In Wuweijie Town, Li Ze regards grain as one of the general equivalents. The prices of all other commodities are linked to grain.

During the Tang Dynasty, general equivalents were basically used for precious metals, such as gold and silver. However, after wars and festivals, the importance of precious metals had dropped greatly, and there were many cases where gold and silver could not buy food.

After all, in prosperous times, gold and silver are symbols of wealth, and in troubled times, life is like grass. I don’t know how many kings, generals and ministers are trampled into mud, and how many wealthy families become refugees in one day.

During that time, as long as you have food, you can easily bring up a team. As long as you have food, you can gather such a huge force.

It is precisely because of this that most of the towns in the late Tang Dynasty came from powerful and famous families in various places because they controlled the land and food.

However, it is extremely risky to regard food as a general equivalent. After all, it is still normal to harvest at this time. Whether a harvest can be achieved in a year depends on whether God appreciates the face or not. Giving face and good weather will naturally be a big harvest, but once drought, flood, disasters, or even a dragon turn over, it can cause a poor harvest or even a failure to harvest.

Li Ze dared to do this because after he came to power, he built water conservancy in the Wuwei area. Under his influence and under the promotion of Yixingshe, the first thing that officials in a place did when they took office was mostly to build water conservancy, roads, rivers and canals, etc. This to a great extent promoted the development of agriculture and reduced the dependence on God to the minimum limit at this time.

Secondly, Li Ze dared to do this because he implemented affordable food under his rule. Relying on the supply and marketing cooperative, he has always maintained the food price at a stable level for many years. Even in the most difficult times, he tried his best to keep the food price stable. In order to do this, he even purchased food from outside at a high price and sold it to the people under his rule. Every year, in order to subsidize the price difference, it is a huge number.

In Wuwei, there are no private grain merchants. Anyone who dares to sell grain privately and is caught has only one result, that is, beheading. All the grains that the people can use for their own use are the supply and marketing cooperatives.

However, his persistence over the years has made him great gains, that is, the Wuwei economy, which is linked to food, has maintained stable and upward development.

If the food prices are not chaotic, Wuwei's economy will not collapse.

In recent years, Wuwei has been ripe every year. In Wuwei, there are large warehouses filled with large warehouses. If you have food in your hands, you will naturally not panic.

But since the spring plowing this year, Wuwei began war, and the reserved grain flowed out like flowing water. What is reflected in the market is naturally the tension in the supply of food. Even though the grain prices are still above the previous level, the anxiety in the market has begun to appear.

And this is also what Li Ze is most anxious about.

Originally, it was not far from the autumn harvest. With the situation in other parts of Wuwei, this year will still be a bumper year. However, Zhaoyi and Wei Bo and others who have newly returned to Wuwei are not harvested or even lost, which completely offsets the benefits of this year's bumper harvest. Without foreign food entering, Wuwei will definitely not have a good life this year.

Xia He from Duzhi Department has submitted a warning report.

In the past, Li Ze's territory was small and he could still buy grain from the surrounding areas, but now his territory has expanded greatly, and small-scale grain purchases are no longer able to meet the economic model of Wuwei. The problem is that after Zhu Wen took over Heluo Guanzhong and other places, he completely controlled the tank transportation and Li Ze's connection with the south, which made purchasing grain from outside a big problem.

At this time, Jin Mantang opened up a maritime channel from Jiangnan to the north, which was naturally an extremely positive signal to boost confidence in economic development under the rule of Wuwei.

As Jin Mantang said, this time the fleet he came from the sea did not bring too much food, but it would greatly boost the confidence of the entire market under Wuwei's rule.

Since one ship comes, there will naturally be ten ships, hundreds of ships, and thousands of ships.

"Mr. Jin has helped me a lot." Li Ze looked at Jin Mantang with great sincerity. "For this matter alone, I will report to the emperor to promote you to the title."

Jin Mantang laughed loudly. The so-called memorial to the emperor was naturally just a remark. With Li Ze's current status, it was not a matter of one word to give him Jin Mantang any title.

However, the title is also needed for Jin Mantang. He has enough money, but his social status will not be greatly improved because of his much money. In the eyes of those wealthy families, he is still a person who cannot be promoted. In the past, in Yangzhou, those people asked him for it.

This phenomenon has improved considerably after he married Li. Although Li is far away from his basic structure, where is Li's power? Those who used to not look at Jin Mantang at first sight have now slowly incorporated Jin Mantang into their circle. Although they are inevitably rolling their eyes, this is a positive beginning.

If Jin Mantang could be awarded the title of the court openly, then he would have officially entered this circle. Perhaps there would still be many obstacles in his generation, but his son and grandson's generation would inevitably be completely integrated into and become one of them.

