Chapter 729: Disaster Relief
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Winter is long, even at the end of January, there are still a few snowfalls in Chang'an. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. biquge。 info Ruixue Zhaofeng year is true, but the spring cold is steep, which also makes the farmers who rely on the sky to eat a little depressed. Seeing that it is about to reach the beginning of spring, the snow has not yet melted. At this rate, at the time of the spring equinox, I am afraid that it will also be cold in spring, so how much harvest can the crops planted in this way have?
However, it seems that God blesses it, and on the eve of the sting, the weather is still warm and cold, but once the sting is over, the weather will warm up. In addition to the alpine mountainous areas where winter is all year round, the daily temperature in Dashun has gradually warmed up. At this time, the severe cold has passed, the temperature has risen rapidly, and most places in Dashun have entered the bright spring. On the vast land, the willows on the bank are green, the warblers are long, the wheat is jointed, the rape flowers are fragrant, the peach and plum are white and the spring is yellow, and at the southernmost point south of the Yangtze River, it is a twilight spring scene. However, in addition to the snow cover, the northwest region of Dashun still has very little precipitation, and the threat of spring drought is a major problem in agricultural production.
Under Lu Chengqi's tutelage, the local officials in Dashun are not as diligent as before, and many officials have to personally supervise agricultural affairs for the sake of political achievements. Especially in the Jiangnan area, the land that was reclaimed in winter has now been planted with crops, most of which are rice seeds imported from Zhenla and Champong.
As for Shandong East Road, which was in drought last autumn, it also ushered in the first spring rain. The farmers took advantage of the spring rains to start planting.
This is a good thing for Dashun and a good thing for farmers, but it is not a good thing for some people with ulterior motives.
Qingzhou is the most severely affected place on Shandong East Road, but under the relief of the imperial court, it seems that life is peaceful, and there is no food grabbing, rumors and other things. After all, this time is different from the past, with the Dashun people's retribution, it is difficult for some people with ulterior motives to incite the people anymore. The people would rather believe the voice of the court than the rumors. Even if Dashun Minbao can't see their demands in the newspapers, there are other newspapers! Not to mention Chang'an City, it is the local state capital, and now there are also people who have opened a newspaper business, which has made it prosperous.
In Qingzhou City, in a not spacious shop, there is a two-entry courtyard. This shop, which sells goods in front and houses people inside, has two functions. And often this kind of dwelling, next to the street, the land price is the most expensive. In Chang'an City, this kind of shop, let alone two courtyards, is just one shop, and it costs thousands of dollars to go down. It has given rise to another industry, that is, rental shops. Many people who have a shop in their hands refuse to sell the shop, this is a chicken that can lay golden eggs! In Chang'an City, the most prosperous shops have more than ten yuan in rent. Ten times of money, you can live a very nourishing life in Chang'an. If there are a few more shops, you will already live a high-class life. Land prices in Chang'an are expensive, and shops are even more expensive. But there are still a lot of businessmen pouring in, and they can't stop them. Why? Because at this time, Chang'an was the economic, political, military, and cultural center of Dashun, and the powerful were gathered.
There is a saying that when you don't go to Chang'an, you don't know that your official is not doing business in Chang'an, and you don't know that you have little money. The purchasing power, insight, and tolerance of the people of Chang'an are incomparable to other places. As long as you make a name for yourself in Chang'an and open branches in other places, the money will roll in. This is why the land price in Chang'an is getting more and more expensive, and there are still businessmen who sharpen their heads and squeeze in to get a piece of the pie. The hustle and bustle of the world is for profit, and the hustle and bustle of the world is for profit!
Qingzhou naturally can't be compared with Chang'an, and it is not a weightweight. However, there are many people in Qingzhou, and the business prospects are still quite impressive.
It's just that some people will wonder why this shop is closed and doesn't do business, is it because of the money or the owner's joy? When I looked at it again, it turned out to be a lacquer shop. Ushiki has a long history in the Central Plains, and since the Neolithic Age, the properties of umagina have been recognized and used to make utensils. Through the Shang dynasty, lacquerware is still being made. The production of lacquerware is inseparable from a natural lacquer tree, and the garden where the lacquer tree is planted is called the lacquer garden. On Huainan East Road, there is also a place name also called Lacquer Garden, which is said to be the garden where lacquer trees were planted during the Zhou Dynasty.
The sales of lacquerware are not very wide, so it is difficult to do business, and it is normal for shops to not open. If you want to buy lacquer, you can come to the door, and you don't need to open a store and wait for customers.
In the courtyard behind the shop, the deserted shop was changed, and thirty or forty people gathered, chatting in whispers.
"Brother Fang, this Huangzhuang is not a thing, I will buy grain at a high price, just to get rid of it and make a profit. He has a great business in the emperor's house, and if he mixes up like this, the price of grain will not rise but fall, and we will have nothing to lose! ”
"You also eat too much lard and are blinded, and you don't want to think about it, whose industry is Huangzhuang, can you harm Qingzhou?"
The man blushed: "I'm not the only one who buys grain at a high price, what are you yelling at me?" Don't talk about me, isn't the 400 acres of land in your house half abandoned now? ”
"Alas, who said no, even if you want to sell, no one buys it! Seeing that the price of land is getting lower day by day, but no one is buying"
"This is all a sin created by the imperial court, forcing us to death!"
"Yes, yes"
"Little Brother Fang, your family's lacquer garden has not been doing much business recently!"
The person in the middle is Fang La, who was still in Luliang Mountain not long ago. He sighed and said, "If there is a way to live, who wants this?" I'm here today to know if you can get together and petition the court to let us live? ”
Everyone said: "That's right, with Brother Fang, what are we afraid of?" ”
Fang La said with a smile: "Don't dare, the kid is eighteen years old, how dare you say that you are leading you?" You are all people with heads and faces in Qingzhou, I am just a little gentleman in Shezhou, and I dare not bear this false name"
Fang La said so on his lips, but in fact, he was already happy in his heart. His biggest dream is to change the dynasty. It's just that he is not full-fledged, and he doesn't dare to start something rashly. Now there is a big drought on Shandong East Road, which is a good time, but it was preempted by the imperial court for disaster relief. But you have a good plan, and I have a wall ladder. You can't incite the hungry people, and it's okay to incite these merchants and landlords.
Since ancient times, Lu has had many people and few lands. Now that the imperial court has a policy, the land reclamation in the south of the Yangtze River for three years is its own, and many Shandong people are tempted, so they leave their hometowns and go south to work hard. For ordinary people, this is good news, but for large landowners with hundreds of acres of land in their hands, it is undoubtedly a bolt from the blue.
The landlord's family has no surplus grain, the landlord has money, and he has used it to exchange land, and now he wants to sell the land and change business, and someone has to buy it, right? The people are all killing and chasing the rise, and if the price of your land falls, the people will hold the currency and wait and see, which has been the case since ancient times. Therefore, the most urgent people now are grain merchants and big landlords, and now in the courtyard, there are many such people. To be continued.