Spring and Autumn I Am King

Compared with before, Zhao's official position is beyond recognition.

Zhao Wuxi set up the Taicang, Junshu, Pingzhun, Dunei, Jitian Wulingcheng, as well as the two long histories of salt and iron, under the "Internal History of Suzhi" in charge of the agricultural economy.

The seven nobles are the next doctors, of which Tian Lingcheng is also known as the "big farmer", and is concurrently held by Fan Chi, a native of Lu. Last year, she came to Zhao's Handan from Taoqiu in the State of Lu, because a large iron ore was discovered there, and the quality and quantity of the iron ore were far superior to those of Ludi.

It was unheard of for a woman to be an official and a doctor in the first place, but there was no excuse for everyone to oppose it, because the Zhao family's iron smelting and forging system was almost supported by Mo Xie alone. She brought advanced technology and continued to improve it, so that today's iron officials are all over the county, and Zhao's iron has been tied with the gold and tin in the south.

In addition to Tieguan Changshi, who attracted everyone's attention, Taicang, Junsu, and Pingzhuan San Lingcheng took office in a low-key manner.

The so-called "equal loss" is to adjust the materials in various places. Zhao's tax is still mainly based on in-kind taxes. In addition, the special products of various counties and counties will also be transported into Yecheng as tribute. This practice is a legacy of the feudal era, as the so-called "one day in the raccoon dog, take the other fox, as the son of Qiu", the leader of the people will naturally contribute to the leader, and it is regarded as a matter of course.

However, this move has many drawbacks: a large number of peasants are required to transport special products, and the households cannot bear it; long-distance transportation, the tribute will inevitably be damaged and deteriorated, and the shipping cost is often much higher than the original price; the tribute is a local treasure, but it may be transported to Yecheng. It is a subordinate product, so it can not be used by the government, and it will cause a backlog and waste of tribute, which is not worth the loss.

Therefore, Ji Ran suggested that it is better to set up all the officials in each county to coordinate the materials. Generally, tributes are no longer shipped, and are instead shipped by official merchants to areas that need them for sale. For example, the cattle, sheep and horses, which are special products of Baizhai in Shangjun, do not have to travel thousands of miles to Ye. They can be sold at Taiyuan and Wei family for a high price. In this way, it can not only reduce the losses caused by the transportation of tribute in the past, but also relatively reduce the burden on households, and at the same time increase the financial revenue. In addition, the officials are also responsible for the allocation and delivery of grain in various places.

The main purpose of the so-called "leveling" is to keep prices in the Zhao family at normal levels and prevent private businesses from manipulating the market and making huge profits. Ji Ran's euphemistic name is: "It is cheap to make all things, and the counties and counties often control the capital." The main adjustment is the price of grain, salt, and wine.

These two institutions are both direct manifestations of Jiran's economic theory. They are temporarily implemented in the twelve townships of Yedi. If they are effective in a year, they will be extended to the seven counties of the Zhao family, as well as Lu, Ju, and Sishang in the east. to realize the economic integration of this region.

As for now, the first challenge faced by the two prime ministers after taking office is to cooperate with Taicang to complete Ji Ran's plan to "make up for the excess and make up for the deficiency".

Taicang Lingcheng, as his name suggests, is the official name of the official storehouse of the government. A prosperous year will be tame, and a thrifty year will be tiao.”

The time has entered August, and the harvest has been completed in various places. All loses, Pingzhun, and Taicang's three new officials take office. Basically, they are all from the strategist. Acquisition and storage are methodical.

Appropriate officials control the price of grain in various places, and in places with low grain prices such as Hanoi, Ye, and Handan, the losing officials intervene in an official manner to receive grain at a parity.

Because of the obvious effect of Zhao's water conservancy project this year, and the promotion of keel waterwheels and composting, almost all counties have achieved bumper harvests, so when the government came to buy grain, the people still welcomed it. What's more, the price of the purchase was higher than that of the merchants in the market, and the people immediately flocked to it, but the officials who were all losing officials also instructed each family to have surplus food in case of emergency.

Carload after carload of golden, yellow and orange grain was transported to Changping warehouse in the county capital. After Taicang Lingcheng's subordinate officials took over, the millet and wheat were stored in warehouses. It is necessary to wait until the famine outside, when the market price of grain is high, and under the standard of the quasi-level officer, appropriately lower the price, sell the grain in the Changping warehouse, and stabilize the grain price.

