Chapter 282 Shaanxi Affairs [Medium]

Song Renzong's face also became a little solemn, he bowed slightly, and said, "Let's talk about the price of Jingzhao Mansion all the way!" ”

"Yes!" Song Shou promised and replied seriously: "The average hired worker is about seventy wen a day, and a porter can set off with one stone of grain, but the speed is much slower, and it needs to be eaten. A porter can walk about 40 miles a day, maybe the distance is longer, or shorter, depending on where the hotel is located. However, it is also very troublesome, the whole journey from Shaanzhou to Jingzhaofu is about 500 miles, and even if you speed up, it will take 12 days to walk. The porter eats two liters of rice a day, and after 12 days, he needs two buckets and four liters, plus the loss on the road, there are about two buckets and five liters, and there is also a return fee, which requires two buckets and five liters. If it is sent directly to Jingzhao Mansion, I am afraid that it will be broken in half! In addition, the cost is about the same, of which 840 wen is the freight, and 160 wen is the return fee. ”

Song Renzong calculated in his heart, and his face turned black when he boarded. Sending a stone to Jingzhao Mansion will cost half of the discount, not to mention, the freight alone will require consistent money, if the cost of buying grain is calculated, this stone of grain in Jingzhao Mansion will cost about two and five hundred wen. It is more than seven times the price of grain in Bianliang City!

And that's not even counting the cost of shipping from Gyeongzhao Province to Yeonju! The distance here is even farther, a full 750 miles, and it has reached the plateau and mountain area, whether it is the road or the place to rest, it is not as easy to walk from Shaanzhou to Jingzhaofu.

Song Shou coughed and said: "Actually, this is just the price of the porter, if you hire a cart, the number of deliveries will be even more, and the price will be more than that." However, the official road needs to lead there, otherwise the cart will not be able to reach its destination. The cart costs about three dollars, but it can transport three stones of grain, and it looks similar to the porter, but the cart is only one person, and it only takes five buckets of rice to go back and forth, which saves the consumption of one stone compared to the porter. ”

What Song Shou said was good, but no matter how Song Renzong calculated, the price he came up with was enough for his little liver to shrink violently.

Don't look at the consumption of one stone of grain, two stones and five buckets of grain to transport to Jingzhao Mansion will require three dollars, and the cost is probably the same in terms of calculation. In other words, an average stone of grain requires 600 yuan! Song Renzong is now a little better, but after a year's tax revenue, not counting the physical taxes such as grain and cloth, the copper money and silver are only 6 million yuan a year!

Song Renzong looked at Xia Shouyun slightly apologetically, and said with a little embarrassment: "Xia Aiqing, you have also seen the current situation, and I really don't know how many forbidden troops I can send!" Alas! This country is really ......."

Shaking his head, Song Renzong didn't know whether he didn't know what to say, or he was afraid that he would say something that he shouldn't have said, which would make Zhang Shixun and Lu Yijian, the old guys, angry and angry, and shout to tell the old man to return to his hometown.

What can Xia Shouyun do? I can only bite the bullet. "No matter how many troops, the old minister will fight to the death for the official family to resist Na Xixia!"

Song Renzong sighed in his heart: What a courtier! How good would it be if all the courtiers were like this? One or two will ask me for money and food, I am the supreme in the world, but I am not rich in the world!

Zhao Yu can't see it, if you continue like this, what is this Xia Shouyun still guarding Shaanxi, and it is strange that Li Yuanhao will not come again in the second year!

Zhao Yu coughed, and everyone's attention fell on this prince, who had been very low-key except for his appearance. Lu Yijian and Zhang Shixun didn't know if they were intentional or really, but they still showed a look, ah! There is still such a person here!

Nima! When you calculate Lao Tzu, I don't see you ignoring Lao Tzu so much!

In his heart, he slandered his belly, and Zhao Yu's face was flat. took a step, arched his hand to Song Renzong, and said, "Brother Huang, my brother has heard a sentence that it is difficult for a good woman to cook without rice!" Although it is said that the imperial court has no food and no money, no matter what happens, you have to grit your teeth, otherwise you will give up Shaanxi. ”

"In the land of the ancestors, how can we talk about giving up! Seventh brother, what are you talking about? Aren't you afraid of being ashamed of my ancestors and ancestors in the Great Song Dynasty? Song Renzong looked angry, slapped the black book case, and glared at Zhao Yu angrily.

Zhao Yu was not afraid, glanced at Lu Yijian, and then at Song Shou, and Shi Shiran said: "Brother Huang, it's not that the younger brother wants to give up Shaanxi and give up the land of his ancestors." But the ministers have said so, what else can the ministers do? This one says there is no food, the other says there is no money, and here it says that the freight is expensive! Shaanxi is said to be a chicken rib, and it is a pity to abandon it if it is tasteless, so it is better to learn from Cao Apu and throw Hanzhong to Liu Da'er! ”

Lu Yijian secretly screamed in his heart, this little fox is really difficult, and he burned the fire that burned him to himself without saying a word.

