"Briefings from all sides, all delivered?"

A few days later, Fengyi Palace.

Sitting in front of the wooden case at the top of the side hall, looking at the bamboo slips that were half a person high in front of him, Liu Ying looked at it and didn't forget to ask.

It's just that the words went out for a while, but she didn't wait for a reply, which made Liu Ying frown and raise her head.

After seeing the empty hall, as well as the soldiers and guards coming and going outside the hall, Liu Ying sighed slightly, lowered his head again, and continued to read the simple book.

The rebellion of King Yingbu of Huainan has come to an end with a secret report from Changsha State.

When Liu Bang, the Son of Heaven, feels Fengyi from Suiyang, Yingbu's head should also be sent.

As for the Huainan rebels, they had already broken up after the first battle of Yongcheng, and those who died and fled fled, and those who did not escape had also been collected by Jin She's army, and they were immediately sent to Chang'an.

——In the past few years, Shaofu has been a little poorer, and it can be said that he has not done anything except mint three baht coins.

But now, Shaofu holds the exclusive right to trade grain in the entire Guanzhong, coupled with the bumper harvest in Guanzhong this year, no matter how Shaofu is, there is no reason to continue to be poor.

Shaofu has money, so all kinds of large-scale projects will naturally start construction.

For example, the Chang'an Mausoleum of Chang'an after Liu Bang's death, Chang'an, the Han capital that has not yet started construction, and the residential areas in Chang'an except for Weiyang and Changle Palaces, as well as various supporting facilities, have been put on the agenda by the Chang'an court.

And these projects, each and every one, require an extremely large labor force.

Sending the Huainan rebels who surrendered and were captured to Guanzhong to contribute to the construction of the Han Dynasty can be regarded as waste utilization and self-redemption.

- No matter how bad it is, these rebel soldiers can at least be used to mint money, right?

Nowadays, the three-baht coin is almost extinct in Guanzhong, and Liu Ying's alternative, the five-baht coin, is far from enough to meet the market demand.

With these traitors who will inevitably be demoted to the official slave by Liu Bang, the Son of Heaven, in the future, Shaofu's minting of five baht coins can also save a lot of effort.

After all, no matter what you say, it is better to let these 'traitors' shine than to recruit labor from Guanzhong and increase the burden of the people in Guanzhong.

The rebellion has been put down, and Liu Ying, as the crown prince of the prison state, should have set off as soon as possible and returned to Chang'an.

But the news that Liu Bang, the son of heaven, was about to come to Fengyi, also made Liu Ying have to stay in Fengyi temporarily, waiting for his father to come and ask for instructions on what happened next.

Therefore, in the recent period, most of Fengyi's experience has been placed on the preparations for welcoming Liu Bangfa, the son of heaven.

Liu Ying was a little lazy, and threw all the things that greeted Liu Bang to her uncle Liu Jiao, and let her brother Liu Fei assist her, while Liu Ying herself was busy with other things.

"Whew~"

"It is said that it is good to be an emperor, rich in the world, and has everything······"

"Who can understand the hardships involved······

With a tired expression and a sigh, Liu Ying raised her head again and moved her neck with grinning teeth.

- Now, Liu Ying is still just a 'prince of the prison country', but he has already felt the difficulty of 'being the king of the world' after looking through the things that need to be dealt with in the recent period of time by taking advantage of his father's lack of work!

It is difficult for Liu Ying to imagine what kind of mental pressure she should face one day in the future, when the burden of the whole world is pressed on her still slightly immature shoulders.

Let's just say that in front of me, aside from some trivial things that are not in a hurry to deal with, as well as things that can be done to others and let the people below exert their subjective initiative, Liu Ying, the prince of the prison country, must ask about the major matters that must be dealt with as soon as possible, and there are no less than five fingers!

——It was nearly September, in Guanzhong, the autumn harvest was coming to an end, and the summary of grain production in various places had also been sent to Liu Ying.

Now that the autumn harvest is over, what follows is a completely unavoidable problem: the policy of 'storing grain on behalf of the people' in the Shaofu, as well as the official camp of grain and rice.

According to the news sent back by Shaofu Qingyangchengyan, the people of Guanzhong still have a wait-and-see attitude towards Shaofu's 'grain storage on behalf of the people'.

In other words, in order to dispel the concerns in the hearts of the people and the distrust of the Shaofu's policy of 'storing grain on behalf of the people', at least this year, the Shaofu will take out real money to buy at least more than one-third of the grain in Guanzhong!

Because only in this way can the people be convinced: Shaofu does not want to take away our grain without spending money, but saves it for us; When we need it in the future, we will be able to take out the food we have stored.

But in this way, new problems arise.

