Longevity Begins with Jinyiwei Chapter 492

"Your Majesty, this is Changlong Rice Line."

On the street, Wang Wu pointed to a rice shop not far away where people were constantly flowing in and out, and said a little nervously.

Although he had known for a long time that the Son of Heaven had made a private visit, but just as he was about to inform the people below to prepare, the soldiers of the Imperial Army who were staring at him had already clearly explained the Son of Heaven's thoughts.

No matter how daring he was, he would not dare to act secretly against the will of the emperor.

After all, even if there is a mistake below, it is just a scolding and punishment by the emperor, but if you violate the emperor's will, you might lose your life, even if you are lucky to save your life, without the trust of the emperor, Talk about power.

Now, he can only bite the bullet and lead the emperor to introduce.

"The food, coal, firewood, cotton cloth and other supplies of the commercial firm are all 20% lower than the market price according to Your Majesty's instructions. The old slave also convened the major commercial houses in the capital to allocate and coordinate the prices of these materials in the capital. It also dropped by about 10%…”

"However, due to the interruption of water transport, the price of grain in the capital has also risen a lot. Although it is now lower than the market price, it is still a lot more expensive than in previous years..."

"More expensive than usual?"

The emperor frowned.

Wang Wu was a little uneasy: "Reporting to Your Majesty, every stone of grain is about three to four cents more expensive than in previous years."

The emperor's brows furrowed even deeper. Three or four coins seemed insignificant, but for ordinary people, this was not a small amount.

But in the end, the emperor didn't say much, took a step, and walked towards Changlongmi, who belonged to the inner court.

The treasury was empty, and the internal money was also empty. In a war, almost all of Daheng's belongings were beaten, and a debt was owed.

The only income now is the home raid.

Although the income from raiding a home is also quite large, the pits to be filled are no longer few. It is necessary to pay army salaries, to make up for the previous post-war pensions, to provide relief, to save some money and food for emergencies, and to support various people. high-ranking officials.

In a country, there are too many places where money and food are consumed. It is very good to squeeze out a little and stabilize the market price to an acceptable level. If there is more, unless he puts the knife on all the merchants.

But obviously, this is not feasible.

After all, one is not hoarding goods, and the other is not disrupting the market, doing business normally, and cooperating with the court to stabilize the market price, it is already honest to the extreme.

Compared with other shops on the roadside, this Changlong Rice Shop obviously occupies a large area, and the pavement is naturally much larger than other shops.

The layout of the shop is no different from that of most rice shops. However, compared with other rice shops, the Changlong Rice Shop directly under the Inner Court, thanks to the fact that it is backed by Daheng, sells a lot of rice grains. Even sweet potatoes, that is, sweet potatoes, corn, can be seen.

"What's the price of this sweet potato?"

The emperor asked casually.

Wang Wu was about to speak out, but was stopped by the emperor's eyes.

"Two taels for sweet potatoes, one tael for corn, one tael for corn, and one tael for rice for one tael!"

The boy behind the counter said lazily, not at all as enthusiastic as other shops on the market.

Finally, the little servant added:

"By the way, I won't pay you back!"

"Sweet potatoes, corn, why are they so expensive?"

The emperor frowned and asked.

"Ah…"

The little servant sneered and looked at the emperor with the eyes of a country bumpkin: "Did you know that these sweet potatoes and corn are all transported from out of town, and people don't want money to eat horses on the road?"

"In this entire capital, only we, Changlong Rice Shop, have this rare thing. You go to other places, but don't even think about it!"

After speaking, the servant waved his hand impatiently. As for the brocade robes of the rich and noble on the emperor's body, he didn't care:

"Okay, okay, it's a waste of my words to tell you too much, just buy it, if you don't buy it, get out of here!"

As soon as these words came out, Wang Wu's face was pale and his whole body was trembling faintly.

"You kid is courting death!"

Xu Feng couldn't bear it any longer, and shouted violently.

"Oh?"

The little servant was not afraid at all, and sneered again: "I'm afraid you don't know where our Changlong rice shop is, and dare to make trouble with us!"

"okay!"

