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Returning to Wujiyuan, Zhao Ran was summoned by Song Zhiyuan to meet in the prison house. Song Zhiyuan handed Zhao Ran a letter. Zhao Ran saw it and saw it was written by Zhang Yunzhao, the prison guard of Xizhenwu Palace, specifically addressed to Song Zhiyuan and Zhao Ran.
A secret letter between the two. The letter stated that he had applied to Xuanyuan Guanyuan Li Yunhe for the allocation of 3,000 shi of grain. At the same time, through personal relationships, he purchased 2,000 shi of grain from Hubei. A total of 5,000 shi of grain would be sent northward from Fujiang.
The grain ship is unloading at Jiangyou. Please ask Guyang County to organize laborers to go and be ready to receive the grain.
Zhang Yunzhao said in the letter that he is still thinking of ways to continue purchasing grain, but for now, I am afraid that Guyang County can only rely on these grains to stabilize grain prices before October. He knows that this task is very difficult, but he hopes that Guyang County
The top and bottom work together to overcome the difficulties.
Five thousand shi of grain sounds like a lot, but Guyang County is a Shang County, and a large area has been affected by disasters. Nearly 30,000 farmers have to share 5,000 shi of grain. Even if they save on food, they may not be able to survive the New Year. Therefore.
Song Zhiyuan felt very disappointed and said to Zhao Ran: "It seems that Zhang Jianyuan has tried his best. You and I can't expect more. And you also read what was said in the letter. Although it is five thousand dan, the first batch of food must be at the earliest."
It will take five days to arrive, and there are only 1,000 dan. The remaining 4,000 dan will have to wait for more than ten days to be transported to Jiangyou. As a result, I am afraid that this year’s famine will be difficult..."
There was indeed a shortage of food. No wonder Song Zhiyuan was a little discouraged. Looking at the tone and demeanor of Song Zhiyuan's words, Zhao Ran felt something was wrong. Sure enough, Song Zhiyuan sighed and said to Zhao Ran: "Why don't you temporarily slow down the loan of your charity money?"
Should I come forward and reconvene all the big households in the county and ask them to open warehouses to sell grain?"
If Zhang Yunzhao, the Supervisor of the Xizhenwu Palace, was the main backstage for Zhao Ran's intervention in Qingmiao's money reform, then Song Zhiyuan, the Supervisor of the Wuji Palace, was Zhao Ran's biggest backer in Guyang County. If Song Zhiyuan even backed down, it would undoubtedly be a disservice to Zhao Ran.
It was an extremely serious blow. Zhao Ran immediately said: "Supervisory Court, this proposal is absolutely unacceptable!"
Song Zhiyuan hesitated and said: "I know that you have spent a lot of money on the charity fund... What do you think of this? The hospital will make up half of the shortfall for you?"
"This is not a question of money! No matter how much I lose in charity money, I don't care at all. But if I back down now, Guyang County will no longer have the possibility of reforming Qingmiao Money within ten years. Not only Qingmiao Money, but also whatever happens in the future.
When facing this group of evil gentry, the Taoist Yuan and the county government will lose the confidence to suppress them, and the entire Guyang County will let them do whatever they want! This is the true meaning of 'reform is like sailing against the current, if you don't advance, you will retreat'!"
"Reform is like sailing against the current. If you don't advance, you will retreat..." Song Zhiyuan was somewhat moved when he heard this.
Zhao Ran continued to encourage Song Zhiyuan and said: "Furthermore, this matter was promoted by Zhang Supervisor Yuan. How much expectation does Zhang Supervisor Yuan place on Guyang County? If you, Supervisor Yuan, back down at this moment, in Zhang Supervisor Yuan's heart,
What impact will it have? The prison must think twice!"
Song Zhiyuan pondered for a moment and sighed: "I was wrong...but how can we overcome the current difficulties? The price of rice reached one hundred and twenty cents per bucket yesterday, and people in the county are panicked. I'm afraid something will be unstable."
Wan got up and walked around the room for a few times, and said fiercely: "If I had known today, I should have agreed with your suggestion and used thunderbolt means to kill these dogs before they were properly dealt with! They are hoarding, hum, although the court does not do this
It’s not legal, but according to the old rules of this dynasty, it’s okay to kill a few of them severely!”
Zhao Ran frowned and said: "Although Mr. Kong is in the same position as us, it would be difficult for him to come forward and punish him severely. I went to the county government to discuss this matter, and Mr. Kong only agreed to pick out
Several families cooked soft-footed shrimps. After thinking about it further, they refused to agree. I also talked to Jin County Lieutenant, and he was even worse than Kong County Lord. After all, I only picked one family out and prepared to weave.
There are some charges. But it’s no wonder that since ancient times, officials and gentry have been united. It’s not easy for us to bring the county government over. We shouldn’t have too high expectations.”
In fact, Zhao Ran really wanted to mobilize the Daomen Fangtang inspection team to frame these stubborn evil gentry one by one and conduct direct inspections in the name of promoting evil religions. But this idea can only be thought of. If he really wants to do this, it will be equivalent to breaking the law.
