Out of the West Market, a group of people silently walked on the Vermilion Bird Street, the current drought in the middle, but did not affect the prosperity of the capital at all, the shops on both sides of the Vermilion Bird Street are full of people, if you turn from the Vermilion Bird Street to the East Market, you can also see a lot of blonde and blue-eyed people from the Western Regions.

Daxing City was built for more than ten years, several times larger than the previous Chang'an City, in the first few years, Daxing City was still empty because of insufficient population, but now it seems to have reached the level of overcrowding.

Daxing City can develop so fast, the biggest reason is probably because of the establishment of the College of Agriculture Yang Yong to the court dedicated a new loom, this loom just came out to speed up the efficiency of weaving several times, after more than ten years of improvement, now the efficiency of the textile is more than ten times higher than before, this improvement has caused a big outbreak in the textile industry of Dasui.

It just so happens that the court has been ordering the relocation of the world's rich households into Beijing for some years, the combination of the two, driven by the Agricultural College, many rich families keenly discovered the hidden opportunities, relying on the looms provided by the Agricultural College to build a textile factory, absorbing a large number of people, now the capital is completely engaged in textile male and female workers add up to nearly 100,000 people, plus the population related to textiles, is as high as two or three hundred thousand people, so, how can the capital not be prosperous.

The largest textile mill is, of course, run by the Agricultural College itself, and there are more than 8,000 weavers who are completely out of production alone, plus temporary workers, and at its peak, more than 20,000 people work in the weaving mills opened by the Agricultural College, and the Agricultural College has become the richest department among the various yamen of the Great Sui by relying on looms and the most advanced textile technology. It's a pity that the backstage of the Agricultural College is too strong, and it is directly under the East Palace, so Yun Dingxing can firmly grasp this fat shortage.

The rise of the textile industry in Beijing was undoubtedly a shock to the family-style production that had always been a male farmer and a female weaver, and the lucrative income in the weaving mill attracted countless women to join it, a change that had never been seen in previous dynasties.

However, the monarchs and ministers of the Great Sui were not regarded as flood beasts, and the Great Sui was only established for a few years. It will span thousands of miles. The 400,000 Turks with armor were divided into the East and the West. The Turks, who had always regarded the Central Plains as fat, had to bow their heads to the Great Sui, and their khans had to kneel down to greet the Great Sui angels, and after defeating the Turks, after several years of recuperation, and unified the south of the land that had been divided for three hundred years, the Great Sui monarchs and ministers were full of confidence and dared to accept all new affairs.

But it is this change that has brought a greater crisis to the current capital. If there is no large-scale development of textile factories in the past ten years, the population of the capital will be reduced by at least two or three percent, especially terrible is that the increase in two or three ** grains all have to be purchased, if it is a good year, it will only make the capital more prosperous, once it encounters this kind of drought that has not been encountered in a hundred years, the weight of the food pressure in the capital can be imagined. If we don't find a solution as soon as possible, the drought will continue. I really don't know if it will cause unrest in the capital.

Along. Yang Yong is thinking hard about how to solve this problem, although there is still a lot of grain in the Jingcang. It's just that to meet the needs of hundreds of officials and forbidden troops, you can't move lightly, you can only transfer in from the boundary, but how to transfer in is a difficult problem?

There was a sound of wooden fish and chanting in front, Yang Yong looked up, and unconsciously everyone had returned to the imperial city, and there was a sea of people in front of them, and the sound of wooden fish and chanting came from the jade steps in front of the imperial city.

Hundreds of monks are sitting cross-legged on the jade steps in front of the main hall, bang, bang banging on the wooden fish, and reciting various scriptures in their mouths, they are the emperor personally invited from Daxing Temple to come over to ask for rain, these monks have been asking for rain for more than ten days, but not a drop of rain in the sky has fallen.

In spite of this, both the emperor and the common people, still have high hopes for these monks, when the emperor opened six years, there was a great drought in Guanzhong, the emperor pardoned the Buddhist Shamen 300 people to pray for rain in the main hall, three days later, the heavy rain poured down, the drought in Guanzhong was resolved.

The success of the rain not only deepened the emperor's belief in Buddhism, but also joined many civil and military officials to worship Buddhism.

Although Yang Yong was deeply skeptical that the monks could ask for rain, these monks either took shit luck in the six years of the emperor's reign, or someone was proficient in astronomy, and deliberately chose the method of a few days before the rain, if the monks could really call for wind and rain, how could they be greedy for the wealth of the people, after the success of asking for rain, the emperor sent him twenty carts of white rice, and later hinted that the emperor was not enough, and asked the emperor to send five hundred stones before giving up. Under the condition that both the civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty believed it, Yang Yong would certainly not be stupid enough to oppose it, and he could only turn a blind eye to the behavior of these monks.

