This Northern Song Dynasty is a bit weird

Chapter 354
The ministers' night meeting with real Lu!
This matter has spread in Bianjing City.

Why did Master Lu return to Bianjing, and what did they talk about? This makes people very curious.

All parties are asking, but those who participated that night were unwilling to talk more.

Under the threat of begging, Lu Huiqing said something:
Lu Zhenren said, "Businessmen should thrive".

These words immediately shocked the entire capital for several days, some people were happy while others were worried.

Afterwards, all kinds of people asked the people who participated in the night party to confirm, but no one was willing to speak again.

Later, Lu Huiqing was transferred from the imperial court and placed in Suzhou as the prefect.

Seeing that he was demoted, it seems that he talked too much, which aroused the displeasure of the high officials in the court, so he was released.

But everyone who was present that night knew that Lu Huiqing was entrusted with a "heavy responsibility", after all, the loom appeared in Suzhou.

In addition to the matter of "the ministers meeting Lu Zhenren at night", there is another interesting thing.

The King of Runan County has been running around among the big families for the past few days.

Originally, the officials of the imperial court were unwilling to see Di Qing go to the Northern Liao Dynasty, but they gradually changed their minds recently and agreed.

This should have been a good thing, but Di Qing was not at ease.

He always felt that this was a game against himself.

The candles in the study flickered, making crackling sounds from time to time, burning to death the flying insects that threw themselves into the flames.

It's normal for him not to be able to go out, but to be able to go out... No matter how you think about it, there are ghosts in it.

Di Qing was booing and sighing in the room, and when he was so worried, the old servant at home came to report and said, "Your Majesty, Master Lu is asking to see you."

"Really Lu?" Di Qing was stunned for a moment, and hurriedly stood up: "How can such an honorable person be allowed to wait outside the door, please quickly... no, I will go out to meet him personally."

He hurried out the door, but saw Lu Sen already standing in the yard.

The old servant naturally has eyesight. Of course, it is impossible for a fairy like Lu Sen to wait outside the door, and he has already been invited into the house.

Di Qing heaved a sigh of relief, walked over and cupped his fists and said with a smile, "Really Lu, it's been nearly two years since we last said goodbye. You are worthy of being a fairy, and you still have the same demeanor."

Lu Sen clasped his fists in return: "It's not a big deal to come here this time, just to give something to General Di!"

Ok?
What is worthy of being delivered by Lu Zhenren himself?
He actually eats a lot of fairy melons and fruits.

Lu Sen took out a wooden sculpture of a brown bear from the system backpack: "I can't help you in the matter of conquering Liao, but I can still give the general some protection."

"Spirit beast!"

Di Qing's eyes became sharp all of a sudden, followed by moxibustion fever.

Throwing the forest eagle in his hand, Lu Sen said with a smile: "I have important matters to deal with, so I have to go first, General Di can't be blamed."

Di Qing stretched out his hand to take the spirit beast. He originally wanted to ask Lu Sen to stay, but seeing that the other party was walking resolutely, he cupped his fists and said, "Send Lu Sen a respectful gift. I dare not forget the great kindness."

He kept clasping his fists in thanks until Lu Sen disappeared, and then asked the old servant to close the door.

Then Di Qing cut open his palm with a pocket knife without hesitation, and pressed the wood carving on the blood.

A mighty bear-shaped helmet...and a brown full-body plate armor wrapped his whole body.

Feeling a steady stream of power pouring into his body, Di Qing burst out laughing.

The spirit beast contract is very strong, allowing him to be invincible on the battlefield, but what really reassures him is another meaning.

This spirit beast contract is what Master Lu announced to the world: Di Qing is under the protection of someone called Lu, and if you are not afraid of death, just target him.

In fact, Di Qing's political sense is still not strong enough, he only saw the first level.

When he went to court in the early morning of the second day, many ministers saw the little brown bear standing on his shoulders and showed expressions of fear.

When the king of Runan County, the Xiaoguan family and others saw the brown bear on his body, they showed... a friendly look.

Being able to bring the spirit beast along with him means that he is someone recognized by Daoist Lu, and Daoist Lu is the brother-in-law of a small official family. That is to say, from now on, Di Qing can be regarded as half a 'relative'.

It is no longer 'force' to be guarded against.

After this operation, more than 20 days have passed.

At this time, the weather is already early autumn, and the city of Bianjing has begun to cool down.

Pieces of red and yellow leaves swirled and flew down. Lu Sen stood in the garden and watched the three women packing up their things.

When I came, I brought a large number of people with me because I had to take care of the sixth lady, tenth lady, and thirteenth lady of the Zhao family.

Going back now, as long as there are four people, the rest will stay in the capital.

Just as the three of Yang Jinhua were about to pack up their things, there was a knock on the outer door with a tight voice.

Zhao Bilian hopped and ran to open the door, but saw a group of people outside the door.

The leader was an old man, wearing an official uniform. When meeting him, he cupped his fists and smiled and asked, "Dare to ask this lady, is Lu Longtu in there? Please see me at Zhoubu Temple, Secretary of the Ministry of Household Affairs."

At this time, Lu Sen's title is still there, and he is still a Bachelor of Longtuge University.

Therefore, people in the officialdom usually call him 'Real Man', and when they hand over the affairs of the court, they call him 'Longtu'.

Hearing the voice, Lu Sen walked out, clasped his fists and said with a smile, "May I ask Si Nong what's the matter?"

