Datang Nongsheng

Chapter 299 Embarking on the Holy Road
In a sense, Wang Lin's monopoly plan for Guanzhong's grain cannot be seen until the last moment.

However, the fleet that came from Lingnan on the spring flood ended the market monopoly war ahead of schedule. Just for the galleons that passed thousands of stones, dozens of them sailed to Weishui Wharf at one time. As for those ships with thousands of stones, There are countless numbers. On the pier, workers are constantly carrying grain up and down. It is all white rice that has been milled.

The aristocratic families who were clutching their grains panicked. The imperial court had no plan to buy a grain of grain from the market. The grain in their hands had been hoarded since before the drought started. It was old grain from the previous year, but there was no disaster in Guanzhong this year. Well, after the harvest, if the grain in their hands stale, I'm afraid they will have to feed the livestock.

Immediately, in response to Wang Lin, the small and medium-sized families who had hoarded a large amount of food in various places began to curse. The object of the abuse was Wang Lin who had long since disappeared in Chang'an. His stupid move has caused many people to suffer!
If the price is reduced, the price must be reduced, otherwise, the food will be thrown at the hands.

However, the common people are too lazy to look at the rice in the grain store, because even if the price is reduced, the common people still have no money to buy rice, and most people have to wait for the relief from the court, even those with a little money , and will not spend this wronged money, because the imperial court has brought so much food to help the people, and there are free and cheap, who doesn't like to take advantage of it!
Then, the people of Datang finally saw what a panicked drop is.

The price of grain in Chang'an fell from three yuan a stone to three hundred yuan a stone in one day, a tenfold drop.

It's a pity that no one cares about the price even if the children of the aristocratic family have lost money to their grandma's house.

Tai Chi Palace, in the imperial study room, Li Shimin was in a good mood, he gave Sun Xiangfujiat the will of Lord Shangguozhu, and let Ma Zhou draw it up directly, his plan was so beautiful, so beautiful that Li Shimin didn't appreciate it .

Lingnan did not send to Chang'an enough grain to feed the millions of people in Guanzhong for several months. They only sent hundreds of thousands of shi of grain. The 100 million guan returned to Chang'an bought the grain in Wang Hao's hands, and with the hundreds of thousands of shi grains sent from Lingnan, it was actually only more than 100 million shi.

For the three to four million people in Guanzhong, these grains are enough to last two months of porridge at most. After all, it may not be enough for fifty catties of grain to be distributed to each person. People can't eat more than one catty of grain every day, and now there are still about four months before the harvest time of the fields in May and June.

So, Sun Xiangfu came up with this plan. Taking advantage of the arrival of the first batch of grain in Lingnan, he loaded all the grain that Li Shimin secretly bought from Wang Hao last year and the grain hoarded by Xingfu Village overnight, forming a fleet blocking the wharf. The momentum of unloading grain has caused panic among those large grain hoarders.

Sun Xiangfu, who was a futures trader once, became a hero in Li Shimin's heart, because with this plan, the impact of the drought in Guanzhong will be completely eliminated. In the past, the price was already low in normal years. Now that the court has money, it can calmly purchase food and provide relief to all the people.

Because, together with Cui’s purchase of 350 million guan of 770% shares in Weinan New City, Li Shimin can now embezzle 100 million guan of cash, and allocate [-] million guan to purchase grain, which is enough for all ordinary people to last until the summer grain harvest.

However, Sun Xiangfu believes that the grain price of three hundred pennies per stone is still too high, especially when the grain in the hands of those people is old grain, at least one or two times the decline can be manipulated, and after the grain falls, I'm afraid it will be difficult to increase again, because this year Guanzhong will have a bumper harvest, and there will be two rounds of bumper harvests, so it might as well be in place at one time, so that Datang's grain will enter a low-price mode from now on, and let the people start planting cash crops earlier.

Li Shimin now attaches great importance to Sun Xiangfu's suggestion, and did not disturb him to continue presiding over Chungeng. He convened a desperate meeting of ministers in the court hall and the imperial study room to study and calculate the future situation, and formulate some corresponding decrees and regulations based on the new situation. , So far, the Tang court has really gained some momentum to put government affairs in front.

The price of grain in Chang’an did not stabilize in the next few days, and it fell by more than half again, reaching a price of 120 Wen a stone, which is basically one penny per catty, twelve dollars for a bucket of rice, although it is higher than the historical price of four yuan for a bucket of rice in the fourth year of Zhenguan. It's a little higher, but Li Shimin has already started asking people to buy small quantities. After all, he can feel at ease when the food is in his hands.

Sun Xiangfu finished the strategy for Li Shimin, and then he didn't care about it. His main job was to teach everyone how to farm. The nutritional bowl has been around for three years in the Tang Dynasty, and the common people are no longer unfamiliar with it. In the long and ridged shed, various melons and cotton seedlings began to grow in the shed. Every day, Sun Xiangfu would talk to these seedlings, to the children of his own farming family, or to the experienced farmers who came to attend classes. For an hour or two, my mouth was parched.

And the children of the farm family and the experienced farmers who have listened to Sun Xiangfu's lectures will go to the masses again to explain to the big guys the things that need to be paid attention to in taking care of these things.

After talking about planting seedlings, we talk about transplanting, and after talking about transplanting, we talk about seedling treatment, pollination treatment, pest treatment, etc., etc. I don’t know if there are thousands of farmers who come to Xingfu every day to listen to Sun Xiangfu’s lectures. Many, and through the mouths of these thousands of people, the farming knowledge explained by Sun Xiangfu has reached hundreds of thousands, millions of people in Guanzhong.

