Chapter 111: The Great Crop Blockade
The dust has settled, and everything is irretrievable. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info
In this way, the time entered the beginning of 181, which was of course the lunar month.
After the end of the civil rebellion in Cangwu, Guiyang, Yang Xuan was promoted to Bohai Taishou, from the remote mountainous area to the prosperous Jizhou, even if it is still Taishou, it is a world of difference. Li Yu also got a military position as a general of Nanzhonglang, and the Huang Gai family paid for the benefits of Lingling.
Fortunately, the Huang family did not have much property in Lingling, and at the same time, due to their participation, the war ended early, not to mention that the big families who invested in the capital did not lose anything, and the small families also lost money.
In the end, Li Yu's unauthorized transfer of troops was still stabbed out, and the family directly impeached, hoping to abolish the autonomous region, and even arrest Li Yu to bring him to justice, with a very firm attitude. It's a pity that Li Yu only dispatched 500 people this time, and returned to the autonomous region after the battle, and even solved the problem of 50,000 refugees for the local area.
Of course, Liu Hong used this as an excuse to send those officials away, but of course, a simple fine of one year was unavoidable. Speaking of which, after deducting the last time, Li Yu will not get a salary within three years. It's just that people already have shops in the autonomous region, and their monthly income is worth three or four months' income, and they don't care about that little money.
In the same month, Concubine He became Empress He, and her brother He Jin was promoted to the rank of servant. Two days later, Wang gave birth to a son named Liu Xie. On the day of production, the news came out, and the whole city of Luoyang celebrated.
It's just that within two days, the Wang family was poisoned, and it was rumored that the He family was jealous. At that time, Liu Hong was in the court, and when he heard the words, he immediately became hysterical, and even wanted to be abolished. It's just that what is the point of being dead and then abolished? Under the persuasion of the ministers, Liu Hong 'dispelled' the idea of abolishing the queen.
At the same time, inside the autonomous region,
With the first bumper harvest of high-yielding crops, everyone has realized the preciousness of this crop and anticipated something they don't want to see, that is, the grain will become cheap.
In the past two years, Dahan has either been a natural disaster or a natural disaster, and many places need to use food, so that food prices have risen. Naturally, the people are getting worse and less to eat, but the grain merchants are getting happier and happier. Officials, especially the so-called Qing officials, relied mainly on the sale of rice in exchange for their daily necessities, which was also a great benefit to them because of the high price of grain.
But what if food prices go down? You know, the Han Dynasty uses grain as a stipend! If the grain falls to ten times or even twenty times its current level, then the grain in their hands will be worthless!
The key is still the grain merchants behind them, if there is a bumper harvest, it will definitely be easy for them to harvest the grain. It is very cheap to collect grain from other people, but if they have to raise the purchase price in order to take care of those officials, they will suffer.
Not to mention, Cheng Yu has already proposed the concept of changing Lu rice to five baht in the autonomous region. This year, due to the increase in population, the bumper grain harvest has not yet been felt, and at most it is a break-even balance. The area under cultivation for high-yielding crops will certainly increase in the coming year, and if rice continues to be used as a source of income, all officials will probably suffer.
After listing the detailed data, even Yuan Jian and Chen Yu realized this.
It is true that Lu rice is only a part of the whole Yulu, and there will be a little bit of silver every month, but it is also an important part of Yulu. In the autonomous region, the mayor of the town is equivalent to the county magistrate of other places, and the county magistrate of Li Yu is equivalent to the county governor of other places. The mayor of the town has 600 stones, and the county guard has 1,000 stones, most of which are settled in rice......
I can't see anything at this stage, but it's hard to say next year. This year's rice is still paid by the imperial court, and by next year they can already imagine that high-yield crops will definitely occupy a part of the grain they get.
Reject? Li Yu wants to promote these high-yield crops, and the key is that they are indeed food! To put it mildly, what qualifications do officials have to refuse food? You must know that in the past, when Lu rice could not be produced, wheat or even sorghum was used as Lu rice, so aren't corn, sweet potatoes and potatoes grain? !
If you want your wages not to depreciate, it seems that the only way is to exchange your rice for five baht! In this part of the autonomous region, it seems that this is the only way to ensure that their wages do not depreciate......
Obviously, this proposal was quickly passed, and Li Yu also agreed, that next year, that is, one month later, Lu rice will no longer be distributed, but the average price of a grain will be converted into five baht for distribution, and the salary can be increased according to the actual situation in the future.
At the same time, Yuan Jian added: "Since the five-baht money is fully distributed, will it be changed to a monthly salary?" ”
The Han Dynasty or many dynasties are on the same track, on the one hand, food is distributed annually, and on the other hand, there will be additional salary increases on festivals, which will also be counted into the Yulu. After the Tang Dynasty, the Yulu system would be changed to a dual-track system, that is, on the one hand, it would be paid annually, and on the other hand, some silver money would be issued monthly.
According to Yuan Lian's meaning, since the money is now paid, then it is simply paid monthly, and by the way, it is good to calculate the holiday salary increase. Li Yu felt that this proposal was very reasonable, so he decided to change the Yulu in the autonomous region to be distributed on a monthly basis!
Naturally, the relevant documents quickly reached the towns, and many officials expressed their incomprehension, and Li Yu had to explain to them in person. Of course, one by one is too troublesome, so they all gathered in Taoyuan Town at the end of the year, and while explaining the reason for the Yuefa of Yulu, they got together by the way.
