I see. Liu Lan glanced at the shopkeeper who was slightly richer and slightly shorter than him, nodded, and said, "I remember that Xiao Pei's bucket of rice was still thirty Wen a year ago, why did the price of grain more than double in a few months?" ”

"This guest official doesn't know, there is no way to do the crazy rise in grain prices, now the Henan locust plague is raging, how dare the local farmers and rich families still dare to sell grain, even if they sell grain, they have been collected by the government, and now there is a shortage of grain in Pei County, like our proprietor can't buy grain in this county, so he can only go to the south through a caravan to buy it, counting the freight, the price of this grain will naturally rise!"

It turned out that this was the case, Liu Lan immediately looked at the other grains placed around, now 80 wen per bucket of sorghum rice, 44 wen per bucket of corn (millet), 56 wen per bucket of millet rice, 44 wen per bucket of barley, and 60 wen per bucket of wheat, all of which were twice as high as usual, pointed to these grains, and asked: "Is the grain price in Pei County the same as you here now?" But as far as I can see, the food source is very prosperous, but why are you so deserted here? ”

The shopkeeper saw that he did not say to buy rice, but inquired about the news of the price of grain, and felt a little strange in his heart, but he saw that he was dressed gorgeously, and he knew that he must be a wealthy official, maybe he came to understand the people's feelings, maybe this person is the head of the county, Jian Yong, did not dare to have the slightest neglect, and said truthfully: "I don't know objectively, the source of grain is the industry of the Jiang family, and the Jiang family in Pei County has tens of thousands of money and grain, and now the price of grain is rising, but the government has explicitly forbidden the price of grain not to be sold twice as high, otherwise the registration is not confiscated, and the Chen Gu in the house will be sold by returning to the source of grain. Although the price has been raised, it is dozens of cents cheaper than the new valley sold in the small shop, so there is a lot of customer flow! ”

"Shopkeeper's. I've been bothering you for a long time, and I'm sorry if I leave like this. I'll ask you to help me load a bucket of every grain with me!" Liu Lan grabbed a handful of grain after figuring out the ins and outs, although Xiaopei seemed to have risen in grain prices. The price is even twice as expensive as when he left Xiaopei, but fortunately, there is pressure from the government, otherwise the price is not so expensive that it is boundless, but the current price is not cheap for ordinary people!

We must find a way to stabilize food prices, otherwise the locust plague will not yet arrive, and there will be a flood of victims in Pei County.

"Wait a minute, officer!" The shopkeeper was not polite, and beckoned Xiao Er to help with the filling, but Liu Lan suddenly asked again. Said: "By the way, shopkeeper, do you know what the price of gold and silver is now?" ”

The price of gold, the shopkeeper's smacking lips, how can anyone who can ask the price of gold at this time be an ordinary person, fortunately, he is a person who does business like this, and he has a pair of fiery eyes to recognize it early on, if he is really sluggish, he doesn't know how much trouble he caused, and he naturally knows everything about the gold price he asked: "Years ago." That is, last year, when Liu Yuanjun was under the rule, the price of gold fell to 6,500 yuan, but since Xiao Peijin's transfer of money was moved from the official mansion to the four city money villages, the gold exchange has always been one gold cake (one tael) to 15,000 baht, but now there is a famine. I heard that the price of gold in the black market has risen to 15,000 yuan, which is still five baht. If it's a small amount of money, it's millions! ”

"How. When did Pei County start circulating small money! Liu Lan was very concerned about the control of coins, and when he was in Pei County, he issued a decree prohibiting the use of small money for transactions. But such a regulation obviously does not deter those unscrupulous profiteers, and this kind of transaction is in a dark corner, and there is no way to check it, so it is really intentional but powerless.

"I haven't heard of any traders receiving small money in the market, after all, the government is strictly controlled, and foreign merchant transactions can only be completed in the Exchange Office, if someone dares to trade with small money, it will be canceled immediately on the pass board into the city to indicate that it is forbidden to trade in Xiaopei, so no businessman dares to blatantly use small money in Xiaopei!"

Liu Lan subconsciously asked, "But what if it's in the market?" If small sums of money were used from vendors, wouldn't that be prevalent? ”

"No, if a small merchant or hawker dares to collect or use small money, if he is reported, he will be disqualified from doing business, and even be branded as an illegal profiteer, and the profit of small money is very different from that of five baht money, if it is not for black market merchants who can trade freely in the Central Plains, small money will not circulate in the black market!"

Liu Lan put his mind at ease, but the existence of the black market made him vigilant, he now relied on not housing tax and tax or even city tax, but transaction tax, if these merchants are not trading in the Exchange Office, but trading in the black market, wouldn't he become a free trade market here, and there is no oil head at all?

