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Chapter 636

If Qianlong was also present, he would probably order someone to chop off the old farmers, and cut off all the family members. The reason is that comparing the grain output with the officials' hair, isn't this a curse on the elegant government of the Qing Dynasty?

If there is no grain production this year, does it mean that the braids are gone and the Qing Dynasty will perish?

There is a high probability that the fourth devil can do this, because the old guy is a little crazy, and even the old man who claims to be a rare old man will be executed all over the house.

Except for a large character in front of the Qing characters, no matter what characters are added, all of them will be beheaded without discussion.

But even if Qianlong was not present, it would definitely be unpleasant for someone else to be present.

After all, the metaphor of the old farmer is a bit too much.

These days, apart from the long-haired bandits in Huguang, who else has more hair on their heads?
But who is Jia Liu?

Not to mention comparing with the lock of hair on his head, even comparing with other parts of him is fine.

Maybe I will be complacent, because there are more hair volume in other places than on the head.

Return his mother's natural roll, the English kind.

The problem is very serious, and the form is also very serious!
The old farmer obviously meant that this year's autumn grain harvest will not be good, because the weather has been hot since May, which has affected most crops, including rice, with no fruit or patina.

Some places even failed to harvest because of the drought.

Last year, there was a large-scale flood disaster in Gyeonggi. At that time, Jia Liu personally led people to fight against the flood in Dongling. Because of this, his deeds were appreciated by Yong Rong, the sixth son of Qianlong, and he later became the director of the management committee. The famous Jia Tulu came out of the mountains again, and then made a name for himself in order to pacify the religious chaos, and became one of the three giants of the Qing Dynasty by accident.

Speaking of which, I am very grateful to that kid Yong Rong.

It's a pity that this kid's life is unlucky, and Gong Luan was sent to Tianzhu by Gui Tai that night.

This may also be floating behind Jia Liu.

The grievance has its head, and the debt has its owner. It wasn't you, Devil Liu, who incited the Bagua Sect to break into the forbidden palace to fish in troubled waters. Can Ren Liu elder brother die for his country?

But this is not a problem for the superstitious Jia Liu.

The food problem is the fundamental problem of the Qing Dynasty, and it is also a real problem of Zhili's stability, which must not be taken lightly.

After his detailed inquiries, several farmers gave affirmative replies that this year's rice production may be reduced by [-]%, or even [-]% or [-]%.

Jia Liu attached great importance to it, and immediately instructed Ding Qing to organize people to look at all the rice fields in a radius of ten miles to see if the rice growth was as unsatisfactory as this one, and he also emphasized that attention should be paid to whether there are any acres of land that have lost production.

The investigation must seek truth from facts. Since it is the investigation of the situation, of course we cannot only investigate the good ones and not investigate the bad ones.

Long, not long, look at it together, and calculate it, it is called science.

If you don't talk about science, you will lose people's hearts and destroy the Qing Dynasty.

The results were quickly reported, and they were all similar to the paddy field Mr. Jia saw. The growth was very poor, and the ears of wheat were shriveled five or six times out of ten.

After listening to Ding Qing's report, Jia Liu's mind was even more serious. Last year, the grain production in the Gyeonggi area was reduced, and the people could still grit their teeth to hold on.

He is a member of the governor, with an annual income of [-] million yuan. He can persist, but how can the people who only live by farming can persist.

Frowning, Jia Liu humbly asked those farmers who smoked almost a pack of cigarettes: "Old man, what was the yield of rice per mu in the past?"

According to farmers and experts, in the past, when the rice yield was the best in the past, about one mu of land could receive three stones, that is, a little out of 400 catties.

In general, you can also receive close to three stones, and a little more than 350 catties.

Taking the average value, the yield per mu should be around 370 jin.

If the overall output is reduced by 220% this year, then one mu of land can only harvest about [-] catties.

This output is very appalling.

In Jia Liu's previous life, thanks to the assistance of chemical pesticides and other technologies, the rice yield could reach up to 1200 catties, and he could even receive 1500 catties in a good year.

Of course, it is mainly in plain areas, and other places are usually half-folded.

For wheat, 1000 jin is a high yield.

It is precisely because of science and technology that the Chinese people have enough to eat and bid farewell to the bitter days of eating dry when busy and drinking thin when free.

So thanks to technology, instead of picking up the bowl to eat and putting down the chopsticks to scold your mother.

The current grain production is really extremely dangerous. If the production reduction is true, the consequences will be even more serious.

Without thinking too much, Jia Liu immediately conducted a random survey of the surrounding villages, and found that most families had either five or six members.

That is, a couple supports three to four children.

Excluding the elderly, the elderly usually plant a few acres of land by themselves. If they can’t grow any more, they will take turns to spend at their son’s house on average, or in one family exclusively, and the rest of their children will be given food subsidies.

