"Your Highness, there are still happy events." Yao Tao saw the crown prince smiling, and hit the railway while it was hot: "The alfalfa grown on the islands off Dengzhou is growing very well this year, as long as it is properly deployed, Shandong will really not starve to death this year." ”

Zhu Cihong's smile added a bit of bitterness. Alfalfa was originally used as feed for livestock, and only when the goal was to "not starve to death" would it become a human ration.

"Your Highness! After all, there can be a good place in this world where people don't starve to death! Yu Chang was also very excited.

Although the south is generally rich, under the huge disparity between the rich and the poor, even if there is no large-scale famine, it is still the norm to starve to death. Only by strictly practicing "war communism" and strictly enforcing the rationing system can Shandong ensure that its registered population does not starve to death.

As for those foolish people who are determined to hide and not report their household registration, I think they have a way to survive, otherwise they will not be able to cry out even if they starve to death.

"Look at the three emperors and five emperors, which one is not running around for the well-being of the people?" Zhu Cihong said with a smile: "Let the people live well is the king's way." Yao Tao, let's talk about any other good things together, don't wait for tomorrow. ”

Yao Tao said with a smile: "There are really a lot of happy events, I'm afraid I won't be able to finish it in one day." ”

Yu Chang swept away the previous sternness and looked at her with a smile.

Yao Tao said: "Qingdao County and Rizhao Prefecture have reported that they are now using the seaside tidal flats to open ponds to raise ducks, which not only saves a lot of feed, but also harvests a lot of duck manure, which does not occupy farmland. Now there are 20,000 ducks in the seaside duck factories in the two places, with a monthly output of 800,000 catties of duck dung, which can spread 40 acres of fertilizer! ”

"You can keep ducks by the sea?" Zhu Cihong: This is really an eye-opener. He only knew that the previous goose and duck factories were all on the tidal flats on the edge of the river, which did not occupy the cultivated area, and could also let the ducks go down to the river to eat fish and shrimp, and come back at night to replenish some feed in case some ducks were not full.

Nowadays, sweet potatoes are also grown in the inland tidal flats, so it is natural to find a more economical place for the ducks.

"When the tide rises, it brings fish and shrimp from the sea. At this time, let the ducks go into the sea, and the ducks will be able to eat their own. Just drive the ducks back to the duck factory before the tide goes down and make up some corn (corn). Yao Tao said.

Zhu Cihong nodded and said, "Those who can dig out their minds to enrich the people and benefit the people are good officials, and they will be rewarded by the officials." Your account will also give them some bonuses. ”

Yao Tao vaguely agreed, and said: "There is also news from the North Korean side." Because of the successive natural disasters, domestic famine, and the stationing of the Eastern captives in Korea, they were looting excessively, and they really couldn't raise food. When the king of Joseon heard that the holy car was in Lu, he offered 1,000 catties of ginseng, 10,000 pieces of high-quality animal skins, and more than 100 catties of mountain goods and honey. ”

"Ahem," Zhu Cihong coughed. "Yes, it just so happens that Shulu County has recovered, and the animal skins will be sold after processing, and the value will be higher. The mountain goods were distributed to the army, and the honey was distributed in six parts. ”

Shulu County is a leather processing center, and there is a shortage of processing materials. It is not only profitable to hand over the fur to them and then resell the finished product. The cobblers in Shulu County can also be paid, and the economy of the entire county can be nourished. Although from the prefectural point of view. This nourishment is not high, but it is better than nothing, and it is better than the artisan who is unemployed and lives on hard labor.

"Ginseng was divided into 200 catties to the military hospital to make medicines for the military and civilians. Leave ten catties in the palace to honor the emperor's father and mother and the emperor's aunt. Everything else is sold for cash. It shall be used as military expenses and shall not be withheld by anyone. ”

Liao Shen is a great nourishing thing, and it is indispensable in many life-threatening Chinese patent medicines. However, this item is at least fifty taels per catty in the market, and it is not unaffordable for large households. Yu Chang took these Liao ginseng and hurriedly thanked him.

"Your Highness." Yao Tao asked, "Do you want to give back some ......?"

"Ahem, cough, cough......" Zhu Cihong coughed for a while and said, "No need, they have already earned it." ”

Yao Tao was stunned, not knowing what the crown prince meant.

If Wu Fu or Sun Chuanting were here, they would definitely understand it in an instant.

As soon as you open the map, the strategic position of the Korean Peninsula is clear at a glance. To put it simply, it's a natural pedal. Occupy the Korean Peninsula and control the Sea of Japan and Japan, and the Chinese Navy can go directly to the Pacific Ocean.

In the future, the Bohai Sea, the Yellow Sea, and the East China Sea will completely become the inland seas of the Ming Dynasty, and there will be no more boring disputes over fisheries, energy, and the scope of territorial waters.