——Since you can sell the grain in your hand and exchange it for copper coins that you can see and touch, who is willing to exchange the whole year's harvest at home for the 'passbook' issued by the Shaofu?

I'm afraid that as soon as the news of 'grain can be stored in Shaofu and sold to Shaofu' comes out, most of the people in Guanzhong, and even those who tried to 'store grain' for the original reason, will choose to sell grain to Shaofu.

In this way, there will be a high probability that the Shaofu's government of 'government-run grain and rice' will be stillborn, and even the little credibility of the government that the Han family has just established will be in vain in an instant.

——What is the core content of the government-run grain and rice policy?

Store grain on behalf of the people!

Because the storage of grain on behalf of the people can ensure that the Shaofu can perfectly replace the past 'grain merchants' group on the premise of buying grain at no cost, and play the role and role in the grain market in Guanzhong!

So if the matter of 'storing grain on behalf of the people' is stillborn, how will the government of Shaofu's 'grain and rice official camp' be affected?

Very simple.

- Since no one has deposited in Shaofu, Shaofu can only buy in order to monopolize the market!

And there are nearly one million households in Guanzhong, and the annual grain output of each household is hundreds of stones, in other words, the annual grain output of Guanzhong is at least tens of thousands of stones!

Counting the price of grain of thousands of dollars per stone, if Shaofu wants to monopolize the Guanzhong market by 'spending money to buy', the start-up capital required will be unbelievably large.

Even if he doesn't know about today's copper grain reserves, Liu Ying can conclude that even if he finds all the copper coins today, he will never be able to buy all the grain production in Guanzhong for a year at a price of more than 1,000 yuan per stone!

Therefore, in order to solve the problem of 'insufficient currency' in the market, Liu Ying could only use the method of 'storing grain on behalf of the people', so that Shaofu could eat the grain in Guanzhong as easily as possible.

"Hmmm······"

"This year, the average yield per mu in Guanzhong is more than three stones, and the total output should be about 30,000 stones······

"According to the usual practice, after the autumn harvest, each household will leave about 50 stone of grain for the winter······"

"Fifty stone per household, one million households, that is, fifty million stone ······"

"If you take one out of fifteen agricultural taxes, you will remove another 20 million stone ······"

"Hiss ······"

"230,000,000,000 stone ······"

Muttering to herself with a depressed expression, Liu Ying finally raised her hand hesitantly and wrote the word 'five hundred' on a blank bamboo slip.

In the past few years, grain prices in Guanzhong have fluctuated very highly, basically fluctuating between 1,500 and 3,000 yuan.

In the spring of this year, in order to stabilize the grain price in Guanzhong, Liu Ying forcibly set a grain price of '2,000 yuan per stone' to ensure the stability of grain prices.

In addition, this year, Guanzhong has had a bumper harvest, grain output has increased by a large margin compared with last year, and the 'grain merchant' group has been banned by Liu Ying, which has also made it more difficult for Guanzhong to export grain to Kanto.

In this way, according to Liu Ying's original plan, the price of grain in Guanzhong next year should have been reduced to about 800-1,000 yuan per stone, which is more in line with the laws of the market.

But now, in order to solve the problem of the shortage of funds for the purchase of grain in Guanzhong, Liu Yingzong has some concerns, and can only forcibly lower the purchase price of grain to 500 yuan per stone.

Valley

- No matter how expensive it is, Shaofu can't afford it!

If you can't afford it, it will inevitably lead to Shaofu not being able to eat the entire grain in Guanzhong, and the goal of 'Shaofu monopolizing the grain market in Guanzhong' will not be fulfilled.

In this way, the purchase price is set at 500 yuan per stone, and the selling price cannot be set too high.

"Buy for 500 and sell for 600 ·······"

"Hmmm······"

"Oh, that's right!"

"There is a big difference between the buying price and the selling price, and in order to suffer less losses, will the people be more willing to choose to store grain instead of buying grain······

Thinking of this, Liu Ying finally nodded slowly with a relaxed expression.

"Hmm!"

"Definitely!"

"Shaofu buys for 500 yuan and sells for 1,000 yuan, and the difference between the price will inevitably discourage the people of Guanzhong!"

"Compared with this 'lose half' plan, the 'grain storage' that only loses 1% of the storage fee will obviously be more cost-effective······"

"Moreover, there are more than 900,000 households and more than 5 million people in Guanzhong, and each person needs at least 130,000,000 stone of grain for 24 stone grain per year!"

"In addition, there is a lot of loss in selling grain and less loss in storing grain, so there should be nearly 150,000,000 stone of grain deposited by the people in Shaofu, and then slowly taken out to eat······

After a little calculation of the broken hand, the grim look on Liu Ying's face slowly faded a little, nodded secretly, and began to write hard.

