wild trail

Chapter 282
Lin Huo replied: "Your Majesty, the savages around here have basically been captured. Now most of the army is searching farther away, and I'm afraid they won't come back in a short time."

Wang Lang rubbed his chin, thought for a while and said, "How many people are left in the army in Wucheng?"

"Right now, Yancheng has the most soldiers, around 300, followed by the Linhe side. General Lin Jianya sits in Linhe, and there are hundreds of soldiers there, and the other three cities each have dozens of people." Lin Huo said respectfully. replied.

Wang Lang frowned. These left-behind soldiers cannot be dispatched easily. Although the pterosaurs are very important, if there is no army guarding them, there is no guarantee that something unexpected will happen. After thinking hard for a long time, he sighed He said in a tone: "In this case, send 30 people from Yancheng and Linhe to escort the craftsmen and supplies there first, and replace them there when the rest of the army returns."

"Obey!" Lin Huo said respectfully.

"The rest of the ministries will fully cooperate with this plan, and you all know what we may face." Wang Lang looked at everyone seriously.

"I'll obey!"

All ministers responded respectfully.

Wang Lang nodded and said, "How much food is there in the treasury!"

Kong Er quickly replied: "Your Majesty, our country has enough money and food now, and the public fields cultivated by horned dragons have had a bumper harvest in the past two seasons, and more than half of the canals have been built. The grain production this year has increased a lot compared to before. Now there are about one million catties of grain in the treasury, and in order to prevent the extra grain from spoiling, [-] catties of grain have been set aside for wine making."

"Although the harvest has been good during this period, the grain grown by the Chinese people still needs to be purchased, so as to keep the grain price at the current level." Wang Lang said slowly.

Although he doesn't understand economics, he also knows the truth that low grain prices hurt farmers. When grain production increases sharply, farmers can only compete to lower prices in order to sell the grain in their hands.However, due to the inelasticity of grain demand, the grain in hand can only be sold after the farmers have significantly lowered the grain price, which means that the grain price will often fall sharply during the grain harvest. Percentage, then there will be a situation of increasing production but not increasing income or even decreasing income.

Today's farmers who own land in the Xia Kingdom also know that it is not safe to store a large amount of grain in their homes. If the grain is not stored properly, it is easy to get moldy and spoiled.

Kong Yi said in a deep voice, "Your Majesty, there is enough grain in the treasury now, and there is too much grain to buy."

Wang Lang smiled and said, "Why, do you worry about the abundance of food now?"

Kong Er smiled helplessly and said: "Your Majesty, there is too much food to eat. It would be too wasteful if it breaks."

"How about this, starting from next season, every household can grow other crops besides food. Now the dye and hemp are grown by the state. Now this regulation can also be abolished. From now on, every household can guarantee Under the premise of sufficient food, other crops can be planted, and the trading station will buy them when they are mature." Wang Lang said slowly.

Kong Er nodded, thinking it was a solution, bowed and said, "Your Majesty is wise!"

Wang Lang smiled, and said: "The two departments of punishment and rites will follow the current system for the time being, and the other three departments will start the construction of the seaport tomorrow."

"As ordered!"

Everyone bowed in response.

After the meeting ended, Mu Feng hurried back to his home.

As an official of Da Xia, Mu Feng himself has a separate courtyard in the inner city, and now he also has a wife and a son who is less than two years old.

Seeing her husband coming back, Mrs. Mu hurried out of the house and asked, "Have you finished discussing with His Majesty?"

Mu Feng nodded and said, "Tomorrow I'm going on a long trip, so I'll leave it to you to take care of me here. How is the child?"

Mrs. Mu took the official uniform that Mu Feng took off, carefully hung it aside, and said: "The child is already asleep, how long will you be out this time?"

Mu Feng sighed and said: "This time the matter is very important, it is possible that this trip will last for a year."

Hearing this, Mrs. Mu was startled and said hastily, "How did it take so long?"

"You, a woman, don't worry about it so much. Go and get me something to eat. I haven't eaten a single grain of rice since morning. I'm starving to death." Mu Feng waved his hand impatiently to Mrs. Mu.

Seeing that Mu Feng didn't want to talk more, Mrs. Mu sighed, walked to the stove and started preparing lunch.

Lunch is simple, a bowl of sorghum rice, a plate of stewed meat, and a few pickled cucumbers.

Mu Feng ate for a while, put down his chopsticks, and said to Mrs. Mu: "Go and buy a jar of wine and come back, and you can drink with me later."

"Why did you drink today? You said before that drinking alcohol will affect your head." Mu said in surprise.

"Leaving home this time, I don't know when I will have time to come back. I feel bored, so I can drink some wine to refresh myself." Mu Feng said slowly.

Mrs. Mu nodded, tidied up his clothes, and hurried out of the room.

After a while, after Mrs. Mu came back, Mu Feng said: "Sit down and eat together."

Seeing Mu Feng's preoccupied appearance, Mrs. Mu didn't know what to say, so the two fell silent.

"Ma'am, you have worked hard during this time."

Mu Feng opened his mouth suddenly, startling Mrs. Mu, and quickly said: "Why did you say such a thing suddenly, Your Majesty has said that a woman only needs to take care of her family. This is what I should do."

"Hey, Gong'er is more than one year old now, and I will probably call him father when I come back. If I haven't come back by then, you can send him to the academy." Mu Feng said slowly.

Hearing this, Mrs. Mu put down his chopsticks and asked suspiciously, "Didn't you say that you will only go for one year?"

"If it goes well, I should be able to come back in a year, but this time the matter is very troublesome, who knows how long it will take, and I can learn a lot of knowledge by letting Gong'er go to the academy. I want to be an official in Daxia in the future. There is no way out for being able to read and write." Mu Feng smiled wryly.

"Gong'er is only a little bit, can he learn it?" Mrs. Mu asked worriedly.

"If you can't learn it, you have to learn it. Do you think my position is easy to sit? Now the officials of various ministries are practicing literacy desperately. Although I am appreciated by His Majesty, the people below are always thinking about how to surpass me. , if our Mu family wants to make a difference in this big summer, we must walk ahead of others. If this child is extremely stupid and can’t learn anything, it’s better to kill him. Just tell me, see if I don't pull off a layer of his skin when you come back." Mu Feng said with a straight face.

(End of this chapter)