Chapter 303 - Controlling Food Prices

It turned out to be like this, if Li Yunlan could really get together with Qi Yun, Jiang Xi would still be happy for her in his heart. Whether it is family background or character, Qi Yun is much stronger than Li Yunlan's current husband.

Li Yunlan followed the Yang family, Jiang Xi always couldn't help but worry about her, worried that she would lose her life one day. Even if you have a way to help take revenge at that time, what's the point of losing people.

"In this way, you can help me prepare some things, and I will personally visit Sister Yunlan tomorrow to see if there is anything missing from her side."

"Yes, I'll get ready later."

After washing, Jiangxi soon fell asleep. Today is really tired of the day, I started to rush from dawn to late at night to finally be able to relax.

The next day, Jiang Xi wanted to sleep lazily, but before dawn, she forced herself to get up.

Song San is coming over today, she has to discuss something with him, and she has to hand over the glass that the court wants to them, these two are big things, and they can't be sloppy at all.

She got up and cleaned up, and Qing Huan came in from outside, this girl was also tired yesterday, and when she opened the door curtain and came in, she was still yawning.

"Auntie...... Girl! Seeing that Jiang Xi had gotten up, Qing Huan kept the posture of yawning and froze in place. When did you get up. ”

Qing Huan didn't think that Jiang Xi got up too early, but thought that he was getting up late, and suddenly blamed himself. Immediately turned around and went out, and ordered all the girls outside the door to move.

Fetch water that should be fetched, sprinkle and sweep that should be sprinkled and cleaned, and come in and clean up when it should be cleaned up.

After giving the order, Qing Huan walked in and said to Jiang Xi apologetically: "Girl, I forgot the hour when I slept yesterday, you can punish me." ”

"What did you do, it's not that you got up late, it's that I woke up early."

"Huh?" Qing Huan asked worriedly, "Girl, you rested late last night, and you got up so early today, don't be tired." ”

Jiang Xi sat in front of the vanity mirror and scattered his hair.

"How can it be so squeamish, it's only a day or two, it doesn't exist. If your girl's body is really weak to that point, I don't need you to say it, I will pay attention to it myself. Okay, comb your hair. ”

Qing Huan held the wooden comb, looked at the three thousand green silk in the river like a waterfall, and said with envy: "Girl, your hair color is really good, your hair is so many and black, I don't know how many people outside envy your green silk." ”

"Don't always praise me, I can't stand the praise, I take everything you say seriously."

"Slaves and maids are not called boasting, but telling the truth."

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Qinghuan's skills in combing her hair are very good, and now Chun'er and Zhi'er are learning from her. Last time Jiang Xi went home, he didn't take those two girls back, but let them stay here and learn something from Jiang Qian. This time, Qing Huan came over and asked the two girls to follow Qing Huan to learn how to comb her hair.

Jiang Xi has calculated, wait for more than a year, and those two girls can also come in handy. The two of them have been taught by the Jiang family since they were children, and to a certain extent, they can be regarded as half of the family's children.

Jiang Xi plans to wait for her to get married in the future, so she will bring Qinghuan and this girl over to serve as her dowry girl. Over there, find them a good family affair.

It's probably too early to talk about this, and the eldest of the two girls is not yet ten years old.

As soon as Qing Huan combed Jiang Xi's hair, the girl outside brought hot water in. Even in summer, Jiangxi insists on washing her face with hot water, which is a habit of hers.

Because of her good skin, the girls in the yard all rushed to follow suit, thinking that this was the effect of washing her face with hot water, so they learned from her one by two.

When I washed up and went out of the yard, it was just dawn outside. Jiang Xi yawned, still a little tired.

On the front yard, there was the sound of a carriage rolling, Jiang Xi knew that it must be Song San who was coming, she gave two orders, and did not let the girl follow, and even Qinghuan was left in the yard.

Came to the front yard alone, Jiang Qian was already waiting there.

Song San got down from the carriage, and with him came down two officials who had been in contact with Jiangxi before. They are the ones who are responsible for picking up the glass.

"Miss Jiang, we're meeting again."

The two officials greeted her, and Jiang Xi responded politely.

"Are you ready?" Song San walked over and asked, after all, this glass crystal is too eye-catching, and it must be shipped privately every time, and no one can let it know. Otherwise, in the face of such a big interest, no matter who it is, it is possible to gamble everything.

Jiang Xi glanced at Jiang Qian next to her, and Jiang Qian nodded slightly at her.

"It's all ready, go get it."

The two officials thanked Jiang Xi and quickly transported the things away. Song San did not leave with them, but stayed in Jiangfu.

