Chapter 10: Five pieces of brown rice, three pieces of grain

Zhao Wan actually didn't have a very clear idea of the royal treasury and the Hami treasury, she subconsciously felt that it was the iron family's property. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

Zhao Wan, who was originally from the royal family, understood these rules, but after going to Hami, she couldn't tell the difference.

In the Great Song Dynasty, the royal treasury is the royal treasury, even if the national treasury is empty, it can run mice, and even if the hundred officials have no money to eat, they can't touch the things in the royal treasury.

But Hami is different, Zhao Wan herself has followed her husband's instructions countless times, and moved out the things in the treasury of the young palace eunuch belonging to the royal family and put them into the national treasury.

This is absolutely impossible to happen in the Great Song Dynasty, and the things in the royal treasury, except for the New Year's holidays, the father and the emperor take out some rewards for civil and military officials, the rest of the time is generally to supply the palace expenses.

Zhao Wan even knew that the key to the treasury of the palace was in the hands of Empress Cao, and her mother had envied it for many years.

From her mother-in-law, a former businessman, Zhao Wan understood the importance of food prices.

Food prices are the basis of all prices.

As a necessity for human life, food and other food are also the most widely circulated goods, and their prices have a great relationship with the society, affecting the countryside and the city, the farmer and the city people, and the agriculture and the artisan households and merchants.

Especially in the years of famine, the price of grain is not only a matter of life and death for the people, but also for the royal family, if the people cannot afford to buy food and starve, it will cause chaos, so the government also attaches great importance to the price of grain.

Wang Rouhua started by opening a soup cake shop, and the grain merchants she dealt with the most throughout the day, so she knew the price of grain in the Great Song Dynasty very well.

The grain prices in the Great Song Dynasty are different, mainly divided into three parts: Jingxi, Hubei, Huainan, Liangzhejiang, and Jiangnan are relatively cheap, so these places are "all moderately flat".

Shaanxi, Hedong, Jinghu, Fujian, and Guangnan have the lowest grain prices.

And the wealthy Sichuan and Shu four roads have the most expensive grain prices.

Wen Yanbo and others used the grain price of Jingzhao Mansion in Shaanxi Province to buy Hami grain, which was already a way for them to exploit Hami to the limit.

The only thing I don't understand is that a Hami farmer can cultivate more than ten times as much land as the Great Song Dynasty.

While the farmers of Jingzhao Mansion were pulling heavy ploughshares on their backs with ropes on their backs and dropping eight petals of sweat on the barren loess to plant grain, the Hami farmers stood behind the horse-drawn ploughs, stepping on the harrow-drawn ploughs, driving the two horse-drawn plows on one hand, and smoothing the fertile land that had just been turned over with the harrow-drawn ploughs.

The difference in efficiency between the two is more than 100 times, which naturally creates a huge difference in food prices.

The price of grain in Jingzhao Mansion is 300 wen per load, which is the official price, that is, the price of grain given by Wen Yanbo to Hami......

In Hami, even if Tie Xinyuan used the Great Song Dynasty copper coins to buy grain at a premium, it was only a load of eighty-five Wen......

When Zhao Wan entered the palace the next day, she deliberately sat in the palace with her own phoenix, and the princess naturally did not have this qualification, even if it was the eldest princess of the Great Song Dynasty.

But when Zhao Wan herself made the black phoenix flag held by the palace maid of the Hami Palace, this phoenix belonged to the Queen of Hami.

She deliberately chose the palace that the civil and military officials entered when they dispersed, and in front of the Daqing Palace, Wen Yanbo and others witnessed the arrogant Zhao Wan enter the Changchun Palace behind along the royal road.

Wen Yanbo was a little puzzled......

Ouyang Xiu flicked the sleeves of his robe and passed past Wen Yanbo, but was grabbed by Wen Yanbo and asked, "Uncle Yong, can the Hami Kingdom take out 300,000 loads of grain?" ”

Ouyang Xiu smiled meaningfully: "It should be possible." ”

Wen Yanbo breathed a sigh of relief and said: "That's good, the Hehuang border army doesn't have to take a long detour to carry grain from the Xijing treasury." ”

Ouyang Xiu looked at Wen Yanbo and said, "Brother Kuanfu, Hami is farther away from Hehuang than Xijing. ”

Wen Yanbo said with a smile: "It is true that the Western Regions are vast, but the roads are wide, there are many pack horses, the transportation is simple, and there is no war in Lanzhou. ”

Ouyang Xiu said with a smile: "Brother Kuanfu is high, and my generation is not as good as it." ”

Han Qi, who was holding the wat board and watching Zhao Wan walk into the corridor, smiled at Wen Yanbo and said: "The eldest princess took out the Hami phoenix today to be arrogant, it can be seen that 300,000 loads of grain and one million bunches of forage are not the limit of Hami's national strength. ”

Ouyang Xiu sighed and said, "The old man also thinks that Yiguo's words are reasonable, and if it is not 500,000 quintals of grain, Hami Country cannot be impoverished. ”

After saying this, Ouyang Xiu said to Wen Yanbo, Han Qi arched his hand, and left in stride.

Buying grain from Hami was proposed by Ouyang Xiu, and before he could formulate the price strategy, he was regarded as Guigao by Wen Yanbo, Han Qi and others.

The next day, Ouyang Xiu was surprised when he heard the outrageous price of grain in the court, and before he could speak out against it, he was forced back by Han Qi in front of the emperor with such heart-wrenching words as "Jun is still a Hami Xiangguo".

