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Su Shi only found out about this after planting it on Shangcang Mountain.But how did Zhang Jian know this? He swore that with these seeds, the Liao Kingdom would not be short of food in the future. How could he have thought that Su Shi was digging a big hole for them from beginning to end?

Again, Su Shi started his career too late and had too few people available.People are the greatest productive force. If you don't have enough manpower, no matter how many items or properties you have, you will only be like Zhao Song, becoming the number one target for others to rob.

It doesn't matter if your own strength is insufficient. As a saying goes, nothing is difficult in the world, as long as there is a willful person.

Look for loopholes in the opponent's body and find ways. As long as the opponent's strength is weakened, it means that the Dragon Empire has become stronger, right?

In this way, when Su Shi was conquering Goryeo, he did not forget to go back and dig a hole for the Liao Kingdom, so that Cui Wu of the Cui family showed a greedy look, which indeed attracted Zhang Jian to take the bait.

Now it's fine. After Zhang Jian fell into the trap, he believed that he had solved the food problem, so he advocated going to war with the Dragon Army.Up to now, the war has begun, but one's own food has not been harvested. This is equivalent to drawing fuel from the bottom of the cauldron, and will severely damage the Liao Kingdom.

After the Liao Kingdom got used to the low-priced food provided by Su Shi, all the land in the country was abandoned, and many former farmers have now enlisted and become soldiers.With only expenditure and no income, even a mountain of gold and silver will be wasted.

Next year, until next year, Liao will pay more attention to land cultivation. As long as they are given enough time, they will still try their best to achieve self-sufficiency in food. You can ask

The question is, will Su Shi give them this time?

Based on Zhang Jian's understanding of Su Shi, he always did things step by step. Even if he made a move, he would never stop.

"Why is this? Also, what will Su Shi do?"

Standing on the ridge of the field, while Zhang Jian was still thinking about what Su Shi would do, the worst news soon reached his ears.

"What? Who spread this news? Check, check carefully with me, there must be a traitor." Before he could go back to the fields, Zhang Jian learned that the news that all the new grain crops were harvested had spread. Got out.

Just now, Zhang Jian, who was gradually waking up, had issued an order that no farmer should tell anyone about the situation in the new fields. He was worried that if the news leaked, it would cause panic among the Liao people.

Especially those powerful people, once they know this news, they will definitely step up their food storage. Seeing that there will be no new food for at least more than a year, these people can see that food is the most valuable thing in the future. Prices are bound to rise, so it would be strange for them not to seize such an opportunity.

Once the powerful and gentry start to take action, they are afraid that even the originally sufficient food will not be enough.If the people of a country can't even feed themselves, what can't they do to survive?Something big is going to happen.

It was with this in mind that Zhang Jian ordered the seal to be sealed.It's just a pity that there are too many people who know about it, and now that it has been spread, he knows that things are going to be bad.

Someone was asked to find out how the news was leaked. After hurried instructions, Zhang Jian returned to the capital in a sedan chair.

Long Yin's

With the help of fuel and preparation, the news spread to all parts of the Liao Kingdom like wings, and the capital became chaotic.

On the streets, all the grain shops were lined up with people. They were ordinary people who came to hoard food after getting new grain but no harvest.

The common people thought they were already very fast, but the powerful and gentry reacted even faster. Some shops chose to sell grain at a higher price, while some were more direct and stopped selling it directly after putting up a sign saying "No grain today."

How could they be without food? They were saving food and waiting for the market price to rise so that they could make more money.

Coming into the city, what Zhang Jian saw in the sedan chair was this scene, and he became even more anxious. This time he didn't even return home, and ordered the coachman to go straight to the palace.

There was also chaos in the palace. After Liao Xingzong learned that the new grain harvest had failed, he was extremely angry. Many ministers had been summoned and came straight to the palace.

Zhang Jian came late. When he entered the court hall, many important officials had already arrived.When everyone saw that it was him who appeared, voices of accusation came one after another.

"Master Zhang, what is going on? How can there be no harvest of new grain?"

"Master Zhang, if there is no new food, what will you let everyone eat in the next more than a year? Will you drink the northwest wind?"

To say that this was a good attitude, there were those who had a bad tone and even called them by name, "Zhang Jian, you must give everyone an explanation for this matter, otherwise I will have no food to eat and I will eat your flesh later."

"Yes, Zhang Jian, you must be responsible for this matter. If there are a hundred people in our family, who will be hungry because of lack of food?"

If you die, then don't blame me for not caring about my colleagues. "

Faced with various accusations, Zhang Jian did not answer.

