In the farmland outside the city. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

Shen Yi was dressed in coarse linen clothes and accompanied a farmer to farm.

"Old man, how much grain can be harvested in one acre of land?"

"It's about eight stones, and the good year may double it, and in the event of a drought year, it may only harvest 30%. It's hard to say. ”

The farmer replied.

"Child, you look like a rich and noble family, why do you want to work here with the little old man?"

"Alas! I haven't done it before. Now that my family is in the middle of the road, I want to learn from you and make a living in the future. ”

"Alas! The land in Guanzhong is fertile, but it can't grow much grain, and I heard that one acre of land in the Central Plains can grow ten stones. The farmer sighed.

"How many people can be fed in that acre of land?"

"An acre?" The farmer smiled and said, "Son, only a hundred acres can feed seven people." ”

"Oh, that's it! How many acres can a person plant? ”

"At the age of a young man, he can plant 20 acres, and young people can grow 5 acres."

Shen Yi listened very attentively, and when he returned to the city, he immediately checked the household registration of the ten counties of Yongzhou, with a total of 150,000 households and a population of more than 600,000.

Shen Yi also asked people to submit the list of income of each county for the year.

Jingzhao County, Fengyi County, Fufeng County, Beidi County, Xinping County, Anding County, Tianshui County, Guangwei County, Nan'an County, Longxi County.

The total of the ten counties produced more than 3.3 million stones, of which Fengyi County was the highest, with 580,000 stones.

Is this all Dong Zhuo's family background?

More than 3 million stone of grain can only feed more than 300,000 people.

"Smack!"

Shen Yi took the case, there will be a famine in Guanzhong next year, and at least half of the people will have to die, is this worth it?

It is no wonder that at the end of the Three Kingdoms, the combined population of the three countries was less than 10 million.

Shen Yi saw that Feng Yijun's income situation was the best, and immediately checked Feng Yijun's head of internal affairs.

Feng Yijun Juncheng, named Zhang Ji.

"Someone."

A subordinate came in.

"Immediately transfer this Zhang Ji to Chang'an."

Shen Yi knows very well that the war is fought with national strength, and without the support of national strength, it cannot withstand the consumption of a battle at all, let alone defeat.

Don't think that a strategist and a famous general can change a war, that's just a superficial phenomenon in the history books, and the national support behind it is not mentioned.

A famous general can change a battle, but he certainly can't win a war, unless his opponent is too idiotic.

Why was Liu Bang able to defeat Xiang Yu in the end? Even if he was defeated by Xiang Yu many times in the early days. Gong is Xiao He also!

The battle of Qin and Zhao Changping was not that Zhao Kuo was stupid to attack, but that Zhao's national strength could not be consumed, so Zhao Wang replaced Lian Po and let Zhao Kuo and the Qin army fight a decisive battle.

So, farming is king.

Zhang Ji is also a figure, and he is already the highest political level on Dong Zhuo's side, so let's make do with it first.

At this moment, there was a sudden noise outside.

Shen Yi walked out and saw a general who was angrily about to break into the room.

"What's going on?"

Shen Yi asked.

The man said, "You're Lord Shen, right?" Why hasn't we distributed the grain and grass for this month? ”

"The general is angry."

Shen Yidao: "This official has just arrived, and some things are still unclear, wait for me to find out what's going on." You go to the house first. ”

Introducing the general into the room, Shen Yi ordered someone to pour a glass of water and handed it to the other party, but Gao Shunyi raised his hand and refused.

"What do you call a general?"

"The last general is Gao Shun."

Damn, this is Gao Shun.

It turned out that Zhang Liao knew that Shen Yi was in charge of this matter, so he didn't want to come, so Gao Shun came forward.

"General Gao, I have heard your name for a long time, and I have heard that there are 700 battles under your command, there are no advances and no retreats, there are deaths and no lives, every time you encounter a battle, you will be a pioneer, it is really admirable!"

"Humph!" Gao Shun said: "No matter how brave a soldier is, there is no way to fight without food." ”

"That's that, that's."

After a while, the subordinates found out the reason and came to report to Shen Yi.

Originally, when the Hewu was built, the grain consumption in the treasury was extremely large, and the inventory was insufficient, and the new grain harvested in the autumn had not yet been collected, and the only remaining grain in the treasury was distributed to Li Wei's Xiliang army first. The state army will have no rations to distribute.

"General, how many days will the barracks have enough food and grass?"

Gao Shun said: "Less than three days." ”

Shen Yi asked his subordinates again: "How much grain is still in the warehouse?" ”

Answer: "It is only for seven days to merge the state army." ”

"That's it, General Gao."

Shen Yi said: "First give you seven days of military rations, and I will definitely make up for you within ten days." ”

"The treasury is already out of food, what do you use to make up for me?"

"This general doesn't have to worry about it, I promised you that it will definitely be done."

Gao Shun got up and said: "Okay, for the sake of Wenyuan's face, I will give you ten days, and if you can't see the food then, don't blame me for turning my face." ”

"It will be delivered."

After sending Gao Shun away, Shen Yi asked his subordinates: "How long will it take for the new grain to be harvested?" ”

Answer: "It takes a month for the grain to be harvested in the counties." ”

Three days passed, and Shen Yi was at a loss.

This morning, someone came to report that Zhang had arrived, and Shen Yi hurriedly met him.

Looking at the people who walked in, they were not very tall, but their eyes were very bright, and they were dressed as civil officials.

Zhang Ji, 74 dominant, 35 in force, 76 in intelligence, and 88 in politics. It has the characteristics of agricultural commercial development.

88 politics, this is already quite a good political talent, and there are only a few people in the entire Three Kingdoms who have passed 90.

Shen Yi immediately told the truth about the current difficulties and asked him if there was any good way.

Zhang Ji said: "This matter is easy, my Feng Yijun's new grain has already been prepared, and it can be transported to Chang'an at any time." ”

"Great."

Shen Yi said: "Mr. is really a good helper!" You may be seated. ”

Shen Yi had a conversation with Zhang Ji and praised him very much for his statecraft.

Shen Yi showed Zhang Ji the income and expenditure of the entire Yongzhou.

"According to this situation, there will be a famine in Guanzhong next year, can Mr. find a way to resolve it?"

Zhang Ji took the list and looked at it for a long time, shook his head and said, "There is no good way, unless you go to other states and counties to buy grain." ”

"Buying food?" Shen Yi's eyes suddenly lit up, why didn't he think of it?

Zhang Ji continued: "This year's Shuzhong harvest is large, and the price of grain will inevitably be cheap, so you can go and buy it. ”

Shen Yi thought for a moment and said: "But the road in Shuzhong is dangerous and the road is long, such a large-scale purchase of grain, there are many inconveniences on the road, is there a way for them to send it over?" ”

Zhang Ji said: "The only way to do that is to raise the price of grain in Chang'an and let the merchants sell it to Chang'an by themselves." ”

"That's a good idea."

Shen Yi said excitedly: "We still have a year, although it is slower, but it will not attract the attention of other forces." Very good. ”

Shen Yi immediately checked the silver taels in stock, but fortunately, the silver taels in stock were very sufficient.

Shen Yi quietly raised the price of grain in Chang'an, he did not raise it all at once, but slowly increased the price.

He first raised the original two-stone grain exchange for the same money, and then increased it a little bit every ten days. Just like stocks, they keep rising.

Suddenly, Chang'an City became a gathering place for grain merchants.