Kill a hundred and cut off a few heads of grain merchants who raise prices to deter all grain merchants and curb the rise in grain prices? !

Listening to the suggestions of a group of officials, Zhu Ping'an squinted his eyes slightly, although such a means can curb the rise in grain prices, but can it really be beneficial to tide over the flood? ! It is undeniable that there is, there must be, but in Zhu Ping'an's view, the role is also very limited, and in the special period of the flood, even killing 1,000 enemies and losing 3,000 self-losses.

Needless to say, the reason why grain merchants are raising prices and making huge profits, but the lack of food supply is also a very important reason. Jiangnan is the granary of the Ming Dynasty, and now most of the floods in Jiangnan have basically been destroyed by the flood, and the granary has become a food shortage. There is not much grain in the hands of grain merchants, and there is a grain shortage in the entire granary south of the Ming River, and it is difficult for grain merchants to get grain, and it is difficult for grain merchants to get grain, and to transport grain from the north, Sichuan and Shu and other places, the distance is far away, the cost is huge, not to mention, with their strength and scale, the grain transported is also limited. Grain merchants subjectively make huge profits, but objectively there is a shortage of grain, so they raise prices and sell in limited quantities...... This series of operations is understandable.

Value determines price, supply and demand affect price, these modern economic principles, Zhu Ping'an could not be clearer.

Although it is true that the price of grain can be suppressed and controlled by thunderous administrative means, what about grain, it is not profitable, except for the imperial court (the imperial court is now unable to rescue for a while), who will spend time, effort and money to transport grain to other places?!

Although the price of grain is under control, there is no grain to sell, so what is the use of controlling the price of grain?!

In this special period, food is the foundation of disaster relief, and without food, nothing can be talked about.

In this flood, no one in Jingnan was damaged, but if there is no food, then Jingnan will be full of mourning, and natural disasters are likely to become man-made disasters, and the destructiveness of man-made disasters is much more terrible than natural disasters.

My Chinese people are very honest, really honest, as long as there is a bite to eat, as long as there is a way to live, the people will not be chaotic, but if there is no food, no food, no way to live, Zhu Ping'an will not dare to imagine.

Grain!

That's all that matters!

The flood is a special period, and the flood in the south of the Yangtze River is very special, and the imperial court is powerless to rescue for a while, so special things should be done in a special period. Zhu Ping'an had a bold idea in his heart that could solve the grain shortage in Jingnan, but it was just ......

In a special period, how can there be so many "just"! Although tens of millions of people have gone to me! Zhu Ping'an's eyes were firm, swept to the officials, and slowly spoke, "I have my own opinions on grain prices. In addition, at present, the food supply in our county is limited, so our county government should not compete with the people in the city for food, and do not purchase grain for the time being. Wait until the food supply in the county is slightly sufficient, and then purchase. Do you have any other ideas? ”

In the next half hour, Zhu Ping'an listened to some suggestions from the officials about the flood disaster and adopted many suggestions, such as strengthening the control of the flood shelter area, such as recruiting doctors to be stationed in the flood shelter area.

"The county, in view of the limited grain storage in the warehouse, it is recommended that the food standards of the victims in the flood shelter area be appropriately lowered. From three meals to two meals, from two nests and porridge to one nest and one bowl of porridge. ”

The barn money warden suggested.

"No, no. From three meals to two meals, from two nests and porridge to one nest and a bowl of porridge, the money warden has dropped too much, how can the victims eat enough? It is afraid that it will arouse public anger and cause a lot of scolding. ”

When Hufang Liu Fuzi heard this, he immediately got up to express his objection, and the spit was about to spray on the face of the Qian pawn.

"Dian Liu, this is an extraordinary period, if you don't save some, don't talk about a nest and a bowl of porridge in twenty days, even if you don't even have a grain of rice, you can only drink the northwest wind."

Not to be outdone, the warehouse money warden stood up to refute Liu Dian.

"We can't drop it, if we reduce the food like this, the spittle of the common people can drown us."

"Food is already limited, and if the standard is not lowered, there will be no food in the warehouse after 20 days. What to do then?! Still full?! Some of them are good to eat, but which of the other counties is like me Jingnan?! In this time of great disaster, there is nothing to be satisfied with having a nest head and a bowl of porridge! ”

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Soon, the other wardens present also stood in line, some expressed their support for Qian Warden, and some expressed their support for Liu Fuzi, and the two sides had a fierce debate on whether to lower the food standards of the victims.

"Alright. Before the food problem is solved, let's lower the food standard first, as the money warden said. ”

Zhu Ping'an was not a pedantic person, slapped the table, interrupted the argument of the wardens, and adopted the proposal of the Qian warden.

On the one hand, as the Qian Warden said, the county government warehouse has limited grain storage, and it is necessary to consider it in the long run. Two meals a day, each meal serving a bowl of porridge and a nest, in this period of great disaster, is already rare, enough to solve the problem of survival of the victims, other counties can't even do this.

On the other hand, Zhu Ping'an also has other considerations, Zhu Ping'an plans to launch the epoch-making policy of "work for relief" in two or three days, when the flood recedes a little, combining disaster relief and post-disaster reconstruction, and organizing the victims to carry out a series of post-disaster reconstruction projects, such as rebuilding villages, digging water conservancy facilities, repairing and repairing city walls, building beacon towers and other anti-Japanese projects, etc., to provide them with food and necessary wages, instead of direct relief as now, which is too wasteful of resources and labor.

The proposal of the Qian Warden can be laid out in advance.

What the?! You don't think you can eat two meals a day, you don't have enough to eat a bowl of porridge in a nest, and you want to eat well, okay, come to participate in the cash-for-work project. By participating in cash-for-work, you will not only be well fed, but also paid.

In this way, through the use of work for relief, we can not only enable the vast number of disaster victims to meet the needs of food and clothing, have the necessary income, and achieve the purpose of relief, but also speed up the post-disaster reconstruction of Jingnan, leaving a series of public works and infrastructure facilities for Jingnan, and helping Jingnan's economic and social development.

The reason why Zhu Ping'an recruited refugees from various counties and counties was because of the idea of "work for relief".

"County Zun, please think twice. You must know that Dou Mien, Shengmi Qiu, once the standard is lowered like this, it will definitely attract scolding. Let's just pay it back, mainly because of the county honoring you, the good reputation you have accumulated before may be ruined. Seeing that Zhu Ping'an had accepted Qian Dian's proposal, Liu Fuzi and the others couldn't help but dissuade them again and again.

"Scold, scold, I bear this infamy, only the people can survive this flood safely, and they are willing to spit on themselves." Zhu Ping'an smiled slightly, not worried about ruining his reputation at all.

As long as the people can survive the flood safely, Ping An is willing to spit on their own face......

What feelings and hearts this is!

Liu Fuzi and the others were instantly shocked, and their eyes were full of respect when they looked at Zhu Ping'an, the pursuit and importance of the ancient scholars to the name and festival were far beyond the imagination of Zhu Ping'an, a modern person, and they got up one after another and said, "The county respects the mind like this...... I can't wait! Yes, in extraordinary times, we should do extraordinary things, we are pedantic. ”

Belch...... As for it?! Looking at everyone's respectful eyes, Zhu Ping'an couldn't help but be stunned. I'm not worried