Chapter 214 Tian Feng's Thoughts
But no matter how much the system doesn't understand, it can't change this fact.
Because of Liu Xie's position as the emperor of the Han Dynasty and Qiao Yan's stance of clearing the court of corrupt officials, the built-in program determined that he was Qiao Yan's "lord".
He went from being a puppet emperor supported by Dong Zhuo to a woodcutter living a free life today.
Who can say that this is not a way out of trouble?
As for whether he was under Qiao Yan's control and was being prepared by her, that was another question.
After all, as the supervisor of the woodcutter's family, he has no position, so he cannot be considered as Qiao Yan's subordinate.
If we look into his origins in detail, he cannot even be considered a native of Bingzhou, so it is fine to just consider him as someone who happened to migrate to Yizhou.
For Liu Xie, his current situation is much better than his previous situation where he had no choice but to issue imperial edicts one after another.
This is certainly the effort of the "strategist"!
It should be considered a contribution to her.
Qiao Yan felt justified in this.
She even asked the system a question at this time: "If I successfully welcome Liu Yu to become the emperor, should I also be able to calculate the counselor points?"
If the truth were revealed, Qiao Yan should have asked whether there were any corresponding achievements.
What is the ultimate goal of a counselor? It is nothing more than to promote the lord he supports from a local vassal to the position of emperor.
If it cannot even achieve this goal, I am afraid this system cannot be considered a qualified counselor system.
If Dong Zhuo had not existed, she should have been able to accomplish this feat as early as when Liu Xie ascended the throne.
Fortunately, it’s not too late to come to Liu Yu now.
Holding the name of the righteousness of the Han Dynasty in one's own hands is not only a necessity for the struggle for power in troubled times, but also a targeted measure proposed by Qiao Yan in accordance with the setting of this counselor system.
The system has judged her camp as a question mark, but if people all over the world were to tell her, she is still a staunch and loyal subject of the Han Dynasty.
It was just a change from supporting Liu Xie to supporting Liu Yu.
The system wanted to complain about the authenticity of this flattery of the emperor, but even Liu Xie's case was counted as the operation of the counselor, so Liu Yu's case should obviously be counted even more. It could only reply: [Okay, but Liu Yu must agree to take over first. 】
Qiao Yan replied: "You are wrong. Whether Liu Yutong agrees or not is not the point. The current situation requires him to become the emperor at this time, and the people need him to succeed him. He can only sit in this position."
If Liu Yu had the same personality as Yuan Shao, he might still refuse.
In other words, if Qiao Yan's suggestion to support Liu Yu to become the emperor had not occurred when Liu Xie was missing and had the support of Lu Zhi, Huangfu Song, Huang Wan, Wang Yun, Xun Shuang and others, Liu Yu might have rejected Yuan Shao's intention to support him as the emperor, as he did in history.
But at this time, his relatively mild character encountered the orthodoxy and strength of the Chang'an court, and he could only be pushed to the position of emperor.
At most, it was just because of the war situation in Youzhou that there were some delays.
The system muttered: [Okay, but why are you asking this now? 】
At a time when the counselor's points value has undergone such an alarming change, it is really too arrogant to covet another income.
In response to the system's question, Qiao Yan clicked on the attribute points on the transparent light screen in front of him.
The system then realized that she had already allocated the attributes during the discussion just now.
But after seeing the results of her assignment, the system froze for a moment.
At this moment, the system panel showed:
[Physique: 100 (100), Force: 100 (100), Intelligence: 96 (100), Luck: 101 (?)]
[Remaining points available for allocation: 0]
[Skills: History lv10, Eloquence lv9, Incitement lv10, Cultural Relics Appraisal lv4, Archery lv12, Horseback Riding lv11, Painting lv3, Calligraphy lv7, Field Archaeology lv5, Ancient Coins lv9, ...]
[Remaining allocable skill points: 9]
To be honest, the fact that she could complete the maximum value of attributes at such a speed was something that the system did not expect.
Even without the existence of a control group such as the previous host, it is not difficult for the system to judge that from the seven years of Guanghe when traveling here to the three years of Guangxi now, it is extremely rare to have a full value in the more than seven years.
The achievement that was judged as assist by the system was obviously not something that she could get just by appearing in the team.
It can only be settled when her contribution value reaches a certain ranking standard.
But she not only achieved these achievements, but also got two attributes with full values. For a system whose goal is to train the best counselor in the world, this is something that should make it overjoyed.
Although this is true, the system looked at the panel for a long time and couldn't help but ask a question: [Why don't you max out your intelligence? 】
The system can understand Qiao Yan’s choice.
The superposition of intelligence values between 80 and 100 makes her more capable of thinking logically and looking at problems from multiple angles, and she also tends to be more mentally focused in judging things, so the gap between 96 and 100 is actually not that big.
