Dozens of grain merchants of all sizes, except for a few grain merchants who were not sure whether they were slow to react or too lazy to make trouble, sold the grain to Mo Zizai in advance, the rest of the grain merchants gave the grain to Mo Zizai free of charge, and it was not enough to pay it back for free. In order to get Mo Zizai to accept this batch of grain that was free of charge, these grain merchants also asked people to spend a lot of money.

It is no exaggeration to say that when these grain merchants came, they were loaded with carts, and when they returned, they didn't even have carts left. If most of them were in the capital, they would probably have to beg for their own homes all the way.

"I have to find some excitement for myself."

Mo Zizai glanced at the various gold and silver treasures piled up in the palace, shook his head slightly, and then asked Jia Fu to classify these things, just put them in the palace, just put them in the palace, so he could save trouble. As for gold and silver, there was no shortage of gold and silver in his palace, so he could just take them to the palace treasury, so he would use them easily at that time.

To be honest, Mo Zizai was still a little happy when he looked at the gold and silver. After all, although he was quick to search his house, he spent money quickly in such a huge country.

After deciding the accelerator, he had a total of more than 30 million taels in his hand, but Tang Weiyi waved his hand and took more than 10 million taels away and directly allocated them to Shi Zhipei, who was in the disaster relief. In addition to other miscellaneous places where he needed to spend money, he spent more than 30 million taels to now only more than 10 million taels.

In this case, it was Tang Weiyi who carefully calculated the reserve silver that he left for him in order to prevent any emergencies, otherwise he would not have to give him one or two left.

"What kind of reserve silver do you want?"

When Mo Zizai thought of the reserve silver, he was quite dissatisfied. In his opinion, not most of the civil and military officials in the court were reserve silver for activities. If there were any emergencies, wouldn’t it be rich if you cut a few.

Of course, even though that is the case, Mo Zizai also knew that the wool in the capital had almost been fetched. Although those ministers still had a lot of money, they could not get it in a short time. After all, the ministers are much more honest now. If you don’t have a suitable reason, you will be raiding someone because the other party doesn’t wear a hat, and then there will be no one in the court.

"There are more than 10 million taels left in his hand. The merchants sent them to death only 1 or 2 million taels. As for Qian Shaoyuan, he should be able to get Qian Min's wool, and it is estimated that it will be only 100 taels at most. After all, he killed Qian Shaoyuan, and he would definitely not be able to pay if he had too much."

Mo Zizai calculated for a long time with his fingers, and finally sighed helplessly, "Oh, 14 million taels are not enough. This little money is not enough for his mother's meal."

Mo Zizai complained angrily, not to mention anything else, just talking about his accelerator, it would take 50 million taels to be upgraded to V7, not to mention that the imperial court now needs silver everywhere, so the money he copied seems to be quite large, but in fact it is missing more.

If you want to make money, you usually have only two options, that is, reduce expenses or increase revenue.

"It is definitely not enough to reduce expenses. If the emperor has no money, it is better to be a thief, let alone I expect the gold finger to rise to v7, so it is definitely not feasible to reduce expenses."

After thinking for a while, Mo Zizai turned his attention to the map of Dazhou, "Since the cost of savings is not enough, then there is only one way to open up the source."

The Great Zhou Dynasty did not lack money, nor did it lack gold and silver. However, this money was not in the hands of ordinary people and the court, so if you want to make money, you can only make the idea of ​​those who have money in your hands.

Mo Zizai stood in front of the map and pondered for a while, then reached out and drew a circle on the three counties, "Let's start with three counties, I hope Shi Zhipei can give me a surprise."

...

Just when Mo Zizai was talking about Shi Zhipei, Shi Zhipei is not doing well in Nanjun now.

Nanjun, also known as Nanzhou County, is located on the plain and has fertile land. It is no problem to support the millions of people in Nanzhou County on weekdays. However, three consecutive years of severe drought directly destroyed this big grain county.

The first two years were fine. Because of Mo Congyi's family's wealth, the empress not only reduced all taxes in the three counties, but also took out the grain from the Jingcang and Changping Warehouses for disaster relief. Therefore, although the people lived a hard life, they could barely survive with the relief from the court.

But it was not possible in the third year. The disaster relief grain reserved by the court was consumed and there was no way to provide relief. Those victims who survived by the court's relief were immediately lost.

It is worth mentioning that even when the national treasury is empty and foreign enemies invaded, the empress only imposed taxes on some wealthy areas, and the taxes in other places have not changed at all.

This is not because she doesn't want to increase taxes, but because she knows very well that no matter who she increases taxes, the tax will be transferred to ordinary people in the end.

Nowadays, there are disasters of varying degrees in various parts of the Great Zhou Dynasty. Although it is far less serious than the three counties, the harvest of ordinary people has been greatly reduced. If these people bear high taxes, they may live a worse life than the people of the three counties.

It is easy to defend against external enemies, and it is easy to clear internal troubles.

Tang Weiyi knew very well at the beginning of the throne that even if the Three Kingdoms coalition could break through the Eastern Front, with the national strength of the Great Zhou, he could still fight back the Three Kingdoms coalition without the aristocratic families.

But if the people in the territory are forced to rebel, the situation in the Great Zhou Dynasty will immediately fall into an uncontrollable state.

Shi Zhipei had just arrived from Bingzhou County. Although he was still in a carriage, compared to the days before, he is much darker and more haggard now. Obviously, he has not lived a relaxed life these days.

"Sir Shi, Nanjun County City is coming."

Liu Hong, the admiral of the East Factory who was responsible for protecting Shi Zhipei, came to Shi Zhipei's carriage and reported in a low voice.

"Have you arrived?"

Shi Zhipei lifted the curtain of the carriage and came out of the carriage. After he lifted the curtain, the first thing that caught his eye was the boundless victims.

The victims looked numb and their eyes did not fluctuate at all. After seeing Shi Zhipei's team, these people just turned their heads slightly and then turned their eyes back, as if this gentle head shaking action would consume little energy left.

As for begging near the carriage, no refugee had the idea of ​​this. So many corpses lying on the roadside told them with experience that they often get food around the carriage, but a knife in the head.

Although they didn't know whether Shi Zhipei's convoy would kill people, the refugees who could stay near the county town were all those who were at the end of their lives, so although some people were a little moved, none of them gave their ideas.

This is not the first time Shi Zhipei has seen a victim, but every time he sees him, his heart feels as heavy as a huge rock, and even his breathing is difficult.
Chapter completed!