Standing on the embankment, looking at the rushing and tumbling somewhat turbid Luohe River, Wang Yaochen sighed: "In the first half of the year, I saw that most of the Luohe River beach was exposed, and you repaired the dam upstream, and the remaining waterways were inconspicuous. How many days have passed www.biquge.info pen %fun %ge? After a few heavy rains, it became like this again. Fortunately, when the weather was dry, you kept reminding you to repair the river embankment, but nothing happened. ”

Xu Ping said: "Half a year of drought and half a year of flooding, this is the most feared disaster." The great drought will be followed by a great flood, and after the great flood there will be many plagues of locusts. Boyong, you still don't take it lightly, wait for the water to recede, and you must pay attention to locust prevention and epidemic prevention. If these two plagues arise, they will be more terrible than droughts and floods. ”

"I know, I'll arrange for someone to do it. Fortunately, there is enough money and food now, otherwise there will be a big mess. ”

Speaking of this, Wang Yaochen was also a little helpless. said that there was enough money and grain, but in fact, it was all borrowed by Xu Ping from the camp and fields, and transferred from other state armies, and the grain depot in Henan Mansion had long been empty. The transfer envoy is in charge of money and food all the way, which can be deployed within the scope of the road, and because of the early start, such a big disaster can be passed so easily. Even the people in Luoyang City, many of whom don't know how to marry don't know that they have suffered a catastrophe this year, and they are singing and dancing.

As a magistrate, what he is most afraid of is that in this year of great calamity, the hungry people will be displaced, and if one is not good, there will be a big incident. Henan Prefecture handled it properly, and there was no large-scale escape of disaster victims, for which it was also specially commended, and Wang Yaochen was also promoted to an official for this. Bad things have turned into good things, and Wang Yaochen is still very grateful to Xu Ping, who is his own year.

Walking along the river embankment for a while, the two sat down in a viewing pavilion by the river, Xu Ping listened to the weak cry of the cicadas on the big willow by the river, and said to Wang Yaochen: "This summer is about to pass, and the cicadas that have been screaming crazy for a few months have no strength." Autumn is the harvest season, Boyong, this year, the cotton planted by the people in the field and surrounding states and counties will be transported to Xijing City, where it will be spun into yarn, woven into cloth, and even cut into clothes, and sold to the state army outside the road. This scale is not small, there are countless people and things gathered here, businessmen gathered, and you should prepare early if you are in a mess, so as not to be at a loss. ”

"You've always told me that there's a lot of cotton to be harvested after autumn, but how much is there? Is it really that much as you say? There are nearly one million acres planted in the states and counties of Jingxi Road, and according to what you said, one acre of land can get 100 catties of cotton, that is, nearly 100 horses, how much does it all add up? Ten thousand pieces of cloth! Yun Xing, although I know that you are not lying, this number cannot be believed! Previously, the actual price of cotton cloth in Beijing was comparable to Luo, not the same price as ramie cloth set by you in Sansi. One horse is equal to two pieces of silk, that is, now that there is more cotton, the price has dropped, and two horses of cotton cloth is equal to one piece of silk, how much is this? 60 million! My two taxes a year in the Great Song Dynasty are less than 30 million yuan, who dares to believe these few families! ”

Xu Ping smiled and shook his head: "Boyong, that's not how it is counted. The cloth yarn is thick and heavy, and it is impossible for a horse to weigh ten or twelve taels as much as silk, which is one of them. In addition, the cotton that is now grown in the fields is all in the hands of the government, and the amount of cotton that comes out of the field to the weaving cloth is naturally much larger. You must know that after the two taxes are collected, the majority of silk cloth is still in the people, and silk and ramie cloth are actually much more than cotton cloth. ”

The truth is this, but Wang Yaochen shook his head again and again, still unable to believe it.

At this time, the price of textiles is generally based on silk, and the official statistics are generally the sum of the number of horses of silk and the number of money and the number of stones of grain, which is roughly considered to be the same unit. In fact, with the price of Kaifeng Mansion, a horse of silk is about 200 Wen, which is slightly more than the usual. However, the world is so big, and the prices of textiles are lower, and the main consumer markets will naturally be more expensive. The cheapest is Yizhou, where the products are abundant, the population is dense, whether it is cloth or silk textiles are very huge, the price is only one-third of Kaifeng Prefecture, which is also related to the difficulty of transportation in Shudao.

When the summer tax was levied, a horse of silk was twelve taels, and the government and the purchase were ten taels and one horses, saying that it was and buying, in fact, there was an additional exploitation of twenty percent from the weight. Other silk fabrics of silk and satin are also set according to this weight, and if the cotton cloth is also according to this specification, it will be scary to death.

In fact, it is impossible, cotton cloth is still heavier, even heavier than ramie. But even if the price of cotton cloth is on par with ramie, the price is still considerable. In the Yongzhou production area, a piece of ramie cloth is generally close to 200 Wen, and the market price after being transported to Kaifeng Mansion is always around. According to Xu Ping, the output value of cotton cloth is still an astonishing figure of more than 50 million.

For Wang Yaochen, the governor of the first government, this figure is too scary, Xu Ping's analysis is true, he can't help but believe it. But he couldn't believe such a big number. 50 million yuan a year, is he the general judge of Henan Prefecture or the third envoy?

Xu Ping just laughed, this kind of thing is really difficult to explain. This is only the output value of cotton cloth, in fact, it is necessary to deduct various costs, of course, the seed cotton left after ginning is also a large amount of wealth, and it has not been included in the amount just now. The most important thing is actually because the cotton is grown in the fields, and the entire production chain is controlled by the government, and the amount is of course huge. If it is only private planting, relying on tax collection, this number of security will drop by an order of magnitude.

is different from what Wang Yaochen thought, Xu Ping does not look at the output value of cotton cloth, but more importantly looks at the subsequent added value. Plain cotton cloth can not be directly made into clothes, according to the market price at this time, dyeing and cotton cloth price planting is basically equal, made into clothes and at least doubled, this follow-up industry is Luoyang City to develop.

Before that time, I couldn't imagine what it would be like, Wang Yaochen really couldn't afford to have such a big heart. sighed for a while, no longer dwelling on this issue, and said to Xu Ping: "By the way, there is one more thing to discuss with you." A few days ago, the officials of the branch department made trouble in front of the gathering of the imperial history platform, and Henan County, their public officials, and other people all said that it was a priest surnamed Feng who took two people to do it. I always felt that this matter would never be so simple, but there was no clear evidence, and there were more things at hand, so I will let it go for the time being. Since the accident, the three people have disappeared, and they can't be found everywhere around Xijing City, thinking that they fled to the outer state army after the incident. ”

Xu Ping thought for a while before he said to Wang Yaochen: "Whether it's escaping or hiding, you must send someone to visit these people all the time." The key is to set an example to others and know what the consequences of doing so under your hands will be. If you let it go gently, I'm afraid that this kind of thing will happen in an endless stream in the future. ”

"I know, it's been visited. Another thing, after that day, many branch officials deposited the copper coins in their hands with Tong Dalang. I'm thinking, should I clean up Tong Dalang? It's not a way to let him continue to make trouble like this! ”

Xu Ping shook his head: "That's it, let him make trouble." Now there are a lot of things in Henan Province, and disaster prevention and relief are required, and it is time to be busy with agriculture after autumn, so there is no need to distract from that heart. Besides, Boyong, if you want to clean up a place, the most important thing is not to clean it spotlessly, but to have a place to put garbage. That Tong Dalang, and a few other similar people, should be the garbage can of Henan Mansion, as long as the surroundings are cleaned up at any time. ”