Instead of changing the intelligence value a little, it would be better to add a few more points to the luck, and see if the upper limit marked with a question mark is not just 100, but a higher value.
But this point, apart from the fact that she stubbornly kept her combat power value above her intelligence value, made the system very helpless, and it couldn't help but ask another question: [Don't you have obsessive-compulsive disorder? 】
She actually likes this guy with an intelligence value of 96 and a luck value of 101.
Qiao Yan replied: "That's why I want to ask Liu Yu's question."
She also wanted to gain some attribute points.
What a simple truth.
The poor newbie system feels that it can't handle the host's tricks, so it might as well just lie down.
However, compared to the spy Tian Feng, the system, which naturally took the right stance from the beginning, is much happier.
The September issue of Leping Monthly shattered Tian Feng's cognition.
The yield of my own land is still at the level of 3 shi per mu, while the yield of other people's land has tripled.
Although Tian Feng found out after inquiring that the farmland in Bingzhou had a small amount of added value due to the benefits given to the population flowing into the state, in reality it was not as much as three times, it was enough to make him feel uneasy.
The wise governor of other provinces is the one who turned Cai Yong's kingfisher poem from an ideal into reality, while my own lord is a typical negative example of teaching academic calculations in other people's monthly reports.
Tian Feng was not a person who "hated the poor and loved the rich". Since he had chosen Yuan Shao as the person to whom he would be loyal, he had no intention of changing allegiance because of these unclear issues. He was just very worried about the future of Jizhou.
They really should have put Bingzhou on the list of key observation targets earlier.
However, Bingzhou was severely invaded by the barbarians in its early years, which has formed a deep-rooted impression among them.
Even in the first two years, Qiao Yan was still able to provide military rations to aid the allied forces. In their view, it was only because her power was formed earlier and she had already won the title of governor long ago.
Her move of sending troops to Liangzhou made people think that no matter how much surplus food Bingzhou had, it would inevitably be dragged into this war and consumed.
If I have to say something, because of Emperor Ling of Han's usual unreliable behavior, Qiao Yan was more or less misunderstood by outsiders because of his reliance on him.
Fortunately...
Fortunately, Guanzhong has not been stabilized yet, and the fighting in Youzhou has not been resolved. As her territory expands, her neighbors are also increasing. It is impossible for her to immediately harass Jizhou and capture Liu Bian, who is still called the King of Hongnong rather than the emperor.
The Taihang Mountains are not only a protective barrier for Bingzhou, but also a barrier for Jizhou in another sense.
When Tian Feng thought of this, he felt a little relieved from his tormented mood.
It’s not too late for them to work hard now!
Of course, it was impossible for him to go back to Jizhou directly. He just said something like "It's bad, the per-acre yield on the other side is three times that of ours", but he didn't know how it was achieved.
Instead, he made up his mind to find out the secret of farming here!
He chatted with the local farmers as a traveling merchant who was surprised by the development of Bingzhou.
The farmer seemed to be alert as well and only told him some methods of planting seeds in the fields.
When asked how they still had extra labor, even though Tian Feng's way of asking questions was very clever, he just said that if they settled in Bingzhou, they would naturally know.
Tian Feng did come here with a fake identity, but he had never planned to settle down here with the fake identity, so how could he settle down in Bingzhou?
Knowing that this route was not feasible, Tian Feng decided to go towards Taiyuan.
Unfortunately, he came here when Bingzhou had already completed the autumn harvest, so he was unable to see most of the farm tools appear in the fields.
But based on his experience, he thought that as long as there were farm tools used by so many people, there should be people selling them.
However, when he arrived in Taiyuan County, he learned that agricultural tools from all over the country were sold uniformly by the provincial government, and that he could buy them at a low price with a Bingzhou household registration.
The same is true for various agricultural fertilizers and other tools.
For the Bingzhou people who are engaged in farming, spending less money and having to bring proof of household registration is not a hassle at all. Instead, it is a means to strengthen their sense of pride as Bingzhou citizens.
To the extent that under such circumstances, shops that originally sold farm tools have turned to developing other woodworking businesses.
As long as most people have enough food to eat, this career change is not an impossible move.
Tian Feng intuitively felt that Qiao Yan's action was intended to prevent the farming methods here from being easily purchased by outsiders.
If Qiao Yan were to explain it, there was of course another reason, which was to provide a number of jobs.
Making farm tools, especially producing the curved beam and plowshare of a curved plow, which are not large items but require fine craftsmanship, is a good job for people who do not have enough strength to farm for a long time.
These processing plants generally have production departments that can also be invested in the production of other things when needed.
