Hanbo

Chapter 35
This period lasted for two full years. In April of this year, most of the wheat was in the hands of our own people, a total of [-] million shi, and the early harvesting stopped!
The Shaofu divided nearly 55 million stones and spent [-] gold, which was really cheap. Huo Shan didn't care about them during this period, and Huo Shan didn't know how they operated.

He was very curious, the price of wheat has remained high, how did they manage to buy it at such a low price? !

But Huo Shan didn't have the nerve to ask, because this was the reason they were able to stay in Shaofu forever!

Less than 15 gold deposits are left in the Shaofu, and this is still a little bit of money during the period!
The 500 million shi Shaofu has [-] million shi in various places in Chang'an, the others have no land to store, and all the nearby ones are stored in Shanglinyuan, and the rest are stored in the shaofu's warehouses in various places!

Fifty million stones sounds like a lot, and it is indeed a lot. Fifteen million tons of grain is not much for later generations, but it is not much for the present.

The army of one million does not count other things, just counting the food eaten by millions of people, the minimum food intake is two catties a day for one person (the ancient grain and grass were not shelled, it was only one catty), and 41 million stones can be eaten for [-] years.

But the account is not calculated like this, not to mention other horses and auxiliary soldiers to eat, not to mention other resources, just say that the battlefield is in Monan, just transported from Chang'an to Monan, it is good to have one tenth of it left after passing of.

The folks transporting grain had to eat on the way. The slower they walked, the more they ate. If it rained again, the journey would be difficult. Even these people would starve to death on the road.

Calculated in this way, [-] million stones of food and grass would not even be enough for a month if a million troops were to go out, so that's why we didn't say much.

Hundreds of thousands of troops went to war, which is something that a dynasty dared to do at the peak of its prosperity, let alone millions.

Just one battle in Mobei almost drove Liu Che crazy, spending money and food everywhere, if he hadn't brought back some loot, wiped out some consumption, and left some wealth, the big man would have collapsed!

This is also why Liu Che moved to Hexi and Beidi to farm. The food is produced locally and consumed a lot closer to the road. How much can be saved!
Although this national policy of opening border markets is very unsuitable for recuperating and recuperating, who made Liu Che want to fight a war, and this battle must be fought!

Why did Han Wu start to recuperate in the last few years, because he was on the verge of collapse, and if he didn't rest and recuperate, it would be the end of Qin Dynasty!

The Hanwu period began in the fourth year of Yuanfeng. After a major event, the prosperity was gone, and it was going downhill!
It’s true to fight, but it consumes too much, and you can’t carry it to your death. Not only can you not bring back the spoils, but it also consumes a lot of money. Tens of thousands of 10,000+ troops are buried in the Huns.

A few years ago, he sold martial arts titles, charged sky-high fines, and made some money. After Lao Huo passed away, Lao Liu was sad for a few years. The big man hadn’t fought a war for a few years, so he saved some. Before it was time to spend it with the Huns, Huo Shan said Grab the pinnacle's tail by yourself!
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In fact, the big households didn’t understand what was going on from the beginning to the end, because this large amount of wheat was wandering around in the market, stored in the warehouses of other big households nearby, and there was never any shortage.

They also saw that it was profitable, so they took out their own wheat, put it in the market, and made him a fortune. After all, it was some coarse grains, so it didn't matter.

But once May is over, they are in a hurry. They are enjoying themselves by collecting grain and selling grain to make a difference. Suddenly, you all said neatly that you can’t sell it?How is this going!

After checking and checking, Liu Che took it away, what should I do now?So much food?
Alas, I can only suffer from being dumb, and they dare not let them rebel.

Moreover, they also got the money, no matter how they count, they are not at a loss!

But they are not reconciled to being put together like this, so they will continue to raise the price of grain, but they are all under control, and they will only raise wheat, but not other grains!

They didn't dare to go too far, for fear of making Liu Che really anxious. When Liu Che is in a hurry, he doesn't care who you are. No one can't kill them. What's more, if you kill them, Liu Che will have money to fight again!
They clearly recognize this!
Then the price of wheat started to rise, and other grains were fine in this matter, and they also rose, but not by much. The big households controlled it and dared not go too far.

The large-scale increase in other grains is due to the drought in Guanzhong, which has not rained for five or six months!

The price of wheat has soared all the way, from eight yuan a stone three years ago to eighty yuan a stone, a tenfold increase.

But this is just an act of revenge. If no one lifts it, and it is not in this critical period, it will take less than a month to drop. Only the big households are short of food. Except for Guanzhong, the common people are not short, and wheat is coarse grain, and there are many substitutes.

But will Huo Shan let him come down?
Huo Shan was not satisfied with the price of [-], how could he get [-]?
The method of grinding noodles, the big killer in my hand, has not yet been released. This release has to go up, or a big increase, and the price reduction is estimated to be a long time later.

But it’s okay, it doesn’t have a big impact, it’s still the same saying, wheat is not the staple food, it’s just coarse grains, even if the coarse grains suddenly become fine grains, it doesn’t matter, because there is a substitute and it needs time to ferment.