He knew very well that these people were just shouting happily. In fact, if any of these important ministers did not have food in their homes, it would be impossible for them to be hungry if they were hungry.The reason why they say this is just to put all the responsibility on themselves.

Since Zhang Jian took over the position of Third Secretary, he followed the example of Zhao Song and the Dragon Empire and began to increase business taxes.As a result, the Liao State's treasury became richer, but he himself also offended many people. Now he has the opportunity to step on him. Of course, these people want revenge.

"enough."

A shout came, and Liao Xingzong in the Jinluan Palace spoke.

When something goes wrong, we should find ways to solve it instead of blaming each other.As for Zhang Jian, this matter indeed disappointed him, but now is not the time to change people. We have to wait until the food shortage is resolved.

The emperor spoke, and the hall quickly became quiet. When everyone's eyes moved to Liao Xingzong, he asked: "Zhang Aiqing, why did things become like this? Have you found out the reason? "

"Your Majesty, I am incompetent." Zhang Jian cupped his fists and said with his head lowered.

Seeing that Zhang Jian still didn't know what the problem was, Liao Xingzong's eyebrows were also furrowed together, looking very unhappy.

Zhang Jian raised his head and saw Liao Xingzong's face. He knew that he had let the emperor down this time. If he didn't say anything else, he was afraid that his life would be in danger. He clasped his fists and said, "Your Majesty, why are there no new grain harvests?" , I am really guilty

, no reason was found.But I have already arranged for people to investigate, and I believe the results will be available soon. What we have to consider now is how to deal with the food shortage. "

"Do you have any ideas?" Liao Xingzong knew that Zhang Jian was a capable minister, and he was eager to solve this problem, so he looked at him, wanting to hear what Zhang Jian would say next.

Zhang Jian stabilized his mind and felt a trace of gratitude in his heart. At this time, the emperor could still give him a chance to speak, which proved that he still believed in himself, so he had to seize this opportunity. "Your Majesty, there is indeed a problem with the new grain, but it is not a big problem that cannot be solved. I did some calculations on the way here. Last year, we purchased a lot of low-priced grain from Su Shi. The quantity was huge. , as long as you save a little, it will be enough to cope with the food shortage in the next year."

"Our country has a vast land, and there are still some remote areas where people still farm. Although the number is not very large, it can solve some problems."

"In addition, the important point is that all the remaining food should be handed over to the imperial court, which will be allocated and controlled by the imperial court. In this way, as long as everyone tightens their belts, there will definitely be no problem in holding on for a year. Just wait. At the end of next year, when new grains arrive, the crisis will be resolved, Your Majesty."

Zhang Jian kept talking, these things were what he was thinking on the way to the palace.

To say that this is a way, according to what he did, the Liao Kingdom can survive a year of food shortage. After all, the foundation of the Liao Kingdom at this time is not bad, and the strong foundation is still there, and it will not be affected by the temporary shortage of food. And something went wrong.

The method is good, but Zhang Jian is still too young

I saw the greed of these important ministers, dignitaries and the gentry among the people.

What Zhang Jian didn't know was that they purchased a lot of low-priced grain from Su Shi last year, but part of this grain had been resold by some people.

Some of them went to the northern border of Zhao and Song Dynasties, and most of them were sent to the barbarian lands.

The grain production in the barbarian and Mongolian lands is extremely low. There has always been a huge food gap, forcing them to make a living on cattle and sheep.For this reason, when grain enters Mengdi, it will be sold almost as much as it enters. Because of this, many Liao people made a lot of money.

If you buy low-priced grain from Su Shi, you can earn several times the price difference just by flipping it. How would a fool not do it?

Zhang Jian did not put his mind on this. Although he had heard about it, he believed that even if the grain was sold, it would not be too much and would not affect the general trend. However, he ignored the terrible lack of people's hearts.

In other words, there is not much surplus food in the Liao Kingdom now.Its quantity is only about two-fifths of Zhang Jian's estimate.

Zhang Jian didn't know this, so he acted like he had a solution.Now he proposed that the state should control food, which instantly attracted unanimous opposition from all the ministers.

Are you kidding me? They are about to face a food shortage and it is the time when they can make a fortune. If they are asked to hand over the remaining grain in their hands at this moment, isn't it equivalent to handing over a lot of money?

It's strange that they agreed.

Your Majesty asked you, Zhang Jian, to see if you have any good ideas, not to rob the pockets of important ministers like us.

"Your Majesty, I think it is inappropriate to trade grain.

It has been implemented among the people for many years and has been doing very well. Many people also praised His Majesty's kindness for this.Now that we suddenly want to take back this power, I don’t know how many people will scold us. "