Chapter 572: The Empress's Offer

Seeing Qin Zhao's sad face, Guan Tongshu was also very troubled in her heart.

In the affairs of the world, she didn't dare to express her opinions easily, but as Qin Zhao's wife and the current queen, it seemed to have become a responsibility to her.

"Didn't the emperor say that this battle was almost unavoidable? Since it cannot be avoided, we can only do some preventive work to reduce the harm to the people as much as possible. ”

Guan Tongshu looked at Qin Zhao and said to Qin Zhao gently, Qin Zhao heard this, his eyes were still calm, and now he can only be as Guan Tongshu said, since things cannot be avoided, it is better to reduce the damage caused by this matter as much as possible.

It's just that this year is already a year of drought, and many people have worked hard for a whole year without a harvest, and these farmers are all relying on this grain to live.

"The life of this people is grain, but as far as the concubines know, this grain is only a part of the local drought this year, but isn't it still a bumper harvest in the southern region?"

Guan Tongshu frowned slightly, and asked tentatively, she remembered that she had asked her father when she was still in the house, and her father said that the grain harvest in the south has been relatively good over the years, and the grain produced is not only for the local population to eat, but also a large amount of surplus can be given to the country.

"It is true that this year's harvest in the south is still good, and I have also thought of using the grain harvested from the south to help the northern regions, but this long journey requires a lot of labor, the cost is too great, and it takes too long."

Qin Zhao's voice was still full of sorrow, Guan Tongshu's brows were also tightly furrowed after hearing this, if the same group of people were used to transport grain from the south to the north, it would naturally take a lot of time and a lot of manpower, and there would not be much grain that could be transported at one time.

"The emperor is worried about the carriage and horses on this way, and is worried that a lot of manpower will be consumed?"

Guan Tongshu asked tentatively, only to see Qin Zhao nodded, his eyes were full of helplessness, when this emperor he really faced these problems every day, and only now did he know that fighting on the battlefield was not the most difficult.

When the world is peaceful, how to face this series of problems is the way to govern the country.

My father has been on the throne for many years and has faced these problems every day, and he has persevered for so many years, and he has worked hard.

Qin Zhao only felt troubled at this time, maybe according to his temperament, he was not suitable to be an emperor at all, only suitable to be a general on the battlefield, but his father entrusted him with this inheritance, and he was unwilling to be the one who lived up to it, so he could only bite the bullet.

It's just that now many people in the north have been displaced, there is no grain harvest, and most of them have no other means of livelihood, so they can only sit on the streets of the city and become refugees, and this refugee has brought many unstable factors to the displacement, and a series of problems caused by this are presented to him every day through the folds, and he only adds to his troubles in his heart, but he does not know how to solve them.

Now that the court has changed blood, although there are many young and ambitious newcomers who have entered the court, they lack experience, and many problems have a lot of problems, and most of the old ministers who stayed before are waiting to mess around, and when they are old enough to return to their hometowns, they are no longer doing practical things, and they just want to make a lot of money before they retire.

His father died in a hurry, leaving him with such an indescribable mess of turmoil and chaos, but even so, he could only bite the bullet, the threat of the queen mother was still here, and the world was very chaotic because of the famine.

"Although the output of this grain in the south is large, but this road is far away, even if a large number of officers and soldiers are being sent to escort it, this batch of grain, it takes a long time, the manpower is far from enough, and the grain transported each time is not much, so this is a matter of high pay and low return."

Qin Zhao's voice revealed full of exhaustion, these days the granary in the capital has already been opened to relieve the victims, and now the granary is about to be empty, and the granaries in the north are basically the same, but there are many rich people who hoard grain in their homes, but now all kinds of problems are pressing in front of him, and he can't solve them for a while.

"The concubine has a little shallow idea......

Guan Tongshu frowned slightly, recalling that she had read some books in front of the used bookstall next to the street when she was young, and there were some similar situations mentioned in them, and she felt that she could borrow them for reference.

When Guan Tongshu said this, Qin Zhao's eyes suddenly lit up, he, the queen, always had some unexpected ideas every time, although they were all some delicate small means, but they were very practical, Qin Zhao hurriedly sat down and took Guan Tongshu's hand.

"Queen, please speak."

"Since long-distance food transportation is risky and labor-intensive, if we set up post stations in various places to transport food, we can travel day and night, and it can be really fast."

When Guan Tongshu said this, Qin Zhao's eyes narrowed slightly, why didn't he think of it?

If according to the original mode of transporting grain and grass, a pair of officers and soldiers escorted the transport of grain from the south to the north, and these officers and soldiers had to eat, drink, and rest, so that this would take a very long time, but if, as the queen said, post stations were set up in various places, then they could be transported in sections, day and night, and in this way, the speed could be at least doubled.

"I really didn't expect that the queen was really ingenious, if there were post stations set up in various places, they didn't need to rest, as long as they prepared before the grain arrived, so that the speed of transportation could be increased, and the time of transportation from south to north could also be shortened by half, this method is really very ingenious!"

Qin Zhao was very excited, patted the table and stood up, the expression on his face suddenly became energetic, energetic, he stood behind his back with his hands behind his back, and excitedly walked around the room twice, and the expression on his face also looked very happy.

"Wow!"

Fortunately, he married Guan Tongshu as his queen, and it was precisely because of Guan Tongshu that he now has this good method, Guan Tongshu saw Qin Zhao so happy, and she was very happy in her heart, this method was still seen on some unnamed books on the used bookstall when she was a child, it was all some clever tricks, but she didn't expect it to come in handy now, and she was also very happy.

"It's just that if a post station is set up, there must be special people to deploy all this in advance, and issue it layer by layer, so that the county orders in various places can arrange special people locally, and each team is responsible for transporting a certain distance, so that our transportation speed can be greatly improved, and the victims in the north can also alleviate the food crisis as soon as possible."

Guan Tongshu also stood up and walked beside Qin Zhao, Qin Zhao touched Guan Tongshu's face excitedly, at this time, he couldn't wait to call someone in and arrange for someone to go down to do this according to Guan Tongshu's words, but as the queen said, this matter needs unified preparation and planning, and perfect arrangements are needed to ensure the feasibility of this plan.