It was already winter when he arrived in Pingzhou Mansion, Zhang Jie went directly to Zhangwu Mansion, Pingzhou does not have many troops now, and now he has to continue to train new soldiers. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

Pingzhou Mansion was already icy and snowy, and Jiang Hexing came to the office after two days at home. Just sat down, Li Xiaowen happily reported to Jiang Hexing. Jiang Hexing saw that he was so happy, so he asked, "Xiaowen, what's the happy thing, why did my sister-in-law give you a big fat boy again?" ”

Li Xiaowen waved his hand and said: "Hewang, the happy event is not my happy event, it is our happy event in Pingzhou." Guess how many new people we've got here this year? ”

Jiang Hexing said: "I see that there are a lot of people in the border county, and there are many craftsmen in Pingwu City, how can there be hundreds of thousands?" ”

Li Xiaowen moved a chair, sat on the opposite side of Jianghexing, tilted his head back, and said with a relaxed expression: "He Wang, you can guess again." ”

Jiang Hexing said happily: "It seems to be much more than this number, you better tell me, I don't bother to guess." ”

"More than 1.85 million people have come from all the border counties, and this year there is another war, and I can't sleep every day at that time, I am really worried that something will go wrong. Fortunately, after the summer, there was a bumper harvest in various places, and the price of grain also fell. Most of the newcomers were given land, food, and houses, and they were all resettled, and then they slowly calmed down. Li Xiaowen briefly explained the situation.

Jiang Hexing frowned and said, "Why are there so many people?" Is there such a mess in the border county? ”

Li Xiaowen said: "If there was no accident in the border county, how could there be so many people who dragged their families and families to leave their hometowns and come to this bitter cold place in their eyes." But after I came, I found that this place was also a fertile soil, so I was relieved. ”

Jiang Hexing said: "You have suffered a lot about immigration. What the hell is Wang Mang doing, everyone is restless. By the way, at that time, you sent me a letter saying that what we wanted had arrived, and if you went to Chang'an, you should be able to get more things. What exactly is the negotiation? ”

Li Xiaowen smiled and said: "He Wang, since you are willing to wronged yourself and surrender to Wang Mang, of course I will take the opportunity to increase Wang Mang's weight." Wang Mang went to the Western Regions of the Xiongnu and other places, but there was no result, only we are still willing to surrender here. After you set out on the expedition, the king level was a little anxious, and I negotiated with Li Tong. The land is in Jizhou, giving us the territory of two counties, one is called Quanzhou and the other is called Yongnu. Yongnu is a desert island, surrounded by sea water on all sides, with a radius of 200 miles. Quanzhou is said to be very desolate, full of reed swamps, and often flooded by seawater. ”

Jiang Hexing pointed at Li Xiaowen and said: "There is seawater backflow, how convenient it is to make salt, I heard that the rivers are dense and the water network is vertical and horizontal, but it is sparsely populated, right?" ”

Li Xiaowen nodded and said, "Oh, I understand, and the king intends to salt." I sent someone to see it some time ago, and it's excellent to do port. The locals are sparsely populated, with only a few poor fishermen. In the future, I can be included as the people of Pingzhou, and I don't think it's a big problem. ”

Jiang Hexing asked about Pingzhou's business situation this year, and Li Xiaowen first talked about Li Tong. Because Li Tong made great contributions in the negotiations, Wang Mang specially approved him to be the captain of Pingzhou after being recommended by the king, which can be regarded as a success. Li Tong's family was originally the richest man in Nanyang, and now he is the captain of Huping Prefecture. Originally, the Li family was a hand-eyed figure in Nanyang, but now I believe that he can also eat in Pingzhou. All of a sudden, the wealthy merchants of Nanyang came like carp crossing the river.

Pingzhou is particularly prosperous this year, driven by Nanyang businessmen. There is another reason, Pingzhou still uses five baht money, and many businessmen and wealthy families in the new dynasty still have a lot of five baht money. The imperial court strictly forbade its use, but in private, the five-baht coin is still used by many people. It just so happens that now Pingzhou can still be used legally.

Many merchants and some bold peasants secretly took the five baht money collected from all over the country and went back in exchange for something. Therefore, this year, despite the war, the amount of money coming in from the new dynasty is unusually large, so there is a lot more tax revenue. Although the treasury is not as large as before, more than half of the cost of fighting this year has returned.

