Liu Tongxun shook his head, looking at Sun Jiagan with no sympathy, more admiration.

The dark-skinned man in front of him is not a Confucian who can only read dead books, he is even more courageous than many people - when Yongzheng succeeded to the throne, he wrote to the new emperor and admonished three things: kissing flesh and blood, stopping donations, and urging peace, the latter two things are just that, but the first thing is a direct slap in the face of Yongzheng.

Even after Ning Yu heard about this at that time, he was a little interested in it, after all, there were few people like this who stepped on Yongzheng's face to do things.

And in this matter, the strangest thing is that no one wanted to kill him, and even the angry Emperor Yongzheng chose to swallow his anger, but praised Sun Jiagan for his courage, and even promoted him to the director of the country, which can be regarded as tolerant.

After such a death, Sun Jiagan also died down for several years, but his fame grew, and he faintly became the first minister in Shanxi at that time.

"Xigong, Xia Guan has never meant to force Xigong, even if he comes to this naturalization city, he just hopes that Xigong can think more about the naturalization city, think about the present, and think about the future."

Liu Tongxun sighed slightly, "If Duke Xi insists on leaving, there will be no one to stop him." It's just that Xigong thinks that he has seen the whole picture of Naturalization City now, which is too regrettable. ”

"Oh?" Sun Jiagan didn't laugh angrily, he understood what the other party meant, raised his eyebrows at the moment, and snorted coldly, "Then you can take me to see, what other good scenery is there?" ”

Liu Tongxun smiled slightly, but he pulled Sun Jiagan into the bustling naturalization city, and the two walked quickly all the way to the most prosperous street, through the endless crowd, but they walked in front of a rice shop.

"Duke Xi has been an official for many years, and he must know how to govern the people better than his younger brother, since he has arrived in Naturalization City, why don't Princes Xi see how the people of Naturalization City live?"

Sun Jiagan looked at Liu Tongxun with a little surprise, 'Hong Fan Bazheng, food is the first government', everyone understands this truth, but what confidence does he have that he can do such a big thing in a place like Naturalization City?

In fact, when the Qing court was in power, Shanxi's status was very important, but Shanxi's grain prices were not cheap, because Shanxi's arable land was really limited, and it was actually a bit difficult to supply the whole province, especially in places like Guihua City, which were not grain-producing lands outside the mouth, and grain prices remained even higher.

Especially before the Fu Han army marched into Shanxi, the price of grain in Guihua City was pushed up several times by profiteers, and the lives of the people were even more miserable.

Liu Tongxun always maintained a smile on his face, and he waved his hand and said, "Xigong, no matter how much the junior brother says, it's better for Xigong to go and take a look in person!" ”

Sun Jiagan didn't hesitate at the moment, and took the lead into the rice shop, he didn't care what others told him, he only believed what he saw with his own eyes and heard with his own ears.

"Ahem, this old man, but you are here to make an appointment for food?"

The owner of the rice shop looked at Sun Jiagan, who walked in, and shouted as usual, while starting to hold the scale, walked to the front of the rice bag, and prepared to start weighing the rice.

Sun Jiagan looked at the pile of rice grain in the store, his face was suddenly a little surprised, but he did not answer the rice shop owner, but pointed to the rice bag and said, "Shop, how much is this rice?" ”

The owner of the rice shop heard Sun Jiagan's words, but said with a smile: "Uncle, the price of rice is not expensive now, and it only costs twelve large copper plates to buy a bucket of rice!" ”

"What? How can it be so cheap? Sun Jiagan was dumbfounded when he heard it, of course he knew that the new coins issued by Ning Chu, the so-called twelve large copper plates were about one hundred and twenty Wen, and ten buckets were equal to one stone, which meant that one stone of rice only needed one or two taels of silver!

During the Kangxi period, a stone of grain in Huguang, Jiangnan and other places cost one or two taels of silver, like Shanxi, which is basically almost one or two or five dollars of silver, and in places like Naturalization City, it is basically one or two or eight dollars or even more than two taels, and before the Fu Han army entered Shanxi, the price of grain in Naturalization City soared to five taels of silver and one stone!

But in the Naturalization City in the hands of Ning Chu, the price of grain was flattened to one or two dollars, how big is the gap in between? How many more people are supported behind the scenes?

Sun Jiagan was sincerely suspicious, he looked at the owner of the rice shop, "Isn't the shopkeeper joking?" How could there be such a cheap price of grain in Guiyuan City? ”

The owner of the rice shop suddenly looked like a fool and said with a smile: "My husband must not be a local, right....... I heard that His Majesty mobilized 4 million stone grain from Huguang into Shanxi, and severely cracked down on those hoarding profiteers, so the price of grain naturally went down......

Sun Jiagan was slightly stunned, and a violent conflict suddenly occurred in his mind, on the one hand, it was what he saw with his own eyes, and on the other hand, it was his own perception of the world for decades - when the two clashed, he didn't believe what he saw with his own eyes.

In confusion, Sun Jiagan slowly walked towards the door, and when he just walked out of the door, he raised his eyes and saw Liu Tongxun looking at him with a smile on his face.

"I don't believe it."

"I know."

"I'm going to keep looking."

"Whatever you want."

.........

The sunset is like blood, but it adds a bit of desolation to Guiyuan City, if an ordinary poet is here, I am afraid that he will have a good search for his stomach and have to chant a world-famous article.

However, for Sun Jiagan and Liu Tongxun at this time, they did not have the slightest mood to chant poetry, especially for Sun Jiagan, what he had just seen in Guiyuan City almost made him think that he had arrived in the south of the Yangtze River.

Countless delicacies, countless beautiful clothes, and countless caravans of caravans, all of which looked like they had just experienced a war.

What surprised Sun Jiagan even more was not only so much rich food, but also the price of goods that made people sigh, only one or two dollars to buy a stone of rice, which was incredible.

"Xigong, Xiaguan was a county magistrate in a small county in Huguang before, you may not have heard the name, before Xiaguan took office, the people there even felt that they had a full meal, but now although they can't be very rich, but eating enough is no longer a problem......"

Liu Tongxun poured a bowl of wine for Sun Jiagan, and then poured it for himself, his face did not show too much pride, but a little reverence, "Do you think this is all the credit of the younger brother?" In fact, this is not the case, because this is the result of the imperial court, this is the presence of His Majesty. ”

Sun Jiagan looked at Liu Tongxun quietly, he knew what this young man was going to say next, but he didn't resist at all, but wanted to listen carefully.

Liu Tongxun drank the wine in the bowl in one gulp, and said: "Since Your Majesty has not yet ascended the throne, he has begun to care about the lives of the small people, and he even taught us a lesson in person, telling us how to develop the living standard of a place. ”

"Now that we have developed to this day, our life is indeed better, but Your Majesty has seen the future again, especially like the north and the Russians, what is the fight for, that is the living space, that is the foundation for the future development of our people!"

Liu Tongxun looked at Sun Jiagan aggressively, "If you want to fight for the north, Mongolia must become an inseparable part of Great Chu - and you are the best candidate to make contributions to this." ”

In this era, the people who really dealt with the Mongols the most were those Jin merchants, and as the leader of the Shanxi gentry, Sun Jiagan, he was undoubtedly able to play a great role.

Sun Jiagan was silent, he drank the bowl of wine on the table, but because he was too anxious, some of the wine leaked on his beard, but the whole person seemed a little more excited.

"The old man was originally just a useless person, if it is beneficial to national affairs, why pity?"