Chapter 145 Exchanging Silver for Grain to Survive the Famine Year
In this agricultural era, the civilization level of Sanhan and the Wa Kingdom was far behind that of the Han Dynasty, and the grain output was far inferior to that of the Central Plains, which had entered the mature period. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info
Himiko was not lying, because due to the influence of backward farming methods and working tools, coupled with the barren land, the grain production of the Wa country was extremely low, and its own supply was still a problem, and it was not easy to allocate food from there to help the victims.
Han Jun naturally wouldn't be unaware of this, but why did he bring it up?
Very simply, the life and death of the Japanese people are not important to him at all, and the safety of the people of the Han Dynasty is what worries him.
Himiko, who is not too stupid, has naturally guessed Han Jun's plan. Therefore, her face was extremely bad, although she followed Han Jun across the ocean to Dahan, she was still the queen of the Wa Kingdom after all, and she was still thinking about her own people in her heart.
"Master, the Wa Kingdom has always been respectful to the Han Dynasty, and now it has completely surrendered to the master. Then the people of the Wa Kingdom are also the people of the Han Dynasty. Everything in the kingdom of the Japanese is also the master's. The concubine implored her master to be obedient and respectful to the people of the Japanese country, and for the sake of the slaves and maids to be diligent and diligent, leave a way for the people of the Japanese country to live! ”
Himi Hu landed on the ground, his voice was like crying blood, and he couldn't help but feel compassion in Han Jun's eyes, sighed slightly, and looked at Song Huiqiao again.
Song Huiqiao shrugged freely and said, "I'm in Sanhan, I have no power or power, and it doesn't work to speak." So, do whatever you want, I don't want to dissuade and I know I can't. ”
"It's a real headache!"
Han Jun rubbed his swollen temples, and his heart was like a mess of grass.
Cong Weiguo and Sanhan looting food to relieve the victims of the Han disaster was actually not the best policy, Han Jun was very clear, and Xun Yu and Guo Jia did not support him in doing so. Han Jun finally got rid of the murderous reputation of murder, and if he created another killing because of this, I am afraid that it will completely chill the hearts of people in the world. What's more, now Sanhan has been included in the rule of the Han Dynasty, and the Wa Kingdom, which has also become a vassal state of the Han Dynasty, is providing the Han with a large amount of white silver.
"The human heart is insufficient, the snake swallows the elephant!"
Han Jun pondered for a long time, and finally gave up this plan with a long sigh. Soldiers, the major affairs of the country, should not be lightly moved, let alone unrighteous soldiers?
There is only so much food in the two states, but the number of refugees has been increasing. Every time there is an extra mouth to eat, Han Jun has more pressure.
If there is not enough food, then kill the sheep and slaughter the cattle. When the cattle and sheep are finished, can they only let those poor poor people gnaw on the roots of the grass and pick the bark?
Han Jun treats foreign races ruthlessly, and he is ruthless. But when it comes to his own people, his heart is incomparably soft, and he can't see even one of his people suffering.
However, manpower is sometimes poor, and when there is no way to do it, and without the ability to turn a little stone into food, can we only watch the refugees become displaced people?
Han Jun felt that he was on the verge of collapse, and he didn't think about tea and dinner for days, and his whole person looked obviously thin.
Like Han Jun, his face was haggard and his spirit was low, as well as a large number of officials such as Xun Yu and Xun You, who were worried about the world, so that they could watch the tragedy of "cannibalism" appear under their noses, which was even more uncomfortable than asking for their lives.
When everyone was helpless and anxious, a piece of good news was like timely rain, which made everyone recover their spirits in an instant.
The first batch of silver ore mined by Cong Wei Guo is about 10,000 stones, and it has landed in the newly opened Tianjin Port of Obifang County under the escort of the Youji Water Division!
can't turn stones into food, but Han Jun can turn stones into gold!
More than 10,000 stones of silver ore seem to be a lot, but due to the influence of the smelting level of this era, the silver ore obtained after purification is only a few stones at most.
During the Han Dynasty, sixteen taels were one catty, thirty catties were jun, four jun were one stone, and one stone was one hundred and twenty catties.
As soon as he thought that hundreds of catties of white silver would soon appear in front of him, Youzhou Wenwu could no longer be calm.
Xun Yu swept away his sorrowful face, and said with a smile: "Congratulations to the lord, with this large sum of silver, the famine in the two states will definitely be solved!"
Han Jun's face didn't show much excitement.
Perhaps, as Xun Yu said, these hundreds of catties of silver may be exchanged for mountains of grain to solve the problem that plagues all of them.
However, in the current chaos of the Han Dynasty, all states and counties do not have too much grain in stock, and they are all facing the problem of food shortage.
If you want to solve the famine in the two states, you will inevitably transfer the pressure on your own people to the ordinary people in other states and counties.
It's the same root, so why be in a hurry!
