Chapter 3 Fang Xuanling was about to cry
The officials of the Tang Dynasty are all supported by Lu rice, from one to nine grades, and the annual Lu rice of officials ranges from 600 to 90 taels, plus the support of various nobles, it is not a small amount.
In fact, at this time, most of Li Er's court were officials from families and gate valves, and if they wanted to say that they cared about these Lu rice, they were not. But who can think that the Lumi in his hands is hot?
Most of the wheat harvested this year is wheat, and it takes an extremely complicated process for wheat to become fine flour, and it is almost impossible to turn all the hundreds of quintals of wheat into fine flour.
Therefore, once the wheat is transported back, it is still put in the granary indefinitely, and if it is not done, it will be infested by rats.
Now, when they heard Zhao Chen's idea to raise the price of wheat and millet crops, everyone's eyes suddenly lit up!
"Your Majesty, the Marquis of Chang'an's policy, Weichen feels that it is feasible!" After listening to Zhao Chen's words, Fang Xuanling stood there frowning and thought about the pros and cons slightly, and after feeling that there was no big problem, he bowed to Li Eryi and said.
Li Er also felt that this method was feasible, since the hundred officials were resistant to wheat, they just used it to exchange it for millet with the people.
In this way, it can be regarded as the best of both worlds, the people have surplus food and clothing, and the officials do not have to eat unpalatable wheat rice all year round.
"Then according to the words of Chang'an Hou, how should the price comparison be determined?" When Li Er heard Fang Xuanling's words, he nodded slightly in a deep voice, and then turned his gaze to Zhao Chen, frowning and asking.
"Your Majesty, what this Weichen said doesn't count!" Zhao Chen heard this. smiled at Li Er and said, "The people can't change it." That's all the people have the final say, and what Weichen says doesn't count! ”
The idea is for you anyway. As for whether you will eat wheat rice for a year, or whether you are willing to lose a little in exchange for millet, then it is all up to you.
lest he get it at that time, and say that he has cheated them, although Zhao Chen is already cheating!
When Li Er heard this, he also felt that Zhao Chen's words were reasonable, and this matter was to exchange miscellaneous grains for millet and other good rice. The initiative is naturally in the hands of the people, and as for whether the people are willing or not, it depends on whether this price comparison can make the people tempted.
"Let's all share our opinions on this matter!" Then, Li Er nodded approvingly at Zhao Chen, looked at the ministers below, and said in a deep voice.
Seeing this, Zhao Chen glanced at the two veterans of Qin Cheng over there, and then. He returned to Lao Li Gang's side, moved the futon back to its previous position, and sat down.
"See what I'm doing?" Zhao Chen sat on the futon, looking at a group of people there to discuss the price comparison. When he turned around, he saw that the old Li Gang beside him was looking at him without blinking, with a strange look on his face.
"Why does the old man always feel that something is wrong here?" When Lao Li Gang heard this, he frowned. After a little silence, he still looked at Zhao Chen with a strange expression.
"Something is wrong!" Zhao Chen heard this. couldn't help pursing his lips, looked at Lao Li Gang and said, "If you always feel that this method is wrong." There could be a better way! ”
"Go, go!" Lao Li Gang waved his hand at Zhao Chen, and said impatiently: "Anyway, it's all the people's income, why should the old man be this villain in vain!" ”
The deliberations in the court have already had results, and there is nothing to discuss about this matter, it is nothing more than whether it is willing or not, it is all voluntary, no one forces anyone, and it has to be exchanged.
After some discussion, the final price comparison was one bucket of millet for one and a half buckets of wheat, and those who were willing to exchange it were handed over to Fang Xuanling to be responsible for the general manager, and when the time came, they could receive the exchanged millet from Fang Xuanling according to their own rice.
"Boy, can you grind a lot of faces?" As soon as he finished the court meeting and walked out of the palace, Cheng Yanjin couldn't wait to grab Zhao Chen and asked in a low voice.
When Fang was in the main hall, Zhao Chen glanced at them, and the Great Demon King Cheng was 'groaning' at that time, thinking about this time, there were always high-quality fine noodles in Zhao Chen's mansion, and Lao Cheng immediately suspected it.
Therefore, when they were in the main hall just now, everyone else was busy signing up at Fang Xuanling's place, but he and Qin Shubao were the only ones who were struggling, and when everyone finished registering, they pretended to finish registering and returned to their seats.
Zhao Chen rolled his eyes helplessly, Cheng Da Demon King is like this every time, he speaks in a rough voice, and his so-called low voice is actually only inaudible to people outside the three zhang.
Fortunately, at this time, there were only the three of them around, and Zhao Chen had no choice but to nod!
"Good boy!" As soon as the Great Demon King Cheng saw Zhao Chen nodding, he immediately grew his mouth with joy, patted Zhao Chen's shoulder vigorously, and said excitedly: "I feel that Lao Cheng must have hidden a bad heart!" ”
"Uncle Cheng, are you so boastful?" Zhao Chen listened to a black line, and this didn't sound like he was praising him, but belittling him.
"Go back, the old man asked Jingyang to transport the wheat to your house!" Zhao Chen and Cheng Yanjin were still talking here, but they didn't expect Li Ji to slowly pacing over, looking at Zhao Chen with an indifferent expression and saying.
