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Chapter 213 Food stamps
Lantian County is now a bustling place. The entire Shaanxi catastrophe caused people to live in dire straits. Only Lantian County has rich land and people live in peace. After absorbing parts of Chang'an County, Zhashui County, and Shangluo County, the land area It is also much larger and has absorbed more people. Now Lantian has a population of 30.

It has a population of 30, and the most important city, Lantian, has surplus rations. Anyone who has studied economics knows that as long as there is surplus rations, businesses will be generated, so some small businesses came to Lantian County and started doing business. The economy of Lantian has been greatly developed.

Among other things, even Yuxianlou, the largest restaurant in Xi'an City, has to open a branch in Lantian, which shows some clues.

At this time, Li Chaosheng was followed by Guzi and five guards, strolling along the streets of Lantian County. The streets of Lantian County, which were empty before, are now crowded with more and more people, especially the hawkers coming and going. , The hawking continued, making the whole street lively.

At this time, Li Chaosheng and Guzi both changed into their usual casual clothes, and walking on the street, no one could recognize Li Chaosheng as the county official.

"Come on, don't miss it when you pass by, the radishes grown at home are sweet and crispy, delicious."

"Come here, big plums from Languan Town, very sweet, very sweet."

"Cooking cakes, cooking cakes, big hot cooking cakes, sir, would you like some cooking cakes?"

The peddler saw Li Chaosheng at this moment, and Li Chaosheng smiled and said, "Okay, let's try your handicraft."

Li Chaosheng looked at the 1.5-meter-tall man in front of him and said, the man quickly picked up the cooking cakes for Li Chaosheng, and Li Chaosheng took them and gave one to the guards.

Then ask the peddler: "How much is the pancake now?"

"Ten coins a piece."

The peddler said cheerfully. After hearing this, Li Chaosheng was taken aback and said, "Ten cents? So expensive?"

"It's still expensive? You haven't been out of Lantian, sir."

The peddler looked at Li Chaosheng and said, Li Chaosheng nodded and said, "I haven't been out."

At this time, the peddler took a pancake and gestured: "The pancake sold outside is a bit smaller than ours. Guess how much it is?"

Li Chaosheng looked at the peddler cooperatively and said, "How much?"

The peddler stretched out two fingers and said, "Twenty Wen, I can't buy it yet."

Li Chaosheng looked at Gu Zi, Gu Zi shrugged: "I haven't gone out either."

"Mr. Zhen, don't you believe it. This is our Lantian County, and other counties, where ten cents a pancake is sold like crazy. These days, money is not worth money, and food is expensive."

The peddler said, Li Chaosheng looked at the peddler and said, "There is such a shortage of biscuits in other counties, why don't you buy them elsewhere?"

Hearing this, the peddler smiled bitterly and said, "Sir, are you kidding me? Other places eat people. If I push a small cart to go to other places, I'm afraid I will give all the people and cakes to Hades. It's our Lantian County. Alright, thank you, Mr. County Venerable."

The peddler put his hands together and bowed sincerely in the direction of the county government office. Li Chaosheng looked at Gu Zi who was smiling and said, "What is he doing?"

After hearing this, Gu Zi laughed and said, "I don't know who said that the county lord is a god from the sky who came down to save all sentient beings. Now the people in the whole county will pay respects to the county government if they have nothing to do, as if the county lord can really use magic power to protect them." .”

"Forehead……"

Li Chaosheng was stunned when he heard this, but he quickly realized, looked at Gu Zi and said, "Yang Shubai's handwriting?"

After hearing this, Gu Zi laughed and said, "It seems that the great monk Yuanji also participated."

"These two goods."

Li Chaosheng scolded with a smile: "Myth leader, this has always been Yang Shubai's main job, and now with the help of the Great Monk Yuanji, it's not that one plus one equals two, but equals four, equals one hundred.

Li Chaosheng looked at the peddler who had finished worshiping, so he said with a smile: "By the way, where did you get the food for cooking cakes?"

"It was issued by the county magistrate."

Li Chaosheng was taken aback, then looked at Gu Zi, Gu Zi explained: "Didn't you implement the food stamp policy a few days ago? You said that in addition to leaving rations for each household, each household can also be given half a catty per day." Grain stamps, with which you can go to the county government treasury to buy cheap grain."

After Li Chaosheng heard this, he remembered that this was also an important measure Li Chaosheng took to promote the commercial development of Lantian County. Only when there is surplus grain can trade be generated, and food stamps are the key to this check and balance.

Now the people in Shaanxi Province are short of food, and the sale of this food cannot be opened directly, otherwise the grain depot in Lantian County will be emptied, so Li Chaosheng decided to make a batch of food stamps, the food stamps are very small, Li Chaosheng asked a printing factory to customize Yes, the oily paper used for printing advertisements is for anti-counterfeiting.