When Zhu Cihong was in the palace, he often used the carelessness of the shijie range as his pastime, and he had already designed several different versions of the status of Korea and Japan.

Now that he is sick, it is the time when people's hearts are most vulnerable, and the king of Joseon can contribute materials worth 100,000 taels under the pressure of Dongyu, which can be regarded as giving the Joseon royal family a decent way out.

Of course, both Korea and Japan are on the list of "non-conquerable countries" set by Emperor Taizu Gao, so this kind of shocking thought Zhu Cihong has never expressed, and today it can be regarded as a gaffe due to illness.

"What else is the news? Let's talk about it together without haode. Zhu Cihong's spirit is much better, and he doesn't want to be all bad news after he recovers.

"It's true," Yao Tao said, "The rogue bandits in the Qing, Yan, Ji and other prefectures have recently surrendered to the imperial court, with a total of nearly 100,000. Among them, Qingzhou Gaoyuan Xie Qian Department has nearly 30,000 people. There is also the rebel Zhao Yingyuan who surrendered to the 1st Battalion of our Guards from Henan, with 50,000 people. The household department is also deeply stretched to the limit of food and clothing for these 150,000 people. ”

This news was classified as "bad news" by Yao Tao, which is actually good news. What prince doesn't like to hear about the people being subordinated? Especially in this kind of troubled times, one more person has one more liliang, not to mention 150,000 people.

Zhu Cihong slowly closed his eyes.

It's okay if it's just a bandit, because it's loosely organized, and it's not difficult to settle as long as it's disrupted. That Zhao Yingyuan's invasion of the army is more troublesome...... Well, Zhao Yingyuan, isn't he the leader of the rebel army who opposed the Qing Dynasty and restored the Ming Dynasty in Qingzhou, killed Wang Aoyong, and was booby-trapped by the Manchu Qing Dynasty? Zhu Cihong suddenly had such a person in his mind, but he couldn't remember where he saw the information.

Now that he has surrendered at this time, it seems that the threat level is not very high.

"But rest assured, Your Highness, Governor Zhou Yingzhi has personally seen these surrendered people, and all the weapons have been collected. Now I am doing the work of dividing the camp and land, and I want to be able to resettle all of them in a month at most. Yao Tao hurriedly added: "The army has also selected craftsmen and strong people." ”

"We've suffered enough in this regard, and they can't be too careful." Zhu Cihong said.

The Battle of Carriage Gorge was originally a godsend to completely quell the trouble, but unfortunately, because of Chongzhen's benevolence, Chen Qiyu misarranged and accepted the surrender of Liukou. The rogues came out of the dead end of the carriage gorge, not only were they resupplied, but they were not confiscated weapons, and they were not even disrupted and resettled on the spot, but were supervised by the imperial court to return to their hometowns under the supervision of pacification officials.

The so-called pacification officer is assigned to supervise according to one to one, and the number of rogues is a hundred times that of officers and soldiers! What is the difference between this situation and the return of the tiger!

Li Zicheng and Zhang Xianzhong were among them at that time, even if Chen Qiyu only punished the chieftain, there was no turmoil for more than ten years.

Emperor Chongzhen lacks strategy and the vision of employing people, but he really loves the people like a son, so as long as he does not fight, he will rectify the rule of officials and help the victims, and it may not be impossible to survive until the spring flowers bloom and the land recovers.

Zhu Cihong leaned forward with the help of the attendant, drank a sip of honey water, swept away the bitterness in his mouth, and his throat was much more comfortable. He said: "Yao Tao, counting the grain and distributing it to the households, this is just saving the source. If you want to get through it, you still have to open the stream. How are food stamps being implemented? ”

Zhu Cihong had seen food stamps when he was very young in his previous life, which were a kind of license bills that could not be used as currency in themselves. At present, the grain stamps issued by Shandong can be used as currency symbols to go directly to various grain stores in exchange for the same amount and quality of rice and grain. This had a direct effect on curbing food prices, and soon the population became accustomed to exchanging food stamps for grain instead of buying them from grain merchants.

"Your Highness," Yao Tao hesitated a little, and finally said, "I found that someone collected food stamps and bought grain." ”

Food stamps were mainly used as wages for public officials and workers, and it was certainly more cost-effective to exchange food stamps for food than to buy them with silver. But people have a strong dependence on natural currencies such as gold and silver, so there are still people who tighten their belts and exchange some of their food stamps for silver. Grain merchants bought food stamps in exchange for grain and sold them, and they could easily earn the difference in price, and even save on freight. (To be continued......)

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In addition, there is a mysterious hut for exchange between book friends, and the specific address is a riddle: the first four digits are the year of the July Seven Incident, the fifth and sixth digits are the dates of International Children's Day, and the three digits of Zuihou are my country's emergency number.

Well, in fact, I would love to directly type out 1937, 61, 120, but I am afraid that it will become *******...... I really don't know what it means to be so precautionary at some point......