Spring and Autumn I Am King

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Everyone has their own troubles. After Han Ji left, Ji Ying's smile slowly faded, turning into sorrow and depression.

When the maid Yuan came, she also told Ji Ying that Wei presented her sword to Wu Xie on a rainy day a few days ago, including her background, which made Ji Ying a little worried.

"Unexpectedly, she was originally a lady from a scholar-official family, but her ancestor was Xia Ji, who killed one lord, two lords, four lords... Maybe this woman, like the rumors, can use some seductive and nourishing techniques, so she can be so beautiful. , the face is not old."

However, I should leave this matter to my future sister-in-law to worry about...

Thinking of this, she even rubbed her brows in annoyance.

A few times before the case, there was a silk book that Zhao Yang sent back from Wendi, and the content was almost the same as what Zhao Guangde brought to Chengyi.

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"The lowly son of a **** abandons his roots and chases the bottom! He will only speculate and hoard with this strange and ingenious technique, and deceive the people of the country!"

Zhao Zhongxin was trembling with anger, and his face that was like a crown jade also twisted. With a wave of his hand, he threw a piece of wheat cake that looked soft and delicious all the way.

The vertical temples who were waiting on the side looked distressed for a while. This piece of delicate wheat cake needs a few buckets of corn in exchange. That is their half-tenth of their ration...

"Brother Zhong, take it easy. Speaking of which, this thing tastes really good. Even I can't help but want to eat everything, not to mention the township clans."

Zhao Shuqi, who used to have a gloomy face in the past, was much calmer. He knelt on the seat and ate a piece of scones made of wheat flour without haste, leaving no dregs.

Zhao Zhongxin rushed over and pointed at him and rebuked, "Do you still have time to taste? Do you know that every piece of rice you eat means that several buckets of corn and wheat have flowed into the warehouses of the scumbags!"

It turns out that Zigong's business has begun to expand to the surrounding small towns after the fame of the lower palace. Naturally, the savage gangsters who can't afford to eat can't afford it, but the clans of the townships, as well as the wealthy people of the country, have taken out the corn and cloth stored at home and went to the city of the lower palace to exchange for wheat flour.

By the time Zhao Zhongxin and Zhao Shuqi found out, it was too late. A large amount of corn in their fiefs has flowed into Chengxiang through trade. It is said that every time the merchants of Wei Kingdom left, they would bring more than ten carts of corn and wheat fodder back home.

Thinking about this time, Zhao Wuxi's treasury was almost overflowing!

The two of them now feel that they have worked hard in the territory for more than half a year. During the spring ploughing, they also went down to the field to perform the field ceremony, but in the end, they were making wedding dresses for the poor son!

Moreover, this kind of transaction continues, repeatedly prohibited. Especially Zhong Xin, who has suffered from indulging the clan. Last year, Wei Ju said that his governance was the method of Qi Taigong, but now, he has been severely slashed by Zhao Wuxi.

That's why he cried out with righteous indignation: "In this way, the lowly scumbags will not farm crops and the treasury will be self-sufficient. When the winter solstice comes, the corn in our villages and towns will be greatly reduced, but he is on the contrary. Count first, you can easily get it!”

Zhao Shuqi got up slowly, he actually had a plan for a long time, but Zhao Wuxi noticed it, and in a flash, he made Cheng Weng "die of illness", and then sent his cronies to take charge of Cheng's family, so he had to delay it until now.

Under the impetus of this wheat flour, Shu Qi felt that he couldn't wait any longer. When his father came back, no action could escape his attention.

Zhong Xin is pedantic. In order to help Cheng Weng and Cheng Ji take revenge, his retainer Cheng He has passed She Tuo and got on the line with Uncle Qi. Under their deliberation, a conspiracy has gradually surfaced. Now, it is only necessary to bring Zhong Xin in and take advantage of the fact that his father Zhao Yang has not yet returned to do that together!

Holding Zhao Zhongxin's hand, he pretended to be affectionate and said, "Brother Zhong, don't worry, my brother has a plan, and he can draw the salary from the bottom of the pot, so that the lord of the scumbag will be left without food and crops overnight!"

Zhao Zhongxin's eyes lit up: "What is the solution, come and listen to brother Wei!"

