back to ancient times to be emperor

Chapter 729
Winter is long, even at the end of January, there are still a few snowfalls in Chang'an.It is true that the auspicious snow heralds a good year, but the cold spring is expected to make farmers who depend on the weather feel a little depressed.Seeing that it is almost the beginning of spring, the snow has not yet melted.At this rate, the vernal equinox will probably be cold in the spring. How much harvest can the crops planted in this way be?
But it seems to be blessed by God. On the eve of the Awakening of Insects, the weather is still warm and cold, but once the Awakening of Insects is over, the weather will warm up.Except for the alpine mountainous areas where it is winter all year round, the daily temperature in Dashun is gradually warming up.At this time, the severe cold has passed, the temperature rises rapidly, and most places in Dashun have entered the bright spring.On the vast land, willows are green on the bank, warblers grow long, wheat joints, rape blossoms are fragrant, peaches are red, plums are white and spring is yellow, and at the southernmost end south of the Yangtze River, it is a scene of late spring.Except for the snow accumulation, the northwestern region of Dashun still has very little precipitation. Resisting the threat of spring drought is the main problem in agricultural production.

Under Lu Chengqi's guidance, the local officials in Dashun are not like before. They don't work hard and don't know the grain. Many officials have to personally supervise the farming for the sake of political achievements.Especially in the Jiangnan area, the land reclaimed in winter has now been planted with crops, most of which are rice seeds imported from Chenla and Champa.

As for Shandong East Road, which was severely drought last autumn, it also ushered in the first spring rain.The farmers took advantage of the pattering spring rains to start sowing.

This is a good thing for Dashun, and it is also a good thing for farmers, but it is not a good thing for some people with ulterior motives.

Qingzhou was the most severely affected place on Shandong East Road, but under the relief of the imperial court, it seemed that everything was going smoothly and smoothly, and there were no food grabs or rumors.After all, today is different from the past, with "Dashun Min Bao", it is difficult for some people with ulterior motives to incite the common people.The common people would rather believe the voice of the imperial court than those rumors.Even if "Dashun Min Bao" couldn't publish their demands in newspapers, there are other newspapers!Not to mention Chang'an City, it is the local state capital, and now some people start a newspaper business, which makes it flourish.

In Qingzhou City, inside a not-so-spacious shop is a courtyard with two entrances.This shop, the front is for selling goods, and the inside is for people to live in. It has two functions.And often this kind of folk houses, relying on the street, the land price is the most expensive.In Chang'an City, this kind of shops, let alone two yards, even if they only have one storefront, they cost thousands of dollars to sell.Therefore, another industry has been born, which is the rental shop.Many people who are saving shopfronts are unwilling to sell off the shopfronts. This is a chicken that can only lay golden eggs!In Chang'an City, the rent of the most prosperous shops in January is more than ten guan.With ten pennies, you can live comfortably in Chang'an.If there are a few more shops, you will have already lived a high-level life.The land in Chang'an is expensive, and the shops are even more expensive.But there are still many merchants coming, and they can't be stopped.why?Because at this time, Chang'an was the economic, political, military, and cultural center of Dashun, where the rich and powerful gathered together.

There is a saying that if you don't come to Chang'an, you don't know your official status; if you don't do business in Chang'an, you don't know how little money you have.The purchasing power, knowledge and tolerance of Chang'an people are unmatched by other places.As long as the reputation is established in Chang'an and branches are opened in other places, money will flow in.This is why the land price in Chang'an is getting more and more expensive, and there are still merchants who squeeze in their heads to get a share of the pie.All the hustle and bustle in the world is for profit, and the prosperity of the world is for profit!
Naturally, Qingzhou couldn't compare with Chang'an, they were not in the same weight class.However, there are also many people in Qingzhou, and the business prospects are still quite impressive.

It's just that some people will wonder why this shop is closed and does not do business when the sky is broad daylight. Is it because there is too much money or the proprietor is happy?Looking again, it turned out to be a paint shop.Lacquer has a long history in the Central Plains. Since the Neolithic Age, the properties of lacquer have been recognized and used to make utensils.After going through business, until now, there is still the production of lacquerware.The production of lacquerware is inseparable from a natural lacquer tree, and the garden where lacquer trees are planted is called lacquer garden.On Huainan East Road, there is another place named Lacquer Garden, which is said to be the garden where lacquer trees were planted in the Zhou Dynasty.

The market for lacquerware is not very wide, so it is difficult to do business, and it is normal for shops to be closed.If you want to buy paint, you can come to the door, and you don't need to open a shop to wait for customers.

In the courtyard behind the shop, three to forty people actually gathered in the deserted shop, talking non-stop in low voices.

"Brother Fang, this Huangzhuang is not a thing anymore. I bought grain at a high price just to make a profit. His Huangzhuang family has a big business. With such a disturbance, the price of grain will not rise but fall, and I will lose all my money. !"

"You are also blinded by eating too much lard, and you don't even think about it. Whose property is Huangzhuang, can you let Qingzhou be harmed?"

The man blushed, "I'm not the only one who buys grain at a high price. Why are you yelling at me? Don't mention me, isn't half of the [-] acres of land in your family abandoned?"

"Hey, whoever says it's not, even if you want to sell it, no one buys it! Seeing that the price of the land is getting lower day by day, but no one buys it..."

"It's all the fault of the imperial court. It's driving us to our death!"

"It's, it's..."

"Brother Fang, your lacquer garden has not been doing well recently!"

The one in the middle was Fang La who was still in Luliang Mountain not long ago.He sighed and said: "If there is a way to survive, who would want to do this? I am here today to know if you can get together and petition the imperial court to let us live?"

Everyone said one after another: "That's exactly what happened. Brother Fang is taking it with us. What are we afraid of?"

Fang La said with a smile: "Don't dare, the boy is eighteen years old, how dare he say that he leads you? You are all famous people in Qingzhou, I am just a little playboy in Shezhou, I dare not bear this false name... "

Fang La said so on his lips, but in fact he was already happy in his heart.His biggest dream is to change the dynasty.It's just that I don't have enough wings, so I don't dare to act rashly.Now that there is a severe drought on Shandong East Road, it is a good time, but the imperial court rushed to relieve the disaster.But you have Zhang Liangji, I have a wall ladder.It is not a problem to incite the hungry people, but it is not a problem to incite these merchants and landlords.

Since ancient times, Lu has more people but less land.Now the imperial court has a policy that the land in the south of the Yangtze River is their own after three years of reclamation. Many people in Shandong were tempted and left their hometowns and went south to work hard.For ordinary people, this is good news, but for large landlords with hundreds of acres of land, it is undoubtedly a bolt from the blue.

The landlord's family has no surplus food. The landlord has money and has used it to exchange land. Now even if he wants to sell the land for business, someone has to buy it, right?The people are chasing after the rise. If your land price falls, the people will wait and see. This has been the principle since ancient times.So the most urgent ones now are the grain merchants and big landlords. Now in the yard, there are most of these people.

(End of this chapter)