"Shaofu Chencheng Yan, I would like to pay homage to my family."

Under the leadership of Chun Tuo, Yang Chengyan withdrew the doubts in his heart for the time being, and bowed to Liu Ying.

But seeing that Liu Ying only got up with a warm smile, bowed to Yang Chengyan in return, and beckoned Yang Chengyan to sit down, before starting today's theme.

"Lonely and don't leave Chang'an for a few decades, although all the affairs of the lord of the Shaofu are clearly written, but Lonely, he still wants to face Yang Gong in person to ask for details."

Whispering, Liu Ying smiled lightly and lowered her head, laid out a blank roll of bamboo slips, and then picked up the pen before raising her head to look at Xiangyang Chengyan.

Seeing Liu Ying's posture, Yang Chengyan also couldn't help but sit up straighter, and even the previous plan of 'Congratulations to Liu Ying for winning the battle' was temporarily put aside by Yang Chengyan.

"Ask at home, minister, know everything······"

With a serious face, he bowed his hand to Liu Ying again, and after a little deep wording, Yang Chengyan told Liu Ying about the work that the Shaofu was responsible for in the past period of time.

"At the beginning of spring last year, Shaofu was ordered by the family to buy a granary and tens of thousands of stones of grain and rice from the hands of Mi Jia, a grain merchant in Xiguan;"

"After the harvest was completed in the autumn of last year, the grain obtained by Shaofu from the grain merchant Mijia was sold to the people of various counties and counties in Guanzhong;"

"Another family order, with Qi and Chu millions of stones; In addition, because the army went out to quell the rebellion, all the food and rice of the army were also out of Shaofu. ”

"When the Yingbu is in turmoil, the Shaofu will finish all the 'grain and rice official camps' in the year; the grain and rice have all been sold and used, and the grain merchant's posture has also been settled, and the three baht of money in front of the Shaofu has also been paid to the grain merchant Mi Jia."

"According to the time of the autumn harvest, there will be no more three baht coins and no rice grain in the Shaofu Mansion."

"And the five baht of money minted by the Shaofu at the age of nearly half a year was also used after the autumn harvest to buy the people's rice and grain to enter the ······"

As Yang Chengyan's gentle tone came into his ears, Liu Ying also recorded Yang Chengyan's report in general, and immediately raised his head and smiled at Yang Chengyan.

The meaning of Yangcheng Yan's words is also very easy to understand when summed up.

——In the half a year since the implementation of the 'government-run grain and rice', the Shaofu under the control of Yangchengyan has almost not made a dime!

But even so, it did not affect Liu Ying with heartfelt joy, nodded slowly to Yangcheng, and said that she recognized Yangchengyan's work in the past year.

This may seem strange.

Shaofu's official grain and rice for half a year, but as a result, he didn't earn a dime, what is there to be happy about?

Even if she doesn't blame Yang Chengyan for this, it seems that Liu Ying should shake her face a little to remind Yang Chengyan that she didn't do her job properly, right?

But in fact, the accounts of the Shaofu government's grain and rice are not calculated in this way at all······

Judging from the books alone, the financial situation of the Shaofu today is almost the same as before the implementation of the grain and rice government-run policy, or even worse.

- No matter what the previous Shaofu said, there were at least 100,000 three-baht coins!

Although after Liu Ying began to lay out the unified currency system, the three-baht coin has no value, but it is better than now, there is not even a three-baht coin in the internal money!

As for the food, it's pretty much the same as before.

Previously, there was no grain storage in the Shaofu Interior; And now, Shaofu only used the original copper in his hand to cast a batch of five baht coins newly launched by Liu Ying, and then used this money to buy back a little grain.

Therefore, in terms of food, the situation in Shaofu does not seem to have improved.

Since the amount of money and grain reserves is the same as before, why is Liu Ying still happy about this, and even recognizes Yangchengyan?

The answer to this question may be incomprehensible to many people.

——As early as when the grain government policy was introduced, and it was determined to ban the grain merchant group in Guanzhong with Shaofu, and the 'official monopoly of the grain market in Guanzhong' had been reached, Liu Ying did not expect to make money in the first year!

According to Liu Ying's most pessimistic estimate at that time, not to mention the first year, in the first three to five years after the Shaofu government-run grain and rice, all the money and grain storage were put aside first, just to stabilize the foothold, let the policy advance steadily, and don't let this policy go bankrupt, it is already very satisfying!

Why?

Because Liu Ying launched the grain and rice official policy, the original intention was not to make money!

Think back to half a year ago, that is, at the beginning of the spring of the 11th year of the Han Dynasty, what was the scene of the grain market in Guanzhong?