Wen Yanbo frowned when he saw Ouyang Xiu leaving: "Uncle Ouyang Yong's heart is too soft, he still pleads for Hami Kingdom today, and there are already ten letters of folding, right?" There is no distinction between inside and outside, this is not the way of appearance. ”

Han Qi said with a smile: "The busy affairs of the governor are not in line with Uncle Ouyang Yong's tranquil temperament, so let's go to Luzhou!" ”

Wen Yanbo was reluctant to talk about the departure or stay of an important minister so frivolously, and said lightly: "Let's talk about it again." ”

When Zhao Wan came to Changchun Palace with a food box, Zhao Zhen was reviewing the chapters, and Wang gradually held the dust outside the door, and when he saw Zhao Wan coming, he hurriedly greeted him and said: "The official family is reviewing the chapters, and the princess will wait for a while."

A mere 300,000 quintals of grain is not a problem for Hami, and the carriage that transported grain to the Wolf's Den Grain Depot in the autumn of last year was busy for a month and a half, so the princess did not have to worry.

Don't anger the officials because of this bit of food. ”

Zhao Wan saw that Wang gradually smiled and said, "What do you know, I came to tell my father and ask him to buy more Hami grain."

You don't want to think about it, Hami is in a deserted place, so much grain, who will you sell it to if you don't sell it to the Great Song Dynasty? Could it be sold to the Khitans? ”

Wang gradually scratched his head and said, "Even if the Khitans are still separated by a big desert, it's inconvenient."

Xixia is convenient, but Brother Yuan refuses. Our Da Song is naturally the best buyer, but the price is a little lower. ”

Zhao Wan smiled: "Have you bought grain in Hami?" ”

Wang gradually shook his head and said, "No, but a few little cubs who live in the hot spring pavilion have bought it." ”

Zhao Wan squinted her eyes and glanced at Wang gradually and said proudly: "Then go away, a person who doesn't even know the price of grain in Hami is only 30% of the price of grain in the Great Song Jingzhao Mansion, what qualifications does he have to stand in my way." ”

Wang Yan's heart chuckled, and he hurriedly caught up with Zhao Wan and said with a bitter face: "So Hami has made a lot of money?" ”

Zhao Wan's amorous Li Li The restless Jin Bu shook his head and said: "Hurry up, those little minions who have bought food in Hami will find them, and my father may ask." ”

Wang Gradual's eyes lit up, and he asked Zhao Wan to go first, and then he instructed the chief eunuch guarding the door to find those little eunuchs who had been to Hami with him, in case the emperor inquired. He also wanted to know what the price of food in Hami really was, lest the emperor look like a fool when he asked.

A bowl of sticky fig porridge was gently placed in front of Zhao Zhen, and Zhao Zhen raised his head and glanced at his daughter and said: "It's too late to say anything now, the Privy Council Edict has reached Hehuang, if your husband is obedient, the first batch of grain should be shipped at this time." ”

After speaking, he unceremoniously picked up the bowl of porridge and ate it very sweetly.

Zhao Wan pretended to be surprised and said, "Why does my father use the grain price of Jingzhao Mansion to buy Hami's grain, why don't you use Hami's grain price to settle it?" ”

Zhao Zhen swallowed a mouthful of porridge and laughed: "Girls are outward, and the ancients are honest and don't deceive me."

If you want your father and me to pay more, this bowl of porridge is not enough. ”

Zhao Wan smiled sweetly: "My father gave me a generous gift, and my son thanked my father for his reward on behalf of my husband." ”

Zhao Zhen was stunned for a moment, reached out and touched the forehead of the girl kneeling in front of him and frowned: "It's just a little food, your husband won't have it." ”

Zhao Wan shook her head with a smile and said: "What is a mere 300,000 quintals of grain, not counting Hami Changping, Taikang two warehouses, even my daughter and the young government supervisor in my hand can easily take it out."

Erchen thought that since there was a shortage of food in the land of Hehuang, why didn't his father buy a million quintals of military food from Hami at one time to solve his urgent need? ”

Zhao Zhen put down the porridge bowl in his hand, glanced at his daughter seriously, and found that the child was wearing a black gold-inlaid Hami queen robe today, so he sat up straight and said, "How much is the Hami grain?" ”

Zhao Wan said with a smile: "When Erchen came, he had already opened four steaming wine workshops to consume the old grain......"

If there is more food, it is worthless, this is certain, Zhao Zhen knows what kind of person his daughter is, if Hami is short of food, his daughter will definitely not make wine wantonly.

Tie Xinyuan's generation of heroes could not be so short-sighted, and he was about to open his mouth to call Wang gradually to come in, but suddenly remembered the dozen or so letters that Ouyang Xiu had given him these days.

If what his daughter said was true, Ouyang Xiu's twists and turns could not be to stop this grain purchase strategy, but should be a realistic grain purchase strategy formulated based on Hami's actual situation.

The accompanying secretary Cheng found the fold sent by Ouyang Xiu, who was shelved by Zhao Zhen, and hurriedly opened it and took a look, his face was as black as the bottom of a pot.

"Hami is so rich?" Zhao Zhen gritted his teeth and asked Zhao Wan.

Zhao Wan rolled her eyes and said: "There are many people who have been to Hami, Ouyang Xiu, Wang Yanla, Su Shila, they are all your most loyal courtiers and minions, don't you find them to ask?"

Your daughter has money and will not calculate your pension money. ”

Zhao Wan's words made Zhao Zhen's old face even darker, and he waved his hand irritably and roared: "Wang Yan, you old dog, get me in." ”

The king hurriedly entered the Changchun Palace, and without saying a word, knelt in front of the angry emperor and waited for questioning.

"I'm here to ask you, how much was wheat worth when you were in Hami?" Zhao Zhen gritted his teeth and asked, he already had the answer in his heart, but he just wanted to find Wang gradually to confirm again.

Wang gradually glanced at the emperor secretly, and whispered: "Mai Bawen has a bucket, and the face is twelve Wen and a bucket." ”