"This matter, the prefect of Laolu sent someone to investigate in detail!" Song Chen saw that Lu Yan had a little understanding of the seriousness of this matter, so he didn't say more, "The most important thing at the moment is not to let the behavior of farmers exchanging land for grain really happen." Pen ~ Fun ~ Pavilion www.biquge.info"

"The little prince already has a way?" Lu Yan immediately realized that the thing that Song Chen had been asking him to "look at again" had happened, and Song Chen had been standing still for so long, and he was finally about to start acting!

"It's easy to solve this matter!" Song Chen smiled, "They all say, 'There is food in your hands, and you don't panic in your heart'." In the current situation, whoever has enough food in his hands has the right to speak! At this point, Governor Lu does not have to worry. ”

With Song Chen's words, Lu Yan really doesn't have the feeling of ants in a hot pot. The prefect of Jianlan City was also in a hurry, and Song Chen also sent someone to send a letter to tell the truth about their ongoing plans, and first appeased the two parents.

Next, Song Chen painted the gourd in the same way and sent people to the major villages to announce that they also had plans to exchange grain.

Although everyone was fooled by Chen Liang once, they were also enduring the anger in their hearts and the sadness of lamenting the hardships of the world, and planned to take out all or part of the land in exchange for food. But now that they saw the people from Feng'an Grain Shop, they had a glimmer of hope in their hearts, after all, the image of this grain shop in their minds has always been good. Not only is the price of food fair, but also the regular soup soup is used for good deeds. In the word of mouth of the people of Lily of the Valley City, the owners of Feng'an Grain Store are all good people. Now they have also launched a grain exchange program, not to mention anything else, first of all, in the hearts of the farmers, they subconsciously feel that the conditions will definitely be better than other grain stores.

Therefore, when Kuai Yong and they went down to these villages, they didn't have to do anything like Chen Liang to whet everyone's appetite, and when they heard that it was someone from Feng'an Grain Shop, the people in the entire village spontaneously surrounded them.

"Shopkeeper, what good news do you bring us?" Feng'an grain shop is really good news, which has formed a law in their hearts.

"It's serious, it's serious." Kuai Yong came to Dalan for the past two years, and he has learned a lot about the tone of Dalan people's speech, if he doesn't say it, no one knows that he is a foreigner, "I am an errand for the owner, not the shopkeeper." However, I do have good news for you! ”

The noisy voices on the field stopped instantly, and the scene became very quiet, and they were afraid that they would miss every word Kuai Yong said.

"That's right. Our host has also brought enough grain from other places. Kuai Yong smiled, he finally understood why the owner spent a lot of effort to do these things that were subsidized to the people to make no money at all, because sometimes, it is also a very happy thing to be able to help people, "In view of the fact that everyone's hands may have been relatively difficult, our Feng'an Grain Store has also decided to exchange food with you." It can also be exchanged for the land of each family—"

“…… It's the same as Wan's grain shop. But in view of the consistent behavior of Feng'an Grain Shop, although some people are disappointed, they still retain a glimmer of hope in their hearts, so to speak, they are subconsciously looking for reasons for Feng'an Grain Shop, "But if you exchange it, the price of grain is still according to the current price of your grain store, can it be calculated as twice as much grain as them?" ”

"That's one thing." Kuai Yong pressed down and asked everyone not to rush to discuss it first, "Our owner can really stand on your side to see the problem. We are fundamentally different from other grain shops for the same grain exchange—"

When the people below heard the difference at first glance, they were shocked and suspicious, and they couldn't hold it back at all, so they couldn't help but hurriedly ask again: "What's the difference?" ”

"First, this big brother is right, our grain price is still calculated according to the current grain price." Kuai Yong's words were interrupted and he was not annoyed, and continued to maintain a smile on his face, "Second, after you exchange the land for grain, the land will still be returned to you for planting, but our owner will only receive 20% of this rent!" ”

"Twenty percent?" Everyone was surprised, this is indeed good news, if Feng'an Grain Shop only collects 20% of the rent, then this year they can leave 70% of their own family in addition to the 10% tax handed over to the imperial court, even after this year, they can also leave 60%! That's twice as much as if you exchanged it with other grain stores!

The farmers are very hard-working people, and if they follow the conditions of Feng'an Grain Shop, they will not only have no problem eating at that time, but if they are more diligent, they will gradually be able to have some money left in their hands. If you save more, you may have enough money to buy the land back! Of course, this goal may not be accomplished in a short period of time, but as long as there is a surplus of food and some money in hand, even if it takes a long time, there is still a hope and a direction to work towards, right? When the emperor first succeeded to the throne, didn't the older generation also come over like this?

"Everyone, don't be impatient!" This time, there is no need for Kuai Yong to do any special actions, the scene has been quiet, and they are all waiting for his next words, Kuai Yong saw that everyone looked at him with burning eyes, but he was still a little embarrassed, and quickly "poured" the next words like a bamboo tube rewind, "Third, the owner understands that everyone has feelings for the land they have been waiting for, so we will not keep that land for a long time, as long as everyone has surplus food in their hands, then, As long as the same amount of grain was handed over as the one obtained in this land exchange, the land can be exchanged back. ”

"Is everything you say true?"

"That's great!"

"Did I hear me right?"

“……”

All of a sudden, everyone began to talk again. Kuai Yong is right, the croppers do have feelings for the land that they are accustomed to, the land is not easy to come by, they have been carefully cared for, maintaining enough fertility, the best soil quality, etc., just to work hard to increase the yield as much as possible and obtain better returns. If they have enough money in their hands, they can buy other land and bring it back, but on the one hand, they have to work on it again, and on the other hand, when they have enough money, they do not know how much they will have to sell for that land per acre. They only know that according to past experience, it will only rise, not fall!

