Chapter VIII Wujun City

Jiang Hexing and the others returned to the house again, Li Tong's face was a little ugly, Jiang Hexing asked with a smile: "General Li, what's wrong, but it's not comfortable?" ”

Li Daodao: "He Wang, I'm worried that you are angry because of Yan You, and I hope you will forgive me, he has such a temper." Originally www.biquge.info, I thought that the meaning of the imperial court was to let him negotiate with us, but after knowing that he had passed on the will of the imperial court, he said that he wanted to go back, maybe the military situation was really urgent, please forgive me with Wang Duoduo. ”

Jiang Hexing laughed and said: "Let's sit down first, Yan You, I have met him a few times, although I am not particularly familiar with him, I still admire him, without him, aren't you the same, General Wang, do you say yes?" ”

Wang Feng hurriedly said: "Exactly, was it originally us who came to negotiate?" General Yan is not here, we will negotiate the same, and besides, General Yan will make the meaning of the court very clear. ”

This kid at the king level has always been reluctant to talk more, and Li Tong has always spoken when he comes here, so Jiang Hexing has to ask him more about what he means, and sometimes he has to give him a question

Jiang Hexing said: "Then General Wang, what does the court mean?" ”

Wang Ji smiled and said: "The imperial court is very satisfied with the exhibition in Pingzhou first, and hopes that our exhibition will last longer, so that more people in Pingzhou will know the will of God." ”

Jiang Hexing nodded and said, "You can arrange it yourself, and I will arrange it conveniently wherever you go." ”

Wang Ji continued: "I'm afraid that your title will be called Heshun in the future, and it will be difficult for this court to give in." ”

"What about the conditions of the imperial court?"

Li Tong immediately took over the topic,

He replied: "People, the imperial court can issue an edict to let private dependents who have no land come here, but the king must ensure that they have land." ”

Jiang Hexing nodded and said, "No problem, I won't be ambiguous on this point." ”

Li Daodao: "I didn't expect you to have such a large territory before, but after staying here for two months, I realized that Pingzhou is so big, and I believe that you have no shortage of land." But first, you have to make a presentation to the court, and in the name of peace, you must submit to the court. Second, these former slaves and maids, and now these private dependents, and Shunhou can't be like the last time I talked to me, some of them are actually displaced, and their lives are not as good as when they were slaves. This is all nonsense, you can't believe it, let alone mention it to the court. ”

"Why? I really received a lot of homeless people who claimed to be slaves and maids in the past, and Xiaowen was talking to me about this just now. ”

Li Tong smiled and said: "King He, the face of this court is still needed, and these are only a small part, most people are much better off than before, and I am afraid that they will not be willing to come when the time comes." ”

"As long as the imperial court is willing to issue an edict, it doesn't matter if there are few comes, it just shows that Pingzhou is also the land of the new dynasty, do you say yes?"

The king nodded again and again: "It makes sense, it makes sense." ”

Li Tong also agreed.

Li Tong said: "King He, I hope that your table can think more about the imperial court, and then I estimate that the imperial court will be happy to agree." ”

Jiang Hexing said: "We also have a lot of great Confucians here, and we will do a good job in this aspect." Didn't I mention it to you last time? What does the imperial court mean? ”

Li Tong drank saliva and said: "This, this, the court is also embarrassed now, can you understand it with the king?" ”

Jiang Hexing nodded and continued: "I want to build a port in the coastal wasteland near Bohai County to dock ships, and you also know that our ships are a little too far to Luoyang, and if there is a place to rest in the middle, wouldn't it be better and safer?" ”

Li Daodao: "It's not that the imperial court won't give it, anyway, what you said is a saline land on the beach, and it's useless to cultivate it, but the imperial court doesn't allow you to set up a market there to trade." ”

Jiang Hexing said strangely: "Didn't you say it was okay last time?" Why don't you want to do it now? ”

Li Channel: "Hewang, this is not my negligence, it's just that the imperial court is now preparing the "Law of Five Equals and Six Pavilions", which happens to conflict with Hewang's proposition, so it can't be traded there. ”

Then Li Tong briefly introduced the future law of five equals and six reeds, because it has not yet been specifically promulgated, and now there is only a draft, which is being studied by the imperial court. Liuzhen refers to the control of salt, iron, liquor, coinage, taxation of famous mountains and Daze products, and five equal credit loans. Five refers to the four people of Shinong, industry and commerce, and the government are counted as five people, all of which refer to the average price.

Li Tong introduced that the imperial court would set up Wujun City in several large cities in the future, and these places would have special Wujun Division City Divisions to guide and control the prices of various commodities. In the case of alcohol, for example, private individuals are not allowed to sell it. The liquor produced plus a certain profit is sold to the government. The government set a reasonable price based on the previous price, which is called parity. If it is higher than the parity price, the government will sell it in large quantities, and if it is lower than the parity price, the government will not interfere.

And some grain, cloth, silk and other products closely related to the people, if they are unsalable, the government will buy them at cost price, so that the people will not lose money.

In addition, there is also the method of credit, credit is to lend money to the poor people, this has no interest, as long as it is used for the poor people to use a large amount of money for marriages or funerals, there is no money to the government on credit. Loans refer to the fact that people can do small business and can also borrow money from the government, which is interest-rated, with a monthly interest rate of 3% and an annual interest rate of 36%.

Li Tong spoke a few times, and Jiang Hexing roughly understood, it turned out that Wang Mang wanted to control the economy, but would it work like this? Things that sound beautiful often backfire when done.

After listening to Li Tong's explanation, Li Xiaowen applauded again and again: "The people will have a good life in the future." ”

Hearing Li Xiaowen's approval, Wang Zhi also said in the same way: "In the future, nothing will be expensive, the people can buy it, and those rich people will no longer be able to make a lot of money." ”

Li Tong's face was a little unnatural, everyone knew that his family was a local tycoon, although he was now a king-level subordinate, but his life was no worse than that of the king-level. However, Li Tong hurriedly said: "If the people can live a good life, our Li family is bankrupt, and we are willing." ”

Everyone talked for a while, Jiang Hexing frowned, thinking like this, will my goods in Pingzhou be sold in the future, will they have to sell to the government at that time? Salt and iron are not sold here, and wine is not produced here, but there is a lot of cloth, although there is not much cotton and linen here, there are many weaving factories, and there are also many ready-to-wear clothes.

After all, it's still in the making, so let's wait until it is implemented. Now the important thing is that you can't set up a market alone, so it seems that you need a bigger territory to make up for your losses.

Jiang Hexing turned back to Li Daodao: "Since this is the case, it seems that it is imperative." If I have to set up my own market, it will not be suitable, so that my goods in Pingzhou will likely be backlogged at that time, so I will ask for a larger territory, so that it can be used as a warehouse for goods in the future. ”

Li Daodao: "We can only ask the court for this, then we will report to the imperial court Pegasus when we go back." ”

Jiang Hexing nodded, and after leaving the two to have lunch, the two said goodbye, and Jiang Hexing sent someone to send the two back to the guest house with a sleigh.