Chapter 271: Linkage (1)

The office had various channels to get the transcript of the Senate's latest proposal as soon as possible, but the garbage-like proposal made the office leave the matter to the following to deal with. On the day Sheila presented her new proposal, the office ordered that a copy of the proposal be delivered to the office as soon as it arrived.

After reading the content, Director Xin smiled and said, "Not bad." Sure enough, the ones that were negotiated. ”

Li naturally relaxed after reading it carefully, and the content of this proposal was about 'urban laborers going to the countryside to help when the farm is busy, and rural laborers going to the city to work when the farm is not working'. Sheila had let go of this wind earlier, but no one paid attention. At that time, Sheila's suggestion was that the countryside pay the city people who helped with grain, and the city factories paid the farmers with all kinds of commodities that the farmers needed. This time, the proposal is to pay directly with food stamps. In addition, special commodity procurement fairs are held for farmers to provide the cheapest goods. Avoid going to the countryside to be exploited by three-way or even four-way traffickers.

There is no problem with this proposal from all angles, and the actual implementation of similar policies in the Great Song Dynasty has also shown the driving force of benefiting the country and the people. Li naturally sighed: "I don't know if I can pass." ”

"Then it's up to Sheila to do it." Director Xin said.

Sheila expected that the proposal might not pass so easily, and it was exactly as she expected. When questioned, not only the lawmakers who had challenged Sheila before objected, arguing that letting so many people run around in the city and in the countryside would definitely cause a lot of problems. Even lawmakers, who had been more neutral in the past, said the matter needed to be discussed carefully.

The aristocrats said that they had to be careful when they discussed it, because they were discussing their interests. Sheila was not hypocritical, and directly visited the more representative of the western patriarchs. Now the senators have gradually formed some regional relations, and the elder Fabi is the one who publicly scared Sheila in the Senate a few months ago. Although this guy's character is very ordinary, he has a bit of influence among the western elders.

When they talked in private, there was no showmanlike excitement in the Senate, and the old French-Bieu, who was born in the west, demanded the full use of agricultural vouchers in the west. Sheila feels that this is nonsense at all, and the implementation of the Eastern Agricultural Voucher is very good, and whether or not to mention this bill will not affect the Chancellor's determination to fully promote it next year. She smiled and said that she would definitely support the proposal of the Western Elders. After finishing his business, Elder Fabi began to talk about private matters, "Your Excellency, we in the west do not want to just implement agricultural vouchers, and the elders all think that next year's caramel production will purchase more crops from the east. Don't you think that's unfair? ”

Sheila smiled slightly, Fabio's statement was similar to what she expected. Everyone wants to cut a slice of the most lucrative flatbread, and this is true of the Eastern aristocracy, and the Western aristocracy is no different. The province of Europa is really cunning and cunning, and he let Sheila cooperate with the legion early. If the production of caramel was completely in Sheila's hands, she would not know how many people would hate her by now. Sheila unfolded the means of dodging, "Your Excellency Fabio, the legion is in charge of production, and it is up to them to decide who to sell. ”

In his heart, Fabio just wanted to drag Sheila and give her a beating. Of all the senators, isn't Sheila the most closely related to the legion? The technology for producing caramel was transferred to the Legion by Sheila, and at that time, Fabio thought that Sheila had a bad brain and handed over such an important thing to someone. Now he sensed that something was wrong, that there were too many ways to deal with Sheila, but not much about the Legion.

After the urge passed, Fabio suddenly smiled. This guy looked quite bold when he actually laughed, "Your Excellency Sheila, I didn't mean to go against you. If the East monopolizes all interests, it will not be fair to us in the West. ”

Sheila asked, "I don't think Your Excellency wants to take away all the interests of the East, is that what Your Excellency thinks?" ”

Fabio nodded, "Hmm." We, the elders of the west, have discussed the hope that the localities will provide food to the local legions. ”

"Are you going to put it to a vote in the Senate?"

"The Eastern Senators will not agree. Unless Sheila intervenes to persuade them. ”

"Did the Western Patriarchs decide to grow a lot of sweet potatoes to make money?"

"Yes. This is the result of our deliberations. Fabio said categorically, "No matter what the east thinks, we have to plant." Thanks to the channel provided by Her Excellency Sheila, we, the nobles of the west, have contacted the agricultural companies of the province of Europa, and they have signed a contract with us. Next year will support us with seeds and technicians. ”

Hearing such a threat, Sheila smiled and said, "In this case, Your Excellency no longer needs my help, so you will block my proposal?" ”

Fabio thought for a moment and then spoke his thoughts, "I would like Your Excellency to come up with a proposal to divide the supply according to the eastern and western boundaries. ”

"It can't be." Sheila replied decisively.

