Tongguan.

Qin Ming, the stationmaster of Jinyi Wei Chang'an Station, looked at the surging Yellow River not far away, as well as the Fenglingdu across the river, and then led the horse to the west gate of this fortress with a circumference of more than ten miles and stopped, and then took out his own way to lead it to the officer guarding the door......

Under Li Zicheng's rule, he had to lead the way when he went out.

It's not just the road guides, but also the rationing of food stamps.

After so many years of improvement, this set of bill-based quota distribution system has been running smoothly, and the people of Guanzhong have become accustomed to and even adapted to this kind of life. All those non-agricultural populations are regularly given rations of food stamps according to their status, gender, age, and then purchase a fixed amount of food on the basis of the tickets. The agricultural population is distributed within the commune, and if the commune does not produce enough grain for internal distribution, it will be purchased from the grain depot or on credit, depending on the situation, but it will not be paid in the second year......

The chief of the commune will be severely punished.

As for how he punished those backward elements within the commune, this Li Zicheng didn't care, he could whip and beat the board casually.

The surplus is purchased by the grain station.

The money from the sale of grain was used to buy cotton and cotton cloth according to the cloth ticket, as well as salt.

This can also be done on credit.

As for the commune, agricultural taxes were all exempted.

Li Zicheng cashed in on Juntian's free grain, so he did what he said.

The army is not counted as a non-agricultural population, because all the members of the commune are soldiers, and only the standing army that has been collected is supported by Li Zicheng, but the number of the standing army is not large, and it is only 70,000 at present, and 30,000 are under the command of Liu Zongmin to conquer the west. But whether it is Yanmen Pass or Taihang Line, there is no standing army, only 20,000 each in Taiyuan and Pingyang, but even then no one dares to fight him, because once this line is crossed, it will be necessary to face countless communes where all the people are soldiers.

It was a real ocean.

Each commune was a Spanish phalanx.

Every commune is a dock fort.

The standing army and officials at all levels were actually supported by Li Zicheng's mining, industry and commerce, and plundering industries, and he did not need a grain of grain from the peasants.

Moreover, for the non-agricultural population, the price of grain here is very cheap, and the rice produced in Jiangnan is only one or two silver, and the vast majority of these two silver are actually Li Zicheng's salary, but if there is no food stamp, it is a catty, and don't expect to buy it from normal channels.

The same goes for eating in restaurants.

Without food stamps, staple food cannot be bought, and restaurants also have to buy food according to the food stamps received.

As for the black market, that's another matter.

In fact, no one plays black market grain, playing black market grain is to make money, which black market merchant would import a stone of grain for a tael of silver, and then travel thousands of miles to transport it to sell another tael? Li Zicheng doesn't want freight, how much money to buy and sell to the people, but those who want to make money on the black market can't do this.

However, rationing is limited to food.

Meat, fish, fruits and vegetables are not needed, this does not require food stamps, and even allows free trade.

Of course, the price is certainly not expensive.

If you have money, you can eat in restaurants without food stamps.

As long as you only eat meat, vegetables and fruits!

Therefore, it is definitely not okay for people who go far away without food stamps.

In the same way, it is not possible to lead the way.

The guide is stamped by the commune or the unit to which it belongs, and the reason for going out, the destination, and even the approximate time are marked. If you don't have this thing, you'll definitely be caught, unless you have enough money to buy all the gates that pass along the way.

However, Qin Ming didn't need to worry.

Because his identity at this time was a purchaser of a commercial commune in Chang'an, he was taking the road to Luoyang.

Li Zicheng's foreign trade was entirely in charge of such a commercial commune, but the merchants of several other families could not enter Guanzhong and Shanxi at will, but only in a few special open cities. For example, trade with Yang Qing was in Luoyang, and goods from the south were transported to Luoyang, where they traded with the commercial commune of Li Zicheng, who was responsible for supplying these things to the shops inside, or transporting them to the far western regions. Trade with Zhang Xianzhong was in Hanzhong, and even he was actually trading with the Mongols in the north, that at Yanmen Pass, who provided him with horses and livestock, he sold tea and spices to the Mongols, and with Gushi Khan in Lanzhou.

Li Zicheng implemented a certain sense of the sub-sealing system for Longyou, to be precise, it was the festival envoy.

Many of his generals were sealed to the Longyou Hexi Corridor or even the Hetao area, and he would not send food to these people for thousands of miles, but he didn't care how these people managed in their own jurisdiction, for example, Jin Shenghuan was the envoy of the Xiangyang Festival on his side.

