After Luo Zhaoyun learned that the price of corn and rice in Yan County was so high, he was secretly frightened, worried about the people here, who had no money, the poor peasants with poor families and the labor force for cultivation had disappeared, how could they continue to farm and get the harvest next year. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info

In addition to some of the original laborers in the family, some of them died in the construction of canals, the Great Wall, and the conquest of Liaodong, and some of them fled and did not dare to stay in the local area, lest they be taken away and died of labor.

This is the Great Sui after the prosperous era, the cliff-like collapse, the huge wealth and population accumulated in the first 20 years of the emperor, were corrupted by Emperor Yang of the Sui Dynasty.

In later generations, many scholars or people who eat melons always talk about the fact that there is grain stored in several large grains and grasses, and think that the grain of several large grains and grasses has not been used up for decades in the Tang Dynasty, indicating that the wealth of the Great Sui is pure nonsense and has no economic common sense.

Because after the Great Sui government accumulated nine warehouses of grain and grass, it was related to the national fortune and military food and imperial grain, with the ruthlessness and ruthlessness of Emperor Yang of Sui, and the disregard for human life, it was impossible to order the opening of the official warehouse to relieve the people in the war, and later, he had no intention of thinking about the affairs of the world, resulting in too many people starving to death in various places.

It's not that the grain of the Great Sui can't be eaten and is extremely rich, but that the official warehouses have not been opened at all to put grain, otherwise, the grain in those granaries will be enough for 40 million people to eat for a few years?

Moreover, the ancient technology of storing grain is not as good as that of future generations, and it is not suitable for consumption after being aged for a long time, and the old grain has not been used up until the founding of the Tang Dynasty in the twenty or thirty years, because the people of the Tang Dynasty have eaten the newly planted grain, and have not continued to use the decades of grain stored in the early days of the emperor and the great cause.

Luo Zhaoyun figured out these things, and couldn't help but secretly curse some records in the history books, which are not shallow, and some scholars in later generations took the words out of context and completely misunderstood the historical facts, and hundreds of thousands of people in these four counties alone have to survive this winter, and then how to spring plough and how to survive the autumn harvest and harvest grain are unknown.

"That's right, let's discuss today, how much food do you need in each of your four counties to help the people, and how much do you need every month?"

"Can the government solve the problem of food shortage?" Zu Ying was taken aback and hurriedly asked.

Luo Zhaoyun nodded: "Well, before going north, I had already sent people to buy grain and transport it to the four counties, just to solve the dilemma of military supplies and refugee food." ”

"That's great, the people are saved." The four county guards were all happy, they were magistrates, and it was cruel and miserable to watch the people starve to death, and the more refugees starved to death, the greater the mutiny, and their own safety was also in danger.

"There are more than 50,000 people in Yan County, about 20,000 households, except for a small number of people who have a little grain storage for the winter, most of the families do not have much food reserves, if each household can send a pound of rice every day, it is 20,000 catties a day, and 600,000 catties are needed in a month, of course, there must be some wealthy squires and families who do not take it into account, and they also need more than 500,000 catties, which can meet the basic needs of preserved fruits."

Luo Zhaoyun nodded slightly, in the Sui and Tang dynasties, one stone and ten buckets, that is, fifty-three or four catties, and more than 500,000 catties were converted into stones, which was about 10,000 stones. Before spring ploughing, there are still three months, and Guangyan County needs 30,000 stones.

The combined population of Beiping County and Yuyang County is three times that of Yan County, so the food needed is 90,000 stone.

Luo Zhaoyun simply calculated, from Layue to February in early spring next year, during this period, the grain needs of the four counties were about 180,000 stones, and if you add the needs of the army and the refugees from Hebei, it would be even more.

"Don't worry, I will solve the grain problem, your task is to go back and send a message, mobilize all counties, towns, villages, pavilions, etc., to convey the meaning of the national government, from today onwards, I will take charge of the four counties, will not let the people starve to death, will not be sent to Liaodong to fight, let them contact the fleeing men to go home as soon as possible for Chinese New Year's Eve, you can send grain every ten years, relieve the people, research the population, and plan the spring ploughing for the coming year." The government also promised not to collect taxes from them for three years, and the farmers who had cultivated the fields would keep a wisp for themselves. ”

The four county guards were all surprised, this kind of promise is not a joke, so much grain, unless you open the Liyang Warehouse, Luokou Warehouse, etc., where can you get it in a short time?

Shao Changhan looked forward to it and said: "If the problem of food and military service is really solved, I believe that the people will soon be able to settle down and will no longer flee in all directions, and they will be frightened." ”

Pan Li sighed: "Yes, no one wants to run away from home, wander elsewhere, fall into the grass, life and death are unpredictable, and abandon the orphans and widows at home." ”

"Okay, without further ado, a few county guards will go back and prepare, pacify the party as soon as possible, avoid people starving to death, or rebellion, our four counties must stabilize as soon as possible, and listen to my other decrees at any time."

"The subordinate obeys." These four county guards are all civil officials, responsible for many local civil affairs and economic affairs, and have a great role in the development of the border areas of Youzhou.

When the four of them left, Luo Zhaoyun picked up a pen and paper, thinking about how to raise food and money, although he has been saving all these years, but he doesn't want to be idle and take out all his brains and announce it to the public, which is a stupid behavior. Some coins and grain should be deducted from the homes of the squires, nobles, and big families.

If you come directly, fight the local tyrants, divide the fields, and shoot their materials, I am afraid that it will provoke the collective resistance of the gate lord clan, then it will definitely not work. In this era, after all, it is still an era of wealthy families, scholars, and aristocrats making decisions together, and the influence of the poor is not enough, Luo Zhaoyun wants to win the world, and he can't completely offend the nobles to death, otherwise those famous families and nobles will reject it, and the gains outweigh the losses.

After thinking about it, he felt that he should continue to increase economic and trade in the Youzhou area, study some new items, etc., absorb the consumption of wealthy families, and eliminate the strengths of the other to make up for the shortage of supplies.