"It seems that our stock of grain in Songjiang County is running out!"

Yuan Xingwei himself was a little strange and unbelievable, Songjiang County was rich in the world, but it was the top of the five major production areas in the empire, second only to Wuhu County. http://www.klxsw.com

www.klxsw.com romance debut↑, the famous Songjiang rice is marketed throughout the southeast. Such a large grain-producing county has a shortage of food itself.

"What did you say?"

Chen Wu was obviously also shocked by this unexpected news, and he almost thought that he had heard the wrong thing. Songjiang County is running out of grain?

How is this possible!

"When I first started looking at the statistics, I didn't believe it." Yuan Xingwei sighed and reported the grain production and consumption in the first quarter of this year, and the figure was a deficit.

Obviously, Yuan Xingwei did not fail to consider the reason. Seeing that Chen Wu frowned and fell into thought, he coughed and said a few possibilities for his own analysis.

The main reason is that it consumes too much.

The amount of grain produced in Songjiang County is indeed amazing, but after deducting the consumption of more than 6 million people, the remaining expenses cannot be sustained. The first is the Second Tiannan War, which lasted for half a year, and the food consumption of just more than 100,000 troops was an astonishing figure. Secondly, the Songjiang army used grain as weapons and bargaining chips, and made several transactions with the eldest prince. Moreover, although not much, the symbolic taxes that were handed over to the empire each year, as well as the transactions of the private chamber of commerce, could not be ignored.

Of course, in addition to these, there is one most important reason.

That's wine!

This thing is a big consumer of food. As long as you think about it, two or three catties of grain can produce one catty of wine, and you will know how amazing its food consumption is. As a result, in the previous dynasties, brewing was often a forbidden act to prevent competition with the people for food. There was a situation of rising food prices and civilians starving to death.

Chen Wu spent a lot of effort to promote Hanjingfang wine, and indeed saw excellent results, bringing a large amount of money to the Songjiang army. But on the other hand, every month there is an astonishing long convoy of grain from Jinghu all the way to the wineries in Kanggu.

This is a matter of gain and loss.

"What does Director Yuan mean is to limit the production of Hanjingfang wine?" After discussing the main ways of food consumption with the other party, Chen Wu's face became a little more embarrassed.

Hanjingfang wine is a card he has carefully crafted. It is also a weapon to attract money. Without it, the military spending of the Matsue Army was a big problem. Unless the soldiers' salaries and pension expenses are reduced, this will inevitably lead to low morale of the army and indirectly affect the combat effectiveness.

"If the supervision and restriction of private grain trade are increased, and the trade to the eldest prince is appropriately reduced, it is possible to maintain the current output of the winery and ensure that the grain stock remains unchanged."

Yuan Xingwei did not answer Chen Wu from the front, but the meaning was already obvious.

Chen Wu thought for a moment and said, "Isn't the water conservancy facility in Tiannan County already completed, and it may have been affected by the war this year." I don't see the effect that is too obvious. But from next year, food production should increase a lot, right? Will it be able to close the gap? ”

Yuan Xingwei shrugged his shoulders and said, "If the Governor doesn't continue to recruit troops, maybe." ”

Chen Wu had nothing to say.

With the current scale of the Songjiang Army, six Songjiang Army divisions plus three divisions of the Tiannan Army, plus the garrison troops and water divisions of the three counties, are enough for self-protection, and even surpass. But they want to intervene in the hinterland of the empire with these. Expanding the territory to a larger scale is not enough.

For him. Perhaps the size of the Songjiang Army will not change this year, but in the next two to three years, after the economy of the three counties of Songjiang further develops, the existing army will definitely expand, even if it is doubled to the present.

However, there was no shortage of food in Songjiang. Instead, it became something that constrained him.

Grain......

After hesitating for a while, Chen Wu raised his head again, and it seemed that he had already had an idea, and he looked a little more bamboo-chested. If it was someone from this world, I was afraid that no one would be able to think of what Chen Wu was thinking. But if there are players who have also crossed over, they may be able to think of something.

In fact, Chen Wu had a plan for this solution to the current predicament a long time ago, but he didn't expect it to be implemented so quickly. But in the current situation, in order to ensure the food problem and allow Hanjingfang wine to be released on a large scale, it seems that it can only be advanced!

"The Governor has a solution?"

After following Chen Wu for a long time, Yuan Xingwei already knew Chen Wu quite well, and he couldn't help but light up. He couldn't imagine that Chen Wu could have any good way to solve the current predicament, so he was extremely curious and looking forward to it.

"Let me ask you, if the current rate of production of Hanjingfang wine is guaranteed, how long can it be supported with the existing grain stocks in the three counties of Songjiang?"

Yuan Xingwei didn't dare to confirm this question casually. Although he knew that Hanjingfang liquor had been in short supply since it was put into production, and he was constantly expanding its production, it was difficult for anyone to guarantee the future, especially in areas that he was not very familiar with. After a cautious and repeated assessment, Yuan Xingwei reluctantly gave an uncertain guess: "There is a lot of grain storage in Songjiang County, as long as it is properly restricted, as long as the army does not expand on a large scale, at the current rate of grain storage, it may be able to support two to three years!" ”

In order to prevent this assessment from being inaccurate, Chen Wu made a disastrous decision, and he repeatedly stressed to Chen Wu that his speculation had no absolute basis.

