May is when the wheat is ripe.

The warm summer breeze blows with a wave of moisture, and on the wheat fields of Yongxian County, the sparse wheat is swaying with the wind, looking like a disaster year.

Chen Xing folded a bunch of ears of wheat, looked at the sparse grains, shook his head and sighed, then bent down, held the ears of wheat in both hands and handed him to Xu Xing.

Xu Xing took the ear of wheat, just glanced at it, and handed him to the doorman beside him.

The others were all like frosted eggplants, looking dejected.

Chen Xiang said faintly: "Sir, this wheat and rice are really inferior grains, not only is it unpalatable, but even if there is no disaster, the yield is not as good as corn." ”

Xu Xing shook his head and said, "Otherwise, wheat is not as good as corn, and it takes far more thought than corn." And this winter, all of us were preparing for the next corn planting, and we didn't focus on wheat at all. ”

"Heaven rewards hard work, no hard work and no harvest, isn't this exactly the confirmation of the Great Dao?"

The doorman next to him was speechless.

Song Jing said with disappointment on his face: "Sir, most of the land that this Chu State has cultivated for us is just reclaimed land, and there are too many places that need to be sorted out, so we have to take advantage of the slack time to tidy up the land." ”

"Wheat is low, and we don't eat it ourselves, so naturally we can't let wheat delay the cultivation of corn."

Then, Song Jing said with a little nervousness: "Sir, the student heard from some businessmen in Jiangnan that some people who have also planted wheat in Jiangnan have already harvested, and although the price of wheat has fallen, it is still above fifty yuan so far, and the people who have planted wheat in Jiangnan are said to have made a lot of money, and it seems that there is no need to worry about disasters this year." ”

When many people heard this, their spirits were all lifted and they said happily: "Sir, now the wheat on our side can also be harvested, according to the current price trend of wheat and rice, when our wheat is harvested, the price of wheat and rice should be maintained at more than forty yuan, and this price is still far more than corn." ”

Xu Xing nodded with a smile, looking at the impatient appearance of the people, knowing that these people were all worried that the Chu State would suddenly change their hexagrams, or that the Taifu of the Chu State would have no money, so they would lower the price of wheat rice in one go, or simply not buy wheat rice.

Xu Xing rolled up his sleeves: "Okay, let's start harvesting wheat today." ”

As he spoke, he picked up the scythe and cut off the first bunch of Maimi...

Yingdu Chu Palace.

Jing Li took a roll of wooden tablets and reported to the king of Chu: "King, from the situation of various places, the total harvest of wheat and rice is only about two-third tenths of that of corn, of which Jiangnan has the least output because of the small number of people, and the Jianghuai is probably much higher than that between Jianghan and Han. ”

For such a result, Xiong Huai can only be helpless, this planting amount is higher than before, but it is not so high.

Generally speaking, Chu's policy of raising the price of wheat and rice has stimulated many people, but the effect is not obvious.

Xiong Huai then asked Dou You, "Xianqing, what is the price of wheat now?" How long can the money in Taifu be supported? ”

Dou You cleared his throat and said: "King, after the wheat in Jiangnan is ripe, the minister began to reduce the price of wheat purchased by the Chu State, and when the wheat in Jiangbei began to harvest, the wheat has dropped to fifty-two yuan, and now most of the wheat and rice in my Chu State have been harvested, and the people are going to the grain store set up in Taifu to sell grain, and the minister has reduced the price of wheat to forty-one yuan. ”

"The wheat and rice of Wei and Han have also been harvested now, but it will take nearly a month at the earliest for the merchants to buy the wheat from all over the country and transport it to our Chu country. So the minister's plan was to reduce the price of wheat to thirty-three in the next month, and then stabilize the price of wheat at thirty in a few months. ”

After a pause, Dou You said with a smile: "King, because the Yue State began to open its gateway with the Chu State last year, and the two countries have continued to trade and trade, therefore, since last year, Taifu has increased a lot of tariffs out of thin air, plus the money prepared before, even if our Chu State used nearly 200,000 troops in the first war with the Qi State, now my Taifu still has some wealth in addition to the purchase price of wheat and rice." ”

Xiong Huai breathed a sigh of relief when he heard this, now that the Chu State has put all its financial resources on Maimi, if Maimi collapses in the end, it will inevitably be greatly damaged.

Xiong Huai suddenly thought of another question, and continued to ask Dou You: "Xianqing, this year is in the past, but what about next year?" If the price of wheat and rice is stable at 30 yuan, which is the same price as corn, the people will see that it is profitable, and they will inevitably grow wheat and rice in large quantities. Not only our Chu country, but also other countries, I don't know what Xianqing is going to do with these wheat money. ”

"This..." Dou You hesitated for a moment, and said with a heavy face: "King, the difficulties of the Chu State last year were not only because of the huge expenses for purchasing wheat and rice, but also because of the large amount of tax exemption from the king.

Jing Li arched his hand and said: "King, not only that, we can also make changes in local taxes. ”

"Modify taxes?" Xiong Huai was stunned, and his first reaction was to raise taxes, but then he shook his head, now that the taxes in Chu are already very high, I am afraid that there is really no one left.

Thinking of this, Xiong Huai asked, "Please let Yin tell me a little bit, how to revise the tax?" ”

Jing Liyi raised his eyebrows and said: "King, the taxes levied by the people of various countries are all what the people plant, and the countries will collect what they have, but if our Chu State changes this form and announces to the people that no matter what you plant, you can use the same weight of wheat to deduct it." ”

"Now our Chu country's tax on the people has reached four or five tenths, that is, nearly half, if this policy is adopted, not only in terms of price will be equal to corn, but also the role of wheat will also be equal to corn."

In this way, as long as the people grow as much wheat as corn, they can use all the wheat to pay their taxes and keep all the corn for their own consumption. In this way, the people do not have to pay the tax and then sell the wheat and rice for the same weight of corn, which must be a lot more convenient for the people. ”

Dou You was amazed on the side, according to Jing Carp's plan, Maimi was no longer a castle in the air, and the people thought that the price was inflated.

Thinking of the wonders, he couldn't help but salute Jing Li convincingly: "Ling Yin is really a great sage, in this way, isn't it that my Chu State does not spend a penny, and collects all the wheat and rice in Chu State, and also makes the price of wheat and rice naturally equal to corn, which is a hundred times more clever than my method of forcibly raising the price of wheat and rice." ”

As he spoke, Dou You saluted to the King of Chu and said, "King, as long as this strategy of Ling Yin is implemented, my Taifu will not be short of money next year!" ”

"The king, for the king, for the Chu country, please implement the policy of Ling Yin!"