Mohist Tang

Men farming and women weaving!

Working at sunrise, resting at sunset.

If you dont close your house at night, you dont have to pick up things.

This is the most ideal social situation in ancient society. It is the greatest expectation of the emperors of the past dynasties for the farmers. However, it is never the real farmers who came up with this ideal state.

On the contrary, no matter in any era, an ordinary farmer wants to eat from the land, and almost no one can make a fortune.

Even in the Zhenguan dynasty, which is known as the Qingming dynasty, the phenomenon of overcharging three or five buckets still exists. In addition to the taxes and servitudes that farmers have to bear, they can only feed and wear. But it was already Ming Jun.

So when the food price protection order issued by Li Shimin was conveyed to all counties in Guanzhong, almost all farmers couldnt help cheering excitedly. Seven cents per bucket of grain, which is probably the highest purchase price for grain in the past years. Once again!

In front of an ordinary farmer.

“My child, you have a good home, and you will come back when your husband sells the food.” The black-faced Guanzhong guy shouted to the woman who was feeding the chickens and ducks.

Beside him, an ox cart is pulling a cart of food, and his 13-14-year-old son is helping him tie the hemp rope and fix the food.

Although this years grain was affected by the disaster, fluid pressure was applied later, and the grain production was not at all reduced, but there was a lot of increase in production!

Besides the taxes paid and the food that is always available at home, some food for feeding chickens and ducks is reserved. This cart of food is for sale.

This years food price is at least seven cents per bucket. The black-faced man calculated that although the food sold this year is less than in previous years, the price of food is higher. On the contrary, it will sell a lot more money than in previous years. Many items have been added to the home.

“Quickly go and quickly return!” The woman got up and moved towards her husband and son and waved her hands, revealing a young and windy face, which was obviously also a long-term labor.

Seeing that the grass in the chicken coop has been eaten, the wheat grains that were crushed during the summer harvest were scattered into the flock of chickens and ducks. Although it is summer, there are many grasses and there is no shortage Food sources, but these chickens and ducks are at the peak of egg production, and it is when they need to supplement their nutrition. At this time, feeding poultry food does not suffer at all.

“jia!

The black-faced man is shouting loudly, and the bullock cart moves slowly. In order to relieve the pressure on the bull, father and son walked on foot and encountered unevenness. The place is still pushing hard, but this cow was borrowed, if it is broken, it will not be able to compensate.

The black-faced man’s first choice is the recent Weijia grain shop. In the past, the grain sold every year was sold to the Weijia grain shop.

The Wei’s family in Chang’an City is a famous home of goodness. There are many high officials in the family. During the slack in farming, the black-faced men also come to the Wei’s family to help. It can be mixed with full rice every time.

Although the steward and subordinates of the Wei family are a bit hateful, these not at all damage the reputation of the Wei family.

“Father! It’s Wei Lai!” The son saw a man with a sharp-mouthed monkey gill at the door of Wei’s food shop and whispered to his father.

Wei Lai is not called by this name. He is a steward of the Wei family. He is usually tart and mean, and treats the master to flatter him, but he treats ordinary farmers at every turn and speaks bad words and deducts wages. He was unbearable, so everyone called him Wei Lai behind his back.

“Don’t talk nonsense, let Wei be in charge!” The black-faced man scolded his son, and quickly greeted him with a smile.

“Manager Wei, the villain came to sell the grain today, and asked Mr. Wei to open his eyes.” The black-faced man stepped forward to please, but he knew Wei Lai was a seeking revenge for the slightest grievance The villain, whoever offends him, no one does not get private revenge by him.

“It turns out that it’s you two gangsters! Go back! This year, the Wei’s grain shop will not accept food.” Wei Lai squinted at the black-faced man and said.

The black-faced man father and son have the same dark skin. Guanshi Weis words are extremely rude. The black-faced man dragged his angry son and flattered: “Guardian Wei laughed. The family grain shop has been collecting grain for more than ten years. The villain sells the grain in the home to the Wei family. How can they not collect it?”

“If you dont collect it, its not what you said. Forget it, it’s not me who has the final say, but Chang’an City has the final say for Lord. Lord has already passed on the words. This year, the Wei family has no plans to collect food at all. Didn’t you see other people go back? “Wei Lai sneered.

The black-faced man looked at his cart of food embarrassingly. In this era, there are no convenient transportation conditions. It is not easy to come here. Many families even have flatbed trucks. No, it’s all on shoulder and hand.

“Wei Guanshi, please do me a favour, the price is good and this is all good food.” The black-faced man begged.

In this era, the good grains are used for paying taxes, the worst grains are used for their own consumption, and the grains used for selling are also high-quality grains.

“This is not a question of price? It is that the Wei family no longer accepts food.” Wei Lai said impatiently.

“Manager Du, you see how five cents per bucket is.” The black-faced guy clenching one’s teeth and said, he knew in his mind that the biggest problem was actually the price. When the money was paid, the Wei family did not say that they would not accept food, but now Your Majesty has issued a food price protection order. The Wei family immediately announced that they will not accept food. The black-faced man will drop five cents per bucket, and just want to take advantage of it as soon as possible. At a high price, the grain was sold at a price of 6.5 cents per bucket compared to before.

Wei Lai suddenly blew the beard said while staring: “Are you trying to frame the Wei family for unrighteousness? The Wei family is a well-known poetry and etiquette Aristocratic Family, how can it go against the emperor’s order? “

No matter what the black-faced man said, Wei’s family is still determined not to accept food. In desperation, the black-faced father and son had to take the food away. Similarly, there are many farmers who have heard of rising grain prices and rushed to sell their grains.

Wai Lai grunted and entered the Wei’s grain shop when all the farmers had left.

“Shopkeeper, everyone is gone!” Wei Lai moved towards a middle-aged Shopkeeper in his 40s, who is the Shopkeeper of Wei Jialiang.

“en! You did good, and there will be people who sell food in the future, so they will do so.” Wei Shopkeeper nodded and said.

Dulaipi hesitantly said: “Shopkeeper, what if these mud legs go to other places to sell food?”

Wei Shopkeeper coldly snorted and said: “You can rest assured, other I cant guarantee the place. Its in the south of Chang’an City. I can guarantee that there is no grain Chamber of Commerce to collect grain.”

With the joint efforts of the Weidu and Duxie families, naturally few grain merchants dare to offend They, besides, the price of grain was suddenly cursed, and the grain merchants naturally felt unwilling, so they just borrowed the donkey.

Things are exactly as Mr. Wei said. The black-faced father and son ran a big circle with the grain. In the south of Chang’an City, there was no grain shop that bought grain.

For a while, most of the grain merchants around Chang’an City were watching, and a large backlog of grain was in the hands of farmers.