"Trouble?" After listening to Zhao Sheng's words, Zhao Dan couldn't help but be a little puzzled: "What's the trouble?" ”

But to be honest, Zhao Dan also heard something else from Zhao Sheng's words.

Zhao Sheng said that it was troublesome, but he did not say that it could not be solved.

So this thing seems to be ...... Is it solvable?

Zhao Dan looked at Zhao Sheng expectantly, hoping to hear a solution from Zhao Sheng's mouth.

Zhao Sheng sighed and said, "Great King, it's really not a secret, in addition to the official warehouses in the city, in fact, there are also a lot of grain stocks among many big families, but it's just ...... It's not easy to get these big families to take out the food. ”

After listening to Zhao Sheng's explanation, Zhao Dan quickly understood.

In these days, the importance of grain is undoubted, and even large families will store a lot of grain in their warehouses.

Like these big families in Handan City, they usually own a lot of land near Handan City, and their food is far better than ordinary people's.

It was as if Handan had been besieged for two months now, but the great nobles and their subordinates had never received the official rations from Zhao, because their own grain was better in taste and quality than the official one.

When Zhao Sheng said this, he smiled at Zhao Dan a little embarrassedly, and said, "The king...... In fact, the same is true of the minister's house. ”

Zhao Dan nodded clearly, but didn't say anything about it.

After all, Zhao Sheng's nobles are not illegal at all, who doesn't store grain these days?

And speaking of which, these nobles bore their own food consumption in the defense of Handan, which can be regarded as relieving some of the burden for Zhao Dan.

Zhao Dan said: "So what Pingyuan Jun means, isn't it to borrow grain from these big nobles?" ”

Zhao Sheng smiled bitterly and said, "I'm afraid that they won't borrow it." ”

Zhao Dan snorted, and felt that this matter was a little tricky.

It is definitely not possible to forcibly requisition grain, these nobles are the same as commoners are the subjects of Zhao State, and many nobles hold large and small official positions in Zhao State, if Zhao Dan really orders the army to forcibly take food from the nobles' homes, then Zhao State will be fried.

It's like if you work in a company, but when the company is in trouble, the boss directly sends someone to snatch your bank card, and then transfers the money in the bank card to the company to fill in the account...... If you don't rebel, there will be ghosts.

Zhao Dan thought about it and said with some irritability: "It's okay for the widow to buy it with money, right?" ”

Zhao Sheng smiled bitterly and said, "King, now that the city has been besieged for two months, the price of grain is more expensive than gold...... And even if you have money, no one will sell food. ”

Although many nobles may be confident in the final victory of the Zhao State, after all, they don't know when the battle of Handan will last, if they donate food, and in the end, they will not have to eat after besieging the city for too long, isn't this stupid?

Zhao Dan was also a little speechless at this moment: "This can't do this, that can't work, what should it be?" ”

Zhao Sheng hurriedly said: "King, there is still some grain in the minister's house, so the minister will go back and order someone to count it and transport the grain stored at home to the official warehouse." ”

As soon as Zhao Dan heard this, there was finally some smile on the corner of his mouth, but this smile didn't last too long.

Although Zhao Sheng is also a person with a big family, the food stored at home must be very considerable, but the problem is that no matter how considerable this is, it is a family grain storage, and there are hundreds of thousands of mouths outside the city, and the family's food is afraid that it will not be enough to eat for a day.

There was a moment of silence in the room.

Zhao Dan quickly turned his brain, thinking about what method he wanted to use.

You can't rob it, you can't buy it, what should I do?

Maybe he was too immersed in this question, so Zhao Dan didn't notice that Zhao Sheng was secretly looking at himself.

The expression on the face of this Zhao State Prime Minister changed uncertainly, and he seemed to be quite hesitant.

