At the end of Song Dynasty: I want to be the master of ZTE

Chapter 339 Where is my food?
As summer passes and autumn comes, the rice in the Jiangnan region turns yellow and is about to enter autumn harvest mode.

It's just that the weather is not kind. It rains continuously for days. Not only the rainwater flows across the fields, but also the rivers and rivers are swollen. It is really not suitable for harvesting.

After the rice is harvested, if it cannot be dried in time, it will quickly become hot due to moisture accumulation, ranging from mildew to mildew, or even sprouting, and a season's hard work will be wasted.

Both common people and officials ran to the fields three times a day for fear that the fields would suddenly flood and wash away the rice.

In this regard, the emperor said he had no choice.

Man's victory over nature means that he can overcome droughts, floods and other natural disasters, not that he can change the weather. Even in another 1000 years, humans will not be able to do anything about rainy days.

The only thing that can be done is to urge officials at all levels to take good care of the river embankments to avoid flooding.

The so-called enemy's pain is one's own happiness. Yuan Ting did not know that the autumn harvest in the south of the Yangtze River was blocked, but his own autumn harvest was extremely smooth, so he was naturally happy.

But when Zhenjin saw the summary of autumn harvests in various places, he was unhappy.

"Sichuan, Shaanxi, Shanxi, Henan, and Dadu, there are tens of thousands of acres of land in the five regions, and only more than six million shi of autumn grain can be obtained?" Zhenjin was very angry, thinking that the people below were dishonest.

"Your Majesty, please forgive me." Heli Huosun said: "Your Majesty ascended the throne and ordered the world to collect [-]% of the harvest and exempt the rest. Therefore, the food tax has been greatly reduced."

"That shouldn't be so much!" Zhenjin said: "Ten thousand acres of land, even if the yield per mu is calculated as five buckets, it should be 500 million shi!"

"Your Majesty, you can't calculate it that way." Heli Huosun said: "Shaanxi and Shanxi are mostly controlled by Ananda. King Qin has just entered Guanzhong and cannot control the place, so a lot of tax revenue is lost. The situation in Shanxi is the same.

When the Tubo nobles moved to Sichuan, they agreed that [-]% of the harvest would be returned to the imperial court. However, Henan was threatened by the Song army, and a large number of people fled inside and outside the defense lines. Many fields were abandoned. After careful calculation, there was not much difference between more than six million. "

"Oh, more than six million..." Zhenjin sneered: "The country's army of 50, even if they are all scattered to eat, it is barely enough, and officials everywhere are drinking the northwest wind?

Qie Helin is constantly fighting, and the food and grass consumption is like running water. Now there are only more than [-] million shi of food. How to deal with it? "

There was unexpectedly little food, and Zhenjin was really going crazy.

The garrison in various places supplies supplies on the spot, and the transportation losses are small, so they can barely supply it, but the officials are drinking the northwest wind?
As for He Lin's [-] army, there is no way to support it.

The distance from Dadu to Helin is [-] miles, which is calculated based on the fastest distance of [-] miles in a day, a vehicle carrying ten stones and at least two drivers.

In 120 days, two coachmen will eat eight stones. Even if the coachmen are squeezed, three stones will be indispensable.

However, due to factors such as bag damage, rain, and overturning during transportation, there will be additional losses, and the specific quantity will be taken care of.The organizational ability and cleanliness of the grain transport officer are generally at least [-]%.

Forty-half percent of food is consumed on the road.

And when He Lin went to the front lines, the distance was three to five hundred miles, and the distance was one or two thousand miles... A rough calculation showed that without 200 million stones of food, Boyan could only eat dirt.

But if we really collect food from all over the country, the local soldiers and civilians will have no food.

Logically speaking, real gold can be purchased from the private sector if one has the money on hand, but if Huosun's important matters and rites are correct, the private sector only has 3000 million shi of food.

According to the market price of two guans per stone, buying 1000 million stones... Am I so poor?Zhenjin began to doubt life.

After a long time, Zhenjin calmed down and asked with waning interest: "Does Aiqing have any good ideas?"

