Three Kingdoms: My Wife Is Diao Chan

Chapter 314
Chapter 315
Zhen Mi and Wen Jiao failed badly in the abacus test. She practiced at home for a day, and Wen Jiao was not idle at the Yamen. She was busy sorting out the autumn tax accounts, so she happened to practice with the abacus!
When Cao Chong came to the county government office in the morning, Zhen Mi had already started to practice, and it seemed that she was at odds with Wen Jiao. I don't know what's the point?
Cao Chong ignored them and came to the county government for a meeting. The autumn grain in Tuntian District had been counted almost.

"The grain output of this autumn harvest is too low, right?" Cao Chong frowned and looked at the accounts in front of him.

"Young master, the rain is not very good this year. It is already good to have this harvest." Liu Jing replied.

"The average yield of your acre of land is less than [-] catties, how dare you say that the harvest is good?" Cao Chong stared at Liu Jing.

"More than half of the millet here is summer-planted millet, and the yield is not as good as that of spring-planted millet. In addition, there is not enough rain..."

Cao Chong waved his hand and did not let Liu Jing continue. He knew that he was not lazy, but he knew that the yield of the future generations would be more than 1000 catties per mu. He was really disappointed with the current yield of [-] to [-] catties per mu!
"Hey! Fortunately, I have been buying food continuously, otherwise I will be in trouble next year."

"Okay, that's it for the autumn harvest. I'm talking about the plan to vigorously promote winter wheat. How are you discussing it?"

Anyway, the autumn harvest is over, and the amount has been decided. The purpose of Cao Chong's meeting today is to vigorously promote winter wheat.

"Young master, this promotion of winter wheat has been going on since Emperor Wu's time..."

"Don't mention the ones you don't have...how did you discuss it?"

"No!" Pang Tong beside him answered Liu Jing directly.

"What's the matter, what's the difficulty?" Cao Chong looked at Liu Jing, who was the person in charge of the plan.

"The yield of winter wheat is not as high as that of millet, and it is not resistant to spring drought, so the risk is high."

"The output of one season can't keep up with the millet, and with the addition of summer crops, even if only some miscellaneous grains are grown in summer, it is better than one season of millet, right?"

Cao Chong couldn't bear the fact that the Luoyang area could not achieve two crops a year.

"Young master, after the wheat is harvested, we usually plant some beans and miscellaneous grains, otherwise the fertility of the land will not keep up."

"That's fine. Millets are unpalatable, and the yield is still low. It's better to grow less in the future."

"I know what you want to say. The wheat harvesting period is too short to be busy, and the flour grinding is too troublesome. Is there anything else?" Seeing that Liu Jing still wanted to object, Cao Chong simply explained the reasons for him.

"Since the young master knows, why do you want to forcefully promote it?" Liu Jing was puzzled.

"I will help you solve those problems. Just let the farmland go to the place suitable for planting winter wheat and plant it all. This will help to stagger the farming season and expand the cultivated area." Cao Chong said to Liu Jing.

When I came to the Three Kingdoms, I found out that the staple food in the northern region is not flour. This is ridiculous!

It is certain that wheat will replace millet and millet as the staple food, so Cao Chong will let him speed up his pace.

"Don't worry, if I say it can be solved, it will be fine, but what you said about the wheat being intolerant to spring drought is indeed true, just pay attention to this."

"After the autumn harvest, on the one hand, Sinong Temple planted a large area of ​​wheat, and on the other hand, it seized the time to build water conservancy. While Xinmin is still in the stage of farming, it is convenient to manage and mobilize, so make good use of it."

"However, there is still one thing that needs to be dealt with as soon as possible. According to the young master's order, this year's Tuntian District is full of grain, and there is no such thing as mulberry and hemp..." Seeing that Cao Chong had made up his mind on winter wheat, Liu Jing mentioned the next one question.

"Let the newcomers start exchanging grain for various living and production materials starting tomorrow! The Ministry of Households is in charge of this matter, with the assistance of the Ministry of Punishment and Si Nong Temple. This time, it will be carried out in the form of barter, according to the household registration statistics of the Ministry of Households."

"The Ministry of Criminal Justice pays attention to some troublemakers. Anyone who finds someone pretending to be Xinmin and sells them will be sent to a labor camp. If it is serious, it will be executed on the spot!"

In order to ensure the food production in Luoyang, the agriculture in Tuntian District is extremely deformed. Only food is grown, and other materials must be exchanged. Cao Chong has already prepared it. It is much easier to buy hemp, cloth, fur, leather and various living materials than food. It was a long-established plan to buy these things in other places to exchange food with Xinmin.

"By the way, this exchange is strictly carried out among Xinmin. All kinds of materials are not allowed to flow into the market. In order to encourage Xinmin to exchange, we can lower the exchange price of various materials, but we must prevent people from taking advantage of the opportunity. Huang She made it clear to the original residents of Luoyang , it’s not their part this time.”

"I'm afraid it's inappropriate, young master." Pang Tong objected immediately.

"Yes, the original residents must also want to directly exchange food for various supplies. The young master's favoritism has caused conflicts. These new residents will also have to integrate with the original residents in the future. This will not be good for the future." Liu Ba also disagreed.

"Young master, why bother? We can just collect food and sell things at the same time. Regardless of whether the food is the same for new people or old people, it will save us trouble, and I saw that we have enough supplies. "The newcomer Man Pang didn't understand Cao Chong's actions.

"Of course I know about this, and there's nothing I can do about it. Man Pang's method is simple, and it should be done in this way under normal circumstances."

"The question is, is it normal in Luoyang? Have you forgotten how these new people came here? As soon as these materials enter the market, I promise they will be hoarded immediately. If more than 7 new people have no clothes for the winter, think about the consequences yourself!"

Cao Chong didn't think that no one was thinking about Luoyang now.

"It's better to leave some for the original residents." Pang Tong frowned and said: "Since it is guessed that some people will hoard, no matter whether the materials you purchased from other places enter the market this time, I guess they will continue. If they can't harm the new people, then they will Deliberately raising prices and inciting the original residents."

Cao Chong also found it troublesome when he heard it. When the market prices soared, the common people would not be able to buy anything, but the Xinmin would be able to exchange grain smoothly.

"There's no need to guess or guess, they've already started doing this." Cao Tai, who had been silent all this time, said suddenly.

"Huh? What did you find? Why didn't I receive the report?" Cao Chong gave Cao Tai a glare.

"I just discovered some clues yesterday, and I'm making statistics. If you didn't mention it today, I'm not sure yet, so I didn't report it." Cao Tai explained.

"Tell me specifically, what's the situation?" Cao Chong continued.

Cao Tai made a bow and said, "Returning to my young master, the price of grain in Luoyang has continued to drop. It is normal for the price of grain to fall after the autumn harvest, but this time it has fallen a bit faster."

"Supposedly, the autumn harvest is not completely over yet, the common people are still busy in the fields, and they haven't started selling grain in large quantities, so the price of grain shouldn't fall so fast."

(End of this chapter)