"The rain has no intention of stopping."

In the Yongwang Mansion, Ren Xing held an umbrella for Zhu Houwei, but he had already been drenched in soup.

Since entering the summer, it has been raining, as if someone has pierced a hole in the sky, and the rain is endless, and the whole Huzhou is already a country.

Tang Yin stood behind Zhu Houwei with an umbrella, frowned deeply and sighed: "Huzhou has always had abundant rain, and there have been several floods recorded in the history books.......

Ren Xing said with a wry smile: "Tang Xie Yuan doesn't know, the heavy rain continues, not to mention other places, but the harvest of the people in Huzhou Mansion this year is over, once the autumn harvest is greatly damaged, the people will face the tax of the government, and I don't know how many people will lose their land and break their homes, and how many people will have to leave their hometowns."

"Let's go back." Zhu Houwei shook his head, looked at Ren Xingdao, who was wet, and said: "The eldest companion can't find a bigger umbrella, if he gets sick, wouldn't it be the fault of this king."

"Master, you can kill the slave and maid, the slave and the maid are cheap, how can a little rain make the slave and maid cold, master, your body is expensive, if you get wet with the rain and get cold, the slave and maid are not at ease even if they die."

Zhu Houwei shook his head and said: "Okay, this king knows the loyalty of his companion, go and change his clothes, and then cook a bowl of ginger soup to drink and drink to ward off the cold, if you are sick, you may not be able to get used to changing people by this king's side."

When Ren Xing left, Zhu Houwei said with a solemn face: "But whenever there is a natural disaster, displaced people abound, even if the imperial court orders disaster relief, even if the local taxes are exempted, it still can't stop those greedy officials from getting their hands on it, and the people are suffering, and the people are even more bitter."

"The prince is so open-minded, and his subordinates admire him." Tang Yin sighed, if the vassal kings in this world can be the same as King Yong, then I really don't know how many people will benefit, just like this time, but all the land under the name of King Yong is exempt from autumn tax, what is this concept?

King Yong's name has 200,000 acres of domain, and even if the autumn tax per mu is only one stone, it is still 200,000 stones!

According to the usual market price, 200,000 stone grain is also worth more than 100,000 taels of silver!

It is conceivable that King Yong never thought about the loss of the interests of the palace at all, he really had the people in his heart!

It's a pity that there are too few virtuous kings like King Yong in the Ming Dynasty.

"Brother Bohu thinks that if there is a catastrophe, what is the most likely situation?"

"The most likely scenario?" Tang Yin was stunned and said: "The sky will rain incessantly, the autumn harvest will be damaged, and the people's families will not only pay taxes, but also have their own rations to support until next year.

Zhu Houwei sighed: "Yes, the people have no food and can only rely on relief, once the relief is insufficient, they can only leave their hometowns to beg, so there are many starvation deaths on the road, those who really can't hold on can only sell their children and daughters, not the ruthlessness of parents, they actually just want to find a way for their children to live, and those who are not willing to leave their hometowns can only support hard, and those who can't support the afternoon can only borrow, with the borrowed money to buy food to survive, but once a catastrophe, food prices will inevitably soar, They are just how much silver the small people can borrow, and how much grain can be bought with the borrowed silver, and in the end they can't afford to pay it back, so they can only use the land to repay under the persecution of the big households, and a new round of land annexation begins, so there are countless landless people among the people, and this is a vicious circle. ”

"The prince is talking about hoarding?" Tang Yin was puzzled: "In recent days, the price of grain in Huzhou has risen by 40 percent, but no grain store has dared to risk the world's condemnation and hoard."

"That's because the time hasn't come." Zhu Houwei snorted coldly: "Merchants seek profits, this eternal truth, if the businessman has five times the profit, he will take risks, if it is for ten times the profit, the businessman will dare to trample on all the laws of the world, with thirty times the profit, the businessman will dare to commit any crime, and even take the risk of being robbed of his family and exterminated, what Brother Bohu said is just the words of a scholar."

"The prince has a point." Tang Yin was confused, in the past few years since he came to Yongwang's mansion, he barely understood Yongwang's temperament.

In his impression, Yongwang was curious about skills and ingenuity, and believed that the driving force for the progress of all things in the world was craftsmen, and did not like Confucianism, because Confucianism would only talk about empty words.

If the business is prosperous, the country will be rich, this is the judgment of King Yong, and King Yong's Mansion itself also operates business affairs, such as restaurants, money houses and the grand theater that is about to open.

It can be seen that King Yong encouraged the prosperity of commerce, but now he said such a thing, which suddenly made Tang Yin feel unable to deal with it.

"What is the reason why there is no food restriction in the market, and the price of food is not so high that it is unaffordable for the people? It's because there's still leeway! There is no panic in the market, the merchants do not know when the rain will stop, if it stops suddenly, and their aggressive price increase and limited amount will make the reputation stinky all over the street, they dare not take this risk, and the people are hoping that the rain will stop, but as long as there is a glimmer of life, they will not fall into a desperate situation, but once they despair, it will be completely late at that time. ”

"How is the palace going to deal with it?"

Zhu Houwei shook his head and said: "It's too early to talk about dealing with it at this time, this king can exempt 200,000 acres of land from taxes this year, but there is no way to feed tens of thousands of mouths, so this king can only wait, waiting for an opportunity to make a move."

Tang Yin didn't know what the opportunity was for King Yong, but three days later, the price of grain suddenly skyrocketed!

The water level of Taihu Lake has exceeded the warning, and there is a risk of bursting the embankment at any time!

Once the Taihu Lake bursts, the consequences are unimaginable.

Constant house!

This is the mansion of Chang Zhengyang, the largest grain merchant in Huzhou, who is Chang Zhengyang? It was one of the seventeen major businessmen who were summoned by Zhu Houwei to buy bonds, but when the bonds were finally exchanged for silver, Chang Zhengyang failed to take out the bonds, and made a note to take the silver under the tolerance of King Yong.

Now in Changzhai, several grain merchants in Huzhou Mansion are gathering together to talk about something.

Chang Zhengyang, who was sitting on the main seat, had a gloomy face, staring at the grain merchants chattering below.

Because of Wangfu Qianzhuang, the possibility of large households in Huzhou trying to use usury to force households to go bankrupt is almost non-existent.

What is most important to grain merchants? Grain!

Grain comes from the land, so almost all the big grain merchants are also big landlords, and the only thing that this kind of big landlords are most enthusiastic about is land annexation!

However, a money village blocked the road of land annexation, how could the grain merchants have no hatred in their hearts!