The Taoist sect and the imperial court each perform their own duties and rule the world. Once this trend breaks out, the subsequent impact will be extremely bad and will inevitably shake the country. Therefore, whether it is Zhao Ran, Song Zhiyuan, or even higher-level officials such as Zhang Yunzhao and Li Yunhe,
None of the characters would ever choose this path.
Seeing Song Zhiyuan slapping his forehead hard, his anxiety evident, Zhao Ran couldn't hold back any longer, and simply revealed all his coping methods: "Don't worry too much about the prison, I already have a coping method.
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"Oh? Tell me about it?"
"The soaring price of food is not because there is no food to sell, but because large households are hoarding it and reducing sales in food stores. Coupled with this year's severe drought, people are panicking and competing to buy, causing food prices to rise again. And food prices are soaring
, stimulates the desire of big households to continue hoarding, thereby further reducing grain sales. In this way, a vicious circle is formed. I think the key lies in the people's hearts, the common people's heart is worried about the lack of food, and the big households' heart is in the expectation of food prices.
Higher. If you want to stabilize food prices, you must start with people's hearts. First, make the people believe that our Guyang County has enough food and can buy it at any time. There is no need to rush to buy at this time; second, make the big households believe that they are hoarding so much food.
There is no big use in eating more food. Not only is it useless, but it will also lead to death."
After sorting out his thoughts, Zhao Ran continued: "To calm people's hearts, the key is to let everyone see with their own eyes that a steady stream of food is being transported into Guyang. As long as the people believe that there is enough food, they will naturally stop buying it at high prices.
The determination of big households to hoard will be shaken."
Song Zhiyuan said doubtfully: "But we only have five thousand shi of food at most..."
Zhao Ran said categorically: "No one knows that we only have five thousand shi of food!"
"You mean..."
"Food comes in during the day, food comes out at night!"
"Others can tell the reality of the granary at a glance."
"The top is food, the bottom is soil, and the fish's eyes are mixed with pearls!"
Song Zhiyuan thought carefully for a moment, and gradually his worries turned into joy: "This plan is very clever, it seems feasible!"
Zhao Ran curled his lips, this is an old routine, specially prepared for time travellers, if you come here a few more times, you are sure to get help.
Having found a way, Song Zhiyuan immediately urged Zhao Ran to do it, and at the same time repaired the Shuxi Zhenwu Palace, and asked Zhang Supervisor to cooperate and never leak the amount of food. He also reminded Zhao Ran that he must choose a trustworthy person.
To leak secrets, even the county government can't reveal even the slightest bit.
Of course, Zhao Ran has his own team of people to handle this matter. He has already made preparations for Jinji Rice Shop to operate this matter, and all the details have been worked out long ago.
During the Mid-Autumn Festival on September 15th, a long line of convoys stretching for half a mile appeared at the foot of Wuji Mountain. Carloads of grain were transported from Jiangyou County and sent to several newly built large granaries in Jinji Rice Shop for storage. At the same time, Jinji Mipu
Ji Mi Pu issued a notice to open a warehouse for sale in three days, with the price of one hundred wen per bucket.
This selling price is twenty or thirty cents lower than that of other rice shops in Guyang County. As soon as the news spread, it immediately caused a sensation. The food in the rice shops in various counties suddenly became unsaleable. The people waited and watched, waiting for Jin Ji's three days later.
The rice shop sells grain. At the same time, a news gradually spreads in the city and the countryside: Zhang Yunzhao, the supervisor of the Xizhenwu Palace, and Li Yunhe, the supervisor of the Xuanyuan Palace, are making great efforts to adjust grains from other provinces. The newly arrived grain from Jinji Mipu is the first batch.
More to come!
Three days later, Jinji Rice Shop officially started selling grain, priced at 100 wen per bucket. One morning, hundreds of people gathered around Jinji Rice Shop, and lined up to buy grain under the support of the county government officials.
Because Jinji Rice Shop made a promise - to manage enough food and open it for sale, although the shopkeeper and the clerks were very slow, the people were still waiting patiently. After an hour, there were less than fifty people.
Every household bought grain, and Jinji Rice Shop sold a total of twenty dan.
The number of people who came to queue up to buy grain grew more and more. When the number reached nearly a thousand, another long convoy came loaded with grain. The servants delivered the rice bags into the granary of Jinji Rice Shop, and the bags were piled full.
Yes. Some laborers accidentally dropped a grain bag while unloading it, and the grain immediately spilled out of the bag. In front of hundreds of people's eyes, shopkeeper Jin directed a few men to pack up the grain in a hurry and put it away.
Back in the bag.
After finishing all this, Shopkeeper Jin announced the suspension of grain sales. After a while, he took out a sign and placed it on the counter of the rice shop, with a new price written on it: ninety-five cents per bucket.
The people were immediately in an uproar! (To be continued, please search Piaotian Literature, the novel is better and updated faster!