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Chapter 85: Magical Realism (3)

Prices did not rise.

Prices will not rise.

He had already expected this result.

Before March, before leaving Xianyang, and even before approaching Ying Zheng, he had already vaguely expected it.

Ju Zizhou nodded, still silent.

This silence contrasts with the aggressive inquiries of the previous ones, and it is a bit unbearable for a while.

He looked at Ju Zizhou who couldn't see his face clearly and asked carefully: "Brother Zhou, are there any difficulties in working on the big stove?"

"No difficulty!" Ju Zizhou's voice was dry.

Before he turned around and left, he said to Gou: "Tell me, I'll come here to wait for them in the evening."

"Brother Zhou?" Gou watched Ju Zizhou leave and wanted to chase him, but thinking about the speechless madness and the terror of anger when he was silent just now, his steps stopped.

At the door of the dark room, Zhi stretched out his head and didn't come out.

...

Ju Zizhou walked quickly in Xianyang City. He returned to the luxurious "home" given to him in the south of his city, rinsed it with hot water, changed into better clothes, and went around guesthouses in various places in the city, holding ink and bamboo slips in his hand, asking about the price everywhere.

"She Ren, do you have any grains such as corn, beam rice, millet and millet here?" Ju Zizhou asked.

"Some, some!" The sheriff looked at Ju Zizhou's clothes and responded enthusiastically.

"How much does each price?"

...

He asked one by one, from midday to evening, three volumes of bamboo slips were filled with dry mouth and tongue, and empty belly.

The bamboo slips are full of memories.

Prices in the city did not rise much.

But at this time, it is the time of spring plowing, and the food in the city should be reduced sharply.

Ju Zizhou blows dry the bamboo slips and rolls them up.

Taking a deep breath, he walked straight into the Qin Palace.

Ying Zheng settled the accounts in the Qing Palace at this time.

During the spring plowing season, the materials needed and work required by the farmers' association are now arranged by Ying Zheng.

He knew how many acres of land the Farmers Association had in total, and how much of the land was used for upland and how much was used for downland.

A major advantage of the collective labor of the farmers is that they will raise funds to buy cattle. During spring plowing, they cooperate with large-scale farming. Farmers who are so poor that they can’t afford metal farm tools need to do less than before. They work faster because of the in-place basic tools such as oxen, plow, plow, shoes, food, and water.

However, this kind of labor is already considered high-intensity labor. If you want the subsequent labor to remain in quality and quantity, you must have a rotational rest and even more need to be supplemented with oil and water.

Grain, food, oil, water, salt... cost each sum. Although the money was not much, Ying Zheng still calculated it carefully over and over again.

When Ju Zizhou arrived, he saw Ying Zheng, and did not say hello or wait for him to finish it. Instead, he asked directly: "Who did the centralized procurement of grain in the Farmers' Association recently purchase from whom?"

"It's my eldest mother." Ying Zheng didn't raise his head: "But because Liang rice is more expensive, I bought all millet and sorghum."

"They have enough food?"

"Enough." Ying Zheng replied.

"Even if the farmers' association has not had enough food reserves, the food they have is enough to supply our needs?"

"Enough." Ying Zheng replied.

"The spring plowing is almost completed?" Ju Zizhou asked.

Ying Zheng replied: "Yes, these two days will be over."

"Even during the spring plowing period, if a large amount of grain is planted, will the food still be enough to eat?"

"Enough." Ying Zheng replied calmly, with more doubts in his tone.

He didn't understand why Ju Zizhou asked this question.

"Your father has enough food!" Ju Zizhou said: "He has almost prepared all the military rations to launch the war!"

"After working for relief and distributing a large amount of food, during the spring plowing period, after I advised him to go through a large amount of food to develop the "copper and iron furnace" project, the food in his hands was still enough to eat, and the military ration he needed for next year was still enough to support a war or several wars." Ju Zizhou smiled, his laughter was mysterious and terrifying.

Ying Zheng shivered for no reason, put down the pen in his hand, and looked at Ju Zizhou: "Senior Brother, what's wrong with you?"

Ju Zizhou shook his head: "The food is actually enough to eat!"

There has been, always, always, never, lack of food!

Simple food that makes people eat enough is actually enough.

Ju Zizhou had already vaguely known this when he was conducting investigations and researching and writing "Handan Investigation".

Zhao land is bitter and cold, and the average yield per mu is 69 kilograms and twelve liang.

The Qin State will only have more land; and there are more lands in Sichuan and Shu, and the Tianfu State!

Among the seven kingdoms, except for Yan and Zhao, there are only a lot more and a lot more.

If you have normal production tools and cultivate well, the grain output will be enough to meet everyone's needs for full food over a year.

But the current situation is that more than 80% of people cannot eat enough.

Two meals a day are something that only a few rich peasants can do.

The problem in this...is not a productivity issue at all.

"Ying Zheng!" Ju Zizhou looked at Ying Zheng with a smile, like a beast, grinding his teeth, waiting to suck blood.

"Senior Brother." Ying Zheng sat down, frowned slightly: "I feel you are not right..."

Ju Zizhou nodded: "You know that productivity determines production relations, and production relations react to productivity, right?"

"Yes." Ying Zheng nodded and looked at Ju Zizhou in confusion.

He had never seen Ju Zizhou have such a demeanor or such a temperament.

"But even the most correct theory has a gap with reality." Ju Zizhou said: "Do you know?"

Ying Zheng nodded, shook his head again: "I don't really understand."

Ju Zizhou exhaled a breath of turbid air.

He specially designed today's pattern, prepared all the conditions to verify his guess, and verified his guess.

Some people want to share their current feelings with others - they have wanted to verify this conjecture for several years.

The pleasure and disappointment that was so tired that he finally fell in Ju Zizhou's heart, smashing his last slight fantasy.

"I once thought that according to the theory, if we want to establish a new "production relationship", we must do everything possible to develop productivity!" Ju Zizhou said in a chanting tone: "If productivity develops to a certain extent, all problems are no longer problems!"

"But unfortunately, this idea is wrong!" Ju Zizhou said sadly.

He is a conflicted person.

He is well-versed and firmly believes that his theory is correct.

But he also has a lucky mentality.

He thinks that as long as you develop productivity, it’s enough!

So his three plans are more important than the other. The order of the plans is "Qin Shihuang's Reform Plan", "Sacred Reshaping Plan", and "Performance Boost Plan".

The most important thing is that he thought it was the "Productivity Boost Plan".

But from the beginning, Ju Zizhou's previous work experience and theoretical knowledge told him that this was wrong!

The purpose of developing productivity is to make people live a good life.

But is the fundamental problem of poor life really "insufficient productivity"?

Ju Zizhou looked at Ying Zheng.

In his eyes, a black and luxurious black bird sat in front of him.

People live with demons and gods, and demons and gods eat people, so people suffer. But people live hard because they don’t grow fat fast enough?

"Ying Zheng," Ju Zizhou's eyes were eager, Ju Zizhou's eyes were cold: "Theory is correct, and reality will eventually develop as the theory tells."

"But from theory to reality, there will always be a little delay." Ju Zizhou calmly and gentle: "This little delay is a spiral of normal history."

Ying Zheng suddenly felt numb.
Chapter completed!
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