Li Gu trembled and took the IOU from the hands of the young prince. At this moment, the old man almost cried... He could never forget that the day before dismissing his three envoys, Chai Rong recruited him. The king and his ministers had no extra words, Chai Rong only gave him two choices, either signing, admitting his debts, and then filling the holes with his own strength, or thoroughly checking to see how many things could be found in the initial military food deficit case, as well as the Daxiangguo Temple case!

Li Gu was confused. It was absolutely impossible to find out these two cases, because there were too many old problems. For example, a warehouse stored a batch of grain in the Later Jin Dynasty, and was misappropriated and corrupted in the Later Han Dynasty, but it still existed on the books. By the time the Great Zhou was established, it would not take time to investigate it.

The small official who managed the warehouse took advantage of the transfer of military rations to transfer the non-existent food and then reported a "drain". Not only did he wipe the accounts, but he also received a sum of military rations and made a lot of money!

Of course, with the rectification of the administration and the investigation of corrupt officials, many officials with problems were dismissed, and some even lost their heads, but the bad debts over the years were not found.

Not to mention Chai Rong and Ye Hua, even if a god descends to earth, it is useless.

But although the case is not clear, the deficit can be counted on Li Gu. Who made him the Sansi envoy?

These bad things can be destroyed by one tenth of them!

There was no way, Li Gu pressed his handprint and signed the IOU loan note just like Yang Bailao. Li Gu didn't know how he came back from the Golden Palace. At that moment, his aristocratic family fell into boundless darkness...

In just a few months, I finally got back to life and IOU is back!

Li Gu cried with joy and said tremblingly: "Old minister, I thank your highness for your great kindness!"

An old man with gray hair was crying and his nose was coming out, and Guo Zongxun still couldn't quite understand what was going on.

"You don't have to sell Tangtang anymore, do you?"

Li Gu was stunned, what does this mean?

Seeing that he didn't say anything, Guo Zongxun said to himself: "It's great, remember, give me a large piece of candy every day, it's as big as a pot!"

As he said that, he gestured with his hands. Li Gu was amused and couldn't figure out what was going on, so he could only agree.

Guo Zongxun ran out happily.

There were only two people left in the room. Li Gu brushed his official uniform, straightened his black silhouette, and bowed deeply at Ye Hua.

"Marty, the grace of saving life, Li is engraved with hearts! I, I really don't know what to say." Li Xianggong wiped his tears and was about to cry again.

Ye Hua waved his hand, "Okay, okay, you have come to this day, I have never done anything good. We are equal." Ye Hua pulled Li Gu and sat down.

"Mr. Li, let's talk about some serious matters... How is the situation in Jiangnan now? Can you bear it?"

Li Gu wiped the corners of his eyes and showed a smug smile. He leaned over and said, "Marty, I am really convinced. Your move is really clever! Jiangnan is now in chaos. I guess he can't bear it if he is Li Hongji's son!"

Li Gu is not talking nonsense. The so-called economic development is not a simple matter. Any force will produce reaction forces.

After Li Hongji analyzed Ye Hua's successful experience, he believed that the workshop should be developed and the army should be strengthened by making money. Silk in Jiangnan is the most competitive. Li Hongji planned to build a workshop with 3,000 looms. At the same time, he also sent people to Wuzhanghe, observed for a long time, and learned the method of driving the hydraulic power.

There was a spinning wheel that could weave eight silk threads at the same time in Jinling, and the output increased rapidly... In the eyes of many people, this is a huge progress, and Jiangnan is about to embark on the road of prosperity and prosperity.

But don't be busy, think about it more!

As silk production increases, more raw silk is needed. Raw silk does not appear out of thin air. Murama trees need to be planted and silkworms raise silk... To plant mulberry trees, the farmland must be changed into mulberry fields. He wanted Han Xizai to do this, but Han Xizai ran away.

Li Hongji had to make the top ten money, and used almost robbery methods to plunder raw silk from Wuyue to meet the needs of the Jinling workshop.

For a time, the textile industry in Jiangnan entered a golden period of ultra-fast development.

Li Hongji was relatively enlightened. He encouraged the use of female workers, recruited young and strong labor from the countryside, and even stipulated basic wages... This set was used by Ye Hua, and he moved it all over and carried it forward.

The result is that a large number of rural laborers pour into the city, and the population of the city soared, but the corresponding real estate construction could not keep up, and those who entered the city had no place to live. Therefore, on both sides of the Qinhuai River, the bases of the Confucian Temple, Jiming Temple, Qixia Temple, Tianfei Palace... are everywhere. Fortunately, the weather in Jiangnan is warm. If this happens to Kaifeng, a large area will be frozen to death.

But it happened in Jiangnan, and it was deadly enough. People were everywhere, dirty and chaotic, and all kinds of looting and stealing were endless, as numerous as cows.

