This time, I didn't let Lu Hanqiang wait long, just a while, a little eunuch flew out to lead Lu Hanqiang, of course, this time Lu Hanqiang still stuffed a small silver bill, in exchange for the little eunuch's joyful courtesy.

was directly led to the imperial study, where Chongzhen and Wang Chengen were waiting to be received, which shows how urgent Chongzhen hoped that Lu Hanqiang would leave the court as soon as possible.

According to the rules, Lu Hanqiang was given a seat again, and the three monarchs and ministers began to ask the right questions.

Chongzhen was the first to speak: "Lu Aiqing, how is the matter of going out of Beijing to Shanxi for relief?" But what else is there? ”

Lu Hanqiang immediately replied sincerely: "Since the minister has accepted this relief errand, of course he will do his best for the people of the world and do this errand for the emperor." However, the minister asked Brigadier Banzai to hand over the silver directly to the minister, and the minister would take the silver directly to the land of Shanshan. "Lu Hanqiang has already calculated the whole matter of this disaster relief, he only needs silver and no grain and rice, and this time because of his own mixing, after the disaster relief charity performance, it is 500,000 more than the 100,000 silver in history, counting on the grain in the granary in the capital, Lu Hanqiang absolutely believes that after 300 years of **, even if the rat dies of starvation, there is absolutely no 500,000 stone grain that Shanxi needs.

Regarding Lu Hanqiang's proposal, Chongzhen frowned when he heard this, his face was displeased, and he asked in a deep voice: "Lu Aiqing, there is a great drought in Shanxi, and there is a shortage of food there, what can you do with the silver?" Don't let me know that you ran away with my money, this world is still the world of the Ming Dynasty, even if you run to the ends of the earth with the money, I will definitely arrest you back to the Fa-rectification. Chongzhen didn't trust anyone, especially he knew that Lu Hanqiang was absolutely unwilling to go to Shanxi to do this disaster relief, and at this time, he had to start to suspect that Lu Hanqiang was going to run away with the silver.

Lu Hanqiang was in the waterfall at that time, "Long live, what did you say?" Do you lack this little money? ”

This is to tell the truth, Lu Hanqiang's two newspapers have been opened all over the country, but the shares of the palace are only 30%, and there are more than 50,000 silver contributions every month, and Lu Hanqiang is really not bad for this bit of silver.

Looking at Chongzhen, who had a gentle face, Lu Hanqiang swallowed his saliva, and said cautiously: "Long live, if you buy rice in the capital according to what you said, and then escort it to Shanxi, this is a very unreliable thing." ”

"What is this, do I just do something unreliable?" Being said by Lu Hanqiang, Chongzhen was a little unhappy, he was still very concerned about the price of the capital when he was in the palace, especially recently, he was even more concerned about the price of rice, the price here is at least nearly half worse than the price of Shanxi, and it is not the best way to bring grain from the capital? Besides, there is a great drought in Shanxi, and your newspapers have said that there are two taels of stone and rice, and there is no market for it, so if you take the silver and go, won't it delay things? Silver, you can only see but not eat, don't you know this?

Lu Hanqiang ignored Chongzhen's market knowledge of the two knives, and hurriedly said his cognition: "Originally, the surrounding areas of the capital were not the main grain producing areas, and all the grain and rice needed in the capital needed needed to be transferred from the south by the canal. And once the hundreds of thousands of silver will be sprinkled into the market to buy rice and grain, it will break this balance of supply and demand, not to mention how much grain and rice stocks in the capital, it is this sudden purchase, the price of rice will rise rapidly, and then there will be a crazy increase in the price of rice, and profiteers will also hoard Juqi, which will cause the people in the capital to panic, and there will be an irrepressible rush to buy, and then the price of rice will rise viciously, so a vicious circle, even if it is two taels of silver to buy a stone of rice, it is impossible, Not to mention whether there is any 500,000 stone grain in this capital as you mentioned. This is one of them. ”

Chongzhen was dumbfounded at the time, feeling extremely afraid of his assumptions, imagine the rice shortage in the capital, the people scramble, what kind of scene would it be, by that time Shaanxi has not been relieved, the pole has not been calmed down, maybe there are already people in the capital to rebel.

Looking at Chongzhen, who had a pale face, a ten-year-old child who grew up in the deep palace made him understand these economic knowledge, which was simply difficult for him. But when things come to this point, I have to say and I have to say it.

With a sigh, Lu Hanqiang saluted again, "Long live, there is another one." Chongzhen's face was even paler at that time, and he asked with shortness of breath: "What?" And the second one? Lu Aiqing, hurry up! ”

For Chongzhen's humility and studiousness, Lu Hanqiang is ready to give a praise. But this is not the landlord building the building, this is the right performance of the monarch and the minister, so Lu Hanqiang had to say again: "This is the second, it is indeed even more fatal." Even if the capital has these 500,000 grain stocks, even if the grain price control is reasonable, what about this transshipment? The cost of transshipment will be an astronomical amount. The capital is thousands of miles away from Shaanxi, and the roads along the way are rugged, and there are more displaced people everywhere, and the poles are chaotic. For the transportation of 500,000 grains, it is necessary to recruit people, and according to the calculation of the ability of each person to transport two stones, then 500,000 stones will require 250,000 people. Is this going to make many people bankrupt? Even if Banzai recruits 250,000 servants, then according to the normal transportation standard to transport a stone of grain to Yansui, a distance of thousands of miles, people eat horses and chew, they need to walk for half a year, so calculated, it will require a minimum of five stone of grain to eat, and at least two million stone of food, that is to say, 500,000 stone of grain will be transported to all parts of Shaanxi, deducting the food of the people, I think not only will there be no grain of rice left, but also a million stone. ”

After being counted by Lu Hanqiang, Chongzhen was dumbfounded at that time, because this account is calculated with his heel.

"But according to the rules, our laborers have to bring their own food utensils," Wang Chengen said at the time, which was almost idiotic. Lu Hanqiang looked at him like a child.

Chongzhen thought about it and said dejectedly: "Yes, thousands of miles away, if the people bring their own food, it will be difficult to help even if they are bankrupt." This will result in more than 200,000 displaced people. ”

Lu Hanqiang clapped his hands together, "Long live Mingjian, that's exactly the truth." If another 200,000 displaced people were to be sent out for relief in Shanxi, I don't know if there would have been a place to live in the vicinity of Gyeonggi at that time. ”

At this moment, Wang Chengen and Chongzhen are completely white, think about the soaring rice prices in the city, the crisis of the people, and the 200,000 displaced people outside the city to escape their husband's servitude, what kind of consequences will it be?

"At the same time, there is a very critical issue. As the minister said, the land of Shanshan is full of rogues, so the mighty army of grain will of course become fat in the eyes of those rogues, how many troops do you have to send along the way to protect? Where did the army come from? Where did the history fee, military salary, grain and grass come from? ”

Chongzhen was really stupid this time, he never thought that doing one thing would involve so many things, and how much would be involved after so many things, it was unimaginable.

"Can't this disaster relief thing be done?" Chongzhen covered his head and muttered to himself.