Wang Sansi pointed to the big screen and stammered and asked, "My lord, is this a spell?" Why does the content on the fold appear on this? ”

Wenyi slapped him on the back of the head and said, "What do you think, this is just a screen, which this official has spent several years barely researching." In the future, this thing will be popularized throughout the country, what kind of spell is it. Hurry up and get to work, there are a lot of novelty treasures here, don't make a fuss. ”

Wang Sansi grinded the ink over and over again, and stared at the screen to watch it vigorously. Wenyi picked up the brush and wrote a reply on the fold: "The three-year tax in Henan will be halved, and the people will be encouraged to raise more chickens, ducks and other poultry, and each household must raise at least ten chickens and ducks." Datang Bank will issue zero-interest breeding loans to each household, and those who are corrupt will be severely punished for not lending! ”

After writing the literature and art, he said to Wang Sansi: "Go and call the head of the household department and the president of Datang Bank, I have something urgent." ”

Wang Sansi took the order and left, and literature and art continued to scan and approve the folds. After a while, Xiao Yu, the head of the household department, and Lu Qiyuan, the president of the bank, walked in, and after the two sides finished the ceremony, the literature and art went directly to the topic: "President Lu, how much does it cost to raise 20 million chickens and ducks?" ”

Lu Qiyuan thought for a while and said: "The number of 20 million chickens and ducks is too much, and Xia Guan can't accurately calculate it for a while, but Xia Guan knows that if it is free-range by the people's method, the cost of a chicken is about 100 Wen, and if it is professionally raised, the cost will be about 150 Wen." ”

Literature and art calculations are about 2 million taels of silver, and then calculate that the Zhenguan locust plague affected about 1.5 million households in Guannei Province, Henan Province, Hedong Province, Hebei Province and other areas. 20 million chickens and ducks should be enough to deal with the locust plague, after all, the land is now vast and sparsely populated, and every family has a large area of farmland in their hands, as long as they can keep a part of it, it will be enough to hold on until the next year, and the fleet that went to Zhancheng to exchange grain has already set off, and it is not a big problem to get back hundreds of thousands of stone of grain.

After making up his mind, Wenyi issued the first directive: the people of Guannei Province, Henan Province, Hedong Province, and Hebei Province must raise ten chickens and ducks in each family, and the government will issue chickens and duck seedlings and give each chicken a 60 cultural breeding subsidy.

Xiao Yu was not calm: "Wenxiang, what do you mean?" Don't you know that now that the people are in urgent need of recuperation, why do they force the people to raise chickens and ducks? ”

Wenyi replied with a straight face: "This official not only gives subsidies to chicken seedlings, what burden will this add?" And I'm also in charge of acquisitions! This is a welfare for the people! This is a good deed! ”

Xiao Yu said angrily: "You are joking with state funds!" No, this official will never let the bank pay a penny! If you have the ability, you can use your own money! ”

Wenyi smiled: "Okay! Wang Sansi, change the number of chickens and ducks to 20! Subsidize this official out! ”

Lu Qiyuan hurriedly stopped: "Your Excellency, don't be rash!" Xia Guan calculated that the population of Sidao is about 1.5 million households, and if there are 20 chickens and ducks in each household, it will cost at least 1.8 million taels of silver! Think twice! ”

Wenyi waved his hand and said: "This is just a feeding subsidy, and the official is also ready to purchase it at the market price, otherwise it will have a great impact on the market when these chickens and ducks are released." I've calculated, if you buy it at a price of 150 wen per chicken, then it will take about 6 million taels to be enough, just a small amount of money. The official will send some money to your bank. ”

Xiao Yu scolded angrily: "Good boy! There is such a huge amount of money, but I don't think about how to serve the country and what poultry to raise! What is the purpose of raising so many poultry? ”

Wenyi said with a smile: "Xiao Shangshu don't worry, these four are dry and rainy today, and the grain output will definitely decrease, and the official can't bear the poverty of the people to come up with this method, I just hope to help the people of the four roads get through the difficulties!" ”

Xiao Yu laughed angrily: "You are still for the good of the people, then you can directly transfer food to help the people!" It's better than raising chickens and ducks! ”

Wenyi shrugged: "The official has already asked people to buy grain." However, 'it is better to teach a man to fish than to teach him to fish', wouldn't it be better for the official to take this opportunity to let the people have one more means of input? ”

Xiao Yu suddenly woke up to the fact that his family had recently had a fleet going south, and he didn't ask about the family business, but he also vaguely heard that it seemed to be helping Wenyi to purchase food. What is the meaning of "being old and not dying is a thief", Xiao Yu quickly realized that the problem should not be as simple as the surface of literature and art.

Xiao Yu said to Lu Qiyuan: "President Lu, you go out for a while, the old man has some things to discuss with literature and art." ”

Lu Qiyuan walked out of the door very interestingly, and Xiao Yu personally closed the door before asking in a low voice: "Wen Xiang, you tell the old man the truth, did my fleet go south to purchase grain this time?" ”

Wen Yi nodded: "Yes, I asked them to bring back at least 50,000 stone of grain." ”

Xiao Yu frowned and said, "Did you find something wrong, otherwise you wouldn't have bought so much food and raised chickens and ducks like crazy." Can you tell the old man the truth? ”

Wenyi thought about it and finally decided to believe Xiao Yu once, so he confessed to him: "It's not a secret, just now I saw a book about the drought in Henan, and combined with the information of the other three roads, I concluded that there will be a locust plague next year!" ”