——More than 3,000 yuan of rice stones, and the price of 500 yuan per stone per month has steadily increased!

All the people in Guanzhong, nine out of ten families can't afford to buy rice or eat, and the situation is already so severe that if the court doesn't make a move, the people will tear trees and eat bark, dig walls and eat soil, and even cannibalism!

Look at the present?

The price of grain in Guanzhong has dropped from 2,000 yuan per stone when the Shaofu government-run grain and rice policy was introduced, to after the autumn harvest, it has dropped to '500 yuan per stone for selling to Shaofu and 1,000 yuan per stone for buying from Shaofu', which has dropped by more than half!

The yeoman peasants, semi-yeoman peasants, and semi-tenant peasant classes, which were originally on the verge of destruction, were pulled back by the government-run grain and rice policy!

With the support of the government-run grain and rice policy, from the beginning of spring to the autumn harvest last year, although Liu Ying did not dare to say that every household in Guanzhong could eat a full stomach, she also dared to pack tickets: at least more than ninety percent of the people in Guanzhong had eaten seventy percent in the past six months!

It may sound like 'nine adults eat seventy percent full' is not something worth showing off, but in fact, this indicator is infinitely close to the standard of 'governing the world' in the feudal era, that is, 'during the peaceful years'!

Although it has not yet fully reached the rule of the world, and it is even more 108,000 miles away from the legendary 'prosperous age', even so, it is enough to make Liu Ying feel happy.

Because just a year ago, the livelihood of the Han family was still in the indicator line of 'taking another step back and falling into troubled times';

Half a year ago, when the price of grain in Guanzhong was boiling, the Han family was already standing on the edge of the cliff called 'troubled times';

And when a 'government-run grain and rice' policy, in just half a year, pulled the Han family back from the edge of the 'troubled times', and even overfulfilled the task, so that the Han family, at least let Guanzhong infinitely close to the level of 'governing the world', how can Liu Ying not like it?

How can Liu Ying not agree with the perfect completion of the theme task of 'stabilizing grain prices in Guanzhong', and at the same time allowing the government-run grain and rice policy to gain a firm foothold and do a good job in the policy of continuing to advance steadily?

In the face of these two 'historical missions', the rest of Shaofu's gains in the past six months can also be said to be too numerous to mention.

- Last year, that is, the 11th year of the Han Dynasty, was the first time since Liu Bangding established the Han Dynasty that the Han family did not issue a large-scale increase in the issuance of three baht coins at the same time as the rebellion of the princes and kings with different surnames, resulting in a year of continued substantial inflation;

- Last year was also the first year since the third son was beheaded in Xianyang, the central government showed its determination to 'unify the currency system';

——It's still last year, and it is the first time since Qin Shi Huang died in the sand dunes that the land of Sanqin ushered in a year of 'grain prices falling instead of rising'!

In the face of so many milestone moments, it is not surprising that Shaofu took the opportunity to buy grain and granaries to throw the inferior three-baht money in his hand to the merchants, and the central government of the Han family 'fought a battle, but did not lose half of his weight because of it'.

Of course, what reassures Liu Ying the most is that in just half a year, the Shaofu government-run grain and rice policy has formed enough policy inertia to support the continued promotion of this policy in the foreseeable future.

For example, in the past six months, although Shaofu seems to have 'not earned a penny', on the other hand, Shaofu has not paid a penny, and it has obtained enough granary to eat the entire Guanzhong grain market;

For example, this year, after the incident of 'storing grain on behalf of the people', the people of Guanzhong almost no longer have the possibility of affecting their basic living security due to the fluctuation of grain prices;

Even a year ago, the poor could starve to death and have to deduct the treasury of the prime minister's government and the treasury of the small government of the officials in a war, and the financial situation has also improved a lot by 'storing grain on behalf of the people and collecting storage fees', and it will get better and better in the foreseeable future.

The life of the people is getting better and better, the financial situation of the central government is getting better and better, and this year, the Han family has solved the last internal separatist force - Huainan Wang Yingbu······

It may be said that Liu Ying is happy that the broken carriage of the Han family has been renovated by his own hands!

Although on the surface, the car had not yet begun to move, it was still parked in the position where it had been before, when the car was still in tatters;

But Liu Ying is very sure: when this brand-new car is moving, the speed of the Han family's progress towards the 'prosperous era' will reach a level that will make the whole world jaw-dropping!

What's even more 'coincidental' is that at the moment when the carriage began to drive, it must be Liu Ying, who is in power, who is sitting on the wheels and driving the horse······

"Alas~"

"It's not in vain······

"With this general trend, it is enough."

