Liu Ponu knew about the rise in timber prices, but he didn't pay too much attention to it at the time.

The market is like this, when someone buys a thing in large quantities, then its price will rise rapidly.

If you want to stabilize prices, there are only two ways to go.

The first is that the government forcibly prohibits price increases, sets a standard price, and uses administrative power to intervene in market price fluctuations.

The other is to let him go up on his own until there are enough people involved and enough production is produced, and when the supply exceeds demand, the price will naturally fall.

Adopting the first method is really effective, and it is the kind that can be ordered today and will be able to see the effect tomorrow, while at the same time saving more costs and ensuring your own profits.

But Liu Ponu didn't use that kind of trick method, the workshop has made enough money, and there is no need to block the way for the grassroots people to make money because of the problem of raw materials.

Of course, Liu Ponu also hopes to use the cutting down of trees to give the people a chance to make money, so that they can improve their lives and achieve the purpose of accelerating their recuperation.

This is a win-win choice for the imperial court.

Liu Ponu is reluctant to make that money, but that doesn't mean he doesn't have to soften that money.

The current little mule is no longer the little mule who has not seen much of the world in the past, this matter has been reported before, Liu Ponu also replied, and now he has come to report again, and the result is obvious, there is a new development in things.

"Who controls the price of raw materials?" Liu Ponu asked calmly.

The raw material purchased by the workshop from the outside is only wood, iron is directly mined iron ore for smelting, and the charcoal for ironmaking is also directly dug from the mine, which are strictly controlled by the imperial court, and people outside can't get involved, let alone dare to intervene in this hand.

Where there are people, there are rivers and lakes, and where there are favorable places, there are even more rights and wrongs.

"There are too many people, and I don't know who they are at the moment, but I have figured out the general pattern!" The little mule shook his head, this operation was not particularly unusual in the past, as early as the first wave of price increases, the little mule had this kind of speculation.

At that time, in addition to reporting to Liu Ponu, he also asked people to secretly investigate the matter.

"It is mostly the result of some large and small heroes gathered together to discuss, the big ones draw a price range for the big ones, the big ones draw a price range for the small ones, and the small ones draw a range for the people, the price we buy is getting higher and higher, but the ones that fall into the hands of the people are less than two-thirds of them before, and many people are miserable, but in addition to selling to them, there is no other way to sell them directly to us, and they dare not sell them directly to us......" The little mule reported cautiously.

"These bullshit heroes are really doing nothing, and there is nothing left over to eat!" Liu Ponu sneered and continued to sigh: "There are ruffians and hooligans in the villages, and there are big and small heroes in the counties and townships, although these people have converged a lot over the years, but if they are horizontal, the government will also have to give them three points of face, although the workshop is directly under the jurisdiction of the imperial court, it can also directly bring intuitive benefits to the local people, but in the locality, the role of the workshop in saying a word is not as good as these ruffians and hooligans, this is really a big joke!" ”

Since the founding of the Han Dynasty, there have been countless heroes of all sizes, and these heroes once gave the imperial court a headache.

The family has recruited a lot of doormen rangers, who are called rangers at best, and people who always like to do things that kill people and sell goods.

In order to avoid the pursuit of the government, some people took refuge in the door of a certain powerful man to avoid trouble.

And how powerful are these powers?

You may not believe it, as long as you don't do anything treasonably, they can help you settle everything else, even if the chasing soldiers of the government chase you to the house, they can only watch you return in vain.

In the early years, Liu Che had dealt a severe blow to these heroes, and he also cleaned up a lot of rangers, one of the representative figures was the bushman, and even the Dou Ying who provided shelter for him was killed together.

Since sending a large number of Haoqiang to Shuofang, the life of this Han country has finally been cleaner and a lot more peaceful.

But it's still the same sentence, where there are people, there are rivers and lakes.

The old Haoqiang has been defeated, and the new Haoqiang will also slowly stand up, and they will not only stand up, but also evolve themselves.

"You don't have to worry about this matter, you can ignore the price or anything for the time being, you must make sure that the workshop is fully producing!" Liu Ponu commanded slowly, his eyes narrowed slightly, and he didn't know what was bad in his stomach.

"Your Highness, what about the Yangzhou thieves? This time, we lost more than 3,000 new plows at one time, and it was also the first batch of new plows shipped to the counties of Yangzhou......" The little mule's face was full of sadness.