However, it was enough to put Chen Wu at ease.

Combined with the experience in the game, his own estimation is roughly similar to Yuan Xingwei's, proving that this time should be reliable. In fact, as long as it can be delayed until the end of next year, that is to say, in one year, Chen Wu will have enough ways to solve the food problem!

"As long as it lasts until the end of next year?"

Yuan Xingwei let out a sigh of relief, and the expression on his face changed from uncertainty to determination. In just one year, no matter how much the production of Hanjingfang wine increases, it is impossible to consume the existing grain in the three counties of Songjiang. What's more, he knew that Chen Wu had no plans to expand the army on a large scale in the coming year.

………

Although there is still curiosity and a little doubt about how Chen Wu will solve the problem of food shortage next year, the two problems have been solved after all. After leaving their worries behind, Yuan Xingwei and Chen Wu quickly began to discuss the next celebratory reception and how to welcome the envoys from all sides.

If the previous attack that defeated the Omanis was still a factor of luck and luck, then the strength of the Matsue Army has been undoubtedly verified by repelling the Omanis this year. In addition, with Daqing Pass in hand, it can be expected that for a long time in the future, as long as Chen Wu does not openly declare independence as emperor and provoke the limit of the empire's patience, the center will never take the initiative to attack.

Militarily, the foothold of the three counties is not a problem; Politically, economically, there has been no chaos in the three counties, and there is even a faint more prosperous appearance.

Anyone can see that Chen Wu is really sitting firmly in the position of the co-leader of the three counties.

The forces that had already had friendship with Chen Wu sent envoys to deepen relations and cooperation. Some people who originally had scruples or looked down on Songjiang now have to change their attitude and try to make up for it.

From the news of the great victory to the messengers sent by all sides, calculate the time, and now it is almost time to arrive.

The first to arrive was undoubtedly the eldest prince and the Lin family. After that, all the gates, the main ministers of the empire, and even the governors of various states and counties sent people to congratulate them. Even, even Qianyuanji personally sent a confidant eunuch to Dengzhou in the name of celebrating the victory of Tiannan.

This is undoubtedly a kind of recognition and compromise - the empire can't help Chen Wu in a short time, so it can only choose to pull him into the system to play together!

The total number of envoys and adjutants from all sides is more than 100, and there are even more who are not qualified enough.

The cocktail party prepared by Chen Wu and Yuan Xingwei was a bit unqualified compared to so many people, but fortunately, no one really came for that bit of eating and drinking, so it was still a harmonious atmosphere between the guests and the hosts. Moreover, in front of so many people at the reception, there are many things that cannot be discussed. Just like the last time the envoys came to congratulate after the Tiannan War, the highlight of this time was still a private meeting after the reception.

Talking about commercial cooperation, talking about bulk material transactions, talking about political alliances, talking about media...... The whole nine yards.

Especially in the last one, among the envoys who visited, there were as many as nine who came to talk to the media!

Compared with the last time, this time Chen Wu's weight in the eyes of each family is obviously too heavy. Especially since he is not married yet, even the concubines sent by the two Lin families are the kind that have no name. As long as he can marry, it is immediately equivalent to tying the prosperous land of the three counties to the chariot of his own faction.

Such a cost-effective business is simply unique.

Because of this, from big nobles, families to high-ranking officials and relatives, there are people who are willing to marry women. Some of the conditions for dowry, even Chen Wu was a little tempted when he heard it. But the other party's requirements were also harsh enough, so that Chen Wu immediately extinguished the idea of marrying them after thinking about it for a while.

According to the laws of the Qianyuan Empire, he can marry one wife and two equal wives at his current level. The position of the wife is important, if Chen Wu really steps on the corpse of the Qianyuan Empire to ascend to the throne one day, then the other party is equivalent to directly sitting on the throne of the queen, and even taking the other party's family to become a relative of the emperor. Such a position naturally cannot be given casually. Therefore, Chen Wu was most willing to agree to give the title of a flat wife.

But this is obviously not what other forces that come to propose marriage want to see.

Chen Wu was also decisive, and seeing that other people who spoke about the matchmaker did not mean to accept it, he decisively chose to reject them all.

Even if you promise it now, you can immediately get the full support of a big force, which looks very good. If Chen Wu wasn't a traverser and didn't have this to rely on, maybe he couldn't resist the temptation and agreed directly. It's just a pity that there is no such if. He didn't want what seemed like a help now to become a constraint for himself in the near future!

After receiving Chen Wu's reply, many matchmakers had different attitudes. Secretly, he either felt sorry, or it was meaningless, or he simply felt that Chen Wu's vision was too high and too crazy.

However, these outsiders' evaluations and rhetoric could not shake Chen Wu's determination in the slightest.

He already had his own plan for what to do in the future! (To be continued.) )