——Tell the people: From now on, the price of selling grain and Shaofu will be 500 yuan; Since the first day of October in the winter of the twelfth year of the Han Dynasty, I have bought grain from Shaofu, and the price of stone is thousands of dollars!

-- The storage fee for storing grain on behalf of the people should also be widely distributed by the Prime Minister's government: one out of ten; Half of it goes into the treasury to fill the military expenses, and the other half goes into the Shaofu, thinking that it is the capital for the construction of Chang'an!

- Another: Household merchants, nothing to produce, to fly camp dogs and prey on people's wealth, so household merchants buy less food, stone 2,000 yuan!

Writing down this line of 'instructions' and closing the bamboo slip, Liu Ying finally breathed a sigh of relief in her heart.

The people of Guanzhong have to eat more than 130,000,000 stone of grain every year, and they need to pay more than 13,000,000 stone 'storage fees' for storing this grain in Shaofu.

In this way, the 150,000,000 stones, Shaofu can be regarded as 'storing grain on behalf of the people'.

As for the remaining 80 million stones, although Shaofu does not have the ability to spend all the money to eat them, it is difficult for Liu Ying.

——The people of Guanzhong have enough food to eat, which means that these 80 million stone grains do not need to exist in Guanzhong at all, and can be sold to Kanto!

Therefore, Liu Ying can completely follow the method of taking the grain in the hands of the grain merchant first and then giving money after selling it last time.

Or ······

"Let the kings of Qi and Chu book the grain they will buy from Guanzhong next year, and give the money first!"

"With this money, you can buy food for the people of Guanzhong, and then send the purchased grain to the Kanto ······"

Thinking of this, Liu Ying's face finally swelled with a heartfelt smile.

"Hey, hey!"

"500 dollars per stone to buy, and shipped all the way to Kanto ······"

"It's not too much to sell for fifteen hundred dollars per stone, right?"

"Hmmm······"

"Not excessive."

"Not too much at all!"

"The profit is only more than doubled, compared with those grain merchants who made seven or eight times the profit in the past, it is simply a conscience price!"

"Besides, in a place as big as Kanto, it's too much to eat all day long by pointing to the grain in Guanzhong······"

"What should I do when the population in Guanzhong is large and there is not enough food to eat?"

"If the grain exported from Guanzhong is more expensive, it will force the countries of the Kanto region to grow some grain on their own······"

After making up her mind, Liu Ying stood up with a smile, stretched comfortably, and moved her sore back.

Just as Liu Ying packed up the books and planned to visit his uncle Liu Jiao and brother Liu Fei to talk about the plan of 'ordering grain in Guanzhong', he saw that a soldier finally appeared at the gate of the palace.

It's just that this soldier did not enter the temple, or stood sentry with his back to the temple gate, but stood outside the threshold, looking sneaky.

Seeing this situation, Liu Ying only lowered her head slightly and thought about it, and then looked at the soldier carefully, and made sure that this person was fine, so she finally coughed lightly.

When the soldier raised his head, Liu Ying waved lightly again, and only then did he recruit the soldier into the hall.

The soldier walked into the hall in response, and Liu Ying saw the soldier's face clearly, and only subconsciously took two steps forward before asking in a low voice: "But uncle, there is news coming back?" ”

When the soldier heard this, a trace of excitement clearly flashed in his eyes, 'Your Highness actually recognizes me'!

Waiting for the soldiers to suppress the joy in their hearts, Liu Ying finally stepped forward and took the bamboo slips that the soldiers took out of their arms.

Spreading out the bamboo slips and glancing at the contents on them, Liu Ying had just put on a slightly relaxed face, and then he was deeply worried again.

"Alas······"

"Fan Xu, Fan Xu······"

"Why don't you listen to persuasion······

With two mutters in a mournful tone, Liu Ying slowly closed his eyes, waved to the soldiers to retreat, and turned his back with his hands, sighing for a while.

As for what is written on the bamboo slip in Liu Ying's hand, it is another major event that needs Liu Ying's personal attention and always pays attention to it.

- Wuyang Hou Fan Xu, who has been arrested by Zhou Bo, Marquis Jiang, and Chen Ping, Marquis of Qu Rebellion······

In this way, the war between Dai and Zhao will probably have to be delayed for a while; Lu Xuan, the king of Yan, who has already given birth to a bad heart, will also gain a period of time that is enough to swell his ambitions······

"Whew~"

"It's hard to ······"

"It's hard."

"I am."

"What are you not doing well, you have to be a prince?"

"When I take over the old man's class in the future, I don't know what kind of tiredness I will become······"

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