Poor family mother and son

Chapter 734 The price rises with the wind
Daxuan's transportation problem seemed to suddenly become serious.

Around the Mid-Autumn Festival, the autumn harvest gradually enters from north to south, and some crops start to be harvested as early as early August.

Correspondingly, water transportation in various places has also entered a period of intense operation. However, as the main form of official transportation, water transportation at this time is mainly used to transport grain, and other materials are relatively small.

In the years after the Civil War, the population of the country increased, and the needs for food, clothing, housing and transportation also increased day by day. However, without newspapers, television, radio, the Internet and other media, the people whose life radius of activities may not exceed ten miles will not feel much change. .

The private transportation business in various places has flourished, echoing the water transportation. In winter, the common people have cotton and wool to keep out the cold. They just think that they can buy it if they have saved enough money, and they don't think about the convenience of transportation.

This year is not so much, if there is no stock, it will be out of stock, and if there is stock, the price will be raised desperately, for fear that others will buy it.

But now I heard that the price of cotton and wool has risen sharply, and they have returned to the situation where they can't afford it. They can't help complaining about the price and the government.

As for why the price has increased, I now know because it is out of stock.

"How could it be out of stock? Isn't cotton grown everywhere?" This is what the common people discuss in the streets and alleys after dinner.

People in Kyoto, who dare to discuss the gossip of the imperial city and the privacy of officials on weekdays, know what is happening in major events and political affairs, but they don't know why. But in the face of soaring prices and matters related to their own interests, they need to get to the bottom of it.

"The seeds are planted, but they can't be shipped in!" the merchants replied.

"Why can't it be shipped in? How did it come in before?" The common people feel that this kind of reply from the merchant is completely an excuse for the price increase.

"You ask me, who should I ask?" The merchant answered impatiently, asking one or two questions, and answering with a smile. All the customers are customers, so it's not easy to offend customers.

But no matter who comes, they have to ask such a question, why, I deserve you?I owe you?You are the tolerance of the Yamen?Is there any place for you to ask questions?Questionable!
So the merchants were all angry: "It's useless to say anything else! They shipped less, and they all raised the price. If they raise the price, I don't raise it. Will I lose my money?"

So the common people turned around angrily and left, cursing "No traitors, no merchants", but the merchants didn't mean to call them back and sell them cheaper goods: "Hmph! Don't say you can buy cheap ones, even if you can buy them the same as mine." Whatever the price, I'll buy one and get one free!"

At this time, the topic of "can't get in" has attracted the attention of the people: How did it get in before?

"Then how could it be transported in in previous years?" the emperor asked. It's a new day, a new court meeting, but the content is still the same old saying: "What are the water transports for?"

Liu Ju, Minister of the Household Department, had no choice but to bite the bullet and stepped forward: "Your Majesty, in addition to water transportation, private transportation has played a great role in previous years;
However, after the drought started last year, the waterway transportation began to show signs of failure. Only with land support, it was still barely able to support;

Although the rainfall this year is not as good as in previous years, the drought situation has been lifted; however, after the drought, the vegetation has decayed and cannot hold the soil, causing the problem of sediment accumulation;

The destruction of vegetation will weaken the ability to conserve water sources, thus leading to drought; and drought will lead to vegetation reduction, soil erosion, and rivers cut due to drought will be silted up by sediment;

This is a reciprocal causation and an endless cycle;

Therefore, this year, many river sections are facing the dilemma of shallow water level and blockage, which makes the water transportation itself difficult;

We can only take the transportation of grain as the first priority, and it has been allocated to land transportation, so the land transportation is also very tight, and we don't care about the transportation of other materials;
The private transportation is even more difficult. A large number of civilian ships need to be repaired, and there are still many silts in the river sections outside the canal that have not been cleared, and the civilian ships are also at a standstill;
Nowadays, the private bodyguard bureaus have already scheduled transportation orders until next year, and currently they are mainly urgent orders. Since they are urgent, the shipping price will inevitably be high, which will lead to an increase in the price of the goods..."

