Yingdu Chu Palace.

In the palace, Chen Zhen was reporting to the king of Chu on the cultivation of wheat and rice in various places.

Listening to this, Xiong Huai's face darkened.

Jing Carp and Douyou on the side also had a very bad face.

Although the price of wheat and rice has gone up, the people simply believe that the king of Chu will buy wheat and rice that can only be used for emergency relief and feeding livestock at such a high price.

Even if the fame of flour has spread all over the world, the people still don't believe it, because flour can only be eaten by nobles, and ordinary people basically can't eat it, but there are many nobles in the world, and the most are ordinary people.

Will ordinary people eat flour?

Therefore, in the face of the propaganda and guidance of the King of Chu, most people were skeptical, and they were reluctant to take it a little more just in case.

More than a dozen acres, less than five or six acres.

What the people of Chu don't know is that even if the people planted wheat and rice, most of the planting methods were similar to the planting methods of corn, and they were so-so.

It's just that wheat can be compared with the corn of drought-fighting experts who are known as "only dead bamboo, no dried corn", and the yield of wheat grown in this way can be imagined.

Chen Zhen saw that the face of the King of Chu was already stinky, and hurriedly said: "King, there is still good news here in our Chu State. ”

"The minister got the news that the people in a county in Huainan planted a large amount of wheat after the corn harvest, and the amount planted was only three or four percent less than that of corn, more than half of the corn."

Xiong Huai was worried that this was Chen Zhen comforting himself, so he couldn't help but look at him suspiciously and said, "Is that really the case?" ”

Chen Zhen nodded and said, "The king, it's true, the minister doesn't dare to deceive the king." ”

Xiong Huai suddenly breathed a sigh of relief, and secretly comforted himself: "It seems that there are still people who believe in the character of the widow!" Not all the people of Chu thought that their king of Chu would deceive them. ”

"Only..." Chen Zhen saw that King Chu's face had improved, and immediately swallowed all the next words.

Xiong Huai said with a smile: "Which county is Xianqing talking about, in this case, its county order must be a wise man with both ability and political integrity." ”

Chen Zhen opened his mouth, and said half-loudly: "Back to the king, it's Yongxian." ”

"Yongxian?" Xiong Huai looked at Chen Zhen suspiciously and said: "The widow remembers that this Yongxian County was used by Zhuang Xin to settle the poor people in Huaibei!" ”

The moment he learned that it was Yongxian, Xiong Huai suspected that Zhuang Xin or the county order of Yongxian County had swallowed the grain he used to support the immigrants, otherwise how could those remnants grow wheat and rice on a large scale!

Even the people of their own country don't believe in themselves, the king of Chu, let alone the people of Qi who have just become the people of Chu, which is unreasonable.

Seeing Chen Zhen nodded.

Xiong Huai said in a calm tone: "The widow remembers that Zhuang Xin once reported to the widow that the immigrants from Yongxian County had been properly settled, and each family had divided the land, and also supported a considerable part of the rations, is there such a thing?" ”

Chen Zhen nodded again.

Xiong Huai asked: "Since the people have enough rations, why do they still grow so much wheat and rice, but there is another hidden secret, you know what is going on." ”

As soon as Chen Zhen heard that the King of Chu suspected that there was a shady scene, he opened his mouth to defend Zhuang Xin: "Your Majesty, as far as the minister knows, the remnants of Yongxian County have basically distributed a full amount of grain, and the reason why wheat and rice are planted on a large scale is because... It's because I've heard that the price of wheat is very high. ”

The news of Xu Xing's return to Chu State, Chen Zhen naturally knew, but Chen Zhen knew that Xu Xing ran to Teng State back then, but it caused the King of Chu to be furious, and Teng State threw himself into the arms of Qi State because of Xu Xing and Mencius.

Chen Zhen was worried that the king of Chu would have a hot head, so he cut Xu Xing or forced Xu Xing away, which was a big loss for the Chu State.

Jing Li, who knew the details on the side, was silent when he heard Chen Zhen's words.

"Wheat prices are high?" Xiong Huai didn't believe it, and said with a smile: "The price of wheat is naturally very high, but it also needs the people to believe it." ”

Xiong Huai looked at Chen Zhen and said: "Why should Qing swallow and vomit, the widow wants to listen to the real reason, why would the people believe it." ”

Chen Zhen muttered for a while, and sighed: "Great King, after the destruction of the Teng State, Xu Xing heard that the Chu State gave away the cultivated land in Huainan, and took nearly 100 disciples to Yongxian, and after the corn was harvested, he took the men to plant wheat, and the people of Yongxian County heard that the sage was also planting wheat, so they planted wheat and rice one after another. ”

“······”

I thought that my character was not so dilapidated that the whole country didn't believe it...

The result is that because of Xu Xing, this is not as high as Xu Xing's appeal...

As soon as Xiong Huai heard that this matter was related to Xu Xing, his chest suddenly rose and fell inexplicably.

When Chen Zhen saw that the king of Chu seemed to be angry, he immediately persuaded: "The king is angry, the king..."

Xiong Huai stopped Chen Zhen with one hand, touched his chest with the other, and said secretly, is this influenced by his predecessor?

After a pause, Xiong Huai smiled and said: "Okay, good Xu Xing, this is a big gift to the widow as soon as he returns to Chu State, and he should be credited with a great credit." ”

Saying that, Xiong Huai frowned again and said: "Although Yongxian County grows a large amount of wheat and rice, there are so many counties in Chu State, and there is only one Yongxian County, which is really a drop in the bucket, too little. ”

"Taifu Yin." Xiong Huai looked at Dou You on the side and said, "If we are increasing the purchase price of Maimi by several percent, I don't know if it is feasible." ”

Before Dou You could speak, Jing Li took the lead in objecting: "This matter is not feasible. ”

Seeing Chu Guo looking over, Jing Li explained: "King, the price of wheat and rice is already very high now, and the reason why this situation has occurred is because the people don't believe it. ”

"If the people don't believe it, even if we increase the price of wheat and rice tenfold, the people still don't believe it, and they still won't grow it."

"Besides, the grain is not as good as others, the grain is cheap and hurts the peasants, and the grain is expensive and hurts the peasants, for the country, the most taboo is the sharp rise and fall of grain prices, once this happens, I am afraid it will cause the people to hesitate and panic, which is not good for the Chu State."

Dou Youyi objected: "King, the price of wheat and rice has risen to double the price of corn, which is already the limit of our Chu State. ”

"The hundreds of thousands of gold prepared by the king before, now a lot of wheat and rice from various countries have been spent, even if a lot of money is made from selling flour, but it is far from enough to use the capital. The feudal lords of the Chu State used their own flour, while the Sanjin resisted the flour, even if the nobles of the Sanjin secretly ate it, it was still too little. The only country of Qi that welcomes flour is forbidden to enter the country. ”

"If the price of wheat and rice slowly falls from sixty-four yuan to thirty yuan when the wheat is ripe next year, then my Chu State will still have the ability to put this year's tax into it. If the wheat rises to more than 100 or 80 yuan, the king, please forgive the ministers for their incompetence, and can only drop the wheat back to 30 dollars in one breath. ”

Xiong Huai sighed when he heard this, although this situation has nothing to do with the price of wheat and rice, but he just feels that he is short of money...