"Then what should we do?"

Zhou Chao immediately flattered him, saying, "Your Majesty's expansion of the capital city can lower housing prices and stabilize commodity prices, which is a wise policy for the country."

Zhao Huan said, "My suggestion is to transport 80% of the confiscated grain to the Northern Capital, and leave the remaining 20% ​​in the two routes."

Zhao Huan also knew that the price of grain in the capital city of Dongjing was affected by many factors. Even if he were the emperor, he could not simply order the price of grain in Dongjing to drop. That was impossible.

However, the situation regarding grain prices in Youzhou was different. Due to the impact of the war, land prices in Youzhou were very low, but grain prices were very high. This was clearly due to a grain shortage. Increasing the total grain supply in Youzhou could temporarily balance the situation.

If grain prices are unstable, there will be big problems if the people living there can't even get enough to eat. Who would want to move there?

Zhao Huan then said, "Isn't it a bit too little for each laborer to receive a monthly stipend of one guan? These laborers have wives and children and need to support their families."

Xu Churen immediately felt a pang of pain. All this money was going to be allocated to his government affairs office. If the budget was exceeded, the emperor would definitely hold him accountable. Now that the emperor was saying he would give more, Xu Churen couldn't bring up the possibility of exceeding the budget. Otherwise, the emperor would just say, "If it's exceeded, you can just earn more to make up for it," leaving him speechless.

Seeing that neither Xu Churen nor Zhou Chao spoke, Zhao Huan took the initiative to say, "I think it would be five strings of cash per person per month, what do you think?"

Upon hearing this, Zhou Chao almost jumped up. The monthly salary of a county town in the Song Dynasty was only ten strings of cash, yet a laborer was owed as much as five strings of cash. This was unreasonable!

Tang Ke quickly said, "Your Majesty, I believe that we should not rush to increase the monthly wages of the laborers. We can raise them step by step. Considering the special circumstances of Youzhou, I think we can start with two strings of cash and increase the wages by 50 coins per month. For outstanding workers, the wages can be increased to 100 coins. It would be better to increase them gradually in this way."

Holy crap! Fatty Tang! I knew I hadn't misjudged you, you money-grubbing swindler! You're just what I wanted!