The imperial court has already told them that the imperial court is ready to deal with the drought, and as for those insects who do not listen to the advice and insist on going their own way, whether they will be unlucky, it is not a matter of concern to Wang Xuanjing and Li Shimin.

Commercial matters are best solved by commercial means.

Just after Wang Xuanjing wrote the book, the price of grain in Guanzhong began to rise steadily. Since the founding of the Tang Dynasty, it has been fighting for many years, so the price of grain is not low, and it is about 100 yuan for a bucket of grain.

Later, after the introduction of the Singapore currency, the price of grain dropped somewhat, and a bucket of grain cost 70 yuan.

This price is only slightly higher, within the normal range.

But since the first year of Zhenguan, food prices in Guanzhong have been steadily rising. Just after March, the price of grain in Chang'an City has risen to the point of 100 yuan of rice.

It has been restored to the previous grain price, Li Shimin led tens of thousands of civil and military officials of the imperial court to tour the eastern capital, and after a large number of large grain consumers left Guanzhong, the grain price in Guanzhong dropped by a bit.

However, in just half a month, grain prices rose for the second time, and then, in April and May, grain prices began to soar.

In May, the price of grain had already risen to 200 yuan per rice, and at this time in the past, because the summer grain gradually began to be harvested, the price of grain would be lowered, and it would continue to be lowered until the grain tax was paid, and it would not be restored.

However, this year, due to the problem of drought, the harvest was lost in many places, and when more and more places came to the news of the harvest, the price of grain soared like a wild horse.

Soon it reached the point of an astonishing thousand dollars of rice, and even at this price it was not possible to buy grain.

After Wang Xuanjing followed Li Shimin to Luoyang, the eastern capital, the civil and military officials quickly settled down in Luoyang, and at this time, on the Yellow River, a large amount of grain transported from the south of the Yangtze River was blocked here.

Because of Sanmenxia, the imperial court could only transport grain by land from Luoyang. However, land transportation took a long time, roads were difficult, and a large amount of grain was piled up in Luoyang.

Wang Xuanjing did not stay in Luoyang for long, and immediately returned to Chang'an after hearing that Chang'an was fighting thousands of dollars. In fact, in the first year of the drought, most of the people had surplus food in their hands, and food was not yet in short supply.

It's more about people's hearts fluctuating.

Because of the drought, the imperial court specially ordered the reduction and exemption of this year's grain payment, in fact, the burden of the people is not heavy, but the locust plague after this drought is a big problem.

Because the stock has been exhausted, and there is no food for the next year, the people can only sell their land, sell their children, or flee the famine.

After Wang Xuanjing returned to Chang'an, he soon came to a granary outside the city.

In this granary, there is the grain transported by the imperial court during this time, although it is difficult to travel because of the road, but the imperial court has predicted it in advance, so the preparation is quite sufficient.

Wang Xuanjing came to Weihe Cang in the night.

Even at night, it's still busy. In order to transport grain, the imperial court requisitioned a large number of people.

Now Minzhuang is a good errand, although the court did not give money, but every day two tons of grain, these grains are enough for the family to barely fill their stomachs.

In these years, it is much more affordable than handing out money, at this time, you are handing out money, and the people can't buy food with money.

The imperial court deliberately hired a large number of people, because it was worried that the people would not have money to buy food, so they recruited a large number of people in the form of work-for-relief.

Wang Xuanjing stood outside the granary, the sky was already dark, and the wind became a little cool.

Zhang Cambodia finally finished his work and hurried over.

During this period of time, the imperial court was the busiest in terms of transportation and granaries, and he had to work day and night with too much grain in storage and distribution.

"The lower official is late, and I hope that the prime minister will forgive his sins!" Zhang Cambodia arched his hand and said that although he was tired, he was still smiling.

"Zhang Qing is the people of the world, how can this official not know? It doesn't have to be that way. Wang Xuanjing helped him up, and then asked, "I don't know if the matter of the grain has ever been properly handled?" ”

"Prime Minister, please come with me." Zhang Cambodia wiped his sweat and took Wang Xuanjing into the warehouse, which was about to fill up at this time.

Zhang Cambodia pointed to the grain in the granary and said: "Such a granary can store about 10,000 stones of grain. Now there are twenty-three such granaries here. ”

"It's almost enough for the people of Chang'an City to eat for two months."

In the Liu Song Dynasty, there was a great sage who wrote: "There is a great drought, a great hunger, and cannibalism." ”

"There was a similar situation in the pre-dry period. Not long after that, Emperor Yang of the Sui Dynasty acted recklessly, which eventually led to the smoke of the world, the starvation of the people, and the exposure of white bones, and so on. ”

"And now with this granary, Guanzhong has no worries!"

Zhang Khan was an official who came all the way from the last years of the Sui Dynasty, and he had seen the cruelty of the last years of the dynasty and knew the suffering of the people. Although he is not as eloquent and eloquent as those officials above the court, he has always thought of the people and worked for the well-being of the people.

This is also the reason why Wang Xuanjing handed over this granary to Zhang Khan.

Zhang Cambodia looked at the mountains of grain, and sighed: "Prime Minister, the people take food as the sky, these grains are all transported by the imperial court, some people will say that the grain is difficult to operate, the imperial treasury is empty, even if it is for disaster relief, only part of it can be relieved, and the rest of the grain should be sold, but if so, the price of grain must be very high, how can the people be stable?" ”

"It's like the last years of Liu Song, fighting rice and ten thousand dollars."

"The imperial court has benefited greatly, but the land of the world is indeed exposed in the wilderness, and there is no rooster crowing for thousands of miles."

Wang Xuanjing nodded and said: "What Zhang Qing said is very true, I have reported to Your Majesty, this batch of grain will definitely not be sold at a high price." ”

"Then how much grain do we sell?" Zhang Cambodia asked.

"Go out for labor and transportation and the original value of the grain, this batch of grain is ready to be sold by the imperial court for 100 to 150 yuan of rice!" Wang Xuanjing said.

"In addition to these, no one in Guanzhong can buy a bucket of grain at a price of 70 wen a day." Wang Xuanjing did this completely to take care of the people.

A family of six calculates that the maximum amount of food used in a day is only three or four hundreds, and a bucket of grain is more than enough, and the remaining grain is ready to be sold by the imperial court according to one hundred yuan to one hundred and fifty yuan, in order to prevent people from hoarding goods.

"Your Majesty is merciful!" Hearing the price that Wang Xuanjing said, Zhang Cambodia was surprised, Doumi was seventy Wen, this price is even lower than last year.

You know, this is a disaster year, and now the food on the street has risen to the point of fighting rice. That is, 1,500 yuan per bucket of rice.

It is more than 20 times the price that Wang Xuanjing said.

Even at this price, the imperial court is still in a state of loss. Zhang Cambodia knew that the imperial treasury was not abundant, but he didn't expect that the imperial court would have such great determination.

Wang Xuanjing said with a smile: "The price of buying a common person can actually be less than ten yuan, and the grain sold will be more expensive if there is no surplus." ”

(End of chapter)