Xiao Yu was shocked: "Is this true? Why didn't you report to Your Majesty earlier? If something goes wrong with such a big event, can you afford it? ”

Literature and art: "Xiao Shangshu don't panic, haven't I already prepared relief food and chickens and ducks for locust extermination?" If raising 20 million chickens and ducks in Sidao is enough to resist this locust plague, and I will ask your Xiao family to help me transport 500,000 stone of grain from the south. When the locust plague is together, we can deal with it calmly. ”

Xiao Yu digested it for a long time before saying, "Then why don't you tell me about it?" Instead, secretly preparing on your own? ”

Wenyi said helplessly: "The locust plague is just my speculation, if it comes out but it doesn't happen, wouldn't it be a slap in my face?" Anyway, I don't need much silver, I'll pay it first, are you afraid that your household won't pay it back to me then? ”

Xiao Yu nodded and said, "Well, since the Wen Xiang family has a lot of money, the official is not hypocritical." This official asked the household department to fully cooperate with the minister. After saying that, he bowed his hand to Wenyi and left. When the boss left, Lu Qiyuan didn't come in, and he also bowed his hand to Wenyi outside the door, and followed Xiao Yu to slip away.

Soon the notices were posted all over Guannei Road, Henan Road, Hedong Road, and Hebei Road, and the people were a little confused, when did the imperial court start to force chickens? An old man in coarse linen clothes asked the fellow villager next to him: "Lao Jia, look at what's going on?" Everyone is talking about raising chickens. ”

Lao Jia is one of the few literate people in the village, and he squeezed into the crowd when he was ordered by the third uncle. After a long time, Lao Jia squeezed out excitedly, and said to the third uncle: "Uncle, good news, the announcement issued by the prime minister today to encourage the people to raise chickens and ducks said that each household should raise at least 20 chickens and ducks, and each chicken and duck will be given a subsidy of 60 Wen, and if it can't be sold after raising it, it can be sold to the government at a price of 150 Wen each." What a good thing! ”

The third uncle was a cautious man, and he thought for a long time with his self-proclaimed second head in the village before asking, "Why is this?" How much does it cost to keep chickens and ducks like this all day! Does the imperial court have so much money? ”

Lao Jia said with a smile: "Although this is organized by the government, but it is at Wen Xiang's own expense, I heard the official say that it is because Wen Xiang likes to eat chickens and ducks, and the chickens and ducks in Chang'an are no longer enough for him to eat, so he asked us to help raise them together." And it's not all raised in the whole country, just the four provinces of Guannei, Henan, Hedong, and Hebei that we are close to have this good thing! Uncle, let's hurry back and clean up the small courtyard, the official said that the chicken seedlings will be sent out in the spring. ”

Although the third uncle couldn't figure out how Wen Xiang ate all the chickens and ducks in Chang'an by himself, since the government issued a clear announcement, it should be true, and if you have money, you can't make a bastard! Let's go! At that moment, he and Lao Jia hurriedly returned to the village and quickly cleaned up a chicken nest, how could they raise thirty chickens! If the yard is big, it is capricious!

Let's not talk about the people's affairs, literature and art have the help of the bracelet to get off work early, and he clocks in early every day, this day he hummed a minor tune and walked home, and suddenly jumped out of the alley A lewd figure knelt directly in front of Wenyi and hugged Wenyi's thighs and cried bitterly: "The great Prime Minister Wen, please help the villain!" ”

Wen Erba was startled, pulled out his sword and was about to cut this bastard who didn't know where he came from. Wenyi hurriedly stopped Wen Erba's movements, helped this person up, and Wen Yan asked, "Who are you?" What's the matter with looking for this officer? ”

The man raised his head and sobbed: "The villain is Dongying's special envoy Su Wuxiang, who met the prime minister when he met His Majesty the Emperor a few days ago, and His Majesty the Emperor also promised to send troops to help us, but he couldn't see the prime minister in front of him in the past few days, so the villain had to guard the prime minister here." ”

Only then did Wenyi remember that Dongying was bullied by Wang Erhu and them, and he came to rescue the soldiers. It's just that I forgot about the big locust plague in the past few days, and Wen Yi kindly patted Su Wuxiang's shoulder and said: "I have been busy with official business these days, please forgive the special envoy." Let's go to my house and tell me more about the pirates. ”

When the two of them sat down at home, Wenyi asked: "Brother Buxiang, you first tell the official what happened, and the official can organize the manpower." ”

Su Beixiang hurriedly replied: "Three years ago, a group of pirates claiming to be from Britain landed in the San'in region of our country, and after that, they forcibly occupied the Iwami Mountains of our country, and they numbered about 500 people. Originally, it was just a mountain range, and the emperor did not pay much attention to it, but sent an army of 5,000 men to clear it, but their weapons were very evil, and they could shoot and wound us from 500 paces, resulting in a great defeat for us. In recent years, the emperor has organized several large-scale purges, but they have all been defeated by their superiority in weapons. Therefore, this time, the villain was appointed by His Majesty the Emperor to borrow troops from the Tang Dynasty. Hope to annihilate these hateful pirates in one fell swoop! ”

Wenyi touched his chin and said: "Pirates don't stay in the sea, what do they do on land?" Could it be that there is a great treasure there? ”

Su Wuxiang hurriedly denied: "It's just a mountain range, rich in herbs, and it's a place where the people of our country often collect medicines." After being seized by them, the number of herbal medicines in our country dropped sharply, and now the people have no medicinal use for medical treatment. This is the reason why His Majesty the Emperor wants to annihilate this group of pirates. ”