Three Kingdoms: Liu Bei seeks the master and seeks to conquer the world

Chapter 37 To lure the common people, Liu Bei gathers food in the city

"Don't worry, the county magistrate!"

"Since ancient times, people have depended on food."

"If the poor have no food, they will breed refugees, and when the refugees get angry, they will be in trouble."

"I want the people of the world to have a good life for their old age, a good use for their strength, and a good growth for their young, so that the widows, widows, lonely, disabled and sick can all be cared for. The root of this is to focus on farming."

"There are enough warehouses to know etiquette, and the ancestors governed the country, all of which focus on agriculture."

"Guan Zhong of the State of Qi set up a quasi-level official, Li Kui of the Wei State set up a leveling official, Sang Hongyang of the previous dynasty set up a leveling quasi-order, and Wang Mang of the new dynasty set up a five-level official."

"Although the names are different, and the praises and criticisms are not the same, but its core idea of ​​'stabilizing prices' is the key to emphasizing agriculture!"

"In a year of good harvest, the people have surplus grain, but the price of grain hurts farmers, the king should buy surplus grain from the people to level the price of grain; in a year of famine, the people have no surplus grain, but the price of grain hurts the people, the king should sell the surplus grain from the treasury to level the price of grain , in order to weaken the plundering of the common people by the big rich family!"

"But in this dynasty, although there is an equalization order, its duty is only to control prices, and no longer intervene in the market to stabilize prices."

"As a result, the trend of mergers by powerful and wealthy businessmen has become more intense than before."

"The idea of ​​letting the rich distribute surplus grain to the poor is against the will of the people and underestimates human nature. It is doomed to fail; Let the rich and rich families not benefit from it, and let the people sell and buy grain at normal prices no matter whether it is a good harvest or a shortage, and the people will naturally not be short of food."

Seeing that Liu Bei cared about the common people, Zheng Ping spoke out to comfort him.

But Ping Zhun policy is not suitable for Liu Bei at present.

When you are in a humble position, it is difficult to implement macro-control economic policies against the trend.

To implement the leveling strategy, Liu Bei must at least be the governor of Qingzhou!

This is also one of the contents of Zheng Ping's previous Twelve Strategies.

Liu Bei sighed softly: "What the teacher taught is that I am a little anxious."

a long time.

Liu Bei cleared his mind and returned to normal: "Sir, now that Gaotang County has money, food and soldiers, should we take the initiative to attack the Yellow Turbans in Gaotang County?"

One hundred thousand shi of grain and more than a thousand soldiers and horses.

Wouldn't it be easy to capture the Yellow Turbans in Gaotang County?

Zheng Ping shook his head, and his tone became a bit colder: "Xianzun, it is easy to conquer the Yellow Turbans of a county, but it is difficult to conquer the Yellow Turbans of a county and a state."

"What's more, there are more than [-] powerful and wealthy merchants in the four townships who are brave enough to refuse to cooperate with the county lords."

"We must teach this group of self-righteous powerful and wealthy businessmen a profound lesson, let them truly understand that without the protection of the county lord, their proud family power is worthless in front of the Yellow Turban!"

"This is also a warning to all powerful and wealthy businessmen in Gaotang County, and even Pingyuan County!"

"If you want to keep your family business from the yellow turban thieves, the only way is to cooperate with the county magistrate!"

"The county priest only needs to hoard money and food in the city, build war preparations, add collective houses to accommodate refugees, implement the tactics of fortifying the walls and clearing the fields, and wait for the right time."

After a pause, another cunning flashed in Zheng Ping's bright eyes.

"If you have free time, the county lord can personally practice the private soldiers sent by these 28 powerful and wealthy merchants, so that these private soldiers can strengthen their sense of identity with the big man!"

Facing Zhang Fei, Zheng Ping spoke more bluntly.

But facing Liu Bei, Zheng Ping was a little more tactful.

The division must also be famous, so that these private soldiers can strengthen their sense of identity with the big man, which makes Liu Bei more happy than the saying that they become Liu Bei's private soldiers.

When Liu Bei heard this, he was really happy.

"Mr. is very right!"

Although these powerful and wealthy businessmen are only willing to dispatch [-] private soldiers and [-] war horses to Liu Bei, this is also a force that cannot be underestimated.

And with these money, food, soldiers and horses, Zheng Ping's first step to help Liu Bei gain a foothold in Qingzhou also initially met expectations.

If it is not necessary to consider the money and food needed to resettle the Yellow Turbans and the refugees, it will not be difficult to raise another [-] soldiers and horses.

In terms of personality charm, Liu Bei can be regarded as top-notch in this world.

In terms of military training alone, Guan Yu shares the joys and sorrows with the soldiers and leads by example, so he can train a group of elite soldiers who are good at fighting.

But Liu Bei was moved with affection, understood righteousness, asked for warmth, condescended, and spoke sincerely. Even the most ordinary pawn, Liu Bei could chat with him about family matters.

Just one month.

These eight hundred private soldiers, and even the powerful and wealthy businessmen who commanded the private soldiers, had a sense of knowing Liu Bei, "Although I am a horse, but it is not at the right time. Now I meet Liu Bei, I know that there is Bole in the world!"

During this period, Zheng Ping also completed the deployment of the autumn harvest.

The boy servants carrying the banner of "Guantian" went back and forth in the fields every day, shouting slogans such as "Guantian is under the protection of the county lord", "If there are thieves who rob food, the county lord will pour out the whole city to attack the thief".

I shouted for a month, afraid that no one would know!
A large number of sickles for harvesting crops and wooden carts for transportation were also produced during this month.

Especially the sickle, the county government even leased it to the common people for free.

Even the young children in the streets and alleys are singing the nursery rhyme of "snatching".

This tense atmosphere also made the people inside and outside the county, who didn't care much before, feel uneasy.

Although there is no mention of the Yellow Turban at all, many people associate it with the Yellow Turban.

After the atmosphere was mobilized, the county government issued another decree.

"As long as any household registered in the county government is willing to lease the autumn harvest grain to the county government for a month, the rent will be paid at twice the market price of the grain sold, and a certain percentage of deposit will be paid. The county government will have professional harvesting The harvesting team is responsible for harvesting and transportation, so as to avoid wasting time and money. At the same time, households who are willing to rent grain can also join the harvesting team and pay money and food per day, and they can sign up in advance.”

As soon as this decree came out, it once again set off a big wave among the scholars, people, and common people in the four townships.

If you rent it to the county government for a month, you will pay twice the market price of the grain and pay the deposit, and you can also join the harvesting team to earn money and grain. Isn't this the same as the county government giving away money for nothing?
Although there are many voices of doubt, there are also many households who believe in it!

The one-month change in the atmosphere has increased the uneasiness of the scholars and common people in the four townships, and most of them have a herd mentality.

Seeing the surrounding villagers, one by one, they chose to respond to the government order and sign a contract with the county government.

Agreeing to rent out the autumn harvest grain to the county government, and join the harvesting team to earn money and grain rewards, the remaining villagers couldn't help being tempted.

Under the great profit, there must be a brave man.

And the more people involved, the more courageous the villagers will be.

The entire Gaotang County has a registered population of more than [-] people. If Liu Bei dares to speak without faith, he will create tens of thousands of hungry people out of thin air.

Plain County.

Chen Ji sat up in shock after receiving the county governor's report to the Gaotang County inspector.

"To lure the common people and gather food in the city, what is Liu Bei doing?"

(End of this chapter)