Hearing the King of Chu mention the price of grain, Dongjun Zhan Yangjun suddenly had a pimple in his heart.

And the other four feudal monarchs all aimed at the two of them intentionally or unintentionally, Jiang Han said that it was not big or small, and the little between the two of them could not be concealed from those who had a heart.

What's more, they forced the Pingguang Mansion to close the door of the grain buying and selling in various parts of the Chu State, and the matter was a bit big, and the feudal lords of the Chu State basically all knew what was going on.

These two guys, plus the four guys from Jianghuai, were all exposed in front of the magnates of the Chu State, and they made a big splash.

Dong Jun and Zhan Yangjun saw that the other four people all looked over, and they immediately wanted to cry without tears.

Although there has been no hunger year in the past few years, it is also not a good year, plus the king of Chu has been fighting every year in the past few years, and he can't stop at all, even if he is a feudal monarch, the pressure is very great, and a lot of savings have been consumed.

Originally, there was no war this year, and the king of Chu did not collect grain from the feudal monarch, they thought that they could breathe a sigh of relief, but as a result, they didn't want the king of Chu to prepare to build a canal, and the feudal monarch of Jianghan also had to send people, so that the feudal monarch's labor quota this year was all given to the king of Chu, and he could not drive the people to work.

Later, the country of Qi suffered, and the price of food in various countries skyrocketed.

Originally, they just wanted to make a profit, but as a result, they didn't expect that the Taifu in the Chu State was an empty shelf, there was no money at all, and they didn't sell much grain at all, and all the money in the Taifu over there was spent, and then it was broken.

In this case, the other feudal monarchs all thought that they were too greedy, some wrote to them, and some directly sent people to persuade them, but the real situation, the two of them could only break their teeth and swallow in their stomachs, and there was bitterness in their hearts but nowhere to reason!

Even if they tell the other feudal lords that they haven't sold much food, I'm afraid that the others won't believe it.

Xiong Huai waited for a while, and when he saw that all the six of them were silent, he took the initiative to name him: "Jin Jun, Qing is in Wandi, do you know what the price of grain in Wancheng is now?" ”

Since the last time Jin Jun offered his sword to get closer to the king of Chu, he got a large order from Yingdu and made a lot of money, and he has become closer and closer to the king of Chu in recent years.

At this moment, when he heard the king of Chu asking, he replied without hesitation: "Back to the king, as far as the minister knows, the price of grain has risen recently, and the price of grain in Wancheng, corn and wheat have all reached 100 yuan and 1 stone, and the price of soybean is slightly lower than that of corn, but it has also reached 70 yuan. ”

"Yes, this is the price of food in Wancheng!" Xiong Huai nodded, and then asked Dongjun Zhan Yangjun, "Do the two virtuous people know what the price of grain is in Yingdu?" ”

Dong Jun and Zhan Yangjun glanced at each other, and they both saw a trace of fear in each other's eyes, and said at the same time: "Hui Wang, it seems to be the same as Wancheng." ”

Xiong Huai sighed when he heard this: "Yes, it is true, because of the lack of grain, so this time the price of grain in the world has risen, unfortunately, there is a problem with the operation of Taifu, so that Pingguang Mansion has no money to buy grain, and it is closed." ”

Dongjun Zhan Yangjun heard this, his heart beat violently several times, and said secretly: It's coming.

Xiong Huai paused for a moment, looked at Dongjun Zhan Yangjun deeply, and continued: "So the widow is very worried now, if there is no money to buy food, so there is no food to use, what should it be? ”

The six of them were all shocked when they heard this.

Could it be that the king of Chu wants to borrow money?

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Dongjun Zhan Yangjun was immediately overjoyed, it would be great if he could spend money to avoid disasters.

Jin Jun was the first to react, thought twice, and said: "King, since there is no money available in Taifu, the minister is willing to donate 500 gold to enrich Taifu." ”

Xiong Huai saw Dongjun Zhan Yangjun's face with joy, and immediately stopped the others and said: "Jin Jun's heart is unknown to few people!" It's just that the widow still owes Zhujun a lot of money and hasn't paid it back, how can he ask Zhuqing for money again! ”

Jin Jun asked hesitantly, "What does the king mean?" ”

Xiong Huai said with a worried face: "Now the widow is short of food, and the lack of money is only a lack of money to buy food." Therefore, the meaning of the widow is that I hope that the six virtuous people can borrow some grain from the widow, and after this year's corn harvest, the widow will return it to you. ”

When Jin Jun heard this, he immediately realized that this was the purpose of the King of Chu, and he wanted to use food to teach Dongjun and them.

At that moment, Jin Jun immediately expressed his loyalty and said: "The king, the minister is incompetent, and Jindi does not produce grain, so Jindi does not have much grain, so the minister is willing to dedicate all the grain except the rations of the people of Jindi to the king, a total of 50,000 stone grain." ”

Dong Jun was shocked when he heard this, as we all know, Jindi does not produce grain, and Jinjun's main income also depends on the sale of cast swords and iron tools, not only that, but Jinjun also has to buy grain from other places every year to meet the internal consumption of Jindi.

Therefore, after Jin Jun left the rations needed by the people, where did he get the 50,000 stone of grain?

Even if Dong Jun himself left the rations needed by the people, he couldn't take out 50,000 stone of grain.

Take a large territory as an example, with 4,000 households, of which more than 1,000 are engaged in other businesses and do not engage in farming.

For the other more than 2,000 households, according to the calculation of two stones per mu, then each household can pay a tax of 100 stones, and 2,000 households can pay a tax of 200,000 stones.

But among them, the people who do not farm also want food, cut down more than 1,000 households, then there are still 100,000 stones, and then they have to hand over a part of the offerings necessary for activities such as worshipping the heavens and ancestors and worshipping the gods, plus every time there is a war, there will be 50,000 or 60,000 stone of grain left, which can be regarded as a peaceful year.

Similarly, all the 50,000 stone grain cannot be left, because the officials and armies within the feudal monarch are all under the responsibility of the feudal monarch himself, especially the important ministers such as Xiang and Sima, who all took refuge for wealth, and the cost was not light.

In addition, the conscription of the people to build the city roads in the territory is all the responsibility of the feudal lord himself.

In this way, in fact, 50,000 stone of grain, even if it is a good year, it will take Dongjun two years to save enough, if it is a few years of war and a famine, it will be a pit.

Dong Jun repented of not being at the beginning, and sold most of the stored grain to Taifu, and when he estimated whether he would give 50,000 stone or 30,000 stone of grain to the King of Chu, he listened to Ye Hou speak.

"King, since Jin Jun's territory has donated 50,000 stone of grain without producing grain, and the minister heard that Meng Weijun gave 200,000 stone of grain to the King of Qi in one go, so the minister does not dare to lag behind, and is willing to give 200,000 stone of grain."

Ye Hou's tone was flat and powerful, different from the savings of Meng Weijun's father and son, Ye Hou had lasted more than a hundred years and had strong savings.

Ye Hou's words fell, and Dongjun Zhan Yangjun suddenly froze, his face was pale, and he looked overly frightened.

Only then did they remember that the six feudal monarchs present were not only those who did not produce grain, such as Jin Jun, but also those who were rich in grain, such as Ye Hou.

Yehou was originally a big feudal monarch, and he was also close to the royal family, and Yedi was also an important grain producing area, because Ye Gong built a large number of canals in Yedi back then.

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Damn it...