If Li Chunfeng saw this scene in Guanzhong at this moment, he would definitely say that Sun Zhengming had already begun to embark on the path of a saint. As far as the scale of his teaching is concerned, it has surpassed that of Confucius when he was alive.

Sun Xiangfu's lectures are very distinctive. He never quotes classics, not even a single one. They are all in vernacular, and most of the time, he refers to real objects. Therefore, people who listen to his lectures, even if they are illiterate, You can also understand the general idea. If you are not greedy for too much, you can learn the essentials of planting one or two crops a day. There is no problem at all.

In late February, the weather was warmer, and large-scale seedlings began to be transplanted to the fields for planting. Cars and horses transporting nutritious seedlings can be seen everywhere on the road. If the construction of the road system that is not in the middle of the road is completed, Sun Xiangfu would not dare Such a concentrated cultivation of seedlings.

And these wide concrete roads have also become the economic lifeline of Guanzhong at this time. Li Shimin urgently issued a traffic law. Driving along the roads must keep to the right. This is the world's first traffic law.

In Xingfu Village, where the breeding greenhouses are concentrated, several people from Yu Fang lead a group of clerks to continuously write documents for seedling loans based on their household registrations.

Sun Xiaomei and some girls in Xingfu Village kept using their pens. In fact, most of the common people couldn't figure out how many seedlings they needed for their fields, let alone how much they needed to pay to buy these seedlings.

But these children can give accurate answers. They only need farmers to report the number of acres of their own fields and what crops are suitable for planting. These children will quickly give a set of numbers. The common people are more convinced of these numbers. Because the people who borrowed the seedlings before going back, the people who planted them according to the requirements were basically exactly the same. The people only need to use their household registration, take the note they issued, and press their fingerprints on the loan note, and they can go to the shed with the note. Got the seedlings.

Moreover, after borrowing the seedlings, they don't have to worry about being unable to transport these seedlings to their own fields, because Xingfu Village has already prepared many carriages, and the carts are specially equipped with wood that can hold a large number of these nutritious seedlings. Grid, one cart can pull thousands of nutritional bowls. These carts are all free, but if they are used, they need to be lined up according to distance and allocated uniformly.

Since all the people in the village have been released to give guidance on sowing and seedlings, Sun Xiangfu invited Li Chengqian and his prince six leaders to help maintain order. They will notify the counties one by one, and the people of each village will come. To collect seedlings, and to inform the people as much as possible, we must do a good job in the initial work of checking and replenishing seedlings.

If there is one less melon seedling planted in a nutrient pot, at least one melon will be lost in summer, and one less cotton plant may be less than dozens of cotton bolls. If damage occurs at the seedling stage, it can be replanted immediately. Don't underestimate one or two melons and dozens of cotton bolls. The value of these economic crops is still very high. Moreover, Xingfu Village has enough seedlings for the people to replant. As long as they are planted according to the regulations, they will survive without any extra money. .

Datang's people's soldiers work for the people, as it should be, after learning that Sun Xiangfu is a bit busy here, Li Shimin mobilized all his forces to support him, with the army's chariots and horses, and Qing Zhuang to help transport, organize, everything Things have become smoother.

In March, the fragrance of peach blossoms fills Guanzhong. Why are there so many fragrances of peach blossoms?Because the thousands of peach trees that Sun Xiangfu planted for the Forestry Department back then will bloom and bear fruit this year.

Zhao Muchun from the Forestry Department came to Xingfu Village early in the morning to announce the happy news to Sun Xiangfu, but was scolded by Sun Xiangfu.

"You'll be happy just by blooming a flower? Do you know how much economic benefit can be generated just by peach blossoms? Also, have you thought about the fact that peach trees will bear fruit this year, have you ever thought about what will happen after the fruit bears fruit? This is There are thousands of peach groves, and the peaches will ripen together at that time, do you think the people in Chang’an alone can eat them all? At that time, will all those peaches be allowed to rot on the trees?"

The thinking of the ancients is like this, old-fashioned and lagging behind.At present, only Li Shimin and a few bigwigs in the imperial court are aware of the need to put the work ahead. Ordinary people seldom think of things in such a long-term way as Sun Xiangfu. This is not one or two peach trees , the fruit is ripe, just pick it off and eat it.

This is a peach grove with thousands of trees, at least hundreds of thousands of peach trees. Even if it is the first year to bear fruit, the amount of peaches produced is incalculable. Moreover, when Sun Xiangfu was instructing the planting of fields in various places, he had roughly seen the number of peaches. These peach trees, due to the well-selected land and scientific planting methods, grow well. The peaches in Guanzhong are well-known even in later generations, let alone now when the land is fertile and the ecological environment is better.

Zhao Muchun was sweating profusely from being frightened by Sun Xiangfu's rebuke. Now, he is the only one of the original pastor supervisors in the pastoral supervision department, and the others were replaced because of their lack of ability. Could it be, this year, it's my turn?
"Pfft."

Zhao Muchun knelt down on the ground straight, the sound made Sun Xiangfu feel a little bit gritty, his house is a concrete floor!It's really choking whether he can stand up later.

The next moment, something happened that made Sun Xiangfu's teeth even more gritty. Zhao Muchun was about to knock his bare forehead on the concrete floor of his house.

"Stop, stop, stop, what's the matter, just talk about it directly, don't make such a mess, I'm afraid that my life will be lost!"

"I beg Sun Dudu to look at the past for a little affection, and give me advice and advice on the work of the Forestry Department. I am humble and grateful..."

As he said that, Zhao Muchun's tears flowed out. Thanks to his overjoyed personality, he made a special trip to Xingfu Village to announce the good news. Otherwise, he would only think of this question when the peaches were about to ripen. big.

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