Chapter 337: Things don't seem right
Everything that should be explained has been explained, and what should be done has been done.
For Liu Ju, Liu Ponu not only sent money, but also sent him a personal bodyguard, not only sent a personal bodyguard, but also found a local thug.
Compared with those princes and kings who need to rely on themselves to fight the world step by step when they get to the place, Liu Ju can go over and lie down.
With the 4,000 new troops in his hand stationed there, the military bearded Wusun did not dare to make any small moves.
What's more, Liu Ponu also arranged for 10,000 troops to be stationed in the border area, and surrounded Wusun on both sides, so he didn't dare to move.
If Liu Ju can't gain a firm foothold there, then Liu Ponu really needs to think about whether to find a way to get Liu Ju back.
However, Liu Ponu still has some confidence in Liu Ju, as long as he doesn't listen to other people's fools for some nihilistic things, Liu Ju's own ability and vision still have it.
Jiaoxi country.
Since Liu Ju returned from Chang'an, Jiaoxi Kingdom has become lively.
"You said that this desperate material that was originally lacking, why is it now transported to Jiaoxi Country as if it didn't need money?" In the transport team, a white-haired old man in his fifties looked at the whole vehicle of materials and couldn't help but have doubts in his heart.
"Who knows?"
"I've heard, this time it's not just our Jiaoxi Kingdom, the emperor has summoned all the princes and kings in the world, and it didn't take long after those princes and kings returned to the fiefdom that supplies began to be transported from all over the country, and they were all salt and grain, and I heard that the north is still transporting meat to the south." Someone replied immediately.
"! You say that I believe in transporting livestock, transporting meat? How is that possible? ”
"That's right, besides, now the transportation capacity is seriously insufficient, otherwise, for the sake of so many tractors in the imperial court, can this easy job of making money be the turn of people like you and me who are about to enter the ground?"
This man's words instantly silenced the people around him.
Some of the recent actions of the imperial court are really unpredictable, and of course, their ordinary people don't need to think about so many things.
Long-distance transportation is done by convoys of tractors, which are fast and have a high carrying capacity, and often undertake the task of transporting them from state to state.
However, due to the shortage of vehicles and the serious shortage of transportation capacity, the materials had to be unloaded in the border areas of the states, and then the princes and kings of the states themselves sent people to transport the materials back.
Therefore, the local government has to start recruiting some people to do this kind of internal transportation work.
If it was in the past, it would have to rely on conscription, but now that the court has said that it will give money, they will naturally be active.
"I said don't believe it, my son-in-law is in the north, and he said that it is too troublesome to transport live livestock, and he has to worry about their grain and grass, so the cattle and sheep are killed in the north, and the meat is dried directly on the grassland before being transported back."
"Nonsense, if you see your son-in-law, then why haven't so many of us heard of Yun's meat?"
"Hey, don't raise the bar with me, you old boy, my son-in-law said, this time they are transported from south to north, state by state, but there are not many of them."
"Old grandson, you said that the regular army cart that came from the north before was loaded with beef and mutton?"
"Isn't that right? That is, the convoy happened to pass by my house, and my old woman happened to be at the door, and my son-in-law told her personally, can this be fake? ”
"That's weird to say that!" The speaker's brow furrowed, and he hated to wrinkle into a straight line.
"What's so strange?"
"We have transported salt for more than a month, so let's just say that the salt that our gang has transported is enough for a county to eat for half a year, right? There is grain transported, and we have seen the granaries of each county, and the grain piled up in it can be eaten more than half a year if it is eaten dry, and if you save a little, it is enough to eat for a year. ”
"In addition to these, we have also transported some farm tools, not to mention the iron hoe and shovel, the iron sickle is really easy to use, and you can cut a large piece of land with a light cut, and you can get an extra acre or two of land a day with this thing."
"We have shipped so much, which means that the imperial court is now very abundant, but the problem is that we have been transporting it for so long, and we have not seen that the imperial court plans to sell these things, and the granaries where grain and salt are stored are also moisture-proof, obviously planning to reserve them for a long time, what do you say this imperial court is going to do?" A middle-aged man analyzed with a puzzled face.
"Yes, when you say that, I really noticed something different."
"What's the situation?"
"The court said that he wanted to give money, but he didn't give money for a long time, but he wrote down how long everyone had been working, and when he heard that someone went to ask for money, the government advised him not to be in a hurry, if he bought food and salt or something, he could directly deduct it from his salary and let him take things away first, don't you think it's strange?"
"Yes, I found that everyone seems to be short of money now, and when I went to buy things, I heard that people felt that the money was getting less and less, and many things began to drop in price......
A group of transport personnel talked as they walked, without delaying the progress under their feet in the slightest.
Although the stomach is full of doubts, this kind of thing is not something they can listen to, in the final analysis, it is still ordinary people, the government can do whatever it tells them to do, and if they have any doubts, they just wait for explanation.
But fortunately, the destination of their trip is their hometown county, and they can catch up with the New Year when they go back, so they will have to wait until the end of the New Year when they come out on the next trip.
As for whether the government pays the wages or not, this is not something they can decide.
Anyway, on the way back, these people have almost discussed, if the government does not pay the salary, then they will try to directly use the labor money to exchange for materials.
After all, this is not the afterlife, and although the things given are valuable, they can't be used at all.
Whether it's salt or grain, or farm tools, these are all things they can use, and they are all the guys they eat, although there is not much shortage of food, but salt is definitely in demand, and it is very good to be able to exchange some salt and go back to have a tasteful New Year.
However, to their great surprise, when they returned to the county and handed over the goods on the truck to the warehouse, they were notified that they could go to collect their wages.
However, when they received their wages, they were confused.
What kind of money is this silver-white money in your hand?
Why had they never seen each other before?
In the face of doubts, the little officials who paid the wages had long been surprised, they were not the first batch, and they would not be the last, although the explanations over and over again made him a little irritable, but the above stipulated, no way, so he still had to explain patiently.
And the reasons given above also made him unable to refuse, explain it clearly to these people, and they will take the situation out, so that they will not have to explain it later.
"Money is real money, these are the new currencies implemented by the imperial court, this kind of silver and white is divided into two kinds, one big and one small, the small value is the same as the current copper coin, a large one is equal to ten copper coins, a small copper coin is equal to ten large silver coins, a hundred small silver coins, a large copper coin is equal to ten large copper coins, and there is a large and small money on the top."
"It doesn't matter if you find it troublesome, just remember the order of gold, bronze and silver, each of which has two sizes, and it is ten for one."
"The government has purchased a batch of materials, now you can take the money here to buy the materials you need, if you have copper coins at home, you can also use them for exchange, as for the future when a copper coin is exchanged for ten big silver coins, I advise you not to think about it, Zhengdan began, the official use of the new currency, all the previous five baht coins are prohibited from circulation, must go to the place designated by the government for exchange, if it is used privately, all will be fined, and the heavy sentence will be punished, and for those who refuse to accept new coins, use new coins as an excuse to raise prices, all of them will be severely punished without loans......"
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