Zhutian: Starting from the Space-Time Merchant

Chapter 91 Fertilizer and Food
"One, two, three~"

"Too many, I won't count them all."

In the Xianyang Palace of Ye City, looking at the piles of gold in front of him, Lin Dao simply asked, "How much is it in total?"

"According to the standard of gold bars set by the Master," Wang Meng replied, "it should be more than four hundred."

The gold objects in front of you include gold cakes, horseshoe cakes, and various gold utensils.

Judging from their appearance alone, many pieces are worthy of being considered works of art.

If it can be auctioned at an auction house, the price will definitely be far higher than the gold itself.

"Xie Gong is indeed capable."

Lin Dao reached out and picked up a gold cake and weighed it in his hand. "I really earned so much."

Xie Yi returned to Jiangzuo with the goods provided by Lin Dao.

Those novel products were a huge success in Jiangzuo and were highly sought after by wealthy families.

In particular, various types of glassware with novel shapes have caused a buying frenzy.

The main reason why this business in Jiangzuo was so successful was Xie Yi's identity and connections.

The Xie family of Chen County is itself a middle-class family, and a middle-class family on the rise.

Moreover, Xie Yi and Huan Wen, who held great power, were good friends.

It is because of this that we are qualified to establish channels, open up sales channels, and have someone to protect us.

If they were born in a humble family, the aristocratic families would have already made strong demands on them, taken over their channels and snatched away their business.

If I were born in the countryside, hey~~~
The bones are rotten!

"When you send out the next batch of goods, bring a letter to Xie Yi."

Lin Dao chose his words carefully. "Just say that his daughter is very happy with me. Forget it. Let Xie Daoyun write a letter herself."

"These."

He gestured towards the piles of gold and said, "Melt it all down and cast it into bars. I'm going to take them away."

"Lord," Wang Meng said again, "Bingzhou has been recovered. We have over 61,400 households and over 300,000 people."

"Bingzhou is so huge." Lin Dao was very unhappy. "Only more than 300,000 people are left?"

People say Bingzhou is poor, but in fact the land in the basin is fertile and the river system is well developed.

As early as the Spring and Autumn Period, the State of Jin rose here to become the overlord.

The only reason why the situation is so tragic now is that the barbarians have killed too many people.

"The barbarians who can never be killed!"

Lin Dao, who had just returned from the battlefield, narrowed his eyes and exuded a murderous aura that was intimidating.

He coughed and asked, "Are there any barbarians?"

"Absolutely not!" Wang Meng, standing aside, lowered his head. "The soldiers were going crazy grabbing heads. There were even reports of people dyeing their hair to pretend to receive the reward. How powerful must the barbarians be to survive in such an environment where everyone is chasing them?"

"There are still many troops and slaves hiding in the manors of local tyrants throughout Bingzhou."

"There are many wild people hiding in the mountains and forests, and these have not yet been counted and included in the household registration."

"Based on my observations, there should be nearly 700,000 of them."

Hearing this, Lin Dao looked over and his lips moved.

He already had some idea of ​​what Wang Meng meant.

"Lord." Wang Meng took a deep breath. "If we want to resume production, we need more people."

"The states and counties are short of population and have no capacity to migrate."

"The only way is to destroy the manors in Bingzhou and relocate the slaves."

"At the same time, send people to the mountains and forests to recruit wild people."

Whenever there is chaos in the world, many people will flee to the mountains and forests to survive.

Sometimes, even after the new dynasty has been established for decades, there are still barbarians from the previous dynasty emerging from the mountains and forests.

Lin Dao sighed and said, "Tell me how much you want."

After saying so much, we still need food and supplies.

Once the person is found, you have to provide him with food, clothes, a shelter from the rain, matches for making fire, fields for farming, and tools for working.

Given the current situation of the Beggar Army, all of these things need to be paid out by Lin Dao.

There's nothing we can do about it, since he's the Marshal.

If you want something, of course you should go to him.

The diet of ancient people lacked oil and water, and they usually had to consume a large amount of carbohydrates to maintain life and physical strength.

One stone of grain in the Jin Dynasty was equivalent to a little over 50 kilograms in the modern world.

The food intake of able-bodied men and the elderly, weak, women and children is different. The able-bodied men eat more, while the elderly, weak, women and children eat less.

On average, a family of five needs to consume over a thousand kilograms, or twenty dan, of grain a year.

This is a necessity for survival. When working in the fields, food consumption doubles.

If all the people that can be found in Bingzhou were gathered together, there would be more than 100,000 households.

In other words, it would take over 100 million kilograms of grain to feed them until next autumn harvest.

Actually, there is more than that.

Salt, cloth, and various other supplies are also needed.

Sure enough, Wang Meng took out a thick stack of paper filled with words and handed it over.

The first one says that enough grain is needed, at least three million shi of grain.

And I hope it is a mixture of potatoes and fertilizer grains.

"This fat grain." Lin Dao was puzzled. "What is it?"

"It's what the Lord gave to the soldiers and civilians," Wang Meng replied calmly. "Many people ate it for several months and gradually became fatter, so they called it fat grain."

Now Lin Dao understood, this is feed~~~
Will people gain weight after eating feed?

He has never eaten it, so he really doesn't know.

Wang Meng added, "This item is now very popular. Some military households even exchange it for refined rice and flour."

It's really not easy to find a fat person these days.

If a grain store advertised that directly stated that eating our grains would make people gain weight, people would definitely flock to buy them.

Lin Dao was really surprised that the feed had such side effects.

He nodded calmly, "I'll think about it."

