Until now, almost all the families in the southeast have a sense of powerlessness.

Wang Ning'an's means are thunderbolts, they have no scruples, they are completely passively beaten, everyone wants to ask, is there any chance of winning, if there is no chance of winning, if there is no at all, admit defeat and surrender as soon as possible, or simply flee overseas, and still save a life, if it goes on like this, even if Wang Ningan does not kill people, those cool officials he raises will also kill people.

Facing everyone's doubts, Zheng Xia cleared his throat.

"Don't be discouraged, big guy, the key to our victory lies in the grain!"

"How?" Everyone asked together.

"You all know that in recent years, the southeast has been planted with mulberry trees and cotton, but in fact, the grain fields have decreased, and many fish and rice towns have to buy grain from outside to maintain ...... Every year, the imperial court transports grain from the southeast into Beijing, and the grain and rice left in the southeast are less than half a year, so it needs to be transported from Jiangnan West Road, Jinghu Road and other places to meet the rations of tens of millions of people in Jiangnan! ”

Zheng Xia talked about a fact that is easy to ignore, with the development of industry and commerce, the prosperity of textiles, the southeast grain of the world can no longer be completely self-sufficient, and a few decades ago, the granary of the world, is completely different.

Then why did the imperial court still transfer grain from the southeast? The reason is very simple, the canal is placed there, at this time, the Great Song Dynasty, does it still have the capital to rebuild a canal system? Obviously not, that would be too costly for the people and money.

Therefore, the imperial court still transports grain from the southeast, and as for the insufficient part of the southeast, it is transferred from the upper reaches of the Yangtze River, with the help of the Yangtze River waterway, the cost will not be too high, so Jiangnan can be maintained smoothly, but anyone with a discerning eye can see that the food supply in Jiangnan is actually in a very fragile and dangerous state.

"Ladies and gentlemen, we can't compete with Wang Ning'an in the southeast, but we can go to Jiangnan West Road, Jinghu Road, and Bashu, and purchase the grain there and keep it in our hands, as long as the grain upstream cannot be transported, after the grain is shipped, within two months, the southeast will fall into the predicament of lack of grain, and the people in the city have no food to eat.

Liu Zhi's eyes lit up, and he praised: "Sure enough, if we instigate the Japanese to attack again, and then let the Manichaeism make trouble, and all parties will fight together, Wang Ningan's ass will burn!" ”

The more these people discussed, the happier they became, as if they had defeated Wang Ning'an.

Only Liu Xin, when he heard it in his ears, he actually had a chilling feeling!

What are you all doing?

He really wanted to grab everyone by the neck and question them!

This trick is so bad, the people of the southeast, who are also your fellow villagers, did not feel the slightest distress, and did not hesitate to send tens of millions of people to a desperate situation, you can really do it?

starved of food, but also to lead the Japanese to attack, and colluded with Manichaeism...... Which one is poked out, it is a big crime to destroy the nine clans, and it was enough to fight against the imperial court in the past, but this time the people of the southeast are also used as bargaining chips, and how can the major families gain a foothold in the southeast in the future?

After all, he is a person who has been a ruler, the more Liu Xin thinks about it, the more scared he feels, and the behavior of these people also makes him feel furious, without the slightest awe, without a trace of introspection, he insists on going his own way, and runs all the way to the dark, is this okay?

Liu Xin kept asking himself, but he couldn't help it, he had been tied to a thief ship, so don't think about going down.

"Alas...... This method is okay, but you have to remember that once Wang Ningan is driven away, you must release the grain as soon as possible, and you can't let people starve to death in Jiangnan, otherwise, what face do we have, goodbye to the villagers in the southeast! ”

Zheng Xia and the others naturally kept nodding, but they didn't think so in their hearts.

You treat the people in the southeast as villagers, but I'm sorry, they didn't stand on the side of the family, but ran away with Wang Ning'an, the militia everywhere, shouting everywhere to Juntian, you are unkind and unjust, don't give this group of lowly talents, a lesson, they don't know that the sky is high and the earth is thick! I don't know who gave them food!

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"Lord Wang, the first batch of grain, 2 million stones, has been collected." Chen Shunzhi was very excited, he smiled and said: "Although this year because of the division of the land, because of the Cao gang rebellion, it has affected a lot, but after getting the land, the people's enthusiasm has come up!" ”

"In previous years, it took half a month to complete the harvesting work, this year it was completed in ten days, every household, men, women and children went into battle, day and night, after the harvest, many people, with shoulders, with a cart push, took the initiative to run dozens of miles away, handed over the grain...... In previous years, they didn't want to come up, but this year they took the initiative to pay, and there was even an excess, and the local officials said that they had never seen such a lively scene. Chen Shunzhi grabbed his beard and couldn't help laughing: "As the old saying goes, those who win the hearts of the people win the world, this move of the prince is really clever!" ”

Wang Ningan didn't have much fluctuation, not that he was arrogant, but that he knew that Fentian was an artifact, and the effect was naturally needless to say.