"It's mainly for the grain seeds." Zhou Busi took two steps forward, and after cupping his hands, he looked at Lu Sen's eyes full of 'worship': "The 'Jinmaoshu' sent by Lu Longtu four months ago has matured , the measured yield per mu is more than [-] jin, slightly better than Xianren rice."

Nowadays, there are few people who are engaged in 'farming' who do not worship Lu Sen.

"It was planted so soon?" Lu Sen was a little surprised.

Zhou Busi laughed and said, "It's so auspicious, so naturally we can't neglect it. Now that the grain has been planted, can it be distributed to benefit the people?"

This thing was sent by Lu Sen. The King of Runan County secretly confessed that if Lu Zhen didn't nod, he would plant it in the palace temporarily. If Lu Sen nodded, it would naturally benefit all parties.

"Of course, the sooner this happens, the better."

Zhoubu Temple was overjoyed when he heard the words, bowed his hands and clasped his fists, his voice was choked up: "On behalf of the people in the world, I thank Master Lu for his blessing."

As the chief officer of farming and mulberry affairs, he is very clear about the pros and cons of Immortal Rice and 'Jin Mao Shu'.

Xianren rice is a staple food, and it can be served on the dining table at any time.

Although the output of Jinmao potato is also large, it can only be used as a supplementary food at ordinary times, because it is not as full as rice, and its leaves and vines can even be used to feed pigs, which is extremely useful.

It also has a more important advantage, that is, it does not choose the land... Immortal rice requires a lot of water and good land to produce high yields.

There are "numbers" of fertile fields in the world.

But Jinmao potato is not needed. The sandy land by the river or any sand and gravel land on the hillside can be planted, and it can survive very well.

In this way, those farmers who do not have good land can plant Jinmao potato on the wasteland, as long as they water some water regularly, they can also have a good harvest.

Raising several people is not a problem.

If Immortal Rice is to make the world no longer hungry, then the appearance of Jinmao Shu is to make everyone in the world have enough to eat.

Zhou Busi left gratefully. Although he was old, he seemed to be carrying the wind when he walked, and he was very happy.

Lu Sen smiled, shook his head and returned to the room.

The door of the Yang family was closed again, and not long after, an aircraft floated into the sky and flew away from the capital.

Many people saw it, some were paying homage, and some were watching quietly.

After Lu Sen left Bianjing, the court introduced many new policies.

Many policies are related to merchants, lower business taxes, and more management rights.

But there are more constraints... Once a businessman does not operate honestly, evades taxes, and is caught by the government, he will face a huge fine, and even members of the three ethnic groups will not be allowed to take the imperial examination for ten years.

There are many similar measures.

It seems that in response to the previous rumors, Lu Zhenren said that merchants should be prosperous.

However, the newly released commercial law is also restraining businessmen from taking the lead.

full of contradictions.

But no matter what, the businessmen felt that the shackles on their bodies had loosened a lot, which was a good thing, and everyone was very happy, and began to increase business investment and operations within the law.

Some people even took the initiative to form a fleet and head overseas.

Because the sea trade tax has dropped to [-]% of the previous one.

Before the Spice Islands line, the profits were running out.Because there are too many spices shipped to the Song Dynasty, the price has been falling, and the tax is also high, so those who come and go will earn very little.

But after the ocean trade tax was halved, spices became an extremely profitable business again.

The sea merchants were naturally overjoyed.

At this time, Lu Huiqing was in the weaving mansion in Suzhou, watching more than a dozen weaving sheets rushing to work.

His complexion was not very good, and after a while, a small official came over with a booklet: "Master Lu, the statistics have been calculated."

"In the past month, how many pieces of cloth have been newly produced in the weaving mansion?"

"Thirty thousand horses."

Lu Huiqing's face was full of disbelief when he heard the number.

At first glance, [-] bolts of linen may not sound like much, but last year the Ministry of Households collected about [-] million bolts of "tax" on silk and linen fabrics.

But this is only one month's output of the weaving mansion, and there are only a hundred or so looms in the whole weaving mansion.

Moreover, [-] pieces is not the upper limit of the number of jobs for hundreds of looms, but because the Weaving House purchases a large amount of twine on the market, resulting in a very rapid appreciation of twine, so the Weaving House has temporarily stopped buying twine.

Lu Huiqing calculated that the hundreds of looms in the Weaving Mansion alone can produce at least 50 pieces of fabric a year.

If the scale of the loom is expanded, and other counties also use looms... After a year, more than ten million pieces of fabric can be easily completed.

If things go on like this, the silk thread and hemp thread in the entire Song Dynasty will definitely not be enough.

And in this case, what will happen?
"Mulberry occupies good land, and farmers are all engaged in weaving, so they flock to it. Merchants hoard land at a high price and do mergers." Lu Huiqing shuddered subconsciously, and he had vaguely seen some bad signs: "No wonder Master Lu It will say that merchants must not be allowed to hold real power."

In fact, what Lu Huiqing 'sees' is only the appearance, but this is scary enough.

Besides, he can 'see' this, which proves that he is very smart.

He immediately went back to the government office, wrote a memorial, explained what he saw and thought, and finally asked: "Prospering business is like feeding a ferocious beast. The young one can hold it with one hand. If it becomes a giant tiger, who can surrender?"

Half a month later, the secret decree from the small official's family arrived, with Fu Bi's seal on it: future generations have their own plans!

(End of this chapter)