Chapter 0875: Encounter
For others, Liangzhou, a blizzard that is seen once in decades, may be in a hurry, or even at a loss.
But when Feng Tingshi dealt with this kind of incident, he must be much more calm than others.
Because Longyou is a rehearsal of Liangzhou.
The difference is that one is a big drought and the other is a blizzard.
One region is small, the other region is large.
But it was all a sudden natural disaster.
Although he was furious, although he was in a hurry, this did not mean that Feng Tingshi would have no good plans.
Feng Junhou's capital out of the mountain, one is Ping Nance, the other is Lianwu Ce, and the other is the cultivation method.
Quyuan plow, eight-ox plow, improve farming techniques, that is all considered farming methods.
Along the way, whether it is sacrificing flesh and blood to the Hanzhong, or sacrificing wool to enrich the Han, or other sugarcane brown sugar and so on.
The premise of doing all this is that Feng Tingshi has one thing firmly in mind: agriculture is the primary industry.
Whether it is the handicraft industry, the wool industry, or even the agricultural and sideline food industry, or the reprocessing of agricultural products, they are all built on the basis of having enough grain in hand.
Only when you have food can you be qualified to consider how to go further, and what you do without food is a beach pavilion.
I have food in my hand, and I don't panic in my heart.
The Thorn Mansion has grain in his hands, and Liangzhou Haoyou is also willing to help, and even the other side of Shu can also collect a lot of grain.
But the crux of the matter is how to transport grain to Liangzhou.
So whether Feng Tingshi is irritable or angry, it's not because of lack of food.
Of course, there is a slight shortage of food.
Otherwise, Secretary Zhang would not have said that food could not be rationed according to the full ration.
But the more important reason is that a considerable part, or even most of the large-scale transport livestock that Feng Tingshi has saved over the years, will be wasted in this natural disaster.
For Feng Tingshi, who started to deploy three years ago and wanted to make a mule, that is three years of accumulation, and most of the losses are lost.
This kind of setback that needs to go back makes Feng Tingshi angry, and that is a matter of course.
The news that made Feng Tingshi angry was certainly not good news.
But for some people who have been in the Nanxiang Exchange all year round, it is a rare piece of good news:
There is finally a reason for the price of food to rise!
Over the years, the Nanxiang Exchange and the Reserve Bureau have carried out several big reward activities to hang themselves in the southeast branch and go to Qingchi.
Let the grain speculators taste what is called the iron fist of Han feudalism.
Hanzhong, Yueshan, Jiangzhou and other places were all grain-producing areas of the imperial court.
The Huang family (Huang Chong) and the Ju family (Ju Fu) took a good start, plus the backstabbing of the He family and the Li family.
Therefore, even in the Shu Plain, the base camp of the Shuzhong family, there are many families that are inextricably linked with the Xinghan Society.
It can be said that after the rectification, differentiation, and purchase of the Shu family, the imperial court and the Xinghan Society, the government has now controlled most of the grain production in Shu.
Coupled with the regulatory role of the exchange, some people want to make waves in terms of food, and the difficulty is increasing exponentially.
Over the years, the Han Dynasty has won great victories in external battles one after another, and the internal development momentum is not weak.
At least the people at the bottom don't have to starve to death, and if they work hard, the whole family can eat enough for a year, and it's not impossible.
If you add a little luck, for example, those who move to Nanxiang and those who move to Yueshan still have the hope of turning over.
As for the upper strata, that's even less to say.
Just the emerging elites can not only have the opportunity to accumulate a foundation, but even have the opportunity to overtake in corners and break the various monopolies of those century-old romantic families.
It can be said that the whole country of the Han Dynasty is enjoying the dividends brought by development - except for some old-fashioned families.
It's just a hundred-legged insect, dead but not stiff.
With the heritage accumulated over more than 100 years or even hundreds of years, the conservative family still has the opportunity to survive while still having some opportunities to drink soup occasionally.
For example, from the second half of the year before to the first half of last year, the Wei army invaded Hanzhong, the Battle of Xiaoguan, and the Battle of Liangzhou.
In just over a year, there have been three big confrontations between the Han and Wei dynasties, and the small confrontations are even more uncountable.
The amount of money and food spent is simply a huge amount.
That is, now the big man has the confidence, and he is working together, otherwise it may not be as easy as it is now.
But even so, the Han government's stock of grain is not much.
As soon as the news of the white disaster in Liangzhou reached Hanzhong, the grain of the Nanxiang Exchange was finally a little unbearable.
"It's over! It's already two hundred dollars! ”
The exchange is starting to get a little agitated.
The so-called soup drinking refers to this kind of time.
The old-fashioned family who has not eaten the dividends of the Han Dynasty in these years finally still has a lot of land in their hands, and if there is land, there will naturally be grain.
When the price of food rises, it is the time to pick up the leakage and drink the soup.
For several years, the price of grain has never exceeded two hundred dollars, and this time it has exceeded two hundred dollars, which is already something to cheer for them.
"It's not that simple, the year before last year's big war, I don't know how much money and food was consumed."
