Chapter 136: Harvest and Grain Merchants, Yang He in Trouble

"Haha, many people must have guessed it.

Thanks to the leader's favor, Wu Laoliu, Wu Laoliu, and Zhu Tuoliang were given the status of technicians.

Let the three of us give you the status of a craftsman's apprentice.

At that time, you can also go to the spiritual space and learn the related magical powers corresponding to the brand."

"Really?"

"Haha, of course it's true."

"It's a great kindness, chief. Let me thank you, chief."

"It's a great kindness, chief. Let me thank you, chief."

After hearing that they could also master supernatural powers, everyone immediately bowed to the Lintao government office where the dynasty's office was located.

Feeling the spiritual power surging behind him, Wang Chao couldn't help but smile.

No matter what happens in the end, the spiritual power generated by everyone's emotional fluctuations will eventually be transformed by spiritual power.

Even the power generated by emotions such as curses and curses will still be assimilated by spiritual power and controlled by the dynasty.

However, being grateful and blessed is, after all, a more pleasant thing than curses and abuse.

Soon, soon.

Unable to help himself, Wang Chao glanced at the golden ball of light above his head again.

Circles of faint golden light spread, showing a bit of divine domineering and majesty.

Time passed slowly, and by September of the first year of Chongzhen, two rounds of harvests of grain crops had been completed again in the territory of the People's Salvation Army.

You know, even in the Jiangnan water towns, there are only two crops a year, and there are not many places where there are three crops a year.

However, in Shaanxi, which has been suffering from drought for many years recently, the people in the territory of the People's Salvation Army are able to achieve three crops a year.

The consequence of this is that every family has a large amount of surplus food.

Can't finish it, can't finish it at all.

so what should I do now? Naturally, the only option is takeout, and when most people are selling food, food prices naturally plummet.

From the beginning, it was two or three taels of silver per stone, to the normal price of one tael of silver per stone, and then dropped to eight or five taels of silver per stone.

Even food prices continue to fall.

Suddenly, a large number of grain merchants flooded into the territory of the People's Salvation Army.

Well, although all the dignitaries, wealthy businessmen in the territory of the People's Salvation Army were severely cleaned up.

However, the People's Salvation Army does not prohibit the entry of outside businessmen, as long as they can pay taxes normally.

After all, they did not commit crimes in the territory of the People's Salvation Army, and they were not citizens of the territory of the People's Salvation Army, so naturally they were too lazy to take care of it.

As long as they are on the territory of the People's Salvation Army and abide by the rules of the People's Salvation Army.

However, after Wang Chao heard the news, he fell into deep thought.

Why do you, the profiteers like you, let profiteers make a lot of money from the food that the people of our National Salvation Army have worked so hard to grow?

Dynasty felt that in this time of constant natural and man-made disasters.

I am afraid that most grain merchants will not sell the low-priced grain purchased from the people of the National Salvation Army at the normal market price when selling it in other places. Instead, they will take the opportunity to drive up the price of grain.

Those who sell one stone of grain for two taels of silver, or even three taels of silver, are probably some businessmen who are not too evil-minded.

Some merchants may even sell it for four to five taels of silver, or even seven to eight taels of silver per stone.

As for what to do if you don’t have that much money?

Sell ​​houses and land, and even become slaves.

As for not having money yet

Then starve to death.

It has nothing to do with them anyway.

Therefore, the dynasty decided to suppress these grain dealers.

Therefore, an order was issued that day, and the National Salvation Army began to collect grain at a price slightly lower than the normal market price, nine coins of silver per stone.

In an instant, those grain sellers lost their reputation.

Involuntarily, many people began to resell the Civilian Salvation Army Mansion.

At the same time, for the outflow of grain, the dynasty also began to charge a commercial tax of one ten tax, instead of the Ming Dynasty's thirty tax one.

In other words, if those grain merchants want to transport grain from the territory of the People's Salvation Army, they need to pay a commercial tax of 1 out of 10 taxes, which is more than three times the commercial tax of the Ming Dynasty.

After receiving this news, many businessmen couldn't help but mourn.

However, the grain that should be harvested still needs to be harvested.

The National Salvation Army officially purchased grain for nine taels of silver, so they would pay one tael of silver.

Who makes other places, especially around Shaanxi, not produce much food at all?

Even if they buy it for one tael of silver or one stone, they can still make a lot of money elsewhere.

After doing this, the dynasty did not interfere again.

In this way, the food of the people in the territory of the Salvation Army can be sold at normal market prices, and the merchants can also make a profit.

Although people in other areas can only buy high-priced grain, they always have more hope of survival after having enough food.

This can be described as killing three birds with one stone.

As for the expenses of the National Salvation Army.

The food grown by the people needs to pay 30% tax.

If you include the three crops a year this year, it is basically equivalent to one harvest.

Not to mention too much, it is more than enough to support an army of hundreds of thousands for two or three years.

Not to mention, as members of the agricultural cooperative use their magical powers again and again, their levels will increase rapidly and their abilities will become stronger and stronger.

When next year comes, I'm afraid it will be another good year that surpasses this year.

Now it is already ripe three times a year. I am afraid that in another two years, it will not be impossible to have four crops a year or one ripe every month.

It can be said that the People's Salvation Army today has no shortage of food.

What the dynasty has to do is to recruit troops, recruit troops, and recruit troops again.

In addition to the tens of thousands of regular troops now, he will recruit another 100,000 new troops and recruit members of rural cooperatives on a large scale.

After they are trained, the Salvation Army can naturally expand again.

The influx of a large number of grain merchants also promoted the commercial development of the People's Salvation Army territory.

After all, when people have spare money in their hands, they are naturally willing to buy some daily necessities.

And those grain merchants also have needs for food and drink.

