But what about the truth?

Even for the banking department, Zhao Xu could not really allow Wang Ju to do so. ([(

In fact, when the king of heaven promised two things to Zhao Xu, Xie Jingwen or perhaps two or three other ministers to establish authority will be transferred to the city next winter, and may not be transferred to the capital, but will be transferred to other areas.

Besides, war will begin the next year. What can Xie Jingwen do if he stays in the security army?

As for An Tao, Liang Tao and Wang Yansou, they would also bring them from the other side with a boat in the spring of the following year, but it would not work next year. The banking department will not be completely stable next year, and the time will be short, so these three guys may become more capital-based.

If Liang and Wang got sick because they could not stand the local weather, they would immediately use a boat to transfer to Fengshi or Linshi and Flower Market in the east. But there is one that can only move further and further away, and cannot move, otherwise these three guys would not be able to change their temperament.

And it's over, and it's too late. Wang Ju also learned from some channels that Gao Taotao was furious and found Zhao Xu. The mother and son argued for a long time.

But it is enough, the whole court and the country were silent and silent.

And another thing to do

There are a little potatoes planted in the imperial garden.

In fact, when on the boat, Wang Ju saw that the potatoes were rotten seriously. The humidity on the boat was too great. Even if quicklime was placed, it would not be possible to absorb water vapor. After all, they were not brought from the other side, but from the other side of the other side. They stayed for too long, and many of the time were loaded on the boat. In fact, not only potatoes, but also some cured meat products brought from the other side. Therefore, in order to prevent the meat from being hot, the meat was sometimes heated into the salt brine, and then dried or roasted into a hard like a leather strip, and then transported inward.

But these potatoes were rotten and could not be planted on the boat. Therefore, when they were about to arrive at Mizhou Port, Wang Ju simply asked the sailors to water them and urge them to sprout. This is equivalent to shortening the growth time after the transfer. Otherwise, when it is about to mature and winter comes, what else can you gain? Could it be that you have to build a greenhouse for it?

It is this measure that has missed the season, but it has also avoided the arrival of winter.

The imperial garden split is just a model, which means that the emperor attaches importance to agriculture and food.

The other big heads are in the official fields of Kaifeng Prefecture and nearby relevant prefectures and counties. They are very cautious. They cannot be treated as food now. Instead, they should be treated as precious seeds.

When it comes to the harvest season, Wang Ju said that they are high-yield, and whether they will be high-yield will be announced soon.

Zhao Xu rumored that dozens of important officials went to the imperial garden, and then asked several eunuchs and guards to dig up the potatoes one by one, even for fear of leaking and digging them very deeply.

But everyone can understand.

In ancient times, food was indeed a problem. For example, in the Tang Dynasty, even the honest prime minister's staple food was or soybeans.

The Song Dynasty introduced rice from Chameng City, and the food problem was further alleviated. But even so, the water chestnuts were still one of the six grains, so some bullies deliberately opened the river bank and turned the fertile fields into the pond to make profits. However, think about it, if you don’t eat and eat water chestnuts every day, what kind of life would it be?

The eunuch continued, and the potatoes were dug up. The soil had to be cleaned so that it could weigh its true weight.

It took a while before the eunuch took the big scale and weighed it.

One hundred and seven pounds weigh.?

Wang Ju frowned. Isn’t it said that the per mu of potatoes has a capacity of up to 10,000 kilograms?

He really misunderstood. In fact, for a long time in the early days of the Heavenly Dynasty, the yield of potatoes per mu was only one or two thousand kilograms. I won’t talk about anything later. Even rice can reach more than one thousand kilograms per mu, so let alone potatoes.

Therefore, Wang Ju had a misunderstanding. Could it be that Shi Ji missed it, wasn’t adapted, or the planting method he remembered was wrong?

He was thinking about it all, but dozens of important officials were surprised.

There is no problem with this area. Zhao Xu did not need to praise Wang Ju by making fakes. He could only say that the land in the imperial garden is more fertile. However, if the season is not missing, will the yield be higher? At least 700 to 800 kilograms per mu.

Think about how much per mu yield is in the north. After two seasons, it only takes more than two stones.

This missed potatoes during planting season. The yield of the potatoes can be kept at ten stones in just one season, at least seven or eight stones. How many people can they support?