No, Jian Yong must be asked to find out the black market as soon as possible, he doesn't want to ban the black market, the black market has a reason for his existence, some illegal and shady transactions will be carried out here, even if he is sealed in the east of the city, the black market will still be spread up in the west of the city, but it will be more hidden, and there will be no way to check it even if he wants to.

Instead of this, if the government can intervene, if it can control the black market trade, it can also grasp some dynamics of the black market, and even control the finances of some hostile forces, just like buying the goods and grass of other princes with a small amount of money to enrich Xuzhou, so why not kill two birds with one stone!

Liu Lan, who came out of the grain store, saw Jian Yong and Xu Sheng at a glance, and it seemed that they had been waiting outside for a long time, and walked towards the two with a smile, and said, "Your news is well-informed!" ”

In fact, he can be regarded as a micro-service private interview, but in ancient times, how could there be a micro-service private interview like Kangxi on TV, the true portrayal is that the emperor has not yet left the palace, and it has long been spread among the people.

As Kangxi said, the people know him and know his appearance, even if it is a real micro-service private visit, it will soon be recognized, such a micro-service private visit will not only fail to perceive the real people's feelings, but will also make the Son of Heaven mistakenly think that the country is safe and secure, which is why Kangxi and other ancient emperors strongly opposed the micro-service private visit.

And everyone often has more or less personal feelings when looking at the same thing, even if the emperor finds out some people's feelings, but it is inevitable that it will be biased because of personal factors, so the Buddha will cut the meat and feed the eagle, so few shrewd emperors go to the micro-service for private visits or observe the people's feelings, so the news is not as good as setting up more wind collectors, and understanding the people's sufferings through the wind collectors.

Take Liu Lan to enter Pei County, although the news of his arrival is top secret. But he needs to go into the city, and he needs a guide to get into the city. A character like him came to Xiaopei, and as soon as the captain of the city gate got the letter, did he dare to report to Jian Yong's several local officials immediately? This is why Liu Lan just came out of the rice shop. I saw Jian Yong and Xu Sheng, after all, he came from outside the city, if he was in the county government or the palace, I was afraid that the owner of the grain store at this moment was the manpower arranged by the local officials, how could he find out that the price of grain had doubled, and the information he got at that time was definitely that the price of grain not only did not rise, but also dropped by three or four percent.

The two stood aside, bowed their hands, and said, "Xianhe, Wen Xiang has seen the lord!" ”

"Hmm!" Liu Lan responded. said: "Let's go, go back to the county office and talk in detail!" A group of people returned to the mansion together, came to the conference hall, and after sitting down, they only heard Liu Lan say: "I came to Xiaopei this time, mainly for two things, but after a private understanding just now, two more things have been added, and I hope you can solve these four things!" ”

After Liu Lan's opening remarks were finished, he didn't wait for a few of them to express their opinions. He also said: "The first thing is the issue of grain prices, which is within the purview of the Constitution and you, and the price of grain is now twice as high as in the past, and this price seems normal in a famine year. But when you know that the people take food as the sky, this price is still too expensive! ”

Liu Lan spoke earnestly, but Jian Yong came out with a bitter face. said: "My lord, this price has been forced by the government several times. If you press it again, I'm afraid there will be a mess! ”

"You can come forward and talk to the proprietors behind these grain merchants. Even when necessary, military rations can be used to stabilize the market price, but now just some chaotic people have doubled the price of grain, and if the locust plague spreads to Xiaopei, the price of grain will not rise to the limit? ”

Liu Lan's face became more and more ugly, he didn't believe that Jian Yong and these people really wanted to find a way to solve the problem of food prices, but he saw some shadows of China's scholars and doctors from ancient times to the present.

"The root of a country is in the people, but this sentence also applies to Xiaopei, the root of a county is also in the people, such as Xiaopei rich households are also the people in the final analysis, but they have more resources, but because of these resources in their hands, you have the idea of attaching importance to the interests of the rich and despising the interests of the small people, as parents and officials, not only to protect the interests of the rich, but also to safeguard the interests of the people in Qianshou."

"It is imperative to maintain grain prices, Xianhe can let it go, and even allow you to cancel the qualification of illegal grain merchants to continue to operate at a critical moment." Liu Lan said solemnly: "But there are still some grain merchants who buy grain from other counties and sell it back to Xiaopei, and grain merchants like this will inevitably have to be dealt with as appropriate." ”

Liu Lan thought for a while and said: "In this way, the government needs to take out some manpower to calculate their costs and profits, first of all, to ensure that the grain merchants do not lose money and at the same time, they can also sell the grain at a more reasonable price, so the price of grain should be set by the government, not these grain merchants can sell as much as they want!" Does Kenwa get it? ”

Seeing him nodding, Liu Lan added another sentence and said: "And this price will be used as a unified standard in the future, in good years, the government can buy grain from the people at this price, and in disaster years, the government will sell it at this price, so as to ensure the most fundamental interests of the people, and we must follow the laws of the market, and the price limit is only for important military materials such as grain, as for other goods, there is no need." ”

In fact, in ancient times, such as salt and iron and even official wine, were monopolized by the government, and although there was a favorable side to stabilizing the price of salt and iron, we had to see the disadvantage that the people could not buy good goods with the same money, but now it is not a good opportunity to privatize salt and iron, but it is urgent to limit the price of grain.

