"Return to Your Majesty, the Ministry of Works has completed the construction plan for Youzhou, Yunzhou and Jizhou. I have just finished reading it and think it is feasible. I plan to submit it to Your Majesty for review today."

"Wang Kui'an, go to the Political Affairs Hall to get it for me."

"yes!"

"By the way, let Tang Ke and Zhou Chao come to see me."

"Abide by the order."

Soon, Wang Kuian brought people to get a few huge drawings, and the assistant minister Tang Ke and the third commander Zhou Chao also followed.

The emperor ordered people to hang up these four huge drawings, three of which are the new planning and design drawings of Youzhou, Jizhou and Yunzhou, and the other one is from Taiyuan, Zhongshan, and to Huanglong Mansion, the north to the Jin Dynasty. However, the details of the map become blurred when they arrive outside the Great Wall.

According to the idea of ​​Zhong Shizhong and Yao Gu, one million people moved into Youzhou, and five hundred thousand people moved into Jizhou and Yunzhou respectively.

This number seems to be greater than the emperor's plan to Tokyo City, but in fact it is much less difficult, because not all of this million are in Youzhou City, and the prefectures and counties around Youzhou Prefecture are also forbidden.

Judging from the planning of these drawings, Jizhou and Yunzhou have not changed much, but Youzhou has doubled. As Nanjing of the Liao Kingdom, Youzhou was originally very large in scale. Now Zhao Huan wants to double his expansion, so he is determined to use Yanyun as the base in the north.

"Tang Ke, I ask you, on this scale, how long will it take for the Ministry of Commerce to be completed?"

Tang Ke said: "It will take at least twenty years to report back to Your Majesty."

Zhao Huan's face immediately sank, Tang Ke's hair was standing on his back, and he immediately changed his words: "However, if the recruitment of private caravans is smooth, it can be promoted to ten years!"

Zhao Huan's expression calmed a little, and he asked Zhou Chao and Xu Churen: "How much money is the total investment in ten years?"

Xu Churen said: "I will tell Your Majesty that the monthly salary of a civilian husband is consistent. The court wants to recruit 50,000 civil servants, which will cost 600,000 guan a year, and 6 million guan a year in ten years."

Zhao Huan frowned slightly: "Yi Guan? How much is the rice price now?"

Xu Churen's heart was beating. Damn, the emperor asked the number one pain point in the East Mansion.

The Zhengshitang currently has several major pain points: one is the price of goods, especially the price of rice, the second is the price of houses, and the third is the refugees.

These three points are related to people's livelihood. If they are not handled well, society will continue to be in turmoil. With the temper of this official, no one in the Political Affairs Hall will have a good ending.

Xu Churen replied with a tough forehead: "Each stone is four stakes per stone in Tokyo, three stakes per stone in Hangzhou, and two stakes per stone in Jiangling Prefecture."

The emperor's brows were already furrowed. One stone in the Song Dynasty was equal to 97 kilograms. An adult man consumed 1.5 kilograms of rice a day and 45 kilograms of rice a month. According to the rice price standard in Tokyo City, 45 kilograms of rice requires 930 kilograms of rice (0.93 jin), and even according to the Jiangling Prefecture standards, 464 jin (0.464 jin).

"What is the price of grain in Youzhou now?"

Xu Churen's forehead had already been covered with a layer of sweat, and Zhou Chao lowered his head, and even his breathing became lighter.

"Report to Your Majesty, due to the war, the rice price in Youzhou City is now four jin!"

Zhao Huan immediately turned his back: "Five months have passed in the war! The rice price in Youzhou City is exactly the same as that in Tokyo City! What are Zhengshitang and Sanshi doing for food!"

Xu Churen and Zhou Dynasty knelt down in horror: "Stop the anger! I am already preparing for food distribution! But Hebei and Hedong Road are also short of food due to war."

"Where is Hangzhou! Transport grain from Hangzhou!"

"I'll tell you that if you transport grain from Hangzhou and go north along the canal, the food in Tokyo will be in tension."

Zhao Huan said in a cold voice: "In this way, the price of grain cannot be reduced?"

Originally, Zhao Huan was concerned about the establishment of the northern capital Youzhou, but he did not expect that the price of rice was involved because of the monthly salary of the people. This was a matter of people's livelihood. Even if Zhao Huan reported to the people of the Song Dynasty every day, he showed such a great emperor's face. In the end, the people couldn't even afford to eat, and they still care whether the emperor was handsome or not or not!

If you make us unable to afford food, you are a fool!

Seeing that the emperor was about to get angry, the Zhou Dynasty hurriedly said, "I heard from the emperor that there is surplus food, and there is surplus food!"

"Where is the surplus grain? Why is the price of rice among the people so high, but there is still surplus grain? Who is the one who is too old to destroy my country? Say!"

"Your Majesty, the wealthy businessmen and landlords on Jingdong Road and Jingxi Road have long occupied a large area of ​​fertile land, concealed most of the grain tax, and they hoarded it themselves. According to preliminary statistics, at least 20,000 stones. Now they have been seized. Officials from all over the country have just taken office and have begun to deal with these grains."

Zhao Huan's anger subsided slightly: "Get up."

Xu Churen and Zhou Chao both breathed a sigh of relief in their hearts: "Thank you Your Majesty."

“What to do with this food?”

Xu Churen originally planned to transport them all to Tokyo and reduce the food price in Tokyo first, but now it seems that this cannot be done like this. He has to add some more to Youzhou, otherwise the emperor will move his head when he is angry.

Xu Churen said: "I plan to transport half to Kaifeng and the other half to Beidu."

Zhao Huan glanced at Seo Churen, his tone was still a little cold: "Tokyo is short of food now?"

"Your Majesty, the food prices in Tokyo are not low."

"Why is the food price in Tokyo not low? Is it caused by food shortage?"

Zhou Chao said: "Tokyo's high grain prices are not only because of the supply of grain. Most of the grain in Tokyo is transported from Jiangnan, Shaanxi and Hebei. The transportation requires people and ships. In addition, the housing prices in Tokyo also drive the price of grain."

"What should I do?"

Zhou Dynasty immediately flattered: "Your Majesty can reduce housing prices and stabilize prices, which is a good strategy for the country."

Zhao Huan said: "My suggestion is to transport 80% of the seized grain to Beidu, and the remaining 20% ​​are left in the two routes."

Zhao Huan also knew that the food price in Tokyo was affected by many factors. Even if he was the emperor, it would be impossible for the food price in Tokyo to drop with an order. That was impossible.

However, the grain prices in Youzhou are different. Affected by the war, the land prices in Youzhou are very low, but the grain prices are very high. This is obviously because of the shortage of food. The total amount of grain in Youzhou can be temporarily leveled.

If the grain prices are unstable in building Youzhou City, there will be big problems. People living there can’t even eat enough, so who is willing to move here?

Zhao Huan also said: "Every civil servant has always had a fair amount of monthly salary. Is it a bit too little? Civil servants have wives and children, so they have to support their families."
Chapter completed!