"Master, we can sell food stamps!"

"Food stamps?"

Su Shi was confused, he had never heard of this word. He is confident that his memory is okay, and he doesn't dare to say that he has read all the books in the world, but there are really few books he hasn't read.

But all over the past and present, he doesn't know what a 'food stamp' is?

If there is no reference, then it is new, and it should be a way that Li Kui came up with with a pat on his head. Su Shi pondered a little in his heart, and he figured out the mystery, which seems to really be able to solve his current predicament: "How to implement it?" ”

"Master, what do you think of the reputation of the Yingzhou Mansion?" Li Kui asked.

"It must be good!" Su Shi felt that Li Kui was a little underestimating him, when he was rich, anyone could be an uncle, Yingzhou had experienced a wave of major projects to dredge the river, although it was far from his expectations, but the government would never deduct the money and food that should be given. Even Su Shi, in order to cut off the possibility of fraud by the officials, gave Gao Yu the work of distributing money and grain.

Gao Yu has been with him for almost ten years, and there is absolutely no problem with his character.

Su Shi felt the need to popularize his official voice to Li Kui, and Shi Shiran said: "The government of Yingzhou can do the order and prohibit, promise never default, and the people will obey." Although the old man didn't dare to raise his arms and shout, the people obeyed, but he was also an official who was trusted by the people. The credibility of the government lies in the officials, what do you think is the credibility of the Yingzhou government? ”

Li Kui nodded and said, "Then it's no problem." ”

Immediately, he began to speak: "Master, you must know that spring plowing is about to begin, according to the calculation that every mu of land needs to grow grain, the entire territory of Yingzhou needs at least 200,000 stones of grain for 20,000 hectares. Where the grain comes from, the moderately wealthy generally hire tenants to grow their own grain. Large households used the method of renting out land to collect land rent, and the grain was often sold to tenants with loans. And ordinary people need to prepare their own grain to grow. Among them, only the moderately wealthy well-off families would hire tenants to help with the cultivation and prepare their own food. Other ordinary people, or those who rent land, may be in short supply of food. ”

"In the past, there was the "Green Seedling Law", and the people could easily get the grain they needed from the government. Now, although the "Seedlings Law" has been repealed, in fact, the government can also lend money to the people. But ......"

When Li Kui said this, he secretly glanced at Su Shi.

"Go on." Su Shi said.

Li Kui said: "Now the government does not have enough grain reserves, and the tens of thousands of stone grain that are often closed are a drop in the bucket for the entire territory of Yingzhou, and they cannot be satisfied at all. Therefore, as I said before, there may be at least 100,000 stones in the entire Yingzhou alone for growing grain. Combined with the ration shortage, the total is more than 200,000 stones. However, in the actual distribution process, 200,000 stone of grain was far from enough to meet the needs of the people of Yingzhou. ”

"You mean, these people will buy a lot of food from the old man?" Su Shi frowned slightly, he seemed to feel this possibility.

Li Kui teased: "Originally, I just guessed that it was a fraud caused by the warehouse supervisor, but then I thought it was unlikely. How much grain can a small warehouse supervisor control? Although Yingzhou has been affected by disasters year after year, there are 20,000 hectares of fields, even if there is a situation of poor harvest, but Yingzhou has fertile land and a lot of production, and it is not a problem to produce two stones per mu on average. With so much grain, only half of it can feed the rations of the entire Yingzhou people. In addition to brewing wine, sending it to the capital, and paying taxes, where did the rest of the grain go? ”

"How could a few people manage to manipulate the price of grain in Yingzhou for three months, and even the two families in Yingzhou were under the control of this group of people all year round. Without abundant capital, they simply cannot control food prices. There is only one possibility, the manipulation of grain prices, and the big households in Yingzhou are involved. ”

After all, when the big households are about to get a vote, how can they let the government take away all the dried food from their pots, and those who leave the soup and water can't eat enough.

No man is content.

That's what these people are talking about.

Li Kui nodded and said, "That's right, not only will they buy on a large scale, but they are also eager to buy all the food in our hands." In order to achieve the purpose of controlling food, learn to let them suck blood from the people of Yingzhou. ”

"Crazy!"

"Crazy indeed!" Li Kui felt that it was a person who had fallen into such a crazy environment as Yingzhou, and it was impossible not to go crazy. This is a plunder that began with a group of small people and targeted the ordinary people of Yingzhou. If successful, the wealth of a state capital will be controlled by a few.

