At this moment, Yelu Huage wanted to kill someone, and his body couldn't help but stand up!

"Despicable, you are so despicable!" Yelu Huage was angry, "When I went to Xijing, the price of grain in the market was only 600 min per stone. In just over a month, I could buy 1 million min stone, so why is there only 200,000 min stone left? What is the reason?"

This old guy's hair and hair were all scattered, his temples were bloodshot and he was almost exploded.

Wu Shicheng still had angered and expression that was not worthy of his life.

"Mr. Yelu, I must correct your mistakes. We buy and sell grain according to the market price. Now the market price in Xijing is so high! Moreover, transporting grain from Xijing depends on our railway, so the freight is only one-third. If you are allowed to transport it, the manpower and animal power need to be used, it is not just this price. Why don't you think the Song Dynasty can help you transport grain for free, right? Also, let you pay a deposit of 200,000, which is because your country's ability to pay, your financial resources are too weak and there is no deposit. If you can't afford it, we will not bear huge losses!"

Wu Shicheng concluded: "No matter what, these things are just normal business transactions. There is really no need to talk too much to avoid hurting the relationship between the two parties... In short, the food is here. If you take out the money, you will have food. If you can't take it out, you won't have it."

After Wu Shicheng finished speaking, he got up and left. When he arrived at the door, he added, "I said, this is a normal business behavior. Our Song Dynasty is also a civilized country! Hahaha...hahaha..."

Wu Shicheng left with a crazy smile.

He had reason to laugh. In the first twenty years of his life, the Khitan built grass valleys every year, demanded annual monies every year, and sent troops to the border, and threatened wars. It can be said that he had done all the bad things.

When the Song Dynasty faced the fierce Liao Kingdom, in addition to giving money, it was also a struggle... Every time he went on a mission, he was particularly tragic. He could escape unscathed and not humiliated his prestige. Even a capable minister would be considered a capable minister!

After these years, the Song Dynasty finally had overwhelming power. To recover Youzhou, it was necessary to use the whole country's strength and issue bonds to win in one battle.

Now the Song Dynasty doesn’t even want to use troops. Just use food as a weapon, and can torture the former enemy to death.

A snort and finally came out!

Cool!

Wu Shicheng was so happy that he immediately reported the situation to Wang Ning'an. After he left, Yelu Huage was completely stunned. He understood that he had fallen into a trap, and bamboo sticks were everywhere, which were penetrated directly, and it was extremely miserable.

He racked his brains and couldn't find a way to crack it.

First of all, cut off trade... This will definitely not work. The Song Dynasty has already swept so many cattle and sheep from the Khitan, and it was purchased at a price far higher than that of the Khitan. If the transaction is not allowed, the domestic tribes will get up and cause trouble. And doing this will annoy the Song Dynasty and start a war directly.

Speaking of war, after Yelu Huage walked this trip, he never thought of fighting with the Song Dynasty again. The gap between the two sides was too big.

If you can't fight or break, you can only continue to do business. However, the food prices in the Song Dynasty skyrocketed, and the money they had in their hands was not enough to fill holes. If there was not enough food, the country would still be in chaos.

And if he was not forced into a desperate situation, the Khitan would not lower his head and buy food from his old rivals!

In recent years, the Khitan has worked so hard.

When the Youzhou was lost, the Khitan was greatly damaged. Later, the Japanese invaded Goryeo and the Khitan intervened. It was a very long war. Over the years, the Liao Kingdom had almost consumed the same amount of money... The most terrible thing was that they supported the Jurchens to fight against the Bohai Kingdom and the Japanese Kingdom.

Although countless Jurchens were killed and injured during the battle, they also took the opportunity to possess a powerful army. What's more, they finally learned to fight a large-scale battle of thousands of people.

It is worth mentioning that Wanyan Yingge, a little brat a few years ago, was sent to Bohai. He rectified the Jurchen tribe in Bohai, and also learned military tactics from Di Qing, and his power rose rapidly.

As the direct descendant of Wanyan clan, Wanyan Yingge took the banner of avenging the family, with more than 8,000 people in his hands, and the old people from the Wanyan tribe were also ready to respond and rebel together.

What made the Khitan even more depressed was that the former minion and vassal state Goryeo actually fought back. They believed that the Khitan had declined and had no time to take care of themselves, and continued to seek for it on the land of Goryeo, which was too much.

The King of Goryeo mobilized his troops and drove out the 3,000 Khitan troops stationed in Goryeo, and pushed the troops to the Yalu River.

Yelu Hongji judged that this winter, there would be a great rebellion in the Jurchen tribe and Goryeo would continue to invade. He had to get food to cope with the civil strife.

Let Yelu Huage come over because he hopes to use his eloquence to persuade the Song Dynasty not to make things difficult for the Khitan, otherwise they will face the more fierce Jurchen tribe in a few years!

Who knew that the Song Dynasty did not take the Khitan seriously at all, but sent Su Che to deal with it, and it didn't use any froth. As long as you spend money, you could buy food. Yelu Huage still thought it was a good thing!

