honor me as god

Chapter 527 Strange move

The "Dragon Fire Festival" in Danyu City suddenly picked up the south wind, and the fireworks went out of control, causing the eight major granaries in the North City to catch fire, and millions of tons of relief grain disappeared. Such a shocking event, Danyu City's administrative mansion had no time to block it, and the wind leaked from various bright and dark channels. Finally passed into the royal city.

In the main meeting room of the royal palace, the ministers are sitting here. Perseus is holding a piece of information sent back, his hands tremble uncontrollably, his pupils are out of focus for a few times, his eyes are wide open, and his voice is low and full of oppression. Roaring like a lion: "Gomei and Lin Gengsen are really capable. I just praised them a while ago, and now give me a granary fire?!"

Andre said solemnly: "The ears of wheat in Danyu Plain have been pulled out and replaced with blood essence grass. Unfortunately, the granary has caught fire, and all the relief food in it has disappeared. What should the more than 600 million people in Danyu City do? manage?!."

Lan Xian was holding a letter in his hand, his eyes were erratic, and his face seemed to be dripping with gloom: "Here is a piece of news, I'm not sure if it's a good thing or a bad thing."

"Hurry up!" Perseus said in a stern voice.

Lan Xian spread out the letter in his hand on the table, and said in a deep voice: "This is a letter from my clansman in Danyu City. I found a very strange thing in it."

Perseus took the letter and began to read it. There was nothing special about the content, but it was just the daily communication among members of the same clan.

Just when Perseus was about to ask Lan Xian what he wanted to express, his heart skipped a beat.

Are the ears of wheat growing well? .
Perseus stared at the end of the letter, and was shocked to find that the letter was written 8 days ago!

Half a month ago, Ge Mai and Lin Gengsen had sent a letter to the royal family to report that all the ears of wheat in the Danyu Plain had been pulled out and the blood essence grass was being cultivated.

However, this letter from 8 days ago actually said that the ears of wheat in Danyu Plain are growing well? !
Perseus raised his head in astonishment, and met Lan Xian's eyes. The latter's face was gloomy, and there seemed to be a cold light in his eyes: "It seems that Ge Mai and Lin Gengsen lied to us half a month ago. They didn't implement the government order at all. The ears of wheat in the Danyu Plain have not been pulled out at all. In other words."

"As we speak, the blood essence grass has not been planted yet."

Perseus unconsciously leaned back on the chair, lost his mind for a moment, and then said in disbelief: "What are they doing? Why are they doing this?! The food was given to them, and the blood essence grass seeds were also given to them. The decree It is also very clear, why do they want to cheat?!"

Lan Xian was also questioned for a while, and his brows were furrowed: "I don't understand that we have clearly stated in the official document that this batch of blood essence grass is not for them to grow white, but will be purchased at a high premium."

"We have done calculations on the pricing. The profit after planting blood essence grass in Danyu Plain will not be less than that of wheat before. This will be accepted by the local nobles as quickly as possible, and the policy will be easier to promote. Why would they do it? This kind of outrageous thing happened.”

"When you calculated the purchase price, did you consider the proportion of wheat ears?" Suddenly, Kino said, "There are two types of wheat ears, ordinary wheat and century-old wheat. According to the guidelines issued by Wangcheng to Danyucheng , The planting ratio of common wheat and century-old wheat should be kept at 9:1, that is, out of every 10 mu of land, 9 mu of common wheat should be planted and 1 mu of century-old wheat should be planted.”

"If Danyu City does not cultivate according to this standard, and the planting ratio of [-]-year-old wheat is higher than the guideline standard, will their profit margin increase? Will it exceed the profit of planting blood essence grass?"

Perseus quickly shook his head and personally denied this point of view: "There is no such possibility. The average yield per mu of century-old wheat is extremely low, and the taste and nutritional value are no different from ordinary wheat, so the market price will not go up at all. Turn it over to make a strategic reserve, at most some nobles will buy it as grain, there is no profit margin at all."

"It is impossible for Danyu City to increase the planting ratio of century-old wheat, because the higher the ratio, the less room for profit for the nobles who contract Danyu Plain. If there is not an annual quota, they would like to plant all ordinary wheat. No plant."

Kino rested his chin, lost in thought.

This is really strange.

Both officials and businessmen are profit-seeking creatures. Officials pursue profit for political achievements, and merchants and nobles pursue profit for wealth. When they do things, they will naturally pursue the maximum profit.

Danyu Plain was originally a place to grow wheat, assuming that the total profit after planting and harvesting in one season is 100.

Wang Cheng issued an order to replant the blood essence grass. By increasing the official guide purchase price and purchasing the blood essence grass produced in the Danyu Plain at a premium standard, the profit after planting and harvesting in one season must be higher than that of planting wheat, for example, reaching 150.

150 is greater than 100. This is an arithmetic problem that children can understand.

In this case, why didn't the officials of Danyu City carry out Wangcheng's order immediately?Why do you have to protect the ears of wheat in the Danyu Plain, and even deceive them secretly?

Afraid of lack of food?Haven't millions of tons of relief food been given?Enough to feed 600 million people in Danyu City for more than half a year.

Afraid of touching the interests of the local nobles?The income of growing blood essence grass is higher than that of wheat, and it is too late for the support of the nobles. How can it touch the interests?
Afraid of ruining your political performance?Replanting blood essence grass, the overall income has increased, isn't this more beneficial to political performance?And this is an order from the royal family, if you fail to pay the job, you will die, how could you put the cart before the horse.

not understand.
The actions of the Danyu City officials confused Kino, who had no idea what they were thinking.

First of all, it can be made clear that the officials of Danyu City are by no means fools. This is the main city directly under the jurisdiction of Wangcheng. In terms of administrative level, the eight officials in it are all at the provincial level, and such positions cannot be occupied by fools.

That is to say, Ge Mai and Lin Gengsen did not implement the policy, not because they were confused, but in their judgment, the disadvantages of implementing the policy outweighed the benefits, and the resistance was so huge that they could not proceed at all. They would rather conceal than Execute truthfully.

Here comes the problem——

[-]. If Ge Mai and Lin Gengsen do not implement the executive order, they must find a way to make a difference, right?It's pointless to talk about anything if you can't pay the job.

The two of them are obedient to the contrary, and they don't grow blood essence grass, what are they going to do when the time limit is up?
[-]. Why, in the judgment of Ge Mai and Lin Gengsen, this kind of decree that is beneficial to both local officials and nobles is "more harm than good"?
The benefits of planting Blood Essence Grass are higher than that of wheat. No matter what the planting ratio of common wheat and century-old wheat is, they are not as high as Blood Essence Grass. So how can there be a phenomenon of "doing more harm than good"?

not understand.
Kino's sight was getting deeper and deeper, and he could faintly feel that this incident was like an iceberg, only a part of it was exposed, and there were more unknown things hidden under the water.
(End of this chapter)