Chapter 734: Many Disasters and Difficulties
The first transaction here in the New World was not too smooth.
The main reason was that the earl's money was too small, and after exchanging some jewels, agate, etc., the ship set off again.
This time, with the guidance of the other party, the commander of the next route and others have figured it out, and they don't have to worry about finding the way.
This time, although I didn't get much money.
However, after some understanding, everyone is still full of expectations.
The main thing is that the goods brought have been exchanged for a lot of money, and they have been sold dozens or even hundreds of times.
With such a precedent, everyone is looking forward to it, as long as these goods are sold at such a price, this trip will make a lot of money.
In addition, after the opening of this route, there will be a steady stream of transactions from then on, and the disciples of the family are all happy in their hearts.
The saint did not deceive them, as long as this route was opened, it would be more profitable than the Western Regions.
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"It's already summer, and it still feels a little cold!"
If it were a previous year, the weather was already extremely hot at this time of year, and everyone was eager to wear less and reduce the heat.
But this year, it was obvious to everyone that the weather was a bit weird.
In the palace, Shouyue was gently blown by the wind, and suddenly felt a little biting, and his brows furrowed at this time.
Lu Chensheng had already thought that it was the Xiaoice River period, so he was not too surprised.
"In the next few years, I'm afraid the weather will be like this."
Lu Chensheng looked at the sky, the sun was still bright and didn't feel any difference.
"Report!"
Lu Chensheng got up and was about to move his muscles and bones, when suddenly a rapid voice sounded.
"Come in."
Lu Chensheng waved his hand and said.
The attendant hurried in, and then offered a note.
Gu Zhifang stepped forward to take it and inspect it before handing it to Lu Chensheng.
Lu Chensheng opened it to take a closer look, and his brows suddenly jumped at this look.
"What's wrong?"
Qiong Yue held her big belly, and when she saw that Lu Chensheng's face was wrong, she couldn't help but ask.
During this period of time, she basically didn't see Lu Chensheng's face look good, and the Xinghan Empire heard a lot of bad news inside and out.
"There are floods in the south again, and there are still a lot of droughts in the north, and there are more than a dozen of these disasters alone."
Lu Chensheng looked at Song Shu and couldn't help but rub his brows, looking at this situation, the economy of the Xinghan Empire is not getting better this year.
Originally, I was going to go to Zada Yuanxi's trouble in the autumn, but now I look at it, my own troubles are constant, and how to find the other party's troubles.
But if he didn't look for it, Lu Chensheng was a little unwilling.
"What's going on this year, why haven't these disasters stopped."
When Qiong Yue heard this, she was also a little anxious in her heart.
The Xinghan Empire has just been established, and so many things have happened, and there are really good things.
"In this way, I'm afraid there will be a lot of rumors to reprimand my husband..."
Qiong Yue's last sentence was not said.
As long as people with a heart guide them at will, there will be some rumors, such as Lu Chensheng's improper position and not the Son of Heaven.
In this way, the world was furious, so it sent down punishment or something.
There are really such rumors, and Jinyiwei has already arrested a lot of people.
It's just that so far, the person behind the scenes has not been found, but Gu Zhifang previously said that he already has eyebrows, and he believes that he will be able to catch the person behind the scenes soon.
Gu Zhifang listened to this on the sidelines and didn't dare to speak.
"The rumors are just who they go, there are people in Jinyi who are watching, and fortunately it is the world that is looking for it, otherwise if you encounter such a thing, it is still the rule of the previous dynasty, who knows how many people will die."
Unlike what Qiong Yue thought, Lu Chensheng was glad that he was unified at this time.
Otherwise, after letting the previous dynasty rule, and then encountering such a climate.
When the time comes, the people will not be able to pay the taxes and will starve to death, or they will rebel.
In any case, it is not a good thing.
During the Xiaoice period, grain failure was already inevitable.
However, the reduction of taxes only hopes to prevent the people from starving to death.
According to the song, many fruit trees of the fruit farmers have frozen to death, and the losses are very great.
I hope that the saint can allocate some money for compensation, otherwise the fruit farmers will starve to death if this continues, and they will not dare to plant fruit trees in the future.
"Over there in the treasury, there should still be a lot of silver, right?"
Lu Chensheng looked at this recital, but did not reject it.
The number of fruit growers is still very large, because of the weather, a lot of fruit trees have frozen to death, and then the harvest is poor.
This year, the price of fruit has risen a lot.
Even the tribute fruits sent to the palace are much less.
Lu Chensheng rewarded some for the ministers, and some for Qiong Yue and them, so there was nothing left.
"In the past, some of the treasury bonds issued by the people were relatively active, and they bought a lot of money, a total of more than 8 million taels of silver went to the treasury, and those that were spent before and after, as well as those for disaster relief, I think there are still a lot left."
Gu Zhifang thought about it and responded.
He had a slight impression of the money, but he didn't know exactly how much was left.
"This note is submitted to the household department, how to give them a charter for disaster relief, and when the time comes, it will be submitted to me."
After the attendant on the side took it, he left in a hurry.
"I don't know how the fleet is doing, how it is going to be this year, I will probably look at a fleet."
Lu Chensheng rarely had a sad face.
The grain harvest failed, or the plants simply froze to death, and the imperial court allocated a lot of money, and the people had no money in their hands.
The goods in the workshop could not be sold, which led to a bad business.
If the business is not good, there will be no need for so many workers in the workshop, and the number of workers will be reduced.
A large number of people have nothing to do, no source of income, and the more the goods cannot be sold.
In this way, a vicious circle is directly formed, and where does the economic growth come from?
In the financial reports of the past few months, the upward trend of Star Seoul has slowed down, and there is a faint downward trend.
According to the previous data analysis, the economy of Xinghan City has been rising, and the increase is extremely terrifying.
Now it's slowing down, which is enough to show how serious the matter is.
"The fleet has not come back until now, and hope cannot be completely pinned on the fleet."
Lu Chensheng muttered to himself, thinking about what to do next.
Suddenly, Lu Chensheng seemed to think of something, and then couldn't help squinting his eyes, called Gu Zhifang to him, and after a few words, Gu Zhifang quickly left.