However, the people of Pingzhou are now beginning to complain, if nothing else, prices have been rising this year. In the first half of the year, the grain rose like crazy, and after the summer, the grain came down, but the price was still much higher than last year. Last year, a stone of millet was about 100 yuan, and now it is 150 yuan, and the most expensive time in the previous period was 600 yuan a stone. Fabrics, oils, are all rising.

There is not much problem with land at home in Pingzhou Prefecture, and there is some grain in the house, and at least there is still land if there is no grain in stock. There is not much panic, now there are those who have no land and no property, and their lives are tight.

After Li Xiaowen's introduction, he went back first. Jiang Hexing frowned, considering the new situation. The new dynasty abolished the five-baht coin, and Pingzhou also produced new money, but it was not widely promoted. It was still mainly based on five-baht money, and the merchants of the new dynasty tried every means to transport the five-baht money to Pingzhou in exchange for the goods from Pingzhou.

A large amount of capital inflow is equivalent to the issuance of more money in Pingzhou, resulting in a continuous rise in prices. To solve this situation, first of all, Pingzhou's output should be equal to the inflow of capital, so that prices can basically be controlled. Obviously, it is much easier to get capital in than to expand production.

Either the inflow of capital will be blocked, and that will be a self-defeating road. It seems that inflation is the result of having to endure.

Jiang Hexing thinks about it, the inflow of capital is a good thing, it will drive the rapid development of Pingzhou, but now the capital inflow in Pingzhou is too much and too fast, I am afraid that inflation is also very tight, and some people with fixed salaries can be miserable, such as teachers, how should this be good?

Jiang Hexing has been thinking about this problem, and there has been no good way.

When Jiang Hexing returned home, Fan Jiao hurriedly arranged dinner, and Zhao Qingyi was busy teaching Jiang Anbei. Zhao Qingyi and Fan Jiao are not too bad now, at least there are no major contradictions.

When the sky is dark, the red candle in the house is hot, and the big table in the room is set up with hot pot, and all kinds of meat dishes are arranged in a circle. The family eats steaming hot pot.

Jiang Hexing looked at a few children, Jiang Anbei was already six years old, and he ate live and devoured food at the dinner table. Jiang Hexing looked at him and was secretly happy in his heart. Turning his head to see, Zhao Qingyi was eating while feeding Jiang Anwang next to him. Jiang Anwang is two years old and can already eat.

Zhao Qingyi was feeding Jiang Anwang while looking up at Fan Jiao across the table. Fan Jiao was also feeding Jiang Pingjun. Jiang Hexing looked at her and Jiang Pingjun looked different. Then he asked, "Qingyi, do you have anything to say to Pingjun?" ”

Zhao Qingyi stopped her chopsticks, smiled, looked at Fan Jiao, and then looked at Jiang Hexing.

Zhao Qingyi hadn't spoken yet, but Fan Jiao on the other side smiled and said, "He Wang, my sister also wants to have a daughter." ”

Zhao Qingyi said, "Sister, you misunderstood. Pingjun is also my daughter. I have something I want to tell you. ”

Jiang Hexing saw that the two of them were happy, put down his chopsticks, and saw that Zhao Qingyi had something to say.

Fan Jia said: "Sister, if there is anything, just give orders." ”

Zhao Qingyi smiled lightly and said, "Then what are the orders?" Before returning with the king today, my father came. Knowing that He Wang is back, I want He Wang to take our family on a trip. Let you go with Ping-kun, they all miss Ping-kun. ”

Jiang Hexing was a little embarrassed, and he should have visited it two days ago. Since Zhao Guang is here today, it seems that he has to go tomorrow. However, Zhao Guang usually doesn't take the initiative to let Jiang Hexing go, he knows that Jiang Hexing is very busy, and he usually doesn't do this, is there anything wrong? also want Fan Jiao and Jiang Pingjun to go over together.

Jiang Hexing was thinking about his father-in-law's house, and then Fan Jiao said: "Since my sister said so, let's go for a trip, anyway, I haven't visited my uncle and aunt for a long time, so I should have gone to see it." ”

Jiang Hexing saw that Fan Jiao was easy to talk to, and he didn't talk much, and Jiang Hexing generally didn't mix much with what the two of them could negotiate. Seeing that they had finished talking, Jiang Hexing smiled and said, "Then we will go to my father-in-law's house to sit down, and let the three of them go to their grandmother's house to play, and get to know their uncle better." ”

The two nodded in agreement.