amaotonovel Chapter 889 Every gift has a hidden price tag.
Chapter 889 Every gift has a hidden price tag.
Let's assume that 100,000 people are involved in the child trafficking case and the theft of ironware case, with an equal number of men and women.
According to my original calculation, I would take all 100,000 people to Liaodong. Since there are only 50,000 men among them, I would only need to gather 100,000 laborers to fulfill the agreement of double compensation for laborers.
But according to Yang the Madman's calculation, it would be that I could take away 50,000 men, and leave the remaining 50,000 women to Yang the Madman, and then I would compensate him with 100,000 men.
This means that 50,000 female laborers were lost out of thin air.
Hu Weiyong couldn't help but roll his eyes, and said with a forced smile, "Your Highness, I am also educated, and I have studied the multiplication tables and the Nine Chapters on the Mathematical Art."
Yang Shaofeng raised his voice and asked in return, "And then?"
Hu Weiyong snorted coldly and said, "You can't just suffer a loss for nothing, but I can't just suffer a loss in silence either."
After a slight pause, Hu Weiyong added, "Since ancient times, the number of laborers has only been counted in terms of men, but no one has ever included women in the count."
"Either I take all the men and women with me and then compensate you double the number of male laborers."
"Either we split the men and women equally, I'll take half and you'll compensate me with double the number of men I'm taking."
"Either you leave all the female laborers, I'll take half of the men, and I'll compensate you with the same number of men."
Yang Shaofeng's face immediately darkened.
Damn it, I hate these officials in the Ming Dynasty court the most; they're all so shrewd.
Given a total of 100,000 men and women, according to Hu Weiyong's old scoundrel's calculation, the first scenario is that he takes away 100,000 men and then compensates me with 100,000 male laborers, leaving me with only 100,000 male laborers in the end.
According to the second calculation method, he took away 50,000 people and then compensated me with 50,000 male laborers. In the end, I would have 25,000 female laborers and 75,000 male laborers.
As for the third calculation method, it would be that he would take away 50,000 male laborers and then compensate the official with another 50,000 male laborers. In the end, the official would have 50,000 female laborers and 50,000 male laborers.
To be fair, the algorithm proposed by Hu Weiyong was fair.
The problem is that I didn't gain any advantage, so isn't that I suffered a loss?
Yang Shaofeng frowned slightly, his face dark and sour, and said in a low voice, "I'm telling you, Lao Hu, Liaodong is such a cold place, what use are you to so many female laborers?"
Hu Weiyong immediately felt reassured.
Since Yang the Madman wants to take more and more from female laborers, it means that female laborers must have their uses.
Hu Weiyong stroked his beard and smiled, then said in a low voice, "Although I don't know what use the Prince Consort has for the female laborers, it doesn't matter, I can just copy them."
"Even if we can't copy it perfectly, as long as we can copy three or five parts, the situation in Liaodong can be improved by three or five parts."
“Even if there’s not a single thing to steal, I can still give those women to the hardworking laborers.”
"Anyway, we won't lose money."
As Hu Weiyong finished speaking, Yang Shaofeng's face darkened even more.
One reason is Hu Weiyong's attitude of not treating female laborers as human beings.
On the other hand, they were angered by Hu Weiyong's blatant act of copying homework.
"I left the female laborers behind so that they could weave cloth, spin yarn, sew clothes, and do some manual labor within their capabilities."
Yang Shaofeng said with a dark face, "Liaodong is such a desolate place that it's freezing cold. Growing cotton is definitely not going to work there, and weaving and spinning won't be very profitable either. Even if you take all these female laborers over there, it doesn't seem to make any difference."
Hu Weiyong chuckled and said in a low voice with sarcasm, "I say, Grandfather Prince Consort, you can't have all the benefits in this world while I have to suffer a great loss for nothing, can you?"
"but……"
Hu Weiyong changed the subject and said with a smile, "If Your Highness really wants to keep all the female laborers, and I can prepare double the number of male laborers for you, that's not impossible."
Yang Shaofeng's eyes lit up, but he also became secretly wary.
All the female laborers were kept.
Prepare to provide double the number of male laborers.
Hu Weiyong, that old scoundrel, is actually so generous?
As the saying goes, there is no such thing as a free lunch.
All gifts have a price tag attached in secret.
Since that old scoundrel Hu Weiyong dared to promise such great benefits, it means he must have his eye on something more important.
Yang Shaofeng gave a slight snort and asked, "What are the conditions?"
Hu Weiyong stroked his beard and smiled, then said in a low voice, "Give me a copy of the medical school, pharmacy school, engineering school, agricultural school, and so on at Dengzhou University."
"Including when the imperial court plans where to build a university, you, the imperial son-in-law, must stand up and support Liaodong."
"I dare not say that Liaodong should be ahead of Zhili, but at least it should not lag behind the other provincial administrations."
Hu Weiyong lowered his voice again: "As the Prince Consort just said, Liaodong is a terrible place with freezing temperatures and no sufficient doctors and medicine. It's really hard for the people there."
"Moreover, the medical school and pharmacy school of your Dengzhou University are not small in scale. Transferring a few people to Liaodong will not affect the construction of the medical school and pharmacy school in the capital."
"And there's the College of Agriculture."
"Doesn't Your Highness want to see if any new high-yield crops can be cultivated in Liaodong?"
Hu Weiyong's voice was like a devil's whisper, constantly dangling empty promises at Yang Shaofeng.
However, Yang Shaofeng glanced at Hu Weiyong and asked, "Won't this affect the capital? Then may I ask Governor Hu, where do you plan to settle the people from the medical school, pharmacy school, and agricultural school who have gone to Liaodong?"
Hu Weiyong replied without hesitation, "Liaoyang and Shenyang."
"If the Prince Consort could allocate a few more people, I would be willing to give all the palaces from the Jin Dynasty and Hu Yuan's temporary palace to these three academies."
"Including the land needed by the agricultural college."
"I will find them the most fertile land and the most barren land, whether it's drought-stricken or flood-stricken, as long as they say they need it, I will find a way to get it for them."
"Anyway, your good students won't be treated unfairly."
"Even if the two provincial administration commissions that were split off benefit from it in the future, at least I did some things for the people of Liaodong while I was in office."
Ok?
You, Hu Weiyong, still have this kind of awareness?
After considering it for a moment, Yang Shaofeng suddenly said, "It's definitely not going to work if we just dismantle it and send people to Liaodong to set up Liaodong University."
"After all, Dengzhou University is not a large university, and its staff is very tight."
"Now there are even more people eyeing Dengzhou University."
Yang Shaofeng glanced at Zhu Biao and Li Shanchang, then said in a low voice, "But I can promise you that once we have a little more manpower, I will arrange for the various academies to set up branches in Liaodong as soon as possible."
A roundabout way to build the school?
Hu Weiyong pondered this to himself.
also!
First, let's address the issue of whether or not we have it.
The next issue to resolve is whether the school should be called Dengzhou University Liaodong Branch or renamed Liaodong University.