Chapter 1859

More than an hour later, Wang Yaogang repaired the king's house in Yanfu. Just after Wang Yaogang returned home and drank a cup of tea, he heard the housekeeper report that there were ink visitors. Master Wang was overjoyed and warmly walked out of the door to greet him. He gave some hospitality... It also made Zhao Bailing feel good.

Of course, Wang Yao didn't serve any good wine and food to the Mohists. He knew that the Mohists didn't need those. Even the giants and the chiefs of various departments ate plain food and drank sour and inferior wine. They really wanted to serve some delicacies to Zhao bailing and others. It's estimated that these people would think that Wang Yao was humiliating them.

Such a mistake must not be made.

Wang Yao just put himself in the same posture as the ink painters. He rarely accompanied the ink painters and ate some coarse tea and inferior snacks, which made Zhao bailing feel good.

Then, in the face of Zhao bailing's requirements, calm down the price?

On the surface, Wang Yao pretended to be embarrassed. He communicated with Zhao bailing for a moment. Finally, he reluctantly ordered the housekeeper to ask the Wang family grain store to reduce the price.

"Down to 15 Wen? It's still a little high, but I'll take Mr. Wang's mind." Zhao bailing didn't know it was a temporary disguise. Although he still felt that the food price was on the high side, he accepted it.

You should know that small craftsmen in Xiuyan mansion, such as carpenters and blacksmiths, can basically earn thirty or forty Wen a day. If you buy two kilograms of rice, you can make a family eat three bites and barely make a living. If a person eats and drinks, he must be full. This still refers to a carpenter and blacksmith at the apprenticeship level.

If the ability is excellent, earn more.

Before he entered the Wang family, the rice in the Wang family's rice shop had risen to more than 30 Wen a kilogram due to the drought. This was just when the disaster spread and no one was hungry. In the later stage, these grain merchants took the opportunity to raise the grain to more than 100 Wen a kilogram, which made the handicraft workers in the city unable to afford. It was also a normal scene and operation.

But in fact, in ordinary times, the normal grain price of Xiuyan mansion is usually only about ten Wen, and most of it is still less than ten Wen. Don't think it's very cheap. In fact, the state of Lu is a grain rich area, and the grain price can't rise at all. If there were no many tycoons and gentry, they would rather rot the grain in the warehouse than sell it at a low price, the rice price would only be lower.

In the history of the inanimate earth, in the Ming Dynasty, during the Wanli period of Zhang Juzheng's reform, when the price of rice was the cheapest, only two Wen a catty and one or two silver could buy four or five hundred catties. Two Wen was equivalent to two or three yuan in the 21st century. Such a price did not mean that the valley was cheap and hurt the farmers, so that the farmers could not sell after planting grain... Because in the Ming Dynasty of that period, There are already many workshops, and handicrafts and capital sprouts are popular inside and outside the city.

At that time, the price of rice per kilogram and pork per kilogram was about the same as that in the 21st century. In the market, the salary of ordinary work was 30 Wen less, 60 or 70 Wen more. Just like sedan bearers, watchmen and coolie porters, they can have such income. Not only can I afford rice, but also meat. Take a penny as a dollar in the 21st century. For anyone who moves bricks, Nissin is less than 30 yuan, more than 60 or 70 yuan, and the monthly salary is equivalent to 1000 or 2000 yuan.

That was the highlight of the feudal era in Chinese history.

The significance of the rice price should be compared with the surrounding environment and the salary of all jobs. Otherwise, even if there were times when the price of rice was lower in history, if there was no prosperous commercial market and commercial activities to cultivate artisans, the people were basically all self-employed farmers, it would really hurt farmers.

Only a price salary comparison, Zhang Juzheng's early Wanli after the reform is definitely one of the feudal peaks, and can fly most of the feudal prosperous times!

With Zhang Juzheng, a famous Minister for thousands of years, the Ming court, which is almost on the verge of bankruptcy, has become a brilliant era, so that it can maintain the follow-up three great expeditions of Wanli, and bring out the prestige of Qi Jiguang, a famous general for thousands of years, and the Qi family army, which is also one of the peak highlights in the feudal Corps.

Unfortunately, there is only one Zhang Juzheng in the Ming Dynasty of Nuo University. What is more coquettish is the follow-up operation of Wanli. As soon as Lao Zhang died, he copied Zhang Juzheng's family and deprived him of all kinds of reputation. Zhang's members were exiled or starved to death. You know, Zhang Juzheng was tired to death and overworked to death, almost the same as Zhuge Liang's eternal name for the Ming Dynasty.

Even if the per capita longevity in the feudal era was not high, Zhang Juzheng died as prime minister in his fifties. It can be imagined how crazy he was in order to work in the later reform era.

In the early days of Wanli's reign, he not only copied Zhang's family, almost opened his grave and whipped his corpses, and exiled Zhang's descendants, but also brought out the reformers brought by Zhang Juzheng, demoted and idle... Which interrupted the reform force and could not continue.

In the end, Zhang Juzheng's family fortune was tossed by Sheng Sheng. After Wanli, all kinds of natural and man-made disasters came together, which was the era of the collapse of the Ming Dynasty. There is a certain truth in many history books that death occurred in Wanli. Qi Jiguang, who was brought up by Zhang Juzheng, was also idle and dismissed. He soon died. He died only three years later than Zhang Juzheng at the age of 60.

On the contrary, he raised bandits and cultivated General Li of Jurchen group. He had all kinds of high-ranking officials and high salaries. He lived as an earl at the age of 90.

Zhao Yingcheng, a hundred collar workers, didn't know about the Ming Empire and Zhang Juzheng, but he brought a group of ink farmers to the Wang family. He was really satisfied that he could reduce the price of thirty or forty Wen a kilogram of rice to fifteen Wen.

After finishing Wang Yao, Zhao Yingcheng didn't stay much, so he left soon and went away.

When they were sent out of the house, the housekeeper around Wang Yao whispered with a sad face, "Sir, these ink people also deceive people too much. It's not easy to encounter a disaster season. What's the basis for our ability to sell food? Fifteen Wen and a kilo? How much will we lose..."

It's not just the money that's lost, but also some people. If the price of rice continues to rise, not only a large number of tenant families outside the city can't afford to eat, but also a large number of technicians such as carpenters and blacksmiths in the city can't afford to eat and sell themselves.

For those craftsmen, who can not be greedy?

Big grain merchants such as Wang family and Zhang family will definitely get the strong support of the top aristocratic families such as Tang family, Shen family and Liu family.

They can also take the opportunity to pick up a lot of bargains. Do you think the Tang family, Shen family and Liu family are not short of people? They also lack sailors, strong servants and beautiful maidservants.

This is also one of the reasons why the Tang family, Shen family and Liu family don't like the grain business. Although they can harvest a wave in disaster years or bumper years, they can easily top the front and be approached by the Mohist family.

It's not as good as they just watch and reap the pleasure of slaves. Those top giants are not short of money or food. Just watch Wang Yao and others operate and harvest the results.

With the housekeeper's low scolding, Wang Yao smiled, "don't worry about those. Fifteen Wen will last for a few days. In a few days, the Mohist school will go away. Let's just go up a wave at that time."

The housekeeper was overjoyed.