It is difficult to make that kind of paper with the fake methods of the Ming Dynasty. After all, it is a product of modern industrialization, so no fakes have been found so far.

The people in Lantian County can get food stamps by going to the reservoir to work, or helping the government to do corvée, and after having the food stamps, they can use the money to buy food in the government treasury.

And some smart people in the folk will buy food stamps from those who have food stamps.

For example, for a catty of food stamps, they can exchange the food stamps for four taels of grain, and the other party also has food.

There are also some people who want to sell with money, but the price is ridiculously high, so they usually exchange grain for food stamps.

However, this may create opportunities for unscrupulous traders. For example, unscrupulous traders will find ways to swallow food coupons on a large scale and want to short the grain in the Lantian Treasury. However, this Li Chaosheng also has a way to deal with it. The simplest way is to restrict purchases.

For example, each person can exchange up to two catties of grain per day, and if it exceeds five catties, a fellow villager must testify. If it exceeds fifty catties, it will not be exchanged directly.

This makes merchants who want to stockpile grain on a large scale helpless, after all, the restrictions are too strict.

Li Chaosheng's purpose is to exchange multiple times, and exchange a little less each time, so as to prevent grain from piling up, which allows big businessmen to take advantage of loopholes.

Li Chaosheng encouraged small merchants and hawkers, but he was wary of big merchants who wanted to make food, because these guys were harmful to the people, and Li Chaosheng had always severely cracked down on such bad elements.

Li Chaosheng tasted delicious sesame seed cakes, and immediately chatted with the sesame seed cake seller.

"Where is brother from?"

After hearing this, the elder brother said: "I am from Baishui County."

"Baishui County, the hometown of the big thief Kou Wang Er?"

After hearing this, the elder brother said, "Yes, that's right there."

Li Chaosheng heard this and said: "I heard that the big bandit led the common people to kill officials and live a good life, why didn't you go?"

After hearing this, the elder brother said: "Sir, do you believe this?"

Li Chaosheng was taken aback when he heard the words, "How do you say it?"

The man who bought the cakes said: "This thief is a thief. How can there be a good life? He eats it all over the place, and wherever he goes, he will be in trouble. If he follows them, he will have no way out."

Li Chaosheng was taken aback and said, "I heard that when they get there, they drink heavily and eat meat in large bowls. Don't you envy such days?"

The pancake buyer shook his head and said, "I'm not envious. As the saying goes, you see thieves eating meat, but you don't see thieves being beaten. I heard that in northern Shaanxi, people's heads are rolling and countless people have died."

"Besides, what's the point of being a thief, robbing here and there every day, although our Baishui County was poor before, we still had a little good land, and we could grow crops, but after Wang Er's misfortune, this year there are countless grains, large tracts If crops are left uncultivated and no one cultivates them, that is a sin."

"It can catch up with our Lantian County now. The family grows crops, and the land rent is very cheap. The landlord only collects [-]% of the rent this year, and [-]% is ours. After the autumn harvest, enough grain is left, and the rest can be sold to the county government. , exchange some money, and buy some wine and meat at that time, such a life is what people live, it is practical."

The biscuit seller looked at Li Chaosheng and said, Li Chaosheng stuffed the last biscuit into his mouth after hearing this and said: "The biscuit tastes good, brother, are you interested in making your biscuit stand bigger and making a biscuit?" shop or something?"

Hearing this, the old man was stunned and said: "I want to, but I don't have the capital. I can earn some capital after saving for three or four years. Then I can open a small shop."

After hearing this, Li Chaosheng laughed and said, "Haha, okay, Gu Zi, take out ten taels of silver, and I'll count the money as a share. How about we jointly open a bakery?"

"Ah, so much money, this..."

The face of the baker who bought the cake was shocked, Li Chaosheng looked at the buyer with a smile and said: "Let's make a document now, I will invest in your bakery stall with ten taels of silver, and expand it into a bakery shop. The two silvers account for [-]% of the shares, and you get [-]% of the shares, and you can just give me a share at the end of the year."

The cake seller was stunned after hearing this, and looked at Li Chaosheng's signature.

"Li Chaosheng, the county, your lord the county!"

The cake seller had to kneel down immediately. The cake seller couldn't read, but he knew Li Chaosheng, because it was exactly the same as the word on the notice in the county.

Those who do business often see notices, and after reading them for a long time, these three words will be firmly remembered in their hearts. After all, they are in Lantian, and it is impossible not to know these three words.

Seeing this, Li Chaosheng stopped the cake seller and said, "What are you doing? We're talking about business. What's the matter if you kneel down?"

