Chapter 167 The end of the Dog Emperor, can the price of food fall? Five times the price of food!!

Wang Wenyan immediately became confident.

It can be seen from this that Zhang Haogu keeps talking about combating and preventing corruption, but in fact he is just talking about it. In the final analysis, he still wants to compete with the Donglin Party for power.

At the critical moment, when making money, Zhang Haogu was not soft at all.

This person is not without weaknesses.

As long as he has a weakness, he will be easy to deal with.

Thinking of this, Wang Wenyan looked up at Chen Fu and said: "Continue to purchase grain, the more the better. It will be winter soon, so we must continue to raise the price of grain."

golden autumn october

Harvest season.

At this moment, both Zhang Haogu and Wang Wenyan began to increase their efforts in acquisitions.

In the entire northern market, the price of food has increased rapidly.

Not only the north, but also the food supply in the south has begun to fluctuate. This year, the Little Ice Age broke out with great force. A flood indeed broke out throughout the south of the Yangtze River, and a lot of land was submerged.

And in September, there was a heavy snowfall.

The grain harvest was not good.

And now, Wang Wenyan and Zhang Haogu were frantically purchasing grain again. In one moment, the price of grain was tripled. Naturally, Wang Wenyan was not idle and began to quickly win over other grain merchants.

, continue to drive up food prices.

The price is naturally higher the higher it is.

Yongding County

"This is sweet potato. Do you want me to plant all the 800,000 acres of sweet potato on this land?"

At this moment, Zhu Youxiao looked at the sweet potato that had been dug out of the ground in front of him, with an expression of disbelief on his face.

"certainly!"

Zhang Haogu smiled and said, "County Magistrate, do you want to try it?"

Zhu Youxiao suddenly became interested: "Come on, come on, give me a try quickly. I have grown something like this in more than a year!"

Chen Jinglun on the side also smiled and said: "County Magistrate, this year's sweet potato planting is not a success. This is the first time it has been planted in the north. It can be harvested once a year. If it is in the south, it can be harvested four times every two years."

Production, often rotate one season of spring potatoes and one season of summer potatoes, and other crops at other times.”

"oh?"

Zhu Youxiao nodded, couldn't help but sniff, and said: "It smells so good!"

The sweet potato had been cut into pieces and mixed with millet porridge. After it was cooked, a faint aroma suddenly hit his face, and Zhu Youxiao immediately licked his lips.

"We also have potatoes, but it's a pity that the corn didn't come here. Otherwise, we can rotate crops!"

Zhang Haogu muttered a few times in his heart.

"The porridge is ready!"

Chen Jinglun on the side smiled and served a bowl of porridge to Zhu Youxiao, and Zhu Youxiao was naturally not polite. He blew a few breaths and started to drink it in small sips: "It's so sweet!"

Zhu Youxiao couldn't help but praise: "It's a good thing!"

“It’s more than just a good thing!”

Zhang Haogu smiled and said: "County Magistrate, look, these are sweet potato leaves, which can be used to feed pigs. People can also eat them, and they can prevent diseases. In addition, we still stop here.

A lot of soybeans and some soybean meal are used for farming, and the effect is excellent!"

"The most important thing is the yield. It's freezing cold this year, but even so, the yield is twenty shi per mu. If there is no disaster, the yield per acre can be thirty shi!"

Zhang Haogu said quickly: "The output of this kind of thing is extremely high!"

Zhu Youxiao couldn't help but use his increasingly proficient mathematical knowledge to start calculating: "The yield per mu is twenty dan. I have 1.5 million acres of land. Three hundred, three thousand... ten thousand, thirty million dan?"

"

One stone of the Ming Dynasty is equal to about 150 kilograms, 4.5 trillion kilograms? 2.25 billion tons?

Zhu Youxiao was shocked.

"County magistrate, there aren't that many!" Zhang Haogu directly interrupted Zhu Youxiao's YY.

2.25 billion tons, which is almost four times the output a few hundred years later.

"Not so much? Didn't it mean that all the 1.5 million acres of land are planted with sweet potatoes?" Zhu Youxiao said slowly.

"Part of the land is planted with sweet potatoes, but most of the land is planted with other crops. County Mayor, even if we want to plant them all, we don't have that many seeds!"

Zhu Youxiao coughed a few times, and then said, "So, what is the harvest this year?"

"If the calculation is correct, it should be around 300,000 dan!" Chen Jinglun on the side gave an answer.

"Is this thing easy to store?" Zhu Youxiao asked again.

"Easy, just dig a cellar!"

Zhang Haogu said with a smile: "I have ordered that cellars be dug in major farms to store sweet potatoes. In addition, if the sweet potatoes are dried, they can be made into dried sweet potatoes, and the storage time will be longer.

, and also grind it into powder and make starch. If the quantity is too large for people to eat, it can also be used to feed livestock..."

Zhu Youxiao suddenly became happy and said with a smile: "If this thing is really planted, it will really be a great achievement!"

Chen Jinglun on the side became excited.

Although he didn't speak, Chen Jinglun also knew that the man sitting in front of him was probably the emperor of the Ming Dynasty, the Dog Emperor Zhu Youxiao.

After all, even a high-ranking person like Zhang Haogu would have to be polite in front of Zhu Youxiao.

His identity is self-evident.

Even the Dog Emperor said that he had made great contributions to the government, so his own benefits must also be indispensable.

And Zhu Youxiao also fell into deep thought. In the past, he didn't do much farming. This was after being led astray by Zhang Haogu. He also knew the farming season very well. Such a high yield and this sweet potato saved his life.

People are afraid that there will be more than millions in the future.

Zhu Youxiao felt that he was so lucky to have met such a wise minister through the ages as Zhang Haogu. If he had not met Zhang Haogu, how could he have gathered so many capable people?

“Save the sweet potatoes first!”

Zhu Youxiao gave the order and asked Chen Jinglun to go down to rest and reward him later.

Later, Zhu Youxiao and Zhang Haogu were alone on the field. Zhu Youxiao asked: "Master, how much is the price of food now?"

Zhang Haogu smiled and said: "We have purchased a lot of grain. Not long ago, Eunuch Wei released news that the emperor is also hoarding grain now because the internal funds have been consumed too much this year and the emperor is also short of money.

We were also counting on the increase in food prices to transfer some money, but now, the price of food is already five times as high as before!"

"This ** businessman really deserves to be killed!" Zhu Youxiao said through gritted teeth.

"Your Majesty, it's time to close the net!"

Zhang Haogu smiled and said: "If this continues, I'm afraid many people will not be able to survive. They still have some food in reserve. However, if the price of food does not drop for a day, this long winter will be a nightmare.

!”

"Okay!" Zhu Youxiao nodded: "Master, let's do the surgery!"

Zhang Haogu laughed: "No problem!"

In fact, as soon as the news came out that Zhu Youxiao was short of money and needed to stockpile grain, Wang Wenyan took action even faster.

The reason is very simple. The Dog Emperor also wants to make money and wants to take advantage of this opportunity to make a lot of money.

The Dog Emperor has come to an end in person. Can he make food prices fall? Definitely not!

The higher the price of food, the more money the Dog Emperor can make.
Chapter completed!