If Qianlong was also present, most likely he would have ordered someone to cut down the old peasants and behead them all over the place, because comparing the grain output with the hair of the officials was not a curse for the Qing Dynasty.

If the grain production is out of production this year, does it mean that the braids are gone, and the Qing Dynasty will die?

There is a high probability that the old four devils can do this, because the old guy is a little crazy, and even people who call themselves ancient old men are all over the place.

In addition to a big character in front of the clear word, no matter what word is added, there is no discussion about cutting off the head.

But even if Qianlong is not present, it will definitely be displeasing if someone else is there.

After all, the old peasant's metaphor is a bit excessive.

In these years, except for the long-haired thieves in Huguang, who has more hair on their heads?

Who is Ke Jia Liu?

Don't talk about comparing the handful of hair on his head, even comparing him to other places, it's okay.

You may be complacent, because there is more hair elsewhere than on your head.

It's also natural, the kind of English that comes to West.

The problem is very serious, and the form is also very serious!

The old farmer obviously meant that this year's autumn grain harvest would not be good, because the weather had been hot since May, which caused most crops, including rice, to be affected and not to bear fruit and not to contain pulp.

In some places, there was even no harvest due to drought.

Last year, there was a large-scale flood disaster in Gyeonggi, when Jia Liu also personally led people to fight on the front line of the Tanglin flood fight, and because of this deed, he was appreciated by Yongying, the sixth son of Qianlong, and only then did Jia Tulu, who had been sealed as the director of the management committee, go out of the mountain again, so as to pacify the chaos and re-sound the world, and by mistake became one of the three giants of the Qing Dynasty.

Speaking of which, I'm quite grateful to Yongying's kid.

It's a pity that this kid's life is thin, and the palace chaos was punished by Gui Tai with a knife that night.

This will probably also float behind Jia Liu.

There is a head for injustice, and there is a master for debts, isn't it that your devil six fans the Bagua Sect to break into the forbidden palace and fish in troubled waters, can the sixth elder brother be martyred?

But this is not a problem for the superstitious Jia Liu.

The food problem is the fundamental problem of the Qing Dynasty and the practical problem of the stability of the Zhili Dynasty, and it must not be taken lightly.

Under his detailed inquiry, several farmers gave positive replies that this year's rice output may be reduced by 40 percent, or even 5 or 6 percent.

Jia Liu attached great importance to it and immediately instructed Ding Qing to organize people to take a look at all the rice fields within a radius of ten miles to see if the rice growth was as unsatisfactory as this one, and also paid special attention to whether there were any acres of land that were out of production.

Investigation should seek truth from facts, and it is not only the investigation of the good and not the bad of the investigation.

Long, not long, look at it together, calculate and calculate, it is called science.

If you don't talk about science, you will lose people's hearts and will perish in the Qing Dynasty.

The results were quickly reported, and they were all similar to the rice fields that Master Jia had seen, and the growth was very poor, and the ears of wheat were deflated five or six out of ten.

After listening to Ding Qing's report, Jia Liu's heart was even more serious, last year's grain production in the Gyeonggi region was reduced, and the people could still grit their teeth and hold on, if this year is still like this, the people can still hold on?

He is a governor-general, with an annual income of up to 100 million, he can persevere, where can the people who only rely on farming to survive.

Jia Liu, who frowned, humbly asked the farmers who had smoked almost a box of cigarettes: "Old man, what was the yield per mu of rice in the past?" ”

According to the farmer experts, in the past, when the rice yield was at its best, about one mu of land could receive three stones, that is, 400 catties out.

Generally, you can also receive close to three stones, 350 catties a little higher.

Taking the average value, the yield per mu should be about 370 catties.

If the overall output is reduced by 40% this year, then only about 220 catties can be harvested per acre.

This yield is very appalling.

In Jia Liu's previous life, due to the assistance of chemical pesticides and other technologies, the rice yield could reach 1,200 catties or more, and even 1,500 catties could be received in good years.

Of course, it is mainly in the plains, and in other places it is usually folded in half.

In the case of wheat, 1,000 catties is a high yield.

It is precisely because of science and technology that the Chinese people are completely fed and say goodbye to the bitter days of eating dry when busy and drinking thin when they are free.

So thank technology, instead of picking up the bowl to eat, putting down the fast son and scolding the mother.

The current grain production is really extremely dangerous, and if the reduction in production is true, the consequences will be even more serious.

Without thinking too much, Jia Liu immediately conducted a random survey of the surrounding villages and found that most of the families had either five or six people.

That is, a couple supports three or four children.

Excluding the elderly, the elderly generally plant a few or three acres of land by themselves, and they really can't plant and take turns to spend their time at their son's house on average, or in a special family, and the rest of the children are given food subsidies.

The large number of children actually has little to do with the idea of inheritance, mainly because there are no measures.