Having many children actually has nothing to do with the idea of ​​passing on the family line, mainly because there are no measures.

There are two children as many as nine or ten.

Jia Liu can only take the average situation to estimate.

Assuming that one person eats four taels of rice per meal, two meals a day equals eight taels of rice. A family of five gets four catties of rice a day, and 1400 catties of rice a year. That is, a family needs to plant at least five mu of land to ensure the minimum grain ration for a year. need.

However, it does not include the land tax paid to the state treasury, various exorbitant taxes from prefectures and counties, and other living materials that need to be exchanged for food, such as oil, salt, vegetable meat, clothes, shoes, farm tools, etc., so a family must at least It takes ten acres of land to ensure that the whole family will not starve to death.

It is impossible to get rich.

This is calculated according to the grain output when the year is at its best.

Now the area east of Gyeonggi has reduced crop production due to the weather, which means that there will definitely be food shortages in the provinces east of Gyeonggi from the second half of the year to the beginning of spring next year.

If not handled properly, people will starve to death.

Immortality is Jia Liu's minimum requirement for officials.

If this kind of thing happens, you have to beheaded. It's not something that your local officials can just say that the work is not in place.

While discussing with Ding Qing and others how to prevent possible food shortages in advance and ensure that the development of Zhili would not be affected, Jia Liu received another statement that surprised him.

The farmers he talked to just now are actually not landlords, but tenants.

The reason is that all the land in several prefectures in the east of Gyeonggi was encircled by the Eight Banners at the beginning of the country.

Therefore, the original landowners in the area east of Gyeonggi either became the bannerman's coat, or they became the bannermen's tenants.

If the tenant is a tenant, he has to pay an extra grain to the host family.

This completely overturned Jia Liu’s previously simulated food shortage map. If a family of five wanted to live on this land, they would have to cultivate at least 15 mu of land to survive. Even with this food shortage, they couldn’t wait until the end of the year. It is possible that it will erupt after winter.

"My lord, if the grain harvest in the entire area east of Gyeonggi is the same as this place, I suggest that the province immediately mobilize grain to be hoarded in various prefectures and counties. Once the grain is in short supply, it can be sold at a par or low price, or borrowed from the victims. They can survive the disaster year"

Ding Qing was born in the field of criminal investigation, but as an official with more than [-] years of practical experience in front-line work, he gave the most convenient solution without even thinking about it.

Jia Liu nodded. It is indeed one of the functions of the government to allocate food for disaster relief by a higher-level government. Thirty places, with a population of millions of people, relying solely on the transportation capacity of the Zhili government, it is impossible to transport the food in time.

This is the case even one or two months in advance. No matter what dynasty, traffic restricts not only economic development, but also restricts disaster relief capabilities.

If the disaster area needs ten catties of grain, twenty catties will be consumed on the road.

Intentionally powerless, that's what it said.

Therefore, famines often occur. Even if the court realizes that disaster relief is necessary, it is often unable to transport and distribute food in place in time, which leads to civil uprisings slipping into the abyss of irreversibility.

Not to mention that there are too many corrupt officials who make a lot of money from it.

The drift of former Ming officials is a must.

Relying on disaster victims to save themselves is even more a joke.

Even if Jia Liu completely releases the Shanhai Pass now and allows the victims to seek a way out of the pass, it may not be possible for many people to make it to the place alive.

Because, there is also food to eat on the way.

It is impossible to have food immediately when you go to a place, and you need food to survive, a place to live, and seeds and farm tools to open up wasteland.

After thinking about it, it means that Zhili Buzheng Yamen can let the grain merchants in nearby provinces and this province release the wind, and let these grain merchants transport grain to the east of Gyeonggi.

"My lord's intentions are good, but doing so will cause the price of food in the area east of Gyeonggi to skyrocket, and the common people may not be able to afford it."

Ding Qing's view is that businessmen seek profit, and people transport grain to the famine land for the purpose of making a fortune, not saving lives.

The price of food is skyrocketing. In the past, three yuan a catty has risen to thirty yuan a catty. Who can afford it for ordinary people?
In this way, the good intentions of the governor will turn into bad intentions, which will indirectly lead to the worsening of the disaster area, and the refugees will be everywhere.

Jia Liu pondered for a moment, but decided to let the merchants bring the food, because the mobilization power of the merchants was far greater than that of the government.

In essence, the various levels of government in this era not only have low administrative efficiency, but also have extremely low mobilization capabilities, and they are not too enthusiastic about disaster relief.

Most officials even only want to keep their own one-acre three-point land, and only hope that the refugees will not affect their territory. How can they be kind enough to help neighbors share their worries.

