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A beam of sunlight shone through the screen window in the study, and Wu Kaijie reluctantly rubbed his eyes before he got up from the bookcase. I hurriedly sorted out the plan I had just made.

The door was slammed open, and Kang Dali sprang in a few steps.

"Staff Officer Wu, Grandpa Guo is looking for you!"

Wu Kaijie suddenly shook his head: "Dali, can't you be more elegant?" ”

"No way, I can tell you, Grandpa Guo is in a hurry, if you don't send the plan over, delay the grain collection, and come back to find you next time will be the executioner!"

Wu Kaijie could only take the green salt and wipe his teeth, then wiped his face with a hot towel, and hurriedly followed Kang Dali to Gu Zhenhua's study.

"Vigorously, people often say that the courtiers take Lu Wu to the cold, and the general crosses the pass at night in iron clothes. The three-pole monk has not woken up on the day, and it seems that fame and fortune are not as good as idle! ”

"Well, don't you want to do it?"

"How can you!"

"Then don't talk nonsense!"

"Hey, your kid's temper has also risen, and he's about to catch up with Grandpa Guo, so I can't complain?"

Kang Dali smiled: "Old Wu, sue you, Grandpa Guo has promised me to be released, and I will be the acting battalion commander next month." I'm going to be the regiment commander within a year, and I'll be much higher than you as a staff officer by then! ”

"Don't stink." Wu Kaijie rolled his eyes and sneered: "Believe it or not, I handed over this plan to Grandpa Guo, maybe, as soon as Grandpa Guo is happy, I will be promoted, and it will not be your turn to be stinky!" ”

The two of them were arguing, and they came to Gu Zhenhua's study quickly.

They walked in. Wu Kaijie hurriedly came to the front and said with a smile: "Grandpa Guo, follow your orders." The lowly officials drew up a plan for the collection of grain. ”

Gu Zhenhua took over Wu Kaijie's plan and looked at it carefully.

His overall idea is the same as Gu Zhenhua's, all of which are to collect grain nearby, and then transport it in a unified manner and deploy it to various warehouses, avoiding the suffering of the people in transporting grain.

"Grandpa Guo, the humble duty has been carefully calculated. The previous method had the fatal flaw of putting the grain chief in charge of transportation and conscripting ordinary people as hard laborers. It seems that the imperial court does not have to spend a penny. Just sit on the ground and collect the grain. However, along the way, several times the amount of grain was lost, and the back and forth for a month or two also affected the cultivation of the land, delaying the next crop of grain. In addition, the grain chief and the officials were excessively exploited. The burden on the actual people is ten times greater than the tax. ”

Wu Kaijie briefly analyzed the disadvantages of the grain chief system. In fact, he has not pointed out the crux of the problem yet. Taxation is a kind of government power, which reflects the government's ability to dominate society. Lao Zhu thought that after the tax came up anyway, he would have to divide it, so why take off his pants and fart, just intercept it directly to the place. Grain was distributed separately from all localities, and the parts needed by the localities were directly intercepted.

This also led to a bad situation in which the power of the gentry was inflated and the government decrees were not sent to the countryside. The huge Ming Dynasty was in a financial predicament. Being bullied by the little Manchu Qing has to be said to be a kind of sadness.

In accordance with the new grain collection plan. About 20 grain collection points have been set up in large counties, and 10 have been arranged in small counties, and Wu Kaijie has planned each grain collection point.

"Grandpa Guo, these grain collection points will not take a day at most, that is to say, they will come and go, and the grain will be handed over within two days, which is definitely countless times more convenient than before!"

"Well, how to continue to concentrate the grain is going to be a lot more troublesome. This is also the most difficult, we have to improve efficiency, avoid food waste, save a little more food, we have a better chance of winning in front of us! ”

"Grandpa Guo is right, An ** currently has a not weak transport capacity, we can bear a part, and the other insufficient part will have to hire merchants to transport, businessmen always have a way to transport the grain in place on time, and the Jin merchants are only able to rely on the mission of transporting grain to the frontier. There is also the ability to transport grain to the military camp nearby and use it directly as military rations. ”

Wu Kaijie said with a smile: "These methods are not very surprising, but according to the estimation of the humble position, at least the loss can be reduced to about seventy percent, and we can collect six million loads of grain, a province, more than the tax revenue of the Ming Dynasty in a year, this is definitely a miracle!" ”

Wu Kaijie's eyebrows fluttered, but Gu Zhenhua was not very satisfied.

