Li Heng didn't argue with him, and stepped forward to salute.

"I've seen the Supreme."

"Another one who has come to collect debts, say, what do you want?"

Although Li Longji used a joking tone, his tone was a little cold, if it was usual, it would make the prince a little scared, but Li Heng stood up indifferently, took out a document from his sleeve, and raised his hands above his head.

"Grain and grass."

Li Longji looked at Li Mao, and said in his heart that it was really so, and when Gao Lishi handed over the paperwork, he opened it and looked at it, and immediately frowned.

"Are the two towns of Anxi Ting so trapped?"

"However, I also received a report from the Anxi Metropolitan Protectorate that the grain stored in Anxi Town last year was less than 180,000 stones, and the surplus after the war was only more than 30,000.

"There are 87,600 stones of grain stored in the Beiting warehouse, and now there are only 19,000 stones of surplus grain, according to the calculation of two liters of rice per person a day, 20,000 people need 400 stones a day, and the grain in the warehouse can only support less than two months, in previous years, 200,000 stones of grain were transferred from Guanzhong at the end of the year to make up for the lack of grain in the two towns.

After listening to his clear introduction, Li Longji understood that in September last year, it was when Li Linfu was seriously ill and could not serve as a director, and he died of illness in November.

"Does the political hall know about this?"

Li Mao shook his head: "Shangshu Province has never received a report from the two towns, and I don't know the past, and I haven't noticed it. ”

Li Longji did not reprimand, the entire team has been in office for less than a month, and when he took over, Ge Shuhan, who was in charge of the military department, did not even have experience, it is normal for such mistakes and omissions to occur, he looked at Li Heng and said.

"What does the prince mean?"

"Allocate 200,000 stones of grain and send it to Beiting immediately." Li Heng glanced at Li Mao and said slowly: "To solve the needs of the war." ”

Li Longji also looked at him and said, "The political hall has a way to deal with it. ”

"It's not a coincidence." Li Mao shook his head: "Five days ago, in order to solve the food supply of more than 200,000 soldiers and civilians in the hometown of Tubo, the political affairs hall tried to use the storage in Beijing. ”

Li Heng smiled faintly after listening to his defense.

"That's strange, five days ago, Cen Shen, the deputy envoy of the camp field of the Northwest Court of Yixi, went to the household department several times to complain, didn't Wei Jiansu tell you?"

Li Mao's heart sank, this question is very tricky, no matter how you answer it, there are traps, because he has said before that the political affairs hall has never heard of it, if Wei Jiansu really knows about it and does not report it, it will be a dereliction of duty, and he can't imagine that this seemingly peaceful prince will also learn to dig holes for people.

"Wei Xiangguo has a lot of opportunities, and the household department is the most troublesome place, maybe he didn't take care of it for a while."

"Oh, I don't care." Li Heng still smiled and said: "Then why, when Deputy Li of Zhenfan was so protective of the household department, the political affairs hall transferred all the warehouses in Beijing to him?" ”

After dodging and still not being able to avoid it, Li Mao knew what he meant, Zhenfan Mansion was led by himself, of course, he was biased, maybe he did it deliberately, so as to put the two towns in Anxi Xiting in the future war, in a situation where food and grass would not continue, so as to lay the groundwork for defeat.

Knowing is known, but it is not easy to justify, because it is indeed what he strives to get in the direction of Tubo first, just when Li Mao was thinking about how to answer, Li Longji suddenly opened his mouth.

"It was my idea to open the Jingcang, and now it is still 200,000 stones, the political hall should be disposed of, the war in the North Court is imminent, and the prince should also be invited, Li Mao, think of a way."

These words seemed to be impartial, but they actually relieved him of his sleep, Li Mao took a deep breath and said.

"The lesson of the prince on this matter is that the grain stored in Jingcang is 4.5 million stones, except for those that have been on the road, and then squeeze it, 200,000 stones is not a problem, the difficulty is the people, in order to send these grains to the hometown of Tubo as soon as possible, the Ministry of Industry has levied more than 300,000 people in various counties in Gyeonggi, which has reached the limit, and any more will affect the spring ploughing in the coming year, and the people of the counties have been exhausted, and the government has no reason to levy it again, please forgive the prince."

Li Heng was silent, he began to watch politics more than ten years ago, some things are still clear, Li Mao is telling the truth, the whole province of Gyeonggi Province is around 4 million, 300,000 people have accounted for nearly one-tenth, let so many people go to Tubo to fight back and forth, how can it take two or three months of effort, it will definitely affect the spring ploughing in the coming year, to send 200,000 stone grain to the moraine, at least 5,000 to 10,000 people must be levied, and the same number of camels and horses, no one wants to go out of the customs in this weather, forced expropriation is not feasible, It is also easy to cause people to flee.

Li Longji continued to ask Li Mao: "What about your method?" ”

"Delay for a month, one is that the grain from Henan Mansion will be delivered, and the other will take time for the people to return to their hometowns, and after a month, I will ensure that the first batch of grain will be on the road, how about it?"

Seeing that the Son of Heaven's gaze also turned, Li Heng said with some embarrassment.

"Tubo Road is far away, a month's hard work back and forth is not easy, although Henan Mansion is not far away, to relieve the grain to Beijing is also quite wasteful, Beijing warehouse is even more must not be vacant, these days, the price of grain in the city has risen, if it can not be filled in time, I am afraid that the people will suffer again, they will not pay attention to the painstaking efforts of the court, but I am afraid that when the time comes, rumors will fly, there will be a loss of the name of the Son of Heaven."

"What is the prince's opinion?"

"Looking at this situation, it may last for a few months to a year, but I think that it is better to plan early to avoid being in a hurry."

Hearing what he said, Li Longji also became interested: "Go on." ”

"Please use a cadre to coordinate the water and land transportation of various roads in Henan from Gyeonggi and Guannai, and take each section of water transportation as a node, set up a messenger, and set up warehouses along the coast, so that the people do not have to travel thousands of miles and delay the agricultural time."

Li Heng took out a document and presented it, and Li Longji knew at a glance that it was not his handwriting.

"What you want to recommend, is this Liu Yan?"

"Exactly, this person is currently serving the imperial history and Du Zhilangzhong, and he has a lot of experience in financial planning, so please use him as the water and land transfer envoy of the various provinces in Henan Guannei, and the prime minister of this matter."

Li Mao understood that the lack of food in the two towns was all used as an excuse to pave the way, and he made such a big detour, in fact, he wanted to master the conveyor line from the canal to the capital, but what did he oppose?

"That's a good idea, this person seems to be usable." After reading the recital, Li Longji picked up the pen and gave a "can" on it, and then handed it to Gao Lishi.

"Li Mao, take a look at your political affairs hall too."

It's all royal pen Zhu approved, what else to see? Li Mao knew that she couldn't stop it, so she took it and looked at it.

"I'll let the Ministry of Culture handle it."

"It's not enough to transport it to the capital, how are you going to transport it out of the customs?"

Li Longji asked, and Li Heng replied unhurriedly.

"Eighteen Lang Shicai said that the people of the Gyeonggi counties have been exhausted, and they can't be sudden, so there is only one way."

Li Longji's eyes lit up: "You mean recruiting athletes?" ”

"The Son of Heaven is wise." Li Heng solemnly said: "I ask the military department to recruit Long March athletes in the counties in advance to make up for the lack of troops in the two towns, and at the same time solve the shortage of grain transportation and people's power." ”