Daming: I, the emperor who trains the carpenter

Chapter 165 Food Crisis?The battle of two whites and one black in the Ming Dynasty!
This sleep, directly to the sun three poles.

Yawning, Zhang Haogu stretched his waist, feeling his vigorous energy returned to his body, and then asked his servants to get a toothbrush and some tooth powder to start brushing his teeth.

This toothbrush was invented by Ming Wuzong's father Zhu Youtang.

It's become popular even now.

After tidying up his appearance, Zhang Haogu started to work.

First, I glanced at the script.

It's okay, the literati under Zhang Ruitu are becoming more and more capable of writing novels. Although they are in vernacular, the writing style is needless to say, and the worst is at the level of Fengshenyanyi.

Anyway, it's better than what I wrote myself.

In addition, there are teaching materials.

Simplified characters, simple mathematics, and some history and geography.

Further up is some more complicated mathematics and science knowledge.

Looking back, I have to pull Xu Guangqi to think about it together.

After reading it, Zhang Haogu made a lot of instructions and asked his servants to give them to Zhang Ruitu. Now Zhang Ruitu is also very busy. Originally, the Ministry of Rites belonged to the Qingshui Yamen.

But now it is a series of jobs such as propaganda, education, and diplomacy.

What kind of newspaper do you want to do?

It is specially responsible for publicizing national policies, disclosing major domestic cases, and serializing novels.

Zhang Ruitu immediately became busy.

The Ministry of Rites belongs to the Qingshui Yamen, which means that they can only show their faces on major national festivals.

Now Zhang Haogu gave him a hard time, even if Zhang Ruitu wants to be idle now, he wants to be lazy, but the dog emperor is also staring at him every day, and there are a group of government officials staring at him every day. look at yourself.

Even if Zhang Ruitu wanted to be lazy, it was impossible.

Afterwards, Zhang Haogu picked up another memorial.

This is from Lu Xiangsheng.

This memorial recorded Wang Wenyan's selling process in detail. First, Nanbu lowered the price and severely hit Beibu, and then took the opportunity to buy Beibu at a low price. After the price of Beibu was lowered, he bought at a lower price.

It's freezing cold, and the price of fabrics will inevitably rise. Wang Wenyan can benefit at least a million in the entire northern region.

Seeing Wang Wenyan's coquettish operation, Zhang Haogu was stunned.

Good guy, you really can't underestimate the ancients. Why is this show operation exactly the same as a certain country?
If the textile industry in the south is more developed, the north will completely become a dumping ground for commodities in the south. If it is more ruthless, they will even dare to do the business of building slaves.

History textbooks say that the budding of capitalism is not bad, but the budding speed is too slow, the growth speed is too slow, and it did not become a towering tree in the end.

After closing the playbook in his hand, Zhang Haogu called another playbook

Lu Xiangsheng's Bureau of Statistics found that during this period of time, some people were purchasing a large amount of grain, which caused the price of grain in the capital to skyrocket.

Lu Xiangsheng pointed out that this surge is a completely unhealthy surge.

The initial increase was because a large number of refugees came to the capital area to seek life. After Zhu Youxiao divided the land, it attracted a large number of refugees.

Now the actual population of Yongding County has reached at least 30, and there is a huge food shortage. Whether it is sweet potatoes or potatoes, it will take time to grow.

So many people, when they came to the capital, they all wanted to eat.

At this time, the increase in food prices is still within a reasonable range, but at this stage, the increase in food prices is somewhat unreasonable.

Obviously someone is maliciously raising the price of food.

And this person seemed to be Wang Wenyan too.

Looking at the memorial, Zhang Haogu frowned, looked at the scribes beside him and said, "Let Lu Xiangsheng come over!"

When Lu Xiangsheng came over, he obviously had a nap, and he was still in good spirits. He saluted Zhang Haogu and said, "I've seen Mr. Xiang!"

"sit!"

Zhang Haogu pointed to the chair on one side, and then said: "I have read the content of the memorial, you mean, the person behind this increase in grain prices is Wang Wenyan? Is it the Donglin Party?"

"Exactly, the lower officials have investigated. This time, Wang Wenyan has brought in a lot of money and is buying food from the north. This year, Yongding County has an additional population of 30, which consumes a lot of food. The second is This year, the north has been affected by wind and cold, and the grain production has decreased, followed by the riots in Zhending Mansion, Zhao Tianwang set fire to the fields, and lost a lot of grain!"

Speaking of this, Lu Xiangsheng paused, and continued to add: "At this moment, they are buying grain, and they must take advantage of this opportunity to make a lot of money. Master, you must guard against it. If this is the case, winter is here, and the common people If they can't buy food, they have to exchange land for food, and at that time, they will become their tenant farmers!!"

"The field that the emperor finally divided will soon become theirs. Your lord must guard against it, and you must be careful!"

The emperor divided the land, you ask this group of human beings if they dare to divide it up?

It's no wonder you dare not carve up!
Lu Xiangsheng is also very anxious now. If this matter is not handled properly, he does not know how many people will starve to death.

Zhang Haogu narrowed his eyes, but there was a smile on his face: "What do you think?"

"Immediately deal with this group of grain merchants strictly and ask them to sell them at the price set by the court!" Lu Xiangsheng said: "Only in this way can the people live and work in peace and contentment!"

"This Wang Wenyan is probably a broker, and behind this is a big businessman from the south of the Yangtze River, officials from the Donglin Party, and the imperial court's meritorious group!" Zhang Haogu stretched his muscles slightly: "It's not easy to handle." what!"

"Could it be that my lord is afraid?" Lu Xiangsheng felt a little strange. Zhang Haogu was not like this in the past. He was afraid of this group of dog officials. He didn't know how much the bureaucrats of Ming Dynasty had been offended by him.

"I have heard a word!"

Zhang Haogu smiled, and then slowly said: "The result of a 10% food shortage is not a 10% increase in food prices, but an increase in prices until 10% of the people starve to death!"

Lu Xiangsheng was slightly taken aback, but he had to admit that what Zhang Haogu said made sense.

"What is certain is that the food price increase is definitely not [-]%, and the number of people who starve to death is definitely not [-]%!"

Zhang Haogu looked at Lu Xiangsheng with burning eyes, and then slowly said: "But, I also believe in a word, if you have food in your hand, don't panic in your heart!"

Lu Xiangsheng asked: "What does your lord mean?"

"In business, there are losses and gains. This is the norm. Why can't they lose money?" Zhang Haogu smiled, and said slowly: "Don't rush to arrest people, they dare to bully you." Food prices, I can make them lose money until their mother explodes!"

(End of this chapter)