There are two families with as many as nine or ten children.

Jia Liu can only take the average situation as an estimate.

According to a person eating four taels of rice at a time, two meals a day is eight taels, a family of five will get four catties of rice a day, and 1,400 catties of rice a year will be needed, that is, a family needs to plant at least five acres of land to ensure the minimum demand for rations for a year.

However, it does not include the land tax handed over to the state treasury, as well as all kinds of harsh taxes and miscellaneous taxes in the prefecture and county, and other daily necessities that need to be exchanged for grain, such as oil, salt, vegetables and meat, clothes, shoes, farm tools, etc., so a family must plant at least ten acres of land to ensure that the family does not starve to death.

It's impossible to get rich.

This is still calculated according to the grain production at the peak of the year.

At present, the grain production in the area east of Gyeonggi is reduced due to weather conditions, which means that there will definitely be a food shortage in the provinces east of Gyeonggi in the second half of the year until the beginning of spring next year.

If it is not properly disposed of, people will starve to death if they are not done well.

Immortality is Jia Liu's minimum requirement for officials.

If this kind of thing happens, then you have to be killed, it's not that your local officials say that you can't get through the prevarication lake if the work is not in place.

When he was discussing with Ding Qing and others how to prevent a possible food shortage in advance and ensure that the large-scale development of Zhili would not be affected, Jia Liu got another explanation of the situation that surprised him.

Even the peasant households he had just talked to were not actually landlords, but tenants.

The reason is that all the land in the several prefectures east of Gyeonggi was encircled by the Eight Banners at the beginning of the country.

As a result, the original landowners in the area east of Gyeonggi either became the bannermen's coats or became tenants of the bannermen.

The tenant had to pay an additional portion of the grain to the lord's family.

This makes Jia Liu's previous simulated food shortage map completely overturned, a family of five wants to live in this land, they have to cultivate at least 15 acres of land to barely survive, even with this food shortage can not wait for the end of the year, it is likely to break out after the winter.

"My lord, if the grain harvest in the entire area east of Gyeonggi is the same as in this place, then I suggest that the province immediately mobilize grain to be hoarded in the prefectures and counties, and in the event of a grain shortage, it can be sold at a low price or at a low price, or borrowed from the disaster victims, so that they can survive the disaster year..."

Ding Qing was born in the field of criminal investigation, but as an official with more than 20 years of practical experience in front-line work, he gave the most convenient solution without thinking.

Jia Liu nodded, it is indeed one of the functions of the government to allocate grain for disaster relief by the higher-level government, but the problem is that there is probably not much food in the Gyeonggi region that can be used for disaster relief, and the area east of Gyeonggi involves twenty or thirty prefectures and counties, and the people are in the millions.

This is true even a month or two in advance, regardless of the dynasty, and transportation restricts not only economic development, but also disaster relief capabilities.

If the disaster area needs 10 catties of grain, then 20 catties will be consumed on the road.

There is a weak heart, this is the case.

Therefore, in many cases, even if the imperial court realized that it was necessary to provide relief, it was often unable to transport and distribute the food in time, resulting in the people sliding into the irretrievable abyss.

Not to mention that there are too many corrupt officials and corrupt officials who have made a lot of money from it.

The drift of the former Ming officials is a must.

Relying on the victims to save themselves is even more of a joke.

Even if Jia Liu now fully opens up the Shanhaiguan Pass and allows the victims to go outside the customs to ask for a way out, not many people may be able to make it to the place alive.

Because, you have to eat on the road.

It is impossible to have food immediately when you go to the place, and you also need food to sustain yourself, a place to live, and seeds and farm tools to open up the wasteland.

After thinking about it, he intended to let the Zhili Buzheng Yamen release the wind to the grain merchants of the nearby provinces and the province, so that these grain merchants could transport grain to the east of Gyeonggi.

"My lord's intentions are good, but doing so will cause the price of food in the area east of Gyeonggi to skyrocket, and the people are afraid that they will not be able to afford it."

Ding Qing's view: businessmen seek profits, and people go all the way to transport grain to the land of famine, not to save people, but to make a fortune.

The price of grain has soared to the sky, and in the past, three wen a pound has risen to thirty wen a catty, who can afford it for ordinary people?

In this way, the good intentions of the Governor will turn into bad intentions, which will indirectly lead to the situation in the disaster area becoming more serious, and the displacement of people is just around the corner.

Jia Liu pondered for a moment, but decided to let the merchants bring the grain, because the merchants mobilized far more power than the government.

In essence, the layers of government in this era are not only inefficient in administrative operations, but also extremely low in mobilization capacity, and their enthusiasm for disaster relief is not too high.

Most officials even just want to keep their own one-third of an acre of land, just hoping that the displaced people will not affect their territory, and how can they be kind enough to help their neighbors share their worries.