"The momentum is up, and the future will only get better and better······"

Thinking like this, Liu Ying only smiled slightly, and praised herself shamelessly in her heart, but she didn't forget the business in her hand.

"How about storing grain on behalf of the people?"

"After the autumn harvest last year, how much grain did Guanzhong get? And for the Shaofu depositor? ”

After asking a few more questions in a relaxed tone, Liu Ying lowered her head with a light smile and once again put on a posture of writing hard.

Seeing that Liu Ying's expression became more and more relaxed, Yang Chengyan was also inevitably infected, although his tone was still serious, but on his face, he was also a little more relaxed.

"According to the rough plan of the Prime Minister's Mansion, last year's autumn harvest, Guanzhong got grain and rice, or nearly 330,000,000 stone surplus;"

"Among them, the prime minister's treasury is taxed in agriculture, totaling 22 million stones."

"There are more than 30,000 stones, and those who save the Shaofu for the people will get nearly 20,000 stone ······"

After hearing that 'there are more than 300 million stones of grain in Guanzhong, and more than 200 million stones have been stored in Shaofu by the people', Liu Ying only breathed a sigh of relief.

But seeing Yang Chengyan smiling shyly, he bowed his hand to Liu Ying with sincerity.

"This should be the work of the family."

"Since he got the order of the family, the minister implored the prime minister's government to widely distribute the official document, so as to say that the people of Guanzhong: if the grain obtained from the autumn harvest is stored in the Shaofu, the storage fee of eleven will be taken; If it is sold, it will cost 500 yuan. ”

"To know the price of Shaofu's grain sales, it is a thousand dollars of stone, and the people of Guanzhong have no change of color and leave, except for the rations kept for the winter, the rest are stored in the granaries of Shaofu in various parts of Guanzhong, and more than no longer talk about selling rice······"

Hearing Yang Chengyan's compliment that was not like a compliment, Liu Ying's pen also heard it, and immediately burst into laughter.

If you want to talk about the grain and rice of the Shaofu government, which one is the most important to Liu Ying, and at the same time the most worried, it is undoubtedly the storage of grain on behalf of the people.

Liu Ying knows very well that storing grain on behalf of the people is just a 'special policy in a special period', or an expedient measure;

Unlike the main part of the government-run grain and rice, that is, the 'official monopoly of the grain market', the policy of storing grain on behalf of the people will not last long.

But it was this temporary policy that would not exist for a long time and would inevitably be abolished sooner or later, but it gave Liu Ying countless sleepless nights.

The reason is simple: to monopolize the grain market, money is needed; And in the center of today's Han family, it can be said that there is everything, but there is no money!

Under this premise, using the idea of 'storing grain on behalf of the people' to try to avoid the bankruptcy of the government-run grain and rice policy due to 'shortage of funds' has become Liu Ying's only choice.

It is precisely because of this that Liu Ying has always been at ease about this.

——Monopolize the market, and you can't buy and sell by force!

-- Store grain on behalf of the people, and you can't force the people!

What if the people did not want to live, but had to sell their food?

If there are enough such people, and the Shaofu cannot afford to buy the grain in the hands of these people, forcing the people to sell the grain to others, or even to the Kanto region, then the grain and rice official management policy will undoubtedly die young?

And now, after hearing that 'the people don't want to lose half of it, so almost all of them choose to lose 10%', Liu Ying's worries about storing grain on behalf of the people have finally dissipated.

Of the 30,000 stone of grain, 20,000 stone have been 'stored' in Shaofu, which means that this year, Shaofu basically does not need to spend money to buy grain.

——There are more than 900,000 households and more than 5 million people in Guanzhong, and the monthly food consumption is tens of millions of stones!

The winter rations kept by the people were to be eaten from mid-August during the autumn harvest to February and March at the beginning of spring of the following year.

In the past half a year, the nearly 10,000,000 stones of grain that have not been deposited in Shaofu will basically be eaten by the people in their stomachs.

As for the second half of the year, the more than 20,000 stone grains that the people have in Shaofu only need half of them, which is enough to eat a full stomach.

The remaining 10,000 stones, even if the people finally decide to sell them, it will be in the spring and summer of the following year.

"Hmmm······"

"Qi, Chu, Jing, Yan, Dai, Zhao, Liang, Huainan, Changsha, ······"

"If I'm not mistaken, the population of Kanto should be much larger than that of Guanzhong."

"If you send 10,000,000 stone of grain to Kanto, you will definitely be able to sell it."

"It's really not good, it's a big deal, make less money, sell cheaper, and easily reduce the price of grain in Kanto a little, so that the people in Kanto can have a better ······"

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