The Reborn Wife is Farming

At the beginning, some people were afraid that the Fengshou Grain Shop would not last long, so they always came to line up when the city gate opened before dawn, but half a month later, the Fengshou Grain Shop still had the same time, same price, and same sales volume , the number of people eager to loot has also decreased, so that more people from afar can buy this cheap coarse grain.

The business of other grain stores in Lin'an City plummeted, except for those who were not short of money and did not want to spend time queuing up, they were all willing to wait a day or two to go to the Harvest Grain Store to buy.

The news spread quickly, and places three or four days away from Lin'an City also dragged their children and daughters to buy food. They were all from village to village, dressed in rags, standing in front of the Harvest Grain Shop and watching eagerly. That long queue.

Because there were always people maintaining order in front of the shop, no one dared to jump in the queue, and no one even dared to buy food twice a day, so these people were quickly directed to queue at the back.

However, visually, they will not be able to buy food today, but they have brought some thin quilts, and they are already planning to fight a protracted war.

Sitting in the carriage, Mu Yangling couldn't help but frowned slightly, and said, "The summer harvest is about to begin, why are so many people short of food?"

According to the thrifty and hard-working nature of the common people, they would rather stay half-starved and half-satisfied until the grain matures than spend money to buy grain.

"Ask Wang Quan. He must know. Look at the fourth grandma. He walks around the crowd a few times a day. He is as close as a brother to those people. He can get any news."

Mu Yangling pursed his lips and smiled, put down the curtain, and said, "Let's go to the back door."

Mu Yangling entered through the back door, and Wang Quan was quickly called in. Hearing this, pity flashed across his face, and he bowed and said, "Fourth grandma didn't know something. There was a war last year, and the order of various places was uncertain at the beginning of this year. With a distance of four days, even the farmland outside Lin'an City has a lot of time to cultivate in the future. The villagers who came today are from the area of ​​Shaoxing Prefecture. Their entire village fled collectively due to the war. It was only because of the edict issued by the imperial court six months ago. But when we returned to the village, every family had eaten up all the food, and the remaining things in the house were looted, and the local food price was too expensive, so they came here together when they heard that we had food that was more than twice as cheap.”

"That is to say, even if the summer harvest is harvested, there will still be many people who have not harvested." Mu Yangling frowned, "Then what about the next day? Where did they get the money to buy food?"

Wang Quan lowered his head and said, "I heard that someone is already selling land and children."

Mu Yangling was silent for a moment, and said: "If they come back tomorrow morning, just invite them in. If they come from far away, each person can buy an extra 20 catties of grain, which is not included in the five thousand catties limit."

Lichun asked curiously, "Why does it have to be tomorrow morning?"

"Fourth grandma is kind," Wang Quan explained while sycophanting: "In this way, they can start their journey after buying food. It's getting late now. If they buy food today, they will definitely have to stay in Lin'an City for a day. I'm afraid it's not safe for the grain to stay in the city."

However, Mu Yangling began to worry about the situation after the summer harvest. He thought that the situation would ease after the summer harvest, but now it seems that if many people do not have a summer harvest, then Qi Xiuyuan took the trouble to distribute the Yongye land to the people and divide the rich and wealthy enclosures The plan of the forces fell through, and those Yongye fields would fall into the hands of the wealthy and Fuji gentry once they were divided.

Mu Yangling told Qi Haoran about his worries, and Qi Haoran put his hands on his pillow and said, "Brother has been worrying about this too recently, but there is no good way. There is limited food in the national treasury, so big brother can't save many people even if he gives it all away. .”

"If corruption of ink still occurs, the common people will suffer even more." Mu Yangling said sadly.

Qi Haoran smiled and said: "Don't worry, no one dares to be greedy at this time. My brother was furious not long ago because the relief food was replaced, and he chopped off many officials. Now no one dares to touch this brow."

The new country needs thunderous means, and Qi Xiuyuan has always acted in a tough manner. Those old and cunning people have long quietly followed Qi Xiuyuan's wishes. At least they dare not be so greedy on the surface. Dare to embezzle the Mo country's relief food, just happened to be used by Qi Xiuyuan to scare chickens and monkeys.

"Brother said that as long as the situation is stable until the winter harvest, most of the areas south of the Yangtze River can have two seasons a year, and because the north is within the sphere of influence of the elder brother and General Yuan, there has been no real chaos. The people harvest in autumn. It should be good, and high-yield corn is planted, so it will not be a problem this year or next."

"But if the people sell their land at this time, what will they plant in autumn?"

Qi Haoran smiled mysteriously, and said in a low voice: "Are you stupid as a big brother? He expected it a long time ago. When the edict was issued, it was clearly stated that the divided Yongyetian could not be traded within ten years. You only want to look at the Yongyetian. However, I didn’t notice the last sentence. Before the autumn harvest, the imperial court must approve it again, and all the Yongye fields bought and sold must be returned to the original owners.”

Mu Yangling's eyes widened, "Didn't the person who bought the land suffer a lot?"

"It's not a big loss," Qi Haoran explained: "When the time comes, the imperial court will pay for the redemption. This is the first time that Nian will only fine both parties one-third of the selling price. At that time, both parties will share it equally. If you owe money on credit until next year’s summer or winter harvest, and use grain as collateral, if you commit a second offense, no matter whether it’s the buyer or the seller, the Yongye land bought and sold will be returned to the imperial court, and the imperial court will not redeem the money for the purchase, nor will it return it to the seller.”

So one has only one chance to make a mistake.

"This is a private discussion between Zijin and Brother Rong. The elder brother agreed. Just wait for the opportunity to approve the field before autumn plowing. Don't tell outsiders."

It means that my own people can remind me a thing or two.

Mu Yangling didn't hear it, and nodded again and again: "Don't worry, I will definitely not tell others. This method is also quite good. It can curb the trend of land concentration, and there is no need to worry about it for at least ten years."

"Brother originally wanted to order that Yongyetian would never be traded, but thinking that this decree must be opposed by many people, it was temporarily changed to ten years, and there will definitely be other policies in the future. By the way, where is your caravan going?" Is it? Brother is now looking at your caravan eagerly."

Mu Yangling smiled and said, "Don't worry, they sent a letter back, and it will arrive in a few days."

Everyone was staring at Mu Yangling's caravan, so as soon as her caravan entered the city, everyone saw it.

Seeing the eighteen carts marching into the city, the faces of those who were watching secretly tightened their faces. If the eighteen carts were all filled with corn seeds, it meant that the people in the three prefectures near Lin'an City could plant this stuff.

Several grain merchants had to get together to discuss, and the next day, many grain shops began to sell corn seeds at high prices.

But few people buy it.

Because everyone is staring at the Fengshou Grain Shop. For more than a month, the Fengshou Grain Shop has been open every day, and the shop assistants have to say once that this summer, the Fengshou Grain Shop will sell various seeds such as corn, wheat, and rice, among which corn The seeds are highlighted and only need twelve coins.

The price of those grain shops was half a penny a catty, and the common people only responded with a "hehe" smile. Just kidding, even if the corn yield is high, it is not half a penny a catty. If there is no harvest grain shop in front, those who have no way The small and medium-sized landlords in China may pay that money. Now, even those rich people don’t go to those grain shops to buy seeds, but wait for the harvest grain shops to display corn seeds.