I became the son of Renzong

On the contrary, that fool may be the most innocent.

"That's wrong! Now that there are fifty coins for a bucket of rice, the people have not panicked."

"Bianliang has water transportation, with an annual transportation capacity of 600 million shi. Now the water transportation has opened, and new grains will be on the market soon. People of Bianliang, who doesn't know? Who doesn't know?"

"There is a severe drought in Jingzhao and a severe drought in Hebei Province. These two places do not have the convenience of water transportation, and there is no grain with an annual income of 600 million shi. Now the severe drought will inevitably cause countless refugees to flow to Bianliang."

"The Changping Warehouse is prepared to deal with the refugees from the three places. Now that the Changping Warehouse is open, what will be used to accommodate the refugees when they arrive? Please think twice, Your Majesty."

How many times, back and forth, over and over again, just a few words.The father said that the father was right, and the mother-in-law said that the mother-in-law was right, but if the father-in-law did not express his opinion, the father would not make a decision, nor would he make a decision.

When Wang Zhongzheng and Li Xian came back, they brought Annan's credentials, which were for the Zhengshitang.As for the letter to Xi'er, Zhao Zhen had read it,

I also know that Xi'er has made preparations for this year's drought... just some classics and new coins.

At this time, there is nothing more important than food.

It's just that Zhao Zhen didn't expect that Annan would cost a bucket of rice for three to five pennies...

Now, before the grain was transported by the water transport, the son's side had already entered the city.

It's just that Zhao Zhen can only wait when his son can't tell.However, when you have the bottom line in your heart, it is indeed a kind of enjoyment to watch the ministers shouting.In the past two years, this feeling has become more and more frequent.

At the beginning of the track operation, Zhao Xi directly dispatched the transportation teams that originally took the Shu Road to Hebei Road and Jingzhao Mansion. After the food arrived in Bianliang, it was quickly dispatched and transported to all prefectures and counties with drought.

As the court said, Bianliang City has water transportation, and 600 million shi of grain enters the city every year, with [-] Wen per bucket, which did not cause much panic.

And Jingzhao Mansion, Hebei Road, according to the report of the Imperial City Department, has reached the level of a hundred words per bucket.

One hundred words per fight, this is the tolerance limit drawn up by Zhao Xi, if this limit is exceeded, he must take action, otherwise panic will spread.

Alas, sometimes there is no way to do it. Even if you don't want to earn some money, you have to earn it.

Just like now, it is impossible for Zhao Xi to raise the price of rice to [-] cents per bucket from the very beginning. One is that the reserves are not enough, and the other is that the whole disaster has not yet reached the most critical time.

But he didn't want to let the price of rice rise, so he needed to sell some of the grain to ease the rise in the price of rice.

Chapter 249

The rail carriage made by Su Song has a load capacity of about [-] shi, that is, a load capacity of about ten tons.

To be honest, this amount of load is really nothing to the craftsmanship of today's military supervisors in making carriages.

A piece of train skin in later generations can pull thirty to fifty tons. At this time, although the carriage craftsmanship of the Military Weapons Supervisor is inferior to that of later generations, it is also made of manganese steel.

Zhao Xi designed a two-way track from the beginning, that is to say, one-way transportation can achieve four horse-drawn carriages every quarter of an hour, which is equivalent to day and night, and the carriages on this track are constantly transporting.

In this way, nearly [-] stones can be transported in one day...

Zhao Xi formulated detailed regulations for rail transportation.

No way, he should have checked it on the spot, or even stared there during the trial run.

But no, since he wanted to dig a hole to bury some people, he had to stay in the court, and don't let those interested people see anything.

Rail transportation is a new thing, and it will definitely not be so smooth at the beginning, and some soldiers who were originally bad are still doing it.

Zhao Xi could only imagine what kind of chaos it would be.

Zhao Xi must not let Su Song accompany Li Jie to preside over the overall situation.

At this time, what impressed Zhao Xi the most was: there are too few people who can use it.

"Father, can Xue Xiang be temporarily employed in the Military Weapons Supervisor?"

There is really no other way.

Su Song left, and the distribution of grain delivered to Bianliang became a problem.

No matter whether it is written by Lu Gong or Han Zhen, including Wang Tao, they are not proficient in numerology, and they are even more vague about the way of wealth.

At this time, Zhao Xi thought of Xue Xiang.

"Xue Xiang?"

Zhao Zhen seemed to be searching for this name.

"The third division, Duzhi, was ordered to investigate the wool trading in the market."

Oh, I remembered.At that time, the ministers suggested that there really was such an edict...

Then, the next day, Xue Xiang was appointed by the court to enter the workshop city.

The responsibilities are also ready-made, and it can be regarded as the business scope of the third division envoy, to find out the currency production of the new money supervisor.

But the real purpose, Xue Xiang received a secret order from the government.

"Your Highness, are you doing this to make money?"

Xue Xiang didn't understand. He saw that the grain that went to Qianjian every day and was transported to Jingzhao Mansion and Hebei Road was enough to reduce the price of grain to a level of [-] to [-] cents a dou. goods.

"Master, when will the price of food be the highest?"

This is critical.Only when the price of grain soars to the highest level, grain is released in large quantities, and the crackdown on merchants who speculate on grain is the most effective.

"The day when the Changping warehouse is emptied should be the time when the price of rice is the highest."

"In the year of Qingli, the price of rice was nearly [-] yuan per dollar, and there was no worry of food shortage. Just like today, the price of rice per dollar is still within the reach of the common people."

"There is no worry for the refugees, the Changping warehouse has not been opened, and it is currently in the stage of mutual testing. The imperial court and other refugees, merchants wait for the Changping warehouse, and the common people are waiting for God."

"To put it bluntly, they are all accumulating. I am accumulating food, merchants are accumulating funds, common people are accumulating grievances, and the court is waiting for an explosion..."

"When the refugees arrive, the Changping warehouse will be opened. Only then will the merchants use the funds raised to loot the Changping warehouse's reserves frantically, thereby pushing up the price of grain to earn huge profits."

"What I'm doing this time is to sell rice in large quantities in Gyeonggi Province, Gyeonggi Province, and Hebei Province at the same time after the merchants' funds are locked up..."

To put it bluntly, Zhao Xi is someone who wants to make a fortune by taking advantage of the famine, throwing all the food in his hands to make it moldy.

The price of rice in Bianliang City has risen to 120 Wen per bucket, while Hebei Road and Jingzhao Mansion have reported that the price of rice is close to [-] Wen per bucket of rice.

Chaotang argued again, arguing over whether to open a regular position.

This time, the main debate is whether Hebei Road and Jingzhaofu should open their regular positions.

Each has its own reasons.

"The opening of Changping warehouses in Hebei Province and Jingzhao Prefecture can alleviate the suffering of refugees in Kaifeng Prefecture. Nowadays, the people's food preparations are exhausted. If the price of rice continues to rise, it will inevitably lead to wealthy families who cannot afford it and leave their homes. , flow to Bianliang."