Chapter 113 The Royal Family
It seems that the business of using farm tools to exchange for Yang's swordsmanship is very cost-effective, but it just tastes like taking advantage of the situation.
"You really lack farm tools, or can't buy them?"
Yang Ye nodded helplessly. He really didn't have one, and he couldn't buy it. He was so worried that he wanted to melt the weapons into a shovel.
"consistent!"
Yang Ye stretched out his finger, shook it several times, and said viciously: "A sickle is always worth the money!"
"Shenma!"
Ye Hua glared, "Are you kidding?"
Yang Ye shook his head with a wry smile, "This is the price we were three days ago, and I'm afraid it's even more expensive now!"
Ye Hua was really stupid. A sickle weighed two or three kilograms at best, and a thousand copper coins were several kilograms. Could it be that farm tools were as expensive as money?
Grandma, if I had known it was so valuable, what else would I do in real estate business? I might as well be a blacksmith!
It’s not that Ye Hua was stunned. He hugged his head and thought about it for a while, and finally figured it out. He remembered that in the Northern Song Dynasty, due to the serious shortage of money, the court even used iron instead of copper to cast coins. What’s even more funny is that the initial iron coins were actually equivalent to copper coins!
It can be seen from this that although iron is cheaper than copper, it is not too disparity.
The situation in the Five Dynasties was not much better than that in the Northern Song Dynasty. Although the economic gap was not that big, it could not stand the war every day. Good iron was used to build weapons and armor, so agricultural tools were naturally expensive.
Another reason is that when land was first given to people last year, many people had land, and one family had as many as hundreds of acres and at least tens of acres, the demand for agricultural tools increased countless times.
How many people are willing to exchange the same weight of farm tools now, but they can't!
When Ye Hua thought of this, he immediately became energetic.
He jumped up and faced the Yang Ye brothers, and said confidently: "I can help with the farm tools, but I don't want your swordsmanship... Are you willing to take credit?"
Yang Chongxun scratched his head, "Marty, what do you mean?"
"I will sell you the farm tools and you won't have to pay for the time being. After the autumn harvest, I will pay it back at one and a half times the current price. How about it?"
Yang Ye took a deep breath, "Marty, this interest rate is too low, I'm afraid it's inappropriate..."
"There is nothing wrong, not just you, but the rest of the people." Ye Hua made a decision directly, thinking that agricultural tools were so popular, it was urgent to expand steel production.
Ye Hua decided to build 10 blast furnaces, purchase more raw materials and hire more people.
He has 6,000 households, but most of them have to plow the fields, and the other part is responsible for purchasing agricultural products and engaging in trafficking... There are not enough people when they are busy.
"How many people do you have?"
Yang Ye grinned bitterly, "We have nothing but humans now!"
"That's great!" Ye Hua smiled and said, "Give me 3,000 people first, I want to transport iron ore in Hebei, and carbonate in Huaizhou. Leave this matter to Fu Zhaoxin and Gao Huaide to clear it. Your people just need to transport it... By the way, become my workers and buy farm tools in the future, you can enjoy interest-free benefits, outstanding performance, and get a 20% discount!"
Ye Hua blinked his eyes and encouraged: "It is not easy to settle down. Let everyone put more effort into it. First, bitterness and then sweetness, and life will get better and better."
What else can Yang Ye say!
He is not a passionate boy now. From Linzhou to Dazhou, everything is difficult at the beginning.
Although the court gave land and distributed agricultural tools and rations, the quantity was limited, and the gap was more than 70%. Yang Ye couldn't say anything, after all, the court was not rich, so it was already good to be able to do this.
But tens of thousands of people can set up a pot to cook, but cannot set up a pot to cook.
The cost of food, food, oil and salt is not small.
Ye Hua found a way out for them!
And he also took care of their face, champion Hou, is very interesting!
Yang Ye made a quick decision and drew 3,000 of the most powerful and capable people from his subordinates to serve as a transportation team for Ye Hua. They could get their usual money once and buy farm tools with interest-free purchases, especially the latter one, which made these men very happy.