Hearing this, the cake seller said: "What is the identity of the villain, how can he do business with the county lord, the adult has ruined the villain, the county lord hastened to take back the money, and the villain's cake stall also belongs to the adult .”

Hearing this, Li Chaosheng frowned and said: "Nonsense, what do you think of me for doing this? A corrupt official who corrupted the law? I sincerely do business with you, not just you, most of the business in Lantian County, I have shares, the one who sells roasted sweet potatoes over there, the one who sells roasted corn over there, and the one who makes noodles and mutton soup over there, I have shares, so you don’t have to worry about anything.”

"Xian, Mr. Xianzun, if you are like this, I dare not agree to this business even more. If it makes a profit, it will be easy to handle, but if it loses, what will I give to Mr. Xianzun?"

Those who bought cooking cakes were in a panic, Li Chaosheng laughed and pointed to the paperwork and said: "This is called venture capital, and it says on the paperwork that if you lose money, it will be regarded as the honor of the county, earning us three to seven cents. You are seven, I am three."

"Ah, this, how can you be three and seven, I should be three, and you should be seven."

The pancake seller said, Li Chaosheng shook his head after hearing this and said, "No, no, I just pay the money, and you are responsible for it. This ratio is fixed like this. You seven, I three, see if it works."

Li Chaosheng said to the cake seller with a smile, after hearing this, the cake seller wanted to say something, but Guzi became impatient: "Okay, okay, you are too boring, our family travels Long can still hurt you, so you sign it quickly, we have to look forward."

"Milk."

Li Chaosheng glared at Gu Zi, and Gu Zi took a step back. It was the pancake seller who gritted his teeth and said, "Sure, since the county lord thinks highly of me, I can't be ungrateful. I signed this document."

The cake seller was talking, then pointed to the paperwork and said, "My lord, I can't read, can we print my fingerprints?"

"I can't read, how do you know my name?" Li Chaosheng looked at the pancake seller suspiciously.

The cake seller said embarrassedly: "I only know the name of the adult, but I don't know anything else."

Hearing this, Li Chaosheng was taken aback, looked at Gu Zi and said, "Come and write this brother's name."

While Li Chaosheng was talking, Guzi picked up the pen, looked at the baker and asked, "What's your name?"

"Wusong."

The pancake seller opened his mouth and said, Li Chaosheng had just picked up the water hyacinth to drink, but when he heard the name, he nearly choked to death with a sip of water.

"What's your name?"

"Wu Song, the magistrate knows me?"

"Wu Song? Your family is from Yanggu County, Shandong, right?"

Hearing this, Wu Song shook his head and said, "Our family has been from Baishui for generations, but now we are from Lantian, why haven't we been to Shandong?"

"Oh, so your wife's surname is Pan?"

Wu Song shook his head and said, "I, I'm single, I don't have a wife."

"Oh, it's all right, let's press your fingerprints."

As Li Chaosheng said, Wu Song nodded after hearing this, and pressed his fingerprints. Li Chaosheng asked Guzi to put away the paperwork, and then continued to walk with Guzi, but just before leaving, Li Chaosheng paused. Looking at the 1.5-meter-long Wu Song, he said: "Well, when you marry a wife in the future, don't look for someone with the surname Pan."

"what?"

Wu Song looked at Li Chaosheng stupidly. Li Chaosheng waved his hand and stopped talking. This seems very metaphysical.

Gu Zi followed behind Li Chaosheng and said, "Brigade Commander, why can't he marry a wife named Pan?"

"Haven't you read Water Margin?"

Li Chaosheng looked at Gu Zi, Gu Zi shook his head and said, "I haven't seen it."

Li Chaosheng thinks about it, the Water Margin was written by Shi Naian, and it was written in the early Ming Dynasty. However, with the illiteracy rate of Ming Dynasty, there must not be many people who have read this book, especially before Guzi knew himself. I have read this book.

Li Chaosheng thought about it: "It's okay, I'll find a book for you to read when I have time."

After hearing this, Gu Zi said, "Brigade commander, what is this document?"

Li Chaosheng heard this and said: "Go back to the Ministry of Commerce and ask them to file this document."

"Yes, Brigadier, but Brigadier, why do you keep giving money to these small businesses?"

Li Chaosheng looked at Gu Zi and said, "You don't understand, this is called venture capital, and it can make a lot of money."

"Well, what a fortune this can make."

Gu Zi frowned and said, Li Chaosheng glanced at Gu Zi and said with a smile: "Gu Zi, doing business is the same as doing business, you have to take a long-term view, let me tell you how a company called Emperor Penguin monopolizes the market, by the way Back then there was an emperor penguin, and he wanted to invest in all start-up companies..."

(End of this chapter)