Enough support.

Businessmen are different, they are profit-seeking, as long as there is money to be made, a spiritual leader is more exciting than being an emperor.

But we can't really let the merchants drive up prices, let the disaster victims who are already suffering from the disaster suffer extermination, and sell their houses and children.

In this way, he, the top leader of Zhili, needs to carry out administrative intervention.

It is absolutely impossible to suppress the price of grain, which will make businessmen no longer have the enthusiasm to transport grain to the east of Gyeonggi.

As the old saying goes, even if you can sell your sons and daughters for food, it is better than the whole family dying.

The result of suppressing food merchants and suppressing food prices is that the victims cannot even eat high-priced food, and they will either die or rebel.

Therefore, Jia Liu put forward the plan of "making up the difference".

Let the merchants earn reasonable profits and maintain enthusiasm, while not causing huge losses to the interests of the people.

To put it bluntly, for example, the current price of grain in Linyu County is three Wen a catty. To make money, merchants also need transportation costs, loss, etc., so they can be allowed to sell their grain at ten Wen or higher, but they must keep it at a reasonable price. within the accepted range of values.

However, the price of food purchased by the common people was still maintained at three or five renminbi, and the difference in price was borne by the government, and it was Jia Liu, the governor of Zhili, who borne it.

This approach, coupled with local self-help, should be able to survive the famine and ensure that the victims of the disaster will not become refugees, and the refugees will not become rogues.

As for how much difference needs to be made up and how much money to fill in, Jia Liu can only grit his teeth and bear it silently.

Who made him the master of Qingtian for the people of Zhili.

Ding Qing thought for a while, and said: "If your lord insists on this, then I suggest that you can give a bait to grain merchants everywhere."

"Bait?"

Jia Liu didn't quite understand.

"It means sweetness,"

Ding Qing explained that the adults are engaged in Beiyang trade, and trade requires a large number of businessmen to come to Tianjin to conduct trade with Western countries.

We all know that sea trade is hugely profitable, so can the governor use the sea trade franchise as an excuse to let those merchants complete the disaster relief plan at a low price or even at a loss?

"That's right, why didn't I think of it? Director Ding has a great future as a businessman."

Jia Liu really looked at Ding Qing with admiration. Although the other party was the deputy director, he never used the title of deputy to anyone.

This plan is very familiar. It seems that the top-wearing businessman got a relationship with Zuo Dashuai by transporting grain at a loss, and thus got out of hand.

Great advice, very bold and very beautiful.

Grain is sold at a high price, can it be compared with sea trade?
Moreover, this sweetness can also allow Jia Liu to cultivate a consortium with himself as the spokesperson. Even if the power of the consortium is harmful to the country in the future, it is an absolute Nascent Soul-level magic weapon for Jia Liu now. Get Chongwenmen to sweep the street.

Needless to say, as soon as this news is released, the roads from the surrounding provinces to transport grain to the east of Gyeonggi may be crowded, and there is no need to worry about the serious consequences of the autumn grain harvest.

Immediately, he wrote an official document to tell his second-in-command Yang Jingsu about the serious reduction in grain production in the area east of Gyeonggi Province and the possible outbreak of food shortages, and asked Lao Yang to quickly negotiate with grain merchants in neighboring provinces in the name of Zhili Province, including the local grain association. One matter is combined with the maritime trade franchise.

As soon as the negotiation has a result, merchants from all over the country must be organized to transport grain to the area east of Gyeonggi, and the governors of other areas must also send people to make arrangements to ensure that there is sufficient food everywhere.

After writing the official document and drying it, ask someone to send it to Baoding immediately.

Later, he told Ding Qing that the matter was a palliative, not a root cause.

Ding Qing was also puzzled after hearing this: "It is a benevolent government for the people to have food to survive the famine. Why do you say that you treat the symptoms?"

"I mean, this happened to me this year, and I solved it. What can I do next? Does it have to be like this every year? As the saying goes, it's better to teach a man to fish than to give him a fish."

After finishing speaking, Jia Liu looked at the fertile fields in front of him, took out the iron box containing cigarettes from his pocket, opened it and found that there was another one, he couldn't help but slowly took it to his mouth, lit it with a fire pocket, took a puff and spit it out, He continued to inhale and exhale, and as the cigarette burned to the bottom of his index finger, he finally made up his mind and said, "There is only one way to cure the root cause."

Ding Qing curiously asked: "What way?"

"Divided land to household!"

Jia Liu used his thumb and ring finger to pick up the last piece of cigarette that was as long as his nails, smoked it hard, threw it on the ground hard, and then crushed it hard with his toes.

He wants to divide the land.

Whose land will be divided?

Of course it is the land of the Eight Banners!
(End of this chapter)