Zhang Feng did not understand.
As a big agricultural country, this matter should be the most important thing. But why was it that when it came to this place, it made these lords so angry?
Moreover, this thing, to put it bluntly, there was a work-study system in the later generations, not to mention the later generations. In the later generations, didn't people from all walks of life have to go back to their villages to work during the autumn planting every year?
What was wrong with this?
Besides, there were almost five thousand people on the mountain, which meant that there were more than five thousand mouths. This did not include the people in the market at the foot of the mountain. If the people in the paper mill, food factory, rubber factory, and so on were counted, there would be a total of six thousand people.
These six thousand people were equivalent to more than six thousand mouths!
The current situation was that even if the Academy was not short of money, it was impossible to buy food with money!
Looking at the whole Tang Dynasty, which family had more food now?
It was not common to rely only on buying food. They had to come up with a long-term plan, which was to grow their own food.
Thinking of this, Zhang Feng looked at them carefully. Seeing that they seemed to have a lot of questions, he smiled and said, "Dear masters, look at the current situation on Mount Xiao. Including the students of the Academy, the handymen, the craftsmen, and the recruited refugees, there are at least six or seven thousand people on Mount Xiao. There are so many mouths waiting for me to eat."
"Even though I have many wonderful ideas and can find money, there is a saying that goes, 'Help the needy, not the poor'. Right now, I can still count on my own business to buy more food, but you can see the current situation. How much food is left for us to buy?"
"It's okay for a few years, but what about next year?"
"What about after the famine year next year? This is not a long-term plan! "
"Besides, even if I can do business now, and the business on the mountain is still okay, but … these things are just small businesses. Do you think that ordinary people really know how to do business?"
"The business skills that I have written, let alone the students, even those who are doing it, I, Old Yu, may not know some of the twists and turns in it, let alone the refugees who rely on the Academy."
"Still the same question, can ordinary people really make money? I don't think so! "
"Relying on one's strength to earn money and relying on the heavens to eat will never lead to success. Moreover, these methods will never be as effective as using one's brain to earn money. For example, my esteemed self, just how many of the people of the Great Tang know how to observe when the Zhuang Family needs fertilizer? When is the right time to irrigate? "
"Just by looking at the appearance of the farmers, can you tell if the farmers lack any fertilizer?"
"No!"
Zhang Feng said with some grief and indignation, "They only know how to follow the natural laws of heaven and earth. When they plant crops, they have to wait until it rains. Then, they have to fertilize the farmers in the field and then remove the weeds. How ridiculous is this?"
"Can the seeds really germinate?"
"Do the Zhuang Family's grain really need some fertilizer? Don't these farmers to say they lack of fertilizer? "
"Do they know all these?"
"I believe, not to mention others, I think most of us here don't know these things!"
The old Xiucai looked at Zhang Feng with shock and said, "Then you said so much, is it because you want everyone on Xiao Mountain to learn to read, not just the children in the Academy?"
"I want to try!"
Zhang Feng nodded heavily and said, "When I opened the Academy, I told you, Old Xiucai, and I also told you, Lao Li, that I don't care how many people I can make literate. I don't have the ability to make all the people in the world learn to read, and I don't have the power to do so. I just feel that I have to give the people I want a better life, that's all!"
The old Xiucai was shocked by Zhang Feng's words and shook his head.
"Feng Zi, your idea is really good, but have you thought about it? These people are refugees and farmers who have no knowledge at all. They … how can they understand this knowledge? Even if you really want to teach them now, have you thought about it? The first thing these people want when they wake up every morning is to go somewhere to earn some money for breakfast. Every day when they go to sleep, they think about how they can bear the burden of a grudge between a penny and a penny today. "
"Moreover, as the saying goes, a gentleman works his mind while a villain works his body. If you only pick a dozen or a hundred people, it may be possible. But if you want to teach everyone on Xiao Mountain …"
"Not to mention you, even Confucius couldn't do it if I wanted to see it!"
Teacher Wen nodded and said, "Young friend Zhang Feng, I can understand your thoughts, but Brother Zihuai is right. Every day, these people think about how to make the farmers in the fields take more and less spoil, and pray that God will pity them. How can they have the time to think so much?"
"I know you want to do the best for the world, but there has to be a limit. It has to be done step by step!"
Immediately, Yu Shinan and the others, including Wei Zheng and the others, nodded and agreed with Li Gang's words.
Looking at everyone's shocking appearance, Zhang Feng suddenly realized that he seemed to be talking to a chicken and a duck.
Thinking of this.
Zhang Feng waved his hand and stopped the crowd, "Stop, I have something to say!"
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