Guo Jia blinked, he had already guessed Han Jun's inner thoughts, and said with a slight smile: "Jiangdong Huainan has been the land of fish and rice since ancient times, with abundant grain and grass. Even if there is a shortage of food in the world, there is no danger of food famine in these two places. ”
Xun You is also a delicate heart, hearing Guo Jia's words, he immediately echoed in his heart: "The country of Sichuan and Shu Tianfu is rich in things, the people are rich, and there is a lot of surplus grain. Now that we have money and lack of food, we can send caravans to Sichuan, Shu, Jiangdong and other places to buy food to solve our urgent needs! ”
Xun Yu hesitated for a moment, and also said: "Jingzhou is the belly of the world, with developed water and land transportation, convenient irrigation, fertile water and soil, and Liu Jingsheng sat in Jingxiang and rested with the people, which made Jingzhou's grain production increase year after year, quite a prosperous age!" ”
The three strategists had the same opinion, coupled with the little selfishness in Han Jun's heart, so he didn't continue to insist, and ordered someone to call Su Shuang and Zhang Shiping Cong Jizhou.
In the Han Dynasty, the status of merchants was extremely low, and Rao was rich in the world, but they had to rely on the scholar family to gain a firm foothold.
Therefore, when they received Han Jun's summons, the two of them did not dare to delay for half a minute, and followed the messenger all the way to Jixian County as soon as possible.
Although I know that Han Jun's attitude towards businessmen seems to be a little different from the mainstream and more kind, but these two people are used to being cautious on weekdays, so how dare they be big? Standing tremblingly in front of Han Jun, before Han Jun could speak, Su Shuang had already knelt on the ground and took the initiative to say: "Now that the disaster in the two states is serious, the little general is worried, so as early as January, he has already scattered all his wealth and bought all the food and handed it to General Zhao Fu. ”
Today's Han Jun, although he has been deprived of the position of general by the little emperor, but now it is not said that it is all the princes, even most of the people of Li do not take the emperor's will to heart, especially under Han Jun's jurisdiction, they completely regard the emperor's edict as a deaf ear.
Han Jun smiled, Su and Zhang's benevolent and righteous deeds, he had already known everything through the Shadow Pavilion, which was one of the reasons why he only assigned these two people to come.
Another reason is that he has the heart to cultivate these two people to become his confidants.
As early as when he was down, these two people were able to help each other, no matter what the reason, this incense was in his heart.
Helping the two people with cautious faces up, Han Jun patted the shoulders of the two with a smile and said, "Don't be so nervous, it's not a bad thing to invite the two of you to come over this time, it's a good thing!" ”
Su and Zhang looked at each other, confused but didn't dare to ask, so they could only wait quietly for Han Jun's next words.
"Sit down!"
Han Jun's smile was as warm as a spring breeze, and after ordering someone to send fragrant tea, he continued to speak slowly: "I have something and want to ask the two of you for help, I don't know what to do?" ”
The two of them, who had just sat down on their knees in fear, hurriedly knelt down again, "The general has been sent, and the two of us are honored, and we will never dare to refuse!" ”
Han Jun nodded with satisfaction, "That's the case, now that the two states are merged, the disaster victims are all over the wilderness, and there is a shortage of food, you must know something about this situation, right?" ”
Su Shuang nodded solemnly, and replied: "I only hate the two of us for their limited ability, although they do their best, but they are also a drop in the bucket, and they can't solve problems for the general, I'm really ashamed!" ”
"It's okay!"
Han Jun waved his hand and said, "I have been very moved by the righteous acts of the two of them who have scattered their family wealth. It is not you who should be ashamed, but me. ”
After a slight pause and a sip of tea, Han Jun exclaimed: "It is said that businessmen value profit over separation, but in my opinion, the two of them are righteous and benevolent and righteous, and they are actually moral models of my Han businessmen!" ”
Su Zhang and the others couldn't figure out what kind of medicine was sold in Han Jun's gourd, so they didn't dare to have the slightest color, and kowtowed again and again to thank him, saying that he didn't dare.
Han Jun said again: "I know that the two of you are in the world of business and have rich experience, so what I ask you to do is to ask the two of you to work hard and go to Jiangdong, Huainan and other fish and rice towns to buy food to solve my urgent need to merge the two states!" ”
Su Shuang lowered his head and didn't dare to answer, Zhang Shiping raised his head with a look of embarrassment, and wanted to say something, but hesitated for a moment but lowered his head again.
Han Jun laughed and said, "The two of you are now strapped for money, how can I not know?" How could you let the two of you pay out of their own pockets to buy food for me? ”
"Huh?"
Su Zhang and the others were stunned for a moment, and looked at Han Jun in confusion.
Han Jun clapped his hands and shouted towards the outside of the hall, "Take it!" ”
I saw a waiter, holding a tray, slowly walking in front of Su and Zhang.
Han Jun pointed to the silver ingots cast in the shape of ingots on the tray and said: "Merchants talk about Jia, go south and north, the two are experts, you can help me judge, how much grain can be exchanged for such a silver ingot?" ”