Chapter 1007: Hoarding Goods

According to Hua Lang, in order for the people to make full use of the land, they must have enough time to peel the grain and cultivate the land.

These are extremely time-consuming, and must be done as soon as possible, because if the peeling is late, the grain may become damp and not be able to be preserved until the winter, so that not only will the grain be wasted, but the people may also go hungry in the winter.

Peeling is not an easy thing, especially in the Song Dynasty in an era when agriculture was relatively backward, but since Hua Lang wanted to help these people, he felt that he had to make something useful, for this reason, according to his experience in the previous life, he made some tools that can make the grain peel as soon as possible, these tools are very simple, there are crushed, and the wind blows, it is very convenient to use, and after Hua Lang did this, he immediately asked Li Jingan to instruct his subordinates to promote these things as much as possible to the people of Chang'an City. And after these people are done, they will plant soybeans and peanuts in their own fields to increase their income.

Hua Lang knows very well that after these people do this, they will definitely damage the interests of those big families, because in the past, these things were planted by those big families, they don't need to peel their own food, they can use money to hire people, and when the soybean peanuts are ripe, those idle people can be hired to help, but if these people also grow soybean peanuts, then they still have time to help those big families work?

Of course, it is not nothing, the people can still help those big households after they are busy in their fields, but in this way, after the harvest of crops, the amount of soybeans and peanuts suddenly increases, which is bound to be a decline in the price of soybeans and peanuts, and the price drop is equivalent to taking away the silver of those big households.

Although it is not easy to do, since Hualang and they have already done it, there is naturally no turning back, but things are by no means as simple as Hualang and others think, because when those people began to reach soybeans and peanuts in the field, the price of grain in the entire Chang'an City suddenly increased significantly, and in addition, several rice and grain stores were no longer open for business.

The reason for the matter is very simple, that is, some people began to buy a large amount of grain, and hoarded goods, and the reason why they did this was naturally to wait for the people to eat the surplus grain in their hands, and they wanted to raise prices because of this, and no one could do it if they lacked such necessities as grain, and at that time, even if the price of grain doubled, someone would come to buy it.

When Hanalang realized this problem, he felt that things were not simple, and he even felt the pressure on himself.

Of course, this matter has little to do with Hua Lang, but now because Hua Lang's identity is different, he naturally can't just be limited to solving a few cases, if he can, he wants to do more for the people of the world.

But in hoarding, Hualang has no way at all, first of all, hoarding is not illegal, and in such a dynasty, hoarding is the fastest way for them to make money.

If the law cannot be used to restrict these people, then what can be done?

With the status of Li Jingan and Hualang, what if you go to those merchants? This may not work, those merchants are all for profit, and if they are asked to give up the benefits that are about to be obtained, it will make them more uncomfortable than killing them.

So after thinking about it, the only thing they can do is to regulate the price of grain through the market, and the reason why the price changes is because of the relationship between supply and demand.

And if you control supply and demand, it is very simple, either let the people not eat food should eat others, or Chang'an City has enough food, and the people do not need to buy those high-priced food, but both of these possibilities are not realistic, first of all, if the people do not eat food, the calories in their bodies will not be replenished, so they must be hungry every day. And to meet the food needs of the people of Chang'an City? This doesn't seem to be a difficult task, but where does so much food come from?

The peasants outside the city have grain in their hands, but the grain is only enough for them to eat, they will definitely not sell it into the city at a low price, the state hoards a lot of grain, but those grains are of great use to the imperial court, and it is not easy to divide some to Chang'an City, after all, grain is a circulating commodity, and the country's grain is here, how to distribute it?

Is it free to those people, or is it sold?

Free giving is easy to cause chaos, if sold, this can alleviate the demand for food for the people of Chang'an City, but in this way, it is easy to lose the hearts of the people, those grains are the taxes paid by the people, and now the state uses the taxes and grains they pay to buy, what is this?

Now Hua Lang and Li Jing'an have a way, but if they want to implement this method, it is even more difficult, but they don't have to be in a hurry about this matter, because now the people outside the city have just had a bumper harvest, although some people have begun to hoard a lot of grain, but within a month or two, the price of food in Chang'an City will not change much, and Hua Lang and Li Jing'an are worried just to see the subtleties.

A month or two is enough time for them to figure out a solution.

And just when they were thinking of a solution, a major event suddenly happened in Chang'an City, Chang'an City was smooth in the first half of the year, but after the wheat was harvested, it suddenly drought-stricken for half a month, and after half a month, Chang'an City still did not mean to rain.

Because of the persistence of Li Jing'an, Hua Lang and others, crops such as soybeans and peanuts have been planted in the field, and if it doesn't rain again, the things that the people have planted in the field may be gone.

What are the people most afraid of farming? The most feared are drought and flooding, both of which can cause their crops to be lost, and if they don't, they will probably go hungry.

This matter is a big deal for the people outside Chang'an City, and if it is not resolved, the people's emotions will be excited, and it is inevitable that something will happen.

For this matter, Li Jingan organized several activities to pray for rain, but this kind of rain sacrifice was useless, the weather was getting hotter and hotter, but the rain did not fall.

Seeing this, Hua Lang felt that this would not work, if God could not rely on it, then they could only rely on themselves.

In this world, people have to rely on themselves most of the time, relying on God and others, which will only make people fall into passivity.

Hwarang is not a person who likes to be passive.