But he didn't know that it was actually a trap!

"Your Majesty, the old minister is incompetent, I feel ashamed of my responsibilities!" Yelu Huage lamented for a while, and he knew that there was no room for improvement in things. Regardless of advancing and retreating, the Khitan encountered disaster!

All night, Yelu Huage did not sleep. He wrote down the situation in detail, sealed it with fire lacquer, sent someone to give it to Yelu Hongji, and at the same time, he handed over the money he brought to Wu Shicheng for food.

After these two things were done, he arranged his clothes and chose to hang himself in the inn in Youzhou!

...

"Oh, I didn't think about anything, he was forced to death!"

After receiving the news, Wang Ning'an shook his head, "Let's do it, tell Youzhou to prepare 2,000 stones of grain, escort Yelu Huage's body back, and tell Yelu Hongji that our Song Dynasty is also in trouble. Rising grain prices is a market behavior, and we can do nothing about it... In this way, in order to show the friendship of our neighbors, we will find a way to provide food at a 10% discount. As for the freight, we can also get a 50% discount."

Wang Ning'an's statement made the stomach aches for several people present. If they were Yelu Hongji, they would be angry to death!

You're giving me a beggar!

"Hahahaha, in my eyes, Yelu Hongji is just a beggar!" Wang Ning'an smiled and then returned to his seriousness.

"Everyone, our burden is not light when the grain prices rise so much! There are several measures that must be implemented!"

Everyone in the Political Affairs Hall nodded together.

First, the first thing is to separate the internal and external markets.

The futures market should be linked to international grain prices, and as for the domestic market, it will be left to the court for regulation.

Han Zongwu, Minister of Revenue, said: "First of all, the grain self-sufficiency rate in my Song Dynasty was more than 90% of the bumper years, and even in the desert years, there were more than 80%. Jiaozhi and Chameng were basically under our control and there would be no mistakes... So our food shortage was not big... The real reason for the surge in grain prices was that some people maliciously speculated, coupled with hoarding and price gouging! And those who suffered from high grain prices were also the people in the city. After we divided the land, the people in the rural areas could basically meet the food needs and even put the grain on the market for sale... So, we just need to focus on helping the middle and lower classes in the city."

Speaking of this, the food stamps that Wang Ning'an mentioned before were about to come out.

In a few cities with too high prices, the people can apply for grain coupons to the court based on their income. Anyone who gets grain coupons can buy basic food rations for the whole family at a price of 300 min per stone, and per person per year, and at the same time get some cheap green salt. In addition, Wang Ning'an demanded that the main market allocate 10% of vegetables and sell them at a fair price to low-income people... Although this series of policies, although they dare not take care of everyone, basically resolved most of the public grievances.

Anyway, no matter how the food prices rise, it has nothing to do with them.

Wang Ning'an has launched another even more powerful move.

"Over the years, especially last year, some people used the canal transportation to threaten the court, with ulterior motives... The importance of food is far better than salt, tea, copper, and iron. It is ridiculous to manage food, even worse than these materials! We want to set up a grain transportation and sales company responsible to the court, and our responsibility is to maintain the food security of the Song Dynasty and the price is stable!"

Wang Ning'an made the final decision, and the Grain Corporation came into being, and the first promotion fell into Lu Tao's hands.

He was born into a small family and knew the sufferings of the people. Lu Tao immediately proposed to set up a special large farm in some places with fertile land as the granary of the court. Wang Ning'an immediately agreed and allocated 10 million guan as the start-up capital. The first batch of farms were placed in Hetao, Northwest, Lingnan, Jiaozhi and other places. The next step was to operate overseas and if there was more fertile land, it could be transferred to the grain company.

Lu Tao is a very capable person. In the days to come, the Grain Corporation will become a super behemoth with 300 million mu of arable land.

Not only does it provide food, but it also has thousands of cotton, sugar, oil, meat, and products. It has all served as the Dinghai Shenjian during many crises.

It can be seen from Wang Ning'an's series of measures that the surge in grain prices is not a good thing for the Song Dynasty... But whoever made Wang Ning'an have more cards in his hand? He could easily cut the internal and external markets and transfer the pressure of the surge in grain prices.

How to say it, it is like the storm eye of a typhoon, without wind or rain, safe and sound, but outside is a mess, in a mess... Before something happened to the Khitan, some more fragile countries fell one after another... First of all, Japan, because the price of grain in the Song Dynasty soared, the eldest young master Gouyaer tried his best to buy grain from Japan at high prices and sell it back to the country. As a result, there was a crack in the alliance against the Fujiwara clan. Many princes accused the Hiranian clan of incompetence, while the Hiranian clan denounced these people, secretly selling grain, regardless of everyone's life and death...

A chaotic war caused by food appeared first in Japan. The war spread and almost no place was not fought... Gouyaer flew up happily. It's good to fight. If you don't fight, where can anyone come from to build roads for my father!

"Tell the country, double the slave ships!" Gou Yaer laughed unrestrainedly...

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