Empress Zhou sat there with a deep face, Luo Chen looked calm, and said softly: "If the displaced people can be properly resettled, then the next thing to face is just a few floods!" ”

"If you can't properly resettle the displaced people, you will force them to rebel!"

"There are hundreds of thousands of displaced people today, and they are increasing day by day, how can they be resettled?"

"There are also some old and weak women and children, how easy is it to talk about?"

Luo Chen shook his head slightly: "Cash-for-work is naturally only possible to rely on young and middle-aged people, and the first thing to do is to ensure that they will not starve to death!" ”

"Only if they don't starve to death, they won't rebel, and they will have what to say next!"

"It's not difficult to solve the food problem!"

"This year's big week to recuperate, there is no border trouble, even if it is facing floods now, the grain and grass in the treasury should be able to support three or five months!"

"But you just said that the treasury is empty!"

There was a faint smile in Luo Chen's eyes: "If there is nothing greasy in this, hehe!" ”

Ji Rumeng also reacted and woke up: "Corrupt officials? ”

"I'm afraid it's not just corrupt officials!"

Luo Chen glanced at her and said softly: "You send someone to find out how much the grain has risen to now, and ask if anyone has been collecting grain and grass at a high price recently!" ”

Ji Rumeng was stunned for a moment, bowed her head slightly, and even ordered to go down!

"Brother Luo, can you elaborate on the method of resettlement of displaced people?"

Luo Chen said with a smile: "There are many kinds of cash-for-work, which can make it reclamation and construction!" ”

"Whether it's building roads, bridges, or some infrastructure, it takes a lot of labor!"

"Many of these homeless people are skilled craftsmen or skilled cultivators!"

"If these people can be used and the grain and grass can be settled according to the work every day, it will not only fill their stomachs, but also allow them to build for the imperial court!"

"At the end of a tiring day, it's good to be able to fill your stomach, who still has the heart to rebel?"

Empress Zhou's eyes were full of fine light, just a homeless resettlement had already made her Manchu Dynasty civil and military anxious, but she didn't expect Xia Jun to come up with a solution in just a few words!

"If you can use this group of displaced people, the cost is cheap, and even the imperial court can save a lot of expenses!"

"Hmm!" Luo Chen nodded in agreement and said with a smile: "Some women and children can let them go to the reclamation!" ”

Empress Zhou had a look of admiration on her face, and a figure hurriedly walked over and bowed her hand to the empress!

"Your Majesty, it's been investigated!"

"Now the price of food in Kyoto has risen to 30 wen 1 dou!"

"That's more than four times!"

The empress's face suddenly froze: "Even if there is a shortage of food, it can't rise so fast, right?" ”

"Can someone buy grain and grass on a large scale?"

Luo Chen suddenly asked, and the man arched his hand and said, "Several major families in the capital and several prominent families in other counties are buying grain and grass at high prices, and even several adults in the court are also involved!" ”

As soon as these words came out, Empress Zhou's complexion instantly became very exciting, and she gritted her teeth and said: "Now that the situation in the imperial court is in a difficult situation, they are still raising prices here, it is a crime that deserves death!" ”

With a low shout, the empress's face was as cold as ice, and her eyes were full of contemplation: "Proposed decree, anyone who wantonly hoards grain and raises prices will be punished for serious crimes!" ”

"Wait!"

Luo Chen suddenly stretched out his hand to stop it, and said softly: "If this is the case, it will completely offend these clans!" ”

"Now that the situation in Da Zhou has come to this, there is no need to risk tearing up their faces, in case they jump off the wall in a hurry, they will get into trouble!"

"However, if they buy all the grain and grass, then they will raise prices, make a lot of money for the country, and the DPRK will have no grain, what should they do?"

"At that time, it's really passive!"

Luo Chen said with a smile: "Then I want to see how to operate!" ”

"What about Brother Elo's opinion?"

Luo Chen looked at Ji Rumeng's humble request for advice, his heart was extremely comfortable, and he said with a smile: "If they want to raise the price of grain, they have to reduce the circulation of grain on the market, so they are now buying on a large scale, buying at a low price, and after the grain in the hands of the people is exhausted, they are making a big move!" ”

"At that time, the price of grain will not be decided by the market, but by them!"

"The most important thing is that now the people who are in dire need of food at home are the homeless, how many taels of silver can they have?"

"So, in the end, it can only be the court that will cover for them, and it will even cause some bigger chaos!"

Empress Zhou nodded in agreement, but she was very curious about how Lin Yan was going to solve the current deadlock!

"How long will your food last?"

"I don't know!" Empress Zhou shook her head slightly, and said in a deep voice: "In addition to the two counties that have been affected by the disaster, there are some grain reserves in the court, and there are also local grain depots, if you count them, they will support them for two or three months at most!" ”

"Enough!"

Luo Chen smiled: "Set aside a month's relief food, and throw out all the rest!" ”

"Throw it out?" Empress Zhou's face was extremely surprised, "Now that the food in the imperial court is still very scarce, why should you throw it out!" ”

Luo Chen explained with a smile: "How can we throw it out to make them spit it out twice!" ”

"After throwing the grain out, the high price is exchanged for silver taels, and when the time is decisive, we will open a warehouse and release grain, which will definitely bring down the price of grain!"

"Huh?"

"After throwing out all the grain in batches, spread the news that the DPRK and China have raised grain and grass, and will use all the surplus grain in their hands for disaster relief!"

"In this way, those big families will definitely raise food from one of the courts, hehe!"

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(End of chapter)