Chapter 162: The sudden drop in food prices and a good way to kill three birds with one stone
Chapter 162: The sharp drop in food prices and a good way to kill three birds with one stone
After Wan Sanqian finished speaking, both the First Emperor and the deputy commander of the Shaofu all looked over strangely.
Nowadays, the price of silver is almost twenty times higher than that of gold. Even at the current price of grain, exchanging silver for gold and adding more than one million shi of grain is just the same. Why is this newly appointed deputy commander of the Shaofu?
A proud look on his face.
Thinking of a possibility, the First Emperor's face suddenly showed a sense of amusement. If his guess was true, it would be fun in the future. However, he still ordered Zhao Wendao: "In the future, the rewards to the army will mainly be gold. Many people in the army will treat the emperor
Keep the reward and even enshrine it at home!"
"I have recorded it!" Zhao Wen nodded lightly, knowing that the First Emperor must have noticed that there was something wrong with the price of gold and silver. This was indeed his mistake. If someone really couldn't bear to keep the flower, the price in the future would be
The changes can probably drive people crazy.
The deputy commander of the Shaofu has decided in his heart that the first thing he will do after returning home is to exchange all the silver in his home for gold. Although he does not know the reason, but just judging from the tone of His Majesty and Wan Sanqian, silver is definitely worth it.
question.
"Now that the pumpkins have matured, all labor food in Lishan, Longshouyuan and various other projects have been replaced by pumpkins. There is no set meal limit. You can eat as much as you can. I remember that pumpkins cannot be stored for a long time, so leave the seeds.
, all the melons and meat are sold to the people at low prices!"
"The people of Qin have suffered too much these years. Since there is no shortage of food, it is time for them to have a full meal!"
Pumpkins are sold in large quantities in Shaofu's farm, and the price is less than half of what it was before food prices rose. People in Qin bought it and tasted it. It tasted sweet and was very filling. Although the seeds were taken by Shaofu, they could not
It has been stored for a long time, but it still quickly became the staple food of all the people in Qin during these days.
Some people who reacted quickly even took the opportunity to sell all the food at home to grain stores, and then sold large quantities of pumpkins to the countryside where there was little information, and everyone made a lot of money immediately.
The price of food in the entire Qin region also plummeted instantly, almost reaching the same level as the price of pumpkins.
"Have you heard clearly? The yield of pumpkins is really as high as tens of thousands of catties per mu as the people in the young manor said?" The high spirits that the noble family owners had when purchasing grain had long since disappeared, and they weakly asked the missing servants at home.
"Master, among the seeds that the young master bought in exchange for pumpkin seeds, they are planted in the farm at home. I personally went to see them. The fields are densely packed. Judging from the size of the pumpkins sold by the young master, when they are mature,
The yield of tens of thousands of kilograms per mu is just a lot more!" An old man in the family sighed dejectedly.
"Does this mean our Daqin will not be short of food?" The noble family head's voice became hoarse when he thought of the food he had purchased over the past few days.
"Not only is there no shortage, there are so many pumpkins grown in the Young Mansion. Even if there are millions more people, I am afraid that many new granaries will have to be built in various places this year to be able to store all this year's food!" The old man sighed softly.
A good harvest was a happy event, but when he thought about the large amount of grain purchased by his family, he couldn't be happy anyway.
"Go down!" The head of the noble family gently waved his hand for everyone to leave.
When there was no one in the room, he looked in the direction of the palace with resentment, and then shook his head with a bitter look on his face.
He was certain that this matter must be His Majesty's plan. All the nobles and wealthy people danced like clowns for a while, and then slapped them down with thunderous force with pumpkins.
"Why should this happen between the king and his ministers?"
Some financial losses are only minor matters. After all, although the price of harvesting grain in the later period is a little higher, the price of selling it in the early stage is also high, so in total, the loss is not much.
The nobles of the Qin Empire did not care about a little money.
But from this incident alone, it can be seen that His Majesty currently has great distrust of the nobles of Da Qin, and is even defensive.
Thinking of His Majesty's vigorous efforts to reduce the number of Qin troops, the Hangu Pass garrison was also transferred back to the capital of Qin a few days ago. The 20,000 Qin troops guarding Hangu Pass have now been replaced by 500 forbidden troops. It is said that the next step is the Northwest Army and the Great Wall Army, and the same is true.
It needs to be replaced by imperial troops to garrison it.
It can be clearly seen that His Majesty now wants to replace the previous Qin Army with the Forbidden Army, and eliminate all the relationships between the original Qin Army generals and the military merit conferment system.
If it were an ordinary emperor who dared to do this, not to mention that the decree would not leave the palace, I am afraid that everyone would survive for a few days. This is completely against all nobles.
But thinking about the Jinyiwei and Dongchang under His Majesty's control today, I couldn't help but sigh softly.
In front of the Tianmen, he could clearly see that there were tens of thousands of Jinyi guards and thousands of people in Dongchang. All of them could fly to the sky and escape, and they also had the power to kill first and then report. Only these people could suppress all disobedients.
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What shocked him even more was that His Majesty actually controlled a heavenly gate that could lead to other worlds.
Now all the nobles have thought that Jinyiwei and Dongchang must be the power brought back by His Majesty from other worlds. Even the gold and silver that His Majesty seems to never be able to spend, and even dares to dispense with the national food and tax, are probably all
Brought back through Tianmen.
With such a treasure under his control, now he is even worried that in the future, His Majesty will bring many civil servants and generals from other worlds and throw aside all the current ministers of Great Qin.
When the new emperor ascends the throne, it is the time when the forces in the court are changing. If he lags behind this step, he will fall behind step by step in the future, and he will not be surprised that even generations of people will not be able to enter the court.
"I must let His Majesty know my loyalty to him in the shortest possible time!"
Thinking that Wang Jian and Meng Tian had sent all the food in the family to the young master's house. Although they lost a little money, they greatly gained His Majesty's favor. I had ridiculed these families for being too timid that day.
But now it seems that this is the most clever trick!
"Come here!" Now that he had made up his mind, the noble family head's face suddenly became firm.
"Master!"
"Send all the food in the family to the Young Mansion. Just say that my family bought it specially to help His Majesty resettle the victims. We just bought enough food today and sent it over immediately!"
The housekeeper looked at the head of the family with admiration, his eyes full of respect. The current price of food and the output of pumpkins have already determined that the price of food will be extremely low in the future.
If the family buys so much grain and cannot sell it, they have to build a granary to store it, which will inevitably involve countless manpower and material resources. In the end, it is possible to sell all the saved grain without the cost of the granary.
But being sent to the young master's office not only saves money on building a granary, but can also gain a good reputation among the people. The most important thing is to follow the Wang family and the Meng family and please His Majesty. This is definitely killing three birds with one stone.
good idea!
In the farm of the Shaofu, there is a huge warehouse crowded with thousands of scholars in tattered clothes. Each of the thousands of Jinyiwei is surrounded by several scholars. But the strange thing is that it is not the scholars who are teaching the Jinyiwei, but the Jinyiwei.