Many of these festivals, which are not divided out, are also communal systems on their own territory.

After all, this system is so easy to use!

The people of this era do not have so many pursuits in modern times, they just want the same, they can eat, even if they are not very full, as long as they can have food to eat, even if the food they eat is only dried sweet potatoes, they were really hungry in the previous years.

Because of famine and war, at least half of the population in Guanzhong died!

Let's talk about Li Zicheng's two types of tickets.

One is the grain and salt stamps, and the other is the cotton stamps.

He is on these two categories that must be rationed.

But grazing, breeding, hunting, and fishing, all of which are open, he just can't meet his own needs, and he controls and rations the food and clothing necessary for survival, and the rest is open and can be done by himself. The monopoly of commerce is only to collect the profits in his own hands so that he can use them to purchase grain and cotton cloth, but the common people do not care about growing vegetables and picking wild fruits for hunting. Especially hunting, he was even encouraged by him, and he often went hunting when he had nothing to do, and then a large part of the food in King Qin's mansion came from this.

And this kind of food rationing system will indeed cause some problems, everyone's needs are different, it is impossible to be so scientific and reasonable, but this is tolerable, because without rationing, a large number of people will starve to death.

The same goes for cloth tickets

In fact, it is impossible to calculate the cloth ticket strictly, so the large amount of calculation is not at all he can do, if you really want to meet the needs of everyone, then I am afraid that you have to use a large computer, more and less are possible, but, without cotton tickets, how many of the poor people in Guanzhong in winter can afford to wear clothes?

Take a look at those photos from the late Qing Dynasty!

How many people wear a rag in the cold winter, and they don't even have this.

This system does have many drawbacks.

However, it solves the problem of whether there is or not, without this kind of quantitative distribution system, there will be people with big fish and meat, some people will starve to death, some people will wear silk and satin, and some people will not be clothed in the cold winter, and it will achieve the fairness of the two basic needs of people's food and clothing to the greatest extent. For this era, this is what the common people dream of the most, of course, provided that Li Zicheng can continue to obtain food and cotton cloth from the outside, if he cannot continue to obtain these, then the system cannot be maintained.

After all, he still can't support himself.

But the purpose of Yang Qing to give him the evil book was only to let him take the remnants of this land and support this most difficult period with his own help.

Clearly, Li Zicheng did it.

The rain here is increasing year by year, and more and more land that has to be barren is planted with sweet potatoes.

Guanzhong survived the most difficult years.

Qin Ming's guide was quickly checked, and the officer guarding the door handed him both hands with a flattering smile, these members of the trading company were just as respected as the salesmen of the supply and marketing cooperatives in later generations, because they were the main suppliers of those government-run stores in the city. And of course Qin Ming didn't know what he should do, he mixed into this post as a spy, it was all about being a person, he then took out a large piece of rock candy from his pocket and quietly stuffed it into the soldier's pocket.

It's an absolute luxury!

"This brother looked at Mianshan, have we eaten in the same pot before?"

He said with a smile.

"Brother Han Ping, I used to follow Ta Tianbao."

The officer said with the same smile.

"I'll just say, I'm Qin Ming, you forgot our ...... back then"

Qin Ming said suddenly.

"It turned out to be Second Brother Qin, you have become unrecognizable as a brother in a few years!"

The officer said in surprise.

Then the two of them became like brothers in an instant.

"Brother Han is busy first, for my brother to enter the city first, finish his business first, and then come to you for a drink!"

Qin Ming patted him on the shoulder and said.

"Second Brother Qin is in the city, I won't hand over until dark, you can come here to find me when you're busy, let's talk about the old days!"

The officer said.

Therefore, a member of a trading company who was supposed to be carrying smuggled goods and preparing to make money on the black market, and an officer who mastered the access control and wanted to make a little extra money, quickly established a preliminary cooperative relationship. Qin Ming then took out a few small pieces of rock candy from his pocket, and the soldiers guarding the door immediately smiled and surrounded him, this thing is not a necessity for life, Li Zicheng will not purchase it, all the rock sugar and cane sugar that enter from Luoyang are exchanged for silver in the Western Regions through foreign trade.

Of course, Li Zicheng's subordinates will definitely not be unable to eat, but it is difficult for ordinary soldiers, that is, they will be issued a little less during the New Year's holidays.

Qin Ming then entered Tongguan.