It's just a daily out

Seeing these monks unhappy in his heart, Yang Yong's face was helpless, and he said to Lu Mulin, Zhang Qiu Taiyi and others behind him: "Forget it, I won't go back to the house for the time being, and the palace wants to visit Si Nong Shaoqing." ”

Sinong Shaoqing is the fourth product, in charge of the national warehouse, and now Si Nong Shaoqing is Cui Zhongfang, who is still the wife and brother of Yang Jundi, the king of Qin, when he heard the prince's visit, he hurriedly opened the middle door to greet him, and took the whole family to kneel on the ground and pay respects: "Weichen see His Royal Highness the Prince!" ”

Yang Yong helped Cui Zhongfang up: "There is no need to be polite between relatives, the rush of the palace today is disturbing." ”

"Don't dare, don't dare, Your Highness, please!"

Cui Zhongfang usually walked around the East Palace, but he guessed a little bit about Yang Yong's intentions, invited Yang Yong and others to sit down in the main hall, and ordered someone to bring tea before saying: "Your Highness is here, but you care about storing grain in the official warehouse?" ”

"Exactly, don't hide it from Cui Qing, this palace went to the West Market today to see, the price of rice in the capital is more than one day, and the people can only eat coarse grains mixed with bean dregs and rice bran, I don't know if the official warehouse is still sufficient?"

"Your Highness let go, Weichen accepts the matter of the warehouse, and he knows that he has a great responsibility, and there are still more than one million stones of grain stored in the official warehouse, which is enough for three months." Cui Zhongfang smiled.

"Oh, enough for March." Yang Yong nodded, he thought that after several months of drought, there were a few times of grain release in the middle, and the official grain might not last long, but he didn't expect that there were still millions of stones, which can also see the wealth of the Great Sui: "If the palace invites the emperor again, half of the grain in the official warehouse will be supplied to the market, I don't know if it is feasible?" ”

Cui Zhongfang's face changed: "Prince, this move must not be?" ”

Yang Yong said strangely: "Why, even if half of the official grain is taken out, the court can still support it for a month and a half, and after a month and a half, the grain transported abroad has already been replenished." ”

Cui Zhongfang cautiously glanced at Zhang Qiu Taiyi, Lu Mulin and the others, shut up, Yang Yong smiled: "It's okay, these are the confidants of this palace." ”

Cui Zhongfang's face flashed with a hint of mystery, and he lowered his voice: "Yes, Your Highness, the official just said it, Your Highness thinks that the price of grain in the capital has risen sharply, how short of grain is there?" ”

Yang Yong was surprised: "There is no shortage of food? How can this be said, if the drought in Guanzhong is not fake, how can the capital not be short of food? ”

"Your Highness doesn't know, my Great Sui has been in good weather for several years, many people have enough food in their homes for several years, this year has just been dry for half a year, if no one makes trouble, even if the food in the capital is lacking, it will not be repeated several times a month."

Everyone was stunned when they heard this, and there were still people who dared to get along with the court at this moment, Lu Mulin interjected: "Lord Cui, what evidence is there for this?" ”

"What evidence does this need, Your Highness remembers, just half a month ago, the official warehouse took out hundreds of thousands of stone grain and threw it to the rice market, just a few days before it was bought, the price of rice fell for a few days, the horse rose higher than before, and now the official grain is still as much as a million stones, but don't say take out half of it, that is, take it all out, once the supply is opened, it will be sold out in a few days, in this case, what is the use of taking out this half of the official grain?"

"These profiteers, a certain family went to smash their rice shop." The rod was annoyed to hear it.

Cui Zhongfang glanced at Mai Tiecane with disdain, although it is said that businessmen have always had a low status and are looked down upon, but which of the real big businessmen is not inextricably linked with the officials of the DPRK and China, otherwise they will be swallowed if they can't do it at all, those rice shops collect rice at a low price and sell it at a high price, it is a matter of course, if there is no reason, the prince can't say that he will smash it.

"Okay, since that's the case, don't tell anyone about this matter first, and then think about whether there is any other way?"

"Yes, the minister obeys." Cui Zhongfang said respectfully.

Coming out of Cui Zhongfang's house, Mai Tiecane was still cursing silently at those black-hearted profiteers, Lu Mulin gently urged the horse to approach Yang Yong, and said in a low voice: "Your Highness, have you forgotten that there is still a place where there is a lot of grain?" ”

Yang Yong was shocked when he heard it: "Where? ”

Lu Mulin gently spit out two words: "Qishan!" ”

Yang Yong was stunned for a moment, and immediately shook his head: "No, you can't transfer grain from there, seeing that Renshou Palace will be completed in a few months, if you transfer grain from there, it will inevitably delay the construction of Renshou Palace, and my father will not agree." ”

Lu Mulin saw Yang Yong's veto, and persuaded bitterly: "Your Highness, is it a big matter for the palace, or a big matter for the life and death of the people in the capital, the emperor has always loved the people like a son, if he knows that the people of the capital are so miserable, I am afraid that he will immediately agree to stop the construction of Renshou Palace, if His Royal Highness doesn't try it, how do you know that the emperor will not agree?" ”

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