"And the wheat of the king's house!" Li Ji's voice fell, and before Zhao Chen could react, Li Shentong actually strolled over leisurely and smiled at Zhao Chen.
When Zhao Chen heard Li Shentong's words, he looked at Cheng Biting Jin with resentment, and shouted loudly, everyone knows about the trouble now, right?
"I'm looking forward to Lu Guogong!" Li Ji's thumb was inserted in the golden belt, and he looked at Zhao Chen with disdain and said: "From the moment you kid stood up, the old man knew that you had this way of grinding noodles!" ”
"Okay!" Zhao Chen had already taken these old thieves, and after hearing this, he had to say with a bitter face, "To tell you the truth, the kid does have the tools to grind noodles, but this matter has to be kept secret for the time being!" ”
"Understood!" Li Shentong grinned, looked at Zhao Chen and raised his eyebrows, and said, "When the old house is replaced, I will say it again, I still need you to remind you of this!" ”
The veterans turned around and left proudly, anyway, it was not their turn to suffer losses, they waited one by one, and then Zhao Chen took out the tools for grinding noodles, so that those who exchanged wheat for millet wanted to cry without tears!
In this regard, Zhao Chen looked at the veterans who returned proudly. I had to smile helplessly.
Fang Xuanling's movements were very fast, and the first-class hundred officials registered the roster. immediately began to arrange, and ordered people to be in Chang'an, Wannian, Xinfeng and other counties. All notices are posted.
The notice stated that the imperial court had too much wheat in storage, and was willing to take out some of the wheat and exchange millet and other goods with the people. The above details the price comparison in the middle, the deadline is ten days, and it will be canceled after the expiration date.
A high-sounding paragraph, the people who coaxed were stunned, a bucket of millet for a bucket of wheat and a half wheat, so what are you waiting for. Whoever doesn't change this kind of good thing is a fool!
They didn't care about the wheat rice, they could eat their stomachs, so as soon as the notice was issued, the people of Chang'an immediately pushed their own millet and rushed to the imperial city.
Outside the imperial city, the household officials sent by Fang Xuanling were in charge of the scales. The comparison of the transaction is already clear, there is nothing complicated.
The household officials weighed the people's millet and then the swordsmen calculated the amount of wheat in exchange and weighed it for the people. And it was done.
With the people at the beginning taking the lead in the successful exchange, outside the imperial city, there was immediately a sea of people. There are people in Xinfengwai County, just the people of Chang'an and Wannian County. And he finished exchanging the wheat that had been put out.
In total, it was less than seven days, and the pile of wheat piled up outside the imperial city. It was replaced. Zhao Chen stood on the second floor of Wenyuan Pavilion and smacked his lips with regret.
After waiting for another two days, I was sure that no family would take out the wheat in the granary to exchange it, so I ordered Hu Lu to release it, and there was news that there were flour grinding tools on the fourth floor.
The flour grinding tool that Zhao Chen took out was an early flour grinding machine, a boxy iron box with a diameter of about 60 centimeters, and two steel shafts about 5 centimeters thick were installed in it. Attached to the bottom of the iron box is a cloth bag, on which is an iron screen, and next to the box is a crank, the structure is very simple.
When it is necessary to grind the dough, the grain is poured into the iron box, and then the crank is turned, and the two shafts inside will rotate, and the grain will be crushed between the shafts little by little.
In fact, this process is no different from rolling on a stone mill, and the only difference is that the steel shaft can adjust the density of the backlog, so that the grain is peeled more thoroughly, which cannot be done by stone milling.
Another one, which cannot be done in this era, is the iron mesh below, when the two hinges on the top rotate, the iron screen below will also sway, like a person holding a sieve in the sifting.
The wheat flour that has been crushed will all be sifted into the cloth bag below, and the fine iron gauze will block all the bran on it, and all the fine noodles that flow into the cloth bag are high-quality.
Hu Lu's spread speed is faster than Fang Xuanling, and he is looking for people to publicize it everywhere, and it is also a large-scale publicity in the life newspaper, according to Zhao Chen's meaning, as early as the fastest time, let the people bring wheat to the fourth floor to grind noodles.
If it is delayed, I am afraid that there will be people who will exchange wheat from the hands of the people again, and then the original intention will be lost.
The speed of publicity is very fast, and I heard that wheat can be ground into flour on the fourth floor, and as many as you want, it is free.
Some people had just exchanged wheat from the Imperial City, and they had not yet had time to put it at home, and as soon as they heard the news, they immediately carried the wheat onto the cart and pulled it to the fourth floor.
The front of the fourth floor was crowded with people, and the people were so happy that they opened their mouths and smirked, there were four machines in total, and the speed of grinding noodles was very fast.
This kind of fine noodles, in the past, that is, scholars and doctors, could eat it, but the people's homes had no conditions to sift out the noodles. Now, fortunately, with this new noodle grinder brought out by the immortal disciples, they can also eat this fine noodle in their lifetime.
The people were happy, but the officials who had exchanged the wheat before lowered their faces, and ran to ask Fang Xuanling one by one if his wheat had been exchanged, and when he heard that it had been exchanged, he immediately sighed and complained bitterly at Fang Xuanling's house.
I couldn't go back to home, and the depressed Fang Xuanling had to come to Wenyuan Pavilion and sigh in front of Zhao Chen, crying bitterly, and almost didn't cry in front of Zhao Chen! (To be continued......)
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