Su Shi also learned about this matter after planting it on Shangcang Mountain. But where did Zhang Jian know this, he swore that with these seeds, the Liao Kingdom would not be short of food in the future, where did he think that Su Shi was digging a big pit for them from beginning to end? .

is still the same sentence, Su Shi started too late, and there are too few people available at hand. People are the greatest productive force, and if you don't have enough manpower, even if you have more items and more property, you can only be like Zhao Song and become the first target of others to loot.

It doesn't matter if your own strength is insufficient, there is a good saying, there is nothing difficult in the world, but I am afraid of those who have a heart.

Find loopholes from the other party and find a way, as long as the other party's strength is weakened, it is equivalent to the Dragon Empire becoming stronger.

In this way, when Su Shi conquered Goryeo, he did not forget to go back and dig a pit for the Liao State, so that Cui Vain of the Cui family showed a greedy look, and sure enough, Zhang Jian was hooked.

Now, after Zhang Jian entered the set, he thought that he had solved the food problem, so he advocated a war against the Dragon Army. Up to now, the war has begun, but their own grain is going to be harvested, which is equivalent to drawing wages from the bottom of the kettle, and it is going to hit the Liao State hard.

When the Liao State became accustomed to the low-cost grain provided by Su Shi, now the land of the whole country has been abandoned, and many of the original farmers are now enlisted as soldiers. With only expenditure and no income, even a mountain of gold and silver will be emptied.

In the coming year, and in the coming year, the Liao Congress will re-attach importance to land cultivation, as long as they are given enough time, they will still try their best to achieve self-sufficiency in food, but the question is, will Su Shi give them this time?

With Zhang Jian's understanding of Su Shi, he has always done things one link after another, even if he makes a move, he will definitely not stop.

"Why the hell is that? Also, how will Su Shi make a move?"

Standing on the ridge, Zhang Jian was still thinking about what Su Shi would do, and soon the worst news came to his ears.

"What? Who spread this news, check, check it carefully for this official, there must be a female insider." Before the people returned from the field, Zhang Jian learned that the news of the new grain had not been harvested in the field had spread.

Just now, Zhang Jian, who had gradually woken up, had already issued an order that no farmer should tell the situation in Xintian, and what he was worried about was that after the news leaked, it would cause panic among the Liao people.

Especially those powerful people, once they know the news, they will definitely step up the hoarding of grain, seeing that there is no new grain to buy for at least more than a year, these people can see that grain is the most valuable thing in the future, and it is inevitable that the price will rise, so it is strange that they do not seize such an opportunity.

Once the magnates and gentry start to do it, I am afraid that even the food that was originally enough to eat will not be enough. The people of a country can't even solve the problem of stomach food and clothing, so what can't they do to survive? This is going to be a big deal.

It was with these in mind that Zhang Jian ordered the seal to be sealed. It's just a pity that there are too many insiders, and now that it has been spread, he knows that things are going to be bad.

asked people to find out how the news was leaked, and after hurriedly instructing, Zhang Jian returned to the capital in a sedan chair.

Fueled by Long Yin's efforts, and also prepared, the news went to all parts of the Liao Kingdom like wings, and the capital became chaotic.

On the streets, all the grain shops were lined up with people, ordinary people who came to stock up on new grain and had no harvest.

The people thought that the speed was already very fast, but the magnates and gentry reacted faster, some shops chose to sell grain at a higher price, and some were more direct, and after hanging a sign that there was no grain today, they directly stopped selling.

How can they have no food, they are saving food and waiting for the market to rise, so that they can earn more.

Entering the city, Zhang Jian in the soft sedan car saw this scene, and he was even more anxious, this time he didn't even go home, and ordered the coachman to go straight to the palace.

In the palace, there was also chaos, and after Liao Xingzong learned the news that the new grain was not harvested, the whole person was furious, and many ministers had been summoned to the palace.

Zhang Jian came late, and when he entered the court hall, many important ministers had already arrived. When everyone saw that it was him, a voice of accusation came from the face.

"Lord Zhang, what the hell is going on, how can there be no harvest of new grain?"

"Master Zhang, there is no new food, what will you let everyone eat and drink the northwest wind in the next year or so?"

If you want to say that this is still a good attitude, there are people with bad tones, and they even call him by his name, "Zhang Jian, you have to give everyone an explanation for this matter, otherwise I will have no food to eat, and I will eat your meat when I turn around."

"Yes, Zhang Jian, you must be responsible for this matter, if there are 100 people in our family, who starves to death because of lack of food, then don't blame me for not thinking about my colleagues."

In the face of all kinds of accusations, Zhang Jian did not answer.