There are hundreds of acres of land, and men, women, young and old at home have to work together. If there is only a consistent salary and can only buy a sickle or a hoe, will it be that if you have to work alone and others stare at me?
It’s different if you can buy a loan. You can buy all the hoes, shovels, sickles, and even bend plows at once, and then pay them back slowly. There is no interest pressure, and it’s like a pie falling from the sky.
The Marquis is such a living Bodhisattva!
In order to repay the Marquis's love, everyone shook their arms and worked hard.
Ye Hua was so busy that he was dark and the palace opposite was covered with clouds. Guo Wei was so angry that he found Chai Rong, several of his husbands, including the Sansi Envoy.
They were called to Guanjia Hall, and Guo Wei pointed to the iron pear on the ground and asked them to see it themselves.
Fan Zhi looked at it and found that the plowshare had a deep pattern, almost half.
"Your Majesty, it is common for farming and damaging farm tools. Just let them replace them. The old minister thinks that there is no good or bad thing in this matter."
Guo Wei said with a dark face: "Mr. Fan, do you think I am worried and bad? Wrong, this is the third plowshare to be replaced. I want to ask you, the craftsman, the military supervisor, and the salt and iron department. What are you doing? If you want to do a good job, you must first sharpen your tools. If you use the things for me, you are so perfunctory. What are the following? Isn't it worse? How about farm tools? What about swords and guns?"
Several husbands were asked, their faces were flushed and speechless.
"Investigate, let me thoroughly investigate. If you find out, come to see me. If you can't find out, don't come!"
After saying that, Guo Wei shook his sleeves and left.
A few people were left behind and looked at each other.
What else is there to say, check it out!
Three days later, they gathered in the Political Affairs Hall again, and Wei Renpu spoke first, "This is a misunderstanding of Your Majesty. In the past, there were Guanjia Halls in the palace and there were also farm tools, but no one took it seriously. But his Majesty not only cultivated himself, but also changed a large garden into farmland. When there was too much arable land, the plowshare was broken. Misunderstandings were all misunderstandings!"
Wang Pu said with a head shut: "If you misunderstand, Mr. Wei, go and explain it clearly to Your Majesty!"
Wei Renpu stood up with anger, "Can this be clear? The palace is easy to say, but what about the outside of the palace? Who is in charge of the craftsman's current craftsman? The same is true for the Salt and Iron Department. The weapons are much worse than before. If they are exposed and annoyed that person, the saint will have no face."
Fan Zhi's face turned pale. He valued the law the most, but he was not easy to deal with some things.
"Let's do this, let's vent that person and let him calm down. If he still remains unchanged, make plans."
As they were talking, someone suddenly came to report, "Three masters, Your Majesty, went out of the palace in person to work as a private visit!"
"ah!"
The three of them were so scared that their faces changed wildly. They quickly found their confidants and went to deliver the letter.
Besides, Guo Wei, who was born as a general in charge of the army, cares the most about the quality of the military. He usually takes inferior products as good people, but in wartime, he will lose his head!
He didn't want to wait for the conclusions of his husbands, so he went to the Ordnance Supervision and saw with his own eyes what the situation was!
The emperor came and was responsible for greeting Guo Wei's fourth sister's son, his nephew Li Chongjin!
"I welcome the priest!"
Guo Wei just snorted with his nose and walked into the Arsenal Prison. Li Chongjin hurriedly followed and looked up. He found that the craftsmen were quite diligent, so Guo Wei relaxed a little.
"How are you doing these days?"
Li Chongjin hesitated for a moment and bowed and said, "Return to the saint, I am diligent. Since taking office, the output of swords, guns, armor has increased by more than three times. I still have the spare time to make some agricultural tools to facilitate the people and supplement the national use."
Guo Wei said calmly: "Okay, let's bring you the farm tools you made and show me."
Li Chongjin wanted to send someone to get it, but Guo Wei stopped him, but asked the eunuch around him to come over, moved a lot of farm tools, and went back to the palace to verify.
After sending Boss Guo away, Li Chongjin wiped the cold sweat from his forehead and asked the people around him, "Is there nothing wrong?"
Chapter completed!