Chapter 268： Peripheral reaction

The emergence of hybrid rice has an impact on society in all aspects.

Some grain merchants who have received the news are already preparing to change their businesses, and this grain business cannot be done.

In the past, these grain merchants made money by buying low and selling high. They used various methods to buy food from the people at low prices and then sold them at high prices.

For example, when the grain is harvested, warehouses are opened to release grain, collectively lowering prices, creating an illusion that there is too much grain. In the season when the people's food is about to be eaten, they will use methods similar to purchase restrictions to create the illusion of food shortages.

The people knew that this was a trick of the grain merchants, but they had no way, because they needed to exchange grain for money to buy some other necessities of life, such as oil, salt, sauce and vinegar.

And when there is no food, they have to buy high-priced food to survive.

But now that there is more food, grain merchants may still be able to continue to buy low, but it is not easy to sell high. Because the people have enough food in their hands, they will definitely not buy high-priced food again.

And the accumulation of grain in your hands will turn into worthless old grain if you cannot sell it, and the hoarding of grain will also result in insufficient liquidity.

In short, when the people have grain in their hands, the grain business is not easy to do.

If they want to make money anymore, they can only find a way to secretly sell their food to places in the north or Zhejiang.

It must be secretly, because Wu Changqing imposed restrictions on food sold to other power areas and imposed high taxes.

In fact, it is equivalent to the tariffs of later generations. In this way, they reduce their food export profits and reduce their interest in food exports.

After all, Wu Changqing wants to support commercial trade. It is not good to directly order a ban on food delivery, so he can only use this implicit method. Stop the outflow of food.

Once such a tariff decree is issued, those grains who want to make money can only rely on smuggling.

The risk of smuggling is too great.

Nowadays, to do food business, you have to do food processing like Sun Daoming. The industries of rice milling and noodle milling are quite profitable.

However, Sun Daoming has already taken the lead in this business, and if other people want to enter the market to compete with Sun Daoming, they have to weigh their own abilities.

Sun Daoming's niece, that is Wu Changqing's concubine.

Even if Sun Daoming does not rely on Wu Changqing's power to compete fairly with others, everyone else is at an absolute disadvantage.

At least, Sun Daoming can learn some policy news first through Sun Yunxuan.

It is an impact on the grain merchants, but it is a big plus for the wine industry.

In the past winemaking industry, the cost was relatively high, so wine has become a luxury. At least, ordinary people can't drink it often.

Moreover, the general government will not encourage the wine-making industry, because the more wine is brewed, the more food will be consumed, which will cause more people to eat less.

Now, the price of grain will definitely drop, the cost of wine will be greatly reduced, and the market will become larger.

Moreover, after the surplus of grain, the government will encourage the wine industry.

There is a huge market demand for wine.

Also good news is the breeding industry. With more food, the cost of raising poultry and livestock will be lower.

When they are full, the people will pursue a better quality of life, and the demand for meat will greatly increase.

More food can also reduce the number of people farming, and more people will be used for breeding.

Such influences will inevitably appear after hybrid rice is officially promoted and planted.

From an overall point of view, the increase in grain production is naturally a great thing. The standard of living of the people can be raised to a higher level.

In Hangzhou, when the news of hybrid rice reached Zhu Yihai's ears, he didn't believe it at first, and sent people to continue to verify. When he confirmed the authenticity, he quickly ordered the news to be blocked, and sent people to spread rumors, claiming that it was false news.

There is no way, if the local people know this news, I am afraid that the people's mind will instantly fall to Wu Changqing.

The people don't have a strong national concept. Who can make them live better, they will support whoever.

There is no doubt that Wu Changqing, who owns hybrid rice, can make the people's lives better.

Once Wu Changqing and Zhu Yihai clashed, the people would stand on Wu Changqing's side without hesitation.

The ruler's loss of popular support is a very dangerous thing.

Therefore, Zhu Yihai could not let the people under his rule know about such things, and could not let the people believe in such things.

While ordering the news to be blocked, he also sent spies to Suzhou and other places to find a way to get the kind of high-yielding Wu rice seeds as soon as possible.

After all, it is impossible to hide it for a while. Only by obtaining those seeds and letting the people under their control plant this kind of Wu rice can the problem be truly solved.

When Zhu Yujian got the news, his reaction was similar to Zhu Yihai's, and he controlled public opinion first.

Fortunately, this news originally sounded mysterious, even without their deliberate control, the people would not easily believe it.

And when they ‘refute the rumors’, the people will no longer believe that there is that kind of rice.

After controlling public opinion, it was trying to get those high-yield seeds.

This is relatively easy to obtain. Going to the homes of the people in the south of the Yangtze River to **** or steal it, Wu Jun is definitely hard to defend. However, if this kind of thing is only obtained in a small amount, it is not very useful.

By the time they took the time to cultivate enough varieties of seeds, Wu Jun had already come over.

If these seeds cannot be quickly transformed into national power, they will eventually be used as wedding dresses for Wu Changqing.

Public opinion in the south was quickly controlled, while the response in the north was much slower. After all, Beijing was too far away from Yangzhou, Xuzhou and other places, and the central court had no time to react.

The local officials didn't even think about controlling them. They are now waiting for Wu Jun to call in quickly. People's hearts are no longer in the Qing court.

When the central court of the Qing Dynasty reacted, the news had already spread in the Huainan area and could not be controlled at all.

Some big landlords learned of this news and were more diligent in providing information to Wu Jun. All that is required is a promise that Wu Dao's seeds can be supplied to them in the future.

Double the output, that is, double the income.

The landlord class and ordinary people became the class most eager for Wu Jun to fight over.

The news of hybrid rice once again strengthened Dorgon's determination to fight decisively.

If this is not an early decisive battle, when the rice harvest in the second season in the south of the Yangtze River, the army Wu Jun can raise will directly double, and its strength will skyrocket.

At that time, he will have no chance of winning even more.

For this decisive battle, Dorgon took out all the old **** and ordered an increase in taxes.

He no longer cares about the life and death of the people, as long as he can recapture Nanjing, the north will not be short of food in the future.

If you lose, the Jiangbei site cannot be kept, and the victims will be left to Wu Jun to deal with.

Dorgon's frantic preparations made the entire Central Plains shrouded in a depressive atmosphere.

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