Under the oral agreement between the two, Wei Da used the part of the tax revenue belonging to the Assassin Mansion of the Customs Department to mortgage the cost of the grain borrowed from Li Mu. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info

The reason why Wei Dayong dared to make such a decision alone, without asking for instructions from the three provinces of Datang, was because the establishment of the Quanzhou Port Customs Department was just an institution jointly established by the Quanzhou Thorn History Mansion and the Quanzhou Chamber of Commerce.

The Customs Department can be regarded as a half-civilian and half-official port management agency.

This kind of organization is purely a local act, and there is no need to report to the imperial court, so the tax collected by the customs department has nothing to do with the imperial court, and is completely the tax income of the local government of Quanzhou.

As Wei Dayong, who is in charge of the Quanzhou Thorn Mansion, he can also decide in a word that the part of the Customs Department belongs to the fate of the tax revenue of the Thorn Mansion.

After it was determined, Li Mu lent the grain on the freighter, 300,000 tons of wheat and 300,000 tons of rice, to Wei Da, which was used to pacify the people who were plagued by locusts in the Tang Pass.

As for why Li Mu didn't borrow corn, potatoes, sweet potatoes and other grains for disaster relief, it's not that Li Mu didn't want to.

But these grains are used for other purposes, these three grains are not available in Datang, and they are all high-yield grain crops, so these three grains are to be used as seeds.

It was not lent to Wei Da to help the people who were affected by the disaster in the Guan.

These three high-yield crops that Datang has never seen before are what Li Mu is preparing to promote in Datang on a large scale.

It's just that it is very difficult for the people of Datang to agree with these three crops that have never been seen before, after all, the farmers of that era are conservative and stubborn, and always believe that what they see with their own eyes is real.

These three crops have not been seen by Datang farmers, so they will not believe that the yield of these three crops will be much higher than the crops they are growing now.

In this way, it will be very difficult to promote, originally he was worried about how to promote, but he did not expect to get the news that he had just returned to Quanzhou and had encountered a serious locust plague in the Guannai, and the grain planted in the Guannai this year would not be harvested.

Li Mu, who was still worried about how to promote, had a plan, just taking advantage of this locust plague in the customs and the good opportunity of the grain harvest.

He and Wei Dayong jointly played the three provinces, used the locust plague to make the people of Datang have no grain in their hands, and began to promote the cultivation of these three kinds of grain to the people in Datang Pass.

After Li Mu said what he was thinking in his heart, Wei Dayong lowered his head and thought for a while, and said worriedly: "Lord Gaoyi, Wei is admired, but whether this new grain crop really has a high yield as Lord said requires real evidence." ”

After speaking, Wei Dayong felt inappropriate and continued: "Of course, Wei completely believes what the lord said, judging from the changes in Quanzhou in recent years, I know that the lord has never been untargeted, but how do we convince the court?" ”

"Even if we persuaded the imperial court, the three provinces passed after discussion, and took the opportunity of the locust plague to let the people in the pass change to new grain, but the peasants are ignorant, they only believe what they see with their own eyes, and never believe in the ethereal things, especially when it comes to their own rations."

Wei Dayong knows that agriculture has always been the foundation of all dynasties, and Datang is no exception, and the farmers all over Datang are the foundation of Datang.

As a magistrate, he knew the nature of the peasants.

"Yes, how to convince the imperial court? Even if the imperial court is convinced, how can it persuade the people of the Tang Dynasty? After listening to Wei Da's question, he hit the nail on the head.

Li Mu unconsciously thought about it, the peasants in the Central Plains are a complex of contradictions, they are ignorant, stubborn, and conservative, but they are the most kind, simple, and easy to satisfy a group of people.

All their lives, their eyes have been focused on the land, and their hearts are free from distractions.

This kind of character has not changed much even in modern times, and the peasants still only believe in the facts in front of them, and never believe in empty words.

The farmer is like a stubborn donkey, stubborn but industrious, and only by putting these three high-yielding crops in front of their eyes will they be convinced of the real harvest.

In that case, Li Mu thought worriedly, this year may have missed the last planting period, and wasted such a good opportunity.

It's just that there are no real-world examples, and it will definitely be much more difficult to promote. And forcible promotion is likely to backfire.

In the end, after discussing with Wei Dayong, the three crops were first comprehensively promoted in Quanzhou, after all, in recent years, the Thorn History Mansion has a high prestige in the hearts of the people of Quanzhou.

In addition, with the help of the Quanzhou Chamber of Commerce, it is completely possible to cover Quanzhou in a large area of planting three crops.

Then the two were still preparing to report to the imperial court about the three crops, hoping that the imperial court would issue an order to allow the official fields of the Guannai prefectures to be planted for one year in advance.

Li Mu will also ask Meishuang to inform the members of the Quanzhou Chamber of Commerce that the people in the Datang states will start to promote three kinds of grain crops, either renting or borrowing seeds, to drive Datang farmers to plant new crops.

In this way, as long as it takes a year for the people to see the ultra-high yield of the three crops, even if they are not allowed to plant, under the temptation of ultra-high yield, the farmers will spontaneously plant on their own land.

This can be regarded as a two-pronged combination of the leading effect and the lure effect of profit.

After Li Mu and Wei Dayong discussed the matter of the three crops, Wei Dayong hurriedly said goodbye and prepared to go to Quanzhou Port to transfer the grain that Li Mu lent him.

The rivers of the Tang Dynasty could not pass through sea boats, so they could only transfer grain to inland river vessels, and then transport grain to Guannai through inland river boats.

At the same time, Wei Dayong arranged the matter of disaster relief grain, and also stabbed back to Shifu to think about how to propose to the imperial court to promote the three kinds of food crops.

In this way, everything was crowded together, which made Wei Dayong a little busy, but the thought of Datang promoting three new high-yield crops one day earlier.

The people of the Tang Dynasty will be freed from the threat of famine one day sooner.

Thinking that from now on there will be no famine in Datang, and there will be no more selling of children and daughters due to hunger, no matter how busy he is, he feels happy.

This is also the difference between ancient officials and modern officials, modern officials are officials for leaders, while ancient officials are on the surface for the emperor.

But it is really an official for Qingshi, and it can also be said that he is an official for his own reputation, which can understand why many officials in ancient times were not afraid of imperial power, and dared to face imperial power without fear of life and death.

At the same time, the ancient emperors also encouraged this kind of behavior, which is why there were imperial historians in ancient times.

Li Er is one of the more famous in this regard, and he later said that with copper as a reference, you can be dressed properly; Taking people as a reference, you can know the gains and losses; Taking history as a mirror, we can know the rise and fall. The accustomed Wei Zheng is like his second uncle.

After seeing off Wei Dayong, who was excited and anxious in his heart, Li Mu once again returned to the single courtyard of Hongyun Building, and saw Mei'er coming with three silver hairpin maids, and the three silver hairpin maids each held a tray in both hands. (To be continued.) )