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- Yongyang Town, General Military Mansion.
Fei Chun hurried in and threw his big hat on the table: "A group of refugees have come back and are clamoring for land distribution."
"This is a good thing," Zhao Han said happily. "The war was so fierce before that the common people were scared away by the officers and soldiers. Even though we have half a county, there are less than 50,000 people in Dingkou, so we need to be called back." Just a few."
"Food, there is not enough food!"
Fei Chun's job is to supervise the money and food. He said depressedly: "After the Xiao family donated the soil, many landlords followed suit. Their land was divided, but their money and food were not confiscated. The vagrants who came from Fucheng, The refugees who came back from Anfu and Taihe have no food in their hands, and even have to borrow seeds from the government. The local tenants don¡¯t have much food in stock, and it will be the season of shortage!"
The more Fei Chun said, the more anxious he became: "You still have to run so many schools and provide lunch for the students. Except for Wuxing Town, the mayors and heads of household departments of all towns came to me to ask for food. I went to Where does food come from?"
"Haha," Zhao Han stood up and poured tea for Fei Chun, and comforted Fei Chun with a smile, "Don't be impatient, don't be in a hurry."
Fei Chun took a sip of hot tea, moistened his throat and said, "The school has to be stopped. Even if it is really necessary, it must wait until the summer grain collection."
"Everything can be stopped, but the school cannot be stopped." Zhao Han said.
Running a school really does not require a lot of money and food, it is all children aged 7-12, and it can barely be regarded as four years of compulsory education.
Today, there are only more than 40,000 people (over 12 years old) under Zhao Han¡¯s rule, and only more than 3,000 school-age children aged 7-12. How much can you eat for lunch every day? It only consumes 200 stones in a month.
Moreover, the teaching content is mainly literacy, and the requirements for teachers are also very low. It is nothing more than popularizing elementary education on a large scale.
Four or five teachers can teach a town.
Books and pens and ink are not consumed much, and white Jin soil is used as chalk to write and teach on black wooden boards. Students who have money prepare their own pens and ink, or even study at home, and they don't look down on public schools at all. In families with no money, parents use their hair to make brushes, and students practice calligraphy on wooden boards by dipping in water.
As long as you have the heart, there are always more solutions than difficulties!
The real food consumption is a large number of refugees, vagrants and tenants, who have to rely on Zhao Han to borrow food to survive.
Fei Chun held his teacup to warm his hands, and gradually calmed down. He said, "There is another way, and that is to ask the landlord for grain!"
Zhao Han asked: "How long can our food reserves last?"
"I was very optimistic before, thinking that I could last until the summer grain harvest," Fei Chun said, "But more and more refugees are returning to their hometowns. If this trend continues, there will be a food shortage in March, and it can last until April at most."
Zhao Han thought carefully for a moment and said, "Then borrow grain from the landlord."
"Borrowing grain? Just collecting grain directly!" Fei Chun is in charge of supervising the money and grain. He doesn't want to have grain in the future and return the grain to the landlord.
"Listen to me," Zhao Han said with a serious expression, "Since these landlords are obedient and honestly hand over the land, we can't keep our promises. If you spit on a nail and say what you say, these landlords will be safe and secure. There will be no precarious worries.¡±
Fei Chun asked, "Do you really want to borrow food?"
Zhao Han nodded and said: "Call Mr. Pang and the others some other day, and let's set up a food store."
"What is the grain store?" Fei Chun asked in confusion.
Zhao Han explained: "That is, we build warehouses and store grain. Anyone can store grain in it and pay them interest on a monthly basis. Farmers who borrow grain also have to pay interest. But the interest must be low, and usury is not allowed!"
Fei Chun tried to understand: "For example, I am a landlord. I store the grain in the grain bank. After a few months, I can take it out and get the interest from the grain bank?"
"Yes, that's it." Zhao Han said.
"Oh, my brother," Fei Chun suddenly felt a pain in his head, "storing food is consuming, the mice will come to eat it, the rice worms will come to eat it, and it may be damp and moldy. Is there any interest for the stored food? I don't charge storage fees. It¡¯s all for saving face! This is a loss-making business!¡±
Zhao Han said with a smile: "Now we are saving grain and borrowing grain, and we can save money and borrow money in the future."
"The bank?" Fei Chun's eyes lit up.
Zhao Han nodded: "It can also be called a bank."
Banks in the Ming Dynasty originated from the Zhengtong period, and mainly engaged in the exchange business of silver, official money, and private money.
During the Jiajing period, there was a flood of private money, the imperial court banned the exchange of copper coins, and a large number of banks across the country went bankrupt.
In the early years of Wanli, the existence of Qianzhuang was allowed again. Even, the money houses all over the country have essentially become the issuance terminals of official money-the imperial court casts copper coins, and the money houses use silver to buy money to help the imperial court transfer the new moneyofficial costs.
In a large and wealthy county, more than 80% of the land has been abandoned!
Not only the tenants could not live on, but the owner farmers and small landowners had to flee. And those big landlords did not dare to occupy the land, and the grain harvest was not enough to bear the horse government corvee.
Therefore, when the northwestern rogues entered Henan, many Henan people spontaneously revolted.
Not coerced, but a spontaneous uprising!
The same is true for Shanxi.
After the Shaanxi rogues entered Shanxi, in just half a year, the number of local rebels in Shanxi far exceeded that of Shaanxi.
How could Li Banghua not know about this situation?
Many officials in the imperial court know it!
Li Banghua took out a letter, handed it to Zhao Han and said, "Send someone to Jishuigu Village and give the letter to my father."
Zhao Han said happily: "It must be done!"
"Tell me, let me do something." Li Banghua said straightforwardly.
"There happened to be a difficult matter," Zhao Han explained the situation of the food shortage, and cupped his hands and said, "I will ask you to borrow food from rich households, sir. They don't trust me for the time being, so it should be no problem for me to help you."
Li Banghua smiled and said: "Smart people will believe it. If you don't want to return the food, why do you borrow it? Just grab it."
In addition to borrowing grain from the landlord, Zhao Han also wanted to borrow grain from the government.
In Taihe and Anfu counties, there are bandits and refugees, and officials and gentry are walking on eggshells.
Then let them raise money and food, and Zhao Han is responsible for taking the refugees away¡ª¡ªZhao Han got food and people, the refugees can live and work in peace, and the government and gentry no longer have to worry about it.
It's not a win-win, but a win-win, what a deal! </div> - Didn't finish reading? Add this book to your favoritesI'm a member and bookmarked this chapterCopy the address of this book and recommend it to your friends for pointsChapter error? Click here to report
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