"Whew~"

Hearing Chen Ping say this sentence 'grain merchants are indeed helping farmers store grain', Liu Ying's expression did not change, but in his heart, he breathed a sigh of relief.

Although the concept of 'official camp' is still somewhat novel in this era, similar things have not happened in the past thousands of years.

Not to mention far, take the Qin Dynasty a few decades ago, and today's Han Dynasty, weapons and ordnance, especially armor, crossbow machines and other weapons, are undoubtedly controlled items!

In the "Han Law", there is a crime that will sound a little unfamiliar to later generations at first glance, but in fact it also exists in later generations.

-- Traitorous (bar) out of things.

In the words of later generations, it is actually smuggling.

In the "Hanlu Jinguan Order", for those who enter and leave the border without permission, the default punishment is: cut off the left toe, for Chengdan.

For those who illegally possess armor and crossbow machines, as long as the number does not exceed a single digit, the punishment is '2,000 miles'.

So, what is the standard of punishment for those who carry crossbows, armor, and other controlled weapons and ordnance and carry out arms smuggling across the national border without permission?

The same single-digit armor and crossbow machine, if it is held, manufactured or committed in the Central Plains, it is basically 'two thousand miles away', but if the item of 'adulterous goods' is one or two pieces of armor and three or five crossbow machines, its crime and punishment are on par with the 'traitorous enemy'!

In addition to armaments, there are many other items in the Han Law that are not allowed to be privately owned, or possessed in excess.

Against this backdrop, it is not impossible to get the high-ranking politicians to accept the concept of 'franchise'.

What really made Liu Ying uncertain was whether the concept of 'storing grain on behalf of the people' could be accepted by the court at that time.

As long as this point can be accepted, then Liu Ying's promotion of 'Shaofu Guanzhong Grain and Rice' is equivalent to half the success!

Thinking of this, Liu Ying raised her head with a radiant look, and was about to speak, when she just waited for Chen Ping, which was bound to appear.

"At home."

Seeing that Chen Ping secretly digested it for a while, he raised his head with doubts and bowed to Liu Ying.

"In the past, the grain merchant Mijado was 'storing grain on behalf of the people', and the ministers could still understand it."

"However, the family also said: Even if you store grain on behalf of the people, you don't need money to buy or sell ······."

"This ······"

Shaking his head with a puzzled face, Chen Ping looked at Liu Ying in his eyes, and his look of confusion couldn't help but be even worse.

"Please also ask the family to solve your doubts······"

Hearing Chen Ping's question, Liu Ying only turned her head slightly, and when she saw that Xiao He's face was also the same as Chen Ping's confusion, she shook her head and smiled.

After a moment of wording, I saw Liu Ying raise her head with a smile and look at Chen Ping with a cute face.

"In the past, what Mi Jia, a grain merchant in Guanzhong, did was to buy the people's rice and grain after the autumn harvest, store it for a winter and return it to the people."

"That being the case, Qu Shunhou thought that after the autumn harvest, why didn't the people give up a little grain, so as to implore the grain merchant Mi Jia to store grain on his behalf; In spring and summer, take your own food and eat it? ”

Hearing Liu Ying's question, Chen Ping was stunned for a moment, and then subconsciously said: "This, because the money and goods are clear, they can not owe each other." ”

"If you don't buy and sell it with money, if the merchants get the people's rice and grain, and then lie that 'the people have not won the people, please store the grain on their behalf', won't the people be deceived by the merchants and lose all the income from their one-year-old farming?"

Hearing Chen Ping's words, Liu Ying only nodded with a gentle smile, and then looked at Xiao He kindly.

"Yes."

"The reason why the people sell grain after autumn to get money, and buy grain with money in spring and summer, is that there are many businessmen who seek profits, and they have no faith."

With this sentence said in a relaxed tone, Liu Ying looked at Chen Ping again, and the shallow smile on her face finally reached the bottom of her eyes.

"That being the case, please go against the Hou, and try to think about a scene in your heart."

After Chen Ping nodded suspiciously, Liu Ying's extremely soft and infectious voice quietly spread out in the main hall.

"An old man who speaks of virtue is high and respectful, and is heard in a hundred miles because of his faithfulness; The people of the surrounding counties, all those who know, all praise the old man and say: Believe! ”

"He is also a profiteer, who fears authority but not virtue, and only seeks the benefit of money, and wantonly destroys his neighbors; In the autumn, he bought the grain of his neighbors, and the next year, he sold it back at double the price, and the neighbors were angry and did not dare to speak, and they were deeply affected······"

"For so many years, the neighbors suffered from the plundering of profiteers, and gathered outside the old man's door to cry."

"The old man couldn't bear the hardships of his neighbors, and he was angry at what the profiteers did, so he went out of his house privately and built a granary."

"From the beginning, the grain obtained by the neighbors after the autumn shall not be sold to profiteers, but shall enter the warehouses of the elderly; In spring and summer, the neighbors all go to the granary to take the rice they have stored and eat, and the ······ is enough."

With a look full of reverence to depict such a peaceful and peaceful picture, Liu Ying greedily reminisced for a moment before looking at Chen Ping with a chuckle again.

"Qu Shunhou thinks that such a thing can be done in my Han family?"

"If you do this, Shaofu specializes in Guanzhong grain and rice, but you still need money to buy and sell?"

With Liu Ying's inquiry, Chen Ping and Xiao He also forced themselves back to their senses from that longing picture.

After a little thought, almost at the same time, a touch of ecstasy suddenly surged up on the faces of the two of them!

- Is this going to work?

Yes!

There is simply no more reliable way than this!

What is most lacking in today's Han family?

Money!

What's the most important thing?