But no matter what the reason was, Tian Feng was going to face some troubles at this time.
He also discovered that the Leping Monthly Report was not unique to officials under the Bingzhou governor like Chang Lin.
For example, monthly newspapers are sold in bookstores in the city.
Although the price of the monthly report was similar to that of ordinary books, it was definitely not cost-effective considering the amount of paper used. However, during the short time he stayed in front of the bookstore, there were still many literate people rushing to buy it.
Tian Feng saw this and after buying a copy he talked about the matter with the owner of the bookstore.
After he explained that he was just a passing merchant who was curious about this item, he asked why this item could be sold at this price and was so popular.
The bookstore owner explained to him, "There is a reason for buying it that you may not expect. These monthly reports are copied by students from Leping Academy. According to the Lord, it is hoped that they can remember the knowledge taught above while copying. But what do you think Leping Academy is?"
Tian Feng complained in his heart, this is the place where Zheng Xuan was abducted from Qingzhou.
However, the boss in front of him obviously didn't want to talk about this, but continued: "Most of the talents who come out of the academy will serve the emperor, and there is no guarantee that they will not become ministers or scholars in the court one day. If Mr. Cai Bojie's early handwritten letters were to be leaked, would you buy them?"
“…”
Tian Feng was stunned for a moment. It seemed that he would actually give an answer of "yes to buy" to this question that he had never thought about before.
But this kind of marketing method was something he had never seen before.
"Besides, the information compiled in this monthly report is also worth collecting. Who can say that this is not a kind of history book?"
The bookstore owner saw that Tian Feng was distracted again after hearing what he said, so he asked, "By the way, I have a set of bound volumes that were published two years ago. Since you are from another place, would you like to buy one and have a look?"
Combined volume?
Tian Feng's eyes lit up and he took out the money without hesitation.
In order to fully understand the development of Bingzhou in the past few years, he must understand everything clearly.
Even after he got the things, the bookstore owner mentioned that he had asked someone to copy these bound volumes for the purpose of increasing sales, and that they did not have much collection value, but Tian Feng did not feel unhappy about it.
But he soon found that he was too happy too early!
Although the bound volumes of Leping Monthly contain diverse information, there is not much content that can reveal the fundamental reasons for Bingzhou's strong agricultural and military power.
It is more like some supplementary information given after assuming that readers know the basic farming process in Bingzhou.
Apart from the medical content which Tian Feng believed was worth sending back to Jizhou for use, the other content was far from being systematic.
Tian Feng looked at the stack of bound book pages in front of him and couldn't help falling into deep thought.
He had to think about his next move.
In this situation, one of his options was to steal a batch of farm tools and fertilizers and smuggle them back over the Taihang Mountains.
But this method carries the risk of being discovered.
If he was really caught, I am afraid that the next issue of Leping Monthly's gossip section would say - Jizhou's Tian Feng tried to steal Bingzhou's farming method but failed and was arrested.
Then naturally they put the blame on Yuan Shao.
With the dissemination capacity of this monthly report, he had no doubt that within a very short period of time, it would be able to arouse a sense of solidarity within Bingzhou in order to protect the farming methods.
So he probably can't do that.
In addition, instead of stealing farm tools and fertilizers, Tian Feng actually wanted to sneak into the place where fertilizers were produced so that he could get his hands on the composition of the fertilizers, which the people in the state knew nothing about.
But unfortunately, recruitment there also requires a Bingzhou household registration, and in order to prevent the formula from spreading, confidentiality is much more stringent.
It seems that it is impossible to take a single step in Bingzhou without a household registration, and you can only watch others enjoy such welfare benefits.
After careful consideration, Tian Feng was forced to make a decision.
"Tian Feng" is from Julu, Jizhou, so there seems to be no problem for "Yuan Feng" to become a resident of Bingzhou!
Since we are all here to investigate, we should at least be more professional.
Just settle down!
If Qiao Yan knew that Yuan Shao's advisers made such a decision a few days after arriving in Bingzhou, he would probably praise them.
Those who settled in Bingzhou were Qiao Yan's people. It was not a place where people could come and go as they pleased.
Tian Feng was just dreaming too much.
However, what she is concerned about now is not this matter, but Princess Yang An in front of her.
For today's aristocratic women, silk and brocade are the main clothing fabrics.
But today, Princess Yang'an was wearing a dress made of cotton cloth woven with cotton thread.
The cotton is covered with a layer of silk tulle.
The weather in October was already a bit chilly, but cotton was much warmer than silk, so she didn't need to wear a cloak over her clothes.
Qiao Yan looked at her attire for a long time, and finally returned to her face which looked younger than it was two years ago, and said, "I would like to trouble the Princess to do me a favor. Please go to Yecheng and visit your eldest son."
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