Because of the drought, Yuan Shao's visit to Xiangyang was in vain. The only advantage was that he solved the problem of outsourcing grain.
The fourth generation of the Yuan family and the three princes, the imperial court had connections all over the world. Even in a barbaric place like Jingzhou, there were a large number of powerful nobles who were related to Yuan Shao, or in other words, they wanted to have a relationship with Yuan Shao.
They also want to sell the grain in their hands. Liu Bei has cultivated tens of millions of acres of land in Nanjun over the years because he learned Xu Wei's planting techniques. The climate in Nanjun is much stronger than that in Bingzhou, and Bingzhou can only do it for two years.
Three seasons. But this Nanjun can achieve two harvests a year. Coupled with the popularization of soil fertilizers and struvite, and the construction of water conservancy projects, Jingzhou's food has exploded two or three times in recent years! If it weren't for Liu Bei's
For several years, they have been recruiting refugees to Nan County and consuming a lot of food. I am afraid that the price of food in Jingzhou will drop to the floor price of 100 yuan at this time.
However, no matter how low the price of grain was, Liu Bei actually did not allow them to sell grain out of Jingzhou. Anyone who violated this prohibition had their homes confiscated by Liu Bei. The local powerful could only drool at the price of grain in the Central Plains, which was 300 qian per stone.
Now that there is a big order from Yuan Shao, the local powerful people in Jingzhou are naturally overjoyed. As long as they transport the grain to Yuzhou and change hands, they can triple the price. Such a deal is too rare.
So Yuan Shao purchased 1 million shi of grain at a low price in Jingzhou and placed an order for 2 million shi. Then he had to return to Luoyang City. After all, the drought affected an extremely wide area and he needed to return to Luoyang City to take charge of the overall situation.
But before leaving Jingzhou, Yuan Shao had to sigh: "No, he still has some skills. The entire Central Plains is short of food, and he can actually control the price of food in Jingzhou to around 100 yuan. This is already the food price in the Han Dynasty's most prosperous period."
Value. The farming system still has some uses, and we still have to learn a thing or two in Sili!"
But Xu You said awkwardly: "You have forgotten that there is no wasteland in the Central Plains. Where can we find land for cultivation? But Liu Bei has Jingzhou and Yangzhou, and there is a large area of wasteland south of the Yangtze River for him to cultivate!"
Although the population of the Central Plains has been reduced by half compared to before the Yellow Turban Uprising, the land is more concentrated in the hands of powerful gentry from powerful families. It can be said that ordinary people without family protection cannot have land at all! They can only escape to Hebei or Jiangnan! So Yuan Shao simply cannot
There are no conditions for settlement!
Regarding this situation, Yuan Shao could only sigh. The wealthy gentry and powerful gentry were the foundation of his rule. It was impossible for him to destroy his foundation and learn from Liu Bei.
But if you can't control the land, you can't control the food. Just like this drought, although the food production in the Central Plains has been reduced, it is not a total harvest. With the current population situation in the Central Plains, it is impossible for the food to skyrocket. However, the noble families in the entire Central Plains have
They are driving up the price of food, and the price of food has naturally risen to the sky. Yuan Shao is helpless about such things, and even the elders of the Yuan family are doing such things! He can only find ways to purchase food from other places to stabilize it.
Grain prices in the Central Plains.
The words are divided into two parts!
Liu Bei was also very busy at this time. Since he had decided to attack Yizhou after the autumn harvest, his army had to start preparing now, and food had to be transported. Yizhou's intelligence had to be probed, and he had to find a way to contain Liu Zhang and let him
Liu Zhang did not put down the rebellion in Yizhou in a short time.
It can be said that all the preparation work is extremely arduous, but the time left for Liu Bei is not too much, only two months!
Officials throughout the court were preparing for the war in two months.
But just when Liu Bei was so busy, Yang Biao and Zhang Wen found Liu Bei.
"Xuande, there is another matter that you need to find a way to deal with! Many nobles from the three states of Hebei came to Jingzhou with the imperial court, but they lost their land and property. It can be said that they have nothing. Can the imperial court find a way to settle them?
Give them a break, after all, these are our loyal loyal men, if we don’t place them properly, I am afraid that the gentry and wealthy families in other parts of the world will be disappointed and think that the court has treated our loyal and loyal people badly!"
Liu Bei's face turned cold and he said, "What do they want?"
Liu Bei had a bad impression of them. When he pacified the Yellow Turban Army in Jizhou, he spent 30% of his energy on the Yellow Turban Army and 70% on them. There were many powerful nobles who fled to the south, but many of them belonged to Liu Bei.
Enemies, Liu Bei will naturally not have a good impression of them.
Zhang Wen naturally knows this, but after all, they are his own people, and the court really doesn't care about them!
So Zhang Wen said: "The imperial court is not recovering Yangzhou. Now Yangzhou lacks a large number of officials, should we let them go to Yangzhou to serve as officials?"
Originally, a barbaric place like Yangzhou was looked down upon by Jizhou's aristocrats, but now that their families are in decline, these people want to start a family in Yangzhou, which is better than drifting south in Xiangyang!
But Liu Bei said: "Except for Jiujiang County and Lujiang County, all other places are controlled by imperial officials. People from Hebei are inserted in. What about the previous officials? When Yuan Shu attacked Yangzhou, they were still doing things for the Han loyally. We
If you do this now, you are still treating your loyal ministers badly!"
Obviously this is not a good idea. Except for the 2,000-ton high-ranking officials in Yangzhou, the other officials are local noble families in Yangzhou. The powerful gentry controls these places and wants to put the wealthy noble families from Hebei there. The whole of Yangzhou will be in turmoil like Yizhou.
The noble families in Yangzhou are all locals. They have already established a stable relationship. If the Hebei people come in, the Hebei people will definitely rely on their power to seize the people's land, manors, shops, mines and other resources! After all, their foundations in Hebei have been taken over.
The Thunder King has been eradicated. Now we can only find a way to re-establish the foundation in Yangzhou.
But Liu Bei knew that the imperial court was letting a group of evil dragons go to Yangzhou!
Zhang Wen said helplessly: "They followed the imperial court for thousands of miles before arriving in Xiangyang. There is no doubt about their loyalty to the imperial court. The imperial court cannot let them continue to gather and wander around Xiangyang. The imperial court must find ways to help them solve some problems in life.
Problem, otherwise the big man will definitely lose the support of the people."
Liu Bei thought for a while and said: "You can have enough food and clothing by yourself. The south of the Yangtze River is no better than the Central Plains. Wastelands and swamps are everywhere. There is no shortage of land here. As long as you have the ability to develop hundreds of thousands of acres, the imperial court will not restrict it, but will also help them solve it."
Practical difficulties. Over the past few years, more than one billion dollars have been invested in the Confederate army's reclamation, and the current results have been achieved. If the wealthy nobles in Hebei are willing to go to Changsha County to colonize, they are most welcome. If they have any questions, they will find a way to help.
They solve it!”
"And the land they cultivated just solved their family business problem. As long as the land is there, their family will not decline. This is a good thing for the court and them!"