Cui Youli is really not talking angry, he really thinks that Guo Dan just wants to get along with them.

Because when Guo Dan first arrived here, they and Zhao Qinghe thought the same, and they both thought that Guo Dan might ask Zhao Qinghe and them to lower the price of grain.

They are even thinking about whether they should stand on Guo Dan's side, because they are afraid that if they help Guo Dan, they will let Guo Dan steal their credit, and they very much want the people to know that the price of food has not risen, and it is they who are scholars who have won it, not him Guo Dan.

That's why these days, the scholars of Kaifeng Mansion are working harder and harder to help those people, not only because of Confucianism, but also because they are fighting for the right to be the masters of the house.

Because Kaifeng Mansion does not have an official government, Guo Dan is just a contractor, he only has some power, and has no legal status, the people can not listen to him, and the three courts are all administrative agencies, not illegal, and they don't need to be the same thing, so who has the final say in Kaifeng Mansion is really not necessarily.

This Kaifeng Mansion is not the same as Weihui Mansion, Weihui Mansion is Guo Dan's base camp, where are all businessmen, businessmen absolutely support Guo Dan, Guo Dan has the final say, Kaifeng Mansion because it can't do business, or obey Shinong Industry and Commerce, the status of the scholar class is still very high.

They hope to take advantage of this crisis to gain the trust of the people, so as to control the entire Kaifeng Mansion, but the Raptors have passed, so of course they can't give in to the head snake.

This time they defeated the head snake, which is of great significance.

Who knows that Guo Dan not only did not ask the big landlords to lower the price, but asked them to raise the price of grain.

After the anger passed, they suddenly felt that it was actually a good thing.

If you raise the price of food and are unpopular, then you are a bad person.

And if we stop the price increase, then we are good people.

Isn't that what we expect?

But at present, it is only a one-sided statement from the landlord's side, and they still have to go to Guo Dan to confirm.

Cui Youli called Huang Daxiao again, went to the mansion, and asked Guo Dan to understand.

"Guo Dan, the old man heard that the price of grain has risen today, are all what you requested?"

Cui Youli asked with a smile on his face.

Guo Dan seemed to be in a hurry, and nodded busily: "Yes." ”

Huang Daxiao immediately asked: "Under the disaster, not only did you not limit the price of grain, but instead caused the price of grain to rise, what is your intention?" ”

Guo Dan immediately retorted: "This finance is under my control, and I didn't force them to raise prices, I just put forward this suggestion, and they all agreed to it, so it's not illegal for me to do so." ”

Cui Youli said: "But you are doing this, it is against morality, you are earning human life money!" ”

"If you think so, I can't help it, I'm going to rush to the disaster relief now, and I really don't have the time to argue with you about this."

Guo Dan stood up and said, "Send off guests." ”

"Guo Dan, you dare to be so presumptuous......!"

Huang Daxiao got up and scolded.

But Guo Dan didn't pay attention to him at all, turned around and entered the back hall.

"Huang Yushi, don't be angry."

Cui Youli stood up leisurely and sneered: "He is killing himself." ”

......

Guo Dan really didn't mean to show them his face, he was really in a hurry, because he was just about to rush to the Zhou Palace, and Huang Daxiao was really there, after all, he was a supervising imperial history, and he had the right to ask, if he didn't want to meet him, it didn't seem appropriate.

But arguing with them about something, Guo Dan felt that it was a pure waste of time, and if this disaster was not handled well, he would be impeached to death.

Guo Dan got into the carriage directly from the back door, and then went to the Zhou Palace.

"Hehe... Guo Dan, your style of acting is really unpredictable! ”

When Zhu Suqin, the king of Zhou, saw Guo Dan, he couldn't help but smile bitterly, "This king hasn't guessed once." ”

He is supporting the maintenance of grain prices, he Zhou Wangfu is not short of this money, and his income is also very stable, and even he is thinking about whether to give Guo Dan some support and reduce it a little, but he knows that the news came out this morning that the prices of all farm products have risen, because his store is also operated by Guo Dan, and his grain store has also begun to increase in price, which caught him a little off guard.

"I'm really sorry, because the time is relatively tight, so I didn't discuss it with the prince in advance." Guo Dan bowed his hand and said apologetically.

"It's nothing."

Zhu Suqin waved his hand and said, "But this king wants to know, why is this?" ”

Guo Dan said: "The reason is actually very simple, I have checked the source of most of the tax revenue in Kaifeng Prefecture, and most of them come from agriculture, and now agriculture has been hit hard because of floods, and there is no business here, so the only way is to quickly restore agriculture, only when agriculture is restored, tax revenue can be guaranteed."

As long as the price of farm products increases, more people will be willing to invest in agricultural production. If the original price is maintained at this time, or even the price is reduced, it will be difficult for agriculture to recover. ”

"This...?"