Although this matter is not his problem, but the imperial court also assigned him a task, each workshop must ensure that before the end of the year, within the jurisdiction of its own responsibility, with the state as a unit, each state has no less than 15,000 new plows.

The task was already very tight, and there was no mistake in the middle, and this time there were more than 3,000 new plows missing, which would inevitably affect the annual task of the Jingzhou workshop.

"Our people are dead, but what about the people who transport the new plows?" Liu Ponu thought about it for a while, if he wanted to transport these more than 3,000 new ploughs, he would need more than ten ships to guarantee the bottom, plus the people who were responsible for escorting and explaining some detailed matters, this team would have at least five or six hundred people.

"All of them are dead, those thieves are ruthless, no one has been spared, if it weren't for a boatman hiding in the cabin and being lazy and not found out by the thieves, I'm afraid there would really be no one left, the boatman jumped into the river through the night and swam to the shore, and then the news came out......" The little mule went through some details one by one.

"It's a bit interesting to kill people and sell more goods, and leave no living mouth......" The corners of Liu Ponu's mouth rose slightly, this is definitely not an accidental event.

It is by no means something that ordinary thieves dare to do, ordinary thieves do more things like robbing houses and houses, and they have to take a detour when they encounter a little more powerful.

Thieves are not stupid, as long as they rob ordinary people and don't hurt people's lives, the government may still be lazy.

But as long as they dare to touch those powerful people, even if they don't kill anyone, the government will not dare to ignore them.

The original intention of falling into the grass is just to stutter, and it is not too idle to try to see if the rebellion can succeed or something.

A convoy of dozens of ships, a convoy of hundreds of people, ordinary thieves saw this scale from afar and hid away.

But anyone with a little brain will know what the consequences will be if they move this batch of goods?

"You don't have to worry about this, appease the family of the deceased, do everything according to the rules, if anyone dares to put his hand in here, then don't blame me for chopping his hand directly!" Liu Ponu waved his hand and explained to the little mule.

"Your Highness, don't worry, I will personally watch this matter, and there will be no mistakes!" The little mule nodded repeatedly.

Well, frankly, the workshop is better than the army.

Although not many people are using these benefits now, even the ones listed are attractive enough.

Even without these treatments, there is still a steady stream of people who want to get in.

The treatment offered by the workshop to those who died in the line of duty was to pay a sum of compensation, in addition to allowing his son to take his place, and if his son was a minor, his collateral relatives were allowed to temporarily replace him, and his son would be replaced when he became an adult.

In addition, the minor son is allowed to eat in the workshop canteen until he reaches the age of majority, and his parents who are over 60 years old or out of labor are divided according to the number of brothers in the family, and in the case of two brothers, the workshop and the other brother share the cost of the old man's food.

Liu Ponu's purpose in doing this is very simple, I have money, I just want to buy the hearts of the people.

The effect is also obvious, after Liu Che abolished Liu Ju's position as the crown prince, he renamed Liu Ponu as the crown prince.

Many people felt sorry for Liu Ju, but no one said that Liu Ponu was not worthy of being a prince.

Of course, it's not that Liu Ponu doesn't want to change more, but he doesn't have that power and obligation.

At that time, Liu Ponu was just a king of Shu, and what he could be responsible for was the workshop, so the primary goal was of course to do a good job in the workshop before anything else.

As for whether there is anything else to think about, of course there is.

Mainly because of the rebellion of Liu Ju in history, the dignified prince of Temeow was unwilling to help even his own teacher, how embarrassing is it to say this?

Liu Ponu didn't care what others were doing, but he would never allow this to happen to him.

Regardless of whether he will go to that point in the future, and besides, this is not something he can control, the only thing Liu Ponu can do is that if he really reaches the same point as Liu Ju, he must ensure that he has a group of irons under him who are willing to die with him.

Well, Liu Che has not shown any signs of dissatisfaction with Liu Ponu, nor has he shown any performance of not giving him the throne, anyway, Liu Ponu has consolidated the foundation of the rebellion.

It's naturally no problem to let me take over safely, but do you want to fix me like Liu Zheng?

I'm sorry, even if I can agree, the people under my command won't agree, I am very helpless......

Liu Ponu got up gracefully, and now he is as steady as Mount Tai, and he is not in a hurry at all.

The one who killed me?

He will avenge this revenge later!

And one counts as one, and no one wants to run!

More than three thousand new plows were robbed?

At this time, Liu Ponu couldn't help but want to apply Liu Che's words, what I give you is yours, I don't give it, you can't rob it!