He knew very well in his heart that these people were just called Huan, in fact, none of these important ministers had any food in stock, and it was impossible for anyone to starve them if they were hungry. The reason why they say this is just to put the blame on themselves.

Since Zhang Jian took over the position of the third envoy, he learned from the Zhao Song and the Dragon Empire to start increasing commercial taxes. In this way, the treasury of the Liao State is richer, but he himself has offended many people, and now he has the opportunity to step on himself, of course, these people have revenge.

"That's enough."

A shout came, and Liao Xingzong on the Jinluan Hall spoke.

If something goes wrong, find a way to solve it, instead of pointing fingers at each other. As for Zhang Jian, this matter did disappoint him, but now is not the time to change people, and he has to wait until the food shortage is resolved.

The emperor opened his mouth, and the hall quickly fell silent, and when everyone's eyes moved to Liao Xingzong's body, he opened his mouth and asked, "Zhang Aiqing, why did things become like this, can you find out the reason?"

"Back to Your Majesty, the minister is incompetent." Zhang Jian clenched his fists and said with his head lowered.

Seeing that Zhang Jian still didn't know where the problem was, Liao Xingzong's eyebrows were also frowned upon, and he looked very displeased.

Zhang Jian looked up and saw Liao Xingzong's face, knowing that he had disappointed the emperor this time, if he didn't say anything more, he was afraid that his life would be in danger, so he clenched his fists and said, "Your Majesty, why did the new grain not be harvested, the minister is really guilty, and he didn't find out the reason. But the minister has already arranged for someone to investigate, and I believe that the results will be obtained soon, and now we have to think about how to deal with the food shortage."

"What do you think?" Liao Xingzong knew that Zhang Jian was a capable minister, and he was also anxious to solve this problem, so he looked at him and wanted to hear what Zhang Jian would say next.

Zhang Jian stabilized his mind, and there was a trace of gratitude in his heart, at this time, the emperor could still give himself a chance to speak, which proved that he still believed in himself, then he had to seize this opportunity. "Your Majesty, it is true that there is a problem with the new grain, but it is not a big problem that cannot be solved. On the way to the minister's arrival, we bought a lot of low-cost grain from Su Shi last year, and the amount is so large that as long as we save a little, it will be enough to cope with the food shortage in the next year."

"We have a vast land, and there are still some remote areas, and there are still people farming, although the number is not very large, but it can solve some problems to some extent."

"In addition, the important point is that all the remaining grain should be handed over to the imperial court, and the imperial court will allocate and control it, so that as long as everyone tightens their belts, there will definitely be no problem in holding on for a year, just wait for the end of next year, the new grain will come down, and the crisis will be solved, Your Majesty."

Zhang Jian kept opening his mouth, these things were what he thought on the way when he came all the way into the palace.

To say that this is a way, according to what he did, a year's grain shortage in Liao can be overcome, after all, the foundation of Liao at this time is not rotten, the solid foundation is still there, and there will be no problems because of a temporary lack of food.

The method is good, but Zhang Jian still underestimates the greed of these important ministers, magnates and gentry among the people.

And what Zhang Jian didn't know was that they bought a lot of low-cost grain from Su Shi last year, but some of this grain had already been resold by some people.

Part of it went to the north of the Zhao Song Dynasty

realm, most of them were sent to the land of barbarians.

The barbarian land has a very low grain ration, and there has always been a huge shortage of food, so that they have to live on cattle and sheep. For this reason, when the grain enters Mongolia, it is almost as much as it is entered, and how much it will be sold, because of this matter, many Liao people have made a lot of money.

Buying low-priced grain from Su Shi is just a hand-over, and you can make several times the difference, so a fool won't do it?

Zhang Jian's mind was not on this, although he had heard some of it, but he thought that even if the grain was sold, it would not be too much, and it would not affect the general trend, but he ignored the terrible lack of people's hearts.

In other words, the current Liao State does not have much surplus grain at all. The number is only about two-fifths of what Zhang Jian estimated.

Zhang Jian didn't know this, so he looked like he had a way. Now he proposed that the state should control the grain, and in an instant all the courtiers opposed it in unison.

What are you kidding, seeing that the food shortage is about to appear, it is the time when they can make a lot of money, and let them hand over the surplus grain in their hands at this moment, isn't that equivalent to handing over the silver for nothing?

It's weird that they can agree.

Your Majesty asked you Zhang Jian for advice, it was to see if you had any good ideas, but not to let you attack the pockets of our important ministers.

"Your Majesty, the minister thinks it is inappropriate, the grain trade has been practiced among the people for many years, and it has been done very well, and many people have praised Your Majesty's mercy because of this. Now that we suddenly want to take back this power, I don't know how many people will scold us."