The emperor glanced at the pale-faced Wang Wu, waved his hand, and stopped the angry Xu Feng. Then he looked at the servant of the rice shop, who was arrogant to the inner court, and pointed to all kinds of rice grains on his face. .

"These, take one stone for each!"

The boy hummed a few times, but didn't say any more. He picked up a big call and shouted at the other boys. After a while, a few large sacks filled with food were placed in front of a few people.

"Go, find a rod scale, and weigh it."

The Son of Heaven gave an order to the general of the imperial camp beside him, and then Shi Shiran walked out of the rice shop.

As for the boy's appearance, the emperor didn't care. In this era, it is impossible for him to ask these people to have a good service attitude.

Moreover, nowadays, what is needed is not the attitude of service, but the issue of food and clothing.

In the same way, people will only care about the so-called dignity and face when they solve the problem of food and clothing.

The food and clothing have not been solved, and it is meaningless to make these illusory things, and it is just a waste of human and material resources.

"master…"

As soon as he came out of the rice shop, Wang Wu couldn't help but speak out, but he was once again stopped by the emperor's eyes.

"Liu accountant, tell me, is the price of food on the market all this price?"

"For rice grains, it's almost the same price, and this Changlong Rice Shop is a bit lower than the market price."

"As for this corn sweet potato, since the planting is still being promoted in various places, the large-scale planting is only in other places, and the rare thing is the most expensive. Such a price is normal."

The emperor nodded, but he did not ask about the progress of the promotion and planting. This matter cannot be urged!

He Jinkouyu said, once urging, the Ministry of Household will inevitably urge the people below to apply pressure layer by layer. .

The people of this era are not the people who will not worry about food and clothing in future generations. If the problem of food and clothing has been solved, naturally, they can grow whatever crops they want in the fields.

But this era is different. A family of several people all rely on the grain harvest in the field to survive, and there is no capital for trial and error.

To promote planting, we can only promote it. Let the people see the benefits of planting these high-yield crops, and actively follow them to plant them, rather than the court forcing the people to plant them.

"If we promote planting, the key is to induce, and we must not force the people."

In the end, the emperor still gave an uneasy command.

"Don't worry, my lord, I have told the following people again and again."

Liu Qiyuan replied immediately.

"Um."

The emperor nodded. At this time, the general of the imperial camp also walked quickly, ignoring Wang Wu's uncertain look, and bowed to the emperor: "Master, every kind of food is 10% worse!"

As soon as these words came out, the atmosphere instantly froze, and Wang Wu fell to his knees with a puff.

"Ah…"

The emperor chuckled, but the smile was extremely cold.

"One percent..."

"Ning Feng, do you still remember when Sui Zhen was in that farmer's house, his family of six was busy all year, and what was the harvest?"

"Report to Your Majesty, the last will remember, it is about six buckets."

The general immediately bowed ~www.mtlnovel.com~ and replied.

The Son of Heaven asked again:

"Master Liu, come and tell me, how long will this family be able to eat for this amount?"

"About two months."

Liu Qiyuan had no scruples.

"Amazing!"

The Son of Heaven chuckled: "If you have less, you will lose a family of six and two months' rations."

"I bought six stones, and all of a sudden, the family of six is missing a year's rations!"

"Is this your promise to me?"

"Guaranteed to be good enough and never oppress the people?"

"Yes, you really don't need to be oppressed. People who come to buy food will starve to death!"

The emperor suppressed his anger: "Ning Feng!"

"The end is here!"

"Every Changlong rice shop in the capital, go check it out!"

"The last will obey!"

"Wait, except for Changlong Rice Shop, all the other businesses affiliated to the inner court, go check it out!"

"The last will obey!"

"You'd better pray for an exception!"

The emperor glanced at Wang Wu coldly, and snorted coldly!

He can tolerate officials being greedy because officials are at least still doing things for him.

As long as officials are doing things, even if they are greedy in relief, as long as they are not excessively greedy, the kindness of the emperor also exists.

But this is a deal that should be fair, and one hand pays the other hand!

It is a business that represents the reputation of his emperor!

What is greedy is the reputation of his emperor!

Kill as many people as you have!

Chapter end

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