Moreover, in the future, even if they have surplus grain in their hands to sell for money, it can only be calculated according to the grain store, and can only be calculated according to the purchase price. And the condition given by Feng'an grain shop is that the land can be redeemed by returning the grain directly, and it is calculated according to the price sold by the grain shop.

Compared with the conditions of Wan's grain shops, the conditions of Feng'an grain shops are so good that they can't be better!

Everyone immediately said that they could change the grain immediately: "This little brother, when can the Feng'an grain store arrange to change the grain?" "They had been hungry for a long time, and the thought of food coming soon made their stomachs even more hungry.

"I'd like to ask everyone for their opinions." It's not that Kuai Yong sells Guanzi, but after talking for so long, he does have a dry mouth, untied the water bladder on his waist and drank several sips, he wiped his mouth with the back of his hand, "The manpower in the grain shop is limited, if you want to be assigned to various counties to go through the procedures for changing land for you, you need to come in three or four counties every day, so if some places are farther away, they may be three or five days later than other places." If it is unified in the state capital, it will be convenient for the grain shop, but you need to trek a little bit, and you have to go directly to the city to do it......"

"That's it!"

"If I think it's better to go directly to the city, I'm so hungry that I can't do it anymore!"

"You stupid, you're so hungry, if you walk so far to the city, don't faint from hunger halfway to the road!"

"Where is there such an exaggeration!"

"I'm still in favor of going to the county. It may be later, but it's better not to have to walk that far! Wouldn't it take us a day's walk to the city? I'm afraid you have to queue up to get there, and if you're lucky, you might have to spend a day, and another day back, so don't you have to spend money in the city? When we came back, everyone was hungry, and it was not certain whether they had the strength to pull the car, and if they encountered some roadblocks and robberies along the way, wouldn't it be to drive everyone to a dead end? "In these extraordinary times, it is a big risk to test human nature.

The person who spoke was a middle-aged man, who may be more prestigious in the village, and as soon as his words came out, everyone quickly echoed: "Yes! This little brother, let's go to the county! "A few days later, maybe they can get food ahead of the comparison! Moreover, although all the people in this village have gone to dig grass roots and pick leaves, there are still a few families who still have a little bit of rice or miscellaneous grains hidden and are reluctant to move.

"Good! Then early tomorrow morning, you will send one or two people to the county yamen to wait for news. "Because we need to gather more opinions before making a decision, Kuai Yong can't decide whether to go directly to the county or not.

"There's one more question that I want to remind you of." Kuai Yong said the last point of Song Chen's advice, "Because we are a grain shop after all, if the grain in everyone's hands is enough to redeem the fields, we can only exchange it for the new grain of the year." Therefore, you can calculate the land that needs to be changed according to the rations needed by your family from now to mid-May, and you don't have to change it all! Because the less land you give in exchange for it, the less grain you get back, the less time you will have to save enough food to redeem the land in the future! ”

"How many taels of silver is an acre of land?" Someone in the crowd asked.

"It is calculated according to twelve taels of silver per acre of land." Kuai Yong replied without thinking.

"Huh? However, Wan's grain shop is thirteen taels of land per acre...... "Some people think it's less."

Kuai Yong frowned, the chief butler was right, when he came to the village, he just had to explain things clearly, and there was no need to argue with some strong words. Because on the one hand, maybe those people led by Wan's grain shop will stay in the village to watch the progress of things, and may take the opportunity to make trouble, on the other hand, people's hearts are not enough to swallow elephants, no matter how good the conditions are, there will always be people who feel that they are not enough.

But before Kuai Yong could speak, someone in the crowd began to refute the person's words: "Are you stupid? Wan's grain shop is calculated according to thirteen taels of one acre of land, but in the end, the grain in our hands is only 500 catties per acre! Feng'an grain shop is 12 taels, but what people give us is 923 catties per mu! ”

"That's right! The Wan's grain shop deliberately gave a little sweetness, making us feel that it was a whole little extra silver, but it was actually fooling us! ”

"I'm sorry, little brother! The rednecks are ignorant, don't take it to heart. Someone apologized to Kuai Yong.

"It's okay, everyone knows which side is really good!" Kuai Yong's unhappiness subsided at this time, but he didn't have the mood to continue to stay, "Since everyone is clear, let's go and wait for news tomorrow!" I still have something to do, and I have to go to other villages to inform you of the good news! ”

Kuai Yong and the others went through most of the villages in one day without stopping, and some neighboring villages were entrusted to the chief of the village who had already received the news to help inform them.

When they returned to Baiyun Villa, it was already almost dark, and the rice had already been cooked. Most of the villages are the same as the first village Kuai Yong went to, and after comprehensive consideration, I still feel that it is more cost-effective and safe to go to the county, since this is the case, then follow this method.

That night, Song Chen sent a letter to Lin Jiu and Lin Shi respectively, asking them to inform the two prefects respectively, and they needed their help to send officials to the county government to inform the grain exchange arrangements, and asked them to provide the population of each county according to the statistics, and they needed to transport the grain to each county according to this population estimate. They do have a ready-made copy of this land trench, because they have already counted it once when they distributed disaster relief food before.

And after Lin Jiu and the others received the statistics, except for the one that was still open, they sent the guys and shopkeepers of the other three Feng'an grain shops to Baiyun Villa, and there was really not much grain left in the city, so they directly arranged for them to transport the grain out of the village.