This is Che Gulu's words, these words have been used every day for the past few days, and Liu Ju's answers can almost be recited backwards.

Can you not be proficient? It’s just a little bit of truth. What can’t be understood?

Drought, road congestion, so the transportation is not smooth, the price has risen, and the freight has risen, of course the price must also rise, otherwise how to ensure profits?

Liu Ju still has half to say: the canal is blocked to the capital, is it delusional if you think about it soon?

It is said that the reason why the canal does not lead directly to the capital is that the founding emperor of Daxuan believed in some sorcerer's "theory of avoiding water".

Avoid water this time, water is wealth, avoid water, ha ha, then you will lose your money, the price of goods has risen!

Today is the end of my speech, Liu Ju returned to his original place after reporting, lowered his eyes, and thought: Do you know that Sanshun Escort Agency is the former silver building of the daughter-in-law of the Wu family, and the shopkeeper Zhou is making money like crazy!

The other courtiers were also the same as yesterday, talking about various phenomena, such as the increase in housing prices, rice prices, cloth prices, etc., yes, the rent for carriages has also increased.

After talking about the phenomenon, it is a denunciation: following the trend to raise prices is a heinous crime!

However, how many of the shops that follow the trend and raise prices are not under their name?
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"Mom, I'm back!"

On an unknown hillside, Jie Chi pushed open a fence gate and shouted loudly.

It's hard to imagine an old man with white beard and hair, whose mother is still here.

"Stinky boy, why did you come back so early?" An old woman was picking up mangosteen berries under the catalpa tree, the red fruits, when she heard Jie Chi's call, she straightened up and responded.

The old woman's hair is also all white, but it's not as white as Jie Chi, but white and yellow, like old cotton, velvet and finely broken, and when the wind blows, the broken hair covers her face, which does not hide her hair. There are a lot of folds.

"Mother, it's not good to be back early?" Jie Chi said, and went to grab the fruit in the dustpan in the old lady's hand: "Hiss...sour! Mother, my son brought you an apple. Try it, it's better than this thing." It tastes so much better!"

As he said that, Jie Chi untied the small burden on his back and poured it into the old lady's dustpan. Seven or eight apples almost smashed the dustpan in the old woman's hand to the ground.

"Bastard stuff!" the old woman cursed, but grabbed an apple and took a bite: "Well, it's sweeter than mangosteen."

"Really!" Jie Chi smiled triumphantly: "I just said, it's too inappropriate for you to keep guarding the catalpa tree. Look at this apple, which is grafted from the catalpa tree as the rootstock. Big and sweeter than mangosteen, how good it is!"

"I forgot about Ben's stuff, I'm done!" the old woman scolded, and walked into the house with a dustpan, asking as she walked, "Why did you come back so early? Didn't it mean that you can't rent cars and boats outside?"

Jie Chi followed into the house and answered the old lady's question: "Look, are you old-fashioned again? Who am I? What can I do without privileges?

Xiaobao has to save me the car and boat to go home if the road is broken!Mother, you have to believe in the power of privilege! "

"Huh, blow!" The old woman entered the house and put down the dustpan, and began to tie an apron: "Privilege? Strength? Tell me, how much did it cost to rent a car and boat?"

Jie Chi: "Oh, why don't you believe it? You didn't spend any money and came back smoothly all the way. Privilege is privilege, and strength is strength!"

Mrs. Jie Chi: "Without his mother, his fart's privilege, his fart's strength!"

Jie Chi was unconvinced: "Mother, you are being unreasonable again, and he doesn't use his mother's relationship, that kid is relying on his own ability to save contacts and routes!"

The old woman picked up a piece of firewood and pulled Jie Chi's butt: "It's against you! If his mother doesn't support him, can he live? If his mother doesn't teach him how to do it, can he play around outside?"

"Mother, don't hit, don't hit! Mother, you are unreasonable, I won't tell you, there is a generation gap between us!" Jie Chi ran out the door while jumping to avoid his old lady's beating: "I'm going out to play After a while, call me when the meal is ready!"

(End of this chapter)