"Therefore, according to my opinion, the treasury of this official government may not be able to take out much grain at once."
Speaking of which, a certain folk think tank lowered his voice:
"The most important thing is that Mu Niangzi is not in Nanxiang! Nanxiang does not have Mu Niangzi to preside over the overall situation, and some people are afraid that they will not be able to sit still! ”
There are also those who disagree with this view:
"I heard that it is now a disciple of Feng Tingshi and a disciple of Mu Niangzi, thinking that Feng Tingshi and other far-sighted people, if they are not at ease, how can they let these two people preside over the overall situation in Nanxiang?"
"That's it! I heard that the son of the Wei family, but the eldest disciple of Feng Tingshi, has outstanding talent, and the substitute teacher teaches in Nanxiang School, even Mr. Xiang has praised it! ”
Mr. Xiang is naturally Xiang Lang, who took the initiative to withdraw from the court and concentrate on learning.
Folk think tanks scoffed:
"If you have high talent and no experience, can you preside over the overall situation? Do you remember when Ma Jian Ma was young? ”
"The prime minister has painstakingly taught him the art of war for many years, and during the Battle of Longyou, what about the first time he led the army into battle?"
I saw this folk think tank foaming at the mouth and saying, "Even Feng Tingshi has seen the battle in front of the battle for the first time since the southern expedition. ”
"Then led the army to quell the rebellion in Yueshan, and trained troops in Yueshan, and there were many elite soldiers and strong generals under his command, and finally achieved a great victory in the battle of Longyou."
"Isn't this the same as Nanxiang's situation at this time?"
As he spoke, the folk think-tank shook his head worriedly:
"If Mu Niangzi is still in Nanxiang, the price of this grain can naturally be suppressed, but now, I'm afraid it will cost more than two hundred yuan......"
After this reminder, many people immediately felt that it made sense.
That's right!
Mu Niangzi has a lot of prestige in Nanxiang, if she is here, I am afraid that the price of grain may not even be able to pass two hundred yuan.
But if she is gone, coupled with the successive battles with Wei in the past two years, the treasury is empty, but now she is encountering the white disaster in Liangzhou, I am afraid that the price of grain is not just as simple as two hundred yuan.
Some people in the crowd even thought that this time it was not as simple as drinking soup, and they could even eat some meat.
Think about how long it has been since you had eaten meat over the years?
"That's nonsense!"
Some people agree, naturally some people oppose it.
A young man stood up with a flushed face and glared at the folk think tank:
"I heard that Wei Langjun and Ding Niangzi have both studied under Feng Tingshi since they were children, and Wei Langjun has been in charge of the school over the years and has never made a mistake."
"Ding Niangzi first followed Feng Tingshi to Yueshan and managed many affairs, and then came to Nanxiang and followed Mu Niangzi's side."
"If it weren't for Feng Tingshi's trust, how could ordinary people be treated like this? Therefore there should be absurdity in what you say. ”
Over the years, Feng Tingshi has gone from a young hero to the first Langjun of the Han Dynasty, and finally became a famous general in the world.
It is the idol in the hearts of many big men.
Now when I hear someone questioning my idol, I naturally can't help it.
When the folk think tank heard this, it seemed a little embarrassed, and immediately sneered:
"Speaking of which, the white disaster in Liangzhou needs real food. If there is grain in Han, then you can see that Dongfeng Express is transporting grain north? ”
As he spoke, he pointed in the direction of the exchange:
"I've counted them all these days, and in this exchange, there are several times more signs in this exchange that will be delivered this month than before."
"Guess how many of them are in a hurry to be shipped to Liangzhou?"
From the type of transaction and delivery time of the exchange, it was inferred that the food shortage in Liangzhou made many people present have a bright-eyed and suddenly open their mouth.
The young man's face was also stunned, but he quickly fought back:
"The white disaster in Liangzhou, the government wants to find a way to raise more grain, rather than less, but it may not necessarily count on the grain raised by the exchange."
"Over the years, my Han Dynasty has had close contacts with Wu State, and there has been no war for a long time, so there must be grain in Jiangzhou."
Speaking of this, he looked around at everyone again, with a smug look on his face:
"More and more than Yueshan County, now it is Qianmo traffic, fertile land into patches, cattle and horses, you think, if Liangzhou is short of grain, will there be grain transported over Yueshan?"
The more the young man spoke, the more excited he became, "I heard that in Feng Tingshi's mansion, there is a special cultivation Cao, which specializes in the study of farming. ”
"Feng Tingshi has been operating in Longyou for more than three years, do you know how much fertile land has been opened there?"
It is impossible to have no food, with Feng Tingshi's foresight, and at the same time as going out of the mountains with the way of farming, how can he fall into a land without food?
When everyone thought about it, they immediately felt justified.
Although Liangzhou is indeed too far away, over the years, the horse team of the Xinghan Society has already penetrated into the hearts of the people of Shudi.
Anyway, it's a mouthpiece!
The horse team of the Xinghan Society, there are still fewer things to transport to Longshang over the years?
