Great Tang Idyll - Chapter 848

[Chapter 472]

Chapter 472: Garlic price increase without interviews

“This year, the county is fine. In winter, the village is counted. There is one boiler room in one village. Come out and build a big house outside. Reading Net) In

winter, the off-season vegetables are not selling as well as before. The main reason is that more and more people are planting them now. The big taxpayer is still the wharf, and the river channel has expanded to both sides. , I also specially looked for shrimp and fish fry to keep in the middle, and the net got stuck every last section of the road. I started raising it last year, and I can get a harvest this year.

Two pavilions were collapsed by heavy snow before the Chinese New Year, and the person in charge of maintenance has been If you catch it, you won’t be crushed to death. This matter will not be tolerated. The children in the school have been drinking soy milk for forty-five days in a row because of the inconvenience of the road. The day before the day before, it was restored to fresh milk. The roast chicken and duck sold in your village It has become the signboard of the county, and I paid less tax last year.

Last year, the snow was heavy, and this year’s Kaihua is expected to have some impact. I am worried that the turn of the river will be washed ashore by the water. There are more than 450,000 chickens and ducks in the sick work…”

County magistrate Lu followed Zhang Xiaobao and reported to Zhang Xiaobao about his work in the county. When he came out, the county magistrate Lu must have responded fluently.

A group of people from the Turks listened and watched, and were surprised and envious. Que Teqin had heard Mojilian’s introduction to Sanshui County. At that time, it was almost unbelievable. Comparable to the previous state?

Now that I have heard it and seen it, I know that Mo Jilian is not talking about it, and I am even more envious of the detailed data introduction by the county magistrate. If there is such a capable person in my clan, why would it be a big Thangka a few years ago? So die?

Zhang Xiaobao was quite satisfied, and praised the county magistrate Lu a few words. It was considered that he recognized his position as magistrate, otherwise he would win it immediately.

Xiaobei was also a county magistrate, and he was with magistrate Lu. He nodded and said, “The magistrate Lu has worked hard, and he is better than when I was in Jian’an County.”

“I don’t dare to do it, but I don’t dare to do it. It is supported by all the people in the county. Whenever a decision is made in the county that is beneficial to the county, a small number of people would rather suffer losses and firmly support it.

For example, last autumn, there was a shortage of medicinal materials, and we were going to be elected in the county. A place with fertile land to grow medicine, I chose Lianghetan Village. There used to be two rivers flowing there, and the land was strong. Just after this proposal came out, the whole village had 115 households and 720 people, and there was one more complaint. No, the village will be relocated within three days, without their contribution, Sanshui County would not be what it is today.”

Lv County magistrate quickly humbled, even though Xiao Bei was young, he did not dare to underestimate him.

“How about water transportation?” Zhang Xiaobao asked casually.

“It’s almost the same as before, except that fewer boxed lunches are sold on both sides of the strait. Since there are canned food, many outsiders don’t like to eat the county-style boxed lunch, so they bring their own canned food. This year, I plan to hire some cooks from other places to turn the service station into place. Expand it a little more so that everyone can find their favorite meals.”

County magistrate Lu answered immediately without any hesitation.

“What about the salt and oil?” Zhang Xiaobao was not as surprised as Mojilian and the others were when magistrate Lu was familiar with the county’s affairs. It was normal for him to know these things, but it was not normal if he didn’t know. He could be in Sanshui County. The county magistrate must have the ability, and then he asked about the necessities of life.

“The price of salt has dropped slightly, mainly because there are more places for drying salt, and the manufacture of ships is more advanced. The profit of selling salt remains the same, and the price increases by 20%. In terms of oil, soybean oil and The

price of rapeseed oil has increased slightly.

One is that there are more livestock and meat oil, which makes the local people prefer to eat meat oil, and the other is that the places south of the Yellow River like to eat vegetarian oil, most of which are transported and sold there. Taxes Follow more.”

“You should try to eat vegetarian oil, and write a notice later, saying that eating too much meat oil is not good for your health. No, you can make wax from meat oil, keep a little more, and try to sell less meat oil. region, to bring down the price of vegetable oil.”

Zhang Xiaobao was afraid that if more meat and oil were eaten, the number of people with cardiovascular disease would also increase. He wanted to raise it in the county, but he was worried that because of his own words, vegetable oil would be more marketable and the price would be pushed to a higher position. roundabout.