"The second is the refugee issue!" Liu Lan paused and said: "I am first sure that you have done a good job of recruiting and placing hooligans, but whether it is recruiting troops or recruiting the Tuntian army, first of all, you should report to me first of all major military decisions, instead of recruiting troops without my approval!" ”

Although Liu Lan said kindly, Jian Yong, Xu Sheng, and even Guo Yuan all changed color instantly, and the three of them hurriedly came out: "The last general, the lower official knows his mistake!" ”

"My lord, Xianhe has already sent the documents for the resettlement of displaced people to the lord, hasn't the lord seen it?"

"It's no longer important."

Liu Lan waved his hand and said, "I don't want to have a next time!" ”

Regardless of whether the document is passed on or not, but on the premise that I don't have the approval, they are good at making claims, and they don't take it too seriously, if he is separated from them by 108,000 miles, they cut first and then play, as long as they are dedicated to the people, Liu Lan will not blame them, but the two places are close at hand, not to mention the fast horse and whip, even if the donkey has been riding for three days, why can't he report first and wait for his approval before doing it? Therefore, on such matters of principle, he will never allow such a thing to happen again.

"Humble duty, remember!" The three of them lowered their heads, and their listless appearance made them look like they had endless grievances in their hearts. Especially Jian Yong, he has always felt that he has been friends with Liu Lan for many years, so he didn't take this matter to heart, but he found that some things he still wanted to be simple, public is public, private is private, if he makes such a bold move again, I am afraid that this old friend will not miss the old love.

His heart immediately sank to the bottom, and he secretly looked at Liu Lan with complicated eyes, but he didn't want Liu Lan to look at him at the same time, and said, "Tell me about your plan to resettle the victims!" ”

Jian Yong immediately shook his spirits and said: "This response to the disaster victims is negotiated by Xianhe and Captain Xu and Captain Mintun Guo (Yuan), which is divided into three steps, one is to open the Xiaopei Mansion Treasury for disaster relief, the second is to use the method of military tun to restrain the hooligans and strong people to cultivate, and the third is to use work for relief, dredge the river meander, strengthen the city wall, and repair the houses. ”

After Jian Yong finished speaking, Liu Lan was quite satisfied with these three disaster prevention measures, and said: "These three measures are good, but these are the acres of Xiaopei's fields, and it is inevitable that there will be a shortage of military tuns, but it is better to send these refugees to Xuzhou, now there is a lot of wasteland in Xuzhou, and it is completely able to absorb all the displaced people, so I decided to relocate the recruited soldiers to Xuzhou, and Chen Denglai, the captain of the Diannong School, will be in charge of the military cantonment, as for the other two, you can continue to implement them, of course, I will order someone to send grain from Xuzhou as soon as possible to provide the greatest help for Xiaopei's disaster relief!" ”

"No!" Liu Lan did not have the slightest room for negotiation but made the final decision, and Jian Yong and the others naturally would not oppose it anymore, so they could only obey and move the refugees to Xuzhou.

"The third thing I want to say is to prevent disasters, the locust plague in the Central Plains is serious, and it will inevitably affect Xiaopei and even the entire Xuzhou, I wonder if you have any ways to prevent and control the disaster?" Liu Lan's sentence can be regarded as asking for advice, for him, the locust plague is too unfamiliar, he has never seen it, and what he knows is that he watched the movie "Liu Deng Advances to Dabie Mountain" in later generations, and Grandpa Deng led the people to fight locusts and eat locusts together.

"Lord!" Guo Yuan said hesitantly: "Xia Guan has some suggestions, I don't know if it's feasible!" ”

"But it doesn't hurt to say it!" (To be continued.) )

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PS: The historical truth about the private interview of the micro-service is like this, not only will the Zaifu strongly oppose the private visit of the emperor's micro-service, but even most of the Ming monarchs are also opposed, not only the safety of the emperor, but also the emperor's palace gate has not yet come out, and the news has already spread to the world, just imagine that the news that the emperor got at that time can still be true? At that time, the emperor got the news that apart from He Qinghai and Haiyan, only the world was peaceful.