"What do you want ......?" Zhu Xie paused, his jaw hurt slightly, but it was Chen Ping's wooden sword that stabbed him, but Zhu Xie didn't care, and his tone was excited.

Looking for a smart person, and he didn't care, and let himself go, all these associations made Zhu Xie faintly guess.

"Don't overthink it, just prevent it." Chen Ping put away the wooden sword and said in a low voice, "The emperor dug a canal and requisitioned the people, now is the busy season for farming, ploughing and sowing, and then there are two decades of rice seeds should be sown, but it will definitely be difficult to complete the two decades of forced labor, and the agricultural work should be delayed." ”

If the rice planting is delayed, the autumn harvest will not be successful, and the people and peasant women will have to starve, which is a million people, of which the poor households must account for the majority, and the root cause of the displaced people will be there, and this turmoil will also occur.

Zhu Xie knew what Chen Ping meant, but it was strange: "Doesn't the imperial court have a righteous warehouse?" Even if the sowing is delayed, the grain in the barn can be used for relief. ”

"That's just a means to enrich the people, do you really think that Yicang is set up for relief?" Chen Ping shook his head, the prophet of history allowed him to be sure that the original intention of the establishment of Yicang was more for the imperial court to accumulate wealth, rather than for relief.

At the end of the Sui Dynasty, the turmoil, the smoke was everywhere, the people were not happy, and most of the Yicang set up by the imperial court was not opened, until Li Yuan established the Tang Dynasty, and it was still used the grain in the Yicang of the previous dynasty.

Yicang's suggestion was put forward by Changsun Ping, and Mingli was to store grain for the murderous year, but in fact, because the government soldiers were exempted from taxes, they just changed the method to collect taxes on the government soldiers.

"It's not just about digging ditches." Zhu Xie was pondering, Chen Ping had long known that he was not as rough as he seemed on the surface, and continued to say, "The emperor wants to go down to Jiangdu, and the reception of prefectures and counties along the road requires money, which consumes people's labor. This is another burden, although the people are quite patient, but if it exceeds the limit, the strength of the explosion is not to be underestimated. ”

Chen Ping picked up a branch, held both ends, and slowly bent it: "Look, it's like this, if the force is too strong, the branch will break if it can't bear it." ”

There was a crisp click, and the dry and hard branches broke into two in Chen Ping's hand, and a few broken branches bounced on Zhu Xie's face.

"It hurts, doesn't it?" Chen Ping threw away the branch and clapped his hands, "It's right to hurt, although the people are weak, they really burst out, and they have the ability to change the world." ”

Zhu Xie wiped his face and said, "You mean that Chen Sheng and Wu Guang will happen in this dynasty?" ”

In the cave, Zhu Xie and Guan Chong had talked about it, and it was just a remark between the two of them at that time, and it was mostly speculation. But this will sound from Chen Ping's mouth, but it makes people feel unwavering and it will definitely happen.

"There's nothing wrong with staying." Thinking of this stubble, Zhu Xie's body suddenly warmed up, "Say, what do you want me to do?" ”

"Didn't I say that before?" Chen Ping glanced at Zhu Xie, "You are responsible for finding some smart people in the county, you are not in a hurry to do anything, just determine it first." After a while, I'll give you something, and you can follow the rules. ”

"No problem." Zhu Xie nodded violently, and the depression of the past few days was swept away, and he was refreshed.

Without going anywhere else, Chen Ping took a charcoal pen and a tailor-made booklet from the house, turned the first page, thought about it, and wrote a few words with a pen.

Zhu Xie walked over, glanced at Chen Ping's free arm, and saw the words "sweater brocade".

"Sweatshirt brocade? Who is this? Zhu Xie frowned, shook his head and walked away, took two steps, and suddenly paused, remembering that Chen Ping wrote the words from left to right, then, "Go from the right to go, these three words should be Jinyiwei." ”

When it was dark, Chen Ping took the pamphlet, hid it in a secret place in the courtyard, and then went to Chen Yuanliang's house.

But when he arrived at the grocery store, Chen Ping looked at the crowd in front of the store but was stunned, dozens of people gathered in front of the grocery store in Chen Yuanliang's house, and there were still some people inside.

"I've got money, sell me that feather soon." At the back of the crowd, someone held a few pieces of silver and shouted loudly.

"I used to buy pots and bowls and other things in your shop, and you have to keep a copy of your feathers for me." Another person on the side also did not give in, Shuang said to pick up a bag of copper coins, but there were many people in front of him, unable to move, and his heart suddenly rose to a plan, "I paid half a layer of silver money higher than others to buy that feather, and I kept it." ”

This shout immediately caused a wave of abuse from the surroundings.

"You are raising the price, even if this is the case, I will also pay a higher price than others on behalf of the master, don't grab it, my master is going to set this feather." A fair-faced maidservant in her twenties shouted loudly, her status in the family should be higher, and she can take her own ideas in terms of money, and she is one level higher privately.

Seeing that someone raised the price, other people on the side also shouted, mostly raising the price.

Chen Ping walked to the periphery, saw a strong man carrying a bamboo basket, glanced at the bamboo basket, which was full of copper coins, and walked over: "This big brother, what are you doing here?" ”

The strong man seemed to have just arrived, holding a bamboo flat, his face was slightly red, his face was steaming, he was tiptoeing, poking his head to look at the grocery store, listening to Chen Ping's question, he glanced back, and said impatiently: "The imperial court levied feathers, didn't you see that I was coming to buy feathers?" ”

"Oh? I see you're picking up all that money just to buy feathers? There should be chickens and ducks at home, isn't it just plucked? Chen Ping pointed to the bamboo basket, "Aren't you tired of picking up so many silver coins?" ”

"How can you not be tired? I heard that there were feathers for sale, so I hurried over, but it was too late to think about it. The strong man sighed, quite annoyed, "Although there are chickens and ducks at home, I asked someone to buy them a few days ago." The money sold for money is half a layer more expensive than before, No, that's what I picked up. Why do you say that if I sell chickens and ducks, the court will have to pay for feathers? ”

There was no lack of regret in the strong man's words, regret, and he couldn't stop sighing, said a few words to Chen Ping, and stood on tiptoe to look inside.

"It seems that someone has already gotten the news and preempted it." Chen Ping thought about it and patted the strong man, "There are not many feathers in that shop, it seems that you won't be able to buy feathers today." ”

"What then?" The strong man was anxious when he heard this, "The Cao official who levied miscellaneous taxes said that he had to ask for feathers, and he couldn't replace them with silver money, so he couldn't buy feathers, so he had to let the county lieutenant catch them in prison." ”

Buying feathers at a low price and selling them at a high price is something that is also being done in the county government.

"If you can't buy it today, you can buy it again tomorrow." Chen Ping raised his eyes and reminded, "But it is troublesome to use this bamboo basket to hold money, and it has to be exchanged for silver money." I'll be waiting here at night, and tomorrow morning I'll think there will be feathers for sale. ”

When the strong man heard this, he immediately laughed: "How did I not expect it? So I went and changed the money, and waited here for the evening. Right at that door, I didn't believe anyone could have preceded me. ”

After finishing speaking, the strong man thanked Chen Ping a few more words, and took two bamboo baskets of copper coins for silver.

"I'm also a speculative outlaw, and it feels ......." The main gate couldn't get in, Chen Ping walked around and walked through the side door, his steps were brisk, "It's really comfortable." (To be continued.) )