The "Dragon Fire Festival" in Danyu City suddenly had a south wind, and the fireworks were out of control, causing the eight granaries in the north city to catch fire, and millions of tons of relief grain were reduced to nothing... Such a shocking event, the Danyu City Ruling Government Mansion had no time to block, and the rumors leaked out from various light and dark channels, and finally entered the royal city.

In the main conference room of the palace hall, the ministers were sitting here, Perseus was holding a piece of information that had been sent back, his hands trembled uncontrollably, his pupils were out of focus several times, his eyes were wide open, and his low and oppressive voice was like a lion roaring: "Gomer and Lin Gengsen are really capable, they just praised them some time ago, and now they will give me a granary fire?!" ”

Andre said with a solemn face: "The ears of wheat in the Danyu Plain have been uprooted and replaced with blood essence grass, and now the granary is unfortunately on fire again, and all the relief grain in it has been reduced to nothing, what should the more than 6 million people in Danyu City do?!" ...”

Lan Xian held a letter in his hand, his eyes were erratic, and his face was gloomy as if it was about to drip water: "There's a message here, I'm not sure if it's a good thing or a bad thing..."

"Hurry up!" Pertheus' voice was stern.

Lan Xian spread the letter in his hand onto the table and said in a deep voice, "This is a letter sent back by my clansmen in Danyu City, and I found a very strange thing on it. ”

Pertheus took the letter and began to browse it, the content was nothing special, but it was a daily exchange between people of the same clan, and the topics mostly revolved around the Danyu Plain, such as boasting about the good growth of the ears of wheat in the season.

Persius was just about to ask what Lan Xian wanted to express, but his heart suddenly chuckled.

Are ears of wheat growing? ...

Pertheus stared at the last page of the letter, and was finally shocked to find that the letter had been written 8 days earlier!

Half a month ago, Gomer and Lin Gengsen had already reported to the royal family that all the ears of wheat in the Danyu Plain had been pulled out and the blood essence grass was being cultivated.

However, this 8-day-old letter... It is said that the ears of wheat in the Danyu Plain are growing well?!

Pertheus raised his head in astonishment and met Lan Xian's gaze, the latter's face was gloomy, and there seemed to be a cold glint in his eyes: "It seems that Gomer and Lin Gengsen deceived us half a month ago, they did not carry out the decree at all, and they did not uproot the ears of wheat in the Danyu Plain at all. In other words..."

"Even now as we speak, the Blood Essence Grass hasn't been planted yet."

Pertheus leaned back into his chair unconsciously, lost his mind for a moment, and then said in disbelief, "What are they doing... Why?! The food was given to them, the blood essence grass seeds were also given to them, and the decree was very clear, why did they deceive?! ”

Lan Xian was also asked for a while, and his brows tightened: "I don't understand either... We have made it clear in the official document that this batch of blood essence grass will not be white, but will be purchased at a high premium. ”

"We have calculated in terms of pricing, and the profit after the Danyu Plain is changed to blood essence grass will not be less than that of the previous wheat planting, so that it can be accepted by the local nobles as soon as possible, and the policy will be easier to promote. Why would they do such a thing..."

"When you calculate the purchase price, do you take into account the proportion of the ears of wheat?" Suddenly, Chino spoke up, "There are two kinds of wheat ear planting, ordinary wheat and centennial wheat. In the guidance standard issued by Wang Cheng to Danyucheng, the planting ratio of ordinary wheat and centennial wheat should be maintained at 9:1, that is, for every 10 acres of land, 9 acres of ordinary wheat and 1 mu of 100-year-old wheat should be planted. ”

"If Danyucheng does not cultivate according to this standard, and the proportion of 100-year-old wheat planted is higher than the guideline, will their profit margin go up? Will it exceed the profit of growing Bloodessence Grass? ”

Pertheus quickly shook his head and personally dismissed the idea: "There is no such possibility. The average yield per mu of hundred-year-old wheat is very low, and the taste and nutritional value are no different from ordinary wheat, so the market price cannot go up at all, and it is generally only used to hand over as a strategic reserve. ”

"It is impossible for Danyu City to increase the planting ratio of hundred-year-old wheat, because the higher the proportion, the smaller the profit space for the nobles who contract the Danyu Plain, if it is not for the annual target, they would like to plant all ordinary wheat and not plant a grain of hundred-year-old wheat."

Chino pressed his chin and fell into deep thought.

That's weird.

Officials and businessmen are profit-seeking creatures, officials are profit-seeking for political achievements, businessmen and aristocrats are profit-seeking for wealth, and they will naturally pursue maximum profits when they do things.

The Danyu Plain was originally a place where wheat was grown, and it is assumed that the total profit after planting and harvesting in one season is 100.

Wang Cheng issued an order to replant the blood essence grass, and by raising the official guidance purchase price, the blood essence grass produced in the Danyu Plain was purchased at a premium, so that the profit after planting and harvesting in one season would inevitably be higher than that of planting wheat, such as reaching 150.

150 is greater than 100, this is an arithmetic problem that children understand.

In that case, why didn't the officials of Danyu City immediately carry out Wang Cheng's orders? Why do you have to protect those ears of wheat in the Danyu Plain, and even deceive secretly?

Afraid of running out of food? Haven't millions of tons of relief grain already been given? It is enough for 6 million people in Danyu City to eat for more than half a year.

Afraid of touching the interests of the local aristocracy? The income of planting blood essence grass is higher than that of growing wheat, and it is too late for the support of the nobles, so how can it touch the interests?

Afraid of ruining your political achievements? Changing to blood essence grass, the overall income has come up, isn't it more beneficial to political performance? And this is an order from the royal family, if you can't pay it, it's a death, how can you put the cart before the horse.

Don't understand...

The operation of the officials of Danyu City confused Chino, and he didn't know what they thought at all.

First of all, it can be clear that the officials of Danyu City are by no means fools, this is the main city directly under the jurisdiction of Wangcheng, and in terms of administrative level, the eight officials in it are all at the provincial level, and this kind of position cannot be sat by fools.

In other words, Gomer and Lin Gengsen did not implement the policy, not because their brains were confused, but in the judgment of the two of them, the implementation of the policy did more harm than good, and the resistance was very huge, and they could not advance it at all, and they would rather conceal it than implement it truthfully.

Then the question arises -

1. Gomek and Lin Gengsen don't push the executive order, so they have to find a way to make a difference, right? If you can't pay the errand, there's no point in talking about anything.

The two of them are in violation of the yang and the yin, and they don't plant blood essence grass in life or death, what are they going to do when the time limit is up?

2. Why, in the judgment of Gomek and Lin Gengsen, did this kind of decree that was beneficial to both local officials and nobles "do more harm than good"?

The income of planting blood essence grass is higher than that of planting wheat, no matter what the planting ratio of ordinary wheat and centennial wheat is, it is not as high as blood essence grass, so how can there be a phenomenon of "doing more harm than good"?

Don't understand...

Chino's gaze is getting deeper and deeper, and he can vaguely feel that this matter is like an iceberg, only part of it is exposed, and there are more unknown things hidden underwater...