Heli Huosun said: "I think we should restart the salt introduction law and let private merchants send grain to supply military supplies and use salt as compensation to make up for the lack of fiscal and taxation of the court." In the early days of Kublai Khan, the salt trade in various places was mostly controlled by Hao. In the hands of powerful clans, the salt tax collected by the central government was not so much a tax as a tribute from various places.

After pacifying Shandong, Kublai Khan set out to weaken the power and power of the northern princes and gradually returned the salt tax revenue to the central government.

Later, in order to increase the salt tax, Ahema introduced the salt quota system. On the one hand, it was used to repay the grain transportation, and on the other hand, the excess issuance was paid for the price difference.

Zhenjin felt that it was difficult for people to eat salt. After the supervision of the country, salt was abolished and "sold freely according to the people's needs."

But in fact, anyone who can sell salt is a powerful person. The people still cannot afford salt and the court also loses the salt tax.

Heli Huo Sun sensed the disadvantages, but he wanted to mention it but was afraid of slapping real gold in his face, but it's just that he has to mention it now.

No money...

Zhenjin couldn't help but sigh: "If the imperial court had enough food, why would it be like this?"

"Your Majesty, the land in the world is limited, and the grain production is also limited. This cannot be done by manpower." Heli Huosun said: "I have heard that the Southern Song Dynasty took advantage of the ocean and used large boats to catch sea fish, and the daily harvest was more than [-] shi, which is comparable to rice noodles. Millions of stones, so there is no shortage of food.

Now there are [-] sea ships in the country, and they are all equipped with guns, and they may be ordered to attack.

Defeating the navy of Song Dynasty can not only eliminate the threat to Dadu, but also go out to sea to fish to make up for the lack of food. "

He Li and Huo Sundao heard that the data he heard was wrong. If he really had one hundred thousand shi, he would eat it as a meal and attack Dadu in one go.

But no matter how many fish the Song Dynasty caught, the temptation was so real that Zhenjin couldn't help but be tempted.

"This matter must be arranged by the Privy Council. We should make a plan immediately to ensure that nothing goes wrong." Zhen Jin made up his mind and asked: "Since the Song Dynasty relies on fish for food, can the state transport salt northward to pickle cattle and sheep and supply it to the army? For soldiers to eat?”

Heli Huosun replied: "Your Majesty, the sea water is endless but the grass and trees are endless. Excessive grazing and destroying the pastures is tantamount to drying up the lake for fishing, which is really not advisable."

Zhenjin had never suffered hardship since he was a child. In fact, he still knew what happened on the grassland. He had personal experience of the degradation of grassland into desert due to overgrazing, so he suppressed his excitement forcibly.

"It is not yet known whether fishing can make up for the shortfall. We must increase revenue and reduce expenditure." Zhenjin was silent for a moment and said: "Instruct local governments to organize landless people to reclaim wasteland, and they will be tax-free for three years and half-tax for five years.

Then order the army to conquer the west as soon as possible to reduce domestic food consumption. "

"Your Majesty is wise." Heli Huosun responded.

Reclaiming wasteland is a source of income, while sending out an army to conquer the west is a means of reducing expenditure.

There are a total of 4 people in the army to conquer the west, of which [-] are incompetent nobles and clan members who are following behind to fight the autumn wind. These people are not engaged in production and love extravagance and waste. The food they saved after leaving can supply the [-]-strong army. no problem.

"I originally intended to have enough food and grass to counterattack Shandong immediately to boost the morale of the army and public opinion. However, due to the current situation, I have no choice but to stop the army and gather food and grass with peace of mind." Zhenjin said with a waning tone.

"Your Majesty, please do not be discouraged. I think it still took the Song Dynasty boy 14 years to reach the current situation with the help of gunpowder. Your Majesty has been on the throne for less than a year, and the Spring and Autumn Period is at its peak. There is no need to be impatient." Heli Huosun advised.

All these things are known to real gold, but if you want to fight, you are limited to food and cannot fight, which makes you feel itchy.

(End of this chapter)