"It's still too little, it's too much to lose, no matter what, we have to try to collect 10 million quintals. Don't just think that this food is for the army, we also have to overhaul water conservancy and build cities, which are all major consumption. And after having a surplus, it can be sold to various places in exchange for other materials. ”

Wu Kaijie couldn't help but complain, "Grandpa Guo, I've racked my brains for my humble position, and I can't think of a better way!" ”

Gu Zhenhua smiled slightly: "I think the cooperation with the merchant can be deeper, first divide the fields into blocks, how much does it cost to transport each block normally, and then use this as a benchmark to package the merchants." As long as it is completed on time, you can get a certain amount of food to offset the wages, and if you can save more, the excess part will go to the merchant. ”

Gu Zhenhua said with a smile: "At the moment, grain is a valuable thing, and I dare to guarantee that businessmen will rush to it and rush to get it." ”

Wu Kaijie also nodded: "It's no problem, but Grandpa Guo, what if several businessmen compete for a piece?" ”

"Hahaha. That's the essence of this approach. Suppose we calculate that we need to lose fifty percent, and several businessmen are fighting, they will use this benchmark to reduce the loss, whoever promises to transport more grain, who will grab the transportation power in this area, forty percent, thirty percent, in short, the lower we earn! ”

Wu Kaijie's eyes widened suddenly, "Grandpa Guo, you are letting the businessman eat the dog, this method is too good, they must have found a way to reduce consumption." ”

"That's right, the devil is in the details, and the merchants are very budget-conscious, and they guarantee to find the most suitable transportation routes, the cheapest transportation methods, and minimize losses! And they are high, and all the thrifty part belongs to them, and I don't believe that these merchants can't move! ”

Gu Zhenhua's idea is, to put it bluntly, the bidding method of later generations, but in the later generations of land bidding and public works bidding, there is no tax bidding.

In fact, this is also a helpless move, mainly because the bureaucratic system of An** is still too weak, and the transportation capacity is not enough, so I have to borrow the power of businessmen to make up for it!

"Grandpa Guo, you said that after you do this, will a few businessmen join forces, obviously thirty percent of the loss, do you have to say fifty percent?"

"Absolutely, it needs to be calculated beforehand. And you can also tell the merchants that as long as they get the qualifications to transport grain this time, An ** will support them to establish a transportation alliance and provide cheap carriages and livestock! ”

Gu Zhenhua also realized that there must be a strong transportation system, the army did not move the grain and grass first, and these people could transport goods and prosper the economy and trade in normal times. In wartime, it can also be requisitioned into the army to increase transportation capacity, which is simply killing two birds with one stone.

When Wu Kaijie heard this, he immediately smiled and said: "Grandpa Guo, your trick is so wonderful, I dare to say that businessmen will break their heads for this qualification, even if they lose money, they will grab it, and they are absolutely suspicious of each other, and it is impossible to twist into a rope!" ”

Gu Zhenhua said with a smile: "Don't underestimate businessmen, they will definitely try their best to exploit loopholes." However, if the water is clear, there are no fish, as long as they can get by, it is not impossible for them to earn more! ”

They deliberated again, and just halfway through the summer harvest, it was officially announced.

For a time, all the businessmen in Henan were alarmed, they keenly captured this business opportunity, and for a time countless people flocked to it, and some people simply led the bookkeeper to the countryside to carefully calculate how much it would cost to see how much money was needed.

This summer harvest is definitely the most interesting one in Henan, and even in all dynasties. The harvest is not over yet, and some of the merchants who got the agreement first have started early. They also knew that the price of the carriage would be lower if they started early. Even in order to complete it first, there was no need for the people to send it over, and they even took people to the people's kang to transport the grain away.

To the astonishment of the tuntian officials everywhere, they could only follow the buttocks of the merchants, and when the grain was gone, they issued a list of taxes to the common people.

Many ordinary people are dizzy, and in previous years, the delivery of grain was cramps and bones, forcing people into the corner. Qingzhuang followed to the capital to transport grain, maybe people will not be able to come back once they go, those who are sick on the road, those who fall to death, those who drown, in short, everything.

This year, why is everything so easy? That's the end of the hell level? The common people couldn't believe it

After finally reacting, the men grinned and laughed: "boy, go roll out the noodles, cook a few more poached eggs, and our family will eat well!" ”

The people were overjoyed, more joyful than the New Year!

From Chen Qianfu, these officials in Henan are also very happy, the transportation efficiency of businessmen is definitely not comparable to that of ordinary people, and the consumption of more than ten times has dropped to less than half in an instant. The treasury of all states and counties has stored grain, which is a scene that has not been seen for many years since Chongzhen!

Gu Zhenhua's method is equivalent to directly bypassing the big landlords, and also bypassing the largest rentier group in the Ming Dynasty, which is naturally amazing!

According to calculations, the treasury of various parts of Henan can save 8 million quintals after deducting the pension of military families and military families! The land of Zhongzhou suddenly turned from winter to spring.

And just when Henan was overjoyed, there was bad news again.

When Gu Zhenhua saw it, the good mood in his stomach disappeared, it turned out that Gao Jie and Liu Zeqing retreated to Yanzhou, and Liu Zeqing was afraid of the enemy. But Gao Jie hasn't touched Tartar yet, he is absolutely safe and easy to win, and he can do the same, but he fought hastily, 30,000 horses were lost, and Yanzhou was in danger!

Gu Zhenhua thought about it, whether it was the four towns of Jiangbei or Shi Kefa, he couldn't count on it, don't think about relying on them to block the Tartars, and he had to go up at the critical moment.

"Go, I've called Zhou Yingjie!" (To be continued......)