Great Tang Dynasty

Chapter 1859 Open the sea

The disaster situation in Henan Province was resolved, and the hungry people in Chang'an City left one after another.

At this moment, Crown Prince Li Chengqian finally breathed a sigh of relief.

What he was responsible for was finally completed.

At this time, Chang'an City was in midsummer, and the weather was extremely hot.

Li Shimin was reviewing the memorials in the Imperial Study Room. Although the matter in Henan Province was resolved, after reading the memorials sent from various places, he was not very happy. On the contrary, he was still a little emotionally irritable.

Food and grass were urged at the border again, and there were more or less food shortages in other places.

A famine in Henan Province is enough to affect the entire Tang Dynasty.

If this situation is not resolved as soon as possible, it will definitely not be a good thing for them.

It's just that the imperial court doesn't have that much food and grass, so what should he do?
After reading a few memorials, Li Shimin was a little annoyed and couldn't stand it anymore.

He got up and walked back and forth in the imperial study room. After walking a few steps like this, he couldn't help sighing. After doing this several times, his mood became worse and worse.

It stands to reason that, as the son of heaven, he should be able to bear it very well, but if some problems are not resolved, it always makes people feel uncomfortable.

After thinking like this for a long time, Li Shimin suddenly thought of someone, so he hurriedly called the palace man and said: "Quickly, go and call Qin Tian."

Ever since Qin Tian returned to Chang'an City, he has never been in court. After all, he removed Qin Tian from all his positions.

However, after not seeing Qin Tian for so long, Li Shimin suddenly missed him a little bit. If Qin Tian was in power, he should be able to solve this kind of matter soon, right?
After the palace man took the order, he hurriedly retreated.

The summer is hot, and the streets of Chang'an City are as hot as a steamer.

Qin Tian came on a fast horse, and the wind was blowing and it was hot.

He was very strange, what did Li Shimin announce him into the palace at this time?
It stands to reason that the famine in Henan Province has been resolved, and there is really no need for Li Shimin to call him here.

After entering the imperial palace, Qin Tian was already sweating profusely. Fortunately, the imperial study room is the self-rain room, which is relatively cool. After entering, he felt much more comfortable.

"I don't know why the Holy Lord Xuan Weichen came here?"

Li Shimin said: "Qin Aiqing, the memorials sent from various places recently are all lack of food, lack of food, I am so worried, what can Aiqing do?"

Hearing this, Qin Tian smiled wryly. Henan Dao is the granary of the Tang Dynasty. There is a famine in Henan Dao. It’s no wonder other places are doing well. It’s just about food. Li Shimin asked him, what can he find out?
But since Li Shimin asked, if he didn't do something, it would be a bit unreasonable.

After thinking for a while, Qin Tian said: "Your Majesty, the reason for the shortage of food in our Tang Dynasty is that there is a famine in Henan Province this year, and the grain production has been severely reduced. What's more, our Datang has no habit of storing food. If I Datang has food reserves, so even if there is a famine in other places, it doesn’t matter, we can just transport the stored food out.”

The Tang Dynasty was only founded [-] years ago, and in the past [-] years, it can be said that the Tang Dynasty has been constantly fighting. If this is the case, it needs a lot of food and grass. Their food is very little, so there is no surplus. Food reserves?

Li Shimin also knew the reason Qin Tian mentioned, but to store food, there must be extra food.

"Qin Aiqing's words are reasonable, but in this situation, how to solve it?"

"The Holy One is asking about the shortage of food in various places today, or whether there will be no shortage of food after the Tang Dynasty?"

"Both."

Qin Tiandao: "Nowadays, there is no good way. After all, many places are short of food, and this year there is no way to get more food, so we can only let everyone try to save as much as possible. Another thing is to save food. Where there is a little abundance, transport some to other places where there is a shortage of food, and try to get through this year's predicament."

This is probably the only thing Datang can do now. Of course, many wealthy businessmen and dignitaries still have food, and it may be possible to find a way to buy some food from them for emergency.

Li Shimin nodded: "I will arrange this, then tell me how to solve the problem of food shortage in the future."

Qin Tian nodded and said: "There are two ways to do this. The first one is to store grain. We set up a huge granary in each of the ten Dao of Tang Dynasty. It is stored inside, so that when there is a shortage of grain in that year, the grain in these granaries can be taken out for relief. Of course, the grain must be replaced every year, so as to prevent the grain from becoming moldy."

People without long-term considerations must have near-term worries. Qin Tian's method is to ask people to think of ways first. This kind of situation has actually been done in all dynasties. food reserves.

However, after listening to Qin Tian's words, Li Shimin nodded and said, "What about the second method?"

Relatively speaking, what Li Shimin was more curious about was the second method Qin Tian mentioned.

Qin Tiandao: "The second way is to find more crops that can be used as food. This way, there will be more food to eat, and our Tang Dynasty will naturally not be short of food."

In Qin Tian’s previous life, there were many crops that could be eaten, such as sweet potatoes, corn, etc. The output of these things was much higher than that of rice and wheat. If it is widely planted in Tang Dynasty, it can completely solve the problem of food shortage in Datang.

However, in the current Tang Dynasty, sweet potatoes and corn have not been brought here, and there is no desire.

However, Qin Tian had an idea, maybe he could try it, so he said the second method.

Li Shimin smiled wryly after listening to it. Originally, he was very curious and looking forward to Qin Tian's second method, but after listening to Qin Tian's words, he shook his head.

Throughout the ages, there are not many crops that can be used as food. The rice and wheat that are accepted by people today are also left after countless selections by humans.

In other words, apart from rice and wheat that can be used as food today, many other crops are inedible. How easy is it to find some more?
In Li Shimin's view, this is basically impossible to find again.

These are the only crops that people can eat.

Li Shimin told Qin Tian about these situations, and when he said it, he showed a slight smile, thinking that Qin Tian was taking it for granted.

However, Qin Tian said: "Your Majesty's words are wrong. We can't find edible food in the Tang Dynasty, but it doesn't mean there is no food overseas. We can open the sea."

(End of this chapter)