Listening to everyone's surprise, Wang Ju smiled bitterly. This was potato. If it was sweet potatoes, the yield was produced, and these people were so scared that they couldn't believe it.

He waved.

The eunuch around Zhao Xu understood that the output was out, but how could it be eaten?

Wang Ju provided several sets of recipes, for making food and dishes.

These eunuchs carried the potatoes down and started making meals.

Everyone was also curious about how to eat this thing, so they came to the banquet hall together and waited for not long. It was not something that was difficult to cook. There were staple foods and dishes. However, Wang Ju also ignored one problem here, that is, the relationship between food. Whether potatoes or sweet potatoes are in China, they cannot be used as staple food. The reason is very simple. They contain too low whiteness. This is different from Western countries. Westerners eat meat as the staple food, so it can solve the food problem well with potatoes.

But they can be used as side food or feed for livestock. Although they are not the ideal staple food for the Chinese, they are better than eating Guanyin soil when they are hungry. Think about it, if these miscellaneous grains were popularized in Shaanxi during the Li Zicheng’s uprising, would Li Zicheng have the soil for the uprising?

It is naturally delicious when cooked in the imperial kitchen.

After eating, Lao Wang sighed and said, "It's not worth eating. How many potatoes can they produce next year? Hey, Wang Zi'an, why is it called potatoes, not melons?"

It turns out that in his impression, beans are soybeans, mung beans, bowls of beans, and the appearance of the two is too different.

Wang Ju said vaguely: "It was the name given by the Marine Merchants on the other side, but it was just a name and it was not that important."

Then let’s have potatoes.

After everyone finished eating, this was a great contribution. Wang Ju happened to say another thing. He stood up and said, "Your Majesty, I went to Sansi some time ago and asked Sansi to check all the taxes and direct income related to carbide. Now that its net income is less than two million guan."

Cai Que asked: "Is there anything wrong?"

This is two million yuan, new yuan, and a lot of it.

"Mr. Cai, do you know how much carbonite has to be consumed in a year in the Song Dynasty."

Cai Que shook his head.

Wang Ju said: "I estimate that at least 60 million stones are possible, and most of them may reach 100 million stones."

“So many?”

"Mr. Cai, think about it carefully."

The number of households in the Song Dynasty was nearly 18 million, which was just the number of households in the household book. The actual number of households may have to be increased by one or two million. Although these are hidden households and Shengman, they are also people of the Song Dynasty and are also producing or consuming.

With the increase in the amount of carbohydrate mining, carbon is being used in all aspects. Especially Wang Ju's move in Qingzhou has officially spread to the whole country, including honeycomb coal and fireplaces. The fireplaces are only used by the people of the north, while those who have no money will use the carbonite and build a warm pit. This is the heating function.

There is also the function of cooking. Rural people don’t care. They burn straw for various crops. Urban people used to burn straw, and they also used charcoal or firewood. Therefore, there was a unit in the two taxes of the Song Dynasty, bunches, that is, grass, not only for feeding horses, but also for cooking.

However, now it is gradually replaced by honeycomb coal. And this industry has supported many people.

Its scope is too wide. Not only the northern city shops, but also the southern city shops also use charcoal to cook.

This is anthracite. As for bituminous coal, it is also widely used and various smelting, even some ceramic workshops have begun to use carbonite. Not to mention this industrial coal, it is the civilian coal. How much carbonite has so many people in the Song Dynasty consumed in a year?

And it can also be seen from another aspect. The current carbohydrate production areas are mainly in the north. After gunpowder is used, with the improvement of mining technology, the price of one stone has dropped to less than 250 cents. If the transportation conditions are backward, the price of one stone is only 200 cents. Of course, it is still maintained at around 350 cents in the hands of the people. However, it is not stopped in the south. For example, the price of entering the port in Quanzhou and Guangzhou is close to 350 cents.

The actual price is really a bit crooked, but there is nothing we can do about it. In this era, as long as the word "dumb" is a very impressive transportation cost.

It is precisely because of its high price that many carbohydrates are transported to the other side every year, mainly Guangzhou and Quanzhou. Originally, there were only a few hundred thousand stones a year, but now there are more than 60 ships dedicated to transporting carbohydrates every year, with a weight of nearly 1.5 million stones.

Therefore, Wang Ju probably has no problem.

