Qian Chen turned around and bowed to Wei Tai: "Unexpectedly, the Wei family is just like other grain merchants. They only want to hoard and don't care about the lives of the people. That's all. I'll go to the south to have a look."

Wei Tai's face was a bit unbearable. He had already realized at this time that Qian Chen had deliberately flattered him just to trick him into selling grain. But after all the talk, where would he put his face when word spread? He immediately told his son

Said: "We can discuss the price first."

Wei Qun did not dare to disobey his father's orders, so the lion said loudly: "Wheat costs 1,500 yuan per stone!"

Grain prices in the Northern Song Dynasty fluctuated greatly.

Based on the national average rice price, in the first year of Dazhong Xiangfu, the price was only 80 Wen per stone.

Only thirty years later, by Fan Zhongyan's time, the price per stone meter had risen to 300 wen.

Another forty years later, due to the opening of the river and Huang River, the price per stone meter soared to 700 Wen.

Since then, it has fluctuated between 300 and 700 fen, and in some areas the harvest can drop below 150 fen.

Until Emperor Huizong of the Song Dynasty succeeded to the throne, various conflicts broke out, and the price of rice was higher than 600 Wen for a long time. In the past two years, during the war with Xixia, disasters occurred frequently in various places. In addition, large amounts of copper coins were issued indiscriminately, and the price soared to more than 1,000 Wen. (After the Fang La Uprising, the price of rice has exceeded 1,000 Wen.

, the price per stone meter is between 2,500 and 3,000 Wen.)

The price of wheat here in Xiangyang once rose to 1,200 wen per stone due to the war in the early years of the Huizong Dynasty. Later it dropped to 600 wen, but last year it rose to more than 900 wen.

The south of Jingnan Road and the north of Jinghu North Road, which were later the main areas of Hubei Province, had the lowest food prices in the country during the Northern Song Dynasty.

Because Hubei is vast and sparsely populated!

Affected by the wars of the Five Dynasties, the population has always been scarce. With the imperial court's encouragement of immigration and reclamation policies, Hubei's population gradually increased, reaching its peak (900,000 households) during the Yuanfeng period.

Since then, the imperial government's exploitation has become increasingly severe, and the population has declined instead of increasing. A large number of farmers have flocked to the cities or fled into the mountains, or even fled all the way to other roads.

During the Chongning period of Emperor Huizong of the Song Dynasty, the number of households dropped to 770,000, and the number of households in Jiangling Prefecture (affiliated to Jinghu North Road) was directly reduced by half.

A large amount of land is abandoned, and even if the landlord wants to cultivate it, he cannot recruit so many tenants.

"Have you ever seen wheat worth 1,500 yuan, old man?" Qian Chen looked at Wei Tai with a smile.

Wei Tai was really losing face and scolded his son: "Don't ask for excessive prices!"

But Wei Qun said: "Father, the war in the northwest is not over yet, and there is a spring drought in various parts of the north. This year's wheat will definitely rise to more than 1,500 yuan! The boy's bid has already been lowered."

Wei Tai said: "Move down again."

Wei Qun thought for a while: "1450 articles."

Qian Chen said: "The fixed price is 1,200 Wen! I have inquired about it. The highest wheat price in Xiangyang in the past years is only 1,200 Wen."

"Daydreaming!" Wei Qun didn't bother to bother anymore.

Wei Tai said: "Just 1,200 yuan, sign the deed immediately!"

"Father, you are confused." Wei Qun was speechless.

It felt like my old father was deceived by unscrupulous salesmen and spent all his family savings to buy health care products.

Wei Tai's temper exploded again. He picked up his cane and said: "I am very sober. One stone of wheat is 1,200 yuan, and my Wei family can also make a profit. I can help the people, so what if I make less? If you dare to say more, I will beat you to death."

What an unfilial son!"

Qian Chen looked serious and bowed to Wei Tai: "The old man cares about the people, and the younger generation admires him very much!"
Chapter completed!