After a long while, Zhao Shengcai finally made up his mind and said, "King, actually...... There is a way for the minister. ”

Zhao Dan's eyes lit up when he heard this, and he hurriedly said: "Pingyuanjun is not coming quickly!" ”

Zhao Sheng said: "Actually...... If the king wishes, he can exchange land for food. ”

"Land?" Zhao Dan was stunned for a moment, and a slight strange look flashed in his eyes: "What land?" ”

Zhao Sheng had obviously decided to go one way to the dark, and immediately said: "Great King, the minister has been sorting out the files these days and found that there are still large tracts of land in the three counties of Hedong, Hetao, and Shuofang that have not been cultivated. In particular, because the two counties of Hetao and Shuofang are close to the activities of the Xiongnu and Yueshi people in the north, and are located in the northwest, almost no one cares about the king except for the prisoners. It may be a good idea to exchange these lands for food with the nobles. ”

Zhao Dan was silent after hearing this, and did not speak for a while.

This is the problem that Zhao Guo is facing now.

There are few people.

The population of Zhao is too small.

According to last year's population statistics, except for the five northern counties, there are about 600,000 households in other parts of Zhao State.

Since Zhao and Wei both belonged to the Three Jin Dynasty, the rules and regulations of Zhao were inevitably influenced by Wei.

Except for the five northern counties, the rest of the Zhao State was basically made according to the template of Li Kui's reform method of the Wei State.

Li Kui was the virtuous minister of Wei in the early Warring States period, and it was precisely because of Li Kui's reform that Wei was able to quickly rise to become the first overlord of the Warring States Period.

And Li Kui has a very famous concept, that is, "one husband coerces five people to rule a hundred fields".

According to this theory, the average family in Zhao is five to six people, so the total number is about 3.5 million, and if you add the five northern counties, it is about 380 to 4 million.

This figure is compared to before the Battle of Changping. The increase is extremely limited.

Although in the past few years, Zhao State has successively taken Shangdang, Hedong, and Hetao, but Shangdang County is located in a mountainous area, and the population is not much, and the Qin people in Hedong County are basically driven back to Guanzhong by Zhao State or sent to the blast furnace ironworks to work as coolies.

In comparison, the total population of Shanxi Province in later generations was 36.82 million, and now the size of Zhao is almost twice the size of Shanxi Province, but the population is only slightly more than one-tenth of Shanxi Province.

It's absolutely vast and sparsely populated.

Hedong County is actually better, after all, there are a large number of soldiers who have achieved military merits and have migrated to the past, although it is not yet at the level when the Qin State occupied Hedong, but at least the popularity is there.

However, the population gap in the two counties of Hetao and Shuofang is very serious.

If there is no one to live in, won't the hard-earned land be wasted?

If you only rely on prisoners to fill the gap, then you don't know that it will be the Year of the Monkey, after all, the prisoners of Zhao have been emigrated, and there are basically no prisoners in the prisons in all counties and counties......

So Zhao Dan thought about it and felt that ...... If you can get these families to move over, then it seems to be a very good way.

Zhao Dan was still thinking about it here, and Zhao Sheng looked at Zhao Dan who had become stagnant because of his contemplation, but his mood became more and more worried: "It's over, the king seems to be very dissatisfied with my idea, should I admit my mistake earlier, so as not to suffer a reprimand?" ”

The reason why Zhao Sheng hesitated for so long was because he knew very well that since the Zhao Kingdom, the kings of the past dynasties had learned the experience of the three families, and they were actually very stingy about the land, and they were afraid that Dr. Qing would become a big empty monarch and eventually replace Zhao State.

Therefore, even Zhao Sheng, the feudal lord of the clan, his fief is actually quite limited.

Now Zhao Sheng's idea of exchanging land for food must have touched Zhao Dan's backlash.

Time passed minute by minute, and just when Zhao Sheng was already a little nervous and began to prepare to admit his mistake to Zhao Dan, Zhao Dan suddenly stretched out his right hand and slapped the table hard.

Zhao Sheng was taken aback by this cold and unsuspecting moment, and was about to admit his mistake with a big salute, but heard Zhao Dan say very excitedly: "Pingyuanjun has a great plan!" Come on, come on, let's sum it up......"