

Huo Hai nodded: "Not only is the fishy smell less, it is even less smelly than sheep. Moreover, castrated pigs become docile, which reduces fighting among pigs, thus reducing energy consumption and weight loss caused by fighting, allowing pigs to focus more on growth, which in turn promotes faster fat deposition and makes the meat more delicious."

Zhao Chen recorded: "It grows faster, gets fatter, has better meat quality, and has less fishy smell."

"Second Master, why?"

Huo Hai: "The reason why pigs have a fishy smell is because their bodies produce substances that make their meat smell different. If that substance is gone, it will no longer smell bad."

The people watching were all women, but these women were the even more arrogant wives of the arrogant soldiers and generals, so they were not shy at all.

Some even laughed out loud: "I feel like men also have a fishy smell, will it stop smelling after circumcision?"

Huo Hai laughed: "Based on my experience, they will become even stinkier."

After all, urine is bifurcated and it is difficult to urinate accurately if you don't want to change the method. The solution is to manually guide it with a cloth.

This cloth can't be disposable, right? Even Liu Che wasn't so arrogant.

So if you carry a piece of this cloth on your body, the smell will be quite strong.

This was in the Han Dynasty. If it had been the Qing Dynasty and the entire root had been cut off, and the partial artificial drainage had become fully artificial, it would have been really smelly.

Zhao Chen was a relatively young woman. Although she was not shy, she felt that it was not good to have so many people coming and going. "Don't interrupt me. I want to ask you something serious."

"Second Master, after raising pigs, what should we do if we can't finish the pigs we slaughtered in one meal? Sell them?"

If it is sold... do I have to buy it when I want to eat it?
If you are buying it, then why bother to raise it? Isn’t it the same to buy it now?

Although Huo Hai announced on the billboard that there was no longer any restriction on eating pork within the territory of Chang'an County, and that even families who were not officials could eat pork, only some people began to try to buy it, but no one raised it.

One is that the pork is really smelly!

The second is that a pig is too much to eat in one meal.

Huo Hai: "This is easy, just use salt."

Zhao Chenshi whispered, "Second Master, we know how to pickle it with salt, but it can only last for seven days in winter and two days in summer before it becomes smelly."

Then it's not a fishy smell, but the smell of rotten food.

Huo Hai said as he grilled skewers: "Oh, longer? Easy."

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