He went straight to a mountain goods store in the city, which was backed by the mountains, and also faced the mountains, and the north and south mountain goods were gathered, but these mountain goods were not within the scope of the prohibition of free trade, and there were still small merchants with special business licenses to operate them. After Qin Ming entered the door, he immediately ran to the workshop in the backyard, and there were already more than a dozen people gathered in it, including mountain people selling mountain goods, small traders and hired men, but all of them were young and middle-aged, and they all stood up and saluted when they saw him.

"The car has arrived in Weinan."

Qin Ming said very directly.

"Why didn't the emperor take the waterway?"

The shopkeeper, who is actually a Jinyiwei agent, said.

"I don't know, probably Li Zicheng doesn't have so many ships, his ships are busy transporting grain, now we need to make a plan, the weapons will be provided by Gan Hui, but his people can't participate, and King Tang is keeping a close eye on them. My proposal is to ambush rifled gunners on the road after the car passes through Tongguan, which of you has enough marksmanship? ”

Qin Ming said.

"They used to be in the secret service, and they made some mistakes and were transferred."

The shopkeeper said, pointing to the two guys.

"Then it's up to you, Gan Hui will provide ten rifled guns, let's send ten people, the two of you are mainly responsible for hands-on, and the others will load and cover for you. You prepare the boat at Fenglingdu and put it down and wait, and once you complete the task, you immediately go to the river and go directly to the boat and float downstream. Even if someone chases them, they will definitely not be able to catch up, you go ashore at Lingbao, if the sniping here is not successful, then someone will be sent to Lingbao's point to inform you, and then prepare for the second sniper on the old Guanshan Road in Hangu. ”

Qin Ming said.

Well, they actually wanted to kill Zhu Cihong.

This is the Jinyi Wei Chang'an Station and Gan Hui conspired, Zhu Cihong's vigilance against Gan Hui's welcoming army is completely correct, as the general of the Ming Army's Shaozhuang faction, Gan Hui was still a poor mountain man in Fujian before, but Yang Qing's mountain army recruited troops, so that his life was completely changed.

Now is the time to repay the Duke of Chu.

As for Qin Ming, not to mention, he was actually born as a slender man on the canal, and he completely followed Yang Qing to get to where he is today, he has been lurking in Chang'an for many years, and he knows very well how much preparation the emperor has made.

It's time to clear the danger for Chu Guogong.

"What if you miss the next stop? In fact, it is better to go to the downstream Yellow River to get insurance. ”

The shopkeeper said.

The success rate of this kind of long-range sniping is not high, Zhu Cihong will not be defenseless, and he can solve it by getting a few more carriages, not to mention that he is in the car, as long as he does not show his head, then he will not be able to really aim at all. But if you do it in Tongguan, then it will be difficult to escape, and if you are caught and your identity is exposed, it will bring trouble to the Duke of Chu, and it is best to actually sink it with a shell on the Yellow River like last time, which is the safest means of insurance.

"The next stop is Cuihan Road, Luoyang Station and Zhengzhou Town Shoufu will not be unprepared, as for the downstream Yellow River, it is not our business, and it is best to let him die on Li Zicheng's side."

Qin Ming said.

"Do we have to kill the king?"

The shopkeeper said with a sigh.

"Killing the king? If he is honest in Chang'an, then we will be safe, and we will be worthy of the first emperor. But he himself is not sensible, if he has to fight with the Duke of Chu, then don't complain that we are ruthless, our today is given by the Duke of Chu, but not by his Zhu family, I was still pulling fiber on the canal when he was in the Zhu family, and you are still a slave on the Jiannu side! Our Ming Dynasty is now prosperous and established by the Duke of Chu, and it has nothing to do with him, if he recognizes this honestly, Chang'an will still be the emperor, if he can't recognize it, then he will die.

Regicide?

If the emperor wants to rebel, why not kill him? ”

Qin Ming sneered.

At this moment, there was a sudden commotion outside, and he and the shopkeeper looked at each other, and then the two of them went out together, and the men were immediately busy. As soon as they got outside, they saw the men who remained in Weinan walking in breathlessly, accompanied by a fellow.

"What's wrong?"

Qin Ming said with a hint of foreboding.

"Stationmaster, the car did not go to Tongguan, and turned south on the Tongyou Road in Weinan."

The subordinate said.

"Damn, he's scheming, he's going to Shangluo Road with a false shot!"

Qin Ming said angrily.