"Lao Chen, speaking of which, this time the division of land is actually to solve the problem of urbanization, the citizens of Jiangnan are close to forty percent, if you count the number of migrant workers, there are nearly fifty percent, and the food supply is actually very fragile. Under the tenant model, the tenant farmers were not highly motivated, and the landlords of the family hoarded a large amount of grain and drove up prices, resulting in a shortage of grain circulating in the market and high grain prices...... I knew a few years ago that if I had been able to control it earlier, I might not have come to this point. ”

Chen Shunzhi said with a smile: "Lord Wang, I used Han Jiang back then, and it was indeed a non-person, but at that time, the Lord wanted to pass through the northwest, and he really couldn't spare time, but fortunately, the situation could be cleaned up." After the autumn grain harvest, many people pushed grain, vegetables, as well as chickens, ducks and fish, to the city to sell. Now that there is enough grain in the market, prices are stable, and the situation is very good, if the order on the division of land can be completely pushed down, there should be no problem after next year. ”

Chen Shunzhi was very optimistic, but Wang Ningan suddenly frowned.

He calculated a little, with the productivity of the Great Song Dynasty, a man in the prime of life can farm for one person, and one person can feed three people, according to the calculation of a family of three, the child is half a person, and the grain that can be sold is actually only half a person's share.

In this way, it is necessary to have at least seven peasants out of ten people to feed the population of three cities, that is, the urbanization rate cannot exceed 30...... The urbanization rate in the southeast is more than 40 percent in many places!

And what's even worse is that the farmland in the southeast is not all grown with crops, but also mulberry trees and cotton!

How to fill the food shortage?

"Lao Chen, you go check immediately and find out for me what the food supply situation in the southeast is?"

Wang Ning'an's face was grim, Chen Shunzhi didn't dare to slack off, and went immediately, and about half a day later, including Zhang Dan, Wang Anli all came.

Chen Shunzhi blushed slightly, he was still a strategist, but he didn't think about it as well as Wang Ning'an, he didn't see the danger, he was really damned!

"Lord Wang, the humble job has been checked clearly, the southeast has to transfer 700 to 8 million stone of grain from Jiangnan West Road and Jinghu Road every year, and in some years, it has to transfer grain from Lingnan to maintain it!"

How many people there are in the Great Song Dynasty have been debated, but Wang Ningan has asked people to calculate according to the consumption of salt, and the population of the Great Song Dynasty should have exceeded 100 million recently! Of course, there is also Wang Ningan's credit.

To solve so many mouths, a stable food supply needs to be established.

First of all, Hebei is the industrial area of the Great Song Dynasty, and most of the grain needed is transported from Lingnan, Jiaozhi, Zhancheng and other places, and 15 million stone is provided every year, part of which is used as military rations, and part of it is transported to Liangjing to supplement the gap of grain.

In addition, 10 million Shicao grain will be transferred from the southeast to supply the two capitals.

The gap in the southeast is replenished from the upper reaches of the Yangtze River.

In recent years, there has also been a problem, that is, the economic development of Bashu has risen, Shu brocade is sold through the Silk Road, the original grain producing area, the country of abundance is now difficult to sell grain, and other areas of Bashu even have to buy grain from the surrounding areas...... In the past year or two, some people have trafficked grain from the Western Regions to the northwest and transported it to Bashu......

Chen Shunzhi, according to the sales and demand of grain, drew a clear map and presented it in front of everyone.

"Lord Wang, not only in the southeast, but also in the entire Great Song Dynasty, the food supply is in a very dangerous state, especially in the north, the disaster is serious, the shortage of grain is increasing day by day, and if the food security is not solved, the entire Great Song Dynasty will have no future!" Chen Shunzhi sighed very much.

Zhang Duan frowned, "It's too far away, just talk about it!" What would we do if someone cut off the source of grain and grass to the southeast? ”

Everyone looked at this map, Chen Shunzhi: "First of all, don't worry about this line on the sea, although there are Japanese invaders, but my Great Song Navy is not small!" Those armed merchant ships are not something that ordinary pirates can deal with...... The current problem is that Jiangnan West Road, as well as Jinghu South North Road, must ensure that the grain is transferred in full. ”

Wang Ningan said in a deep voice: "Can you do it?" ”

"This ......" Chen Shunzhi hesitated, "It's difficult, we can't reach these two places, and now there are no suitable candidates and no garrisons, and if you want to force them to transfer food, it may not work!" ”

"So what are you waiting for!"

Wang Ningan slammed the table hard and said viciously: "Don't forget, what kind of people are we facing!" If they dare to collude with the Japanese and instigate the Cao gang to make trouble, they will dare to fight the idea of scooping up grain! ”

"What the prince said is reasonable, let's act immediately!"

Wang Ningan groaned slightly, "Lao Chen, you go and tell Brother Jiefu and let him go to Jinghu in person, no matter what, you must ensure food security!" And then there's ...... 20,000 horses went south to Hangzhou, and the king wanted to meet these families in person for a while to see what tricks they could play! ”

Almost at the same time, the representatives of various families, also carrying a huge sum of 30 million yuan, almost all of them were worth a lot, and went to other roads, desperately, and the footsteps of the decisive battle of life and death finally came to ......