Standing on the river bank and looking at the turbid and turbid Luo River water, Wang Yaochen sighed: "In the first half of the year, most of the Luo River beach was exposed. You built a dam upstream, and the remaining waterways were inconspicuous. How many days have you lived? After a few heavy rains, it became like this again. Fortunately, you kept reminding you to repair the river bank during the drought, but nothing happened."

Xu Ping said: "Half a year of drought and half a year of flooding is the most afraid of disasters. After a severe drought, there will be major flooding, and after a severe drought, there will be more locust plagues. Boyong, you should not be careless. When the water recedes, you must pay attention to preventing locusts and epidemic prevention. If these two types of disasters arise, it will be more terrible than drought and flooding."

"I understand, and I will arrange for people to do it. Fortunately, there is enough money and food now, otherwise there will be a big mess."

Speaking of this, Wang Yaochen was also a little helpless. He said that he had enough money and food, but in fact, Xu Ping borrowed money and food from the camp and the army transferred from other states. The grain warehouse of Henan Prefecture had long been empty. The transfer department managed the money and food along the way, and could be allocated within the scope of the route. Because he started to do it early, such a big disaster was easily passed. Even in Luoyang City, many people who didn't know how to marry did not know that they had suffered a major disaster this year, and the sect and danced to peace.

What a local official is most afraid of is that when a year of disasters occurs, the hungry people will be displaced, and if a bad person is not good, a major incident will occur. Henan Prefecture handled it properly, and there was no large-scale disaster victims fleeing famine. For this reason, he was also commended by special orders, and Wang Yaochen was also promoted to an official position. Bad things turned into good things, and Wang Yaochen was still quite grateful to Xu Ping, who was the same year.

After walking along the river bank for a while, the two sat down at a viewing pavilion by the river. Xu Ping listened to the weak cicadas on the big willows by the river and said to Wang Yaochen: "This summer is about to pass. The cicadas who have been screaming for several months have no strength. Autumn is the season for harvest. Boyong, this year, the cotton planted by the land business and the surrounding prefectures and counties will be transported to Xijing City, spinning them into yarn, weaving them into cloth, and even cutting them into clothes, and selling them to foreign states and states. This scale is not small. There are countless people and things gathered here at that time, and merchants gather. You should prepare early in the mess and don't be at a loss at that time."

"You have always told me that the amount of cotton harvested in autumn is quite large, but how much is it? It's really as much as you said? There are nearly one million mu of mu planted in various prefectures and counties on Jingxi Road. According to the land you said, you can get one hundred kilograms of cotton, which is nearly a hundred pieces. How much does it all add up? Wanli? Yunxing, although I know that you don't say anything false, this number cannot be trusted! The price of cotton cloth in Beijing was actually the same as Luo. It's not that you set it in Sansi. One piece of cotton is equal to two pieces of silk. Now that the price is too much, the price is reduced. It's better to calculate that two pieces of cotton cloth are equal to one piece of silk. How much is this? Sixty million guan! The two taxes in the Song Dynasty are less than 30 million guan a year. Who dares to believe these companies say it!"

Xu Ping smiled and shook his head: "Boyong, that's not what it is. The yarn is thick and heavy. It's impossible to calculate ten taels or twelve taels as heavy as silk. This is the first thing. Moreover, now the cotton planted in the field is planted. From the ground to the weaving of cloth, it is all in the hands of the government. The people do not share profits, so the amount will naturally be much larger. You must know that after the silk cloth is collected, the big head is still among the people, and silk and ramichi are actually much more than cotton cloth."

The reason is this, but Wang Yaochen shook his head repeatedly, still unable to believe it.

At this time, the price of textiles is generally based on silk. The official statistics generally refer to the sum of the number of silk, the number of money and the number of stones of grain. It is roughly considered to be the same unit. In fact, in the price of Kaifeng Prefecture, a piece of silk is about 200 cents, which is slightly more than Yifeng Prefecture. However, the world is so large that the price of textiles is lower, so the main consumer market will naturally be more expensive. The cheapest is Yizhou, which has rich products and dense populations. The output of textiles is very huge, both cloth and silk textiles are only one-third of that of Kaifeng Prefecture. This is also related to the difficulty of transportation on Shu Road.

During summer taxes, a piece of silk is twelve taels, while the government buys one piece of silk is twelve taels. It is said to be a piece of silk, satin, and silk, in fact, there are 20% extra exploitation in terms of weight. Other silk fabrics, such as silk and silk, are also determined according to this weight. If the cotton cloth is also according to this specification, it will be scary.

In fact, it is impossible. A piece of cotton is still heavier, even if it is heavier than rami. However, even if the price of cotton is in line with rami, the price is still considerable. In Yongzhou, a piece of rami is generally close to 200 ci, and the market price after being shipped to Kaifeng Prefecture is always around. According to Xu Ping, the output value of cotton is still an astonishing number of more than 50 million ci.

For Wang Yaochen, the chief of the mansion, this number is too scary. Xu Ping analyzed it well and he had to believe it. But he couldn't believe it with such a large number. He was 50 million yuan a year. Is he the magistrate of Henan Prefecture or the third magistrate?

Xu Ping just laughed, it was really hard to explain this kind of thing. This is just the output value of cotton cloth, and it actually requires various costs to be deducted. Of course, the remaining seed cotton after cotton ginning is also a big fortune, and it has not been included in the amount just now. The most important thing is that the cotton is planted in the field, and the entire production chain is controlled by the government, so the amount is of course huge. If it is just private planting and tax collection, the number of security will be a order of magnitude.

Unlike what Wang Yaochen thought, Xu Ping did not look at the output value of cotton, but more importantly, the subsequent added value. Plain cotton can not be made into clothes directly. According to the market price at this time, the dyeing and cotton price planting are basically the same, and the clothes must be doubled at least. This subsequent industry is what Luoyang City wants to develop.

Before that time, I couldn't imagine what it would be. Wang Yaochen really couldn't bear such a big heart. He sighed for a while and stopped obsessing with this issue and said to Xu Ping: "By the way, there is another thing to discuss with you. A few days ago, the branch officials gathered in front of the Censorate to make trouble. Henan County and their public officials, others said, "It's said that it was a man named Feng who brought two people to do it. I always felt that this matter would never be so simple, but there was no clear evidence, and there were more things on my hands. Let's let it go for now. After the incident, the three people disappeared and were nowhere to be found around Xijing City. I think it was because they fled to the outer Luzhou Army after the incident."

Xu Ping thought about it and said to Wang Yaochen: "Whether you escape or hide, you must send someone to visit these people all the time. Whether they are caught or not is the second step. The key is to set an example for others and know what the consequences will be if you do this under your hands. If you let it go, I am afraid that such things will happen one after another."

"I understand that people have been visiting them all the time. Another thing is that after that day, many branch officials deposited the copper coins in their hands into Tong Dalang. I was thinking, should I deal with Tong Dalang? Letting him continue to make trouble like this is not a solution!"

Xu Ping shook his head: "Forget it, let him make trouble. Now there are so many things in Henan Prefecture, and we need to prevent and relieve disasters. When it comes to the busy farming season in the autumn, there is no need to worry about it. Besides, Boyong, if you want to clean a place, the most important thing is not to clean it spotlessly, but to have a place to store garbage. That Tong Dalang and several other similar people, just use it as a garbage can in Henan Prefecture, as long as you clean the surroundings at any time."
Chapter completed!