In a nutshell, Jinling is now a hell for the poor and a paradise for the rich. It is separated by a street. There are clean and tidy gardens on this side and smelly shacks on the other side, which is very strong.

What's even more deadly is that the population pours into cities, the grain needed soars, and the prices of cities rise rapidly... At the same time, in rural areas, due to the outflow of labor and the transformation of farmland into mulberry fields, the insufficient grain output has pushed up the price.

And those gentry and wealthy families seized the opportunity and hoarded goods and pushed up the grain prices. Not only that, they also pushed up the land prices. In short, they did whatever they made money!

Of course Li Hongji is clear about these situations, but the problem is that he dare not defeat and establish a great family and cannot attack the aristocratic family!

what to do?

After thinking about it, he only had a few ways to continue to squeeze Wu Yue and Jing Chu and get food from these two places. Secondly, the court paid money to save food to stabilize the price of food, and then spent huge amounts of money to build the outer city of Jinling to provide accommodation for the people.

To be honest, Li Hongji's methods refreshed Ye Hua. He was definitely not a mediocre person, and he could even be said to be properly dealt with. But the problem was that the Southern Tang court did not have so much money, so when five big money came into being... and the emergence of big money further pushed up prices!

The steamed buns that were originally worth a penny now cost two yuan. The people at the bottom and the female workers in the silk workshop can only buy eight steamed buns after working for a day.

Moreover, as the grain prices soared, they could not even buy eight steamed buns.

Eating is a problem, let alone housing and clothing.

As the Sansi Envoy who has been in charge of the Dazhou Finance and Taxation for nearly seven years, Li Gu was really scared.

"Mr. Marquis, if the late emperor did not issue a land order or planned to build an outer city of Kaifeng... Everything that happened in Jinling would have happened in Kaifeng, right? It would have been even more serious!"

Ye Hua nodded, "Mr. Li, now, you should understand the purpose of "I advocate equalization of fields". More than 80% of our people have a piece of land. If the wages in the city are too low, they will not enter the city. This is a kind of restraint to prevent excessive expansion of the city's population. At the same time, our food supply is also stable... If we do not have this foundation, we will rashly develop industry and commerce, build workshops, and strive to satisfy the appetite of gentry and wealthy merchants, thinking that they can enrich the country and the people will be a delusion, and we will be looking for fish by trees!"

Ye Hua chuckled and said, "Li Hongji is very smart, but he is using his intelligence to dig his own grave!"

Li Gu smiled and said, "Mr. Marquis is indeed a sharp attack. I'm so smart! I asked boldly. Now the prices in Jiangnan are soaring, and the deficit in the treasury in the Southern Tang Dynasty is even more serious. Marquis thinks Li Hongji should deal with it?"

"Hahaha, Mr. Li, do you still need to ask me about this? You should prepare the coin workshop. Next, you will be minted as fifty or one hundred dollars!"

Li Gu frowned and said, "Marty, will Li Hongji not attack the aristocratic family and curb the merger?"

Ye Hua smiled and said, "Do you believe it?"

Of course Li Gu didn't believe it anymore. Many things are not something that can stop just by wanting it. Li Hongji is probably going to be a road ahead. Li Gu quickly went to add craftsmen and buy molds. Although the IOU is gone, he can't stop making money!

The Mid-Autumn Festival is getting closer and closer. The weather is getting cooler, the autumn is clear and the air is cool, and the horses are strong and fat. Zhao Kuangyin and Han Tong have been practicing military forces for half a year and have achieved some results. Today, the two of them entered North Korea together and want to report on the situation.

They naturally got together with Ye Hua. The three of them arrived at Xuande Gate and found that there was a man who was kneeling straight outside the door and kowtowed to everyone. His forehead was red and swollen, blood-stained, and extremely miserable.

Ye Hua frowned, and someone next to him told him that the man named Qian Hongyi came from Wu Yue. While he was talking, the man found Ye Hua and three of them, suddenly knelt on the ground, kowtowed, and begged, "Save Wu Yue! Please live in the country!"

Zhao Kuangyin subconsciously reached out to support him. Ye Hua glanced at him. Zhao Kuangyin quickly took his hand back and smiled awkwardly. Ye Hua walked away quickly, and Zhao Kuangyin followed quickly.

"Mr. Wu Yue is here to ask for help. What a great opportunity!"

Ye Hua stopped suddenly, "What good opportunity?"

"Of course, we sent troops to Jiangnan, joined forces with Wu and Yue, and destroyed the Southern Tang together!"

Han Tong also said, "Now the troops are strong, the horses are strong, the food and grass are abundant, the morale is high, the time and place are harmonious, so when will you not send troops?"
Chapter completed!