Shu Qi's voice gradually lowered: "This matter still needs you and me to join hands. Although the Cheng clan has collapsed, there are many people who are dissatisfied with the tyranny of the scumbags. Besides, I also have an internal counselor in Chengxiang..."

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Whether it was Ji Ying, or Zhong Xin and Shu Qi, they were all guessing that the chestnut in Zhao Wuxi's warehouse was probably overflowing.

But they were wrong.

If anyone could enter the closely guarded Chengxiang government treasury, they would find that there were only some grass stalks and guaranteed grain, and some large bags of wheat flour for temporary storage. The rest of the place is still empty, allowing the rats to march in line.

According to the bamboo accounts that Jiqiao used "Zhou Bi's numbers", this year's winter wheat harvest has a total of 40,000 shi: of which the public fields account for nearly 8,000 shi, and the remaining private fields are 32,000 shi. With the one-twentieth tax rate set, the treasury will receive less than ten thousand stones.

A family of six can feed hundreds of stones a year, that is to say, if all these wheat are made into wheat rice, it can only feed a hundred families, or support a brigade of 500 soldiers.

Of course, Zhao Wuxi wouldn't use it like this. He transported all the wheat to the mill and milled out wheat flour one after another. He was exhausted by several mules and horses without stopping.

So the craftsmanship area near the stream was very lively, and big bags of wheat flour were carried out and carried away in ox carts.

Zhao Wuxi is not the kind of land rich man who piles up all the food in his house once he has a harvest and counts it several times a day. What he wants to do is to continue to promote the trade line and carry out "expanded reproduction".

What is the use of millet and wheat piled up in the treasury, besides making them feel safe, besides letting them slowly rot away?

Goods and money, only by circulating out, can create greater value!

In fact, after more than half a month, Zigong sold more than 400 shi of wheat flour four or five times in the Xiagongyi market, and harvested nearly 10,000 shi of corn and nearly 100 pieces of silk cloth!

Apart from the one-tenth of the profit distributed to the caravan, Zhao Wushi entrusted Zigong with most of the income, and bought some copper and iron for making tools, as well as cattle, horses and livestock in the vicinity of the Lower Palace.

As early as a few decades ago, Duke Ping of Jin once said: "Jin has three invulnerables, so what is the enemy of Jin?"

This monarch, who is incomparable with King Ling of Chu in the south and the north, thinks that the Jin state has three favorable conditions, and it is enough to be invincible in the world.

Among them, the first and second articles are "national insurance and many horses".

The land of Hedong in the Spring and Autumn Period, that is, Shanxi in later generations, is not as prosperous and densely populated as in later generations. Many areas are still in a state of semi-farming and semi-grazing. The Jinyang, Dongyang, drums, fertilizers and other places newly conquered by the Fan and Zhi clans in recent decades were filled with materials such as horses, cattle, sheep, furs, tendons and horns.

In addition, the ancestors of the Zhao family started out by raising horses, so cattle and horses are cheaper than other places. At that time, Xiangao, a patriotic businessman in Zheng State, bought cattle and horses from the territory of the Zhao family in Jin State, and sold them to Zhou Shi, south of the Yellow River. Halfway through, he encountered Qin people who were swaggering and playing "sneak attack"...

Generally speaking, in the vicinity of the lower palace, a sturdy ox is worth 50 shi of corn, and a healthy workhorse is also worth 50 shi of corn.

As for those good horses that can ride a Mercedes Benz or pull a heavy chariot, there is no chance of getting 400 shi of corn, and don't try to fool them with straw, and they have to be fed food from time to time.

Therefore, Zhao Wuxi's light knights can only maintain the scale of thirty or forty knights at present, and the reason is very simple: they can't afford them.

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PS: There is no way to check the prices in the Spring and Autumn Period. You can only use the data from the Han Dynasty to infer it according to the "Research on the Problem of Prices in China's Past Dynasties".

The normal price of corn in the Han Dynasty should be between 60 and 120 dollars per stone (five baht dollars). For the convenience of calculation, we take 80.

According to the quality of horses in the Western Han Dynasty, the price ranged from 4,000 to 33,000 dollars. Therefore, it is considered that a poor horse pack horse is 50 times as much as corn, and a better war horse is 400 times as much as corn.

The price of cattle is about 4,000 yuan, which is 50 times that of corn.

By the way, the conversion ratio of Qin Guojin (half liang) cloth is 11:1

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