Chapter 943: The Purpose of Buying Goods

Feng Qu said: "It is indeed developing very fast, resulting in no labor force in the world at all, and even some workshops have increased wages and treatment for some labor.

As a result, the current wage in Xianyang City is particularly high, more than double the salary set by the emperor before. ”

Qin An said with a smile: "With the increase in population, the development of commerce, and the expansion of industry, wages will be even higher."

However, no matter how much business develops, grain must not be grown, and the grain in the national treasury and in various localities must have enough food for the whole country and the local people to feed for more than a year.

To put it simply, the entire people of Daqin do not work, and they can eat at home and wait for death for more than a year.

And it's the kind that eats three meals a day, as for whether it's good or not, then we can't care, but there must be enough food to eat.

This food also needs to be the kind of food that can last for a long time.

The Ministry of Agriculture conducts statistics every year on how much grain needs to be planted each year to meet the needs of the people, and how much grain needs to be collected into the national treasury.

Then the land is allocated, which land is planted with rice, which with wheat, which with potatoes, and so on.

The remaining land can be used to grow vegetables, medicinal herbs, fruits, and much more.

Grain is a necessity and must be planted, but if there is more grain, the price will depreciate, and there will be a situation where grain is cheap and hurts farmers.

Therefore, it is necessary to grow vegetables, grow fruits, and even use the land to dig ponds to raise fish, raise kings, and so on.

These are commodities that make a lot of money for farmers.

For example, a fish sells for one tael of silver, and a fish pond sells for two hundred fish, which is two hundred taels, which is a huge wealth for a farmer. ”

"Sir is right." Fusu nodded, "Why didn't we think so much about it before, and let the people plant whatever they wanted."

It was never considered that the treasury would have to store so much grain. ”

The others were ashamed, and they did not think that since ancient times, taxes have been grain, and how much grain the court has depends on how much grain the people have grown.

Nowadays, grain is no longer a tax, there are only two kinds of money, and any tax is replaced by money, even if it is a levy, you don't want to pay for it.

After the court gets the money, it can pay someone to replace them.

So gradually they exchanged everything for money, and the food was long forgotten.

This can't all be blamed on them, the yield of corn, potatoes and other grains brought by Qin An is too high, coupled with the high yield of hybrid rice, now everyone in the world thinks that there will be no more people who will starve to death.

Because every family has enough food, they can survive even if they encounter natural disasters, and even two or three years can support themselves.

In such a situation, no one will care about the food affairs anymore, not even the people themselves.

But now that Qin An brought it up, they felt that this matter was not trivial.

"Ugh." Qin An sighed and said, "This is because of a national policy in China back then, which led to a nationwide famine, and almost everyone was hungry.

Since then, the state has done anything before. will first consider the issue of food, and the first thing to be solved is to let the entire Chinese people have enough to eat.

Think about eating well only after you've eaten and then think about other things.

This matter is left to the Ministry of Agriculture, the two prime ministers. You're going to have to do an audit every year. ”

"No." Feng Quji and Gan Luo said at the same time.

Immediately afterwards, Qin An said: "You all come with me, I bought a lot of things just now for everyone to come and see." ”

Everyone followed Qin An to the courtyard in confusion.

Seeing a large pile of things in the yard, Fusu asked curiously, "Sir, why do you buy these things, they are useful to us?" ”

Qin An shook his head helplessly and said, "You can't even guess my intentions? ”

Everyone bowed their heads in some shame.

"Please also ask the emperor for advice." Li Si said at this time.

Qin An said: "Old man, you still call me by my name, I always feel weird when you call me Emperor." ”

Li Si nodded and said, "It's okay, Qin An, what are you buying so many things for?" ”

Qin An immediately explained: "It is to let everyone know what commodities are available in Xianyang City now."

The goods are then categorized so that we can see how much such products are consumed, how much they produce, whether they can increase competitors, and so on.

Although it is said that the market should let it develop on its own, it is better not to intervene too much.

However, the imperial court always controlled the market, and had to set rules for the market, so that no one would disturb the market and cause the market to collapse.

This is one of the reasons, and another is consumption, whether it is food, or clothing, or paper, kitchen utensils, medicinal herbs, etc.

We can know the types of commodities and understand how much raw materials such as raw silk, cotton, linen and other raw materials are consumed every year?

How much is consumed in food, such as flour, cooking oil, salt, etc.?

Whether these consumption is enough or not, not enough, the imperial court can find a way to support others to develop new products.

is enough, so is the imperial court able to sell the surplus goods overseas? ”

Some people who had followed Qin An suddenly opened their mouths.

Li Si was the first to say: "I understand. Qin An meant that from them, things could be picked out for the use of the imperial court, and then sold to other countries to fill the treasury. ”

Qin An bowed his head and said, "Almost." Not for the use of the country, but for them to find their own way to sell abroad.

Of course, I hope that the major workshops will consume more raw materials, which shows that the lives of the people are getting better and better. The revenue of the treasury is also increasing.

If the consumption is not enough, then the product launched by this workshop is either not bought, or it itself is produced very little.

After finding out the cause, the government has to find a way to help them.

When the output was small, the imperial court gave them equipment to increase production, and no one bought it, so they were given the corresponding technology to improve the quality of their products.

Of course, before doing all this, you need to do a good investigation, whether this commodity is a lot in the market, a lot of it, then there is no need to help, survival of the fittest, this is the law of the market.

If it is very little, or even if he is concerned with the employment rate of the people in a place, then it is necessary to help. But it's not unconditionally helpful.

After the imperial court or the local government contributed money and equipment, the workshop made a profit, and the interest on the borrowed money had to be repaid.

Or the technology and equipment given by the government must be supplemented afterwards. ”

"What if we help him and he still can't change the situation? Or even absconding with money? ”

Qin An smiled: "If the other party is still like this, then I'm sorry." This workshop can only be handed over to the government to deal with.

In the end, whether to conduct an auction or let the government develop on its own needs to be studied. ”