In this way, if there is demand, there will naturally be sales.

Gradually, the business in the territory of the People's Salvation Army began to gradually prosper.

Coupled with the roads that the National Salvation Army has been building, extending in all directions, the demand for goods from various places has begun to be exchanged.

This People's Salvation Army territory has closer ties with each other and is completely "alive".

At the same time, as those businessmen came in and out, superficial information about the People's Salvation Army began to gradually spread.

Of course, most of the people who received this information did not believe it.

For example, members of the agricultural cooperative have magical powers to promote the growth of crops, allowing crops in the territory of the People's Salvation Army to be harvested three times a year, etc.

This always sounds like a fantasy.

"Haha. Look, look, this People's Salvation Army is really destined to die.

Outside the territory of the People's Salvation Army, there are continuous droughts, but within the territory of the People's Salvation Army, there is a bumper harvest, with three crops a year.

Master the magical power

hehe"

Chongzhen sat behind the imperial court with a gloomy face and sneered again and again.

how? The People's Liberation Army is destined by destiny, but I, the Ming Dynasty, have been rejected by heaven and earth?

"hehe."

The ministers below also laughed disapprovingly. Does this sound like a fake?

However, Chongzhen and the court officials did not believe it, but the people around him who were about to die did believe it.

In other words, at this time, they will firmly grasp any straw of hope.

Suddenly, a large number of people in Shaanxi began to flee towards the territory of the People's Salvation Army.

In this regard, the Dynasty naturally refuses to accept anyone who comes.

Similarly, Yang He, the current governor of the three sides, also did not stop it.

Because the departure of these disaster-stricken people would be of great benefit to his suppression of bandits.

Without those affected by the disaster, the peasant uprisings in Shaanxi will naturally be contained.

Suddenly, the situation of Wang Jiayin and other peasant rebels became more difficult.

Suddenly, everyone began to surrender once again and began to accept the imperial court's recruitment and comfort.

Suddenly, the situation in Shaanxi improved greatly.

After receiving the letter, Chongzhen was naturally very satisfied and issued several orders to reward him.

But, doesn’t Yang He himself know what’s going on?

He did suppress the rebels.

However, that was because many of the people affected by the disaster in Shaanxi ran to the territory of the People's Salvation Army. Without this heavy burden, he could concentrate on suppressing the rebels.

However, as long as the National Salvation Army is not wiped out, the danger facing Shanxi will not be completely resolved.

In terms of the combat power of the People's Salvation Army, when the People's Salvation Army expands eastward, the Shaanxi region will be overturned in just a matter of seconds.

Moreover, those rebels who were recruited and surrendered were not very stable, and private robberies occurred from time to time.

After all, Yang He only appeased them, but didn't give them enough food and money?

They can't starve to death, right?

Yang He also asked Chongzhen for pension money.

It's a pity that Chongzhen didn't even give him 20,000 taels of silver.

It can be said that it is difficult for a clever woman to make a meal without rice.

Therefore, he often turned a blind eye to the private plundering of those rebels, as long as they did not raise a flag to rebel.

All these things put Yang He under tremendous pressure, and he gradually became unable to bear it.

Therefore, Yang He wrote to Chongzhen more than once, hoping to replace the governor of the three sides with Hong Chengchou, who had repeatedly made military exploits in the process of suppressing bandits and advocated killing bandits.

However, Chongzhen only replied with four words.

“Cook with care!”

At this moment, Yang He's heart felt cold. This was because he was not allowed to ask for orders.

After another period of time, Chongzhen rewarded him again and urged him to destroy the People's Salvation Army.

As a last resort, he begged Chongzhen Shangshu again.

"I have been in office for more than three years, and there is not a day when I am not in danger and fear.

However, there was still no day of illness or leave.

Due to the urgent military situation, he was worried that the rebel army would be strong and he would not be able to eat anything all day long.

Day after day I can't eat enough, even if I drink thin porridge, my throat feels constricted, and there seems to be a lump in my chest that won't melt.

However, even if Wei Chen was very anxious, he still failed to kill the thieves.

I think that a person who is unlucky will become more sick and worried, and he will become better and sicker.

If, by the mercy of His Majesty, I am allowed to return to my hometown for recuperation, my son Yang Sichang will go to the frontier to serve as a token of my loyalty.

In addition, I recommend Hong Chengchou, a general who suppressed thieves, to take over my post as governor of the three sides."

However, no matter how Yang He wrote and begged, Chongzhen felt that Yang He was capable.

You see, it has only been more than half a year now. Except for the shrinking People's Salvation Army, many of the traitor armies in Shaanxi have been wiped out and appeased.

Naturally, Chongzhen could not let him resign and return to his hometown.

Seeing that there was no reply to the letter, Yang He felt desperate, but he could only steel himself and continue to suppress and recruit the rebels.

On the other side, Lin Danhan, who learned that the Salvation Army's territory had a great harvest, was also interested.

In the past, he had sent many small-scale troops to try to attack the Salvation Army.

However, they were all wiped out by the Salvation Army.

Well, they were wiped out, and no one escaped.

Maybe some were captured.

But it is a fact that no one escaped.

Faced with this situation, Lin Danhan hesitated and retreated.

He was just like this.

He struck hard against the Mongolian tribes and conquered them east and west.

However, whether facing the Ming Dynasty or the Later Jin Dynasty, he seemed a little timid.

Even if he had attacked the Ming Dynasty, it was because he was forced to do so.

After all, the Ming Dynasty was going to completely stop the trade, which would cut off their livelihood. He could only attack the Ming Dynasty and plunder the daily necessities he needed.

Once the Ming Dynasty reopened the trade and gave a certain amount of annual rewards, he immediately stopped and even helped the Ming Dynasty attack the Later Jin Dynasty.