County magistrate Lu nodded again and again, “Okay, I wrote it down. Looking back, the price of garlic has risen since the beginning of spring this year

. Did it go up? How did it go up? Did I ask if it went up once, or did it go up little by little?” Wang Juan, who had been silent for a while, suddenly asked.

Zhang Xiaobao also wants to know. He understands that people like to eat garlic at this time. When many people go to a restaurant, they first ask if they have garlic. I don’t think so, I just know that it tastes good when eating sausages.

County magistrate Lu thought for a while and replied: “The price has risen twice, the first time was just after the New Year, and the price went up by 30%, the second time was a few days ago, and the price rose to twice the original level all at once. , it is said that the place with a lot of garlic was bought by big businessmen, and it is estimated that it will rise.

The people in Sanshui County are still relatively stable, and there is no panic buying. I heard that the garlic in other places has risen even more. , was snapped up immediately, and I don’t know what happened, I always felt that someone did this on purpose, but couldn’t think of a way.”

Zhang Xiaobao nodded, “Lv County magistrate is busy, I’ll wait and watch while walking, not to disturb Lu County magistrate. It

‘s over.” The

magistrate of Lu County, like the alliance, gave an amnesty, obediently stepped aside, and waited for Zhang Xiaobao and his party to walk away, then raised his sleeves to wipe the sweat seeping from his forehead, and said to the yamen who was following him: “It scared me to death, Thanks to his persistence, the young master of the Zhang family is really powerful, and even a lot of data errors can be found, if he were to randomly go over the data, he would definitely find the fault, and it feels like he has never left the county.”

The yamen also looked in admiration. Song Yang, who was still in front of the yamen and became the new head of the police, said with a smile: “Sir, Mr. Zhang is naturally unusual. You must know that when Sanshui County was able to transform from Zhongxian County to Shangxian County, many Legend has it that it was Master Zhang who pushed him. At that time, he even pushed eight hands, and there was no expert in his family. Sanshui County was the foundation of their family, so how could they not be wholehearted? Everyone said that he was a little fairy.”

Wang Juan I don’t know that someone was telling her and Zhang Xiaobao to be amazing. At this time, I lowered my head to think about things, until the road in front of me suddenly widened, and there was the sound of running water. I found that I was near a small river, and then I woke up and said to Zhang Xiaobao. Asked: “Did someone deliberately raise the price of garlic?”

“I guess so.” Zhang Xiaobao replied.

“Then what should I do? This is what I’m most afraid of encountering. In the end, even if there is a way, the real leader will run away, and only some people who follow the fry are unlucky. At that time, the garlic has turned at least three times. Do you want to give an order that anyone who hoards garlic will be arrested?”

Wang Juan thought about her time, from a hundred years ago until she and Zhang Xiaobao came over, there was no good way to deal with this kind of thing, and she was worried in her heart. .

Zhang Xiaobao shook his head, “Why arrest people? Garlic is not a necessities of life, unlike grain, oil, and salt. I know you think of the past, and at that time you knew in your heart that the real big heads were all elders who were or used to be officials in ‘Beijing’. , don’t say fried garlic, even if it is fried more important things, who can treat them?”

“Don’t talk about what happened at that time, just say that there are many people who love garlic, why is it not a must? Today they are fried Suan, if you don’t stop them, they will fry other things tomorrow, even if they finally decide to clean up, there will be many people who will suffer, no, I will write to Beijing and tell Li Longji.”

Wang Juan seemed very anxious, she Understand that this is not just a matter of the price of garlic. If it is not handled properly, it will reduce the people’s trust in the imperial court.

Zhang Xiaobao stretched out his hand to hold it and said, “Do you really want to use administrative orders to solve economic problems? Didn’t you say that before, unless you have to, don’t do this, administrative orders are easy to use, but they have many drawbacks, which will make the other party suffer. Feeling that the court is incompetent, he continued to look for loopholes to attack.

Although political economy is a joint knowledge, when it cannot be used in this way, if buying garlic is also hoarding, what about buying ginger?

What about buying onions?

What about buying cloth?

How to locate?

Are you not afraid of giving orders, and local officials take this opportunity to benefit from their own interests?