Once they succeed, the government of Yingzhou can only become a large tenant in the future, helping to do the work.

But at the same time, this operation is also very dangerous, once the people can not bear this kind of plunder, a lifetime of accumulation and destruction in this catastrophe, must be extremely angry in the heart, as long as someone has a heart to raise their arms and shout, the entire Yingzhou will become a powder keg, and it will explode immediately. It is possible that the people will revolt, turn into a rebellion, and finally burn to the entire territory of Yingzhou.

The angry people will hate all the great households, burning down their houses, killing people, and looting their belongings. But once the robbery is over, everyone will fall into panic because they have become out-and-out thieves. At this time, the leader had only two ways to go, and completely rebelled. Or pretend to rebel and wait for Zhao'an.

Either way, there needs to be a deterrent.

And the best deterrent is to break through the city of Yingzhou and occupy the state capital. At this moment, even Su Shi found that if the current predicament was not handled well, he was also in danger of being caught in it and even losing his life.

Thinking of this possibility, even Su Shi's face turned pale with anger, he was not afraid, but really angry.

slapped on the bookcase, Su Shi trembled angrily and said: "Confused, don't they know that once the people change, they may not even have their lives, what is the use of asking for money?" ”

"Alas-" Li Kui has some understanding of these people, sometimes a group of people are rushing, one or two people want to stop, there is only one possibility, they are pushed, and then trampled to death by others. The big players involved in it may not be able to stop it, they are also manic, and at the same time they are looking forward to a safe result: "Master, even if they want to stop at this time, I'm afraid they won't dare." Because others will not want traitors to appear among them. ”

Calif.

Is this a coercion?

Su Shi didn't know, and motioned to Li Kui to continue: "So can the food stamps solve this crisis?" ”

"Master, the grain stamps I am talking about are guaranteed by the credibility of the government, selling grain for April and May. This is the month of the year when grain prices are the highest, how much do you think it is appropriate to sell it after purchasing and shipping it from other state capitals to Yingzhou? ”

"About 25 Wen, after all, Huainan Road, Liangzhejiang Road is relatively close to Yingzhou, and the freight is 10 Wen a bucket, and the price of grain per stone is 350 Wen plus taxes, up to 400 Wen." However, taxation is the privilege of the government, Su Shi himself is an official, and it is not for personal gain, he can issue a document requesting the tax card along the way to be released and exempt from taxation: "The old man who taxes can be exempted with official documents from the government, so it can be controlled at 350 Wen and one stone." ”

"So, how about we sell it for 600 Wen and one stone?" Li Kui gestured the size in his hand, and then explained: "We can use the government's credit as a guarantee to print a batch of food stamps, which is what I call food stamps." The face of the ticket is simply one stone, the appearance can be smaller than Jiaozi, each ticket costs 600 Wen, if the people buy food stamps, they can go to the designated month to the place promised by the government to exchange food. ”

Su Shi was worried: "What if I can't sell it?" ”

Li Kui said bewildermently: "In previous years, the price of grain in April and May was almost 120 a bucket, one stone was 1200 Wen, and it was sold for 600 Wen, this is half price, are you still impressed?" ”

"Moreover, food stamps have the advantage of giving us valuable time to prepare food and deliver it. As long as we continue to purchase food from energy, the price of grain in Yingzhou will inevitably stabilize. Even though it is much more expensive than other surrounding state capitals, it is only half of what it used to be. This will also alleviate the shortage of cash in the hands of the people. ”

"Especially the ancestor vigorously dredged the Yingzhou flood before, and tens of thousands of people have earned a lot of money more or less throughout the winter, although the money has flowed out of the treasury, but as long as the food stamps are sold, most of them can be returned to the treasury of Yingzhou. As long as the government has money in its hands, just like the people have food at home, they will naturally be invincible. ”

"Okay, great, just do it!" Su Shi said subconsciously, and then touched his chin and pondered, if he sells a little more grain, and sells hundreds of thousands of stone grain in one go, maybe the deficit of the state capital can be made up, and this business can be done!

"Renjie, just follow your way. If there is a mess, the old man will carry it for you, it's a big deal to lose your position! Su Shi said proudly.

Su Guo was anxious on the side, and wanted to remind Su Shi, but found that his father seemed to be iron-hearted. I can only sigh secretly, my father, a person with high character, I didn't expect to be forced to become a profiteer by money, what can I do?

And the food stamps that Li Kui came up with will become the first vote worthy of the name in the world.