Datang Longya

Chapter 751 The Shock of Di Renjie and Li Chengqian
Zhou Jiao looked at the whale, thought for a while, and smiled helplessly.

When people are hungry, they can even eat Guanyin soil, why can't they eat Kun?
Dengzhou has opened up a commercial route for seafood, and is gradually becoming richer. When the money earned from selling fish is accumulated, it can be used to control the saline-alkali land, and the people of Dengzhou will be able to live comfortably.

To be honest, this is another great credit, but he is no longer ready to receive this credit.The credit accumulated during this period is enough for him to digest and settle for a period of time.

As long as the stomachs of the disaster victims in the west are fed, he can leave with peace of mind.

As for the next credit, it is his gift to the next generation.

"Since that's the case, then I won't talk too much, Lord Protector, I have to sort out the documents about disaster relief, so I'm sorry."

Leng Feng nodded and let Zhou Jiao leave.

Zhou Jiao is an orthodox scholar, they don't like the scene of slaughter and dismemberment very much, if they can avoid it, they should avoid it.

After sending Zhou Jiao away, Leng Feng led the soldiers to continue to go out to sea to see if he could encounter another whale. If there was no whale, it would be good to use three ironclad ships to fish.Ironclad ships can cast nets to catch fish to the greatest extent without the help of wind power, which is much more than fishermen's small wooden boats.

After hunting four or five whales, Leng Feng finally believed that the sea fish reserve was enough.

As long as this most difficult time passes, the relief from the granary in Chang'an will arrive.After several years of bumper harvests, especially high-yield bumper harvests, Datang has sufficient reserves of grain and grass.

This is still under the premise that the agricultural tax payment has been greatly reduced!
Under such circumstances, not only are there famines in some parts of the country, but the disaster relief can be properly provided, even if there is an emergency at the border, there will be no worries about food and grass for the time being.

At the same time, due to the sufficient food and grass, the official army of the Tang Dynasty gradually increased compared with the government soldiers, which meant to replace them in more than ten or twenty years.

After all, compared with the government soldiers who farm in their spare time and have mixed good and bad, the formal army can better concentrate training and maintain combat effectiveness.

Most of the whale meat was transported to the west of Dengzhou for disaster relief. Before the food from Chang'an arrived, the stomachs of the people had to be full anyway.

Originally, such a natural disaster in which rations were interrupted or even cut off for a few days would inevitably cause unrest among the people.

But not this time.

Because not only the governor of Dengzhou was busy ordering the fishermen on the seashore to catch fish for a while to give them relief, but even His Royal Highness brought some food from Laizhou and distributed it to them for food.

That's right, Li Chengqian at this time, because he heard about the famine in Dengzhou, went to Laizhou near Dengzhou to collect some grain and transport it to Dengzhou for relief.

Under Li Chengqian's arrangement, local county magistrates and other officials took action and organized manpower to set up porridge shops. As long as people who eat at the porridge shop, no matter whether they are about to collapse from hunger, they will give them porridge to eat. .

Li Chengqian was relieved after randomly checking a porridge shop to ensure that the officials did not delay their work and did not shoddy.

Looking at the people quietly waiting in line outside the porridge shop to feed their hunger, Li Chengqian said to Di Renjie beside him: "Huaiying, in fact, we are still deceived by the prosperity of some big state capitals. There are food reserves, but these are only places with good land, high output, and planted corn and potatoes. People in poor mountains and rivers like western Dengzhou are still vulnerable to natural disasters!"

Di Renjie looked around, made sure Wu Mei was not there, and said, "Actually, it's just a matter of time. Master said that there is no shortage of means of making a living no matter where, but the common people haven't discovered it yet. Just like Dengzhou seaside, they sell Didn't the fish make a lot of money!"

Di Renjie hates Wu Mei the most, she is obviously a little girl, but she just likes to make things difficult for him, as long as he says something, this woman will definitely fight him.

Even if he is right!
Li Chengqian nodded: "That's true! I used to be impressed by Master's way of making money, but after getting along with Master for a long time, I realized that Master's way of making money is just a little deeper than others.

Moreover, I found that students who have been taught by the liberal arts, especially those taught by physics and other subjects, can always find a good way to make money.Didn’t the students who were previously assigned to Jingbei Province organize herdsmen to sell cheese and other things to the Central Plains?At first, I thought that their products would not sell well, but I didn't expect that peasant families above the middle level could still buy some food for children, old and weak.

All this is just that they say that eating cheese can make up the body. "

"Yes!"

Di Renjie nodded his head, and then grabbed the small hand crossbow hidden in his waist.

Because he saw an old man walking over with a porridge bowl.

Today, he and the crown prince are investigating in makeup, and there are no guards around him, so he will be responsible for protecting this senior brother.

No way, who calls someone a prince!

The old man approached Li Chengqian and Di Renjie, seeing that they were also dressed in tattered clothes and looked embarrassed, he handed over the porridge bowl:

"Young boy, what's the matter? Don't feel ashamed to go to receive relief? You are growing up, you can't starve to death, come on, let's share this bowl of porridge! I will borrow it from you as an old man!"

Li Chengqian was a little surprised. He didn't expect that, under such a situation where the whole people were affected by the disaster, there were still people who wanted to distribute food to others.

Di Renjie took a step forward, vaguely guarding Li Chengqian behind him, and said to the old man: "Old man, we are not hungry. You are so old, you can't be hungry, you should drink!"

The old man took out a dirty pottery bowl from his pocket, poured most of the porridge into it, and said as he poured it, "Look, I'm still stubborn. I know you feel ashamed, but since we ordinary people are from the Tang Dynasty, we accept the imperial court's order." What's so embarrassing about disaster relief?

Old man, I have already buried half of my body in the earth. It’s okay to starve to death. You are growing up. You are tall. When you grow up, you must not forget the kindness of the court. You should join the army or something. "

Listening to the old man's words, both Li Chengqian and Di Renjie were shocked.

None of them expected that an ordinary old man would say such a thing.

Shandong has been a place where heroes compete for the throne since ancient times. Too many people have died in battle on this land.Especially after the disputes at the end of the Sui Dynasty, many villages here have become full of women, old and weak, except that there are no strong men.

It can be said that the people here hate war the most.However, in such a place, an old man who must have experienced the turbulent years, actually persuaded them to join the army!

Li Chengqian stretched out his hand and pulled Di Renjie aside. At this moment, he didn't know what to say, so he just took the porridge bowl from the old man in a daze.

(End of this chapter)