Zhu Suqin couldn't help frowning and thinking about it.

Generally speaking, in the event of a disaster, the first thing the government does is to maintain food prices and try not to let them rise.

Isn't that a joke?

But Guo Dan seems to have a point, the farm sells well and makes a lot of money, so everyone has the motivation to farm, if it is not profitable to grow food, naturally there are not many people to plant.

But if you think about it, it seems that something is wrong.

Because of the disaster anywhere, the price of food will rise, but it is the people who suffer, so the imperial court will limit the increase in food prices.

"That's not right."

Zhu Suqin thought for a long time before he clarified the reasoning and said: "If there was a lot of wasteland at the beginning of the founding of the country, you could use this method to encourage everyone to cultivate, but now that this land has people planting, if you don't increase the price, everyone will also farm, this king is right." ”

Guo smiled lightly: "But who will cultivate the hundreds of thousands of fields over there in Fengqiu?" Who will support the hundreds of thousands of people? Many of them, even their houses have been washed away, and they can't have food left. ”

"That's right. But......! ”

Zhu Suqin frowned and said: "But these two things, even if they use this to encourage them to farm, but the harvest is not a matter of one day or two, now that the sowing season has passed, even if it is to change the planting, it will take a while from sowing to harvesting, so what should I do during this period?" ”

"Let's plant." Guo smiled lightly.

"We?"

Zhu Suqin was surprised.

Guo Dan nodded and said: "They don't have the ability to farm now, so we can only take their land first, and then pay them to hire them to farm, all the income from this field is ours, so this problem can be solved." ”

"We hire them to farm?"

Zhu Suqin said: "This is already past the sowing season, but there are many months in the middle of the land can not be planted, such a land, so many people, we can't afford to raise it!" ”

"I plan to plant a kind of pumpkin on a large scale in Kaifeng Province, which can just make up for this period of time and will not leave the land and manpower idle."

Guo Dan shook his head suddenly, and said: "But this is not enough, because after the disaster, there are many things to do, and the money invested is far greater than the usual investment, the previous price was unprofitable, but now the price of farm products has increased, and the labor has become very cheap, and those farmers are currently only asking for a bite to eat, which is profitable." ”

Zhu Suqin suddenly realized and said: "This king understands, this king understands, you first raise the price of agricultural products, and then invest money in agricultural products to make a profit from it, your trick is really high!" ”

Speaking of this, he suddenly asked: "But this king heard that you are strictly restricting the rise in grain prices in Weihui Mansion, why did you come to Kaifeng Mansion differently." ”

Guo Dan explained: "That's because the main source of tax revenue in Weihui Mansion is not in agriculture, but in commerce, if the price of food rises, then prices and manpower will rise with it, which has a great impact on business."

I give some subsidies to agriculture and I am able to get more from business. Kaifeng Mansion is different, Kaifeng Mansion does not have much business, and most of it is in our hands, mainly agriculture, it must be the other way around, we first ensure that the price of commodities does not rise, and at the same time let the price of agricultural products rise, agriculture will recover, and the tax in my hands will not be less. ”

"I see, I see."

Zhu Suqin nodded again and again.

They are all staring at food prices and prices, while Guo Dan is staring at taxes, which is the big head!

Whether it rises or not, Guo Dan is judged by taxes, he is always a businessman, not a good person, he still has to make money, he doesn't want to lose money.

The main tax revenue of Kaifeng Prefecture comes from agriculture, if the farmer and the farmer are not doing well, the tax money will definitely be greatly discounted, and the agricultural products must rise, which is to encourage everyone to mobilize, this inch of land, no one should let him be idle.

At this time, the old servant beside Zhu Suqin suddenly asked: "Your Excellency, if everything is as your Excellency said, we will recover immediately, and who will we sell the agricultural products we produced at that time?" ”

Zhu Suqin said: "Yes! There are so many fields, but there are a lot, who will buy us then? ”

The price of commodities remains the same, and the remuneration of workers remains the same, and here you have to pursue cheap labor, then this money will definitely not be given a lot, but the price of agricultural products has risen, everyone can't afford to eat, who do you sell to!

Guo smiled lightly: "First of all, there are a large number of scholars here, they can still afford to eat, maybe some people want to save a little, of course, they don't want to increase the price, but there is no way, I can't bear it alone, I can only let them help me bear it, in addition, I heard that there are floods in Guide Mansion, Ruzhou and other places, and I think they will be difficult to recover for a while."

But the industry and commerce of Weihui Mansion have not changed, and I expect that there will be more caravans coming and going this year, they will definitely choose to go to Kaifeng Mansion, these merchants don't care about this little money, they will also have to consume a lot of food.

Our produce not only sells, but also sells well. ”