Chapter 523: Gluttonous Feast
After the beginning of spring, the land of Kyushu seems to have ushered in her vitality again.
The farmers in the fields began to get busy, and most of them were growing food, because everyone knew that grain could be exchanged for food stamps, and they could buy the farm tools, cattle and sheep they needed, and even buy furniture.
The expansion of the capital also started again after the ice and snow melted in the spring, and Zhu Yuancheng, a cost-effective waiter of the Ministry of Works, was kicked out after calculating the cost.
The expansion has indeed been expanding, it's just the quality, only those who know the inside story know.
If the city wall cannot fall, then change the slope of the city wall. With a stroke of Shi Yunjie's pen, this result was achieved, and the city wall of the new city became trapezoidal, because it was impossible for this stable configuration to collapse.
Three months, the first prototype was seen, but the problem came again, the use of the palace.
The expansion of the palace into the style of the Demon Lord's Palace, if it is only according to the drawings presented by Ye Yuan, it costs money, and it is not impossible to complete it on time. However, Li Chi was to expand the palace, and the real result was that it cost a lot to pile up the white jade at the bottom of the main hall of the palace. Although there is a steady stream of transportation teams to transport various materials of white jade to the capital, problems have also come.
Money, not enough. In addition to the fact that the budget for the expansion itself was low on the palace project, there were other reasons.
Where did the money go? Of course, it was greedy.
Shi Yunjie's mansion, dozens of beauties from all over the world, spend extravagantly every day, and naturally need money. Every powerful pill that is worth a lot of money, he takes it regularly, not to mention any other tonics.
The Xun family in charge of dispatch also needs money, for example, Su Daosan, he is from a poor background, and poverty limits his imagination, but the wife he marries knows how to spend money.
"I took a set of jewelry three times and then took it out, for fear of losing my husband's face. ”
"Then get a new one. ”
"It's going to be a joke to wear it twice and again. ”
"We're not short of money. ”
"It's all other people's polo clubs, let's also run it once, so that the big guy can see the grandeur of the Hou Mansion, you are the first person in front of His Majesty the Emperor. ”
"Yes, that's important. After the polo meeting, the banquet was held, and the best troupe in the capital was invited to sing and use the best wine and food. ”
Luxury, after becoming accustomed to it, became a habit, the capital expanded, and the house also expanded. The relatives of several families have long left part of the land to build gardens in the Xincheng area, and Su Daosan is naturally no exception.
Su Daosan is still a little conscious, and it is not possible to completely deduct the Imperial Forest Army and the migrant workers under him, the Imperial Forest Army is his foundation, and the migrant workers are also from a hard background, and it is useless to deduct the thousands of taels of food stamps, and it is not as good as a few sets of jewelry from his wife.
In the end, he focused his attention on the cost of building the palace.
This point coincides with Shi Yunjie.
"Master Su, I won't tell you, I'm also worried about this. Your Majesty wants the palace, and we will share his worries, but there are only so many food stamps left in this treasury, what should we do? Shi Yunjie was in the office of expanding the palace, and he was troubled.
Su Dao looked at no one and said, "This is not a matter, do you want to bring it up at the court meeting?" I will let the big guy make a big effort?"
"I'm afraid that Your Majesty will be unhappy. Shi Yunjie also has his worries, he has done a good job in the capital, and now that the palace is half built and tells the emperor that the money is not enough, maybe the emperor will question his ability.
"This doesn't work, that doesn't work, is it, let's just sit idly by?" Su Daosan looked depressed and sat heavily in his position.
Shi Yunjie laughed miserably: "I expect food stamps from the sky, how can there be such a good thing." The food stamps printed in the treasury are still the family foundation left by Zheng Tong during his reign. What can I do?"
The two of them were silent for a long time, but their originally dim eyes slowly lit up.
Food stamps, printed.
Zheng Tong can print it, why can't they print it?
"Have you thought of it?" Su Daosan looked at Shi Yunjie with a red light and a smile on his face, and asked impatiently, he was also expecting his thoughts to become a reality.
"He Zheng Tong did it, why can't we do it? Now there is not enough food stamps, and every family has grain in stock, but there are only so many food stamps, so we should print some. Shi Yunjie said what he thought, turned around, and summoned the officials of the household department.
At this time, it is indeed necessary to print food stamps, and every household has grain in stock, but there are not enough food stamps, which is deflation.
After discussing with the household officials, Shi Yunjie's face became even more happy, because not only did the food stamps need to be printed, but more importantly, the purchasing power of the food stamps in some areas had already been surprised.
