Chapter 707: New Life in the Tournament
Everyone looked at Zhao Yulin with a smile on their faces and nodded.
Indeed, the shopkeepers had never heard anyone report that their subordinates were making a loss, and each of them was making a lot of money.
He asked: What is the purpose of our livelihood?
Some say it means making money and living a good life, while others say it means bringing glory to the family.
Only wealth and honor are for the benefit of all people in the world.
Zhao Yulin smiled and nodded to everyone: The words of wealth and honor sound too big and empty, right? Why do we make a living for the people of the world?
He asked: When it comes to making money, how much do you need to be satisfied?
Is ten million strings of cash enough? One hundred million, or one billion? He believed that human desires were endless, and that even if one had one billion, one would still want one hundred billion, one hundred billion, and would never be satisfied.
However, we only spend so much money on food, clothing and sleep, so why do we hold on to 100 million, 1 billion, 100 billion? It will arouse the desire of thieves to rob us when they see that we have money, and compete with each other to see who holds it tighter and hides it better?
Everyone burst into laughter.
Zhao Yulin told everyone: Our family's livelihood is to do legitimate business, abide by the law and regulations, sell genuine goods at fair prices, and ensure quality and quantity, setting an example for people all over the world.
Everyone nodded continuously.
Zhao Guangqing said: Local officials in Guizhou asked us to give up all the good land to grow crops, so we rented those lands to grow tobacco from the beginning. The land is fertile, and drainage and irrigation are convenient, so the tobacco is of the best quality.
Zhao Yulin nodded and told him that the local official had considered everything carefully. The grain production of our New Song Dynasty was still not high and there were still people starving in the world. Jinghu had suffered a severe flood and many fertile fields had been destroyed.
Land suitable for growing grain should be used to grow grain.
He asked: Although tobacco can make money, can it be eaten to fill the stomach?
Everyone laughed and said, "Definitely not."
Ma Linger said to Zhao Guangqing with a smile: Everyone, withdraw. Not only should we withdraw, but we should also help those people to improve their fields and repair the ditches, so that the people who used to grow tobacco can grow crops conveniently.
Guangqing understood and agreed with a nod.
Huo Fenghuang's daughter Zhao Guangfeng was temporarily in charge of Huaxi Village's livelihood. She told him that Huaxi Village had been expanding its business again and again, and now four villages had come in. After a large number of food and entertainment projects were opened, there were still so many visitors, and it was becoming increasingly difficult to make a profit. Please help me think of a solution, Dad.
Zhao Guangfeng was just like her mother, the Fire Phoenix, in character, straightforward and outspoken. She got mad at him directly and reprimanded him on the spot for being a father who didn't care about his children. He didn't even look at her twice when she came in, and he didn't even attend the weddings of his eldest sister and brother, which meant he didn't love them.
As soon as these words were spoken, the children at the back began to express their opinions. They all said that Zhao Yulin seemed to have never given birth to them and rarely showed any concern for them. The younger ones even started crying.
Fairy board, what do you call this? It has become a grievance and criticism meeting.
Zhao Yulin saw that there were so many half-grown children and felt a little ashamed that he had never held them many times.
Shunzhidi saw the children covering their eyes and sobbing beside him. She wanted to blame the kids but was afraid that the scene would be too embarrassing, so she looked around anxiously for help.
It was Ma Linger who had the idea. She told the children not to interrupt and praised Guangfeng for what he said. Then they would ask Dad to use his brain and give some advice, since he usually didn't care about us.
Zhao Yulin looked at Guangfeng and said: As a father, he pays too little attention to them. He will reflect on this first and will make more time to come back and accompany them in the future.
Now the children were happy.
Those shopkeepers who were not members of the Zhao family were even more shocked.
This is the king, the current emperor, who can simply apologize to his own child. He is probably the first emperor in the world to do so.
The sky is big, the earth is big, but parents are the greatest.
They have never admitted their mistakes to their children.
Zhao Yulin continued with a smile: The focus of our business is to teach people how to make a living. How much money we make is secondary. Guangfeng, don't worry.
This time when I entered Huaxi Village, I did feel that there were fewer tourists. First, it was because it was cold and the rural scenery was the most desolate, so few people liked it. Second, we built a lot of food and entertainment projects to divert tourists. In addition, he heard that the villages outside the four gates of Chengdu were learning to make a living here, so tourists from farther away were naturally unwilling to come.
We still charge admission here.
The shopkeepers kept nodding and talking in low voices.
Shunzhidi saw that the children had calmed down and stopped sobbing, so she smiled asked him to come up with some advice quickly, saying that it was useless as everyone knew it.
Ma Linger also said: Yes, yes, yes, give me some advice.
He took a sip of tea and continued: As for ideas, he does have one here that we can try.
When everyone heard that he had an idea to make money, they immediately quieted down and looked at him with wide eyes. Several older children in the front row even quickly picked up their brushes to take notes.
He said: Our method is called building Huaxi Competition Center. What does it mean? It means holding a series of competitions and activities in Huaxi Village.
For example, young people nowadays like to play Landlord, so we can advertise it in the city’s newspapers and hold a Landlord competition in Huaxi Village. Registrants can enter Huaxi for free after paying the registration fee. This will attract people in the city who like Landlord to Huaxi Village.