Seeing that Song Renzong looked at him with suspicion, Lu Yijian slandered Zhao Yu in his heart, but on the surface, he still looked light-hearted, and said awe-inspiringly: "Official, will the old minister be such a person?" When the old minister said this, he did not want Shaanxi, but asked the official family to send someone to dredge the river section from Shaanzhou to Jingzhaofu, so that the grain in the south of the Yangtze River could go directly to Jingzhaofu through the Bianhe River and the Yellow River. Changing to a small boat in Jingzhao Mansion can be transported to Ganquan County in the north of Yanzhou, which can be used as a granary. If the official family is afraid that Ganquan is too close to Western Xia, it can also be set up in Luojiao County, the administrative office of Yanzhou, south of Ganquan. ”

Zhao Yu didn't have anything to say.

Song Renzong also knew that if this section of the river was to be dredged, it would not only cost money and food, but also a lot of manpower. There is no manpower, where are people to transport grain to Shaanxi? And to rely on Shaanxi's self-sufficiency, it is easy to say in the past. The problem is that Yanzhou was very damaged by Western Xia this time, and the money and grain needed are not even known, and the food will inevitably become tense all of a sudden.

Song Renzong finally couldn't pay attention to it, and asked Zhang Shixun: "Ying Guogong, how many people do you think should be sent to Shaanxi?" ”

Zhang Shixun thought about it seriously and said: "Official, the old minister thinks that the three armies should be sent!" After all, there is no need to attack Western Xia now, as long as you hold Shaanxi. And so many troops before were preparing to attack Western Xia this year! I don't want the Xixia thief to strike first. If the original troops are replenished, I am afraid that it will stimulate the Tangut people, and the small number of troops also has his advantages, at least this Shaanxi is easier in terms of money and grain supply! ”

"Having said that, the minister feels that Sichuan also needs to make a big contribution in this regard!" Zhao Zhen's master Song Zhen came out and offered advice.

Song Renzong nodded and said happily: "This plan is good, the Central Plains has no strength to use, Sichuan is the capital of the heavenly kingdom, and it is easy to talk about food." Immediately draft an edict and let Sichuan send a batch of grain to Shaanxi as soon as possible, no matter what! It's 30,000 stones! ”

Lu Yijian was afraid that Song Renzong would be overjoyed, so he hurriedly reminded: "Official, now is the time when the green and yellow crops are not harvested, and it is time for spring ploughing, if too much grain is transported, I am afraid it will hurt the peasants." And it will also lead to an increase in grain prices, and the amount of grain sent to Shaanxi needs to be cautious! Although 30,000 stone is not much, but the damage on the road is even worse, and the pressure is not light for Sichuan now! ”

Song Renzong saw that Lu Yijian said this, and he also felt that it made sense, nodded and said: "Lu Aiqing is reasonable, as for how much to send, it will be discussed by your Dongfu and then handed it to me!" ”

Zhao Yu knew that Song Renzong was so quick to re-export because of his fear of Sichuan, which was a notoriously rebellious province in the Song Dynasty. For this reason, the Song Dynasty divided the land of Shu into four roads to prevent the officials in it from having undesirable ambitions, which is also the origin of the name Sichuan.

However, the land of Sichuan was still restless in the Song Dynasty, when Taizong of the Song Dynasty had the mighty Wang Xiaobo and Li Shun uprisings, and when he arrived at Song Zhenzong, there was also the rebellion of Wang Jun, and even Yizhou, which is now Chengdu, was captured. And the small-scale civil uprisings and local rebellions can be said to be year after year, that is, in recent years, they have been divided.

However, Song Renzong didn't dare to stimulate these Sichuan people, it was too strong! I can't afford to hurt it! There is wood!

At this time, Song Renzong remembered Xia Shouyun, and asked a little stupidly: "Xia Aiqing, what do you think of the strength of the three armies?" ”

The three armies, with a full strength of 7,500 men, are compact, but not bad. The question is...... Dissatisfied with the editor! It is estimated that it is 5,4500 people.

Xia Shouyun didn't speak, but looked at Song Renzong with blank eyes. That look seemed to say, official, can you bear it?

Song Renzong was very embarrassed, neither up nor down.

Zhao Yu coughed and said, "Brother is not talented, he has led the troops to fight some small battles, and he is familiar with some situations. If you want to defend a land, the best thing is to recruit soldiers on that land. Because these soldiers are very familiar with this land and very attached to it, their families and fields are here, so they will fight to the death when they fight. If it is just to defend against the invasion of the Western Xia army, it is also good to recruit local warriors! ”

Song Renzong was overjoyed when he heard this, and nodded busily and promised: "What the seventh brother said is not wrong, the forbidden army is a little less, so be it!" Xia Aiqing, I allow you to recruit 10,000 villagers and equipment by yourself, and I will let someone allocate it to you immediately! ”

Xia Shouyun also knew that things could only come to this point, and said helplessly: "The old minister obeys the order!" Consolidate Shaanxi as an official! ”

After that, Xia Shouyun retreated and secretly gave Zhao Yu a grateful look.

Alas! It's still my own family! Lu Yijian's group of scholars and doctors are all beasts that eat people and don't spit out bones! I remember it all, Lu Yijian, don't give me a chance, otherwise I won't be able to spare you bastard! Say whatever you want to make you unhappy! Xia Shouyun secretly swore in his heart.

If it weren't for Zhao Yu, Xia Shouyun would have been miserable by Lu Yijian's group of scholars. Of course, Zhao Yu didn't think that he could let Xia Shouyun go there well by opening his mouth twice, but the pit was still very deep. The former falls and you are crushed, and the latter falls and you kick your feet, both of which are a dead word. (To be continued.) )