"What is it?"
Xu Shifu, in a good mood, asked with a smile.
Yun Li said in a deep voice: "I received news that Yun Zheng, that bastard, is buying up grain at a price far higher than the market price. It seems that Shuobei is already very short of grain. We can secretly contact those grain merchants and prohibit anyone from selling grain to Shuobei! As long as Shuobei is short of food, the Northern Army will inevitably be in turmoil!"
Civil unrest?
Xu Shifu frowned and said, "Your Highness the Crown Prince is overthinking! Once the North Pole is short of food, the possibility of the Northern Army going south to plunder is greater than the possibility of civil unrest..."
Yun Li underestimated Yun Zheng’s prestige in the Northern Army!
A person who can lead the Northern Palace Army to force Beihuan to surrender must have strong control over the army!
How could there be internal strife so easily?
Moreover, businessmen pursue profits!
A ban alone cannot stop these merchants from selling grain to Shuobei!
...
...
Many grain merchants have close ties with clans and aristocratic families.
Some grain merchants were even members of clans and powerful families.
To a certain extent, grain merchants are the gods of wealth for clans and aristocratic groups.
Otherwise, those clans and powerful families own large amounts of land and do not need to pay taxes to the court. They cannot pack up all the grain they harvest from their land, right?
We have to sell the food to cash in, right?
There are so many things involved here.
Moreover, the imperial court also has an official assembly in Fuzhou!
If they can prohibit grain merchants from selling grain to Shuobei, can they also prohibit grain merchants from sending grain to Guanji for sale?
At that time, Yun Zheng will directly send people to Guanji in Fuzhou to buy grain. Wouldn’t that be the same?
It is not very feasible to prohibit grain merchants from selling grain to Shuobei, and it may further intensify the conflicts between them and those clans and families.
It's not worth it!
Moreover, this move might also anger Yun Zheng.
Xu Shifu is now also having a headache about Yun Zheng.
They had to both appease Yun Zheng and check and balance Yun Zheng.
Especially at this critical juncture, the Fuzhou defense line can almost be said to be non-existent!
If Yun Zheng led his troops south directly in anger, then if they wanted Yun Zheng to lead his troops back to Beilu Pass, they would have to pay a greater price!
After listening to Xu Shifu's analysis of the pros and cons, Yun Li frowned.
He only thought about balancing Yun Zheng, but didn't consider so many things.
After hearing what Xu Shifu said, he also felt that it was not reliable to prohibit grain merchants from selling grain to Shuobei.
After pondering for a moment, Yun Li gritted his teeth and said, "Then let's move the disaster victims in the south to Shuobei!"
Isn’t this bastard Lao Liu trying every means to migrate people to Shuobei?
They spread the news in the south, saying how good it would be to go to Shuobei, and guided the disaster victims in the south to run to Shuobei!
He wanted to see how many victims Yun Zheng could feed with the food he had!
Nowadays, the spring ploughing season in Shuobei has long passed.
These disaster victims fled to Shuobei. If they want to help Yun Zheng open up wasteland and cultivate the land and produce something, they will have to wait until the autumn harvest next year!
That’s more than a year!
Yun Zheng had to support these disaster victims for such a long time.
If Yun Zheng were to guide hundreds of thousands of disaster victims to Shuobei, how much food would it consume!
As long as Shuobei doesn’t have enough food, there is a high possibility of civil unrest!
By then, Shuobei will fall into chaos!
Letting some disaster victims go to Shuobei can also reduce the pressure of disaster relief in the south!
This is a great idea that kills three birds with one stone!
Listening to Yun Li's words, Xu Shifu couldn't help but fall into deep thought.
Indeed, Yun Li’s strategy was good.
However, if Yun Zheng can hold on, they will be transporting population to Shuobei!
The more people he gets from Shuobei, the more soldiers Yun Zheng can recruit.
Didn’t Wei Wenzhong once want to use more than 100,000 soldiers to bankrupt Yun Zheng?
What's the result?
It’s just a waste of sending so many troops to Yun Zheng.
With Wei Wenzhong's bloody lesson in mind, if they make the same mistake again, they would be extremely stupid!
However, after careful consideration, Xu Shifu dispelled this concern.
Now, Beihuan has surrendered completely!
Even if the disaster victims in the south don't go to Shuobei, won't Yun Zheng get additional troops?
Thinking of this, Xu Shifu nodded immediately, "Then let's follow the Crown Prince's brilliant plan!"
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After leaving Mayi, Yun Zheng disguised himself as a merchant and rushed to Xin'an Town.
This Xin'an Town is a town formed by the gathering of poor people who migrated from the interior.
At present, there are already 30,000 to 40,000 people gathered in Xin'an Town.
In terms of population size, this has reached the population size of a lower county.
However, because everyone originally called this place Xin'an Town, we have gradually become accustomed to calling it that.
Although Xin'an Town was just a prototype, Ye Zi still sent some basic officials over.
He wanted to see what the current situation of Xin'an Town was like, and also see whether the officials sent by Ye Zi treated the people who had moved there well.
At present, there is no official road from Mayi to Xin'an Town.
Although the distance from Mayi to Xin'an Town was not far, it still took them a day and a half to get there.
As soon as he entered Xin'an Town, Yun Zheng saw a bustling scene.
Although the sun is scorching now, busy figures can be seen everywhere in the outskirts of Xin'an Town.
Some people were clearing land in the wilderness under the scorching sun, some were building simple houses, and others were helping to build workshops.
It can be seen that these poor people who moved here are really full of energy.
Maybe, these people really see hope!
Yun Zheng looked all the way and finally got off the carriage at the entrance of the town.
"Go take a look inside!"
Yun Zheng was in a good mood and took Miaoyin and the others into the town.
The town was also bustling with activity.
However, because Xin'an Town is still under construction, it looks a bit messy.
Most people here still live in tents, but some simple thatched houses have been built.
The market that Ye Zi had people planning here has taken shape, but there are almost no vendors in the market.
This is normal.
After all, these people had just moved here, and few of them had extra money.
"We'll have to get someone to build a bank here later!"
Yun Zheng whispered to Miaoyin beside him.
Only with the existence of money houses can these people have a place to borrow money, and only with silver in their hands can the market prosper.
Miaoyin smiled and said, "After the money house was built, these poor people have nothing to mortgage and borrow money!"
'Small amount loans, no collateral required! '
Yun Zheng smiled and said, "Just borrow money on credit! If you don't keep your word or can't pay it back, you can repay it with corvée or other means!"
Miaoyin tilted her head and thought for a while, then smiled and said, "That's not bad! For a town like this, putting 100,000 taels of silver in a bank should be enough."
"almost."
Yun Zheng nodded and smiled, then instructed Tong Gang, "Ask the people in the town where the government office is."
Yun Zheng was wondering whether it was time to change Xin'an Town to Xin'an County?
Soon, Tong Gang found out the location of the yamen.
The group immediately walked towards the yamen.
The yamen here was the first to be built.
Today, this yamen has taken on some appearance, but it still looks very shabby.
The gate of the yamen was guarded by two yamen runners wearing swords.
Looking from the door, you can see inside the yamen at a glance.
In the hall, you can see a man sleeping on a recliner, with a yamen runner fanning him with a palm-leaf fan.
Yoho!
It’s quite enjoyable!
Seeing the scene inside the yamen, Yun Zheng immediately felt unhappy.
Yun Zheng frowned slightly and immediately gave instructions to Tong Gang.
“Go play the drums!”
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