Chapter 161: The Emperor and Shaofu joined forces to rob
More than 6 million people were scattered to the counties of Daqin, and the whole Guanzhong was busy all at once, and the counties were urgently dividing fields for these people, building houses, and distributing all kinds of daily necessities.
Even the Shaofu has received millions of people, and not only has all the laborers who left the Shaofu during the previous reclamation order in the various farms, but also plans to reclaim new farms.
Some projects in Qindi that could not be started without labor were all started, and the new palace of Longshou also increased by hundreds of thousands of laborers at once.
Of course, the grain in the entire Qin region also rose in response, and in just a few days, the price increased by more than five times compared with the original grain price.
But the strange thing is that no matter how the price of grain rises, it will all be sold in a very short period of time, and boxes of silver are constantly being pulled home, which makes all the nobles of Qin Land fall into a carnival at once.
"Purchase, we have to buy grain from all over the country, Qindi has always been rich, and every household has some grain in stock, these grains are not much in number, but when they are gathered, they are definitely a large amount!"
A noble family head said in an extremely firm tone: "I was near the Heavenly Gate that day, and almost more than six million people came out of the Heavenly Gate, which I saw with my own eyes, and there were so many people added at once, and the food in the official warehouse and Shaofu was definitely not enough, even if it was transferred from other places, it was not enough!" ”
"I'm sure that the price of grain will rise, and how much it can go depends on how quickly His Majesty the Emperor can transfer grain from all over the country!"
"Agreed, the last time Shaofu came, the grain in the family was sold too cheaply, but the right should be given to Your Majesty's face, but the surplus grain we collected from farmers from all over the country, even Your Majesty has nothing to say!"
"Shut up!" The head of the family said loudly with anger on his face: "For my family, what is the use of more money, the important thing is that the inheritance in the army cannot be broken!" ”
"Your Majesty does not want to build a royal military academy to teach the art of war, there are only three places for each title, and only three generations of children can be guaranteed to enter the army, this time after purchasing a large amount of food, I will personally go to see Your Majesty!"
Speaking of this, the face of the noble family head was already full of pride: "In order for some people to survive, I think Your Majesty will never mind giving my family a few more places!" ”
"The head of the family is wise!" Several other elders in the family immediately saluted the head of the family, as long as the title is still there, the relationship between the military can be inherited and maintained, and one more place to enter the Royal Military Academy is one more prosperous generation of the family.
There is a generation, and how much money is earned back!
Such conversations continued to resound in the homes of nobles in various parts of Great Qin, and the slaves of the nobles' families came to the countryside one after another and began to buy the grain stored in the farmers' homes, which also made the grain prices in Qin change three times a day.
No one noticed that at a time when the grain stores were constantly raising the purchase price, there were people constantly sending grain to the stores to sell, and the only strange thing was that all of these people had to settle in gold instead of silver.
But it is already known that the price of silver is much higher than that of gold.
Over the years, a lot of gold mines have been discovered, and some people have even picked up dog's head gold, but no one has ever heard of silver being found anywhere, otherwise how could the price of silver rise so fast.
In addition to secretly making fun of these people for not being knowledgeable, a large amount of gold stored in the home is constantly being taken out and sent to one shop after another.
"Now the price of food has increased almost tenfold, how many people are involved!" Zhao Wen sat at the top, the first emperor sat next to him, and the two deputy commanders of the Shaofu sat on their knees.
The chair was specially made by Zhao Wen to the carpenters of Shaofu, after all, even if he had traveled for so long, he still couldn't get used to kneeling and sitting in this posture.
"Almost all the nobles and wealthy families in Great Qin are involved, and these days, the grain transported from all over the country is constantly increasing, and many of them are still on the way!" The deputy commander of the Shaofu wiped the sweat from his face.
He really didn't expect that this new deputy commander of the Shaofu would be so bold that he would directly join forces with His Majesty to rob all the nobles and wealthy families in Great Qin.
Others don't know about Daqin's grain storage, and he, Daqin's original Shaofu Order, still doesn't know.
Not to mention the military rations in the various armies and the original grain in the Shaofu, but the pumpkins that were planted at the earliest, with a yield of at least tens of thousands of catties per mu, have begun to be picked.
Originally, it was just the grain stored in the past, and he was still a little worried, but now that the pumpkin is ripe, the yield is only a lot more than what His Majesty said, and there is no worry about so much grain.
If you add in the seeds brought by His Majesty that have been planted some time ago, and the output is as stated in the Shaofu Order, even if it increases by millions of people, I am afraid that the granary of Shaofu will not be enough to store it, and a new granary will have to be built.
In this case, taking advantage of the opportunity that the nobles of Great Qin did not know the production of pumpkins, they actually made a food crisis, that is, the strength in the hands of His Majesty was too strong, otherwise when these people finally knew the truth, I am afraid that the entire Qin land would be able to make a fuss.
"You said about the same, that is, there are still people who are not involved, tell me who they are?"
Such an opportunity was actually able to endure not making money, which made Zhao Wen suddenly curious, and even the First Emperor next to him turned his head to look at the deputy commander of Shaofu, obviously wanting to know how many of Daqin's courtiers were loyal and patriotic.
"The old general of the military pavilion and the family of General Meng even sent all the stored grain at home to the Shaofu, and the three cabinet ministers, Wang Xuan, the first assistant of the cabinet, and the cabinet ministers Feng Qujian and Li Si, sent all the food at home to the Shaofu at a low price!"
"Shi Teng in the Ministry of Industry, Captain Wei in the Ministry of War, Yang Duan, the Minister of the Household Department, and Yang Duan, the Minister of the Military Cabinet, sent all the grain stored at home to the counties to help the people!"
"Looks like my vision is okay!" Zhao Wen nodded with satisfaction, these are the first ministers of civil and military affairs appointed by himself, if someone participates in it, this person will not be able to use it.
As for the absence of Liu Bang and Fan Zeng, he can also understand, Liu Bang has just become the Shaofu Commander, and there is no property in the family, as for Fan Zeng, I am afraid that he has only come out of Chudi, and God knows when he will be able to reach the Qin capital.
"And the minister's family also sent all the grain stored in the family to the Shaofu granary!" The deputy commander of the Shaofu replied cautiously.
"You all know that there is food in Shaofu, and it is completely a reputation for following others!" Zhao Wen shook his head with a smile, turned his head to look at Wan Sanqian and asked, "What about you, what are the gains?" ”
"The minister exchanged more than 30 million taels of silver for more than 3,000 taels of gold, and also added more than 1 million stone of grain to the granary of Shaofu!" Wan Sanqian said it very clearly, and even secretly sighed in his heart about the poverty of the Great Qin nobles, if it was replaced by the Great Ming, this wave of harvest would definitely be more than ten times more than that!