"Jiang Qian, you go make two cups of hot tea."

When he arrived at the front hall, Jiang Xi broke Jiang Qian away, and told Song San about the last time he thought of controlling the Liang family.

"I'll just tell you, and then you can see how it goes. If you think it's good, take it, and if you don't think it's good, just don't say it. ”

"It's okay, you talk about it first, your idea won't be too bad."

"Alright then, I'll leave it at that. Almost half of the county seats in our entire province are close to river canals. Especially near the provincial capital, next to the largest river on our side. In the event of a flood like last year's, crops will inevitably be affected, resulting in higher food prices.

Even if the state pays for it, most of it is the money in the treasury, not the real grain. With the money from the treasury, it is natural to buy food on a large scale to treat the disaster areas.

In this way, it is helpful for those who have been affected by the disaster in a short period of time, but if so much money is used to buy food, it will only make the price of food rise to a state that ordinary people cannot afford to consume, which will lead to more people being 'affected'. ”

Song San nodded, Jiang Xi was right, there was indeed such a situation last year, the country's grain salary fell, which caused the price of grain to rise sharply, if it were not for the small scope of the disaster, and they strictly controlled it, in the end, it may be what will happen.

They were able to suppress it last year, one was the Song family's coercion in the provincial capital for decades, and the other was that the scope of the disaster was small, and the food needed was not much, so it would not have much impact on others.

However, what if the flood suddenly worsens in a certain year, and the area of damage expands?

You must know that floods can only be prevented, and the river should be repaired, and then some canals should be diverted out, and protective measures should be taken. But when it comes to the disadvantage of the passing year, even if you take the best measures, there is no way to avoid it.

"You go on." Song San was interested in Jiang Xi's words, and when she said this, it meant that she had a way to control the price of grain.

"I think so, natural disasters don't know when they will happen, and the imperial court must be prepared for everything in advance. In terms of grain prices, the imperial court should control them, and those merchants should not be allowed to raise prices privately. ”

"This imperial court is also emphasizing every year that some people were imprisoned last year, and in the face of interests, there are still many people who break the law with their own lives, which is inevitable."

"I know it's useless to be strictly monitored. Just like murder pays for life, there are not so many murderers every year. What I'm talking about is that the imperial court also collects and sells grain, and controls the price of grain to a certain degree. In this way, if the price in their grain store becomes a little more expensive, the common people will not choose to buy grain from their side and come to the court to buy it. Only in this way can food prices be truly controlled. ”

Song San's eyes lit up, the method Jiang Xi said was really feasible.

If the imperial court controls the price of grain at an appropriate level, then merchants will not dare to buy and sell at a high price in order to be able to sell grain.

"In addition to controlling high grain prices, it is also necessary to control these grain merchants to buy grain from the peasants at a large price reduction during the harvest years. For example, there was such a situation in our village before, it was obviously a bumper harvest, but everyone was not happy, the price of grain was too low, even if all the grain was sold, it could not catch up with the income of previous years, and it could only be better than the famine years.

If the imperial court sets a suitable price, whether it is a normal year or a good harvest, and buys grain at the same price, and sells grain at the same price no matter whether it is a famine year or when, then I think the price of grain should be controlled.

Of course, the imperial court can also make some money by doing this, and it can be done according to the standards of the grain store. The common people must trust the court more between the grain merchants and the imperial court, and in this way, the imperial court can also get rich rewards. ”

After Jiang Xi finished speaking, as soon as the words fell, he heard Song San clapping his palms.

"Good! Xi'er, I knew that your idea couldn't be wrong. In this way, after I went back, I immediately handed over a fold, and by the way, I gave my father another book, and I think the saint would definitely not refute my fold.

This method must be demonstrated and implemented from our provincial capital, and when the time comes, the people of the whole province will be grateful to you. ”

Jiang Xi smiled slightly: "I don't want to be grateful, it's still the same sentence, those who have the ability have to do more things for their country and the people." ”

Song San gently touched her head: "If the current saint knows that you have such a mind, I am afraid that I will not be able to immediately transform into a man to serve the imperial court." ”

Jiang Xi lifted his chin proudly.

"What's the matter, can't a woman serve the court!"

"Yes, and you've done it."

When Jiang Qian walked to the door with a teacup, she happened to see the scene of Song San touching Jiang Xi's head, and seeing that neither of them noticed her, she quietly retreated, not wanting to disturb the beautiful atmosphere of the two of them.

Song San got the idea of Jiangxi, and just wanted to go home immediately to write a song, it just so happened that today was a bumper harvest year, and if he was lucky, he should be able to catch up before the autumn harvest.