Be Careful General's Wife!

"So serious?" Shen Wan frowned.

Xuanyuan Liuyun nodded his head and said, "the snow in Beijun is much bigger than that in the imperial city. In addition, unscrupulous merchants hoard goods ahead of time and drove up prices. Now in Beijun, only two catties of rice and half a kilogram of cotton can be bought with one or two silver coins. That's why so many people have been starved to death. I'm afraid that the number will rise in the future. "

"The court doesn't care?" These people who get rich in disaster are the most hateful, but, whether in ancient society or modern society, such a situation can not be avoided.

Xuanyuan Liuyun shook his head and said: "there are no relevant laws and regulations in Dongchen state. Although they do this, they do not violate the law, although they are immoral."

"It's disgusting." Shen Wan patted the table angrily and thought for a moment: "I heard that the snow is coming so fast this year that many wheat have not been sown, and the ground has been frozen. In the coming year, I'm afraid that the food supply will be even more tense. When the time comes, not only the northern County, but also all parts of the country may be short of food. Even if it's not a good winter. "

Xuanyuan Liuyun didn't expect that she could think so far. This is really not what an ordinary housewife can think of.

"The emperor is also worried about this," said the flood in the South last year and the snow disaster this year. Next year, the grain supply in Dongchen will be very short.

Shen Wan gently tapped on the table with her fingers and thought, "have the countries around you in the past two years suffered from disasters and have abundant grain production?"

Although Xuanyuan Liuyun didn't understand why she asked other countries, she still thought: "Nanyue and Xiling, Nanyue and Xiling have had good weather in the past two years. The geographical environment of the two countries is also very good. Both can grow rice and wheat, and Nanyue rice can grow two seasons a year." Although Nanyue has just put an end to the civil strife, the cultivation of grain has not been greatly affected. As for Beidi, their snow disaster this year is even more serious than Dongchen state!

"Can Dongchen trade with the two countries?" Shen Wan asked.

"Yes, Xiling has always been friendly with Dongchen state. Although it is not as good as Xiling with Nanyue, it is peaceful coexistence."

"If you want to solve the problem of food shortage in the coming year, you have to purchase grain in Xiling and Nanyue." Since China can not be self-sufficient, it can only rely on imports.

Xuanyuan Liuyun twisted his eyebrows and said: "there was no such precedent before."

Although Dongchen had trade with the two countries, the trade was only cloth, tea, utensils and so on. There was no trade in grain.

"Moreover, in this way, they will not know that my Dongchen is short of food. If they also raise the price of grain and take the opportunity to kill us!"

Shen Wan said: "without such a precedent, it doesn't mean there can't be one. But what you said may also exist. " After all, even Dongchen country has people to do such things, kill their own country's people, how can they expect other countries not to kill you?

"The court can find trustworthy merchants and let them go to Nanyue and Xiling to buy grain. Once they buy it, they can go away without giving them any chance to raise their prices." If you buy grain in a place, people will raise the price of grain if they hear the wind. If it is carried out in all parts of the two countries at the same time, this situation will not exist. When they react, the food has been purchased.

Xuanyuan Liuyun thought and said, "this is feasible." He talked to her today. He was looking for the right person.

"By the way, there are towns and villages in North County?" When she read the travel notes, she had seen in the travel notes that Beijun was not far from the border between Dongchen and Beidi, and the border between the two countries was separated by mountains.