After explaining the reason, many people suddenly realized, in fact, think about it, most of the reclaimed fields are now ready for large-scale planting of high-yield crops next year, and more than 30% of the fields will be planted with three high-yield crops.
The remaining 40 percent is planted with rice, and even rice and fish farming projects will be on the agenda. Finally, three percent of the planting of vegetables or cash crops, mainly cotton, this thing is planted for the first time by many people, so before the formal planting, a certain amount of planting training is required. It is also necessary to make supporting equipment such as cottonseed thresher, otherwise the efficiency of manual threshing is too low!
Cottonseed can also be squeezed from cottonseed oil, which is really not good for direct consumption, but it can still be used to light oil lamps.
Of course, there is still some land to grow peanuts, even if there is no shortage of meat in Wuyue, but this thing is very good whether it is fried with wine or squeezed with oil, and it is worth promoting!
Not to mention that the soybeans are less harvested, in the middle of winter, with the shell, sprinkle some salt and boil some, and when you have time, you can open the wine, which is also quite comfortable! I have to say that this year's weather seems to be a little warmer than last year, there was snow last year, and this year there was only one snow and no more rain, just ice rain.
Zu Lang likes to go to Li Yu's house after the winter, and he usually lives with Zu Mao, but if you want to talk about intimacy, you still have to count Li Yu as a teacher. If you still have questions about the experience accumulated in a year, you will take advantage of this time to ask your teacher for advice.
However, Li Yu felt that this kid was not drunk, and he didn't see that his eyes were looking towards Li Ling from time to time......
The key is that Li Ling seems to be a little ambiguous with him, and the relationship between the two little children is not bad, but thinking that the girl he knows was married by this kid, I don't know why Li Yu actually feels a little unhappy.
Perhaps in response to the saying that 'the eldest brother is the father', Li Yu's mood at the moment is the same as that of his father when his daughter is about to get married.
Probably: Lao Tzu worked hard to raise his daughter to adulthood, but he was actually married by you, a hairy boy who jumped out of nowhere! How can you kid marry Lao Tzu's daughter!
That is to say, he will be like this, change to someone else, and even sell his daughter half and give it away as long as the marriage partner is suitable. For example, Cai Yong's old man is like this, and he has hammered Li Yu more than once to get married.
After all, if Li Yu doesn't get married, this Li Wen can't get married, Cai Yan has lived in Li Wen's mansion for a few months, and this man and woman are alone in the same room, it's not good to spread out!
It's just that this auspicious day of the zodiac doesn't mean that there is, and suddenly there is, maybe Li Yu has something to be busy with. After a few delays, Li Yu reluctantly chose an auspicious day of the zodiac after the Lantern Festival, and married Bian Linglong without any problem!
But I didn't want to be in the last two days of the year, but Lin Ming came to find him.
When he comes to him, there are generally only two possibilities, either good news or bad news. In fact, it's almost like this, Li Yu was helpless, and said secretly: I just hope it's good news!
"The Maison has a comprehensive boycott of three crops, and even promotes that three crops are poisonous!" In the end, after the sky does not obey people's wishes, Lin Ming told Li Yu the bad news after sitting down and saying a few polite words.
"I know they'll do that, but what does it mean to say it's toxic?" Li Yu was upset.
If high-yielding crops become widespread, the only result will be a sharp drop in food prices. Due to traffic problems, the Han Dynasty is all paid annually, mainly with rice. If the grain is no longer valuable, it means that many people's money will be devalued.
Thinking that in his future fortune, there may be some corn, sweet potatoes and potatoes, but I am afraid that many officials will go crazy, right? For the family, especially the big family, the trade of grain is their main source of income, such as the Jizhou Zhen family, the Xuzhou Mi family, the Liangzhou Zou family and the Wujun Gu family, it is said that Lu Su, a local tyrant, was also born as a grain merchant.
When the value of food is depreciated, so is the income of the families. Compared with advanced productivity, or high-yielding crops, low productivity and backward planting technology can bring them more benefits, which is the by-product of agricultural civilization.
The last thing that the families who occupy the most land in the world want to see is the fact that grain is depreciated. It's just that high-yielding crops are in front of them, leaving them with only two options.
Either boycott it altogether, or turn your eyes away from the land and move to other areas. One is an industry that is old and mature, and the other is an industry that is starting from scratch, and fools don't know how to choose.
Just like at the end of the Ming Dynasty, it was clear that corn and sweet potatoes had begun to appear in the Liangguang area, but they were not popularized. People are still living in a food tight range, and the family will not promote these crops at all, after all, it will not do them any good.
Of course, they were also worried that the autonomous region and the imperial court would recommend it, so they tried to discredit it, that is, three crops were poisonous!
They gave the dog a sprouted potato, and when the dog died, they said that the potato was poisonous; They gave a large amount of sweet potatoes to the pigs and cows, but the latter was diarrhea, and they said that the sweet potato was also poisonous. As for the corn...... Since the first two are poisonous, they must also be poisonous! It has to be toxic!
This time, it is not only the gate valve that is making efforts, but also the first- and second-rate big families are also making efforts, so that almost no one in the north of the Yangtze River dares to plant these three crops, and even these three crops cannot be sold here. The Wuyue area south of the Yangtze River is not forbidden or encouraged, anyway, there is no meaning that the family wants to plant this, even if it is purchased, it is very cheap.
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