And the impact is very positive, as the price rises, people are naturally more willing to grow it, not to mention, noodles are much tastier than millet, and the yield per mu is even higher!

Even if it falls in the future and cannot be sold, in this era, there is a shortage of food!
The price has dropped, and it is impossible to sell it again, so why not keep it for yourself?

As for the 100 million stone grains in the Shaofu, Huo Shan would definitely not release all of them. He would just release a million stones, add more than [-] million gold to the principal, and keep the rest as food.

As for the price being so high, Huo Shan wasn't worried at all whether the big households would accept it. You must know that people's hearts are not enough to swallow an elephant, let alone in this period of drought and food shortage.

Once the method of grinding noodles comes out, Maizi will still worry about price cuts?

As long as it keeps rising, there will be profits, and there will be profits. No matter how high the price is, they will accept it!
And this matter can help Liu Che a big favor.

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Huo Shan scanned the crowd, and asked first:
"What is the price of wheat today?"

Shen Ning stood up: "Go back to Xiao Junhou, it's already 83."

"Hey, it has increased by three dollars these days, not bad."

A smile appeared on Huo Shan's face.

"How are you guys doing?"

"It is said that they are going to retreat, because we have no reaction, which makes them a little boring!"

Huo Shan sneered: "Retire? That's not okay, I think the news can be released, what do you guys think?"

"The minister also thinks it's time!"

Everyone stood up, saluted Huo Shan together and said.

"Okay, how are you doing with your preparations?"

"Back to Xiaojunhou, everything is ready. The officials of the Shaofu in various places have received the stone mill album, and the officials of Da Nong in various places will also help. Within half a month, it will spread throughout the world!"

Huo Shan nodded. Strictly speaking, this time was a one-man show of the Shaofu, and Da Nong's [-] million stones would not be sold.

There was a severe drought in Guanzhong, and 200 million refugees rioted in October. This was the big event in the fourth year of Yuanfeng, and the beginning of the decline of the Han Dynasty. But this is a matter of national policy, not just because of the severe drought.

But this time it is considered a good idea, just hit this node, the two tens of millions of stones plus the past three years Liu Che is safe, and some of the savings can solve this problem!

There is no need to lead troops to suppress it like in history, and maybe a few big things can be done!

But even if there is no such drought, such cheap wheat will not be available in the future, so the big farmers will not buy it, they are just helping, and the other department has not yet come out.

According to Huo Shan's intention, the Shaofu was not going to sell it either, but Liu Che disagreed:
'Zihou, do you know how hard it is for me to live without money?I can only stay in Chang'an, I'm going to be driven crazy!crazy jpg'

Well, these are his exact words!

So Huo Shan felt that it was still a selling point, and it was not easy to ask him to go out and spread coins after holding back for three years!

But building a palace, don’t even think about it, just ruin the city, why wait, as the capital of the Han Empire, do you think it’s upscale?

It's better to save money and build a new city, but building a new city is probably a long time ago!
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"Then four days later, put it on the day before I recruit soldiers!"

After everyone agreed, their gazes drifted to Wang Wenshu, and they were all a little gloating and envious at the same time. Seeing this scene, the corners of Wang Wenshu's mouth twitched.

More than a month ago, he suddenly thought that he came here not only to help out the town, but also because of the blame!

He estimated that when the news spread, he would be hated to death!
Wheat has been purchased by the state, and the big households will definitely inquire who hosts it. Once inquired, Da Nong and Shao Fu!
Da Nong's Sang Hongyang, familiar!
As for Huo Shan from the Shaofu, I heard that he doesn't work for two months a year in the Shaofu, and when he is in the Shaofu, he is always handling his army equipment.

Then this incident must have been presided over by the murderous Ruma Wang Wenshu and Lisang Hongyang who fought with the people.

After all, as a child, Huo Shan may have inherited his father's talents in military training and fighting. How could he understand these things, and he has never heard that the champion Jing Huanhou has these talents!
Therefore, Huo Shan is a pure and good boy, the hope of the empire, and Sang Hongyang and Wang Wenshu are the real big bad guys, don't think we can't see it...

Huo Shan slapped his thigh and stood up:

"Okay, don't look at him, old man Wang is not easy!"

"Thank you, little gentleman, for your understanding!"

Huo Shan waved his hands and looked at Zhong Gan who had been taciturn:
"Zhong Gan, we need a group of military judges in our army, and we still need a military guard. I have more than 300 people in charge under my command. There must not be as many people in charge as you in Shaofu. Do you want to go?"

Zhong Gan was taken aback for a moment, then he was overjoyed and ecstatic, and immediately knelt down on the ground with a plop, and shouted with a hint of crying:

"Chen Zhonggan, thank you, little gentleman, for your kindness!"

Huo Shan sighed, Zhong Gan is also a talent, as long as it is the law of a big man, no matter what law, he can remember it by heart.

He is also very ambitious, but ambition is useless!
If there is no accident, he can only spend the rest of his life in the position of the Young Mansion Cheng that his deceased master helped him get.

"Get up, the army is not happy to kneel down, get ready!"

Huo Shan patted him on the shoulder and left immediately.

(End of this chapter)