Read on.

The item in greater demand after food is cloth.

In ancient times, clothes were extremely important assets and could even be pawned in exchange for goods at pawnshops.

Cloth and silk have long been used as currency. Providing food and silk to the wild people in the mountains is an absolute temptation.

Next are various production tools.

Including farm tools, as well as hammers, saws, planes, etc.

Agricultural tools are naturally used for farming.

Tools are used to build houses, create furniture, construct water conservancy facilities, repair roads, etc.

In addition, various material needs such as paper, candles, oil, meat, salt, etc. are also required.

After putting away the shopping lists, Lin Dao looked at the pile of gold.

These gold items are far from enough.

This is just Bingzhou.

Throughout the north, in the states of Yousi, Ji, Qing, Xu, Bing, Yong, etc., there are almost millions of Han people still alive.

Lin Dao killed Shi Hu's Jiehu, Murong's Xianbei and other beastly armies that led cannibalism in advance, saving at least one million lives.

So many people are relying on Lin Dao now, which really makes him feel overwhelmed.

Touching his nose, Lin Dao instructed, "Ling Jiang, have dinner with me tonight."

Xie Daoyuan accompanied him for three consecutive days.

She also wrote three letters home in a row and sent them to Xie Yi in Jiangzuo.

Encourage his father to keep up the good work and earn more wealth for the Grand Commander.

"Master Lang."

One day, Wang Meng found Lin Dao and explained something.

"The Lord used Ran Min and his generals to defeat the Xianbei and the false Yan, achieving the feat of destroying the country."

"I wonder what the Qin generals who have followed Lord Lang since Emperor Guangzong think of this."

Lin Dao frowned and said nothing.

"Master Lang."

Wang Meng simply opened up and said, "Those who first followed the Lord were all his trusted confidants and close friends."

"Ran Min and his generals are newly joined."

"The young master favors the newly joined, while his long-time confidants are left idle."

"This is not a wise leader's strategy."

"Just tell me straight." Lin Dao interrupted. "What should we do?"

He previously valued Ran Min's reputation and ability and lacked consideration in this regard.

Now that I think about it, I really must not let the elderly down.

Wang Meng was considering him and thought that since he took the initiative to bring up this matter, he must have a plan in mind.

As expected, Wang Meng said, "The remnants of the Stone Bandits still occupy Guanzhong."

"Lord, you can send troops to defeat them."

Shi Hu's last surviving son, Shi Bao, was stationed in Guanzhong.

At this time, he was still carrying out the orders issued by Shi Hu before his death, and fighting repeatedly with the Qiang people led by Yao Chang.

He did not let Shi Hu down. Even in this situation, he still refused Yao Chang's peace talks and insisted on fighting.

"it is good."

Lin Dao immediately agreed, "Then arrange for Qin Lang, Sun Dalang and others to recapture Guanzhong."

This kind of thing has existed since ancient times.

Starting from Liu Laosan leading his old brothers from Pei County to conquer the world, the rhythm has basically been the same in all subsequent dynasties.

Like the Guanlong nobles, the Huaixi Group and so on.

Qin Lang and others have been working for Lin Dao since a long time ago and have a lot of experience.

If Lin Dao is not reused, it will cause people to be uneasy.

After all, people like to think about random things as long as they have a full meal.

Fortunately, Wang Meng reminded him in time.

The historical records say that he had the talent to assist the king, and this is not nonsense.

Similarly, Lin Dao also thought of Jinlian and Sun Rong, who had also followed him a long time ago, and he couldn't ignore them too much.

He also took out his spare time to tutor them in foreign languages.

Lin Dao really took time out, as he was very busy with his work.

During the Yonghe period, millions of people in various states and counties depended on him for food and clothing.

The logistical pressure is enormous.

The country buys potato feed, the United States buys corn, the Samba country buys soybeans, India buys rice, Damao and Ermao buy wheat, and also purchases frozen pork on the international market.

Lin Dao feels that the price of directly purchasing commercial cooking oil is not appropriate.

It would be better to purchase raw materials, bring soybeans to Yonghe Time and Space, and arrange for people to manually extract the oil.

The residue left after oil extraction can also be used to feed large livestock such as cattle and horses.

Horses are mainly used in the military and for cargo transportation.

Cows are crucial. After being trained and fitted with nose rings, they become the most important helpers in plowing the fields.

As for frozen pork, it was so cheap that Lin Dao was surprised.

It only costs a few dollars per pound, which is incredibly low.

Lin Dao made special inquiries and learned that there were many reserves even from the World War era decades ago.

That is to say, it was sent to the Yonghe time and space. If it were sold in the modern world, it would probably be beaten.

The wealth collected in Yonghe time and space was converted into various materials like water and sent back.

Lin Dao was extremely busy with this, and the only time he had a chance to relax was when he taught foreign language classes every night.

That evening, Lin Dao was having dinner with Shi Hu's former queen Zheng Yingtao.

According to the rules, they can go to study foreign languages ​​together after dinner.

While we were eating, an urgent military report was delivered.

"The Qiang people of Yao Chang's tribe went south and surrendered to Jiangzuo."

"The Jiangzuo court appointed him as the Envoy with Special Seals, General of the Chariots and Cavalry, Grand Commander-in-Chief of the Six Barbarians, Great Chanyu, Commander-in-Chief of the Jianghuai Military, and granted him the title of Duke of Gaoling County."

Lin Dao suddenly stood up, grabbed the bowl in front of him and smashed it to the ground.

"The aristocratic families are the most shameless!"

(End of this chapter)