"Your Majesty, this is the grain tax for the northern roads this year." Mei Zhili presented the summary of the nine years of Jingkang.

To be precise, most roads in the north now have no taxes.

That's called land rent, and it's land rent given to the court.

Under the New Agricultural Policy, the land rent for each acre of land is very small, and the land rent for one acre of land is only 10 kilograms.

But even so, the northern roads also collected 10 million stones.

Mei Zhili emphasized: "Huaidong and Jiangdong are also here."

These two places also implemented the New Agricultural Policy.

"In addition, the amount of farmland on Jinghu North Road this year has reached 35 million acres. In the past year, nearly two million people entered Jinghu North Road from Jiangnan West Road, and nearly 5 million acres were reclaimed."

Zhao Ning looked at the data carefully.

Mei Zhili continued to report: "The number of household registrations on Jinghu North Road has also increased from 650,000 in the past to nearly one million households. Most of them came from Jiangnan West Road, and some were from the natural growth of Jinghu North Road.

This not only enriches the population of Jinghu North Road, but also opens up the fertile farmland of Jinghu."

Zhao Ning couldn't help but nodded.

"This year alone, the total amount of grain sold from Jinghu North Road, Jiangnan West Road to Jiangdong, and Zhejiang Road has exceeded three million dan, and this number is still increasing, and there is also a lot of grain shipped from Champaign and Jiaozhou.

"

"What about the food situation in Hebei and Hedong?"

"The amount of grain flowing from the southeast to Hebei and Hedong is as high as five million shi."

Five million stones is equivalent to 600 million catties.

On average, each person eats two kilograms of grain per day, which is 600 million kilograms, which can feed 3 million people for 100 days.

This undoubtedly greatly alleviates the food anxiety in Hebei and Hedong.

Mei Zhili emphasized again: "It is also because the imperial court won a great victory in Hebei last year, so many private businessmen are willing to dispatch grain to Hebei for sale."

Zhao Ning asked: "How is the price of food in Hedong now?"

"Each stone is about 600 yuan. Even Shangdang, who is cultivating his official career, still pays this price."

"How many people did Zhang Jiuzheng mobilize to build roads?"

"There are about 30,000 people, each of whom gets a salary of two guan per month, but these people are all from private trading companies. Each person gets eight guan per month from the private trading company, which means that 3.6 million guan in a year is distributed to the private sector.

"Mei Zhili calculated very carefully. He continued, "The grain imported into Hedong every year is two million shi, worth 1.2 million guan, plus the silk and paper from Jingdong East Road, Jiangdong, and Zhejiang.

For commodities such as mills, prices on Hedong Road are stable.”

Zhao Ning took a deep breath.

This means that when banks print money to distribute salaries in Hebei and Hedong, there is not much inflation risk.

In other words, printing money can be carried forward steadily at present.

"Three towns in Hebei, Fuzhou and Linzhou, are all facing immigration and reconstruction." Zhao Guanjia pointed at the map and said, "A large number of people are needed again. Is it possible to use the method of building pipelines like Zhang Jiucheng?"

"I'm afraid Fuzhou and Linzhou are not possible because they are remote and lack rivers. The cost of transporting goods is too high. Once they arrive, they are sold at a high price. Even if His Majesty prints money there, the food supply cannot keep up with the money.

Printing and issuance leads to rising prices, so people who have not received printed and distributed banknotes will have to bear the burden of rising prices."

Zhao Ning nodded and said, "Where are the three towns in Hebei?"

"The three towns in Hebei can choose Zhending, Dingzhou and Hejian as the printing and distribution points. If the people there have more banknotes, the businessmen in the south will see the profits and will voluntarily transport grain there. After all, the terrain is flat.

, it’s convenient to transport food.”

Mei Zhili changed the topic and said: "However, if Your Majesty wants to solve all the problems in Hebei and Hedong, or even if Your Majesty wants to print and issue banknotes in the northwest, you may need..."

Mei Zhili was about to speak but stopped.

"what do you need?"

"The grain output on Jiangnan West Road is very high, but Jiangnan West Road is now tax-free and has not undergone the restructuring of the New Agricultural Policy. The grain is still in the hands of local large landowners and officials and gentry. The same is true for the two Zhejiang Roads. The fertile land on Fujian Road is limited.

Let’s not count it for now.”

Zhao Ning immediately knew what Mei Zhili wanted to say.

Mei Zhili continued: "Kuizhou Road, Zizhou Road, and Chengdufu Road have not experienced the New Agricultural Policy."

"If Jiangnan West Road and Liangzhe Road can implement the New Agricultural Policy, the food of the people can be fully utilized, and the food of the people will not be controlled by the big landowners and rot in the granaries."

"Landowners are more willing to sell at high prices to tenants who have no food to eat."

Zhao Ning stood up and walked to the map, his eyes falling on the south.

Initially, due to the military pressure from the Jin Kingdom in the north, they temporarily compromised with the south, tax-free, and put it on hold.

Now?

Mei Zhili continued on the side: "The grain output in the south is much higher than that in the north. If we want to invest in the construction of roads and military towns in the north and ensure the stability of grain prices in the north, we need to dispatch more grain from the south."

Mei Zhili seemed completely unaware that he was digging graves for the southern landowners.

Zhao Ning asked again: "With Shaanxi's current grain output and war horse reserves, is it possible to destroy Xixia?"

"Wu Jie asked for three million guans this year to build cities and towns on the front lines of Fuzhou and Linzhou. I predict that next year Wu Jie will be able to build cities and towns deep to the east of Hengshan. If the new agricultural policy problem in the south can be solved next year, the treasury will

A sum of income will come in, and His Majesty wants to send troops to destroy Xia."

Mei Zhili paused and said, "That's enough."

"I know, let's go down."

"I excuse myself."

When Mei Zhizhi came out, he met Qin Hui.

He nodded to Qin Hui and then left.

Not long after, Qin Hui walked in.

After Qin Hui walked in, he knelt directly on the ground.

According to etiquette, officials of the Song Dynasty did not need to be forced to kneel down when they saw the emperor, let alone the governor.

Qin Hui said respectfully: "The guilty minister is here to see your majesty."

"What crime is Mr. Qin guilty of?"

"The guilty minister committed a crime of negligence in Jiangdong."

Zhao Ning fell silent and stopped talking.

The atmosphere seemed to freeze.

Even for a mentally strong person like Qin Hui, cold sweat began to break out on his forehead at this time, and he said in his heart: Official, please give me a message!

After a long silence, Zhao Ning said, "Is Wang He yours?"

"Wang He is the magistrate of Jiangning Prefecture and a minister of His Majesty."

"Don't do this to me!" Zhao Ning grabbed the teacup on the table and threw it over, hitting Qin Hui on the head.

There was a muffled sound, and the tea cup shattered and splashed on the floor.

The maids and chamberlains outside came in to clean up, but Zhao Ning angrily scolded: "Get out of here!"

Everyone was so frightened that they quickly left.

Qin Hui was kneeling there. His body shook a moment ago, but now he has returned to normal.

His official hat was smashed aside, but he didn't dare to pick it up.

Qin Hui's back was completely soaked with cold sweat.
Chapter completed!