However, with this data, there is the following problem. Wang Ju continued: "Your Majesty, I calculate it in the minimum amount. If all these carbides are run by private people, the court is only responsible for the two-part extraction, how much profit will the court get? What about the commercial tax?"

It is possible that later generations were not clear about the mining tax of the Song Dynasty. The Song Dynasty mines were divided into state-owned and private. The state-owned ones were not calculated, while the private ones had to pay for the lessons. It turned out that because of the chaos in the lessons, they often had to score more than five points.

Wang Ju proposed the Fangchang River Crossing system, and Wang Anshi further improved it. Finally, the private interpretation was determined as the 28-point system, that is, ten stones of carbonite were produced, and the court solved two stones, and the remaining eight points were obtained by the private mine owners. The same was true for the pit mine system on the other side. After the course was resolved, commercial tax was levied based on the quantity after the course was resolved. However, at Wang Ju's suggestion, the court also contracted some pit mines that caused losses or low profits due to poor management, and the contracted years of pit mines were the longest.

This loss is not necessarily artificial. It is artificially caused by poor management, or officials are greedy for ingenuity, and non-humanly, the mine veins have been exhausted and no longer mine can be dug. What is the profit?

However, carbonite is different. It is not a metal deposit that is chaotic in the rocks. It is very difficult to distinguish with current technology.

There is something, there is nothing.

As long as there is no major accident, there will be no technical losses in operating carbonite.

So now there are many official charcoal pits. Of course, if you directly intervene in the operation, the profit will definitely be much greater than this two-part solution.

Therefore, when Wang Ju used this metaphor, he calculated as the small amount. There was no official charcoal shop, all of which were run by privately, and only two parts were extracted. Sixty million stones of carbohydrate were worth 15 million guan, and the income from the two parts of the course would be three million guan.

Then there is commercial tax. There is 5% commercial tax in a state, 7% commercial tax along the way, and 9% commercial tax in the country, 7% commercial tax in the country, and 7% commercial tax in a planned manner, 1 million RMB.

In other words, the court does not need to pay any cost or be harsh on any craftsmen. As long as the commercial tax is strictly implemented and a few officials are sent to check the output of each pit mine, they can earn 4 million guan. This is calculated based on 60 million guan. If calculated based on 100 million guan, it will reach more than 6 million guan.

I don’t know if it’s not the comparison, but I’m shocked by the comparison.

Everyone is silent together.

Zhao Xu asked: "It refers to commercial tax."

"Not only commercial taxation, but also serious problems have occurred in the management and operation of pit mines. But commercial taxation has indeed come to a time when it must be consistent!"

"Here," everyone thought to themselves.

Wang Ju said again: "Your Majesty, I will talk about this charcoal. Although it seems that the court directly or indirectly makes two million yuan a year. But in fact, Your Majesty, Rong Me brings someone in."

As he said that, he said a few words in the ear of the guard next to him.

The guards went out and brought in a ragged old beggar after a while.

No one knows what to say. But it is not surprising that it comes from Wang Ju.

The old beggar was frightened and shivered. Wang Ju said, "Sun Wengweng, the official family loves the people as their children, and all the officials love the people as their children. Don't be afraid. Tell the official family, what did you do?"

"The official family, Your Majesty, the Caomin turned out to be a charcoal seller."

"Why beg now?" Wang Ju asked.

"Your Majesty. Now the charcoal cannot be sold. The grass people have only one wife and have no children. They cannot make a living, so they have to beg for a living."

It’s not that charcoal can’t be sold anymore, but the impact of charcoal. Charcoal is far less popular than before, and the price is cheaper than before. Think about it, it’s so troublesome to roast wood into charcoal, and you have to use a car to pull it into the city and sell it slowly. Therefore, many people who make a living on charcoal have to change their business. This is a way, no way, and life immediately becomes difficult.

But it cannot be said that carbohydrate replaces charcoal. Although the charcoal industry has shrunk, the carbohydrate industry has also supported many people.

"This is the general trend, but it does not mean that the court is just sitting there and watching these people care about it. But we don't know where to manage it, and we can't even figure out whether those people are really suffering losses. So what should we do? Take it from the people and use it for the people."

When he started to talk about the serious business, Wang Ju took out more than a dozen handfuls from his arms and put them in the hands of the old beggar, and said to the guards: "Send him out of the palace."
To be continued...