For example, the price of grain in Hexi is that one tael of grain stamps can buy five taels of rice, while in Shandong Province, you can buy eight taels.
"How much can we print?" Strictly speaking, Shi Yunjie is a bureaucrat, not a cadre like Zhu Yuancheng or Yan Fucheng, and he has no idea how much to print.
The newly appointed head of the household department is Cheng Guang, his former subordinate, who was promoted by him because of his clean work, but he also has no concept of this problem. But inevitably, he can make up for the lack of knowledge with what he thinks
"This should be based on the annual grain production. We are now prosperous and strong, almost every family has grain storage, and many warehouses have hundreds of millions of catties of grain in stock. ”
He thought that this food stamp was the same as the silver stamp, and that as much grain came in, he could print as many silver stamps, and of course it would not hurt to print more.
And when Shi Yunjie heard him say this, he immediately frowned, it turned out that I was sitting on the golden mountain and didn't know how to use it.
"Now, we haven't printed food stamps for a few years?"
Cheng Guang reported it almost without checking the information: "The food stamps we are using now were printed by Master Fan when he was in Shoufu and Zheng Tong was the head of the household. It's been about two years. ”
"More than two years. Shi Yunjie nodded and said to himself: "No wonder the food stamps are not enough, there has been grain output for several years, no wonder it is not enough." ”
Talking to himself, but Cheng Guang understood that this was the Lord Shi in front of him telling him what to do.
So, everything is so logical.
Cheng Guang drew up a statement and made clear what was at stake: At present, prices are unbalanced and the people are short of money, and it is because the number of grain stamps is insufficient.
For example, if a provincial highway produces 50 billion catties of grain, it should issue 12 billion taels of grain stamps, because the vast majority of so much grain is used by the peasants as rations.
After submitting the fold to Shangshu Province, it naturally came to Shi Yunjie's hands, how could Shi Yunjie let the fold sink, even if it was submitted to the court.
"I have to be busy with the expansion of the capital and government affairs, Shi Aiqing is really hard. Li Chi smiled, picked up the fold, and then there was a group discussion.
But in today's court, there is no different voice for a long time.
Shi Yunjie looked back at Guan Xihai, who was the secretary of the Ministry of War, and Zhu Yuancheng, the secretary of the Ministry of Industry, and said with a smile
"I wonder what your two adults think?"
This question, even many relatives focused their eyes on the faces of the two, with a little ill-will. If there is anything else in the DPRK that has anything to do with Zhou Zhe, these two are one of the few people.
If you ask how many people are needed for the defense of a city and how much food is consumed every day, perhaps, Kansai Hai can answer. If you ask about building a river embankment, maybe Zhu Yuancheng can answer.
But when asked about food stamps, neither of them knew the truth.
In line with the principle of others agreeing with and opposing it, Guan Xihai still spoke: "In the past, when Fan Gong decided to reform the silver stamps as food stamps, there was no such circulation, and Weichen just felt that it was inappropriate, and as for what was inappropriate, I hope Your Majesty can investigate it in detail." ”
Shi Yunjie sneered in his heart: "If the emperor knows, he still needs to ask you? ”
Li Chi naturally knew that Shi Yunjie and Guan Xihai were not dealing with Zhou Zheyu, so he said mockingly: "Yes! Fan Gong Fan Gong, without Fan Gong, you will have no brains." ”
Guan Xihai's face turned blue and white for a while, and the other Xun Qi snickered, even if they didn't know it.
Seeing that the time had come, Cheng Guang stood up again and said: "Your Majesty, the people now have a lot of grain in stock, and the treasury has enough grain, but it is not possible to let officials at all levels take horse-drawn carts to the warehouse to transport grain when the money is distributed every month, right? It's really time to reprint. ”
It is really needed, Li Chi likes to hear this word, he feels that his subordinates are saying this, it is asking for him, and it is for the benefit of the country and the people.
"Quasi-play. Just follow your rules, you were brought out by Shi Aiqing, and I can trust it. Li Chi smiled, the matter of the court is over.
As soon as he got out of the court, Shi Yunjie found Cheng Guang
"Master Cheng. Shi Yunjie's eyes turned green with a smile.
Cheng Guang fortunately knew Shi Yunjie's habits, and he didn't have any hair, but asked curiously, "What's the matter with Lord Shi?"
Shi Yunjie said: "The food stamps are printed, I don't know when they will start to be distributed to officials at all levels? There is a deal, I don't know if Master Cheng dares to do it or not?"
