The blind date organized by Song Beiyun was quite successful. Ding Xiang's niece was 18 years old this year, ten years younger than Beipo. However, Beipo was also from a scholarly family. She was well-educated and talented, and she was very polite to Ding Xiang's taste.

"Ding Xiang, go outside to appreciate the moon? Give the time to the young people?"

Hearing Song Beiyun's words, Ding Xiang snorted coldly: "How big can you be?"

"Oh, let's go! I have prepared good iced tea."

Beipo looked at Song Beiyun with a blushing face, and the young girl opposite looked at Beipo with big eyes, and her eyes filled with autumn water made Beipo less talk.

"Brother Beipo, please chat with Miss Ding. I will go out to enjoy the cool air with Ding."

“Thank you very much.”

Walking to the yard outside, Song Beiyun poured the black tea soaked in ice water into a cup and handed it to Ding Xiang: "This is the ice black tea I have carefully prepared, the black tea from Fuliang, and then iced it with lemon juice from Nanyang mixed with honey. Try it."

Ding Xiang took a sip and the taste was sweet and sour and strong tea aroma. It was sweet and bitter in the mouth, sweet and sweet aftertaste, and refreshed. It was indeed a good summer product.

"Song Shaobao wants to talk to me about the moon or the clouds?"

"Who talks to the old man about that thing? Let's talk about food." Song Beiyun smiled and said, "This severe drought will probably be out of stock this year. I wonder how much food is left in the official warehouse?"

"It can last for about half a year." Ding Xiang said with a pursed lips and frowned: "I don't know if I can survive until the beginning of spring next year."

"What about Ding Xiang's surplus grains from Liao and Jin?"

Ding Xiang raised his eyelids and looked at Song Beiyun. He didn't know what he meant. What did the disaster in other countries have to do with the Song Dynasty. Song himself was nervous.

"Ding Xiang must be planning to clean up the snow in front of the door?"

"What can that kind of cookie can't cook without rice? Could it be that Song Dynasty is so righteous that they are hungry to feed their people?"

"Things will happen if you don't eat enough." Song Beiyun smiled while drinking sweet ice tea: "Destroy the peaceful and stable situation."

"Who will be responsible for the Song Dynasty?" Ding Xiang shook his head and said, "It's not advisable."

Song Beiyun supported his head and smiled: "If I say that the current food in Song Dynasty is enough for three years, what about Ding Xiang?"

Ding Xiang was shocked: "Where did the food come from?"

Song Beiyun told Ding Xiang about what the military farming department had done over the years. Ding Xiang was shocked. He had kept so much food indifferently. What would it be better if he released it at this time?

"The Tuntian Department is directly under the official family, so it did not pay attention to the Ministry of Revenue. However, the Department of Internal Affairs has records. I went to check it and it was indeed enough to eat for three years."

"Every field has a production limit, where does so much food come from?"

"I bought it, and I also smuggled it from the Tuntian Department." Song Beiyun spread his hands and said helplessly: "I issued the order at that time, but I didn't expect that they would implement it so thoroughly. The crazy food hoarding is really as good as my Chinese style."

"To put it bluntly, I'm afraid of hunger."

Song Beiyun laughed and nodded repeatedly: "Yes, I'm afraid of hunger. What do you think Zhao Xiang now?"

"Ding, my surname is Ding! Your Zhao Xiang is not here."

"You just called the wrong surname? You are quite an old man, why are you jealous?"

Ding Xiang rolled his eyes wide and stopped answering the topic of his words. He just continued, "That can be operated. What are you planning?"

"For the two golds, grain can be supported free of charge, but they must allow our ranch, our mines, our ports, and our chamber of commerce to enter it. For the Liao Kingdom, they need to buy it at a premium, but the premium is not more than 20%, and they will not be allowed to sell grain for two golds in the next twenty years. How much grain they have can only be sold to the Song Dynasty, and the Song Dynasty has permanent grain pricing rights."

“Price right?”

"Well, the pricing power." Song Beiyun nodded and said, "Because they can't save it themselves, then Song can only help them save it. They can also acquire it at a premium of 20% during the acquisition."

"Who will sell grain to the Liao Kingdom?"

Song Beiyun smiled but said nothing.

Ding Xiang suddenly realized and pointed at Song Beiyun and pointed at a few points: "You are really a treacherous hero, but the Liao Kingdom will not agree."

"Yes, I know they won't agree." Song Beiyun nodded: "So there is a second choice, that is, the establishment of the Grain Association of the Song Dynasty, and the Liao Kingdom must join it. In the future, the pricing of grains of the Song and Liao countries must be reviewed by the Grain Association before they can be priced. If there is a disaster year, the Song and Liao countries must share the burden together. The granaries of each country in both countries are taken over by the Grain Association. Of course, the Military Farm Department is confidential, so you must not expose the bottom of the Military Farm Department."

"Do you think I'm a fool?" Zhao Xiang thought for a moment: "What about the advantages and disadvantages of this grain club?"

