After spring plowing began, the entire Liangzhou was mobilized.

To show the importance he attached to spring plowing, Yang Zheng went to the fields himself.

In the past, it was just a show, but this year it was for real. I personally cultivated twenty acres with Liu Heng and others, but I felt even more tired than going into battle to kill the enemy.

This is only twenty acres, and the common people and farm slaves have to work even harder, having to cultivate more than one hundred acres.

However, there is no shortage of cattle, horses, and camels in Liangzhou, and the Quyuan plow is put into use, and the whole family can bear it.

People in this era are generally very diligent. As long as they can live and eat, they will never feel hard.

Lazy people will starve to death long ago.

Under Yang Zheng's leadership, officials from all over the country and the children of the Qingying camp all came out to farm.

Ten thousand words of exhortation to farmers are worth less than one visit to the fields.

This is what the people value.

"Junhou, the composting method proposed by Suo Sicheng was tried last year. One acre of land can increase grain production by 20 to 30%." Even when farming, various official duties are not slack, and they are handled in the fields.

Yang Zheng didn't mind, and other officials had long been used to it.

Only by being properly grounded can the government not become a castle in the air.

"Suo Jing is really a great talent." Yang Zheng sincerely praised him.

The discovery of composting was a complete accident.

Last year, livestock manure was piled up in the concentrated pastoral area in Suojing. When it was transported away two or three months later, it was found that the fertilizer had fermented and was spread into the farmland. Unexpectedly, I received an unexpected surprise. The crops grew exceptionally strong.

The ability of future generations to produce thousands of pounds per mu is inseparable from various chemical fertilizers.

In this era, the yield of top-quality fields is three shi per mu, which is about 260 kilograms, and the yield increases by 20 to 30%, which is almost one more shi per mu of land!

This is a very big progress.

Moreover, this natural fertilizer does not cause any pollution.

The art of ruling a country is to strengthen the army and have enough food. The Qin people controlled the world with fast farming, and the military filial piety established the western regions with farming.

Solving people's food problem is actually solving the world.

"My subordinates suggest raising the price of grain this year!" Pang Qing, who had always been standing behind him with a small book to copy and write, suddenly remonstrated.

"Oh? Tell me why?" Yang Zheng was a little surprised.

According to common practice, the government should stabilize food prices.

Now that the war is imminent, some wealthy households and powerful people have begun to stockpile grain.

Isn’t the current increase in food prices helping them?

Pang Qing took out his small book and flipped through a few pages. It showed that he had been preparing for a long time. "This year's Tuntian Division estimates that the grain production will be 7 million shi, which is enough to cope with our army's war this year. If the price of grain is raised, merchants will make profits. In Shuzhong

, Food from the Western Regions and the Central Plains will enter Liangzhou in large quantities. This is to use the food from the world for my own use. This is a strategy to exhaust the Central Plains."

There is no business that cannot be done, there are only prices that cannot be negotiated.

As the powerful people in Guanzhong increased their demand for luxury goods, they continued to sell food abroad.

They have land, land and people, but the government has no control over them.

"Go on." Yang Zheng nodded. There is a lot of gold, silver, money, and silk in the treasury now. It's better to just keep it there. Why not exchange it for food.

At present, Liangzhou's economy is relatively healthy, and there is no shortage of money to guard the Hexi Corridor.

"Secondly, in recent years, large quantities of silk, silk, and tea have been purchased from central Sichuan. The country of Shu is powerful, and the people have mostly changed their grain to mulberry and tea. There is not much food. Now that the price of food has been raised, merchants are seeking profits, so they will naturally sell the grain stored in central Shu.

Then Shu will become weaker."

Liangzhou purchased grain at a high price, and the powerful men of Shu had no reason not to sell it.

They have lived a good life these years.

Liangzhou exempted and exempted some of their business taxes, causing Shu to gradually become economically dependent on Liangzhou. Without Liangzhou, Shu's various commodities would not be able to be sent out.

This is a fatal blow to a small country.

Right now, a war is about to break out on three sides of the Qinling Mountains.

Food is an important strategic support, but gold, silver, money and silk are not.

This is almost an economic war.

Quietly hollowing out the Kingdom of Shu.

"Behind several merchants in Hanzhong are actually Shu army leaders." Pang Qing flipped through a few pages of the notebook, revealing a long list of names.

Yang Zheng looked at these familiar names and couldn't help but shake his head.

In the late Ming Dynasty in history, when the country was about to be destroyed and the family was about to be destroyed, Shanxi merchants were still frantically delivering various supplies to Hou Jin. As a result, the guns of the Hou Jin army were stronger than those of the Ming Dynasty, their armor was stronger than that of the Ming army, and their swords were sharper than those of the Ming army.

…

As long as the benefits are sufficient, there will never be a shortage of people pursuing benefits.

Yang Zheng sighed. Although this method was a bit unclear, flies don't bite perfect eggs. If the Shu Kingdom was politically clear, there would be no such flaw.

[To be honest, I have been using Yeguo to read and catch up on books recently. I can switch sources and read aloud with many sounds. www. Android and Apple are available.]

In fact, the place in the world that can best utilize the power of merchants is Liangzhou.

Sitting in the Hexi Corridor, I deal with various businessmen every day.

In this era, which businessman does not have the support of power behind him?

Merchants are not to be feared. What is to be feared is that there is no capital to limit barbaric growth.

Yang Zheng, as a later generation, knows the power of it best.

The logic behind the operation of the country is the economy, and the power of merchants, or capital, is pervasive.

It is not unreasonable for Chinese dynasties to restrict merchants.

"The money is all used. From today on, you, Su Hong, and Gongsun Fu are the only ones involved in this matter." Yang Zheng nodded in agreement.

If we can solve it with money and save the lives of soldiers, why not do it?

Soon, news spread like wildfire that Liangzhou had raised the price of grain purchases by 30%.

The government raised the price by 30%, and the private sector added fuel to the flames. Powerful and wealthy households vigorously stocked up on grains. The common people also anticipated something, and tightened their grip on their grain bags. The price of grains increased to 60%, rising almost every day, and it only took half a month.

Double.

Businessmen have always had good ears and eyes.

Shuzhong and the Central Plains soon received the news, and food poured into Liangzhou like a tide.

But Liangzhou seemed to never be able to fill up the supply. It ate as much as it came, and the price continued to rise, quickly doubling.

There is basically no food to sell on the market, and every household is hoarding food.

Du Yu couldn't sit still, "The price of food is so high that it may trigger a civil uprising."

Yang Zheng shook his head, "There are three categories of slaves in Liangzhou, those who are waiting to return and those who govern the people. Can ordinary people afford food? There is a grain and forage department in Liangzhou, which can lower the price of food at any time. Yuan Kai does not need to panic!"

The knife is the last valve in Yang Zheng's hand, he can close it whenever he wants.

Food is allowed in but not out. Merchants can transport it in but cannot transport it out.

The only problem is that the treasury doesn't have enough money.

A lot of military rations shipped to Hanzhong from the Shu Kingdom were accidentally sold to Longxi.

Due to the transportation restrictions of this era, it is impossible for grain from Sichuan to enter Liangzhou on a large scale, but it is not bad to enter on a small scale.

The Rice Cang Road and Chencang City in the Qinling Mountains were originally built in the Qin Dynasty to transport grain from Shu.

Since Qin was able to transport grain from Shu, it will naturally be easier now, more than five hundred years later.

As long as the price is in place, someone will naturally do the business.

In just two months, Liangzhou's savings were exhausted.
Chapter completed!