So in September, according to the statistics of Ji Ran, the seven counties and one capital of the Zhao family and the eight Changping warehouses have a total of 1.46 million shi of grain, which is equivalent to the output of 800,000 mu of millet fields (the mu of the Zhao family is roughly equivalent to 0.29 ares, generally speaking, the yield per mu is one and a half stone, and Ye land is two stones), and Ye land is harvested in one year!

"Enough for 150,000 people to eat for a year..." All the ministers under Zhisu Nei Shi smiled happily, but Ji Ran was particularly dissatisfied. Under his single-handed control, the whip called Average Loss began to cross The border is drawn towards other forces...

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As early as mid-July, the officials and merchants of the Zhao family, headed by Yi Dun, turned into white-clothed merchants one after another, holding five baht coins newly minted in the past few months, and went to Yan, Wei, Han, Wei, Zhou, Zhongshan, etc. to meet the Zhao family. Neighboring friendly countries began to buy food at high prices.

Countries in different countries do not have such a complete grain coordinating organization as the Zhao family. The doctors in the cities sell their own grains, and the government has no control at all. So under the temptation of profit, Han’s Shangdang and Pingyang, Wei’s Xinjiang and Quwo, Yan’s Yixiadu, Zhou’s Shan and Liu, Wei’s Puyang, and the lords of the towns and villages left part of their grain reserves. The rest are sold to those mysterious white-clothed merchants.

Even more opportunistic merchants from Qi and Zheng learned that Zhao's grain was expensive this year.

Before Han Wei Erqing could react, these grains continued to flow into the Zhao family. By the end of September, the Changping warehouse had exceeded 2 million stone!

This is a piece of good news, like a great victory over tens of thousands of enemies! Looking at the report submitted by Ji Ran, Zhao Wuxi was overjoyed. Everything was as Ji Ran expected, and the world was involved in this grand economic regulation under the impetus of "profit".

"The world is bustling for profit, and the world is hustle and bustle for profit... Qi and Zheng's merchants can even sell the ropes to hang themselves for their own interests. It seems that the establishment of an equal loss and a certain supervision of merchants is the most correct. But the thing..."

Now, apart from the Changping warehouse, which is easily not allowed to be used, other warehouses are also full, and he does not panic when he has food in his hand. Zhao Wuxi, who is beggar-thy-neighbor, even begins to gloat.

It seems that if the famine next year spreads to Han and Wei, they may have a hard time!

After reviewing this report and putting it aside, a thick pile of documents and reports from all over the place has accumulated on the table, and the night has gradually deepened.

Zhao Wuxi was a little tired. He rubbed his temples, raised the porcelain cup and took a sip of clear tea--yes, he finally drank the tea. Surrounded by Yishui and Yishan, the water is good and the soil is good, so several tea gardens have been built. After several years of domestication, the bitterness of wild tea leaves has gradually turned into a fragrance. As the son's tribute to his father, the tea is transported to the Zhao Palace by the Zhangshui River, and accompanied by the best spring water from Baiquan, Hanoi County~www.wuxiaspot.com~, it produces a unique taste.

Because Zhao Wuxi only loves tea, for a while, the doctors in Yecheng followed suit, and tea tasting became a must-have for elegant gatherings. This was originally only used as an unpopular medicinal material and was quickly priced at sky-high, just like a new luxury. The tea gardens in Lu State are constantly expanding, and local households benefit from this.

After a short rest, Zhao Wuxi looked at the only two memorials left on the table: one with elegant and handsome fonts, which belonged to Ren Zhang, and the other with strong and neat strokes, which belonged to Lu Ban.

His brows suddenly wrinkled. Not long ago, the two had a big fight by the waterwheel on the outskirts of Yecheng. Zhao Wuxi had already learned from the "black clothes" who secretly monitored Baiguan. One is the radical Taoist pacifism, the other is the extreme war-fighting faction. In Lu Ban's view, the war is just a testing ground for his siege equipment.

After thinking about it, Zhao Wuxi still stretched out his hand to Lu Ban's share, and just opened the first page, his eyes lit up.

"Being able to use water power to smelt iron is truly worthy of being the ancestor of craftsmen..."

(To be continued.)