"Let me talk about the disadvantages first. The disadvantage is that the process of handling the matter will be longer and more cumbersome in the future. Because the two countries' Ministry of Revenue approval must be reported by the two countries' Ministry of Revenue. The Ministry of Revenue of the two countries' Ministry of Revenue has to report the production of the warehouse. Song and Liao sent rotational officials to the other party's Ministry of Revenue to exercise supervision power. What are the benefits..." Song Beiyun laughed: "When the operation is proper, the rat will reduce by 80%. The efficiency of supervising cases is 80%. But when facing famine, there will be no such headaches as this. I can't let the Liao Kingdom change the national policy, but I can use the national policy of Song Kingdom to restrain them. Anyway, there are only two options, and they choose which one they like. Otherwise... the landlords will not have any surplus grain."

"You can't blow the wind beside you?"

"Whose pillow is blowing? Is my emperor Zhao so angry?"

Ding Xiang rolled his eyes almost out of his eyes, but he was too lazy to continue his rebelliousness with this guy. He just said after a moment of silence: "I will push this matter on the court agenda tomorrow."

"It must be done. The pace of our reform cannot be chaotic, and the famine in other countries cannot affect our development. It is definitely impossible to give it for free, or you can get in the car and not get in the car and pay." Song Beiyun poured another cup of ice tea: "In short, after the interests are tied up, no one can do it randomly."

"I think you're just messing around."

Song Beiyun did not argue, but if the whole territory encountered famine, people would always have to survive. They had no food to rob. Once the battle started, no matter whether they won or lost, it would be huge losses. At this stage, it could not be lost, whether it was manpower or financial resources. The Song Dynasty no longer needed force to deter others. After many wars, the Song Dynasty's brand had been established. Now it is a development link and it is necessary to climb the scientific and technological tree.

However, this idea was affirmed by Ding Xiang. He also believed that since the founding of the People's Republic of China, the Song Dynasty has rarely ushered in a time of rest and recuperation. Now the domestic and foreign situation is relatively stable, and this balance cannot be destroyed for the time being.

So the next day he really told the matter out of the court. Of course, there was another uproar in the court. They originally thought that the emperor's attack on the sky was outrageous enough, but now they said they would support the food of other countries?

Why do you support other countries if your country is not full?

But the problem is that this matter cannot be said blatantly, because behind this seemingly support is a series of transactions that cannot get up early without profit.

Can these things be said in the minerals of the grassland, the deep waters of the Jin Kingdom not frozen port, and the future food resources of the Liao Kingdom?

Ding Xiang got rid of the matter under tremendous pressure. Most of the officials opposed or even were indignant, but he still decided. Some people even scolded him as a traitor in private indignation.

Ding Xiang knew all these, but he chose to ignore them like Song Beiyun because some people are short-sighted. They cannot see the profound meaning behind every decision, and can only see the steamed cake in front of them, which is really difficult to communicate.

However, when those who scolded him knew that the Ministry of Revenue could provide food for the Song Dynasty for three and a half years, they were also very surprised. Although they still kept scolding, at least it was not as ugly as the scolding. The repeated sentence was "There are many people in my Song Dynasty who couldn't eat enough, so why should they give food to other families?"

A few days later, Ding Xiang came to Song Beiyun to complain.

"You have caused me a lot of trouble." Ding Xiang sat at the stone table, slapped the stone table and said, "I have been loyal to the Song Dynasty all my life and death, but now I am scolded as a traitor!"

"Hahahahahaha..." Song Beiyun laughed while whispering pink, and finally shed tears by the vermicelli.

After coughing for a long time, he said, "Suang Ding, how can you do that in the world be so good? Are you enjoying my treatment now?"

Ding Xiang sighed: "But the market has stopped a lot, and the deterrence of King Fu is so terrifying."

"As long as there is food in your stomach, your heart will be at peace." Song Beiyun looked up at the clear sky: "It is also the weather that makes it beautiful. If you don't seize the opportunity that day, the whole country will be in chaos now. The officials will have to hurry back from Chang'an."

Ding Xiang nodded and said, "We have to prepare food for them in the Western Xia Dynasty," he said.

"Of course." Song Beiyun's eyes turned: "Ding Xiang, you are from Qinglongyuan after all. Do you have any plans for studying in the future? You only passed the three exams once."

Ding Xiang stammered for a while before saying, "I'm learning now."

Song Beiyun nodded and said, "The things in Qinglong Garden are all the contents that you rulers want to learn again, and it is not easy for everyone."

"Take me to the Treasury Department to have a look." Ding Xiang stood up and said, "I'm still a little worried."

"This is a trivial matter, let the monk invite us to have a good meal in the evening." Song Beiyun drank all the tea in one sip: "Then monk, don't be a monk, you can eat it."

Ding Xiang said with his hands behind his back: "By the way, there are rumors in the court and the country that the prince of Liao is the descendant of my Song Dynasty, and that this person has a high position and a powerful position."

Song Beiyun sprayed all the water that he had not swallowed: "Who said that?"

Ding Xiang lowered his eyelids and looked at Song Beiyun: "I don't know, Song Shaobao is in charge of the world's intelligence, isn't there any news?"
Chapter completed!