If we want to expand it a little bit, we can go to Chengdu Prefecture to apply to host the Chengdu Prefecture's Landlord Fighting Competition, with preliminary rounds in prefectures, counties and urban areas. The urban area can also be divided into four urban areas to hold the preliminary rounds first, and then the finals. This way, the selection process will be fair.
In this way, Huaxi Village does not need to use a lot of venues and a lot of time to host this event, which will bring popularity.
When everyone heard this, they realized that this was indeed the truth.
However, Guangfeng had a doubt, so she asked her father: This matter needs the support of the court to become popular. Will Chengdu Prefecture support it? Is Chengdu Prefecture willing to host the Landlord Fighting competition?
She thought it was impossible. This would be a waste of money, and the prefect would definitely not agree. Unless, unless our father issued an imperial decree.
Zhao Yulin laughed when he heard this, and said to his good girl: The ruler of a country cannot order local officials around for his own livelihood. That is called misusing public resources for personal gain and damaging the public interest for personal gain.
He turned around and asked Zhidi with a smile, "How about we play Landlord?"
Shunzhidi was still confused, but Ma Linger woke up. She was born a beggar and had no land, so she knew what Zhao Yulin meant. She smiled and said to Guangfeng: As long as we finish the strategy and send it to the prefect for review, the prefect will definitely agree. Our fight against landlords is to take back all the land in the hands of the landlords and distribute it to the common people.
That's what you mean.
Ma Linger looked at Zhao Yulin seriously.
He nodded, drank tea, and said to everyone: That's what I mean. The court used many methods to take back the land and distribute it to the people. Some people who used to hold the land still have resistance and are dissatisfied, but the people are happy. We must let this strategy take root in the hearts of the people, and the Landlord Competition is the best way to promote it.
Shunzhidi was overjoyed and thought that she could launch a Landlord Fighting competition throughout the New Song Dynasty, which would be equivalent to announcing to the whole world that the land belonged to the court and to everyone in the world.
Zhao Yulin nodded, smiled and said there was no rush, and that he would try it in the four districts of Chengdu first. As long as people from Chengdu participated in the Landlords competition, Huaxi Village would be busy enough.
Zhao Guangfeng was very happy and thanked her father for such a good idea. She had thought it through. She could apply to the Ministry of Rites to hold various competitions in Huaxi, such as pitching pots, go, football, etc. In that case, Huaxi Village would definitely be lively.
Zhao Yulin was very happy and gave his good girl a thumbs up.
At the dinner, he and the children drank and chatted happily. Although Shunzhidi tried to stop him, he still went home drunk. The two women washed him and helped him to bed. Zhao Yulin immediately found something wrong. Why was there another woman lying naked in the bed?
Ma Linger said: "But you are a virgin girl. I have hugged you and touched you. You must take responsibility and plant the seeds before you can leave this door." Then, the two girls left with a secret smile.
Zhao Yulin sighed and took the trembling woman into his arms.
The young girl immediately put her arms around him, pressed him down, and asked nervously: Brother, do you dislike and despise me so much that you are unwilling to give me a child?
He tightened his arms, and the young woman immediately snorted. The old driver used his magic hands to wander over the woman's body, muttering that he didn't dislike her, but didn't know how this would end in the future.
The little girl happily said that she didn't care about anything else, she just wanted a baby. Come on.
Zhao Yulin didn't care about the flood behind him and strode forward.
After daybreak, he was still sleeping soundly.
Ma Linger came in to help him bathe and change clothes, saying that he was taking advantage of others but still refusing to show gratitude and was pretending to be a man.
Zhao Yulin asked her: Just forget it?
What to do in the future?
Ma Linger said with a smile: The girl is not afraid, so why should I be afraid?
As the saying goes, when an enemy comes, we will fight him; when water comes, we will block it with earth; when a car reaches a mountain, there will always be a way out. Ma Linger told Zhao Yulin not to worry about anything and just let her go.
Zhao Yulin was completely speechless. After breakfast, he went to court.
Yang Xingyun happily brought Du Baiyue to see him. He immediately ordered the maid to serve tea and took the two to the small tea room to sit down and talk.
The Baiyue excitedly reported to him: The New First Army wiped out the Zhenla defenders entrenched in Champa and defeated the Zhenla army that besieged the royal palace. The Zhenla Kingdom has pledged its allegiance to us and wants to become our vassal state.
Zhao Yulin told him not to be impatient, and to take a sip of tea and speak slowly:
Yang Xingyun went on to say: The Champa prince admires Chinese culture and has long wanted to join our New Song Dynasty. It is said that the prince and the late eldest son Ma Yuan were good friends. They knew each other and became good friends when Ma Yuan was in Zhanjiang.
When Zhao Yulin heard him mention Ma Yuan, his expression immediately changed.
Yang Xingyun realized that he had gone off topic and quickly said: The King of Zhenla has promised to send troops to help us destroy Pagan. In this way, there will be no more decent .
Du Baiyue immediately nodded, thinking that as long as Zhenla was conquered, pacifying the south would be just around the corner.
The most important thing is that through this southern expedition, the New First Army will train two armies of middle and lower-level officers, so we can quickly expand the Second Army and the Third Army. If we have another new army to fight in the south, the South will simply not find any opponents.
Zhao Yulin smiled and asked him: Since you can't find the opponent, why do you still leave so many troops there?
Baiyue was suddenly speechless.