Popularity!

Even if you put aside Liu Bang, the son of heaven who has the halo of 'granting the people Tianjue' on his head, and Liu Ying, the crown prince who has the halo of 'renovating Guanzhong Water Conservancy', the official background of Shaofu alone is enough to act as the old man who is highly respected and full of credibility in Liu Ying's story!

As for whether the people will lose the grain stored in the granary of Shaofu, or whether someone will take it fraudulently, let alone it.

Liu Bang, the Son of Heaven, "Bestowing the People with Tian Jue", each family sent out a hundred acres of land, and its biggest harvest is the household registration book that is lying quietly in the Prime Minister's Mansion at this moment, which can be consulted by Xiao He at any time!

With that household registration book, it is impossible for 'Zhang San to take Li Si's grain' to happen!

Without Liu Ying continuing to say, Xiao He had already conceived in his mind the scene where the people would go to the granary to receive grain in the future.

——In a certain year and month, Li Si came to the warehouse official outside the granary with his age, place of origin, facial characteristics, and physical characteristics, and reported his place of origin and name.

Hearing his origin, the warehouse official took out a bamboo slip with 'XX County XX Township' and even 'XX Pavilion XXLI', spread it out on the desk, and found Li Si's name.

Then, it was the warehouse official who read out the contents of the Jane: XX County, XX Township, XX Pavilion, Li Si, after the autumn harvest last year, I saved XXX stone grain, and took XX stone in the past few months, and there are XXX stones left.

After reading it, the storekeeper raised his head and asked, "How much grain will you take today?"

After Li Si said the number, the warehouse official turned around and instructed the assistant to carry the grain out, and watched Li Si get the twenty stone of grain for the whole family to eat in the next month.

Then, the warehouse official used the brush in his hand to write such a line of words under the name of Li Si on the bamboo slip.

——On a certain day in a certain year, a certain month, Li Si came in person and took away twenty stones of grain, and there were xxx stones left······

"Xiao Xiang······"

"Xiao Xiang?"

In the dark, Chen Ping's two slight calls were heard, and Xiao He's mind was finally pulled back from his imagination.

Looking at Chen Ping's gaze looking at him, with a faint hint of excitement and a little hesitation, Xiao He only took a deep breath, and immediately nodded at Chen Ping!

- This matter, holding the Prime Minister's Mansion, and concurrently serving as the power and responsibility of the 'internal history', Xiao He, can do it himself!

Seeing that Xiao He did not show the slightest hesitation, he nodded to himself, and Chen Ping also swept away his previous gloom, and his expression was faintly excited.

"If this is the case, the matter of the official grain and rice of the Shaofu is indeed not out of reach!"

With a clenched fist and slammed it on his knee, Chen Ping could barely hold back the joy in his heart.

Xiao He, who was sitting opposite Chen Ping, was even more exaggerated - just like that, Xiao He didn't know where to find the remuneration, and he actually started to calculate something.

And what Xiao He was busy calculating was also the reason why Chen Ping was so happy······

"Home!"

Barely suppressing the urge to look up to the sky and laugh wildly, Chen Ping looked at Liu Ying with a little urgency.

"The minister thinks that the Shaofu can store the people's grain on behalf of the Guanzhong, and it can also make a little profit!"

"In the past, Mi Jia, a grain merchant in Guanzhong, bought it for more than 1,000 yuan, and sold it for 2,000, 3,000, or even 4,000 yuan, seeking several times the profit, and fishing for solid water!"

"The minister thinks that the Shaofu stores the people's grain, or can keep the people to store one-tenth or two-of-ten grain, so as to make up for the emptiness of the government and the treasury?"

As he spoke, Chen Ping's face was already red, his breath was heavy, and his mouth was even a little dry.

How much grain can there be in a year?

- Based on 900,000 households, 200 stone per household, it is also a full 180,000,000 stone!

Removing agricultural taxes and oral taxes, and then removing the winter grain left by the farmers themselves, at least 10,000,000 stone of grain can be stored in the Shaofu granary for 'storage on behalf of'!

Today, how much does the state treasury receive from agricultural taxes?

- In the entire Guanzhong, counting Ba and Shu, it is only more than 10 million stones!

Shaofu banned the grain merchants in Guanzhong, helped the farmers in the entire Guanzhong to store grain, and took one or two percent of the storage fee, isn't it too much?

At least compared with the past, the grain merchants made three or four times the windfall profits, and even more than ten or twenty times the windfall profits during natural and man-made disasters, this or 20% of the storage fee can definitely be regarded as a 'conscience price'.

And in Guanzhong, the grain that needs to be 'stored on behalf of the people' every year is 10,000 stones!

Take one of them, that's 10 million stones!

It's almost time to catch up with the agricultural tax of the entire Han family!

If it's 20······

"Home!"

Chen Pingzheng was thinking about it, but Xiao He finally couldn't hold back the excitement in his chest anymore, and jumped up from his seat, not even caring about the gift of giving his hand.

"Home!"

"Just now, the minister has calculated: if the Shaofu stores the people's grain on behalf of the people, and takes the fee of eleven, it should be able to get more than 11 million stones of grain per year!"

"Get more than 11 million stone of this grain, in the future, the war in the eastern part of the country, 400,000 or 500,000 troops are outside, and the treasury can also be watched from the wall, and there is no need to pay a penny or a grain of rice!"

"If you take two out of ten, you will get more than 22 million stones, and you can fill the mansion and treasury; The capital city of Chang'an and Guanzhong Water Conservancy no longer have to worry about money and food! ”

"Even in the future, Your Majesty will raise troops to the north to ask the male and female of the Huns, and it will only be ten years old!!"