Eat and hold up.

Merchants are different, they seek profits, as long as there is money to be made, the spiritual leader is more energetic than being an emperor.

However, we can't really let the businessmen raise prices, so that the already worse victims will be exterminated, and they will sell their houses and children.

In this way, it is necessary for him, the number one directly under him, to intervene administratively.

Grain prices must not be suppressed, as this will discourage merchants from transporting grain east of Gyeonggi.

As the old saying goes, even if you can sell your children and daughters in exchange for food, it is better than the whole family dying.

The result of suppressing grain merchants and suppressing grain prices is that the victims will not even be able to eat high-priced food, either to die or to rebel.

Therefore, Jia Liu proposed a plan to "make up the difference".

Let the businessmen earn reasonable profits and maintain their enthusiasm, and at the same time, they will not let the interests of the people suffer huge losses.

To put it bluntly, for example, the current grain price in Linyu County is three wen a catty, and merchants want to make money, but also need transportation costs, losses, etc., so they can be allowed to sell their grain at ten wen or higher, but it must be kept within an acceptable range.

However, the price of grain purchased by the people was still maintained at three or five wen, and the difference was borne by the government, that is, he Jia Liu, the governor of Zhili.

This approach, coupled with local self-help, should be able to survive the famine and ensure that the victims will not become homeless, and the homeless people will not become homeless.

As for how much difference he needed to make up and how much silver he needed to fill in, Jia Liu could only grit his teeth and bear it silently.

Who made him the Qingtian master of the people in Zhili?

Ding Qing thought for a while and said, "If the adults insist on this, then the humble suggestion can give a bait to grain merchants everywhere." ”

"Bait?"

Jia Liu didn't quite understand.

"It means sweetness,"

Ding Qing explained that the Lord was engaged in Beiyang trade, and trade required a large number of merchants to come to Tianjin to trade with Western countries.

As we all know, there are huge profits in the sea trade, so can the governor let those merchants complete the disaster relief plan at a low price or even at a loss on the grounds of the sea trade franchise?

"yes, why didn't I think of that? Director Ding has a very promising future as a top businessman. ”

Jia Liu was really impressed by Ding Qing, although the other party was the deputy director, he never used the title of deputy for anyone.

This plan is very familiar, and it seems that the top businessman relied on losing money and transporting grain to get in touch with Zuo Dashuai, so that he could get out of control.

The advice is good, very bold and very beautiful.

Grain is sold at a high price, can it be compared with sea trade?

And this sweetness can also allow Jia Liu to cultivate a consortium with himself as the spokesperson, even if the power of the consortium is harmful to the country in the future, it is an absolute infant-level magic weapon for the current Jia Liu, and if it is used well, the old four devils will be able to sweep the streets in Chongwenmen.

Needless to say, as soon as this news is released, I am afraid that the queues from the surrounding provinces to the east of Gyeonggi will be able to crowd the roads and stream endlessly, and there is no need to worry about the serious consequences caused by the failure of the autumn grain harvest.

At that moment, he wrote an official document to inform the second-in-command Yang Jingsu of the serious reduction in grain production in the area east of Gyeonggi and the possible outbreak of grain shortage, and asked Lao Yang to quickly negotiate with the grain merchants of the neighboring provinces, including the local grain association, in the name of Zhili Province, focusing on combining the grain transportation with the sea trade concession.

As soon as the results of the negotiations are reached, it is necessary to immediately organize businessmen from various localities to transport grain to the areas east of Gyeonggi, and the government and yamen in other regions should also send people to check and arrange the grain to ensure that there is enough grain in various localities.

After writing the official document and drying it, he asked someone to send it to Baoding immediately.

Later, he told Ding Qing that the matter was a symptom but not a root cause.

Ding Qing was also puzzled when he heard this: "The people can have food to survive the famine, and it is already a benevolent government of adults, why do adults still have a cure for the symptoms and the root cause?" ”

"I mean, this is the case that happened to me this year, and I solved it, but what about it? Is it going to be like this every year? As the saying goes, it's better to teach a man to fish than to teach him to fish. ”

After speaking, Jia Liu looked at the patches of fertile fields in front of him, took out the iron box containing cigarettes from his pocket, opened it and found that there was another one, and couldn't help but slowly take it to his mouth and light it with a fire fold, suck it out and spit it out, and then suck and spit it out, as the cigarette burned to the bottom of his index finger, he finally made up his mind and said: "If you want to cure the root cause, there is only one way." ”

Ding Qing asked curiously: "What way?" ”

"Divide the land into households!"

Jia Liu picked up the last piece of cigarette with his thumb and ring finger, took a hard puff and threw it on the ground, and then crushed it with his toes.

He will divide the land.

Whose land is divided?

Of course, it's the land of the Eight Banners!