Shi Yunjie is invited, Cheng Guang has to dare if he doesn't dare, anyway, the sky is falling and there is a high top.
"Now the price of grain is different in different places, and if food stamps are sold, the price of grain will rise. ”
"You mean?" Cheng Guang's eyes brightened the more he thought about it, now one tael of grain stamps can buy five taels of grain, and in some places such as Henan Province and Shandong Province, you can buy eight taels, not to mention anything else, you can earn money just by taking grain from two production areas and selling it. But there's a catch.
Cheng Guang asked straight to the point: "How many food stamps has Lord Shi prepared?"
Shi Yunjie waved his hand: "No, but." Master Cheng has it in his hand. ”
Cheng Guang's face stiffened when he heard this: "Although this grain stamp has not been issued to officials at all levels, this is the state treasury. ”
Shi Yunjie smiled mysteriously: "Hubu, you know, I know, we just need to buy grain and hoard it, and when the day of food stamp distribution is finalized, the price of grain will slowly rise, who knows that there are fewer food stamps in the treasury? ”
Cheng Guang thought about it, it seems to be such a problem, everyone receives money every month, he prints so many food stamps, and it is not a day to send them out, who can know?
"High! Cheng Guang admired the five-body throw.
And Shi Yunjie's calculation is not only the seal of the grain stamps, but also the follow-up, after the food stamps are issued, the price begins to rise, and he can use this reason to report to the emperor, the previous budget, the price is one price, and now, it is another price.
He cooperated with Su Daosan, and then cooperated with Cheng Guang, and the cooperation between the two hands not only allowed him to earn enough political achievements, but also allowed him to earn more oil and water. Why not.
Shi Yunjie left with satisfaction after reaching a preliminary cooperation intention with Cheng Guang, and thought in his heart: "What about Fan Wenliang? What about Zheng Tong? It's not a dead death, the resignation of an official is a world in vain." As for Zhou Zhe, he is just a fool. There are so many things that can make you rich, but you have to go to the desert to eat sand, and in the end you can't even go home. ”
The matter of printing grain stamps was decided in March, and the household department began to gradually distribute new food stamps, and in May, Shandong Province began to produce grain, which made the price of grain that had just risen because of the news of food stamps suspended. The people began to believe that the imperial court printed the food stamps for their own good, so that they could buy and sell them.
At this time, Shi Yunjie, Cheng Guang and Su Daosan's people were already running around with a large number of food stamps to buy grain.
As an imperial merchant, Liu Taoren felt that the prices of various materials would inevitably rise as soon as he heard that the imperial court had printed grain stamps. But fortunately, he did not have much liquid money in his hands, because the emperor wanted to expand the palace, and he used internal funds, only part of which came from the treasury.
Liu Taoren looked at the chips in his hand and smiled bitterly: "I don't look like an imperial businessman, like Zhou Zhe's housekeeper." ”
Indeed, a large number of Zhou Zhe's physical objects, spirit stones, and even warehouses were entrusted to him. Part of the wealth he now manages is the property of his Liu family, part of it is the royal industry, and the other part is Zhou Zhe's industry.
"Hoard supplies! Anyway, if it goes up, I'll take a ride, no matter what you do in the court, life will always have to pass. ”
Liu Taoren also got off the field and participated in this financial turmoil.
If Liu Taoren just wants to maintain his value with the wind, then the four major factions think differently.
The first to receive the message was the Sword Sect, Bai Chongjiu didn't know what the impact of printing food stamps would be, but his subordinates were not all people who could only fight and kill, and there were also old shopkeepers who used to run the money village and returned to the Sword Sect after the money village was hit. The changes brought about by the printing of food stamps naturally cannot escape the eyes of these old shopkeepers.
"If you buy grain with real money, it will rise. ”
Bai Chongjiu naturally would not let go of any opportunity to make the sect bigger and stronger, even if he sent people directly to Shandong Road and Henan Road. Real money, which is the same hard currency in addition to the silver ticket.
The news was received quickly, but the transmission of the sect was delayed, and it was the Qiankun, the Hanging Mountain and the Lingxiao Pavilion.
The first two don't say a word, similar to Bai Shanshui, they are rushing to buy food, preparing to make a wave of good fortune, while Lingxiao Pavilion has suspended the transportation of the caravan for the same reason, what can be bought with one or two food stamps now, may not be able to be bought in a few months.
The leakage of the court on all sides made the printed food stamps that Dasheng could plunder the wealth of the world become a gluttonous feast for the world to plunder the wealth of the people of Dasheng.
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