Fabio knew that this was impossible, and that by doing so, Sheila was siding with the Western Patriarchs against the Eastern Patriarchs. If Sheila is firmly on the opposite side, a simple vote will not work. The clan decides who buys something and is the one who decides it. The veterans of the western region had already talked to the legion several times, and the legion had a strong attitude of asking for a lower grain price, saying, "If we don't lower the price of grain, we'll see."

Not knowing how to convince Sheila, she said, "I can ask for a meeting to discuss this." But you have to go through my proposal first. ”

"What can be discussed at the meeting?" Fabio was not interested in this.

"At least negotiate. I would like to ask you a question, Your Excellency Fabio. Everyone thinks that sweet potatoes can be used to make caramel sugar, and all the land is planted with sweet potatoes, what do you think will happen in the end? ”

"What result? Everyone has caramel to eat? Fabio replied casually, he really hadn't thought of such an extreme situation.

"Haha!" Sheila was, "As a result, sweet potatoes are piling up, and no one buys them at all." ”

Fabio thought about it and understood this result, and he couldn't help but smile. Then I heard Sheila say: "It is impossible for the east to have a complete monopoly on the supply of sweet potatoes. I agree with that. At this time, the western elders had to come out and explain that this kind of thing was not advisable. At the time of the final distribution, the West will need to make some concessions. ”

"That's going to have to be discussed." Sheila replied.

Fabio thought for a while, he knew that there was no solution to this matter, so he proposed it to the western senators Cahira. Now that Sheila is willing to convene an internal meeting of the Senate, it is also an improvement. In the end, Fabio reluctantly replied: "Well, we are willing to approve the proposal of His Excellency Sheila." It is not known when Her Excellency Sheila will convene an internal meeting. ”

"As soon as my proposal is passed, I will convene it."

The next day, Sheila's proposal passed. The office that learned of this breathed a sigh of relief, and it was able to move on to the next step. There is no such intrigue as the Senate in the House of the People. The proposal looks good, and everyone has money to earn. The Lok Sabha passed the proposal as quickly as possible. The proposal is sent to the Chancellor of the Exchequer.

When the Chancellor of the Exchequer saw that he was going to pay for it, he invited the representative of the Great Song Dynasty of the Constantinople money bank to discuss. The representative of Da Song listened to the Minister of Finance and came up with a plan that had been prepared. "Your Excellency, we have calculated. About 20 million food stamps need to be prepared. When the food stamps are in place, we can start providing services. ”

The Chancellor of the Exchequer was silent for a while before he said tentatively: "Your Excellency, can you give 10 million first, and then give the rest." ”

"Why?" The deputy's gaze instantly sharpened.

"Uh......, the current Emperor Gongzhi is not in good health. Basellus had to make some preparations for the son of the co-ruler. ”

As if he didn't understand the inner meaning at all, the representative continued to ask, "And then?" ”

"It costs money."

"And then?"

Seeing that the envoy was not moved at all, the Chancellor of the Exchequer changed his words: "Baselus has long wanted to build a number of monasteries, and he also needs money. ”

"And then?" The representative remained unmoved.

"There is still something to be rewarded."

"And then?"

The Chancellor of the Exchequer had already made sure that the other party would not take the initiative to answer, so he simply made it clear, "We want to use some of the food stamps to pay for these expenses for the time being." ”

Now that the minister had made his words clear, the envoy expressed his attitude, "Your Excellency is well aware of our previous agreement that all food stamps must be earmarked. If Barcellus decides to do that, there's nothing we can do to stop it. However, according to the agreement, we will no longer provide the four parties to pay notes as reserves. In other words, in the future, food stamps cannot be exchanged for four-way bills. ”

"Is that okay?" The Chancellor of the Exchequer looked overjoyed.

"If you make a decision, we will officially inform Baseles in accordance with the agreement."

Hearing this condition, the Chancellor of the Exchequer felt that the burden of a thousand pounds had been lifted. This was originally Barcelus's order, and the court had such a living money in its hands. What if the province of Europa no longer uses the Quartet as a reserve? The current situation is that food stamps are very sought-after, and it has never reached the dilemma of using the reserves of the four parties to provide exchange.

The messenger returned to the office with the latest news, and when he heard the result, Li Tiantian and Director Xin both smiled.

"It's great to be able to get rid of the Quartet to pay money and make reserves so early." Director Xin was very relaxed.

"We have an extra 10 million food stamps to trade. Not bad. Li was naturally equally relaxed, and he couldn't help but sigh: "The experts in Qianzhuang are still conservative in their predictions. They thought the Eastern Romans would do this after they had survived the incident. ”

Director Xin also sighed: "With so much money in front of me, not to mention these guys from Eastern Rome, if I change places with them, I'm afraid I can't help but stretch out my hand." ”

Li naturally nodded, "How can such a resolute and noble person as the official family be easily seen." ”

Banknotes are printed as money, who would think that money burns more hands. To be able to restrain one's desires and maintain one's credit day after day, year after year, what clarity it takes. Compared with the performance of Eastern Rome, Li naturally really admired the Zhao official family at this time.