Let me tell you this, instead of me being a businessman, when you give the order, if you say that it is to crack down on the hoarding of garlic, I will replace it with something else immediately. Doing business will inevitably have inventory, is it considered hoarding?

”

“What about the appointment?”

Get them together to discuss, frighten them, and give them a favor, so that they don’t get so greedy.

“Wang Juan thought of another way.

“They want to make a million dollars. After you make an appointment, even if you scare them, but they make less money, they don’t say anything, just bear with it, and wait for the garlic to come down next year.” At that time, people would not accept garlic and try to keep prices down. Every line has rules for every line. Who dares to reach out and collect it casually?

What will the people who grow garlic do?

This kind of thing will bounce back.

Then do you have another appointment?

Don’t you feel ashamed yourself?

People ask you, what do you mean?

If you can’t sell it high, you can’t sell it low, so how good is it to send officials to do business?

What your court says is the price, what do you think will be the consequences?

Zhang Xiaobao analyzed Wang Juan and asked back. Wang Juan held back his anger and thought,

”

It will become a purely planned economy. At that time, people who farm the land will have no energy, and there will be problems in trading. After all, people who do well in the economy usually Those who can become officials need to devote more energy to the officialdom, and it will be even more chaotic at that time.

Just like without us coming, there will be a salt tax in the Tang Dynasty, which will make the price of salt higher and higher, so what should we do?

Would you like to cooperate with our family’s business?

”

“Economic problems are best solved by economic means. Do I work with them?”

interview?

I gave them face?

Getting used to their problems, isn’t it just the price of garlic?

I let them go up, pay them to death, and look back to me to investigate, who is the leader, I will make it difficult for them to move in the future.

”

Zhang Xiaobao scoffed at this kind of compromise and said contemptuously.

Wang Juan smiled and hugged Zhang Xiaobao’s arm, “I knew Xiaobao that you have a solution. You can think of a way to deal with what just happened. Let me tell you how to do it.”

“No hurry, go to the county seat .

Let’s talk about it after a break, it won’t make them feel better in the end, let’s confirm first, in case the situation is not what we said, the solution we have come up with will be useless.”

“Why not, and there is no news about which product it is. There is a big disaster in the place where the garlic is, and the price suddenly fluctuates so greatly. Isn’t there a ghost? Is it necessary to collect garlic from other places and sell it?”

“You can’t harvest garlic from anywhere. You said that the eggplants are steamed and eaten with sauce, is it better than cooking them directly?”

“Each has its own taste, what does it have to do with eggplants?”

“It doesn’t matter, I’m going to steam eggplants today, and I’ll steam them when there are more potatoes later. , eat them together, and drool just thinking about it.”

“What about the solution?”

“Let’s talk about it later.”

Zhang Xiaobao and his party walked to the county seat of Sanshui County until they turned the lights on at night. to the river that connects to the capital.

Because the people of Sanshui County are rich and they live in two-story houses, the demand for other aspects is also high. Countless street lamps are erected on both sides of the river. The entire Datang, except for Luzhou and Beijing, is also in Sanshui County. have this ability.

The light of the street lamps is not very stable, UU reading www.sonicmtl.

The com is flickering, and the hydroelectric generator next to the river turns fast, and the street lights are on, and when it turns slowly, it will naturally be dark.

Even so, Que Teqin and the others were stunned. He looked at the merchants who were walking along the road by the street lights in the night, and saw that there were people who couldn’t sleep carrying shrimp cages to fish and play. More than 70 people. I thought I was no longer in the world.

“This is the street lamp I saw in the capital at that time.” Mo Jilian’s eyes went down the river, and after being fascinated by the gorgeous colors on both sides of the strait, he introduced the equally stupid Que Teqin.

“I wonder if my family can have the same thing? There is light, I think wolves dare not easily attack the sheepfold at night, right?” Que Teqin is envious, and at the same time knows the gap between his own family and the Tang people, in his own family , Waxing seems extravagant and more is when using oil lamps, people can have electric lamps in the Tang Dynasty.

In summer, if you can’t sleep at night and go out for a walk, how comfortable would it be?

Well, just like things in the pavilion not far away now.

Moji Lian also saw the pavilion. There were several children in it, and it was not too cold. He was eating in the pavilion that was ventilated from all sides. , Really happy, sighed: “Don’t think about it, my family is gone.”

[End of this Chapter]