Jin Mantang used countless money in Yangzhou and other places, but he could not get into the circle. After he resolutely invested a lot of money to Li Ze, everything came so easy.

When Li Ze defeated Zhu Wen in Zhaoyi, Jin Mantang's status in Jiangnan suddenly rose. Before he set sail for Haixing, the banquet for him was almost full.

Everyone saw a possible bright future for Li Ze.

Nowadays, the lower forces have already been in the past few stops. Putting aside the south, in the north, Li Ze and Zhu Wen compete for power. From the perspective of historical development, whoever controls the north and whoever controls the Central Plains can basically stand at the highest point in history in the end.

Of course, everyone is willing to invest first. Even if it is in love, they don’t want to have any relationship with Li Ze for the time being, but if they have a relationship with Li Ze’s in-laws first, they will naturally have a way out in the future.

"So, Nanfang responded more to my big victory this time, Luo was on the front line?" Li Ze asked with interest.

"Not necessarily!" Facing Li Ze, Jin Mantang didn't need to pick up what the other party liked. Both sides are almost a community of shared destiny now, and Jin Mantang has almost bent all his wealth and life on Li Ze. Naturally, there are one things to say, two things to say.

"The south is not only commercially developed, but land annexation is also extremely serious. There are many landlords and powerful people. These people are very wary of the Taifu, or even resist the Taifu." Jin Mantang said.

Li Ze nodded. Many people had already told him about this. A senior member of his current position, Ding Qian, the governor of Yizhou, came from a famous Jingxiang family. When he joined Li Ze's team, he bluntly said and disagreed with Li Ze's policies. Although Ding Qian had changed a lot after almost two years of understanding, Ding Qian was still a moderate reformist faction on this fundamental policy. He was still out of place with a fierce revolutionary faction like Yang Kai and would fight each other as soon as he met.

"But the businessmen in the south have a good impression of you, Taifu. Although the business policy of Taifu in Wuwei is a little overbearing, it still opens up many industries and allows them to develop freely. More importantly, Taifu's Wuwei has no discrimination against businessmen." Jin Mantang said: "This is the most important thing for these rich people."

"My business tax is very heavy." Li Ze said with a smile.

"It seems that the commercial tax in the south is lighter than that in the Taifu, but in fact the burden is much heavier than in the Taifu." Jin Mantang smiled and said, "Before I came this time, I had a happy donation of a lot of money. What does the Taifu know?"

The so-called donation of joy is actually a levy. Li Ze smiled and shook his head.

"Our Yangzhou Prefecture Mother's Day birthday, every businessman is happy to donate a lot of money." Jin Mantang shook his head and said, "When the Taifu and Zhu Wen fought, E Yue Observation asked us to donate a lot of money in the name of preparing for war, and I won't talk about other things. The two transactions alone will almost be worth the tax I have to pay. And if you don't pay this money, your business will almost be unable to continue."

"Understand." Li Ze smiled. In Wuwei, the agricultural tax and population tax are relatively light, and the commercial tax is indeed very heavy. However, when the merchant pays the tax, there is no other so-called donation. The money is paid in the open, so the merchant naturally is willing, because the money can be estimated and distributed to the cost.

"It seems that Mr. Jin has made a lot of publicity for us among these people!" Li Ze said.

"I don't need to say too much. Those who are businessmen are not smart people. They are all smart and clear-headed. If they are not well-versed, their business will not last long. Although Yixingshe is struggling in Jiangnan, it has finally established a foothold and its reputation is getting better and better."

"What about our Changlong Money House?" Li Ze asked.

"Our Changlong Money House is still very popular among merchants. But it won't be anywhere between the gentry and landlords and government officials." Jin Mantang said with a smile.

"Take it slow, step by step." Li Ze smiled and said, "What is the land price in Yangzhou?"

"The land price in Yangzhou is higher than that in Wuyi." Jin Mantang said.

"How is it so high?" Li Ze was surprised. You should know that because of the existence of Wuwei Jie Town, a large number of immigrants have poured in, and the land price has reached a point where Li Ze feels it is too much. If it weren't for Li Ze's strict restrictive policies on land, the price might be even more outrageous. In Wuyi, the land is priceless but not marketable. After Li Ze won this battle, no one would have sold his land. What the hell is Yangzhou?

"Annexation!" Jin Mantang said: "There are almost not many free people in Yangzhou. A large number of land is concentrated in the hands of a few people. A large number of landless people can only go to the city to work or rent land. Fortunately, Yangzhou's textile industry and silk weaving industry are well developed, and can absorb a large number of people to work on their hands."

"In this way, the social conflicts there should be very serious."
Chapter completed!