Why do you say that food can't be transported? How to prove it?
Civilian politicians, it's all over with your mouth, and it's not me who does it in person anyway.
But seeing that the folk think tank looked at the young man with some surprise.
Don't think these words are easy to say.
In this era of extremely slow dissemination of information, in the absence of dedicated channels for collecting information.
Someone who can sort out this information and deduce the possible outcomes from it is already an elite talent with a preliminary view of the big picture.
As for whether the food is enough or not, whether it can be transported in time, without knowing how many resources Feng Tingshi has in his hands, who dares to draw conclusions easily?
After all, the reputation of King Feng Ghost is not blown out, but based on real achievements and political achievements.
"This Lang Jun," the folk think tank arched his hand, "a certain ......"
He was about to get acquainted with the young man, when suddenly a shout came from outside:
"It's coming, it's coming! The exam papers for the school are out! ”
"Boom!"
The crowd who was still thinking about listening to the two of them suddenly stood up.
I saw the sound of stools and chairs toppling over, and everyone crowded to the door.
"Don't panic! Stepping on my shoes! ”
"If you don't panic, go back!"
"There, there, there!"
……
"Queue up!"
The surging crowd crowded to the front, but saw several Lang Jun guarding several large baskets, and there were many test papers stacked in the baskets.
"If you don't arrange it again, you won't sell it!"
"If you are three feet away, you must not go within three feet!"
The people who were originally crowded with red faces, and even scolded loudly, and seemed to have explosive combat effectiveness, were suddenly shocked by these two sentences, and they were all obedient.
"The old rule, ten dollars a piece."
"I want twenty!"
"Five at most." Xiao Langjun stood behind the table and pointed to the baskets lined up, "There are five baskets in total, one basket is taken, and it is useless to take the duplicate ones." ”
"Pay the money first and then get the test papers, and prepare the copper coins yourself......"
"Don't make change, everyone knows, Xiao Langjun start quickly!"
Someone said impatiently.
"Okay, since we all know the rules, let's come on."
The first lucky person threw a handful of copper coins into the first empty basket, and without looking at it, he couldn't wait to go forward and select the test papers.
These test papers were all printed out for the exam by the school this month.
Either it is printed too much and the students can't use it up, or it is printed too badly, and there is black ink in some places, or the test questions are not printed clearly......
Anyway, for various reasons, it is treated as waste paper in the school, except for taking it to the thatched house to wipe the buttocks, or using it as a fire for a coal stove in winter, there is no other use.
Later, as soon as the news of the selection of talents for the Liangzhou Thorn History Mansion examination came out, and then listened to the content of the examination, almost everyone's eyes looked at Nanxiang School.
It was impossible to get into the Academy.
That Feng Dianzi would rather choose the wolf cub of the Hu people to enter than open the back door.
But it's not a big deal.
Because if you want to learn arithmetic in Nanxiang, it's not too difficult.
As long as you are willing to spend money, you can always buy arithmetic books for the school from some places.
Those who are more talented, as long as they can calm down and learn from the basics, they can always learn.
But the exam is to be examined.
No one has ever experienced how to test the exam papers!
There are always wise people in this world.
You can't get into the school, but someone can get out!
Grit your teeth, spend some money, and send some benefits to those who have children at home to go to school, and you can always get some test papers.
So the problem came again, this exam paper is not a complete set, not to mention, and it is still changing.
If there is a market demand, then there will be a market supply.
I don't know when it started, at the back door of the school, there will be people peddling some exam papers from time to time, saying that there are too many students in the school.
So I'll show it to everyone.
Of course, knowledge is priceless, but for the sake of everyone's desire to do learning, they will charge the cost of some paper, ten dollars a piece, and the children will not be bullied.
This exam paper is synchronized with the examination of the school, and it is the most conscientious!
"The cram school at the front door is open! Sign up now! ”
A few Xiaolangjun finished selling the exam papers, and entered the back door with heavy baskets, and someone was shouting loudly.
So everyone exclaimed, grabbed the exam paper and ran in the other direction.
"Bao Jiao Bao Hui! Baojiao Baohui, senior west seat of the school, 20 days of continuous lectures, intensive lecture on the method of arithmetic in the first year of the school, Baojiao Baohui! ”
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The folk think tank, who was still sitting, looked at the young man and asked with a smile:
"Why didn't Lang Jun go?"
The young man glanced at the folk think tank and asked rhetorically:
"Why didn't you go?"
After speaking, the two of them smiled, laughed without saying a word, and then subconsciously touched their arms, with a smug look on their faces.
Feeling the unique touch of the book in their arms, the two of them secretly said in their hearts at the same time: "I have the examination paper collection of the Liangzhou Thorn History Mansion, can I use it to grab those things?" ”
"Dare to ask what this Langjun is called?"
"In the lower Li Xiaming, the word Uncle Shen, the family line six, call me Li Liulang."
"Oh, it turned out to be Li Langjun. A certain surname is Ma Mingtian, the word is young, dare to ask where Li Langjun came from? ”
"Hanjiajun."
"A certain from Yunnan County."
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